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Speaker 1: The volume What is going on Everybody? John middlecop three

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Speaker 1: and Out podcast brought to you by my friends at

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Speaker 1: Zone Pouches. God, I love them, had about a whole

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Speaker 1: ten of them today as I watch football throughout the day.

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Speaker 1: A little boring until Josh Allen kind of came into

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Speaker 1: our life at the end with the against the Eagles

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Speaker 1: and then the Sunday night game the forty nine Ers somehow,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how beat the Bears in just a

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Speaker 1: nutty game, not much defense, a lot of offense, Ben Johnson,

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Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan flexing their play calling muscles against not much resistance.

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Speaker 1: We will dive into all that. The Steelers blow it

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Speaker 1: against the UH, the Browns we had, the Bucks and

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Speaker 1: the Panthers who are not good, the Jags and the

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Speaker 1: Texans who are good. And could Matt Ryan be a

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Speaker 1: future GM for the Atlanta Falcons. Rumors are that Arthur Blank,

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Speaker 1: mister home Depot, is potentially seeking his services, so we

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Speaker 1: will dive into all that. So yeah, we'll talk some football.

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Speaker 1: You know, I need to subscribe to the podcast. If

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Speaker 1: so you never miss a thing. We'll be live after

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Speaker 1: the Rams game. They play the Falcons on Monday Night Football.

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Speaker 1: So let's just dive right in. Let's go right to

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Speaker 1: the end of the game. You know, the Bears get

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Speaker 1: the ball back down four with like a little over

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Speaker 1: two minutes to go. They got three timeouts. I don't

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Speaker 1: text chains. I'm thinking it, you're thinking it. The Bears

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Speaker 1: are gonna score. The only question is how fast do

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Speaker 1: they score? And listen, these drives are tough, even when

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Speaker 1: you're playing poor defenses. They have fifteen plays, they go

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Speaker 1: sixty three yards and I think the second to last play.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to say they got a little greedy,

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Speaker 1: because if the play works, he looks like a genius.

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Speaker 1: And let's face it, there is a fine line between

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Speaker 1: being a genius and being a failure. The hooking ladder

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Speaker 1: worked earlier day in the Bills game, which put them

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Speaker 1: he stayed in bounds. They don't have any timeouts, and

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers did a good job of gang tackling,

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Speaker 1: spike the ball. They had four seconds, and let's face

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Speaker 1: the you get one play, and once you're in that scenario,

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers defense is like Fred Warner walking

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Speaker 1: Now if you do call a run and it doesn't work,

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Speaker 1: And they're one of, if not the best running teams

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Speaker 1: His athletic ability, which is something the forty nine Ers

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Speaker 1: and I listen, I think you know, we'll dive into

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Speaker 1: both quarterbacks. But I think you can make the argument

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Speaker 1: It works. That was essentially the game winner to Juwan Jennings,

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Speaker 1: And I think one thing that was clearly on full

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Speaker 1: that was a great matchup. I was entertained. I was entertained. Now.

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Speaker 1: It was extremely entertaining. Both the quarterbacks were making all

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Speaker 1: Which I have no problem. Ben Johnson, Mike Rabel and

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Speaker 1: that the Eagles couldn't get rid of fast enough. Bryce

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Speaker 1: there are implications why they did the two games on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: just that's a fantastic game. I mean, Kyle versus Mike McDonald.

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Speaker 1: of this game that the Bears would end up with

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Speaker 1: thirty eight points, I would have said, the forty doners

427
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Speaker 1: probably lose, right, I would have said, yes, probably thirty

428
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,040
Speaker 1: eight to thirty. You know, probably a high scoring game.

429
00:22:57,040 --> 00:22:59,240
Speaker 1: But you know, the forty niners probably definitely do not

430
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Speaker 1: cover and lose the instead, instead they win. So that

431
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 1: that was just that was fantastic. Now, listen, that was

432
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Speaker 1: a huge win for the forty nine ers. I still

433
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Speaker 1: I can't get over that they are in this position

434
00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:18,000
Speaker 1: to play for the number one overall seed, which would

435
00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:22,720
Speaker 1: be pretty insane that they would never have to leave. Now.

436
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:25,480
Speaker 1: Like I said, even if they win this game against Seattle,

437
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,560
Speaker 1: I still think, you know, their playoff games will be

438
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:33,960
Speaker 1: pretty difficult given their defensive situation. But if you win

439
00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,840
Speaker 1: next week and you only got to win two sixty

440
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,920
Speaker 1: minute games, right and they're both at home, which they

441
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,960
Speaker 1: are desperate for a buye because I would imagine what

442
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,480
Speaker 1: Trent Williams pulling his hamstring that he's out this week,

443
00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,800
Speaker 1: especially short week, so maybe get George Kittle back, but

444
00:23:49,840 --> 00:23:52,960
Speaker 1: you lose Trent Williams. And I do think the Trent

445
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,520
Speaker 1: Williams loss will be felt more against Seattle that has,

446
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Speaker 1: you know, more pass rushing prowess, and the Seattle's defensive

447
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,720
Speaker 1: line is just dramatically better than the Bears. It's a

448
00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:07,960
Speaker 1: much different game against Seattle. Now, the Chicago Bears with

449
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:12,080
Speaker 1: Ben Johnson are a much more powerful offense than what's

450
00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,280
Speaker 1: going on with Seattle, who can be a little hit

451
00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 1: or miss. They kind of are one wide receiver dependent.

452
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:22,399
Speaker 1: Charbonney had a good game, but that is this has

453
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,760
Speaker 1: been a huge rivalry going back to Harbaugh and Pete Carroll,

454
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Speaker 1: through Pete Carroll and Kyle and now Mike McDonald and Kyle.

455
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:34,639
Speaker 1: So just a fantastic game Saturday night. Little mad that

456
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,800
Speaker 1: it's not Sunday. I think we're getting a little screwed

457
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,040
Speaker 1: for some reason. Aaron Rodgers at forty two years old,

458
00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,639
Speaker 1: who just I mean played one of the worst I

459
00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,720
Speaker 1: mean that game, not all his fault, their offense, missing guys,

460
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,800
Speaker 1: but we got to watch that potentially Snoop Huntley against

461
00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,280
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers to get the four seat that's on Sunday night. Like, guys,

462
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:57,040
Speaker 1: this isn't twenty twelve, and I like that rivalry as

463
00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:00,199
Speaker 1: much as anybody, but I feel like we can do

464
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,840
Speaker 1: better now. The Bears just basically win get the two seed.

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Speaker 1: Tonight is gonna suck for them. Right, You were so close,

466
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,639
Speaker 1: you're driving It felt like it was all about to happen.

467
00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:16,400
Speaker 1: It cannot erase what has been the most remarkable turnaround

468
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Speaker 1: I can remember in a while. You just won the

469
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 1: freaking division, right, but you want it before this game

470
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,639
Speaker 1: even started, with the Packers losing last night, But that

471
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:30,320
Speaker 1: is that is a massive accomplishment, right. You not only

472
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:34,320
Speaker 1: won the division your star head coach, you made one

473
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,560
Speaker 1: of the teams in your division who had just dominated

474
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,440
Speaker 1: the division the last couple of years way worse because

475
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,280
Speaker 1: you stole their coach. You were now in a much

476
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:46,000
Speaker 1: better situation with coaching stability than the Green Bay Packers,

477
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: whose coaches. It feels crazy to say, but you know,

478
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,080
Speaker 1: people that around that team say he's like coaching for

479
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,080
Speaker 1: his job, which I do think he would be hired immediately.

480
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,000
Speaker 1: But there's a pretty good chance they're going to go

481
00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:01,000
Speaker 1: one and done now. They're also probably going to play

482
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Speaker 1: the Bears in the first round, which is a pretty

483
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: interesting wild card game. But I think you hold your

484
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,200
Speaker 1: head eye. This is a little bit of a kick

485
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,120
Speaker 1: in the nuts. Anytime that you lose to a team

486
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 1: that could not get a stop to save their life sucks.

487
00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:19,439
Speaker 1: But you got a little greedy with the hook and ladder,

488
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,119
Speaker 1: but overall, you still won the division. You're hosting a

489
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Speaker 1: game at Soldier Field, Like that's pretty cool. You know,

490
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 1: that's a really big, a really big deal for the franchise.

491
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Speaker 1: I mean, this was a franchise that was in a

492
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 1: bad spot. I mean, you guys had good players, but

493
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,639
Speaker 1: last year was really bad. I mean last year, you

494
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,359
Speaker 1: guys were like one of the laughing socks of the league,

495
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:43,920
Speaker 1: right there with the Jets. I mean it was losing

496
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,280
Speaker 1: game after game, firing coach after Thanksgiving. And now you're

497
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Speaker 1: playing the forty nine ers in a game for like

498
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:53,080
Speaker 1: the one or two seed with all the marbles on

499
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Speaker 1: the table and Sunday night in front of thirty million people.

500
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Speaker 1: Like things changed really really fast. And as someone that

501
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,600
Speaker 1: just loves football that wants the big brands, like I

502
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,239
Speaker 1: wish the Giants were good. I wish some of these

503
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,400
Speaker 1: other teams the Cowboys were better. It makes the league better,

504
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: especially in the NFC. It's cool to see the Bears relevant.

505
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: It's cool to see the Bears mattering because obviously the

506
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,240
Speaker 1: Lions fell off a cliff and the Packers are just

507
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,680
Speaker 1: in shambles right now with their injuries. But what a game.

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Speaker 1: What a performance by Brock Purty, Christian McCaffrey, Pearsall, I mean, Piersoll,

509
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 1: Piers All looks like a pretty good pick. He's gotta

510
00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,879
Speaker 1: stay healthy. When he can just stay on the field,

511
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:33,359
Speaker 1: he's one of those guys. If he's on the field,

512
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,960
Speaker 1: he's awesome. But he can just disappear for a month.

513
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,200
Speaker 1: It's like, what's his injury. It's like a calf, hammy, knee, Like, well,

514
00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,959
Speaker 1: what's one. He's like, well, combination all three. We're not

515
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 1: you know, Kyle's kind of being mum about it. It's like,

516
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:48,280
Speaker 1: well that's that's not ideal. But just what a game.

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00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,879
Speaker 1: What a game. I still can't believe the hooking ladder

518
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,439
Speaker 1: that was little Greedy cost him because I think if

519
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,959
Speaker 1: they just run a normal play, maybe get out of bounds,

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00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 1: you get multiple plays. With the four seconds, you only

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00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,960
Speaker 1: get one play and just you know, some goal line.

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Speaker 1: I don't care if you're playing the best events of

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Speaker 1: Whether it's Peyton Manning, Caleb Williams, or you know, pick

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Speaker 1: and it felt like it did right there. Other than that,

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Speaker 1: other things. Speaking of things that was not a roller

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562
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Speaker 1: It really was. And icing on the cake that news

563
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Speaker 1: came out after the game that I did Darnell Washington

564
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:42,000
Speaker 1: break his arm? So DK Metcalf is not coming back

565
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Speaker 1: obviously out for week eighteen because he's escape suspended. They

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Speaker 1: just lose a guy that they have been very dependent

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Speaker 1: on throughout the season, who's just a really good player

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Speaker 1: in Washington. Their passing game was just inept their pass

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Speaker 1: rush Myles Garrett, I should saw the clip at halftime

570
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: of the NBC said he thought they were spending more

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Speaker 1: time trying to slow him down than they were worried

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Speaker 1: about winning the game, which I think is kind of

573
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 1: trying to toot his own horn a little bit, but

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Speaker 1: I don't blame him. But part of the point is, like,

575
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: what was that. I'm so mad at myself. I had

576
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 1: money on them. And then the stat comes out and

577
00:31:22,520 --> 00:31:24,400
Speaker 1: me and Colin talked about it because it kind of

578
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:28,080
Speaker 1: went viral that the last five years they have played

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Speaker 1: a team who has been eight games plus under five hundred,

580
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 1: they have lost all the games and one of them

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Speaker 1: is a tie. So basically a game in late December

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Speaker 1: as a big favorite they always lose in this situation,

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Speaker 1: and I get these divisional games. It's one thing if

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Speaker 1: you're playing a divisional opponents like, oh, you know, Cleveland's

585
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 1: kind of had a weird year, but they're going to

586
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Speaker 1: go seven to ten or eight to nine. It's like

587
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:53,120
Speaker 1: they were respectable, solid team. The Cleveland Browns have been

588
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 1: an embarrassment. And for you to have six points the

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00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: majority of the game, the final drive, you made some

590
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 1: nice throws, but sometimes on those final drives, you just

591
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 1: it just gets a little chaotic, like that did not

592
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Speaker 1: represent what we watched all weekend. When you're in a

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00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 1: position if you just beat the Browns, you the next

594
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,120
Speaker 1: week means nothing. You can rest everybody. For you to

595
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 1: lose that game, it's just I just can't take them, seriously,

596
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 1: I really can't. They sucked me back in a couple

597
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: of weeks ago because they were playing good football in

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00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 1: the DK situation, Like, let's face it, like listen, there's

599
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 1: a lot of information with the DK. I have no

600
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 1: clue what happened, but clearly the league is never going

601
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 1: to allow anyone to hit fans, to hit the customers.

602
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 1: That's never gonna fly. These leagues are very sensitive with

603
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:47,080
Speaker 1: that type stuff, and he had had a lot of

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00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 1: issues in Seattle getting personal foul calls. They were just

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00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 1: kind of over him and for you to make that

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Speaker 1: trade and get in a position where he's literally your

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Speaker 1: only wide receiver. And even to day, Kawarr mentioned this

608
00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 1: after the game, Jalen Warren had like twelve carries for

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Speaker 1: like sixty five to seventy yards. It was worth Why

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Speaker 1: were you so obsessed with passing it? With Aaron Rodgers, Like,

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Speaker 1: it's twenty seventeen, run the ball, and they just didn't.

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Speaker 1: They got away from it. I thought their offensive coordinator

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Speaker 1: is like a run game guy. So I listen most

614
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: of these things with coaches and quarterbacks and ugly. Most

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00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 1: people do not end in like legendary status. Most people

616
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Speaker 1: do not go out like Derek Jeter is last at

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Speaker 1: bat with a hit, or John Elway his last game,

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Speaker 1: or Peyton Manning with the Super Bowl. Usually it's pretty ugly.

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Speaker 1: And this Aaron Rodgers experience like hasn't been that ugly

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Speaker 1: start to finish, but it's been a little weird. And

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Speaker 1: I'm not blaming him, I'm not blaming Tomlin, but the combination,

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Speaker 1: the end result, like you lose the Ravens. You're gonna

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Speaker 1: go nine to eight and miss the playoffs. I don't

624
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Speaker 1: ever want to hear if they go, if they lose

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00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: this game against the Ravens, about Tomlin returning and Aaron

626
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: Rodgers returning. If I was a Steeler fan, I'd be like,

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00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:08,359
Speaker 1: I give you the power to be like, I quit.

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Speaker 1: No fucking way, we are not doing this again. We

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Speaker 1: are not doing it a year later, a year older,

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Speaker 1: We're not going through this again. We draw a line

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Speaker 1: in the sand. Can we have some balls and go?

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Speaker 1: Can we make some changes? For the love of God,

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Speaker 1: I mean that being said, I wouldn't job for these

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Speaker 1: dealers end up winning this game. But we'll see if

635
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: Lamar can return. But what an embarrassment. I mean truly,

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Speaker 1: if you're a Steeler fan, that felt And they've had

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00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: some low moments over the last couple of years, weird

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00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,719
Speaker 1: endings that felt low. Because one thing to lose in

639
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:46,920
Speaker 1: the playoffs, to Josh Allen, to Lamar Jackson, to Kansas

640
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 1: City to whatever, right, it's another thing with the division

641
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 1: on the line, to just cruise into this last week,

642
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:56,440
Speaker 1: get like a get like a week eighteen by essentially

643
00:34:56,840 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 1: because you're locked into the four seed to lose to

644
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 1: the cli Eveland Browns. You also lost to Joe Flack

645
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,719
Speaker 1: on the Cincinnati Bengals earlier this season. The Bill's Philly game,

646
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,400
Speaker 1: I'm not even sure what to say, because the Eagles

647
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 1: were kicking their ass in the first half. That defense

648
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:18,439
Speaker 1: looked awesome. The Bill's offensive line is a problem. They're

649
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,919
Speaker 1: not that good. If you have a good defensive line,

650
00:35:21,080 --> 00:35:22,799
Speaker 1: you can get after him, and they were getting after

651
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. They sacked them five times. Obviously his ankles

652
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 1: a little banged up. That being said, they still had

653
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,080
Speaker 1: a chance to win. Made some incredible plays on that

654
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 1: last drive, including a hooking ladder. And listen, when you're

655
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: a player of Josh's caliber, and in my opinion he's

656
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:38,880
Speaker 1: one of the most talented players in the history of

657
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:42,360
Speaker 1: the league, you just got to make that pass. You

658
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: gotta hit that ball now. At the end of the day,

659
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 1: making or missing that pass, it's not gonna cost them

660
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:52,240
Speaker 1: the division. Clearly, the Patriots are You're gonna beat the Dolphins.

661
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,439
Speaker 1: Miami's not going into New England next week in winning

662
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:59,240
Speaker 1: like the division was over because of other previous games.

663
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: But in that spot, like you gotta win it, and

664
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 1: the Eagles same thing. Like the first half, AJ Brown

665
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,319
Speaker 1: Jalen was playing awesome and then they have seventeen yards

666
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 1: in the second half. I don't know what to make

667
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:15,000
Speaker 1: of either team. I know this, I do not trust

668
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: either one. Now. The Eagles have way more talent. When

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00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: they have a good offensive drive, you're like, God, they

670
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:26,400
Speaker 1: got good players, AJ Deavante god or Saquon Like, how

671
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,280
Speaker 1: do you stop this offense? And then they just disappear

672
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: and do nothing forever. And when that defense rolling like

673
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: it wouldn't shock me if the Eagles won a couple

674
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 1: of playoff games or got bounced in the first round.

675
00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:39,160
Speaker 1: I'm a little less confident, and I would love to

676
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 1: see the Buffalo Bills make the Super Bowl. To win

677
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, I think it would be really cool

678
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 1: for the league. But I'm about as confident as they're

679
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 1: doing that as that they might lose in the first round.

680
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 1: They are a bizarre team. Clearly, his ankles rolled a

681
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 1: couple times. He'll have drives where he's not moving that well,

682
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: but then the final drive he's moving pretty welldependent on

683
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:04,480
Speaker 1: him just pulling plays out of the crevices of his body,

684
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 1: and when he does it, it's incredible, but you know

685
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 1: then then he'll just miss a wide open shaker in

686
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 1: the back of the end zone that would have won

687
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,439
Speaker 1: the game. Now it gets back to the extra point

688
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 1: on the first touchdown. If they just execute that, they

689
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 1: kick an extra point, they win the game. You don't

690
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 1: have to go for two, which I do respect, I

691
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 1: guess though there's not like what do they have to lose,

692
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,879
Speaker 1: But it's not like if they don't get this two

693
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 1: point conversion, they're losing the division. So it's kind of

694
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,640
Speaker 1: with house money. They're they're locked into a wild card spot.

695
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,560
Speaker 1: They feel pretty comfortable playing the Patriots, who there's a

696
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,239
Speaker 1: decent chance there that it's the two seven and the

697
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 1: Patriots verst them, which will probably be a Saturday or

698
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:43,360
Speaker 1: Sunday night game, which signed me up for that. But

699
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 1: I'm not confident they're winning. I know that I'm not

700
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 1: confident in the Bills, and they were a team that

701
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,439
Speaker 1: you know, most people coming into the season thought they're

702
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 1: this is the year. And right now you cannot feel

703
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,839
Speaker 1: confident because you have zero points going into the fourth

704
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 1: quarter of a game at home. I get the are

705
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 1: good on defense, but that's just unacceptable. It can't happen.

706
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,400
Speaker 1: I mean, it really can't happen. Now. One of the

707
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 1: drives was he was stopped at the goal line essentially,

708
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 1: but still, I mean, that's that's one where I don't

709
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:16,680
Speaker 1: even know what to say. It's all good. They're gonna

710
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,799
Speaker 1: get judged on the playoff games and if they win

711
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 1: a couple and they're in the ANFC championship game, then

712
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 1: we'll forget about this moment. But I think we all

713
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 1: see a scenario where they easily could be a one

714
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 1: and done team, which is crazy to say that, you know,

715
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:32,320
Speaker 1: I think most people would tend to agree they have

716
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:35,200
Speaker 1: the best player in the league playing quarterback for their team.

717
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:41,399
Speaker 1: What else happened today? Bryce Young in a game where

718
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Speaker 1: if they win, they would have won the division. Now

719
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:47,320
Speaker 1: one of my I mean, I Seattle had to be

720
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,399
Speaker 1: the biggest lock of the day. They dominate on the road.

721
00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 1: They have a massive talent gap between them and Carolina.

722
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 1: Bryce Young threw for fifty four yards, Like, you're not

723
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 1: beating a thirteen win team when your quarterback throws for

724
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: fifty four yards at home. And I just think you

725
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: watch Carolina, who I have zero faith. I mean, every

726
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:11,520
Speaker 1: once in a while, he'll make a play scrambling around.

727
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: I just don't think he's a good player. And then

728
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield threw for over three hundred yards, but he

729
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 1: had multiple picks. He had a fumble where he got

730
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: sacked from behind. The Bucks are in complete shambles. They've

731
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:27,320
Speaker 1: lost a bunch of games in a row. They have been, like, objectively,

732
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 1: I feel like one of the worst teams in the

733
00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:33,879
Speaker 1: league now for a while. They find ways to lose

734
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,320
Speaker 1: every game. Theyre just don't look very good when you

735
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 1: watch them. I mean, defensively they're in shambles. Offensively they're

736
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:42,959
Speaker 1: getting a little healthier, but it's not like they score

737
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 1: a bunch of points. I think the final the score

738
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,239
Speaker 1: to day was twenty to seventeen, but they scored a

739
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:49,800
Speaker 1: late touchdown, like with fifty seconds left to go in

740
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 1: the game. So it's twenty to ten with under two

741
00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: minutes to go in the game. And they're playing the Dolphins.

742
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 1: They're not playing the Eagles here, so I just think

743
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:02,160
Speaker 1: this game, these are two team tams. Let's be real,

744
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,400
Speaker 1: don't deserve to make the playoffs. They do not deserve

745
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: to make the playoffs. The only reason is because of

746
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 1: this stupid rule that one of these teams has to

747
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 1: make the playoffs. But when you watch them play, they

748
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:17,840
Speaker 1: are not playoff teams. They are terrible. And I'll promise

749
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:21,840
Speaker 1: you this, whoever wins that game on Saturday afternoon, and

750
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 1: whoever they play in the first round, everyone and their

751
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 1: mother is going to bet on the road team to

752
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,640
Speaker 1: beat them. That being said, the way gambling works, Tampa

753
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:33,279
Speaker 1: Carolina probably ends up winning the game or covering, but

754
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 1: that that's a terrible game Saturday. If you told me,

755
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 1: it's like, hey man, I'm just I gotta do some

756
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,160
Speaker 1: family stuff. I'll be ready to go for Seattle in

757
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. And I love football. I wouldn't

758
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,960
Speaker 1: blame you at all. Wouldn't blame you at all. Two

759
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,920
Speaker 1: of the hottest teams in the league right now are

760
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,320
Speaker 1: the Jags in the Texans. Listen, the Jags were in

761
00:40:53,400 --> 00:41:01,240
Speaker 1: a tough spot because once yesterday happens and the Colts

762
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:04,279
Speaker 1: are eliminated, you go, are the Colts gonna mail it in? Well,

763
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 1: because Philip Rivers is playing, They're gonna get a spirited

764
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,400
Speaker 1: effort at home, and they did. But like it was

765
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 1: just a weird spot and obviously the Texans had one,

766
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: so the Jags have to hold serve and they got

767
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:19,799
Speaker 1: it done. So you're looking at two teams. I mean,

768
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:24,360
Speaker 1: it is crazy to say it's it's not unrealistic to

769
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,600
Speaker 1: think that the Jags and the Texans are playing each

770
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:30,840
Speaker 1: other in the AFC Championship Game. Now, depending on the

771
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 1: way the seeding ends up, maybe they match up in

772
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 1: the first round. So that's not even possible, which would

773
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:40,040
Speaker 1: be a pretty big break for the other teams in

774
00:41:40,080 --> 00:41:43,279
Speaker 1: the AFC, like the Patriots, the Bills, and the Broncos,

775
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,319
Speaker 1: given that one of these two teams will get knocked

776
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,319
Speaker 1: out in the first round, where they clearly are two

777
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,800
Speaker 1: teams that can beat anybody. I've been high on the

778
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: Texans since the beginning of the season. Obviously got off

779
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,879
Speaker 1: to a slow start. They're fucking good. And I'll give

780
00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,520
Speaker 1: the Jags air, dude, they're really good as well. And

781
00:42:00,840 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 1: they're they have offensive pieces. Their defense is really well good.

782
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 1: Their team is just so well coached. They have a

783
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 1: physical nature to them. That's the one thing with the

784
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 1: Texans and the Jacks like that they are physical football teams.

785
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,320
Speaker 1: You know that this is not like the Niners and

786
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:20,800
Speaker 1: the Bears. Defense like you will get cracked. So props

787
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 1: of those two teams because that's a division that I

788
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 1: think everyone kinds of shits on, like both the southern

789
00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:29,840
Speaker 1: divisions do. And the irony is the AFC South or

790
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,919
Speaker 1: excuse me, the NFC South. There's not a hotter team

791
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,520
Speaker 1: right now than the New Orleans Saints. See Tyler Shuck.

792
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 1: I honestly didn't watch much of the game, but I

793
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: went back and just watched all of his passes today

794
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:44,239
Speaker 1: during halftime of the Bills Eagles game. I mean, he

795
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:48,160
Speaker 1: looks fantastic. His deep ball accuracy, he's good over the middle,

796
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:51,359
Speaker 1: he's got good arm strength, his athleticism, he's just good.

797
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:54,760
Speaker 1: I mean, they're just hot. They're playing really really good football.

798
00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:58,200
Speaker 1: And I saw the stat that they did it without

799
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 1: like three of their wide receivers. They're enter their guard,

800
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:04,800
Speaker 1: their running backs. It's like he's playing with me, you

801
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 1: and three other guys and just looking like a really

802
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:09,920
Speaker 1: really good player. I love it with a guy like that.

803
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:11,359
Speaker 1: It's like, guys, they just took him in a high

804
00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 1: in the second round. They're like, he's done enough. They're

805
00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,800
Speaker 1: not gonna draft it. They weren't drafted a quarterback anyway,

806
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:17,840
Speaker 1: this year you've seen the quarterback last, like, who are

807
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 1: they drafting? Speaking of drafting a quarterback, you gotta give

808
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:24,600
Speaker 1: the Raiders credit. Tanking is not something that people do

809
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:27,600
Speaker 1: in the NFL because it's kind of impossible, but they

810
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,880
Speaker 1: really tried. They told Max Crosby, we're gonna refuse to

811
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 1: put you on the field. Brock Bauers, you're going on

812
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:36,279
Speaker 1: into reserve, and you know what, the Giants, you're gonna

813
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 1: kick our ass. Now it comes down to one game

814
00:43:40,239 --> 00:43:43,879
Speaker 1: and one man standing in their way, and I would

815
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,239
Speaker 1: not put it past him at all for Andy Reid

816
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 1: to attempt to ruin the Raiders season. So these are

817
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,840
Speaker 1: long historic rivals, though it hasn't been obviously much of

818
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 1: a rivalry of the last decade plus really for the

819
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 1: last twenty years, because the Raiders haven't been any good.

820
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: But this is an interesting game, right because the Chiefs

821
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,239
Speaker 1: they're rolling out a quarterback who is not any good

822
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 1: and they can lose clearly to anybody. They just played

823
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 1: the Titans a couple of weeks ago and got throttled.

824
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:18,000
Speaker 1: So I think the Raiders, if Pete Carroll, if I'm

825
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:20,360
Speaker 1: John Spytech and I'm Mark Davis and I'm Tom Brady,

826
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:23,359
Speaker 1: and I go, Pete, I need you to throw this game.

827
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 1: I cannot have you always compete. That is not what

828
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:32,279
Speaker 1: we're doing. And if he says he's not going to cooperate,

829
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna fire him next week. Anyway, I'm firing

830
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,840
Speaker 1: on Monday or Tuesday, and I will give someone a

831
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:42,920
Speaker 1: raise who will listen and cooperate with me. Because tanking

832
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:46,440
Speaker 1: will ruin leaks. It has had a huge negative impact

833
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:49,520
Speaker 1: in the NBA because people tank all season. In the

834
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:53,000
Speaker 1: NFL's borderline impossible. Look at the Browns. They had no

835
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:57,359
Speaker 1: business winning today. They're literally the giants. You know why,

836
00:44:57,440 --> 00:45:00,160
Speaker 1: because no players care at all about draft picks. Max

837
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 1: Crosby said it last week. I don't give a shit

838
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:06,640
Speaker 1: about the draft pick. I am paid to play sixty

839
00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:09,640
Speaker 1: minutes when we play another opponent to dominate that game.

840
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,320
Speaker 1: That there's no guarantee the draft pick. Like, listen, I

841
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:16,520
Speaker 1: think Fernando Mendoz is a very very fascinating prospect. I've

842
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:18,279
Speaker 1: seen a lot of fascinating prospects and not be able

843
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: to play in the NFL. So that the Raiders thing

844
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 1: they took care of business today in really really good fashion.

845
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,759
Speaker 1: I mean, the Giants destroyed them. But this game, I'm

846
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 1: telling you, this thing could get weird. And if I'm

847
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:34,840
Speaker 1: the chiefs, I'm Andy and Veitch, I'm sitting down with

848
00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:37,879
Speaker 1: Clark Cutt and I said, we're gonna lose this game,

849
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 1: and we're gonna ruin their chances at this quarterback again.

850
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:47,360
Speaker 1: Maybe the Dante more comes out as well, but props

851
00:45:47,400 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 1: the Raiders because they got it done. And last but

852
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:06,160
Speaker 1: not least, I saw this story today from Jay Glazer

853
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:09,720
Speaker 1: that Arthur Blank the Falcons played tomorrow against the Rams

854
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,560
Speaker 1: and really quick hard rock. Bet. I like tomorrow, I'm

855
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:16,560
Speaker 1: gonna take the Falcons plus seven and a half. I

856
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,759
Speaker 1: just think that game has some weirdness written all over it.

857
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:24,080
Speaker 1: That thing could just get weird and really weird really quick.

858
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:27,760
Speaker 1: You know, the the Rams are coming off this Thursday

859
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:29,960
Speaker 1: night game, so they get long rest. They fired their

860
00:46:29,960 --> 00:46:32,879
Speaker 1: special teams coordinator. A lot of weird stuff's been going

861
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:36,319
Speaker 1: on with Puka. We'll see, you know, Davante's banged up.

862
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:39,080
Speaker 1: I just think that game would not shock me. Be

863
00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:42,120
Speaker 1: Jean Robinson, if this thing just gets weird, if it

864
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 1: gets weird, and if it doesn't get weird and the

865
00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:49,720
Speaker 1: Falcons were to lose and they just maintained a disaster.

866
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:55,120
Speaker 1: Jay Glazer reported that Matt Ryan has been contacted by

867
00:46:55,239 --> 00:46:59,080
Speaker 1: Arthur Blank about being essentially his John Elway. What John

868
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:01,840
Speaker 1: Elway did for the Denver Broncos. And I always like

869
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 1: all these guys, Philip Rivers, Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning,

870
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 1: if they wanted to do be a head coach, be

871
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 1: an offensive coordinator, be a personnel guy, they'd be incredible

872
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 1: their knowledge of football, their love of football. But it's

873
00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,560
Speaker 1: hard in all their positions. You're seeing it with Tom Brady,

874
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:21,479
Speaker 1: Like Tom wants to kind of be the puppet master,

875
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:23,920
Speaker 1: but he also wants to be a Baker's Bay in Florida,

876
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 1: which I don't blame him at all, playing golf, hanging out,

877
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:29,640
Speaker 1: having cocktails, like fucking around on the water. I would do.

878
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:34,120
Speaker 1: But you can't kind of be the John Spytechs overlord

879
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:37,279
Speaker 1: and be screwing around, you know, in Florida. That's not

880
00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 1: the way it works. John Elway is at Gaza Ranch

881
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: and the Madison Club in Palm Springs now, but when

882
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:47,200
Speaker 1: he was a GM of the Broncos, he was in

883
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,839
Speaker 1: the office every day because it is a twenty four

884
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: to seven job when you are the GM. And if

885
00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:56,640
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan does do it, and I think, listen, he

886
00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 1: would come in behind the eight ball. Because John Elway

887
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,160
Speaker 1: had run an AFL team, he had worked in business,

888
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:04,320
Speaker 1: he had done a lot of other things. By the

889
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:06,759
Speaker 1: time he took that role, I think it was like

890
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 1: twenty ten, he had been out of the league for

891
00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 1: twelve plus years. Like doing different things, working with other aspects,

892
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,400
Speaker 1: because being a player and being an executive or a

893
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:19,839
Speaker 1: coach are dramatically different things. Look at Vrabel got out

894
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:22,279
Speaker 1: of football as a player, started as a you know,

895
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 1: a quality control guy and worked his way up. Same

896
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:28,000
Speaker 1: thing with Tamiko. You have to learn your craft now

897
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:30,040
Speaker 1: the one thing you can do as a personnel guy,

898
00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:33,800
Speaker 1: because Matt Ryan's gonna be wheeling and dealing with agents

899
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:36,040
Speaker 1: now he doesn't know any of these guys. You think

900
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:37,719
Speaker 1: he can hop on the phone like John Schneider or

901
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:39,840
Speaker 1: Howie or John Lynch and do all this stuff. You know,

902
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 1: John Lynch is a good example. When he got the

903
00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 1: job right, he had never been a personnel guy. He'd

904
00:48:45,160 --> 00:48:47,919
Speaker 1: been calling games a lot like Matt Ryan. The key

905
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 1: is you have to hire immediately a stud your right

906
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:57,680
Speaker 1: hand guy becomes like your pseudo GM. John Elway had

907
00:48:57,719 --> 00:49:00,120
Speaker 1: that when he was the GM of the Broncos. He

908
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 1: had Matt Russell, he had Adam Peters, he had an

909
00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:08,440
Speaker 1: elite personnel department and they built a great team. So

910
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:10,920
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, I don't know his knowledge of like the

911
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:15,000
Speaker 1: scouting community, but like he's never scouted a player, and

912
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:17,239
Speaker 1: there's a difference of game planning a guy strengths and

913
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:20,520
Speaker 1: weaknesses and setting a draft board, setting a free agency board,

914
00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:25,000
Speaker 1: understanding the values of individual players based on their numbers.

915
00:49:25,360 --> 00:49:28,920
Speaker 1: He's had Tom Condon make calls to Thomas Demetrov, Matt's

916
00:49:28,960 --> 00:49:31,880
Speaker 1: gonna want one hundred and fifty million dollars seventy five guaranteed,

917
00:49:31,920 --> 00:49:34,719
Speaker 1: fucking hang up, will take nothing less. It's a little

918
00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:36,080
Speaker 1: bit different when you're on the other end of that

919
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,560
Speaker 1: phone call and you have to manage down, You have

920
00:49:38,640 --> 00:49:40,000
Speaker 1: to manage up, You have to deal with an owner

921
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:43,279
Speaker 1: like it's complicated. It's not an easy job. But I

922
00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:46,719
Speaker 1: respect any one of these guys that has made an

923
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:49,200
Speaker 1: ungodly amount of money which he has and wants to

924
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:52,480
Speaker 1: dive into the fire because there ain't off days. You're

925
00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:55,480
Speaker 1: working seven days a week. This ain't work life balance

926
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:58,920
Speaker 1: like they talk about on Instagram. I'll promise you that

927
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:01,879
Speaker 1: shit don't exist in the NFL. You know, even as

928
00:50:01,920 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 1: a player, as a quarterback, where you worked more than

929
00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:06,560
Speaker 1: any of the other players, you still got way more

930
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:09,200
Speaker 1: time off than the coaches in the GMS. That's not

931
00:50:09,360 --> 00:50:10,880
Speaker 1: the way when you're an executive. So if you do

932
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:15,040
Speaker 1: do it, there's no half in, half out. And obviously

933
00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:18,000
Speaker 1: I would imagine it would not be cheap to get

934
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:20,640
Speaker 1: his services. But if he was going to have any success,

935
00:50:20,680 --> 00:50:22,320
Speaker 1: and it couldn't be going worse than what the hell's

936
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:26,040
Speaker 1: been going on there, right, I mean, what they've become

937
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:30,040
Speaker 1: is pretty embarrassing. And I respect Arthur Blank, you know,

938
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 1: going to a guy he knows, but there's a fine

939
00:50:32,680 --> 00:50:35,840
Speaker 1: line of like hiring John Elway and having him be

940
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:39,239
Speaker 1: very successful, or what we've seen with John Lynch, and

941
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:43,239
Speaker 1: like when Jeff Saturday hired or when Jim Mersey hired

942
00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: Jeff Saturday, right, because you don't know what you don't know,

943
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:52,120
Speaker 1: and you are very very dependent on other people, and

944
00:50:52,320 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 1: I don't know your rolodex of knowing people. Part of

945
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:57,920
Speaker 1: the way John Lynch was able to able to hire

946
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:01,719
Speaker 1: Adam Peters because he used to call John Elway when

947
00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:03,480
Speaker 1: he was bored and be like, can I just come

948
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:05,840
Speaker 1: to your draft meetings? I want to just learn what

949
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:08,320
Speaker 1: you guys are doing. That's when he was calling games

950
00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:11,279
Speaker 1: for Fox, so Elway would bring him into draft meetings.

951
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 1: Who would he sit next to Adam Peters? How he

952
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:18,200
Speaker 1: just established a relationship And like, has Matt Ryan been

953
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:21,040
Speaker 1: doing that? Does Matt Ryan just call you know? I

954
00:51:21,080 --> 00:51:23,960
Speaker 1: don't know Jason Leight or wherever the Falcons? Like, can

955
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,200
Speaker 1: I sit on draft meetings? Has he ever seen that

956
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:28,520
Speaker 1: side of it? Because if you haven't, there's just no

957
00:51:28,640 --> 00:51:30,000
Speaker 1: way you just show up and be like, Hey, I

958
00:51:30,040 --> 00:51:31,879
Speaker 1: want to be a venture capitalist. I work at a bank.

959
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:35,200
Speaker 1: That's kind of different. Man, It's not. It doesn't really

960
00:51:35,239 --> 00:51:39,520
Speaker 1: work that way, right, So I'm fascinated. I want it

961
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:42,920
Speaker 1: to happen. I think it's a great storyline. It's just

962
00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 1: cool if you're a Falcons fan. But he just he

963
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 1: would need help and it'd be fascinating to see what

964
00:51:49,800 --> 00:51:52,239
Speaker 1: he would do if he did get the gig. But

965
00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:56,360
Speaker 1: I like stories like that. I always admire these guys

966
00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:00,479
Speaker 1: that just miss it. And there's just like, like I said,

967
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:06,840
Speaker 1: there's no you can't listen. Tom Brady's improved immensely on television,

968
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,000
Speaker 1: but like these stories about him telling you gotta hire

969
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:12,759
Speaker 1: Chip Kelly and he's you know, playing nine holes like

970
00:52:14,160 --> 00:52:16,640
Speaker 1: it's not gonna work that way. You know, it's it's

971
00:52:16,719 --> 00:52:19,200
Speaker 1: it's it's impossible. It's not the way the sport works.

972
00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:22,480
Speaker 1: You gotta be all in what do they say, ten

973
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:26,160
Speaker 1: toes down right, all in the deep end of the pool.

974
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,080
Speaker 1: There's no like, oh, to show up, you know, a

975
00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:30,759
Speaker 1: couple of days a week remote in Like there's no

976
00:52:30,920 --> 00:52:33,879
Speaker 1: remote work in the in the National Football League. When

977
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:36,080
Speaker 1: I when I saw the headline that Paul de Podesta

978
00:52:36,840 --> 00:52:40,160
Speaker 1: worked for the Browns for ten years remotely in San Diego,

979
00:52:40,760 --> 00:52:43,000
Speaker 1: I honestly never Now I don't follow the Browns like

980
00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:46,040
Speaker 1: every single day, read every article. Maybe that was a

981
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:50,040
Speaker 1: well known thing in Cleveland Brown's land, No wonder that

982
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:52,319
Speaker 1: was a fucking disaster. He had to live in San

983
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:57,840
Speaker 1: Diego and work remotely with the football team. What a joke. So,

984
00:52:57,920 --> 00:53:00,640
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan, if you're gonna do it, make sure you

985
00:53:00,719 --> 00:53:03,800
Speaker 1: hire good personnel people, you know, good cat people, because

986
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:12,440
Speaker 1: it's a really really hard job audios, the volume