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Speaker 1: M the Around the League Podcast underwent unsuccessful orthoscopic surgery.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to another edition of the Around the League Podcast.

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Speaker 1: My name is Dan hans Des. I'm joined by a

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Speaker 1: room full of heroes, Chris Westling, Mark Sessler, and Greg Rosenthal.

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Speaker 1: What up, boys, You've got the order correct today? Think? Hey,

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Speaker 1: what's up? Yeah? The order is correct. I know that

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Speaker 1: people got uncomfortable when I mixed it up, But now

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Speaker 1: where every everybody's name is in the proper place and

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Speaker 1: we're in a really good spot. It's Friday t G.

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Speaker 1: I A also in a good spot. The Cleveland Browns,

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Speaker 1: you know, I mentioned they could be all by themselves

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Speaker 1: in first place if the Bengals lose very losable game

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Speaker 1: to the Patriots. If the Steelers lose, the Browns could

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Speaker 1: be in first place by themselves for the first time

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Speaker 1: since Week four of two thousand two. How do you feel, Mark, Well, also,

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Speaker 1: though you know, Cleveland can never really have now things

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Speaker 1: and so the wind comes with losing your quarterback for

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Speaker 1: the rest of the season. Yes, okay, obviously that was

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Speaker 1: bittersweeten it was also so Brown's. But let's focus on

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Speaker 1: the positives here. Mark. I have known you for like

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Speaker 1: three and a half years. I don't think I've ever

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Speaker 1: been around you when the Browns have won three games

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Speaker 1: in a row, and judging by my text messages last night,

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Speaker 1: which read like a fever dream from uh, this game

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Speaker 1: ran ran the emotional gamut for you. It did. I

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Speaker 1: just felt Listen. You know, you can pick apart what

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Speaker 1: watched as a fan last night, and I desperately wanted

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Speaker 1: them to win that game. I mean, I I don't

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Speaker 1: think I've felt that way in a long time. And

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Speaker 1: I think that the stadium had a sense to it,

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Speaker 1: to where the that fan base has been asleep because

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Speaker 1: they've been put to sleep by that organization. There was

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Speaker 1: some sense of excitement. Yeah, they lost Toyer, and I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure what happens from here on out, but I

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Speaker 1: wanted them to win it. That's all I cared about.

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Speaker 1: I didn't care how it got done. And it got done,

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Speaker 1: how about Jim Brown put it best? Just keep that

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Speaker 1: spirit that you have. It's fantastic. I love it, the

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Speaker 1: town loves it, everybody loves it. You got him singing now,

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Speaker 1: I love that old answer. You know. We talked to

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Speaker 1: him over the summer, and He'm not surprised to see

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Speaker 1: that come out of his mouth because he's he got

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Speaker 1: some quips. Doesn't move too fast no more. But I'll

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Speaker 1: tell you what, the guy's still sharp. And when you

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Speaker 1: could drop those lines, you know he's a legend. He's

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Speaker 1: a living legend. That's all. It mattered that this was

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Speaker 1: on National TV two, doesn't it When you're a Browns

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Speaker 1: fan you're not on too much? It does feel bigger well,

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Speaker 1: and we're all you know, the Browns are only put

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Speaker 1: on because the league has to put every team. That's

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Speaker 1: really the only reason they were Like came and I

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Speaker 1: was like, obviously people haven't watched the Browns in years,

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Speaker 1: and who is this? Who is this team? People doing? People?

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Speaker 1: Can you fit in your dungeon? It wasn't not my house.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't that my house. Chris and I were talking

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Speaker 1: the ceiling of this team is much lower without Hoyer,

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Speaker 1: but it doesn't seem to have diminished the excitement too much. Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean really, I think that no matter what happened

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Speaker 1: be And that's exactly the last time Chud was in Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: That's what they did with Derek Anderson after that one

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Speaker 1: You know. The bigger news in that game I thought,

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Speaker 1: Max Hall? That was all right? So let's get into

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Speaker 1: Week five. The rest of the Week five anyway. We

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Speaker 1: I think they can score Wes. What is the game

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Speaker 1: I think this is the best defense they've played all year. Uh,

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Speaker 1: not a great game for Andy Dalton or the Bengals. Well,

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Speaker 1: improved it. The only solid year he had was not

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Speaker 1: so coincidentally Inn when it was his contract year and

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Speaker 1: years in mccardinals. Listen, it's their fault, you know. I

429
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Speaker 1: guess they felt like they were desperate what we're gonna do,

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Speaker 1: But they gave him a nice new contract. But the

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Speaker 1: new regime said, we're tired of it. We'd rather put

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Speaker 1: some young guys in. We don't think they can play

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Speaker 1: much worse than Levi's playing right now, and maybe we

434
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Speaker 1: can build something with them for the future. So I guess,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's a great day in my opinion, these

436
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Speaker 1: trades for anybody like you guys who absolutely I can

437
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Speaker 1: tell from your tweets and your blog you love the sport,

438
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Speaker 1: You love football. You wish you had the athletic ability

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Speaker 1: that those guys had. So I love that those guys

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Speaker 1: got Jennis. I guess the only person that doesn't really

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Speaker 1: work out for his Steelers fans because they're bringing Levi

442
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Speaker 1: Brallian to be their starting left tackle. But I think

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Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin thinks that he can motivate Levi to play

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Speaker 1: at a higher level. But me I don't know what

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Speaker 1: to tell you. Here's a cardinal of the Dionats in

446
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Speaker 1: two thousand seven. Look, don't be smirched my athletic ability. Ross.

447
00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,159
Speaker 1: You know, I don't think you know. Judging by the

448
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Speaker 1: amount that you tweet about tennis, I'm sure you're really

449
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Speaker 1: good at tennis. But I've already seen you in person

450
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Speaker 1: a couple of times. I'm pretty sure you never played online. Hey, Ross,

451
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Speaker 1: Chris Wesley here, how are you? Hey? I'm doing great, Chris,

452
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Speaker 1: ho about yourself? I'm well, Hey, I have a question

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Speaker 1: about this Saints Bears game. I really want to when

454
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Speaker 1: I watch the Saints, they have two mismatches. Tell me

455
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Speaker 1: about how the Bears are gonna stop Darren Sprowls and

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham, and a little bit about how Sean Payton

457
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Speaker 1: is using them the only way they can stop those guys,

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Speaker 1: I mean, other than you know, trying to practice a

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Speaker 1: guy like Jimmy Grhant, which from time to time I've

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Speaker 1: seen coordinators do. I mean, I've seen Romeo Cornell when

461
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Speaker 1: he was in Kansas City and New England and Belichick.

462
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Speaker 1: I've seen them do some hilarious things to tight ends,

463
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Speaker 1: like Antonio gates like where it's almost like a hunt

464
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Speaker 1: um and and they're the hold up guys just not

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Speaker 1: even trying to get let him get off the last scrimmage.

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Speaker 1: But other than that, with where they move those guys

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Speaker 1: around everywhere and with different motions, different formations, it's just

468
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Speaker 1: so hard. The only way you can really do it,

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Speaker 1: I think is by is by getting the Drew Brees

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Speaker 1: very very quickly. Um and the Bears. I just don't

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Speaker 1: feel like their pass rush has been quite where it's

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Speaker 1: been in recent years now. Losing Henry Melton really hurts. Net.

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Speaker 1: Where they've kind of improved under melt Tucker is they're

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Speaker 1: blitzing a lot more than they have. Your d J.

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Speaker 1: Williams had to stacks against the CEO, So, my guests, Chris,

476
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Speaker 1: is that they're gonna try to bring inside pressure from

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Speaker 1: the linebacker level with d J. Williams and or Lance

478
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Speaker 1: Brigg to try to get to breeze get and breeze

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Speaker 1: his face as quickly as possible. The only other thing

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Speaker 1: I would throw out there, and I'm sure you guys

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Speaker 1: have talked about it this week, is you know Aaron

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Speaker 1: Kromer being the O C in Chicago. Now you know,

483
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Speaker 1: he intimately knows the strengths and weaknesses of every guy

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Speaker 1: on the Saints offense, including the offensive line, whether that's

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Speaker 1: De la Plente or Charles Brown or anybody they've got

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Speaker 1: up front. So maybe he thinks that they can exploit

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Speaker 1: some mismatches there. But that's about all I can think of.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the league's really come down two guys like

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Speaker 1: Sprowls and Jimmy Graham and Wes Welker, which is why

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Speaker 1: I think that people have totally undervalued those positions. You know,

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Speaker 1: the contract the Crews got from the Giants, the contract

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Speaker 1: that Welker got from the product those even the contract

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Speaker 1: that Sprawls got to leave San Diego and going to

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Speaker 1: New Orleans. Those guys are more like worth like ten

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Speaker 1: million dollars a year to me, and I'm surprised these

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Speaker 1: teams haven't recognized it yet. I mean, those guys West

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Speaker 1: Welker is worth five to seven third down conversions of

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Speaker 1: five to nine yards a game. Well, you know how

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Speaker 1: much a team and owner would pay before a game

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Speaker 1: if you said, hey, we can guarantee you two more

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Speaker 1: third downtn versions or three more third I mean, that's

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Speaker 1: worth a lot of money. I don't understand why teams

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Speaker 1: don't value it as highly as I do. Yeah, I agree,

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Speaker 1: Sprawls contract when you when you kind of look at it,

505
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Speaker 1: is one of the best deals in the entire league.

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Speaker 1: And how much would you know the Patriots love to

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Speaker 1: have Welker right now? Ross, great stuff. Um, it's a

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Speaker 1: great game this week. You have Bears and Saints on

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Speaker 1: Sports USA Radio. Go check out Ross's podcast, Russ Tucker

510
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Speaker 1: Football Podcast, and uh, we love to have you on Russ.

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Speaker 1: Let's do it again sometime. Yeah, anytime, fellas. You know that,

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Speaker 1: and keep up the great work. I'm really enjoying it,

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Speaker 1: and you're really really helping me more importantly appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: All right, thank here you guys. Okay, so that moves

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Speaker 1: us right along to our hero pick segment. Defend your

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Speaker 1: hero there. It is okay with Ross. We were just

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Speaker 1: talking about the Saints and Bears game. Mark, you have

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Speaker 1: the Saints as a hero pick this week. I don't

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Speaker 1: know how. I mean, I would have thought after what

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Speaker 1: we saw against the Dolphins and actually what we've seen

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Speaker 1: in general, that someone else would have taken New Orleans

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Speaker 1: here too. I'm delighted with it. I couldn't ask for

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Speaker 1: a better hero pick. And I mean my defense of

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Speaker 1: why I chose them. As you know, I walked out

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Speaker 1: of Monday Night's game thinking, you know what, I have

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Speaker 1: overlooked this team. This is a super Bowl contender. I

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Speaker 1: picked the Bears for the same exact Zach reason, because

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Speaker 1: the Saints look so good that I figured they have

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Speaker 1: to come down a little bit. From that. The Bears

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Speaker 1: played against the lines and lost. Maybe they have to

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Speaker 1: bounce back from that. What question I have? I know West,

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Speaker 1: you especially, you've been really excited about Cutler's play at

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Speaker 1: least the first three weeks. Um, should we be nervous

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Speaker 1: a little bit after a rough game in Week four

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Speaker 1: that we could be going into one of the Cutler funks?

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Speaker 1: Or is this going to be a situation where it

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Speaker 1: will be different this year. I don't have an answer

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Speaker 1: for you, because I think Jake Cutler is one of

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Speaker 1: the most unpredictable quarterbacks in the NFL, and I like

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Speaker 1: what Tressman has done. But is that something that's going

541
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Speaker 1: to take or is this something that's going to be

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Speaker 1: hit and this all year? But watching that game, it

543
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Speaker 1: wasn't something where you thought, man, Jake Cutler's back to

544
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: his old habits making crazy throws he has no business making.

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Speaker 1: He just he just missed a lot of throws. It

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Speaker 1: wasn't like him being a bone head. It was just

547
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 1: made a mistake. And the Saints aren't the same, you know,

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00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 1: they're not the same way for the Superdome, They're not

549
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Speaker 1: the same on grass. I mean, I don't I don't

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00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 1: know what it is, but it's been the case. When

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Speaker 1: Sprowls is one of your best players, he's He's a

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Speaker 1: different player. He's a perfect example of a Dome player.

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Speaker 1: This bears line, which is obviously better than it's been

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Speaker 1: ever during Color's career against New Orleans Front seven that

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to see that uh. And one thing

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Speaker 1: I'm curious about, and I'm with you, Mark, I agree

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Speaker 1: that you know I've slept on the Saints a little

558
00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,760
Speaker 1: bit potentially being another uh having another big season. But

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Speaker 1: are they a team we should really truly take seriously?

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Speaker 1: Could they, for instance, going to Seattle in January and

561
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Speaker 1: beat the Seahawks? Are they Are they that type of

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Speaker 1: team or are they just a team that's gonna pile

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Speaker 1: up wins in the regular season. They just seems to

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00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 1: me on offense, they you know, they didn't have Graham

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Speaker 1: for a big chunk of last year and everything was

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Speaker 1: off last year, but remember who they were the year before,

567
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 1: almost unstoppable on offense, and Breezes playing at a high level.

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Speaker 1: Sprowls and Graham give them weapons. Let's not forget that.

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Speaker 1: Every October and November we see offenses running wild, passing

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Speaker 1: the ball all over the place, and in December and

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Speaker 1: January gets more conservative, more constricted. You have to be

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Speaker 1: able to run the ball a little bit, and the

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Speaker 1: Saints haven't shown they can run the ball at all

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Speaker 1: this year, but they were a thirteen and three team

575
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Speaker 1: a couple of years ago when they had no defense.

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Speaker 1: You give Drew Ease at peak efficiency with an okay

577
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Speaker 1: defense doesn't need to keep at this level, and you're

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Speaker 1: a Super Bowl contender, right, But if they have to

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Speaker 1: go on the road in a in a cold weather

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00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 1: stadium in January, that's an issue for the Saints more

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00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,239
Speaker 1: so than other teams, I think. Alright, let's move on

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Speaker 1: to Greg with another hero pick for the Dolphins taking

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Speaker 1: down the Ravens at home. Feeling good about the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: after a tough Monday Night loss, Greg I don't feel

585
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Speaker 1: good about either one of these teams. Does anyone watch

586
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: the Ravens offense here hasn't been good for a month.

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00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,960
Speaker 1: I think it's a coin flip game. So I took

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Speaker 1: the home team. I didn't think about it too much.

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00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:37,959
Speaker 1: This is I think all our hero picks are favored.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the Dolphins are the favorite in this game.

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00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,120
Speaker 1: Those Saints are the favorite in the Bears game, So

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00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 1: it's not a crazy pick. I can see why people

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00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 1: aren't buying the Dolphins. But I think what we saw

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00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 1: in the first month of the season, They're gonna be

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Speaker 1: in every game, and I think the Ravens are gonna

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00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: have a hard time with any halfway decent defense. And

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00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,959
Speaker 1: what happened to Miami on Monday night is not going

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00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:01,360
Speaker 1: to happen against Baltimore. I mean, Joe Flacco and obviously

599
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 1: we all know the guys uneven quarterback in general. He

600
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,040
Speaker 1: was a disaster last week. And I don't understand why

601
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 1: Baltimore ran the ball nine times against the Bills defense

602
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,520
Speaker 1: that had been giving up about a hundred and fifty

603
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 1: on the ground each week coming in. It was odd

604
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 1: to me that's going to be fixed this week. Hardball,

605
00:30:18,120 --> 00:30:19,840
Speaker 1: went out of his way to say, look, we need

606
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 1: to get the ball on Ray Rice his hands. He's

607
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 1: the centerpiece of our offense and he will get on track.

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Speaker 1: And they're not an easy team to run against. You mention,

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Speaker 1: they're not a team built the Dolphins, that is for

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Speaker 1: a track me. I think they like this sort of

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00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 1: matchup and I think they're a better team right now

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Speaker 1: in Baltimore. Wells, here's the game. I'm kind of fascinated

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Speaker 1: with you. You took the Texans uh to beat the

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Speaker 1: Niners on the road on Sunday night, coming off the

615
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Speaker 1: Texans are coming off one of the worst possible losses

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Speaker 1: you could have, at least in September, you know what

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Speaker 1: I mean? Like this, this is a team that is

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00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 1: in trouble a little bit. You would think at two

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Speaker 1: and two now you think they're gonna win in San Francisco.

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Speaker 1: Tell me why this is. This is another coin flip game.

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Speaker 1: But you're you remember, like, uh, we see a player

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00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: at the end of his career, uh, Ed Reid for

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00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: example last year. Judge the game, not the name. That's

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00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 1: who the forty Niners are right now. Judge the game,

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00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: not the name. They're not playing like the forty Niners.

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00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 1: They they wiped out the Rams on the scoreboard, but

627
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,000
Speaker 1: the forty Niners didn't play a good game. The Texans,

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Speaker 1: I don't know who they are right now. They dominated

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00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,680
Speaker 1: the Seahawks for three quarters, so we know they can

630
00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 1: beat the forty Niners. We know they can do that

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Speaker 1: at home. And you know, Gregg's made fun of me

632
00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 1: a little bit for how much I've pumped up Cushing.

633
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 1: And I'm not saying he's the best linebacker in the league,

634
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 1: but this defense just placed totally different with him in

635
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 1: the lineup. But they are one of the most dominant

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00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 1: defense in the NFL when cushings on the field, and

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00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: when he's off the field, they're an average defense. You know,

638
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Speaker 1: Dan took a ton of heat in the city of

639
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,479
Speaker 1: Houston on radio for going out on a limb at

640
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 1: the time in saying Houston was an eight and eight

641
00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: football team. I don't have a big problem with that,

642
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: not today. And Dan even said to us, wait, why

643
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 1: could they be eight? I can't think of how you

644
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 1: know two big games that match shop is one on

645
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 1: the road in a game like this where they shouldn't

646
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 1: have he doesn't get it done and I don't think

647
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,960
Speaker 1: he's gonna on Sundays. To Chris's point, though, Shops had

648
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 1: better moments this year overall than Kaepernick, and the probably

649
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: the most consistent unit in this game has been the

650
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 1: Texans defense. They've been good. So I I hear you.

651
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 1: I thought it was a coin flip game, but I'm

652
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: I kind of don't trust Shop at the end. Okay,

653
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,720
Speaker 1: my hero pick and I don't know why I keep

654
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 1: doing this is this is just like I don't even

655
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:34,960
Speaker 1: the behavior is just so destructive. I picked the Giants

656
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,400
Speaker 1: for the fifth straight week. They are single handedly as

657
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:42,080
Speaker 1: k Rich behind the glass shakes her head, diehard Eagles fan. Uh,

658
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 1: week after week they let me down and I have

659
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:48,720
Speaker 1: really nothing. It's basically a sessler. I have that the

660
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,080
Speaker 1: feeling that I understand that the Giants have to win eventually.

661
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 1: This was my exact same reasoning for picking the Giants

662
00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: last week. I have to sesss come true. These Sesslers

663
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 1: have you in last place and they're fixing you in

664
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 1: second to last. Yeah, we'd encourage you Dan just keep

665
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 1: picking New York and to come the Yeah, so shut up, guys.

666
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: First of all, Second of all, the Eagles, they don't.

667
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 1: They're not very good to me. I don't. I don't

668
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: think the Eagles are a very good team at all.

669
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 1: And obviously I can't say the Giants are good team.

670
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 1: But the Giants have to win eventually, they're at home.

671
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:26,960
Speaker 1: It's gonna happen. This time, let's talk about the inconsistencies

672
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 1: of Dan Hansis's convictions. Yes, you will never pick the

673
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 1: Chargers again because they burned you, but you'll pick the

674
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: Giants for five straight weeks and you hate the text.

675
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 1: But to your point, this is how inconsistent he is.

676
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 1: He picked the Chargers this week. Know it does. When

677
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 1: it crags up out of his seat, he's up. Listen.

678
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 1: That is I lack honor, as I say, as I

679
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 1: say on my Twitter profile on the seven a half,

680
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 1: seven and a half out of ten on the Human

681
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 1: decency scale. I'm not perfect. None of us are. I can't.

682
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 1: I didn't realize that Philip Rivers was going to become

683
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 1: an MVP level player again, so you know, get off

684
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 1: my back. But uhair enough, you know what. I don't

685
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 1: know what to say. I don't know why I picked

686
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 1: the Giants. Some upset that I did, but I did,

687
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,839
Speaker 1: and I just I have assessling. It's like, look great,

688
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:17,239
Speaker 1: who knows. It's like when sometimes you go to a

689
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: funeral or you hear people talk about someone and they're like,

690
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,520
Speaker 1: when he said something, no one's gonna say that about

691
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 1: That's fine, that's fine. I can deal with that. But

692
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 1: to your point, West, the Chargers game really bothering me

693
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 1: because it was a hero pick. I don't think I've

694
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 1: had a hero pick on the Giants yet. If they

695
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:40,279
Speaker 1: burned me, uh, they may be dead to me for

696
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,520
Speaker 1: a period of time until they start playing there, and

697
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 1: then they will come back to stand in your ground.

698
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:47,240
Speaker 1: Thank you very much. Now let's go through the orphans.

699
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,759
Speaker 1: These are games that weren't spotlighted by us. We're not

700
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 1: hero picks, but they're still games and we should still

701
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,839
Speaker 1: be excited about them. We'll start with Mark Sessler. Uh,

702
00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: the Jaguars and St. Louis Rams squaring off two teams

703
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,360
Speaker 1: not playing very well. Somebody probably has to win, you know,

704
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: listen on on this show. Brian Schottenheimer has not gotten

705
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 1: a lot of love for this crew. Uh, deservedly so.

706
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 1: I think us, Yes, we are not big Schottenheimer fans historically,

707
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 1: in terms of our world Uh, if they can't go

708
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 1: out and operate offensively the way they say they plan

709
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:25,320
Speaker 1: to against Jacksonville, then I had I don't really understand

710
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: when it's gonna happen this season. I'm suspicious that they're

711
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,479
Speaker 1: actually gonna go and look just the same they do

712
00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:33,919
Speaker 1: every other week. I just I don't see a lot

713
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,640
Speaker 1: to like about the Rams, their quarterback, their coaching staff,

714
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: their scheme, and the way they've used any of their players. Well,

715
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:44,359
Speaker 1: I told Greg, I kind of feel a little bit

716
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,719
Speaker 1: better about the Jags this week with Justin Blackman coming back,

717
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,879
Speaker 1: Marcedes Lewis is getting healthy, and then I remember they

718
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 1: just traded their left tackle and they're gonna put Luke Jokel,

719
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:55,359
Speaker 1: who was struggled at right tackle, They're gonna put him

720
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 1: at left and actually Lewis re injured his calf. Okay,

721
00:35:58,440 --> 00:36:02,160
Speaker 1: so I'm wrong about that. So there's nothing for Jaguars

722
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,279
Speaker 1: fans to look forward to, and you get to play

723
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 1: Robert Quinn and Chris Long on turf with that line

724
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,800
Speaker 1: with your bad quarterback, wouldn't the Jaguars be the perfect

725
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 1: team to sign Josh Freeman Because you obviously gabber it's

726
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:18,280
Speaker 1: not your future obvious. Obviously, Henny's not the future. And Freeman,

727
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 1: you could take a flyer on him, see what happens

728
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 1: if he doesn't show you anything. You know, who cares?

729
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 1: What if he chances of getting the first overall pick. Well,

730
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,280
Speaker 1: now you're getting into a bit of a slippery slope. Well, frankly,

731
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:32,919
Speaker 1: they their whole thing about pitching, gabbered as this guy

732
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 1: that steals a chance. I don't buy it into it all.

733
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 1: I've heard that no front office has worked harder for longer.

734
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 1: To look at this year's draft quarterbacks, I think they

735
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: they're very much not into suddenly going nine and seven

736
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: with Josh Freeman, not that they would. I The reason

737
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,400
Speaker 1: I said that, West is because you're insinuating that it

738
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 1: would be better for them to lose, which makes sense

739
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: from our point of view, But for the team itself,

740
00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 1: you would think they're still dedicated to winning, right or

741
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 1: am I being? Are you? Are you say and I'm

742
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:04,120
Speaker 1: accusing the Jaguars of tanking. I didn't say it. I

743
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,760
Speaker 1: didn't say it, but it seems like you're you're messing

744
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 1: with the integrity of the mustache. Well what if you

745
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 1: look at Josh Freeman and you decide he's not He's

746
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,720
Speaker 1: not our kind of guy. You know. There are reports

747
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:17,319
Speaker 1: that he hasn't been good in the locker room. He's

748
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,760
Speaker 1: not a leader, and it sounds like the Jaguars aren't

749
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: interested from there. Could be a lot of reasons they're

750
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 1: not interested. All right, Well, whatever I enjoy blade gab,

751
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 1: what do you want from me? There's a shadowy league

752
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:32,400
Speaker 1: figure coming in west. Uh. Tell us a little bit

753
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:36,280
Speaker 1: about Kansas City and the Tennessee Titans. I am still

754
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 1: trying to get on the bad side of Chiefs fans.

755
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pick against them again just so they can

756
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,319
Speaker 1: fill my Twitter box with hate and then I can block.

757
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,720
Speaker 1: I can add to my Dikembe Mtambo like block figure

758
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 1: on Twitter. Chris is standing up and waving his finger

759
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 1: at us. Uh. This is uh. I can't say I'm

760
00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 1: excited about Ryan Fitzpatrick, but it's a vote for the

761
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 1: Titans defense, which has played better than every defense they've

762
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: played against. I picked the Titans to win this game too.

763
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 1: I thought I might get a hero pick for it,

764
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: because are the two quarterbacks in this game that much different?

765
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 1: Are the defense is that much different than They're kind

766
00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 1: of similar teams they are very similar. So I Tennessee.

767
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 1: Every week you watch them, they're a little better than

768
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 1: you expect. I'll admit that Alex Smith is better than

769
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:24,600
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick just because Fitzpatrick has more turnovers. But it's

770
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:27,720
Speaker 1: not he's not like It's not like Fitzpatrick couldn't channel

771
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:31,120
Speaker 1: some some magic for a few quarters and out play him.

772
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 1: They're very they're actually the opposite quarterback. No one has

773
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 1: a higher ratio of aggressiveness to lack of arm strength

774
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,200
Speaker 1: than Ryan Fitzpatrick because he doesn't like Alex Smith. He

775
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:44,040
Speaker 1: doesn't have a gun, but he doesn't care. He comes

776
00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 1: in there and he's just going for a man with

777
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:52,080
Speaker 1: a giant beard, that's all. He should have a paper

778
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:57,719
Speaker 1: Tale endorsement. Um, he should because what is a brawny man? Yeah?

779
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 1: Room slowly warm uptime. Okay, So let me talk about

780
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,600
Speaker 1: the Panthers at the Cardinals. This one was a bit

781
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 1: fascinating to me because this was a straight sweep for

782
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,160
Speaker 1: a t L and including Kevin Patrick, all five of

783
00:39:12,239 --> 00:39:16,720
Speaker 1: us picked the Panthers to beat the Cardinals on the road. Um,

784
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 1: I don't know what we've seen from the Panthers to

785
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 1: all pick them to beat Cardinals team at home at

786
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:26,439
Speaker 1: this point, they want a game. Nothing do you can? Yeah?

787
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 1: But you know that's different. That was a total Arizona's

788
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,279
Speaker 1: offensive line. Listen, I don't know why we all picked

789
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 1: the Panthers. Are they that much better than the who's

790
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:38,120
Speaker 1: the rookie of the year candidate for the Panthers on defense? Oh?

791
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:42,799
Speaker 1: You you gonna put me on the spot? Star, I

792
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 1: just want to hear you say that. But really that's

793
00:39:48,600 --> 00:39:53,480
Speaker 1: the that's the matchup that I don't think Arizona is

794
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:58,239
Speaker 1: depleted offensive line can block Star Lotula and company. That's

795
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:00,960
Speaker 1: not how you say it. I don't know. I guess

796
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: I'm the thing. I'm not sold on the Panthers in

797
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:06,239
Speaker 1: the sense that let's see them win a close game,

798
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:08,479
Speaker 1: especially on the road. Let's finish the game out. Haven't

799
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 1: seen it yet, so hey, let's see the Cardinals not

800
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 1: win a game at the last second against Mike Glennan

801
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,080
Speaker 1: and Sam Bradford. This is not going to go well

802
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,919
Speaker 1: for Carson Palmer, who is a statue back there. He's

803
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:23,720
Speaker 1: gonna get canned, all right, Greg. The San Diego Chargers

804
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: and Oakland Raiders playing at three thirty in the morning

805
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 1: on Sunday night. It's actually eastern eight thirty Pacific. It's

806
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 1: on NFL Network. Chris Wesleyan is going to be in

807
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 1: the office until the wee hours of the morning. I'm

808
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:40,840
Speaker 1: gonna be home eventually watching this game and being excited.

809
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: I'm excited about this game. The Raiders defense is spunky,

810
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,879
Speaker 1: Terrell Prior's back, Philip Rivers is playing at a high level.

811
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,359
Speaker 1: I think this is gonna be a more interesting game

812
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: than people think. And the question I have to ask

813
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 1: is are the Raiders gonna get that win and put

814
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:01,440
Speaker 1: your softball pants in or Yeah, that's the real question.

815
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:07,880
Speaker 1: And and for those out there that don't know, I

816
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 1: listened to our last podcast and realized there's probably a

817
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 1: lot of people listening that don't know. If the Raiders

818
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: win six games, the Chris Wesleyan has to eat a

819
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: softball pants and the Raiders have shown some fight this

820
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 1: there's a pulse. Wait, they have one win. Besides that,

821
00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:26,800
Speaker 1: I'm not really worried about my softball pants yet. You

822
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:28,399
Speaker 1: thought they were the worst team in the league. They're

823
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 1: not the worst team. They're the second worst team in well,

824
00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 1: they might be bottom five, better than the Giants six

825
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: point six wins seems a little more likely now that

826
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,000
Speaker 1: it did thirty days. If Matt Flynn ever makes another

827
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:46,400
Speaker 1: appearance in a Raiders uniform, my softball pants are spick

828
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:49,879
Speaker 1: and span in the closet and never get in touch,

829
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 1: it's more likely that you appear in the Raiders game again.

830
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: That's a good point. His coach despises him, open sense.

831
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,920
Speaker 1: I just want to say that I can't wait until

832
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,919
Speaker 1: after this game and I'm driving home and it's only

833
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:05,400
Speaker 1: me and drunk drivers on the road and three in

834
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:07,799
Speaker 1: the morning. You're not expecting me on Monday, I come

835
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: in at four in the morning to start reporting on

836
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: what happened the day before. I will have no input

837
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 1: on this game. I will be asleep. I'll give you

838
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,520
Speaker 1: a high five on my way out the door. Um,

839
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:19,800
Speaker 1: all right, so let's go to the last game in

840
00:42:19,840 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 1: the night of the week. And you know, listen, the

841
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:26,320
Speaker 1: Jets are. Jets are on the road in Atlanta against

842
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,040
Speaker 1: the Falcons, team that needs to win. Jets don't have

843
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 1: any other wide receivers. They have a rookie quarterback that

844
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 1: might be a walking disaster. Uh, this probably will not

845
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:38,759
Speaker 1: end well for Gang Green. You know what they do

846
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:43,400
Speaker 1: have though, what snacks they do have? Snacks? Harrison, Uh,

847
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:45,880
Speaker 1: you know, he's a he's a great man and a

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Speaker 1: great figure and on the defensive line. But they're not

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Speaker 1: even though they do have a good defense, the Falcons

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Speaker 1: are gonna score. The Falcon's gonna score that much. I

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Speaker 1: don't like I don't like the Well, this is the

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Speaker 1: biggest problem with the Jets defense, and it's not their fault.

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Speaker 1: It's at their offense puts the Jets defense in a

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Speaker 1: terrible spot with these turnovers and they ended up playing

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Speaker 1: at least two or three series where it begins in

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Speaker 1: their side of the field and they get burned that way.

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Speaker 1: I think if you believe in Rex Ryan, this is

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Speaker 1: the game that he could turn around essentially the way

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Speaker 1: people feel about him as a head coach of the Jets,

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Speaker 1: this is a huge opportunity for him. Will he take

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Speaker 1: care of business? No? Oh, that's not fair. Come on,

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Speaker 1: you can't put it on the Rex. If they get

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Speaker 1: the Jets couldn't give him some problems. Did anybody pick them? Well,

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Speaker 1: it's the same matchup as Arizona. You've got an offensive

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Speaker 1: line that's been outplayed all year, and then you've got

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Speaker 1: a Jets defense in front seven that's been lights out.

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Speaker 1: That is their hope. Their defense has been interesting to watch,

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Speaker 1: right and don't Yeah, you can't. The one problem is

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Speaker 1: you already have the Geno Smith issue. You don't know

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Speaker 1: what you're gonna get from him a series by series basis.

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Speaker 1: Now you have Santonio Homes and Stephen Hill out of

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Speaker 1: the lineup that was already a shaky wide receiver group.

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Speaker 1: Now he literally has no one to throw to. I

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Speaker 1: don't imagine the replacements will be uh getting any openings.

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Speaker 1: Starting Ben Obamano, we have to he got cut. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we'll have to somebody. Jarmy Curly getting four and twelve targets,

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Speaker 1: Clyde Gates. Let's get Braylon Edwards back on the team.

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Speaker 1: Um okay, So that is Week five. We will be

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Speaker 1: back on Sunday as we are every week, breaking down

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Speaker 1: all the games of the week, and I guess I

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Speaker 1: don't know it's gonna be a little different with that.

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Speaker 1: That midnight game, well, we probably won't break down the

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Speaker 1: Raiders Chargers game. I'll be here by myself. Still download

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Speaker 1: It's fine, you can figure. Oh that's a good point. Greg.

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Speaker 1: that's the only way that will keep us alive. Literally,

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Speaker 1: Dan Hans's signing off for the Mailman, the Sizzler, the Boss,

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