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Speaker 2: Delto Bowl championship. That should always be the expectation. All right,

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Speaker 2: man Ax, you go ahead.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Richard Sherman Podcast. Another incredible week,

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Speaker 1: inching closer and closer to these playoffs, and a lot

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Speaker 1: of things happen this week, a lot of games that

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Speaker 1: had some expected outcomes and others not so expected. The

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles lose to the Washington Commanders lose Jalen hurts

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Speaker 1: early in that ball game. That's gonna be something to monitor.

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Speaker 1: That helped the Washington Commanders. Even the Philadelphia Eagles have

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Speaker 1: not yet secured this division yet. If I'm not mistaken,

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Speaker 1: I think there's still a chance for the Washington Commanders

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Speaker 1: to pull it out. Now it's a long shot because

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Speaker 1: the Eagles play Dallas and the Giants to finish the season,

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Speaker 1: but there's a lot of things that can happen. The

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills had a really crazy from the New England Patriots.

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Speaker 1: A game that should have been a walk away blowout

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Speaker 1: was a dogfight down to the last seconds an on

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Speaker 1: sidekick recovered by Buffalo Bills. Josh Allen does not have

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Speaker 1: an MVP performance. Mitchell, your Detroit Lions find a way though.

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Speaker 3: They're back, and Richard, I'm back, fresh off of laryngitis

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Speaker 3: last week. I apologize I missed last week's episodes. Guys,

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Speaker 3: I could not talk, and Richard heard me talk on

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Speaker 3: the phone. It was not pretty. And I was fired

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Speaker 3: up to watch these games. I mean, from a detroiter standpoint,

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Speaker 3: I was rooting heavily for your Seattle Seahawks. It looked

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Speaker 3: like everything was going right for Seattle. They it's vintage Seattle,

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Speaker 3: you know, Geno Smith throwing for over three hundred yards

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Speaker 3: the making for the Seattle Seahawks team. But it's just

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Speaker 3: not enough and they needed to win badly and they

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Speaker 3: go down to Almighty Sam Darnold and Justin Jefferson late

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Speaker 3: in this game. Your thoughts what went wrong for the

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Speaker 1: A lot of things went wrong, Mitchell, A lot of

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Speaker 1: and obviously the last one was to clinch the game.

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Speaker 1: Trying to find dk Metcalf deep down the field. They

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Speaker 1: it in there. Unfortunately, that's what happened. He was under

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Speaker 1: durest most of the day. Managed to throw for three

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Speaker 2: The ball game.

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Speaker 1: Your boy K nine only had eight carries but had

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Speaker 1: thirty one yards. You know, had a few breakout runs there,

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Speaker 1: but just just played from behind for a lot of

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Speaker 2: Again.

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Speaker 1: Like you said, JSN had really another really consistent, really

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Speaker 1: good game. Catches for ninety five yards and the touchdown

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Speaker 1: It looked like Reek funneled him in, even got a

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Speaker 1: But the two interceptions by Dallas Turner and Theo Jackson

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Speaker 1: If they find a way to win that, there is

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Speaker 2: That's gonna be crazy.

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Speaker 3: It's insane to me that this team is thirteen and two.

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Speaker 3: I feel like they're not talked about enough. They deserve

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Speaker 3: they are not eliminated. They go on the road, like

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Speaker 3: you said, and play against these lowly Chicago Bears, who

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Speaker 3: we saw the Detroit Lions beat up on today, and

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Speaker 3: right now, these are the two best teams in the NFC.

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Speaker 3: But the fact that two teams in the NFC North

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Speaker 3: down to that final week in Detroit, it is madness.

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Speaker 3: And this is exactly what the NFL wants. Let's talk

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Speaker 3: total of three. It's a battle of attrition in the NFL. Richard,

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Speaker 2: Today.

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Speaker 3: Didn't matter, right, you're playing the Chicago Bears on the road,

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Speaker 3: you're projected to win. You take care of business. But

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Speaker 3: the reality is you're playing a Division four Richard. You

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Speaker 3: it's anyone's game, and for the Detroit Lions to come

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Speaker 2: Keep doing it and doing it and doing it.

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Speaker 3: And I don't know, I'm curious to know where your

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Speaker 3: Do you believe still that they are the NFC's best

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Speaker 1: And I don't think it's particularly close, and I don't

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Speaker 1: We watched what the Philadelphia Eagles were today without Jalen

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Speaker 3: Mitchell, you gotta be proud, Richard. I am, and you

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Speaker 2: And then you need a right tackle.

434
00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:20,520
Speaker 1: You're gonna need a right tackle that's not no if

435
00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,840
Speaker 1: sands or but no discussion, no nothing, a right tackle.

436
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,359
Speaker 1: You need to figure out a center, maybe in the

437
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,560
Speaker 1: second round, a young center that can get you know,

438
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:30,800
Speaker 1: has an anchor smart.

439
00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:32,840
Speaker 2: There's plenty of them in a big ten.

440
00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:36,120
Speaker 1: Somewhere to find them, maybe one in the SEC, find

441
00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:40,200
Speaker 1: a center, and then maybe find a guard and free agency,

442
00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:43,840
Speaker 1: it looks like you have one in Poony. You got

443
00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:46,560
Speaker 1: to put a competition out there at left guard and

444
00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:49,080
Speaker 1: the rest of it. I think you feel good about

445
00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,960
Speaker 1: the pieces coming back, but that offensive line needs to

446
00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,040
Speaker 1: be the number one, number two, and number three priority

447
00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,960
Speaker 1: this offseason. If you're gonna pay this quarterback all the

448
00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,280
Speaker 1: money you're gonna have to pay him, or if they

449
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:03,600
Speaker 1: decide to franch or whatever they're gonna do, you want

450
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,320
Speaker 1: to keep him up right. You want to keep him

451
00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 1: up right so that he can be the playmaker that

452
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:08,800
Speaker 1: he has been.

453
00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:10,280
Speaker 2: This year.

454
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,400
Speaker 1: He's been under a lot more drest, He's been using

455
00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:14,920
Speaker 1: his legs more, He's had to leave the pocket more

456
00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:18,000
Speaker 1: often than not. It hasn't been great, and a lot

457
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 1: of a lot of it is because the offensive line

458
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:23,639
Speaker 1: hasn't been strong, and without Trent it's looked even worse.

459
00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 1: Jalen Moore came out and now it looks Spencer Buford

460
00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,920
Speaker 1: went to left tackle and it was a rough game

461
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,320
Speaker 1: in that regard. They put a lot of pressure. Jordan

462
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,920
Speaker 1: Brooks had a sack, Zack Seeler had a sack, Chop

463
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:41,240
Speaker 1: Robinson had a sack, and on the opposite side, the

464
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,919
Speaker 1: San Francisco for nine Ers defense had no sacks. And

465
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,520
Speaker 1: that's another concern because to what some of I Loowa

466
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:48,200
Speaker 1: is one of the quarterbacks that gets the ball out

467
00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,840
Speaker 1: quick because of his concussion issues, because of the things

468
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,399
Speaker 1: that he's had to deal with. But you got to

469
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,879
Speaker 1: find a way to get home when receivers are covered up.

470
00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:58,480
Speaker 1: You got to find a way to get turnovers. You

471
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,880
Speaker 1: got to find a way to impact this game. And

472
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,399
Speaker 1: there's no sacks, no turnovers in his game. That's a

473
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,560
Speaker 1: point of concern, But I think they got the right

474
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:10,120
Speaker 1: pieces in place. Obviously, gotta get green Law healthier him

475
00:24:10,160 --> 00:24:13,720
Speaker 1: and Fred you might have to find another pass rusher

476
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:17,480
Speaker 1: and free agency. I know, obviously Javon Hargrave is a

477
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,119
Speaker 1: guy they paid a lot of money who hasn't been

478
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,960
Speaker 1: able to play. You know, injury took him out of

479
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 1: the lineup. But that's somewhere else you're gonna have to

480
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,880
Speaker 1: address after further after the offensive line, because there has

481
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:32,680
Speaker 1: been a lot of investment in defensive line. Again, are

482
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:36,520
Speaker 1: Karmstead was a big deal guys he was doesn't always

483
00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,080
Speaker 1: show up on the stat sheet, and sure he missed

484
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:42,399
Speaker 1: some games, but when he's in there, he makes an

485
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:46,040
Speaker 1: incredible impact on and off the stat sheet, and you're

486
00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:46,439
Speaker 1: missing that.

487
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,760
Speaker 2: The Forest Buckter got traded away a couple years ago.

488
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,440
Speaker 1: I'm sure they'll they'll look to maybe have a conversation

489
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 1: within Indianapolis Colts and see if they can bring him home.

490
00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:59,200
Speaker 1: Perhaps that'd be a good move to make. But right now,

491
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:02,760
Speaker 1: this team is playing for a pride. Get through the

492
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 1: end of the year healthy. There's not a positive lot

493
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,760
Speaker 1: of positives that come out of this game only scoring

494
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:12,200
Speaker 1: seventeen points, kicker misses another kick. I think that's gonna

495
00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:14,200
Speaker 1: be a position they have to address. I think it

496
00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:17,240
Speaker 1: should be. Jake Moody should not be going feeling comfortable

497
00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,280
Speaker 1: about his job next season. I think there needs to

498
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 1: be a competition all offseason long. There should not be

499
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,640
Speaker 1: comfort at the kicker spot. He did not play well enough.

500
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,639
Speaker 1: Regardless of draft position. You have to bring kickers in

501
00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,159
Speaker 1: here because that is a position where guys are a

502
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,919
Speaker 1: lot more efficient and reliable than he has been this season.

503
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,840
Speaker 1: And I know you can talk about injury, you can

504
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:37,399
Speaker 1: talk about this you can talk about that, but this

505
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,480
Speaker 1: is the National Football League, and I'm sorry, the margin

506
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,880
Speaker 1: peer in that position is a lot less than every

507
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,480
Speaker 1: other position because of what it means, what it takes,

508
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 1: like it's so much harder to do every other position. Now,

509
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:52,960
Speaker 1: it's not saying kicker is an easy position, but there

510
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,880
Speaker 1: are guys that become kickers a few years before they

511
00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,159
Speaker 1: come into the National Football League and do the job

512
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,960
Speaker 1: at a high level. Very few other positions in the

513
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 1: National Football League you can just kind of learn as

514
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:07,239
Speaker 1: you go, kick a few balls and then become an

515
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 1: NFL kicker. That's You're not becoming an NFL corner that way,

516
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,879
Speaker 1: you know, just coming, Hey, I've never played played sport,

517
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 1: but let me get out here, cover a couple guys

518
00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,120
Speaker 1: and see what I got. Like, that position is gonna

519
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,000
Speaker 1: need to be addressed because again in this game, this

520
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,120
Speaker 1: game could have been a lot closer with a made kick.

521
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,399
Speaker 1: You know, I think that changes the trajectory, changes the

522
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:31,040
Speaker 1: thinking during some of these drives. But you're missing kicks consistently,

523
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 1: you know, it's almost like you're so unreliable. That's the

524
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 1: only thing that's reliable about it is that you you're

525
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,199
Speaker 1: probably gonna miss, and you don't want to have that.

526
00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,080
Speaker 1: You don't want to have that mindset going in as

527
00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:42,679
Speaker 1: a coach when you're kicking field goals, You don't. You

528
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,320
Speaker 1: don't want to feel like you have to go forward.

529
00:26:44,359 --> 00:26:47,720
Speaker 1: And Kyle doesn't take that on and take that mentality

530
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,640
Speaker 1: on and just go for it every time. But if

531
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,480
Speaker 1: you have a more reliable kicker these out some of

532
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,720
Speaker 1: these outcomes would be different. So that's something that they're

533
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 1: gonna have to address again. The forty nine ers host

534
00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,320
Speaker 1: the Lions next week in a game that the Lions

535
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 1: are highly motivated for and I don't know if San

536
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 1: Francisco is as motivated, but they'll have to go out

537
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,880
Speaker 1: there and deal with the Detroit Lions. The Detroit Lions

538
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 1: or got something on their minds.

539
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:11,400
Speaker 2: They do.

540
00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 3: And you talked about playing for pride, Richard, That's what

541
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:16,560
Speaker 3: San Francisco forty nine ers are playing for his pride.

542
00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 3: And I asked them to play for one pride, you know,

543
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,119
Speaker 3: my Detroit Lions. Let's play for one pride here and

544
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 3: let's let's help the Detroit Lion secure that one seed

545
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 3: in the NFC. Richard, you can't fault the forty nine

546
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:31,879
Speaker 3: ers for draft and make Jake Moody. He was a

547
00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 3: stud at U of M. But you do have to

548
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:39,040
Speaker 3: question John Lynch's deciding to draft him in the third round,

549
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 3: especially if you give up so much draft capital to

550
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 3: move up and get Trey Lance, which has proven to

551
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:48,439
Speaker 3: be one of the bigger blunders in recent NFL. You

552
00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,879
Speaker 3: know history here, Richard. I don't mean to put you

553
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,040
Speaker 3: on the spot, but in my role here, I got

554
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 3: to put you on the spot. If you're John Lynch,

555
00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,680
Speaker 3: how do you handle this rock Pretty situation in the

556
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:03,480
Speaker 3: office season, Because this is a turning point of this franchise,

557
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,720
Speaker 3: whether you want it to be or not. You pay

558
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 3: the man, you franchise them. You have so many other

559
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,600
Speaker 3: positions of need at this point. The championship window is

560
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:14,720
Speaker 3: not closed in San Francisco. We've already talked about that,

561
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 3: But the big question is brock party. Richard Truman put

562
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 3: your GM hat on. How do you handle the brock

563
00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,240
Speaker 3: Pretty situation in San Francisco this offseason?

564
00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 1: Well, they're gonna they're gonna pay him, and we pay them.

565
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 1: You obviously are gonna have to make some other decisions,

566
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:35,640
Speaker 1: probably restructure Fred, extend him something along those lines. Same

567
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 1: thing with George. Guys that you want here, Guys that

568
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: do things the right way, you know. I hope people

569
00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 1: don't take that the wrong way. Restructure doesn't mean take

570
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 1: money away or less money or anything like that. It

571
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 1: will likely be in an extension and longer contracts for

572
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 1: these guys, pushing their money out further, which will make

573
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,960
Speaker 1: their cap hits less for this year, which will change

574
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,000
Speaker 1: the way that you you know, either make them less

575
00:28:57,040 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 1: for this year or make them more for this year

576
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 1: so that Brock's hits can be bigger later on you

577
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 1: figure out what the number is with Brock. Obviously, there's

578
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,640
Speaker 1: going to be a lot of guaranteed money in this deal.

579
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: I hear people talking about the three for one hundred

580
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: that I think Kirk signed. Who's signed a three four oh,

581
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,600
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield signed. It's not going to be anything like that,

582
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 1: And I don't think Sam Donalds is going to be

583
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 1: anything like that. I think I don't think Sam donald

584
00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 1: signs for anything less than one hundred and fifty million dollars.

585
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 1: But that's just me, and I definitely don't think Brock

586
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 1: Party signs for anything less than one hundred and fifty

587
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: million dollars.

588
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,239
Speaker 2: Guaranteed, that'll probably be low end of it.

589
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 1: I think they'll they'll make a decision about Javon Hargrave

590
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 1: what they want to do there, whether there's a salary

591
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 1: reduction or a cut, depending on what the number looks

592
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 1: like the June first option, I think they'll look to

593
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:58,280
Speaker 1: either extend or renegotiate to our various ward. There's a

594
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,000
Speaker 1: number of things they can do to get the money

595
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: where it needs to be to have availability. This is

596
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 1: not again the people talk about the window being closed.

597
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: It's nowhere near closed. And that's why they've managed it

598
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 1: the way they have. That's why they structured these things

599
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 1: the way they have, and I'm sure they'll leave themselves

600
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:17,560
Speaker 1: room to move maneuver going forward. Obviously, Deebo has another

601
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,280
Speaker 1: year on his contract, Brandon Ayuk will come back hopefully

602
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 1: healthy next season. You just extended Christian McCaffrey, so I

603
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 1: think that'll they'll leave that there. But I think again,

604
00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,520
Speaker 1: offensive line will be the thing that they focus on

605
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 1: this this offseason, like it has to be through both

606
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,640
Speaker 1: free agency and the draft. You have to address that

607
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,280
Speaker 1: and you have to address it in a big way.

608
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,000
Speaker 1: He can't just be like, hey, we just We're just

609
00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 1: gonna put guys out there and whoever you need talented

610
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,280
Speaker 1: guys out there. We've it hasn't been good enough at

611
00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 1: the center position. It hasn't been good enough at the

612
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 1: right tackle position, hasn't been necessarily good enough at the

613
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 1: left guard. The right guard showed promise, especially early on

614
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: in the season, showed showed that he could be a

615
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 1: really capable player. Obviously, you know it's his first year.

616
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: We expect you know, him to be better next year,

617
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 1: and you expect things to get better with time. But

618
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,200
Speaker 1: the rest of the positions need to be addressed in

619
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: a big way, and you have to find a way

620
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 1: to do that young. You have to find some young

621
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 1: guys to get it done. That's how you continue to

622
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 1: keep this championship window open. I know everybody wants to

623
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 1: sit there and dive off, to jump off the deep

624
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: end and say.

625
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 2: The windows closed all this loss. It's not. It's not.

626
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 1: These guys are really talented team still, it's just been

627
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,040
Speaker 1: a bad year and a bad offensive line. They're gonna

628
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 1: make some changes. They're gonna get healthier, and they're going

629
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 1: to go in next year with a different hunger and

630
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 1: a different mentality and you're going to see a different team.

631
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: And I expect this team to be a team that

632
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 1: can competes next year for the Super Bowl, competes to

633
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 1: be at top of this division. Obviously. You know this

634
00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: division is still up for grams. If the Rams win

635
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 1: next week against Arizona, I think that that pretty much

636
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,400
Speaker 1: locks it up for them, you know, in regardless of

637
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: what happens in Seattle. But uh, against the Seattle Seahawks

638
00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 1: at the end of the year. But that's the story

639
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,040
Speaker 1: for a different day. But I don't think this window

640
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 1: is closed. I think this is still a really talented team.

641
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 1: I think they needed a reset. I think this a

642
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 1: lot of things have been weighing on them. A lot

643
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 1: of the contract issues earlier in the season, a lot

644
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: of the things coming in with holdouts multiple years in

645
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 1: a row, deep playoff runs every single season, disappointment, hurt, frustration.

646
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 1: These are humans, and so a reset, you know what

647
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 1: I mean, A good stern like understanding band, a man

648
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 1: conversations happening in this locker room. I think this team

649
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:39,960
Speaker 1: comes back with a renewed vigor, a renewed intensity, and

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Speaker 1: ready to compete. And I think John Lynch will say

651
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Speaker 1: the same thing. I think Kyle Shanahan will say the

652
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Speaker 1: same thing. I look forward to seeing what they do

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Speaker 1: next year and what they do in this all season,

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Speaker 1: because right now, you know, it's not much to say

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Speaker 1: it's this season has been a disappointment on a lot

656
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Speaker 1: of on a lot of on a lot of levels.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure by both the staff, the fans, the players,

658
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Speaker 1: nobody expected this. But I don't think this is a

659
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Speaker 1: reflection of how this is gonna be or what the

660
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Speaker 1: future is gonna hold. You gotta remember, this will be

661
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Speaker 1: the first year in a number of years that this

662
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Speaker 1: team isn't in an NFC championship game or Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: So give them a break.

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Speaker 2: It happens.

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Speaker 3: Like you said, this roster is littered with Pro Bowl veterans,

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Speaker 3: and once they get healthy, the San Francisco forty nine

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Speaker 3: Ers are still going to be a championship caliber team.

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Speaker 1: It's time to take a look at this weekend's tastiest

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Speaker 1: matchups in a segment we're calling Sunday Night food Ball,

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Speaker 1: brought to you by Uber Eats. You know what game

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Speaker 1: it is. It's the Philadelphia Eagles versus the Washington Commanders.

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia roared out to a commanding lead. They were up

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Speaker 1: twenty seven to fourteen. At one point it looked like

674
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Speaker 1: this game again, Washington was pushing out of their weight

675
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Speaker 1: class and Philadelphia is gonna walk away with this division again.

676
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Speaker 1: In walk away with this win, you know, showed them

677
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Speaker 1: who's the boss, et cetera, et cetera. But jayde and

678
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: Daniels flipped the switch and really got after it. The

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Speaker 1: Commanders won this game. He threw five touchdowns despite the

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Speaker 1: five turnovers they had on offense, which should have doomed them.

681
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Speaker 1: It should have doomed them, obviously, your Lions or Detroit

682
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Speaker 1: Lions or the other only other team this season to

683
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Speaker 1: win a game after turning the ball over five times,

684
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: that's just crazy, But sometimes it's your year. The Commanders

685
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Speaker 1: only had nine turnovers before this game, and so to

686
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Speaker 1: have five in one game.

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Speaker 2: Was crazy.

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Speaker 1: But Saquon had a great first quarter seven carries for

689
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Speaker 1: one hundred and nine yards. I think he had a

690
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Speaker 1: seventy yard run for a touchdown, and again he looked

691
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Speaker 1: like the MVP to Philadelphia. Eagles looked like they were

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Speaker 1: doing what they've done majority of this season, playing great defense,

693
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Speaker 1: taking the ball away and Saquon Barkley feeding him. They

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Speaker 1: lost Jalen Hursts early on to a concussion. Can he

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Speaker 1: picket through an interception a couple drives later? But after

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Speaker 1: that he looked like they settled in. He continued to

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Speaker 1: do what they have been doing, feed aj Brown. They

698
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:21,360
Speaker 1: targeted him fifteen times, only targeted everybody else ten times.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I guess you know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: The love it, Richard. I had to love it. The

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Speaker 1: squeaky will gets the oil, Mitchell.

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Speaker 3: And you know what this this marks the return of

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Speaker 3: is Kenny Pickett?

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Speaker 1: Yes he can, Yes he can, Kenny Pickett, Yes he can,

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Speaker 1: Yes he can't throw a Yes he can, Yes he can, Mitchell.

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Speaker 1: You knew Kenny Pickett was gonna throw a pick, but

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Speaker 1: he played solid.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: I think after that interception they played a lot more

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Speaker 1: conservatively with him.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: He only threw the ball twenty four times for one

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Speaker 1: hundred and forty three yards, the one touchdown, the one

714
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Speaker 1: interception only completed it to three receivers. And Davonte Smith

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Speaker 1: had had a really critical drop in this game that

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Speaker 1: was uncharacteristic. That was one of those players I'm sure

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Speaker 1: he wants back. That could have gave them a chance

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Speaker 1: to win this game, Red Blankenship had an interception.

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Speaker 2: CJ.

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Speaker 1: Gardner Johnson had the interception got kicked out of the

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Speaker 1: game for a play I kind of I don't really

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Speaker 1: really know what happened, and I don't really know if

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Speaker 1: I agree with it. Nobody really explained it to me,

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Speaker 1: and I gotta I gotta go back and look and

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Speaker 1: see if they got a better explanation postgame of what happened.

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Speaker 2: But it looked like he got his helmet mushed off, and.

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Speaker 1: I know the reffle was standing right there, so whatever

728
00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 1: he said was worthy of an unsportsmanlike penalty. But then

729
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 1: it gets your helmet mushed off and the other guy

730
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Speaker 1: not get anything. I just didn't get that. I know

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Speaker 1: life is hard enough on defensive players, and yes, I'm biased,

732
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Speaker 1: just like everybody. The whole world is biased for offensive players,

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Speaker 1: so nobody gotta be biased the other way. It's disgusting.

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Speaker 1: And some of those PI calls, That's another thing. Those

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Speaker 1: PI calls on Latimer will absolute horseshit, absolute horseshit. I'm

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Speaker 1: so tired of this game getting so soft and ridiculous

737
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Speaker 1: and people having an audacity to complain about it, Like,

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Speaker 1: how are those pis like, if the receiver's physical, then

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Speaker 1: you have to let the dB at least defend himself

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Speaker 1: from it.

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Speaker 2: Don't be praising these receivers for being all man. He's

742
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Speaker 2: so physical, he's so strong.

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Speaker 1: You look how physical is at the catch point and

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Speaker 1: you see him pushing the corner in the neck and

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Speaker 1: pushing him off and grabbing him by the collar. And

746
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Speaker 1: then when the corner gets his hands off of him,

747
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Speaker 1: you're like, oh my god, you can't grab him.

748
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Speaker 2: That's illegal. You can't grab him. What about him grabbing

749
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Speaker 2: me by the neck while running this route?

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Speaker 1: Because everything's acceptable for a receiver to do, but there's

751
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:57,359
Speaker 1: nothing acceptable for a corner to do. Let the boys play.

752
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,800
Speaker 1: Let the boys or call off. And if you're not

753
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: gonna call and you gotta let the boys play. I'm

754
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Speaker 1: tired of these penalties that they're calling, almost back to

755
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Speaker 1: back to back, punishing corners for covering these receivers when

756
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Speaker 1: they're quote unquote physical, and it's like, I don't know

757
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Speaker 1: what you want them to do. You want to stay

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Speaker 1: close to him while he's getting pushed around and not

759
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,360
Speaker 1: grab him back. It's like, have you ever been punched

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Speaker 1: in a face and then just kept getting punched in

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Speaker 1: the face, and then they're like, hey, don't worry, we'll

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Speaker 1: we'll if he punched it in the face one more time,

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Speaker 1: we'll we'll say something they're not And it's hard to

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Speaker 1: play that way, I got, you know, I mean, he

765
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Speaker 1: has a team to play for. Thank god that Washington

766
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,479
Speaker 1: Commanders were able to come out with a win because

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Speaker 1: those penalties were those were disappointed, to say.

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Speaker 3: The least, no question about it. And and Richard, I,

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Speaker 3: I know I've followed you for my for your entire career,

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Speaker 3: and I too, am biased, but objectively speaking, I think

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Speaker 3: it's hard to argue against the fact that cornerback position

772
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Speaker 3: is the hardest position to play in all of sports.

773
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Speaker 3: You are expected to go against these top flight athletes

774
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 3: that can do anything they want after five yards right,

775
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 3: they can do anything they want. They can hand fight you,

776
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,839
Speaker 3: they can shove you, they can do anything they want,

777
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Speaker 3: and if you lay a fingertip upon them, you're getting

778
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Speaker 3: a flag thrown at you. It's getting ridiculous. Kudos to

779
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Speaker 3: the Washington Commanders and this is a huge win for them.

780
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:29,319
Speaker 3: It seemed that the trajectory their season had plateaued, right.

781
00:39:29,640 --> 00:39:33,280
Speaker 3: It was this beautiful crescendo of oh my god, Jayden

782
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,319
Speaker 3: Daniels is the second coming of CJ. Stroud, And then

783
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 3: all of a sudden, it was like, okay that that

784
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,359
Speaker 3: rookie wall kind of was hit. And now to see

785
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Speaker 3: them take this win, albeit without Jalen Hurts on the

786
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Speaker 3: opposing side of the field. I mean, that's a huge injury.

787
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Speaker 3: Let's not undersell that. I mean, Jalen Hurts going out

788
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 3: impacted this game mightily. The Philadelphia Eagles had this game

789
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Speaker 3: in control prior to that injury, and kudou kudos to

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Speaker 3: the future gold jacket wearing middle linebackers. One of the

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Speaker 3: goats in the game, Bobby Wagner with a huge pass

792
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Speaker 3: breakup on Saquon Barkley late in that contest. Bobby poked

793
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Speaker 3: that ball out Saquon's arms, was a dime Toquon falling

794
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Speaker 3: to the ground, Bobby smacked it out. You gotta give

795
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Speaker 3: a shout out to one of your best buds, Rich

796
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Speaker 3: Bobby Wagner keeping it rolling here with the Washington Commanders

797
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Speaker 3: bias aside, I know your buddies are Bobby's. How much

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Speaker 3: fear would you have playing Washington Week one? If you

799
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Speaker 3: are say the Minnesota Vikings say, the Detroit Lions, say

800
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Speaker 3: the Philadelphia Eagles in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Well you have you gotta have a little bit of

802
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 1: fear because the quarterback has no none. And that's the

803
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:53,239
Speaker 1: thing about young quarterbacks that you gotta you gotta be

804
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Speaker 1: careful with because they don't know any better. Older veteran

805
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks getting there and they panic. Sometimes they don't play well,

806
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 1: they throw the game away because they're thinking too much.

807
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Speaker 2: They're like paralys is buy analysis.

808
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Speaker 1: But young guys sometimes not all the time, because obviously

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Speaker 1: there's young guys that go to the playoffs and go

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Speaker 1: home and it's like, hey, good try. You a young

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Speaker 1: quarterback and you learned. But if you're not playing against

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Speaker 1: a really crazy elite or a complex scheme like Flores

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Speaker 1: or like Todd Bowles who's going to give you a

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Speaker 1: lot of crazy, exotic looks in the playoffs, I give

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Speaker 1: him a puncher's chance because you got a young quarterback

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Speaker 1: who can be really efficient and can catch fire like

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Speaker 1: he did in this game against the Philadelphia Equals, that

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Speaker 1: isn't scared of the moment. You got veteran receivers Zakias

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Speaker 1: who had two touchdowns today. Obviously Terry McLaurin, who can

820
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Speaker 1: get the job done. Set the franchise record for receiving

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Speaker 1: touchdowns with twelve this year, but has this fifth straight,

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Speaker 1: fifth consecutive thousand yard season.

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Speaker 2: They can get it done. A veteran tight end and

824
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Speaker 2: zach Ertz, a defense.

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Speaker 1: That is getting a little bit better and learning to

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Speaker 1: play together, and got a lot better by getting a

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Speaker 1: cornerback that they needed. I think they're going to be

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Speaker 1: a team that, if they get the right matchups, it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a mail bider for one of these teams.

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Speaker 3: Now for game day, let's talk about the Bills.

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Speaker 2: Today.

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Speaker 3: They play the lowly New England Patriots. They get down

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Speaker 3: fourteen points early, and they narrowly escape defeat against a

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Speaker 3: division rival or suld. You've played in this year, this

839
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Speaker 3: league a number of years, and you know how big

840
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:48,279
Speaker 3: division foes and opponents are. But riddle me this, how

841
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 3: in the world does this Buffalo Bills team go on

842
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 3: the road against Detroit, beat one of the best, if

843
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 3: not the best team in the NFL on their home turf,

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Speaker 3: return back home as a fourteen point favorite against the

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Speaker 3: lowly New England Patriots and have a dog fight, and

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Speaker 3: not to mention, you know, Josh Allen doesn't look like

847
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,440
Speaker 3: the second coming of an MVP candidate. He looks more

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Speaker 3: like that what was the quarterback Peterman that played with

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Speaker 3: the Buffalo Bills. It looks more like the second coming

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Speaker 3: of Peterman with the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 2: I just I don't get it with this. How does

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Speaker 2: this happen?

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00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 3: Because the Buffalo Bills to me, looked like the team

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00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 3: to beat after last Sunday and now they just look

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00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 3: like a good team slash decent team. They still come

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00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 3: out with a w. But Richard, it did not come

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Speaker 3: without a tremendous fight against a three to one Patriots team.

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Speaker 2: Complacency and human nature.

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Speaker 1: You know, they knew they had this Detroit game schedule,

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Speaker 1: they had it circled, they got hyped for it, they

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Speaker 1: got up for it. They gave everything they had and

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Speaker 1: then you look up and you say a New England

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Speaker 1: Patriots say they've they're a three win team, like we

864
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 1: can take it easy here. And although you know you

865
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,520
Speaker 1: may say all the right things in the media, you

866
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 1: may say all the right things in practice, you may

867
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:08,480
Speaker 1: practice regular Clearly, your performance says you overlooked him. Clearly,

868
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:10,799
Speaker 1: your performance says you didn't respect him. You didn't think

869
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:14,280
Speaker 1: they would be an opponent that would give you a challenge.

870
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,399
Speaker 1: And this was a game Josh Allen needed to beat

871
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:20,279
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and he wasn't and his defense stepped up enough,

872
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 1: made enough plays to help him get the win. And

873
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,320
Speaker 1: I know Buffalo fans are sitting there arguing in my

874
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 1: comments every week, he's the MVP. How do you not

875
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,960
Speaker 1: think you how do you think anything else? Because games

876
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:36,800
Speaker 1: like this, because games like this happen, and when they happen,

877
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 1: you question it. You question like, hey, Throe for one

878
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:41,959
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty four, one hundred and fifty one yards

879
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,520
Speaker 1: this game, a touchdown in an interception, ran it for

880
00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 1: twenty eight yards, did enough to win the game. Sure,

881
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 1: but you keep saying he has no help when Cook

882
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:53,319
Speaker 1: had eleven carries for one hundred and.

883
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 2: Ten yards in this game.

884
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:56,879
Speaker 1: And so when they say he doesn't have any help,

885
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 1: he doesn't have any running backs, he doesn't have anybody

886
00:44:59,200 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: behind him.

887
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:00,759
Speaker 2: And you look up and.

888
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 1: Cook is having one hundred yard games after one hundred

889
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 1: yard games, and you're like, wait a minute, now, wait

890
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:10,239
Speaker 1: a minute, is it no help or.

891
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 2: Is it helped?

892
00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 1: Because his defense is playing pretty well. Sometimes they didn't

893
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: play well against Detroit because they gave up forty two points,

894
00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:19,799
Speaker 1: but they played well in this game when he had

895
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:22,520
Speaker 1: to have it, you know, when they had to have stops,

896
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 1: when they had to get stops, they got them. They

897
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: helped this team to twenty one points. Now, it's not

898
00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:30,439
Speaker 1: a great team. They were down fourteen oh at one point,

899
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:37,680
Speaker 1: but games like this MVPs are one in December. And

900
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:41,399
Speaker 1: if you looked up and Joe Burrow doesn't have a chance,

901
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:48,360
Speaker 1: but his numbers, his numbers say it should they're silly.

902
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:51,919
Speaker 1: His numbers say it should have a chance. They don't

903
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:54,000
Speaker 1: have a chance, But then his numbers say he should

904
00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:58,120
Speaker 1: have a chance. He is thirty nine touchdowns, passing eight interceptions,

905
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:04,440
Speaker 1: forty two hundred yards. Those are MVP numbers any other season.

906
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:05,800
Speaker 1: He still has two games to go.

907
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 3: Let me paint a picture for you, Richard, because the Bengals.

908
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:12,320
Speaker 3: I'm here to tell you, guys, the Bengals are not

909
00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:14,600
Speaker 3: out of the playoff picture just yet. They got a

910
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:18,359
Speaker 3: glimmer of hope. They play the Denver Broncos next week,

911
00:46:18,719 --> 00:46:21,040
Speaker 3: and then they need the Broncos to lose against the

912
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:24,000
Speaker 3: Kansas City Chiefs. If the Bengals can win out and

913
00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:27,840
Speaker 3: the Broncos lose out, Richard, dare I say Joe Burrow

914
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:30,279
Speaker 3: has a shot at the MVP after all, if they

915
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:31,840
Speaker 3: sneak into this playoffs.

916
00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:34,520
Speaker 2: You may not say that, Mitchell, because he does not.

917
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:38,080
Speaker 2: I wish, I wish I would be with you, Mitchell,

918
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:40,080
Speaker 2: I would be with you, but he does not.

919
00:46:40,239 --> 00:46:44,000
Speaker 1: That is not enough for an MVP unless I mean

920
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:49,040
Speaker 1: his numbers would have to be really really really really really.

921
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,600
Speaker 2: Really really really really really insane.

922
00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:55,680
Speaker 3: But really, Richard, but they have been really really really

923
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 3: really really really insane up to this point. So that's

924
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:03,239
Speaker 3: my point. If he can bring this team back and

925
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 3: sneak them into the playoffs, no one's gonna want to

926
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:09,200
Speaker 3: play Cincinnati round one. If they can sneak in, absolutely

927
00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:12,640
Speaker 3: no one. And so how can you tell me with

928
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 3: these really really really insane stats that Joe Burrow is

929
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:21,840
Speaker 3: putting up that he will not have the I do

930
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 3: I dare Go, Tony Romo, GM Richard Richard, Are you sure,

931
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 3: Joe Burrow? I mean give him, give him a shooter shot.

932
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:35,640
Speaker 1: Here, because this is why, Mitchell, because there are very

933
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:39,799
Speaker 1: few quarterbacks any I gotta look at it. I don't

934
00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:44,120
Speaker 1: think a quarterback has had thirty five plus touchdowns in

935
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:49,279
Speaker 1: under five interceptions thrown on the season like Lamar Jackson has.

936
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 1: And knock going it, Mitchell. It hasn't happened yet. It's

937
00:47:54,200 --> 00:47:55,960
Speaker 1: gonna happen this year because they keep telling me Josh

938
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:57,880
Speaker 1: Allen's gonna win it. And last year they told me

939
00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:01,800
Speaker 1: Lamar was gonna win it. When I said, how, and

940
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:05,360
Speaker 1: I'm saying with Josh Allen, how like I want you

941
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,600
Speaker 1: I know you guys want the numbers to be numbering,

942
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:11,960
Speaker 1: but they're not. Lamar Jackson is a second in touchdown passes,

943
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:17,759
Speaker 1: a second in yards four interceptions on the season. How

944
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 1: and I think he has forty total maybe forty one

945
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:21,600
Speaker 1: total touchdowns?

946
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:23,520
Speaker 3: How?

947
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:27,000
Speaker 2: How can he not get it? Menchell? How can he

948
00:48:27,160 --> 00:48:27,600
Speaker 2: not get it?

949
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:31,040
Speaker 1: Actually has forty total touchdowns, So let me not misquote

950
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,760
Speaker 1: because I know how they are. So he has forty

951
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:37,560
Speaker 1: total touchdowns, thirty seven of them passing thirty seven hundred

952
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:40,560
Speaker 1: passing yards, which will probably end up being forty three

953
00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:44,880
Speaker 1: hundred or so. He'll likely get to forty or so

954
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 1: touchdown passes. So if he gets to forty, let's call

955
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:51,040
Speaker 1: it if he has two and two forty one. If

956
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:53,759
Speaker 1: he throws for forty one touchdown passes and only has

957
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:59,120
Speaker 1: four or five interceptions and they're the three seed, you're

958
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:02,040
Speaker 1: telling me that's not the MVP of the league. If

959
00:49:02,080 --> 00:49:03,840
Speaker 1: you're telling me that, then you gotta show me the

960
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,800
Speaker 1: numbers that support that, because all I keep hearing is

961
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 1: look at the tape, look at the eye test. Well,

962
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:11,719
Speaker 1: is I am I still taking the eye test because

963
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:14,399
Speaker 1: I watched the game today and that eye test didn't

964
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:17,840
Speaker 1: look as good that eye test that you're not passing

965
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 1: that test by my eye, Like, that's not an MVP.

966
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,640
Speaker 1: And if it has to be every week either, it's

967
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:26,680
Speaker 1: like because now the goalports are gonna move for people.

968
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:30,160
Speaker 1: They're gonna tell me that it has to be record,

969
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:34,279
Speaker 1: But record matters when you're the one seat, Like it

970
00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:37,400
Speaker 1: matters if you're gonna be the one seed in the conference.

971
00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:40,279
Speaker 1: If you're not the one seat, then you're just everybody else.

972
00:49:40,600 --> 00:49:42,760
Speaker 1: You're playing a playoff game. You're playing in a wildcard

973
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:46,440
Speaker 1: just like everybody else, So that really doesn't differentiate you

974
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 1: that much. Lamar was the one seed, that's why he

975
00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:53,839
Speaker 1: got it. His record had him as in his team

976
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:56,480
Speaker 1: as the one seat, clearly the best team. And when

977
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 1: they had to have that game against the San Francisco

978
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:01,920
Speaker 1: forty nine ers that everybody circled and needed him to

979
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:05,759
Speaker 1: have a big game, he had a great game. He

980
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:08,560
Speaker 1: had he had five touchdown passes, like he had the

981
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:11,040
Speaker 1: game he needs to have. Give him the trophy. They

982
00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:13,799
Speaker 1: gave him the trophy. Now you could say, did Josh

983
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:16,759
Speaker 1: have a good game against the Detroit Lions that you

984
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:21,680
Speaker 1: need to have? And then he uh used his used

985
00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:25,719
Speaker 1: the restroom in the bed this game of sorts. You know,

986
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,839
Speaker 1: use use easier language, pick up what you're putting down.

987
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,520
Speaker 1: I smell what you're saying, rich, Yeah, yeah, yeah, I

988
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:33,840
Speaker 1: smelled what he was putting out there this week. And

989
00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:38,879
Speaker 1: that's the difference. Like they aren't the number one seed

990
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,680
Speaker 1: and they aren't the number one seed on either side.

991
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 1: It ain't like, oh, if they were in an NFC,

992
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:43,960
Speaker 1: they'd be the one seed.

993
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:47,319
Speaker 2: They wouldn't be they'd be the three.

994
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:50,440
Speaker 1: You know, there's three teams, there's two teams in the

995
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,120
Speaker 1: NFC North with better records than them. You're Detroit Lions,

996
00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:56,040
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings, and then you got the Philadelphia Eagles

997
00:50:56,080 --> 00:50:58,279
Speaker 1: with the same record as him. So again, this isn't

998
00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:00,360
Speaker 1: even the best record in the National Football League. So

999
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:04,239
Speaker 1: the record argument doesn't really compute. So if the eye

1000
00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:09,960
Speaker 1: test doesn't compute, the numbers don't compute, what's computing. They

1001
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:12,279
Speaker 1: keep telling me he's breaking records, But the records I'm

1002
00:51:12,280 --> 00:51:15,719
Speaker 1: seeing is Lamar Jackson is breaking records and they're gonna

1003
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:18,919
Speaker 1: continue to be broken. And again, if you just keep looking,

1004
00:51:18,960 --> 00:51:21,320
Speaker 1: and they're gonna keep putting the graphic out there's a

1005
00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:25,839
Speaker 1: graphic out there. Thirty five plus touchdowns under five interceptions.

1006
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:30,360
Speaker 1: MVP is what they are awarded to those players. I'm sorry,

1007
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:32,680
Speaker 1: Buffalo fans. That's not me making it up. That's what

1008
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:33,160
Speaker 1: it's been.

1009
00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:37,040
Speaker 2: Now. Can it change? Sure doesn't make sense to change it.

1010
00:51:37,560 --> 00:51:41,759
Speaker 1: It doesn't unless Lamar Jackson does not play well over

1011
00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:44,360
Speaker 1: these next two games and Josh Allen plays out of

1012
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:48,400
Speaker 1: his mind, and maybe maybe the Tennessee Chiefs lose two games,

1013
00:51:49,960 --> 00:51:53,600
Speaker 1: Buffalo grabs the one seed, all everything points to Josh

1014
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:57,800
Speaker 1: Allen carrying an MVP trophy out. But if that doesn't happen,

1015
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:01,240
Speaker 1: and Lamar Jackson has two d games where he doesn't

1016
00:52:01,239 --> 00:52:04,120
Speaker 1: throw an interception, he throws for two touchdowns, maybe runs

1017
00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:06,880
Speaker 1: for one. It throws for two, runs for one again,

1018
00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 1: you're gonna have a hard argument saying a guy with

1019
00:52:11,239 --> 00:52:15,120
Speaker 1: forty six total touchdowns and two interceptions, i mean four

1020
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:17,320
Speaker 1: interceptions doesn't deserve the MVP.

1021
00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:21,040
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, we shall see, Richard. There's a couple of

1022
00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:23,840
Speaker 3: games left here and it's still a battle for that MVP.

1023
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:30,200
Speaker 3: Let's talk a little bit about the New York Football Jets,

1024
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:34,120
Speaker 3: not the Giants, and the LA Rams. Vegas did not

1025
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:37,600
Speaker 3: like this game so much. For the Rams, they only

1026
00:52:37,640 --> 00:52:41,400
Speaker 3: favored him by three points, and we saw it potentially

1027
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:43,360
Speaker 3: as a trap game for the LA Rams going on

1028
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:47,680
Speaker 3: the road again, going across coast to a very cold

1029
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:52,439
Speaker 3: environment in New York and the j e Ts Jets

1030
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 3: Jets Jets looked like the team to beat early on,

1031
00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 3: and kudos to this LA Rams team being able to

1032
00:52:58,760 --> 00:52:59,239
Speaker 3: pull it off.

1033
00:52:59,640 --> 00:53:00,600
Speaker 2: In the fourth quarter.

1034
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:03,600
Speaker 3: He saw Tyler Higbee come back. Thank god he's back

1035
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:06,399
Speaker 3: after the devastating knee injury he took in Detroit last

1036
00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:10,120
Speaker 3: year with the game winning touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford.

1037
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:13,680
Speaker 3: This marks four wins in a row five of six

1038
00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:17,280
Speaker 3: for the La Rams. This La Rams team is getting

1039
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:20,000
Speaker 3: hot at the right time, similar to how they did

1040
00:53:20,120 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 3: last year. How much do you believe in the La Rams?

1041
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:28,480
Speaker 3: You know entering this playoffs in the NFC with the

1042
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:33,960
Speaker 3: Detroit Lions injured, the Philadelphia Eagles facing adversity late in

1043
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:37,400
Speaker 3: the season with Jalen Hurts going down with a concussion. Obviously,

1044
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:40,799
Speaker 3: the Minnesota Vikings still playing competitive, But can we throw

1045
00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:43,520
Speaker 3: the La Rams hat in the ring as true contenders

1046
00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:44,040
Speaker 3: in the NFC?

1047
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:49,200
Speaker 1: Well, give Chris Shula a lot of credit for taking

1048
00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:52,840
Speaker 1: the lowest paid defense in the National Football League and

1049
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:55,040
Speaker 1: making something out of it. You know, hild their last

1050
00:53:55,080 --> 00:54:01,120
Speaker 1: two opponents under ten points back to back weeks. It's

1051
00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:03,640
Speaker 1: impressive to do that. Shout out to a Kello. Witherspoon

1052
00:54:03,719 --> 00:54:06,000
Speaker 1: made some really good plays this week and last week,

1053
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:09,239
Speaker 1: playing out of his mind, starting to play like the

1054
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:11,560
Speaker 1: guy that I think everybody in San Francisco knew he

1055
00:54:11,600 --> 00:54:13,759
Speaker 1: could be anytimes.

1056
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 2: Stafford's in it. All bets are off with me. Mitchell.

1057
00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:20,440
Speaker 1: I'm not betting on that game. I'm not betting against them.

1058
00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:23,840
Speaker 1: I'm not betting Witty because he gonna he gonna make

1059
00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:26,279
Speaker 1: it shake. And the way Pokin Naku is playing, the

1060
00:54:26,320 --> 00:54:29,560
Speaker 1: way Cooper Cup continues to play, and if they if

1061
00:54:29,560 --> 00:54:31,239
Speaker 1: they find a way to get to to that well

1062
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:36,440
Speaker 1: out there as much as they can, they can do

1063
00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:37,120
Speaker 1: something cool.

1064
00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:38,440
Speaker 2: Tyler Higbee's back.

1065
00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:42,359
Speaker 1: That's a guy who who Stafford has liked and during

1066
00:54:42,400 --> 00:54:47,279
Speaker 1: his time in in LA obviously Kyern Williams and the

1067
00:54:47,320 --> 00:54:51,560
Speaker 1: way he's been running the ball. If they're playing good

1068
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:56,080
Speaker 1: defense and offensively scheming it up like they have, anything's

1069
00:54:56,120 --> 00:54:58,200
Speaker 1: possible in these playoffs. And none of these teams look

1070
00:54:58,320 --> 00:55:01,600
Speaker 1: totally unbeatable. None of these teams look like their world beaters.

1071
00:55:02,960 --> 00:55:07,960
Speaker 1: They run into the right matchup, they can find a way, Mitchell.

1072
00:55:08,040 --> 00:55:10,399
Speaker 1: They run into the Minnesota Vikings in the first round.

1073
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:16,480
Speaker 1: Who knows, they'll be at home, you know, if they

1074
00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:18,440
Speaker 1: can win this division, they'll be at home in LA

1075
00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:21,240
Speaker 1: playing the Minnesota Vikings. They're not having to go to Elements.

1076
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:27,920
Speaker 1: You put Stafford in that stadium, and so far, anything's possible, Mitchell.

1077
00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:30,440
Speaker 1: And they're playing good defense, they believe you know, they

1078
00:55:30,520 --> 00:55:35,160
Speaker 1: got the underdog mentality. They're playing with house money. Why

1079
00:55:35,239 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 1: not Saturday we had two showcase games. I mean, the

1080
00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:41,480
Speaker 1: NFL couldn't have dreamed up two better games to have

1081
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:45,320
Speaker 1: on this Saturday slate. Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Houston

1082
00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:49,719
Speaker 1: Texans was the first one, and Mahomes supposedly had a

1083
00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:52,399
Speaker 1: high ankle sprain. Everyone was saying, oh my gosh, he's

1084
00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:56,520
Speaker 1: so bruised and battered, and you know the Houston Texans

1085
00:55:56,520 --> 00:55:58,640
Speaker 1: are going to take advantage of them, et cetera, et cetera.

1086
00:55:59,239 --> 00:56:02,200
Speaker 3: It certainly didn't look like it out there. Patrick Mahomes

1087
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:04,000
Speaker 3: at one of his better games in the season in

1088
00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:07,560
Speaker 3: terms of just controlling this game early and often. He

1089
00:56:07,960 --> 00:56:09,920
Speaker 3: threw for two hundred and sixty yards at a rushing

1090
00:56:09,960 --> 00:56:13,120
Speaker 3: TV early in this game. He got if you're worthy

1091
00:56:13,200 --> 00:56:16,879
Speaker 3: involved heavily, you hate to see Tank Dell go out

1092
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:20,000
Speaker 3: with the injury he did. Houston Texans are just battling

1093
00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:23,200
Speaker 3: injuries in their wide receiving corps. You're hearing rumors that

1094
00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:25,640
Speaker 3: Odell Beckham Junior might join that fold.

1095
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:29,160
Speaker 2: We shall see. But the Chiefs just keep.

1096
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:34,120
Speaker 3: On winning and winning and winning and winning and winning

1097
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:39,759
Speaker 3: and say it with me, Richard and winning. They just

1098
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:41,399
Speaker 3: they cannot find a way to lose.

1099
00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:41,800
Speaker 2: Richard.

1100
00:56:41,840 --> 00:56:45,560
Speaker 3: What's it gonna take to beat this Kansas City Chiefs team.

1101
00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:48,400
Speaker 1: And it's gonna take some pass rushers. It's gonna take

1102
00:56:48,520 --> 00:56:51,120
Speaker 1: not missing sacks on Patrick Mahomes. It's gonna take mistake

1103
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:55,960
Speaker 1: free football. And you know they've they've moved Toney out

1104
00:56:56,000 --> 00:57:01,880
Speaker 1: to left tackle. They switched Colleendo into guard to replace Tony,

1105
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:04,399
Speaker 1: and they're shuffling this offensive line to make things work,

1106
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:07,000
Speaker 1: but you see it's creating more issues. They're getting more

1107
00:57:07,080 --> 00:57:09,680
Speaker 1: interior pressure from the defense than they used to give

1108
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,439
Speaker 1: up with Tony on the inside. So I think they're

1109
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:14,120
Speaker 1: gonna have the teams are gonna have to get home,

1110
00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:18,600
Speaker 1: and it's gonna take high Smith, TJ. Watt, Cam Hayward,

1111
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:24,360
Speaker 1: Preston Smith to really show what is capable, what teams

1112
00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:26,840
Speaker 1: can be capable of if they attack these tackles and

1113
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:30,280
Speaker 1: find a way to win inside and not miss sacks

1114
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:34,320
Speaker 1: on Patrick Mahomes. Obviously, that ankle isn't in two out

1115
00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:36,880
Speaker 1: of shape. He ran a lot this game. He used

1116
00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:38,640
Speaker 1: his legs a lot, He got out of bounds, he

1117
00:57:38,920 --> 00:57:41,360
Speaker 1: got himself to safety. There's a little bit of limping,

1118
00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:43,640
Speaker 1: but he had thirty three rush yards. He had the

1119
00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:48,520
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown from pick at least fifteen yards out. Took

1120
00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:51,680
Speaker 1: a hit in that got up, kept going. Kareem Hunt

1121
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:53,800
Speaker 1: eleven carries fifty five yards in the touchdown.

1122
00:57:53,960 --> 00:57:56,080
Speaker 2: Xavier' Worthy. They found ways to get him the ball

1123
00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:57,200
Speaker 2: in the run game.

1124
00:57:57,240 --> 00:57:59,920
Speaker 1: In the past game, our guy for End of the Program,

1125
00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 1: Trent McDuffie, back to back games with an interception. Congress

1126
00:58:03,320 --> 00:58:05,360
Speaker 1: to him. I told him we'd have him back if

1127
00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:07,720
Speaker 1: he got another. If he got his first interception, He's

1128
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:09,840
Speaker 1: got two, so we got to get him on the schedule.

1129
00:58:10,080 --> 00:58:11,920
Speaker 1: We got to talk about it before these playoffs. They

1130
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:13,800
Speaker 1: gonna get to buy so maybe we can get to

1131
00:58:13,840 --> 00:58:16,480
Speaker 1: catch them in the bye week. Jayden Hicks also had

1132
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:19,440
Speaker 1: an interception, but I think c J. Stroud and Houston

1133
00:58:19,480 --> 00:58:21,480
Speaker 1: Texans played a really good game. They just ran out

1134
00:58:21,480 --> 00:58:24,320
Speaker 1: of steam. They emotions got to him. When Tank Dale

1135
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:29,000
Speaker 1: had that tragic injury that looked horrible and don't ever

1136
00:58:29,080 --> 00:58:29,480
Speaker 1: replay it.

1137
00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:31,960
Speaker 2: I don't want to see it. You know, I think

1138
00:58:32,040 --> 00:58:33,040
Speaker 2: that took their hearts.

1139
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:34,800
Speaker 1: You know, they continue to go out there and play

1140
00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:37,160
Speaker 1: but football's emotional game when you care about people that

1141
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:39,640
Speaker 1: you're playing with, and I think that took an emotional

1142
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:41,760
Speaker 1: toll on this team, especially on the quarterback.

1143
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:45,880
Speaker 2: You could see him visibly hurt and frustrated by it.

1144
00:58:48,280 --> 00:58:49,280
Speaker 2: That matters. I'm sorry.

1145
00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:51,240
Speaker 1: I know how much people want want these people to

1146
00:58:51,320 --> 00:58:54,439
Speaker 1: be robots, but they're not. They're not robots. They're human,

1147
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:57,040
Speaker 1: human beings. And you could see the connection and the

1148
00:58:57,160 --> 00:58:59,840
Speaker 1: camaraderie and the brotherhood that he and Tankdale have had.

1149
00:59:00,840 --> 00:59:02,600
Speaker 1: I think he was a big reason that the Houston

1150
00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:07,640
Speaker 1: Texans drafted Tankdale. I think they've developed a friendship. Obviously,

1151
00:59:08,040 --> 00:59:10,320
Speaker 1: he cares about that human being a tremendous amount. He

1152
00:59:10,360 --> 00:59:12,520
Speaker 1: felt like he put him in harm's way. Tank Deal

1153
00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:14,680
Speaker 1: did everything he could to bring that pass in to

1154
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:17,240
Speaker 1: at least make it a touchdown without the major injury.

1155
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:19,040
Speaker 1: We still haven't got a lot of information on that,

1156
00:59:19,640 --> 00:59:22,320
Speaker 1: but things like that take an emotional toll on the team,

1157
00:59:22,400 --> 00:59:24,440
Speaker 1: you know, and they can send you one way and

1158
00:59:24,560 --> 00:59:26,640
Speaker 1: you go out there and fight for your teammate. But

1159
00:59:26,760 --> 00:59:29,160
Speaker 1: I think they sent this young team into shock a

1160
00:59:29,240 --> 00:59:33,560
Speaker 1: little bit. Obviously, Nico Collins coming back has helped them.

1161
00:59:33,640 --> 00:59:35,720
Speaker 1: Tankdale had six catches for ninety eight yards in a

1162
00:59:35,800 --> 00:59:39,160
Speaker 1: touchdown before he left. They're gonna find have to find

1163
00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:41,680
Speaker 1: a way to replace that kind of production. Obviously, you

1164
00:59:41,920 --> 00:59:44,320
Speaker 1: just said Odell Beckham Junior might be called. I'm not

1165
00:59:44,400 --> 00:59:46,040
Speaker 1: sure if he has what he used to have in

1166
00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:48,560
Speaker 1: the tank, but it'll be better than what they have

1167
00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:52,960
Speaker 1: without Tankdale, without Stefan Diggs, who they came into the

1168
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:53,480
Speaker 1: season with.

1169
00:59:53,680 --> 00:59:55,920
Speaker 2: They're gonna need some help to get some of that

1170
00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:56,760
Speaker 2: production back.

1171
00:59:57,600 --> 01:00:01,680
Speaker 1: But your prayers up to Tankdale and hoping that he

1172
01:00:01,720 --> 01:00:04,640
Speaker 1: could get that fixed and that he comes out and

1173
01:00:04,920 --> 01:00:08,080
Speaker 1: heals quickly and is able to get back out there

1174
01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:12,120
Speaker 1: playing a game that he loves, because that was a

1175
01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:13,160
Speaker 1: devastating injury.

1176
01:00:14,200 --> 01:00:17,240
Speaker 2: C J. Stroud was visibly shaken up, and that changes

1177
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:18,280
Speaker 2: the complexity of the game.

1178
01:00:18,400 --> 01:00:23,480
Speaker 1: Chiefs have now won sixteen straight one possession games. I

1179
01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:25,560
Speaker 1: told you, Mitchell, they could go they could get put

1180
01:00:25,600 --> 01:00:27,720
Speaker 1: out in Divisional, or they could win the Super Bowl

1181
01:00:27,800 --> 01:00:30,640
Speaker 1: by a field goal walking off. You don't really know.

1182
01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:33,560
Speaker 2: They found a way to win every other game at

1183
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:37,960
Speaker 2: this point. It's not luck. They got a system and

1184
01:00:38,000 --> 01:00:39,200
Speaker 2: they're executing.

1185
01:00:39,640 --> 01:00:42,439
Speaker 3: No question, and they get Hollywood Brown back here soon.

1186
01:00:42,840 --> 01:00:46,800
Speaker 3: I see they activate them off Ir at least activated

1187
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:50,520
Speaker 3: his practice window. We'll see how that transpires. Both of

1188
01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:52,480
Speaker 3: these teams are going to be playing on Christmas Day.

1189
01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:55,240
Speaker 3: They only got a couple of days to recover. Chiefs

1190
01:00:55,320 --> 01:00:58,760
Speaker 3: had Steelers, the Texans hosts the Ravens. It's going to

1191
01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:01,440
Speaker 3: be an awesome Christmas Richard. Let's talk a little bit

1192
01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:05,080
Speaker 3: about that Baltimore Ravens Steelers game. This game was tight,

1193
01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:08,760
Speaker 3: It could have gone either way, and then you talked

1194
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:11,440
Speaker 3: about it. Lamar Jackson kind of took over late and

1195
01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:15,200
Speaker 3: ultimately blew this game wide open. The Baltimore Ravens go

1196
01:01:15,360 --> 01:01:17,600
Speaker 3: home of victor thirty four to seventeen.

1197
01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:18,920
Speaker 2: But it was tied.

1198
01:01:19,160 --> 01:01:22,280
Speaker 3: You know, it was tied early in the second half,

1199
01:01:22,400 --> 01:01:26,400
Speaker 3: and the Pittsburgh overcame some adversity down ten late in

1200
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:29,720
Speaker 3: that first half and ultimately tied it up. But Baltimore

1201
01:01:29,880 --> 01:01:33,240
Speaker 3: comes away the victor. To me, this Baltimore team is

1202
01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:36,080
Speaker 3: starting a fire at the right time because you look

1203
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:39,680
Speaker 3: at Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry and the maturity is a

1204
01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:44,000
Speaker 3: flowers he and Mark Andrews is finally healthy, and Isaiah

1205
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:48,280
Speaker 3: likely there's so many contributors to this Ravens team. I

1206
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:50,560
Speaker 3: would be putting some money on Baltimore to come away

1207
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:53,360
Speaker 3: with the AFC crown. I really like what they've got

1208
01:01:53,480 --> 01:01:56,240
Speaker 3: going here, and to take down a division FO that

1209
01:01:56,440 --> 01:01:58,560
Speaker 3: is really beaten up on him quite a bit. The

1210
01:01:58,680 --> 01:02:01,439
Speaker 3: Ravens have beat the Steelers just twice in the last

1211
01:02:01,520 --> 01:02:04,960
Speaker 3: ten games, and for them to double them up this

1212
01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:08,080
Speaker 3: Saturday was impressive to me. Richard, how much do you

1213
01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:09,280
Speaker 3: like the Ravens right now?

1214
01:02:10,040 --> 01:02:11,840
Speaker 1: I really like them and I like what they're doing

1215
01:02:11,920 --> 01:02:15,160
Speaker 1: because they're running Derrick Henry. He had twenty four carries

1216
01:02:15,200 --> 01:02:17,520
Speaker 1: for one hundred and sixty two yards. And I said

1217
01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:18,680
Speaker 1: this earlier in the season.

1218
01:02:19,240 --> 01:02:21,480
Speaker 2: Run it. That's the formula. Obviously.

1219
01:02:21,600 --> 01:02:24,360
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson makes his impact throws the football all around

1220
01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:26,680
Speaker 1: the yard. He has this impact running it when he

1221
01:02:26,760 --> 01:02:30,440
Speaker 1: has to. Dereck Henry twenty plus carries, twenty plus carries.

1222
01:02:30,600 --> 01:02:32,800
Speaker 1: I believe they have a high probability to winning that game.

1223
01:02:32,840 --> 01:02:34,760
Speaker 1: It's not fool proof, you know, you still have to

1224
01:02:34,840 --> 01:02:37,920
Speaker 1: do other things right. They still needed to play good defense,

1225
01:02:38,920 --> 01:02:41,560
Speaker 1: and they did. Marlon Humphries, who's having an All Pro

1226
01:02:41,720 --> 01:02:44,520
Speaker 1: season even despite missing a couple of games, having an

1227
01:02:44,520 --> 01:02:46,640
Speaker 1: All Pro season, had a thirty seven yard pick six

1228
01:02:46,760 --> 01:02:51,440
Speaker 1: that blew this game open. Russell had the fumble and

1229
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:54,480
Speaker 1: the red zone on an incredible run on an incredible

1230
01:02:54,520 --> 01:02:57,800
Speaker 1: scramble that took points off the board. The last nine

1231
01:02:57,880 --> 01:03:01,480
Speaker 1: games have been decided by seven points. Are fewer between

1232
01:03:01,520 --> 01:03:04,840
Speaker 1: these teams. This game obviously seventeen point win by the

1233
01:03:04,920 --> 01:03:07,880
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens. A lot of it came because of those turnovers.

1234
01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:11,440
Speaker 1: But a guy that's made a lot of money by

1235
01:03:11,560 --> 01:03:16,600
Speaker 1: not playing George Pickens, George Pickens. This offense has averaged

1236
01:03:16,680 --> 01:03:20,520
Speaker 1: nineteen points a game the three weeks without George Pickens.

1237
01:03:20,800 --> 01:03:25,360
Speaker 1: George Pickens is out with a hamstring, and sometimes your

1238
01:03:25,520 --> 01:03:32,120
Speaker 1: value shows when you're not there. Sometimes absence makes the

1239
01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:35,560
Speaker 1: heart grow fonder. And I don't think Pittsburgh fans could

1240
01:03:35,600 --> 01:03:38,240
Speaker 1: be any more fond of George Pickens than they are

1241
01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:41,360
Speaker 1: right now because they know how much they need him

1242
01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:44,040
Speaker 1: in order for this offense to go. I think they

1243
01:03:44,120 --> 01:03:47,760
Speaker 1: appreciate the way he impacts the game a lot more

1244
01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:50,800
Speaker 1: right now than they ever have before. And they're gonna

1245
01:03:50,840 --> 01:03:53,160
Speaker 1: need him healthy in the playoffs to make a run

1246
01:03:53,280 --> 01:03:57,000
Speaker 1: because they're stumbling. And they have a game in three

1247
01:03:57,120 --> 01:04:00,280
Speaker 1: days against the Kansas City Chiefs, and I think hopefully

1248
01:04:00,320 --> 01:04:00,880
Speaker 1: he's back.

1249
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:01,360
Speaker 2: For that game.

1250
01:04:01,760 --> 01:04:03,360
Speaker 1: I think that's going to be a doll fight even

1251
01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:05,320
Speaker 1: if he is back, because the Kansas City Chiefs are

1252
01:04:05,320 --> 01:04:07,840
Speaker 1: trying to lock up home field advantage so they can

1253
01:04:07,880 --> 01:04:11,040
Speaker 1: rest Patrick Mahons in that ankle for two weeks before

1254
01:04:11,280 --> 01:04:12,439
Speaker 1: they have a divisional game.

1255
01:04:12,920 --> 01:04:14,880
Speaker 2: But their d line isn't going to just give up.

1256
01:04:15,400 --> 01:04:17,160
Speaker 2: Alex Hedge Smith had a sack in this game.

1257
01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:20,880
Speaker 1: He had a lot of pressures over there on Ronnie Staley,

1258
01:04:21,600 --> 01:04:23,800
Speaker 1: but Minka Fitzpatrick had an interception.

1259
01:04:23,880 --> 01:04:27,000
Speaker 2: Their defense is still capable of getting things done.

1260
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:32,720
Speaker 1: The things that make Russell Wilson really picture perfect for

1261
01:04:32,800 --> 01:04:36,560
Speaker 1: this offense is when their running game is reliable with

1262
01:04:36,720 --> 01:04:40,840
Speaker 1: Naji Harris and Jalen Warren and he's able to drop back,

1263
01:04:41,120 --> 01:04:44,280
Speaker 1: push the ball down the field, play mistake free football,

1264
01:04:44,360 --> 01:04:46,320
Speaker 1: don't give the ball to the other team, and they

1265
01:04:46,360 --> 01:04:48,520
Speaker 1: can win these games. But when you turn the ball over,

1266
01:04:48,600 --> 01:04:50,400
Speaker 1: you throw a pick six, you fumble the ball in

1267
01:04:50,440 --> 01:04:52,480
Speaker 1: your red zone, that's when these games can get out

1268
01:04:52,480 --> 01:04:54,920
Speaker 1: of hand. So again, I think they understand the formula.

1269
01:04:55,960 --> 01:04:58,360
Speaker 1: He understands the formula. You got to take care of

1270
01:04:58,400 --> 01:04:59,800
Speaker 1: the football they got to be able to run the

1271
01:04:59,840 --> 01:05:02,920
Speaker 1: ball better than they did this game, and defensively, they

1272
01:05:02,960 --> 01:05:04,800
Speaker 1: got to give him a few more cracks at it. Obviously,

1273
01:05:04,880 --> 01:05:07,880
Speaker 1: the Menka Fitzpatrick interception was one, but they need another

1274
01:05:07,920 --> 01:05:10,960
Speaker 1: one and that's going to be their formula for win

1275
01:05:10,960 --> 01:05:13,280
Speaker 1: any these playoffs and getting upset. But you're right, Baltimore

1276
01:05:13,360 --> 01:05:15,880
Speaker 1: Ravens are playing as good as anyone right now, and

1277
01:05:15,960 --> 01:05:17,840
Speaker 1: that AFC is up for grabs. I don't think you

1278
01:05:17,920 --> 01:05:20,120
Speaker 1: feel like the Kansas City Chiefs are a juggernaut. I

1279
01:05:20,120 --> 01:05:22,560
Speaker 1: don't feel like the Buffalo Bills are a juggernaut. I

1280
01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:25,600
Speaker 1: don't think the Baltimore Ravens are afraid of to go

1281
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:27,400
Speaker 1: to Buffalo and run the ball and play in the

1282
01:05:27,480 --> 01:05:31,160
Speaker 1: cold to frigid. I don't think they're scared to going

1283
01:05:31,160 --> 01:05:33,600
Speaker 1: to Kansas City and playing a fridge of coal. I

1284
01:05:33,680 --> 01:05:35,240
Speaker 1: think they're more than likely going to have to go

1285
01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:38,680
Speaker 1: to Buffalo to seeing at how things are gonna shake.

1286
01:05:38,480 --> 01:05:39,080
Speaker 2: Out right now.

1287
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:43,560
Speaker 1: But I think Baltimore would be favored in that game

1288
01:05:43,640 --> 01:05:45,400
Speaker 1: with Derrick Henry and what he's been able to do,

1289
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:49,080
Speaker 1: and you know, depending on how Buffalo ends this season.

1290
01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:53,600
Speaker 3: Well, Richard, we're almost at the finish side of this

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Speaker 3: regular season. Week sixteen is almost over. I will let

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Speaker 3: you sign us off my front.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's been a great week, a great weekend of football.

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Speaker 1: Thank you guys for joining us as always, whether you

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Speaker 1: stay for a minute, an hour, or the entire thing,

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Speaker 1: we sincerely appreciate you. I hope you have a merry,

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Speaker 1: very merry Christmas with your family and friends, eat a

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Speaker 1: lot of good food, enjoy some more football, love and

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Speaker 1: respect from the Richard Truman Podcast, we sure do appreciate you.

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Speaker 2: Happy Holidays. Hit that sub button if you're new.

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Speaker 1: The volume