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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Richard Sherman Podcast. And what a

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Speaker 1: game for the San Francisco forty nine ers in the

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Speaker 1: Shanahan went to medical school, because it should be brought

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Speaker 1: Purty MD Surgical Throughout the entire game started off as

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Speaker 1: rough as it could a pick six, but it didn't

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Speaker 1: three hundred and three yards, three touchdowns, two Russian touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: and a partridge and a pear tree for those still

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Speaker 1: enjoying the holiday season. But that's not all it was,

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Speaker 1: per Saul, it was tounges. It was CMC and CMC

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Speaker 1: and CMC some more. This was an incredible all around

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Speaker 1: game for the forty nine offense. And this was without

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Speaker 1: with a hamstring injury, and then Persoul was in and

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Speaker 1: They have Kendrick Bourn in and out of the lineup.

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Speaker 1: George Kittle was in, he was out. It's not a

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Speaker 1: Brock Perdy, it's elevating this offense to a new level.

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Speaker 1: Give the offensive line a lot of credit. We have

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Speaker 1: been very tough on them this season, no question about it.

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Speaker 1: They played fantastic football. They kept people off Brock Purty,

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Speaker 1: gave him time to operate. Even if the pockets were

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Speaker 1: getting kind of tight. Brock was doing a great job

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Speaker 1: navigating within the pocket and executing. I don't want to

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Speaker 1: take anything away from the Chicago Bears because that's a

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Speaker 1: well coached, incredible football team. Caleb Williams was twenty five

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Speaker 1: forty two for three thirty and two touchdowns. They ran

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Speaker 1: and that goes to the defensive side. A lot of

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Speaker 1: play at? Nickel up and Stout gets it injured with

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Speaker 1: They were running the same play motion Luthor Burden over

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Speaker 1: gonna lie if you do that to me multiple times,

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Speaker 1: But Robert Salah was switching it up and changing things up,

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Speaker 1: Nothing was seeming to work. And again this goes back

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Speaker 1: sees what's going on, understands it's simple football, understands the

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Speaker 1: down and distance, the situational football. Have situational awareness. Hey,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna if we're bringing pressure, they're throwing hot. There's

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Speaker 1: no reason to chase things deep. They're hot to this side,

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Speaker 1: as he breaks, I'm breaking. And that's the things. Those

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Speaker 1: outstanding football. They're twelve and four with everything coming down

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Speaker 1: Levi Stadium in San Francisco. Well, Santa Clara. I'm sorry

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Speaker 1: for everything, for the division, for the one seed, and

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Speaker 1: who would have thunk it? Who would have thunk it?

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Speaker 1: Not faithful. I know you guys are faithful. I know

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Speaker 1: But if you're telling me, after Fred Warner went down,

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Speaker 1: But this is gonna be a tough game, the San

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Speaker 1: high level football from from both of these coaches. Kyle Shanahan,

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Speaker 1: Let's see if you can still do it. Because right

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Speaker 1: It's pretty much seated for them. They can't win the

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Speaker 1: Because in nineteen it came down to something like this

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Speaker 1: That'd be a huge boost for this defense, from morale,

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Speaker 1: for everything in the building. But again, masterful job by

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Speaker 1: And I remember Kyle not getting Coach of the Year

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Speaker 1: But what a game, What a game, What a what

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Speaker 1: a what a matchup? It sets up next week. But

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills loss gives the Patriots the AFC East for

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Speaker 1: the first time, and uh, I want to say five

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Speaker 1: or six years. It got to be six years because

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills have been dominating it. But for the

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Speaker 1: you're going to have a hard time quieting those those

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Speaker 1: whispers and murmurs about Kevin Patulo in this offense. You're

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Speaker 1: they struggle in the playoffs and go home early, if

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Speaker 1: they lose in the first round of the playoffs. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I would expect some things to happen, some changes to happen,

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Speaker 1: whether it's staff, whether it's roster. I would expect changes

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Speaker 1: I expect that to happen for the Bills as well,

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Speaker 1: because this is this is about as good of a

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Speaker 1: year in the playoffs as the Bills could ask for

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Speaker 1: a good as good of a field, and the inexperienced

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Speaker 1: playoff experience. There's no Patrick Mahomes, there's no Joe Burrow,

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Speaker 1: there's a potential no Lamar Jackson if they lose to

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Speaker 1: real big conversation. And not to say Josh has played

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Speaker 1: fantastic in the playoffs. Johnson's played phenomenal. Let's not take

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Speaker 1: anything away from Josh Allen, but if he does not

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Speaker 1: win it this year or take his team to a

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Speaker 1: super Bowl, that's gonna be a tough conversation. And I'm

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Speaker 1: sure Buffalo Bills fans are saying the same thing about

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Speaker 1: McDermot in this staff, like, if not now, then win,

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Speaker 1: If not now, then win. And this this Buffalo Bill's

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Speaker 1: team isn't as good as the Buffalo Bills teams they've

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Speaker 1: had in the past, but they will have to find

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Speaker 1: a way. So the Bills right now are the seventh

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Speaker 1: seed in AFC. And I mean, if you're the Bills fans, like,

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Speaker 1: are you that confident you could play the New England

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Speaker 1: Patriots to two seed? It's a division opponent, you're familiar

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Speaker 1: with each other. It's been a dog fight every time,

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Speaker 1: May's played at a high level. You would feel like

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Speaker 1: you could win that game. But what happened if they lose?

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Speaker 1: What happens if the Buffalo Bills go home, they go

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Speaker 1: to Gelllett lose, there's gonna have to be changes. And

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Speaker 1: if they go to Gelett and win, cool, that's a

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Speaker 1: great that's a big time win. And then you have

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Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos and you got to go through a

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Speaker 1: tough path. And I'm not sure this Buffalo Bills team,

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Speaker 1: how they're currently constructed, can do that. Maybe they can,

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Speaker 1: and I'll be surprised, but they haven't shown that this season.

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Speaker 1: But Buffalo Bill's fans, you could get in, get in

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Speaker 1: the comments and tell me if I'm wrong, if I'm

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Speaker 1: seeing something different. But it just hasn't seemed as sharp

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Speaker 1: of a Buffalo Bill's team as I've seen in the

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Speaker 1: past going into these playoffs. It was heavy rain in

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Speaker 1: this game. There was elements, but there's elements on both

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Speaker 1: sides and Buffalo that they say that's their advantage. It's

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Speaker 1: playing outdoors and elements. They don't ever want to play

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Speaker 1: in the Dome. This is what you get now. So

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know, But if it's been

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Speaker 1: a fantastic week of football, things are starting to tighten down,

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Speaker 1: things are starting to be decided, The seedings are starting

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Speaker 1: to get figured out, and I mean, you couldn't have

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Speaker 1: scripted it any better if you're the National Football League

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Speaker 1: Division game for the one seed, one seed still up

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Speaker 1: for grabs. On the other side, what a game? Don't

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Speaker 1: you love this game? As always, I appreciate you joining me.

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Speaker 1: You could be anywhere in the world, but you're here

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Speaker 1: with me, and I surely do appreciate it. Hit that

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Speaker 1: sub button if you knew. Have your happy holidays and

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Speaker 1: a happy New Year's all love and respect.