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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Official Jets Podcast powered

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Speaker 1: by Amazon Web Services. Ethan Greenberg, Erick Allen rocking out

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Speaker 1: in the home studios, we have Harvey Longy on the podcast,

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Speaker 1: of course part Scott joins us later for our Victor

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Speaker 1: Knox Swiss Army Knife Player of the Game segment by

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Speaker 1: WHOA what happened in Southern California that the Jets flew

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Speaker 1: back home with a dub One of the biggest updates,

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Speaker 1: the biggest upsets in modern football history, the New York

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Speaker 1: Jets the seventeen point underdog against the Rams. I didn't

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Speaker 1: see this one common Greens. We talked about it heading

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Speaker 1: into the final three weeks of the season. If the

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Speaker 1: Jets we're going to get a win. I thought this

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Speaker 1: team had showed uh propensity to play better at home

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Speaker 1: at MetLife Stadium, so I thought, Hey, maybe they could

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Speaker 1: sneak up on the Browns or the New England Patriots.

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Speaker 1: Where are in the playoffs for the first time in

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Speaker 1: two thousand and eight. You don't know what their lineup

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Speaker 1: is gonna be looking like in week seventeen. On paper,

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Speaker 1: this looks like an awfully difficult matchup the number one

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Speaker 1: defense in the National Football League with the Rams and

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Speaker 1: then balanced offense. They run the football while cam cam

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Speaker 1: Akers are coming off a great game against the New

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Speaker 1: England Patriots, Jared Golf getting the ball out of his

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Speaker 1: hands to Cooper Cup and Robert Woods and company. So

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Speaker 1: you gotta hand it to the Jets. Bottom line, they

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Speaker 1: faced so much adversity in two thousand and twenty and

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Speaker 1: at zero and thirteen when nobody gave them a chance.

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Speaker 1: Consider what had happened to two previous weeks, the heartbreaker

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Speaker 1: against the Raiders, and then they went out to the

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Speaker 1: West Coast and played the Seahawks forty to three when

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Speaker 1: the offense got nothing going. Wow, they played their best

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Speaker 1: game in all three phases. I think you gotta give

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Speaker 1: a lot of credit to everyone in the building, especially

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Speaker 1: the players of course, who executed what we thought was

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Speaker 1: a good game plan. And just on a lighter note,

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Speaker 1: I wonder how many people across the United States and

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Speaker 1: world picked the l A. Rams and like Survivor Pools,

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Speaker 1: because I bet you Survivor Pools got knocked out big

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Speaker 1: time if you chose another team that wasn't the l. A.

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Speaker 1: Rams and they won. Oh. I agree with that because

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Speaker 1: a lot of folks, you know, are taking the strategy

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Speaker 1: of whoever Jacksonville plays, whoever the New York Jets play.

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Speaker 1: While it didn't work for a lot of people last

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Speaker 1: week in l A, you gotta give credit to everybody

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Speaker 1: across the board. I thought the defense really set the

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Speaker 1: tone for the game. Quint and Williams continues to play

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Speaker 1: at an elite level. Nathan Shephard filling in for falling

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Speaker 1: How about special teams? JT. Hassle speaking of prop bets,

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Speaker 1: I wonder if you want to MGM that MGM and

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Speaker 1: said on Saturday, I'm taking JT. Hassle with the block

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Speaker 1: point against the Rams. What kind of odds do you

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Speaker 1: would have got on net? Brandon Man, you talked to

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Speaker 1: him after the game, A game seed tackle on that

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Speaker 1: punt return late Marcus may make an beautiful passing reflection

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Speaker 1: and then offensively, we were talking about it before we

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Speaker 1: started this podcast. Sam Donald really decisive in control, played

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Speaker 1: You know, there's a thousand ways that we could skin

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Speaker 1: We can talk about individual performance, as you mentioned, Sam Donald,

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Speaker 1: but I think I think we should almost kind of

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Speaker 1: focus on the ripple effect here because it's a very

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Speaker 1: polarizing day in Jets Twitter. Because the Jets won, the

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Speaker 1: players and coaches are happy, and a lot of former

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Speaker 1: for the Jets. I was watching the clip Pat McAfee

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Speaker 1: for the Jets. But on the other end of the

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Speaker 1: most fans are upset because of what could happen in April.

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Speaker 1: What if Trevor Lawrence decides to declare and right now,

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Speaker 1: the number one overall pick. That would be the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Speaker 1: The bottom line is you never want to be in

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Speaker 1: like that. The bottom line is to let's look at

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Speaker 1: it from Joe Douglas's perspective. He's trying to develop a

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Speaker 1: And when we look ahead to the draft, no matter

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Speaker 1: In fact, they had two first round picks which is

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Speaker 1: And Joe Douglas's first draft class, headlined by his first

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Speaker 1: And you said it, the Jets are gonna have I'm

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Speaker 1: pretty sure the Jets are locked into the top three

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Speaker 1: maybe they're due. Who knows. There's a lot that can

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Speaker 1: I never looked at the Jets as an all in

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Speaker 1: take us through to put a little smile on anyone

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Speaker 1: that's listening to this, To go through the moment where

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Speaker 1: you first saw your wife after the crash and what

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Speaker 1: that was like for you, because you just detailed the

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Speaker 1: beautifully all your emotions from beforehand, during to after, and

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Speaker 1: you said you were in two different hospitals. But what

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Speaker 1: was the moment like And there is a video for

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Speaker 1: people that want to see it, make sure to go

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Speaker 1: watch it. What was that moment like for you in

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Speaker 1: your own words, when you finally saw your wife for

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Speaker 1: the first time after the crash? Man, I it you know,

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Speaker 1: if if you if you two, if I I assume,

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Speaker 1: I assume you guys are married, or at least one

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Speaker 1: of you guys are married. I know he's married. I'm

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Speaker 1: not married, okay, And um, you know, the biggest thing

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Speaker 1: I can make I can compare it to is just, um,

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Speaker 1: when your wife's walking down the aisle or that first

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Speaker 1: that first side of seeing them in their wedding dress. Um,

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Speaker 1: I think that was. That's the biggest thing I can

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Speaker 1: compare it to. You know. I just I walked in

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Speaker 1: there and just like, even though she had you know,

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Speaker 1: sevent staples on her head and scratches and bruises and stuff, man,

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Speaker 1: she looked just like that day. And man, it just

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Speaker 1: it just bought a huge smile my face, Like, gosh, man,

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Speaker 1: I I thought I lost you, man, and and now

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Speaker 1: you now I'm here with you, and and I get it,

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Speaker 1: you know, come over there and give you a big

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Speaker 1: old hug and a kiss and just let you know that,

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Speaker 1: you know, even though we couldn't control that, but I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna try my best to not let anything hurt you

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Speaker 1: like that again. So gosh, yeah, it was that was

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Speaker 1: that was. That was a moment that I'll never forget.

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Speaker 1: And I'm sorry, I'm just cleaning right now, but um, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that was a moment I could never forget. To compare

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Speaker 1: it just like just like her walking down the aisle. Man,

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Speaker 1: it was just something that that you just that you

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Speaker 1: just got to experience on that day and then it

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Speaker 1: was it was awesome. That was that was probably the

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Speaker 1: best part of it all is just you know, reuniting.

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Speaker 1: You know, there was a reason I we selected you

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Speaker 1: for this podcast this week at this time, because we

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Speaker 1: wanted people to hear your story, not just what you've

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Speaker 1: done on the football field, but what you and Kessidy

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Speaker 1: Kensidy have been able to overcome and what you've experienced,

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Speaker 1: and because I think you provide a lot of hope

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Speaker 1: for people who are enduring struggles. And it's also um

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Speaker 1: a good lesson for people in terms of hey, it

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Speaker 1: might not look good right now, but you've got a chance.

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Speaker 1: You always got a chance. And uh, I think you

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Speaker 1: have a lot of fans and Jets Nation, Harvey. Uh,

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Speaker 1: not just by the way you play, but the way

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Speaker 1: you conduct yourself off the field as well. I appreciate that.

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Speaker 1: And um yeah, anyone out there that's that's watching this

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Speaker 1: or listening to this, man, just just know that there's

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Speaker 1: always slide at the end of the tunnel, and you know,

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Speaker 1: just keep on going because if you do, you know,

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Speaker 1: tough times don't the tough times don't last, but tough

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Speaker 1: people do. You know, so well, that is the perfect

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Speaker 1: way to end this edition of the Official Jets Podcast

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Speaker 1: with Harvey Long you, Harvey, appreciate the time, man, I

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Speaker 1: appreciate you. Guys, appreciate Jets Nation. Guys. We got a dub.

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Speaker 1: We'll get another one. Let's be let's been It's this

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Speaker 1: season strong, guys. Just stay with us, keep keep supporting us. Man,

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Speaker 1: Just know your boys are out here working and we

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Speaker 1: love you. Guys. Appreciate it. Great stuff from Harvey is

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Speaker 1: always very nice guy and a great guy to have

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Speaker 1: on the Official Jets Podcast. E A. Let's turn the

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Speaker 1: table here real quick as the Jets now coming off

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Speaker 1: across country flight home, Big win. Now take on the

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns, who will be playing at MetLife Stadium for

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Speaker 1: a second consecutive week. The Browns were impressive from Sunday

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Speaker 1: Night Football. The Giants trying to stick, trying to stay

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Speaker 1: in the NFC East race, and it was really a route.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if it's glee manhandling pretty pretty well. And

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Speaker 1: we were talking about that run game, the Browns bringing

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Speaker 1: on the ground as well as anybody in the National

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Speaker 1: Football League. Um, you know, we always think about Tennessee

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Speaker 1: and what they're doing with Derrick Henry, but there's kind

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Speaker 1: of a two handed monster there in Cleveland with Nick

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Speaker 1: job and then you're also bringing in Kareem Hunt and

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. It's kind of went under the radar a

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Speaker 1: little bit. And this is a cautionary tale for everybody. Okay,

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Speaker 1: when we evaluate quarterbacks, I think a lot of people

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Speaker 1: early in the season or after what happened last year,

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Speaker 1: they were ready to write Baker Mayfield off. And now

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Speaker 1: he's sitting there, hasn't turned the football over a lot. Uh,

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Speaker 1: he's playing Winnie football, connecting on a lot of his passes.

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Speaker 1: And the Browns are going on to the bluffs. We're

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Speaker 1: down four. Yeah, the Browns turn around happened real quick,

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Speaker 1: and I think it's a great point about Baker. And

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Speaker 1: let's just dive into this matchup a little more with

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Speaker 1: Bart Scott for our victorna Swiss Army Knife Player of

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Speaker 1: the Game segment. Okay, Bart, so kick us off here.

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Speaker 1: Who's your player to watch when the Jets host the

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Speaker 1: Browns on Sunday? I mean, for me, it's definitely gonna

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Speaker 1: be I know, as you said this every week, but

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Speaker 1: I want to see just how good this kid is

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Speaker 1: on his first season. I want to see how Beckton

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Speaker 1: can handle Myles Garrett. Miles. Garrett is to me the

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Speaker 1: most complete um pass rush of the game, meaning that

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Speaker 1: he's a guy that can beat you a side, speed, strength, athleticism,

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Speaker 1: and I think he poses a problem for Beckton because

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Speaker 1: he's not just one dimensional. He's a guy that can

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Speaker 1: do multiple things. He can long arm him, he has

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Speaker 1: great with his hands, he can bend at the hips,

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Speaker 1: and he's explosive and powerful. Um called the class of

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Speaker 1: the Titans. So I want to see, you know, he

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Speaker 1: passed the test. I think he man hand a Donald

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Speaker 1: a little bit, but Donald is a lot smaller, a

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Speaker 1: lot shorter um than than than that of Garrett, who's

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Speaker 1: on the edge, not in the middle. Let me go

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Speaker 1: to the other side of the ball. Ethan Nick Chubb

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Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt two had a monster Chubb is averaging five

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Speaker 1: point six yards and carry guys. He's got ton touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: But as Bart and I were just discussing, the Jets

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Speaker 1: strength defensively predominantly is stopping the run. So if you

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Speaker 1: stop the run, what are you gonna do against Baker Mayfield.

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Speaker 1: Mayfield over the last four weeks yards passing, ten touchdowns

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Speaker 1: and one interception. He's protecting the football. So my matchup

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Speaker 1: to watch is Baker Mayfield against the Jets young improving secondary.

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Speaker 1: How about Bryce Hall last week with the acrobatic interception.

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Speaker 1: Javelyn Gidrey is showing me stuff at the nickel position,

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Speaker 1: and the Jets have moved Arthur m Loot, a former

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Speaker 1: cornerback to safety to play alongside Marcus may the constant presence.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go away from the run game. Let's

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Speaker 1: see if the Jets can play even against the Browns.

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Speaker 1: Browns are gonna get their yardage on the ground, but

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Speaker 1: I think for the Jets to win, they gotta up

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Speaker 1: with a couple of takeaways of Baker Mayfield part before

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Speaker 1: I give my matchup to watch. I'm just curious, what's

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Speaker 1: your take on Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt, and that Brown's

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Speaker 1: rushing attack against the Jets defense, which the point their

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Speaker 1: strength is stopping the run. Well, I mean you think

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Speaker 1: about you know, the Browns have been able to run

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Speaker 1: on pretty much everybody. Nick Chubb, if he didn't get

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Speaker 1: injured early in the season, would have probably been tops

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Speaker 1: even with Derek Henry. What he's been able to consistently,

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Speaker 1: he would have been right up there with for the

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Speaker 1: Russian title. But I think what you really have to

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Speaker 1: worry about is not, you know, the Russian attack so much. Um,

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Speaker 1: I think you're gonna have to worry about Kareem Hunt

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Speaker 1: split out at why receiver, his ability to make running

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Speaker 1: backs mean linebackers missed, and if he goes out there,

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Speaker 1: you you better put a guy like Arthur You gotta

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Speaker 1: better put a guy like Marcus may out there. Do

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Speaker 1: not let that linebacker out there and be matched up

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Speaker 1: against Kareem Hunt because he's done in time and time again,

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Speaker 1: week in week out with going against some of these linebackers.

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Speaker 1: He may not look like he's to shift this or fastest.

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Speaker 1: He's a guy that just finds some way to get

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Speaker 1: open and he's great with chetching the football in the

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Speaker 1: air high pointed, kissing with his hands and making gods pay.

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Speaker 1: So my matchup to watch, I'm going with the other

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Speaker 1: two thousand and eighteen draft class quarterback and Sam Donald.

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Speaker 1: In this matchup, Baker Mayfield selected number one overall, Sam

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Speaker 1: Donald selected number three overall. E A and I were

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Speaker 1: talking about this offline that it seemed like Sam Donald

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Speaker 1: was very decisive, perhaps his most decisive game as a

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Speaker 1: quarterback in the two thousand twenty season, even though you

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Speaker 1: look at his numbers, not gaudy by any stretch of

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Speaker 1: the imaginations. Maybe this week against the Brown's defense of

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Speaker 1: Brown secondary that's been solid, I would say, perhaps mediocre.

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Speaker 1: That Denzel Mims brishade powerman can potentially poke some holes

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Speaker 1: in that secondary, and maybe Sam Donald can keep the

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Speaker 1: Jets or give the Jets an opportunity to win this

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Speaker 1: game with his arm. So we'll see what happens. Bart,

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Speaker 1: what's your take on the Brown secondary? Before we wrap

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Speaker 1: this segment up here, I mean Ward just got back

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Speaker 1: last week. Um, he's a guy that when he's playing,

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Speaker 1: he's one of the better cornerbacks in the game's competitively scrappy.

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Speaker 1: What you have to be careful of is last week

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Speaker 1: they were able to get the ball out of Sam's

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Speaker 1: hands and under two seconds, and let's see if they're

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Speaker 1: able to do that now that if the if the

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Speaker 1: Browns decided to sit on these routes and flat foot,

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Speaker 1: you say, if you're gonna be that, you're gonna be

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Speaker 1: this thrown over top of our head. UM, They're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to make sure that the game plans able to

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Speaker 1: be UM liquid. Make sure that the game plan is

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Speaker 1: able to be able to transfer for if it's not working,

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Speaker 1: to be able to go to something else. Because if

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Speaker 1: you think that what happened last week and what with

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Speaker 1: successful last week is gonna get scouted and the Jets

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Speaker 1: aren't gonna walk up on anybody, nobody's gonna look at

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Speaker 1: them as a UM winless team. They're gonna look at

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Speaker 1: them as a team that they don't want to lose too.

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Speaker 1: In the pavle of time in the season where they

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Speaker 1: need wins and they're trying to jockey for position and

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Speaker 1: try not to be the last wild card entry and

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Speaker 1: potentially maybe when they play the Stealers have an opportunity

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Speaker 1: to win in the picsion, I just want to add

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Speaker 1: here the fans listen to part he thinks the Chicago

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Speaker 1: Bears could be tripped up by the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, absolutely, I mean I think you know, you

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Speaker 1: know that team is ready for market correction. They really

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Speaker 1: um benefited from Montgomery tough running inside Jacksonville Miles. Miles

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Speaker 1: jack is an outstanding inside linebacker. Let's see if he

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Speaker 1: comes to play, and um, let's see what mentu Mania

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Speaker 1: decides to go out and understand that. Hey man, they're

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Speaker 1: trying to replace me, So let me go in here

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Speaker 1: and make sure that I put up the best effort.

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Speaker 1: This is a team that had the Minnesota Vikings on

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Speaker 1: the ropes and took him the overtime and had opportunity

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Speaker 1: win that game. And I think you know right now

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Speaker 1: Mr Bisky has been playing well. Um, with that being said,

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Speaker 1: it's about time for market correction. Films. Yeah, well yeah,

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Speaker 1: what was that I said? Two weeks left in the season.

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Speaker 1: Plenty can change. We know that, no doubt, And like

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Speaker 1: I said, well, bonus coverage here on the Victorikox Fist

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Speaker 1: Army Night Player of the Game segment. That's all we

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Speaker 1: Web Services. Part thanks a lot as always, and we

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Speaker 1: got one more of these. I appreciate