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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast wishes it was New Hampshire Royalty.

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Speaker 1: Ricky Robot, Welcome to another edition of the Around the

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Speaker 1: NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansis. I come to

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Speaker 1: you from a Virgil room filled with some heroes, Mark Cessler,

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Speaker 1: Greg Rose. What is up, buoy He now feeling good feeling?

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Speaker 1: I felt like last Thursday we were a little tense.

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Speaker 1: There was a lot going on in the country. Now

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Speaker 1: we're cool, you're rolling. Now we're getting the version of

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Speaker 1: Greg where he's sort of loose, easy, kind of like

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Speaker 1: two thousand and two New Orleans vibe, Greg, a special vibe?

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Speaker 1: Is that true? Greg? Is this what you were like

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Speaker 1: eighteen years ago? I mean that I would have been

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Speaker 1: graduating from if I did go back there quite quite

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Speaker 1: a bit. Yeah, I'll buy it. I'm just you know,

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Speaker 1: you sold it. You've sold it with it with effect.

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Speaker 1: Way to paint a picture, Greg. Everybody, this is Week

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Speaker 1: ten double digits now as we give you a comprehensive

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Speaker 1: look ahead at the football to be played this weekend

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Speaker 1: and on Monday night. And what we do you know

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Speaker 1: what we do around these parts. First of all, we

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Speaker 1: have a controversy Lock of the Week controversy right now,

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Speaker 1: Ricky Hollywood really stumbling through this season. We don't get

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Speaker 1: the lock of the week from her until after the fact,

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Speaker 1: and she guess what she says, Oh, I took the Raiders. Oh,

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Speaker 1: the same Raiders that had a miracle win. Ricky come

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Speaker 1: in here a second, had a miracle win. Now you

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Speaker 1: get your second lock of the year. A little bit

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Speaker 1: suspicious when you're talking about the lock standings, Erica Temposse,

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Speaker 1: You know I picked the Raiders. You didn't have me

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Speaker 1: on the show to to vocally state it. I would have,

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Speaker 1: and I asked you on Twitter for one before, you know,

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Speaker 1: well before the game a couple of times, you know, I, Greg,

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Speaker 1: I have so many people MU did like you. I

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Speaker 1: didn't see the tweet. Yeah. So are you saying, are

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Speaker 1: you saying that everything was counted properly when it comes

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Speaker 1: to our competition? Yes? No fraud. I actually I would

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Speaker 1: have never thought that Ricky actually would have cheated, because

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Speaker 1: what's the point. Um. But then Dan brought it up

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Speaker 1: and she made it clear, Oh actually she did. She's

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Speaker 1: such a bad And I was like, oh wow, how

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Speaker 1: about that. I mean, you're you know, your lock standings

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Speaker 1: mirror your fantasy football team standings which were in a

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Speaker 1: league with you. So I don't I don't. I don't

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Speaker 1: quite get what the strategy was this season. But I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna stop talking because you'll probably prepare something for social

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Speaker 1: media that destroys me twelve minutes from now. It's like, hey, Erica,

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Speaker 1: remember that time you lost? Like it's irrelevant to everything

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Speaker 1: we're talking about in fantasy football. It's irrelevant as soon

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Speaker 1: as you have a losing record. I get how this works. Well,

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Speaker 1: we'll get you on the record this week later in

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Speaker 1: the shop. That's what we need. We need Ricky on

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Speaker 1: the record before the games are played. Okay, handled that

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Speaker 1: I was just on my mind. I don't you know.

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Speaker 1: We want everything to be above the board here at

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Speaker 1: the Round the NFL podcast, all right, As we do

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Speaker 1: every week, we do this straft style where we pick

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Speaker 1: games and then we follow them on Sunday the games

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Speaker 1: that we pick, and it's quite fun and competitive, and

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Speaker 1: I the old zeuser, have the first overall pick, and

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Speaker 1: I am very excited to talk about what's going on

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Speaker 1: in the desert. The Arizona Cardinals hosting the Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 1: and listen, the Bills needed that Josh Allen performance. They

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Speaker 1: There were six and two going into last week's UH

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Speaker 1: game against the Seahawks. But if you looked at Alan's

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Speaker 1: it was night and day, and you were thinking to yourself, Oh,

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals are a great running team. A lot of

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Speaker 1: He played the best game of his career last week.

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Speaker 1: If you look at the quarterbacks that they've done well against,

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Speaker 1: They've fixed that. So I feel better about the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: And Kyler Murray has more rushing yards and Lamar Jackson,

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Speaker 1: be a ton of points in this game. Let's pick it.

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Speaker 1: High school. Let's pick it, Greg, it's so excited today.

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Speaker 1: I just got on board with Kyler Murray saying he's

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Speaker 1: as special as they get. How about this for a number.

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Speaker 1: We all went nuts, and Mark, don't worry, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: Cardinals by a field goal? How about you, Mark Well?

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Speaker 1: I loved that. I think Buffalo by going run heavy

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. I kind of rolled the dice there,

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Speaker 1: so they're not going there if they don't win this game.

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Speaker 1: I think they'll win it by ten points. So you're

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Speaker 1: prediction that includes the Dolphins, I think. I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: terms of what the viewer is watching right now. All right, well,

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Speaker 1: good luck to you. Mark up next in the draft,

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Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal, alright, I'm going to the NFC West again.

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Speaker 1: It is the Seahawks facing the Rams. This could be

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Speaker 1: one of the biggest games in this division all year long.

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Speaker 1: If the Rams win it, they are tied for first

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Speaker 1: and show face kinda owned Pete Carroll in this matchup

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Speaker 1: so far, winning four out of six. They gave him

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Speaker 1: you're gonna really hang some onion. Now Brady retreating from

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Speaker 1: pressure week after week. That's not gonna happen when you

427
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Speaker 1: play the Panthers. They they barely forced any points, they

428
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Speaker 1: got no pass rush. And I think that's a game

429
00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,359
Speaker 1: Tom Brady can be very comfortable with alright, looking forward

430
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Speaker 1: to that one. That's a good game. Mark six snakes

431
00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,800
Speaker 1: to you in the draft. I mean look at this.

432
00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:26,879
Speaker 1: I'm going Chargers at Miami. This is you know, the

433
00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:28,760
Speaker 1: one thing is when you have two in the league.

434
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Speaker 1: You've got Justin Herbert, You've got Kyler Murray. We're getting

435
00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:35,680
Speaker 1: these incredible quarterback matchups week after week, and last week

436
00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,959
Speaker 1: Murray Tua did not disappoint. Um. I'm even more excited

437
00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,399
Speaker 1: about this one because I think Justin Herbert is one

438
00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,240
Speaker 1: of the most beautiful pure passers I've watched in decades.

439
00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:48,080
Speaker 1: It's just incredibly fun to watch and play. And I

440
00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:51,080
Speaker 1: know all this business about you know, the Chargers in

441
00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:54,600
Speaker 1: the last second losses. Uh. Daniel Popper of The Athletic

442
00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:56,400
Speaker 1: made a great point. He talked about how the sort

443
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Speaker 1: of Groundhog Day effect that Chargers fans are suffering through,

444
00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:04,120
Speaker 1: but that in the real movie groundtog Day involving Bill Murray, um,

445
00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,439
Speaker 1: the actual director now that it seemed like, you know,

446
00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,639
Speaker 1: he solved his problems and went through the same issue

447
00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,240
Speaker 1: over the course of two hours. Good for Bill Murray.

448
00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,840
Speaker 1: But in real life, the film's director said that he

449
00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:17,240
Speaker 1: thought that that actually lasted thirty to forty years. So

450
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:19,600
Speaker 1: that's concerning for Chargers fans. They gotta get out of

451
00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,000
Speaker 1: this funk, and I think with Justin Herbert, you're gonna

452
00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:23,680
Speaker 1: get to the point where you're gonna go on a

453
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Speaker 1: run and win some of these games. My concern here

454
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Speaker 1: is what we've already talked about on this show, what

455
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Speaker 1: Brian Flores and his defensive crew are able to do

456
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Speaker 1: to quarterbacks. They won that last game with five assistant

457
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,520
Speaker 1: coaches out of the commission because of the Corona situation,

458
00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,120
Speaker 1: So they can do it like Belichick staff with four

459
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,359
Speaker 1: or five coaches on the whole staff and still make

460
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Speaker 1: an impact. Can we put some respect on Harold Ramos name?

461
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Speaker 1: He is not just the director of ground Day, he's

462
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Speaker 1: egon Harold Ramoss. People told me not to mention his

463
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Speaker 1: name on NFL network. So you've just created a lot

464
00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,119
Speaker 1: of problems for me. Yeah, so I'm totally I'm totally

465
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Speaker 1: with you on Herbert. He's so fun to watch. And

466
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Speaker 1: if you are a fan of a team that's waiting

467
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Speaker 1: for a quarterback to blossom, like me with Sam Donald

468
00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,240
Speaker 1: or you Mark with Baker Mayfield, when you see guys

469
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,080
Speaker 1: like Justin Herbert who hit the ground running, you're thinking

470
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Speaker 1: to yourself, Oh, we don't have our guy. We gotta

471
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Speaker 1: find one of these guys, we gotta keep looking. So Yeah,

472
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Speaker 1: he's exciting to watch, it's fun to watch. Is a

473
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Speaker 1: great value pick in the draft, Mark uh and the

474
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Speaker 1: Dolphins are. This is a great test because I I

475
00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:31,600
Speaker 1: put some disrespect on the Dolphins last week. I locked

476
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:35,920
Speaker 1: up the Cardinals and some of it. You're not gonna

477
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Speaker 1: get a defensive touchdown every week, and I think there's

478
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Speaker 1: a that's a big reason why they've won each of

479
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Speaker 1: these last two weeks as because the game script changed

480
00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,880
Speaker 1: in an outstanding way for them. But at the same time,

481
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Speaker 1: I'm past the point where thinking they're a fluke. I

482
00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,360
Speaker 1: think this has worked out perfectly with tah especially coming

483
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Speaker 1: off that performance. Uh is second start where he did

484
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Speaker 1: he has he has raised the ceiling of this team

485
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Speaker 1: and they're not just some plucky underdog. I think they

486
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Speaker 1: have a chance to actually make noise and even hang

487
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Speaker 1: in the a f C East race. I mean, the

488
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,960
Speaker 1: thing is, would you rather take Herbert or to a

489
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Speaker 1: long term I mean that's fair. I guess you can

490
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Speaker 1: based it on the car. I mean, I'm I'm taking Herbert,

491
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,720
Speaker 1: and I think Herbert's got more help. It's kind of crazy, uh,

492
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,960
Speaker 1: right now, if you look at to a situation. They're

493
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,520
Speaker 1: down to their you know, fourth and fifth string running backs.

494
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:28,320
Speaker 1: They just lost Preston Williams to an a c L.

495
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Speaker 1: I think that that's a pretty big loss. It's not

496
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Speaker 1: like their offensive line is great, the defense is good,

497
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Speaker 1: and so this game to me comes down to like

498
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Speaker 1: situational football coaching and special teams. That the Chargers special

499
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:44,280
Speaker 1: team is like the worst running act in the entire league.

500
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Speaker 1: It's it's terrible every year, and the Dolphins special teams

501
00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 1: win them gate each and every week. They might be

502
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Speaker 1: the best special teams in the league. But Herbert's got

503
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Speaker 1: more support. Joey Bosa looks like he's gonna be healthy.

504
00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,160
Speaker 1: That's huge. Brian Bulaga looks like he's gonna be back

505
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Speaker 1: for the Chargers. So I this was the game I

506
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Speaker 1: had the hardest time I'm picking because all the mojo

507
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,919
Speaker 1: is for Miami, and yet part of me still thinks

508
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,959
Speaker 1: like they're they're skating there a little over their skis

509
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:09,880
Speaker 1: and the Chargers are due one of these games. One

510
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,320
Speaker 1: little thing about Anthony lynn Is punted on fourth and

511
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:15,240
Speaker 1: one five times in the last eight games. To me,

512
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 1: that's just like that's not football, and you have the

513
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Speaker 1: quarterback in the pieces on offense to attack versus playing conservative.

514
00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:25,800
Speaker 1: I agree. I just think that's let's just go for it.

515
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Speaker 1: If you're the Chargers, slay these ghosts through your actions.

516
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:30,520
Speaker 1: I mean, they've got they have got to go on

517
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Speaker 1: a run at some point. That's what we were talking

518
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Speaker 1: about on Sunday night, when you could say, oh, there's

519
00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,720
Speaker 1: something cosmic going out with the Charges. Maybe they want

520
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:38,640
Speaker 1: to be being put in these positions to get beat

521
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Speaker 1: in the last second if they were a little more

522
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Speaker 1: aggressive and and really took the bull by the horns,

523
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Speaker 1: as they say earlier in the game. So Anthony Lynn

524
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,880
Speaker 1: is very make no mistake, as as exciting as they've been,

525
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,480
Speaker 1: as as great as Justin Herbert has been, Anthony Lynn

526
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Speaker 1: is coaching for his job right now. And you might

527
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Speaker 1: need a win like this, or you know, a few

528
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,800
Speaker 1: wins like this to be back in time now for

529
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Speaker 1: Road to Victory presented by the United States Marine Corps.

530
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Speaker 1: All right, I'm taking Joey Burrow against these Pittsburgh Steelers.

531
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,399
Speaker 1: The last time we saw Burrow, he was lightening up

532
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,720
Speaker 1: the Titans and getting better each and every week. And

533
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 1: you know, when it comes to the n f C

534
00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:19,119
Speaker 1: North Mark. I kind of think about you, you know,

535
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:20,960
Speaker 1: because I feel like you don't so much root for

536
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,840
Speaker 1: the Browns as you do just like route against other

537
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:26,480
Speaker 1: things that could pain you in the future. So I'm

538
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,520
Speaker 1: asking you, like, which result would you are you more

539
00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:33,359
Speaker 1: afraid of? Basically that that the Bengals took the number

540
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Speaker 1: one overall pick in Joe Burrow. That's just gonna haunt

541
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Speaker 1: you for the next fifteen years. And it's gonna be

542
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:43,000
Speaker 1: better than your number one pick Baker, or the Pittsburgh

543
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 1: Steelers winning another Super Bowl this year with Big Ben

544
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,840
Speaker 1: A lot of assaults in that set up towards There's

545
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,320
Speaker 1: there's a lot happening. I mean, it's a no win situation, Uh,

546
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,040
Speaker 1: the Steelers winning the Super Bowl, that that pain would

547
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,400
Speaker 1: be over three months from now. Um, and I think

548
00:25:57,440 --> 00:25:59,960
Speaker 1: that that's where they're probably heading on some level. I mean,

549
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 1: Joey Burrow is going to be around for two decades,

550
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:04,359
Speaker 1: so I you know, if I had to pick a reality,

551
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:06,879
Speaker 1: I'd have, you know, have Pittsburgh and win their little

552
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,480
Speaker 1: trophy and dance around and have a nice time. But

553
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,199
Speaker 1: Burrow is for real and the little Steelers, well, the

554
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,680
Speaker 1: Steelers have beaten them thirteen out of fourteen times and

555
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 1: ten times in a row, and then in the in

556
00:26:19,040 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 1: the two teams from Ohio know this story well about

557
00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and Baltimore, and the reason that Burrow is exciting

558
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,760
Speaker 1: is that he can change all that this narrative of

559
00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:31,760
Speaker 1: Cincinnati unable to accomplish anything against its two real rivals.

560
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,680
Speaker 1: I don't know if Cleveland or Cincinnati have too many

561
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,000
Speaker 1: rivals at this point, but Pittsburgh has put it to

562
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 1: him over and over and it kind of reminds me

563
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,640
Speaker 1: of last week, where you know, the Steelers probably would

564
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:43,159
Speaker 1: have lost that game in other Mike Tomlins seasons. Uh,

565
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 1: they pulled it out there a little bit of a

566
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,959
Speaker 1: different team, but this is a this is a different

567
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,360
Speaker 1: type of challenge against the team that you've beaten up

568
00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 1: for years. Steelers are coming off an interesting week. They

569
00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 1: almost get beat in Dallas by a fourth string quarterback,

570
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:01,440
Speaker 1: but they get the job done. Big Ben injured both

571
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: his knees, not just one, both his knees, we learned

572
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,479
Speaker 1: this week, so he's dealing with that. Uh. Then he

573
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,240
Speaker 1: heads to the COVID list for close contact. Reason. It's

574
00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:11,359
Speaker 1: just been one of those weeks that can only happen

575
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: in But I still I trust the Steelers. Why why

576
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 1: wouldn't you? I mean, they they're the only undefeated team

577
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 1: in the league. And I think what we've seen week

578
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,680
Speaker 1: after week with the Bengals this season, with the exception

579
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 1: of one week against the Ravens, they're gonna hang in games.

580
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,360
Speaker 1: They're gonna give team scares. But I don't think they're

581
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,359
Speaker 1: gonna do it to the Steelers at home because I

582
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,639
Speaker 1: think Pittsburgh knows full well that Cincinnati is no longer

583
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,480
Speaker 1: this laughing stock that you're gonna roll over. And assuming

584
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,400
Speaker 1: everyone's healthy and able to play, I think Pittsburgh's gonna

585
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,280
Speaker 1: put up a lot of points, and I think they're

586
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,680
Speaker 1: going to win. Maybe not going away, but I think

587
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:48,080
Speaker 1: we're gonna get another W with a schedule that continues

588
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:53,880
Speaker 1: to stay pretty soft. Uh Mercury Morris getting nervous. I

589
00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,200
Speaker 1: I looked at this at the weather though, little little

590
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 1: rain perhaps in the forecast. So that makes Joe mixons

591
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:03,719
Speaker 1: of ailability important. These teams are kind of similar in

592
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: some ways that they don't really go deep too much.

593
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:10,280
Speaker 1: You know, Ben Roethlisberger has fewer plays over fifteen yards

594
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,399
Speaker 1: than any quarterbacks in the league that don't play in

595
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 1: MetLife Stadium. It's Daniel Jones and Sam Donald are the

596
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,119
Speaker 1: bottom two, and then it's Roethlisberger, and then Joe Burrow

597
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,360
Speaker 1: is really interesting because he's a number one overall pick

598
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:24,120
Speaker 1: we're so excited about that has a below average, you know, arm,

599
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,439
Speaker 1: and and isn't really pushing it down the field. He's

600
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,880
Speaker 1: still got to prove that he can do that. And

601
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,400
Speaker 1: it's a fascinating matchup because I don't think you can

602
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 1: underscore the Ben knee factor because he they were already know,

603
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,480
Speaker 1: somewhat limited as a passing game when he's healthy. Now

604
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 1: he's out of practice all week. The Bengals are the

605
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:43,400
Speaker 1: best team in the league, and I gotta be careful

606
00:28:43,440 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: how I say this, Dan, I know you like to

607
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 1: talk about the desert. Sometimes they are tied for the

608
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 1: best record in the league at beating expectations, so they

609
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:53,760
Speaker 1: you know, a lot of people a lot of doubt

610
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: on the Bengals this year, but they always keep it

611
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,600
Speaker 1: close even if they I mean, how about Zach Tayler

612
00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,240
Speaker 1: wins the division game? Just outright though, I mean, at

613
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:02,920
Speaker 1: some point this has to happen. You've got the quarterback

614
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,120
Speaker 1: now overdue, overdue it. I'm with you, and I believe

615
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 1: the Steelers, believe it or not. A ranked in the

616
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 1: league in offense right now, but have you gotten the

617
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 1: first of all, they've won every game they played number

618
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 1: two most weeks. I don't come out of the game thinking, Wow,

619
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 1: this is a really bad offense, and more seems to

620
00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 1: me that it's maybe not as explosive as an old

621
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,479
Speaker 1: big ben offense used to be. And you're not seeing

622
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 1: like we predicted a potential fifty burger at least I

623
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,240
Speaker 1: did last week in Dallas that didn't happen. So maybe

624
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 1: not hitting high levels. But also the floor is pretty

625
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 1: high with this offense. To me, it's okay. It's like

626
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 1: it's okay, gonna be enough to win three playoff games.

627
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna need to get better as the

628
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: season goes along, but they have the people to do it.

629
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,400
Speaker 1: Do you think they do better than what the desert

630
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 1: thinks and actually win a game? Here? Come on, anybody,

631
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 1: I think I think they got a shot. But you know,

632
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,400
Speaker 1: I I think the uh the Steelers on my game picks, Colm,

633
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 1: check that out, but I picked a close game. But

634
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: there's a little Um, I really kind of want to

635
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 1: lock the Bengals up, but I do. The only reason

636
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 1: where I am in this because because in the past,

637
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:09,440
Speaker 1: of course you want me to, because in the past

638
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 1: I would fall for these little rushes of emotion and

639
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 1: suddenly Sunday night, you know, I'm I'm in the l column,

640
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,640
Speaker 1: so I'm staying away. But if they did business, I

641
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 1: might have to lock the Bengals up down the down

642
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 1: the road. That means nothing. I might know, its literally nothing,

643
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,240
Speaker 1: But you know what, I think it works out for

644
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,560
Speaker 1: Greg and I because if Mark locks up the Steelers,

645
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 1: I mean the Steeler's opponent and then Pittsburgh wins Sunday

646
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 1: Night is not fun for anybody, but when Sessions in

647
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: the chair, So you know, let's just be grateful that

648
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,480
Speaker 1: was road to victory presented by the United States Marine Corps.

649
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 1: All right, let's take a break from the draft to

650
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:49,840
Speaker 1: dig into the primetime games. We'll start with Sunday Night football. Man.

651
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 1: You know, Al was so angry. Al Michael's was so

652
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 1: angry about the blowout last Sunday Night that I you know,

653
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: I was always hard to watch because you could just

654
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,200
Speaker 1: feel the anger coming off him. And now we get

655
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:04,400
Speaker 1: a Ravens Patriots game, which at least at least the

656
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: Patriots found a way to beat the Jets, the lowly

657
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,720
Speaker 1: Jets on Monday Night, so they're not dead in the

658
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,080
Speaker 1: water by the time they get to Al Chris Michelle.

659
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: But still you feel like, despite the win, New England

660
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 1: could be in a lot of trouble here. What do

661
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 1: you think, Greg, Wow, this is this is one for you.

662
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 1: It's one for the haters, you know, a toast to

663
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 1: you know, Um, I just you gotta enjoy it about

664
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 1: our failed presidential candidate. Kanye thought better of it. And

665
00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 1: I I think if you're watching this game and you've

666
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 1: been rooting against the Patriots like a ghoul like Dan

667
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 1: for all these years, like this is hero going going

668
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 1: to play Baltimore and I know it's in Foxborough, but

669
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 1: there's no home field advantage anymore. Home teams have a

670
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: losing record this year across the NFL, and and the

671
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 1: Patriots are going to add to it. Because Cam Newton

672
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: might be playing better, and Cam Newton might be fine,

673
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,720
Speaker 1: the run game might be fine. This is a brutal matchup.

674
00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,400
Speaker 1: You can't run on the Ravens. The blitz is gonna

675
00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:02,600
Speaker 1: get to cam new and and the offense is not

676
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 1: the point in New England. It's the defense. It's the

677
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 1: defense that is least capable of stopping this Baltimore rushing attack.

678
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 1: Do you remember last year when everyone thought the Patriots

679
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:14,000
Speaker 1: are one of the best defenses of all time? They

680
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 1: were all always a little overcooked. There the Patriots ran

681
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 1: all over them then there. This is the thirty first

682
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 1: best defense in the league right now, accordion d V

683
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 1: O A. And they have no talent upfront. I would

684
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 1: expect the Ravens to run for about four hundred yards

685
00:32:27,320 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: in this game and a blow. It's been a weird

686
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: couple of weeks for the Ravens though. You had Marquise

687
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: Hollywood Brown complaining about the aerial game a couple of

688
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:41,480
Speaker 1: weeks ago and then dropping a pass last week. So sure,

689
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:43,800
Speaker 1: but we have Lamar Jackson on the Rich Eyes and

690
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:47,360
Speaker 1: Show basically saying the teams are calling our plays out

691
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 1: before we before we snapped the ball. Um. There's just

692
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,600
Speaker 1: frustration and I and you know, I, you know, I'm

693
00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: someone that I've always been a Greg Roman guy. We

694
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: won some as you know. We shared a pizza at

695
00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: the airport after the combine. I was, you know, now

696
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,800
Speaker 1: you shared a pizza, was the story. Originally I had

697
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,920
Speaker 1: I had a piece of his pizza because he was,

698
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 1: you know, he couldn't eat the whole thing, didn't want

699
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 1: the whole thing, so he said, do you want a piece?

700
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 1: So I had a piece. But my thing with Greg

701
00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,479
Speaker 1: Roman a little bit. And it seems like at every stop,

702
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 1: like he starts out taking over the league, like with

703
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 1: the Niners. They do fourteen fifteen formations. At once, it

704
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:22,360
Speaker 1: was amazing, Baltimore revolutionary. But year two, year three, things

705
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 1: start to change a little bit. I'm a little concerned

706
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: about this raven So maybe not in this game, but holistically,

707
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 1: who are they this year? Yeah, I don't care about

708
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 1: anything else. I just want to talk about you eating

709
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: the leftovers of the offensive coordinator of the Ravens. It

710
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 1: wasn't like he gave you half a piece. We had, no, no, no.

711
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 1: We had a wonderful conversation and he actually told me

712
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:46,840
Speaker 1: a couple of things about the Niners that got on

713
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 1: my radar. Nice guy. And then he said, look at

714
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: I can't eat this whole pizza. They made the whole thing.

715
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 1: And once in a while, not recently, I mean, let's

716
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: say that the relationship feels, you know, slightly one sided.

717
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: But I'm he's happy talking about this, that this is

718
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: on television right now. Listen. I I want to bring up,

719
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,920
Speaker 1: since you brought up the desert, uh, that the people

720
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 1: in the desert for the first time, and it's got

721
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,240
Speaker 1: to be in twenty years. I think that the Patriots

722
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 1: can't even keep this within a touchdown that in their building,

723
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 1: that that has not happened since the nineties or maybe

724
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: two thousands, so things have obviously changed. No one is

725
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:28,080
Speaker 1: no one that follows the sport closely was tricked by

726
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 1: that win over the Jets. So yes, if you want

727
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 1: to say that the ghouls that have been waiting for

728
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 1: the Patriots to lose get a chance to celebrate, Okay,

729
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:39,160
Speaker 1: but let's not totally overlook the fact fact and I

730
00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,359
Speaker 1: know we haven't some of our conversation here, although it's

731
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 1: been mostly Greg Roman Pizza based, that the Baltimore Ravens

732
00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:48,839
Speaker 1: are still dysfunctional on offense. So going on the road

733
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,120
Speaker 1: in byme time do what would I'd be totally stunned

734
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,800
Speaker 1: if the Patriots are hanging around in this game, because

735
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 1: they're well coached and well prepared and and make a

736
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 1: couple of plays. Now I'm not I'm not like getting

737
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:05,279
Speaker 1: ready for the party. I mean, you say dysfunctional. They

738
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 1: It's funny how the bar changed, and I get it.

739
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 1: They're coming off a historic season, their number one in

740
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 1: the league and rushing Lamar Jackson is still the best

741
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 1: running quarterback of all time, and they still have a

742
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 1: great running game, and they're playing a team that can't

743
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 1: stop anyone on the run. I mean, they make Zack

744
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 1: Moss look like Walter Payton. So the matchup is perfect

745
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 1: and I'm not that worried about the Ravens. I think

746
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,319
Speaker 1: if I was doing the power ranking stand I'm not

747
00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 1: trying to come you know, for your spot here, I

748
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 1: would have the Ravens number two. To me, they're still

749
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 1: the second best team in the league because they could

750
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,320
Speaker 1: run the ball, they're a great defense, they have Lamar

751
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,399
Speaker 1: Jackson and everyone else I can poke a few more

752
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: holes in. So the Steelers going to their building two

753
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:46,319
Speaker 1: weeks ago and be they dominated that game. I mean,

754
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,759
Speaker 1: I know they lost it. It's significant, but to me

755
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,880
Speaker 1: that if anything, that game made me feel more felt

756
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,680
Speaker 1: me made me feel better about the Ravens than almost

757
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: any game, because they made the Steelers look like they're

758
00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: little little brothers for a while. Your point, some turnovers

759
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 1: to your point in the second half against the Colts,

760
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,399
Speaker 1: they were dominated in the first half and we all

761
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: know fifty five yards, but they played with tempo and pace,

762
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 1: a bunch down the stretch in the second half, and

763
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:10,719
Speaker 1: they looked a lot better. It might have been the

764
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 1: best half that Lamar Jackson has had. I think through

765
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,239
Speaker 1: ten ten straight completions through the air. So I don't

766
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 1: I'm not selling them short or anything. I just think

767
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:20,959
Speaker 1: that they're not last year's Ravens. They have a little

768
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 1: bit of things that we got. When the players start

769
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 1: talking it, that's you know, that's a bit of a

770
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 1: different aura than last season, which I find it weird

771
00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 1: that there's a lot of excuse making on Lamar Jackson's

772
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,399
Speaker 1: part in the national media. I just think call call

773
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: it what it is, which is they maybe they're not

774
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: a dysfunctional as a whole, but as a passing game offense,

775
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: they haven't been right this year, right, But you said

776
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 1: dysfunction as an offense, he is the key to the

777
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 1: best rushing attack in the league. If you depends on

778
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 1: how you want to measure it, maybe one of the best,

779
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 1: one or two, but in total yards they're the best.

780
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: Their offensive line is by far to me, their biggest

781
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:57,720
Speaker 1: concern because they lost Marshal Yonda, a future Hall of Famer.

782
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:01,239
Speaker 1: They're totally banged up. They were struck mean before they

783
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 1: lost Ronnie Stanley. It's they lead the league in negative plays,

784
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: which is a sign of a bad offensive line. And

785
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: I think when they played better teams that's gonna hurt them.

786
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: They're not playing one of them this week. All right,

787
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: let's move on to the other primetime game this week.

788
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 1: It is Monday Night Football, an NFC North battle between

789
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:22,320
Speaker 1: the Vikings and the Bears, and seems like two teams

790
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:25,440
Speaker 1: going in opposite directions. And you said it, Greg, and

791
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,320
Speaker 1: it's true, and it's a crazy stat and it's totally

792
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 1: connected to the COVID nineteen world that we live in

793
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 1: right now that there is no home field bump in

794
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 1: the NFL right now. So even if if this was

795
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: any other year, I'd say, I know the Bears are

796
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 1: you know, they're on a three game losing streak and

797
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 1: they're now that this is an offense that is dysfunctional.

798
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:49,279
Speaker 1: We could all agree on that, but you're in this

799
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,280
Speaker 1: Island game, the lights are up, you have sixty fans

800
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,759
Speaker 1: going nuts. Maybe they find a way to keep their

801
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 1: season in decent shape. But I don't, I just don't

802
00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 1: see it. I think the Bears are one of those

803
00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: teams that no one bought into them off the five

804
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 1: and one start. And usually when we all the football

805
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 1: Gagne sent day, when we all decide that a team

806
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 1: has done, they make us all looked done. But not

807
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,920
Speaker 1: with the Bears. They they have absolutely played to what

808
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 1: we all expected. They're going in one direction, and the

809
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: Vikings mark this is a team going in the opposite direction.

810
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,919
Speaker 1: Where Davin Cook is an m VP level player right now,

811
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: back to back two yard games from scrimmage four games

812
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: this season already, where he's had at least two touchdowns

813
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 1: in a game, and Kirk Cousins is playing a lot

814
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:36,240
Speaker 1: better as well because his running back is a super duperstar. Yeah,

815
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: I mean, my one concern. You know, Chicago's still has

816
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 1: that defensive strength, and they have held Cook to eighties

817
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,800
Speaker 1: six yards rushing in his past three games against Chicago,

818
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 1: So it's sometimes you know, you can forget the past.

819
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,880
Speaker 1: But because he's playing like a completely different type of

820
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,240
Speaker 1: human being. He's the best running back in the league

821
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 1: right now, so you'd like to think on prime time, Uh,

822
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 1: they're gonna figure that out and get him yards and

823
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 1: get him yards to the airs. Well, Kirk Cousins is

824
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,839
Speaker 1: thrown thirty four passes over the last two games. That's

825
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:06,359
Speaker 1: how I like Kirk Cousins. We don't need too much

826
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: of him. This offense is functional because they want to

827
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,359
Speaker 1: be a run first attack. I'll tell you what. I'm

828
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 1: a little suspect about this, but I'm gonna do it

829
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 1: because I have changed. I've I've turned the tide on

830
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,399
Speaker 1: the Vikings. I think they're going to hang around Mber

831
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,000
Speaker 1: to lock them up because of my lack of belief

832
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:27,760
Speaker 1: in the Bears to some degree as well. Wow, okay, okay,

833
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: I don't think it's confident one. I think you should

834
00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 1: have gotten Bengals. I hope you know, don't uh don't

835
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: you don't switch out of it. But you know, Kirk

836
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 1: Cousins has never beaten this Bears team. I do think

837
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 1: the vision matchups are instructive at least that Matt Nagy

838
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 1: has owned Mike Zimmer for whatever reasons. Defense of Kirk

839
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 1: Cousins in prime time. I did, I did, you know what.

840
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:57,360
Speaker 1: It's a new day, it's a new era. They changed

841
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,439
Speaker 1: what they did coming out of the bye. So yes,

842
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook is obviously the key to it. But one

843
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,919
Speaker 1: thing they've done is they stopped throwing deep so much,

844
00:40:05,120 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 1: but they have thrown a ton on first downs, even

845
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,240
Speaker 1: though they're so run heavy. They've actually flipped the script

846
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:12,760
Speaker 1: where Kirk Cousins is throwing a lot on first downs.

847
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:14,960
Speaker 1: That's the best down to throw on. Of course, with

848
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 1: play action, they've been very effective and the defense has

849
00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: changed what they've done to that. The matchups have helped,

850
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 1: but they're playing a little more cover two. They're less aggressive.

851
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:26,880
Speaker 1: They're just trying to kind of you prevent the big play,

852
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,520
Speaker 1: keep the offense in the game because it's an offense

853
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,160
Speaker 1: first team. They are third in the league since week

854
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 1: three the Vikings in expected points on offense and that

855
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:40,239
Speaker 1: that's pretty impressive. I mean, they are very good run game.

856
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:43,360
Speaker 1: They are great when the Kirk Cousins doesn't make a mistake.

857
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,960
Speaker 1: I'm excited to root against Kirk Cousins though in primetime

858
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:48,960
Speaker 1: now that you have locked him up there, Mark greg

859
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,359
Speaker 1: I mean, if anything, Greg, I can you can feel me?

860
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 1: You know I'm on your heels. I'm only behind you.

861
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: So I'm right inside the Greg Rosenthal mind, and that's

862
00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:00,960
Speaker 1: where I want to be in his mind. Kirk kirk

863
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:04,920
Speaker 1: Cousins is he's funny because everybody likes that fun with

864
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins, and and we're we're doing that as well

865
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 1: right now with his issues when it comes to playing

866
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,839
Speaker 1: at nighttime in prime time. But I will say that

867
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,840
Speaker 1: he's not a quarter ick you have to hide either.

868
00:41:16,120 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 1: I know he was really bad for a stretch this season,

869
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,799
Speaker 1: but Kirk Cousins is pretty good. He's maybe never gonna

870
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 1: be great, and he's probably never gonna be hoisting a

871
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,839
Speaker 1: little trophy as as Mark called it earlier today. He's

872
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,640
Speaker 1: probably not gonna be that guy. But he's pretty good too.

873
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:33,160
Speaker 1: That's why he got paid thirty plus million dollars a year.

874
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,919
Speaker 1: So I think the way they are now and why

875
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 1: that number doesn't surprise me, and why I thought earlier

876
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:40,040
Speaker 1: in this season that the Vikings were gonna be good

877
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 1: is because it's all there on offense. I know you

878
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 1: lost Stefan Diggs, but now you have Justin Jefferson in

879
00:41:45,120 --> 00:41:46,799
Speaker 1: there and he's stepped in and become a Pro Bowl

880
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 1: level player. It's all there for them to be a

881
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:50,880
Speaker 1: top five offense, and we've been seeing it for the

882
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:52,840
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. So I like the vikings of

883
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,319
Speaker 1: this game. I'm with you, Mark, I just couldn't lock

884
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 1: it because I don't know. Weird things happen, Weird things

885
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 1: happen with Kirk Cousins of Prime Time. I'm I'm already

886
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 1: concerned with my decision, which is usually not a great

887
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 1: um a great look. All right, let's move on the

888
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 1: old zeuser. You know, when you pick first overall, it's

889
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: a little bit of a drag because you have to

890
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:15,799
Speaker 1: wait a long time for your next pick. I will

891
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 1: pick another late game here, the Denver Broncos at the

892
00:42:21,760 --> 00:42:26,719
Speaker 1: Las Vegas Raiders. I am into the Raiders. I'm in.

893
00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,719
Speaker 1: They've crashed the top ten of the Power rankings for

894
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 1: the first time in my two years on that beat,

895
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: and I'm it's it's for reasons that go beyond uh

896
00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:40,000
Speaker 1: surface stuff like John Gruden school and now they're in

897
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: Vegas now. It's because the team's identity is different. It's

898
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:45,320
Speaker 1: not it's not the Raiders that I believe we're seven

899
00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: and five last year and then trailed off down the stretch.

900
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,480
Speaker 1: I think this is just a better all around team.

901
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:55,280
Speaker 1: And that's especially so on offense, where what we've seen

902
00:42:56,600 --> 00:43:00,799
Speaker 1: the book on Derek Derek Carr, he doesn't like uh

903
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:04,959
Speaker 1: to throw downfield. He looks immediately to his check down

904
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,880
Speaker 1: whenever possible, and we're not seeing that as much right now.

905
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,400
Speaker 1: I like Nelson Agilar when he brings to this offense.

906
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:13,839
Speaker 1: How about that for a pickup by Mike Mayock. He's

907
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 1: given a downfield element. Hunter Renfroh Gregg doubted initially in

908
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 1: his career. He's become a nice, little um complimentary player

909
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 1: in the slot. Henry Ruggs is a future star, and

910
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 1: you see it. He's having a more customary type season.

911
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:31,440
Speaker 1: We're starting to get used to this world where guys

912
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 1: hit the ground running his superstars. But what we're seeing

913
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 1: with Rugs like he's dropping some breadcrumbs and then he's gonna,

914
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,879
Speaker 1: I think explode a little later maybe next season. Uh.

915
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:42,640
Speaker 1: And then you have Darren Waller of course, and a

916
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,799
Speaker 1: running game that they move the ball and they could

917
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,240
Speaker 1: beat you up. So I like the Raiders and the Broncos.

918
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,719
Speaker 1: The Broncos. I don't like the Broncos. I don't like

919
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:53,200
Speaker 1: So that's that's why I feel very good about the

920
00:43:53,280 --> 00:43:55,359
Speaker 1: Raiders in this game. Because the Broncos are making things

921
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,920
Speaker 1: look better with fourth quarter rallies. But I think the

922
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: Raidors just an all around a stronger team. The Raiders

923
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,200
Speaker 1: sort of showing us that they can win different types

924
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 1: of games. Uh, they can win the nail biter last

925
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 1: week where they've got to keep up and and also

926
00:44:08,080 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: you know, basically take charge in a in a higher

927
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:13,879
Speaker 1: scoring game. Um. They went into Cleveland, and I thought

928
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:15,920
Speaker 1: that was more of a John Gruden type game than

929
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:18,160
Speaker 1: some would say, where I know they didn't you know,

930
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:21,760
Speaker 1: it was terrible weather. Uh, the air attack was muted

931
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: to some degree. I think Gruden would happily pound people

932
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,240
Speaker 1: with the run game all day long. And Josh Jacobs

933
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:29,719
Speaker 1: showed up that day. Uh. You know, Josh Jacobs is

934
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:33,000
Speaker 1: interesting these third and rushing but forty four yards per

935
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:35,799
Speaker 1: carryus so it's not quite the Josh Jacob's experience from

936
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 1: last year, but he stepped up in a couple of

937
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:40,840
Speaker 1: big operations. Um, I'm with you Dan that if I

938
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 1: were to rank these a f C teams, right now.

939
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,440
Speaker 1: The Raiders, to me, barring some sort of collapse in

940
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,600
Speaker 1: their defense, is a question. There are legit wild card

941
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,520
Speaker 1: team that I think could win a playoff game. They've

942
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:53,040
Speaker 1: beat in the Chiefs, so I don't know what other

943
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: questions would linger about their potential ceiling. I thought about

944
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,400
Speaker 1: locking this game for the ray Ters too, I didn't.

945
00:45:01,719 --> 00:45:03,640
Speaker 1: I do expect them to win. It'd be more of

946
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 1: a pick against the Broncos, though, because the Broncos are

947
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:11,160
Speaker 1: just showing you very little um. I don't give them

948
00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: any credit for the for last week's garbage time um stuff.

949
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 1: Drew Lock didn't even really play that well uh in

950
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,200
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter. I mean he had that terrible interception

951
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:23,000
Speaker 1: they had, they had a turnover on downs during that comeback.

952
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:26,399
Speaker 1: It was really about the Falcons offense, uh, retreating into

953
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:29,200
Speaker 1: a shell and giving them chance after chance, and they

954
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 1: just haven't moved the ball like they were a great

955
00:45:30,680 --> 00:45:33,040
Speaker 1: collection of talent and I was so high on them.

956
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:35,680
Speaker 1: I'm starting to give up the ghost a little bit.

957
00:45:35,719 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 1: They lose uh a Koe Buonum, who I loved to

958
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:40,839
Speaker 1: a torn e c l. So he's out for the year.

959
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 1: And you see, you see the individual talent like Jerry

960
00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:47,200
Speaker 1: Judy's popping love love what he showed last week. kJ

961
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 1: Handler is good, but lock Had just has that thing

962
00:45:50,040 --> 00:45:52,080
Speaker 1: that maybe Derek Carr had early on in his career

963
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,919
Speaker 1: where he's just he's just scrambling at the first sign

964
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 1: of pressure, rolling to his right, a little bit of

965
00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield two thousand nineteen disease, and and after that

966
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,920
Speaker 1: it's just like anyone's guess what's gonna happen next. His

967
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:05,920
Speaker 1: mechanics seem a little bit off. He does that thing

968
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,160
Speaker 1: where he takes a snap and he just starts going

969
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:11,279
Speaker 1: backwards and backward and backwards. So that gets on your

970
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:13,680
Speaker 1: radar a little bit. Uh. You mentioned the tight end

971
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 1: going down, and you did a nice job with his name,

972
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,759
Speaker 1: so I'll just call him Albert his A C L Tare.

973
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:22,360
Speaker 1: He's the seventeenth Denver player put on the I R

974
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:25,920
Speaker 1: either Boomerang or three week I R. Is there boomerang

975
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 1: I R this year? Is it? Just like? Yeah, and

976
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:33,640
Speaker 1: Greg I had not announced that I have locked up

977
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 1: the Raiders, but I will do a lot of the Raiders.

978
00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:40,120
Speaker 1: They are my selection. I'm gonna get behind this team.

979
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:43,480
Speaker 1: While also I like it just twist the night a

980
00:46:43,520 --> 00:46:45,840
Speaker 1: little bit on all those Broncos fans that think I

981
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:49,319
Speaker 1: hate your team. I don't like this particular team. The

982
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 1: franchise is fine, l A. You know, I just like

983
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:53,880
Speaker 1: the twisting on l A. I s had everything his

984
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:57,359
Speaker 1: whole life, uh fall to him. So now he's got

985
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:00,000
Speaker 1: to deal with a little bit of adversity. So coronavirus

986
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:01,879
Speaker 1: risk right now. But other than that, you're right, it's

987
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:05,799
Speaker 1: you know, you got a man with the rohona. Did

988
00:47:05,800 --> 00:47:08,000
Speaker 1: you just hit me a little COVID nineteen shame? All right,

989
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 1: I'll take it. Well, you know it wasn't my intent,

990
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 1: but it's factual. And we're you know we are we're

991
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 1: journalists and reporters here. This is a fork in the

992
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 1: road game though, this is a or a fork like

993
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:19,840
Speaker 1: I'm gonna fork you if you lose game when it

994
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:21,719
Speaker 1: comes to Broncos, because if you are one of those

995
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:24,479
Speaker 1: Broncos homers, you can look at their schedule and still

996
00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:26,960
Speaker 1: say like, well, if they win this game and then

997
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:28,840
Speaker 1: they gotta I forget. You know, they have a pretty

998
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 1: easy schedule moving forward, it's like, then get in the mix.

999
00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:33,680
Speaker 1: So this is it, like this is their last stand.

1000
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 1: I thought one of the reasons they were so bad

1001
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 1: defensively last week was A. J. Boyer and Bryce Callahan,

1002
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 1: their two best quarterbacks were both out, and they're both

1003
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:44,080
Speaker 1: back for this week, so I think that makes their

1004
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,680
Speaker 1: defense more competent. But they haven't. They haven't showed me much.

1005
00:47:46,719 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 1: I'm mad. Like you know, you put yourself out there

1006
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:51,880
Speaker 1: as a team that you believe in, and then and

1007
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,760
Speaker 1: then and they turn your back on you. I'm stupid.

1008
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,319
Speaker 1: I mean, Greg, you you are. You are someone that

1009
00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:59,800
Speaker 1: I am surprised put a ton of faith into a

1010
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:03,200
Speaker 1: Hatch Shermer uh led offense. I mean that, that's my

1011
00:48:03,280 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 1: one concern was not not being some of your parts.

1012
00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:09,640
Speaker 1: That's a Patch Schremer staple, Isn't It Also funny Mark

1013
00:48:09,719 --> 00:48:11,840
Speaker 1: that Greg described what it's like to be an actual

1014
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:15,520
Speaker 1: fan of like a normal franchise or struggling franchise. That's

1015
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 1: what it's like to be a Jets fan or or

1016
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:19,160
Speaker 1: a Browns fan. You put your faith in them and

1017
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:21,400
Speaker 1: then they turned their back on you. As a Patriots fan,

1018
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:23,720
Speaker 1: you haven't had much of that for half of your life.

1019
00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:26,680
Speaker 1: But it's coming. In fact, it's here now. I don't

1020
00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:29,239
Speaker 1: have any faith in them. But yes, all right, I

1021
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:34,200
Speaker 1: it snakes to me and Mark, I'm not gonna do

1022
00:48:34,239 --> 00:48:35,880
Speaker 1: it to you because I think I did it to

1023
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:37,600
Speaker 1: you last week. I'm not going to take the Browns again,

1024
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:39,360
Speaker 1: although I think they're the best game on the board

1025
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,279
Speaker 1: at this point. But I'm gonna leave it to you

1026
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:44,240
Speaker 1: because I know they're special. Uh They're they're your special

1027
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:47,239
Speaker 1: little flowers. So I'm gonna stay out of that realm.

1028
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:49,680
Speaker 1: And oh, Piggins are slim, So let me go and

1029
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:52,799
Speaker 1: get there's some rough games. Let me check in on

1030
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:56,399
Speaker 1: this NFC East dump dumpster fire. How about that Philadelphia

1031
00:48:56,400 --> 00:48:59,680
Speaker 1: Eagles at New York Giants. The Giants are two and seven,

1032
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 1: but guess what, boys, if they win this game, they

1033
00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:06,160
Speaker 1: are a half game out in the NFC. STA's where

1034
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:10,480
Speaker 1: we're at this is, this is an historic dumpster fire situation.

1035
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:12,800
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, I I, as I often do

1036
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:15,479
Speaker 1: on this podcast, I think back to life and growing

1037
00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:19,359
Speaker 1: up in the cold town, and uh, on Sunday mornings, Uh,

1038
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:23,319
Speaker 1: my mom would take my sister and my brother and

1039
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:26,120
Speaker 1: myself to church and we go to St. Margaret's and

1040
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:28,600
Speaker 1: we'd go through Mass and that was you know, it's

1041
00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:30,799
Speaker 1: tough to get through a forty five minute mass when

1042
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:33,120
Speaker 1: you're a seven year old boy and you know there's

1043
00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:35,560
Speaker 1: sports and football to come. So after church we would

1044
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 1: go drive from St. Margaret's down to Kardian Place to

1045
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:41,880
Speaker 1: my grandparents house. And there's Poppy. You know where to

1046
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:44,759
Speaker 1: find Poppy. It's one pm on Sunday. He's sitting in

1047
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:47,480
Speaker 1: the big brown chair and he's got his pretzels and

1048
00:49:47,480 --> 00:49:49,360
Speaker 1: he's got his He had like a big handle of

1049
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:51,120
Speaker 1: root here that he used to drink and it was

1050
00:49:51,160 --> 00:49:54,040
Speaker 1: eventually had to be moved to diet root here. Uh,

1051
00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 1: and that would be his spot for eight hours. And

1052
00:49:56,640 --> 00:50:00,280
Speaker 1: you know what, he was a Giants fan. Poppy resting piece.

1053
00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:02,440
Speaker 1: And when the Giants and Eagles are playing back in

1054
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:04,359
Speaker 1: the eighties when I was growing up, it was Bill

1055
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 1: Parcels and it was Buddy Ryan and maybe if it

1056
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:09,959
Speaker 1: was another NFC's game, it would be Joe Gibbs would

1057
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,040
Speaker 1: be involved. You know, you had the Cowboys, I mean,

1058
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,719
Speaker 1: you have the Landry in the final years, it was

1059
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:18,120
Speaker 1: a great place. So we're not there now. We're in

1060
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,239
Speaker 1: a dark place for the NFC's But I'm just gonna

1061
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:23,360
Speaker 1: watch it and think about when times were I'm gonna

1062
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:25,919
Speaker 1: think about the good old days. Bob Glauber, our good

1063
00:50:25,920 --> 00:50:28,279
Speaker 1: friend from Newsday. He wrote a great book about the

1064
00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:31,000
Speaker 1: NFC East. The good old days were not there. These

1065
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 1: are the bad old days. This is when a two

1066
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:35,120
Speaker 1: and seventeen in the middle of November can win and

1067
00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 1: be a half game out of first. Wow. This is um. Yeah,

1068
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:41,960
Speaker 1: it's tough to top. Tough to father that you're thinking

1069
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:45,480
Speaker 1: back to them. I'm thinking way back to two games

1070
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:47,960
Speaker 1: ago for the Eagles. Do you remember back then when

1071
00:50:47,960 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 1: they played the Giants. Wow, to get this matchup twice

1072
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:54,759
Speaker 1: in three games for the Eagles, I thought it was

1073
00:50:54,800 --> 00:50:57,239
Speaker 1: the game that might turn their season around. And we'll see,

1074
00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:00,640
Speaker 1: maybe it has. You know, they they look terrible beating

1075
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:02,319
Speaker 1: the Cowboys a week later than they have a buy

1076
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,680
Speaker 1: Now they get Lane Johnson back, they get Miles Sanders back.

1077
00:51:05,719 --> 00:51:09,360
Speaker 1: I mean those are significant, uh players for them to

1078
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 1: get back onto the field. Just make it easy on yourself,

1079
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:17,400
Speaker 1: win a game, show your talent because the the NFC

1080
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,359
Speaker 1: S doesn't have to be like this. The Eagles can

1081
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:22,320
Speaker 1: still be frisky. Uh. You know, as a wise woman

1082
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:26,200
Speaker 1: once said, be best, you know, be be your best self.

1083
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:30,160
Speaker 1: You know that I don't know if that really Angela No, Um,

1084
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:33,040
Speaker 1: if you don't know, you know you don't, but there

1085
00:51:33,040 --> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 1: are I certainly have no idea who you're talking about.

1086
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,120
Speaker 1: It was, you know it was. It was a really

1087
00:51:38,160 --> 00:51:41,840
Speaker 1: it was a national platform, um to just be best.

1088
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:46,040
Speaker 1: It's like probably like Tina Cash or like Tina hot Loote,

1089
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:48,560
Speaker 1: like some sort of singer that you're into our our

1090
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:52,680
Speaker 1: our listeners will absolutely. I'm sure the only thing that

1091
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:54,960
Speaker 1: the Giants do well right now is they've actually established

1092
00:51:54,960 --> 00:51:57,839
Speaker 1: a little bit of an idea to speak in during

1093
00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 1: the show. I bet Ricky know it. Ricky would know.

1094
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:04,600
Speaker 1: I have no idea what you're talking. I mean it

1095
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:09,120
Speaker 1: came from our highest levels of government. That's that's all, um.

1096
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:11,439
Speaker 1: You know, I don't know why I'm teasing this out.

1097
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:14,960
Speaker 1: Greg really connecting with the audience on that one. If

1098
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:16,879
Speaker 1: you just got if you just let it go, then

1099
00:52:16,880 --> 00:52:20,400
Speaker 1: it would have been you dropped too many like curiosity

1100
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,920
Speaker 1: bread crowns. I couldn't. I couldn't help myself. And I mean,

1101
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:24,560
Speaker 1: this is it. This is it for the Giants. Though

1102
00:52:24,680 --> 00:52:26,759
Speaker 1: they win this, they're in the race, they lose. It's over.

1103
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:28,759
Speaker 1: They got a nice little power running game lately they

1104
00:52:28,760 --> 00:52:31,640
Speaker 1: actually are changing. As as the season's going along, you

1105
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:36,200
Speaker 1: somehow found a way to top Dan's beautiful nostalgia dips

1106
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:39,120
Speaker 1: NFC East Uh, Dan, I grew up in the same

1107
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:42,080
Speaker 1: world as you, watching the Giants and sometimes the Jets.

1108
00:52:42,120 --> 00:52:44,680
Speaker 1: But yes, the shine is off. But I do think

1109
00:52:44,719 --> 00:52:49,480
Speaker 1: that there is incredible interest around this stretch for Carson Wentz.

1110
00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:51,960
Speaker 1: Between now and next season. You used the second round

1111
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:54,960
Speaker 1: pick on Jalen Hurts, and if this thing continues to

1112
00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:58,080
Speaker 1: nose dive, I mean it's gonna be a rough offseason

1113
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:02,520
Speaker 1: on Philadelphia Sports Talk radio. But you got the Giants.

1114
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:06,160
Speaker 1: They play Washington in Dallas. All three of those should

1115
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:08,880
Speaker 1: be considered winnable games. Washington to me seems like the

1116
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:12,040
Speaker 1: biggest challenge of that group because of their defense. You

1117
00:53:12,160 --> 00:53:15,000
Speaker 1: win that and you're in the playoffs, essentially barring like

1118
00:53:15,160 --> 00:53:19,000
Speaker 1: mathematical nightmares. Um, but I'm with you, Greg, like this

1119
00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:21,319
Speaker 1: Giants team this is not and I don't want to

1120
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:25,120
Speaker 1: keep dropping a bombs on Pat Shermer and previous Giants coaches,

1121
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:28,400
Speaker 1: but they have a different feel to me. They're spicier,

1122
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:31,640
Speaker 1: their situational football is a little bit different. Their defense

1123
00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:35,000
Speaker 1: is rising up so the game is intriguing on that front.

1124
00:53:35,160 --> 00:53:37,719
Speaker 1: I would rather actually see the Giants sneaking of the

1125
00:53:37,760 --> 00:53:40,799
Speaker 1: playoffs than the Eagles, basically for the reasons that Dan

1126
00:53:40,880 --> 00:53:44,920
Speaker 1: mentioned about childhood um not logical one. Yeah, I guess

1127
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:48,319
Speaker 1: the Joe Judge thing. The defense has improved, There's no

1128
00:53:48,360 --> 00:53:51,520
Speaker 1: doubt about that, especially where where we were. You know,

1129
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:54,120
Speaker 1: how we were talking about them entering week one is like,

1130
00:53:54,320 --> 00:53:56,680
Speaker 1: name one guy that can do anything on this defense,

1131
00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:59,759
Speaker 1: and you know they they've been able to, They've been

1132
00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:01,640
Speaker 1: able to have a good season. They had some nice

1133
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:05,239
Speaker 1: pickups James Bradberry, Leonard Williams, although it's still you know,

1134
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:10,040
Speaker 1: pretty high price tag and also there for them, I

1135
00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:11,760
Speaker 1: don't know if they're going to give him a huge contract,

1136
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:14,120
Speaker 1: but he's played well this season, definitely better than he

1137
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:16,760
Speaker 1: played with the Jets. It's it's so weird with wins

1138
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:18,440
Speaker 1: and we will move on because we I know, we

1139
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:21,560
Speaker 1: spoke with bow Wolf at at at at length about

1140
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:23,960
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz and the Eagles on Tuesday show. Please check

1141
00:54:23,960 --> 00:54:26,680
Speaker 1: that out. I actually it's gotten to the point where

1142
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:28,640
Speaker 1: I went on spot rack dot com and looked out

1143
00:54:28,640 --> 00:54:31,000
Speaker 1: when the Eagles can get out of this Carson Wentz contract.

1144
00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:33,600
Speaker 1: That's how bad it's been this year. Potential out in

1145
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:37,840
Speaker 1: two thousand twenty two. So Jalen Hurts is on the roster. Obviously,

1146
00:54:37,880 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 1: we'll see where it all plays out in Philadelphia. But

1147
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:43,360
Speaker 1: it's been a strange season. Greg, you're up in the draft,

1148
00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:49,800
Speaker 1: all right. I'm gonna take the Lions versus the Washington

1149
00:54:50,360 --> 00:54:55,560
Speaker 1: football team, and I am excited for this game because

1150
00:54:55,600 --> 00:54:59,560
Speaker 1: of Alex Smith, because of what I saw last week.

1151
00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:03,240
Speaker 1: I think the coverage around Alex Smith has been understandably

1152
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:06,640
Speaker 1: like in awe of what he's done, but there's like

1153
00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:09,520
Speaker 1: a little bit of condescension that's that's come with it,

1154
00:55:09,600 --> 00:55:11,680
Speaker 1: of like we're all just afraid he's gonna get hurt,

1155
00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:14,720
Speaker 1: and like, what a nice job that you returned, almost

1156
00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:17,960
Speaker 1: like he didn't like earn his spot back on the team.

1157
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:20,239
Speaker 1: And look, he has a guaranteed contract that I think

1158
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:23,440
Speaker 1: played a big factor, uh into that. I watched him

1159
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:24,880
Speaker 1: last week, and you know what he looked like. He

1160
00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:26,960
Speaker 1: looked like I would expect Alex Smith to look at

1161
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:30,319
Speaker 1: thirty six, which is an NFL quarterback that I think

1162
00:55:30,360 --> 00:55:32,040
Speaker 1: would be in the end that I think would have

1163
00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:34,680
Speaker 1: a job now he'd be a backup. Like, but that's

1164
00:55:34,719 --> 00:55:36,200
Speaker 1: what I would like, a guy who can come in

1165
00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:40,160
Speaker 1: as a backup. Um, make the right decisions in terms

1166
00:55:40,160 --> 00:55:42,719
Speaker 1: of your offense, make some good plays, make some bad

1167
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:45,040
Speaker 1: plays at the end when you absolutely need a touchdown

1168
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:47,279
Speaker 1: and get picked off. That that happened too. But he

1169
00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:50,319
Speaker 1: moved the ball pretty efficiently, and I was like, this

1170
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:51,880
Speaker 1: might not be it for alexmth he might be in

1171
00:55:51,920 --> 00:55:53,640
Speaker 1: the league another couple of years if he wants to

1172
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:57,960
Speaker 1: go to Josh McCown mentor and breaking classic you know,

1173
00:55:58,000 --> 00:55:59,920
Speaker 1: in case of emergency type of route, and you know

1174
00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:03,000
Speaker 1: what would make this comeback story even better as a win,

1175
00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:05,360
Speaker 1: this is a very winnable game. I think for Washington,

1176
00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:08,600
Speaker 1: their defense can can do some damage. And uh, I

1177
00:56:08,640 --> 00:56:10,799
Speaker 1: think Washington could could move the ball, and I think

1178
00:56:10,840 --> 00:56:12,279
Speaker 1: they could get a win. I'd love to see Alex

1179
00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:14,560
Speaker 1: Smith get a win. Yeah, I mean, I I feel

1180
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:17,399
Speaker 1: like any time anyone faces Detroit, you'd have to say

1181
00:56:17,719 --> 00:56:20,640
Speaker 1: this could be a win because um, they've not built

1182
00:56:20,680 --> 00:56:23,560
Speaker 1: any you know, and it becomes trite and tired to

1183
00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:26,600
Speaker 1: say this stuff, But I mean they feel like kind

1184
00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,480
Speaker 1: of most people, um I knew or myself in your

1185
00:56:29,480 --> 00:56:32,000
Speaker 1: twenties where you kind of give yourself look like the

1186
00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:35,080
Speaker 1: next five or six years, I'm just gonna like discover

1187
00:56:35,120 --> 00:56:37,200
Speaker 1: who I am and put in a lot of like

1188
00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:40,640
Speaker 1: self care and self exploration, and you know, I'm not

1189
00:56:40,680 --> 00:56:43,320
Speaker 1: sure what I'm about or what I'm gonna do. It's like, Lions,

1190
00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:47,839
Speaker 1: that's cool that you feel personal like your time, but

1191
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:50,640
Speaker 1: I mean I look back and I enjoyed that time,

1192
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:52,680
Speaker 1: and I hope that it amounted to something. Even then,

1193
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:54,920
Speaker 1: why did you do your voice when you mimic someone?

1194
00:56:54,960 --> 00:56:57,360
Speaker 1: You have this one? You're like Twitter middle school or

1195
00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:00,360
Speaker 1: oh you're twenty and finding First of all, Twitter middle School.

1196
00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:02,239
Speaker 1: I am a part of that middle school. So I'm

1197
00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:04,239
Speaker 1: not saying that I'm looking through the window. I mean

1198
00:57:04,360 --> 00:57:07,160
Speaker 1: that school and equally annoying at times, but I find

1199
00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:11,000
Speaker 1: it an annoying environment. Um, the Lions I find highly annoying.

1200
00:57:11,040 --> 00:57:12,839
Speaker 1: Do I need to defend that to anyone? I mean,

1201
00:57:13,520 --> 00:57:18,520
Speaker 1: you know, it's and I love matching to me depressing

1202
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:20,840
Speaker 1: and it's like it's like, you know what, it's late November.

1203
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:24,760
Speaker 1: It becomes for me a chore just to keep dumping

1204
00:57:24,800 --> 00:57:27,680
Speaker 1: on some of these teams like the Bears and the Lions.

1205
00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:30,480
Speaker 1: It's like, we get it. I am very close to

1206
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:33,480
Speaker 1: just simply saying goodbye to you for this year, and

1207
00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:39,160
Speaker 1: I don't feel bad about doing it. Is wait a second.

1208
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:45,840
Speaker 1: By second, they've annoyed me because sandwagon, you got off

1209
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:48,120
Speaker 1: the bandwagon, you hyped on the brow and you were

1210
00:57:48,200 --> 00:57:50,520
Speaker 1: chasing after the bad wagon. You said you got back on.

1211
00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:53,160
Speaker 1: Are you back off again? I got in. I got

1212
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:55,480
Speaker 1: in the bandwagon. And remember I was stuck in the

1213
00:57:55,520 --> 00:57:59,120
Speaker 1: back with the you know, all the all the people

1214
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:01,919
Speaker 1: like you know, we couldn't get nice seats. I saw

1215
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:05,080
Speaker 1: Mina Kimes up in the first class area with a

1216
00:58:05,160 --> 00:58:08,040
Speaker 1: nice cocktail and like having a wonderful discussion with the

1217
00:58:08,480 --> 00:58:10,520
Speaker 1: you know, the driver of the vehicle. I'm in the back.

1218
00:58:10,560 --> 00:58:13,200
Speaker 1: I've got like I'm sitting next to a horse. Um.

1219
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:15,240
Speaker 1: I jumped off that thing and I'm walking back home

1220
00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:18,000
Speaker 1: and I'm a little annoyed by the entire experience. I

1221
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:23,520
Speaker 1: fell for this um like a rub in August. I'm out,

1222
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:29,080
Speaker 1: all right? Someone answered me. This what I know. Alex

1223
00:58:29,120 --> 00:58:34,040
Speaker 1: Smith is an incredible football story. But where's Dwayne Haskins? Weird?

1224
00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:37,800
Speaker 1: Smith is an incredible comeback story. He's what he is

1225
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:41,520
Speaker 1: he almost died. He almost suffered an injury on a

1226
00:58:41,520 --> 00:58:44,360
Speaker 1: football field that killed him. Uh, and he was able

1227
00:58:44,400 --> 00:58:46,040
Speaker 1: to make it back. And his leg is not the

1228
00:58:46,040 --> 00:58:49,320
Speaker 1: same leg it was. It's a miracle of science as

1229
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:52,640
Speaker 1: much as it is human spirit. But he's thirty six

1230
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:55,840
Speaker 1: and he's much closer to just being a Josh McCown

1231
00:58:55,840 --> 00:58:58,000
Speaker 1: type mentor figure in the NFL than being a guy

1232
00:58:58,040 --> 00:59:02,120
Speaker 1: that can lead a team. Are you really cashing out

1233
00:59:02,160 --> 00:59:04,280
Speaker 1: your chips on Haskins to the point where in this

1234
00:59:04,360 --> 00:59:06,480
Speaker 1: season where you're obviously not winning a Super Bowl, but

1235
00:59:06,560 --> 00:59:09,840
Speaker 1: somehow you're in the mix in the NFC East to

1236
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:12,040
Speaker 1: just get one last look at this guy before you

1237
00:59:12,280 --> 00:59:15,160
Speaker 1: completely kiss him off. Is it is there? I think

1238
00:59:15,160 --> 00:59:17,240
Speaker 1: they think that Alex Smith gives him a better chance

1239
00:59:17,280 --> 00:59:20,600
Speaker 1: to win a understand how back to Haskins when they

1240
00:59:20,600 --> 00:59:22,840
Speaker 1: have to, and they've already given up on Haskins on

1241
00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:25,520
Speaker 1: some level, Like it seems personal, you know, the way

1242
00:59:25,520 --> 00:59:27,919
Speaker 1: that they've talked about it. It seems personal. They didn't

1243
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:30,840
Speaker 1: draft him, and Uh, I think there's a little bit

1244
00:59:30,840 --> 00:59:33,120
Speaker 1: more and I think it's gonna come out because usually

1245
00:59:33,120 --> 00:59:36,640
Speaker 1: these things do UH with Haskins, maybe behind the scenes

1246
00:59:36,640 --> 00:59:38,439
Speaker 1: and there were whispers that he's not a guy who's

1247
00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:40,680
Speaker 1: been working hard enough. There's gotta be a little bit

1248
00:59:40,720 --> 00:59:44,160
Speaker 1: more to the story to to really explain how deep

1249
00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:47,480
Speaker 1: in the dog doghouse he got. Rivera said this week

1250
00:59:47,520 --> 00:59:50,200
Speaker 1: that Haskins can learn what it means to be a

1251
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:54,440
Speaker 1: real NFL starter by watching Alex Smith. So it's not

1252
00:59:54,520 --> 00:59:57,160
Speaker 1: a fit, but it is an outlier to your point,

1253
00:59:57,200 --> 01:00:00,840
Speaker 1: and a fifteenth overall pick to be treated this way,

1254
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:03,600
Speaker 1: and you're too No, no, I'm washing their hands exactly.

1255
01:00:03,640 --> 01:00:06,160
Speaker 1: But it's like like the like you know, and and

1256
01:00:06,280 --> 01:00:09,280
Speaker 1: I feel bad for these quarterbacks to come in regime change.

1257
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:12,160
Speaker 1: And Ron Rivera probably would be happier even in this

1258
01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:15,360
Speaker 1: offseason um signing a veteran he trust. He just seems

1259
01:00:15,400 --> 01:00:18,720
Speaker 1: like I do that wants veteran leadership at quarterback versus

1260
01:00:18,800 --> 01:00:22,080
Speaker 1: experimentally working with a young guy. And Haskins probably did

1261
01:00:22,120 --> 01:00:24,520
Speaker 1: himself no favors. But it's an outlier in terms of

1262
01:00:24,720 --> 01:00:27,520
Speaker 1: how he's being treated. When he missed, when he missed

1263
01:00:27,520 --> 01:00:31,000
Speaker 1: his first victory, neel down taking selfies with fans, I

1264
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:33,280
Speaker 1: guess that that was when it was over. Let's let's

1265
01:00:33,280 --> 01:00:36,959
Speaker 1: just face it. Uh. In Washington, all right up next, Mark,

1266
01:00:37,840 --> 01:00:39,720
Speaker 1: all right, well you know this, this will come as

1267
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:43,360
Speaker 1: no surprise. UM, thank you Dan and and Greg by

1268
01:00:43,560 --> 01:00:47,040
Speaker 1: uh by proxy for leaving Houston at Cleveland out there

1269
01:00:47,160 --> 01:00:49,400
Speaker 1: in the open. I mean that was the big solid

1270
01:00:49,400 --> 01:00:51,840
Speaker 1: I gotta tell you, Mark, I didn't have to do it,

1271
01:00:51,880 --> 01:00:53,920
Speaker 1: and I did, and I was out of respect and

1272
01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:56,160
Speaker 1: love for you know. It's no Honestly, I'll spend the

1273
01:00:56,320 --> 01:01:00,120
Speaker 1: entire weekend, Um thinking about this act of kindness that

1274
01:01:00,200 --> 01:01:03,240
Speaker 1: you've bestowed on me. I want to see what this

1275
01:01:03,280 --> 01:01:06,959
Speaker 1: Browns team can do because this game, like this game

1276
01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:10,800
Speaker 1: scares me because I I kind of felt like Cleveland

1277
01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:13,520
Speaker 1: made it very clear what they are, not just with

1278
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:17,040
Speaker 1: the Baltimore and Pittsburgh games, but losing to the losing

1279
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:19,400
Speaker 1: to the Raiders in Cleveland and terrible weather. They were

1280
01:01:19,400 --> 01:01:22,760
Speaker 1: really banged up. They've been really banged up. Like you know.

1281
01:01:22,800 --> 01:01:25,200
Speaker 1: I also give them credit for hanging around with no

1282
01:01:25,360 --> 01:01:28,680
Speaker 1: Nick Chubb, with Wyatt Heller their star guard out of

1283
01:01:28,720 --> 01:01:31,400
Speaker 1: the mix. Austin Hooper has been gone. Um, They've had

1284
01:01:31,440 --> 01:01:34,040
Speaker 1: defensive guys in and out of the lineup. Their defense

1285
01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:37,520
Speaker 1: is a lost cause. And when Myles Garrett, well, no,

1286
01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:39,640
Speaker 1: I think it is I mean it's you're gonna score

1287
01:01:40,440 --> 01:01:42,440
Speaker 1: points on them every week. When Myles Garrett was not

1288
01:01:42,520 --> 01:01:45,360
Speaker 1: on the field during long portions of that Raiders game.

1289
01:01:45,800 --> 01:01:50,240
Speaker 1: I mean, they became what they were average though, I

1290
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:52,760
Speaker 1: mean they not You're right they are, but for this

1291
01:01:52,840 --> 01:01:55,120
Speaker 1: year that's sort of normal. Like for me, I think

1292
01:01:55,120 --> 01:01:58,160
Speaker 1: they were they were like a C minus um deep

1293
01:01:58,480 --> 01:02:01,960
Speaker 1: D plus if D plus is still grade um defense

1294
01:02:02,040 --> 01:02:06,760
Speaker 1: and then to sixty nine. I know, but that feels

1295
01:02:07,160 --> 01:02:09,240
Speaker 1: that feels like a slap in the face of a child.

1296
01:02:09,320 --> 01:02:11,200
Speaker 1: I don't know what you're saying. What is the plus

1297
01:02:11,240 --> 01:02:15,400
Speaker 1: to get It's known as the gentleman's F. Well, I

1298
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:17,240
Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know how many of those people

1299
01:02:17,320 --> 01:02:19,680
Speaker 1: turn out to be gentleman either. But um, that's a

1300
01:02:19,720 --> 01:02:23,200
Speaker 1: whole different conversation. It's health structure of the grading. It's

1301
01:02:23,200 --> 01:02:25,960
Speaker 1: not a reflection of whoever gets the grade. It's just

1302
01:02:26,040 --> 01:02:28,800
Speaker 1: like the gentleman's F is a D. But there are

1303
01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:32,040
Speaker 1: right but that that also is a phrasing from like

1304
01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:35,680
Speaker 1: the seventies, and there are no gentleman anymore anyways, Cleveland,

1305
01:02:36,400 --> 01:02:39,240
Speaker 1: like you're you're getting nick shell back. Come on, I'm

1306
01:02:39,280 --> 01:02:41,440
Speaker 1: saying I need the Browns to take care of business

1307
01:02:41,440 --> 01:02:45,920
Speaker 1: here against a bad defense. But you know I'm not

1308
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:47,840
Speaker 1: locking it up. I already locked up another team. But

1309
01:02:47,880 --> 01:02:52,640
Speaker 1: I'll say this, Deshaun Watson um scares the life out

1310
01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:53,880
Speaker 1: of you if you have to go up here. I

1311
01:02:53,920 --> 01:02:55,760
Speaker 1: think he's playing as well as he has ever played.

1312
01:02:56,200 --> 01:02:59,160
Speaker 1: Will Fuller after a week of you know, trade gossip

1313
01:02:59,640 --> 01:03:02,200
Speaker 1: came out inflame the Jaguars, which I mean, I think

1314
01:03:02,200 --> 01:03:04,440
Speaker 1: the three of us could probably put up a hundred

1315
01:03:04,440 --> 01:03:07,240
Speaker 1: and twenty yards as a trio against the Jaguars defense.

1316
01:03:07,240 --> 01:03:09,680
Speaker 1: But still, um, you could do that against Cleveland too.

1317
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:12,040
Speaker 1: So this is a trap game in every sense of

1318
01:03:12,080 --> 01:03:14,480
Speaker 1: the word. And if Cleveland wants to be taken seriously

1319
01:03:14,520 --> 01:03:17,560
Speaker 1: with the Raiders and with frankly even like the Dolphins

1320
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:19,680
Speaker 1: and some of these all those five and three type teams,

1321
01:03:19,920 --> 01:03:21,640
Speaker 1: you've got to take care of business here and take

1322
01:03:21,680 --> 01:03:26,320
Speaker 1: care of it decisively. And then these teams aren't They're

1323
01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:29,040
Speaker 1: not to me, it's not a trap game because they're

1324
01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:33,440
Speaker 1: even record wise, I know, I know, but well, I

1325
01:03:33,480 --> 01:03:35,720
Speaker 1: think if you've watched both these teams this year, you

1326
01:03:35,760 --> 01:03:38,560
Speaker 1: think they're about even. And and like I checked out,

1327
01:03:38,640 --> 01:03:41,000
Speaker 1: like the e p a por play that you know,

1328
01:03:41,160 --> 01:03:43,840
Speaker 1: Texans are ahead of you know, the Browns in terms

1329
01:03:43,840 --> 01:03:45,240
Speaker 1: of that, they're ahead of them in terms of d

1330
01:03:45,320 --> 01:03:47,560
Speaker 1: v O A. And that doesn't surprise me because I

1331
01:03:48,040 --> 01:03:50,560
Speaker 1: just think they're they're close. The Texans have faced the

1332
01:03:50,680 --> 01:03:53,080
Speaker 1: hardest scheduling league, and they find a way to lose

1333
01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:55,480
Speaker 1: close games. And the Browns have won some close games.

1334
01:03:55,520 --> 01:03:58,480
Speaker 1: I think they have a better situational coaching staff. I

1335
01:03:58,520 --> 01:04:01,520
Speaker 1: think they've got a little more um, you know, mojo

1336
01:04:01,640 --> 01:04:03,160
Speaker 1: in the bank right now. And that's why I tried,

1337
01:04:03,240 --> 01:04:04,640
Speaker 1: like I picked them to win this game in a

1338
01:04:04,640 --> 01:04:07,240
Speaker 1: close game. But it's not an uneven matchup to your point,

1339
01:04:07,280 --> 01:04:09,080
Speaker 1: we're kind of burying the lead though. You know. The

1340
01:04:09,160 --> 01:04:12,880
Speaker 1: undercard here is the Duke Johnson revenge game. You know,

1341
01:04:13,160 --> 01:04:17,000
Speaker 1: he has a primary guy. It's getting so much attention,

1342
01:04:17,200 --> 01:04:19,760
Speaker 1: and then Johnson is rushing for like two point eight yards.

1343
01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:22,600
Speaker 1: P thought he left okay this week. Now he's gonna

1344
01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:25,200
Speaker 1: make the Browns pay for prevention. But more importantly, it's

1345
01:04:25,240 --> 01:04:28,880
Speaker 1: the Jack Easterby versus Sessler game. This guy, this guy

1346
01:04:29,040 --> 01:04:34,080
Speaker 1: took over in Houston. He infuriated Mark so much that um,

1347
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:37,080
Speaker 1: you know, maybe some shadowy link figures even noticed how

1348
01:04:37,080 --> 01:04:43,040
Speaker 1: obsessed Mark and um. And then he's back in the

1349
01:04:43,040 --> 01:04:45,320
Speaker 1: news this week because you know, we got J. J.

1350
01:04:45,480 --> 01:04:48,960
Speaker 1: Watt and like Deshaun Watson talking on Sports Center about

1351
01:04:48,960 --> 01:04:53,600
Speaker 1: how mad they are essentially at Easterby for firing uh,

1352
01:04:53,640 --> 01:04:56,840
Speaker 1: an award winning PR director that everyone loved, the only

1353
01:04:57,280 --> 01:04:59,960
Speaker 1: woman PR director in the league. So if the tech

1354
01:05:00,040 --> 01:05:02,520
Speaker 1: since we're looking for like a little more bad PR

1355
01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:06,080
Speaker 1: this year, Easterby gave it to him. Wait what lets

1356
01:05:06,120 --> 01:05:10,120
Speaker 1: your pride take over? Like Bill Simmons attacking Goodell on ESPN,

1357
01:05:10,400 --> 01:05:13,720
Speaker 1: just go just fire with two barrels? No, because I

1358
01:05:13,720 --> 01:05:15,520
Speaker 1: I like, well, I don't want to get too deep

1359
01:05:15,560 --> 01:05:17,960
Speaker 1: into it, but um, I feel like I've said a lot.

1360
01:05:18,040 --> 01:05:20,720
Speaker 1: I think that I think that this time around, I

1361
01:05:20,760 --> 01:05:22,920
Speaker 1: don't need to say anything now the players are doing

1362
01:05:22,960 --> 01:05:25,640
Speaker 1: it for you right that they like to and to

1363
01:05:25,760 --> 01:05:29,280
Speaker 1: fire you know, Amy over what they called, you know,

1364
01:05:29,360 --> 01:05:32,680
Speaker 1: a cult non cultural fit um and to see the

1365
01:05:32,720 --> 01:05:37,240
Speaker 1: response that came out from every corner of journalist world,

1366
01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:38,920
Speaker 1: because you know, when you have to work on these

1367
01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:42,440
Speaker 1: stories or or deal with these teams, not all PR

1368
01:05:42,520 --> 01:05:45,000
Speaker 1: staffs are created equal. And when you have a bad experience,

1369
01:05:45,040 --> 01:05:46,800
Speaker 1: and we've all had that, if you've tried to write

1370
01:05:46,800 --> 01:05:49,560
Speaker 1: features and stuff. Um, it makes life feel difficult. And

1371
01:05:49,560 --> 01:05:50,880
Speaker 1: when someone goes out of their way and does a

1372
01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:54,680
Speaker 1: great job like it puts a great face on the organization,

1373
01:05:54,720 --> 01:05:56,240
Speaker 1: and it put a great face on the text and

1374
01:05:56,400 --> 01:05:59,600
Speaker 1: for a lot of people, he was verting out. The

1375
01:05:59,680 --> 01:06:04,480
Speaker 1: enemy is in the the Dwayne Haskins novella like that

1376
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:06,720
Speaker 1: sticks on the shelf. I want to read this novella

1377
01:06:06,760 --> 01:06:08,360
Speaker 1: when we find out what's going on here. When you

1378
01:06:08,360 --> 01:06:12,360
Speaker 1: get when you irritate J. J. Watt Um, we know this. Uh,

1379
01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:17,520
Speaker 1: it's not good for you. Yes, save that for the memoirs. Also, yes,

1380
01:06:17,600 --> 01:06:21,760
Speaker 1: bad optics for the Texans. Mark here's a stat from

1381
01:06:21,800 --> 01:06:26,560
Speaker 1: the NFL Media Research Team. Cleveland has either scored thirty

1382
01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:30,080
Speaker 1: plus points or seven or fewer points in every game

1383
01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:32,520
Speaker 1: this season. Five and oh when they score big, oh

1384
01:06:32,520 --> 01:06:35,000
Speaker 1: and three when they try up on offense. They are

1385
01:06:35,040 --> 01:06:38,560
Speaker 1: the picture of a hot and cold team. But however,

1386
01:06:39,480 --> 01:06:43,400
Speaker 1: this post by schedule shapes up nice for you, buddy, Texans, Eagles, Jaguars.

1387
01:06:43,400 --> 01:06:47,480
Speaker 1: The next three weeks. Just just just be okay, you

1388
01:06:47,480 --> 01:06:51,520
Speaker 1: should be. They gotta win tho. If they can win

1389
01:06:51,800 --> 01:06:54,640
Speaker 1: two out of three, that's fine. Win all three because

1390
01:06:54,680 --> 01:06:57,680
Speaker 1: it gets tough. And what we've seen though, what we've

1391
01:06:57,720 --> 01:06:59,120
Speaker 1: seen is that they're hot and cold. So I don't

1392
01:06:59,120 --> 01:07:01,040
Speaker 1: think they'll win all three. Never know, but even if

1393
01:07:01,080 --> 01:07:03,520
Speaker 1: they went two of three, Man, you're seven and four

1394
01:07:03,560 --> 01:07:07,640
Speaker 1: in December and you you with an expanded playoffs. All right,

1395
01:07:08,080 --> 01:07:09,800
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a fun final month of the year.

1396
01:07:10,120 --> 01:07:13,560
Speaker 1: Brian Howyer and Cleveland Memorial record seven and four right

1397
01:07:13,600 --> 01:07:17,480
Speaker 1: before that, thank you, because like I just feel no, Um,

1398
01:07:17,720 --> 01:07:19,880
Speaker 1: I think younger fans of any of these teams that

1399
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:22,040
Speaker 1: have gone through like you know what we've been through,

1400
01:07:22,120 --> 01:07:24,240
Speaker 1: Dan and not you know, listeners are like with YouTube,

1401
01:07:24,240 --> 01:07:26,080
Speaker 1: please shut up about this, but um, you know they

1402
01:07:26,120 --> 01:07:28,280
Speaker 1: have more optimism. I just I'm waiting for the other

1403
01:07:28,280 --> 01:07:30,520
Speaker 1: shoe to drop in, to drop on my head from

1404
01:07:30,520 --> 01:07:32,800
Speaker 1: the top of a building, so understandable. All right, it

1405
01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:36,240
Speaker 1: snakes to you, Well it's snakes to me. So I

1406
01:07:36,240 --> 01:07:38,880
Speaker 1: guess I will go. I mean, how many high octeam

1407
01:07:38,920 --> 01:07:41,680
Speaker 1: games do I need here? I'm gonna go. I'm gonna

1408
01:07:41,720 --> 01:07:44,440
Speaker 1: go Jacksonville, Green Bay. Well, we've reached the part of

1409
01:07:44,440 --> 01:07:46,760
Speaker 1: the proceedings for the games that are getting shipped shook,

1410
01:07:47,080 --> 01:07:50,080
Speaker 1: so don't get stressed out about this. Well shook will

1411
01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:53,480
Speaker 1: go Jacksonville, Green Bay. How about that just to be

1412
01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:55,440
Speaker 1: the blowout of the year. It's I Actually, I'm just

1413
01:07:55,480 --> 01:07:57,640
Speaker 1: gonna start this with a question for you, Dan, because

1414
01:07:57,680 --> 01:08:02,600
Speaker 1: you know, having watched uh Jake Luton in his well,

1415
01:08:02,640 --> 01:08:05,040
Speaker 1: I I was impressed. And number one, I like, I

1416
01:08:05,080 --> 01:08:07,880
Speaker 1: read all these scouting reports where he's, you know, game manager,

1417
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:10,520
Speaker 1: like okay arm but I think he throws a nice

1418
01:08:10,560 --> 01:08:12,600
Speaker 1: ball um deep and he I know he made a

1419
01:08:12,600 --> 01:08:15,400
Speaker 1: few mistakes, but I am refusing just to sign up

1420
01:08:15,400 --> 01:08:17,960
Speaker 1: for these late round quarterbacks at this point because I

1421
01:08:17,960 --> 01:08:20,840
Speaker 1: think it's just part of a larger sham where they're

1422
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:23,880
Speaker 1: going to try and go what is it, Lieutenant City.

1423
01:08:24,439 --> 01:08:26,639
Speaker 1: That's what I'm asking Dan. You started that fit. When

1424
01:08:26,640 --> 01:08:28,960
Speaker 1: you start a fan club for these fringe players, it

1425
01:08:29,040 --> 01:08:32,479
Speaker 1: takes a lot of dedication. Uh, it can't be just

1426
01:08:32,640 --> 01:08:34,679
Speaker 1: you know, it's not just you're not riding a rainbow.

1427
01:08:35,080 --> 01:08:37,439
Speaker 1: You've got to you've gotta dig in for the tough times,

1428
01:08:37,479 --> 01:08:39,800
Speaker 1: the positive times, and but you have to be the

1429
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:43,400
Speaker 1: guiding force. I have not heard a word, seeing a tweet, um,

1430
01:08:43,439 --> 01:08:46,280
Speaker 1: not even a shred of publicity around this fan club.

1431
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:52,160
Speaker 1: It does it still exist? Um, yes, absolutely, now absolutely

1432
01:08:52,520 --> 01:08:55,439
Speaker 1: of the show. You know, the old Juicer was a

1433
01:08:55,479 --> 01:08:58,519
Speaker 1: bit of an active subversion to start off this fan

1434
01:08:58,560 --> 01:09:01,880
Speaker 1: club because Mark is obsessed with anyone drafted outside the

1435
01:09:01,920 --> 01:09:04,360
Speaker 1: sixth round, that's a quarterback. So I wanted to beat

1436
01:09:04,400 --> 01:09:07,440
Speaker 1: him to the punch, and I did with Jake Lutanity

1437
01:09:07,479 --> 01:09:10,640
Speaker 1: and I, uh, you know, the things started off incredibly

1438
01:09:10,680 --> 01:09:13,679
Speaker 1: with a seventy yard touchdown. A little hot and cold,

1439
01:09:13,680 --> 01:09:17,080
Speaker 1: but that's what usually I think it's the Tom Brady

1440
01:09:17,120 --> 01:09:20,720
Speaker 1: disease where we expect these guys. Usually, these guys fall

1441
01:09:20,840 --> 01:09:24,040
Speaker 1: late in dress for a reason. They're limited, uh physically

1442
01:09:24,080 --> 01:09:27,240
Speaker 1: in many cases, and uh it means they're gonna get

1443
01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:31,000
Speaker 1: exposed eventually in the NFL. So I am mom more

1444
01:09:31,040 --> 01:09:34,840
Speaker 1: about this is where I'm at. Honestly, my team is

1445
01:09:34,920 --> 01:09:39,240
Speaker 1: oh and nine the Jaguars or one in eight, right

1446
01:09:39,439 --> 01:09:41,040
Speaker 1: is that where they are? In one and seven? One

1447
01:09:41,040 --> 01:09:43,960
Speaker 1: and eight, They're gonna have the tiebreaker because they have

1448
01:09:43,960 --> 01:09:45,920
Speaker 1: an easier schedule in the Jets there one and seven

1449
01:09:45,960 --> 01:09:48,560
Speaker 1: right now? Uh, so I need the I need Lieutanity,

1450
01:09:48,680 --> 01:09:51,280
Speaker 1: I need mean shoe. I need one of the one

1451
01:09:51,280 --> 01:09:53,759
Speaker 1: of these guys to have one of those scrappy games

1452
01:09:53,760 --> 01:09:56,639
Speaker 1: that gets the Sesslers of the world excited and steal

1453
01:09:56,680 --> 01:09:58,760
Speaker 1: a game or two to get the Jaguars out of

1454
01:09:58,760 --> 01:10:00,640
Speaker 1: the mix. Because this feel us to me like a

1455
01:10:00,680 --> 01:10:03,960
Speaker 1: team in a state of suspended animation where they don't

1456
01:10:03,960 --> 01:10:05,920
Speaker 1: have their head coach in the building, they don't have

1457
01:10:05,960 --> 01:10:09,760
Speaker 1: the quarterback, and I don't want them to flame out

1458
01:10:09,760 --> 01:10:12,360
Speaker 1: to one in fifteen because that makes the Jets have

1459
01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:15,080
Speaker 1: to go winless to get the number one overall pick,

1460
01:10:15,120 --> 01:10:17,479
Speaker 1: which I don't want. And they have the toughest schedule

1461
01:10:17,479 --> 01:10:20,400
Speaker 1: in the league coming up. They I think the only

1462
01:10:20,439 --> 01:10:22,479
Speaker 1: team they play with the losing record the rest of

1463
01:10:22,479 --> 01:10:25,200
Speaker 1: the season is the Vikings, who is probably the best

1464
01:10:25,240 --> 01:10:28,360
Speaker 1: team that has currently has a losing record. I didn't

1465
01:10:28,360 --> 01:10:31,480
Speaker 1: think about that though, Greg could. I guess they conceivably

1466
01:10:31,640 --> 01:10:35,800
Speaker 1: could catch the Jets of the strength of schedule. Yeah,

1467
01:10:36,439 --> 01:10:39,680
Speaker 1: it's early to project to the schedule picnic either, by

1468
01:10:39,680 --> 01:10:41,600
Speaker 1: the way, Yeah, it can change. It can change a

1469
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:44,479
Speaker 1: lot um On paper, you would think, well, maybe this

1470
01:10:44,520 --> 01:10:47,000
Speaker 1: would be a game that they could do some damnit

1471
01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:51,439
Speaker 1: James Robinson against this Packers rush defense. Jaire Alexander's the

1472
01:10:51,560 --> 01:10:53,679
Speaker 1: key to the Packers defense. He's been out of practice

1473
01:10:53,840 --> 01:10:56,680
Speaker 1: Wednesday and Thursday. We don't know what his status is

1474
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Speaker 1: gonna be, but you know he would be able to

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01:10:58,680 --> 01:11:01,320
Speaker 1: shut down DJ Shark. If not, you know you got

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01:11:01,360 --> 01:11:03,639
Speaker 1: Miles Jack back. He makes a big difference in All

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Speaker 1: Pro type of season. Out of Miles Jack there's something

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01:11:07,080 --> 01:11:10,160
Speaker 1: for the Jaguars, but otherwise, uh, it feels like it's

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01:11:10,200 --> 01:11:13,320
Speaker 1: a steam train for your boy, Aaron Rodgers, and it

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01:11:13,439 --> 01:11:15,120
Speaker 1: really is starting to look like you might get those

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01:11:15,160 --> 01:11:17,160
Speaker 1: sandwiches for him making All Pro that means he has

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01:11:17,200 --> 01:11:20,200
Speaker 1: to be a top two quarterback. I did notice how

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01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:24,120
Speaker 1: no one out of thirty voters predicted Rogers would win

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01:11:24,160 --> 01:11:25,960
Speaker 1: the m v P on NFL dot Com. I mean

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01:11:25,960 --> 01:11:27,799
Speaker 1: I was part of that, but I was like, wow,

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01:11:28,080 --> 01:11:30,679
Speaker 1: like half of the people went my homes half when

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01:11:31,080 --> 01:11:35,960
Speaker 1: Wilson and uh the car contingent went car. Wilson had

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01:11:36,000 --> 01:11:39,760
Speaker 1: those has had two messy games where he's piled up turnovers.

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Speaker 1: Rogers give it to Rodgers right now. If I had

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Speaker 1: a vote this very second, I think I would give

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Speaker 1: it to Rogers. It's close, but he's he's unbelievable. He's

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01:11:48,479 --> 01:11:51,880
Speaker 1: a lot of fun, and I know Davante Adams missed games. Uh,

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01:11:51,920 --> 01:11:54,120
Speaker 1: that might be the only thing that separates him from

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01:11:54,160 --> 01:11:59,599
Speaker 1: having an historic like Jerry Rice nineteen season. He would

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01:11:59,640 --> 01:12:02,880
Speaker 1: still up. That's a good point. He should run sixty

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01:12:02,960 --> 01:12:06,400
Speaker 1: again and rack it up. He's Uh, it's unbelievable the

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01:12:06,439 --> 01:12:09,800
Speaker 1: chemistry they have and how the offense all runs through. Uh.

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01:12:09,920 --> 01:12:12,960
Speaker 1: Davante Adams, Alan Lazard. I don't know if he's on

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01:12:13,000 --> 01:12:15,080
Speaker 1: the horizon yet, but he when he comes back, he'll

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01:12:15,120 --> 01:12:17,759
Speaker 1: be interesting to watch too. I love this Packers offense

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01:12:17,800 --> 01:12:24,800
Speaker 1: all right. Final game, Greg slash Shook. I think the

1502
01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:27,280
Speaker 1: only game left and this really shows how far it's

1503
01:12:27,320 --> 01:12:30,479
Speaker 1: fallen is the forty Niners Saints. Can you believe it

1504
01:12:30,600 --> 01:12:33,280
Speaker 1: that that's happened here in week ten after where we

1505
01:12:33,320 --> 01:12:35,800
Speaker 1: would have guessed this game would have probably would have

1506
01:12:35,880 --> 01:12:38,720
Speaker 1: let off the show if we were taking bets back

1507
01:12:38,760 --> 01:12:41,360
Speaker 1: in September, Well, Shook. If if this is what he

1508
01:12:41,439 --> 01:12:44,240
Speaker 1: ends up watching it, it's not a bad game as

1509
01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:46,519
Speaker 1: it shook games because you know, I do think the

1510
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:50,240
Speaker 1: forty Niners will be more competitive. Everyone remembers that what

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01:12:50,360 --> 01:12:53,479
Speaker 1: happened on Thursday night. Look, they found out they lost

1512
01:12:53,520 --> 01:12:56,360
Speaker 1: their left tackle and number one receiver the day before

1513
01:12:56,400 --> 01:12:58,720
Speaker 1: the game. They found out they lost their quarterback and

1514
01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:01,439
Speaker 1: George Kittle two days before the game. They're on a

1515
01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:04,880
Speaker 1: short week coming from Seattle to play the Packers. It's

1516
01:13:04,920 --> 01:13:07,240
Speaker 1: all a disaster. I mean, this is a very tough

1517
01:13:07,280 --> 01:13:12,320
Speaker 1: matchup two against a Saints team that you know, it's

1518
01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:14,680
Speaker 1: coming off their best game and is very complete. And

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01:13:14,720 --> 01:13:17,200
Speaker 1: I think the defense upfront is definitely playing better and

1520
01:13:17,200 --> 01:13:19,280
Speaker 1: it's going to give a lot of problems to kind

1521
01:13:19,280 --> 01:13:21,639
Speaker 1: of the zombie forty Niners. But I kind of think

1522
01:13:21,640 --> 01:13:24,880
Speaker 1: the forty Niners will be a competitive team down the stretch,

1523
01:13:24,920 --> 01:13:28,200
Speaker 1: for instance, Like I don't think they'll be like the Patriots.

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01:13:28,720 --> 01:13:31,000
Speaker 1: Uh that who I don't expect to compete against the

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01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:33,080
Speaker 1: best teams. I it wouldn't surprise me if you have

1526
01:13:33,160 --> 01:13:36,200
Speaker 1: a nice game playing here by Shanahan, it's close in

1527
01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:38,280
Speaker 1: the third quarter in the Saints, you know wind up

1528
01:13:38,320 --> 01:13:42,200
Speaker 1: pulling away. Yeah. I'm so impressed with what the Saints

1529
01:13:42,240 --> 01:13:45,240
Speaker 1: did last week. And I I hear what you're saying

1530
01:13:45,280 --> 01:13:48,519
Speaker 1: about like from the Bucks angle, not um overrating one

1531
01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:50,799
Speaker 1: week performance because there are a lot of these aviation

1532
01:13:50,880 --> 01:13:53,800
Speaker 1: games and if you want to knock out the Bucks um,

1533
01:13:53,800 --> 01:13:55,920
Speaker 1: well they also beat the Packers, and then you know,

1534
01:13:56,000 --> 01:13:58,000
Speaker 1: the Packers beat the Saints. So it's like all these

1535
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:01,200
Speaker 1: teams are kind of registering punt punches and body blows.

1536
01:14:01,200 --> 01:14:04,720
Speaker 1: But um, to me, it was more like what they've

1537
01:14:04,760 --> 01:14:07,760
Speaker 1: been through this season, the Saints have had to be

1538
01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:09,800
Speaker 1: one of the more resilient teams. It starts with the

1539
01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:13,280
Speaker 1: whole Michael Thomas thing. It starts with basically having the

1540
01:14:13,280 --> 01:14:15,920
Speaker 1: Bucks come into your division and be touted as this

1541
01:14:15,960 --> 01:14:20,040
Speaker 1: team that's gonna come and just supersede you. It continues

1542
01:14:20,080 --> 01:14:21,840
Speaker 1: on with what the fact that the Saints have had

1543
01:14:21,880 --> 01:14:26,120
Speaker 1: three utterly crushing playoff losses in a row. We we

1544
01:14:26,160 --> 01:14:28,360
Speaker 1: look at the Falcons team that lost one Super Bowl

1545
01:14:28,680 --> 01:14:31,120
Speaker 1: and never recovered from it. Um, we're looking at the

1546
01:14:31,200 --> 01:14:33,960
Speaker 1: Niners team that lost a Super Bowl and they're really struggling.

1547
01:14:34,000 --> 01:14:36,320
Speaker 1: A lot of that has to do with esoteric stuff

1548
01:14:36,360 --> 01:14:38,960
Speaker 1: that has nothing to do with the core team, But

1549
01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:41,720
Speaker 1: the Saints are always hanging around, always there. It goes

1550
01:14:41,760 --> 01:14:44,680
Speaker 1: back to Sean Payton, and for me, I'm just sort

1551
01:14:44,680 --> 01:14:46,400
Speaker 1: of sad that the Niners are out of this because

1552
01:14:46,439 --> 01:14:49,799
Speaker 1: the coaching matchup alone, um is one for the ages.

1553
01:14:50,360 --> 01:14:52,599
Speaker 1: I know, I don't want Falcons fans to get mad

1554
01:14:52,640 --> 01:14:54,320
Speaker 1: at us. So yes, we are aware. They went to

1555
01:14:54,360 --> 01:14:57,479
Speaker 1: the divisional playoffs the year after the collapse. So the

1556
01:14:57,520 --> 01:15:02,280
Speaker 1: one throwaway for beating the champion, the Eagles, if Jonas

1557
01:15:02,360 --> 01:15:04,360
Speaker 1: I believe, is what happens, and that's part of it.

1558
01:15:04,400 --> 01:15:06,679
Speaker 1: And Matt Ryan, I always think of the first down

1559
01:15:06,720 --> 01:15:09,600
Speaker 1: play in that series. He had Julio and he overthrew

1560
01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:11,400
Speaker 1: him in the end zone. That's it's sort of an

1561
01:15:11,439 --> 01:15:14,680
Speaker 1: overlooked sliding doors moment. And we were at one of

1562
01:15:14,680 --> 01:15:17,200
Speaker 1: their playoff wins, so I probably should have recalled that.

1563
01:15:17,240 --> 01:15:21,080
Speaker 1: I just think they were just a little psychologically bro.

1564
01:15:21,200 --> 01:15:22,760
Speaker 1: I don't think that you could say, hey, they really

1565
01:15:22,800 --> 01:15:26,000
Speaker 1: returned from that um and showed us all that they are.

1566
01:15:26,120 --> 01:15:28,160
Speaker 1: You know, A long term answer, The Saints have been

1567
01:15:28,479 --> 01:15:32,160
Speaker 1: this team forever because of Sean Tayton, because of Mickey Loomis.

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01:15:32,280 --> 01:15:37,000
Speaker 1: You know, I got you, buddy so talented. It doesn't

1569
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:42,040
Speaker 1: matter how many teams he's running team. It's a nice

1570
01:15:42,800 --> 01:15:45,360
Speaker 1: time for Mark right now. He taysom Hill, you know,

1571
01:15:46,040 --> 01:15:48,639
Speaker 1: just well it's no but I I how I haven't

1572
01:15:48,720 --> 01:15:50,920
Speaker 1: you know, sung a bunch of poems about him this year.

1573
01:15:50,960 --> 01:15:53,479
Speaker 1: I think that's not worked out two great games in

1574
01:15:53,479 --> 01:15:56,600
Speaker 1: a row. He looked good the forty Niners. This is

1575
01:15:56,600 --> 01:15:58,320
Speaker 1: how you make a case for This's why I think

1576
01:15:58,360 --> 01:16:01,439
Speaker 1: I shooks watching this game because be better. And actually,

1577
01:16:01,439 --> 01:16:03,439
Speaker 1: now I'm having second thoughts. I probably should have taken

1578
01:16:03,439 --> 01:16:06,040
Speaker 1: the game because it is the last stand for the Niners.

1579
01:16:06,080 --> 01:16:09,160
Speaker 1: They're the defending conference champions and their season is done.

1580
01:16:09,160 --> 01:16:10,960
Speaker 1: They're just gonna be too deep ahole if they lose

1581
01:16:11,280 --> 01:16:14,880
Speaker 1: this game. So maybe Kyle Shanahan has these guys ready

1582
01:16:14,920 --> 01:16:17,519
Speaker 1: to roll in. The Saints have a real challenge on

1583
01:16:17,560 --> 01:16:20,320
Speaker 1: their hands. We shall see. All right, there you go.

1584
01:16:20,680 --> 01:16:24,400
Speaker 1: That's uh the full Week ten preview, and of course

1585
01:16:25,040 --> 01:16:28,639
Speaker 1: Sunday night we have the flagship show or recap every

1586
01:16:28,640 --> 01:16:30,760
Speaker 1: game we just preview. Ricky, come on back. You know

1587
01:16:30,800 --> 01:16:33,800
Speaker 1: we had a little dust stuff at the beginning of

1588
01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:37,040
Speaker 1: the show. I thought you cheated. I still believe that.

1589
01:16:37,400 --> 01:16:40,919
Speaker 1: With the lock standings, we're telling us, uh Tuesday afternoon,

1590
01:16:41,040 --> 01:16:44,160
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I locked the Raiders. Okay, cool, Um, so

1591
01:16:44,160 --> 01:16:46,639
Speaker 1: we're gonna lock you in right now so we can't

1592
01:16:46,640 --> 01:16:49,559
Speaker 1: have any Uh, there was no fraud. We don't want

1593
01:16:49,560 --> 01:16:52,519
Speaker 1: any fraud. Uh tell us who you're locking up this

1594
01:16:52,600 --> 01:16:57,400
Speaker 1: week at two and seven for the year. Yes, I am.

1595
01:16:57,439 --> 01:17:00,320
Speaker 1: You know, I'm putting a lot of effort into this,

1596
01:17:00,800 --> 01:17:05,120
Speaker 1: you know, top six pick rookie matchup between the Chargers

1597
01:17:05,240 --> 01:17:09,400
Speaker 1: and the Dolphins, and I'm really excited to see them.

1598
01:17:09,600 --> 01:17:12,360
Speaker 1: You know, they're both two of the three highest passer

1599
01:17:12,479 --> 01:17:16,240
Speaker 1: ratings for rookies going in to this game, and it's

1600
01:17:16,240 --> 01:17:18,679
Speaker 1: gonna be really, really exciting. I feel like the Dolphins

1601
01:17:18,680 --> 01:17:21,000
Speaker 1: are on fire the Chargers, I mean, Justin Herbert is

1602
01:17:21,040 --> 01:17:24,519
Speaker 1: playing lights out right, so I think it's gonna be

1603
01:17:24,560 --> 01:17:30,360
Speaker 1: a really good matchup. But I'm going with she's so nervous,

1604
01:17:30,400 --> 01:17:33,599
Speaker 1: she's deciding right now. He's a tough one, all right.

1605
01:17:33,760 --> 01:17:36,559
Speaker 1: Before she says who it is, everyone realized whoever she

1606
01:17:36,680 --> 01:17:40,080
Speaker 1: doesn't pick is winning on Sunday Erica, Tah and the

1607
01:17:40,120 --> 01:17:46,439
Speaker 1: Dolphins are gonna take you in. Oh wow, I like that, right,

1608
01:17:46,960 --> 01:17:52,880
Speaker 1: is a street your first street legal lock of the year,

1609
01:17:52,880 --> 01:17:56,000
Speaker 1: because you took the Jets against the Jets once and

1610
01:17:56,040 --> 01:17:58,840
Speaker 1: then you've at this point you're just admitting to cheating.

1611
01:17:58,960 --> 01:18:02,800
Speaker 1: You could keep you know, we know it's one one

1612
01:18:02,840 --> 01:18:05,240
Speaker 1: were my other one, grig. Since you're so confident about

1613
01:18:05,360 --> 01:18:08,400
Speaker 1: you know, street legal stuff. No, no, I'm saying, this

1614
01:18:08,439 --> 01:18:11,080
Speaker 1: is your chance to be to get a street legal win.

1615
01:18:11,240 --> 01:18:13,160
Speaker 1: I think I think you're gonna get because there was

1616
01:18:13,200 --> 01:18:17,040
Speaker 1: basically last week. This is your chance to earn his respect. Yeah,

1617
01:18:17,120 --> 01:18:19,400
Speaker 1: well that's never this happened. Yeah, this wouldn't do it.

1618
01:18:19,640 --> 01:18:21,559
Speaker 1: You know, after the last time you locked up the

1619
01:18:21,600 --> 01:18:25,439
Speaker 1: Dolphins was on my behalf with brock Osweiler starting and

1620
01:18:25,479 --> 01:18:27,439
Speaker 1: they won. So I think there's a little bit of

1621
01:18:27,640 --> 01:18:31,840
Speaker 1: what a memory, a little bit of magic to that. Yeah.

1622
01:18:31,920 --> 01:18:33,759
Speaker 1: So I don't know if you guys have been seeing

1623
01:18:33,760 --> 01:18:36,360
Speaker 1: the story books I've been putting out for the nfl

1624
01:18:36,560 --> 01:18:40,479
Speaker 1: up series, But this week I wrote a nursery rhyme

1625
01:18:40,600 --> 01:18:43,679
Speaker 1: for to a versus justin Herbert, So keep an eye

1626
01:18:43,680 --> 01:18:47,439
Speaker 1: out for that because it's excellent. Check that out and

1627
01:18:47,479 --> 01:18:51,080
Speaker 1: tell us, uh, if anyone is not seeing the dump

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01:18:51,120 --> 01:18:54,519
Speaker 1: off yet with a great Emma did she I know

1629
01:18:54,640 --> 01:18:56,120
Speaker 1: she goes by a different last name yet that I

1630
01:18:56,120 --> 01:19:01,040
Speaker 1: haven't learned how to pronounce Somaki Emma v p uh

1631
01:19:01,080 --> 01:19:03,720
Speaker 1: and Ricky doing their thing the dump off. Tell the

1632
01:19:03,760 --> 01:19:06,680
Speaker 1: people about that. Yeah, the dump off is our um.

1633
01:19:06,920 --> 01:19:09,599
Speaker 1: You know, we give you real, real information going into

1634
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:13,800
Speaker 1: the week with no absolute analysis whatsoever. So it is

1635
01:19:13,840 --> 01:19:18,960
Speaker 1: fun and Kurt Warner retweeted it, so that's pretty cool. Wow,

1636
01:19:19,160 --> 01:19:22,960
Speaker 1: he definitely knows you exist, not not us, not you guys. Alright,

1637
01:19:22,960 --> 01:19:24,920
Speaker 1: good stuff. Check it out, check out the dump off,

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01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:27,840
Speaker 1: check out the to a nursery rhyme over on up

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01:19:27,880 --> 01:19:31,600
Speaker 1: Funds stuff. Um okay, this Dan Hanson signing off for

1640
01:19:31,880 --> 01:19:37,040
Speaker 1: Quiet Storm. The old boss, Ricky Hollywood behind the virtual

1641
01:19:37,120 --> 01:20:00,800
Speaker 1: glass until Sunday Night. S