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Speaker 1: The volume. You notice you don't do the championship. That

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Speaker 1: should always be the expectation. All ain't man, Actually go ahead?

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Richard Sherman Podcast, presented by our

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Speaker 1: friends and partners over at Brightling. Always getting us right,

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Speaker 1: always got us shining. I got my San Francisco Brightling,

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Speaker 1: but my Seattle Seahawks one is on the way. I

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Speaker 1: can't wait to see it. Mitchell. A great week for

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Speaker 1: your Detroit Lions and the Seattle Seahawks, but the San

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Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers, Mitchell does that and this was

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Speaker 1: literally worst case scenario.

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Speaker 2: Totally was I mean, we talked about it going into

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Speaker 2: this game. You called it a must win game for

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Speaker 2: San Francisco. This division looked like it's starting to slip away.

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Speaker 2: I mean, there's still only two games out, but we

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Speaker 2: see CMC come up with another injury here. You gotta

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Speaker 2: be concerned about that. And Richard, I'm sure you're concerned

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Speaker 2: about the overall trajectory of this team for the rest

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Speaker 2: of the season. What were your thoughts after this game?

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Speaker 1: Well, it went, it went, I mean about how I

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Speaker 1: thought it would go if things went bad, especially under

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Speaker 1: it was bad. It was everything that could go wrong.

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Speaker 1: Kyle hughes Check you know, doesn't fumble the vault very

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Speaker 1: by Kyle Shanahan. He gets there, you think, hey, this

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Speaker 1: a play on special teams obviously kickoff return and had

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Speaker 1: two huge returns in the game. Trying to spark this team,

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Speaker 1: You you see uncharacteristic things throughout the game. George Kittle

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Speaker 1: Just uncharacteristic things that you don't expect to see from

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Speaker 1: this team, This San Francisco forty nine ers team blown

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Speaker 1: The Green Bay one was not really explainable. You know,

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Speaker 1: this one, you can kind of understand. The conditions got

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Speaker 1: wasn't like Josh Allen did anything incredibly special, you know,

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Speaker 1: because this one seems like it's already any new books.

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Speaker 1: You're going to have to pay Rock Purdy this offseason,

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Speaker 1: six years. They've been in the NFC Championship, been in

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Speaker 1: So you know, obviously they're going to have to do

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Speaker 1: You know you're Green Bay Beach bad, and Buffalo just

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Speaker 2: Well, Richard, I'm gonna ask a tough question and it

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Speaker 2: pertains to the future of the San Francisco forty nine ers.

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Speaker 2: It's been gut punch after gut punch after gut punch

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Speaker 2: questions of having to pay brock perty on what that

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Speaker 1: No, I don't know if this is gonna be the

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Speaker 1: in which they've lost a lot of people. You know,

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Speaker 2: play and he delivered. He's shining there for bright Lang Richard.

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00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,640
Speaker 2: I know you spoke highly of him, but how good

430
00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,280
Speaker 2: do you think this defense was when they needed the most.

431
00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,879
Speaker 1: They were as good as it gets. And they continue

432
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:17,120
Speaker 1: to shine. And it just seems like the more reps

433
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,920
Speaker 1: they get, the more games they get under their belt,

434
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:23,359
Speaker 1: the more consistent they get. And another thing, like you said,

435
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,800
Speaker 1: this game started disastrous, and when you have that kind

436
00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:34,360
Speaker 1: of adversity, you have unexpected, really unforced errors, you usually

437
00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:36,119
Speaker 1: can see what a team really is. You know, do

438
00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,399
Speaker 1: you see start you know, things start pulling at the seams,

439
00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,920
Speaker 1: you start seeing guys point the finger at one another.

440
00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,400
Speaker 1: You didn't see any of that this game. I think

441
00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,720
Speaker 1: they've done a great job of putting those fires out,

442
00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,040
Speaker 1: having those difficult conversations that need to be had, and

443
00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,080
Speaker 1: really understanding that we're all going in the same direction.

444
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,080
Speaker 1: Guys aren't trying to make mistakes. Guys aren't trying to

445
00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,800
Speaker 1: and sometimes you need a little you know, sometimes that's

446
00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,840
Speaker 1: what our defensive coaches would encourage us. They'd be like, hey,

447
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,080
Speaker 1: let's celebrate the offense just threw a pick, and we'd

448
00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:08,960
Speaker 1: be like, I don't know if we quite celebrating, but

449
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,879
Speaker 1: I hear what you're saying. You know, it's another opportunity

450
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,359
Speaker 1: to show how great you are. And I think that

451
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 1: this defense is starting to find that groove and starting

452
00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:21,440
Speaker 1: to really take ownership and take pride in their ability

453
00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,159
Speaker 1: to go out there and get stops when stops are needed,

454
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,919
Speaker 1: get stops in really tough situations and make turnovers and

455
00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,120
Speaker 1: impact this game week in and week out. And they

456
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,879
Speaker 1: really have Kobe Bryant last week, this week Leonard Williams.

457
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,200
Speaker 1: So I'm excited. I mean, the Jets are with The

458
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,879
Speaker 1: Jets are lost eight of nine since firing your head coach.

459
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,840
Speaker 1: Oh be whoa, Nelly. I guess how crazy is it

460
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,480
Speaker 1: that when you fire your head coach, things don't go great.

461
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 1: I hope whatdy Johnson is getting a hint, But something

462
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,680
Speaker 1: tells me old dogs don't learn new tricks, and he's

463
00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,960
Speaker 1: going to continue to do this until he's no longer

464
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 1: the owner of the New York Jets. Unfortunately, Jets fans,

465
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:57,960
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I don't have a lot of positives to

466
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,879
Speaker 1: report on that end, Aaron, you know, two touchdowns, the

467
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,600
Speaker 1: interception to Lennard Williams that we talked about, Breeze Hall

468
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,640
Speaker 1: I means, just not a great game for this team,

469
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,119
Speaker 1: and they had opportunities to win it, opportunities to make plays.

470
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,399
Speaker 1: There were some calls throughout this game that I don't

471
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:19,919
Speaker 1: necessarily agree with, but that's how football goes. The Seattle Seahawks, though,

472
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:21,919
Speaker 1: on the other hand, have a chance to go to

473
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,720
Speaker 1: Arizona next week and really really make a statement in

474
00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:30,400
Speaker 1: this NFC West and really pull away. This is what

475
00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:34,680
Speaker 1: makes these late division games so exciting. That you got

476
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,119
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals who were in the lead at the

477
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,800
Speaker 1: Division two three games ago. Now they've fallen behind, just

478
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:43,000
Speaker 1: took that loss to the Minnesota Vikings in a very

479
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,720
Speaker 1: hard fought game. Now the Seattle Seahawks go there with

480
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,960
Speaker 1: a chance to really increase their lead, playing their best

481
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,480
Speaker 1: football the season. It's an exciting What a time, What

482
00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:54,919
Speaker 1: a time, and what a turnaround. This NFC West is

483
00:24:54,920 --> 00:25:00,479
Speaker 1: so unpredictable right now. I really can't call it.

484
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,679
Speaker 2: It is awesome, and there's another battle brewing up North

485
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,119
Speaker 2: in the NFC North. I mean, despite the Detroit Lions

486
00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,320
Speaker 2: eleven to one record, they still have the Minnesota Vikings

487
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,439
Speaker 2: right at their heels at ten and two. This NFC

488
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,680
Speaker 2: North is going to be a wild one. In Detroit

489
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:19,919
Speaker 2: hosted Chicago on Thanksgiving, Richard, I was there. You know,

490
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,239
Speaker 2: not a whole lot of folks expected anything crazy out

491
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:24,800
Speaker 2: of this game. Chicago has been on a slide of

492
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:29,240
Speaker 2: recent Caleb Williams has looked so so you know, their

493
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:34,920
Speaker 2: offensive line looks incredibly suspect. Detroit dominates early, injuries come

494
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,840
Speaker 2: defensively for them. Bears fire back in the second half,

495
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,600
Speaker 2: and it comes down to the final possession and Matt

496
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,359
Speaker 2: Eberflus I don't know what he's thinking, Richard, but Jalen

497
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,920
Speaker 2: Johnson apparently went off of him at him in the

498
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,119
Speaker 2: Bears lock caroom. I mean, first off, what in the

499
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,520
Speaker 2: world is going through this guy's head? And second half,

500
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,440
Speaker 2: is a competitor like Jalen Johnson front of the program

501
00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 2: put yourself in his shoes? How do you respond when

502
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:01,119
Speaker 2: a coach makes a bun headed move like that in

503
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,560
Speaker 2: the locker room after a passionate performance out there?

504
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 1: Piss I'm pissed. Because it's it's uncalled for. This isn't like, hey, coach,

505
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,600
Speaker 1: we need you to make some genius call to get

506
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,119
Speaker 1: us out of here. We need you to have some

507
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,440
Speaker 1: high level football uh intuition to make this a great

508
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,159
Speaker 1: game or help us win this game. We just need

509
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 1: you to do the basics. We just need you to

510
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,159
Speaker 1: call a timeout so we can kick, so we can

511
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:25,600
Speaker 1: kick the field, go get out of here with a win.

512
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,480
Speaker 1: We don't need you to do anything crazy. We need

513
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,520
Speaker 1: you to have a plan. We need you to have

514
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,040
Speaker 1: a plan. They play you a lot of money just

515
00:26:31,080 --> 00:26:34,200
Speaker 1: to have a plan, not do anything crazy. When when

516
00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 1: players aren't situationally aware, we get punished for it. When

517
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 1: players aren't understanding, hey, this situation. A receiver catches the ball,

518
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 1: he doesn't understand that it's two minute drill and they

519
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 1: don't have timeouts, and he's celebrating after the play or

520
00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:50,280
Speaker 1: spiking it. He's gonna get criticized. So ibra Flus should

521
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,120
Speaker 1: get criticized, should get all the things that are coming

522
00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:57,399
Speaker 1: his way, all the things, especially after doubling down on

523
00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,160
Speaker 1: it in the press conference after and I think think

524
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,479
Speaker 1: the Bears just had enough at that point because they

525
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 1: allowed him to do another press conference, I think, to

526
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:09,120
Speaker 1: give him an opportunity to say something else, and then

527
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: he didn't, and they said, Ah, that's it, that's it,

528
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 1: get rid of it. But but but this is on

529
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:18,400
Speaker 1: Bears leadership too. This is on Bears leadership because way

530
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,920
Speaker 1: to waste a really talented team. Way to waste him,

531
00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:25,399
Speaker 1: you know, way to draft the receiver when you didn't

532
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,360
Speaker 1: need him, Like in this game, you had DJ Moore

533
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,800
Speaker 1: eight for ninety seven a touchdown, Keenan Allen five for

534
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 1: seventy three, two touchdowns. What did you need another? What

535
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,399
Speaker 1: did you need another great receiver for Roma Doonesay is

536
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 1: probably going to develop into a really really good receiver

537
00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 1: in National Football League. This isn't about Roma Doonsay. This

538
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 1: is about a team that needed offensive line hilp going

539
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:51,040
Speaker 1: and having a picking a luxury pick, going for luxury

540
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 1: you're you're like, and then keeping Eberflus after the season,

541
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:57,920
Speaker 1: after he's shown what he's shown, after what he's shown,

542
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,919
Speaker 1: at what he's shown, he's continued to show incompetence at times,

543
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,879
Speaker 1: and you continue to say, Hey, we're gonna give him

544
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 1: another shot and another shot and another shot. I thought, Hey,

545
00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 1: they're getting Caleb Williams, fresh quarterback, new quarterback, fresh start

546
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: for the team, fresh head coach. But now you wasted

547
00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 1: a talented team, a really good defense that played really

548
00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 1: good to finish last year, really good to start this season.

549
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 1: And even in these losses, most of these games they

550
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 1: played really solid, you know. But it's hard to play

551
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 1: good when you don't have a chance, you know. We

552
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,879
Speaker 1: talked about the chaos that ensued when they were saying

553
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 1: there was potential chatter about benching Caleb Williams. Obviously, some

554
00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 1: good conversations, some positive things came out of that. They

555
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 1: were in this game with a really good chance to win.

556
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 1: If coaching is the reason you lose, and this coach

557
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,080
Speaker 1: has shown a propensity to make bad decisions over the

558
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 1: last few years, he deserves blame. But there are other

559
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:03,240
Speaker 1: people ever allowed him to keep coaching after last year.

560
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 1: You deserve some blame too. You knew who he was,

561
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 1: You knew that this could happen, and this wasn't the

562
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 1: first time it happened this season. That's on you, Bears leadership.

563
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 1: Whoever is in control, I don't know if it's the GM,

564
00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: the president, the owner, you know, every everybody has a

565
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 1: different power structure. I'm not in those buildings. But in

566
00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:26,240
Speaker 1: a division game that you you you kind of earned

567
00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: you you came roaring back. This was a team. This

568
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,840
Speaker 1: was the kind of win that brings the team together,

569
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,720
Speaker 1: that really like gives some confidence, you know, to make

570
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 1: a nice run at the end of the season. And

571
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 1: a loss right here is what tears the team apart

572
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: and and kills the team going down a stretch. And

573
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: so congratulations to your your Detroit Lions. Don't mental eleven

574
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:50,120
Speaker 1: and one ten straight again finding ways to win each

575
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 1: and every week, showing that you know division games like

576
00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 1: I always say, they're crap shooting a dog fight. I

577
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 1: don't throw the records out the window because they will

578
00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 1: not matter. These teams know each other so well. It's

579
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 1: gonna be a doll fighting at the end of the game.

580
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 1: It's usually gonna come down to the last few possessions,

581
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:07,120
Speaker 1: who doesn't make a mistake, who wants in more, et cetera,

582
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 1: et cetera. I'm and Ross and Brown, really good game,

583
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: Jamiir Gibs nine rushes for eighty seven yards to two

584
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 1: reception seventeen And then what about the what about the

585
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 1: reporter trying to get my boy Gibbs in trouble, Like,

586
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 1: don't do all the messy nonsense, don't try to don't

587
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,479
Speaker 1: try to bring drama into a franchise that doesn't have it.

588
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,959
Speaker 1: Don't try to inject some nonsense and storylines into there.

589
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 1: The kid didn't mean anything by it. He didn't mean

590
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,440
Speaker 1: to show anything. And what was on the board wasn't

591
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 1: that important, Like, don't do that, I really and I

592
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: know Dan Campbell just just did what a coach has

593
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 1: to do in that situation. Understood the question. Said he

594
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 1: didn't know about it, so didn't comment on it. But

595
00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 1: stop that.

596
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 2: And for those that don't know what Richard's referring to,

597
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 2: there was a recent social media post that the Jamir

598
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 2: Gibbs made of one of his teammates in front of

599
00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,760
Speaker 2: a whiteboard with a bunch of the Detroit Lions offensive

600
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 2: play calls on it. So he was being dragged in

601
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 2: social media. But yeah, Richard, to your point, it was.

602
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 2: It was a non event.

603
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 3: Back to the.

604
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:17,760
Speaker 1: If I gave a team the first fifteen plays for

605
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: another team Mitchell and it all, or I just gave

606
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:23,440
Speaker 1: you game film, I mean practice film from that week.

607
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,479
Speaker 1: There are teams that could not stop you anyway, and

608
00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 1: so don't let it confuse you. People are like, oh,

609
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:30,600
Speaker 1: they're gonna eve been a way of their secrets if

610
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 1: they know the calls. Like, it's not like the NFL's

611
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: rocket science. It's not like they're running some really complicated

612
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 1: new offense that's never been had. You have to know

613
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,120
Speaker 1: when they're running it, what they're running, how they're blocking it,

614
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 1: and then called the perfect defense to stop it. That

615
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: that's why I say people are like, oh, man, the

616
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,959
Speaker 1: spy getting all this with the with the Patriots. I

617
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 1: understand they were cheating or allegedly, but even if you're cheating,

618
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,480
Speaker 1: you got to still go out there and execute it.

619
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 1: And not everybody's able to execute it to the the

620
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: degree that you need to execute it. But and we're

621
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,480
Speaker 1: watching film every week. We know the plays they're running.

622
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 1: We know the plays they're running, We know the plays.

623
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 1: We know when Jamier gives is in what they're running

624
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 1: is probably gonna beat to the outside. When when David

625
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 1: Montgomery's running, he's probably between the tackles. When you know

626
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: a'man ross, Saint Brown's route tree looks very very specific

627
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: if you really study it and break it down. So

628
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,000
Speaker 1: they're still gonna do it and they're still gonna beat you.

629
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 1: That's what makes them great.

630
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 3: You're not wrong about that.

631
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:32,440
Speaker 2: But in terms of the Lions, Richard, they've got some

632
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:38,400
Speaker 2: issues coming, unfortunately in the form of the injury bug.

633
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 2: Yet another player goes to IR and Malcolm Rodriguez. They've

634
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 2: got some twelve players on their initial defense that is

635
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 2: now on the IR. They've signed Jamal Williams, They've signed

636
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,480
Speaker 2: Kwan Alexander, They've signed a couple other guys off the

637
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:57,360
Speaker 2: Seattle's practice squad and the Rams practice squad this this

638
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 2: past week. If you're the Detroit Lions, how concerned are

639
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:03,479
Speaker 2: you about this rash of injuries that they are facing

640
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 2: right now.

641
00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: I'm slightly concerned, but not not overly concerned because they'll

642
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:10,400
Speaker 1: get a lot of guys back before the playoffs, and

643
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 1: at this point they're pretty much into the playoffs. They're

644
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 1: gonna get in. I know they want to play in

645
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: front of Detroit fans and they're gonna have to pretty

646
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 1: much went out. You know how tight the NFC North

647
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,960
Speaker 1: is to do that obviously starting with this weekend. But

648
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Speaker 1: the way you combat injuries, especially in a secondary and

649
00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 1: linebacker Corey is a great front, and the front eating

650
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 1: and DJ Reider to two sacks this last game, Zadarius

651
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 1: Smith got a sack and a half. Are really starting

652
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 1: to come into their own. Zadarius finally, you know, getting

653
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 1: his chance to show Detroit fans what he can do.

654
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 1: And he's a really talented pass rusher and great against

655
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Speaker 1: the run as well. And I think I think it'll

656
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 1: be fine. They won't be able to be as aggressive

657
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Speaker 1: as a secondary with man coverage. They'll likely have to

658
00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 1: play a lot of bend but don't break defense. So

659
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Speaker 1: as fans, you're gonna have to just work with them

660
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Speaker 1: and understand that this is the way they're to have

661
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 1: to play unless you want guys to get beat. And

662
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 1: you know, if you want them to play man all

663
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Speaker 1: the time and you want Aaron Glenn to do that

664
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Speaker 1: and these young guys get beat, then good luck to you.

665
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Speaker 1: But I think he's gonna come up with a really

666
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,840
Speaker 1: good plan to mass these deficiencies that they have and

667
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 1: weather the storm. Obviously a really talented team in Green Bay,

668
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 1: but a team that again it's a divisional game. It's

669
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: gonna get ugly, it's gonna get nasty, it's gonna be scrappy.

670
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to run the football, manage this game,

671
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,200
Speaker 1: control that clock so that this defense isn't on the

672
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Speaker 1: field as long. And that's the biggest, the biggest way

673
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Speaker 1: you you manage this, The biggest way you overcome these injuries,

674
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Speaker 1: especially on the defensive side of the ball, is the

675
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Speaker 1: best defense is a great offense and great run game.

676
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Speaker 1: And you get up and you you give them some cushion,

677
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: You let them be able to rush the passer, and

678
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:53,800
Speaker 1: these young guys are gonna have to step up. You

679
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,800
Speaker 1: guys have done a great job in Detroit developing young players,

680
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: developing the culture. And the guys that they picked up

681
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:03,440
Speaker 1: are players. Alexander I mean, he's gonna be a spark

682
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 1: plug if nothing else. He's gonna be running like his

683
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 1: hair is on fire. He's gonna play hard. He's gonna

684
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Speaker 1: uphold the standard that they set in Detroit. And Jamal Williams,

685
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Speaker 1: I mean, Jamal Adams is a guy.

686
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Speaker 3: Jamal Adams.

687
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Speaker 1: Jamal Adams is a guy that would likely help with

688
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Speaker 1: the linebacker situation if he's come to the understanding that

689
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,799
Speaker 1: he's not gonna be able to help at safety, like

690
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 1: he's accustomed to, you know. I mean, at some point

691
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Speaker 1: in your career you have to understand everybody's saying the

692
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 1: same thing. You're gonna have to adjust. So I think

693
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Speaker 1: they'll they'll have him in a hybrid role if they

694
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Speaker 1: if they have that role for him, but I think

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Speaker 1: they'll be fun. It's time for this week's tastiest matchup

696
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Speaker 1: in a segment we're calling Sunday Night food Ball, brought

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Speaker 2: Richard, Let's take the Philly and Baltimore. This probably was

699
00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 2: the game of the weekend. We saw two Juggernauts face

700
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:56,440
Speaker 2: head to head and ultimately Philly comes out on top.

701
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Speaker 2: This team right now, the Philadelphia Eagles are so balanced.

702
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,320
Speaker 2: They did this without the Vonte Smith. We saw Saquon

703
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,200
Speaker 2: Barkley continue his impressive streak of games, and I'm thinking

704
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Speaker 2: he's firmly putting himself in that MVB conversation right now, Richard,

705
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Speaker 2: this is Lamar Jackson's second loss against the n NFC

706
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Speaker 2: foe in the last twenty five attempts. Believe it or not,

707
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Speaker 2: The last loss was against Daniel Jones and the New

708
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:25,920
Speaker 2: York Giants a few years ago. How worried are you

709
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:30,799
Speaker 2: of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC. Their defense is

710
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,759
Speaker 2: coming together. These rookies on the defensive side of the

711
00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:37,520
Speaker 2: ball are just absolutely playing lights out. Richard, what are

712
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Speaker 2: your thoughts on Philly?

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Speaker 1: Well, I like him, I like everything they're doing. It's

714
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Speaker 1: just outside of Saquon. It's concerning right now, That's what

715
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Speaker 1: i'd say, because the games I've watched against the Commanders,

716
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Speaker 1: the games you just watched Baltimore, when Saquon doesn't take over.

717
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,440
Speaker 1: Even the New Orleans game early in the season, you know,

718
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,279
Speaker 1: it was a doll fight back and forth, ended up

719
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:02,320
Speaker 1: thirteen to fifteen. I believe they got a lot of yards,

720
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Speaker 1: but the game didn't really break open until Saquon literally

721
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 1: broke it open and had a huge play, explosive play,

722
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Speaker 1: and they're living and dying by that. Now. He's having

723
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Speaker 1: an incredible season, So sure, maybe you can ride that

724
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Speaker 1: all the way to the super Bowl. But in the

725
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:20,839
Speaker 1: playoffs you got to kind of expect for your superstars

726
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,919
Speaker 1: to have an off game or not have the same

727
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: game that they had. He had twenty three carries for

728
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Speaker 1: one hundred and seven yards in a touchdown. I'm not

729
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Speaker 1: saying Saquan isn't having an MVP All Pro season. He

730
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 1: definitely is. But in the playoffs, somebody will play for

731
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,839
Speaker 1: the run. Somebody will play eight man box football all

732
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Speaker 1: day long and say, hey, Jalen Hurts beat us, AJ

733
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Speaker 1: Brown beat us Now. AJ Brown is one of the

734
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: best receivers in the National Football League. Devonte Smith, I

735
00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 1: think is a really good receiver. Dallas had a really

736
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:54,319
Speaker 1: good game in this game, especially in crucial situations when

737
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 1: they had to have it. But eleven for nineteen for

738
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Speaker 1: one hundred and eighteen yards, one touchdown, I'm just not impressive,

739
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Speaker 1: just not impressive. Even with Saquon's twenty three carries for

740
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Speaker 1: one hundred and seven yards. This Baltimore Ravens secondary was

741
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:12,959
Speaker 1: isn't considered great, you know. I mean, right now, I'd

742
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:17,360
Speaker 1: say Marlon Humphries is having a really good year getting turnovers, interceptions,

743
00:38:17,360 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: but statistically overall as a pass defense and rankings wise,

744
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 1: they're they're not playing that great. So to be held

745
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: forred to one hundred and eighteen yards as a quarterback

746
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Speaker 1: with the weapons that I just told you about, including

747
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:34,800
Speaker 1: Saquon in the receiving game, is what is concerning to me. Obviously,

748
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Speaker 1: that defense Like you said, Jalen Carter has really stepped

749
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,880
Speaker 1: up in a huge way as a leader and obviously

750
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:45,000
Speaker 1: continues to thrive as an impact player. Everybody's going to

751
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 1: be scratching their heads later why he fail so far

752
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: in the draft. You know, we heard the nonsense that

753
00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,919
Speaker 1: came up Draft Day and all that, and I'm sure

754
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 1: the Eagles are very ecstatic that he failed there because

755
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 1: all these Georgia Bulldogs are starting to play. Nolan Smith

756
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 1: got another sack this game, are starting to play like

757
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:08,320
Speaker 1: their cape bulloff, starting to show Nikobe Dean really starting

758
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 1: to show what they're cape bulloff. He had the interception

759
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,359
Speaker 1: to end the game against the Jacksonville Daguars a few

760
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 1: weeks ago, so I think that's also a part of it.

761
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: Vic Fangio. I mean, I don't know if they have

762
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 1: an Assistant of the Year award, but if they do,

763
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:26,479
Speaker 1: he's gonna have. He's gonna have a real good chance

764
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Speaker 1: at it. If it's not him, it's a Cliff Kingsbury

765
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Speaker 1: or some of these other guys that have really been

766
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 1: awesome at their jobs this year. But the concerning thing

767
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Speaker 1: for the Baltimore Ravens is this was one of those

768
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Speaker 1: ones that. I mean, you could say several times, if

769
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Speaker 1: Justin Tucker makes his field goals, they win the game.

770
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Speaker 1: And he's been so automatic for so long that it's

771
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Speaker 1: almost like a foregone conclusion when he lines up, he's

772
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Speaker 1: gonna make it. And now it's gotten to the point

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Speaker 1: where you're like, I don't know if I wanted to

774
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Speaker 1: kick it. I mean from thirty I know it's been

775
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Speaker 1: really frustrating for Baltimore Ravens fans because as great as

776
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,760
Speaker 1: he's been for his career, and I mean twenty sixteen

777
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 1: to twenty twenty three was ninety one percent, he was

778
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Speaker 1: two sixty five for two ninety great. This year he's

779
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Speaker 1: missed ten field goals. He's nineteen for twenty nine, seventy percent.

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Speaker 1: That's awful for a kicker. And if he wasn't the

781
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Speaker 1: Hall of Famer future Hall of Famer that he is,

782
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Speaker 1: and Baltimore shows the kind of loyalty they should to

783
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Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame kicker, a guy who's who's been

784
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Speaker 1: lights out for a long time, I think they'd be

785
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Speaker 1: trying to have kickers this week and trying to replace him,

786
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Speaker 1: But I don't think they'll ever do that. I think

787
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Speaker 1: they have too much respect and regard, and he's earned it,

788
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Speaker 1: he's earned grace. But this is another game that you

789
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Speaker 1: look at and you say, come on now, these weren't

790
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Speaker 1: hard kicks. These weren't tough, crazy kicks. These are ones

791
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Speaker 1: that you have to have. And Justin Tucker has been

792
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Speaker 1: one of the most deadly long range kickers for a

793
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Speaker 1: long time. If he does this in the playoffs, I

794
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Speaker 1: don't know what they're going to do this all season

795
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Speaker 1: with him.

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Speaker 2: It seemed to be the seasons the year of the kicker.

797
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Speaker 2: You know, we've seen so many kickers that have had

798
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Speaker 2: issues and they're impacting their team's outcomes left and right,

799
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Speaker 2: and here's another one for Baltimore. This surprised me even

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Speaker 2: more that this was at home for them. I thought

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Speaker 2: for sure they would take this game.

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Speaker 3: From the Eagles.

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Speaker 2: So impressed with Phillies defense, and you got to give

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Speaker 2: them credit. The Ravens go on a bye week this

805
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,920
Speaker 2: upcoming week so they can get their act together, and

806
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Speaker 2: then the Eagles face the up and coming against Carolina Panthers,

807
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Speaker 2: who've proven to be a bigger challenge and most expected.

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Speaker 2: of the weekend. In terms of just total style of play.

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Speaker 2: I mean, this was a wild one in Cincinnati against

814
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Speaker 2: the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was the most points scored in

815
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Speaker 2: a first half and one hundred and thirty one meetings

816
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 2: between these two teams. Joe Burrow continues to impress. I mean,

817
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:06,880
Speaker 2: the guy's had a dynamite season and yet they cannot

818
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Speaker 2: win a game.

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Speaker 3: What is going on with Cincinnati?

820
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Speaker 2: Because this guy could potentially lead the lead the league

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Speaker 2: in passing yards, passing touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: And they're four games below five hundred. What in the

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Speaker 3: world is wrong with Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: They can't play defense. They're not stopping anybody, and it's

825
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 1: it's they have decent players, but you're not gonna just

826
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Speaker 1: like Trey Hendrickson can't do it by himself. He's their

827
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Speaker 1: leading pass rusher, but they have very little outside of him.

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Speaker 1: Cam Taylor britt the pick six off the you know,

829
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Speaker 1: controversial non call call. I don't care. I mean, these

830
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Speaker 1: receivers get enough calls. It's every now and then, you

831
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Speaker 1: deserve to to not get a call in the defense benefit.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm tired of people complain about stuff like that.

833
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Speaker 1: But Joe Burrow and this offense are literally doing every

834
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Speaker 1: single thing they can't to score thirty eight points three touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: He did have the interception, but in a losing effort.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's I've never seen a team score this

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Speaker 1: many points and losses. I mean they scored thirty three

838
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Speaker 1: plus and forced for losses this season. I mean it's

839
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Speaker 1: only happened once to any other team in the National

840
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Speaker 1: Football League one time. They've had it happen four times.

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Speaker 1: That's awful by the defense, and I guess clearly you

842
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,239
Speaker 1: see where you need to invest next season, your money

843
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:33,239
Speaker 1: and your capital and all that. But you're gonna have

844
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Speaker 1: to pay these receivers and you're gonna have to draft defense.

845
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Speaker 1: You're gonna have to pay these receivers or you don't

846
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Speaker 1: pay the receivers. In your offense takes a step back,

847
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Speaker 1: and then your defense steps up and you're in the

848
00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 1: same boat because you're not scoring the most points. So

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Speaker 1: I really don't know what you do. I know it's frustrating.

850
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Speaker 1: To be in that locker room. If you're Joe Burrow,

851
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Speaker 1: you gotta be saying, what more can I do? What

852
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 1: more can I say? Jamar Chase, what more can I do?

853
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,600
Speaker 1: To Higgins? What more can I do? Because no matter

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Speaker 1: what they do, they continue to lose ball games. And

855
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,320
Speaker 1: I watched them lose to the Baltimore Ravens when he

856
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 1: had four hundred yards, five touchdowns, no interceptions. It's got

857
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,040
Speaker 1: to be frustrating, but you got to give the Pittsburgh

858
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 1: Steelers Mike Tomlin Russell Wilson. This is the second highest

859
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: yardist total of his career, probably his best game as

860
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:25,920
Speaker 1: a pro. Twenty nine to thirty eight, three fourteen I

861
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: mean four fourteen my apologies, three touchdowns, the one interception

862
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:33,720
Speaker 1: that was very It was controversial to say the least,

863
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:36,239
Speaker 1: but he just really performed at a high level when

864
00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: they needed it. Obviously, this defense isn't great, but he's

865
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:44,160
Speaker 1: taking advantage of it just like everybody else has. He executed,

866
00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:46,000
Speaker 1: got the ball to George Pickens when he needed to.

867
00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 1: He had three catches for seventy four yards to touchdown,

868
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:53,600
Speaker 1: had some huge plays Pat Firemouth six catches for sixty

869
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:58,280
Speaker 1: eight yards. But they continue to show a balanced attack.

870
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:02,319
Speaker 1: Najie Harris sixteen carry five yards. They're just doing what

871
00:45:02,360 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 1: they need to do to win these games. And Mike

872
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 1: Tomlin with his nineteenth straight winning season, our eighteenth straight

873
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 1: winning season without a losing record. What more can you

874
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:18,240
Speaker 1: say about him? It'd be really I know Dan Campbell

875
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 1: obviously has a case for Coach of the Year. I

876
00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,840
Speaker 1: think Tomlin is right there with him, Sirianni with what

877
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles are. You know, fans were calling for

878
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 1: his job early in the season. Here he is at

879
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:32,719
Speaker 1: the number two seed, ten and two at this point

880
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 1: in the season, he's going to have a case for it.

881
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:39,839
Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell with a Minnesota Vikings team that I don't

882
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:43,799
Speaker 1: know is as talented as their record is, but you

883
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:46,640
Speaker 1: are what your record is. I guess Pittsburgh Steelers deserve

884
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:48,800
Speaker 1: a ton of credit. Their defense, which has been really

885
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:50,960
Speaker 1: great this season, was not great this day. But the

886
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,839
Speaker 1: guy who's always great no matter what everybody else does

887
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,839
Speaker 1: is t J. Watt. He had two sacks, the force

888
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,840
Speaker 1: fumble on Joe Burrow. I love the way he plays.

889
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:02,760
Speaker 1: I love the way he plays because on that play,

890
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:05,640
Speaker 1: most guys would have went to wrap up or for

891
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:08,279
Speaker 1: a tough, tough hit on the quarterback and to knock

892
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 1: him to the ground and gave the quarterback the ability

893
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:13,040
Speaker 1: to cock his arm back and throw. All T. J.

894
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 1: Watt did was slap the elbow. Slapped the elbow. I

895
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 1: reached as far as I could and slapped the elbow.

896
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,080
Speaker 1: That's as close and as fast as I can get

897
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:24,200
Speaker 1: to the quarterback and be impact to play. Joe Burrow

898
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 1: drops the ball huge playing the ball game. That just

899
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:30,279
Speaker 1: goes to football IQ. His impact as a player, all

900
00:46:30,280 --> 00:46:32,200
Speaker 1: the positive things, just the heck of a player and

901
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 1: a heck of a play. Five quarterback hits in the game.

902
00:46:36,640 --> 00:46:40,480
Speaker 1: They played the Browns next week and we watched Jamis

903
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:45,319
Speaker 1: and those guys beat him in that snowy icy game

904
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:47,839
Speaker 1: where where we're doing snow angels at the end. But

905
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 1: this one is in Pittsburgh, so we'll see if they

906
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:55,720
Speaker 1: can repeat that performance. I'm sure they'll see some vulnerabilities

907
00:46:55,719 --> 00:46:58,640
Speaker 1: based on what the Bengals were able to do, but uh,

908
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,720
Speaker 1: you know, we'll see Football's football.

909
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:05,879
Speaker 2: Dealers are gonna want their revenge. Let's talk a little

910
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:08,319
Speaker 2: bit Russ about Russell Wilson here though, rich I mean,

911
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 2: these last two years in Denver, we're ones. I'm sure

912
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:15,799
Speaker 2: he wishes we're not on his career resume. Ultimately forgetful, forgettable.

913
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 2: And then he gets his way to Pittsburgh. You know,

914
00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:23,200
Speaker 2: he's in a QB battle with Justin Fields and ultimately,

915
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:25,640
Speaker 2: you know, injures his calf prior to the season and

916
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:28,160
Speaker 2: works his way into the starting position and now he's

917
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 2: playing some of the best football of his career. You

918
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:33,040
Speaker 2: can see his confidence level. You can see him getting

919
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:36,279
Speaker 2: his his receivers involved in George Pickens and now we

920
00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 2: see Pat Fryer Muth do his thing. Today, Russell Wilson

921
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 2: looks really comfortable out there and as you know, I mean,

922
00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:46,880
Speaker 2: he can wan win these big ball games. What's the

923
00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:49,960
Speaker 2: difference between this year in the last prior to two

924
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:51,240
Speaker 2: years for Russell Wilson.

925
00:47:51,560 --> 00:47:53,440
Speaker 1: Well, I think it's you know, it's a combination of

926
00:47:53,480 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 1: a lot of things. He's got a coach that believes

927
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:58,480
Speaker 1: in him, and he has a very solid system around him.

928
00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:02,000
Speaker 1: He's shown some hu humilody. You don't you don't hear

929
00:48:02,040 --> 00:48:04,800
Speaker 1: the interviews and things that you know, the catch phrases

930
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:06,799
Speaker 1: and things like that that he showed in Denver, where

931
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,040
Speaker 1: it just seems like he was trying to separate himself

932
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:11,960
Speaker 1: from the Seattle Seahawks and really identify himself as a

933
00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:14,120
Speaker 1: as a as an individual that that plays at a

934
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,160
Speaker 1: high level that needs to be recognized week in and

935
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:18,239
Speaker 1: week out. I think right now he's just staying with

936
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:22,520
Speaker 1: the team atmosphere. You don't hear anything after press conferences

937
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,360
Speaker 1: outside of you know what you need to hear the

938
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:27,600
Speaker 1: questions that are answered. I think Mike Tomlin has done

939
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:30,960
Speaker 1: a great job of managing the expectations from him and

940
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 1: with him having really honest conversations with him. The way

941
00:48:35,520 --> 00:48:38,040
Speaker 1: they're coaching him. Arthur Smith has done a great job

942
00:48:38,080 --> 00:48:41,320
Speaker 1: coming up with a game plan that that really really

943
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 1: focuses on his strengths and and spotlights the things that

944
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:47,920
Speaker 1: he does really well and keeps him out of the

945
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 1: things that he doesn't do well. They they they have

946
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:55,920
Speaker 1: a really good run game, and he's just played good football.

947
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:57,439
Speaker 1: I mean, you got to give him credit. He's throwing

948
00:48:57,480 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 1: the ball well, he's he's been accurate on a deep ball,

949
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:03,640
Speaker 1: which it's been a standard and soal worth of his career.

950
00:49:04,680 --> 00:49:07,520
Speaker 1: But these aren't the best receivers in the world. It's

951
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:11,799
Speaker 1: not like he's like these receivers have been outstanding for

952
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:15,640
Speaker 1: their entire career. A Calvin Austin is catching touchdown passes

953
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:18,480
Speaker 1: George Pickens called a touchdown pass far iron mouth has

954
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,160
Speaker 1: been solid throughout his career. But you wouldn't put this

955
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: as a top five, top ten offensive weapons corps in

956
00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:27,719
Speaker 1: the National Football League. And so he has elevated them

957
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:31,799
Speaker 1: in a very cool way, especially this game. But the

958
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,680
Speaker 1: Bengals didn't didn't do themselves any favors with the way

959
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:36,239
Speaker 1: they played some of these things. But you got to

960
00:49:36,280 --> 00:49:38,480
Speaker 1: give them credit for doing what they needed to do

961
00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:41,839
Speaker 1: in executing at a high level a really big time

962
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 1: game coming up against the Browns that they're going to

963
00:49:45,120 --> 00:49:48,840
Speaker 1: have to win to continue to keep that lead in

964
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 1: the AFC North, with the Baltimore Ravens taking a really

965
00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:56,200
Speaker 1: head scratching loss that we just talked about, and now

966
00:49:56,239 --> 00:49:58,600
Speaker 1: eight and five, a team that you know people are

967
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:02,720
Speaker 1: talking about to MVP candidates and likely won't be MVP

968
00:50:02,840 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 1: candidates regardless of the seasons they have because of how

969
00:50:05,560 --> 00:50:08,480
Speaker 1: far are they've fallen off as a team in that category.

970
00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 1: It's hard to have MVP candidates when you're not in

971
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:14,320
Speaker 1: the top four top five International Football League's records. Wise,

972
00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 1: it looks like their division I have right now. You know,

973
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:19,080
Speaker 1: if they continue to play as they have and continue

974
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:26,279
Speaker 1: to and Mike Tomlin is really he's the symbol of

975
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:28,920
Speaker 1: consistency in the National Football League right now.

976
00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:33,239
Speaker 2: Richard, Let's take it to Atlanta, the Chargers going to Atlanta.

977
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 2: Atlanta's desperate for a win. This is another division in

978
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:40,799
Speaker 2: the NFC South that it's too close to call. And

979
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:44,560
Speaker 2: this Charger team, with the help of their defense, their

980
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:48,200
Speaker 2: defense is looking fierce out there. And Derwin James with

981
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:53,680
Speaker 2: the interception tarhe still with the picks six four interceptions

982
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:56,680
Speaker 2: on the day, frustrating the living hack out of Kirk Cousins.

983
00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:59,480
Speaker 2: We talked about the LA Chargers in their defense a

984
00:50:59,480 --> 00:51:02,640
Speaker 2: couple of weeks back, and the question to you was

985
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:05,200
Speaker 2: to buy or sell the LA Chargers have the best

986
00:51:05,600 --> 00:51:09,319
Speaker 2: defense in the league, and you sold on that. After

987
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:13,040
Speaker 2: today's outcome, do you think that you might have to

988
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:13,680
Speaker 2: rethink that?

989
00:51:14,560 --> 00:51:17,040
Speaker 1: Well, I got to rethink it to a degree, mentro,

990
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:18,719
Speaker 1: but they got to do it in the playoffs for

991
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:21,680
Speaker 1: me to really consider it. So they are playing some

992
00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:24,439
Speaker 1: really great football to overcome the things that they did

993
00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:27,920
Speaker 1: in this game was incredible. The fake punt, the failed

994
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:32,640
Speaker 1: fake punt, the fumble in their own territory, those things

995
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:36,080
Speaker 1: that Justin Herbert got beat up in this game, sacked

996
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:38,919
Speaker 1: five times only through for one hundred and forty seven

997
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,680
Speaker 1: yards sixteen to twenty three, and your defense still finds

998
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:45,080
Speaker 1: a way to get it done. I mean, hats off

999
00:51:45,080 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 1: to them and what they've done this season. They're the

1000
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 1: reason this team is eight and four right now. Justin

1001
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:53,200
Speaker 1: Herbert hasn't had a really great season, hasn't had to

1002
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:57,640
Speaker 1: be great. But again, like I said about about Jalen Hurts,

1003
00:51:57,680 --> 00:51:59,920
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to be better than this in the playoffs,

1004
00:52:00,239 --> 00:52:02,680
Speaker 1: sixteen for twenty three fo one hundred and forty seven yards.

1005
00:52:03,440 --> 00:52:05,239
Speaker 1: It may have gotten it done in his tight ball

1006
00:52:05,239 --> 00:52:08,840
Speaker 1: game against Atlanta because Kirk Cousins throws four interceptions, but

1007
00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:14,200
Speaker 1: in the ballgame against Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson,

1008
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:18,200
Speaker 1: that's not gonna get it done. And so kudos to

1009
00:52:18,239 --> 00:52:20,880
Speaker 1: the Chargers. Their defense deserves a ton of credit for

1010
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:24,320
Speaker 1: everything they've done this season. They're putting it together. Derwin

1011
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:28,040
Speaker 1: James with an interception, tar Heeps steal with two interceptions,

1012
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:30,680
Speaker 1: one of them being a pick six. Marcus May who

1013
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:34,319
Speaker 1: just got there cut from the Miami Dolphins picked up,

1014
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:39,800
Speaker 1: goes in there immediately makes an impact. Congratulations and kudos

1015
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:43,200
Speaker 1: to him for a really good game. But concerning for

1016
00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:47,400
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons, who were in control of this NFC South,

1017
00:52:47,960 --> 00:52:51,480
Speaker 1: take this loss and now give the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

1018
00:52:51,480 --> 00:52:55,000
Speaker 1: who come up with a huge win against Bryce Young

1019
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:57,719
Speaker 1: and this Carolina Panthers team that has shown a bit

1020
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:01,120
Speaker 1: of a resurgence late in this season, looked better. Bryce

1021
00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:05,359
Speaker 1: Young has played a lot better. I'm concerned because they

1022
00:53:05,440 --> 00:53:08,240
Speaker 1: ran Bajon Robinson enough twenty six carries for one hundred

1023
00:53:08,239 --> 00:53:10,839
Speaker 1: and two yards in a touchdown. Ray Ray McLeod has

1024
00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:14,439
Speaker 1: been a godsend for Kirk Cousins, really been impactful. Four

1025
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:17,400
Speaker 1: catches for ninety five yards. They even got some some

1026
00:53:17,719 --> 00:53:22,319
Speaker 1: sacks from their defense. But just an uncharacteristic game from

1027
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:25,799
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins twenty four twenty four, thirty nine for two

1028
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:28,920
Speaker 1: forty five. But the four interceptions are going to be

1029
00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:31,640
Speaker 1: the thing that keeps him up at late at night

1030
00:53:31,719 --> 00:53:33,719
Speaker 1: this week because they had a chance to win this

1031
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:36,239
Speaker 1: game many many times. I think the rest of their

1032
00:53:36,239 --> 00:53:38,200
Speaker 1: team would say they played well enough to win, but

1033
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:42,840
Speaker 1: when you have those crucial interceptions, and the Chargers deserve

1034
00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:44,920
Speaker 1: credit for those interceptions, it wasn't like he was just,

1035
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:47,520
Speaker 1: you know, tossing these things up and they were getting

1036
00:53:47,600 --> 00:53:50,239
Speaker 1: lucky or tip balls or anything. But he's gonna have

1037
00:53:50,280 --> 00:53:52,040
Speaker 1: to play better than that down stretch for them to

1038
00:53:52,080 --> 00:53:54,719
Speaker 1: have any chance of winning. They have a tough game

1039
00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:58,680
Speaker 1: against the Minnesota Vikings coming up next, and the Chargers

1040
00:53:58,960 --> 00:54:01,680
Speaker 1: have a game I can't wait to see against the

1041
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:06,120
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs, who have been living with a rabbit's

1042
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:08,959
Speaker 1: foot in their shoe. I was at the game last

1043
00:54:09,040 --> 00:54:13,160
Speaker 1: week and I have not seen anything like that. Where

1044
00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:15,560
Speaker 1: we're walking out and it looks like the Raiders are

1045
00:54:15,640 --> 00:54:18,040
Speaker 1: driving down the field. Eight and O'Connell's having a game

1046
00:54:18,080 --> 00:54:20,279
Speaker 1: that he's gonna be able to tell his kids about.

1047
00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:22,640
Speaker 1: He beat Patrick Mahomes and he beat him with a

1048
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:25,480
Speaker 1: game winning drive, and you're like, man, I just don't

1049
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:28,319
Speaker 1: see a way of the Chiefs getting out of this one.

1050
00:54:29,239 --> 00:54:32,600
Speaker 1: They have a play. They spike the ball all the

1051
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:35,560
Speaker 1: time in the world to call the play and eight

1052
00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 1: and O'Connell comes out of the huddle clapping his hands

1053
00:54:38,600 --> 00:54:40,799
Speaker 1: for the ball, and when you clapping, the offensive line

1054
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:42,799
Speaker 1: looks back. They see you clapping. The guard knows he

1055
00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:44,760
Speaker 1: doesn't have a lot of time. He's not thinking about anything.

1056
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:48,280
Speaker 1: He's gonna tap him and snap the ball. The problem

1057
00:54:48,440 --> 00:54:51,480
Speaker 1: was the receivers weren't set, and so as eight and

1058
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:54,640
Speaker 1: O'Connell was clapping, he looks around and sees people weren't set.

1059
00:54:54,719 --> 00:54:56,319
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a penalty on the play, and he

1060
00:54:56,360 --> 00:55:00,319
Speaker 1: freezes unfortunate situation. They snapped the ball, hit him in

1061
00:55:00,320 --> 00:55:02,839
Speaker 1: the shoulder, bounces to the Chiefs. They win the game

1062
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:06,440
Speaker 1: every single week. It's seems like something else is happening

1063
00:55:06,480 --> 00:55:08,640
Speaker 1: for the Kansas City Chiefs to get these ball games.

1064
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:11,360
Speaker 1: But sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. And

1065
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:14,000
Speaker 1: they're eleven and one and they're good and lucky.

1066
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Speaker 3: That's just it there.

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Speaker 2: It's tough to beat when you are good and very lucky,

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Speaker 2: and the Chiefs are both of those things right now.

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Speaker 2: And then let's look at the Falcons. Though the story

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Speaker 2: of this game is gonna be Kirk Cousins heading home

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Speaker 2: back to Minnesota for the first time since signing with

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Speaker 2: the Atlanta Falcons. Atlanta's desperate for a win. What do

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Speaker 2: they have to do to get things turned around here?

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Speaker 2: This is three straight losses. They're in a tight division battle. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: the Minnesota needs to keep up the pace with the

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Speaker 2: Detroit Lions, so they're going to be eager to get

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Speaker 2: a win as well. What's it gonna take for the

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Speaker 2: Falcons to come out with a w.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna have to deal with pressure because Brian Flores

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Speaker 1: is gonna bring pressure. They bring it every week. They're

1081
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Speaker 1: riding a high horse. They feel really good what they

1082
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Speaker 1: have and this Atlanta Falcons offense just hasn't looked great.

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Speaker 1: They have all the weapons in the world, but it's

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Speaker 1: been a bit of an up and down season. So

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Speaker 1: they're gonna have to protect our cousins better. He's gonna

1086
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Speaker 1: have to protect the ball a lot better. They're gonna

1087
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Speaker 1: have to have a plan to deal with this pressure

1088
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Speaker 1: and to deal with the when they pop out and

1089
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Speaker 1: run cover two. That's gonna be a big part of it.

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Speaker 1: Convert because I think the other side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: I think they got pressure on defense, they got sacks,

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Speaker 1: they made enough plays, made a play in a special

1093
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Speaker 1: teams game, had a turnover on defense, so they did

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Speaker 1: the things that they needed to do to give this

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Speaker 1: team a chance to win. But you have to be

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Speaker 1: able to convert on offense, and they weren't able to

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Speaker 1: do that. We'll see what they're gonna be able to

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Speaker 1: do against this Minnesota Vikings defense because they are feast

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Speaker 1: or famine as well.

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Speaker 2: Well, Richard, that concludes our week thirteen recap. Sign us off,

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Speaker 2: my friend. Well, we appreciate you. It's week thirteen already.

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Speaker 2: If your team's doing great, feel great, rid ready for

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Speaker 2: these playoffs. Make your plans to maybe attend the game.

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Speaker 2: If your team isn't doing great, study college because there's

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Speaker 2: some good players out there that could potentially change the

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Speaker 2: direction of your team. Thank you everybody who spent any

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Speaker 2: time listening to this podcast. You could be anywhere in

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Speaker 2: the world, but you here with me and we appreciate it.

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