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Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre.

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Speaker 2: What is up? Straight firefam, It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight

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Speaker 2: Fire for Tuesday, January fourteenth, and oh boy boy, do

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Speaker 2: we have a podcast today? As if there wasn't enough

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Speaker 2: craziness in the NFL. Monday, with Jerry Jones and Mike

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Speaker 2: McCarthy parting ways, we had another snoozefest of a playoff

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Speaker 2: game with the Vikings no showing in Arizona against the

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Speaker 2: Rams in a twenty seven to nine beatdown that never

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Speaker 2: felt remotely close. My guy, Sam Darnold. We'll get to

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Speaker 2: that shortly. Obviously, we'll do Jerry Jones and Mike McCarthy

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Speaker 2: splitting up. But how could you get over what the

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Speaker 2: Rams did to the Vikings? Now? Listen, I'm not one

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Speaker 2: to toot my own, of course I am, But holy cow,

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Speaker 2: did I smoke this weekend? I said the game I

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Speaker 2: like most from the outset was the Rams a lot

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Speaker 2: of pushback. I did back off of them a little

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Speaker 2: bit in the gushiness on the Herd on Monday, because listen,

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Speaker 2: the game got moved. You know, I don't know what

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Speaker 2: the Rams players are dealing with in terms of families

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Speaker 2: and relocation and evacuation. I didn't know, so that uncertainty

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Speaker 2: kind of got me nervous. I didn't buy out of

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Speaker 2: my beds, but I was just like, all right, I'm

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Speaker 2: not going to add to what was already a pretty

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Speaker 2: significant position on the Rams. I didn't need to worry

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Speaker 2: about anything. Harmy. Rams come down the field, get the ball,

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Speaker 2: bing bang boom, touchdown, Look great McVeigh grabs a lead

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Speaker 2: in four minutes, and you're like, okay, Rams and Sam

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Speaker 2: Donald got the first of nine sacks that he absorbed.

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Speaker 2: Oh my god. Donald sacks six times in the first half,

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Speaker 2: most of any quarterback in a playoff game in the

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Speaker 2: last twenty five years years. Okay, Rams, come right down,

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Speaker 2: got a field goal. Vikings finally answer with a field goal,

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Speaker 2: and then Donald threw a bad pick. There was the

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Speaker 2: Stafford kind of a lot of people were complaining it

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Speaker 2: was a fumble, scoop and score, but it was not.

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Speaker 2: It was very clear Puko was right there and I

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Speaker 2: know he was like on his way down, but Stafford

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Speaker 2: got rid of it. And then what really crushed the

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Speaker 2: Vikings was Sam Donald getting drilled. And I mean drilled

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Speaker 2: in the pocket. I'm trying to see who hit him.

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Speaker 2: It was Oh Witherspoon coming on the defensive back blitz

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Speaker 2: recovered by Verse and Jared Verse. The young fella, he

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Speaker 2: can move. That guy's got a motor. And when he

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Speaker 2: runs it back with four minutes left in the half

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Speaker 2: at seventeen three, you knew that was a wrap. You

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Speaker 2: knew it was over at that point seventeen three. Vikings

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Speaker 2: are a team. And I had this stat that I

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Speaker 2: don't know if I said on the pod or on

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Speaker 2: the herd, but nobody took more snaps this season when

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Speaker 2: leading than the Minnesota Vikings. They are a great front

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Speaker 2: run flores unleashes the blitz, they come after you. That

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Speaker 2: wasn't the case tonight. They trailed the entire way. The

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Speaker 2: Vikings went down and turned it over on downs after that,

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Speaker 2: and then the Rams came down and scored a short

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Speaker 2: field touchdown and at twenty four to three, it was over.

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Speaker 2: There was like zero action in the second half except

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Speaker 2: Darnold on his back more and more, and it was

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Speaker 2: an impressive performance. Stafford was solid, Kyron Williams was good,

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Speaker 2: you know, Pooka was fine. Cooper Cup had one catch.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the Rams did not need to do much

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Speaker 2: once they got that lead. They're just riding Kyraen Williams,

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Speaker 3: It was.

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Speaker 2: It was another boring playoff game. I saw this stat

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Speaker 2: last year's wildcard games, which were awful. The average margin

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Speaker 2: of victory was seventeen points per game. This year, the

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Speaker 2: average margin was fifteen, a little bit closer. The Rams.

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Speaker 2: They were not amazing by the way, the Rams, they

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Speaker 2: were not outstanding. They got the early lead and make said,

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Speaker 2: let's power down. The Vikings got to the red zone

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Speaker 2: just once. I mean, just unbelievable. And now the Rams

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Speaker 2: set up with a trip to Philadelphia in what should

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Speaker 2: be a very good matchup. Now, I saw six and

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Speaker 2: know that's another teaser leg. That's kind of enticing. And

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Speaker 2: Ohio State Notre Dame six six and a half point teaser, guys,

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Speaker 2: four of the five games, if you include the college

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Speaker 2: although Ravens money's showing. I'm a little surprised by that

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Speaker 2: six and a half point dogs in Philly. We know

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Speaker 2: this was a rematch from I think they played this year.

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Speaker 2: The Eagles are just they're a tough team, you know

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Speaker 2: when they run that football, and the Rams run defense

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Speaker 2: was extremely sus earlier this year. Let me see, yeah,

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Speaker 2: it was this year. I remember that I was on

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Speaker 2: the Eagles. That was That was no sweat whatsoever. That

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Speaker 2: was the game where Saquon Barkley rush for two hundred

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Speaker 2: and fifty five yards in a scintillating performance. The Rams

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Speaker 2: just got carved up. Jalen Hurts was good. AJ Brown

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Speaker 2: had a big game. It was. That was a beat

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Speaker 2: down of epic proportions. The Eagles had They just the

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Speaker 2: Rams had no answer. But mild dude, this is a

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Speaker 2: this is a different Rams team. There. They were at

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Speaker 2: the time five and five, the Eagles were eight and

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Speaker 2: two in rolling the Rams now are cooking with gas. Okay,

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Speaker 2: this team, this play caller, this quarterback, they've been here before.

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Speaker 2: Okay, if you remove the week eighteen lost to Seattle

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Speaker 2: swapping that game out. They beat the Cardinals, they beat

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Speaker 2: they beat the Saints. They essentially haven't lost since that

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Speaker 2: They're probably equal to the stage. Hurts obviously much better running quarterback,

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Speaker 2: But I just can't get over Sirianni versus McVeigh. Now,

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Speaker 2: at night two. So I'm excited for Rams Eagles. I

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Speaker 2: think we'll see I don't have a bet on it yet,

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Speaker 2: but I do trust Saque Barkley. Now let's get to

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Speaker 2: Sam Donald, and I'm not going to crush the guy here.

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Speaker 2: You guys don't own a Sam Donald guy. I still

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Speaker 2: remember that Rose Bowl. He was amazing for USC and

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Speaker 2: the Lions. The Jets end up winning by like twenty.

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Speaker 2: But then that season, I'm pretty sure it was that

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Speaker 2: season he was seeing ghosts. Something you couldn't live down.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he had the mono because he was going

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Speaker 2: he's a young guy and it just didn't work. From

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Speaker 2: he goes to the Vikings, has a career year. Everybody

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Speaker 2: says he's in line to make a metric ton of money.

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Speaker 2: And what do you think happens? Week eighteen? Win and

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Speaker 2: you get the number one seed and he craps his

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Speaker 2: pants against the Vikings. It was ugly, he was bad

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Speaker 2: and the book was out in that game, Brian Flores.

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Speaker 2: If you make Donald hold the ball, if you can

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Speaker 2: sacked nine times. And listen, you can blame the offensive line. Sure,

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Speaker 2: I don't really care. Sure. Bottom line is Donald was

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Speaker 2: You could see the frustration from Justin Jefferson, just not

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Speaker 2: I know everybody's Oh, he cost himself a forty million dollars.

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Speaker 2: At whatever he cost himself a lot of money, somebody's

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Speaker 2: going to pay him. It is a numbers game, and

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Speaker 2: there just are not enough quarterbacks for teams. Now, I

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Speaker 2: think the real question becomes, is Sam Arnold closer to

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Speaker 2: what has he done Sam Donald had? I would believe

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Speaker 2: I would argue that this season Sam Donald had full season,

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Speaker 2: is better than any full season Kyler Murray's had. And

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Speaker 2: then you can play the argument, well, who would Kyler

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Speaker 2: I honestly don't know. I don't know what you do

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Speaker 2: with Donald. I think the Vikings obviously move on. My

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Speaker 2: it sounds like Ben Johnson is interested in Chicago. I

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Speaker 2: I think the Raiders are more than willing. They moved

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Speaker 2: land with the Raiders Ben Jonson is going to need

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Speaker 2: a quarterback. If you need a bridge quarterback for a year.

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Speaker 2: You don't think Sam Donald can do some things. He's

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Speaker 2: better than Gardner Minshew, He's better than they. O'Connell. I

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Speaker 2: just don't see Sam Donald being in Minnesota next year

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Speaker 2: as a backup. I think Daniel Jones, who was inactive

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Speaker 2: last night, I think he's probably the backup. And I

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Speaker 2: think JJ McCarthy's the guy. And you guys can sell

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Speaker 2: your Viking stock. I will gladly gobble that up because

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Speaker 2: I'm a believer in Kevin O'Connell. I just I don't

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Speaker 2: know what JJ McCarthy is, but I do know what

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Speaker 2: Sam Donald was. And Sam Donald had some moments this year,

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Speaker 2: no doubt about it. That game against the Packers late

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Speaker 2: in December. It was December, it might have been last

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Speaker 2: week of December. He was outstanding, like, whoa can this

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Speaker 2: team do some damage? And then you see him against

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Speaker 2: out here against the Rams and you know Rams are

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Speaker 2: sometimes to compare sports teams to the teams coach. You

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Speaker 2: know my kids in youth sports and what I'm doing

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Speaker 2: with both of the teams now, And I've talked to

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Speaker 2: the assistant coaches. I'm like, listen, we're not gonna unveil everything.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna say some stuff for the playoffs. You know,

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Speaker 2: we don't need to against some of these teams that

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Speaker 2: aren't as good in our you know, middle school basketball league.

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Speaker 2: And I believe Sean. I think McVeigh was doing something similar,

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Speaker 2: like why am I unloading everything early in the season.

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Speaker 2: Right. So, in other NFL news, the huge story on

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Speaker 2: I don't know, Rob. It's just one of these situations

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Speaker 2: But I'll throw this curveball. I personally, we talked about

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Speaker 3: Well, Jason, the simple answers what they should do is

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Speaker 2: mean I honestly, don't think the Cowboys is a better

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Speaker 2: job than UNC. Like at this. Yeah, if you want

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Speaker 2: to be famous and have your face all over TV

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Speaker 2: and have high profile games, what's that worth to Belichick?

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Speaker 2: He's won in billion Super Bowls? You think he cares about?

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Speaker 2: I don't think there's anything there. And the ges interesting

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Speaker 2: is where do you go after that? Right? You want

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Speaker 2: to go big game hunting? Fine, you wi on Belichick?

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Speaker 2: Ben Johnson's gives you the stuff arm So where do

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Speaker 2: you go?

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Speaker 3: Do you to?

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Speaker 2: And then I'll ask you this, would you rather coach

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Speaker 2: arch Manning next year in the SEC or Dak Prescott

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Speaker 2: in the NFC East? And I'll be honest, I kind

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Speaker 2: of want to see what.

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Speaker 1: Our test did.

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Speaker 2: I kind of want to see what our tast to offer.

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Speaker 2: I don't. I don't see a lot of people the

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Speaker 2: Cowboys that just bungled this. Listen, the window was there.

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Speaker 2: They won eleven games for three straight seasons, made the playoffs,

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Speaker 2: hosted two playoff games, maybe three, I don't. Bottom line

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Speaker 2: is they got smacked around by the Packers, they lost

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Speaker 2: to the Niners. They went on the road and lost

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Speaker 2: to the Niners. The window was there and now Dak

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Speaker 2: you know, injured. It just seems like it's falling apart.

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Speaker 2: They got to get a new coach. I'm seeing wacky

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Speaker 2: names online rob nothing credible or good. Like what about

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Speaker 2: Pete Carroll? Does that do anything for you?

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Speaker 3: Not? Particularly?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like that would be like a Golden Girl's

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Speaker 2: reboot with Jerry Jones and Pete Carroll.

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Speaker 3: Like, come on, can I tell you what I think

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Speaker 3: they're gonna do again? Not what I would have done,

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Speaker 3: because I've done is in order. What I listened to.

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Speaker 3: What I think they're gonna do is hire Kellen Moore

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Speaker 3: because who else is checking for the Dallas Cowboys job

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Speaker 3: that's worth their salt at this stay?

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Speaker 2: Hold on? Did they run off Kellen Moore?

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Speaker 3: They did. I don't know that he's going, But you know,

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Speaker 3: here's the thing. This is one of those things that,

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Speaker 3: like the Rabel going to New England, made a lot

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Speaker 3: of sense because to them, it matters that he's a patriot,

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Speaker 3: that he knows the Patriot, even if he said he

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Speaker 3: kind of distanced himself during his pressover he's like, hey,

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Speaker 3: I want to remove the entitlement from being a Patriot

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Speaker 3: and I want to get back to football. Like he's

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Speaker 3: saying the right things, But anybody who covers that team

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Speaker 3: with say that Rabel being a Patriots guy matter to Craft.

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Speaker 3: Jerry Jones being a cowboy matters to him. So he's gonnait, Hey,

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Speaker 3: you played for us, you called plays for US. Dak

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Speaker 3: Prescott likes you. There's a lot of familiarity, and you

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Speaker 3: don't have any other options that are better than this

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Speaker 3: quote unquote. You'n not get know the head coaching, gay

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Speaker 3: were else, So you'll be willing to concede. No front

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Speaker 3: office say, no say on trade, no say on contracts,

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Speaker 3: because you know that's not your role. Your role is

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Speaker 3: to call on offense. So that if I were to bet,

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Speaker 3: I would bet on Kellen Moore.

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Speaker 2: So I'm reading about what happened to Kellen Moore and

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Speaker 2: Troy Aikman claims he got run off by McCarthy who

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Speaker 2: wanted to be more hands on on the offense. So

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Speaker 2: it's possible that it did not end ugly with Kellen

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Speaker 2: Moore and Jerry Jones. That being said, does that have

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Speaker 2: does that have like a whiff of the Lakers or

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Speaker 2: the Lakers we go to hire a Laker, you know,

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Speaker 2: so who how has that worked out for them?

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Speaker 3: Like?

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Speaker 2: Not great?

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Speaker 3: Not great?

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Speaker 2: And like this idea that we got to hire someone

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Speaker 2: who's part of the family, that that's just an archaic

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Speaker 2: way of doing things. I don't know. I mean, is

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Speaker 2: it gonna be fascinating? I think it'll be really crazy

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Speaker 2: if Tomlin gets run off, But like you said, I

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Speaker 2: don't see that happening. Where do you think McCarthy ends

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Speaker 2: up Chicago.

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Speaker 3: I think he'd be great in Chicago.

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Speaker 2: In that division.

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Speaker 3: Yet revenge on the Packers absolutely, And I think if

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Speaker 3: anybody can fix the Ruby or solve the Rubis cube,

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Speaker 3: that is Caleb Williams. It's him because a lot of

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Speaker 3: the issues that we saw from Caleb this I know,

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Speaker 3: the counting stats look fine, but all the issues that

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Speaker 3: we saw from holds the ball too long, doesn't necessarily

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Speaker 3: see the field too well, thinks he's a better athlete

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Speaker 3: than what he is the reality. Those are all things

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Speaker 3: that even his most staunch defenders were saying those were

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Speaker 3: issues he had in college. So if he's gonna go

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Speaker 3: somewhere and he's gonna have a coach that's going to

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Speaker 3: get him to reach the potential that he has, it's

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Speaker 3: got to be somebody who has a history of working

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Speaker 3: with athletic quarterbacks. Check Mike McCarthy, a history of working

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Speaker 3: with mercurial quarterbacks, check Mike McCarthy. And a guy who

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Speaker 3: knows how to build a culture about football, which Mike

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Speaker 3: McCarthy dies. Even with that whole circus in Dallas the

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Speaker 3: last few years, to your point, he was winning double

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Speaker 3: digit games every year up until this season.

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Speaker 2: I feel like the talent isn't there. I looked at

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Speaker 2: the age of rosters and they're twenty first in age

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Speaker 2: in the league, so they're getting a little older. Yep,

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Speaker 2: eight of the top ten youngest teams in the league

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Speaker 2: made the playoffs. Because the new model is get like

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Speaker 2: the Rams, get a couple of superstars that are top heavy,

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Speaker 2: and then just surround it with a bunch of young

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Speaker 2: guys because they're cheap. And it feels like Dallas has

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Speaker 2: not really done that. And I guess some of that's

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Speaker 2: on Jerry for whipping in the UH in the draft

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Speaker 2: so often. Yeah, that's that's a spicy way to start

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Speaker 2: the week, for sure. I don't I wonder if anything

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Speaker 2: else will ow, I've Toalblin's really the only other one

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Speaker 2: I suppose we Well, no, I don't even know any

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Speaker 2: other he would have to lose this coming weekend. They

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Speaker 2: didn't look great in the opener against the Packers. What

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Speaker 2: do you think of McDermott lays an egg at home?

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Speaker 2: Any chance they run him off?

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Speaker 3: Oh, I mean he's already run off everybody else, so

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Speaker 3: I don't know who else there would be, right, Yeah?

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Speaker 3: They I mean they were seeing just Leslie Frazier, bunch

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Speaker 3: of defensive players, Like, who else is there to run off.

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Speaker 2: Promote Joe Brady? Since everybody loved Joe Brady. It's funny

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Speaker 2: McDermott had like that. That rough story was dropped on

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Speaker 2: him last year at the end of the season about

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Speaker 2: how he's just kind of a jerk and not nice.

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Speaker 3: And and he made some nine eleven joke around nine

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Speaker 3: eleven jokes. Yeah, probably you shouldn't joke about.

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Speaker 2: No, that's one of the Yeah, there's a few things like, hey,

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Speaker 2: just don't do any Hitler jokes, you.

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Speaker 3: Know, it's just it's not going to go the way

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Speaker 3: you think it's going to go.

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Speaker 2: You're not a comedian, Okay, you're not. Who's the girl

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Speaker 2: who hosted the Oscars or the Golden Globes with her name.

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Speaker 3: Whitney Cummings, No, the other one, Glazer, Nikki Glazer.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, she is hilarious. I think she's got free reign

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Speaker 2: to make jokes about anything.

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Speaker 3: She's really good.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I guess McDermott's tiny chintz. There's not nothing's

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Speaker 2: happening to John Harball winner, Los Dan Campbell's safe. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: there's not a lot of other options. The Tomlin one

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Speaker 2: will be interesting to watch. We'll see what happens. All right,

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Speaker 2: back tomorrow, talk to you then,