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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up, everybody?

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Speaker 1: Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire. Friday, September A pretty interesting Thursday

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Speaker 1: night in sports. I actually played around a golf with

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Speaker 1: somebody's right before the games late Thursday afternoon. Um. First

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Speaker 1: round I played in a while, second round I played

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Speaker 1: during the quarantine. And then I get home, I shower,

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Speaker 1: and I sink my teeth into these games and I'm like,

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Speaker 1: damn at the Celtics sorts of trouble and oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrows already better than Baker Mayfield. Oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow is already better than Baker Mayfield. Those are

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Speaker 1: my big two takeaways. But first a couple of housekeeping items.

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Speaker 1: Number one, great interview coming up later in the podcast

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Speaker 1: with Bucky Brooks. You guys probably know him if you've

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Speaker 1: ever watched the NFL network, if you've ever watched FS one.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if he's been on ESPN, but he's

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Speaker 1: a former NFL player, really smart, analytical mind and helps

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Speaker 1: me dig into Week two in the NFL. So that's

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Speaker 1: later in the podcast. And number two, I UM lost

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Speaker 1: the best bet again. Cleveland Browns came up short giving

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Speaker 1: up a backdoor touchdown. Listen, this is on me. Okay,

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Speaker 1: three straight losses in a row for the best bet.

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Speaker 1: I uh, you know it happens. We will get to

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Speaker 1: the best bet later. I've got some good stuff on

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Speaker 1: the best bet at the end of the podcast for

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Speaker 1: the weekend. And finally, the third item here is we

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Speaker 1: have our third winner for the one hundred dollar iTunes

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Speaker 1: comment giveaway. Oh yeah, we're just giving away money. Rob

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Speaker 1: G loves it. Were just handing out hundred dollar bills.

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Speaker 1: I then Mode one winner, who we announced on Thursday's podcast.

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Speaker 1: The other winner has not identified himself yet. We're still

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Speaker 1: waiting for you, Buddy Um and rob G take it away.

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Speaker 1: Our third winner for wittiest, coolest best comment on the

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Speaker 1: iTunes hundred dollar giveaway is j You And here's what

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Speaker 1: his comment was, five star review as always to get

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Speaker 1: in the running for the hundred dollars. Here's what he said,

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Speaker 1: coming from a sports spot connoisseur. Here is my ranking

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Speaker 1: what that one is, but what I don't know, but

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Speaker 1: I'm sure it's good. J McK and Rob G are

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Speaker 1: gangster the most accurate sports takes and predictions out there currently.

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Speaker 1: But can we get Rob G some more Mike time? Though?

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Speaker 1: Now I know why you picked this car. Hashtag gets

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Speaker 1: star reviews below, fuck off mate, hashtag haters gonna hate?

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Speaker 1: Oh wow, Well, I gotta say with the bad words,

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Speaker 1: Rob G, it's funny. A dad was driving his kid

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Speaker 1: he said, boy, Mr McIntyre says a lot of bad words.

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Speaker 1: I didn't realize that, Rob, you we do have some

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Speaker 1: dad ads taking their kids to school. I didn't know

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Speaker 1: kids were still going to school during the pandemic. But

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Speaker 1: thank you Rob G for finding this guy. J You now,

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Speaker 1: let me guess, is this your neighbor who you wanted

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Speaker 1: to slide a hundred dollars to? It is not, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna tell you. I did to text a few of

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Speaker 1: my family and said, hey, this guy's given away a

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Speaker 1: don't know how often, um there have been some request

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Speaker 1: have to be cool with that, because this is what

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Speaker 1: people do on podcast. They give stuff away, all right.

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Speaker 1: On to Thursday Night Football. Listen Bengals thirty. Very plucky

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Speaker 1: effort from the Bengals. Okay, Joe Burrow comes in the

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Speaker 1: back door, storms in the back door in the final

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Speaker 1: thirty seconds, Brown score thirty five and win it. But

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Speaker 1: I think the big picture takeaway here is easy. You

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Speaker 1: cannot come away from this game and say, yeah, I'd

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Speaker 1: rather have Baker Mayfield than Joe Burrow. You just can't

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Speaker 1: do that. Joe Burrow a rookie and his second start. Okay,

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Speaker 1: remember I'd given you the numbers that last fifteen seasons.

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Speaker 1: but I appreciate Burrow for that. I just gotta say

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield made a rookie interception late in the game

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Speaker 1: He just misread Jackson coming off defending nobody on what

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Speaker 1: was a beautiful play design. It looked great. Baker thought

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. And I'm sorry, guys, you could see Stefanski,

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Speaker 1: that interception by Baker. It was all sorts of Nick

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Speaker 1: I mean, can you imagine trying to tackle Nick Chubb

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Speaker 1: I mean, goodness, gracious, Bengals thirty first downs, three total yards. Now,

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Speaker 1: But I lost the bet. Um, Baker Mayfield didn't look good.

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Speaker 1: Joe Burrow did. That's the big picture takeaway. Um, quickly

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Speaker 1: over to the NBA. We have Lakers Nuggets tonight. I

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Speaker 1: off the Lakers in game one, just for one reason.

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Speaker 1: They dropped Game one against Portlands, and they dropped Game

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Speaker 1: be feeling the opponent out early. See what they're doing,

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Speaker 1: monitor the tendencies, and then they come back and hammer them.

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Speaker 1: They want four straight against Portlands, were straight against Houston. However,

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Speaker 1: seven against the Jazz. They came out in Game one,

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Speaker 1: of the playoffs, it's gonna be significant. I can see

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Speaker 1: the Lakers winning this game, and that's why I predict

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Speaker 1: I'm going on record with a sweep for the Lakers.

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Speaker 1: I do have the number here. I did bet it today,

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Speaker 1: Lakers in a sweep plus two sixty. And this is

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Speaker 1: the other reason I really like the Lakers in this series.

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Speaker 1: Well two more Okay, Nicole Yokich murdered, absolutely murdered the Clippers.

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Speaker 1: They had nobody to guard him. Zubos was the guy.

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Speaker 1: He's a little slow, he's young. And then Montrez Harrold

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Speaker 1: had no chance. Ki and six he was dominant in

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Speaker 1: totally podest Tree. He absolutely can't get on tracked four meetings,

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Speaker 1: sixteen points, five rebounds, five assists. The Lakers have three

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Speaker 1: big bodies to throw at him. JaVale McGee is a

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Speaker 1: KG veteran good shot blocker. He'll get your rebounds because

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Speaker 1: he knows he's only playing like fifteen minutes. He's hustling.

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Speaker 1: Dwight Howard can be an animal. Now. He's probably fired

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Speaker 1: barely at all except for garbage time against the Rockets,

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Speaker 1: and of course Anthony Davis. So Yoki numbers were not

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Speaker 1: good against the Lakers. Their other guy is Jamal Murray.

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Speaker 1: Jamal Murray in the four wins against the Clippers went

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Speaker 1: three point but in the three losses fourteen points a game,

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Speaker 1: thirty percent shooting twenty I'm sorry, thirty three from deep.

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Speaker 1: If you can contain Jamal Murray and the Lakers did

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Speaker 1: this with Damian Lillard. The Lakers did this with James Harden.

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Speaker 1: You can easily win this series. And I'm telling you, guys,

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Speaker 1: I think this is a Lakers sweep. Put me down.

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Speaker 1: I already bet it plus two sixty Lakers to sweep

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Speaker 1: onto Celtics Heat. Which was a shocking result. Okay, this

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Speaker 1: game was a stunner for a couple of reasons. Number One,

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Speaker 1: Bam out of Bio is emerging as one of these

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Speaker 1: There's a lot of people who don't watch a Heat

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Speaker 1: of Bio one and ten. He's like automatic in close.

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Speaker 1: And remember the bigs are kind of useless now, but

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Speaker 1: he's a great passing big. So they play him in

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Speaker 1: the high post and they're getting back door layups, are

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Speaker 1: getting open threes. I'm stunned. Duncan Robinson had six three

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Speaker 1: He had and the big story here for the Celtics.

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Speaker 1: After the game, Marcus Smart, the heart and soul of

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Speaker 1: that team, went in the locker room. You know, the

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Speaker 1: the locker room, and the media reports are Marcus Smart

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Speaker 1: And I gotta be honest, rob g I don't see

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Speaker 1: is that from your experiences playing in the league. What

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Speaker 1: is that about the coach? Can he not get the

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Speaker 1: guys up? Is he not good with the game plan?

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Speaker 1: Is he better adjusting? Uh? Some people are able to

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Speaker 1: really come out of the game with a script that

430
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Speaker 1: really puts you on your heels. And for Duck Cutter

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Speaker 1: and the Falcons, for whatever reason, they don't get out

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Speaker 1: the fast starts where they really quick, rhythmic in the mood.

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Speaker 1: It doesn't necessarily get Matt Ryan going early. If you

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Speaker 1: go back and look at the way that the Falcons

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Speaker 1: used to play with Kyle Shanahan. Right now, man, those

436
00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,000
Speaker 1: first few team plays, they're ripping them off. They give

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Speaker 1: me a bunch of different looks, a lot of variations, emotions,

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Speaker 1: and they're taking shots. It just hasn't worked out like

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Speaker 1: that for them. But I do think there's something to

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Speaker 1: do it. But I will say is, look, it's it's

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Speaker 1: hard to call the game a must win game. I

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Speaker 1: think this is a must win game for the Dallas Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: I don't think the Dallas Cowboys can fall into an

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Speaker 1: O into hole just because of all of the expectations

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Speaker 1: that were around Mike McCarthy and this team. I think

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Speaker 1: they play with that urgency another must win. Tom Brady

447
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Speaker 1: and the Bucks a little easier path here. They faced

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Speaker 1: the Panthers. They're big favorites, favored by eight. I think

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Speaker 1: this could be nine, maybe even ten by game time.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. Bucky I said on the podcast earlier

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Speaker 1: this week, I was not like everybody else the sky

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Speaker 1: is falling for Brady. I didn't think he was terrible.

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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously the pick six was bad. The other

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Speaker 1: interception I looked like there was some miscommunication. It might

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Speaker 1: have been on Evans. According to Bruce Arians, I don't

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Speaker 1: know any takeaways from Tom Brady and and thoughts on

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Speaker 1: Bucks against the Panthers. Well, I think the one thing

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Speaker 1: it takes some time, and it takes some time for

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady to sell in the Bruce Arians offense without

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Speaker 1: a preseason Um, you know, we we always poop to

461
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Speaker 1: say why do we need preseason games? It doesn't matter like,

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Speaker 1: but you need those first for games to kind of

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Speaker 1: get the rhythm. And I think what we see is

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady is uncomfortable in a new style of offense

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Speaker 1: and we may not see him really settle in until

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Speaker 1: about week eight. Um, this is a great week for them.

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Speaker 1: They're playing the Carolina Panthers. I don't think the Panthers

468
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Speaker 1: are great, but man, they went totetee with the Las

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Speaker 1: Vegas Raidors and had a chance at the end. I

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Speaker 1: think they can make a competitive because it's the Vision game.

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Speaker 1: But I respect Tom Brady to put on a better

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Speaker 1: performance and the one that he did against the Mormans.

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Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey could not run at all on Tampa last year,

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Speaker 1: and I thought tampa'sd showed well. Drew Brees not even

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Speaker 1: two hundreds rushing. Uh, they really shut down the Saints

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Speaker 1: if not for those Brady mistakes and the special teams gaff,

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Speaker 1: that's a game. Um. You know. The other thing is

478
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Speaker 1: the Raiders moved the ball at will against his defense

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Speaker 1: mount Rule defensive guy. I think you know him and

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Speaker 1: like him. Um, can they slow down Brady? Here? Chris

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Speaker 1: Godwin in concussion protocol this week obviously not good news. Now.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they will be able to slow them down.

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Speaker 1: I just think there's too much talent for Tampa. Um.

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Speaker 1: You also have remember feel Snow and Joe Brady, two

485
00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:05,360
Speaker 1: coordinators are learning the NFL game. They're not necessarily NFL guys,

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Speaker 1: so they having to adjust to the differences, and so

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Speaker 1: they may take the Panthers a while to kind of

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Speaker 1: settle in and find their way. But I think Tom

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Speaker 1: Brady started all the whispers he didn't have a great game. Um,

490
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Speaker 1: people are really questioning whether he still has it now

491
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Speaker 1: that he had that poor showing to start it out.

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Speaker 1: I think he's motivated. I think he plays better. I

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Speaker 1: still don't know what the Temp Bay Buccaneers are gonna

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Speaker 1: be in the end, but I think they get a

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Speaker 1: winning this week. Um, all right, let's go to the

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson led Ravens. I don't know, man, this is

497
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Speaker 1: a team. I just I don't like picking against the Ravens.

498
00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:35,840
Speaker 1: I did it last week. I took the Browns like

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Speaker 1: an idiot and I paid the price. I mean, listen

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Speaker 1: to Bucky. It was my only miss last week. Really,

501
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Speaker 1: I had a great week. But I'm done picking against Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: And people want to make a case that the Texans

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Speaker 1: have extra time. They got the revenge factor from from

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Speaker 1: last year getting their butts kicked. I just can't see

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Speaker 1: an advantage here from the coaching mismatch hardball against O'Brien. Um.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, is there a case for the Texans

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Speaker 1: to win this because by away, they opened against my homes.

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Speaker 1: Now they get Lamar and next week they get the

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Speaker 1: Steelers defense. Texans, it's some trouble. Yeah, there's some trouble.

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Speaker 1: I think this is a tough game for the Texans

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Speaker 1: just because Baltimore's offenses is unique. It is just a

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Speaker 1: different style that you just don't see if they can

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00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,439
Speaker 1: run it their physical Lamar Jackson is quickly emerging as

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Speaker 1: one of the top five quarterbacks in the league. Say

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Speaker 1: what you want to say about his ability to do

516
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Speaker 1: it in an unorthodox fashion. He puts some numbers each

517
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Speaker 1: and every week, and I just don't know. When I

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Speaker 1: look at the Texans, they feel like they have a

519
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Speaker 1: disjointed offense. I really don't know what their identity is

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Speaker 1: on offense. I love the quarterback. I think Deshaun Watson

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Speaker 1: has the tools to be one of the greats, but

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Speaker 1: I just don't know what I'm getting. When I opened

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Speaker 1: up that Houston Texans presence present and because of that,

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Speaker 1: I just and I just see the Baltimore Ravens kind

525
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Speaker 1: of knocking them around. You know, you mentioned identity, so

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Speaker 1: and I go back and forth on this because, like

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick has changed the identity of the Patriots so

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Speaker 1: many times in twenty years. Right, they were I octane

529
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Speaker 1: Randy Moss, they were slot guy Welker and Edelman. They

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Speaker 1: were the tool dual tight end with Gronk. They've done

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Speaker 1: the running game. Now they're back to the running game

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Speaker 1: with the running quarterback. Don't the smart ones in the

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Speaker 1: NFL consistently change or do you get with an identity

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Speaker 1: and stick with it no matter what. No, But I

535
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Speaker 1: think you would say that regress of how the Patriots

536
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Speaker 1: play stylistically, They're always a smart, tough team that doesn't

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Speaker 1: beat themselves. They do the right things when you expect

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Speaker 1: them do it, and I think they may skew a

539
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Speaker 1: little bit more towards the run of the past, but

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Speaker 1: you've got a sense of who they are. Um when

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Speaker 1: we think about identity, identity is about man. If I

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Speaker 1: close my eyes and I say Houston Texans, you should

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Speaker 1: have an image or a thing of how they play.

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Speaker 1: When I say Pittsburgh Stillers, there's an image that comes

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Speaker 1: to mind. Baltimore Ravens, there's an image. Man, it's gonna

546
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Speaker 1: be a physical, tough, rugged game. I know regards to

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Speaker 1: how they play, man, we would have to put the

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Speaker 1: big boy paths on. I think with Houston, you just

549
00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:58,920
Speaker 1: don't know. They're kind of like a Hodgepods collection of

550
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 1: different styles, but nothing has necessarily stuck and nothing gives

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Speaker 1: you confidence to a this is who this franchise is.

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Speaker 1: And I think until they're able to really settle into that,

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00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:11,399
Speaker 1: it would be hard for them to be one of

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Speaker 1: the top team. So it's it's basically closed my eyes

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Speaker 1: to Shaun Watson makes something happen like that, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I mean in a way like that's that's kind of

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00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 1: how they operate, and that's why they're so up and down.

558
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 1: When you're thinking them each and every year, you just

559
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 1: don't know what they hang their hat on and I

560
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 1: would like to see him do it. I just don't

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Speaker 1: have any hopes of them being able to figure it

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Speaker 1: out this week. All right, how about the Arizona Cardinals.

563
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:34,040
Speaker 1: I really like them this year. I'm bullish. I have

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Speaker 1: them to win the division. I have them get into

565
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Speaker 1: the playoffs. I love what I saw from Kyler Murray,

566
00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,400
Speaker 1: but Bucky. I mean, the Cardinals defense really shut down

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Speaker 1: Jimmy g last week. Now. I know that Kettle got

568
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Speaker 1: hurt and he has no receivers, but they did a

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Speaker 1: number on him. I kind of like Arizona this week

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Speaker 1: against Washington. I know Washington's front four could get pressure

571
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Speaker 1: on Kyler, but as we saw last week, I mean,

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Speaker 1: he had a hundred yards rushing until he had to

573
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Speaker 1: take a couple knees there late. Um. I guess what

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Speaker 1: would be the identity of the Cardinals and and how

575
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,159
Speaker 1: good is this team? I think the team has the

576
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Speaker 1: chance to be really good early in the off season.

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Speaker 1: I say Cala Murray has a shot to be the

578
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 1: m v P. Calamari is special, and I think when

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Speaker 1: you look at Cala Murray, basically he's a mini version

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Speaker 1: of Pat Mahomes. That's the best way that I can

581
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Speaker 1: describe it um his ability to make throws. He he

582
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 1: throws it at a high level, his accuracy, his ability

583
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Speaker 1: to throw a timing touch and anticipation. Look it's up there.

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Speaker 1: And then when you add in the running ability you

585
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,440
Speaker 1: talked about, he had a hundred yard game and it

586
00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 1: looked easy against the San Francisco forty nine. And so

587
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,120
Speaker 1: now the one thing that gives me, Paul, is when

588
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,560
Speaker 1: you're dealing with Washington, that front line gets after it.

589
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 1: They might be arguably the best front line in football.

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00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 1: When you think about Chase Young and Ryan Carey again,

591
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Speaker 1: Montes sweat to Ron Payne, Jonathan Allen, five first rounders

592
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 1: in that rotation. They can make it problematic. They beat

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Speaker 1: up Carson Wentz in the Philadelphia Eagles. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if the Cardinals upfront can deal with them, but I'm

595
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Speaker 1: still gonna go with the Cardinals. So how does Kingsbury

596
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 1: come back that pressure? Are We're talking a lot of

597
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 1: dump offs to Kenyan Drake because we know the Washington

598
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,480
Speaker 1: back end is I don't want to say suspect, but

599
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 1: you know Carson Wentz had them up seventeen nothing going

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00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: heavy to the tight ends. Uh Cardinals don't use the

601
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 1: tight ends as much. But also Jalen Reagor had that

602
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: big beat him deep. I think Deshaun sorry, DeShawn Jackson

603
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,640
Speaker 1: had a couple of chances. Um, well, if you're Arizona,

604
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 1: how do you scheme against his fund four? So it's funny.

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Speaker 1: They had a rhythm passing him against San Francisco Ford

606
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: and everything was really quick. It was out of Cala

607
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 1: Murray's hands quickly. Uh DeAndre Hopkins ran a more diverse

608
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: out of routes than he's ever run before. And so

609
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Speaker 1: you think about him catching four teen balls, Well, you

610
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 1: don't have to worry about him. But now when all

611
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: the attention goes to him, Lara Fitzgerald and Christian Kirk

612
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 1: and Kenyan Drake will begin to get after you. I

613
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 1: think the big thing for the Cardinals quick rhythm passing

614
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Speaker 1: and get the ball out, Get the ball into the

615
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: hands of the playmakers and let them work. What we're

616
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Speaker 1: seeing from Cayla Murray is the maturity to understand I

617
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 1: don't have to do everything by myself. I'm gonna let

618
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:00,680
Speaker 1: my teammates do the work. Just gonna get into the

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Speaker 1: hands and let them go. All right, let's go to

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Speaker 1: Giants Bears. This is a weird one because my inclination

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Speaker 1: is everybody likes the Bears just because of a fourth

622
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 1: quarter comeback, but for three quarters they were garbage buck.

623
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Speaker 1: I mean, people were calling for get Trubisky out of there.

624
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 1: I think the real Troubisky is probably somewhere in between. Right,

625
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 1: He's not a fourth quarter comeback guy. Right. They got

626
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,480
Speaker 1: a little lucky at the interception of stafford Um, but

627
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 1: it's not like the Giants defense is any good. I

628
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Speaker 1: don't know, how do you read this game. It's ugly game,

629
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Speaker 1: and it's ugly game to think about watching. Because the

630
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 1: Giants didn't put on an impressive performance on Monday night.

631
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Speaker 1: I give him credit for playing hard and Daniel Jones

632
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: making some plays. He had a bone head turnover down

633
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Speaker 1: in the red zone. Um. I think the big thing

634
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: with the Giants they gotta figure out who is say

635
00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 1: Karn Barkley, and how do you best utilize him? Uh

636
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 1: struggle on the ground. The offensive line isn't capable of

637
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 1: getting and pushed at the point of attack, So how

638
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 1: do they maximize him? Do they put him more in

639
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 1: the passing game and let him do some things we

640
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: can touch the ball in space, that will be a consideration.

641
00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with it. I'm gonna go with the Giants.

642
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 1: And the only reason I'm gonna of the Jiants is

643
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: just because I think I think Sae Kwon Barkley is

644
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 1: due to have like player two. When I looked at

645
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,840
Speaker 1: the Bears game, I'll be honest, man, I turned it

646
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: off because the Detroit lines were whipped, whipping them. I

647
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 1: was more surprised than anybody. When I clicked back over

648
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 1: and they're up at the end of the game, I'm like,

649
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,000
Speaker 1: what happened? What did I miss? And then when you

650
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 1: look at the tape, they have some things go their way.

651
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,480
Speaker 1: I don't know if they can depend on like rabbit

652
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 1: speed and shamrocks and all those things. Games. I'm gonna

653
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 1: going to Giants, man. I mean it's one of those

654
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 1: like if Swift catches that pass and it looked like

655
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 1: you should have caught it, you know we're not talking

656
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 1: about this. You know Swift, and you make a good

657
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,719
Speaker 1: point about Sa Kuan, because I'm looking at now, Adrian

658
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 1: Peterson had ninety three yards on the ground, averaging six

659
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 1: a touch um that could mean in line for a

660
00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: big game. Alright, final game. I'll get you here on

661
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: one of my favorite picks of the week. Um, Pittsburgh

662
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 1: Steelers favored by seven against Denver. I gotta say, I

663
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: think Bucky Denver is one of the most overvalued teams

664
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Speaker 1: that I've seen. Um, they got injuries. Philip Lindsay now

665
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 1: down with turf toe, obviously, von Miller out, Uh, Courtland

666
00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:05,880
Speaker 1: Sutton was dinged up. kJ Hamdler now a J. Bouyer

667
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: injured reserve. I don't know, is there a case to

668
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,240
Speaker 1: be made for the Broncos to keep this close or

669
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 1: Drew Lock really just struggle. I would say, Man, it's tough, man,

670
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: because they keep losing people. They don't have enough weapons

671
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 1: to be able to do it. That's it. They went

672
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 1: toe to toe with the Titans, team that we all

673
00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 1: typically feel good about. We all have kind of pencil

674
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 1: into Tennessee Titans. The physicality and toughness that you have

675
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 1: to bring to deal with the Titans. Typically it shows

676
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 1: if you're ready to be a playoff team. I'm not

677
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:34,719
Speaker 1: saying that the Broncos are ready. Um, but look, man,

678
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: they were kind of a Jerry Judy drop away from

679
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: getting your first down and really making it tough on

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00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: the Titans. Um, I don't know what you're playing. The

681
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Still is and I think the one thing we

682
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 1: talked about identity, their defense is going to show their

683
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: defense played at a different speed against the Joys. I

684
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,640
Speaker 1: think it continue to do that because as much as

685
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 1: I may like Melvin Gordon, I don't think Melvin Gordon

686
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 1: can find enough room to run to offset. But the

687
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Shills. Woman, there's no dump offs against this. The

688
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: linebacking crew and dupre and what on the edges, I

689
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 1: don't I can't find an edge for Denver. I don't

690
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 1: know how Locke is going to move the football against

691
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: his defense. Yeah, I mean it's it's it's gonna be tough.

692
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 1: And the only way that he's gonna be able to

693
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 1: move the ball is no offense. Jerry Judy, those guys

694
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 1: are gonna have to win their one on ones. But

695
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 1: how many opportunities of the Still is going to give them?

696
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,760
Speaker 1: Because it Stills are typically a zone. Blissing will play pressure,

697
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 1: they keep your eyes in the backfield, they get their turnovers,

698
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 1: our tips and overthrows, and if they can heat up

699
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 1: Drew Lock, he will certainly give them a couple opportunities

700
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 1: to get some turnovers, and that is what the Pittsburgh

701
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: Stills look for. Keeping eye on Meka Fitzpatrick. To me,

702
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: he is the one that isn't lying to have a

703
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 1: big game. His ability to kind of just read and

704
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 1: roan from numbers to numbers as a deep middle player,

705
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 1: He's terrific. All right, Bucky Brooks, good stuff. Hey, So

706
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: you and Daniel Jeremiah doing the college Football podcast? Any

707
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 1: quick thoughts on you know, what the hell is going

708
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 1: to happen during this college football season? So many opt outs?

709
00:33:57,960 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 1: It looks like the Pac twelve is gonna try playing

710
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 1: like November. I don't I don't know, Bucky. What are

711
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: you telling college recruit to hit you up? And I'm

712
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 1: sure they do prospective NFL players, Um out man, this

713
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 1: is risky. Yeah, I mean it, honously. It depends on

714
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 1: your health situation. But it is tough because there's a

715
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,400
Speaker 1: faction of evaluators. They want to see you play your

716
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 1: final year. Kevin Cobra from the Pittsburgh Steels, the gener manager,

717
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:22,919
Speaker 1: talked about if I see a guy that has played

718
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 1: in versus one that only played in twenty nineteen, and

719
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 1: I have to if it's tight, I'm probably going to

720
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 1: gear towards go towards the guy that is the players,

721
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 1: so they have to deal with that. I want to

722
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 1: see not the elite guys, because I think I kind

723
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,240
Speaker 1: of have a good feel for a Trevor Lawrence justin Fields.

724
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 1: You like names, Trey Lance from North Dakota State. Um,

725
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,799
Speaker 1: those guys are legitimate guys. But it's the next tier

726
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,319
Speaker 1: of players that could sneak into the first round. Because

727
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: I remember Joe Burrow was a guy that wasn't He

728
00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 1: wasn't that guy. The last two three years, we've seen

729
00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 1: the number one overall pick kind of come from security

730
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,440
Speaker 1: to be the number one. We saw with Baker Mayfield,

731
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 1: and maybe we probably shouldn't have done it with Baker Mayfield.

732
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,920
Speaker 1: We saw with Kyler Murray and then we saw with

733
00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow, and so somebody is going to play and

734
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,439
Speaker 1: followed tween and twenty and they're gonna help themselves because

735
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 1: they don't have a great season. They're gonna bad to board. Yeah,

736
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Speaker 1: all right, Bucky Brooks, great stuff, NFL Network, great NFL

737
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 1: career and analysis, everything, all right, Bucky, thanks man, and

738
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 1: keep up the good work. Appreciated Jason. The only thing

739
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 1: better than sitting on your couch watching the game. He's

740
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 1: making money while you do it. Here's your best beat.

741
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: The best bet was rolling, it's now hit us speed bump,

742
00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 1: just a speed bump. Fifteen nine and two is still profitable, obviously,

743
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,759
Speaker 1: but three losses in a row have taken some of

744
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:48,759
Speaker 1: the shine off a good run. So here's what I'm

745
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: gonna do. I'm not playing the Lakers Nuggets tonight. I'm

746
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: not touching Celtics heat. I'm not touching any college football. Now,

747
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,799
Speaker 1: you guys know, obviously college football is getting started soon.

748
00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:00,160
Speaker 1: We're gonna get some college football guests in here is

749
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 1: I love Saturday's college football. But I'm going with three, yes,

750
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 1: three NFL best bets. Okay, now, the lines could move,

751
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,920
Speaker 1: so I'm going with what they are today. If you

752
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: don't listen to this until Saturday in the line's gone, Hey,

753
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: that's on you. You know this should be your first

754
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:21,720
Speaker 1: listen obviously on Friday morning. So here are the three winners.

755
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: By the way, in the one point four million dollar

756
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: gambling contest last week CIRCA I went three one in one. Um.

757
00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:31,799
Speaker 1: I am starting with my number number one best bet

758
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:35,919
Speaker 1: that Philadelphia Eagles pick them against the Rams. Everybody's off

759
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 1: the Eagles. This is a narrative game. They watched the

760
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 1: redskin up Stars Washington Football Club beat the Eagles, Eagles

761
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 1: let seventeen nothing end up losing, and of course the

762
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 1: Rams on Sunday night football in front of a huge audience,

763
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 1: the Rams defeat the Cowboys, and oh the Rams are good.

764
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: I gotta bet the Rams. No, the Eagles are the side.

765
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,800
Speaker 1: Two big things. Miles Sanders, the running back also on

766
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: my fantasy team. He's back this week he missed last week.

767
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 1: And Lane Johnson, their best offensive lineman who missed the game.

768
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,640
Speaker 1: He's back as well. Those are huge. I like the

769
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:14,359
Speaker 1: Eagles and pick them. Second bet. You're probably not gonna

770
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 1: like this one, but money has been coming in. I'm

771
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 1: telling you. This is definitely the side of the Indianapolis

772
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 1: Colts favored by three against the Vikings. I cannot express

773
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 1: to you enough, folks, how bad the Vikings defense looked.

774
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,279
Speaker 1: And I we talked about this in the preseason. The

775
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 1: Vikings lost five starters on defense, including their top three cornerbacks.

776
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,399
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers lit them up like a Christmas tree last week.

777
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,279
Speaker 1: It was ugly. They have no pass rush. They did

778
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 1: not sack Aaron Rodgers once. They couldn't touch him. Okay,

779
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 1: now they have to face the best offensive line in

780
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: the league in the Indianapolis Colts, and they couldn't stop

781
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 1: the run either. The Vikings defense is in shambles and

782
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,719
Speaker 1: the Colts. Remember, I know people are gonna say Colts

783
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 1: lost to the Jags. Jane, what are you doing again?

784
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,880
Speaker 1: You just see the final score. Look at how the

785
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: game progressed. The Colts dominated that game. They doubled up

786
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,320
Speaker 1: the Jags in yardage. They did not punt in the

787
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 1: football game. They just moved the ball at will. The

788
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 1: problem was they kind of folded up in the in

789
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 1: the red zone, which was embarrassing and pathetic. However, that

790
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 1: was on the road. Now they go indoors on the turf,

791
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 1: you get t Y Hilton, The speed of Paris Campbell

792
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: from Ohio State receiver unleashed Jonathan Taylor out of the backfield.

793
00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 1: I think the Colts put it on the Vikings and

794
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, people are understanding why you can't

795
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,320
Speaker 1: pay quarterbacks thirty million dollars and expect to build a

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00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 1: team around him. Hello, Kirk Cousins is the reason you

797
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,840
Speaker 1: lost Digs. You lost that defense. Give me the Colts

798
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: favored by three and my final bet. And this is

799
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 1: a little chalky, and I'm sure I'm gonna get pushed back.

800
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 1: And this could hit double digits by Sunday, and I

801
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:51,520
Speaker 1: never advocate double digit games. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, I'm

802
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:54,840
Speaker 1: seeing eight and a half. It was eight on Thursday.

803
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,720
Speaker 1: I just like Tom Brady bouncing back big and again.

804
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:01,720
Speaker 1: The narrative is what plays here on TV. On the radio,

805
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 1: Tom Brady looked bad. He threw a pick six. Oh

806
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 1: my gosh, Rob Parker blasting him on this podcast this week, folks,

807
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 1: you gotta see the forest through the trees. The Buccaneers

808
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 1: defense did not give up anything to the Saints, lock

809
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,919
Speaker 1: them down. Michael Thomas could do nothing nothing, Drew Brees

810
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,320
Speaker 1: under two witter dark passing, so had they lose a

811
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,840
Speaker 1: special team's gaff that Bruce arians called was like, I

812
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:27,920
Speaker 1: think he said basic shit about his returner who totally

813
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 1: messed that up. And Brady through two picks, one not

814
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:32,880
Speaker 1: his fault, the other just a bad throat. It happens.

815
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 1: Now you go home, you're facing a Carolina defense. Who's

816
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 1: best cornerback was injured last week and he hasn't been practicing.

817
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,880
Speaker 1: If he doesn't play, they're starting a guy off the

818
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,640
Speaker 1: practice squad and a guy who's a rookie on the

819
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 1: other side. Derek Carr carved him up. What do you

820
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 1: think Tom Brady is gonna do after a loss? And

821
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,920
Speaker 1: all the media saying Tom Brady looks old and washed?

822
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 1: What's gonna happen? By the way, Christian McCaffrey two games

823
00:39:57,480 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 1: last year against the Bucks run defense, which was number

824
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 1: one in the league, McCaffrey had under seventy rushing yards

825
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 1: under fifty receiving yards. And I'm talking two games combined.

826
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Speaker 1: I feel like this is a Bucks blowout. Those are

827
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Speaker 1: my three Eagles. Pick them Colts by three, Bucks by

828
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Speaker 1: eight and a half. Guys, good luck this weekend gambling.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait for Sunday. I will be watching Red

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Speaker 1: Zone the entire day and also my jets um on

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Speaker 1: on the iPhone. Thank you to UH my hook up

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Speaker 1: for this stream and UH we'll talk to you on Monday.