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Speaker 1: Breaking news just in a staid image. NFL Network insider

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Speaker 1: Ian Raveport is reporting the Falcons will make a change

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Speaker 1: at quarterback. They're going with the rook here Desmond Ritter.

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Speaker 1: Atlanta is the only team in the NFL without a

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Speaker 1: game of two hundred and fifty plus passing yards, which

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Speaker 1: is absolutely pathetic and horrible. What do you think of

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Speaker 1: this move. I think so. First of all, I was

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Speaker 1: a big fan of Desmond Ritter coming into the draft,

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Speaker 1: but I was you know, he talked about my heartstrings

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Speaker 1: He did the whiteboard segment with our boy Mooch see

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Speaker 1: in the in preseason, but this could this is this

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Speaker 1: is your moment, Desmond Ritter, all right, this is your moment.

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Speaker 1: I don't think anybody anticipated that he would be the starter.

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Speaker 1: He's the third winning is college quarterback in college football history,

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Speaker 1: And my heart goes out to Bill's Mafia. My heart

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Speaker 1: an awful And for whatever reason, I'm circling Gregory Rousseau.

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Speaker 1: And I think a lot of it was the mental game.

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Speaker 1: I don't think that the game was too big for him.

422
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Speaker 1: I don't think that of any game for toua tong

423
00:25:46,886 --> 00:25:50,166
Speaker 1: of Iloa Um. I just think that they rattled him. Man,

424
00:25:50,366 --> 00:25:52,286
Speaker 1: they rattled him in that second half of the game.

425
00:25:52,366 --> 00:25:54,806
Speaker 1: He was smothered. It was hard. It was really hard

426
00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:59,006
Speaker 1: to watch. I was. I was so sad A comeback

427
00:25:59,406 --> 00:26:02,726
Speaker 1: in there for one moment. I did, because there was

428
00:26:02,766 --> 00:26:04,726
Speaker 1: a resurgence at one point in the fourth quarter where

429
00:26:04,806 --> 00:26:07,966
Speaker 1: they got going. They scored. If you recall, the Niners

430
00:26:08,006 --> 00:26:10,166
Speaker 1: had gone I think three or four games without allowing

431
00:26:10,206 --> 00:26:13,286
Speaker 1: a second half point. They were shutting down their opponents

432
00:26:13,286 --> 00:26:15,006
Speaker 1: completely in the second half of game. So I was like,

433
00:26:15,006 --> 00:26:19,206
Speaker 1: oh man, we're so screwed. But it still ended up

434
00:26:19,206 --> 00:26:22,286
Speaker 1: with the same result, and then, of course Shanahan's offense

435
00:26:22,366 --> 00:26:25,246
Speaker 1: came in and did what they did. I also felt

436
00:26:25,286 --> 00:26:28,926
Speaker 1: that the Dolphins defense had to do a lot more

437
00:26:29,366 --> 00:26:31,846
Speaker 1: than what they did. This had to be a complete

438
00:26:31,926 --> 00:26:35,366
Speaker 1: game in every level, at every possible turn, and it

439
00:26:35,446 --> 00:26:38,926
Speaker 1: just wasn't. You know. Mike McDaniel alluded to that in

440
00:26:38,966 --> 00:26:40,966
Speaker 1: the postgame. He took accountability. He's like, you know, the

441
00:26:41,206 --> 00:26:43,766
Speaker 1: thing about this type of offense is that it can

442
00:26:43,886 --> 00:26:47,166
Speaker 1: be so powerful when it's running on all cylinders. But

443
00:26:47,206 --> 00:26:51,046
Speaker 1: we just weren't. And sometimes you just have to swallow

444
00:26:51,126 --> 00:26:53,606
Speaker 1: it and say that was not a good game for us.

445
00:26:54,046 --> 00:26:56,766
Speaker 1: But the crazy part is, right out the gate in

446
00:26:56,846 --> 00:26:59,886
Speaker 1: the opening drive they scored a touchdown. The Dolphins scored

447
00:26:59,886 --> 00:27:04,606
Speaker 1: a touchdown immediately, and I was like, oh, makeing a statement, Okay,

448
00:27:04,806 --> 00:27:06,806
Speaker 1: but I know better, and I knew better in that moment.

449
00:27:06,886 --> 00:27:09,246
Speaker 1: I didn't tweet about it. I was offline I was

450
00:27:09,286 --> 00:27:12,806
Speaker 1: off the grid. We were going to send carry your

451
00:27:12,806 --> 00:27:15,766
Speaker 1: pigeon to you just to make sure. We just want

452
00:27:15,766 --> 00:27:18,246
Speaker 1: to see some sort of like smoke signal from your house.

453
00:27:19,966 --> 00:27:22,486
Speaker 1: The only thing that revived me because you know, I

454
00:27:22,566 --> 00:27:25,006
Speaker 1: do I do love the Niners. I think they're just

455
00:27:25,086 --> 00:27:28,046
Speaker 1: such a good organization. They're such a good team. And

456
00:27:28,086 --> 00:27:30,406
Speaker 1: then I was ingratiated with them for so long, um

457
00:27:30,606 --> 00:27:33,286
Speaker 1: that I do root for them as well. But like

458
00:27:33,326 --> 00:27:35,446
Speaker 1: I told you, my home team and my home team

459
00:27:35,446 --> 00:27:37,366
Speaker 1: not gonna get So it was a tough game for

460
00:27:37,406 --> 00:27:39,566
Speaker 1: me to watch because on top of that, I just

461
00:27:39,726 --> 00:27:43,406
Speaker 1: know how damn good the Niners were. And then the

462
00:27:43,486 --> 00:27:46,366
Speaker 1: news about Jimmy heavens, so like that was the second

463
00:27:46,446 --> 00:27:51,486
Speaker 1: question from my dad, and he goes, you want to

464
00:27:51,526 --> 00:27:56,166
Speaker 1: understand my dad is a sixty five year old Hispanic dad.

465
00:27:56,366 --> 00:28:03,846
Speaker 1: All Right, So he goes, well, I got out, so

466
00:28:03,926 --> 00:28:06,006
Speaker 1: I think this whole ball is gonna win. And he's

467
00:28:06,006 --> 00:28:08,326
Speaker 1: talking about brock Purty, right, who's now coming in for

468
00:28:08,326 --> 00:28:10,446
Speaker 1: for Jimmy garoppol. I said, Dad, that's a valid question.

469
00:28:11,246 --> 00:28:13,886
Speaker 1: It's a very valid question. He's like, keep playing good.

470
00:28:14,086 --> 00:28:16,486
Speaker 1: I liked dipping. He said, the same thing. We're saying

471
00:28:16,486 --> 00:28:20,206
Speaker 1: anybody would have in that offense, in that system. My

472
00:28:20,366 --> 00:28:23,606
Speaker 1: dad's biggest concern is he says he can't get in

473
00:28:23,726 --> 00:28:35,006
Speaker 1: his head, especially going up. He said, But Dad said, Brock, yes,

474
00:28:37,766 --> 00:28:40,646
Speaker 1: he's about the biggest age gap between two opposing goer

475
00:28:40,766 --> 00:28:45,446
Speaker 1: backs in NFL history, between Brock, Purty and Um and

476
00:28:45,646 --> 00:28:48,606
Speaker 1: Tom Brady of course on the other side, which is valid.

477
00:28:49,006 --> 00:28:51,406
Speaker 1: But I don't think it's an age thing. It's it's

478
00:28:51,686 --> 00:28:54,366
Speaker 1: it really is more of the experience. We had a

479
00:28:54,526 --> 00:28:57,446
Speaker 1: side by side a graphic yes or now on total

480
00:28:57,486 --> 00:28:59,766
Speaker 1: access um a sort of a tale of the tape

481
00:28:59,806 --> 00:29:04,086
Speaker 1: between these two qbs and passing yards. Tom Brady has

482
00:29:04,486 --> 00:29:08,726
Speaker 1: over one hundred thousand passing yards. Brock has two hundred

483
00:29:08,726 --> 00:29:11,366
Speaker 1: and seventy six. I think is when he escape. But

484
00:29:11,486 --> 00:29:14,606
Speaker 1: they're twenty two, you know. I think Brock was born

485
00:29:16,206 --> 00:29:18,966
Speaker 1: like a couple months before Brady was drafted into the

486
00:29:19,046 --> 00:29:23,126
Speaker 1: league or something absurd, which hurts my feelings. I was like,

487
00:29:23,286 --> 00:29:25,206
Speaker 1: is he legal, Like can he get a drink at

488
00:29:25,246 --> 00:29:26,886
Speaker 1: the bar? I can't? He is he is twenty two

489
00:29:26,966 --> 00:29:30,206
Speaker 1: years old, so he can do that. But I do

490
00:29:30,446 --> 00:29:32,206
Speaker 1: like will and we've been talking about this and this

491
00:29:32,326 --> 00:29:35,086
Speaker 1: is what I told my dad. His teammates are like, no,

492
00:29:35,206 --> 00:29:37,886
Speaker 1: that's a grown ass man. Like he's in there. He's

493
00:29:37,926 --> 00:29:40,766
Speaker 1: talking shit to us at practice. If somebody's talking and

494
00:29:40,886 --> 00:29:42,606
Speaker 1: not getting through it, he'll tell us to shut up.

495
00:29:42,846 --> 00:29:45,406
Speaker 1: I like that. I like hearing that. My dad's not convince.

496
00:29:45,486 --> 00:29:51,206
Speaker 1: He's like mama, And that's fair. That's fair to be skeptical,

497
00:29:51,286 --> 00:29:54,806
Speaker 1: I think, which is why looking at at the matchup here,

498
00:29:54,846 --> 00:29:57,206
Speaker 1: so many people think that the Bucks will win us.

499
00:29:57,326 --> 00:30:00,926
Speaker 1: I disagree vehemently with that, as we talked about, but

500
00:30:01,646 --> 00:30:03,966
Speaker 1: it's an interesting thing. My dad is not you got

501
00:30:04,086 --> 00:30:06,686
Speaker 1: to prove it. You gotta prove it to Pops, right,

502
00:30:06,766 --> 00:30:09,606
Speaker 1: I gotta earn it. I understand that. I think that

503
00:30:10,206 --> 00:30:13,766
Speaker 1: Brock Purdy is going to be asked to make at

504
00:30:13,886 --> 00:30:18,766
Speaker 1: least four or five big time throws a game, especially

505
00:30:19,406 --> 00:30:24,206
Speaker 1: as these games gain importance. Really, the playoffs for the

506
00:30:24,326 --> 00:30:27,726
Speaker 1: forty nine ers started last Sunday. What it will say

507
00:30:27,766 --> 00:30:31,286
Speaker 1: about their defense and what they did with the Dolphins specifically,

508
00:30:31,406 --> 00:30:35,806
Speaker 1: are those cornerbacks were pressing the wide receivers. Now, Waddle

509
00:30:35,966 --> 00:30:38,406
Speaker 1: was hurt from majority of that game, but even Tyreek kill,

510
00:30:38,846 --> 00:30:42,286
Speaker 1: they did something that a lot of defenses are scared

511
00:30:42,366 --> 00:30:45,486
Speaker 1: to do is pressed them at the line of scrimmage,

512
00:30:46,126 --> 00:30:49,086
Speaker 1: and I think that's what slowed them down. I think

513
00:30:49,166 --> 00:30:52,646
Speaker 1: that's what rattled Toua. I think that's another reason why

514
00:30:52,726 --> 00:30:56,646
Speaker 1: the timing was so off. And this may or may

515
00:30:56,766 --> 00:31:00,206
Speaker 1: not be a blueprint in how to stop the Dolphins.

516
00:31:00,326 --> 00:31:04,206
Speaker 1: It's one game, it's against the top defense in the NFL.

517
00:31:04,886 --> 00:31:09,486
Speaker 1: Tua look skittish, looked really really skittish, and that's kind

518
00:31:09,526 --> 00:31:15,166
Speaker 1: of been the book against him that once the pressure comes,

519
00:31:15,966 --> 00:31:21,006
Speaker 1: he's not very good at dealing with it. And after

520
00:31:21,166 --> 00:31:25,726
Speaker 1: the game, Mike McDaniel and you mentioned his postgame press conference,

521
00:31:25,926 --> 00:31:29,646
Speaker 1: he did say once he threw that first interception, he

522
00:31:29,886 --> 00:31:33,006
Speaker 1: looked like he was shook, he looked like he was rattled,

523
00:31:33,086 --> 00:31:37,046
Speaker 1: and that's exactly what happened. I'm not going to then say, now,

524
00:31:37,246 --> 00:31:42,206
Speaker 1: well Ta is a bad quarterback or he's not good,

525
00:31:42,686 --> 00:31:45,926
Speaker 1: but you can see like for him confidence in building

526
00:31:46,006 --> 00:31:48,926
Speaker 1: that it's really big because at one point in time

527
00:31:49,006 --> 00:31:52,526
Speaker 1: they're on the sidelines. You can see Tron Armstead Mike

528
00:31:52,686 --> 00:31:55,366
Speaker 1: McDaniel going over there to tell him, hey, you're good,

529
00:31:55,766 --> 00:31:59,206
Speaker 1: it's all good. We're fine here, we got you, and

530
00:31:59,966 --> 00:32:02,566
Speaker 1: they almost were able to make a little bit of

531
00:32:03,006 --> 00:32:06,366
Speaker 1: noise enough to make the forty nine ers sweat there

532
00:32:06,446 --> 00:32:11,006
Speaker 1: at the end. You know, the confidence issue has been

533
00:32:11,086 --> 00:32:14,246
Speaker 1: something that Tua has been dealing with for a long time,

534
00:32:14,366 --> 00:32:16,966
Speaker 1: where there was an article that said that he literally

535
00:32:17,126 --> 00:32:20,446
Speaker 1: like looks in the mirror and repeatedly says, do I suck?

536
00:32:20,766 --> 00:32:23,366
Speaker 1: Do I suck? Do I suck? And it helps when

537
00:32:23,446 --> 00:32:27,006
Speaker 1: he has a coach in Mike McDaniel who says, you

538
00:32:27,046 --> 00:32:29,006
Speaker 1: know what, hey, you know that was also my bad.

539
00:32:29,486 --> 00:32:31,286
Speaker 1: That was also don't worry about it. I got you.

540
00:32:31,686 --> 00:32:34,606
Speaker 1: And so I think that's reassuring for Tua and he's

541
00:32:34,766 --> 00:32:38,166
Speaker 1: in a lot better situation as opposed to when he

542
00:32:38,246 --> 00:32:42,846
Speaker 1: had Brian Flores as his head coach, and Brian Flores

543
00:32:42,926 --> 00:32:46,406
Speaker 1: wasn't a fan of his. So I now want to

544
00:32:46,566 --> 00:32:50,886
Speaker 1: see how they bounced back against the Chargers. I'll tell

545
00:32:50,886 --> 00:32:55,646
Speaker 1: you this, And this gave me a big boost. So

546
00:32:55,766 --> 00:33:01,366
Speaker 1: he had some visitors from the Dolphins organization who said

547
00:33:02,246 --> 00:33:05,526
Speaker 1: to that point that after that game, to have walked

548
00:33:05,566 --> 00:33:11,526
Speaker 1: in there fully head up and gave everybody like, guys

549
00:33:11,766 --> 00:33:15,246
Speaker 1: were okay. So to hear that he was saying that

550
00:33:15,966 --> 00:33:17,806
Speaker 1: to his guys that he's like We're gonna be fine.

551
00:33:18,686 --> 00:33:22,566
Speaker 1: My bad accountability, right, because that's what you want, my bad,

552
00:33:22,686 --> 00:33:24,686
Speaker 1: But we are going to be fine. We are a

553
00:33:24,846 --> 00:33:27,526
Speaker 1: great football team. We got this. And I love that.

554
00:33:27,566 --> 00:33:29,486
Speaker 1: And that's o verbat him. That's, of course paraphrasing, but

555
00:33:30,366 --> 00:33:33,446
Speaker 1: the the essence of that message and the fact that

556
00:33:33,886 --> 00:33:35,406
Speaker 1: he could go in there with his head high and

557
00:33:35,446 --> 00:33:37,126
Speaker 1: look his team in the eye and not just take

558
00:33:37,166 --> 00:33:40,806
Speaker 1: accountability but also say, hey, we still got the rest

559
00:33:40,846 --> 00:33:42,846
Speaker 1: of the regular season and the post because they will

560
00:33:42,886 --> 00:33:44,806
Speaker 1: be in the posts. Okay, make no mistake about that.

561
00:33:45,726 --> 00:33:48,086
Speaker 1: I really like that because it's all about how you

562
00:33:48,206 --> 00:33:50,446
Speaker 1: react and how you respond and how you bounce back

563
00:33:50,486 --> 00:33:53,246
Speaker 1: from those things. So I'm feeling better today, you know,

564
00:33:55,166 --> 00:33:57,206
Speaker 1: I had to look. Look. The great part was I

565
00:33:57,286 --> 00:34:00,206
Speaker 1: walked back into work and everyone was like, hey, Sis,

566
00:34:01,726 --> 00:34:05,566
Speaker 1: are you doing okay? Now? Not okay, but we will

567
00:34:05,606 --> 00:34:07,006
Speaker 1: be We're gonna be all right. I'm going to the

568
00:34:07,046 --> 00:34:10,406
Speaker 1: game on Sunday. That's so fine. Oh nice, Okay, this

569
00:34:10,566 --> 00:34:13,726
Speaker 1: is this is therapeutic for you, just like it's therapeutic

570
00:34:13,766 --> 00:34:16,926
Speaker 1: for our producer Aaron as well. Yeah, this is we

571
00:34:17,046 --> 00:34:19,726
Speaker 1: work through it. We worked through it. Here. Um, let's

572
00:34:19,766 --> 00:34:21,286
Speaker 1: get to work. I'm gonna put you to work a

573
00:34:21,326 --> 00:34:23,966
Speaker 1: little bit here and by ourselva because we've got a

574
00:34:24,006 --> 00:34:27,566
Speaker 1: few things that I'm very curious about. Ladies and gentlemen,

575
00:34:28,046 --> 00:34:36,206
Speaker 1: it's time b bye or selva. But last week, you

576
00:34:36,286 --> 00:34:39,326
Speaker 1: know a couple of things that you want to run back,

577
00:34:39,606 --> 00:34:41,806
Speaker 1: and I will say you are always very thorough in

578
00:34:41,886 --> 00:34:44,406
Speaker 1: your buy yourselva's. But which one is still on your head?

579
00:34:45,966 --> 00:34:48,686
Speaker 1: The one that still gets me is I honestly thought

580
00:34:48,806 --> 00:34:54,246
Speaker 1: that Derrick Henry would regain his form, that he would

581
00:34:54,406 --> 00:34:57,966
Speaker 1: be running up and down the field on that run

582
00:34:58,086 --> 00:35:01,886
Speaker 1: defense of the Eagles that had shown vulnerability up to

583
00:35:02,006 --> 00:35:06,926
Speaker 1: that point. M yeah, I was wrong about that, Derrick Henry,

584
00:35:07,446 --> 00:35:12,406
Speaker 1: only yeah, And I said that he would outrush the Eagles. Now,

585
00:35:12,486 --> 00:35:16,206
Speaker 1: the Eagles did have sixty seven yards, so maybe it

586
00:35:16,366 --> 00:35:20,886
Speaker 1: wasn't that far off. But what was I thinking, Like, No,

587
00:35:21,086 --> 00:35:23,486
Speaker 1: it wasn't you getting wrong. And let me tell you

588
00:35:23,606 --> 00:35:27,766
Speaker 1: something I have And you know, our resident genius at work,

589
00:35:28,046 --> 00:35:31,846
Speaker 1: our scientists, Cynthia Freeland, we were just talking about this too,

590
00:35:32,166 --> 00:35:35,046
Speaker 1: and she's like, I had him projected to do ninety

591
00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:38,046
Speaker 1: nine yards on the ground, So it wasn't just you.

592
00:35:38,966 --> 00:35:43,246
Speaker 1: And she is so smart and science. She builds these

593
00:35:43,326 --> 00:35:47,566
Speaker 1: analytics models. She's like, you know, sometimes human error and

594
00:35:47,726 --> 00:35:50,126
Speaker 1: that's not on our part, human error on the guy

595
00:35:50,166 --> 00:35:53,206
Speaker 1: we're projecting can come into this stuff. Am I saying

596
00:35:53,286 --> 00:35:56,246
Speaker 1: that this is Derik Henry's fault? Yes, there you go,

597
00:35:56,446 --> 00:36:01,926
Speaker 1: thank you, Thanks Derek King Henry. Well, we'll just put

598
00:36:02,006 --> 00:36:05,766
Speaker 1: him down his Lord Henry until he he makes it right.

599
00:36:06,806 --> 00:36:10,446
Speaker 1: But there are a few games that we're looking at closely.

600
00:36:10,966 --> 00:36:14,446
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start with this Bengals Browns game or Browns Bengals,

601
00:36:14,446 --> 00:36:18,606
Speaker 1: i should say, because they're hosting the Browns buy or Salva.

602
00:36:19,566 --> 00:36:24,606
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow will finally beat Cleveland. All right, So Joe,

603
00:36:24,686 --> 00:36:30,006
Speaker 1: as we know, is over. In those games, Miles Garrett

604
00:36:30,046 --> 00:36:33,166
Speaker 1: has been an absolute terror. As a matter of fact,

605
00:36:33,686 --> 00:36:36,566
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow was asked about it, like what has been

606
00:36:36,686 --> 00:36:39,286
Speaker 1: the issue? What has been the difference? Why haven't you

607
00:36:39,406 --> 00:36:41,966
Speaker 1: been able to get past the Browns? And he said

608
00:36:42,046 --> 00:36:46,886
Speaker 1: two words, Miles Garrett. And Miles Garrett has six sacks

609
00:36:47,246 --> 00:36:51,886
Speaker 1: in those games. Now, Joe Burrow hasn't exactly been trash

610
00:36:51,966 --> 00:36:54,206
Speaker 1: in those games. He had over three hundred yards of

611
00:36:54,286 --> 00:36:58,046
Speaker 1: these averaging eight touchdowns, but just hasn't been able to

612
00:36:58,886 --> 00:37:01,846
Speaker 1: beat the Browns. So I am going to say that

613
00:37:02,126 --> 00:37:06,246
Speaker 1: I am buying Burrow finally beat in Cleveland. Right now,

614
00:37:06,526 --> 00:37:09,686
Speaker 1: I think the Bengals are the most dangerous team in

615
00:37:09,806 --> 00:37:13,166
Speaker 1: the NFL, with all due respect to the Eagles. I

616
00:37:13,286 --> 00:37:16,486
Speaker 1: think the arrow is pointing up. I think that they

617
00:37:16,526 --> 00:37:22,606
Speaker 1: are playing a very competent, efficient offense. It's not Joe

618
00:37:22,686 --> 00:37:26,686
Speaker 1: Burrow just playing three flies up with Jamar Chase. That's

619
00:37:26,726 --> 00:37:30,126
Speaker 1: what it was like last year. No, this year. Now,

620
00:37:30,726 --> 00:37:34,446
Speaker 1: he is relying on the running game. He is throwing

621
00:37:34,526 --> 00:37:38,526
Speaker 1: the ball underneath, He's finding boyd over the middle. He's

622
00:37:38,726 --> 00:37:43,606
Speaker 1: able to read the defense and understand it, make quick decisions.

623
00:37:44,406 --> 00:37:47,166
Speaker 1: And I think what we tend to do, and I

624
00:37:47,286 --> 00:37:53,806
Speaker 1: say we maybe as analysts hosts nationwide, we tend to

625
00:37:54,046 --> 00:37:59,566
Speaker 1: go absolutely gaga over guys like Josh Allen and Patrick

626
00:37:59,686 --> 00:38:03,126
Speaker 1: Mahomes because with their freakish athletic ability. Same goes with

627
00:38:03,326 --> 00:38:08,046
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, where they make plays different arm slots, they

628
00:38:08,166 --> 00:38:12,566
Speaker 1: bomb at seventy five yards, They behind the back passes,

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Speaker 1: you know, no look passes, all these things that we

630
00:38:17,766 --> 00:38:22,926
Speaker 1: are seduced by. Where Joe Burrow just consistently does his

631
00:38:23,206 --> 00:38:26,806
Speaker 1: job gets better has the leadership skills. Not to say

632
00:38:26,846 --> 00:38:29,726
Speaker 1: I don't like what those other guys do. I'm just

633
00:38:29,846 --> 00:38:34,086
Speaker 1: saying those are outliers where Joe Burrow is doing the

634
00:38:34,246 --> 00:38:38,766
Speaker 1: quote unquote quarterback things that he wanted to, like reading

635
00:38:38,966 --> 00:38:43,886
Speaker 1: defenses and making quick decisions and good decisions, and he's

636
00:38:43,966 --> 00:38:46,966
Speaker 1: knowing when to tuck it and run and when to

637
00:38:47,126 --> 00:38:50,846
Speaker 1: throw the ball. And that's where I feel like he

638
00:38:51,046 --> 00:38:54,446
Speaker 1: doesn't get enough recognition for that. He's like, he's a

639
00:38:54,526 --> 00:38:58,166
Speaker 1: good quarterback. But wow, did you see what Patrick Mahomes did?

640
00:38:58,566 --> 00:39:03,086
Speaker 1: He threw the ball blindfolded behind his back while juggling

641
00:39:03,206 --> 00:39:08,726
Speaker 1: to babies. Yeah. Yeah, all that and out of a

642
00:39:10,246 --> 00:39:14,206
Speaker 1: burning building, and so we get so so enamored and

643
00:39:14,326 --> 00:39:17,526
Speaker 1: excited by it. So I just like theatrics. We do,

644
00:39:17,726 --> 00:39:20,406
Speaker 1: like our theatrics in our white lotus. But in this

645
00:39:20,606 --> 00:39:25,846
Speaker 1: particular situation, I am going to buy Burrow finally gets

646
00:39:25,886 --> 00:39:29,326
Speaker 1: it done against the Browns. I love that. I am

647
00:39:29,406 --> 00:39:32,646
Speaker 1: buying that too. I could let's go to this um

648
00:39:33,086 --> 00:39:38,686
Speaker 1: Vikings Lions game one. I'm a fox buy or Selva

649
00:39:39,606 --> 00:39:44,606
Speaker 1: Vikings will hold off the Lions. I'm gonna Selva on

650
00:39:44,766 --> 00:39:49,286
Speaker 1: this because what I've been seeing out of the Lions.

651
00:39:49,886 --> 00:39:52,126
Speaker 1: Are you there with me a little bit? I hear you,

652
00:39:52,206 --> 00:39:58,286
Speaker 1: I hear you. Yeah. The Lions offense now with Jared Goff,

653
00:39:58,326 --> 00:40:02,046
Speaker 1: who's playing at a high level, is scoring a ton

654
00:40:02,126 --> 00:40:05,486
Speaker 1: of points and the Vikings are giving up a lot

655
00:40:05,726 --> 00:40:10,526
Speaker 1: of passing yards and points themselves. As we saw, they

656
00:40:10,686 --> 00:40:13,606
Speaker 1: let the Jets come back in that game and nearly

657
00:40:13,806 --> 00:40:18,646
Speaker 1: lost it. And with the Lions, they've been able to

658
00:40:19,686 --> 00:40:24,006
Speaker 1: get DeAndre Swift now who's healthy, involved in the offense

659
00:40:24,166 --> 00:40:29,166
Speaker 1: running the ball. All Jamal Williams does is score red

660
00:40:29,286 --> 00:40:33,366
Speaker 1: zone touchdowns. They have an incredible screen game. I think

661
00:40:33,406 --> 00:40:39,806
Speaker 1: Almon Ross Saint Brown great is great, separates and gets

662
00:40:39,846 --> 00:40:42,326
Speaker 1: the ball. You can get them on jet sweeps, whatever

663
00:40:42,486 --> 00:40:45,126
Speaker 1: it is. It just feels like this is a fun

664
00:40:45,286 --> 00:40:50,006
Speaker 1: team who's playing inspired football, and that if they win

665
00:40:50,086 --> 00:40:52,806
Speaker 1: the next two games starting with this one, there's a

666
00:40:52,886 --> 00:40:58,046
Speaker 1: chance they make the playoffs. Just oh my god, is

667
00:40:58,126 --> 00:41:02,846
Speaker 1: that numerically or by the math they could still be

668
00:41:02,966 --> 00:41:06,286
Speaker 1: in it? Yeah. I think I think they definitely could

669
00:41:06,406 --> 00:41:10,326
Speaker 1: be for sure. And I think I think they've They've

670
00:41:10,566 --> 00:41:14,606
Speaker 1: got the offense that is. I think on defense, I

671
00:41:14,646 --> 00:41:17,806
Speaker 1: think they play a little too much man coverage and

672
00:41:17,926 --> 00:41:20,406
Speaker 1: I think that's why they're always susceptible to big chunk

673
00:41:20,486 --> 00:41:23,966
Speaker 1: plays on the defensive side. But with that offense and

674
00:41:24,086 --> 00:41:28,046
Speaker 1: how Jared Goff is piloting that thing, I mean now,

675
00:41:28,246 --> 00:41:30,606
Speaker 1: I mean you've probably seen all the takes too, m

676
00:41:30,686 --> 00:41:33,526
Speaker 1: j about like, oh, who got the better of the deal,

677
00:41:33,846 --> 00:41:37,846
Speaker 1: the Rams or the Lions, because the Rams are stinking

678
00:41:38,006 --> 00:41:40,246
Speaker 1: right now. Matthew Stafford is out. I mean they did

679
00:41:40,366 --> 00:41:43,966
Speaker 1: run a Super Bowl though, there they did, and that's

680
00:41:44,006 --> 00:41:47,206
Speaker 1: why it's that's That's that's what I'm saying. It's like

681
00:41:47,246 --> 00:41:48,966
Speaker 1: people are like, come on, it's like, now Jared Goff,

682
00:41:49,046 --> 00:41:51,406
Speaker 1: he's playing well now that they have the third or

683
00:41:51,446 --> 00:41:54,286
Speaker 1: fourth pick in the draft, and so it's just it's funny.

684
00:41:54,326 --> 00:41:56,646
Speaker 1: It's like, I dislike the fact that the Lions have

685
00:41:56,726 --> 00:42:01,126
Speaker 1: been able to play inspired ball under Dan Campbell and

686
00:42:01,206 --> 00:42:04,966
Speaker 1: this offense is absolutely humming. Yeah, I mean first in

687
00:42:05,006 --> 00:42:08,406
Speaker 1: the red zone, top ten scoring offense. I thought it

688
00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:10,806
Speaker 1: was higher than that because we've seen a couple of

689
00:42:10,886 --> 00:42:15,646
Speaker 1: forty burgers high thirty scoring games. I mean, they're rolling.

690
00:42:15,766 --> 00:42:18,006
Speaker 1: I felt like for a really long time there there

691
00:42:18,046 --> 00:42:21,086
Speaker 1: were so many of these games or it's like you

692
00:42:21,326 --> 00:42:24,286
Speaker 1: can't count this team out they can put a point.

693
00:42:24,646 --> 00:42:27,046
Speaker 1: They've they've just had this thing where they can't they

694
00:42:27,086 --> 00:42:29,886
Speaker 1: haven't been able to close. But you're right. Four of

695
00:42:29,966 --> 00:42:34,966
Speaker 1: the last five. Okay, Lions, let's see let's go see

696
00:42:35,006 --> 00:42:38,766
Speaker 1: you and moreover, the culture has changed there. I think so.

697
00:42:39,486 --> 00:42:42,766
Speaker 1: For so long people were expecting them and maybe they

698
00:42:42,886 --> 00:42:45,766
Speaker 1: were expecting to lose two. That's not the case anymore.

699
00:42:45,886 --> 00:42:49,486
Speaker 1: With with um Dan Campbell and Deuce and all the

700
00:42:49,526 --> 00:42:51,126
Speaker 1: guys that they have out there, they're not thinking that

701
00:42:51,206 --> 00:43:09,446
Speaker 1: way anymore. Will Nope, Nope, not at all. Go all right.

702
00:43:09,486 --> 00:43:14,446
Speaker 1: We talked about teams probabilities, what they could possibly do,

703
00:43:14,566 --> 00:43:16,326
Speaker 1: but I want to zero in on the guys that

704
00:43:16,486 --> 00:43:26,726
Speaker 1: you have your eye on. Will In. Yes, macho, there's

705
00:43:26,726 --> 00:43:31,646
Speaker 1: a player in LA that screams, I know who this is.

706
00:43:32,846 --> 00:43:36,006
Speaker 1: And this is a man who can literally lift two

707
00:43:36,166 --> 00:43:42,806
Speaker 1: cars by himself. Just strong, freakish, really strong, and very

708
00:43:42,926 --> 00:43:49,006
Speaker 1: much into rock when he celebrates. I'm talking about Austin Eckler. Okay,

709
00:43:49,446 --> 00:43:53,006
Speaker 1: he leads all running backs with eighty five catches. He's

710
00:43:53,046 --> 00:43:54,646
Speaker 1: on a pace for one hundred and twenty catches, which

711
00:43:54,646 --> 00:43:57,606
Speaker 1: would be a running back record, and over the last

712
00:43:57,646 --> 00:44:00,526
Speaker 1: two seasons, no player in the NFL has scored more

713
00:44:00,726 --> 00:44:04,646
Speaker 1: scrimmage touchdowns. The problem has been he plays in an offense.

714
00:44:04,806 --> 00:44:09,326
Speaker 1: It's been somewhat vanilla. But he's been so reliable for

715
00:44:10,006 --> 00:44:15,246
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert and because of their up and down nature.

716
00:44:15,406 --> 00:44:18,686
Speaker 1: I don't think he gets enough love for what he does.

717
00:44:18,886 --> 00:44:20,966
Speaker 1: And we're going to get a chance to see what

718
00:44:21,126 --> 00:44:24,366
Speaker 1: he can do because the Chargers in Dolphins game was

719
00:44:24,486 --> 00:44:28,166
Speaker 1: flexed and it Senday Night football and Jack, it's gonna

720
00:44:28,166 --> 00:44:30,206
Speaker 1: be a good game. I will be there in person. Yeah,

721
00:44:30,246 --> 00:44:34,206
Speaker 1: I mean, Austin Eckler one of the hardest working players

722
00:44:34,446 --> 00:44:36,766
Speaker 1: in the league, no question, and it shows when he

723
00:44:36,886 --> 00:44:40,366
Speaker 1: hits the field. I mean it's ridiculous. Have you seen

724
00:44:40,486 --> 00:44:47,526
Speaker 1: his workouts? Why? Why? God, it's no world. He's so strong,

725
00:44:48,446 --> 00:44:53,886
Speaker 1: so strong, and he only gets better and better with

726
00:44:54,046 --> 00:44:56,686
Speaker 1: his endurance and being able to do everything that he

727
00:44:56,846 --> 00:45:00,846
Speaker 1: does to help out the offense. So that's one I

728
00:45:01,006 --> 00:45:03,526
Speaker 1: love that. That's spot on. All right, let's go to

729
00:45:03,646 --> 00:45:06,886
Speaker 1: the team that everybody it's anticipating. We'll be playing in

730
00:45:08,046 --> 00:45:13,326
Speaker 1: Arizona come mid February. The Eagles are rolling and it's

731
00:45:13,366 --> 00:45:17,886
Speaker 1: because of one guy in particular. Yeah, Jalen Hurts top

732
00:45:17,966 --> 00:45:23,286
Speaker 1: five and completion percentage, passing hours, attempts, passer rating. Eagles

733
00:45:23,326 --> 00:45:25,686
Speaker 1: can clinch playoff spot with a win or tie Sunday

734
00:45:25,686 --> 00:45:29,766
Speaker 1: against the Giants at one pm on Fox. And for me,

735
00:45:30,046 --> 00:45:33,246
Speaker 1: he's coming off his best passing game of this season.

736
00:45:33,726 --> 00:45:37,766
Speaker 1: The week before he came off his best running game

737
00:45:38,046 --> 00:45:41,486
Speaker 1: of this season. He has been hard to bring down.

738
00:45:41,646 --> 00:45:45,446
Speaker 1: He runs like a tailback, and that's the reason why

739
00:45:45,606 --> 00:45:50,646
Speaker 1: he should be in the MVP candidate conversation. He's able

740
00:45:50,726 --> 00:45:54,126
Speaker 1: to lead this team. Guys respect him, and he's done

741
00:45:54,166 --> 00:45:56,966
Speaker 1: such a great job of improving as a passer from

742
00:45:57,046 --> 00:46:03,246
Speaker 1: the pocket. So he is a berro macho the definition.

743
00:46:03,526 --> 00:46:06,126
Speaker 1: I agree. I'm a huge jail and hurts fan, not

744
00:46:06,326 --> 00:46:08,126
Speaker 1: just for the things he does on the field, but

745
00:46:08,246 --> 00:46:11,366
Speaker 1: off the field, the way he conducts himself, the way

746
00:46:11,406 --> 00:46:13,806
Speaker 1: he's a community leader, he's a locker room guy, and

747
00:46:13,966 --> 00:46:16,206
Speaker 1: the way he tuned out the noise from the start

748
00:46:16,246 --> 00:46:19,406
Speaker 1: of his career in this league, especially in Philadelphia, where

749
00:46:19,566 --> 00:46:23,006
Speaker 1: all the headlines were all why did we draft this guy?

750
00:46:23,326 --> 00:46:25,126
Speaker 1: He's not good and he had been in the league

751
00:46:25,166 --> 00:46:28,846
Speaker 1: for five seconds. Didn't even him a chance to prove himself.

752
00:46:29,006 --> 00:46:32,686
Speaker 1: And I love in true perromacho fashion not too long ago.

753
00:46:32,726 --> 00:46:35,046
Speaker 1: He's like, all right, no, no, no, no, because y'all

754
00:46:35,086 --> 00:46:37,766
Speaker 1: weren't talk about us in a good light when we

755
00:46:37,846 --> 00:46:39,726
Speaker 1: didn't have a winning record. Don't talk about us now

756
00:46:40,726 --> 00:46:44,606
Speaker 1: keep that same energy. I love this definitely the embodiment

757
00:46:44,686 --> 00:46:48,806
Speaker 1: of what a perromacho is for sure. Will Yeah, So

758
00:46:48,886 --> 00:46:52,846
Speaker 1: if you're a perromacho, that's a big honor. But it's

759
00:46:53,006 --> 00:46:57,166
Speaker 1: not the same as having that special sauce, that oh

760
00:46:57,246 --> 00:47:00,886
Speaker 1: my god power, that power that we like to call

761
00:47:01,406 --> 00:47:14,486
Speaker 1: Plato power. Yes, yes, there's all. There was only one choice,

762
00:47:14,806 --> 00:47:18,766
Speaker 1: um for me. After last week's games. Um, and he

763
00:47:19,246 --> 00:47:24,686
Speaker 1: is not coincidentally part of that Eagles team. A J. Brown.

764
00:47:25,326 --> 00:47:30,686
Speaker 1: Holy moley, what a game, What a game against his

765
00:47:30,766 --> 00:47:34,926
Speaker 1: former team, the way that he has just completely opened

766
00:47:35,006 --> 00:47:37,686
Speaker 1: up this Eagles offense. Um. I think that you could

767
00:47:37,726 --> 00:47:39,566
Speaker 1: see that last week against the Titans, he was like,

768
00:47:39,646 --> 00:47:41,966
Speaker 1: all right, I'm in my bag, here we go. He

769
00:47:42,126 --> 00:47:47,366
Speaker 1: had he not only had to and mangu um maltos

770
00:47:47,406 --> 00:47:50,246
Speaker 1: as we call it, the ripe ones, the sweet ones.

771
00:47:51,446 --> 00:47:54,446
Speaker 1: He had seventeen helpings of everything. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

772
00:47:54,686 --> 00:47:58,126
Speaker 1: was for AJ Brown and you could tell it showed

773
00:47:58,286 --> 00:48:00,446
Speaker 1: it showed and I think that's not slowing down for

774
00:48:00,606 --> 00:48:04,646
Speaker 1: him whatsoever. Um. He and the best part of that

775
00:48:04,926 --> 00:48:07,886
Speaker 1: Draft night trade when he got sent to the Eagles

776
00:48:08,206 --> 00:48:11,126
Speaker 1: was the FaceTime that we saw between him and Jalen Hurd, who,

777
00:48:11,166 --> 00:48:13,366
Speaker 1: by the way, we're all writing good friends. UM. So

778
00:48:13,566 --> 00:48:16,206
Speaker 1: we knew that this was coming, but to see it

779
00:48:16,286 --> 00:48:19,166
Speaker 1: actually come to fruition because some things on paper, we

780
00:48:19,286 --> 00:48:21,006
Speaker 1: things are gonna we think are going to work out,

781
00:48:21,046 --> 00:48:24,206
Speaker 1: and they don't. But man, a J. Brown has been

782
00:48:24,206 --> 00:48:26,606
Speaker 1: a fantastic addition. I think it was. It was one

783
00:48:26,606 --> 00:48:29,646
Speaker 1: of the missing links that took this Eagles team to

784
00:48:29,766 --> 00:48:33,006
Speaker 1: the next level. It's been so fun to watch and

785
00:48:33,206 --> 00:48:35,806
Speaker 1: I don't see it slowing down anytime soon. I think

786
00:48:35,846 --> 00:48:39,406
Speaker 1: they're gonna They're gonna ride this um and those very

787
00:48:39,926 --> 00:48:43,366
Speaker 1: broad shoulders all the way to the super Bowl for sure.

788
00:48:43,646 --> 00:48:48,806
Speaker 1: A J. Brown, Yeah, that's one of the platona power

789
00:48:49,006 --> 00:48:52,406
Speaker 1: that he has, that he possesses a big, physical receiver.

790
00:48:53,046 --> 00:48:57,086
Speaker 1: It was that element at that offense missed and needed

791
00:48:57,326 --> 00:49:01,246
Speaker 1: in that playoff loss to the Bucks last year. And

792
00:49:03,286 --> 00:49:06,526
Speaker 1: you were talking about Draft night and the FaceTime between

793
00:49:06,846 --> 00:49:10,806
Speaker 1: A J. Brown and Jalen Hurts, could we also talk

794
00:49:10,846 --> 00:49:15,406
Speaker 1: about draft day when it was revealed that the Titans

795
00:49:15,486 --> 00:49:22,086
Speaker 1: were going to trade AJ Brown because Mike Vrabel got

796
00:49:22,206 --> 00:49:25,526
Speaker 1: up in disgust because he wasn't happy because remember there

797
00:49:25,566 --> 00:49:26,966
Speaker 1: was a time where he said, well, as honest, I'm

798
00:49:27,046 --> 00:49:30,566
Speaker 1: the head coach, he's not going to be he's not

799
00:49:30,646 --> 00:49:33,086
Speaker 1: going to be traded. So lo and behold he gets traded.

800
00:49:33,646 --> 00:49:39,246
Speaker 1: And then the Titans then fired their general manager John

801
00:49:39,366 --> 00:49:43,086
Speaker 1: Robinson after that performance from AJ Brown. Now, I don't

802
00:49:43,206 --> 00:49:45,446
Speaker 1: think that was the main reason. I think there's way

803
00:49:45,566 --> 00:49:49,006
Speaker 1: more that at some point in time we'll find out about,

804
00:49:49,566 --> 00:49:54,486
Speaker 1: but it's not not a reason. Yes, yeah, I mean

805
00:49:54,606 --> 00:49:58,926
Speaker 1: that was definitely contributing factor, but you know there's definitely

806
00:49:59,006 --> 00:50:02,526
Speaker 1: more more to why that that was to be. I

807
00:50:02,646 --> 00:50:06,246
Speaker 1: just take that Vabel in general just want more control

808
00:50:06,646 --> 00:50:10,966
Speaker 1: over the roster. And I think something came to a

809
00:50:11,046 --> 00:50:16,086
Speaker 1: head and they decided to say forget it, see you later.

810
00:50:16,846 --> 00:50:20,646
Speaker 1: But it does Jesus say, A J. Brown you were

811
00:50:20,686 --> 00:50:23,766
Speaker 1: the reason why a GM was fired. I mean, that's

812
00:50:23,886 --> 00:50:26,726
Speaker 1: blat of power right there. For sure, there's more power

813
00:50:26,766 --> 00:50:28,766
Speaker 1: than I even thought the Platos could have. But here

814
00:50:28,806 --> 00:50:31,446
Speaker 1: we go. Never underestimate it, all right, signed to put

815
00:50:31,566 --> 00:50:35,606
Speaker 1: a Bow on the l Huddle podcast with I Bunto,

816
00:50:36,406 --> 00:50:40,086
Speaker 1: and for me, the ipunto is you always have to

817
00:50:40,166 --> 00:50:43,686
Speaker 1: be ready because you never know when your time is

818
00:50:43,806 --> 00:50:48,126
Speaker 1: going to come. And that goes for Tyler Huntley, that

819
00:50:48,366 --> 00:50:53,646
Speaker 1: goes for Brock Purty, any of these quarterbacks who are

820
00:50:53,806 --> 00:50:58,006
Speaker 1: thrust into the spotlight with very little preparation. You know,

821
00:50:58,126 --> 00:51:01,246
Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley has been in this situation, but now he's

822
00:51:01,366 --> 00:51:07,766
Speaker 1: back in the spotlight given Lamarck Xen's knee injury that

823
00:51:07,886 --> 00:51:10,726
Speaker 1: he has, And I think that's part of what it is.

824
00:51:10,886 --> 00:51:14,286
Speaker 1: And seeing the development of some of these guys who

825
00:51:14,366 --> 00:51:18,966
Speaker 1: we thought were backups, like Gino Smith then rise up

826
00:51:19,086 --> 00:51:23,446
Speaker 1: and show that they can be effective in this league

827
00:51:23,526 --> 00:51:28,926
Speaker 1: and be good in this league. So Stas Lesto, Esperroquet,

828
00:51:32,286 --> 00:51:36,246
Speaker 1: MJ You're one. It's always one injury away. Man, It's

829
00:51:36,286 --> 00:51:39,766
Speaker 1: so crazy. And that's that sort of leads into my epunto.

830
00:51:39,846 --> 00:51:43,326
Speaker 1: This is the time of year where things get really

831
00:51:43,406 --> 00:51:47,206
Speaker 1: really real. You know, we're not wondering anymore, is this

832
00:51:47,446 --> 00:51:49,126
Speaker 1: who this team is? No, we know who you are.

833
00:51:49,526 --> 00:51:51,206
Speaker 1: We know who you are. And on top of that,

834
00:51:51,446 --> 00:51:55,006
Speaker 1: we're fourteen weeks in, so there's still so much left

835
00:51:55,046 --> 00:51:58,286
Speaker 1: of the regular season and as short quote unquote as

836
00:51:58,406 --> 00:52:02,646
Speaker 1: the postseason is, it feels really long because the games

837
00:52:02,686 --> 00:52:06,766
Speaker 1: of course mean everything. It's winner go home. Um, guys

838
00:52:06,806 --> 00:52:10,526
Speaker 1: are gassed. Guys have been playing for several months now,

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Speaker 1: but this is where you really start to see it

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Speaker 1: because guys are playing based off of at this point

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Speaker 1: so important to remember what these players put their bodies

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Speaker 1: through just to be out there every single week. Roots

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Speaker 1: they're they're not just names fantasy football enjoyment. They're not

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Speaker 1: just jerseys, right, these are human beings. I forget that. Um.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean we heard that emotional, emotional press

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Speaker 1: conference after the last loss that they took because the

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Speaker 1: it's real. It's very very real. You know, we work

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Speaker 1: with with with guys who played in the league so often, UM,

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Speaker 1: and you see that that that they you know, they

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Speaker 1: like the hips the knee and like that stays with

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Speaker 1: them for their whole lives. And it's because they pour

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Speaker 1: every bit of themselves into this game. So this is

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Speaker 1: when things get real. This is when your teams. Hey, fans,

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Speaker 1: step up for your teams, show them that love because

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Speaker 1: they need They need it now more than ever. Um,

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Speaker 1: and everybody's got a ride all the way from here

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Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl. Baby. Oh yeah, almost there, We're

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Speaker 1: almost there. The days are long, but the season is short. Um.

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Speaker 1: We want to thank you guys, of course, for for

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Speaker 1: tuning in and hanging with us here on El Huddle.

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Speaker 1: Will It's always such a great time. If you want

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Speaker 1: more from Will and I, UM, I hope that you subscribe,

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Speaker 1: here next week as always. Will, thank you, my friend.

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