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Speaker 3: Here's Craig Griolou all Calabs and nine year NFL veteran

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Speaker 3: Rob Frederickson.

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Speaker 4: So a week ago, we were talking about a coaching change.

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Speaker 4: This week we're talking about a coaching search, and we

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Speaker 4: might be talking about this search for a little while.

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Speaker 4: I'll flashback a year ago. Paul and the Cardinals waited

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Speaker 4: until after the Super Bowl because Jonathan Gannon was the

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Speaker 4: selection and he was participating in the game. So the

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Speaker 4: Cardinals may be new, but we didn't know until the

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Speaker 4: last game played in the National Football league.

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Speaker 5: Yea, I'm trying to figure out is this a radio

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Speaker 5: studio or a wait radio studio or a waiting room?

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Speaker 6: Right?

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Speaker 5: Are we just sitting around just waiting, sort of looking

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Speaker 5: at the clock and you know you're an expecting father. Okay,

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Speaker 5: you know when is this going to happen? It could

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Speaker 5: happen soon, you have no idea. It could be after

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Speaker 5: the Super Bowl. I mean there's by our count one two, three,

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Speaker 5: a dozen different reported candidates. So if you want a

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Speaker 5: timeline and you want to name, then guess what, there's

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Speaker 5: a bunch of different candidates that will fit your narrative

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Speaker 5: right now.

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Speaker 4: One name I do not see on this list, though,

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Speaker 4: Paul is Rob Frederickson. So my guess is the phone

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Speaker 4: did not ring for you.

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Speaker 6: That would be tampering.

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Speaker 7: Ok.

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Speaker 6: Sorry, we're keeping we're keeping all of this, you know,

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Speaker 6: under the table here. But now, no Rob Frederickson in

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Speaker 6: that list.

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Speaker 5: But what about Carson Palmer, Mike gout, Carson? Is he

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Speaker 5: on your list? And you were Rob Carson Palmer, you're

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Speaker 5: mat Preps National High School Coach of the Year. Get

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Speaker 5: them on the list.

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Speaker 6: I know it. But you know what if you are

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Speaker 6: searching for a coach this is the year I think,

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Speaker 6: you know, you have you have some great candidates here

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Speaker 6: that are listed that the Cardinals are interested in. You know,

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Speaker 6: you got you got John Harbaugh as well. Who's who's

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Speaker 6: also there, maybe Mike Tomlin. We don't know yet. You know,

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Speaker 6: there's been talk discussions going on. So this is a

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Speaker 6: year where there are some viable candidates. And and now

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Speaker 6: look through this list here and I'm seeing one, two,

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Speaker 6: four candidates that are from the NFC West. So that

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Speaker 6: to me is also uh something that you know, could

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Speaker 6: potentially be a be an added benefit for the Cardinals

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Speaker 6: because you're not only are you you're getting some great,

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Speaker 6: great young minds, but you're also doing some damage to

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Speaker 6: the NFC West.

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Speaker 4: Here are the reported names, or some of the reported names.

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Speaker 4: Rob just mentioned the NFC West connections, both coordinators for

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Speaker 4: the Rams, Chris Shula, Mike Lafleur, Seahawks OC Clint Kubiak,

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Speaker 5: Robert Solo.

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Speaker 4: Those are the four names within the division overall. You

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Speaker 4: look at these and I'm gonna say it's eleven names.

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Speaker 4: Paul the phone call with John Harbaugh, I don't know

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Speaker 4: if that qualifies as an official reported candidate. But if

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Speaker 4: you want to go a dozen, then there's eight or

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Speaker 4: i'll say seven with defensive backgrounds, four with offensive backgrounds.

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Speaker 4: And John Harbaugh is the special teams guy.

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Speaker 5: I don't know about you. I'm including John Harbolle. I mean,

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Speaker 5: you know, this is like the speed dating face. So

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Speaker 5: at this point, he's a candidate, you know, until you

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Speaker 5: get a thumbs down, until you don't get a call back,

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Speaker 5: as long as he's still taking your calls. And I

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Speaker 5: get it. There's the reports that he's talking to a

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Speaker 5: number of teams. He wants to narrow it down to

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Speaker 5: like three and then it'll interview from there. But right now,

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Speaker 5: you know, anybody and everybody is a possibility. If you're

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Speaker 5: on the list, then okay, and the Cardinals are talking

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Speaker 5: to you. Who knows, you know, some of these guys

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Speaker 5: might if you've been in Baltimore for two decades, I

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Speaker 5: mean maybe some sunshine in the West Coast might be

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Speaker 5: something you cove it. You have no idea necessarily what

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Speaker 5: some of these candidates are looking for.

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Speaker 4: Be closer to his brother, sure, yeah in Los Angeles.

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Speaker 5: No doubt, absolutely. So I mean, look, you could also

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Speaker 5: pare it down to those with head coaching experience and

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Speaker 5: those who would be first time head coaches. I don't

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Speaker 5: know how coveted a qualification that is by the decision makers,

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Speaker 5: you know, wouldn't hurt. I wouldn't think. You know, there's

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Speaker 5: definitely a learning curve for any first time head coach.

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Speaker 5: So if it's a Robert Sala, for example, that comes in, Okay,

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Speaker 5: he's been there and done that in the toughest media

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Speaker 5: the learning curve would be a little less severe because

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Speaker 5: maybe you made some of those first time mistakes. But

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Speaker 5: then again, if you get a rock star up and

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Speaker 5: know they'll get traction immediately if they know what they're doing.

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Speaker 4: The other candidates reported candidates with previous head coaching experience Vans,

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Speaker 4: Joseph for Him, Morris, Matt Naggy, Thomas Brown was the

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Speaker 4: Bears interim coach for part of twenty twenty four. Jeff Haffley,

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Speaker 4: former college head coach, speaking of college. The latest name

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Speaker 4: on the list Jesse Mentor, Chargers defensive coordinator I don't

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Speaker 4: know how Rob feels about a Michigan man being the

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Speaker 4: one game in twenty twenty three when he was in Michigan,

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Speaker 4: but certainly ties to the Harbaugh family. When you talk

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Speaker 6: Well, if we're going down that road, I'm more of

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Speaker 6: a forty nine Ers DC Robert Salad guy. He was

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Speaker 6: Michigan guy all all the way through. Not not the

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Speaker 5: By the way, the video clip the Michigan State put

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Speaker 5: out of Pat Fitzgerald in his inaugural address to the

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Speaker 5: team was phenomenal and he just hit zoom out from there.

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Speaker 5: I mean, you talk about a leader of men, a

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Speaker 5: strong leader who has a message, who can get buy

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Speaker 5: some gripping stuff. It really was. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 5: just just I don't win the press conference all these speeches,

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Speaker 5: I get it, you know, do what does it really

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Speaker 5: mean when it comes game day? But right out of

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Speaker 5: the gates you can tell, I mean he knows how

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Speaker 6: You know that. In my mind, this whole decision comes

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Speaker 6: down to there's there's different schools of thought in terms

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Speaker 6: of what you're looking for in a head coach. Are

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Speaker 6: you looking for a leader of men? Are you looking

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Speaker 6: for a culture builder, a guy that can come in

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Speaker 6: really more in that vein. Or are you looking for

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Speaker 6: somebody that can bring in a system, somebody that that

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Speaker 6: has been learning and tutelage under. Uh. You know some

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Speaker 6: some great head coaches. You know you look at the

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Speaker 6: RAMS D C and O C. Michael Fohr and Chris Shula.

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Speaker 6: Those guys are you know, they've they've they've studied and

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Speaker 6: they've been in that RAMS system, so that may be appealing.

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Speaker 6: Or you know a Robert Salah, who's to your point,

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Speaker 6: Paul's he's been around the block, he's been a head coach,

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Speaker 6: He's he's taken Uh. You know, all the arrows from

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Speaker 6: from the media in New York and and and the

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Speaker 6: toughest media market. He's been there, he's done that. But

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Speaker 6: he's also a leader of men, and he's also, by

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Speaker 6: the way, a hell of a coach. I mean, he's

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Speaker 6: a guy that he's he's playing fifth, sixth string linebackers

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Speaker 6: and winning football games, meaningful football games in the playoffs

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Speaker 6: for the forty nine ers. So you really got to decide.

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Speaker 6: I think as an organization, you know, what type of

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Speaker 4: Well, let's ask the general manager. It was one week

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Speaker 4: aldgo yesterday, Monty Austin Ford asked what he would like

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Speaker 8: Being a strong leader, It's it's creating accountability and dependability

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Speaker 8: in the locker room. It's creating advantages on the field,

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Speaker 8: putting our players in a position to be successful. It's

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Speaker 8: developing young players. It's, you know, helping them take that

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Speaker 8: next step. There's a lot that falls on the under

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Speaker 8: the umbrella of the head coach, and so we're focused

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Speaker 8: on finding a coach that can help us achieve those.

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Speaker 4: Goals, whether it's someone with previous coaching experience or an

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Speaker 4: up and coming coordinator. The player development aspect was brought

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Speaker 4: up several different times in that press conference and even

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Speaker 4: going back to late in the season, Jonathan Gannon brought

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Speaker 4: up player development and health as far as two areas

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Speaker 4: he wanted to do a deep dive and research as

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Speaker 4: far as what potentially went wrong to correct for twenty

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Speaker 4: in that locker room that maybe, like Michael Wilson, elevated

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Speaker 4: player development aspect, Yeah, to your point, Rob, who's got

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Speaker 4: the system, But also one you're the head coach, who

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Speaker 8: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: And I think it's more than player development. It's player

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Speaker 6: identification and identifying talent. And you know, as Moni osk

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Speaker 6: Ford just said, you know, putting players in position to

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Speaker 6: route progression purgatory for most of his career here until

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Speaker 6: he's putting up all pro numbers, and but he was

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Speaker 6: he was kind of an afterthought. And and so you know,

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Speaker 6: identifying the players and this and the and the players

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Speaker 6: that can help you win football games and also you know,

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Speaker 6: develop them, developing them along the way.

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Speaker 5: Michael Wilson is pookin Nakua?

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Speaker 7: Light?

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Speaker 5: Am I wrong on that?

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Speaker 7: No?

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Speaker 5: Are you gonna at me?

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Speaker 9: Oh?

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Speaker 6: You're right?

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Speaker 5: I mean you really to me that when I watch him,

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Speaker 5: I see pookin Nakua. I really do. And unless you

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Speaker 5: watched every snap like we have, like Cardinals fans have,

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Speaker 5: you probably just shake your head right and take my

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Speaker 5: car keys. But that's how good he was the second

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Speaker 5: half of the season. As for the whole system thing,

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Speaker 5: you know, Craig, Okay, you know every coordinator defensive or

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Speaker 5: offensive might have their preferred system, if you will, But

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Speaker 5: look at the best in the game, what do they

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Speaker 5: do They adapt to the personnel, They adapt within a game.

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Speaker 5: I'll go back to the first matchup against the Rams.

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Speaker 5: Cardinals came out in dime. What did Sean mcvayh do

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Speaker 6: Yeah. Because all these coaches, they they've you know, presumably

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Speaker 4: And then if you are the head coach, are you

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Speaker 4: we do know definitively Trey McBride the number one tied

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Speaker 5: That is how you go make a play.

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Speaker 2: Throws to the right and it's caught by McBride and

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Speaker 5: When you need a touchdown, go to your best player.

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Speaker 2: Trey McBride, looks left, throws left, put McBride at the five.

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Speaker 2: with five catches now sets the NFL record for most

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Speaker 2: Having arguably the greatest single season in NFL history by

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Speaker 4: A Pro bowler absolutely, and All Pro certainly, and almost

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Speaker 4: Greg Reia, Lupaul Calvic and Rob Fredrickson. Yes, forty nine

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Speaker 4: that bother anyone? Okay, hey, I'll say this, being an

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Speaker 4: when you are an All Pro, you are one of

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Speaker 4: one or one of two at your position. But Trey

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Speaker 4: McBride did not get the unanimous selection. The other vote

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Speaker 4: All Pro and that's all that matters.

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Speaker 6: Do we know who the voter was? It was probably

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Speaker 5: So I mean some guy Obviously he doesn't do math.

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Speaker 5: I mean, what's going on? It wasn't even close.

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Speaker 6: And when you look at the stats, well, no, it

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Speaker 6: on on Pro Bowl shouldn't shouldn't be shouldn't be part

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Speaker 5: Here's my prediction, thanks for asking, Craig. It's probably a

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Speaker 5: one of whatever the playoff game was that Greg Olsen did.

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Speaker 5: And I love greg Olsen as an analyst, but when he's

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Speaker 5: last year. I mean, greg Olsen should know was a

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Speaker 4: Well, speaking of former players and what they feel on.

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Speaker 5: This whole Pro Bowl Pro all Pro.

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Speaker 4: Voting for tight end, Let's take you to the podcast

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Speaker 4: called Nightcap with Shannon Sharp and Chad Ocho Sinko. When

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Speaker 9: He got forty nine votes. It takes fifty to fifty voters.

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Speaker 9: O yo, Hey, Kittle played eleven game and he left

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Speaker 1: Another How about we find out who that who that

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Speaker 9: How many catches Kittle had? This man had damn near

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Speaker 9: seventy more catches to kill them, seventy more? Come on, now,

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Speaker 9: come on, what are we doing? What are we doing? Voters?

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Speaker 5: It always want to be somebody want to be different

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Speaker 9: Rob rob shack of a unanimous MVP. You Rob lebron

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Speaker 9: of a unanimous MVP. Come on, man, seventy more catches,

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Speaker 9: six hundred and eleven more yards and he got a vote.

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Speaker 9: Y'all just ruin it? You know what, y'all y'all root

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Speaker 9: it for everybody.

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Speaker 4: And also Trey had four more touchdowns than George Kittle

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Speaker 5: See I don't go that far though. I mean, not

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Speaker 5: Not in my book. And you're still first team All

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Speaker 6: Yeah. I doubt very seriously that Trey McBride cares or

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Speaker 10: Well.

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Speaker 4: Locker clean out. He was asked talking about Trey on

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Speaker 10: I don't really think about it that way, just kind

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Speaker 4: To your point, roberts about the wins, and yes, when

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Speaker 5: But Trey was so good.

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Speaker 4: This season, not only leading the team in receptions, receiving yards,

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Speaker 6: Yeah. Sure, he's proud of his accomplishments. He's proud of

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Speaker 6: And as far as the unanimous not being unanimously voted

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Speaker 5: Let me excuse use this in terms of the respectometer. Okay,

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Speaker 5: Eighty five is not gonna beat us. And then Cincinnati

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Speaker 5: having to you know, his ability to get an easy target.

437
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Speaker 5: I mean almost every single catch was like hand to

438
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Speaker 5: hand combat. I Mean, this wasn't two years ago where

439
00:21:58,280 --> 00:21:59,640
Speaker 5: you know, a lot of teams are like, wait a minute,

440
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Speaker 5: eighty five, who's eighty five? And well, how does he

441
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Speaker 5: have a dozen catches? You know, this wasn't his breakout year.

442
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:10,560
Speaker 5: The NFL defense of players and coaches, they know very

443
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Speaker 5: well what he's capable of at this point, Unlike that

444
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Speaker 5: one voter. They're very well aware, and so to me,

445
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Speaker 5: I think the respect is even greater, not only from opponents,

446
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Speaker 5: but I think in anur appreciation of it, the respect

447
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,920
Speaker 5: should be that much greater because how much more difficult

448
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Speaker 5: it was.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely the voters might not know, the players know, The

450
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Speaker 4: coaches more importantly know based on how they work to

451
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Speaker 4: defend Trey McBride or limit his effectiveness. Now, the question is,

452
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Speaker 4: rob Okay, it was a career year for Trey. Following

453
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Speaker 4: a career year in twenty twenty four, what's the next step?

454
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Speaker 4: Is there a next step or is it just hey,

455
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Speaker 4: you did it once, can you do it repeatedly?

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Speaker 9: Well?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, Look, he's a consistent player. He's consistently put

458
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Speaker 6: up numbers. Last year, he just didn't have the touchdowns

459
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Speaker 6: to go with the receptions and the yards. But he's

460
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Speaker 6: going to continue on in the same vein that he

461
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Speaker 6: is now doesn't matter who the quarterback is, doesn't really

462
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Speaker 6: matter the style of the offense. Trey McBride is going

463
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Speaker 6: to continue to get open and and make catches and

464
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Speaker 6: and make plays. And you know, regardless of the offensive system.

465
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Speaker 6: Now you got you got Marvin Harrison Junior and and

466
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Speaker 6: Michael Wilson. Those are two nice additional assets there offensively

467
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Speaker 6: that whoever comes in here as offensive coordinator, whoever comes

468
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Speaker 6: in here as head coach, it's on them to to

469
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Speaker 6: develop and and and to figure out how to spread

470
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Speaker 6: the ball around to those three and and to to

471
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Speaker 6: really maximize their their you know, their tools, and and

472
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Speaker 6: to get the most out of them because as far

473
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Speaker 6: as I can see there, those three you you you

474
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Speaker 6: got to be excited if you're an offensive coordinator coming

475
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Speaker 6: into a situation where you have access to that kind

476
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Speaker 6: of talent.

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Speaker 5: Yep, I'm the next head coach of the Arizona Cardinals.

478
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Speaker 5: Signed on the line that has dotted, And then I asked,

479
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Speaker 5: MANI do you have eighty five's phone number? That's the

480
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Speaker 5: first call I make you good Trey, my name is

481
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Speaker 5: all right, you know, and then okay, what can I

482
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Speaker 5: do for you? Because you know, as soon as the

483
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Speaker 5: postseason ends for the rest of the NFC West and

484
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Speaker 5: they're all stinking gonna play this coming weekend. But as

485
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Speaker 5: soon as it ends, their off season task is how

486
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Speaker 5: do we stop the Cardinals Trey McBride two times a year,

487
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Speaker 5: because so far it's been an epic fail within the division.

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Speaker 4: Not only was Trey McBride a first team All Pro,

489
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Speaker 4: handful of other Cardinals received All Pro votes Spooda Baker,

490
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Speaker 4: Matt Hawk, and how about Kaleis Campbell one first place

491
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Speaker 4: votes for Special Teams on what he was able to

492
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Speaker 4: do this season at the age of thirty nine. So

493
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Speaker 4: well done, Kaleis Campbell. Paul brought up the playoffs, we

494
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Speaker 4: discuss wild card weekend and what happened in the NFC

495
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Speaker 4: that's next here on the Arizona Cardinals Radio network, Love

496
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Speaker 4: gets the shotgun.

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Speaker 7: Snabby cropt it back to pass. Love in trouble spits

498
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Speaker 7: out to his left no time of the clock, bowing

499
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Speaker 7: right steps up, Love looking, He's still looking. He's gonna

500
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Speaker 7: throw it up the INSI intersecond D's dropped. It doesn't matter.

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Speaker 1: The game is over.

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Speaker 5: It's all over.

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Speaker 7: The Chicago Bears for the first time since twenty ten,

504
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Speaker 7: it's have won a playoff game. The drown is over

505
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Speaker 7: in the Windy City Bears thirty one, Packers twenty seven,

506
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Speaker 7: and the Bears will host the divisional round next week.

507
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Speaker 7: The Chicago Bears down twenty one three and a half

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Speaker 7: time rally backs and win.

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Speaker 4: It, score twenty five points in the fourth quarter to

510
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Speaker 4: knockoff the Packers. Ryan Radkey on Westwood One, one of

511
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Speaker 4: several close, exciting games in wild Card weekend. In fact,

512
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Speaker 4: four of the six decided by fewer than five points.

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Speaker 4: Twelve fourth quarter lead changes for all six games, the

514
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Speaker 4: most ever in a single round and in a single postseason.

515
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Speaker 4: A lot of those.

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Speaker 5: Games were in the NFC.

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Speaker 4: As we say, welcome back here on the Cardinals Red

518
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Speaker 4: Sea Report, taking a look at that NFC playoff picture,

519
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Speaker 4: and yes, the Bears now will host the Rams, who

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Speaker 4: won earlier on Saturday, beating the Panthers in Carolina thirty

521
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Speaker 4: four to thirty one. Paul as your where do you

522
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Speaker 4: go first when you're talking about the NFC and the

523
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Speaker 4: fact that well all three NFC West teams are still alive.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we'll get to that in a minute. Let's talk

525
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Speaker 5: about Ben Johnson here. Guess what the twenty five point

526
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Speaker 5: fourth quarter. Saved your keyster for going forward a half

527
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Speaker 5: dozen times on fourth down. Two of them backfired in

528
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Speaker 5: the first half, I turned into Green Bay touchdowns, so

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Speaker 5: that resulted in a twenty one to three halftime lead.

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Speaker 5: It is amazing that there were forty one punt total,

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Speaker 5: it says here over wild Card weekend, whereas teams went

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Speaker 5: for it twenty nine times on fourth down fifteen to

533
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Speaker 5: twenty nine. Now the Bears are miserable on fourth down

534
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 5: and it nearly cost them, nearly cost them. But it

535
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Speaker 5: is interesting more than once. And maybe I should have

536
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,120
Speaker 5: been yelling get off my lawn because I was yelling

537
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Speaker 5: at the screen take the points. But teams are not

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Speaker 5: inclined to do that, Rob and so especially when these

539
00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 5: games are coming down to the wire and it is

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Speaker 5: playoff football. I just, you know, okay, but that's the

541
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Speaker 5: way twenty twenty five regular seasons set a record for

542
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Speaker 5: the fewest punts in a season. That is just the

543
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Speaker 5: way the NFL has been trending.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, And I don't know if this is analytics or

545
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 6: you know, if some AI coach is telling them what

546
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Speaker 6: they need to be doing from the press box, but

547
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Speaker 6: for me, you're limited in terms of the number of

548
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Speaker 6: possessions you're going to get in a game, especially if

549
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Speaker 6: your opponent has a ball control style offense, You're not

550
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Speaker 6: going to get that many possessions, that many opportunities when

551
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Speaker 6: you're kind of in that gray area. You know, from

552
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Speaker 6: forty to the forty a lot of teams are going

553
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Speaker 6: for it, and you know it's I don't know what

554
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Speaker 6: the what the results are in terms of success rate,

555
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:16,119
Speaker 6: but they don't care. They don't seem to care. They believe,

556
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Speaker 6: especially at this time of year, when you know you're

557
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Speaker 6: presumably you're in this position because you have a solid defense,

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Speaker 6: They're going for it. They're gonna they're gonna put the

559
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Speaker 6: onus on their d.

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Speaker 5: By the way, when Kaylee Hartung, the sideline reporter hashtag

561
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Speaker 5: sideline strong, asked Ben Johnson about, you know, what's going

562
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Speaker 5: on at halftime, and he just said, we want to

563
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Speaker 5: maximize our possessions and then if you have another really

564
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Speaker 5: good offense on the other side of the field, well okay,

565
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Speaker 5: then you try and keep them off the field, which

566
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Speaker 5: you've seen teams try and do with the rams. And

567
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 5: make sure you know, Matthew Stafford, you know doesn't get

568
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Speaker 5: as many possessions as possible. So I get it, but

569
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Speaker 5: you know, when you're going forward on your own thirty two,

570
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Speaker 5: I mean there are just some risk reward situations To

571
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Speaker 5: get a little dicey.

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Speaker 6: Big pitcher here real quick for the crowd that says,

573
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Speaker 6: you know, it's not about the coaches. The players win

574
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Speaker 6: football games. Look at Ben Johnson, right, Look what he's

575
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Speaker 6: done for the Bears. Look look at the impact that

576
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,200
Speaker 6: getting the right coach can have on a team. You

577
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Speaker 6: see it in Jacksonville as well.

578
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Speaker 4: A one year turnaround, something that owner Michael Bidwell alluded

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Speaker 4: to reference a week ago when the decision was made

580
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Speaker 4: to make a change at head coach. And Ben Johnson

581
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Speaker 4: has the Bears in the playoffs and winning, as you

582
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Speaker 4: heard on that final call, their first playoff since twenty ten.

583
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Speaker 4: So they will host the Los Angeles Rams, who again

584
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Speaker 4: a fourth quarter of the ages in that Panthers contest,

585
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Speaker 4: four fourth quarter lead changes in that game alone. Matthew Stafford,

586
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Speaker 4: who is okay despite spraining his finger, Colby Parkinson for

587
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Speaker 4: the game winning touchdown with thirty eight seconds left. Stafford,

588
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Speaker 4: who I don't see retiring anytime soon. Rob finished with

589
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Speaker 4: over three hundred passing yards and three touchdowns, two of

590
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Speaker 4: which came in the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 6: I guess if you're going to retire, you potentially go

592
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Speaker 6: out being the MVP. I mean, what an unbelievable season

593
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Speaker 6: he's had. Going into the season. I remember his back

594
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,960
Speaker 6: was all jacked up, and you know, there was thoughts of,

595
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Speaker 6: you know, with this guy, but we might not have

596
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Speaker 6: access to this guy. He's not he might not even

597
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Speaker 6: play very much. But he rested it, got it well

598
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Speaker 6: well enough to put down the numbers and the accomplishments

599
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Speaker 6: that he's done this season is just remarkable, and he

600
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Speaker 6: continues to flash and show just the brilliance of his

601
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Speaker 6: ability not only just a cerebral but what his arm

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Speaker 6: strength is. That is something that has not waned at all.

603
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Speaker 5: You know, the Rams, to me aren't playing nearly as

604
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Speaker 5: clean of football, a brand of football as they were

605
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Speaker 5: earlier in the year. If you're a Ram, Sam, and

606
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Speaker 5: I think you got a worry did we peak too soon?

607
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Speaker 5: Because there was some sloppy football out there, and McVeigh

608
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 5: talked about it after the game. But if they're looking

609
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Speaker 5: for that little extra slice of motivation, what Ben Johnson

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Speaker 5: did to Matt Lafleur at the end of the game

611
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Speaker 5: with a handshake, which, in my opinion, thanks again for asking, Craig,

612
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 5: I thought was bush league and unnecessary. Well, guess what,

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Speaker 5: Sean McVay happens to be Matt Lafleur's bestie, and Mike Lafleour,

614
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Speaker 5: younger brother of Matt Lafleur, is on the Rams staff.

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Speaker 5: So if there's a chance to run, run it up

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Speaker 5: and rub it in, I think the Rams will.

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Speaker 6: The little handshake was unnecessary and classless. I agree with you, Paul,

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Speaker 6: But what do you think they think about Ben Johnson

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Speaker 6: in Chicago?

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Speaker 9: Oh?

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Speaker 5: You know, you're right, you know right now? Oh yeah,

622
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Speaker 5: it's a Bears town and he's the man.

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Speaker 6: They're looking to maybe put something right next to uh

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Speaker 6: ditka in terms, I mean, I won't go that far

625
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Speaker 6: that this early, but I mean he has endeared himself

626
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Speaker 6: to the city of Chicago.

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Speaker 4: So the Rams will play at the Bears that is Sunday,

628
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Speaker 4: the late slot four point thirty is the CAF and

629
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Speaker 4: then on Saturday night you've got the forty nine ers

630
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Speaker 4: going to Seattle. The Seahawks, the number one seed, did

631
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Speaker 4: not play over wild Card weekend. Forty nine ers did.

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Speaker 4: Going into Philadelphia and beating the Eagles twenty three to nineteen,

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Speaker 4: Rock Party with his fourth career postseason game winning drive,

634
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Speaker 4: a four yard touchdown pass to Christian McCaffrey. The key play, though,

635
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Speaker 4: happened earlier in the fourth quarter lease in my opinion,

636
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Speaker 4: Rob and that was Juwan Jennings, a four star dual

637
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Speaker 4: threat quarterback in high school, with the twenty nine yard

638
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Speaker 4: toss to McCaffrey for the touchdown. As Kyle Shanahan breaking

639
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Speaker 4: out all the tricks to get a victory in Philadelphia, you.

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Speaker 6: Do what you got to do to win the game.

641
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Speaker 6: But yeah, that was a gutsy call, an unbelievable execution,

642
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Speaker 6: and Christian McCaffrey to me, kind of just took over

643
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Speaker 6: the game. I don't think it was the best game

644
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Speaker 6: that brock Perty has ever played in San Francisco, was

645
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Speaker 6: you know, struggling offensively, defensively, I think they did phenomenal,

646
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Speaker 6: a phenomenal job against the Philadelphia Eagles, And but Christian

647
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Speaker 6: McCaffrey to me, he kind of he kind of just

648
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Speaker 6: solidified things and took over that game.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm real curious to see against the Seattle defense

650
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Speaker 5: which you know, Seattle is is making a run at

651
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Speaker 5: Houston for best most disruptive defense in the league right now,

652
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Speaker 5: all right, what is Kyle Shanahan have in mind for

653
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Speaker 5: Mike McDonald Just sort of just the two masterminds going

654
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,000
Speaker 5: going against each other. It's the game within the game.

655
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Speaker 5: Trent Williams is back, obviously that made a big difference.

656
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Speaker 5: But the Niners offensive line has been a little spotty,

657
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,720
Speaker 5: and now without George Kittle after he tore his achilles. Okay,

658
00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 5: do they have enough in terms of weapons? We know

659
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 5: there's a lot of no names on defense. Now they're

660
00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 5: dealing with no names on offense, even though you know

661
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 5: DeMarcus Robinson looked like John Taylor, you know, do Jerry

662
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 5: Rice back in the day. So it is interesting how

663
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Speaker 5: Kyle Shanahan and Robert Sala continue to coach up these

664
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Speaker 5: guys and get a lot of production out of dudes

665
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Speaker 5: down on the depth chart.

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Speaker 4: Find a way no matter who's available, they will find

667
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Speaker 4: a way. By the way, forty nine Ers and Seahawks

668
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 4: they split the season series, each winning on the road.

669
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Speaker 4: So you have that as far as the forty nine

670
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 4: Ers going into Seattle not scared at all, and this

671
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 4: is a game, and I don't know where you fall

672
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Speaker 4: on this, Rob. I made it known earlier in the

673
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 4: week on Cardinals Cover two. I don't want the NFC

674
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 4: West to do well. I would prefer them not to

675
00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 4: have successful playoff runs. Though I understand why because or why.

676
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 4: The flip side would be, Okay, well, you're you're You're

677
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 4: in the toughest division, so you get a chance to

678
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:38,879
Speaker 4: measure yourself and it's good. Competition makes yourself better. It's

679
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,840
Speaker 4: for me, it's like, no, I'd rather anyone but someone

680
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 4: in the NFC West to win.

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Speaker 6: I'm coming. I'm kinda the opposite of you. I'm of

682
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 6: the mindset that I want the NFC West to be

683
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 6: so good and and to be you know, continue like

684
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Speaker 6: they are into the playoffs, deep into the playoffs. It

685
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Speaker 6: just I think it makes the division look so much

686
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,760
Speaker 6: bet better and so much tougher. It's already the toughest

687
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 6: division in football. The Arizona Cardinals, I think if they

688
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:08,520
Speaker 6: can get a quarterback, if they can get a head coach,

689
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,799
Speaker 6: they put all the pieces together, they can be competitive

690
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 6: again in this division. I'm not of the mindset that

691
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:19,359
Speaker 6: the talent on this roster is so far removed from

692
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Speaker 6: what we're seeing from these other teams. I just think

693
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Speaker 6: if we get it utilized a right way and the

694
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:29,239
Speaker 6: right pieces in place, you know, I'd love to be

695
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,720
Speaker 6: in that conversation. And when the playoffs come around.

696
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Speaker 5: Yeah, let's not forget Week three and four, the Arizona

697
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,839
Speaker 5: Cardinals had both the Seahawks and the forty nine Ers

698
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,919
Speaker 5: beat and then lost to the very end and walk

699
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Speaker 5: off field goals. So to Rob's point, I don't think

700
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Speaker 5: the divide is nearly as vast as what the win

701
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Speaker 5: loss standings say it is. But to me, the NFC

702
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 5: West is what the SCC says it is, except its reality. Yeah,

703
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 5: SEC goes out in the bowl games and is terrible.

704
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Speaker 5: Guess what NFC West?

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Speaker 9: Wow?

706
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Speaker 5: I mean they really did? You know? Iron sharpens Iron

707
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 5: and Craig. You got to come to grips with the

708
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,439
Speaker 5: fact it's gonna be an all NFC West championship game

709
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Speaker 5: and there will be a Super Bowl winner out of

710
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Speaker 5: the NFC West.

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Speaker 4: Let's just hope it's not the forty nine Ers in

712
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Speaker 4: their own building. Let's hope that's not happening on Super

713
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Speaker 4: Bowl Sunday. By the way, speaking of the Super Bowl

714
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,800
Speaker 4: and NFC West team has played in a Super Bowl

715
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Speaker 4: in seven seasons since twenty twelve, more than any other division.

716
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Speaker 4: So again, the best rides in the West. This is

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Speaker 4: the Arizona cardin Oles Radio network.

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Speaker 11: Rogers empty batfield. He'll get the Sean gunsnaf four man

719
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Speaker 11: rush sets in a pocket, hit them behind Towny goes.

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Speaker 5: Did he lose the ball?

721
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Speaker 11: Rodgers is down the ball picked up on the play

722
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Speaker 11: by rankns. He'll run it down the middle from the

723
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Speaker 11: twenty to the ten to the five in a touchdown.

724
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Speaker 5: He was not chased.

725
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Speaker 11: He was not chased. It's a defensive touchdown for the

726
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 11: here'ston Texans light and drive down the middle interception as

727
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Speaker 11: the fifty and picked off on the play by pull up.

728
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Speaker 11: He's down the far side, thirty far side, twenty down

729
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Speaker 11: the far sideline, ten five touchdown. Rogers has thrown a

730
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Speaker 11: pick six and what might be the final pass of

731
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Speaker 11: his career and pull it, pulled it off down the

732
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Speaker 11: far sideline, feering toward the end zone and get six.

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Speaker 4: By the way, that was the score going into the

734
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Speaker 4: fourth quarter last night, seven to six Houston. They win

735
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Speaker 4: thirty to six on the strength of a pair of

736
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Speaker 4: defense and touchdowns scored by the Texans. Kevin Harlan on

737
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Speaker 4: Westwood One with the play by play that Texans defense

738
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Speaker 4: finished with four sacks, twelve quarterback hits, eight tackles for loss,

739
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Speaker 4: four passes defense, and they made life miserable for one

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Speaker 4: Aaron Rodgers. It was fun to watch from afar oh.

741
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Speaker 6: I mean, if you love defensive football, that's a defense

742
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Speaker 6: you gotta study and appreciate. They are. They are nasty

743
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Speaker 6: up front in the secondary. They do not give you

744
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Speaker 6: any oxygen as an offense. And so yeah, I mean,

745
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Speaker 6: the Texans put it to Pittsburgh late. Obviously, it was

746
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 6: a close game for a while because of how bad CJ.

747
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Speaker 6: Stroud was playing. He was giving Pittsburgh every opportunity to

748
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Speaker 6: walk away with this game. But that defense for the

749
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Speaker 6: Texans is something special.

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Speaker 5: All right. So here's the question on ESPN. I'm looking

751
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Speaker 5: at the monitor right now, NFL Live. Is CJ. Stroud

752
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 5: in the way of the Texans winning the Super Bowl.

753
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 5: It's an intriguing question because he turned it over three

754
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Speaker 5: times and he was not good, and a lot of

755
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 5: people were even saying, you know what, Davis Mills should

756
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 5: have checked into that game. All right, because you do

757
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 5: have a super Bowl caliber defense, right, two defensive touchdowns.

758
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 5: You sacked Aaron Rodgers four times, felt like he hit

759
00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 5: him forty times. He held him to one hundred and

760
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 5: seventy five toll. Here's against a guy who's seen everything

761
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Speaker 5: and you were still able to take them. Just look

762
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 5: in nept On offense and then Pittsburgh offensive line was

763
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 5: in way over its head and Tamiko Ryans after the

764
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Speaker 5: game called it the best defensive performance in the history

765
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Speaker 5: of the franchise. Wow, and you're thinking that's hyperbole, but

766
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Speaker 5: then you realize Amiko Ryans was the dude. He's been

767
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Speaker 5: there the majority of the existence of the franchise. That's

768
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Speaker 5: quite a statement.

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Speaker 6: Yeah. You know, look, I know I understand CJ. Stroud

770
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Speaker 6: was trying to make plays, but you can't compound bad

771
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Speaker 6: a bad play by trying to make something happen. And

772
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Speaker 6: then you know, it just makes it worse. You just

773
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Speaker 6: can't have that. And you know, so I had an

774
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Speaker 6: old coach who always said, make sure every possession ends

775
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Speaker 6: with a kick, either a punt, a field goal, or

776
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Speaker 6: an extra point, and you just so you just can't

777
00:39:52,960 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 6: turn the ball over, especially in the playoffs, but the

778
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Speaker 6: defense bailed out CJ. Stroud every time.

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Speaker 4: By the way, the Texans are three to zero when CJ.

780
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Speaker 4: Stroud has three or more turnovers, so they are winning,

781
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Speaker 4: my gosh, in spite of the quarterback. Also tip of

782
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Speaker 4: the cap to former Arizona Cardinal wide receiver and local

783
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:17,280
Speaker 4: phenom Christian Kirk a career high one hundred and forty

784
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Speaker 4: four receiving yards and a touchdown in that game last night.

785
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Speaker 4: So the Texans advance on the strength of their defense.

786
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Speaker 4: They will head to New England on Sunday afternoon to

787
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Speaker 4: play a Patriots team that, speaking of defense, one beat

788
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Speaker 4: up the Chargers sixteen to three. Justin Herbert was sacked

789
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 4: six times and the Chargers only had two hundred and

790
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Speaker 4: seven total yards. So my guess is, Paul, this will

791
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Speaker 4: be a six to three game, nine to six game

792
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Speaker 4: on Sunday.

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Speaker 5: And guess what if if Houston, which has won ten

794
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Speaker 5: in a row now despite all those turnovers by c J. Stroud,

795
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Speaker 5: if they have one liability, I would say it is

796
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Speaker 5: the offensive line. And remember playing Houston Lade in the

797
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,120
Speaker 5: year and A Q. Shiffley, you know, sort of broke

798
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Speaker 5: some of that down and guess what New England to

799
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 5: your point, a half dozen sacks. Justin Herbert was like

800
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Speaker 5: crashed as dummy most of that game. He was getting

801
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,279
Speaker 5: hit near every bit as often and every bit as

802
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Speaker 5: quickly as Aaron Rodgers was. So all right, once again,

803
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Speaker 5: what is the formula for winning football? Quarterback? Get to

804
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:20,719
Speaker 5: the quarterback, protect that quarterback. And you see that in

805
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:21,360
Speaker 5: the playoffs.

806
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Speaker 6: Yeah, and Drake May to me has been right in

807
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 6: the conversation for MVP with Michael with Stafford, and you

808
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 6: know it's just the way he's playing, the way he

809
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 6: conducts himself and is in full control of that offense.

810
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Speaker 6: For New England. Yeah, the defense is playing great, but

811
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Speaker 6: you know what, Houston's gonna come to town and defense

812
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,840
Speaker 6: travels in the playoffs and especially in bad weather, so

813
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,919
Speaker 6: you know they're gonna put some pressure on Drake May.

814
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Speaker 6: He's gonna be he's gonna have to figure it out.

815
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Speaker 6: But I like New England. I'd really do at home.

816
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Speaker 6: It feels like this is a team that's that's really

817
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Speaker 6: in position to go far again.

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Speaker 4: One o'clock is the kickoff on Sunday. That game will

819
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Speaker 4: be televised by ESPN. The other game out of the

820
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Speaker 4: AFC that we need to touch on. The Bills knocked

821
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Speaker 4: off the Jaguars twenty seven to twenty four. They will

822
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Speaker 4: now head to Denver to play the number one Broncos.

823
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Speaker 4: That game will be Saturday afternoon at two thirty on CBS.

824
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Speaker 4: But the Bills when their first road playoff game since

825
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Speaker 4: nineteen ninety two, snapping an eight game losing streak, and

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Speaker 4: it wasn't the arm of Josh Allen. It was the

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Speaker 4: legs of Josh Allen. Especially late in that one, there

828
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Speaker 4: was the tush push for found its way near the

829
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Speaker 4: goal line. Then you have to figure out, all right,

830
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Speaker 4: what do you do? Do you take a knee? Well,

831
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Speaker 4: let's just score. And in the course, the Bills intercept

832
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Speaker 4: Trevor Lawrence on the final play of the game to

833
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Speaker 4: seal that one. But this Bills team without when you

834
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Speaker 4: look around the quarterback landscape in the AFC and maybe

835
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Speaker 4: even the NFL rob it's okay, if you're not gonna

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Speaker 4: win it this year, Josh Allen, when are you going

837
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Speaker 4: to win it?

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Speaker 6: Well, this game it wasn't just about the legs of

839
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Speaker 6: Josh Allen is but the finger of Josh Allen. Do

840
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Speaker 6: you see that hit on the helmet. I think Paul

841
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Speaker 6: would still be in the ICU if that happened to you.

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Speaker 6: I mean that that to me, I thought it was

843
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,160
Speaker 6: immediately broken. I thought that this game was over, the

844
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Speaker 6: season over. But he's a tough dude, Josh Allen. He

845
00:43:18,360 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 6: has gone through so much. He's a guy that almost

846
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:24,600
Speaker 6: puts that team on his shoulders metaphorically, but he almost

847
00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:27,960
Speaker 6: does it himself and wills that team to victory. And

848
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Speaker 6: you're right, you know, if they don't do it this year,

849
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Speaker 6: when is it gonna happen? Because Josh Allen repeatedly just

850
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 6: a phenomenal player throughout the regular season. They get to

851
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Speaker 6: the playoffs and for whatever reason, they can't seem to

852
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Speaker 6: get it together. But that of itself against Jacksonville was

853
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,360
Speaker 6: a great game. And Jacksonville is a great season with

854
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Speaker 6: a new head coach too. Liam Cohen said, I mean,

855
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 6: phenomenal year for them.

856
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Speaker 5: Josh Allen has played in fourteen playoff games. That was

857
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Speaker 5: his first fourth quarter comeback, so even he's evolving improved.

858
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Speaker 5: Although I will say this, if I had Josh Allen,

859
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Speaker 5: I would not be running quarterback power from the two

860
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Speaker 5: yard line and with a goal line defense running in

861
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Speaker 5: between the tackles like they did earlier in that game.

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Speaker 7: I just.

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Speaker 5: At some point, you know, maybe Buffaloes used to having

864
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Speaker 5: a franchise quarterback. I would value and covet Josh Allen

865
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Speaker 5: more than going quarterback power all the time with him

866
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Speaker 5: at the goal line and have him at the bottom

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Speaker 5: of the pile as consistently as they do. They're lucky

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Speaker 5: to Rob's point that he's even available and healthy for

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Speaker 5: this next game.

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Speaker 4: He is physical, and I think he almost enjoys it.

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Speaker 4: I mean, he has the size to maybe a standard.

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Speaker 4: But to your point, Paul, Okay, at some point, maybe

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Speaker 4: your lucky is gonna run out.

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Speaker 5: You certainly don't want it to happen.

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Speaker 4: In the playoffs.

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Speaker 5: I mean, sometimes you have to save players from themselves,

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Speaker 5: and he is. He's a really big dude, and he's

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Speaker 5: used to running but man goal line between the tackles.

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Speaker 5: I mean, come on.

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Speaker 4: Now, Saturday, here he is your lineup again, Bills at

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Speaker 4: the Broncos, followed by fort at Seahawks. Then Sunday, get

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Speaker 4: your day started with Texans at Patriots, Rams at Bears follows,

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Speaker 4: and that is your divisional matchups for this upcoming weekend.

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Speaker 4: Then the course, we'll talk about it next week here

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Speaker 4: on the Cardinals Red Sea Report, and maybe talked about

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