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Speaker 1: The Around the NFL Podcast, so Cal's number one Delaware

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Speaker 1: tribute band. Welcome back to another edition of the Around

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Speaker 1: the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansis, and I

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Speaker 1: am joined by a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler,

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Speaker 1: Chris Westling and Greg ros All. What's up, boys? Hey, Dan,

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Speaker 1: I gotta say we have uh to get some new

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Speaker 1: money tags. We've gotta get some money intros. I feel

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Speaker 1: like we've hitten the recycled being a couple of a

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Speaker 1: couple of times. We did, and I will. I did

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Speaker 1: send out a call to arms on our Twitter use

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Speaker 1: the hashtag money tags. You've sent in some great ones.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna add our own and we're gonna have Matt

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Speaker 1: money Smith records some new ones next week. But keep

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Speaker 1: sending him, keep sending the good ones. I've seen some

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Speaker 1: great ones so far. Um what else? Also on Twitter,

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Speaker 1: a lot of positive feedback about spice Rack. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: what a spice Rex Twitter handle. We should help him out.

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Speaker 1: It's like, at no, no, you should say what it

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Speaker 1: actually is. You don't even need to help him out

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Speaker 1: that much. He hasn't tweeted in three months. I went

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Speaker 1: and checked. I was gonna follow him and he never tweets,

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Speaker 1: so I thought, well, it should be like at the Spicer. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: obviously he's there, a new one. It's time for him.

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Speaker 1: It's time for him to brand himself. If he wants

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Speaker 1: to get back in the show, He's got a brand himself,

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Speaker 1: and just be prepared for you know, he sent me

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Speaker 1: a bunch of texts last night. He was he was

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Speaker 1: a little down in the dumps at first. But I think,

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Speaker 1: you know, once I told him that the listeners liked it,

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Speaker 1: he was. I thought it was great. It was great.

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Speaker 1: His Twitter handle is at brand Underscore Marquis m A

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Speaker 1: his emotional state and the fact that he's at you know,

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Speaker 1: in the course of twenty four hour has been very

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Speaker 1: high maintenance in terms of West's friendship with him. No,

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Speaker 1: he hasn't been high man. Okay, well, just so he's

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Speaker 1: all over the map emotionally, like up, he's down. You know,

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Speaker 1: I thought, he's great, He's gonna have a little self confidence.

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Speaker 1: He did great. He felt like he he left a

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Speaker 1: lot of meat on the bone to borrow. Joseph Randalls

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Speaker 1: there is he is your desert. Desert Svengali, and a

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Speaker 1: lot of people said, oh, would he be a good

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Speaker 1: challenger and win West's toaster? Oh? Yeah, would he? He

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Speaker 1: knows a lot about sports. But I've been doing this

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Speaker 1: for a living for the last almost ten years, which

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Speaker 1: gives me a tremendous advantage over him. Humble Christmas time, Humble,

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Speaker 1: just giving you an honest and like smells like the

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Speaker 1: gift of humble brag. It's about me. I did you

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Speaker 1: want me to give you a coach speaker or something? Alright,

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Speaker 1: so listen lest we love you. It is the holiday season.

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Speaker 1: We are two days away from Christmas. We we gave

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Speaker 1: gifts to each other on Tuesday's show. Now we will

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Speaker 1: give the gift to our listener of an excellent Week

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Speaker 1: sixteen preview. Nailed it? Home run? Where's the Stitcher? We

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Speaker 1: will go through each of the sixteen games. What well, now,

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Speaker 1: I was gonna I was just gonna say, continue on. Okay,

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Speaker 1: each of the sixteen games on the week's sixteen schedule.

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Speaker 1: Uh so there will be two teams, six games to

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Speaker 1: talk about. I just gotta say we can pull back

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Speaker 1: the curtain a little bit. Hansas has got to catch

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Speaker 1: a bird. Uh An airplane down to Texas to see

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Speaker 1: your lovely wife and your son Jack. So we're gonna mow.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna, you know, try to mow through these games,

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Speaker 1: uh in an expedient time and get you there on time.

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Speaker 1: And the Thursday night game will be really quick too,

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Speaker 1: this on Christmas or even the day after Christmas when

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Speaker 1: you're traveling back home. Do you call airplanes birds? Now

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Speaker 1: that you have an image of you wearing sunglasses and

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Speaker 1: like a leather jacket for your other podcasts? Are you

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Speaker 1: talking about the Rosenthal and Jessel Nick Vanity Project new logo?

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you for the plug. We have a

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Speaker 1: new episode on Wednesday the Rump Podcast. I think that's

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Speaker 1: for Sunday show, we'll talk about it. For now, everyone

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Speaker 1: dismissive about anything that Dan ever did, he would give

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Speaker 1: kind of treatment is that? I don't know. I've never

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Speaker 1: done that too. That's a that's a maneuver that happens sometimes. Interesting.

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Speaker 1: All right, So let's get to some football games, and

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Speaker 1: we will start yes with a Thursday night matchup. Um

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Speaker 1: And yet there is some juice, isn't there? Greg? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: win their fifth game of the season. They gotta do

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Speaker 1: it in Buffalo against the Bills. And you know, a

425
00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,919
Speaker 1: month ago, maybe we would be like, oh, Bills are

426
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Speaker 1: gonna roll over the Cowboys. And perhaps they still will

427
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,520
Speaker 1: because the Cowboys are not very good, but the Bills

428
00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:45,479
Speaker 1: are a mess. I mean, I like to call us

429
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Speaker 1: if you if you're following what's going on right now

430
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Speaker 1: in Buffalo, it's it's kind of like a controlled mutiny

431
00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,640
Speaker 1: where guys are speaking out. They're not outright throwing Rex

432
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Speaker 1: under the bus, are saying that, you know, we need

433
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Speaker 1: to start fresh or any I can't. Yeah, but it's

434
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Speaker 1: it's close. It's like right at the line, Sammy Watkins

435
00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:06,240
Speaker 1: speaking out, Mario Williams wants out of town. Booby Dixon

436
00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,800
Speaker 1: spoke up, Um, Corey Graham. Corey Graham, So you know,

437
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,359
Speaker 1: there's a lot of dissension. Rex. Ryan's gonna get a

438
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Speaker 1: second year. I would be stunned if he didn't get

439
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,960
Speaker 1: a second year. But he obviously has like a ton

440
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Speaker 1: of work to do. And I will add one thing,

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Speaker 1: uh the Four Falls of Buffalo, which is a thirty

442
00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 1: for thirty on Uh the Bills super Bowl teams that

443
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:29,280
Speaker 1: I was watching yesterday. Uh this it's not unprecedented that

444
00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,359
Speaker 1: you can get a team back together. The year before

445
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Speaker 1: their Super Bowl run, they were known west as you

446
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Speaker 1: might remember, as the bickering Bills. Uh. And they were

447
00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:39,159
Speaker 1: a team that was you know, Jim Kelly and Thermant

448
00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,640
Speaker 1: Thomas for fighting and everybody was unhappy and Pollyan came

449
00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,359
Speaker 1: in and restored order. Well, that's what the Bills need.

450
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,920
Speaker 1: And maybe Doug Welly isn't that guy, but the Bills

451
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Speaker 1: need to get their house in honor. Well. Nigel Bradham,

452
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Speaker 1: who has had three head coaches in four years, says

453
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Speaker 1: he's never seen finger pointing like this on the Bill.

454
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Speaker 1: So it's a worst situation now, he says, than ever.

455
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Speaker 1: Uh Uh. You know, Rex Bradham said, we're all grown men.

456
00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:03,879
Speaker 1: You should know what to say what not to say.

457
00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,119
Speaker 1: I think that what Mario Williams really taking shot that

458
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,159
Speaker 1: the coaching staff is what not to say. But I

459
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:11,520
Speaker 1: like what Rex Ryan uh said this week or on

460
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Speaker 1: Wednesday about Kellen Moore, just a little scouting report for

461
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Speaker 1: the game. Well, the first thing that jumps out at

462
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,200
Speaker 1: you he's a little bitty dude, and then you notice

463
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Speaker 1: he's throwing with the wrong hand, So that that's the

464
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Speaker 1: scouting report level of analysis. He's been so obnoxious this year,

465
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Speaker 1: like I really turned on him when he couldn't acknowledge

466
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Speaker 1: that Dion Lewis is a corporeal entity and then dismissed

467
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Speaker 1: him after the game like, oh, he didn't beat us. Well, yeah,

468
00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,760
Speaker 1: actually that stop that Jets Bills game in Week seventeen

469
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Speaker 1: does not look nearly as tough. And now I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: surprise me if the Cowboys win this game. Oh I

471
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Speaker 1: would be shocked. But one thing I will say, it

472
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Speaker 1: ain't kind of thrown in the towel here that who

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Speaker 1: said who said we all picked the Bills, which just

474
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Speaker 1: tells you how much we think of the Cowboys. But um,

475
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Speaker 1: who said that this is worse than anything they've ever

476
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Speaker 1: seen in Buffalo. Nigel Bradham only in his fourth season,

477
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Speaker 1: but he's had a lot of coaches and GM's there

478
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,919
Speaker 1: in four season, it tells you how different the NFL

479
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,800
Speaker 1: is because the worst thing he's seen how different the

480
00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,720
Speaker 1: NFL is now, Because back in nineteen ninety or nine nine,

481
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Speaker 1: Jim Kelly called out some teammates in the press. Thurman

482
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Speaker 1: Thomas then called out Jim Kelly and then Bill Paul

483
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Speaker 1: and forced the two of them to call press conference

484
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Speaker 1: together and read statements about how they're not gonna fight

485
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,560
Speaker 1: fight with each other anymore. Can you imagine if that

486
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,240
Speaker 1: happened today between Tyrod Taylor and and that was a

487
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Speaker 1: playoff team, Yes they were. They lost a heartbreaking loss

488
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Speaker 1: to the Browns, but that but they you could tell

489
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Speaker 1: that there was a ton of talent on the team.

490
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Speaker 1: I think there is in Buffalo two right now. And

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Speaker 1: to be fair to Rex Well, this is I don't

492
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Speaker 1: know why I'm saying this, but they're the players. And

493
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Speaker 1: Booby Dixon especially said that there aren't any leaders in

494
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Speaker 1: this locker room, that it's not just the coaching staff.

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Speaker 1: That there were that he was in San Francisco and

496
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Speaker 1: whenever there was something hot fire going on, they would

497
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Speaker 1: call a meeting and there'd be players to step up

498
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Speaker 1: and be accountable. And Greg, you're borrowing your brow at me,

499
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,560
Speaker 1: but that's that's Tom Brady and William That was Willia

500
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Speaker 1: McGinnis player is the one who's not crying. I'll rowing

501
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Speaker 1: my brow at the bills because i was thinking who

502
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Speaker 1: are their highest paid players and I'm thinking Mario Williams,

503
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Speaker 1: Lashawn McCoy, Williams, Well, you know who was? I think

504
00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:20,480
Speaker 1: it was Fred Jackson? Yeah, Fred? And you trade in

505
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Speaker 1: the way and that sometimes those trades get rid of

506
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Speaker 1: this old player. How is up your locker? How can

507
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Speaker 1: they say they don't have leadership with Richie Incognitos on

508
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Speaker 1: that two Oh yeah, by the way, Jerry Jones, I

509
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Speaker 1: respect him for coming out and say we messed up

510
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Speaker 1: this year, we mis evaluated Brandon Whedon. I hope his

511
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Speaker 1: next step is to say we messed up on signing

512
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Speaker 1: Greg Hardy alright, moving on or Matt Castle for that matter.

513
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Speaker 1: The next one PM game? Will you get off Maccastle?

514
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Speaker 1: The guys doing is I think all I have left

515
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:50,480
Speaker 1: at this point, It's all I have. I think the

516
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Speaker 1: fact when your owner says we blew it by not

517
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,960
Speaker 1: keeping Brandon Weird, it's a shot thinking insult. And he

518
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Speaker 1: said it by going into the season with Brandon Weeden

519
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Speaker 1: as the next one PM game to discuss is the

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Speaker 1: San Francisco forty Niners who traveled to Ford Field to

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Speaker 1: take on the Lions. Uh, we gotta get to to

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Speaker 1: the airport. Dan greg has the Lions making the super

523
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Speaker 1: one point on this game from either team. Look at

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Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford's up to twenty seven touchdowns. He's having a

525
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Speaker 1: year now, salvaging his place on this team. Maybe salvage

526
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Speaker 1: and Calvin Johnson too, although I expect him to ask

527
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Speaker 1: Calvin dicktake he's having a half a year. The first

528
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Speaker 1: half of the year should not be I don't care

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Speaker 1: what the total numbers say. He was one of the

530
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Speaker 1: worst quarterbacks in the league for half the season. You

531
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Speaker 1: can't ignore it. Yeah, But what you also cannot ignore

532
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Speaker 1: is the rise of couder Well. I never would, I mean,

533
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Speaker 1: do we call this in the course of an entire

534
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Speaker 1: season like garbage time? You go one in seven interest

535
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Speaker 1: in garbage time in the whole second half of the season,

536
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Speaker 1: throwing the ball over the place Couter We trust we

537
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Speaker 1: all took the Lions in that game. Boardie. Niners are

538
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Speaker 1: one of the worst four and ten teams in NFL history.

539
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Speaker 1: I think they're the worst team in the NFL, but

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Speaker 1: they have four weeks. That's my take from this game.

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Speaker 1: That's fair. I like that take. That was a good take.

542
00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:08,719
Speaker 1: Chas moving on another one PM game to Cleveland, Brown's

543
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 1: travel to Kansas City to face the Chiefs, and I've

544
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 1: been talking about this with Mark sporadically throughout the week

545
00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 1: that I really think it does fit in with Brown's

546
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:22,560
Speaker 1: narrative um that Johnny Manziel is gonna light somebody up

547
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,159
Speaker 1: in one of these last two weeks and look really

548
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Speaker 1: good and make the decision even harder about what to

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Speaker 1: do next in Cleveland, and I think it's I think

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Speaker 1: it's gonna happen on Sunday. I think Johnny Menzel's going

551
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Speaker 1: into Arrowhead. And I don't think the Chiefs are playing

552
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:37,480
Speaker 1: too hot the last couple of weeks. I think they're

553
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Speaker 1: a little more vulnerable than people realize. And I think

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00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 1: Manzel is gonna throw three touchdowns. I think he might

555
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,760
Speaker 1: run for one to everyone's gonna get excited in Cleveland.

556
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,520
Speaker 1: There's gonna be a little hope back in the building.

557
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,720
Speaker 1: And then he's gonna move into your guesthouse in the

558
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,680
Speaker 1: off season and you're gonna watch over him just watering

559
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 1: Gatorade all off season. But seriously, I do I mean

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00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,320
Speaker 1: just I got a Sessler about it. That's all that

561
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 1: Manziel is gonna have a big game and the Chiefs. Yeah,

562
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 1: one of these teams, it could easily be the Jets.

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00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 1: We'll get to them later, but one of these three

564
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,520
Speaker 1: a f C wildcard hopefuls are gonna fall. I'm banking

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Speaker 1: on the Chiefs being the one. I'm gonna like, you need,

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Speaker 1: you need this to happen as a Jets fan too,

567
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: So there's you know, there's a lot of hope. But

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Speaker 1: I don't know about Cleveland because outside of Manziel, who

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Speaker 1: I do think provides a spark, they've got. They've put

570
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Speaker 1: five or six players on I R in the last

571
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Speaker 1: three or four weeks alone. Players are shutting down. I

572
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 1: thought they play hard for Petton last week, but there's

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Speaker 1: just they're just outmatched. Chiefs, even with injuries, are are

574
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,800
Speaker 1: a much more talented team on both sides of the ball.

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00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,320
Speaker 1: Right now, my game pass must be dysfunctional because people

576
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Speaker 1: keep throwing all these accolades a Johnny Manzel. I thought

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00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: he was awful last week and he held the ball

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00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 1: too long the entire second half he's just trying to

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Speaker 1: evade pass rushers. I'm almost nothing. I mean, I didn't

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Speaker 1: know any kind of a spark game. I thought he

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Speaker 1: was a spot though. I mean, that's Seattle is playing

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00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,800
Speaker 1: as good as anybody in the league. He's not, he's

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00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 1: not ready to go on there. The Browns don't have

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Speaker 1: the know But I don't see why, like all of

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00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 1: a sudden, Man's l's gonna be the one that pushes

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00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 1: him to That's fair. I think Also, he's a quarterback

587
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,680
Speaker 1: with no ground game and he's under siege. All he

588
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 1: did and he looked great, and that's the only game

589
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 1: that any quarterback in Cleveland's had all season. That way,

590
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,160
Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna happen against Kansas City. I

591
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,400
Speaker 1: don't think he was great last week. But he is

592
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 1: a different player and he provides different opportunities than Austin

593
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,120
Speaker 1: Davis does Tom. He's way better than Austin Tom. But

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00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 1: Ali broke his thumb last week. He is expected to

595
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 1: play that. But that's one of the most surprising Pro

596
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 1: Bowl players in the league. It looked like he was

597
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:33,440
Speaker 1: just about on his way out of Kansas City and

598
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,960
Speaker 1: has had a really nice season justin Houston is the

599
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 1: most underreported injury in the league. I don't think this

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00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 1: team is the same. It's just nearly has then dangerous

601
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 1: if he doesn't play in the playoffs, and it looks

602
00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,760
Speaker 1: like that's where they're headed. So I think that gives

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00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:50,080
Speaker 1: the Browns a chance. There's a bizarre role among media insiders,

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Speaker 1: even though Justin Houston is one of the best players

605
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 1: in the NFL, anytime he does something, you're not allowed

606
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 1: to report on it. You just have to talk about

607
00:29:56,640 --> 00:30:02,239
Speaker 1: talk about Dez Bryant instead. But I am not an

608
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,480
Speaker 1: insider who enforces that. I believe they just all get together.

609
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 1: All the network heads are like, Justin Houston, doesn't matter

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00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,520
Speaker 1: he plays in Kansas. I think, don't talk about stefter

611
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,960
Speaker 1: is Is. It's kind of like a committee where he

612
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 1: is now the leader because he's been doing it now

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Speaker 1: the longest. On top. Well, I shouldn't say that the

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00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 1: Indianapolis Colts. Let's move on. The Indianapolis Colts are six

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Speaker 1: and eight, and they listen. This has been a frustrating

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Speaker 1: season for this team. Andrew Luck has only played seven

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Speaker 1: games and he's not coming back this week. Uh. Now

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00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: they have to have any chance to save their season

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Speaker 1: and maybe sneak back into the playoffs. They gotta go

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Speaker 1: on the road. Luckily road is Miami against the Dolphins. Team.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of those teams that just to end the season already,

622
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Speaker 1: the Dolphins, they just want to get out of town

623
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Speaker 1: and and figure out what to do next with their franchise. Uh,

624
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 1: probably starting with a head coach search. But here are

625
00:30:55,040 --> 00:31:00,120
Speaker 1: the Colts. Matt hasselbeck Um who said this week, and

626
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 1: this is never a good sign. It's a direct quote.

627
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 1: I've got nothing left. And it's like I have to

628
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: be on Like, how can you pick the Colts to

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00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 1: win any games when the quarterback, the four year old,

630
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 1: beaten up quarterback, is admitting to the world that he

631
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,920
Speaker 1: literally has nothing physically to give and they have nowhere

632
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,239
Speaker 1: else to go unless you want to count clip War

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Speaker 1: Jesus a man that I admire and love, but I

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Speaker 1: mean I can't get behind that. He should driven up

635
00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 1: husk of a man is what he's telling you. How

636
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Speaker 1: can you ignore that? I mean they could, they could

637
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: prove me wrong, but it just feels like that that

638
00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 1: loss to the Texans was the end of the Pagano era.

639
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: I mean, they had the ten three lead, they lose

640
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 1: it to it's an ugly it doesn't matter right they

641
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 1: they're not coming off the mat, you know. There t

642
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: Y Hilton's criticizing the play calling this week that that's

643
00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 1: a big part of the problem, not my problem. Although

644
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 1: the Formans are much better. I mean they got they

645
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 1: got waxed by San Diego. That the Dolphins, there's talk

646
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: in Miami that they could blow the whole thing up,

647
00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:14,959
Speaker 1: that even tanninbaumb might not be safe. Uh who then,

648
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: y you know they change they change the deck chairs

649
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 1: every sixteen eighteen months. If you have a job, really,

650
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 1: I don't think you will next year? Well, reportedly, who

651
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 1: covers this game on Sunday? This is a game even

652
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: Greg couldn't love. No, I won't make a case for it.

653
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 1: I'm going to give it to the desk. Give it.

654
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: Give a chance one of our fine uh, one of

655
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: our fine guys like Tyler Dragon or maybe Andy Hagman

656
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 1: Lakisha you know sound like women. Well, well the latter

657
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 1: two are women. Yeah, in general, I'm just Mark Artega

658
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 1: was trying to give him a little love. Yeah, Well,

659
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: they do a great job, so why not send this

660
00:32:55,520 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 1: opportunity to them to cover this flamethrowing contest. Uh, you

661
00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 1: took the Colts as of now to well, okay, West,

662
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: and I took the album. I made the picks like

663
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: like eighteen seconds before the podcast. They're all false flag picks.

664
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 1: Who knows what they mean. I'll probably change seven of

665
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 1: them before Sunday. Right, Sometimes I wonder why I'm also

666
00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 1: I'm buried in the standing, So why not just start

667
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 1: go swinging for the fences. West has moved into first place.

668
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 1: By the way, let's see if West can close. That's

669
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 1: another sandwich for me here. You're right, you're ready. Let's

670
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: move on to New England Patriots. Another twelve win season

671
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: up in Foxboro. The Throne of Ease is activating it

672
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 1: powerful levels. And yet whenever they play the New York Jets,

673
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 1: they're in for a dog fight greg whether the Jet

674
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: team is good or the Jet team is bad. But

675
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 1: how about when the Jet team is good and desperate?

676
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 1: And that's what we got. The Jets need to win essentially,

677
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: I mean they to be eliminated with the loss, but

678
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 1: they would be just about done at that point. They

679
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 1: are in their building where they've been good this year. Uh,

680
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 1: for the most part. Uh, they have a quarterback that's

681
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,240
Speaker 1: playing with a lot of confidence, that is fully aware

682
00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 1: of the stakes. He said, this is huge for me.

683
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,400
Speaker 1: Brandon Marshalls has never gone to the playoffs. These guys

684
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 1: know this is maybe the best chance they've ever had,

685
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,319
Speaker 1: and I don't think they're gonna let it get away. Greg.

686
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 1: I'm excited. You know, I'm an optimistic Jets fan, which

687
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:29,960
Speaker 1: is never a good thing to be, But I think

688
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,320
Speaker 1: the Jets are gonna battle and they're gonna give the

689
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,400
Speaker 1: Patriots the third loss. What do you think about that?

690
00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 1: How you like them? Apples to quote a little Boston

691
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: that makes it makes a lot of sense, and I

692
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 1: buy it. But I'm at cross. You know, I'm feeling

693
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 1: mixed things about this game because that whenever it's logical

694
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 1: that the Patriots are gonna get picked off, that's generally

695
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:56,560
Speaker 1: when you get your best Patriots effort. And then afterwards

696
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 1: everyone thinks, why did why did we think this was

697
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,080
Speaker 1: the week? Because logically this is as bad as this

698
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 1: team has looked injury wise all season. You're missing high

699
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,799
Speaker 1: tower this week, most likely a Mondola. We don't think

700
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,879
Speaker 1: Edelman is coming back here without Brian's stork last week,

701
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 1: Devin mccordy hasn't been back. This team has been taking

702
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 1: on water in general, not playing as well, and yet

703
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: on the road in a division the division thing goes

704
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: both ways. I think you're gonna get a fired up

705
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:27,400
Speaker 1: Patriots team that would love nothing more than to end

706
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: this Jet season. And you have two guys in Fitzpatrick

707
00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 1: and Marshall have played two forty combined games in the NFL.

708
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:34,839
Speaker 1: This is probably the biggest one for each of them.

709
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:37,440
Speaker 1: And I don't know, maybe maybe maybe they get a

710
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,680
Speaker 1: little tight if they fall behind in a big spot

711
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:41,799
Speaker 1: at home. I could see that because I think they are,

712
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,800
Speaker 1: like I said, fully aware of the stakes here and

713
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: where their career career has gone and what lies ahead,

714
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:52,239
Speaker 1: which is uncertainty Marshall and Fitzpatrick, and I know for

715
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,399
Speaker 1: a fact that it's not like the Pats are gonna

716
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: waltz in there and be unprepared or you know, looking

717
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,480
Speaker 1: past that. They need to win to um you know,

718
00:35:59,600 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 1: the lock down the number one seed. So I get it.

719
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 1: It's not gonna be an easy game for the Jets win.

720
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:06,360
Speaker 1: But I think they got a chance. What do you

721
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,800
Speaker 1: guys think I'm gonna take the Patriots. They've got the

722
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: better coach, better quarterback, and I think the better defense

723
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 1: and the better front seven. You know, they're banged up

724
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: in the secondary a little bit, but this front seven

725
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:19,439
Speaker 1: with the Jabal Sheared, Hakeem Hicks has come on really

726
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 1: well lately, and Jamie Collins is still one of the

727
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 1: best linebackers in the NFL. I'm taking the Patriots and

728
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,280
Speaker 1: I'm pointing to their defense and Chandler Jones and Collins

729
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:29,759
Speaker 1: both made both made the Pro Bowl this week. I mean,

730
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:33,960
Speaker 1: the Jets themselves gave up twelve yards rushing four games ago,

731
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,680
Speaker 1: twenty four two games ago. You know they the Patriots

732
00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 1: are banged up in the backfield. I guess we're you know,

733
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,239
Speaker 1: we believe Steven Jackson is gonna come in and save

734
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 1: the day. I'm not sure about that, but the Jets

735
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,480
Speaker 1: the difference three. I would not like the situation for

736
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:50,879
Speaker 1: the Jets under Rex Ryan a year ago. I think

737
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 1: Todd Bowles has them in a good place and I

738
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 1: don't see them as desperate. As much as I think

739
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,160
Speaker 1: they believe in themselves right now, they are in a

740
00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:00,799
Speaker 1: desperate spot at they lose this. I understand the Rex

741
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,239
Speaker 1: Ryan exhaustion levels, but the one thing you can never

742
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: get rex on is he almost always got the Jets

743
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: up for the Pats and beat the Patriots in the

744
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 1: playoffs in Foxboro. So yeah, that was always good on

745
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 1: the right games. It was the games that weren't his

746
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: high profile that he seemed to fail to properly motivated time.

747
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 1: The win in foxbur in the playoffs was half a

748
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,279
Speaker 1: decade ago. But you're right, rex typically had them ready

749
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 1: because his primary obsession as a human being is Bill Belichick.

750
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 1: But that's what I'm saying, right, But I think the

751
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,280
Speaker 1: Todd Bowles it brings this team to a healthier place.

752
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 1: And I just think that I think they're a better

753
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,799
Speaker 1: coach team, and the way that their own quarterback has

754
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: been playing over the past month gives them a chance.

755
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 1: We're seven weeks ago. I would never think about the

756
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: Jets winning this one. They they outplayed the Patriots for

757
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: three quarters. If Brandon Marshall doesn't drop a pass uh

758
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: inside the ten yard line, they're gonna go up. What

759
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 1: was it ten or seven points in the fourth it

760
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,040
Speaker 1: was it was up in the air. But what I

761
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: want to see this week, and when I think's gotten

762
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 1: lost in the shuffle a little bit, lately is a

763
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 1: great Tom Brady per Foreman's in a tough spot because

764
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:05,359
Speaker 1: it's almost getting overlooked with Cam Newton. How good Tom

765
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,359
Speaker 1: Brady has been this season. I think it's the best

766
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: Tom Brady season in the last four years for sure.

767
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,319
Speaker 1: I mean, he's leading the league in touchdowns, He's leading

768
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:15,400
Speaker 1: he's leading the league in touchdowns to interception ratio, he's

769
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: leading the league in passing yards. A lot of things

770
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: have been going on around him, and he has played outstanding.

771
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,399
Speaker 1: I I just can't say enough of how good Tom

772
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:26,440
Speaker 1: Brady has been this year. Just him having a vintage

773
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:28,319
Speaker 1: game here against the Jets, I could I love Cam

774
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:30,399
Speaker 1: Newton was thirteen and one, people would still be talking

775
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,600
Speaker 1: about Brady as an m v P. I totally agree.

776
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 1: I hold here in my hands the two thousand fifteen season,

777
00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: Week sixteen research notes. Uh name the song was that

778
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 1: you two? I don't know the song? Well, it's actually

779
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 1: a collection of singers. It was the It was their

780
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: response to We Are the World. I believe it was

781
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: the Christmas was it first? But it was the Christmas

782
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 1: collection of like four Bobo what's his name, Bob Geldof,

783
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: Bob band Aid, do they know it's Christ? Do they

784
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,279
Speaker 1: know it's African Aid? Very strange song if you listen

785
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,800
Speaker 1: to the lyrics. But yes, that was my Matt Bono

786
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: singing the most memorable line. Because he's a legend. Got

787
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:22,200
Speaker 1: no problem with anyway. He's good for you know, good

788
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 1: short guy. He is always a fan of those anyway

789
00:39:25,480 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 1: for two things. First of all, since you brought up Brady,

790
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 1: he's five touchdowns away from um a forty touchdown season

791
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:34,440
Speaker 1: that would be his second of his career. He had fifty,

792
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 1: of course in two thousand seven. But Brandon Marshall is

793
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 1: seven catches away from a hundred on the season that

794
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:44,400
Speaker 1: would make him the first wide receiver in NFL history

795
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:50,359
Speaker 1: with six one reception seasons. Sneaky Canton candidate, No way,

796
00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 1: no way. You one of the most mistake prone players

797
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 1: of his generation, dropped prone, and every team that had

798
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 1: him couldn't wait to get rid of him. There's no

799
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 1: way you can see how his career ends. He's not

800
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 1: going to take it to the bank. He's not going

801
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 1: to be in the Hall of Fame. Sneaky him and

802
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: Eli going in together. And how many playoff wins does

803
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 1: he have? The playoff appearance. He will have four after

804
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:18,839
Speaker 1: this season. Yeah, you know, I love the optivism. Look,

805
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,480
Speaker 1: he's he's had a fine career. I'm feeling optimistic. This

806
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,680
Speaker 1: week too, is a good game. I took the Jets,

807
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 1: of course for the uh you know, fourteenth straight week.

808
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 1: UH and West and Mark Ball took the Pets, So

809
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. Like Campbell, I'm looking forward to

810
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: the big game in the Meadowlands. Moving on the Chicago Bears,

811
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:43,320
Speaker 1: a team that really uh has shut it down basically,

812
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,320
Speaker 1: I guess they've had their kicker didn't help them in

813
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:47,160
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks after that Thanksgiving game, but they

814
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 1: haven't won since then. So they're ready to go home

815
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:51,839
Speaker 1: there five and nine speaking, and ready to go home

816
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: to Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You know, get it together, guys.

817
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 1: You can't take care of business last week? Would they

818
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 1: lose to Ramsay fotball? You know what, I'm supposed to

819
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 1: take you seriously, but you never should have the they've overachieved.

820
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,239
Speaker 1: A mediocre team, not a playoffs. Six and eight is

821
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:10,320
Speaker 1: better than we ever thought they were. Greg, give me

822
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,000
Speaker 1: one thing about either of these teams in terms of

823
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 1: something to look for. Well, I think Jamis Winston still

824
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 1: has a chance to win Rookie of the Year if

825
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: he closes strong. I think that Rams game was typical

826
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 1: though of his season long stretches where he really wasn't

827
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:27,880
Speaker 1: on target, and then but he kept firing, was very aggressive,

828
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 1: ended up having an okay game. Rookie of the Year.

829
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,760
Speaker 1: That's what you can look for a close strong Jamis.

830
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 1: That would be quite in a tune for a guy

831
00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:39,160
Speaker 1: that not since Cam Newton came in the league has

832
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 1: there been so much you know, vitriol fired at a

833
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:47,040
Speaker 1: rookie what Mark, No, nothing, continue only know what I'm

834
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 1: trying to think. The best thing I could say about

835
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 1: the Bears is that they are faceless. I don't think

836
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:52,920
Speaker 1: that's what you were thinking. That's the best thing you

837
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 1: can say about That's what we criticize the Titans for

838
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: all of last year. I can I don't know why

839
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 1: you brought me into the conversation, like you would smoke

840
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:07,320
Speaker 1: some peyote or something forgatible. As teams go in in

841
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:09,759
Speaker 1: two thousand and fifteen, they are one of the most

842
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 1: forgetting that. That is accurate, That is very true, and uh,

843
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:20,879
Speaker 1: we all took the bucks for now. I keep saying

844
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 1: that because you know the final one PM game we're

845
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 1: gonna talk about is the Houston Texans, the leaders of

846
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 1: the a f C South. They could potentially clinch to

847
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 1: the division on Sunday, can't they. That's true with some help.

848
00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,560
Speaker 1: They are seven and seven, which gives them a game

849
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:40,040
Speaker 1: lead over Indie, two games over Jacksonville. Um, so they

850
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:43,400
Speaker 1: are in good position. Uh and they get the last

851
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:45,600
Speaker 1: place team in the division. If you're the last place

852
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 1: team in the a f C South, you're a bag

853
00:42:49,239 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 1: of poop. Let's be honest. That is the Tennessee Titoons,

854
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 1: who have made no progress as a franchise. Despite that's

855
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: pretty hard to do. Just like I was saying, it's

856
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: pretty hard to do that. The Falcons could win five

857
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: to start the season and then be irrelevant by Christmas.

858
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 1: It's pretty hard to import a franchise quarterback and then

859
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 1: have him step up in his first year and be

860
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 1: productive and then still suck tremendously. And that's what they've

861
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:16,600
Speaker 1: managed to do. I know he's been hurt, which doesn't help,

862
00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:20,080
Speaker 1: but come on, tons like telling me that Texans can

863
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,320
Speaker 1: clinch a playoff birth birth and all they have to

864
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 1: do is beat Zach Mettenberger. Potentially Zach Mettenberger ever won

865
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:31,759
Speaker 1: a football game in the NFL A not yet that J. J.

866
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 1: Watt must be looking at chops. I don't know how

867
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:37,440
Speaker 1: his hand is doing. What arrivalry? Yeah? Great to have

868
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:42,160
Speaker 1: it Backtger. He couldn't dream up a scenario better for

869
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:45,560
Speaker 1: watch chances of reclaiming the lead and defensive player of

870
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:49,279
Speaker 1: the year. Well, part of that Sturger back. Sure, part

871
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 1: of that scenario has Brandon Weed and is your quarterback? Yeah,

872
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:56,880
Speaker 1: but I mean you're playing against why you and I'm

873
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,440
Speaker 1: Brandon Weed. Did you see what he did this past Sunday?

874
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 1: He will the teams to victory and a potential division title.

875
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,759
Speaker 1: He's starting a playoff game, buddy. The Texans have been

876
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 1: great all year. When a quarterback comes in to relieve

877
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:11,080
Speaker 1: the other quarterback, the relief quarterback comes in and lights

878
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:13,319
Speaker 1: the sky on fire. And now you've got a week

879
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,960
Speaker 1: to prepare for Brandon Weed. And and by the way,

880
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 1: that's Dick Lebo who was fried Brandon whed in about

881
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 1: four hundred times. So I'm not saying that suddenly the

882
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:24,839
Speaker 1: Texans aren't a team that takes care of business either. Well,

883
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:27,440
Speaker 1: they could get Hoyer back. He returned to practice Wednesday,

884
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,440
Speaker 1: has not been cleared to play in the game yet,

885
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 1: but maybe he will be by Friday. A wind does

886
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:38,800
Speaker 1: not clinch the division necessarily, but well, I loses and

887
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:42,400
Speaker 1: there's a chance they get the tie breaks. It's possible

888
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:46,919
Speaker 1: if they get their strength of victory that I can't

889
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:50,680
Speaker 1: figure that it right now, but you well, the strength

890
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:53,239
Speaker 1: of victory is too hard. You gotta week seventeen, you

891
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:58,959
Speaker 1: gotta play it out too straight. You know there's someone

892
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:02,319
Speaker 1: out there right now it sees a weakness and they're going,

893
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:03,919
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, I'm gonna get right through that force

894
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 1: field and be the number one guy on tiebreaking, like

895
00:45:06,640 --> 00:45:09,440
Speaker 1: the dude who does the n C Double A brackets

896
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 1: every year. Yes, no, I don't know that. But there

897
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,520
Speaker 1: is a guy at NBC that I've really learned at

898
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:17,400
Speaker 1: the feet of, uh Joe Jesu. Who really is that

899
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 1: guy who figures out all the strength of victory? And

900
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:21,680
Speaker 1: he took him down, and now there's a now he

901
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:25,040
Speaker 1: Greg Roseal out there doing it. He'll doing it well.

902
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:30,240
Speaker 1: Nationally need a bigger shoe where you go, Joe Jeshu.

903
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,759
Speaker 1: Now they're's that bracketologist guy for ESPN who made like

904
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 1: a cottage industry for himself. I forget his name. Well,

905
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:39,920
Speaker 1: we all picked the Texans. And by the way, speaking

906
00:45:39,960 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 1: of Mark, you mentioned preparation, it's not too early for

907
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:46,480
Speaker 1: us to start preparing what Houston area charity we're going

908
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:50,120
Speaker 1: to donate to, because we did fork the Texans months ago.

909
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,359
Speaker 1: What about the Chiefs, Well, we got two donations coming

910
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 1: up from each of us, so saved up some moneys too. Possibly,

911
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: Oh oh boy, where's this money coming from? None of

912
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 1: those oh we did. None of those teams have clinched yet.

913
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:09,600
Speaker 1: I agreed that if you guys would fork the Cowboys,

914
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 1: I would go along. See it's like mutually a sured destruction. There.

915
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:16,880
Speaker 1: We had to save the Titans. Now we'll be saving

916
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 1: some people in need. Much more helpful at that. Like that,

917
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 1: All right, let's move on the Jacksonville and Jaguars are

918
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:27,400
Speaker 1: five and nine. They need a miracle. They need to

919
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 1: win their final two games. They need Houston to lose

920
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 1: both their games. They need the Colts to mess up

921
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 1: along the line, and then perhaps Greg and saw they'll

922
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 1: they'll win a tiebreaker or something like that. But it

923
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 1: all starts with the Saints and here's where. And I

924
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 1: wouldn't put Jacksonville blown this game anyway. But Drew Brees

925
00:46:45,080 --> 00:46:48,080
Speaker 1: the season should be over, you'd think, because he's listed

926
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 1: his day to day. But he's the quarterback of a

927
00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 1: five and nine team. He's thirty six years old. He

928
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:57,360
Speaker 1: has a torn planter. Same injury is Peyton, same injury

929
00:46:57,400 --> 00:47:00,080
Speaker 1: that's crippled Peyton Manning. Uh So you would think that

930
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:04,040
Speaker 1: Drew Brees ain't playing. Our boy Luke McCown ain't playing.

931
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:06,440
Speaker 1: Uh So that the game it would fall to who

932
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:10,479
Speaker 1: who's Matt Flynn? Your boy? Matt, it's not my boy,

933
00:47:10,960 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 1: and now your enemy's boy. Yeah, we're buddies, We're he's

934
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:18,600
Speaker 1: an end around fans. We're Twitter or friends. Sorry, Mark, Um,

935
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 1: I will be fine. So the Saints might not have

936
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:24,239
Speaker 1: Drew Brees, I'd be stunned to say, maybe we'll see

937
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 1: Garrett Grayson their third round. Well, the whole plans coming together,

938
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:32,000
Speaker 1: New Orleans Draft Day strategy. Finally, I love the Jaguars,

939
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,319
Speaker 1: but I watch them lose this game even without breeze play.

940
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:36,320
Speaker 1: I love the Jaguars, but I know we said it

941
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:38,720
Speaker 1: makes sense for the NFC East to go to Week seventeen,

942
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 1: let's just end this a f C South race now.

943
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:43,279
Speaker 1: I don't want this to go another week. This has

944
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:45,480
Speaker 1: a chance to be the most sterile atmosphere in NFL

945
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: history this week. If I'm the coach of whichever a

946
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:50,799
Speaker 1: f C South team wins this division, I make them

947
00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:53,520
Speaker 1: pay for their own flight. If they win a playoff

948
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:57,719
Speaker 1: game and get beyond that, I'll take the Saints if

949
00:47:57,760 --> 00:47:59,920
Speaker 1: Breese plays, but he's probably not gonna play. In that case,

950
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 1: will be the Jaguars for all of us. Uh, moving

951
00:48:03,239 --> 00:48:05,399
Speaker 1: on here, now, let's not got a real football game.

952
00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:09,320
Speaker 1: The Green Bay Packers travel to Arizona to face the Cardinals,

953
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:14,279
Speaker 1: and um, you know there would be if that game

954
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,640
Speaker 1: on Sunday night ended you know, two and a half

955
00:48:16,680 --> 00:48:21,120
Speaker 1: minutes earlier, or they pulled their starters and honey bedroom

956
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:23,640
Speaker 1: never got hurt. Uh. There is no way I would

957
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:26,560
Speaker 1: pick against the Cardinals because they're playing so damn well.

958
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:29,800
Speaker 1: But this leaves the door open for them potentially to

959
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: go through uh some growing pains as they adjust to

960
00:48:32,960 --> 00:48:34,400
Speaker 1: I know West, I think you said they have a

961
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:38,120
Speaker 1: replacement that is a is a nice replacement level type guy,

962
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:40,360
Speaker 1: But you're not replacing Honey Bedge. I think that this

963
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:43,719
Speaker 1: could be something that they have take time to figure out.

964
00:48:44,040 --> 00:48:47,279
Speaker 1: The Packers meanwhile, you know they're they're tenant for they

965
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:51,080
Speaker 1: have an outside chance of catching Arizona uh to be

966
00:48:51,239 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 1: the second seed. So this game is a green Bay

967
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:56,279
Speaker 1: has a lot to play for in Arizona has some

968
00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:59,000
Speaker 1: stuff they gotta work out now. Tyron Matthew has been

969
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:00,799
Speaker 1: one of the best players in the NFL, but don't

970
00:49:00,800 --> 00:49:04,520
Speaker 1: get caught up in his name. Rashad Johnson is also

971
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:06,879
Speaker 1: one of their best defensive players. Missed last week's game

972
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:09,600
Speaker 1: and they blew the Eagles out. I mean they're gonna

973
00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:12,080
Speaker 1: plug someone in who can play football. Justin Bethel is

974
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:15,200
Speaker 1: very good and the Packers are a flawed team. When's

975
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:18,279
Speaker 1: the last time this offense came out and in the

976
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,879
Speaker 1: first half showed a good passing game and a strong

977
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:27,600
Speaker 1: running game together. It's been since September. I can't take

978
00:49:27,680 --> 00:49:30,480
Speaker 1: the Packers as a serious threat to come into Arizona

979
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:33,480
Speaker 1: and beat the Cardinals until they start playing like the Packers,

980
00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:36,319
Speaker 1: and they haven't in three months. They haven't, but they

981
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,960
Speaker 1: have the talent that I always give them a chance,

982
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:41,000
Speaker 1: and I would do this in the playoff too, that

983
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,520
Speaker 1: that talent on both sides of all. I think they

984
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:46,239
Speaker 1: have enough that they could play a great game and

985
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: then suddenly it just clicks. I think they have that chance.

986
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:50,760
Speaker 1: Yeah you got they They have the number five scoring

987
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:53,800
Speaker 1: defense against an Arizona offense that I don't think it

988
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:58,360
Speaker 1: matters what you're scoring defense is playing the Cardinals the Packers.

989
00:49:58,440 --> 00:49:59,920
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna sit around a way for them to

990
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:01,880
Speaker 1: suddenly flipped the switch at this point. And I and

991
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 1: I've kept saying that and thinking that over and over.

992
00:50:04,239 --> 00:50:07,239
Speaker 1: Oh now Eddie Lacy's healthy. Oh now Mike McCarthy's calling

993
00:50:07,280 --> 00:50:09,400
Speaker 1: the plays again. Oh fill in the blank, the next

994
00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:12,239
Speaker 1: thing is gonna happen. James Jones wearing a hooded sweatshirt. Well,

995
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 1: I don't at this point. It's they are who they are,

996
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:19,800
Speaker 1: hard everywhere. That's exactly right. And and they've got a

997
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,120
Speaker 1: ton to play for. If the Cardinals ever lost this,

998
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:24,840
Speaker 1: and you gotta go play the Seahawks next week, and

999
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:27,480
Speaker 1: if anything happened in that game, you can lose your

1000
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:30,960
Speaker 1: by so there. The Cardinals aren't coasting here. It's not

1001
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:33,400
Speaker 1: just you know, roll to the finish. You've got to

1002
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 1: take this game. You're right about the Packers that I

1003
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:38,800
Speaker 1: think we all gave them plenty of rope and plenty

1004
00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:41,799
Speaker 1: of you know, benefit of the doubt to shake shake

1005
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:44,160
Speaker 1: out of their mid season slum, but it's carried on

1006
00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:46,160
Speaker 1: too far now. And even the win against the Raiders,

1007
00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,200
Speaker 1: you know, they took care of business and everything, but

1008
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:51,400
Speaker 1: still there was cracks showing there too. This seems like

1009
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:54,520
Speaker 1: a flawed team that's gonna head into the playoffs and

1010
00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:56,719
Speaker 1: there's gonna be multiple teams that are just flat out

1011
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:59,480
Speaker 1: better than them that they have Aaron Rodgers, because they

1012
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:02,000
Speaker 1: don't can sensis number one quarterback in the league by

1013
00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 1: far coming into the season and certainly after September and two.

1014
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,160
Speaker 1: We've just seen it too many times. I mean, the

1015
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: Giants going into week sixteen of either of their Super

1016
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:14,000
Speaker 1: Bowl runs, the Packers going into week sixteen of their

1017
00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:16,920
Speaker 1: Super Bowl one run was not playing well. So we've

1018
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:18,799
Speaker 1: seen it too many times that it can't count them out.

1019
00:51:18,840 --> 00:51:21,480
Speaker 1: But in this game, there's no reason to believe that

1020
00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 1: that the Cardinals would blow Packers don't have the best

1021
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:26,560
Speaker 1: quarterback in this game, not this year. No, I'm just

1022
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:30,680
Speaker 1: talking right now, not entering as well asmer Palmers playing

1023
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 1: lights out number one on the old QB Index. Uh.

1024
00:51:33,640 --> 00:51:35,080
Speaker 1: And one of the reasons he's number one is that

1025
00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:38,560
Speaker 1: offensive line, which they completely rebuilt on the fly. Steve

1026
00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:40,880
Speaker 1: Kim deserves a lot of credit. Vel Deer turned out

1027
00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:42,520
Speaker 1: to be a great signing. I mean, they have played

1028
00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:44,680
Speaker 1: out standing. How cool is Honey Bedger? By the way,

1029
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:47,960
Speaker 1: Wednesday morning, he's out on the field coaching up their

1030
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,440
Speaker 1: defensive backs with a torn a c L. Remember this

1031
00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:53,960
Speaker 1: was a guy that nobody wanted a draft Well in

1032
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:56,640
Speaker 1: his response right after he got injured. In the days since,

1033
00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:58,719
Speaker 1: I think we see what kind of a character he has.

1034
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:01,760
Speaker 1: I mean, he's certainly he's grown into someone that anyone

1035
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:03,360
Speaker 1: would want on the team. At this point. He's the

1036
00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:06,560
Speaker 1: guy that let's and you're looking at the other side too.

1037
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:10,280
Speaker 1: He's the guy teams will continue to make mistakes drafting

1038
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 1: poor character guys because they always hope you'll get the

1039
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 1: honey Badger, but it doesn't always work out that way.

1040
00:52:15,280 --> 00:52:21,560
Speaker 1: But he is exception. I think Cime probably thinks somewhat

1041
00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:24,320
Speaker 1: like Bill Belichick thinks that if if you love football,

1042
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:27,640
Speaker 1: that's gonna overtake some of the character stuff, and that's

1043
00:52:27,640 --> 00:52:30,600
Speaker 1: how That's how Belis won. Some of these guys who

1044
00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:33,600
Speaker 1: supposedly didn't have great characters. Do you think anything ever

1045
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:37,040
Speaker 1: like in Steve Come's life, Like whether he hits like

1046
00:52:37,160 --> 00:52:39,840
Speaker 1: a foul shot in his backyard or he cooks like

1047
00:52:39,880 --> 00:52:42,280
Speaker 1: a really good steak, or like you know, his wife

1048
00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:44,440
Speaker 1: is like, man, Steve, you're the best, and he's like

1049
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:50,600
Speaker 1: time time. I hope. So if not, he should take

1050
00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:54,000
Speaker 1: your advice. All right, let's move on now, Uh to

1051
00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:58,800
Speaker 1: a Sunday kickoff on Fox and St. Louis Rams travel

1052
00:52:58,920 --> 00:53:03,880
Speaker 1: to Century Link Field. It's known as the Clink, isn't it.

1053
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:08,960
Speaker 1: West Seattle playing just tremendous football right now, wiped out

1054
00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:11,000
Speaker 1: the Browns last week, and now they get the Rams,

1055
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:14,080
Speaker 1: who are trying to finish the season strong after letting

1056
00:53:14,120 --> 00:53:17,080
Speaker 1: it get away in the midpoint. Uh, savings, some face

1057
00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:19,359
Speaker 1: get to that seven and nine, the Jeff Fisher goal

1058
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:22,960
Speaker 1: of every football season. But West, when it comes down

1059
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:27,760
Speaker 1: to it, Russell Wilson is playing incredible. Where's Russell Wilson?

1060
00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:29,680
Speaker 1: By the way, Greg on your QB and DEX He's

1061
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:33,480
Speaker 1: number four behind Brady cam and Uh, Carson Palmer. I

1062
00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:35,640
Speaker 1: almost I'm a little surprised. He's not in the top

1063
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:38,279
Speaker 1: three ahead of Brady. Brady's been playing great. I just

1064
00:53:38,560 --> 00:53:41,360
Speaker 1: know he's made the whole thing. But Russell Wilson's playing

1065
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:43,759
Speaker 1: almost at a historic level for the last monthing. Yeah,

1066
00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:46,279
Speaker 1: I think Wilson's easily outplayed him over the last month.

1067
00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:49,040
Speaker 1: But Brady was by number one with by by a

1068
00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:51,839
Speaker 1: solid margin for the first half of the season. He's

1069
00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:55,080
Speaker 1: still playing well and he's still playing great. So Wilson

1070
00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:59,399
Speaker 1: had a pretty decent dip around week four to nine

1071
00:53:59,520 --> 00:54:01,759
Speaker 1: or so. Like that, you're just showing that when it

1072
00:54:01,800 --> 00:54:04,319
Speaker 1: comes to your QB index, you don't, you know, get

1073
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:07,040
Speaker 1: too hyped up about what you just saw. No recency bias,

1074
00:54:07,120 --> 00:54:10,000
Speaker 1: Gregg saying, this is about the whole picture. Wow, number

1075
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:13,319
Speaker 1: four in a season where some top level quarterbacks are

1076
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:18,239
Speaker 1: playing outstanding, that's uh, that's pretty good. Yes, exactly. So now, uh,

1077
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:21,040
Speaker 1: the Seahawks have a chance to move to ten and five.

1078
00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:24,080
Speaker 1: I guess at this point they're just trying to solidify

1079
00:54:24,239 --> 00:54:27,960
Speaker 1: getting the five seed over the six, which would mean

1080
00:54:28,040 --> 00:54:31,080
Speaker 1: that would set them up potentially to face the Redskins

1081
00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:34,080
Speaker 1: or the Eagles or perhaps the Giants. So you really

1082
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:36,960
Speaker 1: do want that number five seed. Because you want to

1083
00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:40,160
Speaker 1: bang that NFC East team UH in the first round

1084
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:42,640
Speaker 1: of the playoffs. That's a nice little way to start

1085
00:54:42,719 --> 00:54:45,920
Speaker 1: your playoff run. And Seattle has a good chance starting

1086
00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:50,680
Speaker 1: with a mediocre Rams team. I'm waiting for Greg to

1087
00:54:50,760 --> 00:54:52,320
Speaker 1: jump in and say the Rams are the favorites in

1088
00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:55,880
Speaker 1: this game. I know they one in Week one. It

1089
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:58,799
Speaker 1: is a division game. You can always count on one.

1090
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:00,960
Speaker 1: Westtig about the Ram ends with I mean, come on,

1091
00:55:01,120 --> 00:55:04,440
Speaker 1: they've been mediocre for what a decade? And Greg loves them. Hey,

1092
00:55:04,560 --> 00:55:07,600
Speaker 1: they just took care of the you know, they routed

1093
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:09,719
Speaker 1: the best five and nine team in NFL history, the

1094
00:55:09,760 --> 00:55:13,959
Speaker 1: Detroit Lions, and UH then ended the Buccaneers playoff hopes.

1095
00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:15,960
Speaker 1: They're just crushing dreams out there on the way to

1096
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:19,640
Speaker 1: seven wins. Well, they'll get there seven because they play

1097
00:55:20,440 --> 00:55:23,680
Speaker 1: in the season finale. Go but they're not. Come on,

1098
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:26,080
Speaker 1: what are their chances of winning now? They're almost nothing

1099
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:30,080
Speaker 1: as are very possibly the best team in the NFL

1100
00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,480
Speaker 1: when they're right now in Seattle. What better way if

1101
00:55:32,520 --> 00:55:34,600
Speaker 1: it is the last game for the Rams in St.

1102
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:37,520
Speaker 1: Louis for for it to end than just a UH

1103
00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:42,200
Speaker 1: seven and nine banger. There is no better way right

1104
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:45,920
Speaker 1: under the arm on the perfect narrative looks ready to

1105
00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:50,200
Speaker 1: go downstairs. No, I'm not. It's the Rams. I mean Seattle,

1106
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:52,120
Speaker 1: just like we talked about a team like the Cardinals

1107
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:54,040
Speaker 1: have to say anything. I think Seattle is not about

1108
00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:57,560
Speaker 1: to drop drop the deal here Russell Wilson's playing too

1109
00:55:57,640 --> 00:55:59,960
Speaker 1: well and the Rams come on there? Okay, which I

1110
00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:02,200
Speaker 1: to get you that plane? I gotta get gotta All right,

1111
00:56:02,280 --> 00:56:03,800
Speaker 1: let's go to the next game. All right, let's move on.

1112
00:56:04,239 --> 00:56:07,359
Speaker 1: This is Sunday Night football got flexed. Uh. It would

1113
00:56:07,400 --> 00:56:09,680
Speaker 1: have helped that the Giants would have finished that comeback

1114
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:12,640
Speaker 1: against the Panthers last week. It would have been really saucy.

1115
00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:17,440
Speaker 1: But the New York Giants potentially with Odell Beckham, potentially

1116
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:20,800
Speaker 1: without as of right now the appeal hearing. Uh, we

1117
00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:23,000
Speaker 1: don't know. We haven't heard for sure which which way

1118
00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:25,600
Speaker 1: that went. So Beckham Uh could play in this game,

1119
00:56:25,640 --> 00:56:29,080
Speaker 1: but right now he's not. They are facing the Minnesota Vikings.

1120
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:33,120
Speaker 1: Vikings team at nine and five. They have just about

1121
00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:36,120
Speaker 1: they probably you would think reg by Sunday Night will

1122
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:40,879
Speaker 1: probably be locked into a playoff spot. Yes, because the Falcons,

1123
00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:44,680
Speaker 1: you know, they want the Falcons to lose the Bucks.

1124
00:56:44,760 --> 00:56:47,719
Speaker 1: That's why the NBC really this worked out poorly because

1125
00:56:47,960 --> 00:56:49,880
Speaker 1: they are rooting hard for the Redskins to lose on

1126
00:56:49,960 --> 00:56:52,640
Speaker 1: Saturday Night because the Giants could be eliminated by this game,

1127
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:56,719
Speaker 1: this game and could have no juice, or it could

1128
00:56:56,760 --> 00:56:58,000
Speaker 1: have a lot of juice, or it could have a

1129
00:56:58,040 --> 00:57:00,200
Speaker 1: lot of juice. It's better than the alternative, which was

1130
00:57:00,719 --> 00:57:04,520
Speaker 1: something Baltimore. Yeah, so it was probably the right movie,

1131
00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:06,520
Speaker 1: even if they don't have a lot of options. But

1132
00:57:06,960 --> 00:57:09,520
Speaker 1: here we are Teddy Bridgewater coming off the best game

1133
00:57:09,560 --> 00:57:12,160
Speaker 1: of his career. He was it was Phil Sims in

1134
00:57:12,280 --> 00:57:16,200
Speaker 1: in a Super Bowl one uh four touchdowns, three and completions,

1135
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:21,160
Speaker 1: passer rating over one fifty. So listen, West, what I'm

1136
00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:23,680
Speaker 1: just picturing Teddy Bridgewater in twenty five years as an

1137
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:30,560
Speaker 1: announcer dropping maliprop malaprop isms all over um but GM

1138
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:34,440
Speaker 1: saying that the receivers were not open. The receivers have

1139
00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:37,040
Speaker 1: never been opened in a Phil Simms game. That's why

1140
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:40,520
Speaker 1: the quarterback has has not done it something correctly. The

1141
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:43,360
Speaker 1: receivers are never ever open. I'm not saying he doesn't

1142
00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:45,680
Speaker 1: know football, but it's amazing to me how many times

1143
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:47,480
Speaker 1: he's just flat out wrong per game. Took a lot

1144
00:57:47,520 --> 00:57:50,200
Speaker 1: of hits in his career. Bad show for Phil Sims.

1145
00:57:51,200 --> 00:57:53,080
Speaker 1: There was a there was a play in the Jets

1146
00:57:53,120 --> 00:57:57,640
Speaker 1: Cowboys game which they called where Phil. It was a

1147
00:57:57,760 --> 00:58:01,640
Speaker 1: pass that was dropped by a receiver and Sim's got

1148
00:58:01,800 --> 00:58:06,240
Speaker 1: three things wrong. Remember seconds he said it was a

1149
00:58:06,320 --> 00:58:08,720
Speaker 1: bad pass. It was right on the money. He said

1150
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:12,240
Speaker 1: that it was I think pass interference or something, or

1151
00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:14,840
Speaker 1: was no interference. He said that he didn't get his

1152
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:16,320
Speaker 1: hands up in time and hit him right in the hands.

1153
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:18,320
Speaker 1: It was like he tripled up. It was you know,

1154
00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:20,400
Speaker 1: it's quite I was almost impressed by it, like the

1155
00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:23,360
Speaker 1: triple crown of mistakes and announcing he nailed it. He

1156
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:24,800
Speaker 1: had a home run. I might have to put that on.

1157
00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:27,120
Speaker 1: And what I like about danis that any critique of

1158
00:58:27,160 --> 00:58:31,120
Speaker 1: any announcer is sort of a ghosting attempt to lift

1159
00:58:31,200 --> 00:58:34,240
Speaker 1: Mike Tariko just up a little bit there. Mike had

1160
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:36,960
Speaker 1: another good game on Monday, and you don't you don't

1161
00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:39,640
Speaker 1: need to write another letter to him to thank him

1162
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:42,600
Speaker 1: for it. Next week, Yeah, but next week we'll do it.

1163
00:58:42,720 --> 00:58:45,960
Speaker 1: The Vikings, by the way, we'll have Harrison Smith, Anthony

1164
00:58:46,040 --> 00:58:48,720
Speaker 1: Barr and Linval Joseph altogether on the field for the

1165
00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:52,160
Speaker 1: first time in a month, backbone getting healthy. That is

1166
00:58:52,200 --> 00:58:54,280
Speaker 1: a big news for them. And if you're looking at

1167
00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:55,800
Speaker 1: and they played two good weeks in a row. If

1168
00:58:55,880 --> 00:58:58,000
Speaker 1: this doesn't play out and there's not a lot to

1169
00:58:58,080 --> 00:58:59,919
Speaker 1: play for in this game, you still have Adrian Peter

1170
00:59:00,040 --> 00:59:03,120
Speaker 1: and trying to win another rushing title. Maybe one day

1171
00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:05,680
Speaker 1: he can join Brandon Marshall in the whole thing. Well,

1172
00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:07,520
Speaker 1: you know what we've overlooked. The Vikings are trying to

1173
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:09,880
Speaker 1: stay in the NFC North race and win that division

1174
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:14,360
Speaker 1: said week seventeen, winning in which is pretty likely to

1175
00:59:14,480 --> 00:59:16,919
Speaker 1: happen if they can. If they win this game, they'll

1176
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:19,000
Speaker 1: they'll be playing for a division title in week seventeen.

1177
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:21,920
Speaker 1: I have a Christmas gift for Vikings sub bredit. They

1178
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:24,120
Speaker 1: may have been the most snubbed team in the Pro Bowl.

1179
00:59:24,280 --> 00:59:27,080
Speaker 1: And Bell, Joseph and Parrison Smith, come on, how do

1180
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:30,280
Speaker 1: they not make and Anthony barn Anthony, I think bar

1181
00:59:30,440 --> 00:59:31,880
Speaker 1: out of the three of them, well all three of

1182
00:59:31,920 --> 00:59:36,280
Speaker 1: them especially, they deserve better. You know, the Packers are

1183
00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:40,400
Speaker 1: such a weird team too. That and I I yeah, Greg,

1184
00:59:40,520 --> 00:59:42,640
Speaker 1: thank you for mentioning that, because that this game could

1185
00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:45,240
Speaker 1: have a huge impact because the Packers can easily go

1186
00:59:45,400 --> 00:59:49,040
Speaker 1: down in Arizona. The Vikings take care of business against

1187
00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:51,160
Speaker 1: a giant team that can't figure out how to close games.

1188
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:54,720
Speaker 1: Then they go to Green Bay in week seventeen, and

1189
00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:57,440
Speaker 1: do you really trust the Packers that definitely take care

1190
00:59:57,440 --> 00:59:59,520
Speaker 1: of business and definitely couldn't even beat the Bears on

1191
00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:03,280
Speaker 1: Brett r Of night on Thanksgiving. The Packers are vulnerable, baby,

1192
01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:07,920
Speaker 1: that's fair dog. Let's see what happens. We all pick

1193
01:00:07,960 --> 01:00:10,920
Speaker 1: the Vikings uh to put the heat on Uh. Finally,

1194
01:00:10,960 --> 01:00:17,240
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football the Denver Broncos the Cincinnati Bengals. But

1195
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:19,120
Speaker 1: we're not gonna see Peyton Manning and we're not gonna

1196
01:00:19,120 --> 01:00:23,040
Speaker 1: see Andy Dalton. It's another brock Osweiler start. Manning will

1197
01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:26,120
Speaker 1: be inactive. Uh. Not only will the Bengals not have

1198
01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:28,880
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, who has the fracture thumb, they won't have

1199
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:31,600
Speaker 1: Tyler Eiffort. A little troubling. He's sitting out on a

1200
01:00:31,760 --> 01:00:36,200
Speaker 1: rand Gatland, our own Ran Gatland of NFL media reporting

1201
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:38,440
Speaker 1: that he'll be held out of this game and potentially

1202
01:00:38,520 --> 01:00:40,760
Speaker 1: the rest of the regular season to make sure he's

1203
01:00:40,880 --> 01:00:43,480
Speaker 1: right for the playoffs. So that is a major red

1204
01:00:43,600 --> 01:00:45,960
Speaker 1: zone weapon that will be missing in this game. For

1205
01:00:46,520 --> 01:00:50,240
Speaker 1: let's face in a J. Mccaren UH a young quarterback

1206
01:00:50,280 --> 01:00:53,479
Speaker 1: who will be going into a tough spot in Denver,

1207
01:00:54,560 --> 01:00:56,320
Speaker 1: but he can't use I don't think they can use

1208
01:00:56,400 --> 01:01:00,640
Speaker 1: the quarterback as an excuse either team UH, but especially

1209
01:01:00,720 --> 01:01:03,160
Speaker 1: the Broncos. I mean, mccarroon is in his second year.

1210
01:01:03,880 --> 01:01:06,840
Speaker 1: He has less experience even than Oswiler. So it comes

1211
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:09,120
Speaker 1: down to what who's as the more complete team And

1212
01:01:09,160 --> 01:01:11,640
Speaker 1: these are two of the UH teams in the league

1213
01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:13,800
Speaker 1: that have been really in our top five all year.

1214
01:01:13,880 --> 01:01:15,880
Speaker 1: But I think the Bengals are more complete. And it's

1215
01:01:15,920 --> 01:01:17,880
Speaker 1: so weird. This is the biggest I think this is

1216
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:21,800
Speaker 1: the biggest game of the season in terms of playoff impact.

1217
01:01:21,960 --> 01:01:24,160
Speaker 1: I mean, this is the most meaningful game that we've

1218
01:01:24,200 --> 01:01:27,000
Speaker 1: had yet, and yet it's McCarron and Oswalder. It's a

1219
01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:30,959
Speaker 1: fascinating game because Oswaer looked lights out in the first

1220
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:34,120
Speaker 1: half last week and stumbled in second half, and mccaren

1221
01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:37,360
Speaker 1: looked I thought, looked great against the forty Niners front

1222
01:01:37,400 --> 01:01:39,560
Speaker 1: seven that came to play last week. He he popped

1223
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:42,320
Speaker 1: off some really good throws down the field and managed

1224
01:01:42,360 --> 01:01:44,920
Speaker 1: a good game this and you know, look at the

1225
01:01:45,040 --> 01:01:49,160
Speaker 1: Bengals defense to Geno Atkins, Carlos Dunlap, Vantes perfect is

1226
01:01:49,160 --> 01:01:52,040
Speaker 1: playing great and it's not a lot that the Broncos

1227
01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:54,200
Speaker 1: defense is gonna outplay the Bengals defense in this game.

1228
01:01:54,320 --> 01:01:56,560
Speaker 1: It's also not just the last game for us Wilder,

1229
01:01:56,680 --> 01:01:59,680
Speaker 1: like over the last three his passer rating in the

1230
01:01:59,760 --> 01:02:04,400
Speaker 1: second and half collectively dropped by seventy five points. They

1231
01:02:04,440 --> 01:02:07,640
Speaker 1: haven't scored touchdowns in the sea. Keep talking about this game.

1232
01:02:07,680 --> 01:02:11,440
Speaker 1: I'm calling my uber right now. I know we we

1233
01:02:11,640 --> 01:02:15,200
Speaker 1: got to game. Well, it's fascinated by Like fig said,

1234
01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:18,360
Speaker 1: it's it's worth a lot. And I think it's hard

1235
01:02:18,440 --> 01:02:20,760
Speaker 1: to pick which teams better in this game. You don't

1236
01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:22,919
Speaker 1: know which quarterback is gonna show up well, and we've

1237
01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:25,040
Speaker 1: we've talked about it downstairs a lot. I don't know

1238
01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:27,280
Speaker 1: if we have on the show that you know the Broncos.

1239
01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:28,920
Speaker 1: They lose this game, they lose control of the a

1240
01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:33,000
Speaker 1: f C West. Suddenly there uh potential five seed or

1241
01:02:33,120 --> 01:02:35,680
Speaker 1: six seed going on the road in the first week. Now,

1242
01:02:35,720 --> 01:02:37,360
Speaker 1: that might not be bad if you're the five seed

1243
01:02:37,440 --> 01:02:39,360
Speaker 1: going to the a f C South, but If they

1244
01:02:39,480 --> 01:02:41,560
Speaker 1: lose this game, they lose control of even having a

1245
01:02:41,600 --> 01:02:44,240
Speaker 1: playoff spot. They'll know on Monday night. Some of the

1246
01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:46,800
Speaker 1: scenarios will be more defined than they are right now,

1247
01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:49,160
Speaker 1: but they could fall right out of the playoffs, which

1248
01:02:49,200 --> 01:02:52,560
Speaker 1: is crazy for a team that we were talking about

1249
01:02:52,600 --> 01:02:55,000
Speaker 1: as the potential number one seed two weeks ago. I

1250
01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:57,960
Speaker 1: think the Bengals are just the better team. I agree.

1251
01:02:58,360 --> 01:02:59,880
Speaker 1: I don't even know who I picked in this, but

1252
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:02,120
Speaker 1: I'll pick Cincinnati if I if I happened to do

1253
01:03:02,200 --> 01:03:05,280
Speaker 1: something else, Cincinnati picked the Broncos. Well, but that's that all.

1254
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:08,440
Speaker 1: That's that just happened before. But I kind of why

1255
01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:11,280
Speaker 1: it fascinates me because after watching the forty Niners game,

1256
01:03:11,280 --> 01:03:13,080
Speaker 1: I thought the Bengals were the better team too. But

1257
01:03:13,120 --> 01:03:15,640
Speaker 1: it wouldn't surprise me if the Broncos just flat out

1258
01:03:15,680 --> 01:03:18,280
Speaker 1: shut McCarron down either. Yeah, because we don't have enough.

1259
01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:20,400
Speaker 1: We don't know enough about mccarroen at this point. I

1260
01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:22,960
Speaker 1: think Oswalder and we don't know if Oswalder is even healthy.

1261
01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:25,000
Speaker 1: You have the factor in what happened to his shoulder

1262
01:03:25,600 --> 01:03:28,560
Speaker 1: potentially into why his statu he was two different quarterbacks

1263
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:31,920
Speaker 1: U last week. But I find it hard to imagine

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Speaker 1: mccaren having lucky against that Denver defense. But at home,

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Speaker 1: I mean in Denver, that's gonna be a tough, really

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Speaker 1: tough matchup. Marcus Ware is healthy, Malik Jackson played great

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Speaker 1: last week. There's a lot going on with that Broncos defense.

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Speaker 1: My Uber driver is named Todd. Odds are still there

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Speaker 1: could be Todd? That was the Michael Scott car? How

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Speaker 1: many how many minutes away? Four minutes? I take Uber

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Speaker 1: all the time for I mean I usually get them

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Speaker 1: into well, you know what, maybe they knew that we

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Speaker 1: were talking about a big game and they were giving

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Speaker 1: you a little bit you gotta wrap this show rating,

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Speaker 1: that's that might be a possibility as well. I said,

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Speaker 1: you might have like a three star ratings they choose

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Speaker 1: not to pick you up. Who is there like check that.

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Speaker 1: I think there's a potential that Dan's rating is taking

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Speaker 1: a few hits based on some I'd lose the headset

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Speaker 1: and start walking out of the studio that. Uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: so that is it. That's all the games? Uh in

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Speaker 1: week sixteen and um so yeah, that's it. So it's

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Speaker 1: it's we just want to wish everyone a merry Christmas.

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Speaker 1: Uh If you don't celebrate Christmas. Enjoy your Friday, well,

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Speaker 1: enjoy your time off. You're probably off of work. It's

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Speaker 1: that's true. Family. It's actually falls on a good, good

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Speaker 1: day this year too. It's on a Friday, so you know,

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Speaker 1: everybody's gonna have a long weekend unless you work in

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Speaker 1: the service industry or for the NFL. There's a lot

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Speaker 1: of different then the NBA could be the NBA would

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Speaker 1: at NBA dot com on Christmas. That's like their big day,

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Speaker 1: you know, feels not taking three days off. Mike Trico,

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Speaker 1: who's studying from Monday night. I can guarantee you that

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Speaker 1: we gotta get Mike on this. We know that Mike

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Speaker 1: Rico likes to have his fun too. Well that's fair um,

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Speaker 1: all right, so yes, thank you for everyone for listening.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back on Sunday night with our flagship program,

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Speaker 1: the Week sixteen Recap. Until then, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas.

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Speaker 1: This is Dan Hansis signing off for Quiet Storm, the Mailman,

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Speaker 1: the boss big be behind the glass working on the nickname.

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Speaker 1: I'll take that alright until Sunday, Hi, and hello football

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Speaker 1: fans and happy holidays. Make sure you check out the

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Speaker 1: latest episode of the Dave damage At Football Program. We're

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Speaker 1: making our Week sixteen picks with the director of The

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Speaker 1: Big Short, Adam McKay. Let's drink to that handsome