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Speaker 2: What is going on Everybody? John Middlecock three and Out podcasts,

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Speaker 2: Today will be a podcast. It will just be me

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Speaker 2: and Stucky. I was gonna do a mail bag too,

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Speaker 2: but me and Stuck you went for an hour. You know.

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Speaker 2: The next couple days are kind of holidays, so I

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Speaker 2: was like, let's just do Stucky. I'll do a mail

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Speaker 2: bag probably for Friday, with some college football talk as well.

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Speaker 2: So at John Middlecoff's the mail Bag, we will get

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Speaker 2: one later this week, and today we'll just be Stucky

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Speaker 2: hitting on obviously the Niner game, the Raven game, the

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Speaker 2: Panther game, some other stuff, and then the college football games,

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Speaker 2: which we got four games starting Wednesday night with Miami

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Speaker 2: at Ohio State, Miami versu Oho State. It's not Ataha State,

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Speaker 2: but then you know all the games the following day,

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Speaker 2: so let's get excited. You guys know the drill. Make

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Speaker 2: subscribe to the YouTube channel. We'll be live on Thursday

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Speaker 2: night reacting to the slate of games on New Year's Day,

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Speaker 2: and then again on Saturday night. Reacting to the Niner game.

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Speaker 2: So make sure you subscribe, never miss a thing, and

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Speaker 2: let's dive into Stucky. Okay, Week eighteen, I'm lucky enough

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Speaker 2: to get Dad of the Year Stucky from Lexicon, Kentucky.

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Speaker 2: This is a It's bittersweet because for the first time

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Speaker 2: on Monday Night it kind of hit me. I'm like,

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Speaker 2: we don't have any more Monday night like regular season games.

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Speaker 2: You only got four more real college games that matter.

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Speaker 2: You got the you know, the Elite eight starting. You

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Speaker 2: start doing the math in your heads, you're like half

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Speaker 2: to you know, a large percentage of these week team

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Speaker 2: games mean nothing, So we don't have that much meaningful

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Speaker 2: football left in our life. Stucky as we turn into

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty six, I mean, you just had a child

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Speaker 2: born in twenty twenty five. That doesn't make you feel old.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what will, but how you doing? My man? Good?

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Speaker 1: Yet? It'll be two hundred and forty more days until

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Speaker 1: our next college football game on a Saturday. So that's done.

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Speaker 1: None of the playoff games are on Saturdays, even the

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Speaker 1: more collegetable Saturday. Yeah, no more Monday. You have one

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Speaker 1: Monday night Wildcard game. That's it. Like the rest of

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Speaker 1: the bowl games are going to be finishing up this

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Speaker 1: week and then it's just a couple of collegeball playoff games.

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Speaker 1: The NFL playoffs should be good. This week will be

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Speaker 1: weird as usual, but enjoy it. The Sunday afternoon slate

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Speaker 1: Luckily for the NFL things broke right, like the Ravens won,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers loss, so kept the AFC North interesting. The

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Speaker 1: You even had the Falcons upset the Rams and then

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Speaker 1: this if Seattle had won and the forty nine ers, like,

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Speaker 1: clinches the division already, so luckily for the NFL, they

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Speaker 1: But I do think that they will if the Seahawks win,

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Speaker 2: Let's just jump right into the to the main event then.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure you remember this game. This happened not that

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Speaker 2: This is a team who's offense I think is kind

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Speaker 2: didn't realize this until I saw the stating Lee's a

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Speaker 2: Carolina drop a pick last week. He's been all over

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Speaker 2: and you know, Purty was like MVP watch and it

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Speaker 2: that was like a moment like this motherfucker's here to stay.

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Speaker 2: And now this year their defense is awesome. It's crazy.

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Speaker 2: Some of the stats in the forty nine ers like

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Speaker 2: and there are no interceptions, they'd be dead last and picks.

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Speaker 2: But can Sam Darnold and that offense take advantage of him?

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Speaker 2: But go back to that Ravens game, I would just

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Speaker 2: to me. Don't feel great about it. Obviously, the Niners

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would lean that way, like I'd like the

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Speaker 1: But he's such a difference maker, especially you know the

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Speaker 1: But you're right about the Seattle offense. I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: they I mean, since Week ten, they're twenty first in

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Speaker 1: They just can't get any pressure. I mean, and Michael

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Speaker 2: of you know, things up in the air, like is

429
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Speaker 2: TJ at Watt coming back or he just kind of

430
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,520
Speaker 2: sneaky done for the season, and they're just not wanting

431
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Speaker 2: to acknowledge that Lamar Jackson is there, like a behind

432
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Speaker 2: the scenes Lamar Jackson beef with the Ravens. There's just

433
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Speaker 2: a lot of weird shit going on. You tell me,

434
00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,840
Speaker 2: I like the Ravens in this matchup. But you know

435
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Speaker 2: Tomlin home dog. They they've played well against the Ravens historically.

436
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Speaker 2: This is a bizarre game.

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Speaker 1: The home when Tomlin and Harbaugh face off in the

438
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Speaker 1: regular season, the team getting three or more points I

439
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Speaker 1: think is twenty one to two and one against the

440
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Speaker 1: spread in saying it's not over ninety percent. Over almost

441
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Speaker 1: twenty years, it's been a dog dominated series. It's usually

442
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Speaker 1: lower scoring. I don't mind the under here. There's a

443
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Speaker 1: lot of moving parts here. First, with the Steelers defensively,

444
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Speaker 1: I mean they say that what has a chance now?

445
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,719
Speaker 1: Tomlin said last week he needs all full participants, so

446
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,760
Speaker 1: he needs to be a full pardicipant practice every day

447
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Speaker 1: of the week. So we'll know tomorrow today if he's

448
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Speaker 1: a full present.

449
00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,480
Speaker 2: Is that because that injury is different than like a

450
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Speaker 2: rolled ankle or something.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what he said. He said because it's a

452
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Speaker 1: medical condition because if it's long, so i'll see if

453
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Speaker 1: he's back. James Pierre their corner, he's been banged up.

454
00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:00,520
Speaker 1: He's been really good for them. Brandon and Eccles is

455
00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:03,560
Speaker 1: also banged up, so they have some defensive injuries that

456
00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:08,600
Speaker 1: are worth monitoring. Also their starting guard Isaac Simolo, he's questionable.

457
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,480
Speaker 1: Calvin Austin, I think they need him, like he didn't

458
00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:13,679
Speaker 1: play last week. They need his speed because the problem

459
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,640
Speaker 1: with the Steelers offense right now is without DK Metcalf.

460
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,200
Speaker 1: And you saw this last week and DK Metcalf, it's

461
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:23,359
Speaker 1: not like he's the best receiver in the NFL, but

462
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,479
Speaker 1: he's still really good. It's his the gravity. Number One.

463
00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,159
Speaker 1: He can make plays and he can go down the field,

464
00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,600
Speaker 1: but the gravity that he commands right you can watch

465
00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,359
Speaker 1: whenever the Steelers are near the bowl line, you'll have

466
00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,520
Speaker 1: a corner on Metcalf and then you'll have a safety

467
00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,840
Speaker 1: cheated over there. Without Metcalf in there, you can just

468
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:45,560
Speaker 1: man up. Like last week, it's Adam Feelen, Scottie Miller

469
00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 1: and mvs. You just man them up and your safeties

470
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,200
Speaker 1: can come up. And then now they also lost Darnel Washington,

471
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Speaker 1: who's out for the year. That's big because they want

472
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Speaker 1: to go heavy and now you don't have metcalfs, you

473
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:04,679
Speaker 1: want to throw to your tight ends more. And he

474
00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,320
Speaker 1: found a nice role in this offense. So without Metcalf,

475
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,520
Speaker 1: this just becomes a much easier offense to defend, and

476
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:15,520
Speaker 1: there's just no explosiveness. I assume they're going to try

477
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,360
Speaker 1: to lean on their run game. The one good thing

478
00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,840
Speaker 1: here is that the Ravens can't get pressure like you

479
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,160
Speaker 1: watch a raate They're like the forty nine ers defense.

480
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:24,840
Speaker 1: Now they have a lot more talent on the back

481
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Speaker 1: end because they haven't had as many injuries as the

482
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Speaker 1: forty nine ers, but they don't get pressure, like, so

483
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,000
Speaker 1: Rogers is not going to have to just be like

484
00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:33,679
Speaker 1: getting rid of it in one second.

485
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:35,480
Speaker 2: Worry about it.

486
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah they so, But ken the Steelers receivers actually

487
00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:43,760
Speaker 1: get open, I have my doubts. But then on the

488
00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:48,399
Speaker 1: other side of the ball, when like the Ravens, who's

489
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:51,440
Speaker 1: who's playing quarterback? Is it Lamar Jackson? Is it Tyler Huntly?

490
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,159
Speaker 1: If it is Lamar Jackson, is he not one hundred percent?

491
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,920
Speaker 1: And then he can't move as well and their run

492
00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,200
Speaker 1: game isn't as good. And then it's like, then the

493
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:03,159
Speaker 1: Steelers have had a lot of success containing Lamar. If

494
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Speaker 1: it's Huntly there, it probably would benefit one hundred percent

495
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,880
Speaker 1: healthy Huntley, Like it probably benefits their run game more

496
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,159
Speaker 1: and then they're gonna feed. You can run on the Steelers,

497
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:16,160
Speaker 1: They're gonna feed. Ah, well, they're gonna feed Henry here

498
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:19,159
Speaker 1: just like last week. You can run on the Steers

499
00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:20,919
Speaker 1: and the Steelers know that. Do they load the box?

500
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:22,879
Speaker 1: But I mean the Bills, So it's all the Bills did.

501
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,520
Speaker 1: They just ran all over them with the same play.

502
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 1: So so many moving parts here. Like, as a Ravens fan,

503
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,159
Speaker 1: I don't even know who I want to start like

504
00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 1: I want to I would obviously you want to fully

505
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,240
Speaker 1: healthy Lamar. He's way better than Huntley, but he's not

506
00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,199
Speaker 1: fully healthy, hasn't been all year, and every time you

507
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,440
Speaker 1: see him he's not. So I don't even know who

508
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,520
Speaker 1: I want, but it's gonna be.

509
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Speaker 2: I think it's gonna expect Labar Jackson to be on

510
00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:47,080
Speaker 2: the team next.

511
00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:51,240
Speaker 1: Year, depends how this season ends.

512
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:53,800
Speaker 2: Like I think they're mad at him that he's not

513
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Speaker 2: available at the end of these seasons.

514
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that there's some there's some stuff going on.

515
00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:05,960
Speaker 1: You also could it also could be Harball. So they're like,

516
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,439
Speaker 1: if the Ravens don't make the playoffs this year and

517
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 1: they lose Sunday Night there's definitely gonna be some big change.

518
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 1: I don't know what exactly it is, but there's gonna

519
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,560
Speaker 1: be some big change coming for the organization. So but

520
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 1: here and here's the thing. If the Ravens get in

521
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Speaker 1: and like Lamar is healthy, like they could win the

522
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Speaker 1: a f C. Because the one, like the one and

523
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 1: two seeds are the are the Pats, the Broncos. You

524
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:41,439
Speaker 1: have the Jags, like, this is not this is not

525
00:26:41,560 --> 00:26:44,720
Speaker 1: a gauntlet a f C. The Bills are probably gonna

526
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Speaker 1: have to go to the Jacksonville who are playing as

527
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Speaker 1: well as anyone, Like the Jags are playing so well,

528
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,280
Speaker 1: the Bills are obviously dangerous with Josh Allen, one of

529
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Speaker 1: those teams is getting knocked out and on the first weekend,

530
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Speaker 1: so like the Texans are still Dangerous's that's pret you'll

531
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 1: have to play, but you get you get to the

532
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:08,119
Speaker 1: divisional round and the conference championship, Like are you really

533
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,959
Speaker 1: that scared of playing bow Knicks and the Patriots Like

534
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:16,240
Speaker 1: they're they're good teams, but this isn't the peak Buffalo

535
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,159
Speaker 1: and Kansas City teams of the past years that you

536
00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 1: had to get through. So if Lamar can somehow get

537
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:25,720
Speaker 1: healthy and the Ravens get in, they could make the

538
00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:30,040
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. But if they don't, I think there's gonna

539
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:34,200
Speaker 1: be big changes. So yeah, that's that's why we love

540
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:38,920
Speaker 1: the NFL. And obviously the script writers got it right.

541
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,119
Speaker 1: And uh, it's gonna the It's gonna come down to

542
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 1: the last game of the regular season on Sunday Night.

543
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: The biggest the thing that I'm most confident in that

544
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 1: game is that it'll be low scoring. I think the

545
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 1: Ravens are gonna rely on the run. The Steelers, they

546
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:52,959
Speaker 1: the receivers can't get open. There's no explosiveness, like they

547
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:54,919
Speaker 1: actually hit some explosives for like the first time in

548
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,240
Speaker 1: months against the Ravens when they first played. That was

549
00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:02,880
Speaker 1: Metcalf and he's not there. So I think this would

550
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,800
Speaker 1: be a lower scoring game, probably come down to something random,

551
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,320
Speaker 1: But there's a lot of moving parts here with injuries

552
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 1: and then the Ravens quarterback situation. I'm not sure I'll

553
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 1: have a bet on it, other than I did bet

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Speaker 2: Uh doesn't even guarantee them the division. Uh? But at home?

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Speaker 2: I don't know what a bizarre season from them? I

586
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Speaker 2: saw you tweeted out either last week. Yeah, it would

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Speaker 2: have been last week against Miami, Like they're they're a

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Speaker 2: terrible team. But Carolina, I mean they quarterback just through

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Speaker 2: fifty yards.

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Speaker 1: Carolina's not good. The best team the division is the Falcons.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

592
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Speaker 1: This the NFL should step in and say the Saints

593
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Speaker 1: Falcons is for the division. I agree, they should just

594
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Speaker 1: change the rules. Funny enough, I King could decide the

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Speaker 1: division if the Bucks win, and uh.

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Speaker 2: The way that who would who would the Rams? Seattle

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00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 2: or the Niners. They would much rather play Tampa or

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Speaker 2: Carolina than they would go to the road in New

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Speaker 2: Orleans or Atlanta right now, right.

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Speaker 1: For sure, definitely don't know. None of all those teams

601
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,680
Speaker 1: are chooses over Atlanta. Who has They have a good defense.

602
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 1: Atlanta's has a dumb staff and historically bad special teams.

603
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,680
Speaker 1: Like if you look at this this Atlanta team, they

604
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 1: easily could have eleven twelve wins. I mean they lost.

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00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 1: They lost to the Patriots in New England by one

606
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 1: because they missed an extra point. They've had like four

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00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 1: kickers this year. They lost to the Jets, they out

608
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,520
Speaker 1: game in AB one hundred the years because they moufed

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Speaker 1: a punt at the one. I mean, the almost flew

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Speaker 1: the game last night because they had a fuel goal

611
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,560
Speaker 1: to go up seventeen blocked and returned for a touchdown.

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00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 1: They lost the Colts game in overtime. They gave up

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Speaker 1: like three long returns in that game. I mean, their

614
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: special teams are historically bad. They blew the Panthers game.

615
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,040
Speaker 1: Everyone got hurt. They lost in overtime in that game.

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Speaker 1: I mean this team has like four or five. They've

617
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Speaker 1: the Bucks game, they blew early in the year now.

618
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: They probably should have lost the Bucks a second time.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, this team easily should be a ten

620
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Speaker 1: plus win team with their schedule in that division, but

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Speaker 1: they're not. It's typical Falcons the most like this would

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Speaker 1: it would make so much sense that this NFC South,

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Speaker 1: what's gonna happen is the Bucks win and then the

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Speaker 1: Falcons win on Sunday and the Panthers get in at

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Speaker 1: eight and nine. Like that that would be that would

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Speaker 1: wrap it all. And it would be so Falcons to

627
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Speaker 1: finish eight to nine tied for first and not get

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Speaker 1: in and somehow finished tied for first when they've been

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Speaker 1: eliminated for a month from the playoffs and they finished

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Speaker 1: tied for first, the most Falcons thing ever, I think

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Speaker 1: that's gonna happen. So I did bet the Bucks. I

632
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,120
Speaker 1: hate the bull I think the Bucks are terrible. I've

633
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Speaker 1: been saying it for months since Week seven. Bakers twenty

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Speaker 1: eighth and Epa per play. I don't know if he's

635
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Speaker 1: hurt poor, he's just a part of it. He might

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Speaker 1: be hurt part of it. As he came back crashing

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00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: back down on the earth. You got to remember it.

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00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 1: Over the first he was playing at like an MVP

639
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Speaker 1: level that we've never seen before in the final two

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Speaker 1: minutes of games, like it was so oh one sustainable.

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Speaker 1: They were winning all these games with like the last

642
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 1: drive that was never gonna last. And they've had injuries.

643
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 1: It looks like Tristan Wurfs will play that's big at

644
00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:11,520
Speaker 1: left tackle, and the Panthers can't get pressure. Bryce Young

645
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 1: is not the same quarterback. It's away from home. He's

646
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 1: I mean, he's not great anyway. But I had to

647
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 1: play the Bucks year. This is the first time we've

648
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: had in the Bucks all year. And yeah, this was

649
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: my first bet on the Bucks all year. I just

650
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 1: got it under three. I don't think it should be

651
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: under three. Two weeks ago, the Bucks were minus three

652
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 1: in Carolina. Now they lost by three. It's a coin

653
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,760
Speaker 1: flip game. They outgame Carolina. They had a Jamel Dean

654
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:38,120
Speaker 1: had a coverage bust at the end of the first

655
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 1: half with like twenty second stuff that led to a touchdown.

656
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 1: He ran the wrong coverage. But now you're they're laying

657
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: two and a half. It's just two weeks later, and

658
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,640
Speaker 1: it's not like the Panthers had a good data point

659
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: last week. I know the Bucks didn't lose them to

660
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, but the Panthers through had twenty four attempts

661
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:57,240
Speaker 1: for fifty yards. So I have to play two and

662
00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 1: a half worth. I know there's some other injuries Dean Reddick,

663
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 1: their guards, but this Panthers defense can't get pressure.

664
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 2: There.

665
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,839
Speaker 1: It's Bryce. It's Bryce Young on the road. I think

666
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: this is the bottom of the market on the Bucks.

667
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 1: Like everyone, no one wants to bet them now. They

668
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,880
Speaker 1: they haven't covered in two months. They're a and eight

669
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,360
Speaker 1: against the spread in their best eight games, one and

670
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,839
Speaker 1: seven overall. It's this is the bottom. I mean, you're

671
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:26,719
Speaker 1: two weeks ago they're fair by three in Carolina. Now

672
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 1: they're like two and a half at home. I have

673
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 1: to take it. It's terrible. It sucks. And what I

674
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:37,640
Speaker 1: think my prediction Bucks win, Falcons win on Sunday and

675
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 1: the Panthers get in the playoffs at eight and nine

676
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 1: and host a game.

677
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 2: And what's the what's the line on the Bucks or

678
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 2: on the Atlanta Falcons minus three games in Atlanta.

679
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:52,960
Speaker 1: Falcons minus three. I don't mind, dude, Falcons. You never

680
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 1: want to be as a favorite, though, like you bet

681
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,080
Speaker 1: them as a dunt because they're just Tyler.

682
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 2: Tyler Shuck's you know, like Perty Junior. Right now, he's hot.

683
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,919
Speaker 1: Shuck is very hot. And I will say, like it's

684
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 1: maybe the the Shuck love is that you know, you're

685
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,360
Speaker 1: at an all time high. He's the last He's played

686
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:13,720
Speaker 1: the the Jets, the the Panthers, the Dolphins, the Bucks,

687
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:17,560
Speaker 1: the Panthers. I mean, he's on there on a run

688
00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,640
Speaker 1: of playing like the worst teams in the NFL. So,

689
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: but the Falcons will probably find it. This game was

690
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 1: gonna go overtime. That's just gonna happen. Saints Falcons is

691
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: gonna go overtime, and if they tie, the Bucks go

692
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 1: to the playoffs. If the Saints win, the Bucks go

693
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,120
Speaker 1: to the playoffs. If the Panthers win, I mean, if

694
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,480
Speaker 1: the Falcons win, then the Panthers go. It's gonna get wild.

695
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 1: I'm actually I'm actually really excited for it. But I

696
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 1: did bet the Bucks of minus two and a half

697
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: lean Falcons, but I just I hate betting them as

698
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,960
Speaker 1: a favorite because they're special teams. They do dumb things

699
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: and but they're they're like a decent team, Like they

700
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 1: got a good defense. Cousins is playing well, Pitts has emerged,

701
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: you know London, it will be his thirty and back.

702
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 1: Bijon is unbelievable. Their offensive line is good. If they

703
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:03,240
Speaker 1: just I had like a decent special teams, this division

704
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:05,600
Speaker 1: would be wrapped up and they would be an interesting

705
00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: team in the NFC. But it's not. We're gonna have

706
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,680
Speaker 1: a team that's probably gonna get blown out in the

707
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 1: first round.

708
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,839
Speaker 2: If you and me were Andy Reid and bread Veitch

709
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 2: and we're going to play the Raiders, a team that

710
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,839
Speaker 2: you know, it's in theory, it's a historic rivalry. We've

711
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 2: been there, we've kind of dominated. But we go listen,

712
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 2: why are we just gonna win this game and just

713
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:32,480
Speaker 2: hand them and there's no guarantee Fernando Mendoza's gonna be

714
00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:36,000
Speaker 2: a top ten quarterback. But give them the opportunity to

715
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:39,279
Speaker 2: resurrect their franchise. We don't really need to do that

716
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,359
Speaker 2: much different than what we've been doing because we got

717
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 2: Ola Kanu or whatever rolling around out there. But why

718
00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 2: don't we make sure and I bring the owner in

719
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:48,560
Speaker 2: as well, why don't we make sure we lose this game?

720
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,319
Speaker 2: You know Lamar Hunt remember in al Davis I think

721
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 2: used to butt heads way back in the day. It's

722
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,239
Speaker 2: an easy one to like. Okay, let's you guys took

723
00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 2: care of business. You got Crosby's run around playing basketball.

724
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,640
Speaker 2: He looks fine. I mean, was just the best player

725
00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 2: in the field two weeks ago against the Houston Texans.

726
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,240
Speaker 2: I mean he was. He was incredible in that game.

727
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,879
Speaker 2: Uh and Bowers on Irs, I see what you're doing,

728
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 2: which I don't. I would do it too if I

729
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,959
Speaker 2: were you, But I'm gonna ruin your season. And here's

730
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 2: the thing with the Chiefs. One two, three, four, five, six,

731
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:21,560
Speaker 2: seven eight. If the season ended today, they'd have the

732
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 2: ninth overall pick. So a loss now Cleveland, the Saints

733
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 2: could technically win that that pick could be like eighth.

734
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 2: I mean this is it could be a big swing

735
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:33,840
Speaker 2: with an extra win to get to seven. You're in

736
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:37,320
Speaker 2: this world of like the Cowboys, the Dolphins, Tampa Atlanta.

737
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 2: You just kind of swim in a different world. Maybe

738
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,160
Speaker 2: that goes from eight to like fourteen, you know, you

739
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 2: know how sometimes those swings happen. I think the Chiefs

740
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 2: are very incentivized to lose this game for multiple reasons.

741
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:50,840
Speaker 1: So, yeah, this game is wild.

742
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:52,799
Speaker 2: All of a sudden, you get like Bane the kid,

743
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 2: the Miami Passer or whoever, right, Like you could change

744
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 2: your franchise with like, oh, look at they got him,

745
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 2: and like Lad mcconkee and the second I mean, you

746
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,399
Speaker 2: get two top ten picks in the first second round,

747
00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,280
Speaker 2: Like I could change the course of you know, mahomes

748
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,359
Speaker 2: Nandy's second second run here.

749
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, so this gime's fascinating. I will say there's a

750
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:18,239
Speaker 1: scenario where, well, number one, if the Giants win, they

751
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: played the Cowboys, they're like five point hundred dollars. If

752
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 1: the Giants win it one, the Raiders have the number

753
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,600
Speaker 1: one pick already wrapped up, So that's worth mentioning.

754
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 2: The Cowboys are gonna try, though Dack's already said, yeah, I'm.

755
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: Just saying like that is. But if the Giants lose,

756
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 1: in order for the Giants to get the number one pick,

757
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: then they Vegas would have to win, and then you

758
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: would have to have at least two of these four

759
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 1: teams win Seattle, Atlanta, Cleveland, and Chicago. So if like

760
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:58,359
Speaker 1: Seattle lost, there's a there's a a what I'm getting at,

761
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 1: because then it would come down to strength of the victory.

762
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 2: There's a path for the Raiders to win and still

763
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:03,359
Speaker 2: get the win pick.

764
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a path that the Raiders know at four

765
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 1: o'clock or o'clock that they already have the one. I

766
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 1: don't know if they're if they're like if they're even

767
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:16,719
Speaker 1: going to consider I don't know. But so like number one,

768
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:18,839
Speaker 1: they don't know that that during the week, and they

769
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,359
Speaker 1: won't know that until the one o'clock games are over.

770
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,320
Speaker 1: So who are they going to rule out? Is genty

771
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,479
Speaker 1: going to get ruled out? I mean Gino has already

772
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,400
Speaker 1: been ruled out. Who else are they going to rule out?

773
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: Not that they have a lot of players that matter.

774
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,439
Speaker 1: I mean last week they basically took out their their

775
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:37,680
Speaker 1: best defensive player. They ruled they ruled Colton Miller out,

776
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 1: their best offensive player, and Bowers they were actively trying

777
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 1: to lose. But yes, you have the Chiefs who, regardless

778
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 1: if they want to say the Raiders already have the

779
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 1: one pick locked up, they want to improve their draft pick,

780
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,880
Speaker 1: which they rarely get to do. So what does that

781
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,839
Speaker 1: mean for the Chiefs? Yes, they I bet them against

782
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 1: Theroncos because that was Christmas Night against Denver. You're trying

783
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 1: to play spoiler. Remember the week before in Tennessee they

784
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:09,359
Speaker 1: were lifeless. And now this is week eighteen. Like you said,

785
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 1: you're incentivized. The players on the field are going to try.

786
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: But do you sit Chris Jones, d Nick Bolton? You

787
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: know carlaftis worthy, right, A lot of these guys, you

788
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,880
Speaker 1: could just sit them all and then you have a

789
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:28,160
Speaker 1: third string quarterback in Ola Duken. They I mean the

790
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:29,839
Speaker 1: Chiefs had one hundred and thirty yards and three point

791
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 1: three yards per play last week. I get it was

792
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:34,160
Speaker 1: the Broncos defense, but this line is crazy, so Ola

793
00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 1: Duken and potentially a shell roster is laying six on

794
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,840
Speaker 1: the road in in Vegas. I get the Bowers in

795
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 1: Crosby are out, but the Raiders were just mine. I

796
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:48,879
Speaker 1: mean the Broncos were just minus seven and a half

797
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:54,240
Speaker 1: and in Vegas, and the Broncos were just minus thirteen

798
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 1: and a half in Kansas City. That's an enormous move.

799
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 1: So like, how much is this is tank worth? But

800
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 1: the Chiefs might also be tanking, so I don't know.

801
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 1: I feel like the bet in the game is the

802
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 1: Raiders catching the points, but it's ugly.

803
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,800
Speaker 2: Any other games that you like in this weird slate?

804
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 1: I love the Bengals. I think the Bengals roll the Browns.

805
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 1: There's so the Bengals, their offense is obviously clicking right now,

806
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 1: like some of their young offensive line pieces are playing better.

807
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:30,400
Speaker 1: You got Borrow back all your pieces. Borrow is going

808
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 1: to start and play so and their offense right now

809
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,719
Speaker 1: is clicking. And the Browns defense is just not the

810
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: same unit on the road, Like they have one objective here,

811
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: it's to get Miles Garrett's sack record, and their defense

812
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:45,840
Speaker 1: is just not that. I mean, over the past three years,

813
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,240
Speaker 1: the most profitable home team against the spread, the Browns.

814
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:50,520
Speaker 1: The least profitable road team the Browns.

815
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:51,400
Speaker 2: I think.

816
00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:54,840
Speaker 1: I think they're six and twenty against the spread on

817
00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,319
Speaker 1: the road. I mean, it's been pathetic. But the other

818
00:41:57,360 --> 00:41:59,560
Speaker 1: thing is that on the other side of the ball,

819
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 1: I don't think I don't think that they could slow

820
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 1: Barrow up enough to a point where they can keep up.

821
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 1: Like you can do that against the Steelers offense, which

822
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:10,000
Speaker 1: was very shorthanded. But they're not gonna have Fen in here,

823
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:13,560
Speaker 1: most likely Nadjoku and their offense is basically throw it

824
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 1: to Fen and that's how good he is as a rookie.

825
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 1: Luckily he was in there for a quarter before he

826
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: pulled its growing last week and he caught a fifty

827
00:42:20,560 --> 00:42:22,680
Speaker 1: yard touchdown because after that, their offense couldn't do anything.

828
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:28,239
Speaker 1: And the Bengals defense is actually playing much better, and

829
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 1: it's I think it's there's always gonna be a lot

830
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,360
Speaker 1: of variants in defensive numbers over short term timeframes, but

831
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:40,680
Speaker 1: there's reasons to believe why the Bengals defense is much

832
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:42,479
Speaker 1: better than it was now. Over the first ten weeks

833
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 1: of the year, they were historically bad. I'm talking like,

834
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,839
Speaker 1: if you go by DVA or just for opponent, they

835
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,840
Speaker 1: were the worst DVA defensive through ten weeks of all time,

836
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 1: So adjusting for opponent year, they were that bad. Why

837
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:59,320
Speaker 1: has it improved since Week ten? So over the past

838
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 1: six weeks one of the better defenses in the NFL

839
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 1: from an EPA perspective. And it's not like they've played clowns.

840
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:11,760
Speaker 1: I mean, they played the Pats, the Bills, the Ravens twice,

841
00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 1: the doll and then you know, they played the Dolphins

842
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,840
Speaker 1: and the Cardinals. But the Cardinals offense has been putting

843
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,719
Speaker 1: up points and they shut them down last week. Why

844
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,280
Speaker 1: has it even been better? One they changed their front

845
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 1: alignment Slayton is playing much better. They're getting something from

846
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:31,839
Speaker 1: Murphy up front. They have two rookie linebackers and Carter

847
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:34,880
Speaker 1: and Knight, who were basically unplayable for the first ten weeks,

848
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 1: like unbelievably bad. But they've been playing better, which you'd

849
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 1: expect for rookies. Both they're still not great, but they

850
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:48,959
Speaker 1: were not They're like serviceable. And then they they moved

851
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 1: Dax Hill out to outside corner and he's been locked

852
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 1: down and I mean he's been unbelievable since moving to

853
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:58,120
Speaker 1: the outside. And then DJ Turner's been one of the

854
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,799
Speaker 1: better corners that's been there on bright Spot for the

855
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: entire season. So now they have two really good outside

856
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:08,359
Speaker 1: corners and and a lot of it is because this guy,

857
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:11,360
Speaker 1: I always forget his name, Jalen Davis. He's been on

858
00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 1: like the practice squad. He's been around for a while.

859
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 1: He's he took over the nickel role and is playing well.

860
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 1: And then the other thing is that you had a

861
00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:23,520
Speaker 1: new defensive coordinator come in and now Golden highly respected guy,

862
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,480
Speaker 1: so it took him some time to like figure some

863
00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 1: things out. He's changed some things schematically, so their defense

864
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:31,520
Speaker 1: is actually respectable and that's all. They're not great. It's

865
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,319
Speaker 1: not a good defense, but it's not horrendous and they

866
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,719
Speaker 1: are improving and that's all you need to slow down

867
00:44:36,760 --> 00:44:39,840
Speaker 1: this Brown's offense, which is abysmal and it's going to

868
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:43,920
Speaker 1: be probably without Fannin and Nadjoku. So yeah, I think

869
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,319
Speaker 1: the Bengals role here and you might have a little

870
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:48,319
Speaker 1: bit of an emotional letdown for the Browns, right, like

871
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 1: they last week was kind of their super Bowl to

872
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 1: spoil the Steelers season potentially. So yeah, I like the

873
00:44:55,600 --> 00:45:00,960
Speaker 1: Bengals to roll elsewhere. There's not much I mean, there's

874
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 1: a lot of like, all right, who's playing watching it's

875
00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 1: still early in the week.

876
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, let let's talk about some games in the matter.

877
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:23,800
Speaker 2: Let's hit on a couple of the quick college football games.

878
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,319
Speaker 2: You know, Miami's defense is pretty good, yeah right, and

879
00:45:29,520 --> 00:45:33,120
Speaker 2: we just saw you know, Indiana, who has a really

880
00:45:33,120 --> 00:45:36,680
Speaker 2: good defense, you know, give slaying them a little trouble.

881
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,440
Speaker 2: Now you get this long layoff, it can go well,

882
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,279
Speaker 2: but it can also they proved last year that you know,

883
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 2: it cannot go well. They came in and like boat

884
00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:48,719
Speaker 2: raced Oregon in that game, which was one of the

885
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 2: crazier I would say outcomes I can remember just because

886
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:54,160
Speaker 2: it happened so fast. Now, I think a lot of

887
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 2: people just don't trust Carson Beck. But like nine and

888
00:45:58,239 --> 00:45:59,759
Speaker 2: a half feels like a lot of points for a

889
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 2: team with NFL guys all over its roster, especially like

890
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,160
Speaker 2: you said last week in the Trenches or two weeks

891
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 2: ago against A and M, and like you got good

892
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:09,400
Speaker 2: offensive defensive line, like you can just hang in games,

893
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:11,080
Speaker 2: you can run the ball. They start running the ball

894
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:13,400
Speaker 2: at the end of that game against A and M.

895
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:15,799
Speaker 2: I heard someone say, like they were at the game

896
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:17,959
Speaker 2: against A and M. I think it's underrated for people

897
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 2: sitting on their couch how much the wind was blowing.

898
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 2: Like the wind was you could show see it when

899
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,319
Speaker 2: they put the flags up there in that game.

900
00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:25,880
Speaker 1: Yeah it was.

901
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 2: Yeah. So I is Miami kind of a sneaky live

902
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:32,400
Speaker 2: dogre maybe not to win the game, but plus nine

903
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:33,680
Speaker 2: and I have feels like a lot.

904
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,440
Speaker 1: Yeah if I that's that's the way that I would look,

905
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,919
Speaker 1: especially with the total it's forty one, Like the points

906
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,000
Speaker 1: are gonna make a premium. Getting over a touchdown is

907
00:46:41,080 --> 00:46:43,960
Speaker 1: even more valuable. I do think that the Miami defensive

908
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:47,440
Speaker 1: line can cause the Ohio Sted offensive line major problems.

909
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:49,960
Speaker 1: I think that the Ohighsted offensive line and their running

910
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: game is where they are significantly worse than last year.

911
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:56,800
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously you lost Henderson and Judkins. Their running

912
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,560
Speaker 1: game is just not as good. And then their offensive line,

913
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:02,359
Speaker 1: specifically on the right side. And this this Miami team

914
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:04,920
Speaker 1: in the trenches. They have the top five offensive and

915
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 1: defensive line. That will help. So I think that they can.

916
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:12,760
Speaker 1: They're gonna play a lot of too high. They're gonna

917
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 1: take away the explosive plays. They're gonna let their defensive

918
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:19,320
Speaker 1: line and make plays make the Buckeyes drive down the field.

919
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:21,760
Speaker 1: So yeah, I think their defense can hang. My biggest

920
00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: concern is the Ohio State defense is elite. Is Beck Is

921
00:47:27,120 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 1: he gonna make mistakes and which he is prone to

922
00:47:31,200 --> 00:47:35,319
Speaker 1: do because he did not play well against A and M.

923
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:38,279
Speaker 1: Now there was wind and A and M's defense is good,

924
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:40,120
Speaker 1: but it's nowhere close to as good as Ohio State.

925
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 1: That would be my biggest concern. But yeah, I think

926
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:46,880
Speaker 1: this will be a lower scoring game. Two really slow,

927
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:49,880
Speaker 1: methodical teams. Ohio State was the slowest team in the

928
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:52,560
Speaker 1: country this year. Now, a lot of that was load management,

929
00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:55,200
Speaker 1: and there's this narrative out there that, oh, well they

930
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:56,879
Speaker 1: did this last year, which they did and then once

931
00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:58,360
Speaker 1: they got into the playoffs they sped it up. No

932
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:02,959
Speaker 1: they didn't. They played just really slow again. So we'll see.

933
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:05,520
Speaker 1: Like there's talk with the play calling at gran Day

934
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: is gonna be more involved the play calling. Herdline is

935
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,320
Speaker 1: still there, but he's going to South Florida after the season,

936
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:13,160
Speaker 1: so well see if that changes. I don't know, but

937
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 1: like from what we know, this will be a really slow,

938
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:20,120
Speaker 1: methodical game where like just you might have like ten

939
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:22,319
Speaker 1: to fifteen fewer plays than a normal game in an

940
00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:26,759
Speaker 1: average game. That makes the points even more valuable. So yeah,

941
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 1: I think you have to have to look at the points.

942
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:29,480
Speaker 1: I think it'll be a defensive battle.

943
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:33,359
Speaker 2: I'd be lying if I said I watched that much tech.

944
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,680
Speaker 2: I do respect. I mean, I think Utah and BYU

945
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:39,040
Speaker 2: were obviously good programs, and they beat the shit out

946
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:42,239
Speaker 2: of them three times, so it was like clearly they

947
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:46,480
Speaker 2: paid for this defensive line. You know, Oregon's favored in

948
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:51,319
Speaker 2: this game Morning game. I don't know, I mean long

949
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 2: travel right, this game is in Miami, correct, so this

950
00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:59,800
Speaker 2: is I don't know. I guess I would take Oregon.

951
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 2: Don't feel great about it. I just don't have a

952
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:04,960
Speaker 2: great feel for Texas Tech. Beside, I know their quarterback

953
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 2: has been a little hit or miss, but the defensive

954
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:10,600
Speaker 2: line is just really good. Right. Defensive line like high

955
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:12,240
Speaker 2: end guys like you create havoc.

956
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:14,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, defensive line with height.

957
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 2: David Bailey is the linebackers stud.

958
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:21,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, Lee Hunter nose tackle, Jacob Rodriguez, Ben Robert, Jacob

959
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:23,839
Speaker 1: Agriaz linebacker and watched him. He's great players, So like they're.

960
00:49:24,040 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 1: My biggest question for them is their corners. They haven't

961
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:32,120
Speaker 1: really faced elite passing attacks all year, like Utah doesn't

962
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: have good receivers BYU is decent, but that they don't

963
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,880
Speaker 1: have like this electric passing attack. That's my biggest concernative.

964
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:42,320
Speaker 1: But they're their defensive line. We'll get after any quarterback,

965
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:46,360
Speaker 1: We'll get after any offensive line. And in this Oregon team,

966
00:49:46,719 --> 00:49:50,960
Speaker 1: their offense didn't look It looked pretty pedestrian against most

967
00:49:50,960 --> 00:49:54,120
Speaker 1: of the high end defenses they played right against Indiana,

968
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:57,239
Speaker 1: it wasn't great against even on the road against Penn

969
00:49:57,320 --> 00:50:01,200
Speaker 1: State against Iowa. I know there was some weather involved

970
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:03,520
Speaker 1: in there, but when they played like these high end defenses.

971
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:07,319
Speaker 1: It wasn't great, which lent me to think that this

972
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:08,719
Speaker 1: game is going to go under. I like a first

973
00:50:08,719 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 1: half under two Morton, the Texas Tech quarterback. He's still

974
00:50:11,680 --> 00:50:13,920
Speaker 1: not at one hundred percent. He has a hairline fraction

975
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:16,280
Speaker 1: in his leg. He says he's at like eighty percent.

976
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:19,719
Speaker 1: Now Tech can't really run the ball. This is like

977
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:21,480
Speaker 1: the best defense they will play all year. The only

978
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:25,200
Speaker 1: top twenty ish defenses they played all year were BYU

979
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 1: and Utah. And I mean those games were at the

980
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:32,399
Speaker 1: half were like ten seven ten nothing, seven to three.

981
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:35,720
Speaker 1: They were ugly low scoring games. They have a rhythm,

982
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 1: timing based offense too. They've been out, they've been on

983
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:41,080
Speaker 1: a long break. A lot of these air raid ish

984
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,080
Speaker 1: offenses when they have long breaks. This is going back

985
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:45,319
Speaker 1: to Leach. Takes a while to get back into the rhythm.

986
00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:47,200
Speaker 1: You can see some slow starts. So I like some

987
00:50:47,200 --> 00:50:51,400
Speaker 1: first half under, some full game under. I believe in

988
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:56,040
Speaker 1: that the Tech defense making enough plays. That defensive line

989
00:50:56,640 --> 00:51:02,640
Speaker 1: is super elate, their linebackers are super elite, and this

990
00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:05,319
Speaker 1: is the best defensive Tech will face all year. Their

991
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:08,800
Speaker 1: running game isn't consistent, it's very inefficient, that's how you

992
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:11,840
Speaker 1: want to attack Oregon. It's not the strength of Texas

993
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 1: Tech so and Morton's not aut one hundred percent. So

994
00:51:14,640 --> 00:51:17,440
Speaker 1: I think this will be a lower scoring game. So

995
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:20,399
Speaker 1: I played some first half under, some full game under.

996
00:51:21,560 --> 00:51:25,200
Speaker 1: If it got the three, i'd consider Tech, but I

997
00:51:25,200 --> 00:51:26,680
Speaker 1: don't have a strong feel on the side.

998
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:30,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is it's a little like the Indiana Ohio

999
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:33,839
Speaker 2: State game. No, obviously Indiana is playing another huge game,

1000
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:35,840
Speaker 2: but like, this would be the biggest win the history.

1001
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:37,800
Speaker 2: I mean, this would just be a massive moment for

1002
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:42,200
Speaker 2: the program. It doesn't get any bigger for Oregon. You know. Obviously,

1003
00:51:42,239 --> 00:51:45,560
Speaker 2: their expectations now over the course since Chip got there

1004
00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:47,799
Speaker 2: is like can be for national championships. Not saying that

1005
00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:50,759
Speaker 2: this wouldn't be like a they'd be disappointed if they lose,

1006
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:53,680
Speaker 2: but it's like they're a big picture program at this

1007
00:51:53,719 --> 00:51:54,160
Speaker 2: point in time.

1008
00:51:54,239 --> 00:51:55,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, next year is the year. I mean, Oregon could

1009
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:57,279
Speaker 1: win all this year. I don't think they will, but

1010
00:51:57,880 --> 00:52:01,080
Speaker 1: it could. I mean it's pretty wide open, but next

1011
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:03,920
Speaker 1: year's the year for Oregon. We'll see about Dante Moore

1012
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:06,440
Speaker 1: and what he decides. I assume he's gonna go.

1013
00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:08,880
Speaker 2: But if you can see him coming back because they

1014
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:11,240
Speaker 2: can pay him like they payim like ten million dollars.

1015
00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:13,879
Speaker 1: I can see so if he come if he comes back,

1016
00:52:13,920 --> 00:52:16,280
Speaker 1: like this, next year is the year really for Oregon

1017
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:19,160
Speaker 1: because they are so young. You look across that roster

1018
00:52:20,280 --> 00:52:23,120
Speaker 1: they are, I mean, because they lost a ton from

1019
00:52:23,160 --> 00:52:26,239
Speaker 1: that roster from last year and they I mean they

1020
00:52:26,239 --> 00:52:29,480
Speaker 1: have obviously have a pipeline of recruits and then they

1021
00:52:29,560 --> 00:52:32,040
Speaker 1: fill in with the portal. But their roster is set

1022
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:35,000
Speaker 1: up next year to be I mean, so is Ohio State.

1023
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:36,880
Speaker 1: But like, those are your two favorites going in the

1024
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:40,200
Speaker 1: next year. So any anything that they if they were

1025
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:43,000
Speaker 1: to win it, that would be just house money found

1026
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:47,120
Speaker 1: money this year. But yeah, it should be it should

1027
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:49,040
Speaker 1: be a good entertainer. Again, the Tech defensive line, like

1028
00:52:49,080 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 1: the front seven for Tech is national title best in

1029
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:54,959
Speaker 1: the nation. Good.

1030
00:52:55,760 --> 00:52:57,880
Speaker 2: I would say this. You know, when I was seventeen

1031
00:52:57,840 --> 00:52:59,839
Speaker 2: to nothing, You're like, oh, this Bama team's a joke,

1032
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:02,440
Speaker 2: and then it flip. Clearly Materii, I don't know what

1033
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:05,240
Speaker 2: the hell happened to him. You know, after the hand injury,

1034
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:07,839
Speaker 2: he was a shell of himself and he was bad

1035
00:53:07,880 --> 00:53:11,400
Speaker 2: in this game. Again. I made you look at Indiana

1036
00:53:11,440 --> 00:53:14,279
Speaker 2: played two really good teams and they won by ten

1037
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:16,680
Speaker 2: on the road at Oregon, which was a massive win

1038
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:19,080
Speaker 2: for their program and obviously the biggest win the history

1039
00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:21,359
Speaker 2: of the Indiana football when they would beat Ohio State.

1040
00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:24,080
Speaker 2: They blow out a lot of the bad teams, but

1041
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:28,040
Speaker 2: seven points feels like a lot against Kalin, who's excellent

1042
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:32,040
Speaker 2: against high end opponents, and you just have to go, well,

1043
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:34,520
Speaker 2: Bama obviously has a bunch of high end guys on

1044
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:37,359
Speaker 2: their roster. Did they find a little something, they get

1045
00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:40,440
Speaker 2: a little momentum? No one on their roster. And I'm

1046
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:43,640
Speaker 2: not saying this is correct, but we'll look at Indiana

1047
00:53:43,760 --> 00:53:46,880
Speaker 2: like an equal. You know, how could they they fucking

1048
00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 2: are at Alabama? But I don't know. I kind of

1049
00:53:50,680 --> 00:53:55,600
Speaker 2: like Bama in this spot. Plus seven little risky, little risky.

1050
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:57,880
Speaker 2: Might it might be you know, recency bias on the

1051
00:53:57,920 --> 00:53:58,439
Speaker 2: second half.

1052
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:00,800
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean they definitely got fortune against Oklahoma.

1053
00:54:00,800 --> 00:54:03,239
Speaker 1: I mean they had Oklahoma some somehow. They have like

1054
00:54:03,280 --> 00:54:06,359
Speaker 1: elite special teams all year, the Lugros Award winner missing kicks,

1055
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 1: they dropped a punt, they dropped the wide up and touchdown.

1056
00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:11,120
Speaker 1: I could have made it to what twenty four to seven.

1057
00:54:12,920 --> 00:54:14,960
Speaker 1: Mitchyeer throws the pick six at the end of the half.

1058
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:17,480
Speaker 1: Like that, everything that could have went wrong went wrong.

1059
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:20,680
Speaker 1: My concern with BATA, I mean, like this team for

1060
00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:22,239
Speaker 1: like a couple of months has not been playing like

1061
00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:24,280
Speaker 1: an elite team, not even like a top ten team.

1062
00:54:24,480 --> 00:54:26,000
Speaker 1: I mean, they should have lost. They could have easily

1063
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:28,560
Speaker 1: lost to Auburn, they should have lost that South Carolina.

1064
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:31,520
Speaker 1: There's been just been a number of games that they've

1065
00:54:31,560 --> 00:54:35,319
Speaker 1: gotten away with this year. And why is that so? Like, well,

1066
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:37,600
Speaker 1: they cannot run the ball. They were one of the

1067
00:54:37,640 --> 00:54:42,120
Speaker 1: worst rushing offenses in the country, so that when you're

1068
00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:46,120
Speaker 1: so one dimensional and you play elite teams, it's very

1069
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:48,560
Speaker 1: difficult to win. And on the other side, they don't

1070
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:51,640
Speaker 1: really get elite pressure. They're like, so if I look

1071
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:54,200
Speaker 1: at these two teams, one of these teams can run

1072
00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:56,360
Speaker 1: the ball, that's Indiana. One of these teams can get pressure,

1073
00:54:56,960 --> 00:55:00,640
Speaker 1: that's Indiana. I think that might end up be the difference.

1074
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:06,839
Speaker 1: But Alabama, with their talent at receiver and Simpson like there,

1075
00:55:06,960 --> 00:55:09,360
Speaker 1: I mean, they have the capability of hitting explosive plays

1076
00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:11,319
Speaker 1: and winning this game. The Bama special teams also all

1077
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:14,560
Speaker 1: year have been really bad. But that's just hard to

1078
00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:17,239
Speaker 1: rely on. And Indiana knows that has extra time to

1079
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:22,800
Speaker 1: repair really smart staff. It's it's just the super unsustainable

1080
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:25,359
Speaker 1: formula to try to win these games with, just like

1081
00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:28,520
Speaker 1: Simpson having the drop back and known passing situations against

1082
00:55:28,520 --> 00:55:30,879
Speaker 1: the defense that can get pressure that is really good

1083
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:33,400
Speaker 1: and you have to get I mean, Indiana, two of

1084
00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:35,759
Speaker 1: the teams that people wouldn't be surprised won the national title,

1085
00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:38,480
Speaker 1: Oregon and Ohio State. They won both both away from home,

1086
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:40,719
Speaker 1: so like you have to give them credit for that.

1087
00:55:42,480 --> 00:55:44,560
Speaker 1: And they have they have the Heisman Trophy winner at quarterback,

1088
00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:46,279
Speaker 1: a really good defense, a really good offensive line, and

1089
00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:48,840
Speaker 1: the better they have a better offensive line than Alabama.

1090
00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:53,520
Speaker 1: So I think Indiana gets it done. If you took

1091
00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:55,839
Speaker 1: the points with Alabama now at seven, I wouldn't blame

1092
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:59,399
Speaker 1: you though, But super cool matchup of.

1093
00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:01,120
Speaker 2: Like Indiana, I was gonna have a season to be

1094
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:03,839
Speaker 2: pretty crazy when you look back that in.

1095
00:56:03,800 --> 00:56:09,240
Speaker 1: The Alabama on neutral field and the college club against Alabama.

1096
00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:10,960
Speaker 2: It's pretty wild, you know. Georgia. I saw Lane Kiffin

1097
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,560
Speaker 2: talking about how his coaches, you know, I mean, they're

1098
00:56:13,600 --> 00:56:17,400
Speaker 2: working two jobs a lot going on to get a

1099
00:56:17,440 --> 00:56:20,120
Speaker 2: pretty big patch against Tulane, which clearly they match up

1100
00:56:20,120 --> 00:56:23,600
Speaker 2: with the game never has a shot. Georgie. I remember

1101
00:56:23,600 --> 00:56:25,920
Speaker 2: watching this game in the middle of the season and

1102
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 2: they just they went up and down the field. I mean,

1103
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:30,280
Speaker 2: they scored it will and then all of a sudden,

1104
00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:32,960
Speaker 2: the fourth quarter hit and Chamblists he kind of like

1105
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:35,879
Speaker 2: melted down. They started getting pressure and he turned into

1106
00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:38,279
Speaker 2: like a different quarterback immediately. It was like, what is

1107
00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:42,480
Speaker 2: going on? And you know that kind of flipped George's

1108
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:44,640
Speaker 2: like that gave them a lot of momentum moving forward

1109
00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:48,240
Speaker 2: after that win. And you know, you know, Lane doesn't

1110
00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 2: call plays. I've seen a lot of people talk about this,

1111
00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:55,000
Speaker 2: like Charlie Weiss called like over ninety five percent of

1112
00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:56,719
Speaker 2: the place. Lane would chime in every once in a

1113
00:56:56,760 --> 00:56:58,560
Speaker 2: while in a big spot or when he sees something.

1114
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:01,000
Speaker 2: But Charlie Weiss was that this wasn't one of those

1115
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:03,600
Speaker 2: situations where he was an offensive coordinator by name only.

1116
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:05,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, Lame would just have his wrinkles. He would make

1117
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:09,400
Speaker 1: some Indian calls, some aggressive stuff.

1118
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:12,600
Speaker 2: So like their core of the defensive coordinator and the

1119
00:57:12,600 --> 00:57:16,240
Speaker 2: offensive coordinator are still there. Their defense just isn't as

1120
00:57:16,280 --> 00:57:18,520
Speaker 2: good as a lot of these other teams right from

1121
00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:21,880
Speaker 2: a personnel standpoint, you know, when you talk about Oregon, Miami, OSU,

1122
00:57:22,040 --> 00:57:25,080
Speaker 2: like Texas text d line that ain't that ain't all

1123
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,080
Speaker 2: missed correct? They got to score now, the running back

1124
00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:30,760
Speaker 2: suite quarterbacks when he's on, he's fucking good. I just

1125
00:57:30,800 --> 00:57:33,160
Speaker 2: wonder I see these clips of Kirby just lighting them

1126
00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:35,520
Speaker 2: up in practice. I wonder if he's kind of thinking

1127
00:57:35,560 --> 00:57:39,440
Speaker 2: like this could be number three this year there So,

1128
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:41,880
Speaker 2: I mean, I guess I don't have a great feel

1129
00:57:41,920 --> 00:57:44,680
Speaker 2: for this game. I just I wonder iful Miss kind

1130
00:57:44,680 --> 00:57:45,680
Speaker 2: of runs out of steam here.

1131
00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:48,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would lean Georgia, but as always with Georgia,

1132
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:51,040
Speaker 1: I'll be looking to bet them live. They go down

1133
00:57:51,240 --> 00:57:54,760
Speaker 1: so much in games, like more than any good team.

1134
00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:58,520
Speaker 1: They're not good on the script offensively, Bobo, their office

1135
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:01,360
Speaker 1: quater is not good on the script. Ole Miss usually is.

1136
00:58:02,080 --> 00:58:05,120
Speaker 1: And they'll have some wrinkles here, they'll have some like

1137
00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:09,640
Speaker 1: I think that they will probably start fast here and

1138
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:11,920
Speaker 1: then the best end game adjuster in the sport. And

1139
00:58:11,920 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 1: that's what happened. In the first meeting. Kirby started changing

1140
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:18,840
Speaker 1: some of the looks. He's won them countless games by adjusting,

1141
00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:21,320
Speaker 1: so he already did that against ole Miss once. I

1142
00:58:21,320 --> 00:58:24,240
Speaker 1: think ole Miss will have some counters early, So if

1143
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:27,959
Speaker 1: Georgia gets down, I'll be looking to bet them live.

1144
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:29,240
Speaker 1: But I think Georgia will be able to run the

1145
00:58:29,240 --> 00:58:31,520
Speaker 1: ball here. They might get Kobe Young back. It looks

1146
00:58:31,520 --> 00:58:33,080
Speaker 1: like they will get Colby Young back at receiver. He

1147
00:58:33,120 --> 00:58:35,320
Speaker 1: got hurt in that first game, hasn't played since. That'll

1148
00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:39,120
Speaker 1: give him another big target. So yeah, I think Georgia

1149
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:40,960
Speaker 1: gets it done. I think the line is about right.

1150
00:58:41,160 --> 00:58:43,760
Speaker 1: But if I can get like a cheap number on

1151
00:58:43,800 --> 00:58:46,720
Speaker 1: Georgia live, if ole Miss scores first, if it's like

1152
00:58:46,800 --> 00:58:50,240
Speaker 1: fourteen seven, fourteen to three, I think this game could

1153
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:54,240
Speaker 1: play out similar to the first meeting. The one thing

1154
00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:57,320
Speaker 1: that gives me a little pause with I do kind

1155
00:58:57,320 --> 00:58:58,920
Speaker 1: of want to root for ole Miss after it with

1156
00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:03,520
Speaker 1: like kind of too all right, like that the Georgia

1157
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:07,080
Speaker 1: game against Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech defense is really bad

1158
00:59:07,640 --> 00:59:10,600
Speaker 1: and they played on a neutral field and they couldn't

1159
00:59:10,640 --> 00:59:13,400
Speaker 1: move the ball, And that game I can't get out

1160
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:14,880
Speaker 1: of my head. That was two weeks ago. They just

1161
00:59:14,920 --> 00:59:18,520
Speaker 1: couldn't do anything. I don't know what happened that week,

1162
00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:23,000
Speaker 1: So like, now I'm so confused about the Georgia offense.

1163
00:59:23,040 --> 00:59:26,160
Speaker 1: I thought it was like a sending and that game

1164
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:29,520
Speaker 1: just has me. Now they beat Alabama after that, but

1165
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:33,360
Speaker 1: that game is I just can't get out of my head.

1166
00:59:33,360 --> 00:59:35,520
Speaker 1: But I do think Georgia Advances would lean them on

1167
00:59:35,520 --> 00:59:39,400
Speaker 1: the number. We'll be looking for them live for sure,

1168
00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:45,000
Speaker 1: and then if if we do get if the chalk

1169
00:59:45,080 --> 00:59:52,000
Speaker 1: does hold, I think we're in for some really good semifinals.

1170
00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:58,600
Speaker 1: But part of me does like just after what happened

1171
00:59:58,640 --> 01:00:03,920
Speaker 1: with kiffen Ole miss making a run, I think it

1172
01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:04,680
Speaker 1: was pretty cool.

1173
01:00:05,480 --> 01:00:09,080
Speaker 2: I would totally agree with you. Well, enjoy a rager

1174
01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:14,000
Speaker 2: with you had you had a son, right, yep, a

1175
01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:17,000
Speaker 2: baby boy. So I enjoy New Year's even, enjoy the

1176
01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:20,160
Speaker 2: enjoy the games, and we will talk next week when

1177
01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:22,920
Speaker 2: we see the uh the brackets come out, which I

1178
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,040
Speaker 2: think you and I we've already been hitting that. But

1179
01:00:25,040 --> 01:00:28,240
Speaker 2: it's gonna be really hard to bet on this playoffs

1180
01:00:28,320 --> 01:00:30,520
Speaker 2: because these teams, like, there's no not much difference in

1181
01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:32,080
Speaker 2: any of these teams, so it's it should be a

1182
01:00:32,080 --> 01:00:35,400
Speaker 2: pretty exciting NFL playoffs as for damn sure, So let's

1183
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:39,120
Speaker 2: enjoy the games and then uh, and then get after it.

1184
01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:41,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, good luck to your niners. So, by the way,

1185
01:00:41,520 --> 01:00:42,720
Speaker 1: the one thing one question I want to ask you

1186
01:00:42,800 --> 01:00:45,680
Speaker 1: is isn't Warner potentially coming back? I've heard rumblings.

1187
01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:49,400
Speaker 2: I mean he shattered, is it? I mean I'd be stunned.

1188
01:00:50,600 --> 01:00:54,760
Speaker 2: Super Bowl, which seems a little now he was out

1189
01:00:54,760 --> 01:00:58,800
Speaker 2: there celebrating, but I would We've got a long way

1190
01:00:58,840 --> 01:01:02,360
Speaker 2: to go before that's even a conversation. Okay, let's talk

1191
01:01:02,400 --> 01:01:04,400
Speaker 2: about a couple of teams that I think are pretty

1192
01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:07,440
Speaker 2: zoned in right now. And as a lover of the draft,

1193
01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:10,160
Speaker 2: I know a lot of you are as well. It's

1194
01:01:10,200 --> 01:01:12,840
Speaker 2: always fun around this time of year. Who's gonna draft?

1195
01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:16,720
Speaker 2: Where all the bad teams fighting for pole position? And

1196
01:01:16,800 --> 01:01:21,400
Speaker 2: one major source of I would say draft conversation has

1197
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:24,880
Speaker 2: come from the Raiders because of the situation that they

1198
01:01:24,880 --> 01:01:28,400
Speaker 2: had with Max Crosby, that brock Bauers went on injured

1199
01:01:28,440 --> 01:01:31,320
Speaker 2: reserve like it's a tank job. I have no problem

1200
01:01:32,160 --> 01:01:36,000
Speaker 2: anyone tanking in sports in general. The last you know,

1201
01:01:36,240 --> 01:01:38,960
Speaker 2: stretch of a season, right as long as the Raiders

1202
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:42,479
Speaker 2: tried to be competitive, they were not, didn't work out

1203
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:45,240
Speaker 2: and now they're here. You didn't come this far to

1204
01:01:45,440 --> 01:01:48,280
Speaker 2: draft fourth, might as well draft first. They haven't had

1205
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:51,240
Speaker 2: the number one overall pick since way back with JaMarcus Russell.

1206
01:01:51,320 --> 01:01:53,960
Speaker 2: That thing obviously blew up in their face. Ironically, they

1207
01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:56,480
Speaker 2: found a quarterback who was a long time started for

1208
01:01:56,520 --> 01:01:59,520
Speaker 2: him in the second round in Derek Carr. But they're

1209
01:01:59,560 --> 01:02:03,040
Speaker 2: staring at the barrel at Fernando Mendoza. They control their

1210
01:02:03,040 --> 01:02:05,240
Speaker 2: own destiny. Just lose get the number one overall pick.

1211
01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:07,160
Speaker 2: But I haven't heard many people talking about the Chiefs.

1212
01:02:07,600 --> 01:02:09,439
Speaker 2: The Kanca Chiefs, who have been a five Super Bowls

1213
01:02:09,440 --> 01:02:11,919
Speaker 2: in six years, are having a season from hell. They're

1214
01:02:11,920 --> 01:02:14,600
Speaker 2: currently drafting in the top ten, and if they lose

1215
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:17,240
Speaker 2: this game, pretty good chance they're gonna have the eighth

1216
01:02:17,360 --> 01:02:20,480
Speaker 2: overall pick. So that would give them the flexibility They

1217
01:02:20,520 --> 01:02:22,520
Speaker 2: could get up even higher and potentially get one of

1218
01:02:22,560 --> 01:02:25,320
Speaker 2: the best non quarterbacks in the draft. They could stay

1219
01:02:25,360 --> 01:02:28,000
Speaker 2: at eight and get a star right there. They could

1220
01:02:28,040 --> 01:02:31,400
Speaker 2: trade back gain some extra like second round picks. They

1221
01:02:31,440 --> 01:02:34,320
Speaker 2: can retool on the fly. The other thing is the

1222
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:36,360
Speaker 2: Raiders are in their division, so this is not some

1223
01:02:36,560 --> 01:02:39,200
Speaker 2: uncommon opponent that you play once every four years. It's

1224
01:02:39,240 --> 01:02:43,040
Speaker 2: a team you played twice a year, so why wouldn't you,

1225
01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:47,520
Speaker 2: you know, intentionally try to screw them. If I'm Andy

1226
01:02:47,560 --> 01:02:49,800
Speaker 2: Reid and I'm Brett Veach, I'm having I'm telling my

1227
01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:53,000
Speaker 2: owner this week, we are going to lose to the Raiders. Now,

1228
01:02:53,040 --> 01:02:55,880
Speaker 2: they've been losing games, you know, against the Titans, against

1229
01:02:55,920 --> 01:02:59,000
Speaker 2: the Broncos with this, you know, third string practice squad

1230
01:02:59,080 --> 01:03:01,160
Speaker 2: level quarterbacks. They might have to try that hard, but

1231
01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:04,160
Speaker 2: the Raiders are clearly actively trying to lose. And to me,

1232
01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:05,880
Speaker 2: if I'm the Chiefs, I think a huge part of

1233
01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:09,920
Speaker 2: this conversation, we match them, and we make sure we

1234
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:12,200
Speaker 2: try to screw them over. And who knows there are

1235
01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:14,840
Speaker 2: some other scenarios where the Raiders can actually win this

1236
01:03:14,880 --> 01:03:17,360
Speaker 2: game and still maintain the number one overall pick, But

1237
01:03:17,400 --> 01:03:19,400
Speaker 2: I'm making it difficult on him. If I'm the Chiefs,

1238
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:21,400
Speaker 2: I've come this far, I've had such a crappy season.

1239
01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:24,000
Speaker 2: I'm going six and eleven, ending up with the eighth

1240
01:03:24,080 --> 01:03:28,920
Speaker 2: pick and retooling this bad boy on the fly Audios,

1241
01:03:32,040 --> 01:03:32,880
Speaker 2: the volume