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Speaker 2: Today outstanding advice. Joe, and one of my oldest and

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Speaker 1: It feels right? Forty four and a half is the

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Speaker 1: This is Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, and typically the best

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Speaker 1: It's a very good one. But is it the best

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Speaker 3: I've been bouncing back and forth on this one all morning.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Well, I will stand on my island alone and

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Speaker 3: To answer both of your first two questions, yes, I

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Speaker 3: They're not I don't know if Deebo Samue is going

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Speaker 3: But I love I raced to Detroit here. Okay, I'm

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Speaker 1: Now, normally were of concerns about Jared Goff playing on

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Speaker 2: Yeah, everything you guys have said so far. What really

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Speaker 2: we saw Party really struggle like Brandon Ayuk was not

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Speaker 2: I mean, like the one key catch that Ayuk had

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Speaker 2: think it's possible they do. The forty nine Ers have

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Speaker 2: want to see if I can get this at seven,

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Speaker 2: we could see that tick up to seven. If it's seven,

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna grab the Lions and I am going to

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Speaker 2: put that half unit money line bet down that you

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Speaker 2: talked about Joe on the Lions like lost two fifty.

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Speaker 2: I think the pot odds on a plus two to

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Speaker 1: I love it. Some great points there from the boys,

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Speaker 1: But what do you think? Drop your comments below in

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Speaker 1: the YouTube channel. What are your picks for NFL Championship Weekend?

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Speaker 1: Two great games too, great narratives, some great storylines, some

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be a lot of fun. Those Lions fans, Well,

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Speaker 1: if you live in the state of Michigan right now,

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Speaker 1: If you know a Bill's fan, give him a hug today. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: give them a piece of chocolate something just you know,

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Speaker 1: they could certainly use it. It's been a rough, rough

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Speaker 1: on your perspective. That'll do it for us, But the

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Speaker 1: story of the game goes on for Sam and Pat.

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Speaker 1: I'm Joey P. We'll see you next time. Kids, Enjoy

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