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Speaker 1: For the first time since two thousand and to your

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Speaker 1: long years. I'm Jason Gibbs alongside Andrew Gribble and Nathan Zigura,

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Speaker 1: and well, with such great news, we have to bring

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Speaker 1: morning to you and yours and Gribble, I'll start with you,

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Speaker 1: what a what a five month period this has been

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Speaker 1: the Browns I think navigated it better than the majority

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Speaker 1: really embodied the girl. We were under a ten by

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Speaker 1: You were anchoring Brown's Browns Live and all the craziness

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Speaker 1: Your thoughts on on a crazy, crazy year yeah. Well,

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Speaker 1: first of all, it's great to be with you guys.

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Speaker 1: It's great to be doing the first ever playoff edition

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Speaker 1: a chance on Monday to the first ever playoff edition

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Speaker 1: But you know, first of all, it's just miraculous NFL

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Speaker 1: care of it. That's the other thing. Twenty six touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: eight interceptions to get through over twenty interceptions a year ago.

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Speaker 1: Massive tremendous progress. And I would say the arrow is

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Speaker 1: absolutely pointing up gribble. One thought for our running back

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Speaker 1: Nick Chubb, please, Well, I think he's going to be

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Speaker 1: fresh going into the playoffs, and I think that that

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Speaker 1: is a very good thing. I agreed with I agreed

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Speaker 1: with Stefanski yesterday. I thought that touchdown run, I don't

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Speaker 1: know if I've ever seen Nick Chubb run harder than that,

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Speaker 1: And that's saying something because he has had a lot

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Speaker 1: of those big touchdown runs. But I think he is

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Speaker 1: a player that I would really circle for Sunday's game

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Speaker 1: against the Steelers because that is a missman. That is

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Speaker 1: an area where the Steelers are struggling of late, is

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Speaker 1: stopping the run, and I part of me just thinks

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Speaker 1: you had that game with a lead all the way.

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Speaker 1: Keep Nick Chubb fresh and ready to go, and I

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Speaker 1: think he is going to he is poised for a

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Speaker 1: big game. On something, John, I'm going to skip over.

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Speaker 1: Landry will get to him in here in just a minute.

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Speaker 1: But your level of expertise really centers on that Brown's

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Speaker 1: offensive line. So I'll give you the Browns offensive line

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Speaker 1: is a group. This is a perfect segue to this. Uh,

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Speaker 1: this group just with those two gentlemen just covered. They

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Speaker 1: have been the difference makers this season. It was a

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Speaker 1: group that needed addressed in the off season and it

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Speaker 1: was the focus obviously bringing in Jack Conklin, drafting Jeddrick Wills,

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Speaker 1: and you know, there was a lot of question marks

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Speaker 1: at right garden. All why Teller did was come in

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Speaker 1: and perform, and in the extremely high level. You have

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Speaker 1: a pro bowler, probably an All Pro caliber player at

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Speaker 1: Joel Bettonio and j. C. Trader is one of the smartest,

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Speaker 1: one of the better centers in the NFL. So what

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Speaker 1: all those guys did, the way they came together, with

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Speaker 1: the chemistry, the way they jelled, and they're able to

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Speaker 1: give Baker time. Like Nathan was saying, you see he

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Speaker 1: has confidence in the pocket. You see he's able to

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Speaker 1: go through his progressions. And then like Drew was saying

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Speaker 1: with Nick Chubb, with Kareem Hunt, those guys are having

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Speaker 1: success because the guys up front or moving bodies, they're

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Speaker 1: displacing the line of scrimmage, they're running, they're playing physical,

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Speaker 1: and they're finishing on the second level. And it's been very,

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Speaker 1: very fun to watch the girl. Back to you, Jarvis Landry,

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Speaker 1: You're welcome I wanted that one first of all, courtesy

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Speaker 1: of our great pr staff. He's done something as a

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Speaker 1: Brown that hasn't been done since Eric Metcalf, which is

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Speaker 1: throw a touchdown, catch a touchdown, and run for a

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Speaker 1: touchdown in the same season. But I'll just this is

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Speaker 1: my one. Though I love him. I love Jarvis Landry.

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Speaker 1: He to me is the heart and soul of this team.

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Speaker 1: I think trading for him a couple of years ago

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Speaker 1: is the best move this franchise made other than hiring

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Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski, in terms of what he brought and meant

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Speaker 1: to the culture of this team. He will compete no

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Speaker 1: matter what, no matter what the shape of his body

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Speaker 1: is in he will make every catch you need him to.

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Speaker 1: He obviously has a cannon and a perfect quarterback rating.

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Speaker 1: He cannot be stopped when throwing the football. He just

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Speaker 1: ran one in this week. Everything about blocking. You can't

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Speaker 1: have this offense work. You cannot have all the big

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Speaker 1: runs without your wide receivers being committed to blocking down

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Speaker 1: the field. He has committed to that, and he got

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Speaker 1: everybody in that room, along with Chad O'Shea, to be

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Speaker 1: committed to that. I think that Jarvis Landry is everything

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Speaker 1: that is right about the Cleveland Browns. I want him

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Speaker 1: to finish his career with the Cleveland Browns. I love him,

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Speaker 1: and I hope someday he helps get us to a

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Speaker 1: super Bowl. And there's a Jarvis statue because to me,

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Speaker 1: he is everything and everything that is right about and

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Speaker 1: embodies what it truly means to be a Cleveland brown

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Speaker 1: All right, we'll get back to the guy that uh

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Speaker 1: one would argue as the franchise face of the franchise

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Speaker 1: in just a minute. But Gribble, I wanted to get

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Speaker 1: your thoughts on the Browns secondary. Well, unfortunately it's kind

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Speaker 1: of been the one question mark and that there's a

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Speaker 1: couple of reasons for that one that it's just a

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Speaker 1: rotating door. I mean, you go all the way back

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Speaker 1: to training camp, Grant Delpit stuffers the injury, Greedy Williams

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Speaker 1: suffers the injury, Kevin Johnson was out for a while,

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Speaker 1: he wasn't ready to go at the start of the season.

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Speaker 1: Uh And then now you circle back all the way

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Speaker 1: at the end of the season. You go in your

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Speaker 1: final game, Denzel awards out, Kevin Johnson's out, Andrew snails out.

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Speaker 1: So that's that those are three very important players in

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Speaker 1: your secondary that, even when it's healthy, is not among

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Speaker 1: the best in the league that has had its issues.

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Speaker 1: So it's one area that if you're gonna circle this

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Speaker 1: area of the team needs to step up for the

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Speaker 1: Browns to win a playoff game. That's the one that

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be. I think they found something early in

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Speaker 1: the game with with Joseph and Harrison at the safety positions.

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Speaker 1: I think that's an option you have to go for

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Speaker 1: this game. And I just think you're gonna need a big,

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Speaker 1: bigger and better game out of Robert Jackson, Terrence Mitchell

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Speaker 1: at those corner spots. You've got the interception friend j Stewart.

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Speaker 1: You've got to assume going into this game that's what

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Speaker 1: you've got against this Pittsburgh wide receiving corps, and they're

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Speaker 1: just gonna need to play a bigger and better game.

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Speaker 1: And I think, personally, before we get in the matchups,

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Speaker 1: just throwing it out there, I don't think Roethlisberger plays

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Speaker 1: the same game as Rudolph. I'm not as worried about

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Speaker 1: those forty yard prayers that Rudolph was thrown up there

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Speaker 1: last week. It's gonna be more about guarding them on short,

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Speaker 1: quick passes and making the tackles when they're there. Mr Greco,

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Speaker 1: your thoughts on one Miles Garrett In. I mean, Miles

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Speaker 1: has been everything is advertised. You know, they drafted him

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Speaker 1: to be a guy that's gonna come in and dominate games,

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Speaker 1: and he is that. He hasn't felt short of that.

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Speaker 1: When he is on the field, he is affecting every play,

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Speaker 1: whether he's not getting if he's not getting his sack,

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Speaker 1: he is, you know, affecting guards, tackles, eyes. They have

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Speaker 1: to game plan for him, slide his way, to put

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Speaker 1: extra sets of hands on him. He's when he gets

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Speaker 1: near the quarterback, he's getting his hand at the ball.

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Speaker 1: Obviously he has the forced fumbles and the takeaways, uh

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Speaker 1: in the sack numbers. And I think when he's healthy,

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Speaker 1: he's a defensive Player of the Year candidate every year.

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Speaker 1: When he's healthy, he'll be a pro bowler, a perennial

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Speaker 1: pro bowler, all Pro. And I think he has the

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Speaker 1: capability and the talent and the work ethic and the

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Speaker 1: skill set to be a defensive Player of the Year

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Speaker 1: candidate every year if he stays healthy. But he he

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Speaker 1: has not. He has been pressed me every week that

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Speaker 1: he's been out there. He's still a dangerous player. When

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Speaker 1: I was on the team, you know during trading camp,

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Speaker 1: but we had to block him. It was a total nightmare.

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Speaker 1: And every team has you know, you want a guy

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Speaker 1: on that on your team like that that he causes

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Speaker 1: issues offensively. All right, before I let you go, John,

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Speaker 1: and we appreciate the time here today. Uh, look at

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Speaker 1: the battle in the trenches. It's gonna come the way

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. And obviously we can talk about on all

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Speaker 1: the scale position guys, but it really comes down to

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Speaker 1: the offensive line and the defensive line of the Cleveland

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Speaker 1: Browns winning their matchups on Sunday. What are you seeing

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Speaker 1: here in the early going as these teams get ready

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Speaker 1: to face each other for a third time and twice

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Speaker 1: in one week. Well, I agree with Andrew. I think

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Speaker 1: that they were kind of arresting Nick Chubb, and I

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Speaker 1: think we're getting ready to see him really get the

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Speaker 1: safety off and let him go go full steam. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And what that means is this offensive line is just

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Speaker 1: gonna have to win their one on one matchups. They're

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Speaker 1: all gonna be healthy. We've seen them work together in

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Speaker 1: their combination blocks have been flawless. I watched them on

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Speaker 1: tape and watched their replays and the way that they

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Speaker 1: take care of the line of scrimmage and get up

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Speaker 1: to the second level. They're doing it the best in

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Speaker 1: the business and the best in this NFL. Obvious lead.

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Speaker 1: And you know when when you see the personnel, if

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be going against they're gonna see arrested Cam Hayward,

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Speaker 1: They're gonna see arrested to it obviously t J. Watts.

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Speaker 1: So they're gonna have their hands full, um. But but

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Speaker 1: I think they're they're the right guys up for the job.

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Speaker 1: I know that they're gonna do some things to help

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Speaker 1: Jedrick Wills, the young rookie. With t J. Watt, those

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Speaker 1: two interior guys do such a good job of creating

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Speaker 1: pressure in the middle and compressing the pocket, and t J.

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Speaker 1: Watt feast on the quarterbacks because they have nowhere to go.

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Speaker 1: They can't step up in the pocket and he's able

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Speaker 1: to bend, bend the corner and get to them. But

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Speaker 1: I think our line is up for the job. We

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Speaker 1: have very stout guys in the interior in Wyatt's and

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Speaker 1: Joel that are gonna help keep those defensive tackles on

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Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, and our tackle is gonna be

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Speaker 1: locking them down. John, appreciate a few minutes of your

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Speaker 1: day this week. Sure, I'm sure we'll be talking with

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Speaker 1: you again as the week progresses, and of course we

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Speaker 1: look forward to hearing you on Sunday on Brown's Network

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Speaker 1: pregame starting at four thirty and at six thirty as well,

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Speaker 1: uh leading up all the way to kick off at

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Speaker 1: eight fifteen Sunday Night, Browns and Stealers. John appreciate it

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Speaker 1: as always, and best wishes the rest of this week, guys,

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Speaker 1: Thank you, go Brown's. Thanks to John Greco for as

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Speaker 1: time and the former Cleveland Brown very excited and obviously

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Speaker 1: from being from northeast Ohio as well, a big moment

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Speaker 1: for him on Sunday seeing this team go back to

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Speaker 1: the playoffs for the first time in eighteen years. The

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Speaker 1: playoffs are here, guys, and the Brown Steelers one of

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Speaker 1: six games on wild Card weekend, three games on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: three games on Sunday on Saturday Colts Bills, Rams Seahawks

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Speaker 1: Saturday Night Tampa Bay, Washington. We'll get to that. How

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Speaker 1: about that. The early game Baltimore, Tennessee Bear Saints the

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Speaker 1: middle game, and then Brown Steelers on Sunday night. The

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Speaker 1: byes go to Kansas City and Green Bay Gribble. When

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Speaker 1: you first look at this bracket, what what are your thoughts? Uh?

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Speaker 1: You know, it's it's a The one thought that comes

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Speaker 1: to my mind is a tough break for the Titans.

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Speaker 1: You win the division and now you gotta host the Ravens,

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Speaker 1: who I think are playing arguably the best football in

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Speaker 1: the NFL right now. I would not that that's not

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Speaker 1: much of a gift, and it's not great when you

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Speaker 1: go into a season you're eleven and five, you host

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Speaker 1: a playoff game, and you are an underdog in your

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Speaker 1: home stadium. I think that's a that's a tough beat,

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Speaker 1: and it almost makes you wonder what the Titans have

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Speaker 1: been better off losing their first their game yesterday and

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Speaker 1: going to play Buffalo. I don't know. Both teams are

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Speaker 1: playing great, but I don't know if I want to

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Speaker 1: face the Ravens right now. It's a girl your thought

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Speaker 1: When you see that bracket, they have ceas loaded. I

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Speaker 1: mean that's the first thing that I look at it.

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Speaker 1: You had to win eleven games to get into the

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Speaker 1: playoffs this year, and that to me is an incredible,

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Speaker 1: incredible feat. And you know, I think the Chiefs are great.

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Speaker 1: I don't think the Chiefs have really been trying to

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Speaker 1: put their best foot forward at any point this year.

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Speaker 1: They just do what they have to do to win,

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Speaker 1: and I'm curiously what they look like once they're at least.

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Speaker 1: I think the Bills are playing the best football in

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Speaker 1: the NFL right now and are incredibly, incredibly tough. I

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Speaker 1: was very happy. I think the Browns match up better

643
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 1: with the Steelers than they do with the Bill, so

644
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: I thought getting the sixth seed was very important there.

645
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 1: And then you're right, the Ravens are playing excellent football.

646
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 1: But again, this is a Titans team that beat him

647
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 1: in the playoffs last year. But before I say, oh, well,

648
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 1: it's the same kind of matchup, it is not. The

649
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 1: Titans defense is horrible, and last year the Titans defense

650
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 1: was great. They played great defense, they ran it. Tannehill

651
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 1: was thrown in about ten times a game. This year,

652
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: tannyels playing as well as anybody in the league. To

653
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:25,120
Speaker 1: be honest, I mean, the guy can make every throw.

654
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 1: You saw what he could do with his legs in

655
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 1: that come from and that win over the Texans, and

656
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:31,280
Speaker 1: he's been sharp all year. A J. Brown's a treminius receiver.

657
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 1: Corey Davis is having a great year. Derrick Henry is

658
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,280
Speaker 1: doing everything that you could possibly want from a running back.

659
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,520
Speaker 1: But they have to win shootouts each and every single week,

660
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 1: and that is hard to do because one misstep here

661
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: or there, one turnover, etcetera derails it. And so it's

662
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 1: a totally different matchup than it was a year ago.

663
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: And the Ravens if they showed anything when they came

664
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 1: here on Monday night, and I still don't think we

665
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: played our best football and could have easily won that game.

666
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 1: It's that they can play in shootouts this year and

667
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 1: so that I think the Tennessee defense is its big

668
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,959
Speaker 1: Achilles heel, and I think that's what's gonna ultimately end

669
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 1: up costing them in that game. Now, if they get

670
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 1: out to a big lead early, If it goes the

671
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 1: other way the Ravens have a couple of turnovers early,

672
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: then I think it favors and the Ravens still to

673
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: me need to play in kind of a neutral to

674
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: positive game script. But the Titans defense is so bad.

675
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: I just don't see them building a big lead on

676
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:24,760
Speaker 1: the Ravens without the Ravens scoring the football. Odds, each

677
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,760
Speaker 1: one of you give me the odds that Kansas City

678
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 1: in Green Bay actually make it to the super Bowl

679
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 1: as the number one seeds is the girl you go first?

680
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 1: I mean, I I don't even know how to respond

681
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 1: to this odds. I don't know. I think, look, they're

682
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 1: both the favorites to win their conferences. I think Kansas

683
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 1: City is a very very how about this, either neither

684
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 1: or both make it to the super Bowl. I think

685
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: it is much more like if you had a wager

686
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 1: on one. I think the highest odds is that one

687
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: of the two will make it, but that I think

688
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: it'll be difficult for both to make it. It It would

689
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: surprise me. None of the scenarios would surprise me. I

690
00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,080
Speaker 1: think the most likely is that one makes it. I

691
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:01,520
Speaker 1: just think the a f C is loaded. I think

692
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 1: the Bills are playing so well. I think the Ravens

693
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 1: with the right game script, even though they've never beaten

694
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: the Chiefs in this era, they can beat them. I

695
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 1: think the Browns can beat anybody when we play our game.

696
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 1: I just think the a f C is is a

697
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:16,040
Speaker 1: pretty loaded conference. I don't know the Titans defense. To me,

698
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 1: they're the one team that I don't think has a

699
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 1: chance because their defense is so bad. Um, but any

700
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 1: of the other teams I think have have a chance

701
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: to get hot and make a run. And that's what

702
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,640
Speaker 1: it's about. In the NFC, that's a much different playoff

703
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 1: to me. That's a playoff where you've got Green Bay

704
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 1: who's real. I think you've got the Saints who can

705
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 1: beat anybody who are real. The Bucks are starting to

706
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,000
Speaker 1: get I don't know what they did, but that passing

707
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 1: offense all of a sudden is starting to look good.

708
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,960
Speaker 1: Maybe it's a taco bell they knew was coming down

709
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,280
Speaker 1: their way that they're excited about. But they're starting looking now.

710
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 1: Mike Evans, if he's out, I think that's a major

711
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 1: loss for them. They still have Antonio Brown and Godwin,

712
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 1: but Evans and his size is a difference maker for them.

713
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: So I think that those three teams are real. The Seahawks,

714
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: I'm not ready. Their defense is playing much better, but

715
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 1: something's weird with their offense. I don't know what it is,

716
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 1: but I won't count them out. The other teams over there,

717
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 1: forget Washington football team is not going far. The Bears

718
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 1: are not going far. But you have I think four

719
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,399
Speaker 1: real teams over there in the Rams, obviously without golf,

720
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 1: and we don't know's they're just. I don't think they're

721
00:34:13,480 --> 00:34:15,439
Speaker 1: gonna be able to ride that defense all the way.

722
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:19,359
Speaker 1: So whereas I think you've got six serious contenders over

723
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,360
Speaker 1: in the a f C. I think it's only four

724
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,320
Speaker 1: in the NFC, but there are four in the NFC

725
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 1: are really good. Gribble either neither both. I'm gonna go

726
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: with either, and I think I'm more of a stronger

727
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,800
Speaker 1: lean toward the Chiefs being the one that's more likely

728
00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,360
Speaker 1: to get to the super Bowl, because I agree with that.

729
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: I think they've been on cruise control this entire season.

730
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:41,360
Speaker 1: I mean, it's like the quietest fourteen and two season

731
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,800
Speaker 1: that if they played anyone yesterday would have been fifteen

732
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: and one. I just think that they were so good

733
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,880
Speaker 1: and so comfortable with who they are all year. I

734
00:34:50,920 --> 00:34:53,880
Speaker 1: just think the Bills are are are a total wagon

735
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 1: right now. You don't want to face them, but they

736
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,439
Speaker 1: are maybe one year away, I think from being able

737
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 1: to get past Kansas City. I think they need one

738
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: more year together with their system for me to like

739
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:06,800
Speaker 1: them or the Chiefs. And on the flip side, I

740
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 1: think the Packers have they been good, but then they

741
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: got housed by Tampa Bay earlier this season, and they've

742
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 1: had games where they start off fast and then their

743
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 1: offense just goes into a cave. I mean, you you

744
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 1: you don't know what's going on with them, but I

745
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:21,719
Speaker 1: just don't know who the competence it's. The NFC is

746
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 1: just so weird with what's going on. I mean, the

747
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 1: Rams don't have a quarterback. I mean, and you mentioned

748
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 1: the Saints. I mean, would you be stunned if the

749
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,440
Speaker 1: Bears beat them in the first round if they don't

750
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,320
Speaker 1: have Kamara. I mean that that is a huge player

751
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 1: to not have. With the way Drew Brees has just

752
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 1: been not good this year, the Bears are a good defense.

753
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 1: They can make life difficult for him. I mean, that's

754
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,640
Speaker 1: if I'm picking a surprise, that would be my biggest

755
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: That would be the biggest surprise because I don't think

756
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,280
Speaker 1: the Bears kind of maybe match up well at the Saints,

757
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,400
Speaker 1: especially when they don't have one of the best players

758
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: in the NFL in the field. If that game we're

759
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:57,320
Speaker 1: in Chicago, and Drew Brees had to play outdoors, I

760
00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 1: would feel a lot better about the bears chances that

761
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 1: thing that And so I'll say this, if it's Green Bay,

762
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 1: New Orleans in the NFC Championship game in Green Bay,

763
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: I don't think the Saints have a chance unless Camara

764
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 1: just completely takes over the game and they go takes

765
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,360
Speaker 1: mill Breeze has been bad outside for years, years, and

766
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 1: he's gonna be even worse now. He's lost even more

767
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 1: miles per hour off that fastball. He's old, he's not

768
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,319
Speaker 1: as accurate as he was. They I don't think they

769
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 1: have a chance outdoors. The only reason I think that

770
00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,760
Speaker 1: they're gonna comfortably beat the Bears is that they're indoors.

771
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,280
Speaker 1: And Octavius Murray, as far as having a backup running

772
00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: back that you need in a one game situation, is

773
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: pretty good. But obviously Kamara is the one who makes

774
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,799
Speaker 1: that offense go. Period. End of story. And I don't

775
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:38,319
Speaker 1: know what happened to Michael Thomas this year. I know

776
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,760
Speaker 1: he's fighting people, I know he's unhappy, he's hurt, this, that, whatever,

777
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,840
Speaker 1: But his disappearance this season is one for the ages.

778
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,840
Speaker 1: And I know if you were a fantasy owner of

779
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:51,479
Speaker 1: his you know that more than anybody, but just insane. Yeah.

780
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: And and the Bears gave another old quarterback a lot

781
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:59,759
Speaker 1: of issues this season. Taco Bell, Taco Bell, Tom So,

782
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: I'm not as bad as the Bears were. I mean,

783
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 1: they lost five straight games this year and they're in

784
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,359
Speaker 1: the playoffs. That's got to be like one of the

785
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:09,640
Speaker 1: first times that's ever happened. But they're they're not. They're

786
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:12,720
Speaker 1: a tricky eight and eight team that give you problems

787
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 1: because anyone that plays defense is not a team you

788
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 1: want to face. It's like, wow, a defense, like you know,

789
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,839
Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's it's just a weird matchup. And

790
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: I mean Drew Brees is talking about retirement like it's

791
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: just I don't know, I don't I don't love the

792
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 1: same Jamus. Let's push, let's hit the brake. Let's get

793
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 1: the brake on that. All right, that's a look at

794
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:40,279
Speaker 1: the at the big NFL playoff picture before we go.

795
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 1: This is Tuesday, So we're not gonna get into, you know,

796
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:48,399
Speaker 1: the biggest things involving our game because a lot still

797
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 1: to be determined. You know, we know Olivia Vernon is

798
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:55,040
Speaker 1: gonna be out the the COVID crew, like just because

799
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:56,839
Speaker 1: I don't know what else to call them. We don't

800
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 1: know who's gonna be in. We don't know who's gonna

801
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,760
Speaker 1: be out yet. There's a lot to be determined. Teams

802
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 1: won't be back in their buildings until Wednesday. UM. I

803
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 1: will leave you this though, when it comes to the

804
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,239
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns, because we've talked about how they've gotten here.

805
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,280
Speaker 1: If the Browns are to win Sunday Night, they must

806
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:21,359
Speaker 1: do what gribbled one thing from you. I think they've

807
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 1: got to force multiple turnovers. And I think that because

808
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 1: I think that will be enough to ensure you win

809
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 1: the turnover battle, and this team wins every time that

810
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,439
Speaker 1: they win the turnover battle. I mean to get through

811
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 1: two straight games against the Steelers and not commit a turnover.

812
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,400
Speaker 1: I can't be that greedy. I think I'm banking on

813
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 1: maybe one turnover from the offense against the Steelers defense.

814
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 1: But I think if you force multiple turnover against against

815
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 1: the Steelers, get to Ben early, makes get him making

816
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,760
Speaker 1: some bad throws. We saw what happened against the Bengals.

817
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,239
Speaker 1: I think that get you on a path to victory,

818
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 1: because then I have enough trust in the offense that

819
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 1: they get the job done the girl. Yeah, Gribbs is

820
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,640
Speaker 1: exactly right. Look, we're tennane this year when we're neutral

821
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 1: or win the turn over battle undefeated, So that is

822
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 1: that's one key. The other one that's the key that

823
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,400
Speaker 1: is also tennano this year. Have the lead at the half.

824
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: And I think when you go into Pittsburgh, you take

825
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:10,440
Speaker 1: the lead into the half, so you get out to

826
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:11,919
Speaker 1: a fast start, you don't get in a hole. We're

827
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: down ten points in the blink of an eye the

828
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 1: last trip there, and then they feed off of that

829
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 1: and they get after the quarterback and you start getting nervous.

830
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,360
Speaker 1: We take the lead and we punched them in the

831
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 1: mouth first and we go into the half with the lead. Again,

832
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 1: I think they're the pressure is on them. The pressure

833
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 1: is much more on them than it is on us

834
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 1: at that point. And like I said, we're tenant ol

835
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 1: tenan oh when we lead at the half. That to

836
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 1: me is one of the most unbelievable stats of the season.

837
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:36,920
Speaker 1: Same with the turnover one. But it's pretty simple. Our

838
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 1: formula is actually pretty simple. When the turnover battle or

839
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 1: be neutral in it, have the lead at the half.

840
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 1: When you do that you you don't lose. We have

841
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: not lost the game when those two things have happened.

842
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,880
Speaker 1: So if he takes turnover battle, I'll say, take the

843
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:51,600
Speaker 1: lead a half, can't lose, And as long as by

844
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter when Rennegade comes on, it doesn't matter.

845
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: That's really all I care about. Let's let's just hope

846
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:03,439
Speaker 1: for that. I will say this since I've been with

847
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:05,799
Speaker 1: this team since two thousand and thirteen and then on

848
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 1: the road for the first year in two thousand and fourteen,

849
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 1: I love that stadium. I love the atmosphere. I think

850
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:12,680
Speaker 1: it is a darn shame that it is not going

851
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 1: to be packed to the brim because it creates one

852
00:40:14,960 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 1: of the best atmospheres in the NFL. And all I

853
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:20,799
Speaker 1: have ever wanted was to be in that stadium for

854
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Speaker 1: a Brown Steelers playoff game. All I've ever wanted, and

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