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Speaker 2: Stadium unbelievable. When you need a most, he delivers the most.

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Speaker 2: That's right, TJ.

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Speaker 3: quarter to key a Steeler's victory at home on Monday

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Speaker 3: Night Football twenty six to eighteen.

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Speaker 2: Stop me if you've heard this one before.

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Speaker 3: Yes, every Steelers game in primetime feels the same. Hell,

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Speaker 3: every Steelers game for the last seven eight years feels

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Speaker 3: I'm Greg Rosenthal with Nick Sook on NFL Daily on

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Speaker 3: this Monday night, and I love the Steelers in these spots.

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Speaker 3: And I know you're from Cleveland, and maybe you don't

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Speaker 4: And yet the Giants did not decide to dedicate a

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Speaker 4: And it's gonna if I guess said, I've said this

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Speaker 4: Have He released right through the middle of the line.

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Speaker 4: He was not even considering that side. I would never

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Speaker 5: But if it's a base rush, Wat's coming.

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Speaker 4: Wat's not dropping back into coverage there when they need

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Speaker 2: Get in the weeds, please, Shook.

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Speaker 3: I mean, if you feel like you haven't been getting

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Speaker 4: And if I'm Mike Toman and I have that defense

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Speaker 4: I feel the crushing Daniel Jones interception coming. The next

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Speaker 3: That's a great call. First of all, did you have

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, we talked all the time. He was very nice.

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Speaker 2: So just yeah, just keep that.

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Speaker 4: Jarvis Landry played that entire season with an injured hip.

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Speaker 3: Just to back it up for a second, and we

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Speaker 5: Was playing like the game.

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Speaker 4: Situation eliminated the thread of the run because they had

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Speaker 5: Right, what would I do in this scenario?

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Speaker 4: Like they very much put together a hell of an

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Speaker 4: This offense is just more dangerous with Russell Wilson, and

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Speaker 4: You get Calvin Ellison involved, he catches a touchdown pass.

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Speaker 4: He's running hard, he's running with motivation in a contract year.

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Speaker 4: let's not forget Greg. The special teams is great. Like

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Speaker 4: wadda gum you're ever gonna see. He's gonna he fired up. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: they make a big play. It's a well rounded team

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Speaker 4: They've played the most complete football, maybe not the prettiest football,

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Speaker 3: does Calvin Austin have some juice?

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Speaker 3: in that Russell Wilson fumble happens and everything. Look, Russell

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Speaker 3: Wilson had a forty three yarder of Pickens, a thirty

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Speaker 3: It's working, all hail, Mike tom I don't know if

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Speaker 4: been a head coach of the team for so long

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Speaker 4: and had success and turned average teams into playoff teams

437
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Speaker 4: year after year and could keep avoiding a losing record.

438
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Speaker 4: That's when you get that leash and the ability to

439
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Speaker 4: make that decision, and then you look really smart when

440
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Speaker 4: it pays out for you.

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Speaker 1: Right.

442
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Speaker 3: I'm so glad you mentioned that because it's something we

443
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Speaker 3: never mentioned on NFL Daily, despite having seventeen shows a

444
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Speaker 3: week and however many hours that y'all listen out there.

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Speaker 2: We appreciate you so much.

446
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Speaker 3: I saw reporting that week, you know, going into the Sunday,

447
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Speaker 3: the national reporting was that, look, he just wanted to

448
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Speaker 3: see what it looked like with Russell Wilson too.

449
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Speaker 2: They got this guy.

450
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Speaker 3: They play in the whole season for what it's like,

451
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Speaker 3: And to your point about being Mike Tomlin and having

452
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Speaker 3: that leeway, it's a long season. Like he knows what

453
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Speaker 3: he has in Justin Fields. He wanted to see what

454
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Speaker 3: he had in Russell Wilson, and he understands the quarterback

455
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Speaker 3: change is not the whole team. We can win games

456
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Speaker 3: with Russell Wilson or Justin Fields. But I want to

457
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Speaker 3: see what it looks like with Russell Wilson before kind

458
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Speaker 3: of making a final decision. I think he was viewing

459
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Speaker 3: this Russell Wilson, not as like I'm going to be

460
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Speaker 3: right about it, but I saw what I saw all

461
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Speaker 3: off season, and I want to see and if I'm

462
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Speaker 3: not feeling it after three or four games, I'm still

463
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Speaker 3: Mike f and Tomlin, I'm still well compensated. I can

464
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Speaker 3: switch back and I'll do that having known like what's

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Speaker 3: right for my team.

466
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Speaker 4: This is a guy who lives by mantras right, one

467
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Speaker 4: of them being the standard is the standard, another one

468
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Speaker 4: being we're not going to live in our fears. How

469
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Speaker 4: about leave no stone unturned, which is exactly what he

470
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Speaker 4: did when he made the switch to Russell Wilson. And

471
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Speaker 4: it's working out for them, and we'll see where they

472
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Speaker 4: go because Russ is going to have a game where

473
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Speaker 4: he doesn't look great. There's been stretches in these games

474
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Speaker 4: where he hasn't looked very good. I mean, he got

475
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Speaker 4: almost boot off the field in the first half against

476
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Speaker 4: the Jets, then came out and kind of lit them

477
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Speaker 4: up and led them to a victory. Then kind of

478
00:20:17,680 --> 00:20:19,880
Speaker 4: a similar story tonight doesn't get booed, but they're struggling

479
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Speaker 4: to get in the end zone, especially in the red zone,

480
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Speaker 4: and then they're able to find a way in there

481
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Speaker 4: in the second half with that touchdown pass to Calvin Austin.

482
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Speaker 4: That's a throw that I'm not sure justin fields makes,

483
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Speaker 4: but Russell Wilsons certainly capable of doing it now.

484
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Speaker 3: And Troy Aikman was pointing out, you know, a couple

485
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Speaker 3: of the long balls were overthrown or underthrown, but his

486
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,040
Speaker 3: receivers are making good plays on it, and then a

487
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Speaker 3: couple were absolutely beautiful. There were boosts tonight, I think

488
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Speaker 3: after halftime when they had two fruitless possessions. Like those

489
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Speaker 3: Steelers fans are they were, but they were just doing

490
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Speaker 3: the team. Yeah, I know they're They're a little spoiled. Meanwhile,

491
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:57,360
Speaker 3: their defense, I couldn't believe this stat has given up

492
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Speaker 3: no third quarter points all season.

493
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Speaker 2: That's absolutely crazy. Zero. Jalen Warren looked so much better.

494
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Speaker 2: He was playing hurt early in the year.

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Speaker 3: I think he's going to be a more important player

496
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Speaker 3: as this season goes on. I think he had about

497
00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,919
Speaker 3: fifty plus total yards at halftime, didn't really see the

498
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Speaker 3: field that much. In the second half fifty nine yards,

499
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Speaker 3: but doesn't matter. It gives him a really nice one

500
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Speaker 3: to two punch. You mentioned Naja Harris. He helped get

501
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Speaker 3: Deontay Banks benched, the first round pick of the Giants

502
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Speaker 3: at cornerback from a year ago, who people were getting

503
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Speaker 3: on his coaches were getting on for bad effort.

504
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Speaker 2: Dove at Naje Harris. I didn't think.

505
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Speaker 3: I mean, I guess it was bad technique, but it

506
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Speaker 3: wasn't bad effort or anything. But it got him benched

507
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Speaker 3: in this game their first round pick. Let's talk a

508
00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,679
Speaker 3: little bit about the Giants. That touchdown they had with

509
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Speaker 3: Tyrone Tracy in the fourth quarter ended a twenty three

510
00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,280
Speaker 3: drive streak without a touchdown, which is brutal, but they

511
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Speaker 3: almost got to four hundred yards in this game. They

512
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Speaker 3: actually moved the ball great. Tyrone Tracy is a nice

513
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Speaker 3: rookie running back. He left the game with a concussion.

514
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Speaker 3: It's really disappointing because he had one hundred and forty

515
00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,040
Speaker 3: five yards on the ground. He's really been playing well.

516
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Speaker 3: They have a really nice rookie class. I can get

517
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Speaker 3: into that. But the game ends with Daniel Jones still

518
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Speaker 3: taking a couple of bad sacks and fumble and you know,

519
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,119
Speaker 3: throwing in an interception and even on a night where

520
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Speaker 3: you know you hit a couple of long plays, you

521
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Speaker 3: got Darius Slayton over one hundred yards. Like it was better,

522
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,399
Speaker 3: but better is still not enough. Like, you know, I

523
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Speaker 3: think Daboll is calling good games and Daniel Jones maybe

524
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Speaker 3: isn't totally executing.

525
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Speaker 4: Yeah, and that speaks to the committee they made of

526
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Speaker 4: Daniel Jones, you know, the previous not last offseason, but

527
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Speaker 4: the off season before when they felt they had to

528
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Speaker 4: pay him, and they're kind of paying for it now

529
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Speaker 4: because he has a quarterback with a visible ceiling and

530
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Speaker 4: it's not very high, especially in situations in which you

531
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Speaker 4: need to go the length of the field to score

532
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Speaker 4: a game tying touchdown.

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Speaker 5: Look, this team is is just limited overall.

534
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Speaker 4: That's what happens when you That's how you end up

535
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Speaker 4: losing twenty eight to three home to the Eagles last week.

536
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Speaker 4: That's how you lose a game like this that was

537
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Speaker 4: a winnable game, even when you're because their defense has

538
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Speaker 4: been good enough to win. We've seen it at times

539
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Speaker 4: when they've gotten their two wins this year and they

540
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Speaker 4: played well enough to give them a chance at least

541
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Speaker 4: in the first half on on Monday Night, and yeah.

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Speaker 2: Five scoring drives three hundred and ninety six yards.

543
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Speaker 4: It's not like they terrible there, but they're between the

544
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Speaker 4: twenties offense, like they can thrive between the twenties.

545
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Speaker 5: Once they get into the red zone, that's when things

546
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Speaker 5: fall apart.

547
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Speaker 4: They had a touchdown also wiped out by penalty as

548
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Speaker 4: well an illegal shift, which I feel like we're seeing

549
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Speaker 4: more of those this year than any season in the past.

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Speaker 5: Dable was heated about it.

551
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Speaker 4: There was an explanation on the broadcast that when player moved,

552
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Speaker 4: another player needed to get set before they snapped the ball,

553
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Speaker 4: and they didn't. I wouldn't call that a procedural error.

554
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Speaker 4: Maybe that's a little ticky tack, but it just kind

555
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Speaker 4: of speaks to what holds teams like this back overall.

556
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Troy Aigman didn't enjoy it. He's like, I want

557
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,920
Speaker 3: a good game. He seemed sick of Daniel Jones. He's

558
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Speaker 3: pretty critical, just noting how Daniel Jones has to really

559
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Speaker 3: see a pass yeah before he thought it was in

560
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 3: the timing, and that if he hit Molik neighbors and

561
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Speaker 3: stride a couple different times. Neighbors ends up with seventy

562
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 3: one yards and thirteen targets, but a crucial drop that

563
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:14,960
Speaker 3: forced them to kick a field goal when they were

564
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Speaker 3: down eleven in the fourth quarter.

565
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Speaker 2: But on that pass, it was.

566
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Speaker 3: Like Daniel Jones didn't lead him, so it was like

567
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Speaker 3: they were both at fall and Troy I think speaks

568
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Speaker 3: for America, who's just tired of watching Daniel Jones in

569
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Speaker 3: prime time. It's nothing personal, it's just it's been a lot.

570
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Speaker 3: I mean, the record is crazy, it's like one in fifteen.

571
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Speaker 3: It's just it's outrageous. And I saw some of the

572
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Speaker 3: local Giants reporters saying, like it's time you got to

573
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Speaker 3: pull the plug on him, and.

574
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Speaker 2: I wouldn't fault them if they did.

575
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Speaker 3: But I also watched that Drew lock couple drives that

576
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Speaker 3: he had not good.

577
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Speaker 2: Not even not good.

578
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Speaker 3: They were like they were total, they were the worst

579
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Speaker 3: of Drew. Like they were somehow significantly worse than your

580
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,400
Speaker 3: average Daniel Jones drive. And yes, you could prepare him

581
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:09,040
Speaker 3: for a week and it should go better. But I

582
00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:13,000
Speaker 3: think it points to how badly this organization has been run.

583
00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:20,240
Speaker 3: Because Joe Shane and this coaching staff last year decided

584
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Speaker 3: to start Tommy Cutlets over a healthy Tyrod Taylor. After

585
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,240
Speaker 3: Tyrod Taylor got healthy, they got all caught up in

586
00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:34,080
Speaker 3: the Tommy Cutlets and Tyro Taylor wasn't thrilled about it,

587
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,199
Speaker 3: you know, like he was. I think he was just

588
00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:38,199
Speaker 3: hurt by it and being like, you're benching me for

589
00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:38,640
Speaker 3: this guy?

590
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Speaker 2: Are you? Are you kidding me?

591
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Speaker 3: And then of course Tommy Cutlets turned into whatever, like

592
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Speaker 3: three day old Tommy Cutlet's right, and they started benching him.

593
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Speaker 3: You know, It's like they left it out in the

594
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:51,919
Speaker 3: sun too long, and they benched him, and they went

595
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Speaker 3: back to Tyrod and he played pretty well. And then

596
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:55,680
Speaker 3: we saw on Hard Knocked And this is why it

597
00:25:55,760 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 3: might be hard to get teams to do these hard knocks.

598
00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 3: Like we saw their whole plan was, oh, we're getting

599
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,040
Speaker 3: Tyrod back, We're getting Tired back. Dabo really wants Tyrad back.

600
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:06,440
Speaker 3: We really want Tyrad back. Well, number one, you didn't

601
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Speaker 3: spend the money to do it. But number two, my

602
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 3: guess is he just didn't want to go back. He

603
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,840
Speaker 3: was like, you bench I have no information on this,

604
00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 3: but you bench me for Tommy Cutletz.

605
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Speaker 2: I don't want to go back.

606
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Speaker 3: To that situation and it sounds like a small thing,

607
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,200
Speaker 3: but here we are in the season and they're trying

608
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 3: to win games and they're just stuck between a rock

609
00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 3: and a hard plates because they got stuck with Drew Locke.

610
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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's the thing is you want to call for

611
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 4: a change, but the change, the option is not there.

612
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,479
Speaker 4: You're grasping its straws. You know, you are essentially the

613
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Speaker 4: Miami Dolphins. They lost to a tongue a by loa.

614
00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:36,919
Speaker 4: You had to go to Skylar Thomas and you get

615
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:39,359
Speaker 4: Tyler Huntley off the practice squad in Baltimore, and you

616
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 4: knew what those results were going to be.

617
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Speaker 5: They weren't going to be good and they were poor.

618
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,080
Speaker 4: And they're kind of in the same situation now because

619
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Speaker 4: of the bed that they made, they now have to

620
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Speaker 4: lie in it and all they have left to do

621
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Speaker 4: is kind of soldier through the rest of the season.

622
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Speaker 4: The crazy thing about this is that John Mara already

623
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,040
Speaker 4: said we're not anticipating changes at coach of GM.

624
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Speaker 6: Now.

625
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Speaker 5: It's something that you say in week seven.

626
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Speaker 4: That's something you say between Week seven and we when

627
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 4: there's still a lot of season left to be played

628
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 4: and you're playing a primetime game. But after three seasons

629
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Speaker 4: of this, can you continue forward with the same regime

630
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:12,280
Speaker 4: that decided to pay this guy that decided to I mean,

631
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 4: they let some rumblings out there in the offseason that

632
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 4: maybe they were considering quarterback. I mean, now you're in

633
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 4: a hard spot where you kind of need to make

634
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 4: a change and there's really no option there. And that's

635
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 4: because that's how they set themselves.

636
00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:22,959
Speaker 5: Up for it.

637
00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 4: So it's it's it's pretty dark times for Giants fans.

638
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,760
Speaker 4: I feel bad for him because they've been stuck in

639
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:32,160
Speaker 4: this for a while now. But it starts with selecting

640
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 4: Daniel Jones, it continues with paying him and letting Saquon walk,

641
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,480
Speaker 4: and now you know, you're just forced to kind of

642
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,879
Speaker 4: grind through it, trudge through it until you see what

643
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 4: else is out there.

644
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:43,960
Speaker 3: I wonder how many years of this it would take

645
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 3: me to feel bad for Giants fans.

646
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 5: No, I'm just kidding.

647
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,439
Speaker 3: Actually, well, I mean I just want them to be

648
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,159
Speaker 3: respect I want them to be respectable.

649
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 2: This is miserable. This is miserable.

650
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:57,359
Speaker 3: Uh they've been They've really been miserable for too long.

651
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,640
Speaker 3: I know they had a couple of those little pop

652
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,199
Speaker 3: ups where they they they got into the playoffs with

653
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Speaker 3: bad teams, one with with Macado and then one a

654
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Speaker 3: couple of years ago, obviously with Dable, but those were

655
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,960
Speaker 3: just like they were like those little pop up restaurants

656
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 3: that show up in your downtown for like a month, like, oh,

657
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,200
Speaker 3: that was great, but then it's an empty storefront again

658
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:20,520
Speaker 3: like immediately, except like you know, there's like there's like

659
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,560
Speaker 3: like dirty animals like crawling out of it, and like

660
00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,200
Speaker 3: it's it's unsafe, like the whole it's not good.

661
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 2: It's not good.

662
00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:31,359
Speaker 3: It's giants, And the analogy fell apart after a while.

663
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:36,679
Speaker 3: They are one of ten teams in the NFL right now,

664
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Speaker 3: this is this is on my radar that have two

665
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 3: wins or less. Almost a third in the league is

666
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 3: feeling pretty hopeless right now. Out of those two win teams,

667
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 3: I think Miami is the only one with even a

668
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 3: shred of hope. I guess Cleveland or Jacksonville, if they

669
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:58,560
Speaker 3: really wanted to look at the bright side, could maybe

670
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Speaker 3: find some shred of hope.

671
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 4: I don't know, there's a lot of hopeless to do.

672
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 4: I would probably I don't even feel great about Jacksonville.

673
00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 4: Trevor Lars has been playing better, but I don't even

674
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:07,960
Speaker 4: feel great about it.

675
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 3: I don't feel great about any of them. Obviously they

676
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 3: have two wins. I was just thinking like Miami could

677
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 3: convince themselves like yeah, maybe, and they're two and five,

678
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 3: whereas most of these are one and six or two

679
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 3: and six.

680
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 2: It's ugly.

681
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 3: I'm glad you mentioned those Mara quotes where he guaranteed

682
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 3: they weren't making a change in season and they said

683
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 3: they're not going to plan to in the off season.

684
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,640
Speaker 3: And I do actually want to mention on the positive

685
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,560
Speaker 3: side for the Giants, this rookie class is really productive

686
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:39,600
Speaker 3: for them. So Tyrone Tracy one hundred and forty five yards,

687
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 3: why am I blanking now? On the tight end? Theo

688
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 3: Johnson has been making plays each week, playing better and better,

689
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 3: Malik Neighbors is an offensive Rookie of the Year candidate,

690
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 3: and then their safety Nuban's been playing great like so

691
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 3: that's a pretty good combination of rookies. You that's one

692
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 3: case to keep Joe Shane around, is that your rookie

693
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 3: class is playing pretty well.

694
00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:07,480
Speaker 4: I do think about the fallout from a loss like this,

695
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:09,880
Speaker 4: because it is just one more loss, But it's at

696
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 4: a point in the season where the trade deadline's coming up.

697
00:30:12,480 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 4: They have guys that they can potentially move. Azizo Jelari

698
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,800
Speaker 4: has been on a heater lately. He had two sacks tonight.

699
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 4: There are teams out there, like the Detroit Lions who

700
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 4: need edge rushing help. Does a loss like this convince

701
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:25,200
Speaker 4: them that, hey, this is not the year. We're not

702
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 4: turning it around, We're not going to make any changes.

703
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 4: Let's get some assets back to build toward the future

704
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 4: and move him now. I would be very curious to

705
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 4: see if they're on the phones this week and potentially

706
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 4: move a guy like him.

707
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:39,600
Speaker 3: I totally agree that we are now what nine eight

708
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:43,760
Speaker 3: days out from the trading deadline. Ojalari seems like you

709
00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 3: could actually get a decent pick for him.

710
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 5: Yeah.

711
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:51,360
Speaker 3: Darius Slayton, there were reports that the Chiefs were interested

712
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 3: in him.

713
00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,120
Speaker 2: I think that was in the offseason stuff.

714
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,360
Speaker 3: Like you know, it's like every year they try to

715
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:57,640
Speaker 3: bench Darius Slayton and he ends up being their best

716
00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:00,360
Speaker 3: wide receiver. Now they drafted Molik Neighbors, so he's no

717
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 3: longer their best wide receiver, but he's like their second best.

718
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,760
Speaker 3: Depending on how you feel about Wandell Robinson, but all

719
00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 3: camp he was with the backups, and then they were like,

720
00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 3: oh yeah, this guy's way better than Jalen Hyatt. Like

721
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 3: he's a good NFL receiver. He's a good three, or

722
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 3: he's a good four. He's a good starter. He had

723
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 3: a big game tonight. You could absolutely trade those guys.

724
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 3: Slayton probably wouldn't get that much o. Jalari a young

725
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 3: pass rusher, he could get it done. And while I

726
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 3: was talking about the rookies, I actually said Tyler Nuban

727
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 3: when I was thinking Drew Phillips. Drew Phillips has been awesome.

728
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,920
Speaker 3: They actually, you know, I have two young players at

729
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:36,800
Speaker 3: that position. Nuban's been playing a lot and it's been

730
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 3: solid enough. So that's a lot of rookie production. There's

731
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 3: something to be happy about Giants. Before we laugh one

732
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,080
Speaker 3: more time at an emboy racing moment in Giants' history,

733
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 3: let's listen to the local call. I have not heard

734
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 3: this of the two point attempt when the Giants were

735
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:56,280
Speaker 3: down eight in the fourth quarter.

736
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,640
Speaker 6: Giants gold with a swinging gate that got the offensive

737
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 6: line all out to the left.

738
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 5: When they try to throw a wide receiver screen of neighbors.

739
00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 2: Was the all sorry to play.

740
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 5: The crimmer just rolls across to a lot of the scrimmers.

741
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 4: You didn't even look like.

742
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 5: You saw the snap omar blocking.

743
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 4: The incredulous response tells you everything you need to know.

744
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 4: First off, to mention of the swinging gate, which I

745
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 4: think back to when the swinging gate made an appearance

746
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 4: in Washington game years ago. Uh, that's probably not going

747
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 4: to bode well. And then you get that terrible execution,

748
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 4: which I'm sure Brian Dable would blame that on bad

749
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 4: execution afterward and not the intent. Uh, embarrassing moment for them.

750
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 3: They had the blockers over there, they did not. I

751
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,840
Speaker 3: don't know how the ball got snapped so early or

752
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 3: what happened. They had that enough blockers over there. It

753
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 3: looked a lot like that weird Colts Patriots play. Yeah

754
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,240
Speaker 3: twenty fifteen the worst you know play ever fake ever.

755
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 3: Daniel Jones was so mad after this play. I've never

756
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 3: seen Daniel Jones this that. I don't know if he

757
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 3: was mad at the coaches for calling the play or

758
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 3: more likely for some player for the execution. But no

759
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 3: one was on the count of the snap at all.

760
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 3: It was totally discombobulated. And yes, I think it was

761
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,880
Speaker 3: Alex high Smith who broke that up and that was

762
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 3: one of the more embarrassing plays of the entire season.

763
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 2: But a fun call from w f A N. That

764
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 2: was Bob Poppa in Carl Banks.

765
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 3: I actually wanted a little more pathos, a little more

766
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 3: just anger of just how on national television they're they're

767
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,080
Speaker 3: just showing their ass.

768
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 4: But that was more just it's that, And it's also

769
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 4: the whole thing that that has gained a lot of

770
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,000
Speaker 4: traction recently, which is that you're down you know eight,

771
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,000
Speaker 4: you go for two so you know what you need

772
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,200
Speaker 4: later and that sort of thing. I disagree with it.

773
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:48,640
Speaker 4: I think you take the extra point. If you want

774
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,080
Speaker 4: to go for two to take a one point lead

775
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 4: late in the game, you do it then. But at

776
00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 4: least don't force yourself out to go for too little.

777
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 3: Why if people have such a problem with it, it's fine, No,

778
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 3: what is minimize written down eight? Every time when you're

779
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 3: saying this, it never affects it, Like, yeah, it could

780
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 3: have possibly affected something eventually, but it never did, which

781
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 3: is also the most likely outcome. But if you get

782
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 3: the two, then you go win the game overtime is

783
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:16,399
Speaker 3: a disaster. So if you're a team like the Giant,

784
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:17,640
Speaker 3: you try to win the game and you could have

785
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 3: gotten the two. Who cares they never even.

786
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,879
Speaker 4: Had the I really really wanted Daniel Jones to lead

787
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 4: a potential game time touchdown drive just so they had

788
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:26,239
Speaker 4: to go for two, just so I could prove my

789
00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:28,360
Speaker 4: point that, oh, look, now you have to go for it.

790
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,279
Speaker 2: Then if they got it, then you would have just

791
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 2: been quiet. If they got it, it would have been

792
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 2: proven the point.

793
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 5: Again, it's just an odds thing.

794
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,799
Speaker 3: Let's not live in our fears, even if Daniel Jones.

795
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,399
Speaker 3: Let's not live in our fears. All right, let's take

796
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,960
Speaker 3: a break because I fear this show being two hours long,

797
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,720
Speaker 3: and we're going to do some news and our players

798
00:34:46,760 --> 00:35:01,959
Speaker 3: of the week on the other side back on NFL Daily,

799
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 3: and yes, we will do some news with you, Shook

800
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 3: before letting you off into the Cleveland night where you'll

801
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 3: be watching some what games on the docket. You're crazy

802
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 3: because it's almost one am in Cleveland and you like

803
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,280
Speaker 3: knocking out these QB indecks watches.

804
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 4: Before you know, Greg, I'm a creative and my best

805
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,560
Speaker 4: hours are between midnight and three thirty in the morning,

806
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 4: and I also have six games left in the dockets,

807
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 4: so we got to make some moves here if we

808
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 4: want to get.

809
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 2: Okay, what's the game? What do you go first? What's

810
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:32,320
Speaker 2: the strategy?

811
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,440
Speaker 3: You save like the best games for late because they're

812
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:38,319
Speaker 3: sleepy or it's harder to focus. So let's knock out

813
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,399
Speaker 3: the ones you're not excited as about as much.

814
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,439
Speaker 4: I usually save one of the best games for absolutely last,

815
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,120
Speaker 4: but we do grind through a couple of decent games.

816
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 4: So we try to knock out like I knocked out Tennessee.

817
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 2: Just just answer answer the question, what's next? You haven't decided.

818
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,400
Speaker 4: We got Chicago Washington on deck, We got Gufflo Seattle,

819
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 4: we got Carolina Dendro, and we got Indy.

820
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 3: He watched Carolina Denver, which I would have thought would

821
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,839
Speaker 3: have been one of the worst games before, right before

822
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 3: Monday night football.

823
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 2: You know Bo Nicks throwing the ball down the field.

824
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:09,839
Speaker 2: Bryce Young.

825
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 3: I actually was like, you know what, I know that

826
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 3: those two fourth quarter interceptions. But he looked better. He

827
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 3: looked at least more like the Bryce Young of the

828
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 3: last month of last season, which had work to do,

829
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 3: but looked like an NFL player who was at least

830
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,360
Speaker 3: trying things. He did look like a different player, so

831
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,040
Speaker 3: I appreciated that. And there were at least three to

832
00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 3: four good throws, which is like, okay, thanks.

833
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 5: Those those are the positive vibes that I'll need to

834
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:34,560
Speaker 5: carry me to three am.

835
00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:36,360
Speaker 3: Yes, and it wasn't that positive. I mean, this is

836
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,799
Speaker 3: he like got a fifty six pff, that's all I need.

837
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 3: But it's better than like a thirty five. And there

838
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,959
Speaker 3: were there were positives. All right, Let's get to the news.

839
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 3: No screaming headlines on Monday. But I took it as

840
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 3: a screaming headline that Shane Stiken, asked twice whether Anthony

841
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 3: Richardson would be a starting quarterback this week, said he

842
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,320
Speaker 3: was evaluating that.

843
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 2: I took that to mean he's getting benched.

844
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 3: We have another show that'll go up on Wednesday, Quarterback Island,

845
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 3: and if he is bench we have the news. We'll

846
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 3: talk about it more in depth there. But I'm just

847
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,239
Speaker 3: calling my shot that every time a coach says this

848
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:24,160
Speaker 3: on Monday, that they're evaluating a change, there's a change.

849
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 4: I mean, there was a time when Antonio Pierce said

850
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 4: he would do that, and then he made the change

851
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,719
Speaker 4: the next day. He didn't even need the whole week. Look,

852
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 4: Joe Flacco has been the better option for them, and

853
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 4: I know it sounds crazy, but he has. I mean,

854
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 4: he's put up much better numbers. Their offense has been

855
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 4: a much better unit with him at quarterback then with Anthony.

856
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 4: Richardson struggles with accuracy he did before he got hurt.

857
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:44,839
Speaker 4: He did you know before he got hurt last year,

858
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 4: He's missing a lot of throws. He finished ten for

859
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 4: thirty two. Look, this is a team that's trying to

860
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 4: be in the race for the AFC South. They just

861
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,239
Speaker 4: lost to the Texans for the second time this year.

862
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 4: It's perfectly the time to evaluate that when you have

863
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:57,839
Speaker 4: a little bit of evidence that Joe Flacco can lift

864
00:37:57,880 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 4: this offense.

865
00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he is a franchise quarterback based on

866
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:06,360
Speaker 3: his draft pick done. And when you say we're evaluating everything,

867
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,800
Speaker 3: just asking if this guy's starting, to me, that means

868
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,840
Speaker 3: he's not starting. I think the matchup Sunday Night Football

869
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 3: against Brian Flores, I think that could inform it too

870
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,239
Speaker 3: that maybe that is not the spot for him. I

871
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:26,560
Speaker 3: have some thoughts that Richardson wasn't as nearly as bad

872
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,320
Speaker 3: as I expected. Actually, I thought he played The interception

873
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:30,719
Speaker 3: was so bad, but I thought he played well in

874
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,720
Speaker 3: the second half of that game. But I also agree

875
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 3: with everything you said, maybe similar to Russell Wilson justin

876
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 3: Field's conversation, the offense just clearly runs better with Joe Flacco.

877
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 3: So I don't think it's a big deal if you

878
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 3: bench him and bring him back in three.

879
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 5: Weeks about many football games. It's just about many football games, right.

880
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 3: But he also Joe Flacko was not starting the rest

881
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,120
Speaker 3: of the season. I think just accept that, like it's

882
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,120
Speaker 3: not going to be some magical carpet, right, and he's

883
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,239
Speaker 3: not going to just keep on starting forever, I guess

884
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 3: unless he just wins every game and stays healthy. But

885
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 3: I don't expect that to happen. Let's let's move on

886
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 3: to another coach that used to be in Indianapolis, Matt Eberflus.

887
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 2: He spoke about.

888
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:15,360
Speaker 3: Tyreek Stevenson, Oh, Tyreek Stevenson and his misadventures on that

889
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:16,399
Speaker 3: final Hail Mary.

890
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 6: We just got to do a better job at executing,

891
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 6: you know, on the defensive side of the wall the

892
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,000
Speaker 6: Hail Mary, you know, and and the setup for us

893
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,319
Speaker 6: is just have a body on a body. We're picking

894
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 6: guys up down the field. And again we just talked

895
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 6: about that, you know, in the team meeting. You know,

896
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 6: Tyreek's got to do a good job of putting his

897
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 6: body on eighty five and boxing him out. And you know,

898
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:38,880
Speaker 6: we always got to do good job with that. And

899
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 6: KB was the guy that was going to knock.

900
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 5: The ball down.

901
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 2: Bus me.

902
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 3: Uh, Tyreek Stevenson, I don't I don't blame Maddie Reflus,

903
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:52,400
Speaker 3: but he volunteered that without directly being asked. Tyreek Stevenson's

904
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:56,360
Speaker 3: assignment on the Hail Mary was specifically.

905
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 2: Covering Noah Brown.

906
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 3: So if you wondered why was there a guy just

907
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:04,840
Speaker 3: sitting wide ass open in the end zone, there you go.

908
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,160
Speaker 3: If we didn't think it was bad enough for Tyreek

909
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,560
Speaker 3: Stevenson before that information, man.

910
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 4: Well it's hard to get to that guy when you're

911
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 4: spending the first three seconds of the snap near the

912
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:17,800
Speaker 4: opposing sideline taunting and then have to double back and

913
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,279
Speaker 4: figure out what's going on. I mean, we saw him

914
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:21,879
Speaker 4: by the end of it. He was just running toward

915
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,719
Speaker 4: the crowd instead of being on a guy, and.

916
00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,239
Speaker 3: He amazingly like recovered in time to you know, go

917
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,440
Speaker 3: hit the hit the ball away. But he was just

918
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:33,800
Speaker 3: totally scrambled perfectly, and it was crazy.

919
00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 2: It was like a kid just.

920
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 3: Getting called out by a parent in the middle of

921
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:40,800
Speaker 3: doing something bad and being like, oh no, oh no,

922
00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 3: what is happening?

923
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 2: And man, everyone buried him. His teammates kind of buried him.

924
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,240
Speaker 3: He spoke publicly, I under you know, to not publicly

925
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:54,799
Speaker 3: privately to his team and addressed it and apologized.

926
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:59,319
Speaker 2: And that's a tough one. I do like eber Fluce though.

927
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,319
Speaker 3: If you on the YouTube, just he's got the hair

928
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 3: working in front of the bears drop back on the

929
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:05,240
Speaker 3: on the zoom.

930
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 2: I like it all.

931
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,120
Speaker 3: And I think Stevenson gave him a little bit of

932
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:13,799
Speaker 3: cover for playing such soft defense to even set up

933
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 3: that hail Mary never rushed three shout out to in

934
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,880
Speaker 3: the play before, just to kind of give him fifteen

935
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 3: yards to the sideline to set it up.

936
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 2: Shout out to Patrick Claybahn.

937
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,680
Speaker 3: We tape those Sunday night shows right after those games end,

938
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:31,359
Speaker 3: so it was a mad dash to start that show

939
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 3: with all the information. And when he brought that whole

940
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:38,839
Speaker 3: Stevenson thing up mid show, I that was the first

941
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 3: I had heard of it, of him even bringing it

942
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,880
Speaker 3: up because and next thing, I know, that is the

943
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:46,160
Speaker 3: biggest story in the league. Just some other small Bears news.

944
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,640
Speaker 3: Braxton Jones is week to week with an injury, so

945
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 3: their offensive line could have some issues. I'm gonna give

946
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,719
Speaker 3: you some more sound, Nick Schuok. I'm gonna give you

947
00:41:56,040 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 3: Sean Payton responding to the Panthers not being had that

948
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 3: he was running.

949
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 2: Up the score.

950
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,840
Speaker 7: Hey, coach, after the game, a number of Panthers players

951
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,960
Speaker 7: that were frustrated felt like you were running.

952
00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 1: I know, I know.

953
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 5: How do you respond to that?

954
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 7: Listen, I said it last night. We're trying to finish

955
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:16,400
Speaker 7: the game the right way. We're not trying to run

956
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:19,760
Speaker 7: up the score on anyone. It's the National Football League.

957
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 7: I've been in games with a twenty eight point lead

958
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 7: in the fourth quarter and lost. So we're trying to finish.

959
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:29,040
Speaker 7: The Burton throw from Sutton is trying to continue a drive.

960
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:30,680
Speaker 7: Played better.

961
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:32,320
Speaker 5: Ooh, play better?

962
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 2: Oh, Spice. I mean he's right.

963
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:40,799
Speaker 5: Yeah, But.

964
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 3: You know q Q Will Ferrell like, I don't believe you,

965
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 3: Like it's like you are trying to run up the score.

966
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 2: It's fine, there.

967
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 3: I don't know what is between those two he didn

968
00:42:57,239 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 3: interview with Caroline a few years ago.

969
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:00,800
Speaker 2: But I don't know that.

970
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 3: I don't know what's between something going on there. But

971
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:07,680
Speaker 3: you're trying to run up the score. If it was

972
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,319
Speaker 3: like one of your favorite coaches, like one of your

973
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 3: friends in the league. On the other side, I don't

974
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:14,640
Speaker 3: I do not think you was going to do that.

975
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 3: Not only did he do the fake field goal up

976
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,120
Speaker 3: twenty eight seven, early fourth This is fresh in my

977
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:22,320
Speaker 3: mind because I just watched the game, but that, you know,

978
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:25,600
Speaker 3: Mike the pass from the full back. He said, we're

979
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 3: trying to continue a drive. It was like under four

980
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 3: minutes to go and they're up twenty eight seven and

981
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:32,480
Speaker 3: they're in scoring range, like.

982
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 2: You are trying to run it up. That's fine. I

983
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:37,759
Speaker 2: get why you don't want to own it. I love it.

984
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,360
Speaker 2: Do play better. It is the NFL, you know.

985
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:43,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, if you don't want the score run up on you, yeah,

986
00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 4: play better. I'm glad he ended it that way because

987
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:48,399
Speaker 4: it was kind of like a backhand way of saying, yeah,

988
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:50,839
Speaker 4: I was making a point like I wasn't just trying

989
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 4: to finish a drive. Play better if you don't want

990
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:53,279
Speaker 4: that to happen to you.

991
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:54,840
Speaker 2: Yes, exactly.

992
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:59,360
Speaker 3: We got some good news on the Packers injuries from Sunday,

993
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:04,400
Speaker 3: and Love, according to Ian Rapaport, our insider, does not

994
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,960
Speaker 3: have a serious growing injury. There's a chance he could

995
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:10,959
Speaker 3: miss this week's game against the Lions, but just reading

996
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:13,600
Speaker 3: between the lines, it's going to be day to day

997
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 3: and sounds like there's some hope that he could play.

998
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:20,640
Speaker 3: It's interesting because he suffered the injury in the first

999
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:24,640
Speaker 3: quarter first series. I thought he threw the ball pretty

1000
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 3: well while he was out there, but it eventually became

1001
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 3: too much for him.

1002
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:29,280
Speaker 5: Yeah, you could tell he was limited.

1003
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:33,400
Speaker 4: A lot of his game is pocket navigation, extending the

1004
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 4: play using his athleticism, and it just wasn't there. It

1005
00:44:36,680 --> 00:44:38,919
Speaker 4: affected some of his throws, but for the most part

1006
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,760
Speaker 4: he was still there, but he couldn't operate the offense

1007
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:43,719
Speaker 4: at the level that they wanted to. So when he

1008
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 4: aggravated it further and sit onto the sideline, it was

1009
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:48,520
Speaker 4: it was for the best verybody. I think he kind

1010
00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 4: of knew that in that moment where he was like, look, man,

1011
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 4: I'm not at one hundred percent and I'm hurting us

1012
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:53,280
Speaker 4: right now, so make the change.

1013
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, and Malik Willis came in and got it done.

1014
00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 3: More on that a little later. That's what it's called

1015
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:04,160
Speaker 3: the tease. Jay r Alexander their cornerback, who to me,

1016
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:06,080
Speaker 3: there's a big drop off at cornerback for them if

1017
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:08,719
Speaker 3: he is out. Also got an MRI on his knee.

1018
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:12,320
Speaker 3: He got hurt on that last offensive play for Jacksonville,

1019
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:16,600
Speaker 3: the touchdown by Evan Ingram. And it's also not supposed

1020
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,759
Speaker 3: to be serious. It's going to be day to day.

1021
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 3: Sounds like he has a chance to play this week.

1022
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:21,439
Speaker 2: We'll see.

1023
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 3: Unfortunately that's not the case for Christian Kirk. He has

1024
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,240
Speaker 3: a broken collar bone. He is out for the season.

1025
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:31,960
Speaker 3: Brian Thomas their offensive Rookie of the Year candidate in

1026
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:35,120
Speaker 3: a world where Jade Daniels doesn't exist. I just realized,

1027
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:38,120
Speaker 3: I said, Malik Neighbors is a candidate. But they do

1028
00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:42,600
Speaker 3: that thing you remember since at NFL Honors they do

1029
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 3: this thing where the nominees show up right, Yeah in

1030
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:53,359
Speaker 3: that weird because it's just a vote, and so they

1031
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:56,120
Speaker 3: say the nominees I guess this is true of all

1032
00:45:56,239 --> 00:45:58,719
Speaker 3: awards things, but the vote was like three weeks before that.

1033
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:02,160
Speaker 3: They like, if if the three nominees are forty eight votes,

1034
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 3: one vote, one vote. It's like they're inviting all three

1035
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:06,960
Speaker 3: guys and I guess you just don't find out.

1036
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 4: I mean, I think about it like the Grammys, Like

1037
00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:12,439
Speaker 4: Tyler the Creator released flower Boy and had no real

1038
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 4: shot of winning the Album of the Year because Kendrick

1039
00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:16,840
Speaker 4: Lamar released an album that year, but he was nominated,

1040
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:18,600
Speaker 4: and you can still say, hey, I was nominated.

1041
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 5: That's still like second place. That's still you know, worth highlighting.

1042
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 3: I mean, you never know what the Grammy is something,

1043
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:26,840
Speaker 3: although in that they that wouldn't be the case, like

1044
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 3: Tyler the Creator is not the one that they're gonna

1045
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 3: give it to. But we've seen some pretty wild like

1046
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:35,359
Speaker 3: rap category Grammys victories, what's his name?

1047
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:36,719
Speaker 2: You know who I'm thinking?

1048
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:39,560
Speaker 5: I mean Killer Mike won it last year, which is

1049
00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:40,160
Speaker 5: a great album.

1050
00:46:40,360 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 2: Let's not what you're getting you expect.

1051
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:44,480
Speaker 4: No, it was a great album, but it was not

1052
00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 4: a name that you would necessarily expect on an annual basis.

1053
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:48,360
Speaker 2: Let's move on.

1054
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 3: Will I try to think of the rapper that everyone

1055
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:57,320
Speaker 3: is screaming into their telephone, the White rapper Brian Thomas

1056
00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:00,840
Speaker 3: is Ribs Ribs injury day to day. It sounds like

1057
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:02,960
Speaker 3: it's just a bruise and that there's a chance he

1058
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 3: could play through it. They have the Eagles this week.

1059
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 3: That game was gonna be on Sunday Night Football, but

1060
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 3: they flexed it out. It's the Doug Peterson revenge game

1061
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:15,440
Speaker 3: versus the organization that fired him.

1062
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 5: I'm pissed, Angelo, Will you rethinking logic?

1063
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:20,480
Speaker 2: No, this is so annoying.

1064
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:24,120
Speaker 3: Just let's move on to the next story while and

1065
00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:26,000
Speaker 3: then I'll throw it to you and then I'll google

1066
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 3: it and it'll take two seconds. We've gotten great trades

1067
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 3: the last couple of weeks. How do you like josh

1068
00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:34,720
Speaker 3: Uch to the Chiefs for a twenty twenty six sixth rounder.

1069
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 3: Josh Ucha is an edgeresher that has only played with

1070
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 3: the New England Patriots so far in his career.

1071
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:42,000
Speaker 5: And now he's on a different team.

1072
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:45,719
Speaker 4: This is one of those like the latest move to

1073
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:48,239
Speaker 4: ship a guy out of New England in an I

1074
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:50,480
Speaker 4: guess a relatively dark year. They just came off a win,

1075
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:52,320
Speaker 4: but I think he was kind of phased out of

1076
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:54,840
Speaker 4: the action there. They already moved on for Matjudan to

1077
00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,680
Speaker 4: be in the year. I mean, I'm not saying that

1078
00:47:57,760 --> 00:48:00,239
Speaker 4: this goes back to the soft comments. But it is

1079
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:02,640
Speaker 4: interesting that you take, you know, a six round pick

1080
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:04,239
Speaker 4: for a guy that was part of your rotation at

1081
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:06,160
Speaker 4: some point kind of falling out of favor. But it's

1082
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 4: a new era on New England. They're not afraid to

1083
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 4: make trades and they're not afraid to ship guys out

1084
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:12,239
Speaker 4: when they indeed it necessary. And hopefully I've filed enough

1085
00:48:12,239 --> 00:48:13,320
Speaker 4: time for you to find the answer.

1086
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:17,359
Speaker 2: Thank you. It was Maclamore. Of course, it was over

1087
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 2: Kendrick Lamar. That's the thing. It was over good Kidnet

1088
00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 2: City twenty twelve. Oh no, twenty fourteen, that.

1089
00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:27,799
Speaker 5: Was that was a time shop.

1090
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:30,720
Speaker 2: Oh no, it's an all timer.

1091
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,080
Speaker 5: Seattle rejoices. In the rest of the world cringes.

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00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:39,640
Speaker 3: I don't even think Seattle was because ultimately it was

1093
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,040
Speaker 3: like kind of an anvil that he had to wear

1094
00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:43,839
Speaker 3: around his neck, like it would have been better off

1095
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 3: if he just hadn't won it just for him and

1096
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:50,040
Speaker 3: for everyone else. Good move by the way by the Chiefs,

1097
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:53,879
Speaker 3: like why not? But also like Patriots fans, I saw

1098
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 3: you only got a sixth for josh ucc Like Joshucci

1099
00:48:57,680 --> 00:49:00,399
Speaker 3: wasn't making any impact on this team and wasn't making

1100
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:03,759
Speaker 3: any impact on last year's team. I've always thought he's

1101
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:07,000
Speaker 3: a good like he has such burst that there should

1102
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:10,040
Speaker 3: be a way to use him, and he had. He

1103
00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:12,759
Speaker 3: was awesome in twenty twenty two, but ultimately he was

1104
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,520
Speaker 3: under Belichick for you know, three years there and only

1105
00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:19,399
Speaker 3: one of them was really productive. Or four years under

1106
00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:21,320
Speaker 3: Belichick and only one of them was productive.

1107
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:22,840
Speaker 5: So it is what it is.

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00:49:22,920 --> 00:49:25,760
Speaker 3: It also wouldn't surprise me if you know, he plays

1109
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 3: seventeen snaps a game for the Chiefs and ends up

1110
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:30,439
Speaker 3: having like a huge moment in the AFC Championship, because

1111
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:32,920
Speaker 3: that's what's what like great teams do. It's like what

1112
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:35,319
Speaker 3: the Patriots used to do too. But you weren't getting

1113
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:38,280
Speaker 3: anything out of him, so he was barely even playing

1114
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:41,319
Speaker 3: at this point. Dave Canalis is unsure if Bryce Young

1115
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 3: will start this week because Dalton is not healthy. So

1116
00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:48,040
Speaker 3: he's basically saying, if Dalton is healthy, then he's going

1117
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,200
Speaker 3: back to him. And I get it, because the fourth

1118
00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:52,360
Speaker 3: quarter Bryce Young threw a couple of interceptions.

1119
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:52,879
Speaker 2: Is too bad.

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Speaker 3: He didn't quite play well enough to make the strong case,

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Speaker 3: even though I did think it was significantly better than

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00:49:58,840 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 3: the first couple of weeks.

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Speaker 4: Just throws a wrench into our whole theory that they're

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00:50:01,840 --> 00:50:04,800
Speaker 4: going to move on from Bryce Young because Dandy Dalton's

1125
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:06,759
Speaker 4: not available. I think he throws a wrench into their

1126
00:50:06,800 --> 00:50:09,040
Speaker 4: plan as well, where they're forced to play him and

1127
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:11,319
Speaker 4: we are approaching the trade deadline. But we'll see. That's

1128
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:13,360
Speaker 4: something to monitor. It's not like Dalton's light in the

1129
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:15,800
Speaker 4: world on fire. In fact, he's regressed significantly since that

1130
00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:17,520
Speaker 4: first start when they won over the Raiders. But this

1131
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:19,319
Speaker 4: is a bad football team that's just kind of trying

1132
00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:21,240
Speaker 4: to get to the end of the season and figure

1133
00:50:21,239 --> 00:50:23,440
Speaker 4: out what they have. And then includes a quarterback.

1134
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:27,439
Speaker 3: Make it happen, Dolphins fifth round pick that turns into

1135
00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:32,000
Speaker 3: a fourth who says no. Dk Metcalf is expected back

1136
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,920
Speaker 3: this week. There's optimism. That's a big NFC West game,

1137
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,320
Speaker 3: that's a four to twenty five game against the Rams.

1138
00:50:37,360 --> 00:50:41,080
Speaker 2: That's fun. Derek Carr is expected back this week for

1139
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:41,600
Speaker 2: the Saints.

1140
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:45,719
Speaker 3: They're not making any other big wholesale changes with coaches

1141
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:48,319
Speaker 3: or front off as they're just hoping to scrape back

1142
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:50,400
Speaker 3: into it. They're actually playing the Panthers this week, so

1143
00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 3: they will be favored in a game. It's been a

1144
00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:54,520
Speaker 3: while for the Saints.

1145
00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:56,240
Speaker 2: Some other injuries.

1146
00:50:57,320 --> 00:51:01,640
Speaker 3: Jeremiah Husu Cormoa said that all is well on his

1147
00:51:01,719 --> 00:51:04,120
Speaker 3: social media. I know it was a scary injury Nick

1148
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:06,160
Speaker 3: that he had to spend the night in a hospital

1149
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,840
Speaker 3: after he hurt his neck on Sunday.

1150
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:11,839
Speaker 4: Yeah, they backboarded him very quickly, took the face mask off,

1151
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:14,200
Speaker 4: the helmet, and card him off on replay. I was

1152
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:17,160
Speaker 4: very concerned for his well being. Kind of one of

1153
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:18,480
Speaker 4: those hits where you can see the rest of his

1154
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:20,440
Speaker 4: body go limp and he's very away as if he

1155
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:22,719
Speaker 4: was concussed. So I was very concerned. It's positive news

1156
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:24,919
Speaker 4: to hear that all as well. Having said that, don't

1157
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:27,400
Speaker 4: expect him back on the field anytime soon. We'll wait

1158
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:28,520
Speaker 4: for more details later though.

1159
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:32,640
Speaker 3: Speaking of guys who are bawling out as possible trade pieces,

1160
00:51:32,719 --> 00:51:35,920
Speaker 3: Zadarius Smith is playing very well right now. If the

1161
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:39,239
Speaker 3: Browns wanted to pull that repcord, who knows, maybe they'll

1162
00:51:39,280 --> 00:51:41,480
Speaker 3: win another game and they'll be like, hey, this season's

1163
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:41,799
Speaker 3: not over.

1164
00:51:41,960 --> 00:51:42,800
Speaker 2: We have a quarterback.

1165
00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:44,520
Speaker 5: Now win ten straight.

1166
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:49,880
Speaker 3: Some Dolphins in jury news, Javon Holland, their safety had

1167
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:52,279
Speaker 3: an injury that did not look good on Sunday, but

1168
00:51:52,360 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 3: they say the worst case scenario has been avoided and

1169
00:51:56,239 --> 00:51:59,080
Speaker 3: sounds like he's week to week. They didn't actually put

1170
00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:01,480
Speaker 3: an official ignation on him, so we'll see.

1171
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:02,160
Speaker 8: Uh.

1172
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:05,120
Speaker 3: Mike McDaniel did say, Bradley Chubb, if you've been wondering

1173
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:07,399
Speaker 3: about him, the great pass rusher is still a long

1174
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:12,080
Speaker 3: way off. So sounds like his recovery from another major

1175
00:52:12,200 --> 00:52:16,080
Speaker 3: knee injury is really taken a long time. And that

1176
00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:19,200
Speaker 3: is it for news and that means Nick, it is

1177
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:24,640
Speaker 3: time for Captain's Corner, presented by Captain morganst the part

1178
00:52:24,680 --> 00:52:28,520
Speaker 3: of the show where we pick one player could be,

1179
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:30,680
Speaker 3: could be a coach. There's no rules to this thing.

1180
00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:33,759
Speaker 3: That just that struck your fancy, that deserves the captaincy.

1181
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:36,399
Speaker 4: Oh well, I didn't realize the coaches were in play.

1182
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:39,160
Speaker 4: Having said that we are, we're going to go to

1183
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:42,920
Speaker 4: the guy who said I believe it was unwavering, faith,

1184
00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:46,880
Speaker 4: full belief, something along those lines. He made like a

1185
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:50,800
Speaker 4: kind of awkward pregame interview with Amanda valley Onis from CBS,

1186
00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:52,520
Speaker 4: not because I've heard of but because he just gave

1187
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 4: her the same response to every question Jameis Winston. What

1188
00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:58,120
Speaker 4: a day for the quarterback in Cleveland. Of course I'm

1189
00:52:58,120 --> 00:52:59,960
Speaker 4: gonna go with him. Breathes life into it and all

1190
00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:02,239
Speaker 4: that had been dormant, if not on life support for

1191
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:04,560
Speaker 4: most of the season. Throw us for three thirty four

1192
00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:07,879
Speaker 4: and three touchdowns, including a go ahead touchdown the final

1193
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:10,279
Speaker 4: minute of the game to Cedric Tillman, a guy that

1194
00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:12,719
Speaker 4: nobody probably ever heard of before Sunday unless.

1195
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:13,279
Speaker 5: You're a Browns fan.

1196
00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:16,600
Speaker 4: If anything, in this city when it pertains to the Browns,

1197
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:18,719
Speaker 4: everybody here had given up on them for at least

1198
00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:20,560
Speaker 4: one week. I got text from friends that said, we

1199
00:53:20,680 --> 00:53:23,760
Speaker 4: are so back. They're not back, but for one Sunday

1200
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:25,960
Speaker 4: they had some fun and that's worth a spot on

1201
00:53:26,040 --> 00:53:26,680
Speaker 4: Captain's corner.

1202
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 3: Hey, it's it's not all bad. Browns win. Calves are

1203
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:34,080
Speaker 3: four and oh nice win over there, Nicks on Monday night.

1204
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:36,520
Speaker 3: That's a good team. Wouldn't surprise me if they're in

1205
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:38,880
Speaker 3: the Eastern Conference finals something like that.

1206
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:39,840
Speaker 5: Let's book it.

1207
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:44,520
Speaker 3: I don't know how the Guardians feel about the Yankees,

1208
00:53:44,560 --> 00:53:46,960
Speaker 3: but I would imagine they're happy that they're tell you.

1209
00:53:47,200 --> 00:53:49,000
Speaker 4: I'll tell you after the Calves game on Friday night,

1210
00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:50,400
Speaker 4: I went over to a bar in downtown Cleveland and

1211
00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:52,360
Speaker 4: watched the World Series, and they as soon as Freddy

1212
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:54,440
Speaker 4: Freeman hit that walk off, that place erupted like the

1213
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:55,200
Speaker 4: Guardians did it.

1214
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:56,880
Speaker 5: They're very much rooty against the Yankees.

1215
00:53:56,920 --> 00:54:00,239
Speaker 3: Okay, I would assume as someone who would for a

1216
00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:02,960
Speaker 3: team that was, you know, does root for to the rivals,

1217
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,040
Speaker 3: the the Yankees.

1218
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:07,960
Speaker 2: Now, of course I'm a Dodgers fan.

1219
00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:12,600
Speaker 3: We I'm a lifelong Dodgers fan since March and uh

1220
00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:16,279
Speaker 3: since Atani joined and look, my wife's much more into it.

1221
00:54:16,400 --> 00:54:20,080
Speaker 3: But I really appreciate the professionalism of Eric Roberts and

1222
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:23,800
Speaker 3: Randy Chavez and them going up three to zero no

1223
00:54:23,920 --> 00:54:27,879
Speaker 3: matter what. This is the last Dodgers versus NFL daily show.

1224
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:31,120
Speaker 3: So as great as the production has been, Eric, why

1225
00:54:31,120 --> 00:54:32,800
Speaker 3: don't you join us now? As great as the production

1226
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:36,160
Speaker 3: has been, like, how much is it gonna get even

1227
00:54:36,239 --> 00:54:37,760
Speaker 3: better now that this dog is running?

1228
00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:41,200
Speaker 9: I wanted to watch two different things. I was pretty

1229
00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:43,399
Speaker 9: stoked when this when the schedule for the World Series

1230
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:47,520
Speaker 9: came out because it was what a Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, Yes,

1231
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:49,680
Speaker 9: and I in the back of my head, I noted,

1232
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:53,400
Speaker 9: all right, well, this is the only combative scheduling I

1233
00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:53,960
Speaker 9: have to deal with.

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00:54:54,239 --> 00:54:56,799
Speaker 3: It's the only one. And they played. They played great tonight.

1235
00:54:56,880 --> 00:55:00,160
Speaker 3: So congrats to all the Dodgers fans out there. It

1236
00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:02,640
Speaker 3: has been a great series so far. You don't don't

1237
00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:05,200
Speaker 3: want to assume anything, but three to zero is nice.

1238
00:55:05,239 --> 00:55:08,040
Speaker 3: And they're playing some confident baseball. You know what else

1239
00:55:08,120 --> 00:55:11,399
Speaker 3: is confident? We're still in the captain's corner. By the way,

1240
00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:14,279
Speaker 3: we can have baseball talk there. Matt Laflir, I guess

1241
00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:19,120
Speaker 3: I am opening up two coaches this week. Let's listen

1242
00:55:19,440 --> 00:55:24,480
Speaker 3: to Matt Lafleur talk about that great throw that Malik

1243
00:55:24,520 --> 00:55:28,360
Speaker 3: Willis had to Jaden Reid with under two minutes to

1244
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:31,680
Speaker 3: go to set up the Packers victory over the Jaguars

1245
00:55:31,800 --> 00:55:33,280
Speaker 3: and how it came about.

1246
00:55:33,480 --> 00:55:35,320
Speaker 8: Not only was it a can play, but it was

1247
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:37,160
Speaker 8: a play that we didn't even have up in the

1248
00:55:37,239 --> 00:55:40,759
Speaker 8: game plan that we we talked about it on Tuesday.

1249
00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:44,960
Speaker 8: We thought there might be something there, decided against it,

1250
00:55:46,360 --> 00:55:50,080
Speaker 8: and then you know, we ran the keeper earlier in

1251
00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:53,400
Speaker 8: the game and Vrabel suggested it. He's like, hey, it

1252
00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:57,399
Speaker 8: looks like the play is there, and so we put

1253
00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:00,000
Speaker 8: it in on the sideline, so no reps in practice.

1254
00:56:01,080 --> 00:56:03,040
Speaker 8: I think that's a big time credit to our guys

1255
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:04,840
Speaker 8: to be able to go out there and execute it.

1256
00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:10,160
Speaker 8: Jaden Reid, Tucker, the line, the backs, everybody's selling it,

1257
00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:15,400
Speaker 8: and then ultimately Elite making the throw. So that was

1258
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:17,360
Speaker 8: a pretty cool one, probably one I'll never forget.

1259
00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:23,040
Speaker 3: That is an awesome explanation. Everyone everyone's the captain here.

1260
00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:28,719
Speaker 3: We're giving so many captaincies. Lafleur, great explanation. I think

1261
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:32,720
Speaker 3: it was Rob Dmofski who asked that question. Great questions

1262
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:35,360
Speaker 3: get great great answers, because he asked, was that like

1263
00:56:35,440 --> 00:56:38,799
Speaker 3: a can play where he saw how at the last

1264
00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:42,239
Speaker 3: second he saw a certain look that was gonna make

1265
00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:46,520
Speaker 3: it happen? Shout out to I believe it's Jason Rabel,

1266
00:56:47,040 --> 00:56:49,280
Speaker 3: the wide receivers coach, who helped put.

1267
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:51,759
Speaker 2: The play in in the middle of the game.

1268
00:56:51,880 --> 00:56:56,359
Speaker 3: And then most importantly Malik Willis for throwing a beautiful ball,

1269
00:56:57,080 --> 00:56:59,480
Speaker 3: Jayden Reid for throwing I mean for running a really

1270
00:56:59,560 --> 00:57:04,040
Speaker 3: cool out Lafleur or Vrabel whoever drew it up where

1271
00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:07,879
Speaker 3: it's a great kind of leak concept where read looks

1272
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:10,160
Speaker 3: like he's gonna block and then it's like a wheel

1273
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:13,319
Speaker 3: route from your wide receiver. Just very creative, very cool,

1274
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:16,880
Speaker 3: and that's coaching. And I love how Lafleur said, Yeah,

1275
00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:19,000
Speaker 3: that's one I'm gonna remember for the rest of my

1276
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:19,680
Speaker 3: life because I.

1277
00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:23,720
Speaker 2: Think that's that's like coaching Nirvana. Having to play like

1278
00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:25,560
Speaker 2: that that you drew up in the middle that wins

1279
00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:26,400
Speaker 2: the ballgame for Yeah.

1280
00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:28,360
Speaker 4: If you ever wonder why there's football stickos out there

1281
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:30,760
Speaker 4: like Greg and myself and many others, this is why.

1282
00:57:31,160 --> 00:57:33,600
Speaker 4: It's not just that the action on the field is entertaining,

1283
00:57:33,720 --> 00:57:36,640
Speaker 4: or that it's a very physical, at times brutal sport.

1284
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:38,880
Speaker 5: It's the chess match in the game.

1285
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:41,960
Speaker 4: It's the way that staffs can work together, identify weaknesses

1286
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:44,720
Speaker 4: and potential exploits during the game, then come back to

1287
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:48,000
Speaker 4: them in crucial moments, capitalize and win games because of it.

1288
00:57:48,120 --> 00:57:49,480
Speaker 5: That's the beauty of the sport of football.

1289
00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:51,960
Speaker 2: Right there, Good stuff, Nick Shook.

1290
00:57:52,040 --> 00:57:55,600
Speaker 3: That was the Captain's Corner, presented by Captain Morgan's delicious

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1292
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00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:01,160
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1294
00:58:01,640 --> 00:58:05,560
Speaker 3: Please drink responsibly. That is it for our Monday night show.

1295
00:58:05,640 --> 00:58:10,360
Speaker 3: We will be back on Wednesday. Been teasing it all

1296
00:58:10,440 --> 00:58:15,480
Speaker 3: week long. Quarterback Island, Jordan Rodrieg, Steve Weisch, Colleen Wolf

1297
00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:19,280
Speaker 3: will join me on that show. And yes, yeah, thank

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Speaker 3: you for joining me Nick Nick at nights, Sunday Nights,

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Speaker 3: Monday nights, each and every week. Can't wait to have

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Speaker 3: you on again later. And yeah, when Daniel Jones is

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Speaker 3: losing in primetime and then Steelers are winning on Monday Night, yeah,

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Speaker 3: you know football is truly back