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Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Daily, where we'll always call it Joe

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Speaker 1: Robbie Stadium. I am Greg Rosenthal here on a Thursday night. Yes,

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Speaker 1: we're live on YouTube. Welcome, and to everyone else who's

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Speaker 1: not watching, I'm with Bill Barnwell in a game that

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Speaker 1: was well decided before the biggest thing to happen in

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Speaker 1: this game happened. The Bills win easily in Miami thirty

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Speaker 1: one to ten. Bill, and normally I'd be screaming and

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Speaker 1: yelling and getting into the football of it all, but

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Speaker 1: we got to start with a tongue of Ila who

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Speaker 1: left this game in the third quarter with a concussion

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Speaker 1: and quickly rolled out of the game. It was a

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Speaker 1: scary hit on the field. It's tough to even know

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Speaker 1: where to go with this Bill in terms of analysis,

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Speaker 1: but it was one one of those moments that takes

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Speaker 1: your breath away, unfortunately and felt familiar.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think the tough part for me is, you know,

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Speaker 2: you could see what was happening right like it wasn't

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Speaker 2: as if this was a random play in a random

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Speaker 2: moment in a game where nothing could have been anticipated

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Speaker 2: and nothing could happen Like clearly, this was a game

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Speaker 2: where the Dolphins were struggling, Tua was struggling. Hed already

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Speaker 2: thrown three interceptions, including a pick six, and clearly he

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Speaker 2: wanted to make a play, right like, he wanted to

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Speaker 2: do something for his team. He wanted to go above

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Speaker 2: and beyond, and it just is unfortunate and sad to

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Speaker 2: see that that led to you know, him taking a

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Speaker 2: necessary hit on a play where you probably could have

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Speaker 2: slit and got a first down. I'm not criticizing to

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Speaker 2: it here, like I'm saying basically, you know, like the

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Speaker 2: circumstances of the game I think led to it to

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Speaker 2: do something that in a different situation he would have

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Speaker 2: been smarter about. And that is unfortunate because you know,

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Speaker 2: the Dolphins and Tua, like his history is well known.

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Speaker 2: You know, the impact of the injury the Dolphins is significant,

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Speaker 2: but the impact on the interim two is significant. I mean,

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Speaker 2: this is a player who you know, there were serious

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Speaker 2: questions about the future of his career a couple of

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Speaker 2: years ago. I'm very happy he was able to stay

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Speaker 2: healthy last year, very happy he got paid this offseason.

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Speaker 2: But obviously, you know, just a heartbreaking injury for Tua,

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Speaker 2: for Dolphins fans, for fans of the league. Just one

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Speaker 2: of those things where everyone just felt awful the moment.

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Speaker 1: It happened, right, and it reminds you so much of

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Speaker 1: you know, the injury he had really the second one,

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Speaker 1: which was I believe on a Thursday night football game

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Speaker 1: two years ago in the twenty twenty two season. So

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Speaker 1: just to recap, this is the fourth known concussion that

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Speaker 1: he's had since twenty twenty two. And he spoke before

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Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three season and said that earlier that offseason,

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Speaker 1: especially in the wake of the concussion, when he was

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Speaker 1: out at the end of the twenty twenty two season,

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Speaker 1: that he considered retirement, and that stayed in my mind,

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Speaker 1: and it definitely was something that I thought about when

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Speaker 1: he got this contract extension. The NFL moves so quickly

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Speaker 1: that that contract feels like it was a long time ago,

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Speaker 1: and it was just last month. It was in August,

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Speaker 1: where you know, he gets ninety three million dollars guaranteed,

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Speaker 1: maybe one hundred and sixty depending on how you look

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Speaker 1: at it. And Mike McDaniel signs a contract before this season,

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Speaker 1: and we're taping this after the game, We're going to

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Speaker 1: be looking to see what Mike McDaniel says, at this

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Speaker 1: point in the process, it's hard to imagine there's much

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Speaker 1: of any specifics, but you do worry about a young

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Speaker 1: man who obviously had questions bigger than football. Kaylee Hartung

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Speaker 1: on Amazon, who did a good job throughout the night

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Speaker 1: updating the audience, pointed out that he was ruled out

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Speaker 1: six minutes after did say. Family was with him in

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Speaker 1: the locker room, and you could see Bill Mike McDaniel

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Speaker 1: and the look on his face. It was a very

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Speaker 1: human moment when, first of all, when he kissed two

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Speaker 1: on his way out, but also they had a shot

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Speaker 1: in his head that he was already thinking ahead to

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Speaker 1: what's next. And there's no point in guessing like how

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Speaker 1: long this is going to be or anything like that.

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Speaker 1: for what they want to do at quarterback. It was

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Speaker 1: Skyler Thompson tonight who won a backup battle and that

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Speaker 1: as did Tua when he was on the field.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean a couple of things come to mind

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Speaker 2: for me, you know, with the the tuit injury. In

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Speaker 2: the big picture, right, I mean, this was a situation where,

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Speaker 2: like you said, the league moves so fast that I

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Speaker 2: really think after twenty twenty three, after a successful season

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Speaker 2: where he didn't take a lot of hits. He was

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Speaker 2: him doing jiu jitsu, practicing, you know, going taking hits,

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Speaker 2: avoiding head injuries. You know, I think there was this

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Speaker 2: to him in the past, But things are different now, right,

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Speaker 2: Like he is a smarter player, He's gonna be safer.

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Speaker 2: No one's gonna get mad at him if he doesn't

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Speaker 2: We're hoping this is a thing of the past and

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Speaker 2: that this is a smarter safer to a tongue of

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Speaker 2: vaaloa moving forward. And I think this injury sort of

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Speaker 2: poked a hole in that balloon, right, like that is

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Speaker 2: not the case anymore. Maybe that was naive, Maybe that

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Speaker 2: feel like, you know, that feeling of of you know,

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Speaker 2: sort of to having moved past those injuries. Unfortunately it's

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Speaker 2: not the case. He's still gonna be dealing with this.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's one play. That's football, Like all these guys,

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Speaker 1: And you're right. I think it was such a good

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Speaker 1: just to situate it. It was thirty one to ten bills,

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Speaker 1: so this injury did not really have a material impact

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Speaker 1: exact same as the final score. They were inside the

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Speaker 1: having a nightmare game. Now, the first two interceptions you

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Speaker 1: then the third interception was just a play that Tua

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Speaker 1: So it was a game where he obviously was not

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Speaker 1: similar to so many Bills games in the past that

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Speaker 1: they put it up that they've lost eleven to twelve

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Speaker 1: they've lost. To me, those don't matter as much as

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Speaker 1: they've now lost five of six in the McDaniel era,

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Speaker 1: and that to me is jermaine to this discussion, including

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Speaker 1: a September game last week when the last season, rather

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Speaker 1: side of it. It was a really important game for

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Speaker 1: from a practical standpoint, al Michaels mentioned that, well, Tua's

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Speaker 1: got like the mini bye week to try to come back,

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Speaker 1: a good game for al Michaels. I'm just not I'm

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Speaker 1: Like they didn't provide context when Tua was coming off

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Speaker 1: it's ironic that it's Damar Hamlin in the moment and

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Speaker 1: They're at Seattle in week three, they're home for Tennessee

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Speaker 1: that's just a little bit of context of who's coming

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Speaker 1: Tannehill Dolphins fans were hoping might be an option when

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Speaker 2: Like Ted, I think you're getting a little ahead of yourself.

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Speaker 2: And I would say, Greg, really, you know the thing

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Speaker 2: that gets lost in the shuffle here with the Dolphins

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Speaker 2: is they're already feeling the impact of the two assigning.

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Speaker 2: And I don't want to talk about what might happen

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Speaker 2: I don't think that's this is the tire of place

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Speaker 2: of this year. Think about the interceptions in this game,

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Speaker 2: Like you said, the first two picks two players who

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Speaker 2: guys who are not making a lot of money because

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Speaker 2: on their third, fourth, fifth receivers. The third interception comes

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Speaker 2: caved in. They have they're on a third string guard.

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Speaker 2: I believe after injuries and of course we lost Robert

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Speaker 2: then toront Armstead. They're very good left tackle who has

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Speaker 2: a significant track record of battling injuries. Himself, came out

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Speaker 2: for that play to get a shoulder. Harnet suggested he

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Speaker 2: go out and get a Tannehill, even if you go

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Speaker 1: No, and I have an advantage on you, Bill and

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Speaker 1: It's been a bummer talking about this to a thing.

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Speaker 1: a positive highlight. Eric, give me your boy. Josh Allen

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Speaker 2: Wasn't he in Carolina when Ron rivera wonder yes transformation

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Speaker 1: I might disagree with you there, buddy, I like disagree

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Speaker 1: it was Josh Allen being Josh Allen and setting up

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Speaker 1: what ended up being a Cook touchdown.

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Speaker 3: Low snap dancing, looking downfield, firing downfield. Part at the

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Speaker 3: two yard line. They'll mark it at the one yard line,

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Speaker 3: so Allen extends to play. Ty Johnson is the third

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Speaker 3: down back, normally stays in the block. Send him out

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Speaker 3: in the pattern, find him at the one yard line.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, if you're watching that play over again, you

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Speaker 1: can see it's Jalen Ramsey on the play. He's been

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Speaker 1: on the wrong side of a lot of negative plays

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Speaker 1: through two weeks now. He missed camp some injury concerns

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Speaker 1: there right before he signed the contract. He wasn't even practicing.

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Speaker 1: Whether that was injury or contract related. You know, some

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Speaker 1: some people have different right, so some people have noticed

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Speaker 1: though he has struggled these two weeks. But that was

447
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Speaker 1: just a great roll out by Josh Allen on what

448
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Speaker 1: was a third and twelve when the game was still

449
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Speaker 1: up for grabs to Ty Johnson and yeah, they they've

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Speaker 1: been resourceful on offense. I'm glad you mentioned von Miller

451
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Speaker 1: because I don't think we mentioned him on our show

452
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Speaker 1: last week that he had five or six pressures in

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Speaker 1: that game last week. He had a couple of nice moves.

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Speaker 1: He didn't look like prime prime von Miller, but he

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Speaker 1: looked like a plus pass rusher at which he was

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Speaker 1: so far away from being. And man, they could use

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Speaker 1: another one with Greg Russou and tonight. Not that I

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Speaker 1: was watching von Miller every single snap, but he looked

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Speaker 1: fast as hell on that sack, So that that is

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Speaker 1: good for a team that has some negatives with injuries.

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Speaker 1: I mentioned Bernard and obviously Milano's gone, and you didn't

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Speaker 1: have Tron Jhonson. They've had some positives here from their

463
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Speaker 1: veterans Dion Dawkins. Also, their left tackle has played very

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Speaker 1: well through two weeks. So a lot to feel good

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Speaker 1: about if you're a Bills fan.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and really, you know, on both sides tonight, it

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Speaker 2: felt like the game plan was attacking the linebackers. You know,

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Speaker 2: for the Bills, there was a lot of the you know,

469
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Speaker 2: throws out into the flats, some boots for Josh Allen

470
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Speaker 2: trying to get stuff on the edge. And then for

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Speaker 2: the Dolphins more of the tap passes, the reverses, the

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Speaker 2: Jets sweeps, you know, trying to use their receivers in

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Speaker 2: those roles or using some you know, eight chan in

474
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Speaker 2: the flat quite a bit on some escort escort motion

475
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Speaker 2: with those swing passes. But it felt like that was

476
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Speaker 2: both teams identified that as a weakness for the other team.

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Speaker 2: I think it was right for both teams. I think

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Speaker 2: the Bills, obviously, you know, without Milano and then losing

479
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Speaker 2: Bernard Earlie in the game, made sense to attack linebackers

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Speaker 2: if you could. For the Dolphins, you know, they attacked

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Speaker 2: David Long and coverage so that they you know, I

482
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Speaker 2: know Ramsey was in coverage on that big play, but

483
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Speaker 2: it felt like they wanted to, you know, attack the

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Speaker 2: linebackers where they could and so that you know, it

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Speaker 2: feels like if there's a weakness for the Bills right now,

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Speaker 2: if Bernard does miss time with a pectoral injury, you

487
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Speaker 2: feel like that would be it. But they looked fine

488
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Speaker 2: without Milano the first two weeks, so hopefully Sean mcdermoty

489
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Speaker 2: was done a great job coaching linebackers in the past.

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Speaker 2: Can have them get by without Milano and Bernard for

491
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Speaker 2: a stretch.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they I mean they're down to it though.

493
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Speaker 2: You know they they lost and we too.

494
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Speaker 1: They lost the linebacker to Seattle on the off season,

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Speaker 1: and uh, they do have Dorian Williams from Tulane University

496
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Speaker 1: stepping in and he's at least not stood out in a.

497
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Speaker 2: Bat inevitably on this team at one point or another.

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Speaker 1: Think think AJ Glyde's retired at this point. They do

499
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Speaker 1: have a man bail in spector. Is AJ Glyde retired?

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Speaker 1: I don't know. Come back, Aj, We would love to

501
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Speaker 1: have you start.

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Speaker 2: Looking back and Greenok, Greig, You're the thing I wanted

503
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Speaker 2: to say about the quarterback situation. I just wanted to

504
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Speaker 2: bring this up. Okay, the haves and have nots in

505
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Speaker 2: the NFL for backup quarterback feel really distinct. Right where

506
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Speaker 2: you have the you have the Dolphins, where obviously you

507
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Speaker 2: hope too doesn't get hurt. You don't know what's gonna happen.

508
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Speaker 2: But Skyler Thompson was a guy who, like you said,

509
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Speaker 2: not playing well in camp, kind of won the job

510
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Speaker 2: just because Mike White lost it. Look at the Green

511
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Speaker 2: Bay injury. I mean they had to trade from Lake Willis,

512
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Speaker 2: a guy who's not been good as a pro quarterback

513
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Speaker 2: and who looked absolutely abysmal in the two snaps he

514
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Speaker 2: had filling in for Jordan Love at the end of

515
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Speaker 2: the game in Brazil. You know, it's one of those

516
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Speaker 2: things where that is a position we don't think about

517
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Speaker 2: very much. But man, you know, even if you have

518
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Speaker 2: a Nick Foles caliber backup, you know that is a

519
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Speaker 2: big difference between guys who will replaced some level players.

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Speaker 1: And so it's why I overrate these quarterbacks at least

521
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Speaker 1: for what the money they make every year. On my

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Speaker 1: top one on one free agents, I always put Jameis

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Speaker 1: Winston way higher. And Jameis Winston gets like a one year,

524
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Speaker 1: three point five million dollar contract or whatever it is.

525
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Speaker 1: He gets the equivalent of like a rotational defensive tackle,

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Speaker 1: and yet the team that has just a somewhat capable backup,

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Speaker 1: which I think he's even above that. Like sure, it's

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Speaker 1: such an advantage to me. It's always been, especially lately, Uh,

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Speaker 1: it's been, you know, a problem. All right, let's let's

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Speaker 1: let's let's look at one more comment, uh from the audience. Here,

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Speaker 1: come get zappy Miami says, I mean that now there

532
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Speaker 1: is I think practice squad.

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Speaker 2: So I don't know what the purpose of getting Bailey's at.

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Speaker 1: No, there's no point.

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Speaker 2: You might as well say to get Jake Culer back

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Speaker 2: in the Dolphins uniform.

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Speaker 1: Man, it is a depressing night because the people I'm

538
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Speaker 1: trying to look for comments maybe from Mike McDaniel, you know,

539
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Speaker 1: as we're taping it, it hasn't happened yet. And the

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Speaker 1: reality is, like the Amazon postgame crew, they're already talking

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Speaker 1: about retirement. People are writing about retirement. I think this

542
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Speaker 1: is a very personal decision for to a tongue of Iloa,

543
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Speaker 1: it's just the night of the injury. That to me

544
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Speaker 1: that it's very premature, but the reality is everything's going

545
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Speaker 1: to be on the table and we will just have

546
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Speaker 1: to see it. It's an awkward night and just from

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Speaker 1: a brass tax perspective, will remember the Tua injury. But

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Speaker 1: it's also a very important night for the Bills, who

549
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Speaker 1: go to two and zero and could really be in

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Speaker 1: charge of this division once again. They've kind of owned

551
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Speaker 1: the Dolphins the last few years. They beat him decisively

552
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Speaker 1: twice last year and that's how they won the division

553
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Speaker 1: through tiebreak and and now they will have the early

554
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Speaker 1: tie break over the Dolphins too. Okay, I got to

555
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Speaker 1: take a quick break, but we're not done yet. Okay,

556
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Speaker 1: that's it for the game talk. But we're not done,

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Speaker 1: Bill Barnwell, we are gonna just talk a little bit

558
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Speaker 1: about some predictions because there's nothing I love more than

559
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Speaker 1: the navel gazing, Bill, and I thought it would be

560
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 1: fun just kind of as we wrap up the normal

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Speaker 1: part of the week here on NFL Daily, we will

562
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Speaker 1: be dropping our picks against the Spread show on Friday afternoon,

563
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Speaker 1: and so that's going to be a separate show. So

564
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Speaker 1: for anyone that was looking for Cynthia Freelan and I's picks.

565
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Speaker 1: We're picking three games against the spread every week. It's

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Speaker 1: very quick, and that's going to come up in a

567
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Speaker 1: separate show a little later though. I did pick the

568
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Speaker 1: Bills tonight, so I got that one right, but that

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Speaker 1: wasn't part of that. We're going to go back and

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Speaker 1: actually just quickly go through a few predictions that we

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Speaker 1: made before the season even started. And you might say,

572
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Speaker 1: we've just started week two, We've only played one game

573
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Speaker 1: each and one game in Week two, and yet I

574
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Speaker 1: want to already see what's changed your mind. So what

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Speaker 1: we're going to talk about, Bill, is a prediction we

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Speaker 1: feel really good about after one week, a prediction we've

577
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Speaker 1: already started to regret, which is really my inspiration for

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Speaker 1: this segment, because there are a couple, but there's one

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Speaker 1: that really stand out that I'm like, why did I

580
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Speaker 1: do that? And then just for fun of prediction I

581
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Speaker 1: wish I made? So why don't we start about with you?

582
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Speaker 1: We'll go a prediction that you feel good about so far?

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Speaker 2: Prediction I feel good about. I predicted that the Giants

584
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Speaker 2: were going to take a further step backwards and that

585
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Speaker 2: they were going to be if not the worst team

586
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Speaker 2: in football, one of the worst teams in football. From

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Speaker 2: what I saw in Week one, things were not pretty.

588
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Speaker 2: I mean the offense was hopeless. They couldn't block. They

589
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Speaker 2: that's not true. They couldn't block on some plays. They

590
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 2: were probably like a C minus blocking. They were a

591
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Speaker 2: D minus for quarterback play. Milick Nighbors is already unfortunately

592
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Speaker 2: battling a knee injury. He was limited in practice today.

593
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Speaker 2: The defense looked totally made Sam Donald look like the

594
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Speaker 2: guy Sam Donald believers I've hoped he was going to

595
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Speaker 2: be for about half a decade now. I mean, everything

596
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 2: looked wrong for them at home and not like the

597
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Speaker 2: Vikings are a great football team in my eyes. So

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Speaker 2: I just that's that's one where I feel like I

599
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Speaker 2: feel prekid about, you know, being skeptical of the Giants

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Speaker 2: making a step in the right direction.

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Speaker 1: Well, I hope that you regret picking this as the

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Speaker 1: prediction you feel good about on Sunday afternoon about four

603
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Speaker 1: twenty Eastern because there was no game. I had a

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Speaker 1: harder time picking this weekend than Commanders Giants, but actually

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Speaker 1: went Giants in the end because I just feel like

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Speaker 1: I honestly think they're two of the three worst teams

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Speaker 1: in the NFL right now. So I'm with you that

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Speaker 1: I agree. If I just had to guess, I think

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Speaker 1: the Panthers, Commanders and Giants are the worst three teams.

610
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Speaker 1: But the Giants are in year three of their program

611
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Speaker 1: and they just have better players that I know. Daniel

612
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: Jones was a mess, but that Commander's defense, they could

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Speaker 1: have given up sixty points to the Buckets. There were

614
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Speaker 1: so many receivers just flying open. And they don't have

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Speaker 1: a lot of talent on offense either, So I just

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Speaker 1: kind of maybe the vibes are enough for the Commanders

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Speaker 1: to get away in that.

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Speaker 2: That is the only thing I can think of.

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Speaker 1: Yes, wait, I mean both teams are bad, don't don't

620
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Speaker 1: get me wrong. I said it was the toughest game

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Speaker 1: for me to pick all weekend. I wrestled back and forth,

622
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Speaker 1: but I went with the Giants in the end because

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Speaker 1: you know, they do have a bunch of good players,

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Speaker 1: so and they're like year three, can't I think they

625
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 1: can maybe go get a road win and at least

626
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Speaker 1: get to one and one, But ultimately I think that

627
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Speaker 1: will be a prediction you feel good about. I'm not

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Speaker 1: arguing with you about that. Okay. The prediction I feel

629
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Speaker 1: good about was fading the Falcons will also the Bill's

630
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Speaker 1: winning the super Bowl. It's a little early for that.

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Speaker 1: I had Josh Allen MVP Bills winning the super Bowl

632
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 1: as like a three or four seed. Just felt like

633
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Speaker 1: that's how they'll finally do it. Okay, that feels good

634
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,680
Speaker 1: too far, But fading the Falcons was one of my

635
00:31:34,800 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 1: strongest things all off season. A lot of it was

636
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 1: that Kirk Cousins was coming off a torn achilles and

637
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,560
Speaker 1: we just did just not assume that that's nothing and

638
00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 1: so far we'll see, but that really looks like something,

639
00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 1: and that the rest of the team wasn't so great

640
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 1: that like he's coming into a good situation, that they

641
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 1: were more like about a four to five win roster

642
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Speaker 1: that had a terrible schedule last year, and that I

643
00:31:57,360 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 1: know they added talent on defense, but just there were

644
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 1: questions all over the place that even if it was

645
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 1: normal Kirk Cousins, like normal Kirk Cousins is pretty up

646
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Speaker 1: and down, and I am very concerned about him after

647
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Speaker 1: that Week one performance that he's going to take a

648
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,280
Speaker 1: while maybe to get going, and that the injury could

649
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 1: could really be an issue here early in the season

650
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 1: or maybe throughout the season. So I'm feeling good about

651
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: that prediction.

652
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 2: You should. I mean, that was a absolute mess and

653
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 2: they were I know ESPN Satinfo had the numbers on

654
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,080
Speaker 2: them throwing one hundred percent out of the time in

655
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 2: the shotgun or a hundred percent of the time.

656
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 1: Out of the ste pistol.

657
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, no percent throw out of the shotgun, eight run

658
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 2: rate out of the pistol. So very distinct play calling

659
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 2: based on where Kirk Cousins was standing. Zero play action

660
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,440
Speaker 2: STAPs in the game. Kirk Cousins is I believe how

661
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 2: did my column his slowest max speed of any game

662
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 2: as a pro? I think Ben Solek had his column

663
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 2: travel the least distance by far he's ever tried a

664
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 2: game in the next gen era. I mean, everything just

665
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 2: tells you Kirk Cousins cannot walk at a high speed,

666
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 2: let alone run.

667
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 1: And I hope, I hope that's wrong because he's on

668
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:15,239
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football this week, and like I I want

669
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:16,720
Speaker 1: them to win and everything, but I just don't want

670
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:21,480
Speaker 1: it to be like this weird, sad thing with Kirk Cousins.

671
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 1: All right, let's do the prediction that you already regret.

672
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:29,280
Speaker 1: So this is what this is the centerpiece of this

673
00:33:29,360 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 1: segment here, like what is something that you said that

674
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 1: you actually are already like legitimately moving off And if

675
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,960
Speaker 1: there's nothing, you could say nothing, But if you're just

676
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,520
Speaker 1: stretching a fine one, tell me that.

677
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 2: The couple that come to mind for me thinking I

678
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 2: will go with Blake Korum being the lead back with

679
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 2: the Rams and Ky you know, I think at some

680
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 2: point he's going to have a role. I think it's

681
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 2: going to be injury dependent on Kiren Williams. But I

682
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,080
Speaker 2: just over this offseason, I look back at like late

683
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 2: round picks who haven't had big rookie seasons, who got

684
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 2: significant snaps in the year two and what happened and

685
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 2: so often they got benched quicker than anybody expected, like

686
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 2: they were one and done in lead roles at running back.

687
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 2: And then you know, Karen Williams gets hurt during the

688
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 2: off season, he's dealing with the foot injury that he's

689
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 2: had on the past. He gets put on punk return duty.

690
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:24,359
Speaker 2: I'm just like, man, Blake Koram might get seventy five

691
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,400
Speaker 2: percent of the snaps week one, like he might just

692
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 2: be the lead back to begin the season and then

693
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,439
Speaker 2: Blake Korham got zero offensive snaps in Week one.

694
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:36,399
Speaker 1: Man, that was that was a small level prediction because

695
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:39,239
Speaker 1: I have a feeling Bill actually that's gonna work out fine.

696
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 1: In the end, I think you were on the right track.

697
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's gonna be the lead back now,

698
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 1: but like it took a month for Kien Williams to

699
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 1: get the job last time. In fact, I believe there

700
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:52,240
Speaker 1: was some thought that when they had the injuries during

701
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 1: the game on the offensive line, that they just prioritize

702
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 1: pass protection in terms of their backs above all, even

703
00:34:58,640 --> 00:35:01,319
Speaker 1: like Ronnie Rivers might not blow up in a big hole,

704
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:03,319
Speaker 1: but they can trust him in pass pro and that

705
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: you see with that with running backs, and maybe that

706
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: will be an issue for a couple of weeks. But

707
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 1: I think it might have been situational. I have a

708
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 1: much bigger regret than that, a much bigger regret. So

709
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 1: I don't know why I did this, Like I really

710
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 1: leaned in at the very end. I got convinced that

711
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:24,360
Speaker 1: the Cowboys were just gonna be a total disaster, and

712
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: I like I kind of bought into the hole. Everything

713
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,520
Speaker 1: was feeling negative and maybe it will turn negative in

714
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 1: the end. But it really only took one game of like,

715
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,360
Speaker 1: oh yeah, Dak Prescott is freaking awesome, and I know

716
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,760
Speaker 1: it wasn't his best game ever, but he's still freaking awesome.

717
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,840
Speaker 1: And Michael Parsons is a you know, total beast, and

718
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,440
Speaker 1: they really seem like they have some answers defensively that

719
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 1: I think will make up for a few of the

720
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 1: lack of depth issues that they have on the offensive side.

721
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 1: And I think the rookies on the offensive line will

722
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:55,879
Speaker 1: figure things out. And they've already started off pretty well.

723
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:57,800
Speaker 1: So that was when I think I went a little

724
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,439
Speaker 1: too hard on was the Cowboys go going?

725
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,080
Speaker 2: I just think the Browns might not be that good.

726
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 2: I mean, I had the Browns as a team likely

727
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 2: to decline before the year. I thought about them, But

728
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 2: the three things I thought about when you asked me

729
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:12,440
Speaker 2: the first question were Giants decline. I felt strongest about

730
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:17,319
Speaker 2: Brown's decline. I think about and Chargers improving, which they

731
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 2: had the most Jim Harbaugh victory I can imagine in

732
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,320
Speaker 2: Week one against the Raiders. But I think the Browns

733
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,959
Speaker 2: their defense looked good but not great in Week one,

734
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:31,520
Speaker 2: and their offense looked just horrifically bad. And I think

735
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 2: the Cowboys played a role on that. But I do

736
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 2: think the Cowboys may not look quite as good against

737
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 2: different competition in the weeks to come.

738
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 1: Okay, let us know you guys can let us know

739
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:45,240
Speaker 1: that are pass it along in the comments. What mistakes

740
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 1: you've made into terms of your prediction. Chris Green says

741
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 1: biggest regret is paying Daniel Jones. Yeah, well that that

742
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: was two years ago. Although I do think the Giants

743
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 1: doubling down this offseason, Joe Shane didn't want to. I mean,

744
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:00,840
Speaker 1: he wanted to trade up for Drake May, but he

745
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,320
Speaker 1: didn't want to enough. I think if they had really

746
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 1: just sold the farm for him, I think the Patriots

747
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: could have listened, and they had a good offer, but

748
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: it didn't happen. And I don't know, if you know,

749
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: there's a chance Joshane doesn't make it the year four

750
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: and then he has regrets about that.

751
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,920
Speaker 2: Can I give you my unifying theory of the New

752
00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 2: York Giants and Joshane's quarterback situation?

753
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:22,680
Speaker 1: Please? Yes.

754
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 2: I believe Brian Davil and Joshane did not want Daniel Jones.

755
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 2: I think when they got there, they were like, well,

756
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:31,320
Speaker 2: give this guy a shot, but we're probably drafting quarterback

757
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,320
Speaker 2: next year. And they had the same thing that happened

758
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 2: with the Bills, where they had the unexpected year one

759
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:42,799
Speaker 2: playoff run with your incumbent quarterback you don't love. And

760
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:44,279
Speaker 2: Daniel Jones played well at the end of the year.

761
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:46,279
Speaker 2: His best football was the end of that season. It

762
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 2: was his first healthy year as a pro. And I

763
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 2: my guess is that ownership who had bought it Daniel

764
00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,200
Speaker 2: Jones for several years wait for him to be good,

765
00:37:55,680 --> 00:38:00,399
Speaker 2: were the driving forces in that Daniel Jones on track.

766
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 2: Maybe Joshane didn't want to sign sa Quon Barkley.

767
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,799
Speaker 1: I'm with you, but like it, what's gonna happen now,

768
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 1: Like they're gonna lose their job, right, because that's that's

769
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,839
Speaker 1: they should have listened to them about Saquon. They should

770
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 1: have actually listened to that and just paid saquad instead

771
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: of paying who is that guard from the Packers, Oh,

772
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,799
Speaker 1: John run instead of playing John Runyon ten and a half, Like,

773
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 1: go an extra million for Saquon. If you can't catch

774
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 1: up your guards to be better than that, then that's

775
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:27,359
Speaker 1: probably on you, you.

776
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,439
Speaker 2: Know, Greg, Greg, when you look at the draft and

777
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,000
Speaker 2: how nobody's going to draft in you look at free

778
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 2: agency and how good teams safe bad decisions in free agency,

779
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,319
Speaker 2: good teams make bad Trades're like, why are these guys

780
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 2: getting paid so much? Well, one of the reasons gms

781
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 2: and coaches get paid so much is that sometimes they

782
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 2: get fired because the owner strongly encouraged them to make

783
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,399
Speaker 2: bad decisions, and the owner is not the one who

784
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 2: has to pay for it with their jobs. If you

785
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,200
Speaker 2: look at it the last twenty years of the Las

786
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:56,640
Speaker 2: Vegas slash Oakland Raiders, that describes a lot of what's

787
00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,800
Speaker 2: happened with the Raiders franchise. But we'll see Daniel Jones.

788
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 2: You know, it can't be much worse than it was

789
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 2: week one. The Commanders, like you said, a lot of

790
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 2: guys are running free last week. If anyone's going to

791
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:10,240
Speaker 2: make Daniel Jones look good, it is the Washington Commanders

792
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:10,759
Speaker 2: in week two.

793
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a it's a trend with these this giants.

794
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: There's a sneaky amount of reports of medaling. I mean,

795
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 1: you had the whole Geno Smith Eli Manning thing. You

796
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 1: had really the last year or two of Eli Manning's

797
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: career in different right, forms of fashion, which I think

798
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,320
Speaker 1: was was definitely owner related. All Right, finally we wrap

799
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 1: with with the with the prediction you wish you made.

800
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:38,800
Speaker 2: That's a tough one. The prediction I wish I had made.

801
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 1: You want me to go first?

802
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm trying to think about I got a couple

803
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:42,799
Speaker 2: of four.

804
00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,480
Speaker 1: I mean, well, first, you know, we did the over

805
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 1: under draft on this show, and I didn't want to

806
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,760
Speaker 1: take Pats over four point five because it just felt

807
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:55,279
Speaker 1: like Homer. I believed that it could be about after

808
00:39:55,280 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: one week. I'm like, well, they're already there. Tough, but

809
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:02,960
Speaker 1: that was one of the tough, tough parts of the schedule,

810
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,759
Speaker 1: a tough road game in Cincinnati. So there's one. I

811
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 1: think they can get to five. So I didn't want

812
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 1: to be a Homer. They were on my longer list

813
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:12,680
Speaker 1: when I listed the over unders last week that I liked,

814
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 1: So that was one. No one, literally no one, I

815
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: don't believe. On NFL dot Com, they asked like thirty

816
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:21,799
Speaker 1: six writers to make who makes the playoffs, and I

817
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,359
Speaker 1: thought that six seven spot in the AFC was pretty

818
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 1: up for grabs. I didn't have the Dolphins or Jets there,

819
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:30,120
Speaker 1: so to me, I thought that the AFC East was

820
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:32,080
Speaker 1: going to be worse than people thought, and we'll see.

821
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 1: But I was like, who makes it? And I ended

822
00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:39,439
Speaker 1: up going Colts Chargers six and seven. But literally no one,

823
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,399
Speaker 1: and I think it was because of the preseason. Out

824
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,759
Speaker 1: of thirty six people picked the Steelers. It's like now

825
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,080
Speaker 1: already I'm like, yeah, maybe I should have taken the Steelers,

826
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:49,040
Speaker 1: like the Steelers are just fine the way. And then

827
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 1: finally I had heard some buzz from people in Philadelphia

828
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 1: about Quinnon Mitchell in training camp. I like, man, they

829
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,880
Speaker 1: really think they found someone. So a little Quinnon Mitchell,

830
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:02,440
Speaker 1: like defensive rookie of the year having a great season

831
00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:04,920
Speaker 1: even after one week, I'm feeling like that, that feels

832
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 1: a little that could have been a spicy pick that

833
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: looks good.

834
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 2: A sprinkle. I think it's fair to say I had

835
00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 2: the Patriots over four and a half. I had them

836
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:14,319
Speaker 2: as one of the most likely teams to improve in

837
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 2: my column. This year did not go boldly all the

838
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:20,399
Speaker 2: way to the playoffs, that is, to go quite that far,

839
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 2: but crazy but stranger things. I mean, it would have

840
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,480
Speaker 2: been crazy to say the three thirteen and one Texans

841
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 2: were going to win the AFC South last year, especially

842
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 2: after they got blown out in Week one by the Ravens.

843
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 2: And yet that is exactly Greg what happened. Football is

844
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 2: a very strange sport. I think they're going to be

845
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:39,239
Speaker 2: a lot better than people give them credit for. They're

846
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:40,359
Speaker 2: not going to be a playoff team, but I think

847
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 2: a seven win team this year in New England. And

848
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:48,440
Speaker 2: had that before the season prediction I wish I had made.

849
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:51,600
Speaker 2: I wish I'd had the Rams out of the playoffs.

850
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 2: That was the one where for the longest time when

851
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,880
Speaker 2: I was doing my playoff article, I had them out

852
00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:00,040
Speaker 2: and I kept the teams I was putting in. I

853
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,320
Speaker 2: didn't feel good about I didn't feel good about the Falcons.

854
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:06,200
Speaker 2: I didn't feel good about Tampa. I didn't feel good

855
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:10,560
Speaker 2: about the Vikings. I had the Eagles out so I

856
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:12,879
Speaker 2: couldn't pick them, and I felt like, if I had

857
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:14,960
Speaker 2: to pick, you know, a big team out, I was

858
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,640
Speaker 2: gonna go with the Eagles. And that doesn't feel great

859
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 2: right now, but we'll see. But the injuries were already

860
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 2: bad before they before the season began, and now kukin

861
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 2: Akua is on the puplet or on ir for four weeks.

862
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,840
Speaker 2: Joseph Nopoom's on IR for four weeks. Stevenveil is on

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Speaker 2: IR for four weeks. They were already banged up on

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Speaker 2: the offensive line before this. I mean, they are just

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Speaker 2: and kept Eagles in. But maybe I should have just

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Speaker 2: stuck with it. And maybe it just because the Rams did.

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Speaker 2: They were in position to beat the Lions in Detroit

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Speaker 2: with you know, if they get a stop at the

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Speaker 2: end of that game. So maybe I'm being a little

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Speaker 2: too harsh.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was That was one of those games they

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Speaker 1: played so well. You if you're the Rams, you would

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Speaker 1: have loved to come away with a win. But it

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Speaker 1: almost made me feel better about them. Then again, they

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Speaker 1: feel like a month at least away from being anywhere

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Speaker 1: close to hole on the offensive line, which is a

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Speaker 1: pretty big deal. They're kind of built around their offensive line.

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Speaker 1: As we wrap up, and thank you, Bill Barnwell, one

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Speaker 1: of the best in the entire business, the best writer

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Speaker 1: in the game right now. Check them out at ESPN

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Speaker 1: dot com. As I tell them often, my ESPN Plus

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Speaker 1: subscription largely for Bill, a little bit for Zach Lo too.

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Speaker 1: I gotta admit I do love them.

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Speaker 2: A lot of people, a lot of people tell me

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Speaker 2: Zach is very good.

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Speaker 1: I always throw that in.

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Speaker 2: I like that if I can be, if I can

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Speaker 2: be like the ten percent of your ESPN plus behind.

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Speaker 1: No, No, you're number one, You're number one by far.

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Speaker 1: Number two is actually the US Open Women's Tennis tournament

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Speaker 1: Court thirteen, Like you can get that on ESPN Plus.

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Speaker 1: Not to give them an but it's just like, oh, yeah,

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Speaker 1: there's the Martakostiak match that I want to watch. I

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Speaker 1: can't actually find that any anywhere else.

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Speaker 2: Individual high level but like modest court tennis speeds is what.

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Speaker 1: You're yes for. Yeah, love that. I mean what an

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Speaker 1: athlete she is, but yeah, he gets it done. Also,

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Speaker 1: the Bill Barnwell Short Show, of course is great podcast,

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Speaker 1: and he's on around the Horn and you see him

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Speaker 1: on NFL Live. He is everywhere and he's been great forever.

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Speaker 1: Before we say goodbye, though, I will read you just

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Speaker 1: something that Mike McDaniel said after the game onto a

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Speaker 1: tongue of by Loa's injury, just said he's just worried

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Speaker 1: about his guy. Not something you ever want to be

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Speaker 1: part of. He'll get a proper evaluation and then the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins will make a decision on how to proceed with

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Speaker 1: the injury. And look, he said, every concussion is different

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Speaker 1: and you'll see. But there was good news that Tua

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Speaker 1: was in good spirits in the locker room after the game.

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Speaker 1: That alone makes it a different situation, at least than

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Speaker 1: the last time that he had it. He was talking

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Speaker 1: to the team, to his teammates in the locker room

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Speaker 1: and that made everyone feel better. And so we'll just

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Speaker 1: have to see what the evaluation is. Obviously we're wishing

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Speaker 1: the best for him. He also says, look, a loss

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Speaker 1: like this early in the season as a gut check,

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Speaker 1: and you know, they have to see how they respond.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna either be a good thing or a bad

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Speaker 1: thing to lose a game like this, and obviously losing

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Speaker 1: their quarterback makes it all the more painful. That's it

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Speaker 1: for our Thursday night recap show. Hopefully the next one

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Speaker 1: doesn't have any injuries to speak of. We will be

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Speaker 1: back on Friday. Thanks again, Bill. Like I said, with

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Speaker 1: a really quick pick show, we're going to try it

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Speaker 1: separated from the rest of the show. I know not

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Speaker 1: everyone's into the picks against the spread, so we'll do

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Speaker 1: that separate on Friday. Then we'll be back for the

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Speaker 1: Sunday Week two recap. Until then, so happy that football

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Speaker 1: is back.