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Speaker 3: We've been waiting for you. Glad you're here.

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Speaker 2: But more importantly than that, it is the first the

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Speaker 2: and I cannot tell you, Kyle how excited I am

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Speaker 3: So my man, welcome.

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Speaker 4: Thanks Mark, I appreciate it. It's extremely exciting for me

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Speaker 4: to have the opportunity to be on here with you

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Speaker 4: every Sunday night all season long, giving kind of our

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Speaker 4: immediate reactions to everything we saw throughout the course of

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Speaker 4: the day. And I'm looking forward to it. You guys

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Speaker 4: are my new teammates, So here we go. It's gonna

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Speaker 4: be a great year.

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Speaker 3: Let's do it.

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Speaker 2: The only difference is is like when we have a

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Speaker 2: good segment, I'm not gonna come over there and head

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Speaker 3: Okay, Like this is you got to get used to life,

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Speaker 3: not hurting so much, Kyle.

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Speaker 4: That's I love to hear that. That's music to my ears.

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Speaker 4: I've had enough headbuts throughout the course of my career.

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Speaker 4: So we'll just do high fives and stuff like that.

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Speaker 2: Sounds good, man, So you're right, there's a ton to

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Speaker 2: The way tire buying should be, Kyle. One of the

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Speaker 2: things I wanted to hop in and hear from you first.

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Speaker 2: I think this has been an evolving story in recent

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Speaker 2: years in the NFL, and that is how to handle

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Speaker 2: training camp, how to handle the preseason, what matters, what

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Speaker 2: doesn't You see The forty nine ers, for example, wait

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Speaker 2: a plane to Pittsburgh, before Nick Bosa was signed. And

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Speaker 2: yes he was on a little bit of a pitch count,

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Speaker 2: but by the same token, first half of that football game,

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Speaker 3: You can just walk in and.

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Speaker 2: Play and we're seeing stars more and more sit out

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Speaker 2: the preseason games. But man, there was one team we watched,

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Speaker 2: and I know both of us feel the same way

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Speaker 2: where I went, Oh, that man, that man didn't have

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Speaker 2: a training camp. That man has not been on a

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Speaker 2: football field bouncing around a little bit. He does not

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Speaker 2: have his moxie, he does not have his flow. And

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Speaker 2: that player was Joe Burrow. So I wonder how you

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Speaker 2: sort of translate that what matters in terms of August

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Speaker 4: Well, I think the biggest difference, you know, the two

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Speaker 4: Nick Bosa's jobs to put his hand in the ground

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Speaker 4: not there at home. Joe Burrow's got ten other guys

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Speaker 4: And I think we all saw that today. It was

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no doubt about it. And I was also immediately

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Speaker 3: In either of those games.

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Speaker 2: Now they were playing competition that we knew at that

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Speaker 2: We didn't think much of that at that time because

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Speaker 2: don't know if maybe this is just a slow starting group,

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Speaker 2: maybe it is the Joe Burrow factor.

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Speaker 3: But if you are.

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Speaker 2: A Bengal fan, if you're a fantasy owner of Burrow

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Speaker 2: and Jamar Chase, do you just chalk this up or

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Speaker 2: is there potentially a problem here?

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Speaker 4: No, I don't think there's a problem at all. Those

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Speaker 4: in September, especially Week one, more than any week, there's

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Speaker 4: all about kind of figuring out who you are. You

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Speaker 4: is definitely too early to hit the panic button in Cincinnati.

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Speaker 4: It's one game they've struggled with the Browns as of

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Speaker 4: the end of the day, it's a division game on

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Speaker 1: That's so great.

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Speaker 4: I don't think people kind of gave the Cleveland Browns

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Speaker 4: Just a guy that causes problems. And again he was

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Speaker 2: I think really important to point out also that you'll

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Speaker 3: Watson was fine, But this was a game.

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Speaker 2: That featured thirty total completed passes total from both teams combined.

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Speaker 2: This is a game that did not have three hundred

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Speaker 2: sixty seven point three. It's just one of those games

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Speaker 2: that kind of turned into a little bit of a

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I thought the Bengals looked a lot more uncomfortable

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Speaker 4: think I've been in those meetings with Kevin Stefanski and

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Speaker 4: the way that he prepares his offense, the way he

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Speaker 4: will go as Nick Chubb goes. There's no secret there.

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Speaker 4: He carried it eighteen times today in the rain, taking

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Speaker 4: a lot of pressure off of DeShawn. I think an

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Speaker 4: you know, I found myself watching that game just recognizing

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Speaker 4: Stefanski for so long. They know what their recipe for

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Speaker 4: know that if they get Nick Chubb around that hundred

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Speaker 4: a team, that's what's gonna make them go. And then

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Speaker 4: DeShawn had the one unfortunate turnover. The ball got tipped,

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Speaker 4: Let DeShawn be efficient. He had the one rushing touchdown,

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Speaker 4: and that's that's going to be the Cleveland Browns and

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Speaker 2: Well, he's the forgotten guy, isn't he. I mean it

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Speaker 2: come up on the very short list of elite young

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Speaker 2: quarterbacks in the game. And for obvious reasons, that conversation

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Speaker 2: has stopped.

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Speaker 3: His career stopped for a while.

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Speaker 2: And then when he came back last year, you know,

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Speaker 2: there's the controversy surrounding a number one, but number two

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Speaker 2: there was the way he looked, and he looked rusty,

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Speaker 2: and you know, why wouldn't he after that much time

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Speaker 2: away from the game. And I don't know, As we've said,

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Speaker 2: no firm answers come from today. I'm not going to

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Speaker 3: Is a major wild card in this AFC.

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Speaker 2: We know what we're getting with Mahomes, we know what

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Speaker 2: we're getting with Alan, and I do think we still

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Speaker 2: of that second group, the Lamar Jackson's and the Justin Herberts,

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Speaker 2: That's on the forty nine Ers Radio network And full disclosure, Kyle,

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Speaker 3: And it's been an odd off season.

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Speaker 2: It's been an off season screaming and yelling about about

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Speaker 4: I think for me, when I think of this tenure

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Speaker 2: I forgot that that's where you were playing last year,

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Speaker 3: To make it, it makes it.

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Speaker 2: Sound like you're setting the bar for a seventh round

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Speaker 3: The story felt so similar.

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Speaker 2: There was such overlap on that that it makes people

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Speaker 4: Well, I think that's exactly what I saw. And I

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Speaker 4: the most of it and I'll never give it back.

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Speaker 4: And through nine regular season starts for Brock party. I

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Speaker 4: think that's exactly what we're seeing. A guy who, throughout

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Speaker 4: the course of last year starts as the third string

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Speaker 4: quarterback on the roster, probably never thinking that I'm going

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Speaker 4: to be out there starting at quarterback for the San

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Speaker 4: Francisco forty nine ers. But he didn't approach his preparation

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Speaker 4: in that manner, and when he got his opportunity, he

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Speaker 4: made the most of it. So yes, it is extremely

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Speaker 4: unfair to compare this young kid to the greatest quarterback

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Speaker 4: of all time, but there are a lot of similarities there,

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Speaker 4: and I think the biggest similarity is what they did

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Speaker 4: with their opportunity when they got it.

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Speaker 2: All Right, in a little bit on the game that

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Speaker 2: is starting to unfold right here in front of us,

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Speaker 2: the first Sunday night football game of the year, and

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Speaker 2: then who were the teams that were the most disappointing

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Speaker 2: so far here on Week one.

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Speaker 3: We'll get to all of that here in just a sec.

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Speaker 2: But let's find out everything that maybe you've missed or

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Speaker 2: don't know about yet. Let's get Nick Cope in here

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Speaker 2: and find out what is trending on a Sunday night.

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Speaker 6: Hey Nate, what's going on? Guys?

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Speaker 9: We got Sunday Night Football Underway. Giants got the ball

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Speaker 9: first and there driving down the field in the red

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Speaker 9: zone against the Cowboys, rainy night at MetLife Stadium, and

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Speaker 9: he had Queen Latifah singing the national anthem to set

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Speaker 9: the mood prior to this one yead Giants inside the

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Speaker 9: ten yard line. They are driving a five plus minute

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Speaker 9: drive to start this game. Finals from earlier today, you

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Speaker 9: mentioned the Niners blowing out the Steelers thirty to seven.

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Speaker 9: Christian McCaffrey one hundred and fifty two yards in a

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Speaker 9: score Brandon Ayute, the receiver one hundred and twenty nine

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Speaker 9: yards and two touchdowns. Eagles built in early sixteen to

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Speaker 9: zhering lead rode that to a twenty five to twenty

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Speaker 9: victory in Foxborough. As was announced, Tom Brady would be

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Speaker 9: inducted into the team's Hall of Fame next year. Brown's

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Speaker 9: upset the Bengals wasn't closed twenty four to three. Joe Burrow,

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Speaker 9: fresh off that new contract, just fourteen of thirty one

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Speaker 9: for a career low eighty two yards. Dolphins scored in

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Speaker 9: the final two minutes to win a back and fourth

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Speaker 9: game against the Chargers thirty six to thirty four to

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Speaker 9: a tongue of I loa four hundred and sixty six yards.

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Speaker 9: Raiders spoiled Sean Payton's debut, with the Broncos hanging on

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Speaker 9: for a seventeen to sixty win. After Week one, Las

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Speaker 9: Vegas is alone at the top of the AFC West

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Speaker 9: at one to know. Packers blew out the Bears thirty

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Speaker 9: eight to twenty. Ravens thumped the Texans twenty five to nine,

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Speaker 9: but Baltimore running back JK. Dobbins towards Achilles and is

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Speaker 9: out for the season. Rams scored the final twenty three

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Speaker 9: points to run away from the Seahawks thirty to thirteen.

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Speaker 9: Buccaneers kicked to go ahead a field goal on the

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Speaker 9: fourth quarter to knockoff the Vikings on the road twenty

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Speaker 9: to seventeen. Saints held off to Titans sixteen to fifteen.

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Speaker 9: Commanders scoring ten points in the fourth quarter to come

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Speaker 9: back beat the Cardinals twenty to sixteen. Falcons handled the

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Speaker 9: Panthers twenty four to ten. Bryce Young throw couple of

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Speaker 9: picks in his debut. Jaguars over the Colts thirty one

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Speaker 9: to twenty one. Calvin Ridley eight catches for one hundred

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Speaker 9: and one yards and a touchdown. By the way, back

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Speaker 9: over to Sunday night football. A blocked field goal here

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Speaker 9: picked up by the Cowboys, and a convoy down the

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Speaker 9: right sideline. Dallas is going to return this blocked field

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Speaker 9: goal for a touchdown. Looked like the Giants we're going

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Speaker 9: to be able to maybe score from inside ten yards,

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Speaker 9: but Dallas a blocked field goal returned all the way

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Speaker 9: for six. A couple final notes, guys, us open Novak

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Speaker 9: Djokovic won it in straight sets, his twenty fourth Grand

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Speaker 9: Slam title, And then the news in college football, Michigan

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Speaker 9: State has suspended coach Mel Tucker without pay while the

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Speaker 9: university completes a Title nine investigation into allegations of sexual harassment.

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Speaker 6: Guys, back to you.

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Speaker 2: All right, Nick, thank you very much, and a very

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Speaker 2: very nice breakdown of what just happened in this Sunday

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Speaker 2: night football game where the Giants we're going on a

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Speaker 2: nice opening drive and Kyle, quite frankly, I was I

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Speaker 2: was trying to figure out how I was going to

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Speaker 2: package my New York Giants take this year because it's

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Speaker 2: not a good one. But here they are on opening night,

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Speaker 2: moving the ball right down the field. By the way,

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Speaker 2: the extra point, no good after that Dallas touchdown, so

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Speaker 2: it's six to nothing. But I was like, man, this

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Speaker 2: is maybe this isn't the time for my New York

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Speaker 2: Giants take But then a fumbled snap followed by a

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Speaker 2: botched field goal turned into a Cowboy touchdown, and I went, no,

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Speaker 2: never mind, it is a perfect time. I think the

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Speaker 2: New York Giants in Minnesota Vikings played one another in

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Speaker 2: a playoff game last year in the first round, and

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Speaker 2: I really thought both of them, like all credit for

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Speaker 2: the good seasons that they had, but those were the

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Speaker 2: two teams, Kyle, to me that felt like circumstantial playoff teams.

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Speaker 2: A lot of close games went their way, a lot

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Speaker 2: of things fell into place.

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Speaker 3: I think those are the two teams that are gonna.

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Speaker 2: Have a really hard time repeating as playoff team this year.

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Speaker 4: Well, certainly in the NFC East. You look at a

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Speaker 4: division with the Philadelphia Eagles, who represented the NFC in

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Speaker 4: the Super Bowl, and who the Giants are playing tonight

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Speaker 4: in the Dallas Cowboys. And as you watch that first drive,

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Speaker 4: it's exactly what you want as a Giants fan. You

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Speaker 4: go right down the field, Daniel Jones is using his

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Speaker 4: legs to extend plays. They're marching right down the field,

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Speaker 4: they're not shooting themselves in the foot, and then we

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Speaker 4: roll a snap back and next thing, you know, blocked

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Speaker 4: field goal for a touchdown. And those are the things

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Speaker 4: that when you're playing a team who arguably might be

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Speaker 4: better than you on paper and has beaten you ten

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Speaker 4: times in a row, those are the things that you

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Speaker 4: can't do and win football games. You did exactly, you

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Speaker 4: know when you sat in that meeting last night and

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Speaker 4: Brian Dabole went through the first fifteen and here's what

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Speaker 4: the first drive is going to look like. That's exactly

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Speaker 4: what they had in mind, only for it to be

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Speaker 4: spoiled by a botch snap and then a block field

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Speaker 4: goal return for a touchdown. And those are the things

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Speaker 4: that if they are going to get back and represent

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Speaker 4: the NFC as one of the playoff teams, they can't

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Speaker 4: do things like that because quite honestly, you don't have

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Speaker 4: all of the talent that the Dallas Cowboys have. And

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Speaker 4: I think that's you hit the nail on the head

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Speaker 4: when you said, oh, here they are. They're marching right

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Speaker 4: down the field, and then it immediately brought your take

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Speaker 4: right back to the table. Because of the result of

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Speaker 4: the end of the drive.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean not to overdo it about hack one game,

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Speaker 2: not one drive.

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Speaker 3: I was just like, I don't know.

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Speaker 2: If this is the right time to say that I'm

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Speaker 2: really not digging the Giants this year. But I'm like, no, actually,

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Speaker 2: I think it is. It's a great time to mention.

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Speaker 2: I'm just I'm not high on the Giants this year.

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Speaker 2: You're right about the division. It looks like a tough one.

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Speaker 2: Although the Commanders, I don't know. Let's take them in

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Speaker 2: it on them today they won.

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Speaker 3: I liked them this.

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Speaker 2: Year because I thought their defense was good and it

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Speaker 2: was if you missed the game, the cardinals only touchdown

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Speaker 2: was a defensive score. So I thought the Commander's defense

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Speaker 2: was everything it was cracked up to be. Today, I

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Speaker 2: thought the offense, quite frankly, was a little bit disappointing.

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Speaker 2: And I understand Sam Owl's first start, and so we're

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Speaker 2: not making any massive judgments on that yet, but there

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Speaker 2: was a buzz that was that was a lot of

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Speaker 2: people's sleeper pick this year, and to end up deep

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Speaker 2: in a fourth quarter where you're grinding at home to

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Speaker 2: beat Joshua Dobbs and a team that quite frankly is

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Speaker 2: tanking on purpose. I would have thought that the Commanders

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Speaker 2: could have been a little bit more commanding, if you will, today.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely certainly when you looked at that one on paper

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Speaker 4: going into today's game, you would have thought, this has

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Speaker 4: to be a game for the Commanders to get off

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Speaker 4: to a hot start. And if they're going to make

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Speaker 4: a run in the division, you can't lose to games

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Speaker 4: to the Arizona Cardinals. And a team that you mentioned it,

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Speaker 4: they may or may not be tanking for the number

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Speaker 4: one overall pick, but certainly a team that doesn't score

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Speaker 4: an offense a touchdown and you look at Sam Howell

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Speaker 4: and his performance and it was just okay, throws a touchdown,

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Speaker 4: throws an interception. I think there's such a common threat

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Speaker 4: amongst these younger quarterbacks if they can just go out

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Speaker 4: and not turn the football over, protect the football, lean

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Speaker 4: on their running backs. He's got weapons all over the place.

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Speaker 4: I think, you know, Terry McLaurin is a guy who

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Speaker 4: two catches. It's probably not ideal for your number one

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Speaker 4: ride receiver, especially against an Arizona Cardinals team. And I

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Speaker 4: will say this, I know that Arizona Cardinals head coach

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Speaker 4: and defensive coordinator very well, and they are very very

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Speaker 4: rightful coaches, and it doesn't matter to them what's going

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Speaker 4: on on the other side of the ball, whether you

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Speaker 4: have Joshua Dobbs or Kyler Murray out there. They're going

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Speaker 4: to do everything that they can to give themselves a

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Speaker 4: chance to win games. And you know today you mentioned it,

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Speaker 4: they scored a defensive touchdown and they gave them gave

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Speaker 4: themselves a shot late in the game there to try

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Speaker 4: to steal one on the road that I think would

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Speaker 4: have surprised a lot of people across the league.

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Speaker 2: With Kyle Rudolph now on Fox Sports Radio, Mark Willard

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Speaker 2: with you here on a Sunday night, breaking down Week one.

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Speaker 2: We're live inthe tie rack dot Com studios. Coming up

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Speaker 2: the top of the hour, the most disappointing team or

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Speaker 2: teams of the day, but also coming up next, we

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Speaker 2: mentioned that Dolphins Chargers game, and I thought it highlighted

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Speaker 2: something in fantasy football that we got to get to

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Speaker 2: because they're a group of fantasy football players out there.

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Speaker 2: It's a very very large group who we want to

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Speaker 2: pay homage to because today, for some of you was

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Speaker 2: a brilliant day and for others, it was the worst

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Speaker 2: possible fantasy reality. We'll tell you what we're talking about.

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Speaker 2: Coming up next on Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 3: All Right Live.

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Speaker 2: Intheti RAG dot Com Studios the new pairing of Kyle

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Speaker 2: Rudolph and Mark Wheler. Kyle Rudolph joins the team here

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Speaker 2: at Fox Sports Radio just in time for Week one

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Speaker 2: of the twenty twenty three NFL season. I wonder, Kyle,

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Speaker 2: you and I haven't had a chance to talk about

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Speaker 2: this yet, especially since you just retired from the league.

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Speaker 2: You're in that spot where I wonder how you feel

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Speaker 2: about fantasy football because you're probably realizing it's a major

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Speaker 2: part of our industry. But at the same time, your

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Speaker 2: recent retiree, who I feel like might might still be

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Speaker 2: reeling from the fact that people would come up to

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Speaker 2: you and be like, dude, I know you hurt your ankle,

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Speaker 2: but that really ruined my fantasy team, and that probably

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Speaker 2: wasn't exactly what you wanted to hear at that time.

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Speaker 3: So what are your thoughts on fantasy football?

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Speaker 4: First and foremost, you know, it's funny. I was actually

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Speaker 4: back home in Cincinnati spending some time with family this week,

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Speaker 4: and my dad and his high school buddies started playing

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Speaker 4: fantasy football their senior year in high school nineteen seventy nine,

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Speaker 4: so wow, add up the numbers there. So we're closing

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Speaker 4: in on forty something years of fantasy football. And it's

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Speaker 4: funny because back then they just got together and it

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Speaker 4: was only points, so there were no yards receptions. You know,

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Speaker 4: you couldn't get PPR where you get a point for

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Speaker 4: a catch, because there was no way to figure all

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Speaker 4: that out quick enough. It was simply if you scored

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Speaker 4: six points for your team, you got six points for

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00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,400
Speaker 4: your fantasy team. Same thing for field goals and extra points.

657
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,840
Speaker 4: So they've been playing fantasy football the same group of guys,

658
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 4: all my dad's buddies, since nineteen seventy nine. And to me,

659
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 4: it's funny how fantasy football has really changed football fandom.

660
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 4: I think about kind of when I grew up, and

661
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 4: even you know, the generation ahead of me, we were

662
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:17,480
Speaker 4: diehard sports fans and fans of our team. Wherever you

663
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 4: lived or the region that you were in, you had

664
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 4: your team and you rooted for that team and those players.

665
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 4: And over the course of the last ten twenty years

666
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 4: or so, that landscape has changed drastically to where now

667
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,560
Speaker 4: people are just fans of players, and I think that's

668
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:41,839
Speaker 4: good and bad. Obviously, it's cool as players because now

669
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 4: for me, you know, I may have played all the

670
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 4: years I played in Minnesota, but people all across the

671
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 4: country are fans of Kyle Rudolph because I was on

672
00:35:51,080 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 4: their fantasy team as long as I performed. Obviously, there's

673
00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:59,320
Speaker 4: the other side of it, when you know it's the

674
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 4: first round of the playoffs and you go out and

675
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 4: have two targets and you know, a couple catches in

676
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 4: twenty yards and no touchdowns, and you know you cost

677
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 4: all of your fantasy football owners their chance at a title.

678
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:16,880
Speaker 4: But it's always funny, and I've had more good fantasy

679
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 4: football interactions either in person. Certainly, never want to go

680
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 4: to the Twitter mentions after something like that, But most

681
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 4: of the time I see people in person and it's

682
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 4: you were on my fantasy team for all these years, like,

683
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 4: thank you so much. It was awesome. You scored so

684
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 4: many touchdowns. I think my best fantasy football story in

685
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:43,440
Speaker 4: twenty eighteen. It was a year for me that was

686
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 4: kind of slow from a touchdown standpoint. I had an

687
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,279
Speaker 4: okay amount of catches and yards, but going into the

688
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:54,880
Speaker 4: second last game of the year, so Week sixteen, I

689
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,719
Speaker 4: had two touchdowns all year. It was just not a

690
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 4: good year for me from a touchdown standpoint, therefore not

691
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 4: a great year for my fantasy football owners. But then

692
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 4: that game was like championship round for fantasy football, and

693
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 4: I ended up I caught a hail Mary right before

694
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 4: the half for a touchdown, ended up catching a second

695
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 4: touchdown in the second half. I think I had over

696
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 4: one hundred yards and two touchdowns. And I can't tell

697
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,720
Speaker 4: you how many people are like, you won my fantasy

698
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 4: championship for me, Like I put you in the lineup

699
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 4: and you want it for me, blah blah blah. So

700
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 4: you know, fantasy football is certainly change the way football

701
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:40,399
Speaker 4: fans watch the game, root for the game. And yeah,

702
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 4: there are your times where fantasy football owners get upset,

703
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,279
Speaker 4: and you know, I would always joke with people like

704
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 4: you're right, like I didn't want the ball anymore that week,

705
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 4: or I tried not to throw the ball to me, right.

706
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 4: It's like if I was calling plays, if it was

707
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 4: madd and I'd throw it to me every play, but

708
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,840
Speaker 4: unfortunately I'm not making those decisions.

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00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,040
Speaker 2: You're like, thanks, buddy, I didn't even think about putting

710
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:05,799
Speaker 2: you on my fantasy team, but uh yeah, I think

711
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 2: I had you on a team five or six years ago.

712
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 2: And Fox had to call me before we did this,

713
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:12,359
Speaker 2: and they're like, are you You don't have any bad

714
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:15,839
Speaker 2: feelings about Kyle Rudolph. He didn't mess up a championship

715
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,319
Speaker 2: game for you or anything. And I was like, no,

716
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:20,839
Speaker 2: we're fine, we can be partners. I'm totally kidding, but

717
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 2: I did. I think I did have you on a

718
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 2: team five or six years ago. But here, here's why

719
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 2: I asked. Here's why I asked. I want to shout

720
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 2: out people who in their draft this year had like

721
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 2: pick five, six or seven.

722
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 3: If you had to pick five or seven.

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Speaker 2: The likelihood is is that you were stu You were

724
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:47,799
Speaker 2: looking at a group of players that the rankings will

725
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 2: tell you this is who you're supposed to pick, and

726
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 2: some of you picked Tyreek Hill, and uh and some

727
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 2: of you picked Cooper Cup and I and I just

728
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 2: I'm watching this game today. Eleven catches for two hundred

729
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:11,920
Speaker 2: fifteen yards two touchdowns, an absolutely dominant explosion for Tyreek

730
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,440
Speaker 2: Hill put up right next to the fact that Cooper

731
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 2: Cup is out for at least four games and maybe more.

732
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Speaker 2: And I just wanted to say hello to all the

733
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Speaker 2: people who went back and forth between these two players

734
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 2: and decided to take Cup. And I want to let

735
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 2: all you know that we're thinking about you tonight because

736
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 2: that that was a rough start.

737
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Speaker 4: To the year, only to be coupled with the owners

738
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Speaker 4: who took Travis kelce as well. So I certainly we

739
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,560
Speaker 4: don't know how long Travis Kelcey is going to be out.

740
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:40,439
Speaker 4: It sounds like he's going to be back next week.

741
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 4: But there was probably a lot of fantasy football owners

742
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,799
Speaker 4: that took Travis Kelcey, and rightfully so. No one's been

743
00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:50,760
Speaker 4: more dominant than he's been throughout the course of his career.

744
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,799
Speaker 4: And yet here he is someone who never misses a game.

745
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 4: I mean, he's out on the field week in and

746
00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,359
Speaker 4: week out, and fantasy football owners can't wait to get

747
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:04,360
Speaker 4: their lineup in just in time for that Thursday night kickoff,

748
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,960
Speaker 4: only to find out that their start tight end is

749
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Speaker 4: not available.

750
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Speaker 2: Unbelievable, You're right, I forgot. That's probably who went five, six,

751
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 2: and seven in most drafts, and two of them didn't

752
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 2: even get a game yet, and the other one goes

753
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 2: eleven for two point fifteen and two touchdowns. I'll tell

754
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:23,360
Speaker 2: you which one I picked, or actually you can probably

755
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 2: tell by the excitement in my voice, but we'll.

756
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Speaker 3: Leave it at that.

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Speaker 2: Coming up next, the most disappointing teams of the day,

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Speaker 2: that's around the corner.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's dueling debuts right now, the debut of the

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three season, the debut of Kyle Rudolph. Right

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Speaker 2: the most disappointing performances of the day, who knows we

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Speaker 2: might be watching another one of them right now, Kyle.

774
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,360
Speaker 2: We had a little bit of a conversation about the

775
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 2: New York Giants earlier and I get it. It is

776
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 2: simply one quarter. It is raining, and so this is

777
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 2: not going to be a judgment based on today. But

778
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:33,960
Speaker 2: I also know that New York sports fans are not

779
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 2: going to be asked to be calm and patient.

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Speaker 3: That's not how they roll, you know that.

781
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 2: So Daniel Jones goes into last year in approve it

782
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 2: year and he proved it. They made the playoffs, he

783
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 2: had his best year, he got a massive contract.

784
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Speaker 3: We don't need to get into the numbers.

785
00:41:56,440 --> 00:42:00,760
Speaker 2: And again we're one quarter into this game, but add

786
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 2: to the blocked kick for a return touchdown for the Cowboys,

787
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Speaker 2: you now have a pick six wrapped into this as well,

788
00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,800
Speaker 2: and the Cowboys are up sixteen to nothing on the Giants.

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00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 2: How do you feel about the commit that the Giants

790
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:19,160
Speaker 2: have made to Daniel Jones big money long term. I

791
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:23,279
Speaker 2: get the sense that it's going to be tough in

792
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:27,600
Speaker 2: that market for Daniel to make that fan base and

793
00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 2: that team feel like they're getting their money's worth.

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Speaker 4: Well, I've said on record many of times I'm a

795
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:36,960
Speaker 4: huge fan of Daniel Jones. I spent a year with

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Speaker 4: him in New York and between my time in between

797
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:43,400
Speaker 4: Minnesota and Tampa, and he has the skill set to

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00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:46,360
Speaker 4: be an elite player in this league.

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Speaker 1: I go back to that first drive.

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Speaker 4: You watch the first drive and up until the center

801
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 4: rolls the ball back and all of a sudden, you

802
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 4: get a field goal block for a touchdown where you're

803
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:01,359
Speaker 4: down six nothing prior to that. That's exactly what they

804
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 4: need from Daniel Jones to have success all year long,

805
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,319
Speaker 4: to give themselves a chance to compete in a really

806
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,400
Speaker 4: tough to division. He has to use his legs. I

807
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 4: think that's one of the things that people don't know

808
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,879
Speaker 4: or might not want to give Daniel Jones credit for.

809
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:22,480
Speaker 4: He's extremely athletic, and he can make plays with his legs,

810
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:27,160
Speaker 4: whether that be design quarterback runs or just extending plays

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00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 4: that breakdown in the past game. And I was going

812
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,080
Speaker 4: to say, you might not see as many design quarterback

813
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:37,879
Speaker 4: runs as you did in that Minnesota Vikings playoff game

814
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:41,160
Speaker 4: last year. I feel like watching that playoff game last year,

815
00:43:41,200 --> 00:43:44,040
Speaker 4: it was either you're giving the ball to Saquon Barkley

816
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,360
Speaker 4: in the run game, or DJ's got a design run,

817
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 4: or DJ's dropping back to pass. That was pretty much

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00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:53,000
Speaker 4: the only thing they were doing on offense, over and

819
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 4: over and over and you can do that with your

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00:43:55,680 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 4: quarterback in the playoffs week one with a long season

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00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 4: ahead of you. It's not high school football where your

822
00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:06,919
Speaker 4: quarterback can carry the ball every play and drop back

823
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:10,360
Speaker 4: on third down and make throws down the field. So

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00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,239
Speaker 4: not a great start for the Giants. Obviously, that fan

825
00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:16,880
Speaker 4: base in New York will not be patient and they

826
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:21,439
Speaker 4: will not give them the excuses, Oh that it's raining, YadA, YadA, YadA.

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00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:23,359
Speaker 4: But the big thing that jumps out to me is

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Speaker 4: you just look at the way things have gone through

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Speaker 4: this first quarter. And you said it in the last

830
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:32,359
Speaker 4: segment that yes, it's only one drive. You know, you

831
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:36,359
Speaker 4: can't overreact and freak out over the fact that one

832
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:40,360
Speaker 4: drive changed the course of the game. And quite honestly,

833
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:43,880
Speaker 4: it wasn't even the drive. It was one bad snap

834
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:46,840
Speaker 4: and then the block field goal. The drive itself was great.

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Speaker 4: It's exactly what you want out of the first drive

836
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:54,040
Speaker 4: of the regular season. But what's happened since that first drive.

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Speaker 4: We've got a Micah Parsons sack on the following drive.

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00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,320
Speaker 4: If there's anyone on the Cowboys that you have to

839
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,680
Speaker 4: block and keep away from Daniel Jones, it's Micah Parsons.

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00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:09,400
Speaker 4: He's the guy that can completely wreck the game and

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00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:14,760
Speaker 4: change the course of really the entire game, just based

842
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,320
Speaker 4: on his ability to get to the quarterback. So you

843
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:21,759
Speaker 4: got a third and nineteen and Micah Parsons makes a sack,

844
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:25,080
Speaker 4: so that ends that drive and you punt only to

845
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 4: follow that up with another third and long. So you're

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00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:31,279
Speaker 4: getting behind the chains. You're putting Daniel Jones in these

847
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:35,759
Speaker 4: third and long situations where that the Marcus Lawrences and

848
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,919
Speaker 4: the Micah Parsons can pin their ears back and get

849
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:43,240
Speaker 4: after the quarterback, and you get a broken up ball

850
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 4: that lands in the lap of a Dallas Cowboys dB

851
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 4: and we got to pick six touchdowns. So again, I

852
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 4: think New York sports fans and New York Giants fans

853
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:56,239
Speaker 4: have every right to freak out throughout the course of

854
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:59,680
Speaker 4: this first quarter of the first game of the season.

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00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:04,439
Speaker 4: But you also have to realize that, like we were

856
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:09,839
Speaker 4: talking about with the Cincinnati Bengals and their slow start,

857
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 4: it's a long season and November you kind of or sorry.

858
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 4: In October you really start to hit your stretch, and

859
00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:19,839
Speaker 4: even earlier than that, in September, you got to find

860
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:23,680
Speaker 4: out who you are. You're not the twenty twenty two

861
00:46:24,239 --> 00:46:27,080
Speaker 4: New York Giants. This is a new season and a

862
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,880
Speaker 4: new team. All off season we heard about the addition

863
00:46:30,960 --> 00:46:35,600
Speaker 4: of Darren Waller and his incredible pass catching ability. Now

864
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:38,160
Speaker 4: would be a great time for us to get introduced

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Speaker 4: to Darren Waller in this Sunday night football game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I think that that's really well said. And Waller so

868
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:47,200
Speaker 2: far is playing is active for those of you who

869
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:50,800
Speaker 2: maybe woke up and saw that news after his injury

870
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:54,360
Speaker 2: on Friday. But right now, one target he did not

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00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 2: catch it. Jones, It's been, as you just said, it

872
00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:00,000
Speaker 2: has been as bad of a start as you can imagine.

873
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 2: And he's done a couple things with his legs, but

874
00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:06,720
Speaker 2: he is one of five for zero yards and a pick.

875
00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:10,839
Speaker 2: And so that in a division battle on Sunday night

876
00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:14,239
Speaker 2: football is absolutely not the message that they want to

877
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:18,240
Speaker 2: do send to get some excitement going around their football

878
00:47:18,280 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 2: team to start this season. They're not the only ones, though.

879
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,920
Speaker 2: I'll put it to you who grabbed your attention today

880
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:27,479
Speaker 2: or Thursday for that matter, you can bring them into

881
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:30,920
Speaker 2: this as well. But who grabbed your attention today? You

882
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:33,160
Speaker 2: just said a second ago. It's a whole new season.

883
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:35,400
Speaker 2: I don't care if it was good, bad, or anywhere

884
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:39,160
Speaker 2: in between. Whoever you are, you are not the twenty

885
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 2: twenty two version of yourself. You gotta start over from scratch,

886
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:48,080
Speaker 2: and so there are always surprises, both to the positive

887
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 2: and to the negative. Who grabs your attention today as

888
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 2: a team that did not meet the expectation you had

889
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 2: for them.

890
00:47:57,719 --> 00:47:59,919
Speaker 4: To me, it was in a division that I play

891
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:03,719
Speaker 4: lot of football in and the Chicago Bears against the

892
00:48:03,760 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 4: Green Bay Packers. The Chicago Bears are team that the

893
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,840
Speaker 4: expectations were not placed on them because of their record

894
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:13,920
Speaker 4: last year. They had the worst record in football. But

895
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:19,440
Speaker 4: with that they received the number one overall pick. Ryan

896
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 4: Poles trades that number one pick for DJ Moore, who,

897
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 4: in my opinion is a phenomenal wide receiver. Had unbelievable

898
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:33,720
Speaker 4: years down in Carolina. So you bring in an explosive,

899
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 4: playmaking wide receiver who can run all the routes. You

900
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:38,960
Speaker 4: can get the ball in his hands in the spring,

901
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:41,760
Speaker 4: in the screen game, and he can take at the distance.

902
00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 4: So I look at this Chicago Bears team throughout the

903
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:48,759
Speaker 4: course of the offseason and you're following along. They had

904
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,200
Speaker 4: the most money to spend in free agency, and they

905
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:56,160
Speaker 4: spent a lot of money on some really talented defensive players.

906
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:00,399
Speaker 4: You have Darnell Mooney and Chase Claypole back from last year.

907
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,799
Speaker 4: They pay Cole Comet, the tight end from Notre Dame,

908
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:07,800
Speaker 4: a big contract in the offseason. And yet I'm watching

909
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:12,040
Speaker 4: this game, and even as they're starting to get behind

910
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 4: a couple scores, they still will not hand the keys

911
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:21,439
Speaker 4: over to Justin fields. You have to let him throw

912
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:24,120
Speaker 4: the football. I understand. I played on a lot of

913
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:28,720
Speaker 4: football teams where our identity was running the football, playing

914
00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:33,239
Speaker 4: good defense, staying in a close game, and then winning it.

915
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:38,240
Speaker 4: And ultimately I'm watching this game, and you know, watching

916
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:43,240
Speaker 4: this Chicago Bears offense and Luke Getsky just keeps running

917
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:47,120
Speaker 4: the football over and over and over again, and you

918
00:49:47,160 --> 00:49:50,200
Speaker 4: know you're looking at some of these guys on the outside.

919
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:55,640
Speaker 4: And Dj Moore had zero impact on the game. Two

920
00:49:55,760 --> 00:50:01,120
Speaker 4: receptions twenty five yards on two targets, not ideal for

921
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:04,120
Speaker 4: probably your best player on offense in a game, and

922
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:07,120
Speaker 4: they got down. It's one thing if you're playing with

923
00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:09,560
Speaker 4: a lead, and you're going to protect that lead and

924
00:50:09,640 --> 00:50:11,400
Speaker 4: run the football and play good defense.

925
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:14,280
Speaker 1: So to me, it was the Chicago Bears.

926
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:17,360
Speaker 4: And again it wasn't because of what they did in

927
00:50:17,440 --> 00:50:22,160
Speaker 4: twenty twenty two. It was more so the expectations throughout

928
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:26,080
Speaker 4: the course of the offseason in a division where the

929
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:30,040
Speaker 4: Giant left. Aaron Rodgers is now out playing for the

930
00:50:30,080 --> 00:50:33,719
Speaker 4: New York Jets, and it was always kind of the

931
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:37,840
Speaker 4: running joke that Aaron Rodgers, he said it himself, he

932
00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:41,440
Speaker 4: owned the Chicago Bears. Well, the Chicago Bears did not

933
00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:45,600
Speaker 4: have to worry about Aaron Rodgers coming to Soldier Field today,

934
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,360
Speaker 4: and yet it was disappointing to me.

935
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:54,120
Speaker 2: I'm with you completely and credit on the other side,

936
00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:57,280
Speaker 2: Jordan Love, who is now taking over for Aaron Rodgers

937
00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:03,240
Speaker 2: three touchdown passes, turnovers, he looked absolutely ready for the moment.

938
00:51:03,600 --> 00:51:06,400
Speaker 2: But I'm with you. If I'm a Bears fan, I'm terrified.

939
00:51:06,840 --> 00:51:10,160
Speaker 2: I'm terrified not because of the outcome of the game.

940
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:12,960
Speaker 3: But because it's year three for Justin Fields.

941
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:16,200
Speaker 2: You look at that quarterback draft that everybody made so

942
00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:20,560
Speaker 2: much about. Trevor Lawrence goes number one overall. That looks

943
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,800
Speaker 2: like an obvious hit. He's ready to roll. The Jags

944
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,560
Speaker 2: are the favorite in their division. They're one to zero

945
00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 2: after that Zach Wilson, he's been replaced Trey Lance, he's

946
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:34,399
Speaker 2: been traded Mac Jones at the back end of that

947
00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:38,120
Speaker 2: group of five. I think everyone has the same vibe there,

948
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:42,800
Speaker 2: which is that's he's okay and you can be effective

949
00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:45,600
Speaker 2: to a degree, but he's not a star. That's not

950
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:48,600
Speaker 2: really going to be a high flying offense in New England.

951
00:51:48,719 --> 00:51:52,520
Speaker 2: And then the wild card was justin fields and the

952
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:55,160
Speaker 2: way he ran the ball last year, what they did

953
00:51:55,239 --> 00:51:57,680
Speaker 2: at the end of the year, there was some excitement

954
00:51:57,800 --> 00:52:01,439
Speaker 2: around him. And whether it is as you're saying, they're

955
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:04,840
Speaker 2: not letting him throw the ball, or if there's good

956
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:08,960
Speaker 2: reason for that lack of trust. This to start off

957
00:52:09,080 --> 00:52:13,400
Speaker 2: year three is a terrifying start because it says to

958
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:16,879
Speaker 2: me that right now in the year where he has

959
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:20,360
Speaker 2: to be ready to take that next leap and really

960
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:25,279
Speaker 2: be a true QB one, he's oero for one in

961
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,759
Speaker 2: terms of looking like that, whether it's on him or

962
00:52:27,800 --> 00:52:30,000
Speaker 2: the staff or a combination of both.

963
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:33,680
Speaker 4: Absolutely, and to me, again, I go back to this

964
00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:38,200
Speaker 4: offseason in my thoughts on the Chicago Bears, and this,

965
00:52:38,560 --> 00:52:40,759
Speaker 4: to me, honestly, I thought this was a team that

966
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:45,200
Speaker 4: was along the same trajectory as the Philadelphia Eagles the

967
00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:47,960
Speaker 4: last couple of years. You have a quarterback who can

968
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:51,600
Speaker 4: run the football as good as anyone, and certainly seems

969
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:55,600
Speaker 4: capable in the past game. You have a quarterback who's

970
00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:58,760
Speaker 4: on a rookie contract. They're not one of these teams

971
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:03,080
Speaker 4: who have to pay their quarter back forty fifty million dollars.

972
00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:05,480
Speaker 4: And what that means is you get to spend that

973
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:08,400
Speaker 4: money elsewhere. You get to put a ton of talent

974
00:53:08,840 --> 00:53:12,799
Speaker 4: around your QB one while he's still on that rookie contract.

975
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:15,120
Speaker 4: And they did that this offseason. I said, they brought

976
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:19,359
Speaker 4: in some high dollar defensive free agents, and yet here

977
00:53:19,400 --> 00:53:23,040
Speaker 4: we are Week one, that defense gives up thirty eight points.

978
00:53:23,080 --> 00:53:26,640
Speaker 4: And you know to me that, Yeah, the Justin Fields

979
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:29,200
Speaker 4: thing can scare you. If a Chicago Bears fan, why

980
00:53:29,239 --> 00:53:32,960
Speaker 4: are we not letting this guy have the keys to

981
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:35,640
Speaker 4: the car? You know we're standing there, we're handing the

982
00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:38,799
Speaker 4: ball off on the run game, Yeah, we'll have I

983
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 4: think Justin Fields led the team in rushing. Yeah, fifty

984
00:53:41,760 --> 00:53:44,280
Speaker 4: nine yards rushing, So he leads the team in rushing.

985
00:53:44,840 --> 00:53:46,839
Speaker 4: If we're running the ball that much, you certainly would

986
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:49,400
Speaker 4: hope that the quarterback then doesn't lead the team in

987
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:52,799
Speaker 4: rushing as well. So to me, that's what scares me

988
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:55,600
Speaker 4: the most is just that I thought they were on

989
00:53:55,719 --> 00:53:59,040
Speaker 4: that same trajectory where you can put a ton of

990
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:02,680
Speaker 4: talent around him, the receivers. I mentioned the tight end,

991
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 4: the high profile, high dollar free agents on defense, and

992
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:10,720
Speaker 4: it just wasn't there today at home against your division rival,

993
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:14,600
Speaker 4: who you finally have a crack at without Aaron Rodgers.

994
00:54:15,160 --> 00:54:16,319
Speaker 1: Yep, and you don't take it.

995
00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:20,279
Speaker 3: Over crazy man, And you mentioned the defense man.

996
00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:24,319
Speaker 2: The identity of the Chicago Bears has always been, you know,

997
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:25,800
Speaker 2: the monsters of the Midway.

998
00:54:25,840 --> 00:54:28,759
Speaker 3: Here come the defense, and it's just not there anymore.

999
00:54:29,239 --> 00:54:30,520
Speaker 3: And so I'm with you.

1000
00:54:30,680 --> 00:54:33,080
Speaker 2: However, there might have been another team that disappointed me

1001
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:36,200
Speaker 2: even more. I'll tell you about that and we'll get

1002
00:54:36,239 --> 00:54:39,120
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Speaker 3: This is Fox Sports Radio, Okay, Mark Wetherd and Kyle Rudolph,

1008
00:54:58,800 --> 00:54:59,719
Speaker 3: Fox Sports Radio.

1009
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:03,239
Speaker 2: Ye, yeah, Kyle Rudolph joins the squad here at Fox

1010
00:55:03,239 --> 00:55:04,920
Speaker 2: Sports Radio having fun.

1011
00:55:05,239 --> 00:55:08,640
Speaker 3: Week one is not quite in the books, but we're

1012
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:10,440
Speaker 3: getting there. We've got a game and a half left

1013
00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:10,759
Speaker 3: to go.

1014
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:13,719
Speaker 2: Definitely want to get your thoughts a little bit later

1015
00:55:13,760 --> 00:55:15,799
Speaker 2: on what you think we're going to see tomorrow night

1016
00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:19,560
Speaker 2: as well with what is a Real Spicy One? Aaron Rodgers'

1017
00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:23,600
Speaker 2: first gig with the Jets going against Josh Allen and

1018
00:55:24,040 --> 00:55:27,160
Speaker 2: the Buffalo Bills were live int tyreck dot com studios.

1019
00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:30,560
Speaker 2: But I got to get this off, Kyle. The Bears

1020
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:34,040
Speaker 2: were high on my list. But my goodness, what we

1021
00:55:34,080 --> 00:55:40,320
Speaker 2: saw from the Seattle Seahawks late in the afternoon and

1022
00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:44,600
Speaker 2: their loss to the Rams thirty to thirteen. And oh,

1023
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:47,560
Speaker 2: by the way, that's a game where they went to

1024
00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:51,359
Speaker 2: the half up thirteen to seven at home that used

1025
00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:52,879
Speaker 2: to be the home of the twelfth Man.

1026
00:55:53,400 --> 00:55:56,839
Speaker 3: It was loud, it was intimidating. It's a team that

1027
00:55:57,160 --> 00:56:01,240
Speaker 3: went to the playoffs last year and Stafford is back,

1028
00:56:01,640 --> 00:56:04,600
Speaker 3: and so the Rams on some level should be a

1029
00:56:04,640 --> 00:56:07,600
Speaker 3: better version of themselves than we saw at the end

1030
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:08,399
Speaker 3: of last year.

1031
00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:12,400
Speaker 2: But with no Cooper Cup and the Seahawks dominating play

1032
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:15,440
Speaker 2: throughout the first half, only led by six, but they

1033
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:18,759
Speaker 2: were definitely the aggressor. To go out there and uncork

1034
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:22,640
Speaker 2: a twenty three to nothing lost just in the second

1035
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:27,160
Speaker 2: half alone to the visiting Rams was wild to me.

1036
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:31,600
Speaker 2: And that that's one that I'm still having a hard

1037
00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:35,920
Speaker 2: time processing and figuring out. And again our theme is

1038
00:56:36,040 --> 00:56:38,720
Speaker 2: let's not get too far ahead of ourselves after one week.

1039
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:40,840
Speaker 2: But I feel like giving the forty nine Ers the

1040
00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:44,520
Speaker 2: NFC West crown right now, Like that's honestly the way

1041
00:56:44,560 --> 00:56:47,160
Speaker 2: today felt with the way the Seahawks looked in this

1042
00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:48,719
Speaker 2: football game.

1043
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:52,000
Speaker 4: Well, and I think all off season the Seahawks were

1044
00:56:52,040 --> 00:56:56,160
Speaker 4: the team that we believed would close that gap on

1045
00:56:56,239 --> 00:56:58,799
Speaker 4: the San Francisco forty nine ers. If anyone else in

1046
00:56:58,840 --> 00:57:02,120
Speaker 4: the NFC West was to threaten the San Francisco forty

1047
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:04,560
Speaker 4: nine ers, it was going to be the Seahawks. We

1048
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:08,480
Speaker 4: had talked about Arizona earlier in the show. The La

1049
00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:11,040
Speaker 4: Rams won the Super Bowl a couple of years back.

1050
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,680
Speaker 4: You have to pay the guys that get you there,

1051
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:18,240
Speaker 4: and they did that, and unfortunately, what that does to

1052
00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:22,640
Speaker 4: the rest of your roster, it depletes it and they're

1053
00:57:22,640 --> 00:57:26,800
Speaker 4: going into this season they don't have their most explosive

1054
00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:30,000
Speaker 4: weapon on offense and Cooper Cup and I think everyone

1055
00:57:30,120 --> 00:57:33,680
Speaker 4: just kind of assumed out there in the Pacific Northwest

1056
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:36,760
Speaker 4: that the Seattle Seahawks would take care of business. And

1057
00:57:37,440 --> 00:57:40,480
Speaker 4: when you watch that game, I'm in the Rams just

1058
00:57:40,520 --> 00:57:45,280
Speaker 4: flat out dominated, especially from the second half on third

1059
00:57:45,320 --> 00:57:50,280
Speaker 4: down efficiency eleven of seventeen on third downs, So the

1060
00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:53,120
Speaker 4: Seahawks can't get them off the field on third down,

1061
00:57:53,240 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 4: and on the flip side, they themselves couldn't.

1062
00:57:56,160 --> 00:57:58,240
Speaker 1: Stay on the field on third down.

1063
00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:00,440
Speaker 4: So for me, like, if I look at this game,

1064
00:58:01,160 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 4: it wasn't necessarily that the Seahawks offense was that bad.

1065
00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:09,480
Speaker 4: They only ran forty six plays. Forty six plays in

1066
00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:12,640
Speaker 4: an NFL game, that's absurd, and they're two of nine

1067
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:15,360
Speaker 4: a third down. So if they just are a little

1068
00:58:15,440 --> 00:58:17,960
Speaker 4: bit better on third down, they can get out there. Yeah,

1069
00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:20,760
Speaker 4: they kicked probably more field goals than they needed to

1070
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:24,959
Speaker 4: score some touchdowns. But when you only run forty six

1071
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:29,480
Speaker 4: plays to the La Rams seventy eight plays of offense,

1072
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:32,080
Speaker 4: that's the reason why Matthew Stafford is able to have

1073
00:58:32,160 --> 00:58:35,440
Speaker 4: three hundred and thirty four yards The running backs. The

1074
00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:38,480
Speaker 4: pair of them had three touchdowns and it was it

1075
00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:41,560
Speaker 4: was just a dominating performance by the La Rams and

1076
00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:43,840
Speaker 4: the second second half out there in Seattle.

1077
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:47,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, we weird football game because these even as you're saying,

1078
00:58:47,960 --> 00:58:51,800
Speaker 2: like three touchdowns by the by the running backs, Cam

1079
00:58:51,880 --> 00:58:56,880
Speaker 2: Akers and Karn Williams. But then again, their yard per

1080
00:58:56,960 --> 00:59:00,160
Speaker 2: carry average was like, you know, somewhere in the two

1081
00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:02,960
Speaker 2: and a half neighborhood, like they It's not like they

1082
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:06,320
Speaker 2: were gashing him by any stretch, but that Seahawks offense

1083
00:59:06,600 --> 00:59:09,640
Speaker 2: could not do anything. And this was this was kind

1084
00:59:09,680 --> 00:59:13,560
Speaker 2: of a low key, high powered group last year Gino Smith,

1085
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:15,600
Speaker 2: you know, at the start of the year, they wrote

1086
00:59:15,640 --> 00:59:18,800
Speaker 2: me off, but I didn't right back. And then he

1087
00:59:18,920 --> 00:59:22,240
Speaker 2: sustains and he gets into the playoffs and they put

1088
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:25,880
Speaker 2: a scare in the forty nine ers in that round

1089
00:59:25,920 --> 00:59:28,840
Speaker 2: one playoff game, even though they end up getting beat

1090
00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:31,960
Speaker 2: like Gino one hundred and twelve yards passing.

1091
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:34,240
Speaker 3: I really got to a point where I.

1092
00:59:34,200 --> 00:59:38,120
Speaker 2: Expected a lot more out of the Seattle offense at home,

1093
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:42,680
Speaker 2: like no excuses, there's no weird weather, there wasn't.

1094
00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:43,320
Speaker 3: Anything going on.

1095
00:59:43,760 --> 00:59:48,960
Speaker 2: They could not move the ball, and that was that

1096
00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:51,440
Speaker 2: was as surprising as anything I saw.

1097
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:56,040
Speaker 4: Today, no doubt about it. And when you think about again,

1098
00:59:56,240 --> 00:59:59,120
Speaker 4: we've been talking about the storylines throughout the course of

1099
00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:03,160
Speaker 4: the offseason, and just because you had success in twenty

1100
01:00:03,200 --> 01:00:05,880
Speaker 4: two does not mean it carries over to twenty three.

1101
01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:11,960
Speaker 4: And you think about that Seattle Seahawks team offense quarterback position,

1102
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:15,120
Speaker 4: specifically last year, at this time, Gino had just won

1103
01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:18,280
Speaker 4: a quarterback competition to be the starting quarterback in Seattle.

1104
01:00:18,320 --> 01:00:19,920
Speaker 4: We didn't even know if he was gonna be the

1105
01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:23,000
Speaker 4: starter week one last year, and then they beat the

1106
01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:25,880
Speaker 4: Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football and that's when we

1107
01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:30,040
Speaker 4: got that infamous quote. You know, that didn't right back,

1108
01:00:30,080 --> 01:00:34,160
Speaker 4: you know. And it's like for Gino this offseason, it's

1109
01:00:34,200 --> 01:00:35,800
Speaker 4: a completely different spot.

1110
01:00:35,960 --> 01:00:36,120
Speaker 1: Now.

1111
01:00:36,160 --> 01:00:39,560
Speaker 4: He's coming off of a huge contract, another quarterback that's

1112
01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:42,520
Speaker 4: getting paid good money. When you get paid good money,

1113
01:00:42,760 --> 01:00:46,520
Speaker 4: the expectations change. You can't go two of nine on

1114
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:49,400
Speaker 4: third down and only have forty six plays of offense,

1115
01:00:49,440 --> 01:00:52,240
Speaker 4: I mean a total yard one hundred and eighty total yards.

1116
01:00:52,280 --> 01:00:55,840
Speaker 4: That's just you don't see those numbers in NFL football

1117
01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:56,400
Speaker 4: too often.

1118
01:00:57,400 --> 01:01:01,040
Speaker 2: You don't, You absolutely don't. And thing, well, things will

1119
01:01:01,040 --> 01:01:04,960
Speaker 2: get interesting fast. And I know that we always we

1120
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:08,160
Speaker 2: have our judgments after week one, and then sometimes those

1121
01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:13,040
Speaker 2: things can get squirrely and turn right around and they

1122
01:01:13,160 --> 01:01:14,520
Speaker 2: change the very next week.

1123
01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:17,200
Speaker 3: But I look at the two teams we're talking.

1124
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:20,440
Speaker 2: About in this game, and I'm very, very interested already

1125
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:25,880
Speaker 2: now to see exactly what they've got for a rebound

1126
01:01:26,280 --> 01:01:29,080
Speaker 2: type effort, or for a second effort, if you will.

1127
01:01:29,320 --> 01:01:32,200
Speaker 2: From the perspective of the Rams, the Seahawks were supposed

1128
01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:35,600
Speaker 2: to win this game. Now they've got to turn around immediately.

1129
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:38,400
Speaker 2: Week two, they're on the road at Detroit, where the

1130
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:43,240
Speaker 2: Lions have extra rest, a ton of momentum, are probably

1131
01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:46,480
Speaker 2: top to bottom of the more talented team. This could

1132
01:01:46,560 --> 01:01:49,720
Speaker 2: end up being a very, very difficult start for the Seahawks.

1133
01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:52,600
Speaker 2: The Rams go home, they get the forty nine ers

1134
01:01:52,640 --> 01:01:57,920
Speaker 2: next week, and already immediately about it for first place.

1135
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:00,520
Speaker 2: Only one team in that NFC West going to come

1136
01:02:00,560 --> 01:02:03,720
Speaker 2: out to and zero when this whole thing is said

1137
01:02:03,720 --> 01:02:04,320
Speaker 2: and done.

1138
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:08,200
Speaker 4: Well, that's the great thing about the National Football League,

1139
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:10,120
Speaker 4: you know, I think back to some of the teams

1140
01:02:10,120 --> 01:02:14,200
Speaker 4: that I was on twenty fifteen. We're playing the San

1141
01:02:14,240 --> 01:02:17,080
Speaker 4: Francisco forty nine Ers on Monday Night football to open

1142
01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:19,800
Speaker 4: the year. That San Francisco forty nine ers team. I

1143
01:02:19,920 --> 01:02:22,520
Speaker 4: think that was the year they won one game with

1144
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:28,880
Speaker 4: Chip Kelly. We were that one win and for us,

1145
01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:31,320
Speaker 4: we were a team that had aspirations of going and

1146
01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:34,280
Speaker 4: playing in the playoffs. And you come off this awful

1147
01:02:34,360 --> 01:02:38,120
Speaker 4: Week one performance. You know, you come home. The best

1148
01:02:38,120 --> 01:02:41,480
Speaker 4: thing about it is it's week by week in this league.

1149
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:45,400
Speaker 4: You go in tomorrow, you watch the tape, you fix

1150
01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:48,600
Speaker 4: the mistakes. I guarantee you Pete's going to have those

1151
01:02:48,640 --> 01:02:53,080
Speaker 4: guys repping third down and spending extra time on third

1152
01:02:53,200 --> 01:02:56,920
Speaker 4: down the importance of third down both offensively and defensively,

1153
01:02:56,920 --> 01:02:59,240
Speaker 4: because they couldn't get off the field on defense and

1154
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:02,040
Speaker 4: they couldn't stay on the field on offense. And you

1155
01:03:02,120 --> 01:03:05,440
Speaker 4: have a chance to go to Detroit and play against

1156
01:03:05,480 --> 01:03:08,720
Speaker 4: the Lions, where now it's again it's so weak by week.

1157
01:03:08,760 --> 01:03:12,280
Speaker 4: Now everyone is anointing the Detroit Lions because they knocked

1158
01:03:12,320 --> 01:03:15,800
Speaker 4: off the defending champs, the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday

1159
01:03:15,840 --> 01:03:18,840
Speaker 4: to open the season. So if you're the Seattle Seahawks,

1160
01:03:19,160 --> 01:03:21,760
Speaker 4: what better way to get your season back on track

1161
01:03:22,080 --> 01:03:24,680
Speaker 4: than going on the road and playing a team that's

1162
01:03:25,120 --> 01:03:27,880
Speaker 4: it's not going to be an easy task, but it

1163
01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:30,320
Speaker 4: is a great way to kind of get things back.

1164
01:03:30,880 --> 01:03:33,000
Speaker 4: And then you mentioned it for the Rams, they got

1165
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:35,040
Speaker 4: to go play the San Francisco forty nine ers, and

1166
01:03:35,360 --> 01:03:37,480
Speaker 4: you know, those are teams that have seen a lot

1167
01:03:37,480 --> 01:03:40,120
Speaker 4: of each other over the last few years. They're very

1168
01:03:40,120 --> 01:03:43,720
Speaker 4: familiar with one another. And only one will come out too.

1169
01:03:43,760 --> 01:03:46,080
Speaker 4: And oh after two weeks.

1170
01:03:46,320 --> 01:03:48,880
Speaker 2: Absolutely, Pet have them ready, as you said. And speaking

1171
01:03:48,920 --> 01:03:51,880
Speaker 2: of being ready, so is Nick Cope. Let's find out

1172
01:03:51,880 --> 01:03:54,640
Speaker 2: what's trending, what's going on in Sunday night football, and

1173
01:03:54,680 --> 01:03:56,680
Speaker 2: beyond Nick, what's shaken.

1174
01:03:56,960 --> 01:04:01,200
Speaker 9: Well, the Cowboys are dominating the Giants twenty six nothing

1175
01:04:01,240 --> 01:04:03,600
Speaker 9: now with about four and a half to play in

1176
01:04:03,680 --> 01:04:07,520
Speaker 9: the second quarter. Cowboys have a special teams touchdown blocking

1177
01:04:07,600 --> 01:04:10,320
Speaker 9: that kick early on in the game, returning at fifty

1178
01:04:10,400 --> 01:04:13,280
Speaker 9: yards for a score a pick six, and now they

1179
01:04:13,280 --> 01:04:17,200
Speaker 9: have an offensive touchdown courtesy of their running back Tony Pollard.

1180
01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:19,480
Speaker 6: Cowboys haven't had to do too much offensively.

1181
01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:22,400
Speaker 9: Dak Prescott seven of twelve ninety one yards, Paullar just

1182
01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:25,200
Speaker 9: with thirteen yards on the ground. On the other side,

1183
01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:28,960
Speaker 9: Daniel Jones just three of nine two picks fourteen yards,

1184
01:04:29,000 --> 01:04:33,800
Speaker 9: passing Saquon Barkley nine carries twenty eight yards. Giants currently

1185
01:04:33,840 --> 01:04:36,560
Speaker 9: have the ball midfield, trying to get something going here

1186
01:04:36,760 --> 01:04:41,000
Speaker 9: before halftime finals. From earlier today, we now have nine

1187
01:04:41,160 --> 01:04:43,280
Speaker 9: road teams that have won in Week one. He had

1188
01:04:43,320 --> 01:04:45,800
Speaker 9: eight of them today, of course, the Lions on Thursday,

1189
01:04:45,840 --> 01:04:47,600
Speaker 9: and will likely be up to ten with what the

1190
01:04:47,640 --> 01:04:51,040
Speaker 9: Cowboys are doing tonight. Among those road wins, Eagles over

1191
01:04:51,080 --> 01:04:54,000
Speaker 9: the Patriots twenty five to twenty, Niners blowing out the

1192
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:56,800
Speaker 9: Steelers thirty to seven. Bronc Perty two hundred twenty yards,

1193
01:04:56,880 --> 01:05:00,640
Speaker 9: couple of scores. Kenny Pickett was picked off twice. Dolphins

1194
01:05:00,680 --> 01:05:03,040
Speaker 9: scored in the final two minutes, winning that back and

1195
01:05:03,080 --> 01:05:05,480
Speaker 9: forth game against the Chargers thirty six to thirty four.

1196
01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:09,400
Speaker 9: Tyreek Hill two hundred at fifteen receiving yards, couple of touchdown.

1197
01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:13,080
Speaker 9: Raiders spoiling Sean Payton's debut at the Broncos hanging on

1198
01:05:13,200 --> 01:05:16,760
Speaker 9: for a seventeen to sixteen win. Jimmy Garoppolo winning at

1199
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:20,080
Speaker 9: controls for Las Vegas. Packers blew out the Bears thirty

1200
01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:22,840
Speaker 9: eight to twenty Rams as you guys just touched on

1201
01:05:22,920 --> 01:05:25,360
Speaker 9: twenty three in a row they put on the board

1202
01:05:25,640 --> 01:05:28,640
Speaker 9: to run away from the Seahawks thirty to thirteen. Bucks

1203
01:05:28,640 --> 01:05:31,560
Speaker 9: over the Vikings twenty to seventeen. Jaguars beat Colts in

1204
01:05:31,600 --> 01:05:33,960
Speaker 9: Indy thirty one to twenty one. Also at the Browns,

1205
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:37,240
Speaker 9: upsetting the Bengals in Cleveland twenty four to three. Joe

1206
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:41,160
Speaker 9: Burrow a career low eighty two yards. Ravens no problem

1207
01:05:41,200 --> 01:05:44,040
Speaker 9: with the Texans twenty five to nine. Saints just by

1208
01:05:44,120 --> 01:05:47,120
Speaker 9: the Titans they hold on sixteen to fifteen. Commanders come

1209
01:05:47,160 --> 01:05:50,040
Speaker 9: back beat the Cardinals twenty to sixteen, and the Falcons

1210
01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:52,320
Speaker 9: handled the Panthers twenty four to ten. Bryce Young couple

1211
01:05:52,320 --> 01:05:55,760
Speaker 9: of interceptions in his debut. Novak Djokovic won the men's

1212
01:05:55,840 --> 01:05:58,440
Speaker 9: final at the US Open straight sets, his twenty fourth

1213
01:05:58,480 --> 01:06:02,400
Speaker 9: Grand Slam final. And in college football, Michigan State has

1214
01:06:02,440 --> 01:06:06,160
Speaker 9: suspended coach Mel Tucker without pay while the university completes

1215
01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:10,760
Speaker 9: a Title nine investigation and the allegations of sexual harassment.

1216
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:13,320
Speaker 9: Now as you send it back, Mark Willard and Kyle Rudolph, Kyle,

1217
01:06:13,360 --> 01:06:14,240
Speaker 9: I remember that game.

1218
01:06:14,280 --> 01:06:14,760
Speaker 6: I looked up.

1219
01:06:14,800 --> 01:06:17,680
Speaker 9: It was actually the Jim tom Sula year and the

1220
01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:20,440
Speaker 9: Niners and Mark, you'll probably remember this those were the

1221
01:06:20,520 --> 01:06:25,960
Speaker 9: black uniforms that the Niners wore that night, those awful uniforms. Well,

1222
01:06:26,040 --> 01:06:28,760
Speaker 9: fortunately those are long gone back to you guys.

1223
01:06:29,080 --> 01:06:33,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, Nick, thanks there it is Jim, Tom Sula Kyle.

1224
01:06:34,040 --> 01:06:36,600
Speaker 2: You know, at least he was able to get one win,

1225
01:06:36,760 --> 01:06:39,400
Speaker 2: so I guess they can. They can thank you for that.

1226
01:06:40,160 --> 01:06:40,520
Speaker 1: They can.

1227
01:06:40,640 --> 01:06:43,120
Speaker 4: And like I said, it was, it was so bad.

1228
01:06:43,280 --> 01:06:45,600
Speaker 4: I tried to forget it. I definitely remember the all

1229
01:06:45,640 --> 01:06:49,520
Speaker 4: black uniforms. They busted out the all black unis out

1230
01:06:49,520 --> 01:06:51,840
Speaker 4: there in Santa Clara and.

1231
01:06:51,280 --> 01:06:54,400
Speaker 1: They blacked us out. We did not show up that night.

1232
01:06:54,760 --> 01:06:56,680
Speaker 4: It was it was bad, and it was almost one

1233
01:06:56,720 --> 01:06:59,960
Speaker 4: of those games where back when they had the Monday

1234
01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:02,960
Speaker 4: night double header to start the year, we were at

1235
01:07:03,000 --> 01:07:05,960
Speaker 4: the second game, and I mean I think we kicked

1236
01:07:05,960 --> 01:07:09,320
Speaker 4: off like ten thirty Eastern time, and we were certainly

1237
01:07:09,360 --> 01:07:12,600
Speaker 4: asleep for that game. But it goes back to my

1238
01:07:12,680 --> 01:07:16,400
Speaker 4: Seahawks point. You know, we get home, you played the

1239
01:07:16,560 --> 01:07:20,000
Speaker 4: very last game of Week one, We get back to

1240
01:07:20,040 --> 01:07:24,720
Speaker 4: Minnesota at six thirty in the morning, and it's Tuesday morning.

1241
01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:28,960
Speaker 4: We're already into the next week, and it's almost the

1242
01:07:28,960 --> 01:07:31,600
Speaker 4: best thing for you. You forget about it. You move

1243
01:07:31,640 --> 01:07:34,400
Speaker 4: on and you got to go get a win week two.

1244
01:07:34,680 --> 01:07:36,440
Speaker 4: I keep harping on this. I talked about it with

1245
01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:40,680
Speaker 4: the Bengals. The Giants are certainly going to be in

1246
01:07:40,760 --> 01:07:44,680
Speaker 4: that same category as this has just been a disaster

1247
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:46,960
Speaker 4: of a first half. Hopefully they can get a touchdown

1248
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:49,680
Speaker 4: here before the half, a big fourth down there to

1249
01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:55,120
Speaker 4: keep that drive alive. September is so much finding who

1250
01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:57,680
Speaker 4: you are as a team, and there's thirty two teams

1251
01:07:57,680 --> 01:07:59,880
Speaker 4: across the NFL that are all doing the same thing.

1252
01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:05,440
Speaker 4: You cannot win the super Bowl in September. It's not possible.

1253
01:08:06,360 --> 01:08:09,880
Speaker 4: You certainly can lose the Super Bowl in September and

1254
01:08:09,960 --> 01:08:12,600
Speaker 4: not find out who you are as a team, what

1255
01:08:12,680 --> 01:08:17,000
Speaker 4: you do well, how to win football games. We were

1256
01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:21,120
Speaker 4: talking about that Chargers Dolphins game a little bit earlier,

1257
01:08:21,160 --> 01:08:23,639
Speaker 4: and to me, you know, I'm watching that game and

1258
01:08:24,439 --> 01:08:26,800
Speaker 4: I love what I see from the Chargers. They're running

1259
01:08:26,840 --> 01:08:29,880
Speaker 4: the football, which if that was kind of ever the

1260
01:08:29,920 --> 01:08:32,280
Speaker 4: Achilles heel for them, if they could have run the

1261
01:08:32,280 --> 01:08:34,240
Speaker 4: ball like that last year in that wild card game,

1262
01:08:34,280 --> 01:08:36,880
Speaker 4: they certainly wouldn't have blown a twenty seven point lead.

1263
01:08:37,360 --> 01:08:40,720
Speaker 4: And then what you see from the Dolphins, they never

1264
01:08:40,800 --> 01:08:45,000
Speaker 4: quit it's back and forth, a shootout, answer after answer,

1265
01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:48,080
Speaker 4: and then they get huge sacks at the end of

1266
01:08:48,080 --> 01:08:50,639
Speaker 4: the game to put it away and make opportune plays

1267
01:08:50,680 --> 01:08:53,960
Speaker 4: on defense. So here, here are these teams throughout the

1268
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:58,240
Speaker 4: course of Week one. It's either an overreaction for the good.

1269
01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:02,799
Speaker 4: We have Bowl contenders, all the best teams in the NFL.

1270
01:09:03,600 --> 01:09:06,160
Speaker 4: Mark who is your favorite? Who was my favorite? And

1271
01:09:06,160 --> 01:09:11,439
Speaker 4: then the flip side the overreaction on the negativity. You

1272
01:09:11,479 --> 01:09:15,240
Speaker 4: know whether for us it was the Bears, the Seahawks,

1273
01:09:15,640 --> 01:09:18,360
Speaker 4: the Giants are certainly fitting into that category here with

1274
01:09:18,439 --> 01:09:21,960
Speaker 4: this first half. It's almost as if the world's falling

1275
01:09:22,080 --> 01:09:25,280
Speaker 4: right here in front of them. There's still so much

1276
01:09:25,320 --> 01:09:29,080
Speaker 4: football left. You just have to figure out who are

1277
01:09:29,120 --> 01:09:31,479
Speaker 4: we as a team and how do we go out

1278
01:09:31,520 --> 01:09:34,479
Speaker 4: there each and every week and win a football game.

1279
01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:37,519
Speaker 2: Now the journey has to take all kinds of twists

1280
01:09:37,560 --> 01:09:39,559
Speaker 2: and turns for all of these teams. We know that

1281
01:09:40,160 --> 01:09:42,519
Speaker 2: we are in the tyraq dot Com studios, Mark Willer,

1282
01:09:42,560 --> 01:09:45,400
Speaker 2: Kyle Rudolph, But I will say this, you also said

1283
01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:48,640
Speaker 2: that a team can lose the Super Bowl in September,

1284
01:09:49,080 --> 01:09:52,639
Speaker 2: and you know, I don't know exactly how these matchups

1285
01:09:52,640 --> 01:09:53,960
Speaker 2: are going to look. I don't know what to think

1286
01:09:54,000 --> 01:09:58,400
Speaker 2: about all these teams yet, but the New York Giants,

1287
01:09:58,800 --> 01:10:01,840
Speaker 2: let's take a look. If we're gonna go ahead and

1288
01:10:01,880 --> 01:10:04,639
Speaker 2: assume there is not some sort of epic comeback tonight,

1289
01:10:05,439 --> 01:10:07,640
Speaker 2: they're going to take an zero to one record on

1290
01:10:07,800 --> 01:10:12,080
Speaker 2: the road at Arizona next week. Feels like a game

1291
01:10:12,160 --> 01:10:15,800
Speaker 2: that where they'll be favored. I don't know, but we've

1292
01:10:15,800 --> 01:10:21,880
Speaker 2: had our talk about Arizona. Prideful, maybe talented, probably not

1293
01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:25,519
Speaker 2: so much. Are they all in from the level of

1294
01:10:25,560 --> 01:10:27,080
Speaker 2: players up to ownership.

1295
01:10:27,520 --> 01:10:30,559
Speaker 3: I got questions, But we'll see what they can do there.

1296
01:10:30,600 --> 01:10:33,120
Speaker 2: But then look what happens after that for the New

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Speaker 2: York Giants their next four weeks, and this will certainly

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01:10:36,360 --> 01:10:39,439
Speaker 2: bleed into October. But the New York Giants, after that

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01:10:39,600 --> 01:10:43,040
Speaker 2: game at Arizona will go on the road to the

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Speaker 2: forty nine ers for their home opener.

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Speaker 3: Thursday night football.

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Speaker 2: Okay, four days after the Arizona trip, they stay out here,

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01:10:51,200 --> 01:10:54,400
Speaker 2: they go to San Francisco. Then they've got Monday night

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01:10:54,439 --> 01:10:57,920
Speaker 2: football at home against the Seahawks, who we were just

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01:10:58,040 --> 01:11:02,240
Speaker 2: talking about, and then back to back road games Miami

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01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:03,240
Speaker 2: and Buffalo.

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Speaker 3: Good lord, this could get out of control fast.

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Speaker 4: You know, it's funny when you sit back and you

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01:11:12,360 --> 01:11:16,600
Speaker 4: look at whether it be the first four games in

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Speaker 4: September or your first eight games whenever the bye week,

1311
01:11:20,720 --> 01:11:23,200
Speaker 4: is that there's so many different ways to break down

1312
01:11:23,240 --> 01:11:29,360
Speaker 4: a schedule and really get overwhelmed. The bottom line is,

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01:11:29,479 --> 01:11:33,479
Speaker 4: if you look at the schedule, you're playing a good

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01:11:33,520 --> 01:11:35,760
Speaker 4: football team every week, and if you come out and

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Speaker 4: play like you played in this first half tonight, you're

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01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:41,919
Speaker 4: gonna lose to anybody. You're gonna lose the Dallas Cowboys,

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01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:45,040
Speaker 4: You're gonna lose to the Arizona Cardinals. You're gonna lose

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Speaker 4: to whoever the team is across from you on Sunday

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01:11:49,200 --> 01:11:51,720
Speaker 4: or Monday night or Thursday night as they go out

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Speaker 4: to Santa Clara and play the forty nine ers. The

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01:11:54,200 --> 01:11:57,960
Speaker 4: biggest thing, and I've said this with the Seahawks, I've

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01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:00,240
Speaker 4: said this about kind of the mentality that you have

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01:12:00,280 --> 01:12:05,120
Speaker 4: to have in the NFL. It's truly a week by week.

1324
01:12:06,560 --> 01:12:09,120
Speaker 4: You go in, you'll watch the film and you forget

1325
01:12:09,160 --> 01:12:11,080
Speaker 4: about it. You try to learn and you try to

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01:12:11,120 --> 01:12:13,599
Speaker 4: prepare yourself for that next week, but you have to

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Speaker 4: move on and you know For me, I think back

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01:12:16,240 --> 01:12:19,360
Speaker 4: to probably one of the best years we had. We

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01:12:19,439 --> 01:12:21,960
Speaker 4: came a game short of making the Super Bowl in

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01:12:21,960 --> 01:12:28,240
Speaker 4: Minnesota twenty seventeen season. We blow the New Orleans Saints

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01:12:28,280 --> 01:12:30,640
Speaker 4: out on Monday Night football to start the year, and

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01:12:31,479 --> 01:12:34,679
Speaker 4: same thing. Sam Bradford is NFC Offensive Player of the week.

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01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:38,400
Speaker 4: Everyone's anointing US Super Bowl favorites to come out of

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01:12:38,439 --> 01:12:43,759
Speaker 4: the NFC. Just the Vikings offense looked, explosive defense with stout,

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01:12:43,920 --> 01:12:47,160
Speaker 4: this is a tough team. Well, Sam Bradford got hurt

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01:12:47,200 --> 01:12:50,200
Speaker 4: in that game. Case Keenum comes in. Case, didn't find

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01:12:50,200 --> 01:12:54,439
Speaker 4: out he was starting at quarterback until about ninety minutes

1338
01:12:54,600 --> 01:12:57,280
Speaker 4: prior to our game on the road in Pittsburgh the

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01:12:57,360 --> 01:13:00,400
Speaker 4: next week, and we lose. So we lose him Itsburg.

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01:13:00,720 --> 01:13:03,080
Speaker 4: Then we come home, we win a game at home

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01:13:03,120 --> 01:13:06,360
Speaker 4: against Tampa week three. Then we lose to Detroit at

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01:13:06,360 --> 01:13:10,600
Speaker 4: home week four, and we're two and two heading into October.

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01:13:10,760 --> 01:13:14,360
Speaker 4: And again you look back, you try to figure out

1344
01:13:14,520 --> 01:13:15,480
Speaker 4: what's our identity?

1345
01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:16,360
Speaker 1: Who are we?

1346
01:13:17,040 --> 01:13:21,120
Speaker 4: And you go and marching into October. Ultimately, for us,

1347
01:13:21,240 --> 01:13:23,519
Speaker 4: we rattled off ten in a row, a lot like

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01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:26,080
Speaker 4: that Bengals team of last year, where you start two

1349
01:13:26,160 --> 01:13:29,080
Speaker 4: and two, and then you ultimately get to twelve and two.

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01:13:30,400 --> 01:13:32,479
Speaker 4: There's so much ahead of you in this season. And

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01:13:32,520 --> 01:13:34,320
Speaker 4: if you look at your schedule and say, oh man,

1352
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:37,640
Speaker 4: back to back West Coast games, then we got Seattle

1353
01:13:37,720 --> 01:13:42,240
Speaker 4: on Monday night, then the AFC East Miami Buffalo, arguably

1354
01:13:42,320 --> 01:13:44,920
Speaker 4: one of the best divisions in football, if not the

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01:13:44,960 --> 01:13:46,320
Speaker 4: best division in football.

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01:13:46,680 --> 01:13:49,000
Speaker 1: We got a panic. You can't panic.

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01:13:49,200 --> 01:13:51,960
Speaker 4: You need to go out to Arizona next week, take

1358
01:13:51,960 --> 01:13:54,960
Speaker 4: care of business, and then find a way to win

1359
01:13:55,000 --> 01:13:57,679
Speaker 4: a game on a short week on the West Coast.

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01:13:59,479 --> 01:14:01,080
Speaker 3: Going to be an interesting start for them.

1361
01:14:01,360 --> 01:14:03,960
Speaker 2: And they just tried to get on the board moments ago,

1362
01:14:04,160 --> 01:14:06,400
Speaker 2: finally in field goal range to at least get the

1363
01:14:06,520 --> 01:14:11,440
Speaker 2: zero off the scoreboard. No dice wide left from Graham Gano.

1364
01:14:11,640 --> 01:14:16,360
Speaker 2: Cowboys continue to lead twenty six to nothing in that one.

1365
01:14:16,400 --> 01:14:17,519
Speaker 3: All right, coming up next.

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Speaker 2: You just made an interesting statement about the Chiefs and

1367
01:14:20,600 --> 01:14:23,679
Speaker 2: Lions after that Thursday night game. With all the games today,

1368
01:14:23,680 --> 01:14:25,760
Speaker 2: we haven't had a chance to sort of dive into

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01:14:25,800 --> 01:14:28,160
Speaker 2: that one a little bit. Is the concern for the

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01:14:28,240 --> 01:14:33,639
Speaker 2: Chiefs warranted? The anointing of the Lions, is that warranted

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01:14:33,680 --> 01:14:35,920
Speaker 2: as well? All of that is coming up next with

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Speaker 2: Kyle Rudolph. I'm Mark Willard on Fox Sports Radio. Okay,

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01:14:40,640 --> 01:14:45,040
Speaker 2: this is live inthetirack dot Com studios with Kyle Rudolph.

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01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:49,360
Speaker 3: I'm Mark Willard, Fox Sports Radio. Week one. Week one.

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01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:53,240
Speaker 2: Not in the books yet, but it just feels different,

1376
01:14:53,280 --> 01:14:57,280
Speaker 2: doesn't it. Waking up today and working through each and

1377
01:14:57,320 --> 01:14:59,479
Speaker 2: every one of these. But I do want to spend

1378
01:14:59,520 --> 01:15:02,120
Speaker 2: a minute or too on the one that didn't happen today.

1379
01:15:03,320 --> 01:15:08,719
Speaker 2: Should there be any concern about the Chiefs and should

1380
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:13,400
Speaker 2: we now be buying lion stock? Kyle, I wonder what

1381
01:15:13,479 --> 01:15:17,000
Speaker 2: you think my quick answer on the Chiefs. I mean, sure,

1382
01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:22,240
Speaker 2: there were down two great players and Kadarius Tony just

1383
01:15:22,479 --> 01:15:25,519
Speaker 2: had one of them. Damn Knights, Like it just doesn't

1384
01:15:25,560 --> 01:15:28,360
Speaker 2: go much worse for a pass catcher in the league

1385
01:15:28,600 --> 01:15:31,719
Speaker 2: to have a game like that, And it probably flipped

1386
01:15:31,760 --> 01:15:34,799
Speaker 2: the script on this one. You play that one ten times,

1387
01:15:34,840 --> 01:15:37,640
Speaker 2: the Chiefs will win it eight times you have Mahomes.

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01:15:37,800 --> 01:15:40,000
Speaker 3: I don't think there's really a whole lot to worry about.

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01:15:40,360 --> 01:15:43,320
Speaker 2: Flip side though, is I was buying lion stock even

1390
01:15:43,360 --> 01:15:46,639
Speaker 2: before this one, and to pull out a game like that,

1391
01:15:47,200 --> 01:15:50,120
Speaker 2: which you know on the schedule is one that de Marcus,

1392
01:15:50,360 --> 01:15:54,880
Speaker 2: you know, a probable loss quite frankly, add in what

1393
01:15:54,920 --> 01:15:58,320
Speaker 2: we saw from the Bears and the Vikings today. I

1394
01:15:58,320 --> 01:16:00,280
Speaker 2: don't know, man, I'm having a hard time. I'm not

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01:16:00,320 --> 01:16:03,080
Speaker 2: thinking that the Lions are probably going to be a

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01:16:03,080 --> 01:16:04,160
Speaker 2: playoff team this year.

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01:16:05,160 --> 01:16:08,559
Speaker 4: I certainly agree with you, and I'm also on that

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01:16:08,680 --> 01:16:12,640
Speaker 4: bandwagon of buying stock in the Detroit Lions. And I

1399
01:16:12,640 --> 01:16:15,360
Speaker 4: feel like we keep talking about it, certainly because it

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01:16:15,560 --> 01:16:19,240
Speaker 4: is Week one, it is early in the season. You know,

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01:16:19,400 --> 01:16:23,840
Speaker 4: I've talked about identity at nauseum, and I feel like

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01:16:24,960 --> 01:16:29,800
Speaker 4: there's really no other football team in the NFL that

1403
01:16:29,960 --> 01:16:33,240
Speaker 4: knows their identity as well as the Detroit Lions. I

1404
01:16:33,240 --> 01:16:35,880
Speaker 4: mean it starts with Dan Campbell and you know, his

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01:16:36,080 --> 01:16:38,720
Speaker 4: introductory press conference when he gets the team. I mean

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01:16:38,760 --> 01:16:42,479
Speaker 4: that that set the tone for who the Detroit Lions

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01:16:42,479 --> 01:16:46,640
Speaker 4: were going to become. And I also talk about, you know,

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01:16:46,720 --> 01:16:50,439
Speaker 4: figuring out who you are as a team, but also

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01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:54,679
Speaker 4: how to win football games. And winning twenty one to

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01:16:54,720 --> 01:16:58,479
Speaker 4: twenty against the defending Super Bowl champs on the road

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01:16:58,560 --> 01:17:04,840
Speaker 4: to open the season on Thursday night is understanding how

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01:17:04,880 --> 01:17:07,800
Speaker 4: to win a football game. And I lived in that

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01:17:07,880 --> 01:17:10,559
Speaker 4: world for a long time under Mike Zimmer. We ran

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01:17:10,600 --> 01:17:14,320
Speaker 4: the football, we played tough defense, our quarterback was efficient,

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01:17:15,360 --> 01:17:19,040
Speaker 4: but we knew when there was a close game in

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01:17:19,080 --> 01:17:22,800
Speaker 4: the last ten minutes, we weren't going to be at ourselves.

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01:17:22,920 --> 01:17:25,120
Speaker 4: We were going to do everything we could to let

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01:17:25,200 --> 01:17:29,519
Speaker 4: the opposing team beat themselves. And I think that's what

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01:17:29,560 --> 01:17:35,280
Speaker 4: you saw on Thursday night. Obviously, the pick six was catastrophic.

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01:17:35,400 --> 01:17:39,000
Speaker 4: I mean, Patrick Mahomes throws a ball right in the

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01:17:39,120 --> 01:17:41,919
Speaker 4: arms of Kadarius Tony, And Kadarius Tony is a super

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01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:45,880
Speaker 4: talented player. I was with kat in New York the

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01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:49,559
Speaker 4: one year I was in New York, and the kid

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01:17:49,680 --> 01:17:54,280
Speaker 4: is a human joystick. He's so explosive and dynamic with

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01:17:54,320 --> 01:17:57,639
Speaker 4: the football in his hands. And you said it, he

1426
01:17:57,880 --> 01:18:01,080
Speaker 4: just had one of those nights. And then it's awful

1427
01:18:01,160 --> 01:18:05,120
Speaker 4: to see from from a player's standpoint because you just

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01:18:05,160 --> 01:18:09,160
Speaker 4: feel bad for the guy. But also I bring back

1429
01:18:09,200 --> 01:18:13,720
Speaker 4: our Joe Burrow point about missing and the importance of

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01:18:13,760 --> 01:18:17,200
Speaker 4: training camp. Kadarius Tonys missed a lot of time this

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01:18:17,240 --> 01:18:20,479
Speaker 4: preseason with some injuries, and you get out there for

1432
01:18:20,520 --> 01:18:25,040
Speaker 4: the first time and the bright lights of Thursday night

1433
01:18:25,040 --> 01:18:29,160
Speaker 4: football opening night and Unfortunately he had one of those nights.

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01:18:29,160 --> 01:18:30,439
Speaker 1: But you said it.

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01:18:30,840 --> 01:18:34,759
Speaker 4: They have Patrick Mahomes, they will get Travis Kelce back.

1436
01:18:35,760 --> 01:18:38,200
Speaker 4: The Chris Jones thing worries me a little bit and

1437
01:18:38,240 --> 01:18:40,799
Speaker 4: his holdout and how far that will go into the season,

1438
01:18:40,880 --> 01:18:44,080
Speaker 4: because he's just a difference maker up front. Yep, we

1439
01:18:44,120 --> 01:18:47,360
Speaker 4: all know the impact that Travis Kelce has on that offense,

1440
01:18:48,479 --> 01:18:52,640
Speaker 4: but I don't think people realize that Chris Jones probably

1441
01:18:52,720 --> 01:18:57,240
Speaker 4: has an even bigger impact on that defense. His ability

1442
01:18:57,280 --> 01:19:02,479
Speaker 4: to create pressure without bringing pressures and blitzes. It's just

1443
01:19:02,880 --> 01:19:05,280
Speaker 4: kind of a one man wrecking crew there, and he

1444
01:19:05,320 --> 01:19:09,760
Speaker 4: puts pressure on the quarterback, which they didn't have Thursday night.

1445
01:19:09,880 --> 01:19:12,960
Speaker 4: Jared Goff was able to sit back there, get the

1446
01:19:13,000 --> 01:19:17,240
Speaker 4: ball where he wanted, played extremely well twenty two to

1447
01:19:17,360 --> 01:19:20,400
Speaker 4: thirty five, two fifty three, just you know, up and

1448
01:19:20,479 --> 01:19:24,679
Speaker 4: down the field with really no pressure from that front

1449
01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:29,120
Speaker 4: on the Kansas City side. So for me, I'm definitely

1450
01:19:29,160 --> 01:19:33,040
Speaker 4: not selling Kansas City stock. Right we say all of this,

1451
01:19:33,160 --> 01:19:37,880
Speaker 4: you know, Detroit basically plays a perfect game. Kansas City

1452
01:19:38,760 --> 01:19:42,880
Speaker 4: could not have had things go worse. The ball bounces

1453
01:19:43,520 --> 01:19:46,880
Speaker 4: out of Kadarius Tony's hands directly into the fender for

1454
01:19:46,920 --> 01:19:50,960
Speaker 4: a pick six, and yet Kansas City has the ball.

1455
01:19:51,200 --> 01:19:55,519
Speaker 4: And this I still do not understand. Almost four days later.

1456
01:19:56,240 --> 01:20:00,640
Speaker 4: It's fourth and twenty you have all three timeouts, you

1457
01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:04,320
Speaker 4: have the two minute warning, the greatest quarterback on the planet,

1458
01:20:04,920 --> 01:20:07,040
Speaker 4: and you go for it on fourth and twenty five

1459
01:20:07,320 --> 01:20:09,320
Speaker 4: down a point. If you punk the ball to the

1460
01:20:09,320 --> 01:20:11,840
Speaker 4: other side, Dan Campbell's got to run the ball. You

1461
01:20:11,880 --> 01:20:13,400
Speaker 4: get it right back and get a field goal.

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01:20:14,040 --> 01:20:16,479
Speaker 2: It was wild, and there was a fascinating idea that

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01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:18,240
Speaker 2: came up about that that I want to ask you

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01:20:18,280 --> 01:20:20,840
Speaker 2: about coming up next on on Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: He was a chain mover in the league for many,

1470
01:20:36,040 --> 01:20:39,360
Speaker 2: many years, and now we're moving the chains together through

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Speaker 2: the evening after week one, almost after week one, right

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Speaker 2: here on Fox Sports Radio, welcoming Kyle Rudolph into the fold.

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01:20:47,439 --> 01:20:50,719
Speaker 2: Mark Willard with you, broadcasting live from the tyraq dot

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Speaker 2: Before we move forward at all, Kyle, I want to

1480
01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:07,800
Speaker 2: rap with you for a second about what you were

1481
01:21:07,840 --> 01:21:09,840
Speaker 2: just talking about, because it's still on the minds of

1482
01:21:09,920 --> 01:21:13,320
Speaker 2: many like what was going on at the end of

1483
01:21:13,360 --> 01:21:16,719
Speaker 2: that Lions Chiefs game, and I mean it from both sides.

1484
01:21:17,040 --> 01:21:22,439
Speaker 2: The Lions going forward on fourth down seemed unnecessarily risky,

1485
01:21:22,840 --> 01:21:26,200
Speaker 2: but more so the decisions made by Andy Reid and

1486
01:21:26,280 --> 01:21:30,640
Speaker 2: the Chiefs fourth and twenty five from at least midway

1487
01:21:30,720 --> 01:21:34,640
Speaker 2: through your own territory, rather than with all your timeouts

1488
01:21:34,760 --> 01:21:37,080
Speaker 2: kicking it away and seeing if you could get the

1489
01:21:37,120 --> 01:21:40,559
Speaker 2: ball back. That didn't make sense to many people, but

1490
01:21:40,640 --> 01:21:43,439
Speaker 2: I saw this idea and I wanted to run it

1491
01:21:43,520 --> 01:21:47,240
Speaker 2: by you. There's a risk factor, but heck, at this

1492
01:21:47,360 --> 01:21:51,160
Speaker 2: point in the game everything was risky. You're down twenty

1493
01:21:51,200 --> 01:21:55,680
Speaker 2: one to twenty. What about taking the snap on that

1494
01:21:55,800 --> 01:22:00,720
Speaker 2: fourth down and running out of bounds inside your own

1495
01:22:00,800 --> 01:22:05,880
Speaker 2: ten gives the Lions the ball. However, a first down

1496
01:22:06,520 --> 01:22:10,680
Speaker 2: is not a possibility, so you cannot take all the

1497
01:22:10,760 --> 01:22:14,200
Speaker 2: Chiefs timeouts away and then run the clock.

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01:22:14,479 --> 01:22:15,559
Speaker 3: You need to do something.

1499
01:22:15,760 --> 01:22:19,200
Speaker 2: You either score a touchdown kick a field goal, and

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01:22:19,240 --> 01:22:21,920
Speaker 2: then the Chiefs get the ball back, still only down

1501
01:22:21,960 --> 01:22:24,960
Speaker 2: by one score. The only risk you're taking is that

1502
01:22:25,000 --> 01:22:27,439
Speaker 2: if the Lions did go in for a touchdown, they

1503
01:22:27,479 --> 01:22:30,000
Speaker 2: could go for two, and if they were to get it,

1504
01:22:30,120 --> 01:22:33,080
Speaker 2: they'd be up by nine and it would be deuces.

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01:22:33,600 --> 01:22:36,599
Speaker 2: But of all the ideas on the table there, what

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01:22:36,600 --> 01:22:37,439
Speaker 2: would you have done?

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01:22:39,800 --> 01:22:44,200
Speaker 4: Certainly not run and go out of bounds at or

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Speaker 4: inside my own ten yard line. I wouldn't have gone

1509
01:22:49,880 --> 01:22:53,280
Speaker 4: for it on fourth and twenty. And then the false

1510
01:22:53,280 --> 01:22:56,120
Speaker 4: start happens and it's fourth and twenty five. Briefly look

1511
01:22:56,160 --> 01:22:58,320
Speaker 4: away from the TV and think, okay, now they have

1512
01:22:58,439 --> 01:23:00,920
Speaker 4: to punt the football. It's it was fourth and twenty.

1513
01:23:00,960 --> 01:23:02,600
Speaker 4: Now we got a false start. Now it's fourth and

1514
01:23:02,680 --> 01:23:05,760
Speaker 4: twenty five. Perfect. They kind of got off the hook there.

1515
01:23:05,800 --> 01:23:09,519
Speaker 4: Now they'll punt the football. And to me, the most

1516
01:23:09,600 --> 01:23:14,320
Speaker 4: surefire thing, if you can't punt the football and stop

1517
01:23:14,439 --> 01:23:17,240
Speaker 4: them when you know they have to run the ball

1518
01:23:17,280 --> 01:23:21,120
Speaker 4: three times to make you burn your three timeouts, you're

1519
01:23:21,160 --> 01:23:22,960
Speaker 4: certainly not gonna be able to stop them if you

1520
01:23:23,080 --> 01:23:25,960
Speaker 4: run back and go out of bounds. So right now

1521
01:23:26,000 --> 01:23:28,960
Speaker 4: you only need to get a stop and get a

1522
01:23:28,960 --> 01:23:31,240
Speaker 4: field goal, you're down one. If you give them the

1523
01:23:31,280 --> 01:23:34,200
Speaker 4: ball at the ten yard line or inside the ten

1524
01:23:34,280 --> 01:23:37,760
Speaker 4: yard line and they score, it's curtains, it's over with.

1525
01:23:38,160 --> 01:23:40,600
Speaker 4: Like you said, it was kind of bad at that point.

1526
01:23:40,720 --> 01:23:44,760
Speaker 4: But with all of that being said, you have all

1527
01:23:44,800 --> 01:23:47,160
Speaker 4: three timeouts and the two minute warning.

1528
01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:49,919
Speaker 1: So at the very.

1529
01:23:49,920 --> 01:23:54,320
Speaker 4: Worst, they probably would have gotten the ball back just

1530
01:23:54,640 --> 01:23:58,280
Speaker 4: under two minutes because they would have used all three timeouts.

1531
01:23:58,960 --> 01:24:01,880
Speaker 4: Then I'm sure they let the clock run down. You

1532
01:24:01,920 --> 01:24:05,479
Speaker 4: still have the two minute warning. First second, third down,

1533
01:24:05,560 --> 01:24:08,479
Speaker 4: they punt the football, the two minute warning goes, you've

1534
01:24:08,520 --> 01:24:13,439
Speaker 4: got whatever. Call it one fifty seven, one fifty five

1535
01:24:13,680 --> 01:24:16,960
Speaker 4: left in the game. I said it before. You have

1536
01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:22,840
Speaker 4: the best quarterback on the planet. All he needs thirty

1537
01:24:22,880 --> 01:24:26,000
Speaker 4: yards forty yards. You have a kicker who's really good

1538
01:24:26,040 --> 01:24:28,919
Speaker 4: as well, has made some huge kicks in clutch moments

1539
01:24:29,280 --> 01:24:32,559
Speaker 4: and long kicks, fifty plus yard kicks. I just I

1540
01:24:32,600 --> 01:24:35,840
Speaker 4: couldn't fathom. I was sitting there watching the game. I

1541
01:24:35,920 --> 01:24:36,200
Speaker 4: get it.

1542
01:24:36,280 --> 01:24:37,479
Speaker 1: Crazier things have happened.

1543
01:24:37,560 --> 01:24:41,920
Speaker 4: They still almost complete the pass for a first down, right,

1544
01:24:42,120 --> 01:24:44,920
Speaker 4: but it's like you just you have to punt the

1545
01:24:44,960 --> 01:24:49,320
Speaker 4: football there. Trust your defense enough that you know Dan

1546
01:24:49,400 --> 01:24:54,240
Speaker 4: Campbell's nobody plays situational football more than Dan Campbell. He

1547
01:24:54,400 --> 01:24:58,360
Speaker 4: knows we need to take all three of Andy Reid's timeouts.

1548
01:24:58,400 --> 01:25:02,360
Speaker 4: You can't let Patrick Mahomes have the ball and a

1549
01:25:02,400 --> 01:25:05,719
Speaker 4: couple timeouts and the two minute warnings, So he's gonna

1550
01:25:05,800 --> 01:25:08,120
Speaker 4: run it three times in a row. You get off

1551
01:25:08,120 --> 01:25:11,040
Speaker 4: the field, you get the ball back, and all you

1552
01:25:11,040 --> 01:25:13,400
Speaker 4: got to do is getting field goal range to win

1553
01:25:13,439 --> 01:25:15,960
Speaker 4: the game. You're only down one.

1554
01:25:16,080 --> 01:25:19,560
Speaker 2: I almost feel like we all believe that it definitely

1555
01:25:19,600 --> 01:25:22,840
Speaker 2: would have happened. I mean, if you need a field

1556
01:25:22,840 --> 01:25:25,240
Speaker 2: goal and you give Mahomes the ball and whatever there

1557
01:25:25,240 --> 01:25:27,920
Speaker 2: would have been left after three timeouts, probably something in

1558
01:25:27,920 --> 01:25:31,760
Speaker 2: the neighborhood of a minute, and even without any timeouts,

1559
01:25:32,040 --> 01:25:34,799
Speaker 2: you give Mahomes the ball, let's say, at his own twenty,

1560
01:25:34,840 --> 01:25:37,640
Speaker 2: his own fifteen, and he just needs to get a

1561
01:25:37,680 --> 01:25:38,200
Speaker 2: field goal.

1562
01:25:38,640 --> 01:25:40,519
Speaker 3: I don't know, I'm giving that better than a fifty

1563
01:25:40,520 --> 01:25:41,680
Speaker 3: to fifty shot, aren't you.

1564
01:25:42,520 --> 01:25:43,479
Speaker 1: No question about it?

1565
01:25:43,479 --> 01:25:47,160
Speaker 4: And if you were to say, Dan Campbell, what would

1566
01:25:47,200 --> 01:25:51,120
Speaker 4: you rather have a fourth and twenty five to win

1567
01:25:51,200 --> 01:25:55,960
Speaker 4: the game or the ball just outside the two minute

1568
01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:59,920
Speaker 4: warning up one, he's gonna say, I'll take the four

1569
01:26:00,120 --> 01:26:02,920
Speaker 4: thin twenty five. I do not want any chance for

1570
01:26:02,920 --> 01:26:07,160
Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes to get the ball back down one with

1571
01:26:08,400 --> 01:26:10,439
Speaker 4: more than a minute and forty five seconds left in

1572
01:26:10,479 --> 01:26:12,280
Speaker 4: the game. Like you said, it didn't matter if they

1573
01:26:12,320 --> 01:26:15,760
Speaker 4: would have gotten the ball back at the twenty, the fifteen,

1574
01:26:15,960 --> 01:26:19,600
Speaker 4: inside the ten, you'd know if Patrick Mahomes gets that

1575
01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:24,439
Speaker 4: ball back with a minute and whatever left on the clock,

1576
01:26:25,240 --> 01:26:27,519
Speaker 4: he's going to get them in field goal range.

1577
01:26:27,560 --> 01:26:29,720
Speaker 1: And we all know how that game's gonna end.

1578
01:26:31,439 --> 01:26:34,519
Speaker 2: You see what the Chiefs are doing next few extra

1579
01:26:34,600 --> 01:26:37,760
Speaker 2: days rest might get Kelsey back. I still have my

1580
01:26:37,800 --> 01:26:40,320
Speaker 2: doubts about Chris Jones. That has the feel of something

1581
01:26:40,360 --> 01:26:43,519
Speaker 2: that's gonna last a little while, but probably gonna have

1582
01:26:43,640 --> 01:26:48,040
Speaker 2: Kelsey back and a little extra rest. And they are

1583
01:26:48,120 --> 01:26:51,439
Speaker 2: on the road at Jacksonville a week from today.

1584
01:26:52,520 --> 01:26:54,800
Speaker 4: Well, I think that's something that we should spend a

1585
01:26:54,800 --> 01:26:58,040
Speaker 4: little bit of time talking about. Is the Jacksonville Jaguars

1586
01:26:58,040 --> 01:27:00,479
Speaker 4: and what Calenill they did today. I'm I mean, just

1587
01:27:01,160 --> 01:27:04,960
Speaker 4: after what he went through taking an entire We talked

1588
01:27:04,960 --> 01:27:07,200
Speaker 4: about Deshaun Watson kind of at the top of the show,

1589
01:27:07,240 --> 01:27:10,759
Speaker 4: where you take a year off football, it might.

1590
01:27:10,680 --> 01:27:13,160
Speaker 1: Take a little while to.

1591
01:27:12,520 --> 01:27:15,800
Speaker 4: Get your groove back, and that was not the case

1592
01:27:15,840 --> 01:27:19,800
Speaker 4: for Calvin Ridley today and the Jacksonville Jaguars.

1593
01:27:21,040 --> 01:27:21,679
Speaker 3: Not at all.

1594
01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:27,040
Speaker 2: And I wonder if people saw the game. I mean,

1595
01:27:27,280 --> 01:27:31,960
Speaker 2: it was razor thin between what we saw and it

1596
01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:35,479
Speaker 2: actually being even better. He stepped out of bounds just

1597
01:27:35,640 --> 01:27:38,759
Speaker 2: narrowly on something that would have netted him another thirty

1598
01:27:38,880 --> 01:27:43,200
Speaker 2: yards and another touchdown. But even as it was, you're

1599
01:27:43,240 --> 01:27:47,760
Speaker 2: absolutely right, a beautiful stat line for his first game in.

1600
01:27:47,680 --> 01:27:48,559
Speaker 3: A long time.

1601
01:27:49,560 --> 01:27:52,960
Speaker 2: Eight catches, one hundred and one yards and a touchdown.

1602
01:27:53,120 --> 01:27:56,120
Speaker 2: And again, if you watched it, it was like it

1603
01:27:56,240 --> 01:27:59,360
Speaker 2: had sex appeal, Kyle, Like it wasn't just oh they're

1604
01:27:59,360 --> 01:28:02,160
Speaker 2: getting some, It was like, my god, right, it was

1605
01:28:03,000 --> 01:28:06,960
Speaker 2: tight windows, it was great hands, it was great footwork.

1606
01:28:07,320 --> 01:28:12,599
Speaker 2: Calvin Ridley looked exactly like the elite receiver we saw

1607
01:28:12,800 --> 01:28:14,320
Speaker 2: years ago in Atlanta.

1608
01:28:15,040 --> 01:28:17,080
Speaker 4: There's no question about it. And it's one thing to

1609
01:28:18,080 --> 01:28:20,240
Speaker 4: pull up the box score after the game and see

1610
01:28:20,479 --> 01:28:24,200
Speaker 4: eight one oh one in a touchdown, and to your point,

1611
01:28:24,280 --> 01:28:27,679
Speaker 4: there's another thing to watch that game. And you could

1612
01:28:27,760 --> 01:28:30,439
Speaker 4: feel the impact that he was making on that game.

1613
01:28:30,920 --> 01:28:35,360
Speaker 4: And I can't imagine the energy and emotion and excitement

1614
01:28:35,439 --> 01:28:39,400
Speaker 4: that he had with his first game going back out

1615
01:28:39,400 --> 01:28:43,080
Speaker 4: there after missing the entire season last year, getting traded

1616
01:28:43,120 --> 01:28:47,040
Speaker 4: to Jacksonville, a fresh start for him, an opportunity to

1617
01:28:47,080 --> 01:28:50,840
Speaker 4: play with. You know, we were talking about good young quarterbacks.

1618
01:28:51,200 --> 01:28:54,360
Speaker 4: Trevor Lawrence is exactly that. I mean you said it.

1619
01:28:54,400 --> 01:28:57,960
Speaker 4: He was hitting him in tight windows, making unbelievable throws.

1620
01:28:59,439 --> 01:29:00,599
Speaker 1: You got to get them credit.

1621
01:29:00,640 --> 01:29:02,800
Speaker 4: It's not easy to go on the road in the

1622
01:29:02,880 --> 01:29:07,439
Speaker 4: division and win Week one, and they accomplish it. It's

1623
01:29:07,600 --> 01:29:10,920
Speaker 4: to me a team that is really intriguing in the AFC.

1624
01:29:11,400 --> 01:29:13,719
Speaker 4: We talked about a lot of the other teams, your

1625
01:29:13,800 --> 01:29:16,640
Speaker 4: tier one, your upper echelon teams, and then kind of

1626
01:29:16,680 --> 01:29:19,280
Speaker 4: that tier two, and I feel like they're flirting right

1627
01:29:19,280 --> 01:29:22,040
Speaker 4: there as a team that could not only make some

1628
01:29:22,160 --> 01:29:22,880
Speaker 4: noise and get.

1629
01:29:22,760 --> 01:29:23,400
Speaker 1: To the playoffs.

1630
01:29:23,439 --> 01:29:25,760
Speaker 4: But like we saw last year, win a game in

1631
01:29:25,800 --> 01:29:29,840
Speaker 4: the playoffs, they just have a super talented roster. The

1632
01:29:29,840 --> 01:29:32,559
Speaker 4: offensive side of the ball, there's playmakers all over the place,

1633
01:29:32,600 --> 01:29:35,080
Speaker 4: and you have a guy under center who can get

1634
01:29:35,080 --> 01:29:37,400
Speaker 4: the ball in all those guys' hands and score a

1635
01:29:37,400 --> 01:29:38,040
Speaker 4: lot of points.

1636
01:29:38,680 --> 01:29:41,000
Speaker 3: I think what you're saying, and I agree with it.

1637
01:29:41,360 --> 01:29:45,120
Speaker 2: The Jaguars when I look at teams that do really

1638
01:29:45,160 --> 01:29:48,920
Speaker 2: well in the NFL, you tend to look at them.

1639
01:29:48,960 --> 01:29:52,559
Speaker 2: And this is mostly offensively speaking, because defense is wired

1640
01:29:52,560 --> 01:29:55,360
Speaker 2: a little bit differently, but you tend to look at

1641
01:29:55,360 --> 01:29:58,200
Speaker 2: their offenses and it almost feels like a really good

1642
01:29:58,280 --> 01:30:03,280
Speaker 2: bullpen in baseball. Everybody's got their role and it's just

1643
01:30:03,400 --> 01:30:07,120
Speaker 2: kind of clear who does what in an offense. And

1644
01:30:07,160 --> 01:30:09,400
Speaker 2: I look at the Jags right now, You've got a

1645
01:30:09,439 --> 01:30:10,800
Speaker 2: clearcut QB one.

1646
01:30:11,360 --> 01:30:12,800
Speaker 3: Nobody's worried about that.

1647
01:30:13,280 --> 01:30:16,000
Speaker 2: You've got your fire and ice now that can develop

1648
01:30:16,360 --> 01:30:19,320
Speaker 2: from the running back position with Etn doing his thing,

1649
01:30:19,720 --> 01:30:22,680
Speaker 2: spell them with Tank Bigsby, he can also sort of

1650
01:30:22,680 --> 01:30:23,600
Speaker 2: handle short.

1651
01:30:23,400 --> 01:30:26,960
Speaker 3: Yardage and goal line. And then with a receiver crew.

1652
01:30:27,640 --> 01:30:31,559
Speaker 2: This is actually this will underscore what my concern is

1653
01:30:31,640 --> 01:30:35,040
Speaker 2: about the Chiefs. Calvin Ridley comes in and looks like

1654
01:30:35,120 --> 01:30:38,960
Speaker 2: a one. Like you're a team now that has a

1655
01:30:39,000 --> 01:30:42,160
Speaker 2: wide receiver one. It's just like your old Vikings. Nobody's

1656
01:30:42,160 --> 01:30:45,720
Speaker 2: got any questions. JJ walks in the room and you're like,

1657
01:30:45,960 --> 01:30:49,679
Speaker 2: there's our wide receiver one, and then you've got these

1658
01:30:49,880 --> 01:30:52,599
Speaker 2: roles about who's on the other side of the field

1659
01:30:52,600 --> 01:30:55,759
Speaker 2: from him. They paid Christian Kirk last year. He didn't

1660
01:30:55,800 --> 01:30:58,360
Speaker 2: do much today, but still that's a player who had

1661
01:30:58,400 --> 01:31:02,080
Speaker 2: a thousand yard season last year. Evan Angram has become

1662
01:31:02,120 --> 01:31:05,360
Speaker 2: your tight end. Zay Jones with some speed. He did

1663
01:31:05,400 --> 01:31:08,720
Speaker 2: some good things, had a touchdown. There's all this definition

1664
01:31:09,880 --> 01:31:13,559
Speaker 2: on offense, and that to me is a great sign

1665
01:31:13,680 --> 01:31:16,439
Speaker 2: for them. And it's my one concern about their next

1666
01:31:16,479 --> 01:31:20,679
Speaker 2: opponent in the Kansas City Chiefs, which is the Tyreek

1667
01:31:20,760 --> 01:31:23,360
Speaker 2: Hill departure didn't hurt them last year they won the

1668
01:31:23,400 --> 01:31:26,920
Speaker 2: Super Bowl, but they had more departures again at receiver,

1669
01:31:27,400 --> 01:31:30,679
Speaker 2: and they looked like this team that has six different

1670
01:31:30,720 --> 01:31:33,920
Speaker 2: receivers and I have no idea which ones are supposed

1671
01:31:33,920 --> 01:31:35,840
Speaker 2: to do what out there well.

1672
01:31:35,880 --> 01:31:39,160
Speaker 4: And I think again, this is the reason why I

1673
01:31:39,280 --> 01:31:43,280
Speaker 4: say there's no panic with the Kansas City Chiefs, because

1674
01:31:43,320 --> 01:31:46,880
Speaker 4: you have Patrick Mahomes under center. I think the biggest thing,

1675
01:31:47,200 --> 01:31:50,160
Speaker 4: and we talked about it a little bit, is hopefully

1676
01:31:50,200 --> 01:31:53,880
Speaker 4: Travis Kelcey's back sooner rather than later. I just think

1677
01:31:53,920 --> 01:31:57,400
Speaker 4: that he has such an impact on that offense, and

1678
01:31:58,479 --> 01:32:04,120
Speaker 4: we saw it on Thursday. Traviz is Patrick's security blanket,

1679
01:32:04,240 --> 01:32:08,600
Speaker 4: his go to guy. No one is better at extending

1680
01:32:08,720 --> 01:32:13,400
Speaker 4: plays and turning it into the backyard ball that we

1681
01:32:13,439 --> 01:32:16,600
Speaker 4: all grew up playing in the neighborhood or on recess.

1682
01:32:17,120 --> 01:32:22,000
Speaker 4: That's when Patrick Mahome thrives, and it's usually because him

1683
01:32:22,000 --> 01:32:24,800
Speaker 4: and Travis Kelcey are on the exact same page and

1684
01:32:24,920 --> 01:32:28,400
Speaker 4: know exactly what one another's thinking, and that's where they're

1685
01:32:28,439 --> 01:32:30,719
Speaker 4: making a lot of those exposive plays that we didn't

1686
01:32:30,760 --> 01:32:34,160
Speaker 4: see the other night. And you think about it, from

1687
01:32:34,600 --> 01:32:38,320
Speaker 4: twenty twenty one to twenty twenty two, Tyreek Hill departs

1688
01:32:38,840 --> 01:32:42,080
Speaker 4: and everyone was writing off the Kansas City Chiefs. There's

1689
01:32:42,160 --> 01:32:44,960
Speaker 4: just no way that they can do it without Tyreek Hill.

1690
01:32:45,760 --> 01:32:48,160
Speaker 4: They win the Super Bowl. So we move forward from

1691
01:32:48,240 --> 01:32:53,120
Speaker 4: twenty two to twenty three. The receiving core, Yes, Juju

1692
01:32:53,120 --> 01:32:57,719
Speaker 4: Smith Schuster moves on to New England. Is that really

1693
01:32:57,760 --> 01:33:01,360
Speaker 4: as big of a loss as losing Hill? Who once

1694
01:33:01,400 --> 01:33:05,040
Speaker 4: again today Yeah, once again today showed us the dynamic

1695
01:33:05,120 --> 01:33:09,840
Speaker 4: player that he is. So again, I don't think there's

1696
01:33:09,920 --> 01:33:12,760
Speaker 4: any panic in the Kansas City Chiefs. They still have

1697
01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:18,040
Speaker 4: unbelievable weapons. We haven't even talked about Jeric McKinnon. And

1698
01:33:18,080 --> 01:33:21,240
Speaker 4: when you look at Kansas City and the run that

1699
01:33:21,280 --> 01:33:24,120
Speaker 4: they got on kind of the back half of last year.

1700
01:33:24,960 --> 01:33:27,240
Speaker 4: He played a huge part in that, and he's a

1701
01:33:27,280 --> 01:33:29,439
Speaker 4: guy who can do so much for you out of

1702
01:33:29,479 --> 01:33:34,799
Speaker 4: the backfield. So they're gonna get Travis Kelcey back. Travis

1703
01:33:35,320 --> 01:33:40,639
Speaker 4: will make everyone else, including that receiver room better around him,

1704
01:33:41,200 --> 01:33:44,200
Speaker 4: and we will see the Kansas City Chiefs competing for

1705
01:33:45,040 --> 01:33:48,080
Speaker 4: the AFC West and one of the top seeds in

1706
01:33:48,120 --> 01:33:49,280
Speaker 4: the AFC Again.

1707
01:33:50,280 --> 01:33:51,880
Speaker 3: No question about it.

1708
01:33:52,040 --> 01:33:55,680
Speaker 2: I agree with you completely, all right, Mark, Withllard Kyle Rudolph,

1709
01:33:55,800 --> 01:33:58,280
Speaker 2: and coming up next, how about if we make our

1710
01:33:58,320 --> 01:34:02,200
Speaker 2: way through a lot of the young quarterbacks, either rookies,

1711
01:34:02,760 --> 01:34:07,400
Speaker 2: second year players, first time starters, a whirl around the

1712
01:34:07,479 --> 01:34:11,920
Speaker 2: league of what we saw from those quarterbacks. Coming up

1713
01:34:12,000 --> 01:34:19,040
Speaker 2: next on Fox Sports Radio. Okay, young fellas, let's talk

1714
01:34:19,080 --> 01:34:21,840
Speaker 2: about it. We're livingthe tie rack dot Com studios. When

1715
01:34:21,880 --> 01:34:24,160
Speaker 2: I say young fellas, I'm talking about all of these

1716
01:34:24,240 --> 01:34:27,880
Speaker 2: young quarterbacks, some of them debuted today, some of them

1717
01:34:27,920 --> 01:34:30,920
Speaker 2: are in year two, some of them are taking over

1718
01:34:31,040 --> 01:34:34,960
Speaker 2: for the first time. Jordan Love, Mark, Willard, Kyle Rudolph

1719
01:34:35,080 --> 01:34:37,439
Speaker 2: with you here on Fox Sports Radio. I wonder what

1720
01:34:37,479 --> 01:34:40,120
Speaker 2: your impressions were of some of them. Kyle, we can

1721
01:34:40,160 --> 01:34:42,479
Speaker 2: start in Atlanta where there were two of them at once,

1722
01:34:42,920 --> 01:34:46,080
Speaker 2: Desmond Ritter taking over for the Falcons. The number one

1723
01:34:46,080 --> 01:34:49,720
Speaker 2: overall picking the draft, Bryce Young starting his row with

1724
01:34:49,800 --> 01:34:54,160
Speaker 2: the Carolina Panthers. It's interesting the Falcons win this game

1725
01:34:54,240 --> 01:34:58,759
Speaker 2: by two touchdowns. But if I'm really assessing quarterbacks, Bryce

1726
01:34:58,840 --> 01:35:02,920
Speaker 2: Young looks exactly like I would expect a player to

1727
01:35:03,000 --> 01:35:06,360
Speaker 2: look who's just been drafted and is playing in his

1728
01:35:06,520 --> 01:35:08,200
Speaker 2: first NFL game.

1729
01:35:09,160 --> 01:35:12,080
Speaker 3: He didn't take too many big chances.

1730
01:35:12,560 --> 01:35:15,240
Speaker 2: Everything was moving a little quick for him, but there

1731
01:35:15,240 --> 01:35:19,439
Speaker 2: were also flashes of his ability. He goes twenty to

1732
01:35:19,560 --> 01:35:23,800
Speaker 2: thirty eight, buck forty six, one touchdown, two picks, rushes

1733
01:35:24,080 --> 01:35:30,120
Speaker 2: for seventeen yards. Again, I thought garden variety early draft

1734
01:35:30,160 --> 01:35:35,120
Speaker 2: picked first game, no concerns, but a lot of work

1735
01:35:35,160 --> 01:35:38,439
Speaker 2: to do, which you would expect. Is that a fair

1736
01:35:38,479 --> 01:35:39,880
Speaker 2: assessment of Bryce Young today.

1737
01:35:40,880 --> 01:35:44,080
Speaker 4: I think that's a perfect assessment and exactly kind of

1738
01:35:44,120 --> 01:35:46,599
Speaker 4: what I was thinking. When you watch Bryce Young today.

1739
01:35:47,479 --> 01:35:50,360
Speaker 4: You know the two turnovers. I think he put the

1740
01:35:50,360 --> 01:35:54,000
Speaker 4: ball on the ground once with a fumble. It did

1741
01:35:54,040 --> 01:35:56,120
Speaker 4: it looked like the game was moving a little fast

1742
01:35:56,120 --> 01:35:59,040
Speaker 4: for him at times, but then you also see glimpses

1743
01:35:59,120 --> 01:36:02,240
Speaker 4: and reasons why the Carolina Panthers made him the number

1744
01:36:02,280 --> 01:36:06,240
Speaker 4: one overall pick. And on the flip side, you watch

1745
01:36:06,320 --> 01:36:11,080
Speaker 4: Desmond Ritter and yeah, his numbers really don't jump off

1746
01:36:11,160 --> 01:36:15,720
Speaker 4: the page at you. He only attempted eighteen passes one

1747
01:36:15,800 --> 01:36:20,479
Speaker 4: hundred and fifteen yards, one touchdown. If you're a team

1748
01:36:20,800 --> 01:36:24,320
Speaker 4: that has a young quarterback and you think, I mean,

1749
01:36:24,360 --> 01:36:29,400
Speaker 4: the Atlanta Falcons are built to make that quarterback be successful,

1750
01:36:29,640 --> 01:36:31,680
Speaker 4: and how do you do that. We've talked about it

1751
01:36:31,720 --> 01:36:34,400
Speaker 4: a few times throughout the course of the show. In

1752
01:36:34,479 --> 01:36:38,720
Speaker 4: order to have these young quarterbacks feel comfortable, you know,

1753
01:36:38,880 --> 01:36:41,599
Speaker 4: kind of get into their groove. I mean, what better

1754
01:36:41,640 --> 01:36:45,360
Speaker 4: place than a place like Atlanta where you have a

1755
01:36:45,400 --> 01:36:47,840
Speaker 4: stable of running backs. You know, they run the ball

1756
01:36:47,920 --> 01:36:52,200
Speaker 4: for one hundred and thirty Obviously, Bejon Robinson is as

1757
01:36:52,280 --> 01:36:58,599
Speaker 4: explosive as they come. Tyler Agier has two touchdowns. It's

1758
01:36:58,680 --> 01:37:02,280
Speaker 4: just this perfect form formula for a guy who doesn't

1759
01:37:02,320 --> 01:37:04,599
Speaker 4: have to do what the guy across from him did

1760
01:37:04,640 --> 01:37:06,639
Speaker 4: and throw it thirty eight times.

1761
01:37:07,120 --> 01:37:10,040
Speaker 1: It's just it's a recipe for disaster.

1762
01:37:09,720 --> 01:37:13,080
Speaker 4: When the number one overall pick is throwing it thirty

1763
01:37:13,120 --> 01:37:17,880
Speaker 4: eight times against a revamped Atlanta Falcons defense. So you know,

1764
01:37:17,920 --> 01:37:20,880
Speaker 4: that's kind of what I saw from both of them. Obviously,

1765
01:37:20,960 --> 01:37:24,639
Speaker 4: Desmond Ritter got protected a little more than Bryce Young

1766
01:37:24,680 --> 01:37:25,920
Speaker 4: did in terms of what he.

1767
01:37:25,960 --> 01:37:29,839
Speaker 1: Had to do. But you got to give the Falcons credit.

1768
01:37:30,280 --> 01:37:32,679
Speaker 4: I said it. They played really good defense. They added

1769
01:37:32,720 --> 01:37:36,120
Speaker 4: some key pieces to that unit over the course of

1770
01:37:36,160 --> 01:37:39,280
Speaker 4: the offseason and were able to get a division win

1771
01:37:39,320 --> 01:37:40,439
Speaker 4: at home to start the season.

1772
01:37:41,360 --> 01:37:46,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's efficient. He's fifteen of eighteen. I'll

1773
01:37:46,280 --> 01:37:50,800
Speaker 2: piggyback everything you're saying except to add this. It's a win.

1774
01:37:51,120 --> 01:37:53,640
Speaker 2: It's a double digit win. It's a divisional win that

1775
01:37:53,760 --> 01:37:56,519
Speaker 2: protected him. He's a young player, all of that. But

1776
01:37:57,240 --> 01:38:00,400
Speaker 2: everything was so close to the line of script image,

1777
01:38:00,479 --> 01:38:03,000
Speaker 2: everything is centered around those running backs.

1778
01:38:03,640 --> 01:38:06,120
Speaker 3: It just feels so limited.

1779
01:38:06,360 --> 01:38:11,360
Speaker 2: And maybe my brain is speaking to the fantasy football

1780
01:38:11,400 --> 01:38:14,320
Speaker 2: community out there, who I think are going to be

1781
01:38:14,560 --> 01:38:19,000
Speaker 2: very disappointed with their Drake London and Kyle Pitts picks

1782
01:38:19,439 --> 01:38:23,400
Speaker 2: earlier this month, because I just don't think it's a

1783
01:38:23,439 --> 01:38:25,280
Speaker 2: team that's really going to be able to do a

1784
01:38:25,280 --> 01:38:29,920
Speaker 2: lot in the passing game. Again, can he get better, sure,

1785
01:38:30,760 --> 01:38:33,599
Speaker 2: but this is someone unlike Bryce Young, who has some

1786
01:38:33,800 --> 01:38:39,040
Speaker 2: NFL starts under his belt, and I'm interested in Bijon Robinson.

1787
01:38:39,080 --> 01:38:40,760
Speaker 2: I think he's gonna have a great year because he's

1788
01:38:40,760 --> 01:38:42,519
Speaker 2: gonna have a ton of touches and.

1789
01:38:42,439 --> 01:38:43,759
Speaker 3: They will grow over time.

1790
01:38:44,080 --> 01:38:47,320
Speaker 2: But if you're looking for someone to step forward and

1791
01:38:47,400 --> 01:38:50,759
Speaker 2: win that division, my preseason pick was the Saints.

1792
01:38:51,160 --> 01:38:52,559
Speaker 3: It will stay there.

1793
01:38:52,960 --> 01:38:55,240
Speaker 2: I know that the Bucks got a nice little upset

1794
01:38:55,280 --> 01:38:58,840
Speaker 2: win today, but I just think, quite frankly, for all

1795
01:38:58,920 --> 01:39:01,800
Speaker 2: four teams past game at times is going to look

1796
01:39:01,880 --> 01:39:07,760
Speaker 2: so limiting that it really means to me you're never

1797
01:39:07,800 --> 01:39:11,639
Speaker 2: really going to go on that dynamic winning streak because

1798
01:39:12,160 --> 01:39:16,360
Speaker 2: you're just too one dimensional. And you'd love to see

1799
01:39:16,360 --> 01:39:20,000
Speaker 2: Desmond Ridder, though a young player, have a little bit

1800
01:39:20,200 --> 01:39:21,920
Speaker 2: for me, a little bit more of.

1801
01:39:21,840 --> 01:39:25,000
Speaker 3: That in his arsenal. At this point, you.

1802
01:39:24,960 --> 01:39:27,040
Speaker 4: Know there's no doubt about it. And if you're a

1803
01:39:27,080 --> 01:39:32,719
Speaker 4: fantasy football player and you're drafting receivers or tight ends,

1804
01:39:33,600 --> 01:39:38,759
Speaker 4: whether that be Kyle pits that you mentioned or even

1805
01:39:38,880 --> 01:39:44,200
Speaker 4: Drake London, I would reevaluate your strategy as a GM

1806
01:39:44,240 --> 01:39:47,960
Speaker 4: of your fantasy football team because although although I will

1807
01:39:48,000 --> 01:39:51,759
Speaker 4: say this, they are two guys that you know, Kyle

1808
01:39:51,800 --> 01:39:55,840
Speaker 4: Pitts is essentially a big body wide receiver. Yes, he's

1809
01:39:55,840 --> 01:39:58,439
Speaker 4: listed as a tight end, but we all know that

1810
01:39:58,600 --> 01:40:02,679
Speaker 4: Kyle pits is a big body wide receiver. They also

1811
01:40:02,880 --> 01:40:06,120
Speaker 4: have Mac Collins there who can make some plays.

1812
01:40:06,240 --> 01:40:06,920
Speaker 1: Bigger guy.

1813
01:40:08,560 --> 01:40:12,519
Speaker 4: It's almost like they they compliment the run game well

1814
01:40:12,680 --> 01:40:16,840
Speaker 4: enough to just do exactly what they did today when

1815
01:40:17,000 --> 01:40:18,960
Speaker 4: twenty four to ten. You know, obviously you're not going

1816
01:40:19,040 --> 01:40:22,240
Speaker 4: to be playing the Carolina Panthers every week. But the

1817
01:40:22,360 --> 01:40:25,559
Speaker 4: thing that I appreciate about Atlanta, and we said this

1818
01:40:25,600 --> 01:40:29,320
Speaker 4: a little bit about Detroit as well, is they know

1819
01:40:29,439 --> 01:40:33,920
Speaker 4: their identity, they stick to it. They you know, Arthur

1820
01:40:33,920 --> 01:40:38,080
Speaker 4: Smith has his run game has been as good as

1821
01:40:38,120 --> 01:40:40,839
Speaker 4: it comes from his time at Tennessee down to Atlanta.

1822
01:40:41,640 --> 01:40:46,040
Speaker 4: They've built that offense around running the football and putting

1823
01:40:46,240 --> 01:40:48,640
Speaker 4: you know, all kinds of tight ends and fullbacks on

1824
01:40:48,680 --> 01:40:53,160
Speaker 4: the field. But then when you do need a third

1825
01:40:53,240 --> 01:40:57,000
Speaker 4: and manageable because you've stayed ahead of the chains by

1826
01:40:57,080 --> 01:41:00,280
Speaker 4: running the football and making those around the line of

1827
01:41:00,320 --> 01:41:04,559
Speaker 4: scrimmage throws that you talked about, you have big body

1828
01:41:04,600 --> 01:41:08,240
Speaker 4: guys in Kyle Pitts and Drake London. Although they might

1829
01:41:08,280 --> 01:41:12,719
Speaker 4: not light up the fantasy football score sheet, they will

1830
01:41:12,760 --> 01:41:16,280
Speaker 4: allow that offense to continue to stay on the field,

1831
01:41:16,600 --> 01:41:20,400
Speaker 4: to move the football and ultimately score twenty four points

1832
01:41:20,479 --> 01:41:23,439
Speaker 4: like they did today, And as the season goes on,

1833
01:41:23,880 --> 01:41:28,760
Speaker 4: I do think you will see the touchdown production from

1834
01:41:28,800 --> 01:41:33,000
Speaker 4: both of those guys come around. Both big body red

1835
01:41:33,080 --> 01:41:35,960
Speaker 4: zone targets that if you have to load up the

1836
01:41:36,000 --> 01:41:38,320
Speaker 4: box to stop the run that we all know is

1837
01:41:38,400 --> 01:41:42,040
Speaker 4: coming when the Atlanta Falcons line up, it gives you

1838
01:41:42,080 --> 01:41:45,080
Speaker 4: opportunities one on one on the outside. So I could

1839
01:41:45,120 --> 01:41:47,400
Speaker 4: not agree with you more that if you're a Fantasy

1840
01:41:47,439 --> 01:41:51,960
Speaker 4: football GM, you probably want to avoid the skill players

1841
01:41:52,000 --> 01:41:56,439
Speaker 4: in Atlanta. But with that being said, they've built something

1842
01:41:56,560 --> 01:41:59,760
Speaker 4: that it does last, especially when you look at the

1843
01:41:59,800 --> 01:42:02,880
Speaker 4: other side of the ball and the additions they made

1844
01:42:02,960 --> 01:42:08,479
Speaker 4: this offseason, bringing in guys like Bud Dupree and Jesse

1845
01:42:08,640 --> 01:42:13,400
Speaker 4: Bates in a division where really, Tom Brady's gone, nobody's

1846
01:42:13,600 --> 01:42:16,479
Speaker 4: gonna light this division on fire. Drew Brees is not

1847
01:42:16,560 --> 01:42:21,080
Speaker 4: in New Orleans anymore. You don't have the NFC South

1848
01:42:21,160 --> 01:42:24,639
Speaker 4: of Old with Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons, skill

1849
01:42:24,720 --> 01:42:28,760
Speaker 4: players Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers. This is a

1850
01:42:28,840 --> 01:42:35,320
Speaker 4: division where really solid defense, a run game, and guys

1851
01:42:35,360 --> 01:42:38,760
Speaker 4: that can make opportune plays in the red zone. Could

1852
01:42:38,800 --> 01:42:40,760
Speaker 4: find yourself in the playoffs.

1853
01:42:42,320 --> 01:42:48,720
Speaker 2: Out of that division. I believe anything, no question. Anthony Richardson, CJ. Stroud,

1854
01:42:49,360 --> 01:42:53,880
Speaker 2: Jordan Love. There are many more to get to Sam Howell.

1855
01:42:54,360 --> 01:42:56,120
Speaker 2: We'll do that coming up in a sec. But let's

1856
01:42:56,120 --> 01:42:58,679
Speaker 2: get an update. Let's get you all updated on everything

1857
01:42:58,720 --> 01:43:01,639
Speaker 2: that's going on. Let's find out what's trending, and let's

1858
01:43:01,640 --> 01:43:05,360
Speaker 2: bring you Beth Cope with the absolute latest.

1859
01:43:05,400 --> 01:43:08,160
Speaker 9: Hey, Nick, Yeah, And the absolute latest is this Sunday

1860
01:43:08,240 --> 01:43:11,760
Speaker 9: night football game is a rap thirty three nothing. Cowboys

1861
01:43:11,800 --> 01:43:14,360
Speaker 9: still got three minutes to go on the third quarter.

1862
01:43:14,840 --> 01:43:16,320
Speaker 6: Tony Pollard's had a nice night.

1863
01:43:16,600 --> 01:43:19,599
Speaker 9: Second down I formation, Pollard, hand off, walk the dog.

1864
01:43:20,360 --> 01:43:23,840
Speaker 4: Everything sealed after the inside Tony Pollard walked the dog

1865
01:43:24,280 --> 01:43:26,280
Speaker 4: and scored his second touchdown of the night.

1866
01:43:26,880 --> 01:43:29,240
Speaker 9: Cowboys Radio Network. They haven't had to do a ton

1867
01:43:29,280 --> 01:43:32,320
Speaker 9: on offense tonight. Tony Pollard just fifty three rushing yards

1868
01:43:32,320 --> 01:43:34,439
Speaker 9: with those two scores, Dak Press got one hundred and

1869
01:43:34,439 --> 01:43:37,040
Speaker 9: seventeen yards through the air, no touchdowns. Haven't had to

1870
01:43:37,040 --> 01:43:39,000
Speaker 9: do a lot on offense because they had to pick

1871
01:43:39,040 --> 01:43:42,200
Speaker 9: six defensively and then blocked a field goal and return

1872
01:43:42,280 --> 01:43:45,760
Speaker 9: it fifty eight yards for a touchdown. Giants meanwhile, just

1873
01:43:45,800 --> 01:43:48,919
Speaker 9: getting nothing going on offense. Daniel Choon seven to fifteen

1874
01:43:49,040 --> 01:43:53,240
Speaker 9: for fifty yards, no touchdowns, two interceptions, and the New

1875
01:43:53,320 --> 01:43:56,720
Speaker 9: York offensive line just been overwhelmed. Six sacks for the

1876
01:43:56,720 --> 01:44:00,919
Speaker 9: Cowboys on defense some of the finals from earlier. Eagles

1877
01:44:00,920 --> 01:44:03,559
Speaker 9: beat the Patriots twenty five to twenty. It was announced

1878
01:44:03,560 --> 01:44:05,840
Speaker 9: Tom Brady will be inducted into the team's Hall of

1879
01:44:05,840 --> 01:44:08,759
Speaker 9: Fame next year. Forty nine Ers blew out to Steelers

1880
01:44:08,840 --> 01:44:12,120
Speaker 9: thirty to seven. Brandon Iuk hundred twenty nine yards receiving

1881
01:44:12,200 --> 01:44:15,000
Speaker 9: couple of touchdowns. Dolphins got a score in the final

1882
01:44:15,080 --> 01:44:16,960
Speaker 9: two minutes to win a back and forth game against

1883
01:44:16,960 --> 01:44:19,320
Speaker 9: the Chargers thirty six thirty four to a tongue of

1884
01:44:19,320 --> 01:44:21,240
Speaker 9: i Loa threw for four hundred.

1885
01:44:21,000 --> 01:44:22,200
Speaker 6: And sixty six yards.

1886
01:44:22,560 --> 01:44:26,160
Speaker 9: Raiders beat the Broncos and after Week one, Las Vegas

1887
01:44:26,200 --> 01:44:29,280
Speaker 9: is alone atop the AFC West. Packers blew out the

1888
01:44:29,280 --> 01:44:30,240
Speaker 9: Bears thirty.

1889
01:44:30,000 --> 01:44:30,639
Speaker 6: Eight to twenty.

1890
01:44:30,720 --> 01:44:33,479
Speaker 9: Jordan Love threw for three touchdowns his first outing as

1891
01:44:33,520 --> 01:44:37,200
Speaker 9: Green Bay's QB one. Rams scored twenty three straight points

1892
01:44:37,240 --> 01:44:40,400
Speaker 9: to run away from the Seahawks thirty to thirteen. Buccaneers

1893
01:44:40,400 --> 01:44:43,200
Speaker 9: beat the Vikings on the road, twenty to seventeen. Jaguars

1894
01:44:43,200 --> 01:44:45,200
Speaker 9: on top of the Colts thirty one to twenty one.

1895
01:44:45,520 --> 01:44:48,240
Speaker 9: Browns with a big upset of the Bengals twenty four

1896
01:44:48,320 --> 01:44:51,759
Speaker 9: to three. Joe Burrow a career low eighty two yards passing.

1897
01:44:52,280 --> 01:44:55,040
Speaker 9: Ravens stumped the Texans twenty five to nine, but Baltimore

1898
01:44:55,120 --> 01:44:58,200
Speaker 9: running back JK. Dobbins towards Achilles out for the season.

1899
01:44:58,680 --> 01:45:02,320
Speaker 9: Saints hold off the Titans sixteen to fifteen. NFL media

1900
01:45:02,439 --> 01:45:05,320
Speaker 9: just reporting Saints defensive end Peyton Turner suffered a turf

1901
01:45:05,360 --> 01:45:09,360
Speaker 9: toe injury that will likely require surgery. Commanders with ten

1902
01:45:09,400 --> 01:45:11,519
Speaker 9: points in the fourth quarter to beat the Cardinals twenty

1903
01:45:11,520 --> 01:45:14,040
Speaker 9: to sixteen. Bryce Young threw a couple of picks in

1904
01:45:14,160 --> 01:45:16,280
Speaker 9: his debut for the Panthers, but they fall to the

1905
01:45:16,320 --> 01:45:19,960
Speaker 9: Falcons twenty four to ten. Novak Djokovic won the US

1906
01:45:20,000 --> 01:45:22,879
Speaker 9: SOAP in his twenty fourth Grand Slam title, and Michigan

1907
01:45:22,920 --> 01:45:26,000
Speaker 9: State has suspended football coach Mel Tucker with al pay

1908
01:45:26,240 --> 01:45:30,360
Speaker 9: while the university completes a Title nine investigation into allegations

1909
01:45:30,360 --> 01:45:33,400
Speaker 9: of sexual harassment. Now let's send it back to Mark Willard,

1910
01:45:33,520 --> 01:45:35,439
Speaker 9: Cayl Rudolph Nick.

1911
01:45:35,520 --> 01:45:38,599
Speaker 2: Thanks great stuff tonight I appreciate you Live tye Reck

1912
01:45:38,760 --> 01:45:43,479
Speaker 2: dot Com Studios. Kyle Rudolph joining the show here on

1913
01:45:43,760 --> 01:45:46,200
Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio joining the team. I should say, we

1914
01:45:46,280 --> 01:45:48,960
Speaker 2: get to do this every single Sunday night.

1915
01:45:49,080 --> 01:45:49,559
Speaker 3: I love it.

1916
01:45:49,600 --> 01:45:52,000
Speaker 2: I love it man, having tons of fun. Can't wait

1917
01:45:52,040 --> 01:45:54,280
Speaker 2: to do it all year long. What'd you think? What'd

1918
01:45:54,320 --> 01:45:56,280
Speaker 2: you think of Anthony Richardson with the Colts?

1919
01:45:57,680 --> 01:46:00,840
Speaker 4: You know, I think going back to to draft day

1920
01:46:01,280 --> 01:46:04,720
Speaker 4: and the selection that they made, taking him as high

1921
01:46:04,720 --> 01:46:07,320
Speaker 4: as they did, with a guy that we really haven't

1922
01:46:07,360 --> 01:46:10,880
Speaker 4: seen play a lot of football and play a lot

1923
01:46:10,880 --> 01:46:13,520
Speaker 4: of consistent football down in the SEC.

1924
01:46:14,680 --> 01:46:16,160
Speaker 1: But you see the upside.

1925
01:46:16,360 --> 01:46:20,920
Speaker 4: You see the incredible athleticism, the ability to run the football.

1926
01:46:22,920 --> 01:46:26,559
Speaker 4: The comparison to Jalen Hurts is so natural. He's playing

1927
01:46:26,600 --> 01:46:31,160
Speaker 4: in that same system. Big strong guy who can make

1928
01:46:31,200 --> 01:46:34,680
Speaker 4: things happen in the run game and has an incredible arm.

1929
01:46:35,200 --> 01:46:38,439
Speaker 4: The thing that worries me about Anthony Richardson and you

1930
01:46:38,479 --> 01:46:43,000
Speaker 4: look at the game today, the hits that he takes

1931
01:46:43,120 --> 01:46:48,200
Speaker 4: carrying you know, ten carries design quarterback runs. You know,

1932
01:46:48,240 --> 01:46:51,880
Speaker 4: that's how you shorten a rookie quarterback season. That's how

1933
01:46:52,000 --> 01:46:56,519
Speaker 4: that quarterback doesn't have the opportunity to develop and grow

1934
01:46:56,720 --> 01:47:00,280
Speaker 4: and take those game reps that are going to make

1935
01:47:00,400 --> 01:47:05,320
Speaker 4: Anthony Richardson develop from the guy that we saw at

1936
01:47:05,360 --> 01:47:09,000
Speaker 4: Florida who didn't play a whole lot in college, inconsistent

1937
01:47:09,040 --> 01:47:13,320
Speaker 4: at times, into the Jalen Hurts that we see in Philadelphia.

1938
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Speaker 2: Now, yeah, I'm interested by that idea because, for instance,

1939
01:47:18,920 --> 01:47:24,880
Speaker 2: Hurts had nine carries today, Richardson had ten. And there's

1940
01:47:25,160 --> 01:47:28,280
Speaker 2: running the quarterback, and then there's where you run the quarterback,

1941
01:47:28,360 --> 01:47:31,320
Speaker 2: how you run the quarterback. How often all of those

1942
01:47:31,360 --> 01:47:34,559
Speaker 2: things are conversations. I can tell you it was a

1943
01:47:34,760 --> 01:47:39,760
Speaker 2: very emotional conversation throughout last season and into the offseason

1944
01:47:40,360 --> 01:47:43,800
Speaker 2: with Trey Lance and how often he ran the ball

1945
01:47:43,840 --> 01:47:46,640
Speaker 2: early in the season last year for the forty nine ers.

1946
01:47:46,680 --> 01:47:49,519
Speaker 2: And there's many in the fan base who still blame

1947
01:47:49,640 --> 01:47:53,760
Speaker 2: Kyle Shanahan for that injury because he ran him inside

1948
01:47:53,800 --> 01:47:56,680
Speaker 2: so much. Now it seems now looking at it, like

1949
01:47:56,960 --> 01:47:59,519
Speaker 2: a lot of that offense was built because they weren't

1950
01:47:59,560 --> 01:48:02,240
Speaker 2: trusting what he could do in the past game. And

1951
01:48:02,280 --> 01:48:05,880
Speaker 2: there's probably pieces of that with what you just detailed,

1952
01:48:05,880 --> 01:48:10,600
Speaker 2: But I'm fascinated by it and curious about it.

1953
01:48:10,640 --> 01:48:11,960
Speaker 3: With regard to what.

1954
01:48:12,000 --> 01:48:16,840
Speaker 2: Is what's fair to a young quarterback, what's smart, what's

1955
01:48:16,880 --> 01:48:20,080
Speaker 2: taking advantage of the skill set, and what's too much

1956
01:48:20,520 --> 01:48:23,439
Speaker 2: Because we bring that up with a lot of these guys,

1957
01:48:23,880 --> 01:48:26,200
Speaker 2: but Jalen Hurts is doing it and he almost won

1958
01:48:26,240 --> 01:48:28,240
Speaker 2: an MVP in a Super Bowl last year.

1959
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Speaker 4: And I think one component that you didn't mention there

1960
01:48:33,280 --> 01:48:37,680
Speaker 4: is also how the quarterback runs. You have all of

1961
01:48:37,720 --> 01:48:41,640
Speaker 4: those components to the quarterback run game, and ultimately it

1962
01:48:41,720 --> 01:48:45,679
Speaker 4: boils down to the quarterback and decisions that he makes

1963
01:48:46,160 --> 01:48:49,200
Speaker 4: while he's running the football. Yeah, certainly you can have

1964
01:48:49,280 --> 01:48:52,800
Speaker 4: plays where the quarterback's running the football inside and you

1965
01:48:52,800 --> 01:48:54,280
Speaker 4: know he needs to get what he can get and

1966
01:48:54,320 --> 01:48:55,639
Speaker 4: he needs to protect himself.

1967
01:48:55,840 --> 01:48:57,200
Speaker 1: But there's bodies everywhere.

1968
01:48:57,240 --> 01:49:00,439
Speaker 4: When you run the quarterback in between the tackles, you're

1969
01:49:00,479 --> 01:49:03,720
Speaker 4: assuming that risk. But when you watch some of these

1970
01:49:03,760 --> 01:49:07,240
Speaker 4: young quarterbacks, and I think this is something that Josh

1971
01:49:07,240 --> 01:49:10,880
Speaker 4: Allen has talked about even this offseason, that these guys

1972
01:49:10,920 --> 01:49:13,800
Speaker 4: are so competitive and when they get the ball in

1973
01:49:13,880 --> 01:49:17,240
Speaker 4: their hands during the course of the moment, they just

1974
01:49:17,320 --> 01:49:19,720
Speaker 4: want to make everything happen. They want to run guys over,

1975
01:49:19,760 --> 01:49:22,280
Speaker 4: they want to get first downs, they want to score touchdowns.

1976
01:49:23,439 --> 01:49:25,639
Speaker 4: And this is not college football, this is not high

1977
01:49:25,680 --> 01:49:30,160
Speaker 4: school football. If you run the football with bad intentions

1978
01:49:30,240 --> 01:49:32,800
Speaker 4: like that, bad things are going to happen to you

1979
01:49:32,880 --> 01:49:36,479
Speaker 4: as a quarterback. And you see it with guys getting hurt.

1980
01:49:36,960 --> 01:49:41,240
Speaker 4: So to me, when I see the quarterback run, it's

1981
01:49:41,320 --> 01:49:44,760
Speaker 4: such an advantage for an offense to have a quarterback

1982
01:49:44,960 --> 01:49:49,280
Speaker 4: that can bring that dynamic to the offense. But that

1983
01:49:49,400 --> 01:49:52,400
Speaker 4: quarterback has to be smart and the decisions that he

1984
01:49:52,600 --> 01:49:56,000
Speaker 4: makes at the end of runs. You know, whether it's

1985
01:49:56,040 --> 01:49:59,960
Speaker 4: getting down, sliding, going out of bounds, that extra yall

1986
01:50:00,439 --> 01:50:04,040
Speaker 4: or three yards, it's not worth us not having you

1987
01:50:04,160 --> 01:50:07,120
Speaker 4: anymore and having to completely change our offense.

1988
01:50:08,479 --> 01:50:12,280
Speaker 2: Totally get it, And you know, it's like a delicate

1989
01:50:12,320 --> 01:50:15,280
Speaker 2: balance for sure. I don't know what the right number is.

1990
01:50:15,320 --> 01:50:17,720
Speaker 2: There's so many mobile quarterbacks now.

1991
01:50:17,840 --> 01:50:18,719
Speaker 3: In the league. CJ.

1992
01:50:18,840 --> 01:50:22,240
Speaker 2: Stroud over with Houston only ran the ball four times.

1993
01:50:22,560 --> 01:50:26,280
Speaker 2: Their offense did not produce a whole lot, only nine points,

1994
01:50:26,560 --> 01:50:29,160
Speaker 2: didn't get into the end zone. He did lose a fumble,

1995
01:50:29,640 --> 01:50:34,960
Speaker 2: but no picks, and you know, a decent passing percentage

1996
01:50:35,400 --> 01:50:38,800
Speaker 2: and yardage total. Like one thing I really liked about him.

1997
01:50:39,800 --> 01:50:43,720
Speaker 2: He was able to get receivers involved. You know, it's

1998
01:50:43,720 --> 01:50:46,360
Speaker 2: one thing to get the running backs involved, another thing

1999
01:50:46,400 --> 01:50:49,040
Speaker 2: to get the tight ends involved. Kind of the Desmond

2000
01:50:49,080 --> 01:50:51,599
Speaker 2: Ritter deal where it's like a lot of short stuff.

2001
01:50:52,000 --> 01:50:56,120
Speaker 2: But CJ was able to get six catches for Nicocollins,

2002
01:50:56,160 --> 01:50:59,640
Speaker 2: six catches for Robert Woods, get the ball downfield a

2003
01:50:59,640 --> 01:51:02,280
Speaker 2: little bit. I know they lost by double digits, they

2004
01:51:02,280 --> 01:51:05,200
Speaker 2: were supposed to lose by a lot in that football game,

2005
01:51:05,280 --> 01:51:08,520
Speaker 2: twenty five to nine at Baltimore. But all things considered,

2006
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Speaker 2: I think a pretty positive debut for CJ.

2007
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Speaker 4: You know, one receiver that you didn't mention that CJ

2008
01:51:15,280 --> 01:51:17,120
Speaker 4: got involved was himself.

2009
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Speaker 1: He completed his first pass, His first.

2010
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Speaker 4: Pass as an NFL quarterback was completed to himself, And

2011
01:51:25,200 --> 01:51:26,400
Speaker 4: I mean there's two.

2012
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Speaker 1: Ways to look at that.

2013
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Speaker 4: You know, obviously not great that you're catching your first

2014
01:51:30,200 --> 01:51:33,680
Speaker 4: career pass attempt as the quarterback, but that puts you

2015
01:51:33,680 --> 01:51:36,680
Speaker 4: in some pretty good company. Another quarterback back in the

2016
01:51:36,760 --> 01:51:40,320
Speaker 4: day caught his first career pass attempt, Brett farf. He

2017
01:51:40,400 --> 01:51:42,559
Speaker 4: went on to have a pretty good career. So I

2018
01:51:42,640 --> 01:51:44,920
Speaker 4: guarantee if you would ask CJ. Shrout if he'd sign

2019
01:51:45,000 --> 01:51:47,720
Speaker 4: up for Brett Farv's career, he would take it. But

2020
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Speaker 4: I love your point about getting all those receivers involved.

2021
01:51:51,920 --> 01:51:55,760
Speaker 4: You kind of just look through the distribution that he made. Yeah,

2022
01:51:55,960 --> 01:51:59,000
Speaker 4: the numbers don't jump off the table at you. Twenty

2023
01:51:59,040 --> 01:52:02,960
Speaker 4: eight of forty four, a decent completion percentage, no touchdowns,

2024
01:52:03,000 --> 01:52:06,680
Speaker 4: no interceptions. That's good. Not turning the football over in

2025
01:52:06,720 --> 01:52:10,000
Speaker 4: the past game. So I think there are positives to

2026
01:52:10,040 --> 01:52:12,439
Speaker 4: take away from that. And you know, his command of

2027
01:52:12,479 --> 01:52:15,720
Speaker 4: the offense, being able to get the ball out to

2028
01:52:16,080 --> 01:52:20,599
Speaker 4: the countless playmakers they have at the skill positions. And again,

2029
01:52:20,640 --> 01:52:22,920
Speaker 4: it was kind of one of those games. It's not

2030
01:52:23,080 --> 01:52:28,320
Speaker 4: one or the other. It wasn't bad rookie quarterback turning

2031
01:52:28,320 --> 01:52:30,840
Speaker 4: the football over. Maybe the game's a little too quick

2032
01:52:30,840 --> 01:52:34,960
Speaker 4: for him. Certainly, you can't go and score nine points

2033
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Speaker 4: and feel like as a quarterback you played your best.

2034
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Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, no, totally fair enough on that.

2035
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Speaker 2: Coming up next, let's dive into what is a really

2036
01:52:44,800 --> 01:52:50,920
Speaker 2: fun looking matchup tomorrow night, the Jets the Bills. Aaron Rodgers,

2037
01:52:51,400 --> 01:52:55,080
Speaker 2: Josh Allen. We dive in coming up next with Kyle Rudolph.

2038
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Speaker 2: I'm Mark Willard on Fox Sports Radio.

2039
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Speaker 1: And goal at the five yard line, going in.

2040
01:53:03,840 --> 01:53:08,080
Speaker 5: Put look in the corner and it's taught Tyreek Hill touchdown.

2041
01:53:08,520 --> 01:53:11,320
Speaker 3: Who else can you beat in a game? My gosh,

2042
01:53:11,840 --> 01:53:13,439
Speaker 3: Tyreek kill again?

2043
01:53:14,000 --> 01:53:14,719
Speaker 1: What a throw?

2044
01:53:15,560 --> 01:53:17,040
Speaker 3: What a throw by Tua?

2045
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2046
01:53:20,520 --> 01:53:24,000
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2052
01:53:44,000 --> 01:53:48,320
Speaker 2: an absolute blast after these games Week one, and I'm

2053
01:53:48,320 --> 01:53:50,800
Speaker 2: gonna go ahead and call this one that's happening in

2054
01:53:50,920 --> 01:53:53,679
Speaker 2: New York totally done. The Cowboys just went in again.

2055
01:53:53,720 --> 01:53:57,519
Speaker 2: It's forty to nothing. It is forty to nothing. I

2056
01:53:57,560 --> 01:53:59,559
Speaker 2: don't know why Dak Prescott is still in this game,

2057
01:53:59,600 --> 01:54:03,640
Speaker 2: but he is. But anyway, forty to nothing Cowboys. So

2058
01:54:03,720 --> 01:54:05,559
Speaker 2: let's go ahead, Kyle and take a jump and say

2059
01:54:05,560 --> 01:54:08,760
Speaker 2: that there's only one game left on the Week one schedule.

2060
01:54:09,320 --> 01:54:12,320
Speaker 2: And I wonder what you think we're gonna see. They

2061
01:54:12,360 --> 01:54:16,840
Speaker 2: are the hard knocks team. They are now Aaron Rodgers team.

2062
01:54:17,200 --> 01:54:20,400
Speaker 2: They are in New York. The attention and the bright

2063
01:54:20,520 --> 01:54:24,160
Speaker 2: lights could not be hotter as they go up against

2064
01:54:24,200 --> 01:54:28,000
Speaker 2: one of the established favorites in the AFC, the Buffalo Bills.

2065
01:54:28,160 --> 01:54:31,160
Speaker 2: I'm high on what we're gonna see from the Jets

2066
01:54:31,160 --> 01:54:33,240
Speaker 2: this year. I think he got a really good defense.

2067
01:54:33,600 --> 01:54:37,160
Speaker 2: I think Aaron's got enough left provided that he kind

2068
01:54:37,160 --> 01:54:40,680
Speaker 2: of brings down the gunslinger mentality just a little bit.

2069
01:54:40,720 --> 01:54:42,200
Speaker 3: I think Garrett Wilson's gonna.

2070
01:54:42,000 --> 01:54:45,080
Speaker 2: Have a huge year, and I actually think the Jets

2071
01:54:45,080 --> 01:54:48,320
Speaker 2: are gonna win this football game tomorrow. But both teams

2072
01:54:48,600 --> 01:54:51,680
Speaker 2: are gonna have playoff level years.

2073
01:54:51,720 --> 01:54:54,480
Speaker 3: But what's your preview of this one? What do you

2074
01:54:54,480 --> 01:54:55,080
Speaker 3: think is cooking?

2075
01:54:57,080 --> 01:54:58,800
Speaker 4: It's gonna be a good one. I don't think you

2076
01:54:58,800 --> 01:55:02,600
Speaker 4: can ask for a better game that sets the temp,

2077
01:55:02,960 --> 01:55:06,839
Speaker 4: sets the tone for the AFC East and that division

2078
01:55:06,880 --> 01:55:09,240
Speaker 4: that's going to be so competitive. We had talked about

2079
01:55:09,240 --> 01:55:12,440
Speaker 4: the Dolphins earlier on the show. You have the Bills

2080
01:55:12,440 --> 01:55:14,840
Speaker 4: and the Jets squaring off Week one on Monday Night

2081
01:55:14,840 --> 01:55:18,560
Speaker 4: football under the bright lights in New York. With the

2082
01:55:18,640 --> 01:55:22,800
Speaker 4: Jets and their new quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The question all

2083
01:55:22,880 --> 01:55:27,440
Speaker 4: offseason has been this is a really good Jets football

2084
01:55:27,480 --> 01:55:30,800
Speaker 4: team with a lot of key pieces across the board.

2085
01:55:31,760 --> 01:55:35,200
Speaker 4: Can Aaron Rodgers be that missing piece that takes them

2086
01:55:35,200 --> 01:55:37,840
Speaker 4: to the next level? And I believe he can. I

2087
01:55:37,920 --> 01:55:41,240
Speaker 4: agree with you, I think Aaron still has plenty left

2088
01:55:41,240 --> 01:55:45,320
Speaker 4: in the tank. I don't see a scenario where he

2089
01:55:45,560 --> 01:55:49,440
Speaker 4: isn't playing at that MVP caliber level that he's played

2090
01:55:49,480 --> 01:55:54,160
Speaker 4: at very recently. But I also believe that to your

2091
01:55:54,160 --> 01:55:58,200
Speaker 4: point on the gunslinger mentality, you know, I do see

2092
01:55:58,280 --> 01:56:01,360
Speaker 4: him reeling that in a little bit, and I'm excited

2093
01:56:01,400 --> 01:56:05,160
Speaker 4: to watch that offense. Yes, he brought over some of

2094
01:56:05,200 --> 01:56:08,800
Speaker 4: the guys from the Packers, but you mentioned Garrett Wilson.

2095
01:56:09,480 --> 01:56:13,520
Speaker 4: He takes a huge step forward this year having a

2096
01:56:13,560 --> 01:56:17,160
Speaker 4: guy I see him being the DeVante Adams of that offense,

2097
01:56:17,360 --> 01:56:20,760
Speaker 4: just making plays all over the field. But there's another

2098
01:56:20,800 --> 01:56:24,320
Speaker 4: addition to that offense that I'm really really excited to see,

2099
01:56:24,640 --> 01:56:26,360
Speaker 4: and that's a guy that I played with for a

2100
01:56:26,400 --> 01:56:31,720
Speaker 4: long time in Minnesota, Dalvin Cook. Dalvin is as explosive

2101
01:56:31,760 --> 01:56:33,640
Speaker 4: of a back as there is in the game, and

2102
01:56:33,880 --> 01:56:36,640
Speaker 4: that's not just in the run game, but also in

2103
01:56:36,680 --> 01:56:40,400
Speaker 4: the past game. He's another weapon for Aaron Rodgers to

2104
01:56:40,440 --> 01:56:42,480
Speaker 4: be able to get the ball out of his hand,

2105
01:56:42,960 --> 01:56:46,080
Speaker 4: get the ball to Dalvin in space. And when Dalvin

2106
01:56:46,120 --> 01:56:49,440
Speaker 4: has the ball in space, good things tend to happen.

2107
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Speaker 4: And it's gonna be fun to watch watching this Sunday

2108
01:56:53,720 --> 01:56:56,640
Speaker 4: night game. Going over to the Bill side, they showed

2109
01:56:56,760 --> 01:57:00,320
Speaker 4: Stefan Diggs in the crowd. Obviously he's watching his They're

2110
01:57:00,320 --> 01:57:03,560
Speaker 4: there for the Cowboys, and good news for Bills fans.

2111
01:57:04,000 --> 01:57:06,520
Speaker 4: They won't have to worry about Digs missing curfew because

2112
01:57:06,520 --> 01:57:08,640
Speaker 4: he's probably already back at the hotel.

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Speaker 1: Like you said, this one's over.

2114
01:57:12,680 --> 01:57:13,200
Speaker 3: This thing.

2115
01:57:13,400 --> 01:57:16,840
Speaker 2: Speaking to Dalvin Cook, this thing is cooked completely.

2116
01:57:16,920 --> 01:57:17,800
Speaker 3: But you're right.

2117
01:57:17,840 --> 01:57:20,240
Speaker 2: The running back situation for the Jets now becomes a

2118
01:57:20,280 --> 01:57:24,200
Speaker 2: real fascinating one, whether it's for fantasy reasons, whether it's.

2119
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Speaker 3: For football reasons. Dalvin is a player.

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Speaker 2: I really think the Vikings are gonna regret letting go.

2121
01:57:30,560 --> 01:57:32,960
Speaker 2: I understand that the finances are involved in this. I

2122
01:57:33,000 --> 01:57:36,240
Speaker 2: know everything that happened to the running back position through

2123
01:57:36,240 --> 01:57:41,200
Speaker 2: the minds of NFL executives this offseason, but it's it's wild.

2124
01:57:41,320 --> 01:57:43,520
Speaker 2: You look at now what happened to the Vikings today.

2125
01:57:43,920 --> 01:57:46,680
Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins still had a three hundred plus yard day.

2126
01:57:46,840 --> 01:57:49,000
Speaker 2: Justin Jefferson had a one hundred and fifty yard day.

2127
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Speaker 2: But oh, look at that. You only got seventeen points.

2128
01:57:51,840 --> 01:57:54,240
Speaker 2: I wonder why, and it's because they could not produce

2129
01:57:54,440 --> 01:57:57,240
Speaker 2: that much on the ground. I really think they're going

2130
01:57:57,280 --> 01:58:00,840
Speaker 2: to miss Dalvin Cook and the Jets as they get better.

2131
01:58:00,880 --> 01:58:05,400
Speaker 2: For bres Hall in coming back from his injury, and

2132
01:58:05,720 --> 01:58:09,960
Speaker 2: they're sort of wanting to ease him in maybe week four,

2133
01:58:10,080 --> 01:58:12,800
Speaker 2: maybe week five, something like that before you see full

2134
01:58:12,880 --> 01:58:13,760
Speaker 2: level brease Hall.

2135
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Speaker 3: But this could be a fascinating one.

2136
01:58:17,800 --> 01:58:21,840
Speaker 2: Two punch for the Jets because you'd be hard pressed

2137
01:58:21,880 --> 01:58:25,560
Speaker 2: to find a more talented duo coming out of anybody's

2138
01:58:25,600 --> 01:58:26,480
Speaker 2: backfield this year.

2139
01:58:27,400 --> 01:58:28,240
Speaker 1: That's exactly right.

2140
01:58:28,280 --> 01:58:30,840
Speaker 4: It takes a lot of pressure off Breess early in

2141
01:58:30,920 --> 01:58:34,520
Speaker 4: the season when you'll be able to trot Dalvin Cook

2142
01:58:34,560 --> 01:58:38,160
Speaker 4: out there and have a guy with that experience and

2143
01:58:38,160 --> 01:58:43,240
Speaker 4: that playmaking ability. There's no pressure on getting him back

2144
01:58:43,600 --> 01:58:47,000
Speaker 4: right away early in the season. You can let him

2145
01:58:47,200 --> 01:58:50,240
Speaker 4: make sure that he's completely comfortable and back to one

2146
01:58:50,320 --> 01:58:53,760
Speaker 4: hundred percent before he's out there and back to the

2147
01:58:53,800 --> 01:58:56,800
Speaker 4: bris Hall that we saw last year before the injury.

2148
01:58:56,840 --> 01:58:59,840
Speaker 4: And again the Jets are really exciting. I think it

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Speaker 4: was a team that had all of the pieces to

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Speaker 4: be a playoff caliber team, a Super Bowl contender, and

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Speaker 4: when you add Aaron Rodgers to that makeup of the

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Speaker 4: rest of the team, it makes it really exciting to watch.

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Speaker 4: But again, they're gonna have to knock off the number

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Speaker 4: one team in the division last year, the Buffalo Bills,

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Speaker 4: and again kind of set the tone for the season

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Speaker 4: here on Monday Night Football.

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Speaker 2: I mean, there are all kinds of matchups that are

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Speaker 2: going to just be so spicy, you know, Sauce Gardner

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Speaker 2: leading that defensive charge. They were so good last year

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Speaker 2: going against Josh Allen. I can't wait for this one

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Speaker 2: and I can't wait for it to be one of

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Speaker 2: the things that you and I discussed when we circle

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Speaker 2: back again with one another next Sunday night. We'll do

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Speaker 2: it all year long. Man, this was great. Welcome to

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Speaker 2: the team. It's really wonderful to have you.

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Speaker 4: It was a pleasure, and certainly this Sunday Night Football,

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Speaker 4: I'll feel a lot better than I typically on it

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Speaker 4: Monday after Sunday Night Football.

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Speaker 8: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll get better games for sure.

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Speaker 2: But off to a good start for the season for

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Speaker 2: Kyle Rudolph, I'm Mark Willard on Fox Sports Radio