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Speaker 1: Y'all watch football this weekend? Right, Yes we did? You

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Speaker 1: were there, right, Matt, weren't you in that Caboys Niners game?

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Speaker 1: I was at the game. I don't know who they played,

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Speaker 1: but they I was definitely at the game. You don't

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Speaker 1: you know I'm talking like that. I'm I'm gonna let

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Speaker 1: him make race because I know, I know it was

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Speaker 1: a type of game and they thought it was going

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Speaker 1: be Um. I know a couple of things. One with me,

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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott is a good quarterback, but he's not a

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Speaker 1: championship quarterback. Um Digs is a great, great defensive back,

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Speaker 1: but he's not willing to put his body on the

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Speaker 1: line and when the in the big moments, and he

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Speaker 1: also dropped the big interception and to be considered one

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Speaker 1: of the greats, you gotta make those plays. But all

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Speaker 1: in all, I give more credit to the part of

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Speaker 1: Ninage for their their young quarterback. There for rookie quarterback

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Speaker 1: the show poison to be able to win these big games,

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Speaker 1: make the plays, not turn the ball over, not give

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Speaker 1: a rattle, and being able to stand in there and

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Speaker 1: do what needs to be done along with a great defense.

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Speaker 1: So I got mixed emotions. Rachel, I buried my little

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Speaker 1: brother recently. My little brother was a die hard, farty

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Speaker 1: n A fan, and I told myself coming into this

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Speaker 1: game that I didn't care who won. You know, I

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Speaker 1: felt good because the part of nine has played on

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Speaker 1: my brothers. There my brothers funeral and they haven't lost

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Speaker 1: sin so levin the roads and my brother's been dead.

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Speaker 1: So I'm happy for the point of that point of

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Speaker 1: downage just as well. I think that's Jack's way of

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Speaker 1: just saying that he's gonna become a forty Niner fan

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Speaker 1: and we will welcome you. Now. I will take you

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Speaker 1: to some games and you can meet the team and

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Speaker 1: send the owner's box with me and hang out and

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Speaker 1: be a not a fan bro. Just if you want

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Speaker 1: to come over for accepting applications now before the NFC Championship,

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Speaker 1: you gotta stake your claim. But no very solid gang.

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Speaker 1: Uh you know it was it was really really a

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Speaker 1: defensive battle and um, you know, Dac through some crucial interceptions.

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Speaker 1: Um as Jack said, Purty played well. I mean in

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Speaker 1: that system, you know, the quarterback's job is to just

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Speaker 1: you know, hit the passage you need to hit. You

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Speaker 1: don't need to be a superhero, you know, with McCaffrey

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Speaker 1: and Deebo being able to do a lot of different things.

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Speaker 1: But I really I think but when it was was

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Speaker 1: with San Francisco's defense, Uh, the ability to put pressure

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Speaker 1: on Doc and and that just not to come through.

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Speaker 1: You know, this guy has been, you know, a very

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Speaker 1: solid regular season quarterback, and I think all Cowboy fans

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Speaker 1: have been waiting for him to get over that hump.

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Speaker 1: You know, we spoked about the hump for Philly earlier

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Speaker 1: in the show, but for that to be able to

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Speaker 1: get over the humping and do it when the bright

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Speaker 1: lights are on, when it means the most, and he

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Speaker 1: hasn't been able to do it. So, you know, you

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Speaker 1: hear a lot of talk about what's next for Dallas.

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Speaker 1: You hear, you know, if they're serious, they need to

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Speaker 1: go get someone like Aaron Rodgers or do some other things.

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Speaker 1: But I don't know. It looks like, you know, the

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Speaker 1: patients is running out for Cowboy fans and Dak Prescott

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Speaker 1: to perform on the biggest stage. I'm supposed to ask

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Speaker 1: you who's gonna win the NFC Championship Game, But I

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Speaker 1: have a feeling, Matt, what you'll say, Yes, it's bang

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Speaker 1: bang here Jack? Who Jack? Who's gonna win it? Jack? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I told you I gotta jacket for you to Jack

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Speaker 1: that has you write your name on and with marker

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Speaker 1: and everything on the inside of it. It could be

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Speaker 1: yours both wagon's got a seat, sir, No, sir, long

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Speaker 1: Live Leadough, I'm just riding because long Live lead. Guilty

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Speaker 1: by association. Okay, Bengals Chiefs coming up this weekend. To

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Speaker 1: Burrow has a three and oh record against Mahomes was

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Speaker 1: just crazy when you say that out loud. Mahomes has

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Speaker 1: that little injury, he's dealing with two draftings. As the

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Speaker 1: Bengals a slight favorites over the Chiefs despite the fact

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Speaker 1: that Cincinnati's on the road, What do you think who

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Speaker 1: takes the FC? I mean, I'm I'm I'm I'm a

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Speaker 1: big Chiefs fan. I really like Patrick Mahomes, but I

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Speaker 1: think that ankle sprain uh is gonna linger him. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure he's gonna get obviously here around the clock treatment

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Speaker 1: up until the game. But Burrow is just Mr Cool

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Speaker 1: and has two of the best receivers in the game,

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Speaker 1: a very good defense, and you know, this is the

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Speaker 1: same matchup we had last year for the a f

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Speaker 1: C Championships. So as much as I like my Homes

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Speaker 1: and and Kelsey is a friend of the program, I

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Speaker 1: think I'm going with Joe Burrow and Chase and and

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Speaker 1: then young Bengals. Yeah, the Bangers. The Bankers had just

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Speaker 1: had their number the last couple of years, and you

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Speaker 1: know their young team that's been that's gotten better over

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Speaker 1: the years. Like he talked about the quarterback, he just

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Speaker 1: he just paused and know what he's doing. And he's

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Speaker 1: been one of those guys that that always thrive in

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Speaker 1: those moments regardless of the weather. Rachel, he always shined.

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Speaker 1: He could be colder hot, you know, Joe Barrel, go

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Speaker 1: out there, go out there and get the job done.

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Speaker 1: So the Bengals that don't matter if there on the road.

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Speaker 1: As you've seen, they know how to go on the

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Speaker 1: road to get big winds. They've done that. Um, I

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Speaker 1: gotta go with the Bankers too, because the Chase is

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Speaker 1: definitely one of my favorite players in the league right now.

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Speaker 1: And uh him and burrowers have a connection in the

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs that's been almost at the top of

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Speaker 1: the charts. I mean we've seen quarterbacks like you know,

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Speaker 1: Joe Cool all the way back to Joe Montana all

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Speaker 1: that stuff, but Joe Burrow has fucking ice in his veins, right,

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Speaker 1: I Mean, there's nothing that rattles is kid yeah, no,

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Speaker 1: and and and I don't even think he gets the

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Speaker 1: recognition and the credit that he deserves. And you know,

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Speaker 1: I was, I was thinking to myself, I'm just like

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Speaker 1: I've I've always known he's solid, but I just didn't

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Speaker 1: realize how good this guy is. And and and he

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Speaker 1: consistently gets the job done. So again, I think it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a great a f C championship along with it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, let's not sell the Eagle short.

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Speaker 1: They've had a great season and you know their young

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Speaker 1: quarterback is playing really good football too. So I mean,

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Speaker 1: both these championship games are gonna be cold as ship

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Speaker 1: before the best teams in the NFL. Man, and it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a great you know, it's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: great championship weekend. Do you see that clip that's floating

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Speaker 1: around now of Joe Burrow like introducing himself to the

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Speaker 1: defensive opponents during the Super Bowl last year? He was like, Hi,

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Speaker 1: it's nice to meet you. I'm a big fan, the

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Speaker 1: modest He's modest, the modest star. What's burning y'all? Available

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Speaker 1: every week on Showtime Basketball YouTube and on Twitter, Instagram,

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Speaker 1: and TikTok at Show Basketball Who see y'all next week.

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