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Speaker 1: of the news rule. Welcome back to another edition of

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

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Speaker 1: and I am joined by a room filled with heroes,

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Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, and Greg Rosa. Though what's up boys?

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Speaker 1: D oh yeah? Who's excited? Divisional Round playoffs the best

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Speaker 1: weekend of the year, and today's show is exclusive to

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Speaker 1: conversation about those four games. Not quite true. We got

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Speaker 1: some news to get to. But after we get to

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Speaker 1: all that important news going on in the NFL right now,

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Speaker 1: including a team changing its city sadly, and some head

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Speaker 1: coach postings being filled, then we will dig into the

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Speaker 1: Divisional round slate, which is an excellent one. No steakers

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Speaker 1: except for the Throne of Ease game, but beyond that,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a fun week in a foot ball

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Speaker 1: That's why you lift all them weights. Yeah, Gregg does

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Speaker 1: not want to call that game a stinker. Well, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna I'm looking forward to it. You never know, how

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Speaker 1: And and well, how about this, any amount of Dan

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Speaker 1: and I would have multiplied by ten and that's you

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Speaker 1: and it will end some someday. I'm aware of that.

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Speaker 1: You're very confident though about this game, Yeah, Texans Patriots.

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Speaker 1: never totally know. There's a lot of things we've thought

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Speaker 1: we totally know. But this would be an all time

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Speaker 1: stunt as a small band of floutist ascend the hill

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Speaker 1: to crown Greg's head a golden hill. Uh. Yeah, you're right.

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Speaker 1: In fact, it's as simple as Tom Brady gets hurt,

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Speaker 1: embarrass himself and uh and helped take the Texans to

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Speaker 1: a convincing win over a beaten up Raiders team. Uh So,

429
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Speaker 1: at least on if nothing else, Greg sends the Texans

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Speaker 1: into their matchup with the number one seeded Patriots at

431
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Speaker 1: Gillette Stadium with a sense of confidence I would think

432
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Speaker 1: unless a week of preparation for Tom Brady sapped up

433
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Speaker 1: from immediately. Yeah. That's like if you're watching the playoff

434
00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,240
Speaker 1: game and you win it, you always are almost overconfident

435
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Speaker 1: about that team going into the week because they obviously

436
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,359
Speaker 1: just came off their best win, their biggest game, the

437
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Speaker 1: best performance brock Oswidler had all season. It wasn't great,

438
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Speaker 1: but it was the best game. It was two touchdowns,

439
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:07,120
Speaker 1: no turnovers that didn't happen. But what are the Texans

440
00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,920
Speaker 1: good at? I would say their strength is probably clowney

441
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Speaker 1: and merciless is their number one strength good secondary to

442
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,159
Speaker 1: I think the Patriots can minimize that strength because I

443
00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,959
Speaker 1: think the strength of the Patriots offensive line is really something.

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Speaker 1: It's been the key to Tom Brady's great season, and

445
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Speaker 1: it's been the key to this offense really looking a

446
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Speaker 1: lot better than it did a year ago at this time.

447
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Speaker 1: And I think they can handle those two guys, and

448
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:35,720
Speaker 1: if you can handle their pass rush, good night. I

449
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Speaker 1: I don't think you're gonna keep them under five or thirty,

450
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Speaker 1: and I don't think brock can keep up. I think

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Speaker 1: that's absolutely right. If you don't get into Tom Brady's

452
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Speaker 1: head and physically shake him up in the first quarter

453
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Speaker 1: of this game, this game is going to be an

454
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Speaker 1: absolute nightmare. If you like competitive football. Tom Brady needs

455
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Speaker 1: to throw thirty five straight interceptions to have his quarterback

456
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Speaker 1: rating dip or the brock Osweilers. So you're not gonna

457
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Speaker 1: win it through the arm of brock Oswidler, which is

458
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Speaker 1: not a not breaking news to anyone here. You need

459
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Speaker 1: to have he needs to essentially repeat last week's game

460
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Speaker 1: as a starting point where he's making yeah, Brock, where

461
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Speaker 1: he's not killing his team with mistakes. He makes a

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Speaker 1: couple of plays with his arms or with his legs,

463
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Speaker 1: and then yeah, I think that's the whole key to

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Speaker 1: the game is the past protection of Brady, because that's

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Speaker 1: the only way in my mind that Houston steals this

466
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Speaker 1: game with some type of calamitous turnover or or their specially,

467
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Speaker 1: they have the worst special teams in the NFL this year.

468
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Speaker 1: I think it a great week, a consistent pass rush

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Speaker 1: that really gives Brady fits. I just don't see it happening,

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Speaker 1: to be honest with you, This alleged number one defense

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Speaker 1: is eighteen in the NFL on the road. They're not

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Speaker 1: a shutdown defense by any stretch of the imagination, unless

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Speaker 1: they're playing Connor Cook. I mean, it's a good, solid defense,

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Speaker 1: it's not a shutdown defense, and for that matter, neither

475
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Speaker 1: is the Patriots defense, which doesn't face any quarterbacks, and

476
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Speaker 1: once again, his face seen. The only quarterback since the

477
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Speaker 1: NFL went to sixteen games who got benched on a

478
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Speaker 1: first place team after Week sixteen, and it happened twice.

479
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,680
Speaker 1: I also see a Patriots team that quietly added Michael Floyd,

480
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Speaker 1: who's already getting kudos from Tom Brady for knowing the playbook,

481
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Speaker 1: for being an asset on the field, and Dion Lewis

482
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:19,920
Speaker 1: is starting to warm up. I wouldn't be surprised to

483
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Speaker 1: see Dion Lewis used to counteract the Blitz to get

484
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Speaker 1: the ball out to him in space and you could

485
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Speaker 1: have one of his bigger games. I mean, they've been

486
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Speaker 1: waiting for that. West and I have had this conspiracy

487
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Speaker 1: theory that it's almost like they've been saving them for

488
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Speaker 1: the playoffs a little bit. I mean, as far as

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Speaker 1: you two are having a conspiracy theory about the point,

490
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Speaker 1: I just made three weeks for you, for you, for

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Speaker 1: God's sakes, I didn't mean it anything towards what was

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Speaker 1: going on there. Oh. I meant all good, Greg that

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Speaker 1: if Danny Amadela come back, we're gonna try to continue

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Speaker 1: the experts, we're gonna have to. I wasn't and it

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Speaker 1: was somehow different. I'm continue on. We're fine. Let me

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Speaker 1: break this down, Mark, to borrow from West. You met

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Speaker 1: an excellent point. That's a great way to counter out

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Speaker 1: the blacks, counteract the blitz or scientists. You have been

499
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Speaker 1: saying this for a couple of weeks now about this

500
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:21,160
Speaker 1: Dean Lewis thing. Everybody was right. Everybody did that. One's

501
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:24,159
Speaker 1: been right in the big in a big spot. How

502
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:27,240
Speaker 1: about a healthy Martellis Bennett. That would be nice to see.

503
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Speaker 1: I mean, they have a lot of things that they

504
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,919
Speaker 1: can be excited about that haven't been the case Tom Brady.

505
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,360
Speaker 1: I think what's been under played with him this year.

506
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Speaker 1: It is like two drop backs and he has two turnovers.

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Speaker 1: That's out. That's outrageous. I mean, Greg, you know you're

508
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,680
Speaker 1: you're like just essentially what seventy eighty hours away from

509
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Speaker 1: watching your Patriots win a game by about thirty five

510
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 1: to thirty eight points. You don't know that, You're right,

511
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 1: I don't know it. But that's the only defense you

512
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Speaker 1: have is that I don't functionally know that for sure.

513
00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,400
Speaker 1: It's and you know it's an NFL team to Houston excellence.

514
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,399
Speaker 1: You really want to try to talk yourself into the

515
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 1: ways that this could be but a competitive game, but

516
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,160
Speaker 1: it just feels inevitable because and then you onto everything else.

517
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Speaker 1: The the the the advantages of the Patriots have in

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Speaker 1: terms of personnel, uh and Tom Brady against brock Oswald,

519
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 1: and then you have Bill Belichick was given two weeks.

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00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,119
Speaker 1: On top of that, he even kind of hinted that

521
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:24,920
Speaker 1: he cheated and got an extra day on the Texans

522
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 1: because he assumed that the Dolphins will do a little bit.

523
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:34,840
Speaker 1: Your foresight is illegal. So you know he's been locked

524
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:38,280
Speaker 1: in on this flawed Texan team for eight days and

525
00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 1: that's not a good sign. Well, Romeo Cornell, you would

526
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 1: think would at least have a better idea than most

527
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 1: people on how to try to make Tom Brady uncomfortable. Right,

528
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Speaker 1: You're you're grasping the Patriots do the same thing every

529
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Speaker 1: week against these lousy quarterbacks. Didn't even make Jacobe Prist

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Speaker 1: uncomfortable three three minute he didn't have that grading. Let's

531
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Speaker 1: just put it this way. A forty two ten Patriots

532
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 1: win would be a fitting way for the last great

533
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Speaker 1: number one defense of the two thousand sixte season from

534
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Speaker 1: the Patriots. You know, uh, you know how I was

535
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:13,679
Speaker 1: disappointed by a little bit in Houston. What your boy,

536
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,239
Speaker 1: Lamar Miller? I think the season? I know he had

537
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,400
Speaker 1: a good statistical game, but if you watch his last

538
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,640
Speaker 1: few games, I think the season average like two point

539
00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,880
Speaker 1: six yards per car being the primary back is it's

540
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 1: taken a toll. There's not a lot of juice, they're

541
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Speaker 1: not a lot of decisiveness. So here's can I answer

542
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 1: that way, my boy? I will say yes, he's gotten

543
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 1: banged up as the season has gone gone on. But

544
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 1: it did not help that the worst quarterback in the

545
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Speaker 1: world of the NFL was on his team. It really

546
00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:47,280
Speaker 1: made his job a lot more difficult. That's the only

547
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,760
Speaker 1: thing I'll say. Whether you think that he lost explosiveness

548
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 1: during the season, I'm just saying he was kind of

549
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 1: behind the eight ball to start with the season, and

550
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,160
Speaker 1: then that probably didn't help. Speak speaking of behind the

551
00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 1: aight ball. So Bill O'Brien says, the key to this

552
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: game is we have to avoid mistakes. So, so Bill Belichick,

553
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,440
Speaker 1: what he does takes away your best player, DeAndre Hopkins.

554
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:09,440
Speaker 1: We're taking him out. No sideline throws, no boundary throws,

555
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 1: nothing downfield. We're also gonna take away Lamar Miller from you.

556
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 1: So we're gonna force brock Oswar to beat us. But

557
00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,080
Speaker 1: he can't make mistakes. He doesn't throw outside. The numbers

558
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,600
Speaker 1: are down the field, so he's gonna be throwing tanyard

559
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 1: passes the tight ends all games. But here's the most

560
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 1: good quarterbacks throw the ball up for grabs and let

561
00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: the receivers make contested catches downfield. Brocks contested catches all

562
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,720
Speaker 1: happened at the sticks. They're all contested. Every time you

563
00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 1: see a brock throw, somebody's sticking a finger in there.

564
00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 1: I don't expect to see them blitzeing or getting too crazy.

565
00:29:41,120 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 1: They're gonna rush three and they're just gonna back up.

566
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Speaker 1: That's what they've been doing all year against bad quarterbacks

567
00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 1: and just kind of like watch his brains start to

568
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,480
Speaker 1: melt and smoke and and make mistakes in the season.

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Speaker 1: They just have to get out without you have a

570
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 1: little little game for us. Oh yeah, well it's been

571
00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 1: a hit. I thank everyone who loved not over under

572
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 1: last game. One of the lot of buzz Yeah, a

573
00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:10,840
Speaker 1: lot of buzz t shirts. Uh, just NonStop tweets coming

574
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Speaker 1: at me. Just it in a little bit. What a revolution.

575
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Speaker 1: All right, let's start it up. Not over under three

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Speaker 1: fifty passing yards for Tom Brady, not over I'm going

577
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 1: under under under, not under under right too, because they're

578
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 1: gonna be up probably four scores third quarter. I'm going

579
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,920
Speaker 1: not under, gonna have about four thirty passing yards. You're over,

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00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 1: not under, say over and under. I think I under

581
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Speaker 1: the whole premise of this new game, which is a

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Speaker 1: global not over under. To start the thing and then

583
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 1: once you go, OK, yeah, I think he would throw

584
00:30:56,600 --> 00:30:58,480
Speaker 1: for three fifty if he was in any type of

585
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,560
Speaker 1: competitive game. But and I hate to say this, and

586
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 1: if you're Texans fan, you probably hate us with this,

587
00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,240
Speaker 1: but it's really hard for someone that's kind on the

588
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 1: outside of this game to talk yourself into this being

589
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,640
Speaker 1: a close matchup in the third quarterback it's hard for

590
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 1: Texans fans to talk to himself. They're not stupid, they

591
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: know I don't go through the pains of it. Don't

592
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 1: don't pain yourself to try to convince yourself it's going

593
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 1: to be close. It's not. I go over not Belichick

594
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 1: style to ever rein it back better dropping bombs, Brady

595
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 1: Garopolo combine, Oh my gosh, all right, one more, we'll

596
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: do well, here's a better one. Who is game? We're

597
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:39,480
Speaker 1: panting yards Garoppolo or Oswarlen all right? Not it's over under,

598
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 1: not over under two and a half. Funny, but also sad.

599
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 1: Vince will for excite shot. I got the over on

600
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 1: that I've been I've been locked in. I don't have

601
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,440
Speaker 1: to scream, but I've been locked in on this. Vince

602
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 1: WOLFORI think a lot of sad shots. I think it's uh,

603
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 1: it's absolutely the over because it's clear they pick out

604
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: one or two of these characters every game and they say, cameraman,

605
00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: just sit there with a camera on Vince Wolfork and

606
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 1: we'll cut there every eight or nine minutes. Good chance

607
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 1: it's the last game of his career. Sounds like he

608
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 1: he might be ready to call it. Yeah, I like

609
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: that that he said he might retire. And Bill O'Brien's like, wow,

610
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 1: that's news to me. Uh, so we're all going to

611
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 1: take the Patriots in the game. There's no one disgraceful

612
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: enough to to lock this up though, right, I don't

613
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 1: know everybody's gonna. I had a bad week last week.

614
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 1: I am tempted to just lock this up and you know,

615
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,800
Speaker 1: get off the get out of the ugly corner. You

616
00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: know what. I I take back saying is disgraceful. But

617
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: everybody's got to live by a code, their own moral compass.

618
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 1: If you want to lock this game up, go ahead.

619
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Speaker 1: It feels wrong because I'm not even sure I'll watch

620
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 1: this game. You're gonna all right, let's move on, and

621
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Speaker 1: let's move on to the NFC. And oh boy, we've

622
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,840
Speaker 1: been talking about I feel like this podcast has been

623
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 1: very favorable towards the Atlanta Falcons this season, and people

624
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 1: have come kind of come around on them as a

625
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: offensive juggernaut of this millennium so far. I mean, they're

626
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: one of the best offences we've seen in some time.

627
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 1: And now they get that home game that comes with

628
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,400
Speaker 1: the number two seed coming off thereby, and that home game,

629
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Speaker 1: Chris Westling means the Seattle Seahawks have to hit the road,

630
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: uh to take on this great offense. Uh. No one's

631
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: been able to stop the Falcons this year was and

632
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,719
Speaker 1: that's why you have Mett Ryan as your number one

633
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: m VP candidate. Is there any way the Seahawks summoned

634
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: greatness and slow down this Atlanta offense. I mean, if

635
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 1: that's the way you're gonna phrase the question, Sure, this

636
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 1: is a good defense, it's got, But will they I mean,

637
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Speaker 1: is that what you're asking? Yeah? Will they will? I

638
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: don't have a representative game to what they've been doing.

639
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 1: I think the Falcons will score thirty Okay, so I

640
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 1: think they scored thirty five points at home on average.

641
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 1: I think their speed with that backfield and Julio Jones

642
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 1: and that passle of receivers they have is gonna be

643
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 1: too much for the Seahawks. And I guess the question

644
00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 1: then becomes, if if we're all in agreement that the

645
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 1: Seattle is not gonna stop this Falcons team, mark, do

646
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:00,600
Speaker 1: do the Seahawks have the juice to score points getting

647
00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 1: a shootout and win with the Falcons. I think it's

648
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,440
Speaker 1: it's a favorable matchup in the sense that their offensive

649
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,960
Speaker 1: line problems aren't maybe going to play out the way

650
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 1: they would and against this Falcons defense versus some other teams.

651
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 1: But keeping up, I don't see it happening because what

652
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 1: happens with Atlanta's offense is they score so quickly. It's

653
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 1: it's not that you can simply go toe to toe

654
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,280
Speaker 1: unless you can do the same thing and in reverse.

655
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,800
Speaker 1: I mean, we just talked about this on our NFL

656
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: network Pick Him show. What times of nine thirty am

657
00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 1: Eastern not always the same? Yeah, no it's not. And

658
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 1: thank you for everyone that watched last week, some big

659
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: time ratings, very kind. So one time slot alone this time,

660
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,279
Speaker 1: but it's a good one at least. Wait, what about

661
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:47,279
Speaker 1: the thirty am when you're SASTA that's gone. Now with

662
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,560
Speaker 1: the with the games you can still they're replaying the

663
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: games and whatnot. Well, how about net Greg, you're plugged

664
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 1: in with the NFL network obviously is one of the

665
00:34:55,440 --> 00:35:01,640
Speaker 1: chief talents, Greg Rosenthal. Next weeks games, both of them

666
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 1: the title games are on Sundays. Are you involved in

667
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 1: the schedule? But I know what it is that talent

668
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 1: and schedule, well, an incredible next gen status showing you know,

669
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,479
Speaker 1: visually what has happened to the Seattle Seahawks without Earl

670
00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,919
Speaker 1: Thomas on the field. I mean, on a lesser level,

671
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: they don't have an interception since he's been out, but

672
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 1: it showed how vulnerable they become too deep strikes and

673
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 1: it's at an incredible rate. And if you're Atlanta, that's

674
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 1: what you thrive at. And so you go into this

675
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,359
Speaker 1: game with complete confidence that you can do what you've

676
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 1: been doing all year. Two teams, right if your weakness

677
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,840
Speaker 1: is big plays down the middle of the field, that's

678
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:49,360
Speaker 1: the Atlanta's biggest strength. I mean, even Ryan is number

679
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:51,840
Speaker 1: one in every deep passing category right he has He

680
00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 1: has seventeen plays over forty yards. No one else in

681
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,800
Speaker 1: the playoffs right now as has more than nine. And

682
00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 1: you look at their receivers Okay, you think maybe Richard

683
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: Sherman can do a good job on Julio Jones. He

684
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,560
Speaker 1: did do a good job on Julio Jones last time.

685
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,680
Speaker 1: But you know what, Julio Jones can move around, he

686
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: can play in the slot, and Richard Sherman is not

687
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 1: going to move there. And when Julio was in the

688
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,840
Speaker 1: slot last time they played, he had almost a hundred

689
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 1: yards against the other Seahawks from this communication of Sherman

690
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 1: trying to figure out whether he was following. So if

691
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,600
Speaker 1: you're struggling, like if you're struggling to communicate and you're

692
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 1: giving up some big plays last right, then then that's problematic.

693
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,919
Speaker 1: I would never count out the heart of a champion though.

694
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: Back to that this though, and and you do think

695
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:35,640
Speaker 1: these are the same players who have won a lot

696
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 1: of playoff games on defense. And if you're telling if

697
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 1: you want to tell me that April Bennett, Clark, Wagner

698
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 1: and right, I'll play outstanding team defense together. And this

699
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 1: thing is just kind of a back and forth, not

700
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,799
Speaker 1: as high score as as the Falcons, like, I mean,

701
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: that wouldn't shock me. What if they get the production

702
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: on the ground that we saw against the Lions. I

703
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,440
Speaker 1: mean that was new for see. I don't know if

704
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,719
Speaker 1: you can do that, you can keep Matt Ryan off

705
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 1: the field to some degree. Here's what would scare me

706
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,960
Speaker 1: if I'm the Seahawks. They have been terrible on the

707
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 1: road this year. They average fifteen point nine points, which

708
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: is almost twelve points fewer than the average at home.

709
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:18,359
Speaker 1: Last week against the Lions. If you remember the first

710
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,840
Speaker 1: couple of series, Russ Wilson was running for his life

711
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: against the Lions pass rushes. Isn't that great? Thomas Rowles

712
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,920
Speaker 1: had the first five first downs in that game. By

713
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 1: twenty minutes into the game. They yet they have a

714
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:31,439
Speaker 1: passing first down, and now you're going on the road.

715
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:33,839
Speaker 1: Whether offensive line has struggled all year because you don't

716
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 1: get that extra beat, you don't get extra second, split

717
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:39,279
Speaker 1: second before the snap from your home crowd. You're not

718
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,399
Speaker 1: gonna be able to hear your quarterback in that dome,

719
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: which is one of the loudest venues in the NFL.

720
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,520
Speaker 1: Even when they're not pumping in fake crowd noise, you

721
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 1: can't mess around for twenty minutes the past. The advantage

722
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 1: in the passing game. Even with the Falcons having a

723
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: bad relatively bad past defense. I think it's gonna be

724
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,319
Speaker 1: with the foul and I think the Falcon secondaries come

725
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,800
Speaker 1: together a little bit late in the season. Jalen Collins

726
00:38:02,840 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 1: is a guy that was kind of forgotten about, who

727
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:08,279
Speaker 1: has suspended, was injured, was seemed maybe a little bit

728
00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,839
Speaker 1: like a headcase early in his career. He he showed

729
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 1: up and played well late in the season. He's a

730
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 1: physical guy who looks it looks good. Four times this

731
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: year on the road, the Seahawks have not been able

732
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 1: to top ten points. Wow. I think this is the

733
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 1: first time in several years where I feel Seattle is

734
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 1: really really a heavy underdog in a playoff game. Uh.

735
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what that What we talked about

736
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 1: the top of this discussion that the seahawks biggest weakness

737
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: on defense since Earl Thomas went out is their struggles

738
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: with downfield passing. The Falcons do it better than anybody.

739
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 1: To me, that's checkmate right there. That is gonna cost

740
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 1: the Seahawks this game because we're gonna be giving up

741
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,960
Speaker 1: chunk players all day. And you know what, guys, when

742
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 1: you factor in something an advantage of that magnitude and

743
00:38:54,960 --> 00:39:04,200
Speaker 1: then and they are flying up the same anymore. I'm

744
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: gonna lock it up, lock it up, because one good

745
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 1: luck deserves another up. Big spot locking it on it

746
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:25,319
Speaker 1: do it Falcons win, Wow, double lock it up? Did

747
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:28,920
Speaker 1: somebody else go? I need to recover. I actually know

748
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: where to go. Protext Jesus, somebody tell Derek Carr by

749
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: the way down to five days until vengeance that I

750
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:37,839
Speaker 1: just felt God when I just that's not gonna help

751
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 1: your case. If the Seahawks, We're gonna have another recipe here.

752
00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,799
Speaker 1: They did totally shut down Freeman and Coleman the first

753
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 1: time around, in a better way than just about any team.

754
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:49,759
Speaker 1: Sixty seven total yards between the two of them. If

755
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 1: you could make them one dimensional and some they have

756
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:54,879
Speaker 1: a pretty good rush defense. That's probably their strength. If

757
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: you could make them one to mens. I think DeVonta

758
00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 1: Freeman's unbelievable school ball play top five running back. I

759
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:03,799
Speaker 1: think in the NFL right now, number five. I put

760
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 1: him ahead of the Shan because he's complete. He he

761
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:10,920
Speaker 1: does everything. I think if there wasn't if they put

762
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 1: him right or not ranged too, if there was a

763
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:16,360
Speaker 1: stat for running hard every single play, I feel like

764
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: he would lead the league. There's a lot of value

765
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:22,040
Speaker 1: and number one, nobody runs harder than Danny would. We

766
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: are going to get a wild card Dan for the

767
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 1: rest of the show after his moment he's been touched.

768
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:31,000
Speaker 1: Do we have West Do we have a little games player? Oh? Yeah, yeah,

769
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:34,879
Speaker 1: let's let's go back to Greg's Wait, we're going back

770
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 1: to that, going back to the under Wow, that is

771
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 1: what a sign of respect, guy. Yeah, it's really become

772
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,240
Speaker 1: a hit. Everything's turning up frozen falls. The magic number

773
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:51,040
Speaker 1: in this game is twenty four under Pete Carroll, Seattle

774
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:53,839
Speaker 1: is eight no in the playoffs when they allow fewer

775
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 1: than twenty four points. The Falcons have only been held

776
00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 1: under twenty four points, and two of sixteen games this

777
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: year over under twenty four points for the Falcons offense.

778
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,239
Speaker 1: Oh well there you go. Well we don't have to

779
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:07,839
Speaker 1: answer that because we already locked this game up. I mean,

780
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,359
Speaker 1: very easy over. Yeah, that's an easy one. I think

781
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:15,359
Speaker 1: the Seahawks chance in this game is is like they

782
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:19,640
Speaker 1: were back in two thousand twelve when this offense really

783
00:41:19,719 --> 00:41:21,880
Speaker 1: wasn't as well developed as it is now, and they

784
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:23,799
Speaker 1: put up a lot of points on Atlanta. Then they

785
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: lost that game. But that it's in the thirties. I

786
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: don't think they're hoping Atlanta. Here's the case for Seattle.

787
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 1: The pedigree have been there before. They're not gonna go

788
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,479
Speaker 1: into this game spooked at all. The Falcons that after

789
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: a bye week and not kind of being in this

790
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:38,680
Speaker 1: type of spotlight for a while, they could be a

791
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 1: little tight potentially in this game. And if the season

792
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:44,600
Speaker 1: Seahawks team hits him in the mouth in the first

793
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 1: quarter and maybe gets out to a lead, who knows

794
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:49,280
Speaker 1: what happens with this game. So I by no means

795
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 1: think that the seas have no chance. I just feel

796
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: like this is Atlanta's year to make a real Super

797
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,080
Speaker 1: Bowl run. So I couldn't I couldn't pick against. I mean,

798
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 1: if Atlanta scores seven points, Sydney needs to burn this

799
00:41:58,719 --> 00:42:01,880
Speaker 1: broadcast immediately, because were very confident about this. That's how

800
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,319
Speaker 1: we started. I remember that previous playoff game correctly. The

801
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:07,720
Speaker 1: Falcons boat raced him going into halftime. It was about

802
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:10,560
Speaker 1: twenty to nothing, and everything the Seahawks did was in

803
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,680
Speaker 1: the second half of Russell Wilson coming a lot, all right,

804
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 1: Mike Smith's high point, Matt Ryan's high point really too.

805
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: Only playoff Ross came back and tied the game and

806
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:22,759
Speaker 1: or maybe take the one point lead, and then Ryan

807
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,239
Speaker 1: came back within thirty seconds with a game winning field.

808
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 1: Bryan's high point comes this weekend. Oh Mike Smith's high point,

809
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:32,479
Speaker 1: by the way, it was wearing tevas on cable low

810
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 1: point tivasvas. I don't know before there were um, what

811
00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 1: are those hockey sex No? No, what are the shoes

812
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 1: that hippies were Now they're like rubber shoes with holes

813
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: in them. Crocs. No, but it's going to bring it up.

814
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 1: It's it was berkin stize. I don't know you've been

815
00:42:56,640 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 1: to fish concerts. I mean kitchen workers where crocs also losers.

816
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:05,719
Speaker 1: It was birkin stocks and that well, first it was barefoot.

817
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:09,840
Speaker 1: That's the that's the given us. Yes, of the hippies

818
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 1: footwear it was it was it was barefoot, and then

819
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:15,239
Speaker 1: the birkin stocks came and they were roaring. Wow. They

820
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 1: went straight from then out of nowhere here here comes Tavas.

821
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 1: I don't think that's right to Tiva's. To me was

822
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:25,840
Speaker 1: more like thirty seven year old, like they don't manage

823
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:28,759
Speaker 1: this is this is the Tiva's time. I called it.

824
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:34,239
Speaker 1: And then out of nowhere. Crocs. Uh, dorky white guys

825
00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 1: all across the world said it's croc time, baby. Hold on.

826
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:42,720
Speaker 1: Shouldn't hippies be against plastic? It's not organic. Not hippies

827
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 1: would be hippie only probably as a bit as a

828
00:43:45,520 --> 00:43:50,320
Speaker 1: fashion state. I think I I think I wore socks

829
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 1: well in high school. I think birken Stocks, like I'm

830
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 1: the cool CEO roaming around my floor just talking to people.

831
00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:57,919
Speaker 1: Or and then I hated back in the day, like

832
00:43:57,360 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 1: the eight kind of dudes sit around like kicking the hack.

833
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 1: You sack around with each other. One guy like on

834
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 1: the ground behind them playing guitar. Put it down, firebomb

835
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 1: the whole thing. All right, let's move on to the

836
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:12,239
Speaker 1: Sunday games. Let's move on to the Sunday games. If

837
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:16,080
Speaker 1: you took the over on one half Hackey Sack references

838
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:18,399
Speaker 1: on the Around the NFL podcast, you are right, you're

839
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: a rich man right now? Uh, the Sunday games begin,

840
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 1: Oh at Arrowheads Stadium. How exciting the number two seed

841
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:29,440
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. They earned that by and they are

842
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,840
Speaker 1: rested up and ready. But here comes the Pittsburgh Steelers,

843
00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 1: who have been winning every single week. For two months now,

844
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:40,080
Speaker 1: so they come in flying of course. Uh. They they

845
00:44:40,120 --> 00:44:43,840
Speaker 1: had no problems in their wild card matchup against the Dolphins.

846
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 1: But Mark Sessler, this will not be the same challenge

847
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 1: for the Steelers Dolphins versus Chiefs on the road. Uh,

848
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 1: in their building a team that deserves respect. Yeah, I

849
00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 1: know everyone probably looks at Packers Cowboys. Not everyone, but

850
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,759
Speaker 1: most would say Packers Cowboys is your game of the week,

851
00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:05,400
Speaker 1: no questions asked. This is a sneaky game of the

852
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,560
Speaker 1: week in my book, because I look back at their

853
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:10,359
Speaker 1: matchups so long ago and I don't think that much

854
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:13,480
Speaker 1: translates for the Chiefs on offense. They for all the

855
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:15,960
Speaker 1: doubts that I have held about the Chiefs for a

856
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,800
Speaker 1: long long time are have been raised to some degree

857
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:21,879
Speaker 1: because of the presence of Tyreek Hill, because Kelsey has

858
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:25,040
Speaker 1: been so explosive, because Alex Smith's been so efficient, because

859
00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 1: this team typically just does not turn the ball over.

860
00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:31,680
Speaker 1: And it's hard to get a read on what Pittsburgh

861
00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:35,279
Speaker 1: will do after last week because history tells you that

862
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:37,840
Speaker 1: you get in the playoffs, you get good Pittsburgh, and

863
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:40,640
Speaker 1: then you get bad Pittsburgh. But this maybe breaks the

864
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:43,440
Speaker 1: streak a little bit because you have never had Levan

865
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:46,880
Speaker 1: Bell and Antonio Brown operating the way they did together

866
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:49,560
Speaker 1: last week. They had never played together before. I think

867
00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:52,240
Speaker 1: this game is going to go right down to literally

868
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:55,520
Speaker 1: the final ten twelve seconds, and it's going to be

869
00:45:55,880 --> 00:46:01,960
Speaker 1: the barn burner of the weekend. Yes, too well coached, tough,

870
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:07,480
Speaker 1: physical teams that aren't gonna beat themselves. Balanced, balanced Steelers

871
00:46:07,480 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 1: haven't lost in over two months. Chiefs are rolling into

872
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I am excited about this game. I can't

873
00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:17,360
Speaker 1: wait to see. Here's one thing the Chiefs have to

874
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:19,760
Speaker 1: be very afraid of. They are not a good run defense.

875
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:24,560
Speaker 1: Twenty six and run game. And here comes to Levan

876
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: Bell running. Uh. You know, you could everyone argues who's

877
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 1: the best running back in the league. But if you go,

878
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:31,759
Speaker 1: if you say, I think Leve Bell is you can

879
00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 1: make a real good argument. And he's running with confidence,

880
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 1: and he's even though they've used them a lot, that

881
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 1: little suspension in the beginning season, he's still relatively fresh. Obviously,

882
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:41,840
Speaker 1: the way he's moving, that could be a game record

883
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:44,799
Speaker 1: for Andy Reid. It could Justin Houston's back. He's a

884
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,279
Speaker 1: good run defender if he is the Justin Houston that

885
00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:50,440
Speaker 1: you know, we saw it for a couple of games earlier.

886
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 1: The question he's missed the past two games because of

887
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:54,920
Speaker 1: the same knee that gave him problems. Right, it's a

888
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:57,879
Speaker 1: huge question depending on how good he is. You gotta

889
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 1: give credit to not just Bell, who's ridiculous, but David

890
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 1: the Castro. I know we don't usually get it. The

891
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:07,920
Speaker 1: guard took both, but I've never seen a guard go

892
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:11,640
Speaker 1: down to the lay sandwich. I mean he kind of

893
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:14,440
Speaker 1: threw in Dominicans around he That was one of the

894
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 1: most ownage rewatching that game. That was kind of he

895
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:21,480
Speaker 1: owned in Dominican sue. I mean the Steelers should feel good.

896
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:23,480
Speaker 1: What they should feel good about is this is kind

897
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 1: of playoff football. They they've just gotten physical. They're running

898
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,000
Speaker 1: like a goal line offense on the thirty yard line

899
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 1: last week. This was seven offensive linemen and run down

900
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 1: your throat. And that's kind of what what you'd like

901
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:36,440
Speaker 1: to do in Kansas City. I think in these elements,

902
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:39,400
Speaker 1: Andy Reid said this week that Levian Bell has created

903
00:47:39,440 --> 00:47:43,520
Speaker 1: his own running stock rushing style west on It. I

904
00:47:43,600 --> 00:47:45,719
Speaker 1: wrote about it, and I think what gets overlooked is

905
00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:49,919
Speaker 1: what priest Homes called flawless synchronicity with your offensive line.

906
00:47:50,600 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: Levian Bell can be so patient because he trusts those

907
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,560
Speaker 1: guys to get the right block at the last minute,

908
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:58,440
Speaker 1: to be where they're supposed to be, to be tacticians upfront.

909
00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:01,480
Speaker 1: And and this is right now, is the most unstoppable

910
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:05,240
Speaker 1: running attack. I agree, I agree, And and his power

911
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:09,280
Speaker 1: is underrated. Everything about him is great, But he's also

912
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:12,000
Speaker 1: a big dude who still can run people over. For

913
00:48:12,040 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 1: all the moves he makes, he is a great short

914
00:48:14,200 --> 00:48:16,279
Speaker 1: yard if back too. I think it's easy to go

915
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:20,400
Speaker 1: through these previews too and focus a much less on

916
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:23,920
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's defense, which has a guy like Ryan Shazier that

917
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:27,120
Speaker 1: when he made that interception last week of more. I mean,

918
00:48:27,239 --> 00:48:29,720
Speaker 1: if you go watch how he moved around the field

919
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,759
Speaker 1: to make that interception, very few players in the league

920
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,240
Speaker 1: can do what he's doing. Everybody's sleeping on this defense,

921
00:48:35,239 --> 00:48:38,040
Speaker 1: which leads the NFL and SAX since Week eleven and

922
00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:41,240
Speaker 1: is allowing under seventeen points per game during the winning streak.

923
00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:43,440
Speaker 1: This is one of the top five defenses in the

924
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:46,680
Speaker 1: NFL entering the playoffs. It just iss. I have a

925
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 1: observation of Levy on Bell. One word baby. I don't

926
00:48:50,960 --> 00:48:54,200
Speaker 1: know if anybody's brought this up. This guy is all

927
00:48:54,239 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 1: about patience. Wow, God behind, then he picks his spot

928
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:05,440
Speaker 1: and then bang he goes patience babies, cutting edge. I'm

929
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:07,720
Speaker 1: good you brought that to her attention. Everybody's been sleeping.

930
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:12,160
Speaker 1: Are we ready to play a game with us? All right?

931
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 1: This is a new game. It's called not over Under. No, okay,

932
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:25,959
Speaker 1: it's a totally different game called pick the headline. I'm

933
00:49:25,960 --> 00:49:30,160
Speaker 1: not sure about the music. Sydney and I test choosing

934
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:33,839
Speaker 1: this music, and we you know we like it, right, Sydney, Yes,

935
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:38,520
Speaker 1: like driving me crazy. Well, let's you know you've just

936
00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:40,920
Speaker 1: spoken to God, Dan, who knows what's next for you.

937
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: So the headline is this is the main screamer, giant

938
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:49,799
Speaker 1: fun head head. I'm giving you to two headlines to

939
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:53,680
Speaker 1: the choose between. This one goes Tomlin more like tom Out,

940
00:49:54,520 --> 00:49:58,879
Speaker 1: then the subhead wicked long subhead. Steelers coach announces after

941
00:49:58,960 --> 00:50:02,040
Speaker 1: twenty to nothing lost to Chiefs that he's leaving Pittsburgh

942
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 1: to sign a fully guaranteed ten year contract with the

943
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 1: newly minted Los Angeles Chargers. That's your first headline that

944
00:50:09,120 --> 00:50:12,960
Speaker 1: you can pick. Or here's a little scene nugget in

945
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:17,640
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Star next Tuesday, screaming small headline chiefs

946
00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:22,040
Speaker 1: higher New Minority owner subhead Sydney Carlson to leave NFL

947
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,200
Speaker 1: Media for hands on role with team and from the

948
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:29,759
Speaker 1: five Graphs story itself, Here we Go. Carlson, known in

949
00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:32,759
Speaker 1: media circles this New Money, told the Star that it

950
00:50:32,840 --> 00:50:35,920
Speaker 1: was an easy choice to switch careers away from producing

951
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: a podcast largely ignoyed, ignored by its own company. Yeah,

952
00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:43,920
Speaker 1: Carlson said, I asked my coworkers plenty of times how

953
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,759
Speaker 1: to best manage my new fortune, but their ideas made

954
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:49,720
Speaker 1: it clear they don't know anything about growing wealth. Besides,

955
00:50:49,760 --> 00:50:52,399
Speaker 1: Missouri's just a three state hop in my private jet

956
00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:55,399
Speaker 1: from Utah, my true home. This will allow me time

957
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:58,440
Speaker 1: to focus my attention. Accordingly, I had too much to

958
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:02,720
Speaker 1: do running that overly mantaing podcast, Massive Yawn, New Money

959
00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:07,160
Speaker 1: colon out. Wow, what is the reality you see as

960
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:10,200
Speaker 1: more likely? Oh? So it's what's more like? Well, it's

961
00:51:10,239 --> 00:51:14,080
Speaker 1: a no, it's a headline that you want to It's

962
00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:16,200
Speaker 1: really our headlines. We would make the Hell, it's a

963
00:51:16,239 --> 00:51:19,960
Speaker 1: head you you can say which headline you prefer. I

964
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:24,520
Speaker 1: can't really envision Tomlin leaving or really, I can't really

965
00:51:24,719 --> 00:51:27,400
Speaker 1: envision the Steelers being shut out in this game. I

966
00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:30,680
Speaker 1: can with Sydney's new large Yes, I can picture her

967
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:34,000
Speaker 1: buying into the cheek. Yeah, I can't imagine. Is Sydney

968
00:51:34,120 --> 00:51:36,840
Speaker 1: using a profanity? Yeah, So I'm gonna go with the

969
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:39,160
Speaker 1: other one. Yeah, I'm gonna go with I'm gonna go

970
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:43,799
Speaker 1: with Tomlin, even though Sydney is our very own you know,

971
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:45,799
Speaker 1: her rap equivalent. I didn't get to the other day.

972
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:48,200
Speaker 1: It would be little Kim because once she gets money,

973
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 1: she just kind of went to just last totally where

974
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:53,160
Speaker 1: I'm still going with the Tomlin. I kind of like

975
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:55,600
Speaker 1: Sydney loves this show too much. Sydney is because I'm

976
00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:58,279
Speaker 1: not sure about that. What about this for a rap name? Uh,

977
00:51:58,400 --> 00:52:02,239
Speaker 1: Sydney little arial, little call back to your Disney love? Yeah,

978
00:52:02,280 --> 00:52:05,320
Speaker 1: I love it. Actually, favorite Disney Princess. Nice work. You

979
00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:08,719
Speaker 1: have a favorite versus middle Little Mermaid? Is how many

980
00:52:08,760 --> 00:52:15,320
Speaker 1: Disney Princess bro bro eve been Disney. We're really I

981
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:17,959
Speaker 1: don't have kids. We're really off the map. Here. Um

982
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,000
Speaker 1: back to the game, because it's a great game and

983
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:23,200
Speaker 1: and we it's time to pick the game. And there's

984
00:52:23,239 --> 00:52:25,160
Speaker 1: only one way to pick it. It's to go around

985
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:27,560
Speaker 1: the room. And uh, I don't know who's gonna pick

986
00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:29,759
Speaker 1: who here, So Mark will start with you. I'm gonna

987
00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:31,960
Speaker 1: go Pittsburgh. Give me a score too, buddy, I will

988
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:36,520
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh thirty three, Chiefs thirty one, last second touchdown by

989
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:40,360
Speaker 1: the Steelers. This game is gonna be all about big plays.

990
00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:43,760
Speaker 1: The Steelers lead the NFL on big plays, but Big Ben,

991
00:52:43,840 --> 00:52:46,799
Speaker 1: as Greg has referenced, likes to throw a couple up

992
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:49,960
Speaker 1: for grab, up for grabs every game. Marcus Peters and

993
00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,239
Speaker 1: his boys can get those Chiefs win. I say, Big

994
00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:58,000
Speaker 1: Ben comes up, Big Steelers win. I'll go thirty one.

995
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pound the table for the Chiefs year. We've

996
00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:02,920
Speaker 1: we've been talking about how they deserve the respect. So

997
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 1: let's give him them respect and say that they win

998
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:07,600
Speaker 1: this home game. And I will say, like Big Ben,

999
00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:11,040
Speaker 1: he scares me a little bit still, even during this

1000
00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:13,359
Speaker 1: great run of play. And we saw it last week too,

1001
00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:15,560
Speaker 1: just like you said us throwing some balls up for grabs.

1002
00:53:15,680 --> 00:53:18,760
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's healthy with the foot business, but maybe

1003
00:53:18,760 --> 00:53:21,160
Speaker 1: he's not moving as well either, who knows. And justin

1004
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:23,520
Speaker 1: Houston makes some plays. I don't know, but I been

1005
00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:26,120
Speaker 1: with contempt. But I will say, yeah, I will say

1006
00:53:26,239 --> 00:53:29,200
Speaker 1: Marcus Peters against Antonio Brown, that could be a win

1007
00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:31,799
Speaker 1: for the Chiefs. So what you cannot really say for

1008
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:34,560
Speaker 1: almost any other team in a Brown matchup. No one

1009
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:36,719
Speaker 1: on one battle with Antonio Brown is gonna be a

1010
00:53:36,760 --> 00:53:39,239
Speaker 1: win for the quet But just you know, again, they've

1011
00:53:39,239 --> 00:53:42,560
Speaker 1: got this disrespecting the Chiefs go ahead. Roethlisberger has had

1012
00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:45,040
Speaker 1: more interceptions and touchdowns over the last four weeks. He's

1013
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:48,680
Speaker 1: had more interceptions and touchdowns over the last seven playoff games.

1014
00:53:48,880 --> 00:53:52,600
Speaker 1: And you've got the Peters, you got Barry and I

1015
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:54,880
Speaker 1: know James Harrison, by the way, had probably like the

1016
00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:57,360
Speaker 1: best one of the best games I've seen by any

1017
00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:00,239
Speaker 1: player all season last week like a defense. Mean, that

1018
00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:01,879
Speaker 1: was as good as he that he has been back

1019
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:04,600
Speaker 1: to two thousand and eight. But no one's better than

1020
00:54:04,719 --> 00:54:07,600
Speaker 1: at cooking up plays after a bye week getting a

1021
00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 1: little time up than Andy Reid. I mean, every week

1022
00:54:11,719 --> 00:54:14,879
Speaker 1: he's got something that you just can't prepare for. This

1023
00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:17,600
Speaker 1: is his time the a f C West. This is

1024
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:19,800
Speaker 1: gonna be a tough division to win. How many times

1025
00:54:19,800 --> 00:54:21,360
Speaker 1: are they really going to have a buy in a

1026
00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:24,200
Speaker 1: playoff home game with Alex Smith is their quarterback. I

1027
00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:25,879
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be tough to get back here. They've

1028
00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:28,359
Speaker 1: been building up to this moment for four years, and

1029
00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 1: I think it's right for them. And that's why I

1030
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:36,720
Speaker 1: am just the Andy Reid's gonna come with the drama.

1031
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:40,000
Speaker 1: They're not gonna know what hit him on defense for

1032
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:45,359
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and I've gotta lock it up. Well, I can't

1033
00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:47,720
Speaker 1: agree with you, bad move, bro. I think Alex Smith

1034
00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:50,440
Speaker 1: out plays Ben Roethlisberger this weekend. I don't agree with

1035
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:53,960
Speaker 1: that either. That is why I and I shouted loudly

1036
00:54:54,080 --> 00:55:00,600
Speaker 1: before out of turn. I'm gonna lock it up for

1037
00:55:00,680 --> 00:55:03,279
Speaker 1: the Steelers. We got a lock off. You got a

1038
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:05,719
Speaker 1: lock off, lock on, lock crime for the second straight way.

1039
00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:07,480
Speaker 1: And that is because I also need to leave in

1040
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:10,920
Speaker 1: about sixty seconds. Well I do, but that's my lock

1041
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,040
Speaker 1: that is my boat. Let's let's move on. I partly

1042
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:16,839
Speaker 1: locked that because I thought you would be taking the Cowboys. See.

1043
00:55:16,880 --> 00:55:19,560
Speaker 1: I love the politics behind it all, which takes us

1044
00:55:19,600 --> 00:55:23,160
Speaker 1: to the game. For most people, the game of the week,

1045
00:55:23,239 --> 00:55:26,600
Speaker 1: and it's being played in North Texas, and I believe

1046
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:29,719
Speaker 1: NFL Networks. Rosenthal will be at this game where the

1047
00:55:29,760 --> 00:55:35,239
Speaker 1: Green Bay back networks Greg Rosenthal, do you have a

1048
00:55:35,239 --> 00:55:39,960
Speaker 1: security team in place, by the way, travel creepy, No,

1049
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:43,080
Speaker 1: there's no security with me as I'm sitting to the

1050
00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:46,320
Speaker 1: middle seat of the last throw of the airplane, the

1051
00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:49,880
Speaker 1: number four seated Green Bay Packers ten and six. But

1052
00:55:49,960 --> 00:55:52,400
Speaker 1: of course, as everyone knows, as you may have heard,

1053
00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:55,359
Speaker 1: actually we're four and six at some point and now

1054
00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:58,080
Speaker 1: tenant six and they beat the Giants, so actually eleven

1055
00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:00,399
Speaker 1: and six, and now they go to Dallas to face

1056
00:56:00,440 --> 00:56:05,600
Speaker 1: the Cowboys thirteen and three. Oh, and this is this

1057
00:56:05,719 --> 00:56:08,520
Speaker 1: is what it's all about. Boys. I love this type

1058
00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:11,960
Speaker 1: of game because the Dallas Cowboys are back in in

1059
00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:13,960
Speaker 1: a in a big way. We've always had to watch

1060
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:16,120
Speaker 1: them in prime time in the last ten years or so.

1061
00:56:16,520 --> 00:56:18,920
Speaker 1: They weren't always deserving of it. But now the world's

1062
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:22,279
Speaker 1: eyes will be on Dallas, and I think it is

1063
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:26,120
Speaker 1: a great, great moment uh for football fans because Aaron

1064
00:56:26,239 --> 00:56:30,360
Speaker 1: Rodgers is in a legendary spot right now. He and

1065
00:56:30,400 --> 00:56:31,880
Speaker 1: this is what I talked about on Tuesday, where I

1066
00:56:31,880 --> 00:56:34,400
Speaker 1: honestly do believe if if the Packers go on to

1067
00:56:34,440 --> 00:56:35,839
Speaker 1: win this and get to the super Bowl and win.

1068
00:56:36,200 --> 00:56:39,279
Speaker 1: People will talk about Aaron Rodgers in terms of is

1069
00:56:39,360 --> 00:56:41,080
Speaker 1: this guy the best ever? Because it will be a

1070
00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:43,000
Speaker 1: legendary run. But the first thing he has to do,

1071
00:56:43,080 --> 00:56:45,920
Speaker 1: Greg is get past the Cowboys. And I'm gonna say this,

1072
00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:48,400
Speaker 1: and you tell me if I'm wrong. The winner of

1073
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:51,160
Speaker 1: this game is going to the super Bowl. I'm not

1074
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 1: gonna buy that. I have too much respect for the Falcons.

1075
00:56:54,440 --> 00:56:57,759
Speaker 1: I'm sorry. I think the Falcons have the Falcons. If

1076
00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:01,200
Speaker 1: the Falcons are hosting the Packers, you know, I'm gonna

1077
00:57:01,200 --> 00:57:02,879
Speaker 1: give him a I'll give him a chance in either

1078
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:04,839
Speaker 1: one of those games. This chance stuff, I'm just saying,

1079
00:57:04,840 --> 00:57:08,319
Speaker 1: who's gonna win? I think, well, depens who wins this game.

1080
00:57:08,400 --> 00:57:10,400
Speaker 1: It wouldn't surprise me. I mean, Rogers is at a

1081
00:57:10,440 --> 00:57:14,120
Speaker 1: point now it's kind of crazy. We expect him. He's

1082
00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:17,200
Speaker 1: kind of like our entertainer, Like we expect him to

1083
00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:20,680
Speaker 1: just make magic. Like when he's running back there for

1084
00:57:20,760 --> 00:57:24,240
Speaker 1: five five seconds. I'm saying those plays where he's just

1085
00:57:24,280 --> 00:57:27,840
Speaker 1: kind of dancing around back you expect. You expect it

1086
00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:30,640
Speaker 1: to end with a touchdown. You would never that would

1087
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:33,560
Speaker 1: never occur to you with anyone else. You would just expect. Okay,

1088
00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:36,360
Speaker 1: by the end of this play he'll find someone diving

1089
00:57:36,440 --> 00:57:38,640
Speaker 1: out of bounds for a touchdown and then he does. Well,

1090
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 1: him and Christian Hackenberg. But yeah, the two of them. Sydney, well,

1091
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:50,240
Speaker 1: she's it's the end of the season. At Sydney is

1092
00:57:50,280 --> 00:57:55,480
Speaker 1: just like at Aaron Rodgers level, just flying. Now. Yeah,

1093
00:57:55,480 --> 00:57:58,200
Speaker 1: I'm proud of you. Thank you. You've really developed as

1094
00:57:58,200 --> 00:58:02,240
Speaker 1: a producer in a tremendous way. And uh, I appreciate you.

1095
00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:04,680
Speaker 1: This is such a good moment. Good luck in Kansas City.

1096
00:58:04,760 --> 00:58:07,800
Speaker 1: I I legitimately do need to leave to take care

1097
00:58:07,840 --> 00:58:10,440
Speaker 1: of two small children. They're just probably wandering around our

1098
00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:13,120
Speaker 1: house at this point. What shall I give you my pick?

1099
00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:21,360
Speaker 1: Right apart? Cowboys thirty five, Packers four. Another good one.

1100
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:25,600
Speaker 1: Now they're classic, alright? What West is the biggest advantage

1101
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,959
Speaker 1: that the Cowboys have over the Packers in this game?

1102
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:32,080
Speaker 1: They beat the crap out of them in Green Bay

1103
00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:35,920
Speaker 1: early in the season. They are a tougher team, they

1104
00:58:35,960 --> 00:58:38,360
Speaker 1: are a more well balanced team. And if they can

1105
00:58:38,400 --> 00:58:41,760
Speaker 1: play keep away and imposed their will on the Packers

1106
00:58:41,840 --> 00:58:44,680
Speaker 1: like they did earlier in the season, when I believe

1107
00:58:44,840 --> 00:58:47,760
Speaker 1: the Cowboys were playing at their best, then they have

1108
00:58:47,800 --> 00:58:53,080
Speaker 1: the advantage in this game. They're They're mismatches everywhere for Dallas,

1109
00:58:53,120 --> 00:58:55,040
Speaker 1: And that's why I don't buy the whole Green Bays

1110
00:58:55,120 --> 00:58:58,800
Speaker 1: the most dangerous team. They have the best player, but

1111
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:01,720
Speaker 1: to me, Dallas is is the most dangerous team because

1112
00:59:01,760 --> 00:59:03,919
Speaker 1: they can hit you any type of way you want. Yes,

1113
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:07,480
Speaker 1: you can. The front line really just kind of enveloped

1114
00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:11,080
Speaker 1: Green Bay's front the first time around when they wanted

1115
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:13,040
Speaker 1: to run the ball. But they can also hit you

1116
00:59:13,080 --> 00:59:15,160
Speaker 1: in the middle. I mean Cole Beasley had his way

1117
00:59:15,160 --> 00:59:18,680
Speaker 1: with Micah Hyde. I think the green Bay's linebackers like

1118
00:59:18,840 --> 00:59:22,160
Speaker 1: Jake Ryan and Martinez and Joe Thomas, those guys can

1119
00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:24,640
Speaker 1: be exposed. I would not be surprised to see Zeke

1120
00:59:25,080 --> 00:59:27,720
Speaker 1: catch up some passes in this game against those guys.

1121
00:59:28,080 --> 00:59:31,480
Speaker 1: And then on the outside you got Gunter and Randall

1122
00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:34,080
Speaker 1: and I and they had trouble with Bryce Butler and

1123
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:36,240
Speaker 1: Terrence Williams, and now you've got Daz out there. I

1124
00:59:36,280 --> 00:59:39,440
Speaker 1: just think there's so much that Scott Lennahan, who's been

1125
00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:42,240
Speaker 1: really good this year, their offensive Cordner can dial up

1126
00:59:42,280 --> 00:59:44,960
Speaker 1: with answers and dom Capers. On the other side, he

1127
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:47,680
Speaker 1: loves to do all this crazy stuff. You know, let's

1128
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:49,880
Speaker 1: bring these people, let's confuse, and let's do all this.

1129
00:59:50,200 --> 00:59:52,280
Speaker 1: And Dallas doesn't care. They're just like, We're gonna do

1130
00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:54,400
Speaker 1: what we do and try to stop us. Your players

1131
00:59:54,440 --> 00:59:57,919
Speaker 1: aren't as good. Here would be my counterpoint. I feel

1132
00:59:57,920 --> 00:59:59,800
Speaker 1: a little more confident in the Packers because I know

1133
00:59:59,800 --> 01:00:03,760
Speaker 1: who they are right now. The Cowboys, during their winning streak,

1134
01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:06,480
Speaker 1: which I believe got to eleven games, were the most

1135
01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:10,120
Speaker 1: impressive team I saw this season. Since that winning streak ended,

1136
01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:12,520
Speaker 1: they struggled with the Vikings, they struggled with the Giants,

1137
01:00:12,560 --> 01:00:16,240
Speaker 1: they struggled for three quarters with the Buccaneers. They then

1138
01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:18,439
Speaker 1: we they didn't even play their starters in the last week,

1139
01:00:18,600 --> 01:00:20,240
Speaker 1: so I don't know who they are. Skipped the great

1140
01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:23,000
Speaker 1: game the last time they played one of the maybe

1141
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:24,840
Speaker 1: the best game they had all year, which is against

1142
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:28,200
Speaker 1: the Lions. Well that even that game, by halftime, Zack

1143
01:00:28,280 --> 01:00:30,240
Speaker 1: Zenter was running all over them and they weren't. They

1144
01:00:30,680 --> 01:00:32,760
Speaker 1: came alive in the second half, but they have not

1145
01:00:32,840 --> 01:00:34,800
Speaker 1: been the consistent jugg or not they were earlier in

1146
01:00:34,800 --> 01:00:37,200
Speaker 1: the season. I struggle to find out who the Cowboys

1147
01:00:37,240 --> 01:00:39,920
Speaker 1: are right now, Whereas the Packers have scored thirty points

1148
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:42,840
Speaker 1: in five straight games, a longer streak than any team

1149
01:00:42,840 --> 01:00:45,320
Speaker 1: in the NFL this year, and a longer streak than

1150
01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:48,240
Speaker 1: in Aaron Rodgers career. We know the Packers are going

1151
01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:50,640
Speaker 1: to get you for thirty right now. Yeah, the Packers

1152
01:00:50,720 --> 01:00:53,200
Speaker 1: are in some ways what the Cowboys were earlier in

1153
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:55,760
Speaker 1: the season, where they're just playing at a different level,

1154
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:58,560
Speaker 1: I mean where everybody knows now Aaron Rodgers seven game

1155
01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:01,760
Speaker 1: winning streak, nineteen touchdowns and interceptions. They haven't had any

1156
01:01:01,800 --> 01:01:05,720
Speaker 1: turnovers of any kind for five straight games, including the playoffs,

1157
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:07,919
Speaker 1: and that is that's tied for the second longest week

1158
01:01:07,960 --> 01:01:10,600
Speaker 1: by any team in the Super Bowl era, including playoffs.

1159
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:13,600
Speaker 1: They are they have come together. And people don't love

1160
01:01:13,720 --> 01:01:17,080
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy, but this team is not just Aaron Rodgers.

1161
01:01:17,080 --> 01:01:19,760
Speaker 1: Maybe they've all followed his lead here, but this team

1162
01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:22,360
Speaker 1: is now peaking as they head into Big d for

1163
01:01:22,560 --> 01:01:25,560
Speaker 1: number one seed matchup. No doubt, they're not unstoppable. If

1164
01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:27,919
Speaker 1: the Giants had an offense, they would win. They would

1165
01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:29,880
Speaker 1: have won that game because the Packers went through about

1166
01:01:29,920 --> 01:01:31,880
Speaker 1: eleven or twelve drives before they got it going. At

1167
01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:33,760
Speaker 1: one point in that game, Aaron Rodgers was four for

1168
01:01:33,840 --> 01:01:36,120
Speaker 1: eleven for thirty two yards, for thirty four yards and

1169
01:01:36,120 --> 01:01:38,720
Speaker 1: had taken three bad sacks. But the Dallas isn't gonna

1170
01:01:38,760 --> 01:01:40,760
Speaker 1: get into a game like that. They're gonna have to

1171
01:01:41,120 --> 01:01:42,960
Speaker 1: do what they did the first time, and I think

1172
01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:45,480
Speaker 1: they're well suited to do it. Rush three a lot,

1173
01:01:45,520 --> 01:01:48,080
Speaker 1: because you're not gonna get to Rodgers. I think these

1174
01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:51,720
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks dropped back something like sixty eight times in

1175
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:54,400
Speaker 1: the first game, and there were four QB hits. Neither

1176
01:01:54,440 --> 01:01:56,800
Speaker 1: of these teams is gonna have much of a pass rush.

1177
01:01:56,960 --> 01:01:59,360
Speaker 1: The Cowboys don't even try. I don't think they're just

1178
01:01:59,400 --> 01:02:02,360
Speaker 1: gonna drop people back, and they've got numbers. I know

1179
01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:04,880
Speaker 1: you don't love their secondary west, but I think they're good.

1180
01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:07,919
Speaker 1: They're ever they're they're they're good enough where they can.

1181
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:10,600
Speaker 1: I think they're well suited to try to match up

1182
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:13,440
Speaker 1: and just slow down and force field goals or at

1183
01:02:13,480 --> 01:02:16,200
Speaker 1: least force long drives you can. There are a lot

1184
01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:18,520
Speaker 1: of reasons to like the Cowboys in this game. I

1185
01:02:18,520 --> 01:02:21,600
Speaker 1: don't believe I think you have to throw out their

1186
01:02:21,640 --> 01:02:24,000
Speaker 1: defense against Aaron Rodgers the first time they met, because

1187
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:27,040
Speaker 1: that was a totally different that was a different Aaron Rodgers,

1188
01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:29,840
Speaker 1: playing with no confidence, not trusting his offensive line, oars,

1189
01:02:29,840 --> 01:02:32,560
Speaker 1: wide receivers, playing at the worst level he have played

1190
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:34,280
Speaker 1: in his entire career. I didn't think it was that

1191
01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:37,960
Speaker 1: big match. Both teams had a couple of turnovers. That

1192
01:02:38,040 --> 01:02:40,040
Speaker 1: was during the month where he was playing the worst

1193
01:02:40,040 --> 01:02:42,800
Speaker 1: he's ever played in his career. I throw that out entirely. Well,

1194
01:02:43,080 --> 01:02:44,760
Speaker 1: all I mean is you look at the roster. They

1195
01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:47,560
Speaker 1: get Clayborne back, they have Scandrick, they have Buried Church,

1196
01:02:47,600 --> 01:02:49,440
Speaker 1: they have Byron Jins. They haven't got a lot of

1197
01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:52,960
Speaker 1: average to slightly above average st but they've played That's

1198
01:02:53,040 --> 01:02:55,080
Speaker 1: nothing compared to what the Giants throughout him last week.

1199
01:02:55,080 --> 01:02:58,560
Speaker 1: They've played together, they have a good coordinator. All the

1200
01:02:58,680 --> 01:03:00,360
Speaker 1: All I'm saying is they got to get a couple

1201
01:03:00,360 --> 01:03:03,400
Speaker 1: of stops or just force some field goals. That's to

1202
01:03:03,440 --> 01:03:06,720
Speaker 1: me the recipe, because I think Dallas is gonna get touchdowns.

1203
01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:10,560
Speaker 1: Randall Cobb caught fire last week. He had not been

1204
01:03:10,800 --> 01:03:13,520
Speaker 1: even an entity on this offense. He'd been banged up

1205
01:03:13,560 --> 01:03:15,480
Speaker 1: of course going into the playoffs, but just hasn't been

1206
01:03:15,480 --> 01:03:17,640
Speaker 1: the same player that he was earlier in his career.

1207
01:03:17,680 --> 01:03:20,120
Speaker 1: All of a sudden shows up, has to catchdown two

1208
01:03:20,200 --> 01:03:23,200
Speaker 1: touchdown catches, then catches a hail Mary ball and and

1209
01:03:23,240 --> 01:03:26,360
Speaker 1: now we assume Randall cobbs Randall Cob again. But I

1210
01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:28,880
Speaker 1: still think the loss of Jordy Nelson is something that's

1211
01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:30,720
Speaker 1: gonna be felt in this game. And out of all

1212
01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:34,200
Speaker 1: all due respect to Rogers, who I think the popular

1213
01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:37,040
Speaker 1: sentiment is, it doesn't matter who he has right now.

1214
01:03:37,320 --> 01:03:39,160
Speaker 1: I think against the better team, even though it's not

1215
01:03:39,200 --> 01:03:41,400
Speaker 1: a great defense where they're gonna have to score more

1216
01:03:41,440 --> 01:03:43,040
Speaker 1: points and it's gonna be a little more pressure and

1217
01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:45,760
Speaker 1: you're on the road again, I think that that's gonna

1218
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:47,440
Speaker 1: show up. And I think that really is gonna hurt

1219
01:03:47,440 --> 01:03:49,800
Speaker 1: the Packers, even though people don't seem to talk about

1220
01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:52,040
Speaker 1: it this week like it's a major loss. If Cobb

1221
01:03:52,040 --> 01:03:56,360
Speaker 1: it shows up, I mean his energy and competitiveness is special.

1222
01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:59,680
Speaker 1: If they can get Pete Randall Cob and and I

1223
01:03:59,720 --> 01:04:02,160
Speaker 1: saw when you watch that game the first catch he

1224
01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:05,080
Speaker 1: had last week, he's up, he's getting fired up, he's physical.

1225
01:04:05,200 --> 01:04:07,440
Speaker 1: Like if you can get that Randall Cobb, that's a

1226
01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:10,840
Speaker 1: huge addition and would help to make up for losing

1227
01:04:10,840 --> 01:04:13,080
Speaker 1: no little inconsistent as a player the last couple of years.

1228
01:04:13,160 --> 01:04:15,520
Speaker 1: It's never good when you're losing one of your best players,

1229
01:04:15,600 --> 01:04:17,560
Speaker 1: and Jordy Nelson is one of the Packers best players,

1230
01:04:17,560 --> 01:04:19,960
Speaker 1: so that's gonna hurt. On the other hand, so much

1231
01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:22,760
Speaker 1: of what Aaron Rodgers is doing right now is improvisational.

1232
01:04:23,560 --> 01:04:26,120
Speaker 1: And if you're if you are a receiver for the Packers,

1233
01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:27,840
Speaker 1: all you have to do is keep running around and

1234
01:04:27,880 --> 01:04:29,920
Speaker 1: eventually he's gonna hit you. I wouldn't be surprised to

1235
01:04:29,960 --> 01:04:32,520
Speaker 1: see Tie Montgomery catch a lot of passes in this

1236
01:04:32,560 --> 01:04:34,880
Speaker 1: game as a as a running back or you know,

1237
01:04:34,920 --> 01:04:36,800
Speaker 1: as a receiver. I feel like they haven't used that

1238
01:04:37,080 --> 01:04:39,480
Speaker 1: as much as you would think. Like he had a

1239
01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:41,840
Speaker 1: big play down the field last week as a wide out,

1240
01:04:41,920 --> 01:04:46,280
Speaker 1: and I like, let's cook some time Montgomery up. Hey, Wes,

1241
01:04:46,760 --> 01:04:50,160
Speaker 1: you just said that Aaron Rodgers improvisational. These guys not

1242
01:04:50,280 --> 01:04:57,640
Speaker 1: playing quarterback. He's playing jazz. That's a Greg Coselli is um.

1243
01:04:57,640 --> 01:04:59,960
Speaker 1: He's a little he's just one note off beat on purpose.

1244
01:05:01,120 --> 01:05:03,920
Speaker 1: He's creating his own music. He's bebopping and scatting around.

1245
01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:07,560
Speaker 1: You want one player, Danny to watch this weekend, give

1246
01:05:07,560 --> 01:05:11,520
Speaker 1: me Hall of Future. Hall of Famer. Who is the

1247
01:05:11,560 --> 01:05:15,000
Speaker 1: best defensive player on the field for the Packers, Julius Peppers.

1248
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:17,800
Speaker 1: This guy's thirties, six years old, and he's still juicing

1249
01:05:17,880 --> 01:05:20,760
Speaker 1: up the tank. He's somehow better at the end of

1250
01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:23,280
Speaker 1: He's their best defensive play. Mike Daniels has been pretty

1251
01:05:23,280 --> 01:05:26,720
Speaker 1: close to unblockable too, He's great. But Julius, it's crazy.

1252
01:05:26,800 --> 01:05:29,120
Speaker 1: Julius Peppers is still doing this. Let's play a little

1253
01:05:29,120 --> 01:05:32,080
Speaker 1: old Sasson was already like three years of his career.

1254
01:05:33,000 --> 01:05:36,280
Speaker 1: That's fair point. What of our old standby favorite games

1255
01:05:36,440 --> 01:05:39,520
Speaker 1: before we pick it? It is called let's be likely?

1256
01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:45,000
Speaker 1: What more likely? What's more likely? Aaron Rodgers has two

1257
01:05:45,120 --> 01:05:47,960
Speaker 1: or more turnovers in what is regarded as one of

1258
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:51,760
Speaker 1: his worst or very worst playoff performance in his career,

1259
01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:55,160
Speaker 1: or the Cowboys offense has less than three hundred and

1260
01:05:55,200 --> 01:05:58,080
Speaker 1: thirty yards of total offense and three hundred and fifty

1261
01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:00,880
Speaker 1: yards of total offense and scores less than twenty points

1262
01:06:00,880 --> 01:06:04,000
Speaker 1: for the third time all season. I don't can't Week seventeen.

1263
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:09,760
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Rogers because you know it's football. Mistakes happened.

1264
01:06:09,800 --> 01:06:11,800
Speaker 1: He had to turnovers the first time around, and in

1265
01:06:11,800 --> 01:06:14,400
Speaker 1: a scenario where they fell down a couple of scores

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01:06:14,880 --> 01:06:17,240
Speaker 1: and there's just a ton of possessions them trying to

1267
01:06:17,320 --> 01:06:19,520
Speaker 1: catch up. You know, you could see it happening. I'm

1268
01:06:19,560 --> 01:06:21,680
Speaker 1: gonna go the other route because I've seen it happen

1269
01:06:21,800 --> 01:06:24,200
Speaker 1: lately where the Cowboys often struggles to move the ball

1270
01:06:24,240 --> 01:06:27,520
Speaker 1: for long stretches. Really against Green Bay. He could see that.

1271
01:06:27,600 --> 01:06:30,680
Speaker 1: I guess it's two things very unlikely. Yeah, you're saying

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01:06:30,680 --> 01:06:32,840
Speaker 1: which one more likely? Aaron Rodgers is playing at the

1273
01:06:32,840 --> 01:06:34,680
Speaker 1: height of his powers right now. All right, let's pick

1274
01:06:34,720 --> 01:06:40,440
Speaker 1: the game. Mark picks someone to win. Thirty three Cowboy Cowboys,

1275
01:06:40,560 --> 01:06:42,400
Speaker 1: All right, West, where do you come down on this game?

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01:06:42,560 --> 01:06:48,280
Speaker 1: Going on? Thirty four Packers, same score? Whoa, Oh, Now,

1277
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Speaker 1: I kind of feel pressured to do thirty four, but

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01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:54,560
Speaker 1: I won't. I will say thirty five, thirty one with

1279
01:06:54,600 --> 01:06:58,160
Speaker 1: the Cowboys holding on for the win and moving on

1280
01:06:58,200 --> 01:07:01,960
Speaker 1: to the NFC title game. Yeah, I go, we all

1281
01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:07,840
Speaker 1: have like the same score, thirty four Dallas Cowboys take

1282
01:07:07,920 --> 01:07:12,920
Speaker 1: it home, set up an NFC champion. I mean, when

1283
01:07:12,920 --> 01:07:15,439
Speaker 1: you got a hero pick on Aaron Rodgers right now,

1284
01:07:15,600 --> 01:07:19,120
Speaker 1: that's good. You've gotta be feeling confident. Uh So we'll

1285
01:07:19,120 --> 01:07:24,120
Speaker 1: see if wes not smelling like roses or poop. Roses

1286
01:07:24,120 --> 01:07:27,880
Speaker 1: can smell like poop. Who taught us that? Uh Andre

1287
01:07:27,960 --> 01:07:32,160
Speaker 1: three thousand, Yes, I don't know anything about it. You did.

1288
01:07:32,200 --> 01:07:34,920
Speaker 1: He taught us that once supun a time. Yeah, roses,

1289
01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:38,760
Speaker 1: great songs really smell like ah. So there you go.

1290
01:07:39,240 --> 01:07:44,280
Speaker 1: That's the is the preview of the two thousand, sixteen

1291
01:07:44,400 --> 01:07:49,280
Speaker 1: seventeen while divisional playoff games very exciting. UH can't wait

1292
01:07:49,320 --> 01:07:51,200
Speaker 1: to watch them. The next time you hear from us,

1293
01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:53,960
Speaker 1: it will be Sunday night while we'll be breaking down

1294
01:07:54,280 --> 01:07:58,880
Speaker 1: all of these games. And um, Sydney, I think to

1295
01:07:58,960 --> 01:08:01,560
Speaker 1: go back to the top of the show. Out of

1296
01:08:01,600 --> 01:08:05,880
Speaker 1: respect for the people of San Diego who lost their chargers,

1297
01:08:05,920 --> 01:08:09,040
Speaker 1: I say we say goodbye to them to right now

1298
01:08:09,680 --> 01:08:12,120
Speaker 1: with their old fight song. This's the old juicer signing

1299
01:08:12,200 --> 01:08:15,240
Speaker 1: up for the mailman, Uh, the Sizzler, the boss, And

1300
01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:19,479
Speaker 1: I said, behind the glass w A TNFN coming at

1301
01:08:19,520 --> 01:08:21,880
Speaker 1: you all day long and all night long. Here we go,

1302
01:08:21,960 --> 01:08:41,920
Speaker 1: take away super charges Ager, Sandy, Sandy, Charger, Sandy, come

1303
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:49,200
Speaker 1: in your way. We're gonna gabble you not. The time

1304
01:08:49,320 --> 01:08:58,720
Speaker 1: has come, you know. We're shooting both in lightning you're

1305
01:08:58,840 --> 01:09:04,080
Speaker 1: lighting up the sky. Yeah, we give it all. We

1306
01:09:04,240 --> 01:09:11,719
Speaker 1: got more with the super Chary to try Sandy, ain'

1307
01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:18,240
Speaker 1: gole super try to Sandy Ago, try to send me

1308
01:09:18,600 --> 01:09:25,200
Speaker 1: ain'gle super Chary to send me. Ain't time to time