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Speaker 2: We will tell you.

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Speaker 1: pelisserro We got three count them three games on Thanksgiving Tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: It's another game that's a roughly deserved time for a

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Speaker 3: I've always been a fan. I love, you know, I

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Speaker 1: This is a really unique situation Ian because the Giants

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Speaker 7: Well, the reason that the Raiders were ian you mentioned

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Speaker 1: It also can't be overstated that the Vikings have turned

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Speaker 1: The only fitting test for this where Tommy Devino would

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Speaker 2: Black Friday.

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Speaker 1: We got a game as well, that is Chiefs and Raiders.

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Speaker 8: Let's called space to space, right, the best team of

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Speaker 7: There's already been speculation about Antonio Pierce's future. This is

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Speaker 7: They played like traditional Raiders. They went into Kansas City

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Speaker 5: They have turned the page very quickly in Dallas to

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Speaker 12: It's definitely had his ups and downs. But Aspen McCarthy,

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Speaker 14: But it was.

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Speaker 13: And to know Jerry, you have to understand that Jerry,

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Speaker 4: Did I get typecast?

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Speaker 2: I feel like it did.

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Speaker 9: Yes.

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Speaker 4: I've been known to enjoy a spirit anyway. This season,

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Speaker 4: Crownroyal's generous spirit is hitting the road on the Crown

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Speaker 4: Royal Rig, the ultimate tailgate machine. Anywhere the Royal Rig stops,

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Speaker 4: you can pack a purple bag for our troops overseas.

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Speaker 4: Visit Kickoff with Crown dot com for more information.

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Speaker 2: AKA my old page.

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Speaker 4: It's fine, I take all of it. Meanwhile, tomorrow morning

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Speaker 4: With Bucky, the Chicago Bears have not won the last

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Speaker 4: two games, but under offensive coordinator Thomas Brown, it's been

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Speaker 4: an improvement. Take me through what you have seen recently

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Speaker 4: from the Chicago Bears offense.

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Speaker 17: Well, the thing that stands out is the organization in

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Speaker 17: the structure of the Bears offense is much different under

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Speaker 17: Thomas Brown. He's done a really good job of scaling

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Speaker 17: things down, allowing the guys to have more time on task.

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Speaker 17: That's what you hear when Bears players talk about the

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Speaker 17: offensive changes. But more specifically, the relationship that he has

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Speaker 17: with Kayleb Williams has brought out the best version of

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Speaker 17: Kayleb Williams. A lot of times we think about football

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Speaker 17: being all about x's and o's, but it's a relationship business.

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Speaker 17: It's about being able to communicate, develop the chemistry, the

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Speaker 17: connectivity and confidence and so what Thomas Brown has encouraged

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Speaker 17: Kayler Williams to do is play within the system, but

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Speaker 17: there are moments where you need to be that superhero

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Speaker 17: and in those moments be that guy. So what we're

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Speaker 17: seeing is the version of Caleb Williams that we saw

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Speaker 17: at sc the guy that can play within the structure

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Speaker 17: of the offense but also do the magical stuff.

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Speaker 2: Because of that, we're seeing the best.

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Speaker 17: Version of Kayler Williams as the Chicago Bears offense goes forward.

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Speaker 17: But here's the problem that Kayler Williams faces. He faces

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Speaker 17: a really good Detroit Lines defense, and being in Detroit

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Speaker 17: a few weeks ago watching them take on the Jacksonville Jaguars,

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Speaker 17: I have been more impressed with the growth of this

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Speaker 17: defense and what Aaron Glenn has been able to do

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Speaker 17: with the defense, particularly in the back end where they're

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Speaker 17: playing so many young players. Their safety tandem Kirby Joseph

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Speaker 17: and Brian Branch might be the two best safeties in

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Speaker 17: the business when you talk about the collect of how

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Speaker 17: they're playing together, the dog that they bring, the awareness

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Speaker 17: that they bring, the toughness. This is a really good

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Speaker 17: defense that's coming on strong as they.

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Speaker 2: Getting down the stretch. Hasts off to Aaron Glenn.

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Speaker 17: They are going to be a formidable foe for Kayler

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Speaker 17: Williams and Thomas Brown.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, when it all shakes out, bucky hard for me

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Speaker 4: to imagine Aaron Glenn is I find himself several head

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Speaker 4: coach opportunities, certainly has earned it. Thank you very much

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Speaker 4: for hanging out on me. Don't move, We're gonna hang

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Speaker 4: out with you later again during the show, Tom take

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Speaker 4: it away.

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Speaker 1: Great appetizer, Lions Bears for a full day of football.

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Speaker 1: Well to say, maybe a charcouterie board, some of those

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Speaker 1: little tiny pickles that you only see on holidays, whatever

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Speaker 1: it is. We also got Giants, Cowboys, we got Dolphins, Packers,

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Speaker 1: Black Friday, we got Raiders at Chiefs. For more on

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Speaker 1: some of those other games this weekend, Let's bring in

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Speaker 1: our Jeffrey Chadia alongside Mike Herrofolo and myself Tom Pelicero

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Speaker 1: here on the Insiders. Jeffrey, we've been talking this week

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Speaker 1: about some of the teams that have something to be

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Speaker 1: thankful for. I would imagine when it comes to the

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills, you could have quite a long list, but

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Speaker 1: give me one.

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Speaker 9: Well, the easy one is Josh Allen Tom and you

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Speaker 9: look at his maturation, that's what they should be thankful for,

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Speaker 9: because he's taken his game to a different level this year.

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Speaker 9: Twenty three total touchdowns, only seven turn over, which we've

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Speaker 9: heard throughout his career how he's too reckless with the football,

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Speaker 9: tries to be Superman too much. He's found the right

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Speaker 9: balance between being a game changing talent and being a

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Speaker 9: game manager, and this team has been benefited from it.

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Speaker 9: You start in that Chiefs game. This team has a

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Speaker 9: totally different level of confidence now with the way he's

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Speaker 9: playing and the MVP. A super Bowl is all within

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Speaker 9: grass because of that.

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Speaker 7: About those Seahawks there at the top of the NFC

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Speaker 7: West coming this way to play the Jets this weekend,

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Speaker 7: coming to Jersey, WHI should they be thankful for?

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Speaker 9: Well, Jason Smith and Jick has become their best offensive weapon.

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Speaker 9: And they've got a lot of great skill players here

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Speaker 9: with Ken Walker and DK Metcalf, even in the aging

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Speaker 9: Tyler Lockett. But this guy leads a team in receptions,

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Speaker 9: leads them in yards, and he's become the go to

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Speaker 9: guy for Gino Smith. You see the big play here,

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Speaker 9: he had one hundred and eighty yards a couple of

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Speaker 9: weeks ago against the Rams. It feels like whenever they

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Speaker 9: are looking for a guy to make a difference making play,

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Speaker 9: he's where they're going. And again the future is bright

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Speaker 9: for him. I never thought i'd see DK metcalfs are

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Speaker 9: passed in this offense, Jacki Smith and Jig but has

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Speaker 9: done that.

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Speaker 1: Going to be an electric festivus in Cincinnati. A lot

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Speaker 1: of grievances that Bengals fans are going to air. But

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Speaker 1: if it's Thanksgiving right now, if it's one thing for

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Speaker 1: the Bengals to be thankful for Jeffrey, what is it there?

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Speaker 9: Amazingly, it's still time for them to turn their season

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Speaker 9: around and get into the playoffs. I know it sounds

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Speaker 9: ridiculous for a team that has made a habit of

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Speaker 9: shooting themselves in the foot, But if they can be

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Speaker 9: Pittsburgh this weekend, they've got three easy games after that,

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Speaker 9: and you can get to eight and seven, and then

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Speaker 9: you're talking about a huge matchup with the Denver Brocles

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Speaker 9: on December twenty ninth that could really propel them into

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Speaker 9: a postseason situation if they can be Pittsburgh in the

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Speaker 9: season finale. So I never thought they would be here,

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Speaker 9: all that talent, Joe Brod, the way he's been playing,

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Speaker 9: they still got a shot to make it happen.

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Speaker 2: Similar situation for the Buccaneers.

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Speaker 7: The should be thankful they play in the NFC South

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Speaker 7: because the Falcons starting to give it a little bit

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Speaker 7: batter and they've got some tough games coming up over

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Speaker 7: the next couple weeks.

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Speaker 2: What are the Bucks thankful for?

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Speaker 9: Well, the second easiest schedule in football left for anybody

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Speaker 9: who cares about this team's chances of making the playoffs themselves.

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Speaker 9: I mean, this team was on a four game losing

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Speaker 9: streak to take a tough loss the Chiefs you saw there.

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Speaker 9: But they're starting to get healthy. Mike Evans is coming

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Speaker 9: back into the mix, and they only have one game

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Speaker 9: the rest of the year. Gets a team with the

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Speaker 9: winning record, the Los Angeles Chargers, and they got the

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Speaker 9: Carolina Panthers, they got Dallas. They got a lot of

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Speaker 9: teams that they can beat. They can get on a

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Speaker 9: run here and get to ten and seven. They can

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Speaker 9: make things really interesting in the NFC South.

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Speaker 1: NFL dot Com slash first read for more of that

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Speaker 1: analysis from our guy Jeffrey Jedia Thank you very much,

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Speaker 1: Happy Thanksgiving to you. Also thankful Bucky Irving got an

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Speaker 1: extra yard added by the NFL stack correctors today, So

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Speaker 1: if you lost by a tenth.

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Speaker 2: Of a point in your fantasy league, you're back in business.

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Speaker 1: Michael Leflorio is going to be here in just a

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Speaker 1: little bit to tell you some players you will be

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Speaker 1: thankful you start in week thirteen.

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Speaker 6: All right, this is the knife cap and really the

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Speaker 6: headliner of the Thanksgiving slate. Dolphins Packers lambeau Field. Maybe

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Speaker 6: there'll be a few flurries in the forecast. We can

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Speaker 6: only hope, so a lot on the line for both

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Speaker 6: of these teams. Toua talked about what it means to

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Speaker 6: play on Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 15: I think this is.

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Speaker 14: An awesome opportunity being able to play Thursday night football

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Speaker 14: primetime on Thanksgiving. It just takes me back to growing

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Speaker 14: up in Hawaii. Obviously the primetime games were a little

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Speaker 14: earlier in Hawaii, but you know, it's sort of the

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Speaker 14: same deal, like that's the only team that's playing, and

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Speaker 14: whether you like the teams that were playing or not,

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Speaker 14: like you you know, you just sit down, eat, you

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Speaker 14: spend time with family, and you get to watch that.

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Speaker 5: Welcoming back.

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Speaker 6: Bucky Brooks well, Sua talked about growing up in Hawaii.

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Speaker 6: Maybe that ex explains the narrative. He says he's ready

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Speaker 6: to kill some narratives, but the narrative is out there

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Speaker 6: zero to four in cold weather games.

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Speaker 2: This one is going to be a cold one.

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Speaker 5: What do they do to break that narrative?

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Speaker 15: Fucky?

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Speaker 17: You know he has been breaking narratives since he returned

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Speaker 17: from his injury. Judie, there were so many people that

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Speaker 17: believe that the Dolphins offense was one where you can

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Speaker 17: plug and play any quarterback.

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Speaker 2: Tua was just a guy. But I think he has

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Speaker 2: debunked that narrative.

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Speaker 17: The four games when he wasn't around, this team only

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Speaker 17: averages like ten points per game on offense and they

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Speaker 17: had a tough time getting over one hundred and fifty

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Speaker 17: passing yards. Tua comes and it comes right back. Look,

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Speaker 17: the dude has been phenomenal since he comes back. He

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Speaker 17: leads the league at completion percentage at seventy three percent.

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Speaker 17: He's had five straight games where he's completed over seventy

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Speaker 17: percent of his passes. They've won three straight games. In

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Speaker 17: two of those they've gone over thirty points. The Tua

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Speaker 17: effect is real, and even though it's going to be

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Speaker 17: a cold weather game. Look, I can't ignore what my

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Speaker 17: eyes are telling me about Tua. He's the perfect point

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Speaker 17: guard for this offense. The weapons around him are going

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Speaker 17: to continue to allow him to elevate this offense and

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Speaker 17: put them back in the mix. On the other side,

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Speaker 17: I am looking at the green Bay Packers offense that

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Speaker 17: is really becoming the balance offense that you have to

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Speaker 17: have if you want to go deep in the postseason.

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Speaker 17: Josh Jacobs has been a key ingredient to that. They

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Speaker 17: signed him as a free agent. He's been nothing short

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Speaker 17: of remarkable for them. Almost a thousand yards already, three

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Speaker 17: one hundred yard games, seven rushing touchdowns, and what he's doing,

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Speaker 17: he's given him that physical element that you have to

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Speaker 17: have to win playoff games. More importantly, he's taken the

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Speaker 17: pressure off Jordan Love. Now, if they can get Jordan

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Speaker 17: Love to avoid the turnovers and just kind of play

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Speaker 17: the game as a manager instead of a playmaker, sometimes

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Speaker 17: this Green Bay Packers team has an offense that can

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Speaker 17: go the distance. Josh Jacobs is a big part of that.

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Speaker 6: Huge implications for both teams. Bucky, thank you and Happy Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 2: Mike, thank you.

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Speaker 7: Judy. We've got the the best team in the NFL

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Speaker 7: against the worst team in the NFL. That's what Antonio

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Speaker 7: Pierce said. But if you didn't get the full context,

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Speaker 7: the context is he's trying to get his guys fired

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Speaker 7: up to disrupt things a little bit and go in there,

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Speaker 7: just like they did on.

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Speaker 2: Christmas last year.

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Speaker 7: This being part of a holiday weekend, the Black Friday

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Speaker 7: Game on Prime Video. Isaiaha Checko and Charles ameniheu gonna

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Speaker 7: make their return, Gonna play if they're good after today,

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Speaker 7: quote from Andy Reid right there. So those guys on

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Speaker 7: track to play in this game against the Raiders and

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Speaker 7: down the stretch for a team that could always use

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Speaker 7: help at those positions. Jeffrey Chadia there in Kansas City

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Speaker 7: has covered this team well. He knows it how important

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Speaker 7: for the Chiefs to have a good defensive effort against

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Speaker 7: the Raiders.

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Speaker 9: What's critical because their defensive coordinator Steve Spagnola was still

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Speaker 9: hot about what happened in Carolina last weekend. This team

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Speaker 9: was facing the worst offense in the NFL and Bryce

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Speaker 9: Young went off against him, especially against the Blitz and

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Speaker 9: and Spagnoo said, what's really troubling is this team still

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Speaker 9: hasn't found a way to rush the passer consistently. They

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Speaker 9: were second in the league last year in sacks with

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Speaker 9: fifty seven. Right now they rke twenty seventh with twenty

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Speaker 9: one with puts them on a pace for thirty two overall,

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Speaker 9: And so Spagnolo said, part of this is how people

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Speaker 9: are blocking them. They're double team team and Chris Jones

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Speaker 9: a lot and guys on the outside aren't winning one

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Speaker 9: in ones. But they have to find a way to

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Speaker 9: get to Aid and O'Connell and make life tough for

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Speaker 9: them because you know, this is a team that wants

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Speaker 9: to go deep into the playoffs and three p Without

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Speaker 9: that pass rush, it's going to be a lot harder

657
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Speaker 9: to do that.

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Speaker 7: You mentioned it, and O'Connell gonna be the guy for

659
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Speaker 7: the Raiders after Gardner Minshew suffered that collarbone injury and

660
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Speaker 7: Daniel Jones said, no thanks, I'm going to go sign

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Speaker 7: elsewhere in Minnesota. For the Chiefs offense and that offensive line,

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Speaker 7: it's going to be about containing Max Crosby, who has

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Speaker 7: been a disrupting factor for the rate. Loves to get

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Speaker 7: after Patrick Mahomes even when he doesn't actually hit him.

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Speaker 2: And drop him.

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Speaker 7: He just loves to, you know, make a little contact.

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Speaker 7: There was great Mike sound from a couple of years ago,

668
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Speaker 7: Mahomes telling him, I know what you're doing.

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Speaker 2: Get away.

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Speaker 7: So will Max Crosby be an issue for this Chiefs

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Speaker 7: offensive line?

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Speaker 9: Well, he usually is and this figures to be the

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Speaker 9: first and long line of pass rush as the Chiefs

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Speaker 9: are going to see in the coming weeks of got Khalil.

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Speaker 2: Mack and Joy Bosa and Miles Garrett and TJ. Watt

676
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Speaker 2: coming up.

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Speaker 9: It's a tough road here for a team that's had

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Speaker 9: pass protection issues. You know, left tackle has been a

679
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Speaker 9: major concern here. They signed DJ Humphrees, they're hoping maybe

680
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Speaker 9: he can be a solution here, but Yanye Morris, it's

681
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Speaker 9: been the guy. He hasn't been able to get it done.

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Speaker 9: And Patrick Mahomes has a ton of respect for Max

683
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Speaker 9: Crosby and said the way this guy plays, whether it's

684
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Speaker 9: run or pass, he's playing every snap with his hair

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Speaker 9: on fire. It fires up his entire team and they

686
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Speaker 9: know they have to have a plan for him because

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Speaker 9: they saw him last Christmas. He went crazy and the

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Speaker 9: Chiefs lost.

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Speaker 7: I was laughing there because the start of what we

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Speaker 7: call a b roll. There was exactly what I was

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Speaker 7: talking about that game where Mahomes was barking back at

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Speaker 7: him there. I believe it's part of that quarterback series

693
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Speaker 7: if I'm recalling correctly. Jeffrey Schidia, Happy Thanksgiving to you, bro.

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Speaker 7: We are always thankful for what you bring to the

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Speaker 7: show here with the Insiders, and coming up after the

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Speaker 7: break will be Michael at Florio's chance to bring something

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Speaker 7: to the Insider some fantasy players to be thankful for

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Speaker 7: coming up after the Proceeed's a running theme coming up

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Speaker 7: after the break of the intention.

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Speaker 1: Time now to go inside with NFL Fantasy Live on

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Speaker 1: the Insiders, Tom Pelicero and Mike Garafalo saying howdy, duty

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Speaker 1: to our frenzy and Rapaport and Michael Fido, who joins

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Speaker 1: us as he does every week, to tell us in

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Speaker 1: this case about who are some players we should be

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Speaker 1: thankful for if you got them in your starting lineup.

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Speaker 2: Let's start off with the quarterbacks here, Michael.

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Speaker 15: Everyone is gonna say players are thankful to have on

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Speaker 15: their team so far, Let's spin ahead and tell you

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Speaker 15: players you will be thankful to have this week. Stroud

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Speaker 15: against the Jaguars, and I know CJ. Stroud has been

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Speaker 15: a lot.

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Speaker 18: Like by this season disappointing, but that changes this week

713
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Speaker 18: because the Jacks have allowed the most fantasy points per

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Speaker 18: game to quarterbacks. Stroud had his best fantasy game of

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Speaker 18: the year against them in Week four and averages twenty

716
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Speaker 18: five per game against them in his career.

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Speaker 15: And biggest of all, they generate pressure at the fourth

718
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Speaker 15: lowest rate. And then there's Russell Wilson and Russ's danger

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Speaker 15: which Sandwich if you remember, had ham and Italian herbs

720
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Speaker 15: and spices.

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Speaker 2: So he would love my Thanksgiving because.

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Speaker 15: We're doing ham and big Beaty because Turkey's overrated. But

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Speaker 15: Russ is gonna eat plenty this week. The Bengals have

724
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Speaker 15: allowed the third most fantasy points per game to quarterbacks

725
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Speaker 15: and a top ten fantasy quarterback in three of their

726
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Speaker 15: last four games, and this could be a score fest.

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Speaker 15: So yeah, I think you're gonna want exposure to this

728
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Speaker 15: game in fantasy.

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Speaker 4: I just learned that nobody makes their own hand they

730
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Speaker 4: all just buy it from honeybag Tam and I was horrified.

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Speaker 4: I'm team Turkey on this one. Smoke your turkey. It's

732
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Speaker 4: actually the best way anyway, FLOURIO give me some running

733
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Speaker 4: backs that I will be thankful for this week.

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Speaker 15: Joe Mixon. He I know a lot of people were

735
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Speaker 15: worried after his down game last week, but he has

736
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Speaker 15: been awesome. He has scored over sixteen fantasy points in

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Speaker 15: his six games prior to last week and routinely tops

738
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Speaker 15: twenty three, so he brings a very high seiling. Now

739
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Speaker 15: he gets the Jaguars second most fantasy points per game,

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Speaker 15: the running backs most in the last month. When Mixon

741
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Speaker 15: missed the game in Week four against them, dariy ogambawally

742
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Speaker 15: went for sixteen fantasy points. So just imagine what Mixon

743
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Speaker 15: is gonna do. And then Bucky Irving, who is seeing

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Speaker 15: more passing game work already has a lot of involvement

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Speaker 15: as a runner fifteen or more fantasy points in five

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Speaker 15: of his last six games, and he gets a great

747
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Speaker 15: matchup against the Panthers, who willow the second most yards,

748
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Speaker 15: most touchdowns, and most fantasy points. So he's gonna run

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Speaker 15: all over that OVO team from Carolina.

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Speaker 7: It's the holiday season, Michael left Florio and they're going

751
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Speaker 7: to tell you the best part is giving.

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Speaker 2: I disagree, it's receiving.

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Speaker 7: Speaking of receiving wide receivers were thankful for that.

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Speaker 15: You're good, that was a very nice transition there. Ladimerconkie

755
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,439
Speaker 15: is someone that you should be very thankful for this week.

756
00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:17,400
Speaker 15: He is the wide receiver twelve, averaging sixteen Fantasy points

757
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Speaker 15: per game since Week eight.

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Speaker 2: But I really love the matchup.

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Speaker 15: The Falcons have allowed the most fantasy points per game

760
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Speaker 15: and second most touchdowns in the last month two wide receivers.

761
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Speaker 15: They also use zone at the fourth highest rate in

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Speaker 15: the NFL. In McConkie leads the Chargers in every receiving

763
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Speaker 15: category against zone, and then Darnell Mooney in this same

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Speaker 15: game on the other side, because the Chargers are top

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Speaker 15: two in yards allowed and they've allowed the most touchdowns

766
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Speaker 15: too wide receivers since Week eight. But what I really

767
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Speaker 15: love is they use zone coverage at the third highest rate,

768
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Speaker 15: and Mooney is top twelve in the NFL in yards

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Speaker 15: against zone, and they play split safety at the second

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Speaker 15: highest rate. Mooney has the highest passer rating when targeted

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Speaker 15: against that coverage. So this should be a week where

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Speaker 15: both of these wide receivers eat plenty, just like all

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Speaker 15: of us.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of receiving, how about some tight ends you'll be

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Speaker 1: thankful to have in your lineup here in week thirteen, Michael.

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Speaker 5: All summer wrong.

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Speaker 19: I came on this show and told people to draft

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Speaker 19: Tray McBride, and I think he's going to make them

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Speaker 19: very happy in week thirteen, because not only has he

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Speaker 19: provided double digits in seven straight games and we are

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Speaker 19: starting to see a lot more big games.

782
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Speaker 15: Out of him, but he is by far the Cardinals'

783
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,439
Speaker 15: most targeted player and has the most yards against zone,

784
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Speaker 15: which the Vikings use at the seventh highest rate. He's

785
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 15: also been their most effective weapon against split safety coverage,

786
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Speaker 15: which the Vikings play at the highest rate in the NFL.

787
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 15: And then Kate Awden blocked last week against the Giants,

788
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:44,839
Speaker 15: and a lot of people are like, is it because

789
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 15: Mike Evans is back? I don't think so. The Giants

790
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 15: have just been a tough matchup second fewest fantasy points

791
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 15: per game allowed to tight ends this season. He gets

792
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 15: the exact opposite of that matchup this week against the Panthers,

793
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 15: who will have the most fantasy points, touchdowns, and third

794
00:37:58,560 --> 00:37:59,959
Speaker 15: most yards to tight ends this season.

795
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Speaker 2: And if it doesn't happen this week, maybe we need to.

796
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Speaker 5: Have a conversation.

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Speaker 15: But I'm starting Kate out and in a only a

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Speaker 15: bunch of fantasy leagues, and I think you should as well.

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Speaker 1: I heard a siren in the background there very briefly,

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Speaker 1: was that somebody ian coming to get you and Michael

801
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:16,040
Speaker 1: for those shirts?

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Speaker 4: You got shirts. We look amazing, I would say, I

803
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,359
Speaker 4: mean look like we we are two of the best

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Speaker 4: looking guys' is that you look good in my shirt?

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00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 4: Okay it's not in my shirt?

806
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 2: And the two lights? Yeah, Michael, enjoy your Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 1: The third annual John Madden Thanksgiving Celebration will be chucked

808
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Speaker 1: full right here on NFL Network, starting.

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Speaker 2: Off with Good Morning Football. Yes they are live eight

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Speaker 2: a m.

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Speaker 1: Eastern Time tomorrow, followed by a very special edition of

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Speaker 1: NFL Game Day Morning Game Day Highlights as always running

813
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 1: throughout the day Game Day Final as well, so from

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Speaker 1: start to finish, at least until your kids insist on

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Speaker 1: putting on some PG rated movie. We've got you covered.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Insiders. Tom pillasera we and wrap

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Speaker 1: for Mike Heraflo, Judy Batista.

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Speaker 2: We were talking earlier as Mike gets a jump start.

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Speaker 2: Don't overeat tonight you what are you having there?

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Speaker 7: This is my This is my annual dairy free Well,

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Speaker 7: if you ignore the whipped cream on top dairy free

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Speaker 7: gluten free pumpkin pie because my wife is gluten free,

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Speaker 7: I usually don't eat dairy there.

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Speaker 2: It is right there, so I'm testing it, taste testing it,

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Speaker 2: and it passed. Go ahead, continue with the show tomorrow

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Speaker 2: at Mike's house.

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Speaker 1: When everybody comes over, there's just gonna be one piece

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Speaker 1: missing from the pie. And Michael say, I got hungry.

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Speaker 1: We had to do the Insiders last night while everybody

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Speaker 1: else is out having fun. Number one bar night in

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Speaker 1: the country every single year. So for everybody out there

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Speaker 1: watching us on mute, we love you. Let's talk about

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Speaker 1: some Thanksgiving memories from years past, games that we all

834
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Speaker 1: remember watching. I definitely remember watching nineteen ninety eight Randy

835
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Speaker 1: Moss going absolutely bananas.

836
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Speaker 2: This season, Judy was.

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Speaker 1: Special from go you knew Randy Moss is something you'd

838
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,719
Speaker 1: never seen before, but three touchdowns in this game. This

839
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,360
Speaker 1: was the oh my, we are seeing something we have

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Speaker 1: never seen before moment.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 6: I actually got to talk to Randy about this last

843
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Speaker 6: year for the anniversary. I wrote a story about it,

844
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Speaker 6: and it was he was so emotional talking about what

845
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Speaker 6: it meant to him playing on Thanksgiving, playing against Dallas

846
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Speaker 6: because he was disappointed that Dallas hadn't drafted him.

847
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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, it was awesome. I remember this game so clearly.

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Speaker 1: Dallas has had a few low lights through the year,

849
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Speaker 1: some good moments too, But can anybody ever forget and

850
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Speaker 1: Leon Lett the moment at which we all learned at

851
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Speaker 1: home what did not know, which was if you blocked

852
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Speaker 1: the field goal, just get out of the way.

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Speaker 5: You know.

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00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,239
Speaker 4: I definitely have one of those things where like when

855
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 4: you see someone else embarrass you themselves, you feel horribly

856
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:15,840
Speaker 4: embarrassed yourself. Leon led has somehow had two of those moments.

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Speaker 4: I want to give him a big hug. Just don't

858
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 4: don't just let the ball die, don't even touch it.

859
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 4: Hate this play.

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Speaker 1: Don Beebe's stripping him from behind him the Super Bowl,

861
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Speaker 1: that one was, you know, it's not even that consequence.

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Speaker 2: Oh how about this one, Mike god one for the ages?

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Speaker 2: Right here? Can we see the close up of the

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Speaker 2: butt fumbo? Real quick?

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Speaker 5: Here we go.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I've covered I've covered it again. The game was chaos.

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Speaker 7: Fireman ed left it halftime Woody Johnson after afterward, I

868
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Speaker 7: tried to talk to him and he just like he

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Speaker 7: wouldn't even say a word, He just grumbled as he

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Speaker 7: walked off. And then Chris collins Worth ripped the guard

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Speaker 7: I forget the guard's name more and he didn't do anything.

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Speaker 2: He just stood Brandon to his butt.

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Speaker 7: Anyway, This one here, God, Brandon Moore, One more here

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Speaker 7: twenty thirteen.

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Speaker 1: I'm sitting in a hotel room in Detroit watching this

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Speaker 1: and going did Mike Tomlin just almost run into the

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Speaker 1: guy on the sideline. We've never seen it before, we

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Speaker 1: probably will never see it again. Mike Tomlin was fine

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Speaker 1: for that moment as well. Enjoya Thanksgiving everybody. We're back

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Speaker 1: next week.

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Speaker 15: See you