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Speaker 1: ahead Thursday Night football. Obviously Lakers Nuggets game four. Get

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Speaker 1: going with John Middlecoff and NFL scout. You might know

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Speaker 1: the football community. But let's start with the biggest story

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Speaker 1: first step in the coaching ranks. Luckily this was oh eight, Now,

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Speaker 1: recruiting departments are so big in Division one that these openings,

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Speaker 1: But back then, especially at a at a mid major,

428
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Speaker 1: like a nonpower five, it was unheard of. So it

429
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Speaker 1: was a really cool opportunity. I did that for a

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Speaker 1: couple of years and we had Ryan Matthews. Uh, who

431
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Speaker 1: was you know, gonna be a top fifteen pick. So

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Speaker 1: all the NFL scouts have been coming through and we

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Speaker 1: were producing NFL players, but when you have a first

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Speaker 1: round pick, you just get so many guys coming through.

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Speaker 1: And one of my jobs was always setting scouts up

436
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Speaker 1: with Back then, it was before like you know, all

437
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Speaker 1: the streaming we had, like the hard copy of tapes

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Speaker 1: and the VHS tapes, and you I was just interacting

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Speaker 1: with him a lot, and for two years getting no guys.

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Speaker 1: And you know, Pat Hill had worked for Belichick and

441
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Speaker 1: the whole league knew him and liked them. He was

442
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Speaker 1: producing NFL players that definitely helped. And I got an opportunity.

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Speaker 1: He knew Andy Reid and he got me an interview,

444
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Speaker 1: and I California guy going to Philly, and it just

445
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Speaker 1: one thing led to another and I got hired and

446
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Speaker 1: kind of the rest is history. Wow, I guess maybe

447
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Speaker 1: we'll start with the Eagles then, Uh listen, they let

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Speaker 1: me down big in Week two. I loved them in

449
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Speaker 1: that spot against the Rams, they got their teeth kicked in.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not overly concerned here heading into Week

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Speaker 1: three against the Bengals. I feel like there's a good

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Speaker 1: spot for them. But Carson Wentz has problems and we

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Speaker 1: went in on him in the podcast. And I lived

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Speaker 1: outside Philly for probably about seven years. So I have

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Speaker 1: a lot of friends there and they were like, you know,

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Speaker 1: your spot on Wentz is struggling. People are legit concerned

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Speaker 1: there about him. You know what's funny is I had

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Speaker 1: the game on my iPad because I didn't watch it

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Speaker 1: five I just watched it this morning. I just saw,

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Speaker 1: you know, the highlights on the red zone. But to

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Speaker 1: get a field for a player, you gotta watch the

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Speaker 1: whole game. To me, he's like a picture. You know,

463
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Speaker 1: when a picture that throws like hundred who can't locate

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Speaker 1: because Carson right now, I just watching the game. Balls

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Speaker 1: are floating on them, they're going high, they're going low.

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Speaker 1: He's he's trying to get it into guys and he

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Speaker 1: just he's missing. And I think sometimes for whatever reason,

468
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Speaker 1: you just get out of rhythm. Because we saw last

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Speaker 1: year right at the end of the season, and I

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Speaker 1: know they were playing their divisional opponents, but he got

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Speaker 1: hot and he kind of helped carry them when they

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Speaker 1: had all those injuries. He doesn't look like that player

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Speaker 1: right now. To me, he can. He's one of those

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Speaker 1: guys that can get hot and when he's off because

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Speaker 1: he doesn't have great touch, you know, that's when you

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Speaker 1: think Carson Wentz right now. You you don't think like

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Speaker 1: Mahomes has really good touch. Even Lamar has developed really

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Speaker 1: good touch. Carson is just he's just off and they

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Speaker 1: have so many new pieces. You know, Miles Sanders missed

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Speaker 1: that week one and say this, The Ramps are good, right.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the Rams just have a lot of swag.

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Speaker 1: They're rolling right now that they got to be. You know,

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Speaker 1: we talked about all these teams that in the NFL

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Speaker 1: that they're just ranking them one through five or whatever.

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Speaker 1: People are talking about the Rams. I mean, I'm watching

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Speaker 1: them that they're rolling. So that was maybe he ran

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Speaker 1: into a little bit of a buzz ab. But he's

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Speaker 1: he's playing the Bengals. Their their defense is borderline atrocious.

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Speaker 1: If he can't get right this game and they can't win,

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Speaker 1: probably by ten plus, then maybe it's maybe the Eagles

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Speaker 1: are in big trouble. Let me ask you about Burrow.

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Speaker 1: We saw him on Thursday night. He gets extra rest

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Speaker 1: coming to Philly. Um. I was kind of impressed. I

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Speaker 1: know we threw the ball sixty one times, but just

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Speaker 1: the toughness in the pocket against unrelenting pressure. The Eagles

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Speaker 1: defense is gonna be angry because golf embarrassing. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: you you you watch again, like everything was wide open

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Speaker 1: for golf. I mean the Eagles defense was so off balance.

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Speaker 1: It feels like a tough spot for Burrow. Yeah, it does. Uh,

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Speaker 1: And again he's not really rolling with much. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if a j. Green is even of

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Speaker 1: what he once was. Now, Joe Mixon is a good player,

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Speaker 1: but to me, that's about all he's got. Tyler Boyd, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's solid. You gotta give Joe Burrow credit. I think

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Speaker 1: sometimes when you're that good in college, you never know

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Speaker 1: how it's gonna translate. And you watch him on that

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Speaker 1: Thursday night game, even though he didn't win, I was like, Wow,

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Speaker 1: this looks like an NFL quarterback. No fans in Philly

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Speaker 1: this weekend, right, But like you said, they're gonna be

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Speaker 1: the Eagles are gonna be pissed. But how good is

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Speaker 1: their defense? Like, I mean, you could be mad, but

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Speaker 1: if you just don't have the horses, it's not not

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Speaker 1: you don't just turn into the Bears, right. I mean

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Speaker 1: they're healthy, that's the problem. Like everybody came back on

515
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Speaker 1: the line this week. The secondary is healthy. They lack

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Speaker 1: speed a linebacker, they kind of look slow. Now. The

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Speaker 1: one thing is that that goff or excuse me, the

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Speaker 1: McVeigh and Zach Taylor is gonna do this. That offense

519
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Speaker 1: is predicated on running the ball, then play action, then

520
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Speaker 1: those throwback plays. So they're getting they get you with

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Speaker 1: a bunch of misdirection. And when you don't have a

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Speaker 1: lot of team speed, especially at linebacker, when you're playing

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Speaker 1: these teams that throws the tight end, especially throws of

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Speaker 1: the running back, it can expose you. And clearly the

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Speaker 1: rams would Higbie have three touchdowns, Yeah, and they're hitting

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Speaker 1: them like on play action throwback plays where he's a

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Speaker 1: linebackers chasing him. I would imagine Zach Taylor's gonna try

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Speaker 1: to replicate some of those plays. That's a great note.

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Speaker 1: Zach Taylor is a McVeigh guy that actually cool to

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Speaker 1: help the Eagles though they've just seen and and now

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Speaker 1: more and more. I mean Kyle McVeigh, the Grudens, Like

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Speaker 1: all these guys are running this zone scheme, throwing to

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Speaker 1: the tight end, play action boots. I I think that's

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Speaker 1: and as as these guys keep getting jobs, it's not

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Speaker 1: gonna slow down. Right, as long as Kyle and McVeigh

536
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Speaker 1: keep having success. It's really gonna be that's gonna be

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Speaker 1: the number one offense in the league that everyone runs.

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Speaker 1: So it's gonna be easier to prepare because you're gonna

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Speaker 1: see it countless times throughout the season. So let's talk

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Speaker 1: about the Rams again. Now they in again in a

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Speaker 1: weekend with some great games. John Rams Bills is kind

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Speaker 1: of it's gonna be the best one PM game. I

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Speaker 1: mean two and oh both of them. I think in

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Speaker 1: d v O A from football outside is Rams are

545
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Speaker 1: actually the better team. I think their fourth in Bills

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Speaker 1: or fifth or something, but the Bills are favored here

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Speaker 1: by two and a half. I don't want any thoughts

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Speaker 1: on this game. The Rams do have the tough travel

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Speaker 1: having left Philly to go home and then coming back

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Speaker 1: to Buffalo, but any thought they did they did fly home. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know they wanted to stay, but it's tough. It's

552
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Speaker 1: tough went to West Virginia, so it's it's a weird time.

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Speaker 1: I My one thing with Buffalo is obviously they played

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Speaker 1: too easy opponents to start off the season. But I

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Speaker 1: think we all acknowledge there a playoff. I mean they

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Speaker 1: were a playoff team last year, they're gonna be a

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Speaker 1: playoff team this year. We'll see what the Patriots, you know,

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Speaker 1: who wins that division. I think it's fair to say

559
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Speaker 1: now that Cam's good. Buffalo is probably still the slight favorite,

560
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Speaker 1: but I don't know, we gotta keep an eye on that.

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Speaker 1: To me, Josh Allen, like, we're not gonna judge him

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Speaker 1: on how he plays against the Dolphins, how he plays

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Speaker 1: against the Jets. He's gonna be judged in games like this,

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Speaker 1: And this is gonna game with a lot of eyeballs

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Speaker 1: on it. And now, I don't think the Rams defense

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Speaker 1: is that great. They have two exceptional players, and Michael

567
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Speaker 1: Brocker's a solid, but they got a lot of guys

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Speaker 1: that a lot of teams are gonna go after and

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Speaker 1: I would avoid, and I would imagine that Jalen Ramsey's

570
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Speaker 1: gonna chase fourteen everywhere he goes so well. And also

571
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Speaker 1: remember Jalen Ramsey's the guy I think who said Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen was trashed to ye, good, good point. I wonder

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Speaker 1: if there's gonna be some trash talk going on in

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Speaker 1: the game. To me, there's just a big game for

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Speaker 1: the Bills. Like I think we acknowledge the Rams even

576
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Speaker 1: their worst season under McVey. Lash year they were nine

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Speaker 1: and seven, and this year they would have been in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs under the new format. But this is a

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Speaker 1: huge game for the Bills to kind of assert themselves

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Speaker 1: d v O, A ranking, whatever, but just to prove

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Speaker 1: themselves like we're legit Super Bowl contender, right, Like we

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Speaker 1: are gonna be a team to be messed with in

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Speaker 1: the postseason. You win games like this. To me, the

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Speaker 1: line like I don't quite understand why you're still getting

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Speaker 1: three points with no home field, no crowd. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you watch these games, it's just manoamano, there's no there's

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Speaker 1: no sound. In terms of the communication. I saw Peyton

588
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Speaker 1: Manning said on the MegaCast, like a huge thing about

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Speaker 1: playing on the road NFL is just being able to

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Speaker 1: not be able to communicate. Well, that's not the problem now.

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Speaker 1: So it's kind of just like a glorified I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's not a scrimmage because they're playing, it's a game,

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Speaker 1: but in terms of the noise and the extra people,

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Speaker 1: and Buffalo is a crazy place, so I would say

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Speaker 1: this is a to me, this should be a pick them,

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Speaker 1: and uh, I'm lean Buffalo just based on the travel,

597
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Speaker 1: but the rams to me have been better through the

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Speaker 1: first two games. I just gotta ask about Josh Allen.

599
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Speaker 1: I I tweeted out a picture of him missing that

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Speaker 1: receiver against the Jets when there was nobody within five

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Speaker 1: yards in the end zone. I'm sure you saw the

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Speaker 1: highlight and they were they were blowing him out though

603
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Speaker 1: in that game. I mean, he missed that throw. But

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Speaker 1: Bills fans are so sensitive about Josh Allen. Um I

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Speaker 1: know he just had to three yard games, uh four

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Speaker 1: hundred yard game against Miami and he has digs. I

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00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,479
Speaker 1: haven't loved what I've seen from the running game. Um

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Speaker 1: I is it? Is it a problem that I'm still

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Speaker 1: a little bit scared. Well, he's just not a pinpoint

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Speaker 1: accurate guy. You know, he is gonna miss some lay

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Speaker 1: up throws and and also when he misses, he's it

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Speaker 1: would be the equivalent of like throwing the ball over

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Speaker 1: the backboard or like a shock free throw. You're like,

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Speaker 1: what did I just watch? But he's also gonna make

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Speaker 1: some of the like when he does hit digs on

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Speaker 1: a seventy yard bomb or you know, rolling to his right,

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Speaker 1: throwing back across his body, making a throw that him

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Speaker 1: and Mahomes can make. He does have that in the bag.

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Speaker 1: And I know I talked to Sean McDermott at the

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Speaker 1: Combine and he said last year, coming into the season,

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Speaker 1: everyone said he just sucked. He couldn't throw short, intermediate

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Speaker 1: or deep, and he became a good short intermediate passer. Well,

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Speaker 1: then the knock this year was like, he can't throw deep. Well,

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Speaker 1: they add dis So I think that's just can he

625
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Speaker 1: consistently do that because they're gonna take away everything short

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Speaker 1: right and make him beat you fifteen yards because I

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Speaker 1: don't think you can do it. And if he proves

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Speaker 1: he can do that, that you could argue they would

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Speaker 1: be they could play with the Chiefs if he can

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Speaker 1: be accurate on every level just because of how talented

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Speaker 1: he is. Right, but as of right now, that's not

632
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Speaker 1: who he is. Defense isn't quite as good as we thought.

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Speaker 1: I mean, well, then their past, you know, their pass

634
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Speaker 1: rush is just like who is that. They don't have

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Speaker 1: Khalil Mack and Aaron Donald, but we know they're physical

636
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Speaker 1: and they tackle well. To me, their defense is more

637
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 1: than good enough. It more falls to me on the quarterback. Uh,

638
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,440
Speaker 1: let's go to Texans Steelers. John, I don't know, man,

639
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: I know this is the spot for the Texans to

640
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 1: get right. Uh, they played the two best teams in

641
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 1: the league. Pittsburgh hasn't been able to blow out the

642
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:27,520
Speaker 1: Giants or really put away Jeff driscoll I talked me

643
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:29,200
Speaker 1: out of the Steelers here. I mean, this is a

644
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: great defensive line against the guy who's been sacked eight times.

645
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 1: This is a great secondary and no Will Fuller apparently

646
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:40,480
Speaker 1: for the Texans. I can't mean the Texas defense stinks, John,

647
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 1: And they're sure their offense is that good? You know

648
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: what I mean? Missing DeAndre Hopkins is huge. Uh. Their

649
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: wide receivers, we knew two or three of them were

650
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 1: gonna get hurt, just look at their resumes. I was

651
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 1: thinking about this yesterday because the Dolphins have their pick.

652
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: Sometimes when you do like you know, those those multiple

653
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 1: first round picks, sometimes it blows up on you and

654
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 1: then you have a four or five win season and

655
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, that pick is pick eight and

656
00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:09,840
Speaker 1: that team is, you know, doing cart wheels in their offices,

657
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 1: Like we just got an incredible what if the Texans

658
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: just this is a year that they win five games?

659
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,240
Speaker 1: They're just not very good. They run into a bus

660
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 1: of their divisions a lot better. Right, the Titans, we

661
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 1: know we're solid, the culture solid, The Jags are gonna

662
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,280
Speaker 1: be no pushover by any means. And just the start

663
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 1: of the Texans, Like, to me, it's clear like this

664
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 1: should be a seven point line. The Steelers arguably the

665
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 1: best defense in the league. Roethlisberger, he didn't play all

666
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: last season and he's old. It's gonna take some time,

667
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,520
Speaker 1: but he's He's still played pretty solid. I mean even

668
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,879
Speaker 1: last week, like Denver. Denver to me is a better

669
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,440
Speaker 1: team than Houston. Now. I know Drift came in, but

670
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:44,799
Speaker 1: you just watch them like they got weapons everywhere. They

671
00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 1: still got talent on defense even without Von Miller and

672
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 1: Vic Fangio is just a solid coach. I think there's

673
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,120
Speaker 1: so much around Bill O'Brien. You have this elephant in

674
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,200
Speaker 1: the room. Now. They got rid of DeAndre Hopkins and

675
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,279
Speaker 1: they you know, they don't really know what they're doing

676
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 1: personnel wise, and then the way the schedule set up.

677
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 1: I love the Steelers in this game. So let me

678
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,359
Speaker 1: ask you as a scout, right, So, Jeff Driscoll, there

679
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:07,480
Speaker 1: was I mean, there was no tape on him from

680
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:11,000
Speaker 1: the Denver offense last week and after I mean they

681
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,799
Speaker 1: sacked him six times, but he was able to move

682
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: the football in the second half. So now he comes in, Uh,

683
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:18,800
Speaker 1: you know the Pittsburgh Steelers. Um, well, I guess I

684
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 1: should pivot to the Jeff Driscoll game. Um, he's hosting

685
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Denver Tampa. And you know when you look

686
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 1: at Tampa, it's like, Okay, we saw Driscoll in the

687
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: second half, we have some tape on him. How much

688
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:33,719
Speaker 1: does that impact a guy like Jeff Driscoll versus the defense? Yeah,

689
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,880
Speaker 1: you know, the offense is the offense, just in terms like,

690
00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna change the scheme for their

691
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,279
Speaker 1: backup quarterback. Part of the reason why you get a

692
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 1: backup quarterback is that you don't have much transition if

693
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: something happens because it's the one position. Like with the

694
00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:51,080
Speaker 1: defensive lineman you have eight of them, right an offensive line,

695
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:53,439
Speaker 1: you never change. Well with San Francisco, does it. Yeah,

696
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 1: Quarterback people freak a snackers have a lot. They're gonna

697
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 1: run what Pat Schirmer runs, right, Technically, they want to

698
00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 1: run the foot ball they get. That's why they signed

699
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 1: Melvin Gordon, they had Philip linds has been banged up,

700
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 1: They got all these weapons, Like, that's to me why

701
00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 1: Jeff Driscoll does have a chance to succeed. But I

702
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:10,719
Speaker 1: just think you can watch what they've done the first

703
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: two games. They're gonna do that again. Maybe you go

704
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,240
Speaker 1: back to some preseason games or when he's played before.

705
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 1: Anything that he does well that they'll try to implement.

706
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, if you're Tampa,

707
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:22,479
Speaker 1: you just think we're way better than them. We're gonna

708
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 1: kick his ass. Yeah, I mean Tampa. I hate to

709
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 1: say this this early in the week, but they're my

710
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,759
Speaker 1: favorite pick here. I mean, no Courtland Sutton, no Drew

711
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,239
Speaker 1: lock Lindsley. As you said, it looks like he's out

712
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:37,359
Speaker 1: with the toe A j BOWI out at cornerback and

713
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,880
Speaker 1: the Bucks. I mean, John, if you watched that game,

714
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:44,240
Speaker 1: like they dropped seven passes, uh, Shady McCoy dropped the touchdown.

715
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,560
Speaker 1: They should have destroyed the Panthers and it wasn't a destruction.

716
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 1: So I I know Denver at altitude supposed to have

717
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,920
Speaker 1: an edge, but I think Tampa crushes him. They're just

718
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: getting started, aren't they yeah to me, with Brady making

719
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:57,960
Speaker 1: the transition of place that he'd been for you know,

720
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 1: two decades, but really him and Josh had been back

721
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,800
Speaker 1: together once he got fired in Denver for a decade.

722
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: There was gonna be a transitional period. And they started

723
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: against New Orleans that had been together forever. Like I was,

724
00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:13,080
Speaker 1: people freaked out about that game. Tom is old, so

725
00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 1: it's like, oh he's old. Yeah, he has forty three,

726
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:16,920
Speaker 1: so he's gonna take It's just gonna take some time.

727
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: He has the weapons. Bruce Arians resume speaks for itself

728
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:22,919
Speaker 1: to me, like last week, this is a get right game.

729
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,240
Speaker 1: That game, like you said, a ton of drop balls.

730
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: They're gonna be a major factor. And the more you

731
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,600
Speaker 1: watch the Saints are like, well, if Tampa starts getting

732
00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,280
Speaker 1: their mojo, they have a better defense than the Saints,

733
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 1: right right, if they stay healthy. Todd Bowls just how

734
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,399
Speaker 1: relentless they are. How are the Broncos gonna score this week?

735
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: You know it's it's gonna be tough, especially if you

736
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,720
Speaker 1: can like one thing when he got a little confidence

737
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 1: last week, driscoll, you hit a couple of passes he

738
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 1: hit like kind of a lucky wheel route that ended

739
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 1: up being a touchdown. If you don't allow a backup

740
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: quarterback to get some confidence early in the game, it

741
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,839
Speaker 1: can snowball because with a starting quarterback, you get ups,

742
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 1: you go down like renounced whatever. You don't get phased.

743
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,000
Speaker 1: With a backup the elephant in the room is like

744
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,280
Speaker 1: does this guy suck? And then all of a sudden

745
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 1: you get down like ten fourteen points. It's hard to

746
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 1: dig yourself. It's much harder to dig yourself out of

747
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,319
Speaker 1: the hole when you're backup quarterback starting quarterback. All right,

748
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: let's get to the two best games. We'll start with.

749
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 1: Let's go Packers Saints. Okay, this is you know, nobody

750
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 1: really wants to take the Saints here. Everybody's loving the Packers,

751
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 1: the general public, but John, I think this is a

752
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 1: great spot for the Saints. Everybody just watched them on

753
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:32,399
Speaker 1: the Island game Monday night, and you know they don't

754
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:34,319
Speaker 1: really look at the box score. The Saints average like

755
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:36,400
Speaker 1: seven and a half yards per play. I know there

756
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,520
Speaker 1: was some garbage time at the end, but a bunch

757
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: of drops in that game, and the penalties just killed him.

758
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 1: I think ten for a buck twenty nine. I kind

759
00:38:44,719 --> 00:38:46,719
Speaker 1: of like the Saints going home, and I think the

760
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:49,360
Speaker 1: Packers a little bit overvalued to my wrong game. My

761
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,760
Speaker 1: one takeaway is, and I know he's played the Lions

762
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 1: and he played the Vikings. Everyone's that asked him, like

763
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, I love Russell Wilson. I would say that

764
00:38:57,320 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers has been every bit as good. I mean,

765
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 1: Aaron rod looks like peak two thousand thirteen, two thousand

766
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,799
Speaker 1: and fourteen for him. Again, opponent's not great, but he

767
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 1: is rolling right now. And it's pretty clear. You know,

768
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 1: in that first game, right the Saints got a touch,

769
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 1: they had to pick six, So it's like it hasn't

770
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: all been their offense. And uh, I don't know. I

771
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 1: just I agree with Coward that Drew Brees is off.

772
00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:24,360
Speaker 1: Something's just he's not the same as he once was.

773
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:26,840
Speaker 1: And Michael Thomas, I think it's fair to assume he

774
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,840
Speaker 1: probably won't play this week. What about Adams? Have you

775
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,839
Speaker 1: heard anything? Yeah? Well, I read today that his his

776
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,480
Speaker 1: hamstring is not that bad. It's not like a severe hamstring.

777
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: Pool do they need Davante Adams to beat the Saints? Uh?

778
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 1: But I'm it just as a as a gambling standpoint,

779
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 1: everyone's gonna bet on the Packers. There is definitely value

780
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: with the Saints. But just the eye test last week,

781
00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 1: like at Monday night, the Raiders defense is not good.

782
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 1: They have no pass rush, their corners can't cover, their

783
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:56,200
Speaker 1: line backers are okay, they have really like one impactful

784
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 1: defensive player, and they just couldn't score points. And the

785
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 1: one thing with the pack as they score points. Yeah,

786
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,400
Speaker 1: you gotta keep up. I mean it was remember it

787
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 1: was seventeen seven Saints, like late second quarter and then

788
00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: I think that's when the penalties helped the Raiders get

789
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: to get to touchdown. And then Drew Brees with a

790
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,600
Speaker 1: bad pick, like you said, breeze off. Now listen, he's

791
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: forty one. I mean, guys should not be this good

792
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 1: at football. I agree. Yeah, I've never seen this historically.

793
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 1: All right, So the game of the week John um

794
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 1: Chief's Ravens. And this is weird because the Ravens are

795
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:31,440
Speaker 1: favored by three and a half. And again this I

796
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,839
Speaker 1: feel like it's an overreaction to mahomes Uh and Andy

797
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: Reid sputtering a divisional game, a rivalry game, and you know,

798
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 1: they just did not look sharp. And truthfully, Mahomes has

799
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 1: not looked great. Now. I had heard from somebody that

800
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:48,799
Speaker 1: the Chiefs have eas eased up the offense and they're

801
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,359
Speaker 1: not sending guys deep on the fly routes because they're

802
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:53,839
Speaker 1: worried about the hamstring injuries early in the year. They're

803
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: not bombing fifty yard passes early. Um, I don't know

804
00:40:57,200 --> 00:40:58,919
Speaker 1: any thoughts on what you've seen from the Chiefs because

805
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes has been bottled up. Yeah, I mean, I

806
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:04,839
Speaker 1: wouldn't put much. That's that's a good little nugget. If true.

807
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,840
Speaker 1: I gotta text someone with the Chiefs would be genius

808
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:08,360
Speaker 1: if that's what they're doing, because what do they have

809
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 1: to prove early in this season, right, they have nothing.

810
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,480
Speaker 1: You can't lose Tyreek Hill for like six one. The

811
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: Ravens have something to prove because last year when they

812
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:18,400
Speaker 1: play the Chiefs, the score was actually much closer in

813
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 1: the game than I watched because the Chiefs kicked their

814
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: butt and and Lamar got a bunch of garbage time

815
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,680
Speaker 1: yards and points at the end I think in the

816
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:28,839
Speaker 1: fourth quarter if I remember correctly, to me, this game

817
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,840
Speaker 1: should at worst be a pick them, like especially again

818
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:35,680
Speaker 1: this is in Baltimore, right, No, fans, so that I

819
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,799
Speaker 1: don't understand this automatic three point when the Chiefs if

820
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 1: they have to win a game and this again, they

821
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:42,840
Speaker 1: don't have much to prove here. This to me is

822
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 1: much bigger psychologically for Lamar. So if you play this

823
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:47,880
Speaker 1: team again, which I think we would all sign up

824
00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 1: for right now, is a FCNFC championship game, Lamar is

825
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,280
Speaker 1: gonna have to beat them with his arm, like maybe

826
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:55,600
Speaker 1: he runs around in this game and has a bunch

827
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:57,880
Speaker 1: of yards on the ground like as we know for

828
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: I think the Ravens are probably gonna be the one

829
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:03,000
Speaker 1: or two seed a lock again right probably right there

830
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:04,920
Speaker 1: with the Chiefs and maybe not. Chiefs might not even

831
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,799
Speaker 1: care that much now this year because the one seed

832
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: is the only team that gets to buy. Maybe they

833
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 1: know when it which comes to shove at the end

834
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:14,919
Speaker 1: of the season. But I don't have like like there's

835
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,960
Speaker 1: nothing that Ravens can do for me in the regular

836
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,239
Speaker 1: season to make me change my mind on I've seen

837
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:20,839
Speaker 1: him in the playoffs now two years in a row.

838
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 1: You don't run around like that. The team's taken away

839
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,320
Speaker 1: and they make you beat you with his arm, and

840
00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: he hasn't been able to do that now, I'll give

841
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:30,919
Speaker 1: Lamar credit. He keeps getting better. So I would say,

842
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: if Lamar can throw for three or four touchdowns on

843
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:37,000
Speaker 1: the Chiefs running aside, you would feel very good about

844
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 1: when they play him again in the playoffs, like that's

845
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 1: something that would translate. But if he lights him up running,

846
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Speaker 1: it's like, well, we know that doesn't happen when the

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Speaker 1: games matters. So I don't even I don't even know

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Speaker 1: what I mean. The Chargers ran all over the Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: I believe, and even the Texans early in the opener um. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it looked like they had some things going on the

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Speaker 1: ground and that was quickly stuffed out and that they couldn't,

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Speaker 1: you know, protect Watson when he dropped back. But I

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Speaker 1: don't know if the Ravens are able to run for

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Speaker 1: Is I mean the Chiefs in trouble, we know, keepaway works.

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Speaker 1: I would say, well, like last year, they'll remember how

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Speaker 1: good the Chiefs defense was. The last like five or

858
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Speaker 1: six weeks they really got on. They they look like

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Speaker 1: the previous year, and then that last month of the season.

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Speaker 1: I think even the last two months of the season

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Speaker 1: they had one of the best scoring defense in the league,

862
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Speaker 1: and then it clearly translated to the playoffs. Even though

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Speaker 1: they got down by a bunch in a lot of

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Speaker 1: these games, I don't think they would be able to

865
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Speaker 1: do that again, and they clearly don't want to get

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Speaker 1: down in these games. But I just there's not a

867
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Speaker 1: guy that I would bet against in a big game

868
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Speaker 1: than Patrick Mahomes. And I'm definitely that is not a

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Speaker 1: regular season game. Like he'll lose some regular season game,

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Speaker 1: He'll look like he did last year in some regular

871
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Speaker 1: season games. He now has enough of resume where we

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Speaker 1: don't even it doesn't even mean anything to me, all right, John,

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Speaker 1: last question not pertaining to a game that I haven't

874
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Speaker 1: prepped you with this, I didn't tell you it was coming.

875
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Speaker 1: If the Jets, I'm sorry when the Jets fire Adam Gaze,

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Speaker 1: any thoughts as to I mean, it's gonna be the

877
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Speaker 1: third coach in four years of my guys, Sam Donald.

878
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Speaker 1: As a longtime Jets fan, it pains me I was

879
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 1: hoping Gays would work out. I mean, they're terrible. It's unwatchable. Honestly,

880
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Speaker 1: they have no receivers. Although Beckton's looked great on the offense.

881
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:16,280
Speaker 1: But where do you go to get a coach for Donald?

882
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:19,240
Speaker 1: Or do you say we want to interview coaches because

883
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Speaker 1: Donald's our guy. Um, obviously it's becomes difficult if they

884
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Speaker 1: get the number one pick and Lawrence and fields are there.

885
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Speaker 1: But if you're a Jets fan, just give me a

886
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Speaker 1: sliver of hope. I asked a good buddy that's that

887
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888
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Speaker 1: I said, what type of coach would he want? Like,

889
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Speaker 1: what's his type guy? And he said, think John Harbaugh,

890
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Speaker 1: you know, I mean that's who he worked with in Baltimore.

891
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Speaker 1: He just said, think old school football, toughness. And I

892
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Speaker 1: don't think he will be caught up like I think

893
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Speaker 1: recently we've seen a lot of these hires that have

894
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895
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 1: what he thinks. And if you look at it already,

896
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Speaker 1: his personnel moves. Look, he the star left tackle. You know,

897
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Speaker 1: when you look at his history in Philly, the type

898
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899
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Speaker 1: it with Howie Roseman there and coming from Baltimore, he

900
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Speaker 1: I think he has more of an old school field

901
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Speaker 1: so like you know, like Arian Zimmers. Now those guys

902
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Speaker 1: don't exist. But I don't think he's just gonna sign

903
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904
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Speaker 1: I I think that most humans, the way we do it,

905
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906
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907
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908
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Speaker 1: even friends with like part of the reason this we

909
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912
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914
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Speaker 1: here you mentioned the draft pick earlier. If the Texans

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918
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919
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921
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922
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941
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942
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993
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997
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Speaker 1: social media all you want. If the Lakers go down

998
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:23,359
Speaker 1: to Game four, I would be shocked. Okay, there's an

999
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1001
00:50:31,120 --> 00:50:33,960
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1002
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Speaker 1: They got punked by Yokichen game four. I mean they

1003
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:39,719
Speaker 1: couldn't get a reboundy I rebounded all of them. He

1004
00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:43,440
Speaker 1: punked them. And I assume the Lakers will come out

1005
00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:46,680
Speaker 1: with a hardcore mindset that we are gonna beat that ass.

1006
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:49,640
Speaker 1: We are coming back. Y'all put a clown suit on us.

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Speaker 1: We nearly had to come back against you, and UM,

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Speaker 1: I expect a max effort. UM. I would keep an

1009
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1010
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1011
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1012
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:06,960
Speaker 1: Danny Green, you're gonna have to show up. I don't

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00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:08,920
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1014
00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:11,640
Speaker 1: is gonna need to show up. And I I like

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00:51:11,800 --> 00:51:13,440
Speaker 1: the Lakers on the money line. I don't know if

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00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:15,880
Speaker 1: they'll be able to cover six and a half. UM,

1017
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:17,759
Speaker 1: but Lakers on the money line is one half and

1018
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Speaker 1: the other half is the Miami Dolphins, and folks, I

1019
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:23,000
Speaker 1: am absolutely sorry that I'm giving you a team that

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Speaker 1: is oh and two and the reason I like the

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00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:31,040
Speaker 1: Dolphins here, and this is goes back to the line

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Speaker 1: that I'll repeat throughout the podcast. As we do football gambling,

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00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:41,440
Speaker 1: if this is two and a half, if you you

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Speaker 1: know by the time you listen to this podcast, if

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Speaker 1: you wait until mid morning, if you wait until the afternoon,

1027
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Speaker 1: I don't think Dolphins three will be there. Okay, I

1028
00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:50,359
Speaker 1: think this will go down to two and a half

1029
00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:53,479
Speaker 1: because the professional gamblers are gonna say, hold up, you're

1030
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Speaker 1: telling me the Jacksonville Jaguars, who two weeks ago, before

1031
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:01,960
Speaker 1: Week one, the jack were supposed to be the worst

1032
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Speaker 1: team in the NFL. They had the lowest wind total.

1033
00:52:05,239 --> 00:52:07,759
Speaker 1: They were supposed to be tanking. And listen, the front

1034
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 1: office did set up them up the tank if you

1035
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Speaker 1: want to. I know the players aren't tanking. The coaching

1036
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Speaker 1: staffing tanking, but the front office tore it down so

1037
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Speaker 1: they could get a number one pick. That's what they're doing.

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00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:22,000
Speaker 1: You're telling me now in week three their favorite over

1039
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Speaker 1: somebody really by by three, Jacksonville favorite. So I do

1040
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Speaker 1: believe this line will come down. I listen. I don't

1041
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Speaker 1: know if it's gonna create her to pick them. Gardner

1042
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Speaker 1: Minshew has looked sharp. I have my man DJ Shark,

1043
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Speaker 1: Baby Shark. Now, I did not just do that DJ

1044
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Speaker 1: Shark in my fantasy team. He came through in week

1045
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Speaker 1: one Week two. He was kind of good. But I

1046
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Speaker 1: need bigger numbers. DJ. We know the Miami Dolphins defense

1047
00:52:48,880 --> 00:52:51,680
Speaker 1: is not very good. It smells like a shootout to me.

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00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:55,800
Speaker 1: If I was a greedy gambler, I would do a

1049
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Speaker 1: Lakers money line Dolphins plus three and give me the over.

1050
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Speaker 1: But I'm not going there. I'm not that confident. Uh In.

1051
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Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick though, if twa comes in, who knows, all

1052
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:07,960
Speaker 1: bets are off. But I like the Dolphins to cover

1053
00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:12,160
Speaker 1: the number here. Fitzpatrick is known as a backdoor king

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