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Speaker 1: The Around the NFL Podcast works nights at the Factory

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Speaker 1: of Sadness. Welcome back to another edition of the Around

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Speaker 1: the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansis, and I

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Speaker 1: am joined by a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler,

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Speaker 1: Chris Westling and Greg rosa Thal. What's up boys, Hey Dan? Whoo.

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Speaker 1: Big nights tonight at NFL Media the annual holiday party

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Speaker 1: taking place very near to Greg's home in Santa Monica.

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Speaker 1: Uh so you could you can expect Greg to lose

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Speaker 1: all control stumble back home sometime around five am would

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Speaker 1: be is he hosting the post game party? Good question.

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Speaker 1: I haven't checked that out with my wife for both

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Speaker 1: my sleeping children, but I think I can see what happened.

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Speaker 1: I think you gotta start making more unilateral decisions. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they won't. They won't mind Greg closer to five am

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Speaker 1: or five pm. I'll still be here at five pm.

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Speaker 1: Heads up, honey, seven people are coming over tonight after

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Speaker 1: We'll sleep on the couch. Yeah, that's that's all only

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Speaker 1: how it goes right now. That's that's yeah, that's your

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Speaker 1: Christmas slightly hyperbolic. Uh, this is the Yes Tuesday edition

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Speaker 1: you know in the NFL, or or in just in life,

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Speaker 1: we'll have to see this is the best cliffhanger heading

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Speaker 1: into the final three weeks of this Greag, you have

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Speaker 1: a very important role in today's show so far. You're

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Speaker 1: like the character in a movie that gives all the

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Speaker 1: We will miss you by the way. Uh, this is

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Speaker 1: Greg's last show of the week in the studio, because Greg,

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Speaker 1: Sea at all uh for Thursday Night Football Networks Greg Rosenthal.

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Speaker 1: But we have a lot to get to today. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Today's show, we have the Monday night football game between

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Speaker 1: bag and he's not gonna win. And in theory you'd

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Speaker 1: think it's someone who's gonna be a big name, would

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Speaker 1: be someone that you trust to win and attach to someone.

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying you don't go get one. There are

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Speaker 1: teams to go. They have the fourth, fifth or sixth

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Speaker 1: choice of a coach, and it's someone that we're like,

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Speaker 1: wait what, they can't do that and have an easy

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Speaker 1: time managing that message. It's important to the Rams to

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Speaker 1: have a home run name that everyone can say, oh, yes,

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Speaker 1: this move made sense. Bruce Arians was on a home

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Speaker 1: run name when he got hired. Mike Tomlin came out

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Speaker 1: of Note Arizona's job. I just don't think that l

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Speaker 1: A is that different. You gotta win games. That's the

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Speaker 1: biggest factor ever in sports. I I agree with you,

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Speaker 1: and yet I think the thinking will partly be this

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Speaker 1: next season. This next year is massive because they're going

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Speaker 1: to be moving into Ingwood Stadium. They're trying to sell

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Speaker 1: personal seat licenses, which I have feelings about how fair

446
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Speaker 1: that is two fans that you even have to buy

447
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Speaker 1: these personal seat licenses essentially like a couple of years

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Speaker 1: of tuition at an expense of college. They're gonna they

449
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Speaker 1: need to go sell those things that that that is

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Speaker 1: going to be difficult to do. Happy for a bad

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Speaker 1: decision if you are agree. If you are hiring a

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Speaker 1: coach based on who can sell tickets, it's a bad decision.

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Speaker 1: Let's move on. Plenty of uh drama around the Rams

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Speaker 1: and we'll I'm sure we'll be talking about the more,

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Speaker 1: but let's move on for now. Talk about some good

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Speaker 1: news from the Miami Dolphins. Ryan Tannehill, who you you know,

457
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Speaker 1: nineteen times out of you know what, screwed Greg times

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Speaker 1: out of a hundred, the percentage better out of aundred

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Speaker 1: better than it would be nine out of times out

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Speaker 1: of a hundred. When you get the reports out there

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Speaker 1: that the a c L speared torn, the next day

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Speaker 1: it just gets confirmed Ryan Tannhill and not tear is

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Speaker 1: a a c L or at least didn't have a

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Speaker 1: full tear. He spraying the a c L and m

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Speaker 1: c L in the game against the Cardinals on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: What does that mean, Chris Westling? It means that while

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Speaker 1: Tannehill is now on a week to week basis rather

468
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Speaker 1: than a year long rehab. UH, there is a chance

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Speaker 1: he still plays in but probably only if Miami gets

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Speaker 1: to the playoffs without him, And even then, how good

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Speaker 1: is he gonna be? Mobility's a big part of his game.

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Speaker 1: I don't think this bode is great for the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: in two thousand seventeen either way, but you do like

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Speaker 1: to have your quarterback not spending the entire offseason rehabilitating. Well,

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Speaker 1: you know, we've talked about their path. They have the

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Speaker 1: Jets this Saturday night, they have the Bills. We reported

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Speaker 1: I believe it was Courtney Fallon of NFL Network said

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Speaker 1: he could be back for Week seventeen against the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: A little bit of be careful what you wish for.

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Speaker 1: That's a game that the Dolphins one a year ago.

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Speaker 1: You could almost imagine Tannehill coming back and having a

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Speaker 1: disastrous lost in in that spot where you need a

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Speaker 1: and you've gotta be care I mean, we've learned the

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Speaker 1: lesson r G three and you could insert other names

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Speaker 1: in there. If you rush a guy back with a

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Speaker 1: bad knee that he could end up hurting it worse.

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Speaker 1: They gotta they gotta play this smart. He's a guy

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Speaker 1: who I think now is out of the woods in

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Speaker 1: terms of thinking he could be available this offseason in

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Speaker 1: a trade that seems to be what I mean, I

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Speaker 1: don't I'm not. Yeah, if you're if you need a quarterback,

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Speaker 1: you'd go after him. I think I think there was

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Speaker 1: questions going into the year, and certainly maybe in October,

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Speaker 1: whether he was a long term fit with Adam Gaze,

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Speaker 1: whether he would want to bring in his own type

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Speaker 1: of guy. I think those questions are kind of gone now,

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Speaker 1: though I don't think that he is answered whether he's

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Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback or not. But I don't think the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins are gonna be looking for someone after they paid

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Speaker 1: him with it. I mean, it's just there's just been

501
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Speaker 1: a supply issue at quarterback since we were kids. Why

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Speaker 1: you get rid of Tannehill and you've got to have

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Speaker 1: someone to fill them up, fill them with, you know,

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Speaker 1: even before even before we were kids. I don't want

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Speaker 1: I don't want to come in on a on a

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Speaker 1: world that I wasn't you know, here for. But that's

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Speaker 1: that's probably true. That's responsible. I mean, would respect that

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Speaker 1: you did that. Once upon a time there were only

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Speaker 1: fise that that gets me right. That's true too. West

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Speaker 1: makes a good point when there weren't a lot of

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Speaker 1: teams that it wasn't a diarth issue. Maybe or maybe

512
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Speaker 1: there was. This is before our time by meeting the demand,

513
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Speaker 1: but maybe people just didn't practice as much, you know

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Speaker 1: with the fold forward, well, they're asking some of those

515
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks to throw for a hundred and eight yards a game.

516
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Speaker 1: So look at that guy. He just crossed the hundred

517
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Speaker 1: yard market three packs a day. This conversation reminds me,

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Speaker 1: Uh tomorrow, I've got a piece about the quarterback market Wednesday.

519
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Speaker 1: That is QB Index and it's it's kind of an

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Speaker 1: interesting trademark. I know it's a little early to get

521
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Speaker 1: to this, but Tyrod Taylor, Jimmy Garoppolo, Tony Romo, A J. Mccaren,

522
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Speaker 1: those are all guys that should be available with interesting names.

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Speaker 1: Are you going to talk about that? Greg Rosenthal, you

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Speaker 1: can talk about that. It sounded like gunshots or something.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on now. I like how

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Speaker 1: you create mass panic among you know, juvenile females. Hey beetles.

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Speaker 1: Uh moving on? Uh there, oh, deflate gate juice. Fox

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Speaker 1: Sports Jay Glazer reported Sunday that the New York Giants

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Speaker 1: alerted the NFL that two balls used by the Pittsburgh

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Speaker 1: Steelers last week were under inflated. Um. The NFL responded,

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Speaker 1: I'm so happy to be talking about this, guys. The

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Speaker 1: NFL responded that no formal complaint was filed, and then

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Speaker 1: Jay Glazer um followed up was saying while no formal

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Speaker 1: complaint was filed the NFL. The Giants did let the

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Speaker 1: NFL know that this was something that was going on,

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Speaker 1: and of course what makes us even more like interesting

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Speaker 1: and weird and also you know, annoying it is that

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Speaker 1: the Giant and the Steelers are probably there's no too

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Speaker 1: closer franchises family wise, so the fact that they're involved

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Speaker 1: with this is kind of saucy. H Chris Wesley, your thoughts.

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Speaker 1: Two different situations that the p s I was found

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Speaker 1: to be under twelve point five the legal limit, both

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Speaker 1: in about forty degree weather damp conditions, both fall under

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Speaker 1: the ideal gas law. One treated with paranoia, vengeance, and

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Speaker 1: ignorance of science, the other treated by sweeping it under

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Speaker 1: the rug. I just think that should be pointed out

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Speaker 1: that the NFL is now tacitly acknowledging the ideal gas

548
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Speaker 1: law after suspense, Tom Brady. They're not even acknowledging that

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Speaker 1: a complaint was filed. How are they tacitly denying or

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Speaker 1: acknowledging anything. They're acknowledging the idea of gas law. When

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Speaker 1: you say that these footballs at eleven point four p

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Speaker 1: s I are not a problem even though they fall

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Speaker 1: under the legal limit, they said that they don't have

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Speaker 1: a formal complaint. They didn't make a statement on the

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Speaker 1: football's The Giants told the NFL. Here's what the readings were.

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Speaker 1: Eleven point four in the NFL s it, okay, that's fine,

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Speaker 1: we know that happens now when the temperature is fort

558
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Speaker 1: Where do you see that? When did the NFL say

559
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Speaker 1: that that's it? Bye bye? By sweeping under the rug

560
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 1: and not saying anything, that's a taciting That's what the

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Speaker 1: word tasting. I feel like I fell into a Patriot

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Speaker 1: subreddit right now. Now. That is a tacit acknowledgement. No

563
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Speaker 1: one's gonna get in trouble for this because now that

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Speaker 1: the now the NFL knows the ideal gas law that

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Speaker 1: when the temperature is like this, the p s I drops. Well,

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Speaker 1: Ben McAdoo did confirm that the you know, the NFL

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Speaker 1: told them that the p s I s were low.

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Speaker 1: That that's all confirmed and and they basically understood that

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Speaker 1: they checked it, and and that's okay. This is not

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Speaker 1: adit thing, this is common sense. This is a tacit acknowledgement.

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Speaker 1: That's what tasted means. The balls are under the limit.

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Speaker 1: But that's what happens now because it's science. Well what

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Speaker 1: the NFL. Maybe the Giants weren't saying the Steelers are cheating,

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Speaker 1: They're just letting the NFL know, hey, these were a

575
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Speaker 1: little low. It's not necessarily the same situation there. It's

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Speaker 1: apples and aren't is the two situations. I in no

577
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Speaker 1: way am I saying that Giants accused the Steelers of cheating,

578
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Speaker 1: and I'm saying they they showed this to the NFL

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Speaker 1: to say, look, these balls were under We know that

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Speaker 1: you're now monitoring this stuff, and the NFL is tacitly

581
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Speaker 1: saying we know this is what happens now. We didn't

582
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Speaker 1: know that that happened two years ago. And I just

583
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Speaker 1: think that it was handled in a totally different way

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Speaker 1: than the Patriots. Well so, I mean from one angle, though,

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Speaker 1: I I see what you're saying that you're you feel

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Speaker 1: in a way that maybe there's favoritism towards the latter

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Speaker 1: teams that would get accused or have this issue. I'm

588
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Speaker 1: not used the word favoritism. I would use the word

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Speaker 1: paranoia in the first place. All right, So paranoia in

590
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Speaker 1: the first place. But from another angle, if if they

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Speaker 1: also didn't know about this before, if that's where we

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Speaker 1: want to go. They have learned now that this happens,

593
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Speaker 1: and so wouldn't it make sense that they wouldn't go

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Speaker 1: through the same sort of trial scenario with the next

595
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Speaker 1: team where this happens. They've learned from it, and so

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Speaker 1: their response is going to be a little bit more

597
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 1: or knowledge filled, a little bit different. That is absolutely

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Speaker 1: my point. But that's not a conspiracy against the Patriots

599
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Speaker 1: when we're I'm just I'm saying. I'm saying that you

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Speaker 1: suspended a guy for four games, you took away draft picks,

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Speaker 1: you find them X amount of dollars for something when

602
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 1: you did not understand the ideal gas law? What would

603
00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 1: do you understand it? So, so, if there's a way

604
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Speaker 1: to fix what's been wrong here, would you want them

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Speaker 1: to retroactively give picks back to the Patriots or change X,

606
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Speaker 1: Y or Z. I mean, what is they any address?

607
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,480
Speaker 1: I just wanted to be out there that this is

608
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 1: what's going on. It should be acknowledged, not swept under

609
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Speaker 1: a rug, And in no way, shape or form should

610
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Speaker 1: any talking head be on TV saying that Tom Brady

611
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Speaker 1: can't be an MVP candidate because of quote cheating well

612
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Speaker 1: that that apree with. I think we did cheat though

613
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Speaker 1: he didn't cheat that nothing was ever proven, and it

614
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 1: wouldn't make any sense for him to cheat. The bag

615
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: of football's into the bathroom phones are texts about being

616
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: the deflator. Oh no, is a man losing? I mean, hey,

617
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,200
Speaker 1: if we want to go down this road, we gotta

618
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Speaker 1: go down the road. What road? What road that Tom

619
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Speaker 1: Brady let his people know that he likes football is

620
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Speaker 1: at thirteen and during a game when it's forty degrees,

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Speaker 1: they fall under twelve. Come on, let's just get a

622
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: grip there. There is something wild you would have to admit,

623
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Speaker 1: even as some you know, as a Brady um. I

624
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 1: don't know what antagonists. There is something, There is something

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Speaker 1: if Brady can win the m v P, there's something

626
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 1: kind of gangster or or whatever badass about that he

627
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Speaker 1: would win the Super Bowl immediately after flit Gate among

628
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Speaker 1: that that drama, and then win the m v P.

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Speaker 1: In the season he was suspended for one thing that

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Speaker 1: I will never deny. And I have had a front

631
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Speaker 1: road seat for fifteen years and counting the guys, the

632
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Speaker 1: best quarterback cover, what's it? It's not a loadsome team,

633
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Speaker 1: but the best. All right, let's not talk about the

634
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 1: play again anymore. Though, West, I totally see where you're

635
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 1: coming from. I just I just wanted to be out

636
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,760
Speaker 1: there that the NFL is tacitly acknowledging the ideal gas law.

637
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 1: Now you're the one that's tacitly acknowledging. Now I'm flat

638
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,080
Speaker 1: out acknowledging that the NFL is tacitly. Is that scientists

639
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,560
Speaker 1: have been acknowledging it since eighteen thirty four, Sydney, is

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Speaker 1: that a record for using tacitly or tacit in a

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Speaker 1: post podcast. I'm gonna go ahead and say, yes, yeah,

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Speaker 1: history baby, Can I mention yeah, Sydney, you can weigh

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Speaker 1: in out to this. But it was like three in

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Speaker 1: the morning last night. I get an email from Sydney. Whoa,

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Speaker 1: and I you know, when you have kids, like you

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Speaker 1: can't say, don't know, can't sleep all the time, I

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Speaker 1: wake up, I'm reading, I'm checking my work email in

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Speaker 1: the middle of the night. I just I want to

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Speaker 1: debrief with you guys about what I got and you

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Speaker 1: can just kind of weigh in. All right, this is

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna read it point blank, Sydney. So uh, listen.

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Speaker 1: I'm a little I don't remember this email at all,

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Speaker 1: so I could it just goes like a Hey, they're

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Speaker 1: just a reminder to get your weekly game picks to

655
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Speaker 1: me by Wednesday morning if you can. That's normally where

656
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Speaker 1: the email would end, but it goes on. It says

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Speaker 1: also while I'm here, I was wondering if you might

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Speaker 1: have any advice on managing a second auxiliary checking account.

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Speaker 1: You see, the checking account I opened when I first

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Speaker 1: moved to l A doesn't allow me to surpass a

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Speaker 1: thirty thousand dollar ceiling, so I need to find a

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Speaker 1: second holding cell for the excess streams of cash flowing

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Speaker 1: toward me on a daily basis. I tried to keep

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Speaker 1: my large esse under that thirty thousand dollar cap by

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Speaker 1: spending like a total madwoman. I dropped four grand a

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Speaker 1: max Field on a pair of women's cashmere belted jackets.

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Speaker 1: One I simply gave a way to Emma from d

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Speaker 1: d FP. Then I flew to San fran and dropped

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Speaker 1: a cold six grand on a Goyard hat trunk to

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Speaker 1: put all my thin Another ten thousand went toward a

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Speaker 1: Cardier love bracelet. Before I treated all my gal pals

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Speaker 1: to a seven thousand dollar dinner and drinks thing at

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Speaker 1: Providence on Melrose. After all that spending, I still may money,

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Speaker 1: she goes on. I wish I could find someone to

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Speaker 1: help me manage my funds, someone to steer me towards

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Speaker 1: smart financial choices while still maintaining a lifestyle appropriate to

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Speaker 1: my station in life. I spent twenty plus years thinking

678
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Speaker 1: materialism and riches were bad. Holy, I was wrong. Yours,

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Speaker 1: Sydney a k A New Money ha ha sign up

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Speaker 1: for Mr Flames High School economics class in the HAIG

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Speaker 1: the Netherlands at ww dot flame class dot com. That

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Speaker 1: felt like a bit a bit The middle section in

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Speaker 1: there felt like the plot from Brewster's Millions. I don't

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Speaker 1: know what money spending still couldn't run out of it.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what happened to Brewster's Millions. He used

686
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Speaker 1: to be, you know, such a young, innocent and now

687
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Speaker 1: I have to question Sydney well, a lot of things,

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Speaker 1: but the wisdom to go to Mark Sessler of all

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Speaker 1: people for financial advice. That's it does feel that well,

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Speaker 1: she knows that he's chumming with Mr f There's somewhere

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Speaker 1: else you could go, well, said your thoughts. Are you

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Speaker 1: cool with mark of bringing this stuff up? I'm there's

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Speaker 1: so much to unpack there. I do feel like there

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Speaker 1: was some salacious language in there that was added in,

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Speaker 1: but the other the rest of it was like it

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Speaker 1: was a little unlike you are you going to the

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Speaker 1: holiday party? Oh? Yeah, Oh I can't. I mean Sydney

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Speaker 1: is going to go all out. Yeah. Well it's my

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Speaker 1: favorite part time of the year because it's like pay

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Speaker 1: day for me because I don't dreamy. They get anybody

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Speaker 1: to free drink tickets, so I get to be like, hey,

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Speaker 1: what are you gonna do for me? We gotta do

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Speaker 1: something about this Sydney teetotaling. Our last producer, the great

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Speaker 1: Irishman who resides currently on Mount Rushmore, also a teetotaller.

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Speaker 1: Probably fine if someone attached this production where you know,

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Speaker 1: it had some sort of moticum of you know, control

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Speaker 1: when it came to the world Compass not the worst

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Speaker 1: Irish drinks once in a while. Well, I mean he

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Speaker 1: was very responsible. Yeah, he was a lot more responsible

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Speaker 1: than we were. Um, all right, let's move on. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it is Greg Rosenthal time. What well at some level

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Speaker 1: because it's playoff Permutast time. Tabulations, computation, computations, temptation, because

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Speaker 1: you're attempted to just take take over the show right now.

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Speaker 1: But this will be a group conversation. Mark Sessler, you

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Speaker 1: wrote a couple of bangers last week and this week

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Speaker 1: about kind of who do you trust? A ranking of

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Speaker 1: the teams in both conferences in terms of who we

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Speaker 1: should trust as the playoffs approach as a real uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, Lombardi candidate, Lombardi winner candidate. Let's start with, um,

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Speaker 1: where do you want to start? Mark, AFC R, NFC? Well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, to be fair, it's a thing that Greg

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Speaker 1: and I split. We each take a conference each week.

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Speaker 1: You know, we could start and this week the NFC,

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Speaker 1: and I think the NFC is maybe a little juicier overall.

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Speaker 1: So who all right, who wrote the NFC one? I did? Okay,

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Speaker 1: let's start with you get everything? Everything's lined up now, Mark,

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Speaker 1: who is the number one team that you trust in

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Speaker 1: the NFC? Right? Well, come on, it's Dallas. When you

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Speaker 1: write these things, you say, I could try to really

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Speaker 1: like get the grab headlines, but I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: I'm also watching the Cowboys, so I cannot offenses not

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Speaker 1: look great in two weeks now. But that's not gonna

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Speaker 1: change your trust level right now. No, it's not. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if that's a team that would play as

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Speaker 1: well in the cold, just based on the Giants, I

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Speaker 1: don't know. Maybe maybe that's overthinking it, but they're not

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Speaker 1: gonna happen. That doesn't really matter. There's no I know

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Speaker 1: people were like, well, now they're not gonna clinch on

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Speaker 1: field until Week sixteen at the earlies, which I think

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Speaker 1: is good. Keep as much as juice as possible in

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Speaker 1: these games for the kemp. Why can't I shake the fit?

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Speaker 1: Maybe this is what's happened the last you know, the

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Speaker 1: last three or four times the Cowboys made the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Why do I feel like they're gonna blow it? I

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Speaker 1: hear you. I can They're not a great team either there.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they're that much better than than the

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Speaker 1: Falcons and the Seahawks and the Packers. And I don't

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Speaker 1: think they're that we've seen like the teen in one

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Speaker 1: Packers looked zooming for the Super Bowl get knocked off.

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Speaker 1: This happens in the playoffs. That's why they might have

751
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 1: peaked too early. I don't feel like that's a controversial statement.

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Speaker 1: It's happened. It's happened to this team before, and adn't

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Speaker 1: put that much into playoff experience. But this is an

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Speaker 1: organization that has one you know, these players have won

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Speaker 1: one playoff game essentially as a group. Uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: this is an organization that hasn't won a lot. You know,

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Speaker 1: you get a Seahawks team whenever you're playing a team

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Speaker 1: in the second or third round of playof those teams

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Speaker 1: are playing well because you don't get to that point.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know, Bucky Brooks um, we were taping

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Speaker 1: something for our NFL Pick Them show, which airs Greg

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Speaker 1: Saturday's three times a day. Can you give us the times? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: if you're in the Eastern time zone, eight thirty, twelve thirty,

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Speaker 1: and one thirty in the morning, when you're a little saucy,

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Speaker 1: and we again we record what was the hand gesture

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Speaker 1: that just when I'm thrown off really didn't with what

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Speaker 1: I was not at all. That we recommend that you

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Speaker 1: watch all three programs live with the commercials to support

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Speaker 1: the show. But Bucky was saying that people always overlook,

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Speaker 1: uh that everything changes once you get to the playoffs

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Speaker 1: in terms of the intensity of the games, the way

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Speaker 1: team strengths get even stronger, and maybe, I guess you

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Speaker 1: could say about all teams, so it all still bounces out. Maybe,

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Speaker 1: but Bucky says it's a different beast. Maybe though that Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: the fact that they're not a dominant defense, that their

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Speaker 1: past rush, maybe that stuff can get exposed by a

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Speaker 1: great offense or Aaron Rodgers or Matt Ryan. You know,

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Speaker 1: I trust the Cowboys, but not their defense. The problem

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Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks their offense. Look if if

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Speaker 1: coaches have taken Carson wentz strengths away and exploited his

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Speaker 1: weaknesses because he's a rookie and now they have tape

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Speaker 1: on him, why wouldn't they'd be able to do the

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Speaker 1: same thing with Dak Prescott. All right, who's number two?

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Speaker 1: Mark on your who you trust in the NFC. Let

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Speaker 1: me say, I think it gets very fluid the minute

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Speaker 1: you get to number two. It's almost we're almost in

787
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Speaker 1: that week to week proposition material. But for me, it's

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Speaker 1: the Falcons, And I'll tell you why, because I am

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Speaker 1: The way I'm projecting this for me is projecting teams

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Speaker 1: that have to go into Dallas in the playoffs, and

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Speaker 1: I need a team that shows that it doesn't. It's

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00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,839
Speaker 1: not a home away split tight team. It's a team

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Speaker 1: that goes on the road and produces typically on offense

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00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:22,839
Speaker 1: at least that it can that it does anywhere else.

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Speaker 1: That to me has been Atlanta. They've gone into Seattle,

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Speaker 1: they play well. They dropped thirty five on Oakland, forty

797
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Speaker 1: five on New Orleans, and forty three on Tampa Bay

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00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 1: recently on the road. And I think that Atlanta has

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Speaker 1: shown all the week, all year long that they're not

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Speaker 1: last year's team that's gonna fall off a cliff at

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Speaker 1: some point. Again, all these teams are imperfect, but that's

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Speaker 1: my number two pick right now. The Rams are a

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00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 1: total disaster. But I I love that the Falcons said,

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Speaker 1: after this, we're gonna destroy you and just look ahead

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00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 1: to the next team on the schedule. Uh, the Falcons

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Speaker 1: are for real. I like him at number two. Who

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Speaker 1: do you have at number three? Who's right behind the Falcons?

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Speaker 1: I have Green Bay And I think I think Wesley,

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Speaker 1: you told me earlier that you might be willing to

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Speaker 1: flip those two like that. You called him Weslet's like

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Speaker 1: we're the schoolyard in ninth grade, just the guys talking football.

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Speaker 1: Until I saw this right up from you, I thought

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Speaker 1: I was more confident in the Falcons than anybody in

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Speaker 1: the media I've been. I've loved the Falcons all year,

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Speaker 1: but right now I might be more confident in the

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00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 1: Packers than any team in the NFC. That I get that,

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Speaker 1: and yet I I still think about the road to

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Speaker 1: get there, and the Falcons road is still open for

819
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Speaker 1: a bye. The Falcons have the most to gain and

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Speaker 1: lose over the next three weeks. In theory, they're not

821
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Speaker 1: really locked into the playoff spot, but when you look

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Speaker 1: at their schedule, the best team they faced the rest

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Speaker 1: of the way is the toughest game is at Carolina,

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Speaker 1: which is not a brutally tough game. I think they

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00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:50,359
Speaker 1: can win that division. If the Seahawks slip up once

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Speaker 1: down the stretch, they can even get a bye. So

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Speaker 1: that makes sense to me, Whereas the Packers, as much

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Speaker 1: as I hear you, the Packers are more dangerous. Almost

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Speaker 1: in a best case scenario, they're gonna be a wild

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Speaker 1: card and on the road, maybe they get lucky and

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Speaker 1: the Lions. M best case scenario, they win the divisions,

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Speaker 1: they can they play the basically well, they need the

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00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:18,280
Speaker 1: Lions to lose it in New York period in oh

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Speaker 1: oh wow, fabulating little tabulations there. Well, they're there two

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Speaker 1: games back. If they lose one game and Green Bay

836
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Speaker 1: wins out, believe the Packers will win. They will be

837
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: and they won the early game, and they and they

838
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,480
Speaker 1: and the Lions play the Giants, Cowboys and Packers. Of

839
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Speaker 1: all these teams, that's one of the most rugged final

840
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 1: three stretched game runs there is. I I'm with you,

841
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,360
Speaker 1: and yet I'd still like to see and it's not

842
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 1: gonna happen, I guess until they play in Detroit. I

843
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,000
Speaker 1: want to see their defense against the good offense again.

844
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Speaker 1: That might not happen until the playoffs. I mean they

845
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,719
Speaker 1: might be. They might be a three seed going to

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00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:56,839
Speaker 1: Seattle or going to you know, Dallas eventually. Um Mark,

847
00:43:56,880 --> 00:44:00,400
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree with you. Here. You

848
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:03,160
Speaker 1: have the Seahawks down at number four, and I know

849
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:06,359
Speaker 1: they look bad, but I'm calling recency bias here. I

850
00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: know the Packers destroyed them, but I mark it off

851
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: bad game. They'll they'll find a way with the with

852
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 1: the earl Thomas being out to be a team you

853
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:17,120
Speaker 1: don't want to play. In January, I think they should

854
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,160
Speaker 1: be number two on this list. Actually, still that's fair

855
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:22,239
Speaker 1: and I know that, um, there will be thousands of

856
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:25,240
Speaker 1: people uh calling for my head in life on Twitter

857
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:29,080
Speaker 1: that will agree with you when this is published. Yes,

858
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:31,800
Speaker 1: I will say this. That's it's not just recency bias

859
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 1: with Seattle. I put them up high no matter what

860
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 1: because of their experience, and we have to trust them

861
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,960
Speaker 1: for that. It's about who you trust. But this is

862
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,399
Speaker 1: a team that this season on offense has put up three, five, six, ten,

863
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,879
Speaker 1: and twelve points in separate games. And it seems that

864
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:49,520
Speaker 1: you're talking about a team making a three game run

865
00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. It just feels like every couple

866
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 1: of weeks they just simply don't show up on offense.

867
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 1: So many teams this season though it's true, but it is.

868
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 1: But I I don't think that we can just project

869
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 1: this Seattle team right into the NFC Championship without overcoming

870
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,479
Speaker 1: some of their current issues that they've not overcoming games.

871
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 1: They're way healthier on offense now, which is one factor

872
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:16,200
Speaker 1: I do think you can hold there. They were healthy

873
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 1: in Green Bay. You can hold that against him that

874
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:21,880
Speaker 1: they know showed a total no show unlike any game

875
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,319
Speaker 1: really in the Carol Era. He said, at least since

876
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: they've had Russell Wilson, that they've been blasted like that

877
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:30,239
Speaker 1: and that they were he he called them garbage. It

878
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,279
Speaker 1: was a garbage performance, it was crazy, and yet they

879
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:36,239
Speaker 1: would be number one on my entire list. I get

880
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:39,399
Speaker 1: her Dallas, they would be over Dallas. And that's how

881
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:41,799
Speaker 1: I felt going into this season, and I haven't seen

882
00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 1: enough to to come off it because to me, the

883
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:47,839
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson has been part of the problem the last

884
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:50,160
Speaker 1: three games. I don't think he's played well. I don't

885
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:52,359
Speaker 1: think that makes sense to me. I think he will

886
00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:56,360
Speaker 1: play better. As you mentioned, Thomas Rawls, uh really gives

887
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:59,080
Speaker 1: them a boost. And I just love the I think

888
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,440
Speaker 1: they can beat you in different ways running, passing, defense,

889
00:46:03,200 --> 00:46:06,400
Speaker 1: Maybe not special teams anyway, but the offensive line. Yeah,

890
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's something that they've really overcome throughout

891
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,960
Speaker 1: throughout their tenure. And yet I just I just I

892
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,359
Speaker 1: had to take one team, that's my team. I'm rolling.

893
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:17,959
Speaker 1: I think they need they absolutely need to lock down

894
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:20,400
Speaker 1: that by to not be a team that gets knocked

895
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 1: off in the playoffs. And I think if the Seahawks,

896
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: and look, they've lost to the Rams three times in

897
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: a row. It would be an embarrassment if it got

898
00:46:30,040 --> 00:46:32,239
Speaker 1: to four times in a row against you know, John

899
00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 1: Fossil and and Jared Goff. I think they'll wax hum

900
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:38,319
Speaker 1: on on Thursday night. You know, their schedule is as

901
00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:39,920
Speaker 1: easy as it as it could get. I know the

902
00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:42,360
Speaker 1: Cardinals can be frisky, but that game is in Seattle,

903
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:45,680
Speaker 1: they're in San Francisco. I think that they clean sweep

904
00:46:45,760 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 1: those games, and they should. They're gonna be the two seeds.

905
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:51,200
Speaker 1: As much as I've liked the Falcons all year, their

906
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:55,279
Speaker 1: defense scares me more than anything in Seattle. Yep, Mark,

907
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 1: you said, a big splashy higher for the Rams is

908
00:46:58,120 --> 00:46:59,799
Speaker 1: what they need in l A. I didn't say it's

909
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:02,839
Speaker 1: what need to be clear. I'm not some like, hey

910
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:04,960
Speaker 1: look at me. I want them to get a big celebrity.

911
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:07,799
Speaker 1: I just think that they seemed to be I could

912
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:09,680
Speaker 1: see them being a tract to that in this city,

913
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: you gotta make a splash. Yes, you want them to

914
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:14,359
Speaker 1: hire George Clooneys didn't. I was going to say, at

915
00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:17,200
Speaker 1: this point, John Fossil is the interim coach, how about

916
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:23,279
Speaker 1: former correspondent John Stossel. That would would do your deal

917
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:27,720
Speaker 1: that would do We've gone deep niche into like news

918
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,239
Speaker 1: pockets that most people listening to this have never heard

919
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:33,040
Speaker 1: of that man, but I could reference in a big

920
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 1: spot John Fossil keep the job. Yeah. Kevin the CEO

921
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:40,160
Speaker 1: said that he should treat it like an audition and

922
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:42,560
Speaker 1: I love Fossil for this. They asked him about it

923
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:46,040
Speaker 1: and he basically said, like, do you think you could

924
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 1: get the job? He said no. He's like, did you

925
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:49,680
Speaker 1: ever think you could be a head coach? And always

926
00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:53,239
Speaker 1: like no, never really never really aspired to that, Like

927
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:55,200
Speaker 1: I don't think I would have any chance of keeping

928
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:57,320
Speaker 1: This might be a few years off if that's the mindset.

929
00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,880
Speaker 1: He's like, I like them. He was honest, he was

930
00:48:00,080 --> 00:48:04,799
Speaker 1: likable personality, may one of the only likable coaches on

931
00:48:04,920 --> 00:48:07,719
Speaker 1: that on that staff. When you watched the five episodes,

932
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 1: uh mark before we moved to the a f c

933
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 1: uh talk about one more team on this list and

934
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:14,719
Speaker 1: if you want to see the full list, checkout NFL

935
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,560
Speaker 1: dot com. Slash Sessler. You have Tampa a little bit low.

936
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:19,160
Speaker 1: Do you want to just talk about why you don't

937
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 1: trust them at all? WHOA? Uh, Well, I trust any

938
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:25,200
Speaker 1: team on this list more than a bunch of other

939
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:27,480
Speaker 1: junks that aren't on the list. But I have them

940
00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:31,040
Speaker 1: at eight. Think part of it. I think part of

941
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,879
Speaker 1: its positioning. They're gonna have to win that division potentially,

942
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:38,280
Speaker 1: and they've got the Cowboys next. I think that in Dallas.

943
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:39,600
Speaker 1: I think I put you at eight and six and

944
00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:41,719
Speaker 1: you've got the Saints and the Panthers. Might trust in

945
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:44,279
Speaker 1: the in the Buccaneers bottom line. I I that's one

946
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:46,879
Speaker 1: team that I've watched more of lately than I did

947
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:49,359
Speaker 1: earlier in the season. I have gained respect for what

948
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:52,720
Speaker 1: they've done on defense. They're getting turnovers, they're not turning

949
00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:55,080
Speaker 1: the ball over as much. That's a great formula for

950
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:57,520
Speaker 1: surging into the playoffs. So it's not that I don't

951
00:48:57,520 --> 00:48:59,480
Speaker 1: trust them, it's just that where do I put who

952
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,440
Speaker 1: do I put them above? Here? I know who West

953
00:49:01,440 --> 00:49:03,680
Speaker 1: would put them above. Well, you can trust their talent

954
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:08,479
Speaker 1: base and still say, uh with with respect that maybe

955
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:11,520
Speaker 1: they're a year with it's a team with zero playoff

956
00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:13,799
Speaker 1: experience too. I think that has a little something to

957
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:15,200
Speaker 1: do with it. And this is gonna be a tough

958
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:18,040
Speaker 1: situation them going into Dallas, great Sunday night game, just

959
00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:20,960
Speaker 1: the perfect well and for once a new team, thank you.

960
00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:23,320
Speaker 1: The perfect week for it too, with the Bucks totally

961
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:27,000
Speaker 1: surging in the Cowboys staggering a little. You you were

962
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:28,760
Speaker 1: saying you want a good offense to go into Dallas,

963
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:31,279
Speaker 1: you know, after watching them the last two weeks, it's like,

964
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 1: I I like that. I think the Vikings or the

965
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:37,359
Speaker 1: Giants or teams that that can show that they're more

966
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:39,879
Speaker 1: fit as physical as the Cowboys offense and just make

967
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:42,279
Speaker 1: it an ugly game in the teams Vikings could have won.

968
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:44,959
Speaker 1: Maybe that's you know that And to me that could

969
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:47,000
Speaker 1: be the Bucks, Like I don't know if they're quite

970
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 1: that good at defense, but that's how they're winning games

971
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:53,560
Speaker 1: right now. Um, I think I think the Bucks are

972
00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:58,640
Speaker 1: in a lot of trouble. They dream they they level

973
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:01,000
Speaker 1: drew bridles that last want to uh, you know, give

974
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:04,279
Speaker 1: any uh spoiler alerts when it's time to steal the vault.

975
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,040
Speaker 1: But all right, let's move over to the a f

976
00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:10,920
Speaker 1: C and uh we'll talk now to Greg Rosenthal, who

977
00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:16,200
Speaker 1: um wrote a banger. No, I haven't really written a banger.

978
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:19,719
Speaker 1: I think I have one coming Thursday topic to be decided,

979
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:22,000
Speaker 1: but I think we can just talk who we trust

980
00:50:22,040 --> 00:50:25,399
Speaker 1: in general. Alright, so we all right, let's let's get

981
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 1: the eight pound gorilla out of the way. Well, he's

982
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:31,279
Speaker 1: not really something we don't want to talk about, but

983
00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:33,480
Speaker 1: we don't have to Patriots the number one team to

984
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 1: trust to make it out of the a f C.

985
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:38,240
Speaker 1: We talked about them a lot, But who is West

986
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:42,280
Speaker 1: the closest team um to the Patriots in your mind

987
00:50:42,520 --> 00:50:44,920
Speaker 1: in terms of trust level to make it through the

988
00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:48,200
Speaker 1: gauntlet that is the a f C playoffs. Pittsburgh Steelers yep,

989
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:52,759
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. Levy On Bell said, uh told Peter King

990
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:56,799
Speaker 1: Sunday night, no NFL team wants to face us right now,

991
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:58,680
Speaker 1: and I agree. They're on a four game winning streak.

992
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:02,080
Speaker 1: During that wretched their defense has allowed twelve point five

993
00:51:02,080 --> 00:51:04,440
Speaker 1: points per game. That's supposed to be their weakness. And

994
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:06,720
Speaker 1: if you look, if you watch their last few games,

995
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:09,640
Speaker 1: it's the last three draft classes that are finally paying

996
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:13,600
Speaker 1: off on defense. Ryan Shazer was a heat seeking missile

997
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:16,280
Speaker 1: in Buffalo in the first half, making almost every tackle.

998
00:51:16,560 --> 00:51:20,600
Speaker 1: Stefan too and Bud Dupri swarming the pocket almost every play,

999
00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:23,760
Speaker 1: making plays beyond the line of scrimmage. They're using Sean Davis,

1000
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,759
Speaker 1: the rookie safety like Troy Polamaluh. He had one and

1001
00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:30,040
Speaker 1: a half sacks and two I think three quarterback hits

1002
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:33,480
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. This defense is a lot better. You've got

1003
00:51:33,680 --> 00:51:36,120
Speaker 1: Ross Cockrell, who's having a good year and now already

1004
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:39,000
Speaker 1: Burns the first round rookie on the outside, allowing William

1005
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:40,920
Speaker 1: Gay to play the slot, and it's really solidified a

1006
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:43,759
Speaker 1: secondary that's been their achilles heel the last few years. Man,

1007
00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:46,279
Speaker 1: they have eighteen sacks in the last four games. And

1008
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:48,839
Speaker 1: it it's funny because you go back to that Browns game.

1009
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:51,520
Speaker 1: It's when they decided we are going to lean hard

1010
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,840
Speaker 1: on Levy, on Bell, We're gonna run the ball right

1011
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:57,080
Speaker 1: up people's throats. He can do everything and their defensive

1012
00:51:57,440 --> 00:52:01,319
Speaker 1: down their throats that pass rush, explode it out. To

1013
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:04,479
Speaker 1: run it up the throat start, it would be even

1014
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:06,799
Speaker 1: more painful because you'd go right through the top of

1015
00:52:06,840 --> 00:52:09,239
Speaker 1: the throat into the brain and it's over. Oh you

1016
00:52:09,320 --> 00:52:11,920
Speaker 1: started the throat. That's what I'm saying. You go up

1017
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:14,840
Speaker 1: the throat, so you go into the mouth, up the throat,

1018
00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:17,359
Speaker 1: right through their brain. Game over. And if you start

1019
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:21,160
Speaker 1: from the butt, I think less attractive Jeff Triplett would

1020
00:52:21,160 --> 00:52:24,120
Speaker 1: call a flag on that, Yes he would, all right,

1021
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:27,400
Speaker 1: I couldn't agree more with West on the stat. Okay,

1022
00:52:27,400 --> 00:52:30,520
Speaker 1: go ahead, great, No, No, I'm just saying sometimes when

1023
00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:32,960
Speaker 1: you play some bad teams, you start feeling better. I

1024
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:34,959
Speaker 1: think this helped the Patriots too. They got the soft

1025
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:36,640
Speaker 1: part of the schedule at the right time, and you

1026
00:52:36,680 --> 00:52:39,000
Speaker 1: start figuring out the things you do well. Bud Dupree

1027
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:41,760
Speaker 1: comes back from injury. That was a huge, huge addition

1028
00:52:41,840 --> 00:52:43,759
Speaker 1: for them. And then when you start playing the better teams,

1029
00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:46,759
Speaker 1: it's like you're you're feeling good, You're feeling frisky. Well, Greg,

1030
00:52:46,760 --> 00:52:49,000
Speaker 1: you're feeling good. Half the room hasn't experienced that in

1031
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:51,520
Speaker 1: twenty years. But good for you. I'm saying this team

1032
00:52:51,719 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 1: feel good. I'm a little nervous. I'm Steelers fandom worried

1033
00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:58,440
Speaker 1: about at since this week. I think they should be

1034
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,359
Speaker 1: a trouble spot. And if you because of their four

1035
00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:03,600
Speaker 1: game losing streak earlier this season and some of their

1036
00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:06,240
Speaker 1: other struggles, they're only eight and five. They're not totally

1037
00:53:06,239 --> 00:53:08,320
Speaker 1: out of the woods yet. If they have another stumble,

1038
00:53:08,719 --> 00:53:10,879
Speaker 1: if they listen to the Ravens, the Ravens can win

1039
00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:13,719
Speaker 1: that Division. Why are we worried about the Bengals. I mean,

1040
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:17,000
Speaker 1: the Browns just had a hundred yard rusher against the Bengals.

1041
00:53:17,120 --> 00:53:19,280
Speaker 1: I I just don't see it as a great matchup,

1042
00:53:19,320 --> 00:53:22,799
Speaker 1: to be honest, Bengals offensive line versus Pittsburgh's defense. I

1043
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:24,840
Speaker 1: think any team looking at the Bengals as a gimmy

1044
00:53:24,920 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 1: is in for a rude awaken. I think that all

1045
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:29,759
Speaker 1: year they've played a tough schedule until recently, and now

1046
00:53:29,800 --> 00:53:31,560
Speaker 1: they look a little bit better because they've been playing

1047
00:53:31,600 --> 00:53:35,120
Speaker 1: week teams. But they also welcome a j greenback to practices.

1048
00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 1: Yea stronger there. There are seven and five type of

1049
00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:41,239
Speaker 1: team that's gotten some bad luck this year, but the

1050
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:44,319
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh o line has been so good and I just

1051
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:47,480
Speaker 1: don't see Cincinnati getting after them. And and after watching

1052
00:53:47,480 --> 00:53:49,640
Speaker 1: that last night, I'm I'm starting to think maybe Pittsburgh's

1053
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:51,719
Speaker 1: the line can really handle Baltimore too. And a couple

1054
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:54,880
Speaker 1: one thing before Steelers weren't even in the playoff picture

1055
00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:56,680
Speaker 1: last week. In terms of those teams and the other

1056
00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:58,680
Speaker 1: team that we're high on the NFC, the Packers are

1057
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:00,920
Speaker 1: not in it now. So we are talking about teams

1058
00:54:01,080 --> 00:54:03,080
Speaker 1: that are getting right and finding out who they are

1059
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:06,399
Speaker 1: in the final month has a very a thin line

1060
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:09,279
Speaker 1: in terms of they can't really foul up anymore. They're

1061
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:11,000
Speaker 1: not gonna play at all. You know, it would be

1062
00:54:11,040 --> 00:54:13,080
Speaker 1: great if the team of a t L just knocks

1063
00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:21,160
Speaker 1: your little packer boys out on Christmas Eve, surprised hard pass. Yeah,

1064
00:54:21,400 --> 00:54:23,479
Speaker 1: we gotta bring the hell drop back. I don't want

1065
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:27,719
Speaker 1: the Vikings anywhere near the playoffs. Oh go, oh my god,

1066
00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:32,080
Speaker 1: they are a little bit of loyalty. Don't worry. There's

1067
00:54:32,080 --> 00:54:35,319
Speaker 1: gonna be There's gonna be a fun moment on Christmas Eve.

1068
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:37,520
Speaker 1: I'm telling you in Lambeau and it's gonna but the

1069
00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:39,920
Speaker 1: Vikings are not connected. It's gonna be the fourth quarter,

1070
00:54:40,160 --> 00:54:42,120
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be a one score game, and they're

1071
00:54:42,160 --> 00:54:45,040
Speaker 1: gonna be about a few minutes away from the playoffs,

1072
00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:49,120
Speaker 1: and who knows what will happen. You are positioned on

1073
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:51,120
Speaker 1: this show at times is the one amongst the four

1074
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:53,600
Speaker 1: of us who is a football head and just loves

1075
00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:55,799
Speaker 1: the sport, even bad matchups. You know what, I know

1076
00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:58,200
Speaker 1: you don't love football more than us. You're rooting for

1077
00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:01,759
Speaker 1: loyalty over good football in the playoffs. I want good

1078
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:06,000
Speaker 1: football keep the Vikings out, put the Packers in important

1079
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:09,600
Speaker 1: good football, put them both in, and get the Giants out.

1080
00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:16,279
Speaker 1: All right. That was building a bridge, negotiating. Yeah, that's

1081
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:18,120
Speaker 1: that got you guys out of the out of the

1082
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:21,480
Speaker 1: lab there, all right. The Kansas City Chiefs and Oakland

1083
00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:24,000
Speaker 1: Raiders are both ten and three here and the and

1084
00:55:24,040 --> 00:55:26,839
Speaker 1: the Chiefs just beat the Raiders and swept them. In fact,

1085
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:30,200
Speaker 1: this season, I would say they seem to me to

1086
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:32,680
Speaker 1: be the team that should be in the number three

1087
00:55:32,719 --> 00:55:37,399
Speaker 1: spot right now. I agree, And for two reasons. One,

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00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:39,799
Speaker 1: I don't trust the Raiders in cold weather. After that

1089
00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:42,640
Speaker 1: last game. They were a totally different team in cold weather.

1090
00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:48,280
Speaker 1: It wasn't just Derek Carr. Their wide receivers were terrible

1091
00:55:48,360 --> 00:55:51,440
Speaker 1: in that game, could not catch a cold football. I

1092
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:55,239
Speaker 1: don't trust him. And the second thing is the Chiefs playmakers.

1093
00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:59,560
Speaker 1: We they have them now they didn't for forever Tyreek

1094
00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:02,960
Speaker 1: Hill justin Houston. If Jamal Charles come back like he

1095
00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:07,000
Speaker 1: plans to, that's another playmaker. The Chiefs are dangerous. It's

1096
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:10,320
Speaker 1: a huge win by Kansas City. Uh. It threw everything

1097
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:14,040
Speaker 1: that I presupposed into the blender because I I I

1098
00:56:14,120 --> 00:56:16,600
Speaker 1: guess I'm gonna be honest, like, I just cannot project

1099
00:56:16,600 --> 00:56:19,680
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs has a super Bowl team. But

1100
00:56:20,360 --> 00:56:23,799
Speaker 1: tell you what, they the way they're constructed, they can

1101
00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:26,440
Speaker 1: play in crazy weather, they can beat you up. You

1102
00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:28,520
Speaker 1: don't want to deal them at all because of their defense.

1103
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:32,040
Speaker 1: So you can't say they're gonna get eliminated in January.

1104
00:56:32,080 --> 00:56:34,440
Speaker 1: You don't know. They're well coached, they don't beat themselves.

1105
00:56:34,480 --> 00:56:37,719
Speaker 1: They turned the ball over and the quarterback, yeah, the

1106
00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:41,120
Speaker 1: quarterback has a great, great chemistry with the Travis Kelsey,

1107
00:56:41,200 --> 00:56:44,200
Speaker 1: Jeremy Macklin's back. I know Alex Smith is the thing

1108
00:56:44,239 --> 00:56:46,200
Speaker 1: that holds people back, but again, I think he showed

1109
00:56:46,239 --> 00:56:50,000
Speaker 1: it in that game that when every game he does.

1110
00:56:50,080 --> 00:56:53,680
Speaker 1: He played pretty against Atlantis game, that's a game. For

1111
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:55,839
Speaker 1: a month before that he wasn't playing well. Yeah, that's

1112
00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:59,120
Speaker 1: that's true. You know, these these teams play each other

1113
00:56:59,160 --> 00:57:01,000
Speaker 1: so much in the Chiefs have the Titans this week,

1114
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:03,920
Speaker 1: which is a tough game. The Bronchos have to play

1115
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:06,600
Speaker 1: all good teams the rest of the way that we

1116
00:57:06,680 --> 00:57:09,879
Speaker 1: could be changing sort of who looks good by the week.

1117
00:57:10,120 --> 00:57:13,360
Speaker 1: I think the Raiders and the Chiefs are in though regardless,

1118
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:15,520
Speaker 1: I mean they're gonna get in. And the Chiefs to

1119
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:18,280
Speaker 1: me are the team I trust more out of those two.

1120
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Speaker 1: And I really am looking forward to this week seventeen

1121
00:57:20,960 --> 00:57:23,480
Speaker 1: matchup Oakland and Denver. I just think something's gonna be

1122
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:25,200
Speaker 1: on the line there. If I had to guess, I

1123
00:57:25,200 --> 00:57:27,800
Speaker 1: think that's gonna be the Sunday night game. And I'm

1124
00:57:27,920 --> 00:57:30,800
Speaker 1: I'm I'm just not giving up on the defending champs yet,

1125
00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:35,200
Speaker 1: because there's something about them. They are plus eighty four

1126
00:57:35,240 --> 00:57:37,360
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter this year, they know how to

1127
00:57:37,400 --> 00:57:40,760
Speaker 1: close games. They still their strengths are still really strong,

1128
00:57:40,840 --> 00:57:43,480
Speaker 1: to the point where in any given week I give

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00:57:43,520 --> 00:57:46,480
Speaker 1: them a chance and their schedule Patriots, Chiefs, Raiders, if

1130
00:57:46,520 --> 00:57:49,120
Speaker 1: they get there, they will have earned it, and they do.

1131
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:50,840
Speaker 1: They do deserve our trade. They could go to in

1132
00:57:50,880 --> 00:57:53,000
Speaker 1: one though, in that and and get in ten wins.

1133
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:55,680
Speaker 1: I think will probably get in. And I'll tell you what,

1134
00:57:55,880 --> 00:57:58,240
Speaker 1: that's where my list ends. In the a f C.

1135
00:57:58,520 --> 00:58:01,520
Speaker 1: I don't trust any of these Maybe the Ravens maybe

1136
00:58:01,520 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 1: sneak in, but really, if we're talking about who can

1137
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:05,919
Speaker 1: win Super Bowls, my list ends after those five teams.

1138
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:08,400
Speaker 1: I'm with the Bronco's coming in as the final team there.

1139
00:58:08,520 --> 00:58:11,360
Speaker 1: I'm finished making excuses for the Ravens after last night.

1140
00:58:11,400 --> 00:58:13,960
Speaker 1: If they want to run an imbalanced offense to that degree,

1141
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:17,360
Speaker 1: I can't help it. Kenneth Dixon looked good too in

1142
00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:20,600
Speaker 1: the second half. They don't use him, they don't want

1143
00:58:20,600 --> 00:58:22,400
Speaker 1: to run the ball, so I can't trust him. Their

1144
00:58:22,440 --> 00:58:24,680
Speaker 1: their whole season is really gonna come down to that's

1145
00:58:24,920 --> 00:58:27,800
Speaker 1: that Steelers game, because they're not out of it. If

1146
00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:30,240
Speaker 1: they if they can sweep the rest of the way,

1147
00:58:30,280 --> 00:58:32,800
Speaker 1: that they'll win that division. Well. Also, one thing about

1148
00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:35,919
Speaker 1: the Ravens. You know, ever, we've talked a lot about

1149
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:39,680
Speaker 1: John Elway. Ozzy k Newsome is quietly built a fascinating

1150
00:58:39,720 --> 00:58:42,160
Speaker 1: defense almost behind the scenes over the course of a

1151
00:58:42,200 --> 00:58:44,560
Speaker 1: couple of years, and you had a couple of pieces

1152
00:58:44,560 --> 00:58:47,160
Speaker 1: on offense. They're right back where they've been for you

1153
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 1: know what, the whole freaking century. It's a Hall of

1154
00:58:49,720 --> 00:58:51,840
Speaker 1: fame general manager and a hall of fame tight end

1155
00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:56,760
Speaker 1: the old double trouble. It's like John Elway, it's like

1156
00:58:56,800 --> 00:59:02,520
Speaker 1: Dick Lebo double threat defensive coordinator, slash wonnerback threat. All right,

1157
00:59:02,560 --> 00:59:05,080
Speaker 1: good talk, guys. I enjoyed it. I thought it was

1158
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:09,360
Speaker 1: both informative, had a little entertaining you know, I thought

1159
00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:11,919
Speaker 1: you kind of combined those two things very well. Mark

1160
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:16,000
Speaker 1: the stuff with going up the throat, that was wild audacious,

1161
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:18,920
Speaker 1: I would call it. You know, initially it started as

1162
00:59:18,960 --> 00:59:23,840
Speaker 1: a correction on your part, so give yourself credit. Um,

1163
00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:27,640
Speaker 1: we will be back on Thursday, Greg, of course. Uh, well,

1164
00:59:27,640 --> 00:59:30,760
Speaker 1: now head on a plane as he's wont to do

1165
00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:36,760
Speaker 1: now that he's one of the big shots, and and

1166
00:59:36,840 --> 00:59:40,760
Speaker 1: we'll cover of the game. I look forward to I do.

1167
00:59:40,920 --> 00:59:44,680
Speaker 1: I do like having um, you know, Alex Fragola voice that. Yeah,

1168
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:47,440
Speaker 1: Frank's still has not been paid a dime. I will.

1169
00:59:47,480 --> 00:59:50,440
Speaker 1: I'll buy her a drink tonight at the holiday party. Um.

1170
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:54,479
Speaker 1: But Greg, you'll be on the phone on Thursday, uh

1171
00:59:54,520 --> 00:59:57,160
Speaker 1: talking about the game. You just covered big game for

1172
00:59:57,160 --> 00:59:59,560
Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks and a lot of drama around the rams.

1173
01:00:00,280 --> 01:00:05,600
Speaker 1: So that's fun. Um, but that's for Thursday. UM. One

1174
01:00:05,640 --> 01:00:08,520
Speaker 1: shout out to Calis. I hope I'm pronouncing this right.

1175
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:14,240
Speaker 1: Matheson uh At eight Callie sent A wrote and recorded

1176
01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:17,840
Speaker 1: theme song. Very talented. It was almost like a very

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01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:19,960
Speaker 1: catchy song. It was almost straight out of like the

1178
01:00:20,080 --> 01:00:23,320
Speaker 1: Rocky Four soundtrack. I got it got me pumped up

1179
01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:24,960
Speaker 1: this morning as I was getting ready to come into

1180
01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:29,200
Speaker 1: the office. So maybe we'll play out Cali's song the

1181
01:00:29,280 --> 01:00:31,000
Speaker 1: music theme from the Around the NFL. I mean it

1182
01:00:31,040 --> 01:00:33,040
Speaker 1: was like it was like a music video because he

1183
01:00:33,080 --> 01:00:36,080
Speaker 1: had one camera and him singing and another on him playing,

1184
01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:46,800
Speaker 1: you know, video or something. Gen Genesis is much from Denmark,

1185
01:00:46,880 --> 01:00:48,880
Speaker 1: by the way, we love our fans all around the world.

1186
01:00:49,240 --> 01:00:51,200
Speaker 1: Uh So check it out. We'll retweet him from the

1187
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:53,400
Speaker 1: Around the NFL podcast account if you want to see

1188
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:55,920
Speaker 1: the video. Uh till Thursday. This is Dan hans Is

1189
01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:59,840
Speaker 1: signing off for Quiet Storm, the mail Man, the Ball

1190
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:10,560
Speaker 1: and New Money behind the Glass. This thing is fighting

1191
01:01:11,040 --> 01:01:20,600
Speaker 1: Dasty fall. They fight Me, Fight Pa to the floor.

1192
01:01:24,440 --> 01:01:42,840
Speaker 1: Every Change's love up, Fighttastic fighting. The Old Sutor is

1193
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Speaker 1: the leader of the pack and Mr Polo wis as

1194
01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:52,760
Speaker 1: everyone's back, said the Dark Wizard up the love being

1195
01:01:52,960 --> 01:02:00,320
Speaker 1: the long gray Well, maybe change if it means find

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01:02:00,520 --> 01:02:09,560
Speaker 1: curtastic caution, they will find the beat. The binder to

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Speaker 1: the crowd