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Speaker 1: The Around the NFL Podcast, We'll give Charlie Whitehurst free

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Speaker 1: guitar lessons. Welcome back to another addition of the Round

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Speaker 1: the NFL podcast. My name is Dan Hansa's name, joined

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Speaker 1: by a room filled with some heroes, Mark Sessler and

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Speaker 1: Chris Westling. What upas how are you? I'm good? Uh?

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Speaker 1: I can't say the same thing for Greg Rosenthal. He

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Speaker 1: And Mark, as a proud father of two young boys,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you can relate to the situation happening with Greg. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you had to take care of business. Is a part

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Speaker 1: of me that also thinks. This week there was some

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Speaker 1: He calls it alternative, not God. We had a bunch

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Speaker 1: of things surface. So he's not getting off pok if

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Speaker 1: that's what this is about. Believe you me Wednesday's show,

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Speaker 1: make sure you tune in to the next round the

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Speaker 1: NFL Podcast Show, because we have some moles in this

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Speaker 1: situation that are really getting a lot of good info

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Speaker 1: to us. The drummer has surfaced and believes he can

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Speaker 1: find a VHS tape. It's always the drummer too, just

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Speaker 1: like it's always the kicker, Peyton Manning calling Vandergack the

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Speaker 1: up causing trouble, and that's why people go through them,

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Speaker 1: just like we go through a lot of producers. The

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Speaker 1: producer also seems to be a rabble rouser. No, it doesn't, guys,

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Speaker 1: how's it going. By the way, Hey, what's up? We

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Speaker 1: as you guys have progressed as to show us progressed.

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Speaker 1: We have a team now, you know, I have a

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Speaker 1: team of producers, whether it's myself and it's Kate Richer's

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Speaker 1: back here with me working on some video. Beautiful as always,

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Speaker 1: Kay rich a queen, a proud princess. You know we

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Speaker 1: have go standard. We have a bunch of guys in

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Speaker 1: the mix. Don't drizzle and the drizzle so, by the way,

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Speaker 1: you're you're passing the ball, passing the buck a little bit.

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Speaker 1: This is on you, buddy. When when the behinds, when

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Speaker 1: the when the when the team succeeds, it's about the team.

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Speaker 1: But when the team fails, that should be on you. Guys. Anyway,

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Speaker 1: you know what, you do A great job, Tod. I

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Speaker 1: want to make that clear though. Alright, so we got

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Speaker 1: why don't we start with Mark Sessler's favorite team, the

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Speaker 1: Billy Cundiff kicks a thirty seven yard field goal as

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Speaker 1: in and my brain too, you know, thirty five to

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Speaker 1: ten type win where they just roll through a bad

429
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Speaker 1: Redskins team going through some adversity. But they struggled here,

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Speaker 1: what's up with that? It's even worse when you when

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Speaker 1: you look at the Redskins defense and the injuries. Amerson,

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Speaker 1: their best cornerback, didn't even play. He was inactive. Terry

433
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Speaker 1: Porter got hurt during the game. Tracy Porter. I think

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Speaker 1: that's his name, right, Terry Porter's the old Trailblazers point

435
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Speaker 1: guards at the game, the trail bless the mailment has

436
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Speaker 1: so many volumes of sports knowledge, and that not gonna

437
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Speaker 1: his sometimes you don't think it's got cross wires, got

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Speaker 1: cross Terry Porter from Wisconsin. Stephens point, alright, no show.

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Speaker 1: You know you've been a little bell of chicky show.

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Speaker 1: Oh sorry. So they had three or four. It got

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Speaker 1: to the point where they have one healthy cornerback in

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Speaker 1: the game, and the forty Niners weren't doing much. The

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Speaker 1: forty Niners offense doesn't have much more rhythm than the

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Speaker 1: Redskins offense, and that's been the case all year. It's

445
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Speaker 1: just a kwon Bolden is the only reliable guy. I

446
00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,639
Speaker 1: look at the what why are they this year? Maybe

447
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,800
Speaker 1: not as exciting and powerful the way they kind of

448
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,960
Speaker 1: went down the stretch from last year and just rolled

449
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Speaker 1: over some teams. They're running for two point three yards

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Speaker 1: per carry. Yeah, I think part of it's the offensive

451
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Speaker 1: line and part of it I've always thought the crab

452
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Speaker 1: Tree and Vernon Davis were injured for most of this season.

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Speaker 1: Crabtree looks a little better. Davis dropped the ball today

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Speaker 1: a bit really bad. Dropped ran two ro outes short

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Speaker 1: of the sticks on third down. Both of them would

456
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Speaker 1: have been huge first downs if he picked him up

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Speaker 1: and he didn't do it. So Seattle in San Francisco

458
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Speaker 1: both seven and four now two games behind the Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: Uh do we think one of those teams is gonna

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Speaker 1: catch the Cardinals? As two games? Uh? Too much to

461
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Speaker 1: overcome at this point. I think the Seahawks can. I

462
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Speaker 1: mean we talked about Drew, the way Drew Stanton looked

463
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Speaker 1: today and the way that Seahawks defense looks like they're

464
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Speaker 1: back to legion of boom. Now they get Bobby Wagner back,

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Speaker 1: Byron Maxwell, Cam Chancellor. These are three very important players

466
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Speaker 1: well in Seattle in San Francisco play Thanksgiving, and then

467
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Speaker 1: they played two weeks later. We'll find out real fast

468
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Speaker 1: who's for real alright. From the NFC West to the

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Speaker 1: a f C West, Marcus Gilchrist goal line interception of

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Speaker 1: a Shawn Hill pass save the day and possibly the

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Speaker 1: season for the San Diego Chargers, who escaped with the

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Speaker 1: twent win over the ever fight the St. Louis Rams. Um.

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Speaker 1: This was a game, guys, where Hill they have the

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Speaker 1: ball deep, deep, deep, and Chargers territory with about a

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Speaker 1: minute to play. Uh they had the field goal that

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Speaker 1: would have tied the game there for for the taking.

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Speaker 1: And yet Brian Schottenheimer, the Rams offensive coordinator, lets Sewn

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Speaker 1: Hill throw the ball. He put some faith in uh

479
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Speaker 1: in Hill, and gil Christ makes some pay for it.

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Speaker 1: Greg was very upset downstairs that people on Twitter were

481
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Speaker 1: going at Brian Schottenheimer for calling a pass in that situation.

482
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Speaker 1: I think he was actually upset. He was working on rhymes,

483
00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,360
Speaker 1: He was scribbling him on his desk. He kept on distracting.

484
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Speaker 1: So enigmatic because I took it to be actual, you know,

485
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Speaker 1: an actual agitation over the sport that we covered was

486
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,040
Speaker 1: something totally else. But in all seriousness. I think you're

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Speaker 1: I think I agree with Greg. I was totally on

488
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Speaker 1: Greg Sidus. I think you know, Hill had played pretty

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Speaker 1: well to that point, and it wasn't like it was

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Speaker 1: a wild play call. You know. It's like, I guess,

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Speaker 1: Sean Hill has to be smart enough to know, uh,

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Speaker 1: you can't make a mistake that costs you the game

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Speaker 1: because you already had the tie there. Uh it just

494
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,040
Speaker 1: didn't work out. I guess this is the pitfalls that

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Speaker 1: come with having to play without your starting quarterback. And

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Speaker 1: the Rams are dealing with this, and it's the it's

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Speaker 1: subpartal uh quarterback play. And I like Jeff Fisher a

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Speaker 1: lot as a coach. I think we all agree the

499
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Speaker 1: Rams have a lot of nice pieces on that team,

500
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Speaker 1: but they're gonna continually be hamstrung by middle link talent

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Speaker 1: at quarterback. They're gonna go seven and nine like they

502
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Speaker 1: do every year. But it's weird because we would say, oh, well,

503
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:47,359
Speaker 1: how can you expect him to do anything other than

504
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Speaker 1: go seven and nine in that crazy division except to

505
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Speaker 1: keep beating the teams in their own division, And then

506
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Speaker 1: they go out and drop one against a really up

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Speaker 1: and down Chargers team, and by the way the San

508
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Speaker 1: Diego Chargers the team of a t L and right

509
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Speaker 1: at least, so whether or west you want them to

510
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Speaker 1: be or not, they were handed the sector and they

511
00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,360
Speaker 1: hoisted in the air proudly. And that's a nice win,

512
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: big win. It's a good win. I'm telling you. The

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Speaker 1: Rams might be four and seven, but this is a

514
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Speaker 1: good RAMS team and they made the big play in

515
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Speaker 1: a big spot where they could have laid down like

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Speaker 1: dogs Go super Charges, Sandy Aco super Charges. Well, they

517
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,280
Speaker 1: are right now outside of the six teams that would

518
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Speaker 1: make the playoffs today, they are that seven. React to

519
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 1: my I don't even know what I done them a

520
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,919
Speaker 1: month ago, I told you that good job trying to

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Speaker 1: sell the four and seven Rams is a good team.

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Speaker 1: They are good and they're not great. Four and seven.

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Speaker 1: I think you answered your question. Come on, they're not bad,

524
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Speaker 1: But I mean, this is a game. If the Charges

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Speaker 1: didn't win this game, they got a killer schedule. You

526
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,080
Speaker 1: could almost you it would be painful because I'm I'm

527
00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:57,639
Speaker 1: not gonna be naive to the fact that if they

528
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Speaker 1: would have blown this game, we've gotta start talking at

529
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Speaker 1: him for the four committee possibly sticking a fork and

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Speaker 1: their chances for the playoffs. So this was when they

531
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Speaker 1: need because down the stretch it's not gonna get any easier. Um,

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Speaker 1: I want to take a quick look at the Charger

533
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,280
Speaker 1: schedule we need to write and West, I no longer

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Speaker 1: think you're partial on this, So are impartial on this?

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna have to swing it over to Mark

536
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Speaker 1: to play the game. That's fair because I am not impartial. Mark, Uh,

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Speaker 1: give give me some filibuster. You know, the charges, the

538
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 1: team that when we picked them, I think that they

539
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,680
Speaker 1: were never able to really when they when it came

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Speaker 1: into team walls, into the building that we had picked him,

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Speaker 1: his team of ETL that they had a tough time.

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Speaker 1: All right, here we go. Going from there. They are

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Speaker 1: what's their record? Now? Seven and four? Here we go,

544
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Speaker 1: Here we go, let's get to ten at Ravens. Lost

545
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,520
Speaker 1: seven and five home to Patriots, lost seven and six

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Speaker 1: home to Broncos, seven and seven at Niners, lost seven

547
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:56,520
Speaker 1: and eight at Chiefs. And they won't win another game.

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Speaker 1: I don't know is that they're gonna lose out What

549
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,320
Speaker 1: game are they gonna win? I'll tell you what they're

550
00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: gonna win. They're gonna win one of those the Patriots, Broncos.

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00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:08,919
Speaker 1: They're gonna win one of those games at home, and

552
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:13,120
Speaker 1: they're gonna beat the Chiefs in a big spot and

553
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 1: uh and they're still one from the Ravens ten of six.

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00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 1: That's we wrote about this, you know, in the off season,

555
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,439
Speaker 1: our favorite assignment of the year. When the schedule comes out,

556
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,679
Speaker 1: we have to write about it. We don't know anything

557
00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,400
Speaker 1: about these teams, really, but we still have to write

558
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,480
Speaker 1: about it. And it was easy to see. The Chargers

559
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,760
Speaker 1: had the worst schedule down the stretch, the toughest schedule,

560
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:36,000
Speaker 1: that is brutal, that is is actually not a crazy prediction.

561
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 1: I feel like if you could have said something worse,

562
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: you would have there. You gotta come up with something different. Well,

563
00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 1: I honestly I used my deepest abilities of analysis, and

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00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,639
Speaker 1: they are going to be seven and nine at the

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Speaker 1: end of the season. All right, gentlemen, Let's move on

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Speaker 1: now to the NFC North and the leaders of the

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Speaker 1: NFC North, the Packers. Eddie Lacey rest for a hundred

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00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,479
Speaker 1: and twenty five yards and twenty five carries. Those are

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Speaker 1: season highs in both categories, added a seaving touchdown, leading

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Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers to over the Vikings on Sunday

571
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,719
Speaker 1: not to talk about this game. We're gonna dial up

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00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:17,000
Speaker 1: our friend over in New Jersey. That's Smith Springsteen. Uh whoa.

573
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,399
Speaker 1: He lives in a haunted house, which you know you

574
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 1: would think would be scary, but he's a tough guy.

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00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 1: He is the great. Connor Or how you doing, Buddy? Good?

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00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,240
Speaker 1: Your your opinions of my home keep getting better? You're

577
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:34,000
Speaker 1: doing it must be it must be huge. Hear that

578
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:37,119
Speaker 1: wind tunnel in the foyer, the masters an eerie ghoul

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Speaker 1: spinning through your house. Are you in your library? Yeah? Yeah,

580
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: it's a it's great. You know, it's a It's a

581
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 1: great place to relax near the while you smoke your

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00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:52,000
Speaker 1: pipe in your velvet robe and your slippers. All right, Connor, So,

583
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 1: the Packers have won seven of eight games, but this

584
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:59,320
Speaker 1: one was a bigger challenge than we expected, wasn't it. Yeah?

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00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:03,080
Speaker 1: I mean Mike himver did a lot of really interesting things. Defensively.

586
00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:05,200
Speaker 1: I mean that that front is obviously going to be

587
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 1: really strong, but you know he he sometimes ran with

588
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 1: kind of that single high safety and still found ways

589
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 1: that the father Aaron Rodgers, So I thought he came

590
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 1: in with a great game plan it was just you know,

591
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:17,920
Speaker 1: I mean, Aaron Rodgers is still Aaron Rodgers, and he's

592
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 1: just gonna beat you on crazy passes and that's that's

593
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: what he's been doing all year and that's what will

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00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 1: continue to do. And that's kind of what what edges

595
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 1: the game. On top of the fact that Eddie Lacey

596
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 1: is just just a monster. The past that Aaron Rodgers

597
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:32,240
Speaker 1: made where he was going in the opposite direction on

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00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 1: the field, falling away and then flicked it like a

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00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 1: almost like a hail Mary, but it wasn't a hail

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00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 1: Mary at all because he knew exactly what he was doing,

601
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 1: right into the corner of the end zone for a

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00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 1: touch on the opposite corner. It was a play that

603
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 1: you will only see an NFL blitz on your old

604
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: you know, Super Nintendo or whatever. It was like one

605
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 1: of those crazy plays. I mean, what was your thoughts

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00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,800
Speaker 1: about where your takeaways from that play? Connor No, I mean,

607
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 1: he's got to be the only quarterback that's that's able

608
00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 1: to make He was past the opposite hatch. He had

609
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 1: sold the play fake beautifully, and you know, it was

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00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 1: almost like he didn't even look into the corner of

611
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: the end zone. Where he was throwing the ball. But

612
00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 1: how dangerous is that for a quarterback against an NFL

613
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 1: caliber defense. That's put that much air under a ball,

614
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,400
Speaker 1: and he didn't hesitate at all. And it was first

615
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,719
Speaker 1: in goal, you know. And the craziest part is that

616
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: wasn't even the best throw yeah all day. And he

617
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: hit Randall Cobb on this slant where you know, Harrison

618
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 1: Smith had him covered so well he was underneath that

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Speaker 1: he was ready to make the catch. And nobody, not

620
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 1: even the broadcasters, knew how how Tom came down with

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Speaker 1: the ball. It was ridiculous. I saw a vine of

622
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,239
Speaker 1: that throw. It was a dark missile to a guy

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Speaker 1: that was covered like a blank. Let's just say he's

624
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 1: not human. He's a cyborg of some nature. We know this,

625
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:46,880
Speaker 1: hey Connor, We've been worried kind of. That's explosive as

626
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 1: a Packers offense, is any lazy hadn't been consistent from

627
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,920
Speaker 1: week to week. I believe he's now averaging over five

628
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,560
Speaker 1: yards per carry since the season opener. How did he

629
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Speaker 1: look today? Well, it's the Vikings, So I think he's

630
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,960
Speaker 1: got half of his touchdown against the Vikings, and he's

631
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 1: got I think two of his three or two of

632
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,720
Speaker 1: his two hundred yard games against the Vikings, so he's

633
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 1: something there's something he loves about playing that team. But

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00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,440
Speaker 1: I mean he he reminded me of a Marshawn Lynch.

635
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 1: I think that's fair comparative. He's just so hard to

636
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,920
Speaker 1: bring it to bring down and I liked. I really

637
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 1: like what he's been adding in the passing game recently.

638
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,520
Speaker 1: I mean, some of those screenplays that that they've dialed

639
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 1: up for him, especially since when when Zimmer was blitzing

640
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: a lot, I've been impressed with the way he's handled it.

641
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: And uh, I mean you talk about consistency. You know,

642
00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 1: these last few weeks have been strong for him, and

643
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,480
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be the guy that's gonna drive

644
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 1: this ship down the road, because you know, November December,

645
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:37,719
Speaker 1: you get a guy like him moving. I don't think

646
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: there's too many people that want to get in his way. So,

647
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 1: I mean, it seems like the Vikings have definitely found,

648
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 1: after a number of failed coaches, a great one in

649
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer, someone to stick around with. What about a quarterback?

650
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 1: Do you feel like Teddy Bridgewater is that guy? Or

651
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 1: is this still a question mark? I was you know,

652
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 1: I got killed for saying this on on Twitter, but

653
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:58,719
Speaker 1: I thought that I was almost impressed that he had

654
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: a career high and rushing are because that was a

655
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: green bay was Darren him to to run and he

656
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 1: he made some moves in the pocket, which is something

657
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 1: you know, he he wants to establish himself as a

658
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 1: pocket passer. But he made some moves after he broke

659
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 1: the pocket, and I think he ended up with like

660
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:15,720
Speaker 1: thirty five rushing yards. But it was something that helped

661
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,080
Speaker 1: them move the ball. And you know, in the first

662
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 1: half he was awful. It's accuracy was bad, but when

663
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: it mattered the most, you know, he came down and

664
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: he completed a long touchdown drive that that put them

665
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 1: within three points to you know, to come back and

666
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 1: tie the game. So I think he's he's growing and

667
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 1: at this point, he just needs an offensive line and

668
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: and someone that can run the ball, and I think

669
00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: that that he'll be just fine. Connor in your palatial

670
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 1: mansion in central New Jersey. Are the ghosts Are they

671
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 1: friendly or demonic in nature? You know, it's it depends

672
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 1: on the season and uh and and how he you know,

673
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 1: how much heat we end up turning on so right

674
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: now we're low heat, cold weather, so they're demonic it.

675
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:59,520
Speaker 1: It's tough, you know, be careful, stay safe, Connor or

676
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 1: we move on more NFC North Goodness. The Bears are

677
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:08,920
Speaker 1: finally in the wind column Soldier Field after conquest over

678
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and former Bears coach Lovey Smith. Uh.

679
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:17,240
Speaker 1: This is a win that can rifaitly be claimed by

680
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 1: the Chicago defense, which really gave Josh McCown a lot

681
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 1: of trouble in this game. McCown, who had been playing better,

682
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:26,840
Speaker 1: especially last week he played very well, came back down

683
00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 1: to earth here. This was also gamer Tampa jumped out

684
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: to I believe, attend nothing lead before Chicago woke up

685
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 1: and made some plays after doing nothing in the first half. Yeah,

686
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 1: those turnovers were huge from Josh McCown. And in his defense,

687
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 1: they have no running game in the offensive line is

688
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 1: a mess, so he has to keep throwing. But yeah,

689
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 1: I think I don't know that's he put so much

690
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 1: responsibility on Josh McCown and he's not he's not talented

691
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 1: enough to just carry you against I think we forget

692
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 1: with this offense that you lost your coordinator who had

693
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: a top secret, you know, attack planned all offseason. We

694
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,200
Speaker 1: never got to see that. I'm sure it would have

695
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 1: been amazing. No, I'm not. I'm not making excuses for

696
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: the Bucks at all, but it just doesn't feel like

697
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 1: a very well coached team with much identity because there

698
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:18,760
Speaker 1: is talent, especially at the receiver position, and it doesn't

699
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,680
Speaker 1: translate too much from week to week. We've seen some

700
00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 1: big games from Mike Evans. Um he's some that's promising,

701
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 1: But the Bucks, to me, it's one of the teams

702
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:28,279
Speaker 1: that if the season could kind of just end for

703
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:30,399
Speaker 1: a couple of these squads, they would be one I'd pick.

704
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 1: I don't need to see a whole lot more from

705
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,719
Speaker 1: Tampa this season. Yeah, I think Mike Evans might be

706
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,279
Speaker 1: the only guy that you tune in to watch to

707
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,359
Speaker 1: see what he does on a weekly basis. I mean,

708
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:43,400
Speaker 1: he had a touchdown in his fourth straight game, but

709
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 1: he was even quiet today, was targeted eleven times up

710
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 1: and just had two receptions or three receptions. Excuse me, so, uh,

711
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:52,879
Speaker 1: there wasn't There is really a lot to get excited about.

712
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 1: And I think to your point, Mark that Tedford once

713
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:58,080
Speaker 1: he disappears, he gets sick, so he's gone for the season.

714
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: You know you have somebody filling in, but then it's

715
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:02,720
Speaker 1: a lovely Smith team, so it's almost like you almost

716
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: know the offense is in bad shape at that point.

717
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 1: And on the other side, you can't credit really Jake

718
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 1: Cutler for this win. I think he had two more

719
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: turnovers a day now leads the NFL with eight. Team

720
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 1: they didn't move the ball for most of the game.

721
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 1: Matt Forte is the best offensive player once again, has

722
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 1: has been the case for a while. I think Forte

723
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,120
Speaker 1: joined La Damian Thompson is the only running backs in

724
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 1: history with at least eight hundred rushing yards and three

725
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 1: hundred receiving yards at each of the first seven seasons.

726
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:33,360
Speaker 1: Underappreciated career from that Forte And by the way, Jake Cutler,

727
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,320
Speaker 1: I know he's everybody's favorite punching bag, but this is

728
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 1: a game where he actually did play poorly. Sometimes when

729
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: they lose, he actually doesn't even play that bad, but

730
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,399
Speaker 1: the team stinks, so they lose. This time they win,

731
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 1: and he had he was in the gabber zone less

732
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,959
Speaker 1: than five yards in an attempts, So the Bears proved

733
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 1: they can win without their offense doing much. But it's

734
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,399
Speaker 1: a little too little, too late for this team. Let's

735
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 1: just move on. Let's move on to the Cincinnati Bengals.

736
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,759
Speaker 1: Who you know, they had that terrible game against the

737
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,799
Speaker 1: Browns and it seemed like it was all over. But

738
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,400
Speaker 1: now they're back. They're back in in a good spot now.

739
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 1: In the n f C North, AJ Green set a

740
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 1: career high with twelve catches. Andy Dalton played well. For

741
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: the second consecutive week, the Bengals scored road win over

742
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans. Uh. They've recovered nicely now with back

743
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 1: to back road wins. Uh. They are seven three and one.

744
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: They have a favorable schedule at least coming up in

745
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:28,800
Speaker 1: the next week. Uh. This is a team that seems

746
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: to hit rock bottom and bounce back quickly. And now

747
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: we're in position to win this division. I always thought,

748
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: since Andy Dalton and A J. Green came into the

749
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:41,960
Speaker 1: league together, this is the rare playoff team that revolves

750
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,319
Speaker 1: around its best wide receiver, not its quarterback. And I

751
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 1: think we saw that today. Greg had this game and

752
00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,400
Speaker 1: said A J. Green seemed like every third down just

753
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 1: made a great catch in traffic, one on one, a

754
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: contested catch in A J. Green would come down with

755
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 1: it well, and Ryan Mallett crash landed to earth. He

756
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,800
Speaker 1: looked very promising on some of his throws against Cleveland

757
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 1: and took advantage of maybe a team with no game

758
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,360
Speaker 1: tape on him. Wildly inaccurate today. But then we did

759
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:10,400
Speaker 1: find out after the game that, according to NFL media

760
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 1: insider Ian Rap report, and he may have suffered a

761
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 1: torn right pectoral muscle, has an m RI schedule and

762
00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:17,439
Speaker 1: he could be out for the year, which is bad

763
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 1: for Houston as this was meant to be. Do we

764
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 1: want to keep this guy? Is this a guy that

765
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 1: we believe in as a future starter. I would think

766
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: that having a throwing arm pectoral muscle might make you

767
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 1: wildly act inact. Well, that would explain it exactly. I

768
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,840
Speaker 1: don't root for injuries or anybody, but Ryan mald getting

769
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,360
Speaker 1: hurt helps the Texans on some level. They need to

770
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,479
Speaker 1: target a quarterback at the top of the next draft.

771
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 1: Do not get sucked in by Ryan mel playing a

772
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 1: few decent games. Uh, just go after that quarterback. Lose

773
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,440
Speaker 1: every game you can put yourself in a great position.

774
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:50,360
Speaker 1: Suck for Duck. I'm not sure that's how the coaching

775
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: staff sees the Journey of the Interesting. I like it.

776
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: I think they're already they already have too many winds

777
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 1: to be in the suck for duck race. Oh that's right,

778
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 1: what do they They had five wins? Yeah, I mean

779
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,799
Speaker 1: they That's the thing. This actually, this game didn't even

780
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,400
Speaker 1: really cancel their playoff hopes if they were to really search.

781
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:10,280
Speaker 1: But you got Ryan Fitzpatrick back at quarterback. That's not happening,

782
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 1: all right. That anything else you want any other takeaways

783
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: from this game, anything jump out of you. I think

784
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 1: we should give the Bengals some credit. Uh, Jeremy Hill

785
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 1: and Geo Bernard or health. You know, Jeremy Hills established

786
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,960
Speaker 1: now Geo Bernard's healthy. They've got a much better offense

787
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,719
Speaker 1: than they did two weeks ago or three weeks ago

788
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: when they lost to the Browns. This looks like a

789
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 1: team that could take the a f C North again.

790
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 1: They are a nice one to punch with. Hit with

791
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 1: Bernard healthy, Hill is really I think he's showing all

792
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 1: of us something in the last few weeks. He's a

793
00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 1: guy that can make plays. So you put those two

794
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:43,360
Speaker 1: guys together, you have one of the best wide receivers

795
00:38:43,360 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 1: in football. As long as Dalton doesn't go on the tank.

796
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,400
Speaker 1: This is a team that's gonna score some points, the

797
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 1: only thing that you have to be concerned about. And

798
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:53,319
Speaker 1: I think they win this division. I think ten five

799
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: and one sounds about right. Um, But January. Everything's lurking

800
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,840
Speaker 1: in January with the angles. Do you see anything west

801
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,320
Speaker 1: to think that maybe this team could put it together

802
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 1: and win a couple of games in January. No, And

803
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: I'm not sure that I would put them in the

804
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 1: playoffs right now. I don't know if the Bengals are

805
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:14,239
Speaker 1: better than the Ravens. Steelers are Browns. I still think

806
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 1: the Ravens are the most complete team in the division. Alright,

807
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,240
Speaker 1: So let's move on now to the an f C South,

808
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 1: where the Indianapolis Colts overcame a sloppy start before taking

809
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 1: control in a twenty three to three win. Oh this

810
00:39:28,239 --> 00:39:31,800
Speaker 1: is jaunty. I like that Kunna party, alright. They just

811
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:35,720
Speaker 1: let the music govern couple seconds. I like that Kunna party,

812
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 1: all right. Three three win over the lowly Jacksonville Jaguars,

813
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 1: who stank. T Y Hilton had a seventy three yard

814
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,440
Speaker 1: touchdown on the day his daughter was born. That's pretty cool.

815
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 1: And he went over the one thousand yard mark for

816
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: the second consecutive year. Uh, this is not a win

817
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,760
Speaker 1: that's gonna get anyone exciting excited guys. But the Colts

818
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,320
Speaker 1: have successfully moved on from that embarrassment at home against

819
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 1: the Patriots and time time. How bad was Blake Bortles.

820
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,720
Speaker 1: I didn't see the game, but to me it's getting

821
00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: to be a little depressing that what we saw in

822
00:40:07,719 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 1: preseason and in his first starter too, really has just

823
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 1: gone downhill. Here's the scary thing. He did not play well.

824
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,879
Speaker 1: He did not move the team at all. In fact,

825
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,240
Speaker 1: I think he was below a hundred yards passing until

826
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,359
Speaker 1: uh late in this game, and his path and his

827
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:27,040
Speaker 1: yards per attempt average was sub five. We call that

828
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,440
Speaker 1: the Gabbard zone around here, and no Jaguars fan wants

829
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 1: blame Gabbard associated Blake Bortles on any level. And I'm

830
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 1: not saying that it's time to start thinking about Blake

831
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 1: Bortles as the next big Jaguars bust, but I think

832
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:42,080
Speaker 1: there's no way to sugarcoat the fact that he has

833
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,560
Speaker 1: not done what what a lot of people expected him

834
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 1: to be because there were glowing reviews of this guy.

835
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 1: He really did perform well, and now he just does.

836
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:53,080
Speaker 1: He doesn't seem comfortable at all behind center. And this

837
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:55,759
Speaker 1: is not a great team anywhere on that roster, doesn't

838
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:57,520
Speaker 1: have a lot around him, but he is not playing

839
00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:59,399
Speaker 1: well and it's holding them back. I mean they got

840
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,400
Speaker 1: to him today four sacks. He got hit seven times.

841
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: I mean that's maybe with some of these young rookies.

842
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,319
Speaker 1: If you aren't put into an opportunity where there's a

843
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,400
Speaker 1: lot of around you and you can you know, the

844
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 1: shoulder the load, which he's had two in Jacksonville. This

845
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 1: is around the time of the year where you hit

846
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 1: a wall and some of the some of these performances

847
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 1: start to you know, the floor falls out to some

848
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 1: degree for Bordles. I I wonder though, because I thought

849
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 1: all along, you know, if they did anything this season,

850
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 1: that coach would be around next season. Gus Bradley. I

851
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:30,640
Speaker 1: just have to wonder what is it he can walk into,

852
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: you know, the ownership and say, here's what I've done

853
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 1: this season, here's what I can hang my hat on.

854
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: The just the team seems to be in free fall.

855
00:41:36,200 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 1: I would think shod Khan would be thinking to himself

856
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:43,840
Speaker 1: right now, um, we have boardles were committed to him.

857
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 1: Do we want to risk going in uh to this

858
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 1: another year with a guy that maybe we're not in

859
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:51,640
Speaker 1: on and then if that doesn't work out, all of

860
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:53,719
Speaker 1: a sudden we're two years in on Blake Bordles and

861
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,240
Speaker 1: then it starts feeling a bit of gabberty again, also

862
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:58,279
Speaker 1: where it's like, or do we want to cut ties

863
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:01,280
Speaker 1: with this, try something new A Bordles is still fresh

864
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 1: and try to move on. Well, I think Gus Bradley

865
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:06,919
Speaker 1: is the general manager's pick, so that helps him a lot.

866
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:10,239
Speaker 1: Caldbell picked him and they knew that this was a

867
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 1: total excavation. That Jane Smith, the former GM, left them

868
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,839
Speaker 1: with a bear cupboard, so they knew this was more

869
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:19,759
Speaker 1: more than a two year program. But I think on

870
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 1: the other side of the ball boom Herron started over

871
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 1: Trent Richardson right that I'm guessing he outplayed him to well,

872
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 1: he has a corporeal entity. He definitely uh they split time. Essentially,

873
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: Herron got the start. They I think Karen had one

874
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 1: less carry than Trent Richardson in the game. But Richardson

875
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 1: does what you expect him to do, which is average

876
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 1: about three and a half yards and carry did find

877
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: the end zone. Uh. Herron did lose a fumble to

878
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:46,000
Speaker 1: a big fumble loss, so on balance, I think it

879
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,240
Speaker 1: was a push in this game, but I think Heron

880
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:52,200
Speaker 1: clearly he averaged u Uh. He had sixty five yards

881
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 1: and just twelve carries. He ran the ball better, and

882
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 1: I think as the season progresses, you're gonna see Boom

883
00:42:57,239 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 1: get more more work than bust. Karen also caught five

884
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 1: passes for thirty yards, and Richardson where that I thought

885
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:05,640
Speaker 1: some of his better workers come as a pass catcher

886
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:07,919
Speaker 1: out of the backfield, caught none. I just I don't

887
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 1: know the trend Richardson thing, you talk about teams being

888
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:13,200
Speaker 1: bold and making a decision that something's not working. That

889
00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,800
Speaker 1: may be an offseason decision for them that let's stop

890
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,880
Speaker 1: stop this experience. How about we line up behind Andrew

891
00:43:18,960 --> 00:43:22,040
Speaker 1: Luck a little Adrian Peterson and then we're off and

892
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,120
Speaker 1: you get him on a little bit of a discount,

893
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:26,399
Speaker 1: at least for a one year deal as he comes off,

894
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:28,839
Speaker 1: so some grimness in Minnesota, and all of a sudden,

895
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:30,919
Speaker 1: you've got a Super Bowl contender. How you like me? Now?

896
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:34,680
Speaker 1: I like that? Alright? Moving on, speaking of Super Bowl contenders,

897
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: the genius. Let's talk about his team. The Eagles confirmed

898
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: what we all suspected on Sunday. The Titans can't keep

899
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,200
Speaker 1: pace with a Chip Kelly offense. Mark Sanchez through fore

900
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,279
Speaker 1: yards and Lashawn McCoy went over the century mark in

901
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:52,720
Speaker 1: a forty three win over Tennessee. This is the second

902
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 1: time in three weeks that the Eagles have thrown up

903
00:43:56,120 --> 00:44:00,760
Speaker 1: a forty burger and very interesting st at I saw

904
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:04,400
Speaker 1: on Twitter Mark Sanchez and three hundred yard games. That

905
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:07,400
Speaker 1: can be deceiving, obviously, but Sanchez never had back to

906
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,759
Speaker 1: back three hundred yard performances in all these years with

907
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: New York, and his first three starts of the Eagles

908
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:15,759
Speaker 1: three three hundred yard games, so he's throwing the ball

909
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:17,720
Speaker 1: around with this team. He didn't have a great game

910
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,279
Speaker 1: uh today, So this is actually two straight games or

911
00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,800
Speaker 1: Sanchez hasn't been very good. He threw two bad turnovers,

912
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,319
Speaker 1: threw bed two bad interceptions. I should say that did

913
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,120
Speaker 1: remind me of the Sanchez that that flamed out in

914
00:44:29,160 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 1: New York. But he also made some nice plays how

915
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 1: to touchdown. Uh continues to look comfortable in this offense

916
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:39,520
Speaker 1: and showing good arm strength and mobility. UH I think

917
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:41,560
Speaker 1: he's doing okay so far. I give him a B

918
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: and Lashaw McCoy had one of his best games of

919
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 1: the year. Right, Yeah, this is the performance frustrated Lashawn

920
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 1: McCoy fantasy owners were waiting for. Went over a hundred

921
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:53,759
Speaker 1: well over a hundred yards, had a touchdown, wasn't really

922
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,160
Speaker 1: involved with the passing game. But this was the guy

923
00:44:56,239 --> 00:44:59,080
Speaker 1: that that the shady that we know that makes defenses

924
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: miss and then gets into the second level. And you know,

925
00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:03,799
Speaker 1: it just goes to show this this team has had

926
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,759
Speaker 1: no problem scoring points this year, and they've done it

927
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 1: with McCoy having a subpar season by his high standards.

928
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 1: If he's doing that, if he's loosening defenses up like

929
00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,880
Speaker 1: that and and going over a hundred yards and just

930
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:18,359
Speaker 1: being a menace this team, they're gonna be very hard

931
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 1: to stop on a weekly basis. I mean, do you

932
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:22,680
Speaker 1: trust them as a team that can get to the

933
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 1: NFC title game. I'm not sold. I I you know,

934
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,879
Speaker 1: I still I can't get behind Sanchez. I haven't seen

935
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:31,840
Speaker 1: enough from him yet with the Eagles to say that

936
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:34,320
Speaker 1: I trust him. He had a really nice game against

937
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:36,520
Speaker 1: Carolina in the first game last two weeks there have

938
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 1: been some red flags, so I'm not sure I can

939
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: say that yet. Real quick. On the other team, how

940
00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:44,960
Speaker 1: did Zach Mettenberger look? He looked okay, he made some throws.

941
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 1: I think that Mettenberger is definitely doing enough to justify

942
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 1: the decision to give him this look. Um, he's not

943
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:56,040
Speaker 1: He trusts his arm, he makes big throws. He he

944
00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,319
Speaker 1: holds the ball too long. He you know, he makes

945
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 1: some mistakes. But I think I think Mettenberger is a

946
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,160
Speaker 1: guy that you can get behind for the rest of

947
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:05,759
Speaker 1: the season and uh, you know, but he's there. There's

948
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 1: just no way this offense, with this lack of this

949
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 1: that they have such a lack of playmakers, is going

950
00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:15,319
Speaker 1: to keep up with Philly's offense, which takes us to

951
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:20,839
Speaker 1: Sunday Night. Tony Romo let a seven play, eight yard

952
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:24,320
Speaker 1: touchdown drive late in the fourth quarter, leading the Dallas

953
00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:27,840
Speaker 1: Cowboys to a thirty win over the New York Giants

954
00:46:27,920 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 1: at the meadow Lands in one of the best most

955
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 1: entertaining games of the year, certainly in prime time and

956
00:46:34,239 --> 00:46:37,319
Speaker 1: for Sunday night football, which has really had a lot

957
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:42,799
Speaker 1: of stinkers. Uh, guys, but guys again, Chris Wesling and

958
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 1: Mark Sessler with Greg out of the mix. I want

959
00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:49,760
Speaker 1: to ask you your thoughts on this game. Tony Romo

960
00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:51,919
Speaker 1: steps up in a big spot again. Is he gonna

961
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:55,920
Speaker 1: start getting credit for it? He should. Last four games,

962
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:58,399
Speaker 1: three of them have been passer rating over one five.

963
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,839
Speaker 1: He's been pretty good in the fourth quarter and late

964
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 1: in games this year. He should start getting credit. I

965
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 1: thought he also tonight when we saw him come back

966
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 1: from the back injury. Initially, like in that Jacksonville Jaguars game,

967
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,440
Speaker 1: did not look healthy on any level. A couple of

968
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:14,680
Speaker 1: plays tonight where he was in the pocket, New York

969
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:16,759
Speaker 1: was bringing pressure from all over the place, and he

970
00:47:16,800 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 1: was dancing around more nimbly than I've seen him in weeks.

971
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:23,520
Speaker 1: And he's getting protected well. Finally, and speaking of dancing around,

972
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 1: a lot of credit due to the best offensive line

973
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: in football. The game winning passed to Dez Bryant and

974
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:33,239
Speaker 1: late in the fourth quarter, the amount of time that

975
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:36,560
Speaker 1: Romo had, and you know, I even saw some people

976
00:47:36,600 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 1: on Twitter say, well, you know, anybody could have done

977
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 1: with what Romo did given that amount of time, But no,

978
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:43,719
Speaker 1: that's not true. Romo waited until he had the opportunity

979
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:46,160
Speaker 1: and then made the throw on target, but the line

980
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:49,800
Speaker 1: another one hundred yard game from Demargo Murray. Great protection

981
00:47:49,840 --> 00:47:53,160
Speaker 1: of a quarterback that has a back injury. Um that

982
00:47:53,360 --> 00:47:55,960
Speaker 1: is that has been the secret weapon of this team.

983
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:57,759
Speaker 1: Not so secret actually a lot of people are talking

984
00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:00,440
Speaker 1: about it, but again it was on display. If you

985
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 1: could give a whole unit an m v P vote,

986
00:48:02,560 --> 00:48:05,440
Speaker 1: maybe the Cowboys line would be better candidates than DeMarco

987
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:08,399
Speaker 1: Murray and Tony Romo and Dez Bryant. Yeah, because it's

988
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:11,320
Speaker 1: like this talent has been on Dallas's roster for a while.

989
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:14,000
Speaker 1: They finally went out and got the resources to build

990
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:15,960
Speaker 1: up what is I think the best line in the

991
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 1: in the conference. And I really I think Dallas that

992
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:21,279
Speaker 1: by week came in a perfect time for them, and

993
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:22,800
Speaker 1: here they go down the stretch front. I mean I

994
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:24,440
Speaker 1: look at them as the best team in that division

995
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:27,439
Speaker 1: and West. You wrote in the wrap up of the game,

996
00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:30,839
Speaker 1: the takeaways, you actually lad your first bullet was about

997
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:35,080
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham. I mean he was The Giants lost the

998
00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 1: the game, but Odell Beckham had another amazing game, now

999
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 1: the best game of his young career, including one of

1000
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:43,279
Speaker 1: the best catches any any of us has ever seen.

1001
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,719
Speaker 1: It will be the catch that's replayed for years and

1002
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:51,560
Speaker 1: years when NFL is running uh stock footage of great catches. West,

1003
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:53,920
Speaker 1: What did you see from Odell Beckham? How good is

1004
00:48:53,960 --> 00:48:56,279
Speaker 1: this guy? Well? I think I I left with it

1005
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 1: because anybody who watched this game, that was the biggest

1006
00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:03,160
Speaker 1: takeaway to Adell Beckham is the most fun player in

1007
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:06,680
Speaker 1: the NFL to watch. And wow, we said this last week.

1008
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 1: Every time he steps on the field, the best athlete

1009
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,360
Speaker 1: on the field. He showed that again tonight. In the

1010
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:14,400
Speaker 1: first few minutes of the game. Collinsworth is saying he's

1011
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 1: basically uncoverable because he's never seen a receiver get in

1012
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:21,040
Speaker 1: and out of his brakes that quickly. And then just

1013
00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:23,799
Speaker 1: a few minutes after that, he comes down with the

1014
00:49:23,800 --> 00:49:26,680
Speaker 1: player the catch of the year, possibly the best catch

1015
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:29,680
Speaker 1: we've ever seen. I just I think this guy's the limit.

1016
00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:31,319
Speaker 1: For this guy, I just hope he stays healthy. Well

1017
00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:36,040
Speaker 1: the limit maybe weirdly enough Eli Manning, because he would

1018
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:39,080
Speaker 1: have had another eighty seven yards score had Eli not

1019
00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:41,440
Speaker 1: completely blanked on the fact that he was he was

1020
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:48,040
Speaker 1: fifteen yards beyond the he was. But it's just it's

1021
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:51,080
Speaker 1: just that I know that some people are higher than

1022
00:49:51,120 --> 00:49:54,080
Speaker 1: Eli Manning than others. It's just that Odell Beckham at

1023
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 1: some point, I'm not going to have Eli Manning around

1024
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,400
Speaker 1: his whole career averaging eight catches in a d twenty

1025
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:01,600
Speaker 1: five yards per game since they put him in the

1026
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:06,200
Speaker 1: starting lineup. That's Josh Gordon two thousands. Let's look at

1027
00:50:06,239 --> 00:50:11,799
Speaker 1: the u NFC playoff picture because Eagles and Cowboys. You know,

1028
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of people thought the Cowboys

1029
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:15,400
Speaker 1: were going to choke at the end of the season,

1030
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 1: and maybe it's still will happen. But they're eight in three,

1031
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 1: so at this point now it would take a real

1032
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:22,439
Speaker 1: free fall for them to not win double digit games

1033
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:23,960
Speaker 1: and put them in good position for the playoffs. You

1034
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:26,520
Speaker 1: got the Cowboys and Eagles at eight and three, the

1035
00:50:26,560 --> 00:50:30,839
Speaker 1: Packers also eight and three, yes, uh, lines at seven

1036
00:50:30,920 --> 00:50:33,879
Speaker 1: and four, Cardinals nine and two, Seahawks seven and four,

1037
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:37,280
Speaker 1: nine or seven and four. Uh. There will be teams

1038
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,840
Speaker 1: in this group two teams of that group of really

1039
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:42,480
Speaker 1: qualified teams that are gonna miss the playoffs. Are the

1040
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:44,960
Speaker 1: Cowboys not gonna be among that group that misses the cut?

1041
00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:47,000
Speaker 1: Do we see the Cowboys as a playoff team right now?

1042
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:49,720
Speaker 1: Two of the next three weeks, they play the Eagles,

1043
00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:53,040
Speaker 1: so that will determine who wins the division. I think

1044
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:56,320
Speaker 1: when they when we saw them crumble in those other seasons,

1045
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:58,800
Speaker 1: they weren't built the same way. This is a different

1046
00:50:58,920 --> 00:51:01,240
Speaker 1: team from the round out and I have I would

1047
00:51:01,280 --> 00:51:04,480
Speaker 1: quicker pick Detroit and maybe San Francisco to miss the

1048
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:07,080
Speaker 1: playoffs and then Dallas. I'll ask the question one more time,

1049
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:10,239
Speaker 1: Cowboys playoffs, yes or no, I'll say they make it. Yes,

1050
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:13,200
Speaker 1: I think they win the division. Oh you heard it

1051
00:51:13,239 --> 00:51:17,200
Speaker 1: here first. I also agree we all think the Cowboys

1052
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:19,359
Speaker 1: this is the year they get up. What about you today,

1053
00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:23,840
Speaker 1: I'm going to say the Cowboys. Do the Cowboys just

1054
00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,760
Speaker 1: a wrap him? Odell Beckham though, that is so crazy

1055
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:29,440
Speaker 1: that Patrick call you at fo dot com homepage monitor.

1056
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:31,720
Speaker 1: He says, if you really want to break the Internet,

1057
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:35,960
Speaker 1: Kim Kadashian, this is what you do, not bad, you know,

1058
00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:38,480
Speaker 1: And it was It's not maybe something I would call

1059
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:40,520
Speaker 1: out it was that good, you know, No, it was

1060
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:42,520
Speaker 1: it did to kind of break into set. Though, what

1061
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:47,360
Speaker 1: Kardashian do you West? Do you know what we're referring

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Speaker 1: to with the Kim Kardashian break the Internet? Thing. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I do not live in a cave. Sometimes they're just

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Speaker 1: like I don't know, Well, I certainly do. I don't

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Speaker 1: have television, and during the especially during the football season,

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Speaker 1: I'm not really paying attention to uh major or shattering news,

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Speaker 1: much less popcorn. That's why fair question, right, But I

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Speaker 1: am aware of the Kim card. It was Kim Gardashian's

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Speaker 1: giant buttocks. I've seen the picture. Yeah, alright, so we're

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Speaker 1: all plugged in on that. See in the off season

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Speaker 1: and Wesleyan starts to get into boy bands, songstresses, pop

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Speaker 1: stars that you know Ariana Grande now not arian Grande,

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Speaker 1: but I will be getting into some Emmy Lou Harris

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Speaker 1: during the off season. That's not what we were talking about,

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Speaker 1: all right. So that's it for Sunday's edition of the

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Speaker 1: Around the NFL Podcast. We will be back at some

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Speaker 1: point in the week. We haven't really mapped out our

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving week, but we will figure it out. You'll hear

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Speaker 1: from us again before Thursday. This is Dan Hansis signing

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Speaker 1: off for The Sizzler, The Mailman, and the Great t

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Speaker 1: d Behind the Glass. Stay alive, Greg, keep the fight