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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.

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Speaker 2: Okay, okay, okay, let's let's just get it.

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Speaker 3: Let's get straight to it, because we're broadcasting live from

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Speaker 3: the Fox Sports Radio studios.

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Speaker 2: But tonight's to night. Tonight's tonight.

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Speaker 3: Tonight's the night that the playoffs are all set.

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Speaker 2: We got one more spot that we need to hand out.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna do that at least a large part of

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Speaker 3: it over the next three hours. But there's a tradition

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Speaker 3: around these parts because by the end of tonight, we're

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Speaker 3: gonna be down to fourteen teams that actually have a

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Speaker 3: chance to do what my guy once upon a time did.

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Speaker 3: Let's go back to the eighth from Salam rookie year,

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Speaker 3: and let's start the NFL playoffs the correct way. Please,

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Speaker 3: if you please, and right.

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Speaker 2: Jacko from San Diego State, number seventy four, eight from Salam.

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Speaker 2: The best part of that is not the Pat Summer

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Speaker 2: all part.

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Speaker 3: It's the it's the it's the live mics of the

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Speaker 3: guys down on the field.

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Speaker 4: Is that is that you or no, that's not me.

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Speaker 5: I was trying not to fall down running out of

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Speaker 5: the tunnel because I couldn't believe that I was starting

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Speaker 5: in the Super Bowl like that. I mean, bro, look,

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Speaker 5: let me tell you this, do it. There hasn't been

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Speaker 5: a moment outside of watching my two boys being born.

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Speaker 4: This is the real thing that.

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Speaker 5: I I felt. It literally felt like an odd of

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Speaker 5: body experience because three and sixty five days prior, I

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Speaker 5: was at San Diego State and the Super Bowl was

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Speaker 5: being played in the stadium that I played my whole

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Speaker 5: college career in, and I was standing on my balcony

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Speaker 5: looking at the fireworks for the Super Bowl and just

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Speaker 5: dreaming of hopefully number one getting drafted and number two

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Speaker 5: getting an opportunity to play in a Super Bowl somehow.

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Speaker 2: Or even just to be in the league.

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Speaker 4: Just like I just wanted to get drafted.

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Speaker 5: I wanted to be on a team and if all

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Speaker 5: of that went well, to be able to say that

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Speaker 5: I've played and or I was at a super Bowl.

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Speaker 5: And literally one year later that happened with Pat Summer

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Speaker 5: All introduced the starting lineup, and I happened to be

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Speaker 5: the starting right tackle at the time. And so when

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Speaker 5: I was running out of the tunnel, my legs went numb,

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Speaker 5: Like seriously, my legs went numb, and I couldn't even

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Speaker 5: it was so surreal.

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Speaker 4: I was like, please don't fall.

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Speaker 5: I just remember running out going please don't fall, Please

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Speaker 5: don't fall, Please don't fall, and getting to everybody, everybody

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Speaker 5: you know. Of course we're all excited and all of that.

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Speaker 5: And that's before teams started coming out as a team.

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Speaker 5: We don't want to be individually introduced. We want to

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Speaker 5: come out as a team. No, introduce me.

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Speaker 2: That's right.

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Speaker 5: I was a seventh round draft pick. That was a

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Speaker 5: big deal for me. Exactly a huge deal for me

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Speaker 5: from salam San Diego State University. Let the world know, man,

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Speaker 5: I'm sure people were watching that.

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Speaker 2: Like what yeah, who?

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Speaker 3: Uh so the Super Bowl that you watched from your balcony.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, was that the Grooden Bowl? It was no, no,

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Speaker 2: it was the Raiders and Bucks. No, no, no, in Diego.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but it was Green Bay and uh who was.

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Speaker 4: Green Bay and Denver?

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Speaker 3: Oh okay, okay, okay, I'm getting my years all mixed up, man.

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Speaker 2: That's that's that's cool.

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Speaker 3: So, I mean that's about to happen here to the

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Speaker 3: next and we have one more spot to hand out.

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Speaker 3: We're going to get that started here in about fifteen minutes.

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Speaker 3: Ravens and Steelers and The whole thing is just dripping

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Speaker 3: with all of the television characters you could possibly want.

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Speaker 2: You know what I mean.

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Speaker 3: Is Mike Tomlin going to be on TV next year?

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Speaker 3: John Harbaugh? Is he going to get him back in

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Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson? What's the story there? Is this Aaron rod

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Speaker 3: I mean, hell, this could be. I don't think it is,

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Speaker 3: but it could be Aaron Rodgers' last game. It could

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Speaker 3: also And one of these, by the way, is hosting

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Speaker 3: to talk about this. We need to talk about it

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Speaker 3: because but that's story one. Okay, that's option A is

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Speaker 3: we are going to be basically doing what we like

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Speaker 3: to call our Sunday night watch party Ravens and Steelers

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Speaker 2: So that's that's fun.

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Speaker 3: The other thing, though, is you and I get to

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Speaker 3: And all three teams that were maneuvering Seeds today, boy,

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Speaker 3: every single one of them flirted with do we want

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Speaker 3: messed around with a little bit. The Rams were trailing

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Speaker 3: But then in the end it all sort of fell

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Speaker 3: exactly as most would predict it. The Bears are the two,

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Speaker 3: the eagles of the three, The Rams are the five,

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Speaker 3: go ahead and slot the Packers the forty nine ers

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Speaker 3: because of the earlier Falcons win. The Panthers will be

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Speaker 3: the four. We know as of last night, the Seahawks

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it's very it's exciting, I would say,

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Speaker 5: to come into, you know, coming to the final weekend

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Speaker 5: of the season and they're actually be you know, skinning

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Speaker 5: the game, things to play for on a myriad of levels,

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Speaker 5: most of the times one or two decisions that need

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Speaker 5: to be made, but coming into coming into you know,

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Speaker 5: this season, the final game, it was kind of cool

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Speaker 5: to see, you know, Okay, what are you guys gonna do?

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Speaker 5: Who's who's getting ready who's stepping up. A lot of

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Speaker 5: teams rested a lot of players and still went out

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Speaker 5: there and played extremely well. Uh it's exciting, Number one,

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Speaker 5: super exciting. I think this is what we've been waiting for.

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Speaker 5: I think, uh, the league shook out the way we're

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Speaker 5: supposed to shake out in terms of just tracking every

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Speaker 5: team all all week and I mean, excuse me, all

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Speaker 5: year and now we get to see the The only

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Speaker 5: thing is, as I was watching.

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Speaker 4: Yesterday, I was watching, you know, Tampa.

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Speaker 5: Bay, and I'm just like, Hugh, we're watching Tampa Bay

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Speaker 5: and Carolina. I'm literally like, like that that is watching

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Speaker 5: that game. Those were the sounds that I was making

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Speaker 5: be because it just felt gross.

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Speaker 2: It was gross. We can talk about this right now.

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Speaker 3: You have a division where all four teams have a

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Speaker 3: negative point differential, all four teams have more losses than wins,

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Speaker 3: and we are handing one of those teams the four seed.

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Speaker 3: This is a time honored thing, which is complaining about

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Speaker 3: the worst division winner.

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Speaker 2: I threw this actual.

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Speaker 3: Last week and now because it's reality, because all of

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Speaker 3: these teams ended up at eight to nine, I really

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Speaker 3: want to throw it at you again. I have no

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Speaker 3: problem with the Panthers being in the playoffs, but they

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Speaker 3: should be the seventh seed. That's the way I would

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Speaker 3: do it, and I don't need you. I know some

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Speaker 3: people won't go let's just go straight records. That I

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Speaker 3: do think gets a little tough because everyone's playing a

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Speaker 3: different schedule. That's like comparing the SEC to the Big

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Speaker 3: Ten and saying that they're all the same, and they're not.

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Speaker 3: So I don't have a problem with your division winner

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Speaker 3: getting into the playoffs, and actually don't even necessarily have

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Speaker 3: a problem with the seeding going the way that it does,

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Speaker 3: except for I would like one waiver.

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Speaker 4: You have to have a winning record. I agree with that.

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Speaker 3: If you don't win more games than you lose, you

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Speaker 3: automatically bottom.

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Speaker 2: You're seven. You're seven.

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Speaker 3: And so that's what especially in an NFC that is

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Speaker 3: boasting a division where there are three teams with twelve

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Speaker 3: goodness sake. And so to me, this is the Rams

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Speaker 3: and the Packers are the six, and the Panthers are

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Speaker 3: the seven, and that that is that's what I would do.

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Speaker 2: That's what I would do.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you got to earn that. Now they must.

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Speaker 5: Some may say they earned it because they've they've won

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Speaker 5: their division, but when your division and is that bad,

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Speaker 5: and you know, I know Atlanta is kicking themselves because

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Speaker 5: they gotta be kicking themselves because they had an opportunity.

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Speaker 5: And you look back at their you know, their their

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Speaker 5: season and their losses one game, yep, one game, you know,

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Speaker 5: and look at Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay started six and two.

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Speaker 5: Baker was going to be the MVP six and two. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: I want to talk about a complete collapse. The Carolina

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Speaker 5: Panthers couldn't win two games in a row yep. The

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Speaker 5: entire season, one lost, one loss, one all the way down.

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Speaker 2: The Atlanta Falcons.

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Speaker 3: Prior to this win streak, first of all, on Sunday,

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Speaker 2: They lost to the New York Jets.

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Speaker 3: Two and three weeks prior to that, they lost back

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Speaker 3: that Panthers loss became definitive on two fronts. A, it's

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Speaker 3: led to this three way tie structure that Carolina wins

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Speaker 3: and that's why Carolina wins it because their collective record

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Speaker 3: Bucks and Falcons are less than two and two and

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Speaker 3: one in three and so two overtime games. And don't

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Speaker 3: forget the week before the two overtime games. On Sunday,

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Speaker 3: November two, the Atlanta Falcons loss to the New England

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Speaker 3: Patriots by one point, twenty four to twenty three in

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Speaker 2: So that was their month of November.

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Speaker 3: One point loss to New England, then back to back

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Speaker 2: That was November. Man, that's four invitations. To win.

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Speaker 3: Just one of those four losses and they would be, uh,

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Speaker 3: the playoffs would be at their dome next weekend if

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Speaker 3: they had.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's and they had hit a stride too.

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Speaker 5: They had been playing extremely well coming down the stretch

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Speaker 5: and you know, defensively, offensively, talent everywhere.

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Speaker 4: And now you're at home.

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Speaker 5: Tampa Bay should be a shaming themselves. It's just it's

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Speaker 5: hard to see. It's hard to watch. Now they get

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Speaker 5: to host a game and we have to watch it.

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Speaker 3: We do now they host the Rams. They just did

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Speaker 3: this four weeks ago and they beat them.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but I can yeah, but that's yeah, that's that

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Speaker 5: sounds great.

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Speaker 2: Yep yep.

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Speaker 3: Although I mean, look, I boy, here's something we should

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Speaker 3: play with. Of everybody in the NFC who's playing next weekend,

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Speaker 3: because Seattle's not playing next weekend, you tell me of

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Speaker 3: the six teams playing next weekend, who looks like they've

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Speaker 3: got their fastball right now?

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Speaker 4: Man?

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Speaker 3: Right, It doesn't mean that they're not good, but I mean,

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Speaker 3: who looks like they're playing their best ball?

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Speaker 2: Now?

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Speaker 4: I think that's the problem.

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Speaker 2: Were playing each other. Yeah, but anyway, go ahead.

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Speaker 5: So that's that's a treat. That's a rivalry. It's it's chippy,

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Speaker 4: I don't know what what what is happening right now?

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Speaker 5: All these teams have looked less than stellar coming down

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Speaker 5: Much was on the line. And I know that that's

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Speaker 3: I thought, Kyle Shanahan last night after the game, gave

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Speaker 3: But yes, well, like I want to throw out what

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Speaker 3: so you asked about that nine er Seahawks.

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Speaker 2: Game last night.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, let's talk about it.

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Speaker 3: I thought before you start go for it, I ask

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Speaker 4: Can was it hard to watch for YouTube?

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Speaker 2: Because I'm a processed guy.

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Speaker 3: They're going to take the result and they're going to

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Speaker 3: have to put my dukes up because what I will

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Speaker 3: say is, well, you're not wrong that it wasn't a

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Speaker 3: they controlled every single thing out there. The thirteen points

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Speaker 3: So that right, that's at minimum call it like ten

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Speaker 3: Both of those, to me were clues that Kyle Shanahan

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Speaker 2: To compete, not on this night, now, I don't know

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Speaker 4: To talk about that game, you're you're right.

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Speaker 5: You could have given you yourself that advantage in one

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Speaker 5: need to throw it over to Steve the Seger. He's

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Speaker 10: Ravens leads seven to nothing in the opening minutes at Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 10: for a forty one yard run down the sideline on

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Speaker 10: The Steelers are nine and seven. The Detroit Lions won

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Speaker 10: is the sixth seed because they lost to five seed

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Speaker 10: Houston in November. Head to head, both finished twelve and five.

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Speaker 10: It's Houston that's going to play the winner of this

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Speaker 10: game in Pittsburgh tonight. And the Raiders did win, of course,

443
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Speaker 10: they had already secured the number one overall draft choice

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Speaker 10: when the Giants won again thirty four to seven over Dallas.

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Speaker 10: Raiders were fourteen to twelve winners against the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Speaker 5: No.

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Speaker 10: That was not nationally televised. Jacksonville has won eight in

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Speaker 10: a row after beating Tennessee forty one to seven Trevor

449
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Speaker 10: Lawrence three TD passes that clinch Jacksonville the AFC South title.

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Speaker 10: Houston won its ninth straight game, thirty eight to thirty

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Speaker 10: over Indianapolis, which finished with seven straight losses. Cleveland a

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Speaker 10: twenty to eighteen victory at Cincinnati out of forty nine

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Speaker 10: yard field goal final play. Minnesota end of the year

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Speaker 10: winning five straight, beating Green Bay, which was already locked

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Speaker 10: into the seven seed, sixteen to three vikings. Clayton Toon

456
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Speaker 10: was the quarterback for the Packers today. Offense was out

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Speaker 10: of tune green Bay in the first quarter two yards

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Speaker 10: net for the game. This is fifty plays on offense

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Speaker 10: one hundred and twenty one yards eight punts for the Packers.

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Speaker 10: Atlanta won its fourth straight nineteen seventeen over New Orleans.

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Speaker 10: That Falcons decision. The win gave Carolina the division Tampa

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Speaker 10: Bay eliminated. Yesterday, a Bay defeated Carolina to stay alive

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Speaker 10: for a bit. Seattle won at seventh in a row,

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Speaker 10: clinching the one seed in the NFC with that thirteen

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Speaker 10: to three win at San Francisco. NBA Minnesota got thirty

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Speaker 10: five points from Anthony Edwards and won at Washington one

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Speaker 10: forty one to one fifteen n AHL Panthers a two

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Speaker 10: to one winner against the Avalanche. As far as divisions,

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Speaker 10: this from stats inc. The four teams in the AFC

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Speaker 10: West today combined did not score a touchdown on offense.

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Speaker 2: Whoa.

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Speaker 10: It is only the second time in the history of

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Speaker 10: the NFL that every team in one division was in

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Speaker 10: action on a given day and not one of them

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Speaker 10: scored an offensive touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Wow.

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Speaker 10: Now, granted this is the last day of the season.

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Speaker 10: Even more amazing. The only other time it happened, the

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Speaker 10: AFC East had five teams nineteen eighty eight and only

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Speaker 10: got field goals, all of them on the same day. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 10: the NFC West is the first division with three different

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Speaker 10: teams with at least twelve victories added up, and they

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Speaker 10: have one of the best records of any division in

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Speaker 10: the last decade. And then there's the NFC South. Well,

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Speaker 10: let's compare the Bears Division to the NFC South, shall we,

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Speaker 10: Because well, every team finished above five hundred in the

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Speaker 10: Bears Division, including the Minnesota win today the Detroit win today,

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Speaker 10: they finished nine and eight. Nobody finished even at the

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Speaker 10: five hundred mark in the NFC South, as I mentioned,

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Speaker 10: it's a three way tie between eight and nine teams.

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Speaker 10: One of them is going to get to host a

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Speaker 10: playoff game. Second time, every team in a division had

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Speaker 10: finished with a better record than the first place team

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Speaker 10: in some other division. Three years ago, Washington was a

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Speaker 10: five hundred club. They earned a fourth place in the

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Speaker 10: NFC East, but that year that was better than eight

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Speaker 10: and nine Tampa Bay, which was a division champion. Back

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Speaker 10: to you.

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Speaker 3: NFC South, right, like, yeah, they have been on a

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Speaker 3: tremendous run for a number of years now. That's wild

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Speaker 3: and uh yeah, not only I know.

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Speaker 2: For those in the analytics family.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, all of those NFC North teams had a positive

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Speaker 3: point differential too, So everybody one more than they lost.

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Speaker 3: Everybody outscored their opponents, and the opposite is true in

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Speaker 3: the NFC South.

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Speaker 2: Panthers hosting the Rams next week mayn good.

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Speaker 4: Yay, can't wait?

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Speaker 2: Did you look at the numbers yet for the spreads?

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Speaker 4: Oh no, no, no, you want you want to guess?

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Speaker 3: I have some fun fire away Rams at Panthers. What

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Speaker 3: do you think the number is?

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Speaker 4: I think it's Rams by four.

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Speaker 2: Keep going four and a half keep going.

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Speaker 3: Oh ten, thank you. Wow, that was a hell of

516
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Speaker 3: a jump from four and a half to ten.

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Speaker 2: As you nailed.

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Speaker 3: I thought, you know, we might go to six, and

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00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 3: I thought the segment would take longer, But no, we're there. Ten,

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Speaker 3: ten point favorite on the road in the playoffs.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, this is a good story this year.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, yeah, it's it's a different animal.

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Speaker 3: The Eagles are three point favorites over the Niners, kind

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Speaker 3: of that stock home field field goal. The Bears are

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Speaker 3: a one point favorite over the Packers, The Bills are

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Speaker 3: a road one point favorite over the Jags, and the

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Speaker 3: Patriots get the stock three point home field advantage against

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Speaker 3: the Chargers.

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Speaker 4: Resident super producer Lee.

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Speaker 11: Hi Lee, Hey, hey guys, draftings, Icy, Packers, point and

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Speaker 11: a half.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not sorry, I'm I'm on it. And these

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00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 3: are they're they're all moving fast.

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Speaker 2: By the way. These are the initial numbers.

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Speaker 3: And then here comes all the money and stuff starts

536
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 3: moving around. But yes, point point and a half right

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Speaker 3: around and there for Bears, Packers.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean.

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Speaker 5: Outside of the Rams, uh, Panthers, it's gonna be pretty good,

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00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,400
Speaker 5: coin flips, it's gonna be good football.

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Speaker 4: That that game.

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Speaker 5: It just it bothers me. And this is taking an

543
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Speaker 5: account that they just beat the Rams not too long ago.

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Speaker 5: But I can promise you they will be facing a

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Speaker 5: different RAMS team come next week.

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Speaker 3: One would think, although all add that, you know, I

547
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Speaker 3: mean that that Rams team that lost there a few

548
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 3: weeks ago had DeVante Adams and maybe this one won't.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if it matters.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I don't think it matters, but I

551
00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 5: think Davonte will be available for that game. Matthew Stafford today,

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Speaker 5: I think he went out there and he was going

553
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Speaker 5: it was like, all right, let me let me just

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Speaker 5: do something really fast, let me.

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Speaker 4: Solidify the m v P.

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Speaker 2: I think he probably did, Yeah, let me let me.

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Speaker 5: Go out here and go ahead, put that thing away.

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Speaker 5: With four touchdowns, I think there's that's eight multiple touchdown

559
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Speaker 5: games this this uh this year or something crazy like that.

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Speaker 4: And he played. He played great.

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Speaker 5: I mean, he played like Matthew Stafford and so, and

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Speaker 5: he wanted to make sure his guy uh Puka got

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Speaker 5: the receiving.

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Speaker 4: Record as well.

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Speaker 5: The funny part was in that game, the two top

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Speaker 5: past catchers in the league this year were going against

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Speaker 5: each other. Trey McBride for Arizona who had seven and

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Speaker 5: Pooka Coua who had ten. And I think Pooka won

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Speaker 5: by three Pooker three receptions.

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Speaker 2: And Pooka also passed Randy Moss today.

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Speaker 4: How about that second.

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Speaker 3: Most receiving yards for three years of a career now

573
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Speaker 3: in history past Randy Moss is only shy of Justin

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Speaker 3: Jefferson fifth round draft pick Pookakua.

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Speaker 5: And you got to remember, nobody even he missed so

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Speaker 5: many games last year.

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Speaker 3: He I mean, yeah, he, I mean he plays in

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Speaker 3: such a way. He's he's uh, he's Deebo Reborn. Yes

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Speaker 3: he's better, he's better than Deebo. But my point is

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Speaker 3: is like he just does not know how to avoid contact.

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Speaker 3: He's phenomenal with it. But you can go ahead and

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Speaker 3: just mark Pooka down for a game or two a

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Speaker 3: year where you're like, yep, I ran my head into

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Speaker 3: a wall, so I'll miss, we'll miss next.

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Speaker 2: Week, we'll be back to We'll be back that. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's just I can that's Pooka.

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Speaker 3: And I'm also this is not any sort of a criticism,

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00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 3: but I'm gonna go ahead and mark Pooka down for

589
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:24,439
Speaker 3: like you not playing when you're thirty four anymore like Pooka.

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Speaker 3: That's a he not gonna win the Longevity Awards.

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00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:35,320
Speaker 4: That's not not unless he changes right. He's playing dramatically totally.

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 3: We're live in the Fox Sports Radio studios and h

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Speaker 3: and just getting started. We have got our three things

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Speaker 3: that I'm so excited about tonight are three top observations

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Speaker 3: around the league and everything that's going on coming up

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Speaker 3: at six Pacific, nine Eastern.

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Speaker 2: So that's coming up in a little bit over fifteen minutes.

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Speaker 3: But I do want to hear a little bit more

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Speaker 3: about breaking down some of these matchups that.

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Speaker 2: We now know.

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Speaker 3: All but one we now know. We just don't know

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Speaker 3: where Houston's going. Are they going to Pittsburgh or are

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Speaker 3: they going to Baltimore. We'll find that out over the

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Speaker 3: next few hours with e from Salama Mark Willard.

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Speaker 2: It's Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 1: Fuck up, you're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.

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Speaker 3: So it's the Fox Sports Radio studios. That's where we sit.

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Speaker 3: Ravens seven Steelers, Nutting Steelers, got the ball. They're at

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Speaker 3: their own twenty five, starting their second drive of the night,

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Speaker 3: just under five to go first quarter. Keep you up

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Speaker 3: to date to Sega in ten minutes. Couple things I

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Speaker 3: want to throw out there that are just fun. And

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Speaker 3: then we got three things coming up at the top

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Speaker 3: of the hour. Number one, Ephram will know you'll know

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Speaker 3: the answer to this. What was the show that told

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Speaker 3: everybody when the Ravens were one and five, chill, they

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Speaker 3: might still win the division?

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Speaker 2: What was that show?

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Speaker 4: There was a show that kept saying that, Yeah, it

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Speaker 4: was this one.

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Speaker 2: Old rats. I forgot, that's right, it was us.

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Speaker 3: I wanted to take a moment, you know, to pat

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Speaker 3: the two of us on the back. I don't know

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Speaker 3: if they're gonna win tonight, but here we are. Here,

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Speaker 3: we are here, we are with literally the division championship

627
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Speaker 3: on the line for a team that was one and

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Speaker 3: five and lost a bunch of Lamar in the process too.

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Speaker 3: And even when he was playing, he didn't look like Lamar, No,

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Speaker 3: not at all, you know, So I don't know, like

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Speaker 3: there's something, you know whatever. Somebody will win nine or

632
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,680
Speaker 3: ten games in this division that's a little different than

633
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Speaker 3: the NFC South. And we get the resumes of these

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00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,879
Speaker 3: quarterbacks in this game and all of that, but at the.

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Speaker 2: Same time, let's not forget to say this division sucks too. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: let's let's not let's not overly romanticize.

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Speaker 5: They don't escape, they don't get to escape. We feel

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Speaker 5: the same about this AFC division.

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Speaker 3: The other little quirky observation I had off of some

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Speaker 3: of the things that happened today, and I think these

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Speaker 3: things are important, not for now, but they are down

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Speaker 3: the road. So check what Disager just said to us

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Speaker 3: a few minutes ago about how the entire NFC North

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Speaker 3: is better than the entire NFC South all winning records.

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Speaker 3: If you ask most people today, like, hey, do you

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Speaker 3: think the Detroit Lions are still like that's a good team,

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Speaker 3: that's a dangerous team. Most people would agree with that,

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Speaker 3: right yeah, Okay, you know what they get next year?

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Speaker 12: Terrible record, last place walk schedule, a last place schedule

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Speaker 12: and if you want to play this super like blue

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Speaker 12: sky deal for the San Francisco forty nine ers who

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Speaker 12: got a.

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Speaker 3: Fourth place schedule this year, and it had a lot

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Speaker 3: to do with their sparkly record, they lost last night.

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Speaker 3: That's not good. But guess what they get now. They

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Speaker 3: get a third place schedule, twelve and five in theory,

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Speaker 3: healthy returning players, and a third place schedule.

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Speaker 4: Right yeah, I mean, that's kind of funny.

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Speaker 5: They got an opportunity to just keep this thing rolling

660
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Speaker 5: when this was, you know, essentially supposed to be a

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Speaker 5: down year, you know, coming off last year, everybody was like, well,

662
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Speaker 5: I don't know, you know, I've once they start losing players,

663
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 5: I still had confidence in them, and we talked about

664
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Speaker 5: it weekly because number one is su you're coaching, yes,

665
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Speaker 5: flat out dynamic coaching.

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00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 2: Uh.

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00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:08,799
Speaker 5: And number two the schedule. Strength of schedule yep. And

668
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Speaker 5: so they didn't have to do a lot of heavy lifting.

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Speaker 2: Uh. They did not.

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Speaker 3: And sometimes those things work out like they look on paper.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: For instance, I remember in the Niner, schedule comes out

673
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Speaker 3: and it's like, oh, we got that late game against

674
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,799
Speaker 3: the Bears, that'll be easy, and then you're like, oh,

675
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 3: turns turns out they're good. So wait a minute, yeah right,

676
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,520
Speaker 3: and even you know, oh, two games against Seattle whatever, ooh,

677
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 3: actually turns out they're the best team. So but you're

678
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:37,880
Speaker 3: you're not wrong and that'll help next year. Three things

679
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Speaker 3: coming up. Next, you're listening to Fox Sports Radio radio

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Speaker 3: Tyler Luke from forty yards just inside the left up right.

681
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Speaker 3: That's good, and the Ravens lead is double digits ten

682
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Speaker 3: nothing Ravens second quarter. In the winner take all AFC

683
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 3: North battle that is ongoing here on Sunday Night Football.

684
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 3: The winner gets well, quite frankly, in my opinion, the

685
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 3: best defense in football to show up next week. Apologies

686
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:13,360
Speaker 3: to the Seattle Seahawks. I know they're the flavor of

687
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 3: the day, but the Seahawks and the Texans, to me,

688
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 3: those are the two defenses that are potential game changers.

689
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 3: And the winner of this one tonight will get to

690
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:28,840
Speaker 3: see one hell of a pass rush coming up next week,

691
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:34,320
Speaker 3: so that'd be really interesting. It's Mark Willerty from Salam

692
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 3: We're broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio studios, and

693
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 3: you know exactly what we do at this hour every

694
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 3: single week. We dive right in to three things, our

695
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:49,200
Speaker 3: top three observations of the entire week.

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00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 2: We can do more than just today. We can go

697
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 2: back to what's happened.

698
00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:54,959
Speaker 3: Earlier in the week, and Ephrom usually finishes us off

699
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Speaker 3: with something outside of the realm of the NFL.

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Speaker 2: So let's ride.

701
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Speaker 3: Let's do it things as always, I'll go first, so

702
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Speaker 3: you can go last.

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Speaker 2: All right. I have a one two punch that's related

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Speaker 2: to Miles Garrett. Okay, to lead us off number.

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Speaker 3: One, I want to point out what I found to

706
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:20,800
Speaker 3: be just a brilliant piece of marketing by the Jordan Brand.

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Speaker 2: Did you see this today?

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00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:23,280
Speaker 4: Yeah?

709
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 3: This is just awesome. This is intuitive, this is risk taking,

710
00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,360
Speaker 3: and this is having it all pay off. As the

711
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 3: Jordan Brand jumped on Miles Garrett and assumed that he

712
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 3: would get his twenty third sack, he did. Now that

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Speaker 3: becomes an iconic number for a different reason than it

714
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:50,360
Speaker 3: already was twenty three for obvious reasons. And the Jordan

715
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 3: Brand signs Miles Garrett to a deal and announces it

716
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 3: right after the sack happens, and I was just like,

717
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Speaker 3: Bravo marketing to you did the damn thing. That was

718
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,239
Speaker 3: really good. That stuck in my mind. That's the job

719
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Speaker 3: of a marketer. So good job there. Here's the downside.

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Speaker 3: Miles is so amazing and what an incredible season. He

721
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 3: did it in way fewer snaps than TJ. Watt and

722
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:22,440
Speaker 3: Michael Strahan did. So this is this is the best

723
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:27,799
Speaker 3: season of defensive lineman has ever had. I hate that

724
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Speaker 3: Miles Garrett's signature moment in his career.

725
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:35,880
Speaker 2: Is this a statistical achievement?

726
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:39,960
Speaker 3: It is a large one, don't get me wrong, But

727
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:44,280
Speaker 3: I still wish that Miles Garrett had left the Browns.

728
00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just do.

729
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:50,760
Speaker 3: And you know, I want Miles to want what Miles wants,

730
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:52,879
Speaker 3: and so if that's where he wants to be, great,

731
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Speaker 3: But I do wonder, for example, what the great Joe

732
00:43:56,440 --> 00:44:01,560
Speaker 3: Thomas would say to Miles run right. It's just like

733
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,920
Speaker 3: the one of the greatest left tackles the game has

734
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Speaker 3: ever known.

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Speaker 2: And his record in the playoffs is zero and.

736
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Speaker 3: Zero and believable talent, just an incredible talent, and Miles

737
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 3: is no different. And that organization is at the forefront

738
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Speaker 3: every year of mismanagement. And I would love to see

739
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:24,360
Speaker 3: Miles Garrett play football games that matter. And so today

740
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 3: was a celebration, but for me, it also felt a

741
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 3: little empty because I just don't know.

742
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Speaker 2: If we're ever going to see it.

743
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Speaker 3: I don't know if Miles Garrett is ever going to

744
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Speaker 3: play a football game that matters.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean history would would tell you no. Because

746
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:47,840
Speaker 5: the Cleveland Browns, not since ever or not since Jim Brown,

747
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:54,360
Speaker 5: have they gotten it together, good lord and been a

748
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Speaker 5: force in the league. And that was because they had

749
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 5: the greatest running back the NFL had ever seen, and

750
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:05,280
Speaker 5: they were like, what's happening here? They're just not well run.

751
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 5: And I'm anxiously anticipating them messing up this offseason. Yep,

752
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 5: like the quarterback puts it everything. I'm I just I

753
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:20,120
Speaker 5: know they're going to mess it up, and I'm anxiously

754
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 5: waiting to see just how they'll be messing it up,

755
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:25,240
Speaker 5: because you know it's coming.

756
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,040
Speaker 2: Oh for sure, it's coming.

757
00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 4: You know it's coming.

758
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:29,840
Speaker 2: For sure, it's coming.

759
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 3: And some of these teams, you know, we were just

760
00:45:31,800 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 3: talking during the break about the Jets. They became the

761
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:38,680
Speaker 3: first team in NFL history to not record an interception.

762
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Speaker 2: The entire year.

763
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Speaker 4: Yeah, for.

764
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Speaker 3: Oh god, it's incredible how bad some of these teams

765
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:48,839
Speaker 3: can be and it.

766
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Speaker 2: Still doesn't get them where they need to be in

767
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:54,800
Speaker 2: the draft, Like Cleveland deal, five teams are ahead of them.

768
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,640
Speaker 2: It's like, dude, you guys don't even you're not even

769
00:45:58,640 --> 00:45:59,400
Speaker 2: good at sucking.

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Speaker 5: That's a good job, that's good job, Raiders. That's a

771
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:04,760
Speaker 5: funny part. You're not even good at sucking.

772
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Speaker 2: You're not even good at sucking. So anyway, that was

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Speaker 2: my number one.

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Speaker 5: My number one is the Jaguars. I have been hypercritical

775
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:17,160
Speaker 5: of them. Last last week I started to give them

776
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:21,360
Speaker 5: a little bit of love because it just seemed like, huh,

777
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:28,560
Speaker 5: this isn't the team that we were unsure about all season,

778
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:34,920
Speaker 5: and shout out to them for you know, in a

779
00:46:34,960 --> 00:46:35,800
Speaker 5: tough division.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I think they're on the seven eight game

781
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:40,919
Speaker 4: win streak.

782
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:43,920
Speaker 2: Finished with eight in a row and the Texans finished

783
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Speaker 2: with nine in a row.

784
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Speaker 5: So going into the playoffs, we were saying, we're not

785
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:51,680
Speaker 5: quite sure who wants to do what and who wants

786
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 5: to be what. I can tell you what. The Jacksonville

787
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,919
Speaker 5: Jaguars have found something here.

788
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Speaker 2: M h.

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Speaker 5: I believe their coach Owen is the coach of the

790
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:03,080
Speaker 5: year in my opinion.

791
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:03,480
Speaker 2: Due.

792
00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:11,919
Speaker 5: Because he's done more with less as well as less expectation.

793
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:17,719
Speaker 5: And they literally came out of nowhere in this division.

794
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:21,359
Speaker 5: Once Houston got over that zero and two start, oh

795
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 5: and three start or whatever it was, and Indy was

796
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:28,479
Speaker 5: just clipping people by forty points, we weren't talking about

797
00:47:28,520 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 5: the Jaguars, and quietly and slowly but surely they've become

798
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:37,280
Speaker 5: a force to be recorded with. They're the three seed,

799
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Speaker 5: and I think I think the Bills may be in trouble.

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Speaker 3: That is an interesting one, that matchup. I wondered what

801
00:47:48,239 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 3: you thought about that, and I hear you. I hear you,

802
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:55,880
Speaker 3: because the Bills, like, you know, yeah, they got Josh

803
00:47:56,120 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 3: and so they always look dynamic to a certain degree.

804
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:02,440
Speaker 2: But they totally fit into what I was telling you

805
00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:02,799
Speaker 2: off the.

806
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:04,719
Speaker 3: Top of the show, which is like, who looks like

807
00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:06,160
Speaker 3: they got their fastball right now?

808
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:13,759
Speaker 5: Yeah, and hey, look they pitching. They on that mound

809
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:15,600
Speaker 5: and they they got the fast ball, they got the

810
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:19,960
Speaker 5: sinker going, they can run the ball. Trevor Lawrence is

811
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:22,160
Speaker 5: attacking down the field. Uh.

812
00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:24,160
Speaker 4: And defensively, they're getting after people.

813
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:29,560
Speaker 5: So look, after all the stuff we talked about the

814
00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:32,200
Speaker 5: first hour, how teams are limping here and limping there,

815
00:48:32,239 --> 00:48:35,840
Speaker 5: and we're not quite sure. The Jacksonville Jaguars have have

816
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:39,480
Speaker 5: shown quietly shown us they're ready for the postseason.

817
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:42,959
Speaker 3: I mean, I would not be shocked if they represented

818
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:48,960
Speaker 3: I would not. I joked last week. Yeah, everybody loves that.

819
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:50,440
Speaker 3: It's like, oh, it's a total crop.

820
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:50,760
Speaker 2: Shoot.

821
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:52,960
Speaker 3: It's like, don't get mad if the Jags are playing

822
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:54,960
Speaker 3: Seattle in the second week.

823
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 5: You said you and you actually actually is that what

824
00:48:58,560 --> 00:48:59,280
Speaker 5: you want to see?

825
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:00,520
Speaker 2: Get mad?

826
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 3: Don't get mad if small market shows up and all

827
00:49:05,440 --> 00:49:08,759
Speaker 3: is the TV market that everybody's worrying about.

828
00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 2: All right, here's my number two.

829
00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:18,080
Speaker 3: Hey man, it's in the middle of nowhere, and it's

830
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:20,600
Speaker 3: an irrelevant team. But I just want to give this

831
00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:23,720
Speaker 3: dude a shout because what a year he had.

832
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:27,080
Speaker 2: Michael Wilson is everything goodness.

833
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:31,319
Speaker 3: He is everything that Marvin Harrison was supposed to be

834
00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:34,680
Speaker 3: and is not. And I know Marvin's dealt with injury

835
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:37,719
Speaker 3: and his career is not gone or anything like that.

836
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 2: But when that.

837
00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:42,440
Speaker 3: Team comes back next year, I know who my number

838
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:49,200
Speaker 3: one receiver is quarterback? I don't it's Marvin Harrison, Ain't

839
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:50,439
Speaker 3: it that guy?

840
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:54,200
Speaker 2: Michael Wilson is just incredible.

841
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:57,399
Speaker 3: It's not just production, it's the catches he makes, it's

842
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:00,800
Speaker 3: the moxie that he has, the attitude that he brings

843
00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:03,279
Speaker 3: Marvin Harrison when he moves around on it.

844
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:05,600
Speaker 2: Like, again, super talented guy.

845
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:08,920
Speaker 3: But doesn't it look sometimes like it's like you're floating,

846
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:10,160
Speaker 3: like you're just.

847
00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:16,040
Speaker 2: Kind of like, right, where's that? Where's that? Like identity?

848
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,400
Speaker 2: Where's that pukin naku in?

849
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:18,520
Speaker 4: This?

850
00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:22,120
Speaker 3: In what you do out on the field, Michael Wilson

851
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:25,440
Speaker 3: has it. He does, and he is. He's still relatively

852
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,760
Speaker 3: I mean, unless you play fantasy, he remains.

853
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:29,000
Speaker 2: A no name.

854
00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:31,959
Speaker 3: But get ready, dude, get ready, because if they find

855
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 3: a QB and they figure something out, that's a warm

856
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:39,360
Speaker 3: weather team that can throw the ball a full season.

857
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:42,400
Speaker 2: And that guy is an unbelievable talent.

858
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:43,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's tremendous.

859
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,680
Speaker 5: And just watching him his size, right, his size, his

860
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:50,800
Speaker 5: catch radius, he is the epitome of what a fifty

861
00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 5: to fifty ball catcher is supposed to be as a receiver.

862
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:58,319
Speaker 5: Just watch him the last four weeks and you're gonna

863
00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:00,000
Speaker 5: be like, who and where the hell did he come from?

864
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,080
Speaker 3: By the way, you know how receivers, the good ones

865
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:05,759
Speaker 3: all make thirty million in whatever a year.

866
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:07,319
Speaker 2: Now you want you.

867
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:09,560
Speaker 5: Know what Michael Wilson makes with nine hundred and sixty

868
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:10,560
Speaker 5: grand or something like that.

869
00:51:11,719 --> 00:51:16,040
Speaker 3: Michah Wilson is on a rookie deal that is worth

870
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Speaker 3: over forty years.

871
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:22,040
Speaker 2: Five point three. Yeah, there you go, million dollars.

872
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 3: Now, he's already in the year three, So get ready

873
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:29,520
Speaker 3: for next year because he makes one point four and

874
00:51:29,600 --> 00:51:32,640
Speaker 3: he will be in a contract year yes, and he

875
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:36,520
Speaker 3: is going to show out.

876
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:41,080
Speaker 5: Hey, that man his money indeed, indeed, my number two

877
00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:43,720
Speaker 5: is going to be the New.

878
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:45,280
Speaker 2: York Giants, Me and his money.

879
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:49,280
Speaker 5: I love it, the New York Giants and Jackson Dart.

880
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 5: I think the New York Giants they found their quarterback. Yes, sir,

881
00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:56,560
Speaker 5: I love his energy, I love his moxie. I think

882
00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:59,200
Speaker 5: he needs to learn this offseason, which you will, because

883
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:02,520
Speaker 5: they'll have extend of film study with him about the

884
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:05,960
Speaker 5: dudes and don'ts of being a quarterback and longevity in

885
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,920
Speaker 5: this league. Don't get smacked up side the head three

886
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:12,360
Speaker 5: or four times a game, all right, Do throw the

887
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:14,520
Speaker 5: ball away and don't run out of bounds behind the

888
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:15,320
Speaker 5: line of scrimmage.

889
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:15,919
Speaker 4: That's a sack.

890
00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:20,399
Speaker 5: So he's put enough on film for them to now

891
00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:24,080
Speaker 5: have real study sessions in the offseason about how to

892
00:52:24,080 --> 00:52:26,719
Speaker 5: get better. That's how you get better, right, because now

893
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:29,040
Speaker 5: you can pull up all the games, you can watch things,

894
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:32,600
Speaker 5: coaches have coaching points. Not quite sure who's going to

895
00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:36,959
Speaker 5: be the head coach, but we'll see. But I think

896
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Speaker 5: that the New York Giants have found their quarterback for

897
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Speaker 5: the foreseeable future and beyond. And just think Moleague Neighbors

898
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:49,560
Speaker 5: wasn't available. He lost his best friend and roommate scatable

899
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Speaker 5: like they have the makings of a young, tremendous team

900
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Speaker 5: and so hopefully which they have also been doing is

901
00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:06,040
Speaker 5: mismanaging talent and making poor decisions. Hopefully they can get

902
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:10,719
Speaker 5: it together and get this the young man some help,

903
00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:14,080
Speaker 5: the right coach, right offensive coordinator, and also a little

904
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Speaker 5: bit of talent.

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Speaker 3: I think that's super well said. You forget what the

906
00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:22,479
Speaker 3: Giants lost this year offensively. The only good thing about

907
00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:26,160
Speaker 3: those injuries is that was easily the funniest NFL commercial

908
00:53:26,200 --> 00:53:29,200
Speaker 3: of the year, the Molik Neighbors I hop commercial where

909
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 3: the little kids all ticked off of them about ruining

910
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:35,319
Speaker 3: his fantasy season. Super funny. Glad to see Malik, who

911
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:36,960
Speaker 3: I don't think we've really gotten.

912
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Speaker 4: To know all and he is he is an alpha.

913
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Speaker 3: Yeah absolutely, but also has that like he's got a

914
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:46,680
Speaker 3: sense of humor about the whole thing. He's got a personality.

915
00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:48,920
Speaker 3: You can see it in that commercial. And that's the

916
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Speaker 3: other thing I would say about Jackson, Like being the

917
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:55,800
Speaker 3: quarterback in New York, New York that takes a certain

918
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Speaker 3: kind of person, not just the talent, and I think

919
00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:01,080
Speaker 3: he's that Flare as well.

920
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Speaker 2: I think all three of them do. So.

921
00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:05,520
Speaker 3: I love the point that you're making. They've got the

922
00:54:05,520 --> 00:54:12,040
Speaker 3: makings very very early of that QB wide receiver running

923
00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:18,600
Speaker 3: back grouping that can really do something on an offensive side. Absolutely, yeah,

924
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:22,200
Speaker 3: really really cool. Okay, here's my number three. And I

925
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:25,360
Speaker 3: struggled because I had so many today. I'm like, I

926
00:54:25,640 --> 00:54:29,000
Speaker 3: know which one I want to do, and leave some

927
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Speaker 3: on the cutting room floor and we can get to

928
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Speaker 3: those a little bit later.

929
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Speaker 2: But this is the one that I chose. Let's go

930
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Speaker 2: back to Miles Garrett.

931
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Speaker 3: Indirectly, Garrett breaks the record and gets his twenty third sack,

932
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:47,960
Speaker 3: and the officials had, I think, even before the game

933
00:54:48,480 --> 00:54:53,000
Speaker 3: planned all along that if something like that happens, we're

934
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Speaker 3: going to stop the game and we're going to allow

935
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Speaker 3: a great player I'm to be celebrated and honored by

936
00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:03,200
Speaker 3: the crew, which to me is a no brainer. You

937
00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:06,359
Speaker 3: always have to remember, even as serious as this stuff is,

938
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Speaker 3: that it's entertainment and it's for the fans, and fans eat.

939
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Speaker 2: Stuff like this up.

940
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Speaker 3: I would argue that the Bengals Browns game had one

941
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:16,799
Speaker 3: story attached to it today, and one story only, and

942
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:21,319
Speaker 3: this was it. However, once they stopped the game, that

943
00:55:21,480 --> 00:55:26,240
Speaker 3: led Bengals head coach Zach Taylor to do this after

944
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Speaker 3: the game.

945
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:28,360
Speaker 2: There was five minutes left in our season.

946
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Speaker 13: We're playing for our lives here and I never told

947
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Speaker 13: that we're going to stop the game and in a

948
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Speaker 13: critical moment like that, and the refs just said that

949
00:55:37,120 --> 00:55:38,840
Speaker 13: they made a decision that they were going to stop

950
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Speaker 13: the game, and they said they tried to do it

951
00:55:40,320 --> 00:55:43,840
Speaker 13: as quickly as possible. I didn't feel that we didn't sub.

952
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:45,360
Speaker 13: We're trying to be on the ball and go and

953
00:55:45,360 --> 00:55:48,600
Speaker 13: play with tempo, and the Empire just held the ball

954
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:49,800
Speaker 13: so that we couldn't do anything.

955
00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:51,799
Speaker 2: And I'm yelling at Joe, get on the ball. We

956
00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:52,239
Speaker 2: didn't sub.

957
00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:56,839
Speaker 13: We're going and they we couldn't play. And so again

958
00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:59,480
Speaker 13: trying to get an answer was not easy. They just

959
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:01,239
Speaker 13: said that they made a decision as a as a

960
00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:03,680
Speaker 13: crew to stop the game, and that happened. I guess

961
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:05,520
Speaker 13: it didn't matter when it happened. It just they were

962
00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:08,560
Speaker 13: going to stop the game and that though I was

963
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:10,120
Speaker 13: never informed of that. They didn't say one word. We

964
00:56:10,160 --> 00:56:11,440
Speaker 13: meet with him in the ninet minute meet him for

965
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:13,040
Speaker 13: the game. They never said one word about that.

966
00:56:13,640 --> 00:56:15,680
Speaker 3: Okay, first of all, I want to know who in

967
00:56:15,680 --> 00:56:19,800
Speaker 3: the room has velcrow shoes. That's my first question, because

968
00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:24,040
Speaker 3: I thought those were out. Second question, though, is, dude,

969
00:56:24,040 --> 00:56:28,000
Speaker 3: what are you doing? What are you talking about? Like,

970
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:32,960
Speaker 3: of all things to not like even for your lives,

971
00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:34,920
Speaker 3: you're not fighting for your life?

972
00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:36,600
Speaker 4: Life are you fighting for?

973
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:39,880
Speaker 3: If you win, you're in third place, and if you lose,

974
00:56:40,040 --> 00:56:44,880
Speaker 3: you're in third place. Like, dude, I get it, I

975
00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:49,120
Speaker 3: get it, that's his job. He might feel like on

976
00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:53,480
Speaker 3: the hot seat. The bottom line is this, that's one

977
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:54,760
Speaker 3: of those thoughts.

978
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:55,840
Speaker 2: That you keep to yourself.

979
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:58,960
Speaker 4: If you won't be his job tomorrow.

980
00:56:59,239 --> 00:57:03,520
Speaker 3: Maybe not and if by the way, and the Bengals

981
00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:06,799
Speaker 3: could be accused of being stupid, but the bottom line is,

982
00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:11,880
Speaker 3: if the Bengals made that decision on Zach Taylor about today,

983
00:57:12,400 --> 00:57:14,640
Speaker 3: that's the lamest thing I've ever heard in my life.

984
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:18,439
Speaker 3: It's not about today. You're not playing for your life.

985
00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:22,920
Speaker 3: This is not a big game. Nobody's watching. The only

986
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:27,400
Speaker 3: reason they're watching is for Miles. And I understand that's

987
00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:31,280
Speaker 3: Zach's job and that is their game, and so it

988
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:34,520
Speaker 3: means a lot to them. But that's a thought that

989
00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:39,640
Speaker 3: you keep to yourself because Zach, I'm so sorry, but

990
00:57:39,720 --> 00:57:45,640
Speaker 3: you sound ridiculous. Sound you sound ridiculous. You sound like

991
00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:49,320
Speaker 3: you take yourself too seriously. You sound like you're unaware

992
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:53,320
Speaker 3: of the room completely, And so I can't even like

993
00:57:53,880 --> 00:57:56,360
Speaker 3: act like I know what his position must feel like.

994
00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:59,200
Speaker 3: It must suck. You're trying to win a football game

995
00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:03,440
Speaker 3: and nobody cares. So the bottom line, though, is that

996
00:58:03,520 --> 00:58:07,000
Speaker 3: you have to know that. You have to know that

997
00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:10,240
Speaker 3: that you were the only one who cared today. So

998
00:58:10,320 --> 00:58:14,040
Speaker 3: don't go to a microphone and act like a dummy

999
00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:17,720
Speaker 3: and diminish the only reason the rest of us were

1000
00:58:17,720 --> 00:58:24,080
Speaker 3: even paying attention to your game. Unbelievable. Well, and he's

1001
00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:27,000
Speaker 3: not going to take it anymore. He doesn't have to because.

1002
00:58:26,680 --> 00:58:30,520
Speaker 5: The season, and he's taking this clothes and belongings away

1003
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:32,880
Speaker 5: from the office tomorrow.

1004
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 4: And I don't know that I'm just speculating.

1005
00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:39,000
Speaker 5: My third one, I want to go to the college

1006
00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:41,440
Speaker 5: football and I want to give a shout out to

1007
00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:50,880
Speaker 5: my favorite coach, my favorite coach, Kurt Signetti. Let me

1008
00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:56,200
Speaker 5: tell you this man. It started last year and watching

1009
00:58:56,280 --> 00:59:01,960
Speaker 5: what this man has done with this program that was

1010
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:10,160
Speaker 5: the worst Division one football program ever ever, and watch

1011
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:14,480
Speaker 5: the turnaround he's had at this school. And you remember

1012
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:17,520
Speaker 5: they were in the playoffs last year as well. Yep,

1013
00:59:18,240 --> 00:59:22,480
Speaker 5: so in two years, I think they've lost two games

1014
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:29,960
Speaker 5: none this year. The worst program ever. And the thing

1015
00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:33,280
Speaker 5: I love about him is he lives in steps and

1016
00:59:33,320 --> 00:59:39,680
Speaker 5: walks in his greatness. Google me will forever be, I mean,

1017
00:59:40,280 --> 00:59:44,440
Speaker 5: I win Google me right. This is he's introducing himself

1018
00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:50,400
Speaker 5: to people. He's introducing himself to who's her faithful? Like

1019
00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:55,320
Speaker 5: look at Google me right, and at the at the

1020
00:59:55,560 --> 00:59:59,800
Speaker 5: at the at the pep Rowley, you know, midnight basketball.

1021
01:00:00,120 --> 01:00:02,760
Speaker 5: He was the produced sucks and sodas Michigan in ohiose

1022
01:00:02,920 --> 01:00:05,680
Speaker 5: and no, by the way, he's beating all of them. Okay,

1023
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:09,280
Speaker 5: and not only that this year, he his team is

1024
01:00:09,600 --> 01:00:16,840
Speaker 5: physically dominating the most physical teams in college football.

1025
01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:18,040
Speaker 4: So shout out to them.

1026
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:22,040
Speaker 5: I'm an Indiana fan, and I hope that they can

1027
01:00:22,080 --> 01:00:25,560
Speaker 5: finish these things off, this thing off in the Semis

1028
01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:28,800
Speaker 5: and then the national Championship and win this. I think

1029
01:00:28,840 --> 01:00:33,040
Speaker 5: that'll just be a tremendous cap to an already two

1030
01:00:33,160 --> 01:00:36,320
Speaker 5: stellar years for a coach who should win Coach of

1031
01:00:36,360 --> 01:00:37,520
Speaker 5: the Year every year, no.

1032
01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:44,240
Speaker 3: Doubt, no doubt, absolutely awesome stuff. Okay, before that's a

1033
01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:47,680
Speaker 3: great three things. Before we start setting the table for

1034
01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:50,800
Speaker 3: a Steve de Sager update, we get bonus to Sager.

1035
01:00:50,920 --> 01:00:51,840
Speaker 2: We got breaking.

1036
01:00:51,600 --> 01:00:57,120
Speaker 5: News, breaking news from Fox Sports.

1037
01:00:57,360 --> 01:00:59,960
Speaker 10: Atlanta had won its fourth straight game today to find

1038
01:01:00,280 --> 01:01:03,560
Speaker 10: eight and nine. They have fired it's official head coach

1039
01:01:03,680 --> 01:01:08,760
Speaker 10: Raheem Morris and general manager Terry Fontineau. In fact, Arthur Blank,

1040
01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:11,360
Speaker 10: the team owner, in a statement, talked about how much

1041
01:01:11,400 --> 01:01:13,800
Speaker 10: he likes each of them, but quote, the results on

1042
01:01:13,840 --> 01:01:16,800
Speaker 10: the field have not met our expectations or those of

1043
01:01:16,840 --> 01:01:21,480
Speaker 10: our fans and leadership. NFL Network says no timeline's been

1044
01:01:21,560 --> 01:01:24,360
Speaker 10: set for the completion of either search, but they will

1045
01:01:24,400 --> 01:01:29,480
Speaker 10: occur concurrently for coach and for a GM in Atlanta.

1046
01:01:30,440 --> 01:01:33,320
Speaker 3: There you have it, Valkanks clean house, yep, And you

1047
01:01:33,440 --> 01:01:37,280
Speaker 3: wonder and we went back earlier over all their norm

1048
01:01:37,360 --> 01:01:40,120
Speaker 3: gases in November. One game they had just won one

1049
01:01:40,160 --> 01:01:41,840
Speaker 3: of those, they'd be nine and eight, they'd have won

1050
01:01:41,880 --> 01:01:42,800
Speaker 3: the division.

1051
01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:45,760
Speaker 4: In the playoffs, and we had to put that on hold, right.

1052
01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:48,120
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know if he still would have

1053
01:01:48,160 --> 01:01:49,479
Speaker 2: gotten fired, but it wouldn't have been.

1054
01:01:49,360 --> 01:01:51,520
Speaker 5: The I promise you he wouldn't have got it fired

1055
01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:52,960
Speaker 5: if they would have won a division and had a

1056
01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:53,800
Speaker 5: home playoff game.

1057
01:01:53,920 --> 01:01:56,760
Speaker 3: By the way, you noticed that whole winning streak kind

1058
01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:58,320
Speaker 3: of happened with Kirk Cousin.

1059
01:01:58,440 --> 01:02:02,440
Speaker 5: Yes, yes, let's dive into that. Coming we need to

1060
01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:05,080
Speaker 5: swim in that. We need to dive into that. Let's

1061
01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:07,840
Speaker 5: talk about that. Yes, please, and Steve.

1062
01:02:07,720 --> 01:02:09,880
Speaker 3: Is eight minutes away and yeah, so we're going to

1063
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:14,000
Speaker 3: dive into the pool here coming up next with it

1064
01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:14,840
Speaker 3: from Salam.

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Speaker 3: Okay, yah, we're cruising through tonight. Cruising through tonight, kind

1081
01:03:09,880 --> 01:03:15,120
Speaker 3: of like Lamar Jackson in the open field flag on

1082
01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:17,400
Speaker 3: the play. I'll let you know, but the Ravens have

1083
01:03:17,520 --> 01:03:22,400
Speaker 3: moved into Steelers' territory. Lead ten to three whether this

1084
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:26,080
Speaker 3: one holds or not, and it won't good to see

1085
01:03:26,120 --> 01:03:30,720
Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson, you know, run. He used to be able

1086
01:03:30,720 --> 01:03:33,640
Speaker 3: to do that really really well, has not been able

1087
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Speaker 3: Search Fox Sports Radio wherever you get your podcasts, and

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Speaker 3: get off of the air.

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Speaker 2: And we promised to talk about that Falcons thing.

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Speaker 3: I really want to hear what you have to say

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Speaker 3: about it's former falcony from salam over here. But first,

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Speaker 3: but first, yeah, let's just seger it up a little bit,

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Speaker 3: Hay Steve Good.

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Speaker 2: Evening.

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Speaker 10: It is Baltimore ten to three at Pittsburgh and the

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Speaker 10: regular season finale in the NFL. Three and a half

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Speaker 10: minutes to go second quarter, you know there was a

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Speaker 10: tush push, not from Philadelphia, from Pittsburgh tonight. They brought

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Speaker 10: in Cam Hayward on offense to push Connor Hayward on

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Speaker 10: as one I'm sorry I didn't think of this first.

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Speaker 10: As one Yahoo writer said, that is a literal brotherly

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Speaker 10: shoves right perfect.

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Speaker 2: They probably have done it a million times.

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Speaker 10: Aaron Rodgers just fifty one yards passing in the first half,

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Speaker 10: and it's ten to three for the visitors. Because you know,

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Speaker 10: Derrick Henry's on the Ravens fifteen carries one hundred and

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Speaker 10: twelve yards rushing in the first half. He's over fifteen

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Speaker 10: hundred yards for the season for the fifth time in

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Speaker 10: his career over fifteen hundred yards more. That ties Barry

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Speaker 10: Sanders for the most such seasons in NFL history. Again,

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Speaker 10: about three minutes to go in the first half, Pittsburgh's

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Speaker 10: offense on the field, down ten to three to Baltimore,

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Speaker 10: the winner. Tonight hosts the Texans, next weekend. In a

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Speaker 10: wild card game, we mentioned it is official. Atlanta after

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Speaker 10: the win today nineteen seventeen over New Orleans did fire

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Speaker 10: its head coach Raheem Morris out in Atlanta and Falcons

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Speaker 10: GM Terry Fonto out as well. That result, the Falcons

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Speaker 10: home win gave Carolina the division title and eliminated Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 10: Detroit won at Chicago, but the Bears are still the

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Speaker 10: two seed in the NFC because Philadelphia lost at home

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Speaker 10: as well. The Bears have a playoff opener hosting Green Bay.

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Speaker 10: The Eagles will host the forty nine Ers next weekend.

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Speaker 10: The Rams beat Arizona to move up to the five seeds,

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Speaker 10: so they'll play at Carolina in the AFC. The one

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Speaker 10: seed Denver beat the Chargers Broncos, we'll have a bye

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Speaker 10: next weekend. Patriots are the two seed fourteen and three

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Speaker 10: this year. They'll be hosting the Chargers next weekend. Buffalo

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Speaker 10: beat the Jets thirty five eight. Bills open the playoffs

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Speaker 10: at Jacksonville, a team that has won eight in a row.

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Speaker 10: Trevor Lawrence three touchdown passes in a victory over Tennessee

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Speaker 10: forty one to seven. Jacksonville clinches the AFC South title.

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Speaker 10: The Raiders already secured the number one overall draft choice

1144
01:06:35,760 --> 01:06:38,600
Speaker 10: when the Giants won again to finish four and thirteen

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01:06:39,120 --> 01:06:43,320
Speaker 10: thirty four to seventeen. Giants over Dallas Jackson Dart two

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Speaker 10: d TD passes, and then the Raiders went out and

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Speaker 10: got a home win against Kansas City or What's left

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Speaker 10: of Them, fourteen to twelve. The final, Houston won its

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Speaker 10: ninth straight game thirty eight thirty over Indy. Cleveland won

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Speaker 10: twenty to eighteen at Cincinnati ot a forty nine yard

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Speaker 10: field goal on the final play, and Yes Miles of

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Speaker 10: the Browns, who needed one sack from the new NFL

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Speaker 10: record for one season, got that. Minnesota won its fifth

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Speaker 10: straight game to finish nine and eight, speeding Green Bay

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Speaker 10: sixteen to three. The Packers were locked in as the

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Speaker 10: seventh seed. TCU quarterback Josh Hoover will transfer to Indiana

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01:07:17,360 --> 01:07:20,800
Speaker 10: and reportedly enroll there this month. The college football playoff

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Speaker 10: semifinals were on Thursday and Friday. This week. Women's basketball

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Speaker 10: number two Texas won sixty seven sixty four over fifteenth

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Speaker 10: ranked Old Miss and twelfth rank Vanderbilt upset Number five

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Speaker 10: LSU sixty five sixty one and I found this from

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Speaker 10: a day game in women's hoops today Northeast Conference, Fairleigh

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Speaker 10: Dickinson wins seventy three twenty eight at Saint Francis in Pennsylvania,

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Speaker 10: the losing side oho to thirteen. It made one three

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Speaker 10: pointer in today's game, one for twenty one, and only

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Speaker 10: eight baskets overall in the four quarters, eight for fifty

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Speaker 10: from the floor. They lose at home three twenty eight

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Speaker 10: in front of attendance of one hundred and twenty seven.

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Speaker 10: Oh my god, wow updating under three minutes to go

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Speaker 10: and pack it up. It is ravens ten to three

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Speaker 10: over the stealer respec to you.

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Speaker 2: Great stuff, Steve.

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Speaker 3: I had all kinds of like mean things to throw

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Speaker 3: in there that I just decided to eat.

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Speaker 2: What was the attendance?

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Speaker 10: One twenty seven?

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Speaker 2: One twenty seven? Not two? Yeah? Three?

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Speaker 4: Not full?

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Speaker 5: Is that counting help staff and the trainers and the

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Speaker 5: concession statisticians. It's just one concession stand open, So I

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01:08:40,479 --> 01:08:41,960
Speaker 5: got no everybody can come up here.

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Speaker 10: And just be giving away food at that point, which.

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Speaker 2: That it sounds wonderful.

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Speaker 4: No lines, Oh it won't be any life.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we'll even bring the food to your seat.

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Speaker 2: For you actly exactly wows.

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Speaker 3: It's such an interesting just like little factoid day. And

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Speaker 3: so I feel like Steve is really in his bag

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Speaker 3: tonight because of all these right you got the just

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Speaker 3: the finality of the standings and all the little weird stuff.

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Speaker 3: Like he was talking about the NFC North, everybody's record

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Speaker 3: is better than everybody in the NFC South.

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Speaker 10: There was an NFC stuth South stat that came out

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Speaker 10: from AP after the Atlanta firing of Raheem Morris. His

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Speaker 10: winning percentage as a head coach. Yeah, under four hundred.

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Speaker 10: It's three ninety eight, which means of coaches since the

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Speaker 10: merger going back to nineteen seventy, any coaches that have

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Speaker 10: coached at least seventy five NFL games. He ranks one

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Speaker 10: to eleven out of one twenty six on that list

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Speaker 10: of head coaches. Okay, and as you say, not in

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01:09:44,520 --> 01:09:45,519
Speaker 10: the toughest division.

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Speaker 2: So he's probably not got a wrongful termination suit. No,

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Speaker 2: is what you're saying.

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Speaker 10: Maybe you're adding him to the list of which we

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Speaker 10: have talked about before, guys who've been good coordinators. But

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Speaker 10: you know, the North.

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Speaker 2: Turner Award, I think is what they called.

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Speaker 5: That comes to mind. They a couple million dollars will

1209
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Speaker 5: be a coordinator. Brandon Staley can have a job, and

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Speaker 5: then you can have a job. It's a fair statement.

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Speaker 2: Man, how many times in NFL history.

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Speaker 4: Daniel Hackett can continue to get work? Then?

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Speaker 3: How many times has the top three records in an

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Speaker 3: entire conference all been in the same division.

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Speaker 4: I'd love to know that. Wow, that's a pretty good one.

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Speaker 2: Top three records in a conference all in the same

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Speaker 2: division of a division.

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Speaker 10: That's right. I didn't think about that because there, of

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Speaker 10: course can't be seated one, two three.

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Speaker 2: Right, and because the Bears and Eagles both decided to

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Speaker 2: lose today.

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Speaker 10: One thing I noticed about the Bears is I heard

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Speaker 10: on the listening of the Bears game on the way

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Speaker 10: in in the division, the Bears the division champ went

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Speaker 10: two and four.

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Speaker 2: Correct, It's crazy.

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Speaker 10: There were only two teams since the merger to win

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Speaker 10: a division title with simply a losing record in that

1229
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Speaker 10: division once in the last fifty years. That was the

1230
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Speaker 10: twenty ten Chiefs. But the Bears had so many magical

1231
01:11:09,160 --> 01:11:13,559
Speaker 10: finishes otherwise nobody will remember they went to and four

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Speaker 10: in the division at all. The Bears had more wins

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Speaker 10: this year when they were losing with two minutes to go.

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Speaker 10: Then they had total wins all of last year.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god. Yeah. And by the way, they almost

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Speaker 2: did it again today.

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Speaker 4: Yeah they did.

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Speaker 2: They're down sixteen.

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Speaker 4: They did what they were supposed to yep.

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Speaker 3: I mean in these last two games that and they

1241
01:11:37,800 --> 01:11:42,800
Speaker 3: lost them both both of them were just by a nosehair.

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Speaker 2: So that's just who they are. And I'd expect nothing

1243
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Speaker 2: different with.

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Speaker 10: Setting it up for a double doink in the playoffs,

1245
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Speaker 10: is it not.

1246
01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:56,320
Speaker 5: Well, they get the advantaged because they don't have Michael

1247
01:11:56,320 --> 01:11:59,280
Speaker 5: Parsons on the other end chasing them down.

1248
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Speaker 4: So that's a huge break.

1249
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:02,639
Speaker 10: What have the Packers done in the last month?

1250
01:12:02,760 --> 01:12:08,599
Speaker 3: Yea ball game. It was December seventh. By the way,

1251
01:12:08,680 --> 01:12:10,320
Speaker 3: remember who the last team they beat was.

1252
01:12:13,200 --> 01:12:21,280
Speaker 9: Uh, the Bears, Bears exactly exactly.

1253
01:12:21,400 --> 01:12:26,160
Speaker 3: But yeah, four losses in a row since then since then,

1254
01:12:26,680 --> 01:12:28,920
Speaker 3: and the way the Bears run the ball. And after

1255
01:12:28,960 --> 01:12:31,599
Speaker 3: watching what Derrick Henry did to the Packers a couple

1256
01:12:31,560 --> 01:12:41,000
Speaker 3: of nights after Christmas, watch out, watch out, I bet, I.

1257
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Speaker 2: Bet lead the lap.

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01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:45,120
Speaker 3: Famous Packer fan is dying to turn the microphone on

1259
01:12:45,200 --> 01:12:47,040
Speaker 3: right now and just tell us we're awful people.

1260
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Speaker 10: I'm dying here. I can't wait. I'm dying for this

1261
01:12:50,439 --> 01:12:52,439
Speaker 10: revenge game. Best two out of three. Get it out

1262
01:12:52,439 --> 01:12:54,439
Speaker 10: of the way, Get get that taste out of our mouth.

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01:12:54,479 --> 01:12:58,560
Speaker 4: Are you all healthy? Are you really that confident? I am?

1264
01:12:58,680 --> 01:13:01,400
Speaker 10: I really am. Why you're one of those fans because

1265
01:13:01,400 --> 01:13:02,000
Speaker 10: it's the Bears?

1266
01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:04,599
Speaker 4: No, no, no, what no, no, just give me because.

1267
01:13:04,400 --> 01:13:07,000
Speaker 11: If Packers Bears love is healthy, he's gonna he's gonna

1268
01:13:07,000 --> 01:13:09,360
Speaker 11: come in this this whole year, we all talk about

1269
01:13:09,400 --> 01:13:11,400
Speaker 11: the parody of this year. Nobody's really dominant. It's all

1270
01:13:11,439 --> 01:13:13,360
Speaker 11: about who's gonna get hot right now?

1271
01:13:13,479 --> 01:13:15,439
Speaker 4: Yes, hot right now?

1272
01:13:15,560 --> 01:13:16,120
Speaker 1: No, they are not.

1273
01:13:16,320 --> 01:13:18,040
Speaker 10: Okay, we are not hot right now?

1274
01:13:18,200 --> 01:13:19,760
Speaker 4: Right Who is hot right now? Yeah?

1275
01:13:19,840 --> 01:13:23,439
Speaker 7: It's uh the Jaguars, Yeah.

1276
01:13:23,280 --> 01:13:26,200
Speaker 10: Yeah, every single playoff teams.

1277
01:13:25,720 --> 01:13:27,800
Speaker 2: The Seahawks are super hot.

1278
01:13:27,880 --> 01:13:31,120
Speaker 4: Yes, the Awks are hot. Seven and Jags are hot.

1279
01:13:31,320 --> 01:13:33,519
Speaker 4: Jacksons are hot.

1280
01:13:33,880 --> 01:13:36,599
Speaker 10: They're in the A would be according to script, if

1281
01:13:36,720 --> 01:13:39,960
Speaker 10: even Seattle got to the playoffs at home no less

1282
01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:42,080
Speaker 10: in a couple of weeks and Sam Darnold turns it

1283
01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:44,600
Speaker 10: over a couple of times, and oh my goodness, the

1284
01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:45,280
Speaker 10: season is over.

1285
01:13:45,560 --> 01:13:49,160
Speaker 2: Here's again factoid day. Here's another fun one.

1286
01:13:49,880 --> 01:13:54,479
Speaker 3: Of all seven NFC playoff teams, how many of them

1287
01:13:54,680 --> 01:13:56,320
Speaker 3: won their most recent game?

1288
01:13:58,240 --> 01:13:59,640
Speaker 10: The Rams did win today, m.

1289
01:13:59,720 --> 01:14:04,439
Speaker 3: Yep, obviously the Hawks somebody won last night. There's the

1290
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Speaker 3: end of your list. Oh wow, that's it.

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01:14:08,520 --> 01:14:08,960
Speaker 2: That's it.

1292
01:14:10,840 --> 01:14:13,639
Speaker 5: Okay, But but in that's the list in that how

1293
01:14:13,680 --> 01:14:15,720
Speaker 5: many were resting starters?

1294
01:14:16,640 --> 01:14:17,600
Speaker 10: Fair?

1295
01:14:17,760 --> 01:14:18,320
Speaker 2: The Eagles?

1296
01:14:18,560 --> 01:14:22,479
Speaker 3: Eagles were Packers, Uh yeah, yes.

1297
01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:24,960
Speaker 10: Yes, Packers, Clayton and no offense.

1298
01:14:28,920 --> 01:14:32,200
Speaker 3: Were they resting Jordan Love and Malik Willis or were

1299
01:14:32,200 --> 01:14:32,880
Speaker 3: they hurt?

1300
01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:35,280
Speaker 4: They're both the same thing.

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01:14:35,640 --> 01:14:38,160
Speaker 10: It's like rest Josh Jacobs kind of hurt.

1302
01:14:38,240 --> 01:14:40,880
Speaker 5: They're both the same thing. Because if today was a

1303
01:14:40,920 --> 01:14:44,960
Speaker 5: playoff game, they'd play. Everyone played, everyone would have played.

1304
01:14:45,040 --> 01:14:49,479
Speaker 10: Okay, it was Carolina resting starters yesterday.

1305
01:14:50,320 --> 01:14:51,800
Speaker 2: Actually Carolina doesn't have it.

1306
01:14:51,840 --> 01:14:54,559
Speaker 4: They don't have any starters exactly. They just have what

1307
01:14:54,640 --> 01:14:54,960
Speaker 4: they have.

1308
01:14:55,640 --> 01:14:57,559
Speaker 10: No, we're never going to get those three hours back.

1309
01:14:58,720 --> 01:15:01,200
Speaker 2: They just have helmets for for some reason that somebody

1310
01:15:01,240 --> 01:15:01,599
Speaker 2: gave them.

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Speaker 10: By the way, the updating the Steelers is Aaron Rodgers

1312
01:15:04,840 --> 01:15:08,360
Speaker 10: on a third and long just had a twenty yard run.

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01:15:08,600 --> 01:15:10,200
Speaker 4: Yes, okay, they are.

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01:15:10,120 --> 01:15:12,879
Speaker 10: In field goal range and they've already kicked a fifty

1315
01:15:12,960 --> 01:15:15,880
Speaker 10: seven yarder on a very cold night in Pittsburgh. It

1316
01:15:15,960 --> 01:15:17,720
Speaker 10: might not be ten to three. We still got a

1317
01:15:17,760 --> 01:15:19,479
Speaker 10: minute to go until halftime.

1318
01:15:20,840 --> 01:15:21,639
Speaker 2: High red zone.

1319
01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:24,160
Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers took that around the left side and it

1320
01:15:24,200 --> 01:15:26,599
Speaker 3: looked like the defenders were all like, old man's gonna

1321
01:15:26,640 --> 01:15:28,320
Speaker 3: run out of bounds because he's tired.

1322
01:15:28,840 --> 01:15:30,600
Speaker 2: And then he just kept running. He just turned it

1323
01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:31,400
Speaker 2: upfield Mary.

1324
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Speaker 10: What I will say about Aaron Rodgers as much as

1325
01:15:34,120 --> 01:15:36,280
Speaker 10: the passes have been short and he gets the ball

1326
01:15:36,320 --> 01:15:38,759
Speaker 10: out as quick as possible, I don't mean just recently.

1327
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:41,280
Speaker 10: I mean that's been the Steelers' offense is not going

1328
01:15:41,400 --> 01:15:43,720
Speaker 10: very far in too many games this season. He did

1329
01:15:43,800 --> 01:15:46,599
Speaker 10: have a game where he attempted a hail Mary pass

1330
01:15:46,720 --> 01:15:50,760
Speaker 10: and according to the Next Gen stats, Aaron Rodgers threw

1331
01:15:50,800 --> 01:15:52,240
Speaker 10: it seventy yards in the air.

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01:15:52,320 --> 01:15:54,679
Speaker 4: Oh he kept playing that thing still, Aaron Rodgers.

1333
01:15:54,880 --> 01:15:57,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, that guy's still in there somewhere.

1334
01:15:57,160 --> 01:15:59,679
Speaker 10: It's not like Philip Rivers, where the ball just wasn't

1335
01:15:59,680 --> 01:16:02,280
Speaker 10: getting to the receiver on time if he dared throw

1336
01:16:02,360 --> 01:16:02,960
Speaker 10: down field.

1337
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:05,880
Speaker 2: It was not that the Philip thing was incredible.

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01:16:06,200 --> 01:16:08,640
Speaker 5: He did it, man, he looked I'm happy because he

1339
01:16:08,720 --> 01:16:09,599
Speaker 5: got his healthcare.

1340
01:16:09,880 --> 01:16:12,240
Speaker 3: Say you know your perspective is the only one that

1341
01:16:12,320 --> 01:16:14,400
Speaker 3: matters in all of this, because you've like had a

1342
01:16:14,439 --> 01:16:17,679
Speaker 3: completely different like nobody else in the world was looking at.

1343
01:16:17,520 --> 01:16:18,080
Speaker 2: It that way.

1344
01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:21,920
Speaker 5: I would come back right now, if you'll reset my healthcare.

1345
01:16:21,640 --> 01:16:24,240
Speaker 2: I'd sign you if I were a GM.

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01:16:23,600 --> 01:16:27,840
Speaker 5: Right now, sign me up. I'm available for a playoff roster.

1347
01:16:29,040 --> 01:16:31,519
Speaker 5: You I mean, now, do not put me in the game.

1348
01:16:32,040 --> 01:16:36,520
Speaker 5: Well no, I'm a cash in on that insurance policy immediately,

1349
01:16:36,800 --> 01:16:38,120
Speaker 5: because but.

1350
01:16:38,600 --> 01:16:40,960
Speaker 10: I'm saying, you would look like that left tackle the

1351
01:16:41,040 --> 01:16:42,640
Speaker 10: Chargers had to use Ago.

1352
01:16:43,120 --> 01:16:44,639
Speaker 4: I felt so bad for that young man.

1353
01:16:44,760 --> 01:16:45,360
Speaker 10: My goodness.

1354
01:16:45,640 --> 01:16:49,439
Speaker 5: Remember a couple of years, I can have Justice Kid

1355
01:16:49,479 --> 01:16:54,800
Speaker 5: from se Wwinston. Justice which from Cleveland, right, I mean, no, no, no, no,

1356
01:16:55,000 --> 01:16:55,599
Speaker 5: Philly right?

1357
01:16:56,080 --> 01:16:59,160
Speaker 10: Oh what about Alex Leatherwood from Alabama that the Raiders

1358
01:16:59,200 --> 01:16:59,880
Speaker 10: wasted a pick?

1359
01:17:00,160 --> 01:17:02,960
Speaker 5: But it was it wasn't at the Philadelphia. Wasn't at

1360
01:17:03,080 --> 01:17:06,320
Speaker 5: him from Winston? Justice did to Philly?

1361
01:17:06,560 --> 01:17:08,960
Speaker 2: He did? He did? Yes, he did, he did.

1362
01:17:09,160 --> 01:17:13,040
Speaker 4: He had the five sac game I think against.

1363
01:17:12,760 --> 01:17:14,479
Speaker 2: Yes, this wasn't like.

1364
01:17:14,479 --> 01:17:19,560
Speaker 10: Khalil Mack or Derek Thomas is the other way.

1365
01:17:19,560 --> 01:17:22,639
Speaker 4: Oh God, And I just was dying for him.

1366
01:17:22,720 --> 01:17:27,000
Speaker 5: Man. Look I've had a stretch of plays where I'm like,

1367
01:17:27,120 --> 01:17:29,320
Speaker 5: I can't I can't block this guy.

1368
01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:31,400
Speaker 4: But just.

1369
01:17:32,960 --> 01:17:36,439
Speaker 5: I've also had enough success for me to think for

1370
01:17:36,479 --> 01:17:37,439
Speaker 5: me to know that, oh.

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01:17:37,320 --> 01:17:38,520
Speaker 4: This is a one off.

1372
01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:42,680
Speaker 5: But when you're a young player and you come in,

1373
01:17:43,320 --> 01:17:44,680
Speaker 5: you want to talk about.

1374
01:17:45,960 --> 01:17:47,080
Speaker 4: Into your confidence.

1375
01:17:47,200 --> 01:17:50,439
Speaker 10: A guy who an NFL team started at left tackle

1376
01:17:50,479 --> 01:17:53,360
Speaker 10: a week ago literally did not make it through the game.

1377
01:17:53,439 --> 01:17:56,080
Speaker 10: That after Justin Herbert had been hit five times.

1378
01:17:56,200 --> 01:17:58,240
Speaker 4: They just best like, hey man, you gotta go bro.

1379
01:17:58,520 --> 01:18:01,160
Speaker 10: And they don't have offensive line. So that's how bad

1380
01:18:01,160 --> 01:18:01,400
Speaker 10: it is.

1381
01:18:01,800 --> 01:18:04,280
Speaker 5: Let me tell you, Let me, let me let everybody know.

1382
01:18:05,160 --> 01:18:07,680
Speaker 5: It is tough living out there on that island at

1383
01:18:07,760 --> 01:18:12,000
Speaker 5: left tackle. All right, this is a I'm being honest.

1384
01:18:13,439 --> 01:18:17,000
Speaker 5: Fans get mad. You gotta block them, come on, and

1385
01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:18,800
Speaker 5: and it's.

1386
01:18:18,880 --> 01:18:22,240
Speaker 4: Hard to do that.

1387
01:18:22,240 --> 01:18:24,479
Speaker 5: That's why teams don't have a whole bunch of left

1388
01:18:24,479 --> 01:18:27,120
Speaker 5: tackles on the roster, not a whole bunch of extra

1389
01:18:27,240 --> 01:18:28,479
Speaker 5: left tackles sitting on a bench.

1390
01:18:28,640 --> 01:18:33,040
Speaker 10: And you can't just trade for the mid season because

1391
01:18:33,400 --> 01:18:35,200
Speaker 10: the ones are not giving up.

1392
01:18:35,000 --> 01:18:39,760
Speaker 5: The good ones all start for someone. And so when

1393
01:18:39,760 --> 01:18:42,360
Speaker 5: you're in a position to when you're in your second

1394
01:18:42,479 --> 01:18:48,000
Speaker 5: third and fourth tackle. Good luck, brother, there are no

1395
01:18:48,080 --> 01:18:52,479
Speaker 5: hidden gyms. Okay, there's no hidden gyms. You're not gonna

1396
01:18:52,479 --> 01:18:53,800
Speaker 5: lift a rock and be like, oh we got a

1397
01:18:53,840 --> 01:18:57,680
Speaker 5: left tackle onto here. No no, no no. So you know,

1398
01:18:57,800 --> 01:18:59,800
Speaker 5: shout out to all the young tackles trying to figure

1399
01:18:59,800 --> 01:19:04,840
Speaker 5: it out. Out, I get it, and just keep your

1400
01:19:04,840 --> 01:19:05,719
Speaker 5: head down and grind.

1401
01:19:07,040 --> 01:19:07,920
Speaker 2: That's all well said.

1402
01:19:07,960 --> 01:19:10,040
Speaker 3: The Steelers are going to see if they can turn

1403
01:19:10,040 --> 01:19:12,600
Speaker 3: a rock over and find a touchdown. Hasn't happened so

1404
01:19:12,680 --> 01:19:14,519
Speaker 3: far here in this first half. They've got a few

1405
01:19:14,560 --> 01:19:17,559
Speaker 3: ticks left and they're firing away. We'll let you know

1406
01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:20,800
Speaker 3: how this all wraps up in just a second with

1407
01:19:20,840 --> 01:19:26,599
Speaker 3: you from Salama, Mark Willard and this is Fox Sports Radio.

1408
01:19:26,880 --> 01:19:29,080
Speaker 1: Don't listening to Fox Sports Radio.

1409
01:19:29,320 --> 01:19:34,120
Speaker 2: Radio, Fox Sports Radio Studios, and I do. We're gonna

1410
01:19:34,120 --> 01:19:35,839
Speaker 2: get to this Falcons thing, I promise.

1411
01:19:35,920 --> 01:19:39,200
Speaker 3: But now now we got to talk about the way

1412
01:19:39,280 --> 01:19:39,799
Speaker 3: that happens.

1413
01:19:39,800 --> 01:19:40,840
Speaker 4: We got to talk about it.

1414
01:19:40,880 --> 01:19:42,920
Speaker 2: Well, what'd you think? What would you have done?

1415
01:19:42,920 --> 01:19:43,280
Speaker 4: All right?

1416
01:19:43,320 --> 01:19:47,120
Speaker 5: So Lee, our super producer, was like, what do you

1417
01:19:47,160 --> 01:19:49,040
Speaker 5: do here? Do you kick it or you go for it?

1418
01:19:49,439 --> 01:19:51,320
Speaker 3: And then there's get the ball at the one yard

1419
01:19:51,360 --> 01:19:52,920
Speaker 3: line with two seconds.

1420
01:19:52,520 --> 01:19:54,760
Speaker 5: To go, And initially I was like, you gotta go

1421
01:19:54,880 --> 01:19:56,920
Speaker 5: for it, right, And I thought they would use the

1422
01:19:56,920 --> 01:19:58,679
Speaker 5: play that they have their own version of the touch

1423
01:19:58,760 --> 01:20:01,640
Speaker 5: push that they use with Connor. Hey, yep, they have

1424
01:20:01,720 --> 01:20:04,000
Speaker 5: different variations out of it too, so it puts a

1425
01:20:04,000 --> 01:20:06,920
Speaker 5: lot of pressure on the defense. So if I'm doing

1426
01:20:06,960 --> 01:20:09,000
Speaker 5: that from the one yard line, that's the play I'm going.

1427
01:20:09,400 --> 01:20:12,719
Speaker 5: But I didn't realize that the Steelers get the ball

1428
01:20:13,600 --> 01:20:16,439
Speaker 5: in the second half to start. So for me, with

1429
01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:20,040
Speaker 5: two seconds left on the one yard line, I take

1430
01:20:20,120 --> 01:20:24,040
Speaker 5: the points because now I could possibly have a ten

1431
01:20:24,080 --> 01:20:29,000
Speaker 5: point swing or a six point swing scoring now and

1432
01:20:29,040 --> 01:20:32,880
Speaker 5: then scoring with the opening kickoff in the second half.

1433
01:20:34,200 --> 01:20:40,679
Speaker 2: Hm. Well, it just very very very clearly did not work.

1434
01:20:42,040 --> 01:20:45,360
Speaker 2: It did not. I don't know, man.

1435
01:20:46,080 --> 01:20:50,360
Speaker 5: That's I'm not a fan of a play where you

1436
01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:54,559
Speaker 5: throw the ball away from the line of scrimmage a yard.

1437
01:20:55,160 --> 01:20:55,720
Speaker 4: I hate that.

1438
01:20:57,680 --> 01:21:02,400
Speaker 5: I think whenever you pull linemen and opening gaps and

1439
01:21:02,439 --> 01:21:06,280
Speaker 5: doing things like that to get a yard, that's problematic.

1440
01:21:06,439 --> 01:21:11,920
Speaker 3: These AFC North games constantly come down to a field goal,

1441
01:21:13,120 --> 01:21:16,880
Speaker 3: and boy, if I'm the Steelers, I would really.

1442
01:21:16,600 --> 01:21:19,600
Speaker 2: Rather be down ten to six than ten to three.

1443
01:21:19,600 --> 01:21:22,759
Speaker 3: That's all I'm saying, Okay, we'll get to the Falcons

1444
01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:23,320
Speaker 3: thing next.

1445
01:21:24,560 --> 01:21:27,240
Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.

1446
01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:30,800
Speaker 3: Off we go deep into the night, and this thing

1447
01:21:30,920 --> 01:21:34,639
Speaker 3: not only has started to take shape, but now we're

1448
01:21:34,760 --> 01:21:37,160
Speaker 3: down to the nitty and the gritty.

1449
01:21:37,200 --> 01:21:38,479
Speaker 2: One half of.

1450
01:21:38,400 --> 01:21:43,519
Speaker 3: Regular season football is left to go in this season.

1451
01:21:43,960 --> 01:21:46,240
Speaker 3: At the end of it, we'll have our answer if

1452
01:21:46,280 --> 01:21:48,840
Speaker 3: the Texans are on their way to Baltimore or Pittsburgh,

1453
01:21:48,880 --> 01:21:52,760
Speaker 3: as you just heard Steve say, Baltimore ten, Pittsburgh three.

1454
01:21:52,920 --> 01:21:53,559
Speaker 2: At half.

1455
01:21:53,640 --> 01:21:58,560
Speaker 3: We are broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio studios.

1456
01:21:58,600 --> 01:22:00,960
Speaker 3: The breaking news within the out is that the Atlanta

1457
01:22:01,000 --> 01:22:02,960
Speaker 3: Falcons have cleaned house.

1458
01:22:03,320 --> 01:22:05,200
Speaker 2: They have parted ways.

1459
01:22:05,120 --> 01:22:08,240
Speaker 3: With head coach Raheem Morris, even though they tied for

1460
01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:12,920
Speaker 3: first place this year. Yeah, not like it sounds everybody.

1461
01:22:13,000 --> 01:22:15,800
Speaker 3: Eight to nine in the NFC South. The Panthers go

1462
01:22:15,840 --> 01:22:19,160
Speaker 3: to the playoffs, the Falcons go to the drawing board.

1463
01:22:19,720 --> 01:22:21,360
Speaker 2: And we've been waiting.

1464
01:22:21,040 --> 01:22:24,839
Speaker 3: To have this conversation about what this means going forward.

1465
01:22:25,040 --> 01:22:26,559
Speaker 2: You and I e From have had.

1466
01:22:26,720 --> 01:22:31,760
Speaker 3: I can't even count how many conversations we've had through

1467
01:22:31,800 --> 01:22:36,320
Speaker 3: the last couple of years about the Falcons quarterback situation.

1468
01:22:37,080 --> 01:22:40,280
Speaker 3: I will go to my graves someday, not understanding what

1469
01:22:40,400 --> 01:22:44,639
Speaker 3: it was they were meaning to do when they signed

1470
01:22:44,720 --> 01:22:49,360
Speaker 3: Kirk Cousins to a massive, expensive free agent contract and

1471
01:22:49,400 --> 01:22:52,559
Speaker 3: then backed that up almost immediately by using a top

1472
01:22:52,680 --> 01:22:56,320
Speaker 3: ten pick on Michael Pennix. I don't get it, but

1473
01:22:57,080 --> 01:23:02,280
Speaker 3: it hasn't been as I guess, as sort of dirty

1474
01:23:02,280 --> 01:23:05,880
Speaker 3: as it sounds like it would be. But we have

1475
01:23:06,040 --> 01:23:09,200
Speaker 3: arrived at a spot where it does get a little confusing.

1476
01:23:09,280 --> 01:23:11,439
Speaker 3: The Falcons going a nice win streak at the end

1477
01:23:11,479 --> 01:23:14,000
Speaker 3: of the year. It's not like Cousins was slinging the

1478
01:23:14,000 --> 01:23:17,400
Speaker 3: ball all over the yard, but they're winning football games.

1479
01:23:17,760 --> 01:23:21,240
Speaker 3: They do it after a major injury to Pennis, Cousins

1480
01:23:21,280 --> 01:23:24,639
Speaker 3: goes out there and wins four in a row.

1481
01:23:24,880 --> 01:23:27,599
Speaker 2: He from what do you do now?

1482
01:23:29,320 --> 01:23:32,719
Speaker 5: I mean, he's already under contract. I don't think Michael

1483
01:23:32,760 --> 01:23:35,360
Speaker 5: Penicks will be ready for the beginning of the season

1484
01:23:35,400 --> 01:23:39,120
Speaker 5: next year, And even if he was, I would ride

1485
01:23:39,160 --> 01:23:42,519
Speaker 5: out with Kirk Cousins. Michael Pennis is a young player,

1486
01:23:43,680 --> 01:23:47,800
Speaker 5: just finished up his second season, got hurt, and so

1487
01:23:49,479 --> 01:23:53,559
Speaker 5: you know, naturally I would just I'm riding with Kurt.

1488
01:23:54,520 --> 01:23:58,960
Speaker 5: Michael can learn get healthy, and so next year I'm

1489
01:23:58,960 --> 01:24:02,680
Speaker 5: not even worried about it. Okay, well, you're already paying them,

1490
01:24:02,680 --> 01:24:03,679
Speaker 5: you don't have to pay them.

1491
01:24:03,880 --> 01:24:07,320
Speaker 3: Well, actually, the out, the potential out, and not that

1492
01:24:07,360 --> 01:24:09,760
Speaker 3: it's not got some dead cap attached to it, but

1493
01:24:09,800 --> 01:24:15,599
Speaker 3: the potential out in the deal is this offseason. That's

1494
01:24:15,640 --> 01:24:20,439
Speaker 3: where you if not you're you're sort of signing up.

1495
01:24:20,760 --> 01:24:23,880
Speaker 3: I mean, your hands aren't like tied here completely, but

1496
01:24:24,000 --> 01:24:28,080
Speaker 3: you're signing up for the remaining two years on the deal,

1497
01:24:28,720 --> 01:24:32,800
Speaker 3: both at thirty five million per year. And I just

1498
01:24:32,920 --> 01:24:36,000
Speaker 3: have to wonder if at some point, like we got

1499
01:24:36,040 --> 01:24:42,680
Speaker 3: teams all over the country who are basically kind of,

1500
01:24:43,280 --> 01:24:48,360
Speaker 3: you know, getting ripped and advised over what they should

1501
01:24:48,360 --> 01:24:51,760
Speaker 3: do because they've got X amount of dollars tied up

1502
01:24:52,320 --> 01:24:56,600
Speaker 3: in their salary cap, and how that trickles down and

1503
01:24:56,640 --> 01:25:00,559
Speaker 3: affects the rest of the roster and all of those things. Time,

1504
01:25:00,920 --> 01:25:04,080
Speaker 3: I don't hear anybody talk about this, and it's like,

1505
01:25:05,040 --> 01:25:08,599
Speaker 3: you guys did a four year, one hundred eighty million

1506
01:25:08,720 --> 01:25:14,760
Speaker 3: dollar deal and then eight seconds later put all your

1507
01:25:14,840 --> 01:25:19,400
Speaker 3: draft capital into his replacement. It's still to me, it

1508
01:25:19,560 --> 01:25:22,080
Speaker 3: still rides as one of the more mysterious things I've

1509
01:25:22,160 --> 01:25:25,720
Speaker 3: ever seen a Football front office. Do I got no

1510
01:25:25,840 --> 01:25:28,920
Speaker 3: problem with let's get a VET and a rookie. Not

1511
01:25:29,040 --> 01:25:32,360
Speaker 3: a rookie at the moment we signed someone to four

1512
01:25:32,479 --> 01:25:37,160
Speaker 3: years and a buck eighty right that I will never get.

1513
01:25:37,439 --> 01:25:41,439
Speaker 3: And if you don't do something this offseason, you're signing

1514
01:25:41,520 --> 01:25:43,599
Speaker 3: up to continue to do that for two more years.

1515
01:25:43,680 --> 01:25:45,920
Speaker 3: That has got to affect the rest of your roster

1516
01:25:46,000 --> 01:25:46,759
Speaker 3: in some way.

1517
01:25:46,800 --> 01:25:48,440
Speaker 4: It does. And I think.

1518
01:25:49,720 --> 01:25:51,519
Speaker 5: When you look like if I were the GM and

1519
01:25:51,520 --> 01:25:54,960
Speaker 5: and just you heard it here first breaking news from me,

1520
01:25:55,360 --> 01:25:58,439
Speaker 5: I'm throwing my hat in the ring to be the

1521
01:25:58,479 --> 01:26:00,160
Speaker 5: next GM of the Atlanta fl.

1522
01:26:00,400 --> 01:26:04,840
Speaker 2: Oh hey, this is exciting. So will you? Will you

1523
01:26:04,960 --> 01:26:07,719
Speaker 2: still be able to host this show? With my first question?

1524
01:26:07,880 --> 01:26:08,480
Speaker 4: Absolutely?

1525
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:10,040
Speaker 2: Okay? All right? So h.

1526
01:26:14,400 --> 01:26:19,320
Speaker 3: That was that was pretty funny live that Okay?

1527
01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:21,599
Speaker 2: Am I allowed to I can say that on the air.

1528
01:26:21,600 --> 01:26:24,640
Speaker 2: We're all this is It's fine. Sam just whispered in

1529
01:26:24,720 --> 01:26:27,960
Speaker 2: my ear. He goes, Hey, Doug Gottlieb did it man.

1530
01:26:28,880 --> 01:26:31,400
Speaker 3: I'm just saying, though I host a Sunday night show

1531
01:26:31,439 --> 01:26:34,000
Speaker 3: herey from I don't know if you'd be available if

1532
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:36,040
Speaker 3: you're the GM of the Falcons, but good luck.

1533
01:26:36,800 --> 01:26:39,120
Speaker 4: No sounds like a raise. I mean why not?

1534
01:26:39,360 --> 01:26:44,000
Speaker 5: I mean, I have ideas I'd love to I talk

1535
01:26:44,040 --> 01:26:45,480
Speaker 5: about I talk about.

1536
01:26:45,240 --> 01:26:48,120
Speaker 4: Them every week all year long.

1537
01:26:49,680 --> 01:26:52,320
Speaker 5: Well I'm talking about ideas and and and what teams

1538
01:26:52,320 --> 01:26:55,679
Speaker 5: should do and what they shouldn't do. So yeah, wow,

1539
01:26:55,720 --> 01:26:59,200
Speaker 5: I'm qualified. Jeff said they gave Jeff Saturday a whole

1540
01:26:59,360 --> 01:27:06,479
Speaker 5: coaching to be the head coach from at home, right, Like,

1541
01:27:06,600 --> 01:27:07,439
Speaker 5: so why not?

1542
01:27:07,760 --> 01:27:08,000
Speaker 4: Yeah?

1543
01:27:08,120 --> 01:27:11,320
Speaker 5: I'd love to be the GM of the team that

1544
01:27:11,400 --> 01:27:14,559
Speaker 5: drafted me. And then I went to the Super Bowl

1545
01:27:14,640 --> 01:27:17,280
Speaker 5: with why not? It can't be any worse?

1546
01:27:18,840 --> 01:27:23,920
Speaker 3: I mean, all right, OKAYGM of the Falcons, what would

1547
01:27:23,960 --> 01:27:24,320
Speaker 3: you do?

1548
01:27:24,640 --> 01:27:27,880
Speaker 5: I just told you Kirk Cousins is going to be

1549
01:27:27,920 --> 01:27:29,280
Speaker 5: our quarterback next year?

1550
01:27:29,479 --> 01:27:29,919
Speaker 1: Wow?

1551
01:27:30,160 --> 01:27:34,679
Speaker 3: I mean that's that is not a light handed move.

1552
01:27:34,800 --> 01:27:38,439
Speaker 5: It's not a light handed move. But what I'm saying

1553
01:27:38,800 --> 01:27:43,200
Speaker 5: is we still don't know what Michael. Look, Michael Pennix

1554
01:27:43,240 --> 01:27:49,639
Speaker 5: has had three ACL surgeries. Just let that sink in.

1555
01:27:50,880 --> 01:27:58,600
Speaker 5: Three ACL surgeries and the most brutal league on the

1556
01:27:58,640 --> 01:28:04,719
Speaker 5: planet Earth for football? Am I going to just bet

1557
01:28:04,760 --> 01:28:10,600
Speaker 5: on that? As a GM is my head coach? My

1558
01:28:10,760 --> 01:28:13,800
Speaker 5: new head coach going to sign up for that?

1559
01:28:16,840 --> 01:28:17,040
Speaker 2: Right?

1560
01:28:17,280 --> 01:28:21,120
Speaker 5: And so now I'm thinking as a GM Okay, number one,

1561
01:28:21,160 --> 01:28:25,360
Speaker 5: what gives us the best shot to win? Kirk Cousins

1562
01:28:25,400 --> 01:28:28,200
Speaker 5: is proven. They're on a five game win streak right

1563
01:28:28,200 --> 01:28:31,400
Speaker 5: now with Kurt at the helm. Uh, he has a

1564
01:28:31,439 --> 01:28:37,720
Speaker 5: tremendous rapport with Bijon and London. And he dusted off

1565
01:28:38,800 --> 01:28:46,200
Speaker 5: Kyle Pitts off the off the bust heap, and and

1566
01:28:46,200 --> 01:28:50,920
Speaker 5: and and he was formidable this year. So I'm for me.

1567
01:28:51,240 --> 01:28:54,240
Speaker 5: I'm trying to simplify this transition. Got to bring in

1568
01:28:54,280 --> 01:28:58,360
Speaker 5: a new coach, new coaching staff. Uh, what I don't

1569
01:28:58,400 --> 01:29:00,000
Speaker 5: want it to do is be an.

1570
01:29:00,040 --> 01:29:01,080
Speaker 4: A whole overhaul.

1571
01:29:02,200 --> 01:29:05,800
Speaker 5: All right, we were one game away from representing the

1572
01:29:05,840 --> 01:29:10,360
Speaker 5: division in the playoffs, so let me build on that.

1573
01:29:10,560 --> 01:29:15,840
Speaker 5: And in the draft, right, in the draft, then we

1574
01:29:15,920 --> 01:29:22,000
Speaker 5: will bolster the offensive line. Right, I'll we'll get it.

1575
01:29:22,040 --> 01:29:24,519
Speaker 5: I need a cornerback and I need another edge rusher.

1576
01:29:26,439 --> 01:29:30,000
Speaker 5: That's what we're doing in the draft. I'm going to

1577
01:29:30,040 --> 01:29:34,960
Speaker 5: get an offensive minded head coach, and I'm going to

1578
01:29:35,120 --> 01:29:41,559
Speaker 5: go and offer someone like Robert Sala more money to

1579
01:29:41,640 --> 01:29:42,519
Speaker 5: come over here.

1580
01:29:43,720 --> 01:29:49,160
Speaker 3: To keep your hands off my dtail. Right, I would

1581
01:29:49,280 --> 01:29:51,880
Speaker 3: like to see Robert Sala have a chance. Actually, Coach

1582
01:29:51,960 --> 01:29:54,559
Speaker 3: Brett Water and Nick Bosa. No, no, no, I'd like

1583
01:29:54,640 --> 01:29:57,160
Speaker 3: to see that next year. No, no, no, I'm talking.

1584
01:29:57,240 --> 01:30:01,160
Speaker 3: I'm taking this good coach man, tremendous coach. But no,

1585
01:30:01,320 --> 01:30:04,240
Speaker 3: that's what I'm That's that's where my mind goes. Okay,

1586
01:30:04,400 --> 01:30:07,360
Speaker 3: that's what I'll start. That's what I'll be, you know,

1587
01:30:07,720 --> 01:30:10,040
Speaker 3: be doing and thinking about and stuff like that.

1588
01:30:10,080 --> 01:30:12,719
Speaker 2: You know, I got you. We can keep batting this around.

1589
01:30:12,760 --> 01:30:15,240
Speaker 3: But I also think we should bat this around a

1590
01:30:15,280 --> 01:30:18,080
Speaker 3: little bit with our audience because at halftime of this

1591
01:30:18,200 --> 01:30:22,240
Speaker 3: Sunday night game, we got the official schedule for all

1592
01:30:22,280 --> 01:30:25,120
Speaker 3: of the games next weekend, so we can take a

1593
01:30:25,160 --> 01:30:28,680
Speaker 3: look now at not only who's playing who, but when

1594
01:30:28,720 --> 01:30:31,880
Speaker 3: it's going to be. And because I don't know if

1595
01:30:31,880 --> 01:30:34,639
Speaker 3: it's because, but these two teams that are still playing now,

1596
01:30:35,080 --> 01:30:36,840
Speaker 3: they do get the benefit of a little bit of

1597
01:30:36,880 --> 01:30:40,679
Speaker 3: an extra day for playing this late slot. They will

1598
01:30:40,760 --> 01:30:45,120
Speaker 3: host that Monday night game on January twelfth. Either the

1599
01:30:45,200 --> 01:30:49,000
Speaker 3: Ravens or the Steelers will host the Houston Texans a

1600
01:30:49,080 --> 01:30:50,960
Speaker 3: week from tomorrow night.

1601
01:30:52,600 --> 01:30:54,879
Speaker 2: In the final game of wild Card Weekend.

1602
01:30:55,400 --> 01:30:59,240
Speaker 3: The two games on Saturday will both hail from the NFC.

1603
01:30:59,840 --> 01:31:03,320
Speaker 3: As you might expect in a game that many consider

1604
01:31:03,360 --> 01:31:06,120
Speaker 3: to only be good enough to be an appetizer. The

1605
01:31:06,200 --> 01:31:09,360
Speaker 3: Rams and Panthers will play the first game. That game

1606
01:31:09,400 --> 01:31:13,400
Speaker 3: will be played at four thirty Eastern time on Saturday,

1607
01:31:13,840 --> 01:31:17,439
Speaker 3: and then the nightcap in the primetime window will be

1608
01:31:17,680 --> 01:31:24,880
Speaker 3: at the frozen Tundra of Soldier Field in Chicago. They

1609
01:31:24,960 --> 01:31:28,280
Speaker 3: both have a tundra, they're both frozen. They know each

1610
01:31:28,280 --> 01:31:32,800
Speaker 3: other well. Bears and Packers eight Eastern Saturday night.

1611
01:31:34,000 --> 01:31:34,960
Speaker 2: We then go to bed.

1612
01:31:35,200 --> 01:31:39,400
Speaker 3: At some point we wake up Sunday, January eleventh in

1613
01:31:39,479 --> 01:31:42,560
Speaker 3: a game that'll be at one Eastern time. The Buffalo

1614
01:31:42,760 --> 01:31:47,320
Speaker 3: Bills will visit the Jacksonville Jaguars. Then you get your

1615
01:31:47,400 --> 01:31:52,040
Speaker 3: four to thirty Eastern time game. In mid afternoon, the

1616
01:31:52,080 --> 01:31:55,320
Speaker 3: forty nine Ers will visit the Philadelphia Eagles, which means

1617
01:31:55,360 --> 01:31:59,120
Speaker 3: when you and I get together that game, I will

1618
01:31:59,160 --> 01:32:02,040
Speaker 3: be either very happy or very pissed right when the

1619
01:32:02,080 --> 01:32:05,599
Speaker 3: show starts, because that game will end, and then we

1620
01:32:05,640 --> 01:32:09,760
Speaker 3: will immediately take air and our watch party will be

1621
01:32:10,240 --> 01:32:14,879
Speaker 3: the Chargers visiting the New England Patriots eight o'clock Eastern

1622
01:32:14,960 --> 01:32:15,679
Speaker 3: next Sunday.

1623
01:32:15,720 --> 01:32:17,000
Speaker 2: That one's during our show.

1624
01:32:18,920 --> 01:32:23,040
Speaker 5: That's uh, I like you, that's the setup.

1625
01:32:23,080 --> 01:32:24,080
Speaker 4: It's going to be exciting.

1626
01:32:24,240 --> 01:32:27,479
Speaker 3: That's the setup man, And and and we haven't even

1627
01:32:27,560 --> 01:32:33,080
Speaker 3: really gotten too far into like you know what we think,

1628
01:32:33,240 --> 01:32:37,920
Speaker 3: like where's the upset? And and are any of these

1629
01:32:37,960 --> 01:32:46,479
Speaker 3: even upsets? If the Rams beat the Panthers, I think right, No,

1630
01:32:46,520 --> 01:32:48,559
Speaker 3: I'm saying, yeah, right, as long as the Rams beat

1631
01:32:48,600 --> 01:32:51,559
Speaker 3: the Panthers, I don't know if there's anything else that's

1632
01:32:51,600 --> 01:32:53,800
Speaker 3: even able to surprise me.

1633
01:32:54,479 --> 01:32:59,840
Speaker 5: Yeah, the rest of the weekend. Yeah, you're right. Yeah,

1634
01:33:00,840 --> 01:33:10,120
Speaker 5: unless that happens, Yeah, you're right. Anything else, hey, man,

1635
01:33:10,840 --> 01:33:11,920
Speaker 5: everything's on the table.

1636
01:33:12,560 --> 01:33:15,599
Speaker 3: I mean, I think based on what we saw last night,

1637
01:33:16,720 --> 01:33:19,120
Speaker 3: the next one on the list, I do think people

1638
01:33:19,160 --> 01:33:23,240
Speaker 3: think from a matchup standpoint, from a health standpoint, the

1639
01:33:23,320 --> 01:33:28,639
Speaker 3: Eagles do have a pretty good edge on the forty

1640
01:33:28,720 --> 01:33:33,760
Speaker 3: nine ers. I mean, the Niners lost two more linebackers

1641
01:33:33,840 --> 01:33:35,600
Speaker 3: last night. I don't even know if that like, I

1642
01:33:35,600 --> 01:33:38,960
Speaker 3: don't know if they're available, like you literally, by the

1643
01:33:39,040 --> 01:33:42,000
Speaker 3: end of that game last night, the two linebackers were

1644
01:33:42,040 --> 01:33:44,760
Speaker 3: people that just became forty nine ers within the last

1645
01:33:44,800 --> 01:33:45,360
Speaker 3: two weeks.

1646
01:33:46,920 --> 01:33:48,880
Speaker 2: Like Niner fans didn't know who was out there.

1647
01:33:50,640 --> 01:33:57,160
Speaker 5: Yeah, And that's and look, Robert sala And and Kyle

1648
01:33:57,200 --> 01:34:04,040
Speaker 5: Shanahan have done a tremendous job because it is hard

1649
01:34:04,120 --> 01:34:11,080
Speaker 5: to do that. It's hard to continue to put a

1650
01:34:11,200 --> 01:34:17,200
Speaker 5: dynamic team on the court and all your dynamic players

1651
01:34:17,240 --> 01:34:21,880
Speaker 5: are in the box watching with their families, right, It's

1652
01:34:21,880 --> 01:34:22,479
Speaker 5: hard to do.

1653
01:34:24,080 --> 01:34:28,439
Speaker 2: Right. Although apparently Fred Warner was actually at the hospital yesterday.

1654
01:34:28,479 --> 01:34:32,000
Speaker 2: His wife was in labor. Yeah, so he didn't go

1655
01:34:32,040 --> 01:34:32,439
Speaker 2: to the game.

1656
01:34:34,400 --> 01:34:35,840
Speaker 4: How dairy, right?

1657
01:34:37,840 --> 01:34:39,160
Speaker 2: You gotta play, Matt Patter.

1658
01:34:41,080 --> 01:34:46,920
Speaker 3: The Steelers go forward on fourth down again at the one,

1659
01:34:47,320 --> 01:34:49,800
Speaker 3: and this time they get it. They don't get a touchdown,

1660
01:34:50,800 --> 01:34:51,679
Speaker 3: but first and goal.

1661
01:34:51,800 --> 01:34:54,200
Speaker 5: No, they put both the Hayward boys in their Connor

1662
01:34:54,280 --> 01:34:55,680
Speaker 5: and Cam.

1663
01:34:55,160 --> 01:34:59,920
Speaker 2: There you go that little brother. Yeah, this time it wore.

1664
01:35:00,360 --> 01:35:03,840
Speaker 5: That should have been the play they actually ran at

1665
01:35:03,880 --> 01:35:04,679
Speaker 5: the end of the half.

1666
01:35:04,840 --> 01:35:06,600
Speaker 4: This was two yards away. They were just trying to

1667
01:35:06,640 --> 01:35:07,160
Speaker 4: get to the one.

1668
01:35:07,200 --> 01:35:09,160
Speaker 2: They were just trying to get the one that surge

1669
01:35:09,200 --> 01:35:09,679
Speaker 2: to get.

1670
01:35:09,640 --> 01:35:11,800
Speaker 4: You to the they get you over the goal line.

1671
01:35:11,880 --> 01:35:15,040
Speaker 4: If you're if you're doing that on the one, I.

1672
01:35:15,000 --> 01:35:17,679
Speaker 2: Would think I would think so. So now the Steelers

1673
01:35:17,720 --> 01:35:19,439
Speaker 2: are looking to tie the game and they're going.

1674
01:35:19,439 --> 01:35:21,880
Speaker 3: To run the exact same play, and I'm pretty sure

1675
01:35:21,920 --> 01:35:24,639
Speaker 3: they're in, although there's a flag, so.

1676
01:35:24,760 --> 01:35:25,719
Speaker 4: We'll be all sides.

1677
01:35:25,880 --> 01:35:27,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, we're gonna get this whole thing figured out. The

1678
01:35:27,920 --> 01:35:30,360
Speaker 3: officials do say it's a touchdown. Don't know where the

1679
01:35:30,400 --> 01:35:33,160
Speaker 3: flag is as of yet, but the Steelers might be

1680
01:35:33,200 --> 01:35:37,280
Speaker 3: on the verge of tying this football game. So we'll

1681
01:35:37,360 --> 01:35:40,280
Speaker 3: update all of that, will continue to dive a little

1682
01:35:40,320 --> 01:35:43,800
Speaker 3: further into these match up by matchup, because the whole

1683
01:35:43,840 --> 01:35:45,240
Speaker 3: thing is now set.

1684
01:35:46,080 --> 01:35:46,919
Speaker 2: As mentioned.

1685
01:35:47,280 --> 01:35:51,559
Speaker 3: Next Saturday, you're looking at the Rams Panthers is game one,

1686
01:35:51,720 --> 01:35:55,639
Speaker 3: followed by Packers Bears. The Sunday slate bills It, Jags,

1687
01:35:55,760 --> 01:35:59,960
Speaker 3: Niners at Eagles, Chargers at Patriots, and then the Monday

1688
01:36:00,160 --> 01:36:02,439
Speaker 3: Capper is going to be the winner of tonight's game,

1689
01:36:02,760 --> 01:36:07,679
Speaker 3: hosting the Houston Texans. Not done yet, Lots still to say.

1690
01:36:08,080 --> 01:36:10,439
Speaker 3: And that's around the Bend with e from Salama Mark

1691
01:36:10,439 --> 01:36:11,880
Speaker 3: Willard on Fox Sports Radio.

1692
01:36:12,320 --> 01:36:15,240
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1693
01:36:15,280 --> 01:36:18,639
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1694
01:36:18,760 --> 01:36:22,880
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1695
01:36:22,960 --> 01:36:23,639
Speaker 6: listen live.

1696
01:36:25,120 --> 01:36:26,680
Speaker 7: Hey, this is Jason McIntyre.

1697
01:36:26,840 --> 01:36:30,400
Speaker 8: Join me every weekday morning on my podcast Straight Fire

1698
01:36:30,560 --> 01:36:34,280
Speaker 8: with Jason McIntyre. This isn't your typical sports pod. Pushing

1699
01:36:34,320 --> 01:36:36,240
Speaker 8: the same tired narratives down your.

1700
01:36:36,120 --> 01:36:36,760
Speaker 4: Throat every day.

1701
01:36:37,000 --> 01:36:40,519
Speaker 8: Straight Fire gives you honest opinions on all the biggest

1702
01:36:40,520 --> 01:36:42,840
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1703
01:36:42,720 --> 01:36:45,519
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1704
01:36:45,600 --> 01:36:48,400
Speaker 8: Do yourself a favor and listen to Straight Fire with

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01:36:48,520 --> 01:36:53,439
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Speaker 8: you get your podcasts.

1707
01:36:57,880 --> 01:37:01,000
Speaker 2: Well, you know who I'm watching play football right now.

1708
01:37:01,520 --> 01:37:03,120
Speaker 2: I don't know about you e from.

1709
01:37:03,520 --> 01:37:07,400
Speaker 3: Right here in these Fox Sports radio studios, I'm watching

1710
01:37:07,439 --> 01:37:07,960
Speaker 3: a guy who.

1711
01:37:07,920 --> 01:37:14,759
Speaker 2: Goes by the name of Uncle Mole, and Uncle Mole

1712
01:37:16,200 --> 01:37:18,280
Speaker 2: is wearing a Steelers helmet right now.

1713
01:37:19,680 --> 01:37:22,880
Speaker 3: Because they have not only indeed tied the game ten

1714
01:37:22,880 --> 01:37:26,599
Speaker 3: to ten. They follow that up on a third down

1715
01:37:26,840 --> 01:37:30,400
Speaker 3: with the Ravens having the ball, a batted ball interception

1716
01:37:30,600 --> 01:37:34,960
Speaker 3: by TJ. Watt, and the Steelers just like that are

1717
01:37:35,120 --> 01:37:41,800
Speaker 3: right back into the red zone. Tie game, approaching seven

1718
01:37:41,800 --> 01:37:46,120
Speaker 3: minutes to go, third quarter, ten ten, with the Steelers threatening.

1719
01:37:46,240 --> 01:37:46,920
Speaker 2: What do you think.

1720
01:37:46,800 --> 01:37:51,040
Speaker 5: Tonight that boy Cam Hayward is balling causing some problems

1721
01:37:51,920 --> 01:37:59,160
Speaker 5: his mind right, causing some problems, chraigmar Jackson, Yeah, I.

1722
01:37:59,080 --> 01:38:02,240
Speaker 2: Mean the way he came started. Yeah, no doubt. The

1723
01:38:02,280 --> 01:38:02,680
Speaker 2: way this.

1724
01:38:02,680 --> 01:38:08,320
Speaker 3: Game started, it was like, Okay, Baltimore is finally Baltimore.

1725
01:38:10,320 --> 01:38:14,280
Speaker 3: But the Steers defense has figured it out and uh

1726
01:38:14,400 --> 01:38:15,479
Speaker 3: and the Ravens look stuck in.

1727
01:38:15,439 --> 01:38:16,040
Speaker 2: The mud again.

1728
01:38:17,920 --> 01:38:18,639
Speaker 4: Yeah they do.

1729
01:38:19,000 --> 01:38:21,160
Speaker 5: I mean short this short field is going to be

1730
01:38:21,240 --> 01:38:27,160
Speaker 5: tremendous uh for Pittsburgh, guaranteed points, hoping they make the

1731
01:38:27,240 --> 01:38:34,439
Speaker 5: right decisions, right, But it's look, this is what these

1732
01:38:34,479 --> 01:38:41,519
Speaker 5: battles are, these battles between these two teams in this division,

1733
01:38:42,520 --> 01:38:47,840
Speaker 5: whether they're eight and eight, nine and seven, are twelve

1734
01:38:47,920 --> 01:38:51,800
Speaker 5: and five and twelve and five, that's just how it goes, right,

1735
01:38:51,840 --> 01:38:55,800
Speaker 5: eleven and five and eleven and five. They've always had

1736
01:38:55,800 --> 01:39:01,840
Speaker 5: these types of games. And it's interesting because momentum is

1737
01:39:01,880 --> 01:39:04,479
Speaker 5: crazy and it shifts. It can just go either way.

1738
01:39:04,680 --> 01:39:04,960
Speaker 2: Yep.

1739
01:39:05,560 --> 01:39:08,240
Speaker 5: You got two Hall of Fame quarterbacks going at each other,

1740
01:39:09,240 --> 01:39:13,439
Speaker 5: Hall of famers all over the field, eventual Hall of famers,

1741
01:39:15,880 --> 01:39:19,000
Speaker 5: and it's this is a great way to cap off.

1742
01:39:21,240 --> 01:39:22,479
Speaker 4: The NFL season.

1743
01:39:22,760 --> 01:39:26,439
Speaker 3: Although one of the top players on the Ravens defense

1744
01:39:26,800 --> 01:39:31,120
Speaker 3: is actually not on the field, Kyle Hamilton being evaluated

1745
01:39:31,160 --> 01:39:33,280
Speaker 3: for a concussion and left the game a short time

1746
01:39:33,320 --> 01:39:36,800
Speaker 3: ago on a cart, and you have to wonder how

1747
01:39:36,840 --> 01:39:41,160
Speaker 3: that is affecting everybody on the defensive side, both in

1748
01:39:41,240 --> 01:39:43,160
Speaker 3: terms of x's and o's and emotionally.

1749
01:39:44,000 --> 01:39:46,160
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's gonna be tough. It's gonna be tough, but

1750
01:39:47,600 --> 01:39:50,639
Speaker 5: they'll bounce back. We have a third and two right

1751
01:39:50,680 --> 01:39:55,719
Speaker 5: now inside the ten yard line. I guess it's safe

1752
01:39:55,760 --> 01:39:57,800
Speaker 5: to say this is four down territory.

1753
01:39:58,160 --> 01:40:01,040
Speaker 4: I guess a that's what it's feeling like.

1754
01:40:01,160 --> 01:40:03,280
Speaker 3: I've been looking all over the field for where is

1755
01:40:03,400 --> 01:40:07,200
Speaker 3: not fourth down territory. It's like playing Pokemon Go. Now

1756
01:40:07,240 --> 01:40:09,960
Speaker 3: you're like looking around, Nope, can't find it. It's all

1757
01:40:10,000 --> 01:40:11,040
Speaker 3: four down territory.

1758
01:40:11,120 --> 01:40:13,640
Speaker 2: Now. That's the way an NFL field is built in

1759
01:40:13,680 --> 01:40:19,479
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five, twenty twenty six. So anyway, I.

1760
01:40:20,960 --> 01:40:25,799
Speaker 3: Wonder about that because you do see around the league,

1761
01:40:25,960 --> 01:40:27,679
Speaker 3: Hamilton leaves, whatnot.

1762
01:40:27,800 --> 01:40:28,599
Speaker 2: It's the NFL.

1763
01:40:28,720 --> 01:40:32,760
Speaker 3: Nobody's feeling sorry for anybody with injuries and whatnot. But

1764
01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:36,080
Speaker 3: you know, for example, you you mentioned the forty nine

1765
01:40:36,160 --> 01:40:43,160
Speaker 3: ers earlier, and I wonder about how certain teams, sort

1766
01:40:43,200 --> 01:40:46,599
Speaker 3: of from an emotional standpoint, not just the obvious ex'es

1767
01:40:46,640 --> 01:40:53,000
Speaker 3: and o's standpoint, how they handle that when when somebody

1768
01:40:53,280 --> 01:40:55,040
Speaker 3: that's a big deal leaves.

1769
01:40:55,280 --> 01:40:56,719
Speaker 4: I'll give you a different example.

1770
01:40:58,439 --> 01:41:02,080
Speaker 3: For example, go back to when the Ravens played the

1771
01:41:02,120 --> 01:41:03,360
Speaker 3: Green Bay Packers.

1772
01:41:03,040 --> 01:41:04,600
Speaker 2: A couple of nights after Christmas.

1773
01:41:06,360 --> 01:41:09,320
Speaker 3: I understand what was going on at the quarterback position,

1774
01:41:09,400 --> 01:41:14,320
Speaker 3: but actually Malik Willis played really well. He played really well,

1775
01:41:14,960 --> 01:41:17,000
Speaker 3: but the Packers got run off of that.

1776
01:41:17,080 --> 01:41:20,439
Speaker 2: Field in what it was a demoralizing fashion.

1777
01:41:20,520 --> 01:41:24,559
Speaker 3: Derrick Henry took them for a high school team, and

1778
01:41:25,320 --> 01:41:29,799
Speaker 3: I just wonder, it's like their best defensive player tours

1779
01:41:29,800 --> 01:41:34,720
Speaker 3: acl the week before that, and they looked shell shocks.

1780
01:41:34,320 --> 01:41:36,040
Speaker 2: Still a week later.

1781
01:41:36,720 --> 01:41:39,639
Speaker 3: So I just I wonder, when when the top guys

1782
01:41:39,720 --> 01:41:43,800
Speaker 3: go out, what does that do collectively to everybody from

1783
01:41:43,840 --> 01:41:44,839
Speaker 3: an emotional standard.

1784
01:41:44,920 --> 01:41:47,800
Speaker 5: Emotionally, it's tough because you're depending so much on them

1785
01:41:47,880 --> 01:41:51,040
Speaker 5: in big games. When they leave, there's a void there.

1786
01:41:51,280 --> 01:41:53,040
Speaker 5: And it's easy to say, hey, we got to rally

1787
01:41:53,040 --> 01:41:54,640
Speaker 5: around that and let's get it together and let's do

1788
01:41:54,680 --> 01:41:56,960
Speaker 5: it for him and all that, but it does because

1789
01:41:56,960 --> 01:42:00,320
Speaker 5: that's a that's a gaping hole. This is all pro

1790
01:42:00,360 --> 01:42:04,800
Speaker 5: player we're talking about missing out on and and they're there.

1791
01:42:04,960 --> 01:42:07,080
Speaker 5: It's not you don't have a bunch of all pro

1792
01:42:07,160 --> 01:42:11,559
Speaker 5: players on the bench waiting to get in and and

1793
01:42:12,520 --> 01:42:15,479
Speaker 5: fourth and two. The Steelers opt to go for the

1794
01:42:15,520 --> 01:42:18,559
Speaker 5: points in a field goal game. I I you know

1795
01:42:18,600 --> 01:42:20,960
Speaker 5: they could be they could be up six, yep, but

1796
01:42:21,040 --> 01:42:25,320
Speaker 5: they're up three three and so that was the right decision.

1797
01:42:25,840 --> 01:42:28,720
Speaker 5: It's just one of those games. Man, at points are

1798
01:42:28,760 --> 01:42:30,960
Speaker 5: at a premium. Take them while you can get them.

1799
01:42:30,840 --> 01:42:33,720
Speaker 3: Well, especially now like now, the now, the season's got

1800
01:42:33,840 --> 01:42:35,040
Speaker 3: less than twenty minutes ago.

1801
01:42:36,120 --> 01:42:38,200
Speaker 2: Don't don't don't leave any points out there.

1802
01:42:38,320 --> 01:42:40,880
Speaker 4: No, don't leave you can't come back and get it there.

1803
01:42:41,360 --> 01:42:43,560
Speaker 3: No, So you know, getting the lead with four to

1804
01:42:43,600 --> 01:42:47,759
Speaker 3: twenty eight to go in the third quarter would seem

1805
01:42:47,880 --> 01:42:48,639
Speaker 3: rather valuable.

1806
01:42:49,960 --> 01:42:52,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's uh, it's it's shaping up.

1807
01:42:52,200 --> 01:42:52,400
Speaker 2: Man.

1808
01:42:52,400 --> 01:42:55,280
Speaker 4: This is exciting. You get the fastest thing up the

1809
01:42:55,360 --> 01:42:55,760
Speaker 4: right way.

1810
01:42:56,280 --> 01:43:01,320
Speaker 3: Do you see Houston as having a better side, I

1811
01:43:01,360 --> 01:43:04,439
Speaker 3: know you love the Texans. Do you see them as

1812
01:43:04,479 --> 01:43:07,960
Speaker 3: having a better shot against one over the other in

1813
01:43:08,000 --> 01:43:08,959
Speaker 3: this matchup?

1814
01:43:11,400 --> 01:43:17,680
Speaker 5: I think they will have a better shot at Pittsburgh.

1815
01:43:17,720 --> 01:43:23,519
Speaker 5: Pittsburgh doesn't really you know what Pittsburgh is. They're going

1816
01:43:23,600 --> 01:43:30,800
Speaker 5: to get the ball off fast. So defensively, Houston has linebackers, corners,

1817
01:43:31,840 --> 01:43:35,200
Speaker 5: and a front four that is hillacious and stopping and

1818
01:43:35,240 --> 01:43:39,040
Speaker 5: run and getting after the passer. And so when you're

1819
01:43:39,040 --> 01:43:47,080
Speaker 5: in a situation where you have a team that's you know,

1820
01:43:47,200 --> 01:43:52,479
Speaker 5: so reliant on you know, quick plays things like that,

1821
01:43:52,800 --> 01:43:54,599
Speaker 5: they're not drop back, they don't have a lot of

1822
01:43:54,960 --> 01:43:58,000
Speaker 5: weapons on the outside, you know what they're gonna be.

1823
01:43:58,600 --> 01:44:01,400
Speaker 5: And Rogers, even though he had a twenty yard scramble,

1824
01:44:01,960 --> 01:44:06,880
Speaker 5: he's not you know, taking offense in scrambling and gonna

1825
01:44:06,920 --> 01:44:10,360
Speaker 5: have fifty sixty yards rushing in a game. And that

1826
01:44:10,520 --> 01:44:18,360
Speaker 5: bowls well and into Houston's defensive hands. Now, when you're

1827
01:44:18,360 --> 01:44:20,360
Speaker 5: dealing with the Ravens, you still got to deal with

1828
01:44:20,400 --> 01:44:22,559
Speaker 5: Derrick Henry, and you still got to worry about Lamar

1829
01:44:23,320 --> 01:44:28,639
Speaker 5: Zave Flowers on the outside, Babeman, you know, a bevy

1830
01:44:28,680 --> 01:44:33,000
Speaker 5: of tight ends. So it's it's it's a little more daunting.

1831
01:44:33,240 --> 01:44:36,439
Speaker 5: I would say that's fair. That's fair.

1832
01:44:36,840 --> 01:44:38,840
Speaker 3: And then when you talk about teams who are really

1833
01:44:38,880 --> 01:44:41,439
Speaker 3: really reliant on one person, it makes me think of

1834
01:44:41,880 --> 01:44:43,679
Speaker 3: how we rely on Steve Desager.

1835
01:44:46,040 --> 01:44:51,880
Speaker 2: Steve de Sacer there there to Steve Desager there it.

1836
01:44:51,880 --> 01:44:57,120
Speaker 10: Is I see Pittsburgh Steelers thirteen to ten over Beasteamer

1837
01:44:57,320 --> 01:45:00,320
Speaker 10: set up by the TJ. Watt interception a short field

1838
01:45:00,320 --> 01:45:02,439
Speaker 10: goal for Pittsburgh to put him ahead. And remember they

1839
01:45:03,080 --> 01:45:05,000
Speaker 10: eschewed the short field goal at the end of the

1840
01:45:05,040 --> 01:45:08,000
Speaker 10: first half and were stuck for a one yard loss

1841
01:45:08,040 --> 01:45:10,000
Speaker 10: near the goal line. Got no points out of that

1842
01:45:10,040 --> 01:45:12,960
Speaker 10: long drive, but Pittsburgh does lead, and as you referenced,

1843
01:45:13,320 --> 01:45:16,960
Speaker 10: Wildcard weekend. Next weekend, Monday night Wildcard game will be

1844
01:45:17,040 --> 01:45:21,320
Speaker 10: Houston at Tonight's winner. This is the NFL's regular season finale.

1845
01:45:22,160 --> 01:45:26,000
Speaker 10: The winner takes that division. The Detroit Lions won at

1846
01:45:26,040 --> 01:45:30,479
Speaker 10: Chicago nineteen sixteen. Bears are the NFC's number two seed.

1847
01:45:31,080 --> 01:45:34,559
Speaker 10: The Bears host the Packers this Saturday night, streaming only

1848
01:45:34,640 --> 01:45:38,599
Speaker 10: playoff game. The postseason schedule gets underway on Fox TV

1849
01:45:38,760 --> 01:45:42,320
Speaker 10: this Saturday four to thirty pm Eastern time. Rams at Carolina.

1850
01:45:42,680 --> 01:45:46,000
Speaker 10: Rams moved up to the five seed and this matchup

1851
01:45:46,120 --> 01:45:49,040
Speaker 10: by winning an home against Arizona. Thirty seven to twenty

1852
01:45:49,360 --> 01:45:52,880
Speaker 10: three playoff games. Next Sunday, one pm Eastern time, Buffalo

1853
01:45:52,920 --> 01:45:56,639
Speaker 10: at Jacksonville. Buffalo won easily over the Jets, who will

1854
01:45:56,680 --> 01:45:59,080
Speaker 10: select number two overall in the draft. By the way,

1855
01:45:59,120 --> 01:46:02,559
Speaker 10: The Raiders secure the number one seed can we call

1856
01:46:02,600 --> 01:46:06,120
Speaker 10: it when the Giants Giants actually won again against Dallas.

1857
01:46:06,200 --> 01:46:09,599
Speaker 10: Jacksonville's won eighth straight after ripping Tennessee forty one to seven.

1858
01:46:09,680 --> 01:46:12,960
Speaker 10: Also next Sunday, San Francisco at Philadelphia four to thirty

1859
01:46:12,960 --> 01:46:16,679
Speaker 10: pm Eastern Time on Fox TV. Next Sunday nights playoff

1860
01:46:16,720 --> 01:46:20,479
Speaker 10: game LA Chargers at New England Patriots the two seed

1861
01:46:20,560 --> 01:46:24,200
Speaker 10: they won easily thirty eight ten against Miami today. Chargers

1862
01:46:24,280 --> 01:46:28,280
Speaker 10: rested starters fourteen total to be exact, and the Broncos

1863
01:46:28,280 --> 01:46:31,240
Speaker 10: beat him nineteen to three, So Denver gets the one

1864
01:46:31,320 --> 01:46:35,920
Speaker 10: seed in the AFC. It'll have a bye next weekend. Also,

1865
01:46:36,000 --> 01:46:38,759
Speaker 10: Atlanta one it's fourth in a row to end the season,

1866
01:46:38,800 --> 01:46:41,040
Speaker 10: finished in a three way tie for first in the

1867
01:46:41,160 --> 01:46:43,639
Speaker 10: NFC South, all the teams eight and nine, but that's

1868
01:46:43,680 --> 01:46:45,920
Speaker 10: a three way tie for first in the NFC South.

1869
01:46:46,360 --> 01:46:49,759
Speaker 10: Atlanta beat New Orleans nineteen seventeen, but the Falcons tonight

1870
01:46:49,800 --> 01:46:53,479
Speaker 10: fired head coach Rahee Morris and GM Terry Fonto wins

1871
01:46:53,520 --> 01:46:56,960
Speaker 10: for Cleveland and Minnesota. Houston won it's ninth straight game,

1872
01:46:57,040 --> 01:47:00,280
Speaker 10: thirty eight to thirty over Indianapolis, which ended the year

1873
01:47:00,280 --> 01:47:03,600
Speaker 10: with a seven game losing streat Caimi Fairbairn in the

1874
01:47:03,600 --> 01:47:07,879
Speaker 10: Texans six for six on field goals today. John Morant

1875
01:47:07,960 --> 01:47:10,920
Speaker 10: of the Memphis Grizzlies is out tonight with a bruised calf,

1876
01:47:11,000 --> 01:47:14,120
Speaker 10: and yet the Grizzlies lead at the Lakers late first

1877
01:47:14,160 --> 01:47:16,840
Speaker 10: half sixty one to forty eight. We still have three

1878
01:47:16,880 --> 01:47:19,000
Speaker 10: minutes to go in the first half. They are up

1879
01:47:19,080 --> 01:47:20,000
Speaker 10: to sixty one.

1880
01:47:21,600 --> 01:47:23,280
Speaker 2: Was in such a good move too.

1881
01:47:24,800 --> 01:47:28,000
Speaker 5: I'm looking at it right now, trying to ignore it.

1882
01:47:27,920 --> 01:47:30,720
Speaker 10: It's I said it last week. I believe it just

1883
01:47:30,960 --> 01:47:34,519
Speaker 10: reminds me of the Dallas Cowboys this year actually, where

1884
01:47:34,560 --> 01:47:37,240
Speaker 10: the Cowboys averaged twenty eight points a game but gave

1885
01:47:37,320 --> 01:47:39,880
Speaker 10: up thirty points a game worse in the NFL. So

1886
01:47:40,240 --> 01:47:42,200
Speaker 10: until you stop somebody, it's kind of hard to take

1887
01:47:42,240 --> 01:47:46,200
Speaker 10: you seriously. At the top of the NBA, Thunder with

1888
01:47:46,280 --> 01:47:48,920
Speaker 10: a thirty and five record, are trailing by two in

1889
01:47:48,960 --> 01:47:52,200
Speaker 10: the final seconds at Phoenix Suns up one oh five

1890
01:47:52,400 --> 01:47:55,719
Speaker 10: to oneh three. Big lead in the Lake College Hoops

1891
01:47:55,720 --> 01:47:58,759
Speaker 10: game number seven, Gonzaga sixty seven thirty one over Loyal

1892
01:47:58,800 --> 01:48:01,799
Speaker 10: and Merrimount with about eight and it's left. Earlier. Yukon

1893
01:48:01,880 --> 01:48:05,400
Speaker 10: beat Marquette women's hoops Stanford won in overtime at number

1894
01:48:05,439 --> 01:48:09,280
Speaker 10: sixteen North Carolina, Montreal and the NHL won in overtime

1895
01:48:09,320 --> 01:48:12,839
Speaker 10: at Dallas four to three. And about the NFL season

1896
01:48:12,880 --> 01:48:15,960
Speaker 10: coming to a close, can I just mention two things?

1897
01:48:15,960 --> 01:48:22,040
Speaker 10: The fact that, well, the NFL's ridiculously talented and ridiculously popular,

1898
01:48:22,080 --> 01:48:25,280
Speaker 10: and one of the reasons is most teams have a

1899
01:48:25,400 --> 01:48:28,880
Speaker 10: chance most years. And here's the stat that keeps proving it.

1900
01:48:29,800 --> 01:48:33,800
Speaker 10: New England and Chicago won division titles this year after

1901
01:48:33,880 --> 01:48:36,680
Speaker 10: finishing last or tied for last in their divisions the

1902
01:48:36,760 --> 01:48:39,519
Speaker 10: year before. Carolina's in that boat as well, which means

1903
01:48:40,160 --> 01:48:43,240
Speaker 10: for most of the last twenty five years, at least

1904
01:48:43,320 --> 01:48:46,800
Speaker 10: one team has finished in first only one year after

1905
01:48:46,880 --> 01:48:50,360
Speaker 10: finishing in last place or tied for last. And on

1906
01:48:50,400 --> 01:48:53,120
Speaker 10: top of that, three other teams are making the playoffs

1907
01:48:53,600 --> 01:48:57,840
Speaker 10: this year that missed the postseason last year San Francisco, Seattle, Jacksonville.

1908
01:48:58,640 --> 01:49:01,800
Speaker 10: So that's six total team making the postseason next for

1909
01:49:01,880 --> 01:49:05,439
Speaker 10: next weekend after missing the postseason last year. So this

1910
01:49:05,560 --> 01:49:11,400
Speaker 10: continues the most amazing streak to me every year, this

1911
01:49:11,439 --> 01:49:16,000
Speaker 10: streaks still alive. Now at least four NFL teams qualify

1912
01:49:16,120 --> 01:49:18,560
Speaker 10: for the playoffs after failing to make the postseason the

1913
01:49:18,640 --> 01:49:21,200
Speaker 10: year before. And this streak has been going on thirty

1914
01:49:21,320 --> 01:49:26,280
Speaker 10: six consecutive seasons. It's not just one team with a turnaround.

1915
01:49:26,600 --> 01:49:31,240
Speaker 10: At least four NFL teams every season make the playoffs

1916
01:49:31,360 --> 01:49:35,800
Speaker 10: that miss the postseason the year before. Wow, thank you

1917
01:49:35,880 --> 01:49:38,240
Speaker 10: very much. Thirteen to ten, Pittsburgh in the lead with

1918
01:49:38,240 --> 01:49:41,560
Speaker 10: about two minutes to go in the third quarter against Baltimore.

1919
01:49:41,640 --> 01:49:46,320
Speaker 3: Back to you, I mean that said, the Raiders still

1920
01:49:46,320 --> 01:49:46,800
Speaker 3: won't make.

1921
01:49:46,720 --> 01:49:47,320
Speaker 2: It next year.

1922
01:49:49,640 --> 01:49:51,920
Speaker 10: I thought it will be Niners at Dallas next year.

1923
01:49:51,960 --> 01:49:54,240
Speaker 10: You're talking about the schedule. I think it's their their

1924
01:49:54,240 --> 01:49:55,760
Speaker 10: turn for the divisions to match.

1925
01:49:56,840 --> 01:50:01,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know what, I already the Niners up opponents.

1926
01:50:01,880 --> 01:50:04,599
Speaker 3: H You are right. They will be at Dallas next year.

1927
01:50:05,120 --> 01:50:06,679
Speaker 3: They will be at Dallas next year.

1928
01:50:07,400 --> 01:50:09,120
Speaker 4: I think that's why the draft is.

1929
01:50:09,080 --> 01:50:12,080
Speaker 5: So great, the way the NFL does it, you know,

1930
01:50:12,320 --> 01:50:17,720
Speaker 5: because as we saw at Washington, you get you know,

1931
01:50:18,240 --> 01:50:21,599
Speaker 5: Jada McDaniels, and now you're in the NFC Championship game

1932
01:50:21,640 --> 01:50:22,120
Speaker 5: the next.

1933
01:50:21,960 --> 01:50:24,519
Speaker 10: Year when Daniels is on the field, right, you're right, correct,

1934
01:50:24,840 --> 01:50:28,519
Speaker 10: Like you get to draft or you could be the

1935
01:50:28,600 --> 01:50:32,120
Speaker 10: Raiders that get number one overall and take JaMarcus Russell.

1936
01:50:32,920 --> 01:50:36,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I just I think.

1937
01:50:37,080 --> 01:50:39,400
Speaker 10: Standing by for next April writers.

1938
01:50:39,120 --> 01:50:42,240
Speaker 5: Right, Yeah, yeah, I think, well, if it's a clear

1939
01:50:42,320 --> 01:50:45,920
Speaker 5: cut first pick in the draft, and if they don't

1940
01:50:45,920 --> 01:50:48,519
Speaker 5: know that by now, I mean they should be off

1941
01:50:48,560 --> 01:50:48,920
Speaker 5: the clock.

1942
01:50:48,960 --> 01:50:50,760
Speaker 4: They should just go on and announce it now.

1943
01:50:51,160 --> 01:50:53,160
Speaker 2: Is it? This is that clear? Ye?

1944
01:50:53,400 --> 01:50:55,880
Speaker 10: Well, we're going to have the matchup this week, right,

1945
01:50:56,000 --> 01:50:59,599
Speaker 10: isn't that the semi final college football playoff? Is Indiana Oregon?

1946
01:50:59,680 --> 01:51:01,920
Speaker 10: One of those two quarterbacks I assume.

1947
01:51:02,880 --> 01:51:07,000
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, hey, is Mendoza for me?

1948
01:51:07,000 --> 01:51:07,560
Speaker 2: Mendoza.

1949
01:51:08,080 --> 01:51:11,120
Speaker 3: I mean, that's why I'm saying, like, I don't like,

1950
01:51:11,200 --> 01:51:13,479
Speaker 3: I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just saying I don't think.

1951
01:51:13,560 --> 01:51:15,879
Speaker 3: I think you gotta go through an evaluation process.

1952
01:51:16,200 --> 01:51:17,879
Speaker 4: I've evaluated them all years.

1953
01:51:17,800 --> 01:51:20,960
Speaker 3: Okay, Right, But it's the Raiders who are doing it,

1954
01:51:21,040 --> 01:51:22,759
Speaker 3: so they'll see it differently because they.

1955
01:51:22,600 --> 01:51:24,920
Speaker 5: Message with Tom is there now? So that's a little

1956
01:51:24,920 --> 01:51:27,559
Speaker 5: bit different, That's true. Definitely gonna be a little bit different,

1957
01:51:27,640 --> 01:51:28,639
Speaker 5: especially when he comes.

1958
01:51:28,479 --> 01:51:30,439
Speaker 10: To did he have anything to do with the coach hire?

1959
01:51:30,720 --> 01:51:32,559
Speaker 5: What I'm telling you is he's gonna have a lot

1960
01:51:32,600 --> 01:51:35,639
Speaker 5: to do with the quarterback. I can promise you that. Boy,

1961
01:51:35,920 --> 01:51:38,639
Speaker 5: you don't get that. You don't have you know, arguably

1962
01:51:38,640 --> 01:51:41,720
Speaker 5: the greatest quarterback to ever play the game on part

1963
01:51:41,760 --> 01:51:43,840
Speaker 5: of your ownership group, and you just go out there

1964
01:51:43,880 --> 01:51:45,040
Speaker 5: and do stuff your own way.

1965
01:51:45,360 --> 01:51:46,759
Speaker 2: When does it get weird? Though?

1966
01:51:47,600 --> 01:51:50,480
Speaker 3: When does it get weird that Troy Aikman is advising

1967
01:51:50,520 --> 01:51:53,040
Speaker 3: the Dolphins and Tom Brady is running the Raiders and

1968
01:51:53,080 --> 01:51:55,000
Speaker 3: then they run up to the booth and do their game.

1969
01:51:55,240 --> 01:51:57,760
Speaker 10: Yeah, it's I think we're past that. Yeah, when it

1970
01:51:57,880 --> 01:51:58,920
Speaker 10: should be weird.

1971
01:51:58,880 --> 01:52:01,559
Speaker 3: I'm not like, because it's twenty twenty six, and I

1972
01:52:01,560 --> 01:52:05,000
Speaker 3: guess we're just like nobody's bothered by anything anymore.

1973
01:52:04,640 --> 01:52:08,679
Speaker 2: Because it's just so tight, Like everything's so wild West.

1974
01:52:08,680 --> 01:52:09,799
Speaker 2: It's just like whatever.

1975
01:52:10,040 --> 01:52:11,720
Speaker 10: That's a good way to put it. Because we have

1976
01:52:11,800 --> 01:52:14,320
Speaker 10: to go through training as employees at this company to

1977
01:52:14,400 --> 01:52:17,960
Speaker 10: actually declare if we have financial interests in something that

1978
01:52:18,000 --> 01:52:20,439
Speaker 10: we get talk about on the air. You know, you

1979
01:52:20,560 --> 01:52:24,400
Speaker 10: have to be it's public broadcasting. It's you know, that's

1980
01:52:24,400 --> 01:52:27,639
Speaker 10: what the words it broadcasting. We're going to. It's not cable.

1981
01:52:27,800 --> 01:52:30,720
Speaker 10: We're going to the largest general audience. You have to

1982
01:52:30,760 --> 01:52:34,200
Speaker 10: be upfront with everything, and yet there are these football

1983
01:52:34,240 --> 01:52:37,120
Speaker 10: examples that you bring up. There certainly been examples in

1984
01:52:37,200 --> 01:52:40,599
Speaker 10: tennis where somebody's broadcasting and yet their husband's a promoter

1985
01:52:40,880 --> 01:52:43,639
Speaker 10: or they're in on that. I mean, these kind of things.

1986
01:52:43,680 --> 01:52:47,400
Speaker 10: It's just there's no line anymore in many areas of life,

1987
01:52:47,439 --> 01:52:48,320
Speaker 10: and that's unfortunate.

1988
01:52:48,560 --> 01:52:50,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's what my only question is.

1989
01:52:50,760 --> 01:52:53,759
Speaker 3: Just when you know I'm not like over here blowing

1990
01:52:53,760 --> 01:52:56,400
Speaker 3: a whistle like I I boy, I'm stay up tonight

1991
01:52:56,439 --> 01:52:59,000
Speaker 3: and think about Tom Brady and what he says on

1992
01:52:59,080 --> 01:53:02,760
Speaker 3: a broadcast. But when does it get weird? Or do

1993
01:53:02,840 --> 01:53:06,559
Speaker 3: you just if they're gonna do that, just keep them

1994
01:53:06,680 --> 01:53:07,879
Speaker 3: off of those games.

1995
01:53:09,240 --> 01:53:10,639
Speaker 4: Yeah, but that makes sense.

1996
01:53:10,720 --> 01:53:14,519
Speaker 10: But tom Brady was working a game of a Raiders

1997
01:53:14,600 --> 01:53:17,120
Speaker 10: future opponent and he gets to sit down with the

1998
01:53:17,160 --> 01:53:20,280
Speaker 10: coach or the players and he gets inside.

1999
01:53:19,920 --> 01:53:21,880
Speaker 2: Another good point interviews.

2000
01:53:21,439 --> 01:53:23,360
Speaker 10: That you and I don't get during the week.

2001
01:53:23,800 --> 01:53:25,559
Speaker 2: Well, you know what I would do if I was

2002
01:53:25,600 --> 01:53:26,600
Speaker 2: that other coach.

2003
01:53:26,960 --> 01:53:29,360
Speaker 10: I'd be like, no, yeah, I'd shut the door.

2004
01:53:30,400 --> 01:53:33,240
Speaker 3: My answer is no, I'll talk to the broadcast team,

2005
01:53:33,280 --> 01:53:33,960
Speaker 3: but not that guy.

2006
01:53:34,400 --> 01:53:36,639
Speaker 10: Divest yourself, yeah, and then we can talk.

2007
01:53:36,800 --> 01:53:37,479
Speaker 2: Isn't that fair?

2008
01:53:38,000 --> 01:53:42,000
Speaker 3: Can't do it? Yeah, that's completely fair. Like hold your

2009
01:53:42,040 --> 01:53:44,840
Speaker 3: ground to me, I'm not talking to Tom Brady, who's

2010
01:53:44,920 --> 01:53:47,000
Speaker 3: drafting the Raiders number one overall.

2011
01:53:47,120 --> 01:53:47,400
Speaker 2: Big.

2012
01:53:48,520 --> 01:53:50,559
Speaker 4: Yeah, I talked to KB, but I'm not talking to

2013
01:53:50,560 --> 01:53:52,840
Speaker 4: Tom exactly.

2014
01:53:55,000 --> 01:53:57,719
Speaker 3: By the way, I'm sure you already knew this, Steve,

2015
01:53:58,320 --> 01:54:00,960
Speaker 3: but I found an answer to that little factoid thing.

2016
01:54:01,040 --> 01:54:01,559
Speaker 2: I'm a bob.

2017
01:54:02,560 --> 01:54:08,679
Speaker 3: No division ever in NFL history has had three teams

2018
01:54:08,720 --> 01:54:11,920
Speaker 3: with twelve wins or more. That's the first time has

2019
01:54:12,040 --> 01:54:15,000
Speaker 3: ever happened. Oh well, I don't know the whole part about.

2020
01:54:15,120 --> 01:54:17,479
Speaker 3: Is it the first time where the top three best

2021
01:54:17,560 --> 01:54:20,320
Speaker 3: records have all been in one division? But that is

2022
01:54:20,360 --> 01:54:23,840
Speaker 3: the first time that any division has ever had three

2023
01:54:24,040 --> 01:54:25,040
Speaker 3: twelve win teams.

2024
01:54:25,080 --> 01:54:27,880
Speaker 10: With the caveat that the Rams, for example, got win

2025
01:54:27,960 --> 01:54:30,559
Speaker 10: number twelve. Today, there's an extra game of the schedule.

2026
01:54:30,600 --> 01:54:33,240
Speaker 3: Now, yes, yes, it is a seventeen game schedule, so

2027
01:54:33,320 --> 01:54:36,520
Speaker 3: that was not as possible before.

2028
01:54:37,440 --> 01:54:45,080
Speaker 2: Totally fair, Okay, great stuff tonight, Steve, amazing Steve de Seger.

2029
01:54:46,560 --> 01:54:49,800
Speaker 4: What we do without him? Nothing?

2030
01:54:50,680 --> 01:54:51,920
Speaker 2: Let's never find.

2031
01:54:51,600 --> 01:54:55,160
Speaker 10: Out our audience of eight is that's right?

2032
01:54:55,480 --> 01:54:56,000
Speaker 2: That's right?

2033
01:54:56,320 --> 01:54:58,400
Speaker 4: What's eight hundred thousand?

2034
01:55:00,160 --> 01:55:03,480
Speaker 5: The most listened to radio show on Sundays and has

2035
01:55:03,520 --> 01:55:05,240
Speaker 5: been for the last five years.

2036
01:55:07,600 --> 01:55:08,120
Speaker 2: Is that true?

2037
01:55:11,280 --> 01:55:12,880
Speaker 10: Well, it's time to be upfront again.

2038
01:55:13,120 --> 01:55:16,080
Speaker 4: I have the numbers.

2039
01:55:17,920 --> 01:55:21,080
Speaker 3: Text them to me. I would love to see them.

2040
01:55:21,120 --> 01:55:25,120
Speaker 3: All right, we are live in the Fox Sports radio studio.

2041
01:55:25,320 --> 01:55:27,720
Speaker 10: Last thing, can I update this game that at Pittsburgh.

2042
01:55:27,720 --> 01:55:30,520
Speaker 10: They just ended the third quarter. It's Steelers thirteen to

2043
01:55:30,520 --> 01:55:33,960
Speaker 10: ten against Baltimore. The winner will be hosting a wildcard

2044
01:55:34,000 --> 01:55:36,640
Speaker 10: game next weekend in the Monday night game next weekend

2045
01:55:36,640 --> 01:55:40,280
Speaker 10: against Houston. But Baltimore had this great first drive, went

2046
01:55:40,320 --> 01:55:43,360
Speaker 10: straight down the field, took the lead. Derrick Henry was

2047
01:55:43,400 --> 01:55:47,560
Speaker 10: mowing them over long pass from Lamar Jackson for the TV.

2048
01:55:48,400 --> 01:55:52,360
Speaker 10: Even including that, the Baltimore offense has had seven drives

2049
01:55:52,680 --> 01:55:54,000
Speaker 10: and eight first downs.

2050
01:55:54,160 --> 01:55:57,920
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, no, they can't do a damn thing since then.

2051
01:55:58,040 --> 01:55:58,360
Speaker 4: Nope.

2052
01:55:58,920 --> 01:56:00,960
Speaker 2: I don't know what the adjustment than was, but boy

2053
01:56:01,000 --> 01:56:01,600
Speaker 2: did it work.

2054
01:56:01,680 --> 01:56:04,400
Speaker 10: They're under one hundred total yards since the first drive.

2055
01:56:04,480 --> 01:56:07,400
Speaker 4: That Pittsburgh defense has woken up.

2056
01:56:07,400 --> 01:56:11,320
Speaker 3: Yes they have, and and Lamar is still going in

2057
01:56:11,400 --> 01:56:14,360
Speaker 3: and out of periods of just looking like another human.

2058
01:56:14,680 --> 01:56:16,960
Speaker 10: They do have wat back on the defensive line, and

2059
01:56:17,040 --> 01:56:19,520
Speaker 10: Harmon is in there and you know herbig came back

2060
01:56:19,600 --> 01:56:23,520
Speaker 10: last week for Pittsburgh it is a little different yet.

2061
01:56:23,560 --> 01:56:28,480
Speaker 3: The Ravens are just down by three, So a very

2062
01:56:28,600 --> 01:56:32,160
Speaker 3: very big quarter ahead, and we'll hang out with you

2063
01:56:32,280 --> 01:56:36,360
Speaker 3: for part of it. Coming up next with from Salam,

2064
01:56:36,400 --> 01:56:39,000
Speaker 3: Mark Willard, Steve de Seger with us as well of

2065
01:56:39,000 --> 01:56:40,680
Speaker 3: course here on Fox Sports Radio.

2066
01:56:40,960 --> 01:56:43,520
Speaker 10: Are you ready for some football?

2067
01:56:43,760 --> 01:56:46,480
Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.

2068
01:56:47,440 --> 01:56:50,520
Speaker 2: Okay, so it's live in the Fox Sports Radio studios.

2069
01:56:50,600 --> 01:56:52,440
Speaker 3: We're not going to get you to the finish line.

2070
01:56:52,480 --> 01:56:55,640
Speaker 3: Plank and span your do that, but we'll get you close.

2071
01:56:56,320 --> 01:56:59,640
Speaker 3: The Steelers are punting it away as the eleven minute

2072
01:56:59,720 --> 01:57:05,280
Speaker 3: mar approaches. The Steelers have thirteen, the Ravens have ten.

2073
01:57:05,480 --> 01:57:09,640
Speaker 3: This one is going checks notes exactly like everyone expected

2074
01:57:09,640 --> 01:57:16,680
Speaker 3: it to. Thirteen to ten. I'm pretty sure you could

2075
01:57:16,680 --> 01:57:21,800
Speaker 3: have put that in ink this morning, that this is

2076
01:57:21,880 --> 01:57:24,920
Speaker 3: exactly how this game would look. And here we are,

2077
01:57:25,000 --> 01:57:29,560
Speaker 3: so Raven's about to take over the ball. We'll keep

2078
01:57:29,600 --> 01:57:31,920
Speaker 3: you up to date. This one's gonna go for another

2079
01:57:31,960 --> 01:57:34,280
Speaker 3: so long and plank and span you'll get in here.

2080
01:57:34,720 --> 01:57:37,560
Speaker 3: Another reminder, with the iHeartRadio app, you can stream us

2081
01:57:37,600 --> 01:57:40,480
Speaker 3: wherever you happen to be. Catch us in all of

2082
01:57:40,520 --> 01:57:43,640
Speaker 3: the Fox Sports Radio shows live twenty four to seven

2083
01:57:43,680 --> 01:57:46,160
Speaker 3: and the new and improved iHeartRadio app. Just search Fox

2084
01:57:46,200 --> 01:57:48,040
Speaker 3: Sports Radio in the app to stream us live all

2085
01:57:48,080 --> 01:57:50,920
Speaker 3: day every day, and be sure to select Fox Sports

2086
01:57:51,000 --> 01:57:53,440
Speaker 3: Radio is one of your presets in the iHeart app,

2087
01:57:53,560 --> 01:57:56,480
Speaker 3: so it will always pop up at the top of

2088
01:57:56,640 --> 01:57:57,400
Speaker 3: your screen.

2089
01:57:57,960 --> 01:58:00,200
Speaker 2: Again, the framework is now in play.

2090
01:58:00,400 --> 01:58:02,200
Speaker 3: And I want to know if it does anything for

2091
01:58:02,320 --> 01:58:06,440
Speaker 3: you from like, it's that year where none of us

2092
01:58:06,440 --> 01:58:11,320
Speaker 3: seem to have conviction on a prediction, but now that

2093
01:58:11,400 --> 01:58:15,000
Speaker 3: the matchups are in front of us, is there a path.

2094
01:58:14,880 --> 01:58:18,080
Speaker 2: That maybe you like a little bit more than the others?

2095
01:58:18,240 --> 01:58:23,480
Speaker 3: Again, Saturday's early game is Rams at Panthers. Saturday's late

2096
01:58:23,560 --> 01:58:29,000
Speaker 3: game Packers at Bears. Sunday will be Buffalo at Jacksonville,

2097
01:58:29,560 --> 01:58:34,560
Speaker 3: followed by San Francisco at Philadelphia. The nightcap during our show,

2098
01:58:34,880 --> 01:58:39,160
Speaker 3: the Chargers visit New England. Monday night has Houston visiting

2099
01:58:39,480 --> 01:58:40,680
Speaker 3: tonight's winner.

2100
01:58:41,280 --> 01:58:42,600
Speaker 2: The lay of the land to you is.

2101
01:58:42,520 --> 01:58:43,560
Speaker 4: What I think.

2102
01:58:43,600 --> 01:58:46,000
Speaker 5: The thing that sticks out the most is the forty

2103
01:58:46,080 --> 01:58:47,960
Speaker 5: nine ers are in trouble and they had an opportunity

2104
01:58:48,040 --> 01:58:51,760
Speaker 5: to avoid this. I think we talked about it earlier

2105
01:58:51,800 --> 01:58:54,480
Speaker 5: in the show. The fact that they have to now

2106
01:58:54,520 --> 01:58:57,320
Speaker 5: get on a plane and go play outside and inclement

2107
01:58:57,360 --> 01:59:02,680
Speaker 5: weather and Philadelphia against the defending Super Bowl chaeampions, with

2108
01:59:02,800 --> 01:59:06,800
Speaker 5: the defense void of their all pro players, I think

2109
01:59:06,880 --> 01:59:10,480
Speaker 5: puts them in a tough situation. No matter how good

2110
01:59:10,880 --> 01:59:13,440
Speaker 5: Robert Salah has done coaching, and no matter how good

2111
01:59:13,480 --> 01:59:15,600
Speaker 5: that offense can try to muster up some points or

2112
01:59:15,640 --> 01:59:20,280
Speaker 5: something like that, and how good of a game. Kyle

2113
01:59:20,320 --> 01:59:24,920
Speaker 5: Shanahan calls, you had an opportunity to eradicate that not

2114
01:59:25,000 --> 01:59:28,400
Speaker 5: only get health and rest for a week, but to

2115
01:59:28,640 --> 01:59:32,160
Speaker 5: never get on a plane and go anywhere. And you

2116
01:59:32,280 --> 01:59:37,080
Speaker 5: showed up and scored three points when everything was on

2117
01:59:37,160 --> 01:59:39,960
Speaker 5: the line, And like you had mentioned, it just felt

2118
01:59:40,040 --> 01:59:45,720
Speaker 5: like they were reserved to just you know, get into

2119
01:59:45,800 --> 01:59:49,000
Speaker 5: the playoffs and see what happens next week, opposed to

2120
01:59:49,440 --> 01:59:51,840
Speaker 5: you know, bringing that energy and everything you need to

2121
01:59:51,880 --> 01:59:55,120
Speaker 5: do to solidify home court and a buy. And so

2122
01:59:55,320 --> 01:59:59,480
Speaker 5: now this is this look you make stupid choices, you

2123
01:59:59,520 --> 02:00:00,879
Speaker 5: get stupid prizes.

2124
02:00:02,160 --> 02:00:04,920
Speaker 3: Well, I don't know, like I buy everything you're saying,

2125
02:00:05,000 --> 02:00:10,440
Speaker 3: except for maybe sort of referring to it as a choice.

2126
02:00:10,680 --> 02:00:14,440
Speaker 3: I think that what's odd about the forty nine ers

2127
02:00:14,480 --> 02:00:16,360
Speaker 3: lot in life is to listen to the way they're

2128
02:00:16,400 --> 02:00:20,360
Speaker 3: talking about it, you can you can hear and I

2129
02:00:20,360 --> 02:00:22,400
Speaker 3: don't know that I can liken this to any other

2130
02:00:22,440 --> 02:00:26,760
Speaker 3: playoff team in history where you can hear the coach

2131
02:00:27,000 --> 02:00:29,760
Speaker 3: and even some of the players sort of be like

2132
02:00:31,880 --> 02:00:35,080
Speaker 3: and I, I don't really have our people, So it's

2133
02:00:35,160 --> 02:00:39,080
Speaker 3: not like it's not like we fully think that we

2134
02:00:39,240 --> 02:00:43,080
Speaker 3: can win. They don't sound always like they expect to win.

2135
02:00:43,760 --> 02:00:45,200
Speaker 4: And I get it, and that's a problem.

2136
02:00:45,240 --> 02:00:47,560
Speaker 2: I get it's a problem, but I also get it

2137
02:00:47,600 --> 02:00:51,000
Speaker 2: they're kind of not wrong. It's a little bit miraculous

2138
02:00:51,040 --> 02:00:52,320
Speaker 2: that their record is what it is.

2139
02:00:53,520 --> 02:00:55,520
Speaker 5: Yeah, but one thing you can't do is fake your

2140
02:00:55,560 --> 02:00:59,600
Speaker 5: way through the playoffs. As as every team is good,

2141
02:00:59,680 --> 02:01:04,720
Speaker 5: even the Panthers can step up and bite you because

2142
02:01:04,720 --> 02:01:09,160
Speaker 5: they beat the Rams. Sure, so I just thought that

2143
02:01:09,920 --> 02:01:13,480
Speaker 5: out of everybody playing this weekend for positioning, I thought

2144
02:01:13,840 --> 02:01:15,760
Speaker 5: they had the most to gain and the most to

2145
02:01:15,800 --> 02:01:16,880
Speaker 5: lose in one game.

2146
02:01:17,120 --> 02:01:19,560
Speaker 2: I hear you, I do. The other one I'm looking

2147
02:01:19,560 --> 02:01:21,720
Speaker 2: at on the AFC side that I find to be

2148
02:01:21,840 --> 02:01:24,400
Speaker 2: very very fascinating is Buffalo at Jacksonville.

2149
02:01:24,480 --> 02:01:27,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, go ahead, no, you go please.

2150
02:01:27,560 --> 02:01:29,760
Speaker 3: I was just going to say, I think Jacksonville has

2151
02:01:29,800 --> 02:01:33,160
Speaker 3: an interesting path a home game. They manned up with

2152
02:01:33,240 --> 02:01:36,120
Speaker 3: more home games than you think in these playoffs where

2153
02:01:36,160 --> 02:01:37,680
Speaker 3: I think there will be some upsets.

2154
02:01:38,080 --> 02:01:40,640
Speaker 2: And I also think if Buffalo loses that game.

2155
02:01:40,880 --> 02:01:43,520
Speaker 3: I've told you this last week, I think the debate

2156
02:01:43,600 --> 02:01:47,280
Speaker 3: shows are going to have a long offseason at Josh

2157
02:01:47,280 --> 02:01:48,120
Speaker 3: Allen's expense.

2158
02:01:48,520 --> 02:01:49,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree.

2159
02:01:49,160 --> 02:01:51,840
Speaker 5: If not now, when you don't have a bunch of

2160
02:01:51,920 --> 02:01:54,920
Speaker 5: roadblocks center anyr way, you got to upstart Jacksonville team

2161
02:01:55,520 --> 02:01:58,400
Speaker 5: who's on the heater right now, and they're a favorite

2162
02:01:58,400 --> 02:01:59,280
Speaker 5: for me in that game.

2163
02:02:00,120 --> 02:02:01,720
Speaker 3: I can't wait to talk to you next week, man.

2164
02:02:03,120 --> 02:02:05,240
Speaker 3: I hope I'm in a good mood, but we'll see. Man,

2165
02:02:05,480 --> 02:02:06,600
Speaker 3: I'll talk to you next week.