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Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Daily, where we continue to make marquee additions.

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Speaker 2: With Dalvin Cook in Dallas.

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Speaker 1: We're adding members to the NFL Daily family and that

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Speaker 1: includes Keegan Abdu today from Next Gen.

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Speaker 2: Stat's also got Steve Weisch.

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Speaker 1: And Jordan Rodrigue here in the Chris Westling podcast studio.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, Kegan, you work here for Next and Stats

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Speaker 1: and you still had no idea where the podcast studio was.

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Speaker 2: I took that as an insult.

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Speaker 3: You know, we're just very solid at the end of

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Speaker 3: you within your department, and if you crossover, you might

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Speaker 2: So I was excited.

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Speaker 1: Look, Kegan, I met him at get together at the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl with Nate Tice, a lot of movers and

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Speaker 2: I was like, this guy's in our building.

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Speaker 1: He's a secret weapon, a great follow on Twitter, and

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Speaker 1: we've been talking about NFL Pro and Next and Stats

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Speaker 1: and everything that they have awesome, So he can bring

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Speaker 1: that angle to the conversation today. It's an NFC preview,

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Speaker 1: your favorite conference. Jordan fresh off the Rams practice field.

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Speaker 4: Fresh being the key word yes, this week off the

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Speaker 4: practice field, were you aware that you almost hit Keeky

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Speaker 2: My hands fly around, Steve. Good to have you back here,

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Speaker 5: I'm an NSC guy too, you know, growing up in

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Speaker 5: long long days ago.

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Speaker 1: And then once were you ever you were based in

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Speaker 1: Saint Louis? Where you ever as a professionally?

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Speaker 6: No?

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Speaker 5: No, no, okay. Once I love University Missouri, I was gone.

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Speaker 5: That city was my rear view mirror. I love the

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Speaker 1: So we hit the AFC on Thursday with Nick Wright.

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Speaker 1: That was a lot of fun. We're going to go

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Speaker 1: through same questions essentially as the NFC and go through

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Speaker 1: them all today, hit every team. We're all gonna predict

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Speaker 1: our seeds. Keegan's predictions hold a little more weight because

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Speaker 1: they have so many numbers behind them, but we all

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Speaker 1: get to make our predictions.

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Speaker 2: But we do have some news, so I want to.

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Speaker 1: Fly through the news quickly before we get to the

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Speaker 1: NFC preview. I mean, it's just like we've been talking

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Speaker 1: about these quarterback battles all off season. Now that they're

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Speaker 1: talk Patriots. Jacoby Brissett officially over Drake may I actually

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Speaker 1: thought this was up in the air of the last day.

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Speaker 1: My conspiracy theory is Drod Mayo might have been more

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Speaker 7: Yeah, obvious.

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Speaker 4: I mean they're trying to be safe with the guy

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Speaker 1: No, he said Drake may had outplayed that day earlier

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Speaker 1: this week. It's all very confusing, that's the thing. So

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Speaker 4: You're just not trying to rush and I know you

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Speaker 4: don't really want to finish that sentence as a Patriots fan, Greg,

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Speaker 4: but you're not trying to rush the guy into making

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Speaker 7: You're trying to develop him.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you want your starting quarterback who's going to be

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Speaker 1: And he thought Steve that Mayo stepped in it a

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Speaker 1: little because he said all along, it's not about Drake

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Speaker 1: May showing that he's ready, It's about who wins the competition.

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Speaker 1: And that's where I think he got in trouble because

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Speaker 5: Yeah, look, I think this comes back because remember I'm

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Speaker 2: They really won. I don't know.

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Speaker 5: I'm a big believer in letting him play. You know,

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Speaker 5: when you talk about Alex van Pelt having some sway,

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Speaker 5: the regular season. That may be why he's slowing it down.

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Speaker 1: Over under, Drake May starts Kigan this year, I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: Okay, whoa, that's the over underlined.

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Speaker 1: I mean he's saying, yeah, Drake, I would go like

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Speaker 2: I think this is quick. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think it's like, let Drake May see what the

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Speaker 1: that well, and that they'll be impatient. Like, what was

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Speaker 1: your view on May as a prospect coming in.

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Speaker 2: I really liked Maya's prospect.

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Speaker 3: I thought that, honestly, the Daniels pick was a little

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Speaker 3: Tools, So I thought he was the second best quarterback

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Speaker 2: And grab him. They tried. It sounds like a rumor

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Speaker 3: Unfortunately, the Patriots, as a Giants fan, seem to have

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Speaker 2: I think they will.

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Speaker 1: And that's why I think Patriots fans to just relaxed,

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Speaker 1: like calm down. It's so hard to get a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Just believe that this is going to be your guy.

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Speaker 1: You're not gonna win many games this year. Enjoy enjoy it.

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Speaker 1: What do you what are you thinking about? He said,

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Speaker 7: Point do you want to address him?

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Speaker 5: I mean that is the biggest wind picked fly things.

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Speaker 5: Patriots fans can't relax.

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Speaker 4: I do want to just say one thing on like,

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Speaker 4: He's allowed to develop like like, I'm not going to

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Speaker 4: for this guy along the wayst why I.

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Speaker 1: Like Jordan's takes a step back. She's empathetics, he sees

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Speaker 2: You're right a feeling. I kind of like that. Mayo says,

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Speaker 2: whatever is on his mind, it is a beautiful thing.

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Speaker 2: He's a tough guys.

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Speaker 5: If former player they love I just want Jordan to

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Speaker 1: Issue no to you know what, that's a miserable way

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Speaker 1: to live. Because I'm the Patriots. The Celtics are the

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Speaker 1: I'm up and down, and you know what I saw

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Speaker 1: all last season was a thousands and thousands of people

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Speaker 2: This is gonna be a fun ride with Drake May.

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Speaker 2: Just enjoy the process, all right.

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Speaker 1: The process in Pittsburgh seems less enjoyable. I thought it

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Speaker 1: he just didn't play that well in the preseason. I

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Speaker 3: Also, just both quarterbacks are such a weird fit with

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Speaker 7: Yeah, we talked about it.

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Speaker 4: It's like everyone was like popping a tiny mini bottle

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Speaker 4: to be a key element of Arthur Smith's offense. What

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Speaker 7: And we just you know, like.

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Speaker 2: You'll probably see it.

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Speaker 7: The door was open.

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Speaker 5: Ron Rivera. He's like, Russell's a starter. You don't just

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Speaker 5: If he's earning the job, he's the starter. But then

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Speaker 5: when they put in Justin Fields, they did some RPO stuff.

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Speaker 5: They did some stuff almost like some old school Viera

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Speaker 2: So I think that's going to be part of it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I don't think he's a huge.

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Speaker 4: And to that point though, Steve I did like seeing

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Speaker 7: It's just I don't think that enough of it popped

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Speaker 1: I mentioned Dalvin Cook, who was advertised as a big

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Speaker 8: Yes, For years, California's most beloved football franchise has been

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Speaker 8: Prop seventy one diverts key funds to the protection of

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Speaker 9: Yeah, that is a fantastic Oh my god, it's an

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Speaker 1: I suggest anyone yet check us out on YouTube, the

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Speaker 1: Patrick Claybah and his campaign to protect Rock Pretty Maybe

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Speaker 2: Stevie, you look like you want to jump in.

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna go with to Cowboys. Okay, I mean it's

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Speaker 1: Well then I just I mean, when you when you

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Speaker 1: I think the the West or the NFC. I had

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Speaker 7: This is a hypothetical situation.

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Speaker 4: But I think if I'm Jerry Jones and I'm you know,

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Speaker 1: But he says he's talking about his boss, Jerry Jones.

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Speaker 1: Wait was it a clean sweep? Did you write down

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Speaker 2: But I'm I'm with you.

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Speaker 4: If you're already committed that you're blowing up your team

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Speaker 1: Were They're gonna They're going to try to make it

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Speaker 3: All right, So the smart take I think would be

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Speaker 4: In the This is how we get the Cowboys fans back,

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Speaker 1: And by the way, clever that your last name is

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Speaker 3: of the worst defense in the league last year. They

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Speaker 3: you know, they invest in the secondary, have two great

444
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Speaker 3: picks by most people's metrics in the in the draft,

445
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Speaker 3: but you're expecting a lot out of rookies. You have

446
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Speaker 3: two aging cornerbacks outside of that, Chauncey Gardner. Johnson's a

447
00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:45,440
Speaker 3: big improvement for their slot defense, especially, and that's where

448
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Speaker 3: they really struggled last year, Like they allowed the most

449
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Speaker 3: yards to slot receivers last year. But you have Fletcher

450
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Speaker 3: Cox retiring, you have Bryce Huff who's going to be

451
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Speaker 3: a full time player for the first time in his career,

452
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Speaker 3: and you have really no depth beyond Jalen Carter and Jordan.

453
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Speaker 2: Davis, who are not. That's issue.

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Speaker 3: Full time players like Jordan Davis has never really eclipsed

455
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Speaker 3: sixty percent snapshare in his career.

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Speaker 2: So I don't know.

457
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Speaker 3: I just think it's a lot more of a fragile

458
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Speaker 3: team than people are saying. And you know, if the

459
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Speaker 3: heat's hot, I could also see Sirianni, you know, getting

460
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Speaker 3: canned early.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a great real quick talking about the detackle

462
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Speaker 5: lack of depth or that's an issue because behind him

463
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Speaker 5: you don't have great lineback. I mean to Kobe, Dean

464
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Speaker 5: is a hell of a talent, but that guy, when

465
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Speaker 5: you look at him in person, you would think that

466
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Speaker 5: maybe he's a slot corner, like he's about as big

467
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Speaker 5: as Kenny Moore, and he's not.

468
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Speaker 1: I don't think he's going to start either, which is

469
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Speaker 1: also a problem. I mean, I think he's coming off

470
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Speaker 1: the bed. You're right that I think they're a little

471
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Speaker 1: more fragile. I'm high on them because I like the talent,

472
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Speaker 1: but yeah, I think there's a lot of teams like this,

473
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Speaker 1: and they're similar to Dallas where just if things start

474
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Speaker 1: going poorly, it's going to really test that coaching staff

475
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Speaker 1: and struck. Sure, and we know that the front office

476
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Speaker 1: were kind of the ones pushing these coordinators, and you

477
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Speaker 1: have some guys there that are just ready to elevate,

478
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Speaker 1: and the vibes weren't great with hers. I'm hoping that

479
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Speaker 1: they really integrate him into the running game and that

480
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Speaker 1: they provide some answers that maybe Siriani didn't as a coordinator.

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Speaker 1: I'll go with Falcons, by the way, anyways, just because

482
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Speaker 1: I didn't have them in my playoffs, so I might

483
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Speaker 1: as well. I just think there's a lot of projection

484
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Speaker 1: there with the defense, assuming that it's going to be

485
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Speaker 1: a lot better in a thirty six year old Kirk Cousins,

486
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Speaker 1: who is always an inconsistent player to me coming off

487
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Speaker 1: in Achilles tear, I'm just not convinced that he's going

488
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Speaker 1: to be a plus plus quarterback. And if he's an

489
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Speaker 1: average quarterback, we'll see. All Right, let's go to positive news.

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Speaker 1: I feel like we've been so down so far. How

491
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Speaker 1: about a team that's not favored to make the playoffs

492
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Speaker 1: that will Let's start with you, Jordan.

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Speaker 7: I have the Seahawks.

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Speaker 4: Okay, I think the NFC West is going to be

495
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Speaker 4: spicier than maybe people are looking at it first. Glinch,

496
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Speaker 4: just because of how dismal the Cardinals were for much

497
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Speaker 4: of last year. We've already talked at a nauseum about

498
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Speaker 4: how they turned it on offensively in the back half.

499
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Speaker 4: I think the Seahawks are gonna take take a second

500
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Speaker 4: to get their defense figured out under this new scheme.

501
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Speaker 4: The language of the new scheme. Although Mike McDonald his

502
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Speaker 4: teaching tools, his teaching progression, you hear people rave about

503
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Speaker 4: it inside coaching circles across the league, and everybody he's

504
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Speaker 4: worked with just raves about how you're one. You can

505
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Speaker 4: start to see it come together. Year two is when

506
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Speaker 4: you really start to see this thing take off and

507
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Speaker 4: players understand where they're supposed to be. I think that

508
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Speaker 4: this offense is going to be really fun. I think

509
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Speaker 4: the combination of Ryan Grubb, who was doing a lot

510
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Speaker 4: of things that mary very well in NFL world, less

511
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Speaker 4: so even in a collegiate world, because he's not necessarily

512
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Speaker 4: exploiting the different hash marks in college. Instead, he's using

513
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Speaker 4: his motions and shifts as it would adhere to an

514
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Speaker 4: NFL field, and he's changing formations all of his top receivers, which,

515
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Speaker 4: by the way, the Seahawks have three very good receivers

516
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Speaker 4: all of those guys, you know, the concept record, like

517
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Speaker 4: the concepts you can see, like the philosophy behind what

518
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Speaker 4: they might try to do. And they also brought a

519
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Speaker 4: former Rams past game courtenator Jake Pizza up to Ryan

520
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Speaker 4: Grubb's staff to talk about the little intricacies like spacing,

521
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Speaker 4: like how to spring people people out of different concepts

522
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Speaker 4: and give them space in the second and third levels

523
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Speaker 4: of the field out of those cut splits by moving

524
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Speaker 4: like one inch to the left, let's go. And I

525
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Speaker 4: think that that's something that's really really significant. If this

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Speaker 4: offensive line can block anybody this year, which is always

527
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Speaker 4: a question with this team, I do think that this

528
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Speaker 4: is going to be a really fun year to watch

529
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Speaker 4: for the Seahawks. I think they're going to be frisky,

530
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Speaker 4: really really tough out, especially down the back half. And

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Speaker 4: Gino Smiths a great quarterback.

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Speaker 1: There it is you said it all for me.

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Speaker 2: There might pick too.

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Speaker 1: I think the coaching is so key, and I'm in

535
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Speaker 1: we're taking a leap of faith, certainly on both sides

536
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Speaker 1: of the ball, but especially on offense, where you need

537
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Speaker 1: Grub and their scheme to make the offensive line passable.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't need to be great, but it needs to

539
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Speaker 1: be not league worst, like PFF ranked just pure offensive

540
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Speaker 1: line talent, and they had him thirty second and that's

541
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Speaker 1: a problem. And they played like that last year and

542
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Speaker 1: it's why Gino Smith struggled so much on third down

543
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Speaker 1: and in long distance situations, because otherwise I think they're

544
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Speaker 1: going to be a very difficult team to prepare for.

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Speaker 1: I do think new coaching staffs sometimes have an advantage

546
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Speaker 1: that way. I think it's just such a great division.

547
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Speaker 1: But yeah, if you look at just the players, just

548
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Speaker 1: like think of players and coaches that could win awards

549
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Speaker 1: yor like make a Pro Bowl team on that team. Yeah, Witherspoon,

550
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Speaker 1: I think Riekuilan can be a Pro Bowler. Byron Murphy,

551
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Speaker 1: I think could be like a defensive Rookie of the

552
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Speaker 1: Year DK Gino ken Walker. It's like they have guys,

553
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Speaker 1: and I think the defensive line is is actually a

554
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Speaker 1: lot of fun. I know it's not superstars, but once

555
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Speaker 1: Nuos is back and it sounds like he's not going

556
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Speaker 1: to be out long. You got him, you got Leonard Williams,

557
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Speaker 1: you got Draymond Jones, Like you have a lot to

558
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Speaker 1: work with there, and uh yeah, I'm going with them.

559
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Speaker 2: To win the division. I don't give you know, let's go.

560
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Speaker 5: I am you know, I've been high on Seattle the

561
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Speaker 5: whole time. I'm like, why aren't we talking about the

562
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Speaker 5: Seattle Seahawks Because you look at McDonald where he's coming from.

563
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Speaker 5: You talked about all that front seven talent that they

564
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Speaker 5: have on defense. That's where Baltimore, where he came from,

565
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Speaker 5: you know, makes its money. And now he's got a stunt.

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Speaker 5: I've talked to people up there. I mean, what they're

567
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Speaker 5: going to do with Devin Witherspoon is very similar from

568
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Speaker 5: the corner what the Ravens did with Coyle Hamilton at

569
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Speaker 5: the safety spot. Look, this guy's going to be in

570
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Speaker 5: contention for Defensive Player of the Year. Yeah, I'm calling

571
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Speaker 5: that shot right now.

572
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Speaker 2: And I'm with you.

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Speaker 5: Offensively, Gino's going to be fine if this offensive line

574
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Speaker 5: can do things anything in that run game, which they

575
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Speaker 5: got two stud running backs telling you, man, Seattle's going

576
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Speaker 5: to be a pain.

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Speaker 1: Do you put them in the playoffs? Kigga good or

578
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Speaker 1: I don't like all this agreement. I don't want to

579
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Speaker 1: be uh you know, oh.

580
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Speaker 7: We did this. We planned this on purpose, so you'd

581
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Speaker 7: have to pick against them.

582
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Speaker 1: No, I will not pick against them. I mean, we

583
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Speaker 1: got our picks out there, it's on it's online. All right,

584
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,119
Speaker 1: give me a team. Do you have another one that?

585
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Speaker 2: Uh, the Cardinals are going to be interesting.

586
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Speaker 3: I think I'm to make the playoffs, not to make

587
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Speaker 3: the playoffs, but I think they'll be competitive and maybe

588
00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 3: in the wild card race. I'm looking about their defense.

589
00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:18,159
Speaker 3: That's really my only what's holding me back. But I mean,

590
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,159
Speaker 3: a full year Kyler with Drew Petsing as a coordinator,

591
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Speaker 3: you got Marvin Harrison, you got Trey McBride, like I'm

592
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:24,320
Speaker 3: excited for.

593
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Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, let's search that division race then, because my

594
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Speaker 1: answer is NFC West. And to me, this is just

595
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Speaker 1: from a dorky matchup perspective.

596
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Speaker 2: It's the coaches, it's the players.

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Speaker 1: Every one of these matchups is compelling to me because

598
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Speaker 1: also it's one of the few divisions where there's four

599
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,480
Speaker 1: good quarterbacks for really good quarterbacks, so that that helps

600
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Speaker 1: a lot. It's always going to make it more watchable.

601
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Speaker 1: So I'm going around the room for best division race.

602
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Speaker 1: But to me, these are all blockbuster box office because

603
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Speaker 1: to me, even if the Cardinals don't win a ton

604
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Speaker 1: of games, I'm not as you know, high on. You

605
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Speaker 1: like them taking a big step in the win, Like

606
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Speaker 1: they're going to be fun to watch.

607
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Speaker 4: I think that the history is getting really juicy between

608
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:07,880
Speaker 4: all of the coaches in this division versus just two

609
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,879
Speaker 4: of them. Yeah, I think that this is going to

610
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,600
Speaker 4: be really really interesting. Some of the game planning they're starting.

611
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Speaker 4: Finally it's always been sort of Seawan and Kyle, but

612
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 4: then not even really Sean and Kyle, and like you're

613
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 4: like hiring off of each other's staffs. They're starting to

614
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,879
Speaker 4: hire off of each other's staffs a little bit, which

615
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 4: you only saw that like a couple of years removed

616
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Speaker 4: out of any one Kyle staff or Sean's staff, it

617
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Speaker 4: would be Rams forty nine ers.

618
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Speaker 7: Now you're starting to see them like.

619
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Speaker 4: Sort of pluck each other's staff a little bit, start

620
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,560
Speaker 4: sort of trying to get each other's ideas in the building.

621
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Speaker 4: I think just on a coaching level, I mean, quarterbacks.

622
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Speaker 2: A little going on.

623
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Speaker 3: I even noticed how that she's talking about the second

624
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Speaker 3: edition of her Right Playmakers.

625
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 7: Too, you know, kind of in twenty twenty six.

626
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:51,360
Speaker 2: It's personal.

627
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, like even the the four I like the other Rams,

628
00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,320
Speaker 1: you know, claim the forty nine ers running back slash

629
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Speaker 1: return guys like I see.

630
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Speaker 4: What you saw one see how preseason game these couple

631
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 4: of run concepts. Man, go back and watch the twenty

632
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,160
Speaker 4: twenty three Rams film. It's it's very, very interesting.

633
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Speaker 1: Anyone. I feel like the Rams are a team. A

634
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,400
Speaker 1: lot of people steal from the same thing with forty nine ers,

635
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,400
Speaker 1: like around the whole league, not even just because all.

636
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Speaker 2: The coaches are everywhere. They're running kind of the same stuff.

637
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Speaker 2: Anyone to have a different division. I do like the

638
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 2: best race. I do.

639
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 5: We're talking about the most competitive and it's because it's mediocrity.

640
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Speaker 2: It's the NFC South.

641
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:25,160
Speaker 5: Okay, you've got three Look, look you've got you've got

642
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 5: three defensive coaches. Right, you have three defensive coaches down,

643
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,679
Speaker 5: so probably probably the only division in the NFL you

644
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 5: have three defensive head coaches. You've got the one offensive

645
00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,200
Speaker 5: head coaches. Hot stuff going to Carolina where they're gonna

646
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,400
Speaker 5: be better. I mean, they're not gonna be a two

647
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,720
Speaker 5: win team, they're gonna be better. I just think it's

648
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,760
Speaker 5: gonna be like it's been eight to nine, might be

649
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,240
Speaker 5: the best you get. So when you talk about the

650
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 5: best overall race, I think it's gonna be those four

651
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:50,280
Speaker 5: teams kind of stumbling over each other.

652
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 2: That's just ugly football. I don't I don't want I

653
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:52,760
Speaker 2: love it.

654
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 3: I love Hey, that was question man, that it's true.

655
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:58,840
Speaker 2: And I like a good ugly division.

656
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 3: That's division race, right, not the most competitive. Well, I

657
00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:02,680
Speaker 3: misinterpret that now.

658
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Speaker 1: I think there's room for interpretation however you want it. Like,

659
00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:09,720
Speaker 1: I am totally down with like a season where when

660
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 1: the Panthers when they were like four and ten with

661
00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 1: Ron Rivera and then they won three straight to make

662
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 1: the playoffs or something like that.

663
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 2: It's like, I'm fine with some ugly give me mess.

664
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Speaker 2: I'm with you. I like it. I got NFC North, Okay,

665
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 2: I liked that. I almost went there.

666
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 3: I honestly think that the Packers and the Lions might

667
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 3: be the two best teams in the conference this year.

668
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,360
Speaker 3: Wow that at the top. That and I also think

669
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:32,479
Speaker 3: I'm really high in the Bears this year. I mean,

670
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,640
Speaker 3: I think over those second half of last season, after

671
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:36,880
Speaker 3: they traded him on to Sweat arguably the top five

672
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 3: defense they.

673
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:39,920
Speaker 2: Reteamed run defense in the NFL.

674
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 3: Sick run defense ever Fliss he figured it out near

675
00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 3: the end, and I think from an offensive perspective, you

676
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 3: get o'doons, you get Keenan Allen as the third wide receiver.

677
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 3: That's a great place for him to be in this

678
00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 3: this part in his career.

679
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 2: I think Cabe is really set up to hit the

680
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 2: ground running.

681
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,760
Speaker 1: You have all these stats gigging in front of you,

682
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 1: these crazy next and stat like, when are you gonna

683
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: break them out? You know you're like you're like pulling

684
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 1: from all these this crazy information. I want this version

685
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 1: of next instances?

686
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 2: Can I have this?

687
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: I can get it? Yeah, okay, it's good, I can.

688
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 1: I can get it. I'm excited.

689
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 2: All Right, let's go.

690
00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 1: You mentioned you think the Lions and Packers might be

691
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,880
Speaker 1: the best teams in the NFC. Should we go number

692
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 1: one seed? I'll throw out mine. I'm gonna go Lions.

693
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 1: I just think the NFC is so much weaker than

694
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: the AFC overall, Like there's a lot of good teams,

695
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,600
Speaker 1: but I obviously think the forty nine ers are coming

696
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 1: back to the pack. If I have the Seahawks winning

697
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 1: the division and the Lions are the team, it sounds

698
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,640
Speaker 1: so crazy to say that. I just trust the most

699
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 1: that if if you told me they had a losing record,

700
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 1: more than any team in the NFC.

701
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:50,600
Speaker 2: It would surprise me.

702
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 1: So ultimately, I'm just gonna put my faith in continuity

703
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 1: in this system, being really ready to go both sides

704
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,040
Speaker 1: of the ball. Really like the Lions on both sides

705
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 1: of the ball. I'm going to go Lions in one seed.

706
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 7: I picked that as well.

707
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 4: I hate that we've agreed on almost everything to this point,

708
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 4: but I do agree with you. I also, if the

709
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,240
Speaker 4: Trent Williams and Brandon and Ny situation weren't unfolding, I

710
00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 4: would have picked the forty nine ers here, but I

711
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 4: picked the Lions. Line play quarterback has certainly raised the

712
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 4: floor from several years ago, and they have their faith

713
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,400
Speaker 4: in him as a city and as a team coordinator,

714
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 4: continuity fix some of the holes in their defense, I.

715
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 2: Mean the secondary. They I love them well.

716
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 4: I love that Their biggest problem this spring was or

717
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 4: this summer was like, oh, who's our third receiver? You know,

718
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 4: like that's luxury Now for the Lions, that's what we're asking, like,

719
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 4: that's a good football team.

720
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 1: They brought in Tim Patrick rather that and their practice squad,

721
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 1: So that's just it.

722
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 7: That's a guy who can dig out a safety or

723
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:48,040
Speaker 7: two they're going to use.

724
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 1: Him, ye, coming off some big injuries, but that would

725
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 1: be great to see Tim Patrick in a big spot.

726
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,000
Speaker 1: They need James and Williams to come through, but I

727
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 1: think they will. Why are you so high?

728
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 2: I'm Kigan, I'm the Lions.

729
00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 3: I think the secondary, as you said, I think that's

730
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 3: gonna like allow Terall Austin for the first time and

731
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 3: his few years as coordinator lean more into mand coverage,

732
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 3: which I think he wants to play, and he's shown

733
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 3: that over the course of the years. And they've just

734
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 3: struggled to do that. I mean when you had who

735
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 3: was the guy? Who are their cornerbacks?

736
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 2: Last year? I can't even they all got hurt.

737
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Moseley was in and out now and was a.

738
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:23,760
Speaker 2: Real quick Aaron gland Is to d you see their

739
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,720
Speaker 2: Tarol Austin's in anyone? I have a different number, seed

740
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 2: I do?

741
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 3: All right, Well we both do. Yeah, go ahead, I'm

742
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 3: going with the Packers. Okay, I'm betting on second half

743
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 3: of the year. Jordan Love, you want to talk about stats.

744
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,880
Speaker 3: He was second in EPA over the second half of

745
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:40,479
Speaker 3: the season after starting.

746
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 2: I think he had one or two games.

747
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 3: With the above US fifty percent success rate in his

748
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 3: first eight games finishes the year seven of his last ten.

749
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 3: Above that, he ends up top five in that metric

750
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 3: in terms of consistency, because that's what was lacking over

751
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 3: the first You saw the flashes over the first eight weeks,

752
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 3: but the consistency of getting rid of the ball quickly,

753
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 3: trusting the short game, and trusting his receivers. I think

754
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 3: all his receivers are so young. I mean, that was

755
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,680
Speaker 3: one of the youngest receiving corps last year. Hopefully they

756
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 3: all take a step up. I love Jayden Reid this

757
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,720
Speaker 3: year in terms of his dynamic abilities.

758
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,240
Speaker 2: That tight end room, I mean, Tucker Craft and Luke.

759
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 3: Dust Grave is awesome. Always have one of the best

760
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 3: offensive lines. And now you know, you get Josh Jacobs,

761
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,960
Speaker 3: probably a little out of lateral move from Aaron Jones

762
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 3: might play in the field more. The defense, I'm a

763
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:31,200
Speaker 3: little bit more worried about, But I trust that offense

764
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 3: to be among you know, a top three unit in

765
00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 3: the league, and I'm gonna ride them.

766
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 1: And they would be feeling like they're just so back

767
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: if they're a one seed at at this age, it

768
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: is just crazy. Randy's going crazy back there.

769
00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm going off the grid with my number one seed.

770
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:49,880
Speaker 2: And I know you talked about you didn't love them.

771
00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 5: I think the Eagles gonna be the number one about

772
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 5: them because they played a division where I think they

773
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,120
Speaker 5: honestly could be the only team for their division to

774
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 5: get into the playoffs, right the other two teams because

775
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,040
Speaker 5: each have two even if you go to the so

776
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 5: you could hit Atlanta in Tampa. You talked about Green

777
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 5: Bay in Detroit in the North. In the West, you

778
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,800
Speaker 5: could have your choice of Seattle, the Niners in the Rams.

779
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 5: So that's why I think the Eagles are going to

780
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:14,439
Speaker 5: have an easier opportunity to become the number one seed

781
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 5: if some of those injuries and those key spots. You know,

782
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 5: they can't be weak up the middle on defense and

783
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:20,680
Speaker 5: right now that's a sauce spot.

784
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,640
Speaker 2: Potentially they are thinner than they've been.

785
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:25,400
Speaker 1: They used to have the big rotations, and they have

786
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,920
Speaker 1: a coordinator now in Vic Fangio who doesn't really rotate

787
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,919
Speaker 1: is much. So it's a different philosophy than Howie Roseman had.

788
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: Can you mentioned it? Can those guys can? Can the

789
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: edge guys be good enough? Otherwise though, I think you're

790
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: onto something that the schedule I think is overall going

791
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 1: to be pretty favorable, especially if we're projecting the Cowboys

792
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:50,400
Speaker 1: to be worse, then it's suddenly the easiest division in

793
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 1: the league. You get the Carolina Panthers in the entire

794
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: NFC South out of division, Like I don't hate that

795
00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,400
Speaker 1: at all, some of the out of division games, like

796
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 1: just because there's schedule, like the Jet I'm in. I'm

797
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:03,759
Speaker 1: in on the Eagles maybe being the one seed, but

798
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:05,719
Speaker 1: it could go in a million different directions. All right,

799
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: last one before taking one last break here, let's go

800
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 1: first QB to be benched.

801
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 2: If if any I got one, please Derek car there

802
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:20,320
Speaker 2: it is. I knew it was coming. Yeah, it's happened before.

803
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,879
Speaker 3: First of all, he's got the Saints I think are

804
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 3: over ninety million over the cap next year already.

805
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 1: Okay, I will push back on that. That's every year though,

806
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:33,880
Speaker 1: that was yeah, clean it up. I mean, this is

807
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:34,839
Speaker 1: this is the last year.

808
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,479
Speaker 2: Easiest I'd like, easiest move you can make.

809
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,000
Speaker 3: That's sixty million, uh in terms of dead cap after

810
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 3: this season. I mean, but you're going to be paying

811
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:47,240
Speaker 3: him fifty million either way. So I think in general,

812
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 3: also Carr like having Kamara the whole year is going

813
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 3: to play to his worst instincts. When Kamara was on

814
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,040
Speaker 3: the field last year, Carr got rid of the ball

815
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,560
Speaker 3: zero point three seconds faster, which is an eternity over

816
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 3: the course of a lot of drop back. He just

817
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 3: is so much more willing to check the ball down.

818
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,359
Speaker 3: When Kamari's Kamara is a little bit older, he's going

819
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 3: to be checked down. Car And I think Dennis Allen

820
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,240
Speaker 3: eventually is going to try and pull the plug.

821
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 2: And maybe if he's there to pull the.

822
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: I know, I feel like those two guys are kind

823
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,960
Speaker 1: of connected at the hip. But yeah, there's been more

824
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: than a few people in the media. They're pushing hashtag

825
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:27,760
Speaker 1: the agenda and that is spend He's not a normal

826
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 1: fifth round pick and the Saints Black Party podcast for

827
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 1: starting this. But the agenda is strong. If Carr struggles,

828
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 1: that is not a popular quarterback.

829
00:36:38,640 --> 00:36:41,359
Speaker 4: Yeah, and play the string out if another coach comes in,

830
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 4: of course he is going to play Spencer Ratler like

831
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 4: you're gonna get the breadth of fresh air. If if

832
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,720
Speaker 4: another coach or an interim coach comes in, of course

833
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 4: you are going to do that.

834
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 1: I put him third on my list. Actually, I had

835
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 1: Daniel Jones is the most likely.

836
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,760
Speaker 2: I said, I said, Daniel Jones most likely.

837
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,400
Speaker 5: But usually when you pull your quarterback, you've got a

838
00:36:58,400 --> 00:37:01,000
Speaker 5: succession plan, Tommy and Andrew.

839
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 2: Drew Locke is not here.

840
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, but you know, it's like telling it's kind of

841
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:09,560
Speaker 4: sad that I actually completely forgot about Daniel Jones. Yeah,

842
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 4: I have Derek Carr on my list. I wouldn't disagree

843
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 4: with Daniel Jones. I still think it's Derek Carr, but

844
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,319
Speaker 4: I gotta say, like it's uh, I don't know. We

845
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:20,279
Speaker 4: heard whispers or Daniel Jeremiah heard whispers even at the

846
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 4: around draft time that Drew Locke might play some games

847
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 4: for the Yeah.

848
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: I think they signed up to your lock with the

849
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: idea of playing him at some point. I don't think

850
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,839
Speaker 1: they were encouraged by him and then he got hurt

851
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,000
Speaker 1: a little bit, although he should be back soon in that.

852
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 2: He's a talented dude.

853
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 5: I mean, my whole thing of though, is just after

854
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,799
Speaker 5: seeing the hard knocks, they are this is like it

855
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 5: is all about Daniel Jones or all Audie. I mean

856
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,399
Speaker 5: I think they are. They have hitched their wagon to him,

857
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:44,479
Speaker 5: and if he makes it.

858
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 1: If they're one and seven, though, and that contract is

859
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,279
Speaker 1: not guaranteed for injury, they just going he might make

860
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:51,719
Speaker 1: a business that everybody's good points.

861
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,439
Speaker 4: Steve brings up a good point though, I mean that's

862
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,839
Speaker 4: like the emotional attachment to it. If you've made your

863
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 4: cards that clear that this has to work no matter what,

864
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,439
Speaker 4: then yeah, you're gonna stick with that guy a little

865
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 4: bit longer.

866
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,319
Speaker 7: And they already have stuck with him.

867
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 1: I think Kirk is more likely than Derek Carr to

868
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 1: get benchedally, no, not less it's an injury think. I

869
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: think if if something went out there, I think they're

870
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,360
Speaker 1: just gonna love Michael PENNOCKX and if they're losing with

871
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 1: the love they love possible scenario. I don't really expect it,

872
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: but if they're losing, I could see them going to Penis.

873
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 2: It would be crazy, I think. I don't. The head

874
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 2: coaches got too much, too much grace period down there.

875
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 1: They're not okay speaking of head coaches with grace period,

876
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 1: I get this one's too obvious. If in negative a

877
00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 1: first coach, if any to get fired, Dennis Allen I

878
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: think would be be the favorite there stable maybe if

879
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:40,439
Speaker 1: things went really south, let's zoom past that. Well, let's

880
00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,439
Speaker 1: take one more break and then we're gonna come back

881
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 1: and we will be wrapping up the show, getting all

882
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 1: of our playoff seats.

883
00:38:45,960 --> 00:39:04,120
Speaker 2: You will learn who wins the NFC Championship. A lot

884
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:05,320
Speaker 2: to be with all of you today.

885
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 10: There's been a lot of talk about the road we've

886
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 10: traveled on the road ahead for America's team. Let me

887
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,320
Speaker 10: ask you all one question. If all we do is

888
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,800
Speaker 10: choke and lose, then who is the one truly living

889
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,840
Speaker 10: in the past? If we are the bandwagon, then shouldn't

890
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 10: it be more fun?

891
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 2: If you want fun, ask yourself this, why not? Now?

892
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 8: What would be more Dallas than a season born of

893
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 8: contract disputes resulting in the ultimate goal before it all

894
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 8: falls apart? They want audacity? What about the audacity of cope?

895
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 1: That is the campaign for the Dallas Cowboys, and I

896
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:46,120
Speaker 1: like it. Patrick Claybon putting himself, that's a smart take

897
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 1: corner right now is actually to be big in on

898
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 1: the Cowboys because no one is. And they still have

899
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,400
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott as their quarterback and a whole lot of talent,

900
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,880
Speaker 1: and they have had a history of winning through the

901
00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:57,919
Speaker 1: drama over the years.

902
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,080
Speaker 2: I thought that was a Richard Nixon AI voiceover that

903
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 2: was that was very well done.

904
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 1: I'm almost annoyed that Patrick claibon has won Today's show

905
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:08,839
Speaker 1: m VP without even having to show up for work.

906
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 2: No, it's it's a great thing.

907
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 1: I love that Patrick gets such a huge part of

908
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 1: the show, and he's going to be with me on

909
00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: our previews show each and every week starting next week.

910
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:22,440
Speaker 1: So I'm really excited about that and getting them back

911
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:24,720
Speaker 1: in here. All right, Uh, let's throw out a team

912
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: that you just don't know what the hell to do

913
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,400
Speaker 1: with that. You know, I'm gonna throw out the Saints

914
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:32,839
Speaker 1: because I was there at their camp and I think

915
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:35,319
Speaker 1: people who are around that team see a scenario where

916
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 1: it goes really bad and they have a top three

917
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:41,440
Speaker 1: or top five pick and yet like you look beneath

918
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,359
Speaker 1: the hood. I don't know what the next gen stats say,

919
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,919
Speaker 1: but for instance, like the Football Outsider's number, they're they're

920
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,400
Speaker 1: projected wins. You look at the players they brought in,

921
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,680
Speaker 1: how consistent Dennis Allen's defense has been, how it's pretty

922
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 1: loaded defense, and like their win projection over at FTN

923
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:02,000
Speaker 1: is I think winning the like they like they're over nine,

924
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 1: and I can kind of see it because the whole

925
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: point of this franchise year after year is to keep

926
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:08,240
Speaker 1: Mickey Loomis employed.

927
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 2: That to me is.

928
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:14,840
Speaker 1: Everything is geared towards getting to that ninth win, getting

929
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,319
Speaker 1: to that tenth win, just keeping the party going that

930
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:20,239
Speaker 1: Sean Payton started. And I can kind of see it

931
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 1: like it's a bad division, and so I don't know

932
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 1: what to do with them. They could be three wins,

933
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 1: they could be nine or ten wins. That was the

934
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 1: team that came to mind for me.

935
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:31,080
Speaker 4: They fall below that line for me, just because we

936
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:34,280
Speaker 4: can see very clearly, even outside looking in, what should

937
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:36,720
Speaker 4: have been done with this team, what continues to should

938
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 4: should be done with this team. This is the time

939
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:42,720
Speaker 4: to capitalize and punish the rest of the NFC South.

940
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,399
Speaker 4: This was last year was the time.

941
00:41:44,600 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 1: It would basically be their defense being the road for them.

942
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 1: To me, is their defense being a top three to

943
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:50,359
Speaker 1: five defense.

944
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 5: They've they've been a top five to eight for like

945
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 5: seven years and they're great.

946
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 4: And let me not discount that because they are. I've

947
00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 4: said this before on this show. That's a badass defense.

948
00:41:59,239 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 2: Yes, it is.

949
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 4: Ever that can be a little bit of a firefly

950
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:06,239
Speaker 4: situation just to continue to kick the can, continue to

951
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,879
Speaker 4: just okay, well this we've got this going for us.

952
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:13,000
Speaker 7: Awesome, that's great. But also again this if you're looking at.

953
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 4: The division itself for the last two three years, especially

954
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,040
Speaker 4: as the Carolina Panthers continue to struggle the way that

955
00:42:19,120 --> 00:42:22,400
Speaker 4: they have and be kind of like dipped in chaos

956
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:25,560
Speaker 4: every every year, this and last year and the year

957
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 4: before that, this has been the time to punish the

958
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 4: rest of the division, to really make those sort of

959
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 4: really strong moves and those really like aggressive moves that

960
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 4: show either you're ripping it up and starting over, or

961
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 4: you're making a push over a different personnel, or you're

962
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:44,040
Speaker 4: getting the you know, up and coming young.

963
00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:46,839
Speaker 7: Bright head coat or whatever that this last these.

964
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,840
Speaker 2: Last is running it back to try to get to nine.

965
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:50,439
Speaker 7: Win has been the time. That's that time.

966
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 2: So that's what I mean.

967
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 1: Though, if they do it, they employed again, anyone have

968
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:55,879
Speaker 1: a different team.

969
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:56,719
Speaker 2: You don't know what the hell to do.

970
00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:58,840
Speaker 5: The Vikings, Oh yeah, that's a good I mean, the

971
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 5: Minister of the Vikings. I think there's talented football team.

972
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,440
Speaker 5: They've got a very good offensive line, two very good tackles,

973
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:06,080
Speaker 5: the best wide receiver in the NFL, great young wide

974
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 5: receiver in Jordan Addison.

975
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:07,439
Speaker 2: TJ.

976
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 5: Hockkinson is coming back at some point. They've got Aaron

977
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 5: Jones at running back. I mean they've you know, if

978
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:16,319
Speaker 5: Sam Donald could play seventeen games at a halfway decent level. Like,

979
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,759
Speaker 5: they've got some players on defense now, those safeties at

980
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:21,720
Speaker 5: that Tannem Harrison Smith and and and buying them.

981
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 1: I think it's the best division in football. I don't

982
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 1: think it's the best race because I do think the

983
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: Lions and Packers are ahead.

984
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 2: But I think it's the best. Yeah.

985
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,200
Speaker 5: I mean the Vikings and they're coaching. I mean you

986
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,400
Speaker 5: can see the shay what ever. I mean, Brian Flores

987
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 5: is damn good. And Kevin O'Connell, hey man, he showed

988
00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:39,319
Speaker 5: me last year that he is nobody messed with as

989
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 5: a hell of a head coach.

990
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 4: I think Kevin O'Connell is the coach of the year

991
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,560
Speaker 4: front runner. Yeah, I think I think that, especially if

992
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,360
Speaker 4: he can coax some things make polenta with Sam Donald,

993
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 4: Like I said on previous you got to.

994
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:51,319
Speaker 1: Win like ten games. Though he's been a candidate every

995
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:52,240
Speaker 1: year he's coach.

996
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 2: He was freaking close last year the front runner. Yeah,

997
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,520
Speaker 2: and do you have them in the playoffs?

998
00:43:58,280 --> 00:43:59,040
Speaker 7: I don't have them.

999
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:01,839
Speaker 2: I don't have in the playoffs.

1000
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 4: But I think that like every year, there's been people

1001
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 4: that you know, have just been close and just missed

1002
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 4: it that should have deserved it. And then you know

1003
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:12,839
Speaker 4: teams that won maybe more games and the other We're

1004
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,279
Speaker 4: not going to get into this argument right now, but

1005
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:15,840
Speaker 4: I have takes on that once we do get to it.

1006
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 4: But I have I do have the Eagles as a

1007
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:19,799
Speaker 4: team that I don't know what to do with that.

1008
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 4: I am not discounting their talent. They have so much

1009
00:44:22,120 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 4: talent on the offensive side. I do have a big

1010
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:28,920
Speaker 4: question about the center situation. I question the secondary less

1011
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,320
Speaker 4: now that they've sort of overhauled that position, some of

1012
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 4: that young talent coming up, I do not question it

1013
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:36,239
Speaker 4: as much as I probably would have had they made

1014
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:39,000
Speaker 4: different decisions or not brought in a new coordinator and

1015
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 4: not had the DB's assistant coaches that Vic Fangio then

1016
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 4: brought with him. However, I think that the weird thing

1017
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:48,360
Speaker 4: about the Eagles for me, or the thing that I

1018
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:52,919
Speaker 4: can't quite square, is like we've seen their ceiling, right,

1019
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 4: but I think their floor can be potentially a lot

1020
00:44:56,719 --> 00:44:58,759
Speaker 4: lower than some of these other teams that are maybe

1021
00:44:58,760 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 4: in the middle of this of.

1022
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 1: They showed it last year where they were one of

1023
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:04,680
Speaker 1: the very nast teams in the NFL. That's over a

1024
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:09,200
Speaker 1: six week period, which is a crazy thing to envision. Shiocopatia,

1025
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,000
Speaker 1: who does a great job over the Ringer at the

1026
00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 1: Ringer and lives in Philly, that he he feels like

1027
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:17,960
Speaker 1: he always has a good read on what the Eagles

1028
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 1: are going to be like going into the year, and

1029
00:45:19,560 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 1: he says he can't remember a year where he has

1030
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:24,279
Speaker 1: less of a feel, which I think gets to what

1031
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 1: you're saying, and that the people there even are just

1032
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:30,560
Speaker 1: like it makes sense, but we're not really sure how that's.

1033
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:30,719
Speaker 2: Going to go.

1034
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 3: Do you have a different team, I have the Cowboys,

1035
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 3: okay in division points. First of all, the defensive philosophy

1036
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:39,840
Speaker 3: change and how the personnel fits within that. You go

1037
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:43,960
Speaker 3: from one of the most single high safety teams in

1038
00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:47,800
Speaker 3: terms of their coverage job press corner to Mike Zimmer

1039
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 3: who was the only guy back way before all these

1040
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:53,880
Speaker 3: teams started, you know, moving towards more split safety coverages.

1041
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:57,040
Speaker 3: He was the only team from twenty eighteen to twenty

1042
00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:58,880
Speaker 3: twenty one to play split safety coverage is on a

1043
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:02,920
Speaker 3: majority of drop through The through the preseason showed a

1044
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:05,360
Speaker 3: similar thing. You normally see teams play a lot more

1045
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 3: vanilla coverages. He's still doing it on over half of

1046
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 3: his dropbacks. They actually played I think more cover six

1047
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 3: or almost as much Cover six in the preseason in

1048
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 3: three games as Dan Quinn did in three total seasons

1049
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 3: as wow coordinator.

1050
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 2: And they lost their best dB and does.

1051
00:46:21,600 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's always a problem when you bring in a

1052
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 1: new coordinator to do the pieces still fit.

1053
00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:29,400
Speaker 3: And they also lost all of their pass rush steps.

1054
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:31,960
Speaker 3: I mean, they were the best pass rush by pressure

1055
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 3: rate we've seen in the last five years last year

1056
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:38,120
Speaker 3: and only beating themselves the year before. They lose Dorance Armstrong,

1057
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:43,440
Speaker 3: they lose Dante Fowler, and Sam Williams goes out with

1058
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:45,439
Speaker 3: a acl TA. I think they lost all their pass

1059
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,239
Speaker 3: rush DEPP, but they still have Micah Parsons. And what

1060
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 3: the hell is Mike Zimmer gonna.

1061
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:50,440
Speaker 2: Do with Mikeah Parsons.

1062
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:51,799
Speaker 3: Is you gotta line them up over the A gap

1063
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:53,880
Speaker 3: and do a bunch of double mug fronts. Is he

1064
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:55,200
Speaker 3: going to move them on around or is he just

1065
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:55,680
Speaker 3: say pen.

1066
00:46:55,600 --> 00:46:57,360
Speaker 2: Your ears back. We needed to get pressure because we

1067
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,120
Speaker 2: have no other way to get pressure now that we

1068
00:46:59,200 --> 00:46:59,719
Speaker 2: lost all.

1069
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,120
Speaker 3: Those antler pieces. Also, what the hell are they gonna do?

1070
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 3: Who's playing linebacker for that team?

1071
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:05,600
Speaker 2: Like I think Micah Parsons might be a little bit

1072
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 2: not not all the time. He'll move them, he'll move

1073
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:08,480
Speaker 2: them wrong. He'll be a chess peace.

1074
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,239
Speaker 1: More than he's been. I like that pick quickly. Let's

1075
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:14,200
Speaker 1: just do a speed round of this one. Biggest win

1076
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:17,480
Speaker 1: increase in the in the comedy. This one was tough

1077
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: because I just had a hard time going against Chock.

1078
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:22,040
Speaker 1: When I looked at the wins from a year ago,

1079
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:23,880
Speaker 1: this was a tough one. I'm just gonna throw out

1080
00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:25,480
Speaker 1: a tough yeah. Even though I'm down in the Falcons,

1081
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: I don't think it'll be the Falcons. They won seven

1082
00:47:27,160 --> 00:47:27,719
Speaker 1: games last year.

1083
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:28,560
Speaker 2: They have a chance.

1084
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:31,080
Speaker 1: I think the Panthers have a pretty good chance. They

1085
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:32,640
Speaker 1: only wont two games last year.

1086
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:33,680
Speaker 2: I just think it.

1087
00:47:33,800 --> 00:47:35,960
Speaker 1: I've always said it, like, it's really hard not to

1088
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 1: win five games in the NFL.

1089
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:39,080
Speaker 2: Coaches are always.

1090
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:41,800
Speaker 1: Like it's the hardest thing to do in the NFL,

1091
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:44,359
Speaker 1: or in all of sports, is to win a game

1092
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:46,520
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Nope, it's the exact same as every

1093
00:47:46,560 --> 00:47:49,000
Speaker 1: other sport. It's a fifty percent of the team's win.

1094
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:52,200
Speaker 1: It's exactly the same, and usually you win five and

1095
00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:54,040
Speaker 1: it's a bad division, so they could get to five,

1096
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: which that's a three win win increase three right there.

1097
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:59,280
Speaker 1: The Commanders I think have a chance. We haven't mentioned

1098
00:47:59,320 --> 00:48:02,200
Speaker 1: them all. They and yet I just believe enough in

1099
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:06,239
Speaker 1: the like the dan Quinn, like Juju and culture and

1100
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:08,360
Speaker 1: energy and Jayden Daniels. Even though I don't think that

1101
00:48:08,400 --> 00:48:10,439
Speaker 1: team is very good. They strike me as a team

1102
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 1: that's not going to be good, and their analytics profile

1103
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 1: says they should be a three and fourteen team. But

1104
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:17,560
Speaker 1: they end up winning a bunch of close games and

1105
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:19,280
Speaker 1: win six, which you know that would be an increase,

1106
00:48:19,320 --> 00:48:20,040
Speaker 1: So they got a chance.

1107
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:22,319
Speaker 2: Those are some teams, So you're going plus three.

1108
00:48:22,440 --> 00:48:24,480
Speaker 1: I just said I'm going speed round and then went

1109
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:27,200
Speaker 1: on a long rant amount So that really sums up

1110
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:27,960
Speaker 1: NFL Daily.

1111
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 7: I don't have a comment on that.

1112
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,040
Speaker 4: I say Carolina because bless their hearts, first of all,

1113
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,919
Speaker 4: and then second of all, I think I absolutely see

1114
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 4: them winning at least three more games. Hell, make it

1115
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:40,239
Speaker 4: four more games.

1116
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:43,120
Speaker 2: Okay, that would do it. I'm going Cardinals win team

1117
00:48:43,160 --> 00:48:45,400
Speaker 2: last year, I think they could easily get call. I

1118
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:47,479
Speaker 2: won Arizona and Washington plus four.

1119
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 1: I worry about the Arizona defensive talent and they've had

1120
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:51,560
Speaker 1: a lot of injuries.

1121
00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:52,560
Speaker 2: Good coach.

1122
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:55,279
Speaker 1: I get too spooked by Oh August really changes me.

1123
00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 1: Like I'd be higher on the Rams right now if

1124
00:48:57,160 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 1: they haven't had such a strange one. Maybe we'll get

1125
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:01,799
Speaker 1: to that with the playoff seed, because I'm sure one

1126
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 1: of us at least has the Rams. We haven't mentioned

1127
00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:05,960
Speaker 1: them at all. Let's all go through our playoff seeds

1128
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:11,040
Speaker 1: in order. Well, let's go a reverse order revorse order,

1129
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:15,719
Speaker 1: and we'll we'll each say ours and say our NFC championship.

1130
00:49:15,719 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 1: We'll have a quick discussion about each of ours, and

1131
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 1: then we take a turn. So why don't we start

1132
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:23,400
Speaker 1: with Keegan. I'll start with the Seahawks. It is a

1133
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:26,240
Speaker 1: seventh seed. A lot of the things you guys said.

1134
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:28,440
Speaker 3: Earlier in terms of I mean, I think Witherspoon's going

1135
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:32,600
Speaker 3: to be awesome in this defense and Gino in that offense.

1136
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:36,319
Speaker 2: I'm really bullish on that. The Bears is my sixth seed.

1137
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:39,879
Speaker 3: Nice, I do think Caleb has a like very high

1138
00:49:39,960 --> 00:49:40,719
Speaker 3: level rookie year.

1139
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:41,840
Speaker 2: I mean, maybe not c J.

1140
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,480
Speaker 3: Strau because that was historic, but like he shows us

1141
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:48,839
Speaker 3: why he was considered a generational prospect. Lions at the

1142
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:50,880
Speaker 3: five seed just miss it out. They still might have

1143
00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:54,160
Speaker 3: the second best record in this and that's tough.

1144
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:57,120
Speaker 1: Three teams in the same division in the playoffs, but

1145
00:49:57,400 --> 00:49:57,920
Speaker 1: it's possible.

1146
00:49:57,960 --> 00:49:59,640
Speaker 3: It doesn't really make that much sense, but just in

1147
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:01,640
Speaker 3: terms of like team ratings and how I'm rating them,

1148
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:03,319
Speaker 3: I think the Lions might be the second bet.

1149
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:05,680
Speaker 1: They could all roll out of division and that's how

1150
00:50:05,719 --> 00:50:07,040
Speaker 1: it happens, and we've seen it before.

1151
00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 3: Buccaneers at fourth. I just don't know what to do

1152
00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:13,279
Speaker 3: with the NFC West and South. I defer to who

1153
00:50:13,280 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 3: won last year, and I don't think they got that

1154
00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:17,719
Speaker 3: much worse. I like Grant Barton a lot. Maybe the

1155
00:50:17,800 --> 00:50:19,399
Speaker 3: run game can be a little bit better this year.

1156
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:22,520
Speaker 3: Cowboys at three again don't really know what the hell

1157
00:50:22,560 --> 00:50:24,759
Speaker 3: to do with them, but still trust in Dak and

1158
00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:27,960
Speaker 3: Micah Parsons enough to and Mike Zimmer to kind of

1159
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:31,760
Speaker 3: screen together a division title in a very weak division.

1160
00:50:32,440 --> 00:50:34,480
Speaker 3: Forty nine Ers at two, we haven't talked that much

1161
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:36,680
Speaker 3: about him. I'm not picking them as the one seed

1162
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:38,960
Speaker 3: for all the holdouts and stuff.

1163
00:50:39,080 --> 00:50:40,920
Speaker 2: I could be completely proven wrong. They could be a

1164
00:50:40,960 --> 00:50:41,680
Speaker 2: juggernaut again.

1165
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:43,560
Speaker 3: But I also think that team is a little bit

1166
00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:45,319
Speaker 3: more fragile and has a little bit of a Super

1167
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 3: Bowl hangover.

1168
00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:48,360
Speaker 1: And the Packers at WANs I love that. I like

1169
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:52,120
Speaker 1: that Kikan was bold. No Rams in there, no Falcons

1170
00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:56,239
Speaker 1: in there, some different teams like the Bears, and having

1171
00:50:56,239 --> 00:50:57,400
Speaker 1: the Packers won.

1172
00:50:57,640 --> 00:50:58,080
Speaker 2: That's fun.

1173
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:01,160
Speaker 1: And your NFC championship will haul those. Actually I'll go

1174
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:09,239
Speaker 1: my list seven Packers, six Rams. If my daughter wasn't fan,

1175
00:51:09,719 --> 00:51:11,800
Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe I would be harder on them.

1176
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:14,040
Speaker 1: A lot of talent, I mean a lot of talent

1177
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:16,759
Speaker 1: in terms of the coaching staff and stafford. It's still

1178
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:18,920
Speaker 1: hard to totally go against him. Five to forty nine Ers,

1179
00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:21,120
Speaker 1: four Bucks. I went with the Bucks as well. I

1180
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: think they're a good defense, a good enough offense, a

1181
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:27,640
Speaker 1: lot of continuity, like the coaching staff. Three Seahawks winning

1182
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:31,360
Speaker 1: that division, two Eagles and number one Lions.

1183
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:32,680
Speaker 2: What do you got, Jordan, Well.

1184
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:38,080
Speaker 4: I'm just gonna tell you who my playoff teams are. Lions, Niners, Rams, Packers, Falcons, Eagles, Seahawks.

1185
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:40,239
Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, a lot of Seahawks off here. What do

1186
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:40,880
Speaker 2: you got.

1187
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:45,759
Speaker 5: Seven is Cowboys, six, Seattle five, Green Bay for Atlanta.

1188
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:46,759
Speaker 7: I like it.

1189
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:49,120
Speaker 2: Three nine Ers, two Lions, one Eagles.

1190
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 1: Okay, so a lot of agreement, and I haven't seen online.

1191
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 1: It makes sense. I think it was hard. I'm glad

1192
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:57,400
Speaker 1: you got the Bears in there. I feel like they

1193
00:51:57,400 --> 00:52:01,120
Speaker 1: should be represented. I do think that the Vikings like

1194
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:03,879
Speaker 1: have at least a better chance than people are giving,

1195
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:06,560
Speaker 1: but I'm not ready to go there. There's really only

1196
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:09,960
Speaker 1: three teams in this entire conference that I'm like, are

1197
00:52:10,160 --> 00:52:12,800
Speaker 1: four teams rather that I feel like have no almost

1198
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:13,920
Speaker 1: no chance to make the playoffs.

1199
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:16,120
Speaker 2: Just Washington Giants, I think.

1200
00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:19,400
Speaker 1: The Cardinals that you wouldn't throw them in there, and

1201
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:23,200
Speaker 1: then the Panthers as well. So it's a fairly open conference.

1202
00:52:23,239 --> 00:52:25,520
Speaker 1: You want to go your NFC championship game.

1203
00:52:25,520 --> 00:52:26,720
Speaker 2: Get the lines with the Niners.

1204
00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:29,400
Speaker 5: Okay, yeah, I think I think the Niners are going

1205
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:31,319
Speaker 5: to be red hot halfway through the season. They get

1206
00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:33,400
Speaker 5: all these guys back in Clinton Toano Whu fungo, but

1207
00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:35,399
Speaker 5: just not enough. I think Detroit it's their time.

1208
00:52:36,160 --> 00:52:38,799
Speaker 4: I have Lions over Niners as well, and I think

1209
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:40,960
Speaker 4: it's you know, you sort of see these like poetic

1210
00:52:41,080 --> 00:52:42,680
Speaker 4: arcs every once in a while in the league. You

1211
00:52:42,719 --> 00:52:44,160
Speaker 4: saw it a few years ago when the Rams beat

1212
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:45,640
Speaker 4: the forty nine ers for the first time in what

1213
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:49,040
Speaker 4: seven attempts to actually you know, advance to the Super Bowl.

1214
00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:52,279
Speaker 4: There's some poetry sometimes in this sport, and I think

1215
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:53,520
Speaker 4: the Lions get theirs back.

1216
00:52:53,640 --> 00:52:55,560
Speaker 2: Linons would be a whole lot more than poetry. I'm

1217
00:52:55,600 --> 00:52:58,440
Speaker 2: with the that would be his history book could be beautiful.

1218
00:52:58,440 --> 00:53:00,600
Speaker 1: And usually I'm afraid of the team that proved so

1219
00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:02,080
Speaker 1: much from one season to the next.

1220
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:04,000
Speaker 2: It's it's kind of hard to yeah, but they've done it.

1221
00:53:04,080 --> 00:53:05,719
Speaker 5: They They've been one of the few teams greg that

1222
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:08,640
Speaker 5: have done it successfully in steps. It has not been

1223
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:10,319
Speaker 5: one seize micleap after one size.

1224
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:13,279
Speaker 1: You know, they remind me of more than anyone is

1225
00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:17,400
Speaker 1: Joe Shane and when he was in Buffalo as the

1226
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:21,040
Speaker 1: assistant GM and that Bills team, but they never really

1227
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:23,040
Speaker 1: quite got over the hump. They just kind of stayed

1228
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:27,279
Speaker 1: at that level. I also have the Lions winning the NFC. Man,

1229
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:28,920
Speaker 1: I thought a lot of people would take the Packers

1230
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:32,799
Speaker 1: this year. Okay, I got the Packers. Packers over the line,

1231
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:34,320
Speaker 1: so we all four of us have the Lions in

1232
00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:38,040
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship. I had the lines over the Eagles

1233
00:53:38,120 --> 00:53:41,000
Speaker 1: in mind. That is fun we have.

1234
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:44,520
Speaker 2: As we're taping, we.

1235
00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:47,799
Speaker 1: Have breaking news. I'm so glad this happened before we

1236
00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:52,319
Speaker 1: left the studio. This is like we always complain about it.

1237
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,440
Speaker 1: This is like a sign. It's like groundhog Day that

1238
00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:58,719
Speaker 1: we're gonna have a great NFL season. Brandon Ayuk is

1239
00:53:58,719 --> 00:53:59,720
Speaker 1: staying in San Francisco.

1240
00:53:59,840 --> 00:54:00,600
Speaker 2: No surprise there.

1241
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:03,839
Speaker 1: The deal is done four years, worth one hundred and

1242
00:54:03,840 --> 00:54:08,800
Speaker 1: twenty million. It's reportedly front loaded, according to Ian Rappaport

1243
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:12,560
Speaker 1: and Mike Gara Folo. I don't even care about all

1244
00:54:12,560 --> 00:54:15,640
Speaker 1: the details. It's front loaded. It's about thirty million dollars

1245
00:54:15,719 --> 00:54:18,080
Speaker 1: a year. You can tell that number meant a lot

1246
00:54:18,120 --> 00:54:23,560
Speaker 1: to Ayuk. I think it's the right average because it's

1247
00:54:23,600 --> 00:54:26,680
Speaker 1: a tick abu. It's quite above the guys like Jalen

1248
00:54:26,719 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 1: Wattle and DeVonta Smith who signed earlier, who had two

1249
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:31,319
Speaker 1: years left on their contract. And I would say we're

1250
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:33,480
Speaker 1: just like a little tick below where Ayuk is as

1251
00:54:33,480 --> 00:54:37,120
Speaker 1: a player. But it's not quite where Jefferson and Ceedee

1252
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:39,759
Speaker 1: Lamb is. In fact, it's significantly short of that. And

1253
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:42,720
Speaker 1: that's fine. Not everyone needs to make thirty three million.

1254
00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:46,280
Speaker 1: Thirty sounds about right for Brandon Ayuk, and it's another

1255
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:51,600
Speaker 1: reminder Keegan, just sign them earlier in the process. I

1256
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:55,960
Speaker 1: can guarantee you if they had offered the Brandon Ayuk

1257
00:54:56,320 --> 00:54:59,560
Speaker 1: about twenty nine with its front loaded twenty eight like

1258
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:01,480
Speaker 1: the forty nine, ers could have saved money if they

1259
00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:03,080
Speaker 1: had just done this a little earlier.

1260
00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,840
Speaker 2: But it's all happening in the end. And that's my

1261
00:55:06,080 --> 00:55:07,280
Speaker 2: wide receiver.

1262
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:11,320
Speaker 1: Three on my fantasy team because everyone was too afraid

1263
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:14,680
Speaker 1: of him in the draft. Have a long term vision.

1264
00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:16,799
Speaker 1: That's what you need as a fantasy owner and as

1265
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:20,400
Speaker 1: a GM. But everyone's happy here. Yeah, I mean, that's awesome.

1266
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:24,200
Speaker 3: He was just electric downfield last year, leading in a

1267
00:55:24,640 --> 00:55:27,600
Speaker 3: breakout year, let in a lot of our metrics. Very

1268
00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:30,840
Speaker 3: awesome to see that happen. What metrics like the downfield throws.

1269
00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:34,000
Speaker 2: Basically I think he had more yards.

1270
00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:36,240
Speaker 3: I'd have to double check this, but like more yards

1271
00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:38,760
Speaker 3: over ten are yards than almost any player in the league.

1272
00:55:39,200 --> 00:55:42,200
Speaker 1: He became that guy Brack Purty wants to go down

1273
00:55:42,239 --> 00:55:45,400
Speaker 1: the field, almost to his detriment. I think sometimes, but

1274
00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:47,120
Speaker 1: you like that out of a quarterback. You'd rather have

1275
00:55:47,160 --> 00:55:49,560
Speaker 1: them take that out of it. And yet Debo's not

1276
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:52,600
Speaker 1: really that guy. Juwan Jennings is not really that guy.

1277
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:54,920
Speaker 1: George Kittle. You can scheme it up, but he's not

1278
00:55:55,120 --> 00:55:58,680
Speaker 1: really that guy in the same way, and Ayuki.

1279
00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:01,600
Speaker 3: Is exactly he's actually in that intermediate area NFL pro

1280
00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:02,200
Speaker 3: shout out.

1281
00:56:02,200 --> 00:56:02,959
Speaker 2: That was really quick.

1282
00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:05,399
Speaker 3: He had over one hundred yards more than any other

1283
00:56:05,440 --> 00:56:06,920
Speaker 3: player in the intermediate.

1284
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:07,040
Speaker 2: Area last year.

1285
00:56:07,080 --> 00:56:10,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, adds a dimension to their offense. Frankly ads help

1286
00:56:10,120 --> 00:56:12,680
Speaker 4: for the quarterback. And I actually look at this from

1287
00:56:12,719 --> 00:56:15,719
Speaker 4: like a microscopic and telescopic a little bit with this,

1288
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:18,160
Speaker 4: because the forty nine ers not only got this done,

1289
00:56:18,239 --> 00:56:20,239
Speaker 4: which should have been done way sooner than this, our

1290
00:56:20,280 --> 00:56:23,000
Speaker 4: long national nightmare of hearing about this is over.

1291
00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:25,000
Speaker 2: Thank God, Lamar Chase, you're up next.

1292
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:27,839
Speaker 4: But I will say at you know, on the other

1293
00:56:27,920 --> 00:56:30,560
Speaker 4: side of this. As the months and even the next

1294
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:33,319
Speaker 4: year or so continues, all the teams that came out

1295
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:35,520
Speaker 4: of the woodwork to show their card, their own cards

1296
00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:37,799
Speaker 4: to the forty nine ers about what they would potentially

1297
00:56:37,880 --> 00:56:41,239
Speaker 4: do for a player of brandan Ayux caliber. They have

1298
00:56:41,360 --> 00:56:43,480
Speaker 4: all that information now. So let's say, and I think

1299
00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:46,560
Speaker 4: he will maximize this contract. He's a great player. I

1300
00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:49,440
Speaker 4: think he's a great receiver and you know, deserves this payday.

1301
00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:53,480
Speaker 4: Let's say, in a small chance or an alternate world

1302
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:56,080
Speaker 4: that he doesn't well, or that they move on, or

1303
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:57,960
Speaker 4: that they, hey, we have to pay our quarterback, or

1304
00:56:57,960 --> 00:57:00,799
Speaker 4: that something happens down the road, and they now know

1305
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:04,319
Speaker 4: what other teams are willing to do to get a

1306
00:57:04,320 --> 00:57:07,200
Speaker 4: player of that caliber, and those other teams know what

1307
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Speaker 4: he'll be paid. So I think this is like one

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Speaker 4: of those win win wins. You do wish it happened earlier.

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Speaker 4: This is also probably the best case scenario for brock

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Speaker 4: Purty right now.

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Speaker 1: It's fine in the end, Like we get bothered by

1312
00:57:20,040 --> 00:57:21,560
Speaker 1: it because there's these upstairs, these down.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, they're probably not bothered by it one bit.

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Speaker 2: I mean the forty nine ers I think were you could.

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Speaker 4: I think I'm talking about some timing, like yeah, like

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00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:29,960
Speaker 4: and they're not going to be reliigating the timing over this.

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Speaker 2: You know, maybe he's not fully up to speed.

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Speaker 1: Week one, he has a little bit slow to start,

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Speaker 1: They're not worried just about week one.

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Speaker 2: It's great.

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Speaker 1: I do think Deebo Samuel is going to be the

1322
00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:45,200
Speaker 1: odd man out, depends how this season goes, certainly. I

1323
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:47,040
Speaker 1: just think it's going to be very difficult to keep

1324
00:57:47,080 --> 00:57:50,200
Speaker 1: paying everyone if Trent Williams is going to be around

1325
00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:52,560
Speaker 1: there for a long time and Nick Bosa. I do

1326
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Speaker 1: think Deebo Samuel could be a guy that is on

1327
00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:57,960
Speaker 1: the trade market next offseason. But we'll see, because I

1328
00:57:58,320 --> 00:58:00,480
Speaker 1: to me has become that guy. And I think the

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Speaker 1: reason they were so annoyed in part was because of

1330
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Speaker 1: how much Brandon Ayuk means to them and means to

1331
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Speaker 1: their development. Kyle Shannon was so hard on this kid.

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Speaker 1: It was his hand pick kid that he wanted, the

1333
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:14,640
Speaker 1: perfect one for his offense out of Arizona State.

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Speaker 2: Was a surprise pick.

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Speaker 1: It was so hard on him, was in the doghouse,

1336
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:21,480
Speaker 1: wouldn't play him, like God on him. And then he

1337
00:58:21,680 --> 00:58:23,439
Speaker 1: slowly got better and better and better to the point

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Speaker 1: where he developed into exactly what Kyle Shanahan imagine. To

1339
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Speaker 1: Ayuk's credit that he improved so much as a route runner,

1340
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Speaker 1: and then right when it gets there, he wants to

1341
00:58:31,840 --> 00:58:33,520
Speaker 1: get out. And it's just like a lot of feelings,

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Speaker 1: it's the one that you love that hurt you the most.

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Speaker 4: Jordan, Well, I mean, I love that Brandon Ayuk did this,

1344
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Speaker 4: and you're putting it in that context because hey, he'll

1345
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:44,600
Speaker 4: be hard on your right back. Then it's time to

1346
00:58:44,640 --> 00:58:47,240
Speaker 4: pay up and all of that work and sweat equity

1347
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Speaker 4: that he did put in to become the exact perfect

1348
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:53,120
Speaker 4: player for them, which probably came up in negotiations. By

1349
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Speaker 4: the way, Well, of course, absolutely he's going to get

1350
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Speaker 4: what he is owed and make him sweat a little bit.

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Speaker 4: And perhaps that's where some of the annoyance leaks out

1352
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Speaker 4: a little bit, is yeah, okay, you're gonna have to

1353
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Speaker 4: sweat for a second and then pay the player.

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Speaker 1: And by the way, like I think Brandon Ayuk was

1355
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:10,880
Speaker 1: annoyed how the forty nine Ers tend to place things

1356
00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:13,320
Speaker 1: through the media sometimes and you know that's not gonna

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00:59:13,320 --> 00:59:16,360
Speaker 1: make your players happy. But in the end, the Steelers,

1358
00:59:16,400 --> 00:59:18,320
Speaker 1: if they had just given up more, probably could have

1359
00:59:18,360 --> 00:59:22,000
Speaker 1: had him. Brown's Patriots didn't sound like he was going

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Speaker 1: there in any scenario. Just wasn't interested in a fun show.

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Speaker 2: Today.

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Speaker 1: We did it, We predicted exactly what's going to happen

1363
00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:34,640
Speaker 1: in the NFC this season. Congratulations Kegan, amazing performance. And

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00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:38,000
Speaker 1: I should have mentioned Steve Weisch is no longer with

1365
00:59:38,120 --> 00:59:40,600
Speaker 1: us on this show, but he is.

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Speaker 2: Okay, sorry, shut that poorly.

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Speaker 1: He's on the Insiders. You know, he's so popular. We

1368
00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:52,960
Speaker 1: were so happy to have Fine, he's totally fine. If

1369
00:59:53,000 --> 00:59:55,400
Speaker 1: you're watching on YouTube and he just disappeared, it's like

1370
00:59:55,480 --> 00:59:58,240
Speaker 1: that that weird three men in a baby thing where.

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Speaker 2: It looks like there's a ghost, it's a it's fine.

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Speaker 2: He just laughed. So now you're doing the verbal means.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, let's let's say goodbye, Randy. I'm really excited, uh

1374
01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:11,600
Speaker 1: to we have a nice little weekend here, but then

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Speaker 1: we're coming back on Monday. I'm gonna start looking ahead

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01:00:14,520 --> 01:00:17,680
Speaker 1: to Week one with Ali Connelly. That's gonna be a

1377
01:00:17,720 --> 01:00:19,800
Speaker 1: fun show. We're not quite into our Week one schedule,

1378
01:00:20,040 --> 01:00:23,000
Speaker 1: but we're close. We're just days away from the scenes

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Speaker 1: starting for Steve, for Jordan, for Keegan.

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Speaker 2: I'm Greg Rosenthal. Football is back.