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Speaker 3: Please pick off picked off by the Lions by Brands

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Speaker 4: He's going, baby, He's going to the house. Touched down

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Speaker 4: to torod Lions deflected in the air, Branch ran under it,

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Speaker 4: and he took it all the way back. Welcome to

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Speaker 4: the twenty Men in the Huddle podcast presented by Microsoft.

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Speaker 4: It is Week fourteen in the NFL season. I am

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Speaker 4: Tim Twentyman. He is PJ Clerk. We are here every

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Speaker 4: week four key matchups and this week I got Peage

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Speaker 4: coming back to the pod. Does always a great job

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Speaker 4: with these matchups, so I have invited him back. We're back,

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Speaker 4: and uh, well, let's first start off like the injuries

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Speaker 4: So with Detroit, Frank's the big one center, Frank Ragnow

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Speaker 4: right after we talk about, you know, getting all five

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Speaker 3: It's two quarters and then it's back.

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Speaker 4: But we're not allowed to talk about the top five

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Speaker 1: Next time it happens, we're just gonna let it go.

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Speaker 3: Under the radar.

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Speaker 4: Nobody's just gonna go where no one's gonna mention it.

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Speaker 4: And but look, injuries happened. Frank's a tough guy. Expect

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Speaker 4: Where would this team be without Graham Glasgow this year?

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Speaker 2: For Alex pretty well last week that I thought they.

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Speaker 2: But when you talk about Alex and you talk about what.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, fields one hundred and four rushing yards in that

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Speaker 3: Yeah. And Jack, I thought looked probably played his best

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Speaker 3: And he's got DJ Moore, who we're going to talk

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Speaker 2: All right, let's go to this one.

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Speaker 4: Penny Suwel versus Montes sweat and I think you know,

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Speaker 2: I mean, you you see it. I mean it is.

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Speaker 4: Every week with the pressures. But the interesting part to

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Speaker 4: That's the Penney Sool effect right there. And now he

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Speaker 2: And naked boot.

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Speaker 1: They didn't block him and Jared Pribace, that guy.

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Speaker 2: That's the Penney effect. I mean, he's just so good.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you saw what what was able to do

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Speaker 3: They paid him a lot of money to be that

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Speaker 5: You know.

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Speaker 4: It's funny Penny gave up a sack last week in

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Speaker 3: You're like everybody else see that. Yeah, it was.

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Speaker 4: Like when he actually does give up a sack, you're like, wait, what, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: But again, a great matchup. It's one of those ones.

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Speaker 4: I mean we talked about it before with Max Crosby

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Speaker 3: It's every week that and.

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Speaker 4: This is another one for him. And I think Sweat

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Speaker 4: I'm guessing he's going to be highly motivated to get one,

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Speaker 2: So that'll be a big matchup.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And I mean this is this is this is

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Speaker 4: All right, let's end with this one. You tease a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's there.

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Speaker 4: And with Jerry, you know, opponents have one hundred and

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Speaker 3: the board, that way, they're gonna want to do that.

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Speaker 3: They're not afraid, even in the colds. I feel like

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Speaker 3: this is a team that values the explosive and wants

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Speaker 3: to play fast.

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Speaker 4: So candid Lions go on the road for a second

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Speaker 4: straight week, get a win in the NFC. Obviously, this

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Speaker 4: would be a big win. You get to ten wins

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Speaker 4: with a win, that'd be the most in the Dan

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Speaker 4: Campbell era. And I think you'd be well on your

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Speaker 4: way to talking about an NFC Our title and a

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Speaker 4: home playoff game, And obviously that's the goal, So that'll.

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Speaker 2: Be a big one.

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Speaker 4: You and I will be chatting after the game in Chicago.

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Speaker 4: Hopefully we're chatting about a Chicago win. Hopefully you guys

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Speaker 4: enjoyed the twenty in the Huddle podcast this week, and.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk to you guys again Sunday night. Want do it?

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Speaker 4: Welcome back to the twenty in the Huddle podcast, and

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Speaker 4: I am very happy to welcome Brad Biggs from the

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Speaker 4: Chicago Tribune. Does a great job covering everything Chicago Bears

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Speaker 4: down there, and Brad, thanks for joining me. And a

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Speaker 4: little late bye for you guys. You guys had the

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Speaker 4: break last week. Do you like the late bye? Is

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Speaker 4: it a good thing?

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Speaker 3: Bad thing?

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Speaker 1: What was your opinion of a week thirteen bye?

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Speaker 5: Well, there's been a lot going on for the Bears

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Speaker 5: this season, so no shortage of content, so I guess

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Speaker 5: later in the season is okay. And you now look

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Speaker 5: toward toward the finish, they've got five games for main

468
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Speaker 5: game opportunity for them to maybe put together some more

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Speaker 5: consistent play here and then look ahead to what will

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Speaker 5: be a fascinating offseason with the Bears obviously owning the

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Speaker 5: first round pick of the Carolina Panthers, which right now

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Speaker 5: would be number one overall and then their own pick,

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Speaker 5: which if it was if the draft order was based

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Speaker 5: on the current standings, they'd be at five. So with

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Speaker 5: the first and fifth picks in the draft, it'll offer

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Speaker 5: general manager Ryan Poles a whole slew of options come April.

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Speaker 5: It only feels like the drafts about nine or ten

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Speaker 5: months away.

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Speaker 4: Though, Well, the draft is in Detroit, and somebody tells me, Brad,

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Speaker 4: you are going to be a busy man come Combine season,

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Speaker 4: come Senior Bowl and all that stuff. With having two

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Speaker 4: picks in the top five, there's a lot of ammunition

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Speaker 4: there that can help Chicago get better real quick.

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Speaker 1: But look, I was listening to some of the.

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Speaker 4: Player interviews this week and Eberfluss's interview, and he was saying, look,

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Speaker 4: we have five games left and look for four and eight.

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Speaker 4: We win five games, we can get to nine and eight.

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Speaker 4: It's not like there's a talk of the season being

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Speaker 4: over there. Obviously, you mentioned a lot to play with

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Speaker 4: just with the head coaches job and with the future

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Speaker 4: of Justin fields. But when I talk to some of

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Speaker 4: these players, they sense that, look, they played pretty good

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Speaker 4: football beatn Minnesota right before the bye.

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Speaker 1: They got a chance to get healthy after the buye.

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Speaker 4: And this thing certainly isn't over from from their perspective

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Speaker 4: inside the locker room. I mean legitimate, they can get

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Speaker 4: to nine and eight and you never know what happens

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Speaker 4: at that point, right.

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Speaker 5: No, and it's it's a team that has relatively good

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Speaker 5: health right now at this point in the season, will

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Speaker 5: be rested coming out of the buy for the game

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Speaker 5: against the Lions on Sunday at Soldier Field. And yeah,

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Speaker 5: they've they've certainly got a ton to play for. You know,

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Speaker 5: you talk about having a young roster, which the Bears do.

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Speaker 5: You got guys that are fighting to put quality tape

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Speaker 5: out there, so they'll be in the mix for this

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Speaker 5: team or maybe even another team a year from now.

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Speaker 5: If they can run the table and get to nine

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Speaker 5: and eight, anything could happen. With the expanded playoffs with

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Speaker 5: seven teams. I personally feel that's a little bit of

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Speaker 5: a stretch for them. You know, they have not won

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Speaker 5: consecutive games under Matt Eberflus. The victory against the Vikings

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Speaker 5: in Week twelve, right before the buye was the first

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Speaker 5: NFC North win they've gotten under Eberflus. So consistent play

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Speaker 5: has been something that they've really been unable to achieve

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Speaker 5: at this point. But hey, they played really well against

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Speaker 5: Detroit the first time. The Bears should have won that

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Speaker 5: football game. You know, you kick a field goal with

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Speaker 5: four fifteen to play to go up twenty six to fourteen,

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Speaker 5: you should find a way or multiple ways to close

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Speaker 5: that game out. And the Bears didn't, and the Lions

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Speaker 5: took advantage and made plays at the end and ultimately won.

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Speaker 5: But that one is one that slipped away. The Bears

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Speaker 5: had a similar situation back in Week four at home

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Speaker 5: against the Broncos, big fourth quarter lead, and they coughed

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Speaker 5: that one up as well. So I think we're getting

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Speaker 5: ahead of ourselves and we talk about them closing it

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Speaker 5: out with a six game winning streak to get to

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Speaker 5: nine and eight, it should be one step at a time.

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Speaker 5: Can they get to two wins in a row Sunday

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Speaker 5: against the Lions, and then you turn your focus to

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Speaker 5: a trip to Cleveland. Then they've got home games with

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Speaker 5: Arizona on Christmas Eve and then Atlanta, and then they

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Speaker 5: finish it out up in Green Bay on January ninth.

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Speaker 5: All winnable games for the Bears, but their five opponents

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Speaker 5: are going to look at it and say, hey, this

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Speaker 5: one's really winnable for us as well. With the Bears

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Speaker 5: four and eight right now and just struggling to do

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Speaker 5: things consistent. Now, Tim, they have been better on defense.

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Speaker 5: That's improved. I think they're tied for the first in

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Speaker 5: the National Football League and run defense right now. You've probably,

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Speaker 5: if you had your choice, rather be number one in

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Speaker 5: past defense. But they've gotten better. Their pass rush has

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Speaker 5: been much better since they acquired Montese Sweat, and I

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Speaker 5: think that's helped out a young secondary on the back end.

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Speaker 5: I know it has.

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Speaker 4: You get a sense from those guys. I mean you

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Speaker 4: talked about that Week eleven game in Detroit where you

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Speaker 4: know you had the lead, Detroit's able to kind of get.

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Speaker 2: That two minutes offense going.

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Speaker 4: They scored two touchdowns the last four minutes hold the

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Speaker 4: Bears to a three and out.

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Speaker 1: I agree with you.

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Speaker 4: I think that was a game Detroit felt really fortunate

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Speaker 4: to walk away with a win.

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Speaker 1: Is there some extra motivation there in Chicago?

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Speaker 4: Do you get any sense talking from the guys that

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Speaker 4: maybe they owed Detroit one for how that ended in

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Speaker 4: Detroit a couple of weeks ago, Maybe.

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Speaker 5: A little a bit. I think more than like, hey,

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Speaker 5: we owe one to the Lions here. From the players perspective,

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Speaker 5: I think it's more of a hey, we know, when

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Speaker 5: we play well, we could beat that football team. Right

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Speaker 5: The Bears don't feel like there's is big of a

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Speaker 5: gap between what a nine to three Detroit team right

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Speaker 5: now and where they're at. I mean, it looks like

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Speaker 5: a really big gap in the standings, And ultimately, I

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Speaker 5: think we all agree with Bill Parcells, you are what

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Speaker 5: your record says you are. But when the Bears go

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Speaker 5: out and play well, they can hang in these games.

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Speaker 5: They should be in these games. They shouldn't be blown

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Speaker 5: out of these games, for sure. So looking at an

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Speaker 5: opportunity to have a rematch in a short period of time,

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Speaker 5: a three week span, looking at the opportunity to have

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Speaker 5: that game in their stadium, outdoors and what could be

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Speaker 5: less than ideal weather, I think they feel like there's

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Speaker 5: confidence that it's a good matchup for them.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 5: It's not a good matchup for them if they don't

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Speaker 5: play well, but if they go out and play well,

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Speaker 5: this should be a real ball game going into the

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Speaker 5: fourth quarter, I would imagine.

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Speaker 4: You know, it's got to be encouraging for both the

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Speaker 4: coaching staff and the players too, that some of the

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Speaker 4: issues they had late in the games in Detroit week eleven,

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Speaker 4: they kind of fixed in that Minnesota game the following

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Speaker 4: they played really well down the stretch, were able to

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Speaker 4: pull that game out by making plays late.

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Speaker 1: Then you get the buy get a chance to get healthy.

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Speaker 1: It seems like they should be a pretty confident team

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Speaker 1: at home. Let's go to Justin.

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Speaker 4: Fields a little bit, And obviously the big talk in

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Speaker 4: Chicago's been the evaluation process of justin these final few weeks.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned the number one pick.

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Speaker 4: There's a quarterback that everybody talks about from USC that

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Speaker 4: could potentially be the number one pick. I'm just curious,

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Speaker 4: just how much is that realistic, Brad, And how important

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Speaker 4: are these last fives to justin to kind of show,

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Speaker 4: you know, the regime in Chicago that he's the guy

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Speaker 4: moving forward.

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Speaker 5: It's really important. Five games is a good stretch too.

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Speaker 5: You're talking about nearly one third of a regular season,

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Speaker 5: and he's had some ups and downs the last two

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Speaker 5: seasons with this coaching staff. He played pretty darn well

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Speaker 5: against Detroit until the fourth quarter, right, and he's had

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Speaker 5: a propensity to turn the ball over in the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 5: There were two fumbles in the fourth quarter of the

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Speaker 5: Minnesota game, which was a win which the Bears were

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Speaker 5: able to pull out without scoring a touchdown. At one

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Speaker 5: on four, Cairo Santos field goals at US Bank Stadium,

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Speaker 5: So he's got a little bit of time left. But

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Speaker 5: you know how timelines work with franchises is they're looking

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Speaker 5: at quarterbacks. This is a regime that didn't draft Justin.

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Speaker 5: They inherited him. It's year three on his contract, and

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Speaker 5: I think everyone understands how the contract timeline works for

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Speaker 5: young quarterbacks in the National Football League. It looks like

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Speaker 5: it's going to be a strong class of quarterbacks. I think,

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Speaker 5: really there's four guys that if the guys with remaining

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Speaker 5: eligibility all declare for the draft, and that's Caleb Williams,

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Speaker 5: who's opted out of the Holiday Bowl with usc which

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Speaker 5: would point toward him entering the draft. There's Drake May

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Speaker 5: at North Carolina, and then JJ McCarthy and Ann Arbor

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Speaker 5: for Michigan. If all three of those guys declare, and

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Speaker 5: then you look at Jaden Daniels, the Heisman Trophy front

625
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Speaker 5: runner probably from LSU, who's out of college eligibility all

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Speaker 5: those guys are going to be interesting. All those guys

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Speaker 5: I believe will be in the discussion at least early

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Speaker 5: on to be potential top ten picks. So with a

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Speaker 5: strong class of quarterbacks with questions about the consistency of fields,

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Speaker 5: the final five games are paramount for.

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Speaker 4: Him, starting Sunday at home against a Detroit Lions defense

632
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Speaker 4: that has struggled a bit against Justin in the past.

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Speaker 4: Even Week eleven, he put up some big numbers early on.

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Speaker 4: You mentioned the struggles he had late. But Brett Brad,

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Speaker 4: what are a couple of maybe one or two really

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Speaker 4: key matchups you're looking at this one that that are

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Speaker 4: going to be really important on Chicago side to get

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Speaker 4: to get that out of Soldier Field with a win.

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Speaker 5: Well, I think they're going to have to continue to

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Speaker 5: apply pressure. And they did a pretty good job against

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Speaker 5: Jared Goff the first time. And as I understand Frank bragnow,

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Speaker 5: the center could potentially not be available on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, not looking good for Frank, Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Which I mean that's you never want to lose one

645
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Speaker 5: of your better offensive linemen. So they I think theyk

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Speaker 5: got three interceptions of Goff, little uncharacteristic for him in

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Speaker 5: that first meeting. If they can continue to get some

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Speaker 5: consistent pressure on him, maybe they can generate some takeaways.

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Speaker 5: So I'd start with the Bears defensive front against what

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Speaker 5: Detroit's gonna do to try to protect Golf. And then

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Speaker 5: on the other side, you know a couple matchups, but

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Speaker 5: one that jumps out to me immediately is Donald Right,

653
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Speaker 5: the Bears rookie right tackle who I thought played a

654
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Speaker 5: pretty darn good game in that initial meeting, with the

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Speaker 5: one exception being Aiden Hutchinson, you know, just blows past

656
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Speaker 5: him for a strip sack that turns into a safety

657
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Speaker 5: there late in the ball game.

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Speaker 1: Ended up being a kind of a big play.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, And you know what, you can't play really well

660
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Speaker 5: for sixty some odd snaps and then have one play

661
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Speaker 5: go wrong and go that badly for your team. So

662
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Speaker 5: Donald right is it's played high level football times this year,

663
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Speaker 5: but it's been a little bit of a roller coaster.

664
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Speaker 5: And I think you saw it in that game. Did

665
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 5: a nice job against Hutchinson, really threw out until that

666
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Speaker 5: one play. And when that one play is a big

667
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Speaker 5: one and leads to points and you're losing the ball, well,

668
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Speaker 5: that tends to stick in people's minds. So I thought

669
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Speaker 5: Hutchinson would be a big matchup for right the first time.

670
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Speaker 5: I would say that here in the rematch, and one

671
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Speaker 5: other kind of little one on one thing. You know,

672
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Speaker 5: Saint Brown is such an effective receiver that that's a

673
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Speaker 5: tricky matchup for any defense he's gonna go against. The

674
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 5: Bears have been using Kyler Gordon and the slot this

675
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 5: year is the nicole cornerback. He's had a pretty nice season.

676
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Speaker 5: I thought he did a decent job against Saint Brown

677
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Speaker 5: the first time. Obviously, opponents are going to circle him

678
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Speaker 5: and try to slow him down. I don't know that

679
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 5: you're going to shut him down, but slow him down.

680
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Speaker 5: I didn't see the entire game Detroit played Sunday, but

681
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Speaker 5: looked like his production. I know we had a touchdown

682
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Speaker 5: I think against the Saints, but it's just.

683
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Speaker 1: Two catches, which is the lowest of his season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, the overall production was down a little bit. So

686
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Speaker 5: I'm sure Detroit saying, hey got to get him going

687
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Speaker 5: a little bit more, get him the ball a little

688
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Speaker 5: bit more often. So Kyle full or excuse me, Kyler

689
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Speaker 5: Gordon could be the guy squaring up against him on

690
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Speaker 5: a lot of those snaps when Saint Brown lines up

691
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Speaker 5: in the slot. So big matchup for Kyler as well.

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Speaker 4: All right, last one for me, Ben again, I'm talking

693
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Speaker 4: with Brad Biggs. Does a great job with the Chicago

694
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Speaker 4: tribewing down there covering the Bears. I want you to

695
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 4: put your weatherman cap.

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Speaker 2: On a little bit.

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Speaker 1: You alluded to it a little bit.

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Speaker 4: Really the last time, really, the only time Detroit you know,

699
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 4: caught a cold weather game. We looked at this Chicago

700
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Speaker 4: game in December. Is that the possibility? What do you

701
00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 4: hear in the latest with with weather and wind on

702
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Speaker 4: Sunday and how that might affect things.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Originally the forecast was going to be dynamite this weekend,

704
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Speaker 5: and I think that there's a chance of it being

705
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:08,960
Speaker 5: in the fifties on Friday, and some buddies of mine

706
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 5: were talking about golfing on Saturday. I think they've scuttled

707
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Speaker 5: their golf plans for Saturday. There's a chance of rain.

708
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 5: Sounds like a chance of precipitation with a high maybe

709
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Speaker 5: in the mid thirties on Sunday. So yeah, I mean

710
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Speaker 5: nothing worse than like forty or a little cooler than

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Speaker 5: that rain, I think. I think you'd rather be dealing

712
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Speaker 5: with thirty and snow personally. Yeah, now, you know, the

713
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Speaker 5: weatherman this far out is a little dicey.

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Speaker 6: You know.

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Speaker 5: I had a buddy a long time ago, worked in

716
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Speaker 5: television and sports in Richmond, Virginia, and he would joke

717
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Speaker 5: with a weatherman there, Tim. He'd said, you know, if

718
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 5: I did my job like you do your job, I'd

719
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 5: give the wrong scores on half these ball games every night.

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Speaker 5: You know, instead of saying that Cincinnati pulled it out

721
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:07,280
Speaker 5: in overtime over Jacksonville Monday night, I'd say the Jaguars

722
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 5: got a late field goal to prevail, was his joke

723
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Speaker 5: with the weather man. So hopefully it's not. It's it's

724
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:21,560
Speaker 5: not raining or snowing. Maybe it's just a little chilly,

725
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Speaker 5: but we'll see.

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Speaker 1: Well, they both teams will deal with whatever it is.

727
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Speaker 4: Big game for both teams, I think, as Chicago continues

728
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 4: to evaluate their coaching staff, obviously their quarterback situation and

729
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 4: and really still try to keep their playoff hopes alive,

730
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 4: and and Detroit obviously trying to keep pace with San Francisco, Dallas, UH,

731
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,840
Speaker 4: Philadelphia and the and the NFC and and and keep

732
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 4: keep their everyone else in the NFC North in the

733
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Speaker 4: rear of your mirror, so so big one in Chicago. Brad,

734
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 4: thanks for taking the time. I always appreciate it. Great

735
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,560
Speaker 4: stuff at always. If you guys ever want to know

736
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,799
Speaker 4: anything about Chicago Bears, go check out Brad Biggs on

737
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 4: the Chicago Tribune.

738
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Speaker 1: Thanks Brad, appreciate you.

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Speaker 5: You got it, Tim, Take care, buddy.

740
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Speaker 4: Welcome back to the twenty in the Huddle podcast presented

741
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Speaker 4: by Microsoft, and I know you guys will enjoy this one.

742
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Speaker 4: I have rookie tight end Sam Laporta in studio talking

743
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 4: on the twenty in the Huddle podcast and thanks.

744
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 2: For joining me.

745
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 6: I appreciate it, Thank you for having me.

746
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 4: All right, let's talk about last week a little bit.

747
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 4: Just how fun was that? Nine targets, nine catches, one

748
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 4: hundred and forty yards, some of those really critical down

749
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 4: the stretch, you.

750
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 2: Got a touchdown.

751
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 4: You've been consistently productive all year, but to have a

752
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 4: game like that in a win, Just.

753
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:39,799
Speaker 2: How fun was that?

754
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 7: Yeah, it was a lot of fun. The Superdome was

755
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,279
Speaker 7: a great environment. It came down to the wire. You

756
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 7: don't like games like that, but you know, we learned

757
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 7: a lot from the game. We were fortunate to come

758
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 7: out to win. And yeah, it's always it's cool to

759
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 7: have good games and to know that you contributed to

760
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:55,720
Speaker 7: the outcome of a game.

761
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Speaker 4: And when you look back at the tape and you

762
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 4: see what the Saints tried to do to take out

763
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 4: number fourteen, bracted him a couple of times, double him

764
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 4: a few times, that's gonna leave opportunities for guys like yourself.

765
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Speaker 4: We saw it a few weeks ago with the Chargers

766
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Speaker 4: with Khalif stepping up and making some big plays in

767
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 4: one on one. Just how important is it for guys

768
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 4: like yourself, Khalif, those other guys that when they try

769
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 4: to take away fourteen, now it's on tape. That all right,

770
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,719
Speaker 4: good luck with some of our other guys one on one.

771
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Speaker 7: Yeah, we feel like we have a lot of great

772
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:25,880
Speaker 7: playmakers that we can distribute the ball to.

773
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Speaker 6: It starts with Jared.

774
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:30,319
Speaker 7: In the offensive line. You know they protected him great

775
00:36:30,440 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 7: last Sunday, and you know, if you take away one

776
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 7: of our guys, we can always get to another guy.

777
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 7: You see Josh Reynolds come up big on third down

778
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 7: at the end of the game. You know Jmo with

779
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 7: the big touchdown run. So we feel like, we have

780
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,319
Speaker 7: a lot of guys we can distribute the ball to

781
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Speaker 7: and that you know, that only helps our offense.

782
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Speaker 2: How fun is that to play with?

783
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Speaker 4: You know, on an offense that has that many weapons,

784
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:52,919
Speaker 4: But how hard does it sometimes to get the ball

785
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:55,959
Speaker 4: to all those weapons? And just the group of guys,

786
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:57,640
Speaker 4: it seems like it's a good group in terms of

787
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,200
Speaker 4: as long as we win. It doesn't really matter what

788
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,560
Speaker 4: my individual stats are. Let's win and Ben seems pretty

789
00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:06,720
Speaker 4: good about, you know, getting the ball around you week afterward.

790
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 7: There's a lot of guys are deserving of the ball,

791
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 7: but there's only one on the field as a play

792
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 7: caller that can almost you know, it's it's tough. You

793
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 7: want to get everybody the ball. Everybody's deserving of the ball.

794
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 7: There's so many guys we can run the ball with,

795
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 7: you know, Jamie or David. We can dish it out

796
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,839
Speaker 7: to ten different guys. So there's one ball. It's great

797
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:27,920
Speaker 7: to game plan with. But you know, everybody's got to

798
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 7: chip in, do their part, and you can't force anything

799
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 7: when the ball.

800
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 6: Comes your way. Just make the plays that you can make.

801
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 4: I know you're a guy that that's pretty humble. You

802
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 4: kind of just put your head down, you go to work.

803
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,560
Speaker 4: But the numbers are the numbers, and you look at

804
00:37:40,640 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 4: historically kind of where you're at to start over sixty catches,

805
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 4: over six hundred yards, six touchdowns. You look at the

806
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 4: list of guys that have done that in twelve games,

807
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 4: and it's like Odell Beckham, Michael Thomas, like.

808
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:54,440
Speaker 2: They're all receivers.

809
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 4: You're the first tight end to ever do it.

810
00:37:57,200 --> 00:37:58,760
Speaker 2: What's spend the recipe.

811
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Speaker 6: For your success?

812
00:37:59,200 --> 00:37:59,680
Speaker 2: Early on?

813
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Speaker 7: I don't know if there's a recipe. Certainly I get

814
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 7: a lot of help from my teammates and coaches.

815
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Speaker 4: I knew that was gonna be his answer, by the way.

816
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 6: I mean, it's really true.

817
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,719
Speaker 7: You're out there with ten other guys, and you know,

818
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,279
Speaker 7: you know you could reference like basketball per se a

819
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,760
Speaker 7: superstark and take over the game and score fifty points

820
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:22,680
Speaker 7: and ten assists. You can't really do that on football field. Certainly,

821
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 7: you can have a lot of great players surrounded it,

822
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 7: surround you're surrounded by. So you know, I always credit

823
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 7: those guys and they helped me out a ton, So

824
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 7: I can't really do it without those guys.

825
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Speaker 4: What about the coaching too? In your room too? With

826
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Speaker 4: hiding and just Dan was a tight end. It seems

827
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Speaker 4: like they coach you hard. And do you like a

828
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 4: room a staff that coaches you hard because they know

829
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Speaker 4: what you can do. But it seems like every time

830
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 4: we talk to those guys, it seems like you've been

831
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Speaker 4: coached hard and you respond to that.

832
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 7: I always joke there's several pairs of eyes on the

833
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 7: staff that are always kind of honing in on the

834
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:03,600
Speaker 7: rookie tight end, you know, with coach Campbell and coach

835
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 7: Steve and coach Johnson used to coach the tight ends, right, Tanner,

836
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 7: our past game coordinator, used to coach the tight ends.

837
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Speaker 1: That's right, it's you know, it's a lot of fun,

838
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: a lot of stress there.

839
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Speaker 2: I get a lot of help, is how I like

840
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 2: to look at it.

841
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,759
Speaker 6: Help. Surely there's some tough love that.

842
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 7: It's been distributed my way, but it's good for me

843
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 7: and good for my development, so I try not to

844
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 7: take it personal, and it's a you know.

845
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:28,320
Speaker 6: It's only gonna help me.

846
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,360
Speaker 4: You appreciate that there as a player, though, don't you?

847
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 6: For sure?

848
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,000
Speaker 7: For sure, it tells you that they have a lot

849
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,799
Speaker 7: of confidence in you and they want the best for you.

850
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 6: That's really what it is.

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Speaker 4: It's kind of one of those things like if you're

852
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:38,560
Speaker 4: not getting yelled at, if you're not getting talked to,

853
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:40,000
Speaker 4: like maybe that's a bad.

854
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 6: Maybe they should be concerned.

855
00:39:42,200 --> 00:39:42,919
Speaker 2: Are percent.

856
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 4: We talked to Ben Johnson on Thursday and he said, look,

857
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,799
Speaker 4: when we saw it Sam, when we watched the tape,

858
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 4: we knew the route running, the catching, you know that

859
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 4: kind of stuff, the separation one on one that was there.

860
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 4: And he said, one of the things where I think

861
00:39:58,560 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 4: at least Sam is.

862
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 2: Way ahead the curve is the stuff in the run game.

863
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 4: How much did Iowa prepare you for that? And how

864
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,360
Speaker 4: much pride do you take in that part of playing

865
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 4: the tight end position, not just going out there and

866
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 4: catching nine passes for one hundred yards, but being you know,

867
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Speaker 4: really good in that regard so that your run game

868
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 4: can be.

869
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Speaker 2: Top five in the NFL, which it is, right.

870
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Speaker 7: I think it starts with the mindset, the willingness, and

871
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 7: you want to be able to do those things. That's

872
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Speaker 7: how you contribute, That's how you add value, that's how

873
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 7: you stay on the field. You play seventy snaps and

874
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,360
Speaker 7: you know you don't want to come off the field,

875
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Speaker 7: and so contributing in as many ways as possible the

876
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,799
Speaker 7: run game or whether it's making you know, nine to

877
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 7: ten catches, you know, it really doesn't matter to me.

878
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 6: You want to see w's in the win column.

879
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 7: And yeah, so I guess I certainly prepared me for

880
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,920
Speaker 7: all of that, just the willingness and the mindset and

881
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:51,720
Speaker 7: coming to the NFL and establishing myself in the run game.

882
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 4: How quickly did you and Jared seem to be on

883
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 4: the same page, because we talked to him this week too,

884
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 4: and he said, I've got complete trust in eighty seven,

885
00:40:58,640 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 4: like he.

886
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:01,480
Speaker 2: Is like my guy. And for a veteran.

887
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 4: Quarterback, quarterback like that who's been with a lot of,

888
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,800
Speaker 4: you know, guys through his career, to say that about

889
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 4: a rookie, I think says a lot about what you

890
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 4: guys have kind of built there all dating all the

891
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,879
Speaker 4: way back to ots When did you start to feel like, man,

892
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,439
Speaker 4: I think we're on this, We're on the same page here,

893
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,200
Speaker 4: we kind of speak the same language. And it certainly

894
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:20,840
Speaker 4: has related to the regular season.

895
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:25,440
Speaker 7: I'd say the beginning of camp, you know, during OTAs

896
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 7: I was scrambling a little bit, trying to learn the offense.

897
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 7: Certainly complex, and Ben keeps this on our toes. You know,

898
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 7: during camp, once I started to get settled in a

899
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 7: little bit, you know, started relaying information to Jared, what

900
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,480
Speaker 7: are you looking for? Communicate with me, you know, what

901
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 7: do you want from me on this type of route

902
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 7: or in this type of coverage. So the way he's

903
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:49,920
Speaker 7: communicated that to me, it's been really simple. He breaks

904
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 7: it down exactly what he's looking for. And you know,

905
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,320
Speaker 7: it's easy to I don't want to say it's easy.

906
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 7: It's much easier to go out there and execute your

907
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 7: job when you know the quarterback is looking for this

908
00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:03,520
Speaker 7: in particular. Yeah, you know, it just helps him and

909
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:04,359
Speaker 7: it helps you as well.

910
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 4: He seems like he's got a real great grasp of

911
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,280
Speaker 4: this offense. He certainly does, and it makes it easier

912
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 4: for everybody else. Just the checks at the line, getting

913
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 4: you guys into the right play.

914
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,439
Speaker 2: I mean, he's playing at a Pro Bowl level.

915
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,319
Speaker 4: It's got to be nice on your end playing with

916
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,880
Speaker 4: a guy that is so in command of an offense.

917
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 7: For sure, he's our field general. He gets us in

918
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 7: the right situations. You know, I always know he's going

919
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 7: to go out there and do his job. Some things

920
00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 7: may come up where maybe it's not the best look

921
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,280
Speaker 7: and you can always you can always rely on Jared

922
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 7: to you know, get us in the best situation possible

923
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:35,640
Speaker 7: this week, looking to.

924
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 4: Get the tenth win of the season. Just talk about

925
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,400
Speaker 4: Chicago a little bit quick turn around. You guys just

926
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 4: saw them a couple of weeks ago, but just the

927
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 4: the problems they present on defense and the challenge for

928
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 4: you guys this week in their place.

929
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,040
Speaker 6: Yeah, they certainly have a stout run defense.

930
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 7: We felt like we could have ran the ball maybe

931
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 7: a little bit better last time we played them, so,

932
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 7: you know, hopefully we run the ball better. You know,

933
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,000
Speaker 7: the conditions may be a little bit sloppy, so there's

934
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:01,960
Speaker 7: wind or weather. You know, running the ball is definitely

935
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,080
Speaker 7: gonna have to be the thing that we rely on most.

936
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:06,360
Speaker 4: I think I already know the answers to this question,

937
00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 4: but I'm going to ask it anyways.

938
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 2: Mike Dicka sitting there a little bit of over a

939
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 2: thousand yards.

940
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:12,480
Speaker 4: There's only been two tight ends in the history of

941
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 4: the league to have a thousand receiving yards in a

942
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:18,320
Speaker 4: in a you know, rookie season.

943
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:20,279
Speaker 6: I think that's attainable to you.

944
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:21,359
Speaker 2: Is that is that a goal.

945
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:23,759
Speaker 4: Would you like to maybe break that record or are

946
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,919
Speaker 4: you just talking about wins and losses right now.

947
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:30,239
Speaker 7: It's it's certainly cool to be brought up in that

948
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 7: conversation where you could go out there and break a

949
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 7: record like that, or you know, be up there with

950
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 7: those type of names like Mike Dicka and I'm.

951
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:43,920
Speaker 6: Not sure Mile Pitts. Yeah, great player. So it's cool.

952
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:44,680
Speaker 6: It's attainable.

953
00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 7: It's not exactly like a benchmark that I'm shooting for,

954
00:43:48,320 --> 00:43:49,720
Speaker 7: but if it happens, it happens.

955
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 4: Well, it's been fun to watch. It was certainly fun

956
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,040
Speaker 4: to watch it. You played a big part in that

957
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 4: win last week with nine catches one hundred and forty yards.

958
00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:01,160
Speaker 4: You are trending to be, you know, I think one

959
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 4: of the really good young tight ends in this league,

960
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 4: one of the better ones in the league. It's gonna

961
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 4: be fun to watch you finish out this season. Hopefully

962
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:08,840
Speaker 4: you guys come away with a win in Chicago, you

963
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:10,480
Speaker 4: get to ten wins and then sign of the playoffs.

964
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 6: I appreciate you, Tam, I appreciate it.

965
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:12,359
Speaker 2: Thank you.