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Speaker 1: Twenty four teams have been eliminated, eight are still standing,

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Speaker 1: so who has the best shot at a spot in

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Speaker 1: the final four. Brian Balneer and Bucky Brooks join us

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Speaker 1: tonight to break down the battles ahead on divisional playoff weekend.

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Speaker 1: Greg Russeau and the Bills are alive with a big

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Speaker 1: challenge ahead Saturday in Denver. Russeau joins the show tonight,

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Speaker 1: and so does a guy who knows exactly what it

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Speaker 1: takes to win it all. Super Bowl champion coach Doug

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Speaker 1: Peterson makes a Philly special appearance with US. Michael Leflorio

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Speaker 1: will also be here to discuss his favorite dudes in

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Speaker 1: the divisional round doing dude thing. Buckle up, more playoff

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Speaker 1: footballs just three days away. Welcome Inside with the Insiders,

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Speaker 1: presented by Progressive Insurance, alongside Ian Rappaport and Judy Batista.

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Speaker 1: I am Tom hell Is Sero. We will get to

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Speaker 1: all four of those divisional playoff matchups over the next

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Speaker 1: sixty minutes right here, but first we've got a notable

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Speaker 1: development on the ever moving coaching carousel. Former Ravens coach

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Speaker 1: John Harbaugh interviewed today in person with the Giants in

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Speaker 1: East Rutford, New Jersey, for their head coaching job. Harbaugh

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Speaker 1: widely viewed as the Giants' top choice. However, he does

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Speaker 1: plan to interview with the Titans and Falcons over the

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Speaker 1: next forty eight hours as well. I say plans ian

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Speaker 1: because well, plans can change at this time of year.

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Speaker 1: But it does seem like the first really big coaching

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it sure does.

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Speaker 3: And you're right, I mean, it certainly seems like John

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Speaker 3: Harball will make a decision pick where he wants to go.

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Speaker 3: Is that the New York Giants is the Tennessee Titans,

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Speaker 3: perhaps even the Atlanta Falcons, and everyone else will follow

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Speaker 3: And so what the Giants did, Judy was full court

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Speaker 3: press on John Harbat Jackson Dart was in the building,

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Speaker 3: which was Joe Shane, which is Tim McDonald. You had

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Speaker 3: dealing with John Harball, giving him a tour, trying to

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Speaker 3: do everything they can to sell Harball on the Giants.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 3: They have also been doing this for the last several

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Speaker 3: days on the phone. They've been doing this in person. Harbor,

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Speaker 3: of course, met with Chris Merra, one of the owners,

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Speaker 3: a couple of days ago at his house. Everything the

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Speaker 3: the next couple days if it works.

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Speaker 2: One thing is very clear.

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Speaker 3: The Giants seemed willing to do whatever Harbaugh wants to do,

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Speaker 3: because that is how badly they want him. We just

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Speaker 4: Certainly, there was the feeling here in New York if

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Speaker 5: Not necessarily take a deep breath.

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Speaker 4: John Harbaugh has been delibered about this entire thing, really

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Speaker 4: since he was fired by the Baltimore Ravens. Right, he

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Speaker 4: He took his time to determine what teams he wanted

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Speaker 5: So he is doing this on his own schedule.

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Speaker 4: When you are the bell of the ball, you get

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Speaker 4: That's the position John Harbaugh is in. I thought it

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Speaker 1: This would be a total rebuild.

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Speaker 1: Steelers were not expecting to be running a coaching search,

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Speaker 1: But back to what Art Rooney had to say there.

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Speaker 4: He said, why would you waste a year not trying

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Speaker 4: those are young, defensive coordinator types. Leaders of men. That's

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Speaker 4: he earmarked leadership as the most important thing that they're

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Speaker 8: This is such a different, strange year in the coaching

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Speaker 3: I mean, it feels to me, guys, like there's more

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Speaker 2: They have done it extremely well.

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Speaker 3: They have, you know, not the greatest roster of all time,

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Speaker 1: Tom Steelers worry playoff team. We are quick to forget.

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Speaker 1: They were knocked out on Monday Night by the Texans.

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Speaker 1: Now just eight teams still standing as we roar ahead

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Speaker 1: to Divisional playoff weekend, one that many people believe every

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Speaker 9: This will be the twenty third matchup that Matthew Stafford

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Speaker 1: We can see Stacy Sunday well before kickoff at Soldier Field.

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Speaker 2: Layer up, Stacy.

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Speaker 1: Going to be a long day for you.

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Speaker 2: We thank you very much.

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Speaker 3: Gean Well, well, well, look who is back at forty

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Speaker 2: Week one, Week eighteen.

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Speaker 3: Now Divisional Round, Fox, eight PM on Saturday. Our good

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Speaker 3: Kyle Shanahan, one of the best in the NFL as

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Speaker 10: Look, Kyle Shanahan is nothing less than a whiteboard wizard.

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Speaker 10: He does a great job of finding different ways to

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Speaker 10: And even though they're shorthanded with George Kittle being out,

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Speaker 11: it simple, but we're gonna play fast. Robert Salid Johnny

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Baldy offensally for the Seahawks.

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Speaker 10: It really comes down to Sam Donald and can Sam

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Speaker 3: Bucky Baldy great stuff as always, but do not go anywhere.

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Speaker 3: We're going to talk about maybe my favorite defense and

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Speaker 2: But first, what first?

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Speaker 3: Greg Russo, the star edge for the Buffalo Bills, fresh

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Speaker 12: Hey, we're learning something about ourselves every game. We pick

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Speaker 12: Man, A true team and a lot of love for

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Speaker 12: Good football team. Sixty minutes. That's what it's gonna take.

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Speaker 12: It's gonna take it again next week. All right, we

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Speaker 2: We get one more. Now we gotta go earn it again.

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Speaker 4: Here is the one more and it's a big matchup

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Speaker 4: of course, the divisional round Bills at Broncos, the number

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Speaker 5: First of all, tell us what it's.

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Speaker 4: Been like in the building as you've moved through the playoffs.

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Speaker 13: of the same way. So we're just trying to fine

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Speaker 13: tune the process, get our details right, and get ready

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Speaker 13: carried for Saturday.

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Speaker 7: That should be fun. All right.

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Speaker 4: You're facing a team that is tied for the fewest

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Speaker 4: sacks allowed during the regular season. They've only allowed twenty

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Speaker 4: three sacks. Bo Nix has only been sacked twenty two times.

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Speaker 4: What is the key to getting to him, getting him

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Speaker 4: on the ground, disrupting their offense.

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Speaker 7: It's the same as any other week.

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Speaker 13: I mean, got a one year one on one first

449
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Speaker 13: and foremost, and then you got to get to the quarterback.

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Speaker 13: He's really elusive in the pocket. He ducks, he moves around,

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Speaker 13: stiff arm, scramb or whatever it is. I mean, it's

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Speaker 13: got be ready to get him down. But the biggest

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Speaker 13: thing is trying to get there first. And even if

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Speaker 13: you don't always get a sack, you could still effective play, maybe.

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Speaker 7: Getting your hands u tipping the ball.

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Speaker 13: To lead to the interception, or just with a personal

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Speaker 13: quarterback still helps out even if you're not getting a

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Speaker 13: stack on that exact play.

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Speaker 4: What have you seen when you watch film? What have

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Speaker 4: you seen in terms of bone nicks this season that

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Speaker 4: he's been doing.

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Speaker 13: Like I said, it's an extended places. Good quarterback, good team,

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Speaker 13: whether it's them running the ball, him throwing the ball,

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Speaker 13: they can beat you in a lot of ways.

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Speaker 7: So we're excited for him.

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Speaker 4: You are, You're facing a team that does not allow

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Speaker 4: a whole lot of points. Their own defense does not

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Speaker 4: allow a whole lot of points. There top three in

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Speaker 4: the fewest points allowed as a defense.

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Speaker 5: Does that to put more pressure on you?

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Speaker 4: Do you go into the game thinking we can only

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Speaker 4: allow two touchdowns?

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Speaker 5: Three touchdowns?

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Speaker 4: Is there a figure in your head when you go

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Speaker 4: into this game about what you can do as a defense?

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Speaker 7: Uh?

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Speaker 13: No, I feel like we already have a high standard

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Speaker 13: for ourselves. If we could, we'd limit.

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Speaker 7: Every team to zero points. That's the goal every week.

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Speaker 7: So it's not gonna change this week.

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Speaker 13: Say to me the same and go out there, play

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Speaker 13: our best and try to be astingy as possible. But

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Speaker 13: it's kind of our mindset whether we're playing a team

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Speaker 13: with a good defense, bad defense, whatever it is. I mean,

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Speaker 13: our mindset it's been even since we had training camp,

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Speaker 13: so it's not going to change.

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Speaker 7: Now.

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Speaker 4: How do you get ready to play in that environment?

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Speaker 4: It is a famously difficult environment. Yes, the crowd is

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Speaker 4: loud and all of that, but playing it altitude, especially

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Speaker 4: for guys who are rushing the passer, is a challenge

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Speaker 4: for every team that has to play there. How do

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Speaker 4: you get ready for that in a week.

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Speaker 7: I feel like you can't just try to get in shape.

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Speaker 13: That exactly what you're playing it you're playing a team

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Speaker 13: that plays an out student. I feel like it's just

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Speaker 13: kind of whatever your process is and how you how

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Speaker 13: you work for the season and during the season, how

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Speaker 13: you get your pinditioningly and I.

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Speaker 7: Feel like that's what's going to show out there.

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Speaker 13: And I mean, you can't just get into shape in

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Speaker 13: a few days and it's not that easy. So, I mean,

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Speaker 13: whatever it is, whatever challenges are that are presented, you're

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Speaker 13: ready for me.

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Speaker 4: I can't have an interview with you without asking you

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Speaker 4: about your own quarterback, Josh Allen, because we all watch

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Speaker 4: Buffalo Bills games and we can't wait for Superman to

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Speaker 4: put his cape on and take over the game. I

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Speaker 4: wonder when you're nodding when you're on the sideline with

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Speaker 4: the defense, are you guys watching Josh Allen the way

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Speaker 4: the rest of us are and just waiting for Superman

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Speaker 4: to do his thing.

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Speaker 7: I feel we try to stay pretty lot, Dan. We

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Speaker 7: try to stay.

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Speaker 13: Thinking about what we can do better next drive, you

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Speaker 13: know what I'm saying, to help our offense out and

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Speaker 13: get the fuel didition credit turnover? So I mean, I

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Speaker 13: don't watch the game too much when I'm on the sideline, honestly,

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Speaker 13: But I mean, we all know Josh specially he's the

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Speaker 13: best in the league and we're blessed.

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Speaker 7: To have it.

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Speaker 5: So thank you so much for joining us.

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Speaker 4: Good luck on Sunday and go Caines on Monday night

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Speaker 4: as well.

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Speaker 5: Thanks for taking the time to be with us.

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Speaker 7: Sir, no problem, Thank you.

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Speaker 3: Time for good coverage presented by Progressive Insurance. Sheldon Rankins

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Speaker 3: begin the first defensive tackle on NFL history to record

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Speaker 3: a fumble return for a TD and what a fumble

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Speaker 3: return it was, and have at least one sack in

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Speaker 3: a playoff game? Can I just get endless? Highlights of

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Speaker 3: Sheldon Rankins Rumbling and rumbling never end.

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Speaker 2: For US Sheldon Rankins.

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Speaker 14: Meanwhile, this Texans team faces the Patriots on Sunday, ESPN,

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Speaker 14: ABC three pm, an unbelievable showdown.

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Speaker 3: It looks like they're on the same team based on

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Speaker 3: that poster, but I promise they are on different teams.

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Speaker 3: Bucky Baldy, get back in here. Let's break down this game. Bucky.

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Speaker 8: I want to start with you.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what else we can say about this

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Speaker 3: Texans defense, which is just awesome and nasty. But give

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Speaker 3: me some more words on just how awesome it is.

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Speaker 10: I mean, looked, there's a dominant defense, and it's a

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Speaker 10: defense that old school defensive coordinators will absolutely love because

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Speaker 10: when you watch the Houston Texans play defense, it is

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Speaker 10: about a swarm mentality.

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Speaker 2: They want to run and they want to hit.

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Speaker 10: They talk about it every time they come off the field,

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Speaker 10: their coaches preach it, and man, they have implemented a

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Speaker 10: very simple scheme that allows their guys to see ball,

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Speaker 10: get ball, and when they get there, to get there

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Speaker 10: with bad intentions. Will Anderson the nil hunter up front,

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Speaker 10: hunting after the quarterbacks. You got Derek Stanley, Kamari Lassiter

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Speaker 10: locking it down, Jalen Petrie in the middle a Zi's

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Speaker 10: elsher here on the inside. All of these guys are talented,

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Speaker 10: but they all have the toughness to tackle in space.

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Speaker 10: It is a defense that just kind of squeezes you

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Speaker 10: over time. At no point do you see your really

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Speaker 10: feel like they're going to be able to drive the

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Speaker 10: ball at the length of the field. And that's when

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Speaker 10: you know that you're watching a dominant defense because they

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Speaker 10: don't give up the cheap plays at all.

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Speaker 7: You earn every yard.

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Speaker 11: And I'm here to tell you about the Patriots defense too,

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Speaker 11: that finished the season ranked fourth in the fewest points

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Speaker 11: giving up. It's kind of funny to watch them. They're

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Speaker 11: still running the same twist stunts that Mike gravel ring

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Speaker 11: when Bill Belichick was the coach, and they're still getting home.

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Speaker 11: They constantly broke down the Chargers protections. Where the Chargers

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Speaker 11: are are maxing it up with seven man protections, they're

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Speaker 11: only rushing you know, three or four, and they're dropping

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Speaker 11: in the coverage and taking it away. They constantly got

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Speaker 11: free hitters to Justin Herbert. And then when Justin Herbert

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Speaker 11: started scrambling, what did they do? They took Christian Ellis

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Speaker 11: and used them as a spy on Justin Herbert to

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Speaker 11: limit some of those rushes and some of those scrambles.

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Speaker 7: That they had.

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Speaker 11: And so you know, when you have a dominant shut

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Speaker 11: down pool the way Gonzales on the outside, they could

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Speaker 11: take away your number one receiver. Marcus Jones is a

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Speaker 11: great slot defender. He's a great tackler. Carlton Davis is

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Speaker 11: excellent on the outside. They've got great defenders at every

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Speaker 11: single stage of this defense and was on display holding

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Speaker 11: the Chargers to three points last weekend.

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Speaker 8: Really can't wait for the six to three game this weekend.

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Speaker 3: By the way, Christy Gonzalez back in practice for the

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Speaker 3: Patriots today, excellent sign as he tries to progress through

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Speaker 3: the NFS concussion protocol. Baldy Bucky great stuff is always

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Speaker 3: I cannot wait for this game.

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Speaker 15: Before life of the NFL, before being college stars, there

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Speaker 15: was Hawaii.

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Speaker 2: See the best high school.

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Speaker 15: Players in the country reach for greatness at the twenty

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Speaker 15: twenty six pol Reason bowld Friday, nine pm Eastern, live

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Speaker 15: on NFL Network.

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Speaker 2: In the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Plus always a tremendous event live on NFL Network and

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Speaker 1: a couple NFL luminaries Doug Peterson and Mike Singletary, the

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Speaker 1: head coaches for that game. We're thrilled that Doug took

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Speaker 1: a couple of minutes to dip out of the sun,

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Speaker 1: stop working on the Tan and join us right here

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Speaker 1: on the Insiders with me, Tom Pilicero and Ian Rabbitbord. Doug,

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Speaker 1: what'd you like out there coaching in this game?

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Speaker 2: You know what, it's been great.

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Speaker 15: You know, we're out here in Honolulu and you know,

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Speaker 15: they play this game out here annually here, and it's

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Speaker 15: been The weather's been great.

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Speaker 2: We get a little bit of rain today, so it

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Speaker 2: kind of cools things down.

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Speaker 15: But my wife and I are here and it's been

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Speaker 15: it's been really a special event, you know, to be

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Speaker 15: around these kids, especially the Polynesian kids.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, you know.

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Speaker 15: There's there's many in the National Football League and and

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Speaker 15: it's honor for me to end coach Singletary to be

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Speaker 15: part of this game.

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Speaker 3: It is a very cool thing and I cannot wait

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Speaker 3: to watch it on NFL network. You also, in most

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Speaker 3: recent NFL memory, were the coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Speaker 3: You are still one of the better offensive minds that

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Speaker 3: we know. Obviously, you're kind of dipping your toe back

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Speaker 3: into the water coaching in this game. Do you see

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Speaker 3: yourself back in the NFL at any point soon? Is

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Speaker 3: that something you'd be open to a return.

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Speaker 15: Yeah, I'd definitely be open to it, and uh, you know,

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Speaker 15: the opportunity arises, I'm definitely going to take advantage and

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Speaker 15: see what see what's available, and see what's out there.

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Speaker 15: I know, I know what a lot of these coaches

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Speaker 15: right now are going through, obviously being let go, and

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Speaker 15: it's it's never a fun a fun time, but for

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Speaker 15: me personally, it's it was good to have, you know,

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Speaker 15: the time off and you kind of you kind of

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Speaker 15: regroup and refresh and and then you know, you kind

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Speaker 15: of dip your toe, like you said, back into this

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Speaker 15: game this week. Even though you're dealing with you know,

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Speaker 15: high school uh seniors who are going to go on

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Speaker 15: and play in college, it does give you the opportunity

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Speaker 15: to coach and mentor these these young men.

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Speaker 1: So being through I mean similar types of things as

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Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin and John Harbaugh. You've won a Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: You've had a ton of success, You've also been let

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Speaker 1: go a couple of times. You know the emotions that

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Speaker 1: go into all that. When you're watching this from afar

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Speaker 1: and these guys you coached against. Harbaugh gets fired, Tomlin

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Speaker 1: steps down yesterday, Like what is going through your head

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Speaker 1: watching this?

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Speaker 15: You know, I'm just my heart goes out to those guys,

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Speaker 15: you know, like you said, I've I've I've been through

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Speaker 15: this twice now, and it's never it's never any fun,

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Speaker 15: you know, to go through it, obviously, and you feel

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Speaker 15: like you let your especially when you're you're fired, you know,

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Speaker 15: you feel like you let your guys down and didn't

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Speaker 15: do enough to really to win enough games.

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Speaker 2: But then at the same time, you feel a couple

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Speaker 2: of days, you feel rejuvenated.

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Speaker 15: And you and you look forward to the next opportunity

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Speaker 15: if it arises, and and uh, these are two great,

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Speaker 15: you know, legendary coaches and our game and our sport,

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Speaker 15: both Harbaugh and Tomlin, and uh, you know it, really

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Speaker 15: they can decide what they want to do next. It's

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Speaker 15: really the ball is in their court. And I think

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Speaker 15: it's a great opportunity for both of them.

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Speaker 3: So one of the places that made it change was

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Speaker 3: the foot of Eagles moved on from Kevin Madula, their

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Speaker 3: offensive coordinator not fired, could end up staying on the

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Speaker 3: staff but not going to be their oc anymore. It

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Speaker 3: was a tough challenging year for him with the fans,

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Speaker 3: with the media, with the criticism.

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Speaker 8: You know, Philly as well as anyone.

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Speaker 3: Can you describe what that not telling you to get

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Speaker 3: in Kevin Batulo's head, but just you know, as the

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Speaker 3: object of angst in Philly, what is that like going through.

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Speaker 2: Well, you're right, I've I've been through it.

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Speaker 15: I've been through it as a player, I've been through

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Speaker 15: it as a coach with Andy Reid on his staff

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Speaker 15: and then obviously as a head coach there and and

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Speaker 15: and you know, it's a it's a tough place. I mean,

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Speaker 15: it's the expectation in Philadelphia is you have to win,

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Speaker 15: and you have to win every every year, and and

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Speaker 15: and that's a standard that's been set there. And that's

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Speaker 15: not just that's just not just talk. That's been set

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Speaker 15: you know, a long time ago. And and you know,

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Speaker 15: any coach that takes over uh in that in that city,

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Speaker 15: you know, is up against a lot and and and

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Speaker 15: it's a you know, but the thing is, too, I

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Speaker 15: think when you win there, and which which coach Sirianni

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Speaker 15: and that staff has done over the last couple of years,

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Speaker 15: it's a great place to be, it's a great fan base,

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Speaker 15: it's uh.

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Speaker 2: The media is behind you.

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Speaker 15: But but it can also be a tough place to

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Speaker 15: play and coach and and you know, listen, you just

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Speaker 15: you take the good with the bad and and it's

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Speaker 15: gonna come with the territory whether you're in Philadelphia or

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Speaker 15: obviously in Jacksonville. So you know, it's a it's a

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Speaker 15: tough situation, but but look, you just keep you just

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Speaker 15: keep treading the you know, treading the waters, and uh,

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Speaker 15: you know, hopefully good things will happen.

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Speaker 1: Well, they loved you in Philly eight years ago. That's

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Speaker 1: how long it's been since that Super Bowl run. This time,

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Speaker 1: you know, you're you had just lost Carson Wentz like

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Speaker 1: a month before. Nick Foles is in kind of the

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Speaker 1: early stages of that run. I don't know, if you know,

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Speaker 1: sometimes if you're just daydreaming on the beach out there

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Speaker 1: in Hawaii, or you're waking up and from a dreamer

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Speaker 1: or something, what are like the flashbold of things from

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Speaker 1: that season, that postseason run that's still popp into your

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Speaker 1: head every now and then.

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Speaker 15: You know, for me too, it's my wife and I

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Speaker 15: are here and we're enjoying obviously Hawaii and Honolulu, and

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Speaker 15: and we we've been around the city a little bit

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Speaker 15: and people recognize who I am, and they come up

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Speaker 15: up and there, whether they're Eagles fans or not. They

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Speaker 15: always talk about the Philly Special and they always talk

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Speaker 15: about that Super Bowl win, and and you know Nick

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Speaker 15: Foles a little bit, and and it just brings back

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Speaker 15: great memories from the entire season and the way that

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Speaker 15: team really gelled as the season went along, and and

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Speaker 15: when we did lose Carson, it just we really didn't

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Speaker 15: lose a you know, a beat or a second, and

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Speaker 15: Nick stepped into an outstanding job. But it really it

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Speaker 15: really didn't fall on Nick's shoulders. It fell on all

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Speaker 15: of us. And that's what I'm so proud of with

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Speaker 15: that team, is how I think united we became. Once

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Speaker 15: Carson got injured, Nick took over. I think that was

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Speaker 15: the icing on the cake for us that that we

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Speaker 15: weren't going to be denied as a football team. All

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Speaker 15: the leaders, you know, stepped up. But it is great

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Speaker 15: to kind of reminisce and and the people we meet,

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Speaker 15: whether we're here or back in the States, always want

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Speaker 15: to bring up Philly Special and brings back a lot

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Speaker 15: of great memories.

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Speaker 3: All Right, one more question about the Philly Special, just

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Speaker 3: because I personally think about it all all the time.

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Speaker 2: Okay, right before.

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Speaker 3: It was called, Nick comes over to you and he goes,

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Speaker 3: you know, obviously famously Philly, Philly, and you go, let's

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Speaker 3: do it. That was the biggest decision of your life

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Speaker 3: in an absolute split second. You had no seconds to

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Speaker 3: think about it, and you made a great decision that

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Speaker 3: ended up helping lead you guys to the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 3: One do you ever think about, like what if I

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Speaker 3: had said, well, hold on? And two like, do you

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Speaker 3: think about how many years went into that literal split

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Speaker 3: second to make that right decision?

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Speaker 2: You know, I do think about that moment a little bit.

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Speaker 15: And obviously I took a time out before that play,

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Speaker 15: and you know, if I wouldn't have made that decision

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Speaker 15: at that time, I couldn't take a second time out back.

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Speaker 2: To back, so we would have got a flag.

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Speaker 15: But you know, it just hit me that that was

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Speaker 15: gonna be a great opportunity for us, a great moment.

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Speaker 7: It was.

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Speaker 15: It was fourth down, It was one of those plays

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Speaker 15: that was unexpected obviously by the Patriots, and we had

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Speaker 15: worked that thing to perfection for about three or four

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Speaker 15: weeks and and you know who knows it just did.

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Speaker 15: It definitely helped us win that football game. It wasn't

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Speaker 15: necessarily to play the game, but obviously it helped us

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Speaker 15: win that football game, and one that obviously we'll all

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Speaker 15: remember for you know, a long, long time.

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Speaker 4: Welcome back to the Insiders. Here is your divisional weekend schedule.

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Speaker 4: You're going to need to schedule your entire weekend around

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Speaker 4: these games. This is the best weekend of the season.

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Speaker 4: It's one of the best weekends in all of sports.

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Speaker 4: You need lots of snacks. Let's bring in our Michael

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Speaker 4: f Florio to talk about these games and the guys

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Speaker 4: we should be watching. All right, let's go in order

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Speaker 4: of the way the games are going to be played.

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Speaker 4: Let's start with Bills Broncos. What players should we be watching?

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Speaker 16: Yeah, last week I called Brandon Cooks on the show.

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Speaker 2: I'm not going that deep this week. For this one.

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Speaker 16: I think it's Dalton Kinkaid though for the Bills, because look,

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Speaker 16: ultimately I do think this comes down to their O

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Speaker 16: line and letting James Cook. But when they pass, Dalton

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Speaker 16: kinka needs to step up, especially across.

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Speaker 2: The middle of the field.

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Speaker 16: The Bills are down to just three healthy wide receivers

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Speaker 16: on their roster, and the Broncos excel against receivers, but

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Speaker 16: they're in the top ten in yards and yak allowed

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Speaker 16: to tight ends, So I think Kinkaid really needs to

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Speaker 16: step up.

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Speaker 2: And for the Broncos side of things, RJ.

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Speaker 16: Harvey needs to run against that Bills defense if they're

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Speaker 16: gonna have success in this matchup.

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Speaker 4: All right, the Saturday night game is Niners versus Seahawks.

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Speaker 5: Who should we be watching.

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Speaker 16: Kenneth Walker I think is the most impactful player because

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Speaker 16: he went for one hundred and thirty three yards in

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Speaker 16: Week eighteen against the Niners. That was the second most

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Speaker 16: he's had in a game all season, and San Francisco

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Speaker 16: is seventh in yards before contact allowed to running backs.

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Speaker 16: They're also in the top ten in receiving yards, so

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Speaker 16: if they could get going on the ground, it takes

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Speaker 16: pressure off of Sam Darnold's figuratively and literally, because that

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Speaker 16: depleted d line for the Niners would have to keenan

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Speaker 16: more on the run and they already struggled to get

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Speaker 16: after the quarterback.

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Speaker 2: And for the forty nine ers, it's the same players always.

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Speaker 16: It's Christian McCaffrey because Seattle six most receiving yards to

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Speaker 16: running backs.

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Speaker 4: All right, Sunday afternoon, this is the game I'm going

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Speaker 4: to be at Texans Patriots.

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Speaker 2: It's Drake May's rushing ability.

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Speaker 16: Look, we know that the Houston defense is elite, especially

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Speaker 16: getting after the quarterback, but running quarterbacks have been able

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Speaker 16: to use that against them. In fact, they're in the

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Speaker 16: top ten and QB rushing yards allowed this season. They've

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Speaker 16: allowed six point four yards per carry, a second highest

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Speaker 16: rate in the NFL. Also twenty nine percent explosive run rate,

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Speaker 16: second highest. That means nearly a third of quarterback runs

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Speaker 16: against them go for ten or more yards. There were

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Speaker 16: times on Monday Night where Rogers had a running lane,

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Speaker 16: but he couldn't exploit it.

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Speaker 2: Drake May should and will be able to in this one.

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Speaker 4: All Right, the finale Sunday evening, it's going to be

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Speaker 4: called Rams at Bears.

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Speaker 2: Who do we watch the outside wide receivers?

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Speaker 7: Right?

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Speaker 2: Dj Moore and Rome Dunsa for the Bears, because.

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Speaker 17: The Rams might be the best team in football, but

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Speaker 17: they do have a big weakness covering outside wide receivers.

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Speaker 17: Last week, McMillan and Cocher went for over one hundred

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Speaker 17: and fifty yards just well lined up out wide against them,

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Speaker 17: and after last week, the Rams have now allowed the

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Speaker 17: most yards in the NFL this season two out wide

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Speaker 17: wide receivers, and both More and a Dunsay both last

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Speaker 17: week and on the year run over sixty percent of

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Speaker 17: their routes out wide. And on top of all of that,

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Speaker 17: the Rams also struggle against the deep ball, primarily when

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Speaker 17: against outside wide receivers. So I think the Bears are

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Speaker 17: going to have to connect on a long pass or

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Speaker 17: two in this game, and if they are, it's probably going.

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Speaker 2: To be either DJ Moore or Roma Dunesay connecting on it.

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Speaker 4: That was like a handy guide for how to watch

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Speaker 4: these games this weekend. Michael f Florio, thank you very much.

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Speaker 4: You should be watching The Insiders every day, and we've

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Speaker 4: made it really easy for you now because from now

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Speaker 4: going forward Monday True Friday, we are on NFL Network,

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Speaker 4: NFL Plus YouTube, seven o'clock Eastern NFL Network.

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Speaker 5: Stay with us. We'll be right back on the Insiders.

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Speaker 2: Now today.

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Speaker 1: Coaching searches ongoing, and for those coaches who are involved

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Speaker 1: in wild card games this is the first week that

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Speaker 1: they are allowed to interview. That includes forty Niners. Defensive

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Speaker 1: coordinator Robert Solo's got interviews on Sunday with the Ravens

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Speaker 1: and Titans. Probably going to schedule in three more on

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Speaker 1: Sunday as well, given the short week that San Francisco has.

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Speaker 1: Jesse Minter interviewed today for the Baltimore Ravens head coaching job.

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Speaker 1: He's been requested by all nine teams, a hot candidate,

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Speaker 1: and meanwhile, Jeff Hafley it's five interviews total. Interviewed today

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Speaker 1: for the Miami Dolphins job. In other news, one of

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Speaker 1: the great guys, one of the best undrafted players, maybe

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Speaker 1: of all time. Adam feelin longtime Vikings wide receiver who

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Speaker 1: finished up with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He had said it

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Speaker 1: when he left the Vikings recently. One last ride with

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh fell short, lost in that wild card game. But

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Speaker 1: Adam Thielen, congrats on a career well done. I got

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Speaker 1: to know Adam for a long time, still have the

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Speaker 1: DM on Twitter when he told me he was signing

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Speaker 1: with the Vikings after a tryout. See tomorrow.

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Speaker 16: Really