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Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Daily, where we are on a roll

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Speaker 1: fading the Cowboys.

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Speaker 2: I am Greg Rosenthal here in.

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Speaker 1: The Chris Westling podcast studio with my friend who joins

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Speaker 1: us for our Friday pick show every week, Cynthia Freeland.

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Speaker 2: Hi, how you doing on a little bit of a

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Speaker 2: role here.

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Speaker 1: Hey, you know that's how we live when we join

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Speaker 1: forces fading the Cowboys. Last two weeks we are two

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Speaker 1: and oh each a combined four and oh if you

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Speaker 1: wanted to count our records. But I don't know if

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Speaker 1: you know this. I haven't told you this. I went

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Speaker 1: three and oh again last week, so I am on

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Speaker 1: a six and oh. Cheeter, And you're also doing great

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Speaker 1: as well. You've had four out of five winning weeks,

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Speaker 1: so we both are well in the winning margin for

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Speaker 1: the season. It is all happening, Cynthia. What is going

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Speaker 1: to be your first pick? We picked three games against

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Speaker 1: the spread each in every week.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I think this week my starting point is going

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Speaker 3: to be fading the Dallas Code.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I wasn't sure if I was gonna go there

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Speaker 1: again or not. But tell me why.

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Speaker 3: I mean to be fair, it's hard. Seven and a

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Speaker 3: half is a weird number. Okay, but I don't care.

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Speaker 3: I have it for more than that. I ultimately believe

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Speaker 3: the fact that even though the Dallas defense has gotten

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Speaker 3: some pressure, I just think with Nico Collins coming back,

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Speaker 3: they're gonna treat this as a let's get Nico back.

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Speaker 3: They have the best so second best in terms of

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Speaker 3: quarterback to wide receiver and passer rating. So one thirty

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Speaker 3: three point three, that's what happens for CJ. Strode when

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Speaker 3: Nico Collins is there and he hasn't been on the field.

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Speaker 3: So I think they're gonna treat less like they would

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Speaker 3: treat maybe like not a not a preseason game, because

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Speaker 3: that's not what I mean, but like integrating him back

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Speaker 3: into the lineup, run all the routes.

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Speaker 4: Let's get targets here, let's get targets there.

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Speaker 3: Like this is a great eat opportunity for that and plus,

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Speaker 3: you know, you can run on the Cowboys and Joe

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Speaker 3: Mixon turns out he's a running quarterback, running back.

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Speaker 2: He's a great running back.

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Speaker 1: The fact that they haven't been able to get their

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Speaker 1: early down run game consistent. There's a lot of lost

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Speaker 1: you know, stuffs and negative runs. But that's like, but

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Speaker 1: look like that's against good teams.

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Speaker 3: But you have to also realize, like lines are very

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Speaker 3: good at that, Like it's it's yes, I understand that,

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Speaker 3: Like it's weird saying that as a Lions fan. I

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Speaker 3: almost feel like I'm lying, but like the lines.

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Speaker 1: Are, yeah, they're great. No, you're absolutely right. So I

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Speaker 1: had the Cowboys baiting them as possibly my third pick,

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Speaker 1: and I wasn't sure whether I would or not, and

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Speaker 1: I had it seven. Probably depends where you look.

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Speaker 2: You're right.

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Speaker 1: I think it's moved up to seven and a half. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but you know what, I like being on the same

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Speaker 1: team as you.

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Speaker 2: Let's do it.

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Speaker 1: So if I'm putting a big question mark and I'll

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Speaker 1: get to the one I was considering late later it

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Speaker 1: was on the edge. Anyways, as my third pick, I

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Speaker 1: will also go Houston minus seven and a half on

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Speaker 1: the road in down looks, it's all about the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: offense for me. The reason why I'm a little anxious

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Speaker 1: about is just the Cowboys defense last week with Michael

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Speaker 1: Parsons back. If you watch that game, it took the

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Speaker 1: Eagles about seven drives to get to that second touchdown,

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Speaker 1: and they got a lot of pressure, and that's against

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Speaker 1: a good Eagles a line, and I think about that matchup,

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Speaker 1: and it's home and they got to be embarrassed, and

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Speaker 1: I just think the Cowboys defense will be okay. And yes,

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Speaker 1: the return of Nico Collins matters a lot, but this

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Speaker 1: offensive line for and so that I was just worried. Man,

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Speaker 1: is this gonna be the third quarter and it's it's

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Speaker 1: seventeen to ten and I'm sweating this out.

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Speaker 4: Yes, probably, but it's the other It doesn't matter.

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Speaker 2: No, it's the other side of the I don't want

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Speaker 1: The last couple of weeks, we've been hitting like ones

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Speaker 2: It's the other side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Cooper Rush averaged less than two yards per

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Speaker 1: past last week every time he dropped back.

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Speaker 2: He now has a neck injury.

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Speaker 3: His quarterback winstat is really good, right, he has won

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Speaker 1: They did get to Neil Hunter back at practice on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: We're not for sure whether Will Anderson is going to

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Speaker 1: one of the most consistent week to week defenses in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. I think they're one of the few difference

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Speaker 1: making defenses in the NFL. So if you're telling me

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Speaker 1: one of the few difference making defenses in the NFL

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Speaker 1: against this Cowboys team, like the over under I'm giving

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Speaker 1: for Cowboys and points in this game is like ten, right,

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Speaker 1: so give me the seven and a half. We are

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Speaker 1: both on the Texans again. We've been riding. We've been

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Speaker 1: riding this fade train for the Cowboys. Let's let's keep

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Speaker 1: it rolling, keep my undefeated streak going. If I get

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Speaker 1: to nine to zero. Like, if you think I'm insufferable

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Speaker 1: now right, three straight weeks, I don't.

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Speaker 3: I don't really think you're insufferable. Like I actually rooting

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Speaker 3: for it because I think it's funny. Doesn't mean that

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Speaker 3: I am rooting against myself. No, we can both be.

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Speaker 1: We're we're competing, but we're both winning right now, and

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Speaker 3: How who would win if we both win? All here

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Speaker 3: and not like everyone the listener, you would win?

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Speaker 2: All right, give me your second pick.

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Speaker 1: We are both on the Cowboys, losing by more than

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Speaker 1: seven and a half points at home to the Texans.

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Speaker 2: What is your second pick?

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Speaker 4: Indianapolis and the points.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I have the Jets winning outright, but I have

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Speaker 3: Indianapolis with the points, and it's very volatile on the

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Speaker 3: Jets side, and I don't like that. So I'm punishing

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Speaker 3: them because I I have, I have proven to my

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Speaker 3: I have stayed committed to taking the picks in my model.

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Speaker 3: I don't go against my model. You know this, but

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Speaker 3: I hate that pick. Like if I had to, if

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Speaker 3: I had to tell you what I believe, it's cults

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Speaker 3: I'm taking if I had to.

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Speaker 2: Wait, but you're taking the Jets.

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Speaker 4: Well straight up, yeah, okay, say whatever.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I have a lot of We do

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Speaker 2: a show on network.

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Speaker 4: I understand.

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Speaker 1: We don't mention it a lot. The listeners for this

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Speaker 1: show would be particularly interesting. Game devietw on NFL Network

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Speaker 1: each and every week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Start the first air in very early in the morning

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Speaker 1: on the West Coast on Friday, but it has multiple

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Speaker 1: airings throughout the weekend, including on Sunday morning before game

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Speaker 1: day morning. So you can you can set your DVR

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Speaker 1: to our picks there. But so your pick is Jets

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Speaker 1: plus four or minus four.

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Speaker 4: No, my pick is Colts. Oh, Colts plus plus oh four. Oh,

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Speaker 4: you're saying I have the Jets.

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Speaker 2: That's what I thought, But.

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Speaker 4: I have the Colts cut because I hate this.

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Speaker 2: All that matters is is the Colts covering, right, It's

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Speaker 2: all that matters. That's right.

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Speaker 3: I don't I'm just telling you, but I'm just explaining

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Speaker 3: that part of the reason why I, specifically or pacifically

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Speaker 3: how you speak.

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Speaker 4: English, wanted this one. It's because sometimes I get mad

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Speaker 4: at my own model.

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Speaker 1: Right, and so you're not happy that your model has

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Speaker 1: the Jets winning this win. Your model has been heavy

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Speaker 1: on the Jets all season. Now my model, the.

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Speaker 2: Vegas has to Vegas has two.

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Speaker 1: Frankly, when I looked at this one, and this was

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Speaker 1: the fourth game I was debating, So this one's going

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Speaker 2: It's not going to be on my three official picks.

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

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Speaker 1: The fourth pick that I was debating was either Colts

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna put it as like my extra pick this week.

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Speaker 1: But I am prepared to agree with you because I

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Speaker 1: am picking the Colts straight up in this game. The

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Speaker 1: vibes could not be worse. I mean, it's not that

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Speaker 1: the Jets are just losing these games. When they're losing

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Speaker 1: these games, they are not competitive. I think it could

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Speaker 1: Colts have been getting better pass rush lately, yeah, since

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Speaker 1: the Colts a better chance to win with a ground

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Speaker 1: based attack against this Jets run defense, which just had

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Speaker 1: Part of it is is Sauce Gardner and that defensive backfield.

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Speaker 1: It's a bunch of skinny corners and safeties who can't

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Speaker 2: So I love your ind plus four. I think you're

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Speaker 3: Can I tell you something I spent far too much

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Speaker 3: Jonathan Taylor with Anthony Richardson starting, especially because Jeff Olbrick's

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Speaker 3: sitting there on his podium being like, we couldn't make

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Speaker 2: Oh blah blah blah blah blah.

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Speaker 3: Well you know what, Actually, Jonathan Taylor's projection went up

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Speaker 3: with Anthony Richardson. Why Because Anthony Richardson can't be doing

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Speaker 3: the highest air yard per attempt average of any like,

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Speaker 3: And who are they gonna defend? Are they going to

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Speaker 3: defend Anthony Richardson Jonathan Taylor? The answer is both? But like,

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Speaker 3: how right? So Jonathan Taylor, don't be afraid of his

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Speaker 3: rushing yard total over gosh, I'm using all these g words.

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Speaker 3: I'm scared myself, you can add I know, but I've

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Speaker 3: been the fear of God has been beaten into me

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Speaker 3: about that.

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Speaker 2: For years. We had this.

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Speaker 4: We had to say, like the worst, people will be like,

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Speaker 4: your grammar's terrible. I'm like you try speaking in code.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we had to speak in a weird code. It

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Speaker 1: was essentially a pick show. It was essentially a gambling show.

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Speaker 1: But it was like you couldn't advertise it that way.

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Speaker 4: And we'd say more or less.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, not more higher, here we go.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I feel so good about Packers minus five and

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Speaker 1: to the Packers during the week. It was actually higher

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Speaker 1: when I initially it was six earlier. Now it's five

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Speaker 1: and a half. Sometimes it's just over in life that

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Speaker 1: the numbers that your model spits out, and you're probably

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Speaker 2: But I truly believe it's over over.

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Speaker 1: These last two games were two of the worst games

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Speaker 4: I'm with you on that.

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Speaker 3: I will say, here's my like, like I did, We're

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Speaker 2: Hear.

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Speaker 3: I did this thing where I tracked how where the

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Speaker 3: we're winning now right, like they go they swing all

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Speaker 3: I think part of that is to entice those Bears

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Speaker 3: I also read all these ten k's and like, you know,

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Speaker 4: I read these earnings reports.

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Speaker 4: Are the same little little business one oh one here.

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Speaker 1: You know what they're enticing me right now? Well to

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Speaker 1: go Packers minus five and halfs. And it's funny you

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Speaker 2: Man, I'm just patting myself in the back too, But

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Speaker 2: why not?

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Speaker 1: The Bears over under before the start of the season

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Speaker 2: It was nine and a half in some places.

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Speaker 1: But I feel good that either whether you got an

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Speaker 2: All right, let's go to your final pick.

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Speaker 3: My final pick speaking of a team that hit their

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Speaker 3: they win this game.

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Speaker 4: Denver five and a half wins was the win total

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're at five right now. I'm feeling good about

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Speaker 4: I guess if I think you're getting by this week? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think not only do they get the win at

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Speaker 2: I too. It's crazy, that's.

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Speaker 3: It's a wild All these notes are we like becoming

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Speaker 2: Denver is my second person. That would be great for me.

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Speaker 1: No, I would get way like the grand followers.

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Speaker 2: You know it'd be It'd be very exciting.

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Speaker 3: Let's be fair. I'd rather have your wit and quick bit. No,

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Speaker 3: friends with him would be great.

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Speaker 2: I'm glad.

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Speaker 4: I'm actually scared of him.

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Speaker 1: But you brought that up that Jessel Nick and Rosenthal

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Speaker 4: Really excited about that. I'm really excited about this.

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Speaker 1: the Broncos has been part of this show for my

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Speaker 2: We got it. We we both were with him last week.

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Speaker 2: It was in it.

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Speaker 1: Mine was in the extra picks the box, but you

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Speaker 1: one in past block win rate. Right now PFF as

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Speaker 1: that sounds about right at a little above average. They've

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Speaker 1: in this game. Sean Payton's really been doing a good

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Speaker 3: I've been trying to figure it out right now. But

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Speaker 3: Mike McGlinchey, if he's able to go like that's very

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Speaker 2: Way, I agree with you.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, Kirk Cousins is always a little dangerous because

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Speaker 4: They're all drafted so high, right, they're all like first rounders.

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Speaker 1: They're okay, they're not bad, they're not good, but this

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Speaker 1: You have the Colts plus four, which I wholeheartedly agree with.

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Speaker 1: That is my pick, my extra pick in the box,

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Speaker 1: I just feel like the Dolphins aren't a good enough

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Speaker 1: if it was the Bears, I would be okay with it,

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Speaker 1: But I think the Raiders coming off of bye, pretty

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Speaker 2: So you're giving me, But that's why it's.

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Speaker 3: Crosby just doesn't doesn't doesn't work.

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Speaker 1: But that's just a little extra pick. And to be honest,

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Speaker 1: my extra picks have been just like five hundred.

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Speaker 2: Lately. We're riding high on the top three.

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Speaker 4: Sure, that's I want to get really too though, I

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Speaker 3: Please do what is the number you see for Cleveland,

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Speaker 3: because I've seen it bouncing around.

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Speaker 4: But I have Cleveland winning.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Yeah, now they're favored by one, but before they

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Speaker 3: Right, So but I have I have Cleveland winning this game.

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Speaker 3: And I love Nick Chubb. I'm a huge Nick Chubb

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Speaker 3: which puts them in a club with some Hall of famers,

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Speaker 1: So hey, you know, less talked about than the fired

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Speaker 1: You know, I think long term they'll be better with

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I also, I mean, look, I think that it's much

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Speaker 3: also he could throw a pick. He could throw a

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Speaker 3: It's and that's a that's gonna be hard because I

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Speaker 1: With you, it's yeah, I think the Browns defense is

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Speaker 2: Worthies make it dress. Yeah, that's your little extra pick.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, uh Cynthia once again check out her YouTube

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Speaker 1: channel Numbers Game.

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Speaker 2: That's where it is all happening.

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Speaker 1: Check out NFL Game Deyview, subscribe to NFL Daily on YouTube.

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Speaker 1: Blue Sky?

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Speaker 2: Is that what we were talking about? We both signed

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Speaker 3: as Twitter. I don't really know.

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Speaker 2: I don't know, but it's.

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Speaker 4: We'll figure it out.

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Speaker 4: But also your pod with.

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Speaker 2: With Anthony the Justin Lick and Rosenthal Vanity Project.

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Speaker 4: Yes, it's really good.

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Speaker 1: We are back and h we're back in the mix.

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Speaker 1: That is it for this week's show. We will be

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Speaker 1: back on Sunday Night of course with Nick Shook and

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Speaker 1: Patrick Claybond.

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Speaker 2: Looking forward to that. And yes, when we're in the

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Speaker 2: middle of November and we lave you know, football is back.