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Speaker 1: Wow, everybody, It's Thursdays, January eighth, twenty twenty six. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, where we're available to

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Speaker 1: consult on coaching hires. To me your man, NAMG Marcus

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Speaker 1: Grand joined by Michael Florio and Lakwan Jones, people behind

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Speaker 1: the curtain. A lot of these intros are just stuff

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Speaker 1: that's like on my mind usually when we start the show.

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Speaker 1: And part of this is because I have, against my will,

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Speaker 1: been in long text chains about what the Raiders should

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Speaker 1: do with their head coaching higher and it's like at

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Speaker 1: the beginning, you know, I kind of care, like so

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Speaker 1: I'll say this right, you guys know, I am a

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Speaker 1: forty nine Ers fan, but you know, the Raiders were

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Speaker 1: in Oakland when I was a kid, and they moved

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Speaker 1: back to Oakland at some point, so like they're still

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Speaker 1: kind of the Bay Areas team. And so while I'm

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Speaker 1: a Niner fan, I do have a soft spot in

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Speaker 1: my heart for the Raiders, and I would like to

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Speaker 1: see them figure it out on some level and be

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Speaker 1: competitive again. But like after like you know, sixteen or

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Speaker 1: seventeen texts about like what they should do with a

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Speaker 1: head coach and a draft pick I mean it got

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Speaker 1: to like we need to trade Max Crosby and just

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Speaker 1: blow the whole thing up and start a rebuild.

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Speaker 2: Like it got to that point.

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Speaker 1: I was kind of like, all right, well I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go play chess on my phone.

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Speaker 2: You figure this out. That's for really.

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Speaker 3: I kind of wish you were a Raiderstrand, man, that

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Speaker 3: would have been awesome.

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Speaker 1: I think you to be sad on this show every week.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, man, it might be a different universe

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Speaker 3: with you as a Raiders fran. Like, I don't know,

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Speaker 3: maybe we'll get more along on the pod.

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, one of us is willing to say

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Speaker 1: nice things about the other person's team.

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Speaker 2: It's you that I like your players.

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Speaker 3: I just don't like the team or the fan base.

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Speaker 3: That's been very clear for how long we didn't doing

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Speaker 3: this pod.

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Speaker 1: It's you that allows the forty nine or franchise to

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Speaker 1: live rent free in your dome.

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Speaker 4: Do you like their players?

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Speaker 2: Jordan Mason was a good player. You can't call a

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Speaker 2: quarterback by his proper name.

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Speaker 3: You know, he's the most overrated quarterback. But I get it, man,

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Speaker 3: he was mystery irrelevant. I know the underdogs like someone that.

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Speaker 4: Likes their players. Don't, don't, don't, don't listen.

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Speaker 3: Stop putting him in conversation with the Joe Burrows and

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Speaker 3: the Matt Staffers, the Josh Allens. No, there's another tier

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Speaker 3: for him that I am comfortable.

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Speaker 1: He's accomplished as much or more than Joe Burrow.

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Speaker 4: Well, let's not put Matt Stafford in that elite tier either.

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Speaker 3: This is how he's starting off. I am not crashing

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Speaker 3: out over this anymore.

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Speaker 1: Anyway, We're gonna talk some more coaching moves because some

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Speaker 1: more things have happened since the last time we spoke

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Speaker 1: to you all, And of course we're gonna dive into

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Speaker 1: the weekend's wild card matchups because a lot of football

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Speaker 1: to be played starting on Saturday and running through Monday.

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Speaker 1: And of course, so will finish this off with some

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Speaker 1: DFS lineups because we know some of you out there

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Speaker 1: are still doing that too, keep your interest up as

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Speaker 1: you go through the weekend. But then let's get started

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Speaker 1: with some news headlines. One that broke this morning, and

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Speaker 1: I think we said on Tuesday Show that like it

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Speaker 1: seems like Mike McDaniel is safe. Wrong, because it came

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Speaker 1: out this morning that the Dolphins have fired Mike McDaniel

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Speaker 1: after four seasons.

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Speaker 2: Florio, I know you.

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Speaker 1: Are a little bit a little bit disappointed, a little

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Speaker 1: bit sad any surprise. I mean, it just seemed like

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Speaker 1: he was safe, right, It seemed like he was in

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Speaker 4: Yeah, And it makes me think a little bit that

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Speaker 4: maybe because there was rumors out there that like teams

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Speaker 4: So maybe that that led to it. My take on

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Speaker 4: be put to the test. But my take with Mike

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Speaker 4: McDaniel has been that he over succeeded with Tua. Right away,

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Speaker 4: they paid to a like a franchise quarterback that was

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Speaker 4: a mistake to a regressed and then all the concussions

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Speaker 4: led to even more regression. And on top of that,

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Speaker 4: it changed the way this offense ran right like they

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Speaker 4: deep shots and that and the speed and the deep

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Speaker 4: ball is what made Mike McDaniel so successful. I've seen

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Speaker 4: people say you can go to Washington as their row. See,

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Speaker 4: I've been pounding the table that I want him in

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Speaker 4: Buffalo as to play caller. Like, whoever gets him maybe

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Speaker 4: is getting a great offensive mind. On the flip of that, though,

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Speaker 4: I think there's an argument now that Miami might be

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Speaker 4: the worst opening of the what is it seven or eight?

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Speaker 4: Now that are openings? Eight openings now, I think they

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Speaker 1: Huh. Let's say you've got you don't really have a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Your defense is pretty bad.

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Speaker 4: They have negative cap space this a season.

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Speaker 2: Nice.

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Speaker 4: Nice?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, that's pretty awful. That's pretty good. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 3: I think it was time though, right like they had

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Speaker 3: to writ the band aid off because it's completely gone south.

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Speaker 3: No pun intended for Miami, but I'm just saying, like,

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Speaker 3: at the end of the day, when you make this

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Speaker 3: change because of hardball gain, possibly fired kind of shook

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Speaker 3: at giving one of these top dogs. But I think

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Speaker 3: Micha will land on his feet. I think he'll lands

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Speaker 3: somewhere as a coordinator. I honestly think, you know, the

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Speaker 3: West to make them competitive, because every time any of

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Speaker 3: the NFC West teams played the Cardinals, it's like we're

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Speaker 3: playing the game, but your controller is unplugged, so you

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Speaker 3: do so at the end of the day, these are

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Speaker 3: he still has that. It's kind of like the situation

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Speaker 3: running and we saw that twenty three season with two

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Speaker 3: and everything else. But he lost the dressing room very

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Speaker 3: quickly after that season once the concussion started going on,

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Speaker 3: because this is when Tyreek Hill started taking shot that

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Speaker 4: So like, when you.

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Speaker 3: Lose the dressing room like that, you lose the culture,

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Speaker 3: you lose the winning spirit. And like, I still think

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Speaker 4: But isn't that a to a thing? Like it wasn't

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Speaker 4: they lost faith in Mike McDaniel, They lost faith in

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Speaker 4: hard after Tyreek got hurt this year, and especially after

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Speaker 4: they benched to a I thought that was enough to

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Speaker 4: say to be like, look, it's not a Mike McDaniel problem.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think I think that loss to

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Speaker 1: the Steelers on Monday night sort of sealed McDaniel's fate,

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Speaker 1: or at least at least went a long way towards

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Speaker 1: I think I said on this show. I know I

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Speaker 1: said in some other places that you know what happens

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Speaker 1: if they run the table, and you know, at that

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Speaker 1: and I think we might even ask cam Wolf about

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Speaker 1: this Florio that that might be enough to save him.

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Speaker 1: They went to Pittsburgh on that Monday night when it

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Speaker 1: at that point it felt like the team had sort

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Speaker 1: of just that was like their last gasp and that

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Speaker 1: it is the hardball thing. I say this, I think

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Speaker 1: with Mike McDaniel, he will get a job. I am

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Speaker 1: sort of convinced that, at least for now, he's better

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Speaker 1: off any coordinator role than a head coach role. Like

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Speaker 2: Let him do that.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that he is built to be the

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Speaker 1: your point, Lakwan, I think he sort of came into

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Speaker 1: it trying to be the cool substitute teacher or the

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Speaker 1: cool teacher, want to be friends with everybody, and like

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Speaker 1: it worked for a while, but then when things started

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Speaker 2: You know, when you have two and his intrusive thoughts at.

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Speaker 1: The microphone talking about guys not wanting to you know,

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Speaker 1: show up in meetings or whatever, that's when you, as

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Speaker 1: the head coach, have to sort of step in. I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's great when the players can police themselves, but as

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Speaker 1: these guys stay on track, and he just didn't do

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Speaker 2: So I don't I think he's better.

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Speaker 1: Off, Like, hey man, hey man, just drop some plays

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Speaker 1: you're good at that. I don't necessarily want you to

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Speaker 3: You can't be one hundred percent friends with your kids, okay,

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Speaker 3: because when they start misbehaving, doing things wrong and start

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Speaker 3: being rebellious and then you try to correct it, they're

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Speaker 3: gonna look at you as a joke and that's kind

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Speaker 3: of how you lose the dressing room. So I think

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Speaker 3: if he goes into this coordinator cycle, look at Matt Naggy.

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Speaker 3: He's already being interviewed for head coaching job now, which

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Speaker 3: everybody forgets how the Bears kind of fell apart. But

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Speaker 3: the Bears are doing good right now. It's fine. But

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Speaker 3: I think he'll be he'll be back in the cycle

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Speaker 3: for head coaching jobs when the cycle is warranted.

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Speaker 4: You know, I'd argue he might be the third best

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Speaker 4: candidate right now, like outside of Stefanski and John Harborough,

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Speaker 4: who's the next great candidate. It's a really down year.

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Speaker 2: Cliff.

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Speaker 4: What has Cliff done though? That he hasn't done more

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Speaker 4: than Mike McDaniel in my opinion, No, I'm not in

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Speaker 4: the course of just like the last couple of years,

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Speaker 4: but I think they're kind of neck and neck, like

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Speaker 4: somebody's going to give Cliff Kingsbury a shot if it's

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Speaker 4: a coordinator job or a head coaching job, whatever the

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Speaker 3: I think him and Cliff will probably he'll.

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Speaker 4: Get a coordinating job for sure, but like send him

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Speaker 4: to send him to Tampa. I just think McDaniel would

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Speaker 4: opinion if I was ranking the candidates right now, he

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Speaker 4: might be third for me.

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Speaker 1: See, I think for me it's it's Harbor number one,

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Speaker 1: which we will get to in just a second. Obviously

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Speaker 1: Stefanski at two, and then well, I guess to hear it,

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Speaker 1: I think it depends.

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Speaker 2: On what you need.

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Speaker 2: I think I think it's Harbon number one.

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Speaker 1: I think Brian Flores is their number two candidate, potentially

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Speaker 2: Just signed him to this extension, the fact that.

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Speaker 1: He is your real solo piece on defense, like you

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Speaker 4: I think I think Brian Flores is a coordinator for

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Speaker 1: Maybe I mean, but I also think, you know, there's

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Speaker 4: I also want zero part of him mentoring a young quarterback,

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Speaker 4: like I know two it wasn't the guy, but he

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Speaker 3: He needs an already established quarterback, like maybe a Lamar Jackson,

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Speaker 2: Like all right, look at a work.

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Speaker 1: What if you brought in Brian Flores as your head

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Speaker 4: Dude, those two they would they would fight everywhere, which

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Speaker 2: Perfect for the Raiders. It's perfect for the Raiders.

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Speaker 3: Like there's a difference though, because like when you start

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Speaker 3: teams need different things. Like some teams like the Raiders,

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Speaker 3: they need a culture change, the Browns culture change, right,

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Speaker 3: Like some of these coordinator jobs that are open, they're

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Speaker 3: So like when you put a Flores in brian de

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Speaker 2: Be fun for our entertainment.

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Speaker 4: Though, there's definitely gonna be a there's gonna be a

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Speaker 4: don't know. Like there's no Liam Cohen, right, there's no

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Speaker 4: like Ben Johnson. Yeah, yeah, well we're like this guy

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Speaker 3: We forget about the Falcons offensive job that's I mean

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that is very weird at this point.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, some of these dominoes are falling because of what

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Speaker 2: Fit for the Baltimore Ravens.

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Speaker 3: We need somebody that's going to be able to match

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Speaker 3: But ultimately, whoever comes in, it's just gonna reset the culture,

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Speaker 3: And I think obviously there's a need for addressing some

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Speaker 2: Rings.

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Speaker 3: So like you can't just fire haul Ball and then

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Speaker 1: At this as just Jim or John Harbaugh and his

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: The defense was as bad as I think we've ever

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Speaker 4: There were a couple of times this year where it

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Speaker 4: I do think he needs to be better as a leader, though,

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Speaker 4: because you're telling you a rookie kicker in the middle

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Speaker 4: There's videos that he's like ignoring he was ignored Harbor

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Speaker 4: And so I think that's a little bit part of it.

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Speaker 4: But I do think also, yeah, like you said, like

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Speaker 4: But it's also funny because you know, I've been anti

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Speaker 4: But this is again another year where like last year,

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Speaker 4: But I just don't know which. This is the biggest

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Speaker 1: It's weird to think, right, I mean, you was talking

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Speaker 1: If Tyler Loup makes that field goal, are we having

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Speaker 3: Yes, one hundred percent, that's exactly. It was a game

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Speaker 2: Loser go home's the playground.

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Speaker 4: I know that's the narrative. I actually don't. I don't

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Speaker 1: No, maybe not, but I feel like I feel like

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Speaker 1: Like this, So this is not gonna hurt you that much, Floral,

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Speaker 1: incredibly different. It's it comes down to feet, right, you

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Speaker 1: Harball firing definitely throws a huge wrinkle into what is

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Speaker 2: Uh. I would suggest that of.

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Speaker 1: The seven of the eight teams that have vacancies, Baltimore

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Speaker 4: And I think they're the best opening. It's funny because

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Speaker 2: Just not gonna It's not gonna have it.

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Speaker 4: I am really curious about Todd Monkin though, because like

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Speaker 4: could be in my opinion, do you really want to

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Speaker 1: Well, it's funny you say that because there are a

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Speaker 2: To fire Josh Gizzard after a year.

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Speaker 1: I'm Monkin was the OC in Tampa back in twenty eighteen,

439
00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,880
Speaker 1: and there's some thought that maybe the Bucks could lure

440
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:09,200
Speaker 1: him back down there so there could be some competition

441
00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:09,920
Speaker 1: for Todd.

442
00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:12,040
Speaker 2: Monkins services in the season.

443
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Speaker 4: I'm just gonna If you're a coordinator out there, just

444
00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,080
Speaker 4: wait because there's a chance there might be an opening

445
00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:22,360
Speaker 4: in Buffalo and that would be the top coordinator job opening.

446
00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:26,600
Speaker 2: If you are in line for a coordinator interview, stay

447
00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:30,800
Speaker 2: in line could be the thing. All right.

448
00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:32,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, there will be definitely more to talk about this,

449
00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,040
Speaker 1: especially as the hirings start to happen too, and then

450
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,000
Speaker 1: we have a better idea of what teams might look

451
00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:38,720
Speaker 1: like coming.

452
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:39,680
Speaker 2: Up the next season.

453
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Speaker 1: Speaking of seasons, the second season about to begin across

454
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Speaker 1: the NFL, we'll take a break, come back and preview

455
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Speaker 1: the wild card around across the NFL. That's next on

456
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Speaker 1: the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. So, the NFL playoffs kickoff

457
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Speaker 1: starting on Saturday, six games across. It's the weekend stretching

458
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Speaker 1: from Saturday to Monday. How do we feel about the

459
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,240
Speaker 1: Monday wild Card game?

460
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Speaker 3: We like this, Yeah, it all depends.

461
00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:12,920
Speaker 4: I like it as long as my team's not playing

462
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:13,239
Speaker 4: in it.

463
00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:16,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I can see that.

464
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Speaker 1: I'm not excited about it. I'm kind of indifferent to it.

465
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,080
Speaker 1: I'm like, I guess it's there. It's fine. Like I

466
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,919
Speaker 1: don't necessarily think we needed to have it, But you know,

467
00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:28,920
Speaker 1: the answered all your questions is money.

468
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 4: The disadvantage to whoever wins then you're playing.

469
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Speaker 2: It is because you were on a short week.

470
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Speaker 1: Yeah, because you're gonna have to you know, even if

471
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,240
Speaker 1: you play on Sunday, it's still a short week compared

472
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Speaker 1: to what you had before.

473
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Speaker 2: Everything that's going on Saturday?

474
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Speaker 1: What four thirty pm Eastern the one thirty Pacific Rams

475
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Speaker 1: at the Panthers, Luquan, how do the Rams? And I

476
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,639
Speaker 1: don't I don't expect this will happen, but how do

477
00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 1: the Rams avoid an upset down in Charlotte this week?

478
00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,280
Speaker 3: It comes down to our defense, Like Quentin Lake's back,

479
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,000
Speaker 3: like there should be no excuses with the misstackles.

480
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,320
Speaker 2: Like since Quentin Lake.

481
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,720
Speaker 3: Has been injured, we have been among the top teams

482
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,960
Speaker 3: of missing tackles. And I think obviously last game having

483
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,280
Speaker 3: Chewba Hubber get light on us and Rico Daddle and

484
00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 3: not really performing the best of his abilities in that game,

485
00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,879
Speaker 3: it kind of just kind of took all the pressure

486
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,320
Speaker 3: off of Bryce Young, having the running backs being able

487
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 3: to perform as a one two punch, and obviously Tetro

488
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,439
Speaker 3: McMillan him getting loose on Emmanuel Forbes. Like our secondary

489
00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:26,960
Speaker 3: is shaky, but it really comes down to suffocating the

490
00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,880
Speaker 3: run game and keeping Bryce Young in the pocket confused

491
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,159
Speaker 3: and getting the pass rush towards him. So it's a

492
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,920
Speaker 3: lot of like moving parts on our defense that needs

493
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Speaker 3: to be locked in this week. I'm not worried about

494
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,159
Speaker 3: the offense whatsoever. I know they're gonna go out there

495
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,040
Speaker 3: and handle business, and Poka's gonna be Poka. We've seen

496
00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 3: him just go off on many, many secondaries that are challenging.

497
00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,320
Speaker 3: And then DeVante Adams is back. He feels good, The

498
00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,720
Speaker 3: hamstring is great. He was battling somewhat a knee injury

499
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,919
Speaker 3: he kind of avoided and not putting too much, you know,

500
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Speaker 3: on it in practice. But I do feel like DeVante

501
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Speaker 3: Adams if he says he's healthy, he's healthy.

502
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm I'm not worried about the offense at all.

503
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:03,560
Speaker 1: In fact, when I was trying to come up with

504
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,439
Speaker 1: topics to talk about, it was like, there are no

505
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,480
Speaker 1: questions I have about the Rams offense. Like I was like,

506
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,440
Speaker 1: I don't, I don't even know where to go with that. Yeah,

507
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: I think the defense the last few weeks.

508
00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:17,119
Speaker 4: Stafford can't throw another pick six like last.

509
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,760
Speaker 3: Time at bro don't even put it in the unit.

510
00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,359
Speaker 4: Two interceptions. He does have to be better than he

511
00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:22,920
Speaker 4: did the first.

512
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,800
Speaker 3: The Panther secondary ain't none like they're.

513
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,920
Speaker 4: No exactly, they're good. They're a good unit.

514
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Speaker 1: Going into that game, they were like so much talk

515
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,359
Speaker 1: about the streak, right, it's like, oh, he's Stafford has

516
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:34,399
Speaker 1: thrown twenty touchdowns an.

517
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Speaker 2: Interception and he's doing back to back pack like, oh,

518
00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:38,800
Speaker 2: but it's crazy.

519
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:43,240
Speaker 3: The Thursday Show, I jokingly put five interceptions for my

520
00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:47,679
Speaker 3: bold predictions because whatever, you guys were up to Stern

521
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 3: the pot. But then you see how we put that,

522
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,040
Speaker 3: you see how we put that in the universe, and

523
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,760
Speaker 3: then it happens. The power of the tongue is real, folks, like,

524
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 3: just stop, all right, Florio Stern the pot. This is

525
00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 3: playoff time. I'm not putting no had juju on Josh

526
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:02,400
Speaker 3: Allen like, come on, bro.

527
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 4: No, no, no, Well, when we talk about that game, you

528
00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,920
Speaker 4: could say, like if he throws pick sixes, they're gonna lose.

529
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,280
Speaker 1: I mean you do like to talk about the turnovers

530
00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,120
Speaker 1: and stuff with Josh Allen frequently.

531
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Speaker 4: Facts though, it's facts though, Who's thole the most pick

532
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,080
Speaker 4: sixes in NFL history?

533
00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 2: Oh, here we go, Bro, Josh.

534
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:20,200
Speaker 4: Hasn't throw a pick six in like seven years.

535
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:24,160
Speaker 5: Give it time, Give it time. It's a catch up,

536
00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 5: catch up, no catch up. I don't know, I do

537
00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:30,679
Speaker 5: catch up. At this point, He's not gonna catch up

538
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:32,800
Speaker 5: to Stafford again.

539
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Speaker 1: We'll speaking of putting things in the universe, Flora can Bryce,

540
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,080
Speaker 1: you don't do it again? And by it, I mean

541
00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,560
Speaker 1: throw a whole bunch of just bananas passes on like

542
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,000
Speaker 1: third and fourth and long. I gotta have his situations.

543
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Speaker 1: That was kind of how he did it against the

544
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Speaker 1: Rams the first time. I don't expect that, but I mean,

545
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,520
Speaker 1: can he find it again against the Rams?

546
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:53,359
Speaker 2: Yeah?

547
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Speaker 4: I mean he's gonna have to be Like I'm not

548
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,040
Speaker 4: expecting a huge Bryce Young game, but for them to win,

549
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,359
Speaker 4: he is going to have to have success because the

550
00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 4: Rams are going to put up points. I agree with

551
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,399
Speaker 4: everything you guys are saying there. It's not like like

552
00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:10,480
Speaker 4: this Panthers defense could limit the Rams offense maybe, but

553
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,679
Speaker 4: you're not going to completely shut them down. And I

554
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,720
Speaker 4: think more than anything, Tetoro McMillan's going to have to

555
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 4: have a big game because the Rams struggles this year

556
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 4: have been against perimeter receivers and on the deep ball,

557
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,960
Speaker 4: and I know they're getting healthier and stuff, But if

558
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,240
Speaker 4: McMillan can't take advantage of those matchups, I think it's

559
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 4: going to be a long day for the Panthers.

560
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's an uphill battle for them without

561
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:36,080
Speaker 1: a doubt.

562
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would be shocked.

563
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,639
Speaker 1: I think that would be the most shocking outcome of

564
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Speaker 1: the weekend.

565
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:44,280
Speaker 2: If the Panthers somehow win.

566
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Speaker 3: You wouldn't hear from me. You would not hear from

567
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:48,359
Speaker 3: me for the next month.

568
00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:48,960
Speaker 2: Yeah.

569
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:50,200
Speaker 4: Sure, it's thirty day.

570
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:51,879
Speaker 2: Is no.

571
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:56,320
Speaker 3: If you show up as mister Purr or whatever, is not.

572
00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:58,720
Speaker 4: Mister I like that.

573
00:26:59,119 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 2: What's that bear doing?

574
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:00,880
Speaker 4: You call him?

575
00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:05,240
Speaker 2: I'll be like you be like, what up? Surper?

576
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: Shout out the chosen packers at Bears mcwen show's your

577
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,000
Speaker 1: fighter Jordan Love or Caleb Williams.

578
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,479
Speaker 3: So this one I thought hard and long for, Like

579
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 3: I do think like this matchup, both quarterbacks can shine

580
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,680
Speaker 3: and look good in this matchup. I think I'm going

581
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,359
Speaker 3: to side with Jordan Love just based on what we've

582
00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 3: seen earlier in the season in the matchup of him

583
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,719
Speaker 3: taking advantage of the Bear secondary. So I think with

584
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,040
Speaker 3: this team being more healthier than they were these last

585
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,840
Speaker 3: couple of weeks with Josh Jacobs, Christian Watson and stuff.

586
00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 3: I think Jordan Love has a blow like he just

587
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 3: blows up, like he has a show out. So I'm

588
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 3: going Jordan Love over Caleb Williams. And it's it's close.

589
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 2: Though.

590
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,880
Speaker 3: It's not like I'm saying Caleb's gonna have a bad game.

591
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,240
Speaker 3: But I think Jordan Love just comes out victorious.

592
00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 1: The range of outcomes with Caleb is so wide, you know,

593
00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:59,119
Speaker 1: like just week to week, I was, you know, I'm

594
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,280
Speaker 1: looking at it yesterday just I don't know, I don't

595
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:03,159
Speaker 1: know how I missed this or it just caught me.

596
00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:08,920
Speaker 1: Like Caleb in Fantasy was the QB five this year,

597
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 1: at least through eighteen weeks.

598
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 3: As someone who had him, it didn't feel like that, right, That's.

599
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: Kind of the thing, right, Like I was looking at

600
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,359
Speaker 1: his but I was looking at his game logs, right,

601
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 1: it's like twenty four, sixteen, twenty nine, eleven, nineteen four, eleven,

602
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:25,000
Speaker 1: thirty eight.

603
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,840
Speaker 2: Twenty five. I mean, it's just it was all over.

604
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,240
Speaker 1: The plays, right, And so I think we Love there's

605
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 1: just a little more consistency. The gap between the ceiling

606
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:38,800
Speaker 1: and the floor didn't really feel so drastic, you know.

607
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: I mean, he had a couple of games in there,

608
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 1: like he had the game against Minnesota where it wasn't great,

609
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 1: you know, one hundred and thirty nine yards, no touchdowns.

610
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,360
Speaker 2: You know, you can't really.

611
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 1: Judge that last game against Chicago because he left with

612
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 1: a concussion, so that that's not really fair to, you know,

613
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 1: to kind of evaluate that. It just feels though, like

614
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 1: there's a little more steadiness week to week. Even if

615
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 1: the ceiling isn't as high as Caleb's, the floor isn't

616
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: going to fall out from underneath you either.

617
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 3: It doesn't help when both of his top wide receivers

618
00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 3: are limited in practice this week, like they're trying the

619
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,600
Speaker 3: nurses injuries to get ready for the playoffs. But then again,

620
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,120
Speaker 3: Caleb goes out there, He'll throw the ball fifty times

621
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 3: and complete probably twenty of those balls. It's like that's

622
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,479
Speaker 3: kind of just what it's been, the wide range of outcome.

623
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,560
Speaker 3: Like which version of Caleb Williams you're going to get

624
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:24,920
Speaker 3: this week? That's what it comes down to.

625
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, on the other side of that floor, let's chose

626
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 1: your fighter, Josh Jacobs or DeAndre Swift.

627
00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,280
Speaker 4: Look, if we were just talking like in a vacuum,

628
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:37,080
Speaker 4: I'm going with Josh Jacobs. But this specific weekend, I'm

629
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 4: gonna go with DeAndre Swift because I have no idea

630
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,360
Speaker 4: how healthy Josh Jacobs. Like the last two times we

631
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:47,200
Speaker 4: saw him, he was barely a like he was splitting

632
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 4: time with Emmanuel Wilson and that second that last game

633
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 4: that we saw him, and he was barely able to play,

634
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 4: like he finished with less than ten yards. So I

635
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 4: know he ended the last week off, but I have

636
00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,239
Speaker 4: no idea how healthy he is. And on top of that,

637
00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 4: this is kind of like a handicap match because Dean J.

638
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,840
Speaker 4: Swift has Kyle mannung guy there with him, you know.

639
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 4: And to me, part of what makes Caleb so inconsistent

640
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 4: is how good this Bear's rushing attack is. Like if

641
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 4: they get it going on the ground, they're just gonna

642
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 4: keep running and running and running. So I do think

643
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 4: the Bears backs put up good number because this Packers defense, too,

644
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 4: is just so beat up.

645
00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, I mean losing obviously, losing Michael Parsons is

646
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 1: sort of the big thing there, but they got a

647
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,600
Speaker 1: lot of injuries up and down. Do we see Trayvon

648
00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 1: Diggs too this week.

649
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 4: I forgot to have some fun.

650
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:40,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's just like that happened. So yeah, the.

651
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: Whole Josh Jacobs injury thing was really a bummer to

652
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:47,080
Speaker 1: end the year because you know, he's just been doing in.

653
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 4: A league that I had no business like. I had

654
00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 4: a terrible league and my opponent had a worse one

655
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 4: because of Josh Jacobs. That's kind of what the season

656
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 4: has been with him.

657
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 3: It's just been up and down or mid like he's

658
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 3: getting saved with all these front loaded like touchdowns that

659
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 3: he's getting, Like that's why you can never just count

660
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:03,440
Speaker 3: them out.

661
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, look, at some point, scoring touchdowns is a skill,

662
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,720
Speaker 1: and it seems to be one that he's really good at.

663
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:11,959
Speaker 2: Like he's good at scoring touchdowns. So I don't know.

664
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,280
Speaker 1: Bills at Jaguars Florida. I'll ask you, where does the

665
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 1: wheel of Bill's pass catchers stop?

666
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 2: This week?

667
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 4: I have a wacky look. I think it's it's Brandon Cooks,

668
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 4: someone who wasn't on the team eight weeks ago. And

669
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 4: the reason I think that is is because diving into

670
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 4: this match up, the Jacks have allowed the fewest rushing year.

671
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,600
Speaker 4: It's the best rushing offense against the best rushing defense.

672
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 2: Now, I think the.

673
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 4: Bills will be able to run, not maybe as much

674
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:39,680
Speaker 4: as they normally do, but I do think they'll find

675
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 4: success on the ground. Like it'll be a game of

676
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,960
Speaker 4: give and take there. But the Jags, because they're so

677
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 4: good against the run, teams throw at them at the

678
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 4: highest rate. But they have been awesome against slot receivers

679
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 4: lowest passer rating in the NFL on those targets, which

680
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 4: probably takes Khalilshakira out and makes him a little bit

681
00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 4: not have his biggest game. Where the Jacks have struggled

682
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 4: is against out wide wide receivers and on the deep ball.

683
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 4: And since Brandon Cooks has got there, he has been

684
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,960
Speaker 4: the bills best downfield option. I know he had a

685
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,880
Speaker 4: couple of bad drops and I was coming on shows

686
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 4: saying like his hands don't work anymore, but he's getting

687
00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 4: open downfield ever since that Super Bowl. Yeah, which is

688
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 4: more than we could say about Josh Palmer. And and

689
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 4: to further this point, right like last week when the

690
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,960
Speaker 4: Bills sat all their starters, Brandon Cooks was the receiver

691
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 4: that they held out. They played Josh Jacob. Josh Jacobs

692
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:31,720
Speaker 4: Josh Palmer through the fourth quarter in a blowout game.

693
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 4: They played Gabe Davis through that, like they sat Shavers

694
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 4: and Brandon Cooks, which should tell you how they value him.

695
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,560
Speaker 4: And I do think he catches a deep ball or

696
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 4: two in this game, and he's not gonna be one

697
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 4: of those receivers that is gonna finish with like seven catches,

698
00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 4: but he might have like two for seventy five or

699
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 4: something like that. Like, I think he's gonna have a

700
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 4: big impact in this game.

701
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 2: All right. I honestly there were times I forgot Brandon

702
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 2: Cooks was in Buffalo real. Yeah, I totally for that.

703
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 4: If you want to a peek behind the Bills Wade

704
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 4: receiver curtain, Sean McDermot is talking about Jacoby Myers every

705
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,280
Speaker 4: chance he gets this week and being like, that's a

706
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 4: player that changed someone's season because the Bills easily could

707
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:12,440
Speaker 4: have had.

708
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 1: I mean, so, is that a shot at Brandon Bean

709
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 1: You think he also took.

710
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 4: A shot with the Darius Slay thing. He was like, well,

711
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 4: we had four corners until six weeks ago because they

712
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 4: had to play Maxwell Harrison in the fourth and he

713
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 4: got hurt in a meaningless game. You woo the Bill

714
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 4: Favs are not happy with their GM right now.

715
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 2: Vibes are bad in Western New York, all right, I

716
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 2: see that.

717
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, the vibes are immaculate in Duval. I mean, you

718
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: got Trevor Lawrence showing up at local watering holes and

719
00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 1: getting squatted by random patrons at the bar.

720
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,360
Speaker 2: The Jags are riding high.

721
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 1: Liam Cohen is like the best thing going down there

722
00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 1: in Florida. So I will ask you, Lakwan, can Trevor

723
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: Lawrence stay hot after his amazing end to the regular season, I.

724
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 3: Would say yes, I think this train is going to

725
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 3: be disappointed in that It's not disappointment I much further.

726
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 3: He made my bad of saying I was wrong about

727
00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 3: mister Trevor Lawrence. I can call him Trevor Lawrence for

728
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 3: the rest of the season of however it plays out

729
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 3: in the playoffs. But I think he stays hot, like

730
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,440
Speaker 3: we've seen him go up against some of the scariest

731
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,480
Speaker 3: defenses and deliver. And again, I keep going back to

732
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 3: the same take. The addition of Jacoby Myers really saved him,

733
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,799
Speaker 3: being even added to the middle meter again, Like, I

734
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,839
Speaker 3: really think that this offense, being that it's starting to jail.

735
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 3: It's starting to get the identity. And that's one of

736
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,359
Speaker 3: the biggest issues that the Jaguars had in the front

737
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 3: front end of the season, like they had no identity,

738
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 3: like what was their foundation. They avoided the run at

739
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 3: times where Travessey TN had to suffer. So I think

740
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 3: they had the perfect balance between the run game and

741
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:53,080
Speaker 3: the passing game. Even though the Bill's secondary man like,

742
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 3: they've been locking it down. They've been one of the

743
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,640
Speaker 3: best passing defenses in the NFL since Week ten. So

744
00:34:58,719 --> 00:35:00,800
Speaker 3: it's like you're looking at a team that doesn't allow

745
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,880
Speaker 3: much of the past, but Drever Lawrence having these many weapons,

746
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,240
Speaker 3: they're gonna have their hands full with this offense.

747
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, Like I guess I think he's part of what

748
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,279
Speaker 1: has made him so effective is getting out of the

749
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,919
Speaker 1: pocket and being a scrambler. Being a runner has helped

750
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 1: him a lot because now all of a sudden, you

751
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 1: do have to pay attention to that, and that does.

752
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,640
Speaker 2: Open some things up. And if you're gonna play.

753
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 1: Man defense, Trevor can take off and make something happen.

754
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: And we know the Bills have struggled against the run.

755
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 2: Yeah.

756
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 4: I go back and forth between saying whoever wins this

757
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 4: game is gonna win the AFC, and also pointing out

758
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 4: that like on this eight game winning streak by the Jacks,

759
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 4: I don't want to be disrespectful, but it's kind of

760
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:43,840
Speaker 4: Patriots like, like outside of the Broncos, I'm just saying, like,

761
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 4: they beat Brady Brady Cook, they beat Riley Leonard, they

762
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 4: beat cam Ward, and then they beat Brandon Allen, Like

763
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,400
Speaker 4: outside of that Broncos game, in this eight game winning streak,

764
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,480
Speaker 4: they haven't really been tested. Now, that's not their fault.

765
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 4: They can only play who's in front of them. But

766
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 4: I think if they win this game, they win the AFC.

767
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 4: I also think it's possible they come out and uh

768
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 4: it's they not that they look like they're old selves,

769
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:10,839
Speaker 4: but like they don't look how they've looked the last

770
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:12,880
Speaker 4: eight weeks. I have no idea which way this is

771
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 4: gonna go.

772
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: I think that's why that Broncos game, though, was such

773
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 1: an eye opener for a lot of people, because I

774
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:18,799
Speaker 1: think a lot of people were sort of looking at that,

775
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 1: right You're like, okay, yeah, sure, you beat the Carters

776
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 1: with overtime to beat the Cardinals, and you beat the Titans.

777
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 2: Okay, sure.

778
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 1: You mentioned they beat Riley Leonard h and the Colts.

779
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 1: They beat Brady Cook, so it was like, Okay, they

780
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: go to Denver, now what? And they went out and

781
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: absolutely handled the Broncos. And that's when everybody's like, oh.

782
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 4: I also, maybe it's just a meat thing.

783
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:39,880
Speaker 2: I think Denver's overrated as well.

784
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 1: I think Denver is a blade team. I think they're

785
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:44,720
Speaker 1: a good team. I don't think they're a great team.

786
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 3: Overrated though on their Yeah, I don't think they're the

787
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 3: best team.

788
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 2: In the AFC. They're not the best team in the AFC.

789
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,399
Speaker 3: I don't think we ever said that. I don't think

790
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 3: we ever they're the one.

791
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 4: See, like, I know a lot of people are giving

792
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 4: them really good hill like they're not. Like the AFC

793
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 4: I think is completely wide open, but every team outside

794
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 4: of one, I would argue it has not been battle

795
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,799
Speaker 4: tested in the playoffs. So we're gonna learn a lot

796
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 4: about these teams.

797
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, true, I think that's true. That's very true. Forty

798
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 2: nine ers at the Eagles.

799
00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 1: So I hesitate to ask LaQuan any questions about this game,

800
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:21,160
Speaker 1: but I will anyway. I mean, we know they're going

801
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:22,920
Speaker 1: to give the ball to Christian McCaffrey a lot. That

802
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:24,800
Speaker 1: tends to be the way of the world. They struggled

803
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: throwing the ball in Week eighteen against the Seahawks.

804
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 2: Trent Williams is banged up. We'll see if he's available.

805
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 1: And ready to go, because that's going to be a

806
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 1: big deal there. But will the Niners be able to

807
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,160
Speaker 1: throw the ball effectively against a good Philly defense?

808
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 3: Expose Turnity, please, this is the only time I'm going

809
00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:44,759
Speaker 3: to be signing with the Eagles. Expose him. I do

810
00:37:44,800 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 3: you think that matchup player? I like some players, but

811
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 3: names listen man, and there's certain players that your organization

812
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 3: like to prop up and they be in my DMS.

813
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 3: Your fan base is the out there possible. I am

814
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,760
Speaker 3: on wax saying that. But let's get to the question

815
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 3: at hand. I think at the end of the day

816
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 3: that we're going to see a lot of Christian McCaffrey.

817
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 3: That's going to be your star studded player. I don't

818
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 3: think that the narrative, the headlines of all this is

819
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:18,000
Speaker 3: going to be Brock Purdy. I do think at the

820
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,520
Speaker 3: end of the day, Christian McCaffrey is going to show like, hey,

821
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 3: I could take over a game. Still I can still

822
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 3: be the workhorse of this.

823
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 2: Backdate, no comeback player of the year.

824
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 3: I told you he's locked that up since October.

825
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: Like Matthew Stafford, job, why are all your races done

826
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 1: since October?

827
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 4: Done since the season games in November?

828
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,919
Speaker 2: What was this look?

829
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,920
Speaker 3: I would say this Christian McCaffrey, I was completely wrong on,

830
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:49,799
Speaker 3: But I think this game comes down to him. Like,

831
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,240
Speaker 3: I don't think this is going to be a heavy

832
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,759
Speaker 3: passing game because the Eagles have been locking it down

833
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:55,920
Speaker 3: these last couple of weeks in terms of allowing these

834
00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 3: pass catchers to get loose on them. So I think

835
00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 3: it's going to be a very difficult task for this

836
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 3: all should throw it the ball.

837
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I agree.

838
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 1: I just think the Philly pass rush again, if Trent

839
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: Williams isn't there, uh, perty's going to be under pressure

840
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 1: from that side all day long, you know. And Joel

841
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,360
Speaker 1: and Jane's a nice piece, but he's not necessarily a

842
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:17,960
Speaker 1: world beater.

843
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 2: If they're throwing it a lot and successful, you're.

844
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:21,919
Speaker 3: Sure why receiver one?

845
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:27,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean he is, and he's your third target.

846
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:28,359
Speaker 2: That's sort of the.

847
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:31,800
Speaker 1: Difference between like a number one pitcher and an ace

848
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 1: like it is. But he's right, he's a number three

849
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 1: target behind like McCaffrey and Kittle, you know, and then

850
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,720
Speaker 1: we'll see if Ricky Piersoll is healthy.

851
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 2: That's why he's overrated.

852
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 3: You know that, right, That's why who Turty is overrated?

853
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 4: Man, you have just.

854
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 1: The guy whose team runs fifty eleven tight end screams

855
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:50,239
Speaker 1: and he throws.

856
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,280
Speaker 2: One yard touchdowns all day. Like, what are you doing?

857
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:55,320
Speaker 4: What are you doing touchdowns?

858
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: You text us every week about how upset you are

859
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:04,720
Speaker 1: at the thirteen different tight end screens that Matthew Stafford throws.

860
00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 2: He throws from the one yard line, Like you need

861
00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 2: to drink some water. You guys are gonna drink some

862
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:11,759
Speaker 2: water right now.

863
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:15,760
Speaker 3: Stafford literally leads the league in the longest touching passing

864
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 3: touchdown among all the quarterbacks. Like we're looking at Stafford

865
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 3: being able to score from anywhere on the field. And

866
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,879
Speaker 3: that was a touchdown, the two two at Well. Yes,

867
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 3: it was only twenty plus air yards on it, but

868
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:26,720
Speaker 3: at the end.

869
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 4: Of the day, he could still score.

870
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 2: He could still.

871
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,120
Speaker 3: Score from anywhere. Like, let's not get this messed up.

872
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:33,720
Speaker 2: So it's a two two out Well touchdown.

873
00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I love how you guys stirred the pot. You

874
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,400
Speaker 3: brought it up, man, you brought you I was not

875
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 3: complaining about the layups. I was complaining about the tight

876
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,600
Speaker 3: end screens. It's literally the worst play in all of NFL.

877
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:50,879
Speaker 3: I hate when it works. I hate when it doesn't work.

878
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,759
Speaker 1: You said that because he's because perty is throwing to

879
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: see himc and Kittle, that makes him overrated. Yeah, your

880
00:40:57,680 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 1: quarterback throws a lot of tight end screens and one

881
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: yard touchdown.

882
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:04,680
Speaker 3: Because of his coach tight ends coach in Washington. So

883
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:09,239
Speaker 3: obviously now he's just like exploding with this personal with

884
00:41:09,280 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 3: these tight ends.

885
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 2: It is what it is. So Matthew Stafford is a

886
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:16,759
Speaker 2: Sean McVay creation. I hate you. I'm I'm just using

887
00:41:16,800 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 2: your work.

888
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,800
Speaker 4: He is a benefactor of the best infrastructure any quarterback

889
00:41:20,840 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 4: has in football.

890
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 2: Anyway, we can do this all day. Let's not.

891
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 1: Florial because the Niners struggle to stop the run, and that.

892
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 2: Is what the Eagles do.

893
00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 4: Well.

894
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: Will they even need to throw the ball regularly against

895
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 1: this Niner defense?

896
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:38,759
Speaker 4: I think so because the Niners defense has kind of

897
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:41,640
Speaker 4: tightened up against the run a little bit, right like

898
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 4: when they've played the Bears in that game the Bears

899
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:48,600
Speaker 4: drop thirty eight. DeAndre Swift led the Bears with fifty

900
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:52,080
Speaker 4: four rushing yards, Like, like mynung guy didn't have a ton.

901
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 4: I know that game, and then I go back to

902
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 4: the game prior to that, when they were able to

903
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:59,680
Speaker 4: shut down Jonathan Taylor, and look, I know the Eagles

904
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 4: are beasts. I think the Eagles will be able to

905
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 4: run the ball. But your secondary has been probably just

906
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,880
Speaker 4: as bad as your run defense. So I do think,

907
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,560
Speaker 4: especially to me, it comes down to your offense. Actually,

908
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,120
Speaker 4: like if your offense forces them to have to put

909
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:18,319
Speaker 4: up points, I think we'll see them throw the ball,

910
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 4: and I think they will be able to. But if

911
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 4: if you guys can't put up points, if it's looking

912
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 4: how it was a couple weeks ago for you guys

913
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:29,439
Speaker 4: then or week eighteen against Seattle, yeah, then it might

914
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 4: not be a game where they throw a ton.

915
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 1: If this game gets into the thirties, I think that's

916
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 1: the game the Niners want to play. I think that's

917
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 1: it because if it goes into it becomes a track

918
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,279
Speaker 1: meet back and forth. I think San Francisco sort of

919
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,320
Speaker 1: wins that way. If it is a low scoring, grind

920
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:48,719
Speaker 1: them out kind of game. I think San Francisco has

921
00:42:49,160 --> 00:42:50,760
Speaker 1: trouble with that, and I think they're going to struggle

922
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:51,319
Speaker 1: to stop the run.

923
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 2: I think the secondary actually is not bad.

924
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:55,840
Speaker 1: The problem with it is that the pass rush is terrible,

925
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:58,799
Speaker 1: so they're kind of left out there, just kind of

926
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 1: dangling for a long time.

927
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 4: That's Hey, have you guys seen those new commercials?

928
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:07,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, Warner schooling Puka, given Puka an education on his

929
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:08,800
Speaker 1: financial well being.

930
00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 4: If the players can get along, why can't the fans.

931
00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,040
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm willing to be generous to the Rams.

932
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 1: It's it's the other guy that apparently can't can't extend

933
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:19,280
Speaker 1: in alive branch.

934
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:25,359
Speaker 2: That's all I know. Anyway, Chargers are Patriots Florida. Choose

935
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,359
Speaker 2: your fighter, Justin Herbert or Drake May.

936
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 4: I'm gonna go with Drake May, partly because he has

937
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 4: two hands and a full offensive. But yeah, like that,

938
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,440
Speaker 4: that's really I do think the Chargers secondary is the

939
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 4: much tougher matchup of the two here. But the great

940
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 4: neutralizer is the Chargers offensive line, and they've really I

941
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 4: think if Herbert puts up numbers, it's gonna be a

942
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,440
Speaker 4: lot of quick passes and yak and that's when he

943
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 4: was in his bag kind of in the middle of

944
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 4: the year. I think defense has started to figure that

945
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,880
Speaker 4: out a little bit. And when you don't have the

946
00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 4: downfield presence, like, it's just easier to clog up closer

947
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 4: to the line of scrimmage. But I'll say it now,

948
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,719
Speaker 4: I don't think either one of these guys has a

949
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:10,359
Speaker 4: huge like performance. But I think I'm gonna go with May.

950
00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 4: But the only reason I don't think he has a

951
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 4: huge day is because I really respect that charger.

952
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:18,080
Speaker 1: Second Yeah, both these defenses are pretty good, especially their

953
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:21,840
Speaker 1: their secondaries. You know the Drake May thing. I know,

954
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,959
Speaker 1: we love his rushing ability. Obviously, it's a big big deal.

955
00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert had more rushing yards than Drake May this

956
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 1: year with this kind of a wild.

957
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 4: Statement because he had to know.

958
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 2: It's definitely out.

959
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:38,440
Speaker 1: Of necessity for sure, but yeah, he had more rushing

960
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:39,160
Speaker 1: yards than that.

961
00:44:39,200 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 3: I never want to see Justin Herbert run this much

962
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:42,840
Speaker 3: ever again, by the way, like.

963
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 2: Nor does Jim Harvard. I'm sure, seriously, I'm sure it does.

964
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,759
Speaker 4: Think that they built the whole all line to be

965
00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,919
Speaker 4: the strength of their team and then the stars got hurt.

966
00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:56,400
Speaker 1: It's just it evaporated, right, they lose Rayshawn Slater like

967
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,280
Speaker 1: preseason I think it was, and then they lose Joe Ault.

968
00:44:59,239 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 2: Like really Vegas blow. Wow?

969
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah yeah, discuss that hurt a lot.

970
00:45:06,360 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 5: Uh.

971
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:08,480
Speaker 1: Well, then let's talk about the guys lak on who

972
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:11,759
Speaker 1: we are expecting to run the football. Choose your fighter

973
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:13,800
Speaker 1: between o Marion Hampton and Trevion Henderson.

974
00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:17,399
Speaker 3: I gotta go Hampton because we talked about handicaps. Because

975
00:45:17,480 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 3: Vermandre Stevenson is a league winner, hands down, I mean

976
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:23,279
Speaker 3: out of nowhere right, like how he finished it back

977
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:25,680
Speaker 3: in the season. We know he earned his keep. No

978
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 3: matter how many fumbles this guys have, he's going to

979
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:30,360
Speaker 3: be involved in this backfield. So I got to go

980
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,280
Speaker 3: to Martin Hampton, who's probably going to be their workhorse

981
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:35,879
Speaker 3: in this game where it's a difficult task for both

982
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:38,800
Speaker 3: of these running backs really against this defense, against either defense,

983
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:40,839
Speaker 3: I should say against the run game. So I think

984
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:44,320
Speaker 3: Hampton looks a little bit more better in a DFS

985
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 3: lineup than a Trevion Henderson where you're just going to

986
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:50,040
Speaker 3: be banking on like one of these explosive plays to happen,

987
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:53,440
Speaker 3: which may not happen, but it comes down to a

988
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:55,200
Speaker 3: Marion Hampton not having a handicap.

989
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:59,880
Speaker 2: All right, Yeah, I don't know.

990
00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:02,839
Speaker 1: I don't really love either one of these guys in

991
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:06,120
Speaker 1: this game. I think I think this is gonna be

992
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:08,520
Speaker 1: kind of a lower scoring game. It seems like I

993
00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 1: would have the potential to, you know, maybe turn into

994
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:13,920
Speaker 1: a track meet, But I don't know. Something tells me

995
00:46:13,960 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 1: there's not gonna be a lot of points.

996
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:17,040
Speaker 4: No surprise there.

997
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's why I kin didn't ask you because I

998
00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 1: kind of knew where that was gonna go.

999
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:24,640
Speaker 3: Well, again, it's not out of the question that he

1000
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:26,400
Speaker 3: can't blow one for like eighty rs.

1001
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:29,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's kind of Chargers.

1002
00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,400
Speaker 4: Are really good against receivers and tight ends too, so

1003
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:33,200
Speaker 4: I think we get a lot of Trevion in the passing.

1004
00:46:34,760 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, that wouldn't surprise me.

1005
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:38,399
Speaker 3: Charges miss tackles are at a high rate as well.

1006
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 1: So, I mean, the way the Patriots offense is currently

1007
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 1: constructed for Travion to have a big game, he's got

1008
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 1: a break at least one or two explosive plays.

1009
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:50,640
Speaker 4: Luckily, the charges a lot a lot of explosive runs

1010
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:51,040
Speaker 4: this year.

1011
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 2: There's that.

1012
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:55,800
Speaker 1: There's that Speaking of points, Texans at Steelers Florida.

1013
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 2: Will we have actual points in this game.

1014
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:00,960
Speaker 4: It might be first to twelve or few team wins.

1015
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:05,080
Speaker 4: It's gonna be a I do think it's possible that

1016
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 4: Houston puts up. Like to me, this is either going

1017
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:10,160
Speaker 4: to go one of two ways, right Like, it's either

1018
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:11,879
Speaker 4: going to be a muck them up game where it's

1019
00:47:11,920 --> 00:47:14,319
Speaker 4: like very low points and it comes down to the end.

1020
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:17,879
Speaker 4: And if you're Mike Tomlin, you're feeling all giddy right now,

1021
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:20,240
Speaker 4: right like that is the game you were born to coach.

1022
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:23,400
Speaker 4: But I also think it's possible where it's something like

1023
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:25,239
Speaker 4: what we saw the Texans due to the Chargers where

1024
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:27,680
Speaker 4: they just hit a couple of big strikes and they

1025
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 4: get all of their points and yards in like two

1026
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:33,759
Speaker 4: chunk plays because they're there. Texans offense is big play

1027
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:36,200
Speaker 4: or bust, right Like, they're awful in the red zone.

1028
00:47:36,239 --> 00:47:39,240
Speaker 4: They don't have a good rushing attack there, they don't

1029
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:42,800
Speaker 4: consistently move the chain, so it's all home run or bust.

1030
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,840
Speaker 4: But the Steelers have struggled downfield against speedy receivers, so

1031
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,040
Speaker 4: like Nico Collins could win that one or one of

1032
00:47:49,040 --> 00:47:51,840
Speaker 4: those Iowa State guys. And they've also really struggled against

1033
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,719
Speaker 4: tight ends. So I think Dalton Schultz could have a

1034
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:57,879
Speaker 4: couple of big plays. But if it goes, if they

1035
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:00,200
Speaker 4: connect on a couple of deep balls, I don't think

1036
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:01,880
Speaker 4: the Steelers will be able to match points.

1037
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 2: Again. This is another thing where you're right.

1038
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 1: If the Texans get out and score a few, you know,

1039
00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:08,080
Speaker 1: some points early, get a couple of touchdowns early. I

1040
00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 1: think the Steelers are cooked. Their offense is just not

1041
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 1: built to come back. But all that being said, lacon Ken,

1042
00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:17,279
Speaker 1: Kenneth Gagwell stay hot.

1043
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:20,839
Speaker 3: Yes, because in the last five weeks we have not

1044
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 3: seen him have less than fifty percent into snaps and

1045
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 3: double digit opportunities, which keeps him in the mix of

1046
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,280
Speaker 3: having like startable like in these DFS lineups, with Kenneth

1047
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:33,160
Speaker 3: Gamewell being so explosive, being involved in the past a

1048
00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 3: game like if we want this Steelers offense to keep

1049
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:39,480
Speaker 3: up with whatever version of CJ. Strow we get, because

1050
00:48:39,560 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 3: you still have Nico Collins on the other side of

1051
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:43,799
Speaker 3: that perimeter. So I think, at the end of the day,

1052
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:47,279
Speaker 3: if this offense wants to keep up or be competitive,

1053
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:49,880
Speaker 3: or to have these explosive plays on the table, Kenneth

1054
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:52,440
Speaker 3: Gamewill has to be a major piece in this offense.

1055
00:48:53,080 --> 00:48:57,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's well, he's been a major piece because necessity,

1056
00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: they've absolutely needed him. The good news for the Steelers,

1057
00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 1: DK Metcalf will be back for this game, so you know.

1058
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 4: And I'm telling him, go earn your key in the

1059
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:09,960
Speaker 4: last two weeks.

1060
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, man, we need something from you, like you.

1061
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:16,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, legs man, go out there and earn it.

1062
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 1: Let's go get it, all right, let's go through quickly,

1063
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:22,560
Speaker 1: and you pick winners for this game. Rams at Panthers

1064
00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,960
Speaker 1: started with you o Q, Like I don't know, at

1065
00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 1: least put it on record, damn it, just say it

1066
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:31,240
Speaker 1: out loud, Florial.

1067
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:33,760
Speaker 4: He No, I'm going with the Rams.

1068
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's Rams here the Kuan Packers at Bears Packers.

1069
00:49:40,239 --> 00:49:43,319
Speaker 4: Okay, I actually am going with the Packers as well,

1070
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:45,400
Speaker 4: but I would not be surprised at all if the

1071
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:49,960
Speaker 4: Bears have like the flukiest, craziest playoff when you could think.

1072
00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 1: Of I'm gonna take the Bears because I think something

1073
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:53,320
Speaker 1: fluky and crazy is.

1074
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:56,839
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna take I'm gonna take the.

1075
00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:59,719
Speaker 1: Bears, all right, Floya start with you for Bill's Jaguars,

1076
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:01,400
Speaker 1: Like I don't know I'm going.

1077
00:50:01,160 --> 00:50:03,680
Speaker 4: With the Bills, but this is a tough one. I'll

1078
00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:05,400
Speaker 4: say it again. I think whoever wins this might win

1079
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:07,359
Speaker 4: the AFC, all right, LQ.

1080
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:08,640
Speaker 2: Jags.

1081
00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:10,840
Speaker 3: I think they're a more complete team, to be honest,

1082
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 3: even with Josh Allen on the other side, it's it

1083
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:14,600
Speaker 3: has to be the Jags.

1084
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna take the Bills because Josh is

1085
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:20,839
Speaker 1: gonna do something crazy, heroic, because I think that's how

1086
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:22,719
Speaker 1: it's gonna have to work for them to win, is

1087
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:24,600
Speaker 1: just Josh just puts the whole team on his back.

1088
00:50:25,160 --> 00:50:28,400
Speaker 2: Uh, forty nine Ers at Eagles, you know, taking the

1089
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:34,120
Speaker 2: forty nine ers, just leave it back. You're taking the Eagles, Florida.

1090
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:34,799
Speaker 2: You get to be the time.

1091
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 4: I'm going to go Eagles, but I'm going to be

1092
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:37,719
Speaker 4: rooting for you guys.

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00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:40,560
Speaker 1: All right, just to see you, just to see it's

1094
00:50:40,600 --> 00:50:42,279
Speaker 1: it's all about you, LQ. He just wants to see

1095
00:50:42,320 --> 00:50:43,359
Speaker 1: your reaction to this whole thing.

1096
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:43,960
Speaker 2: That's all it is.

1097
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:47,680
Speaker 4: Over forty nine ers rams NFC Championship.

1098
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:50,279
Speaker 2: You'll know my mood Saturday night.

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00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:54,360
Speaker 1: That would be wild. That'll be wild, all right. Lakwan

1100
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 1: Chargers at Patriots.

1101
00:50:56,200 --> 00:51:01,360
Speaker 3: This one's actually tough. I'm probably gonna lean Patrio just

1102
00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 3: just like this feels like the Chargers are going to

1103
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:06,000
Speaker 3: be the Chargers where they always shoot theirselves in the

1104
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:09,600
Speaker 3: foot in the most important game. So maybe justin Herbert

1105
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:11,480
Speaker 3: throws four interceptions in this game, who knows?

1106
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:15,080
Speaker 2: All right, who you got, Floria, I'm going.

1107
00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:18,160
Speaker 4: With the Patriots, but I just think the Chargers are

1108
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:21,480
Speaker 4: they're with they're a lie issues their backs against the

1109
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:22,600
Speaker 4: wall in that sense.

1110
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:25,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, that and the Patriots being at home. I'm gonna

1111
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:28,400
Speaker 1: take the Patriots in that one too. Last one Lakwan

1112
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:29,560
Speaker 1: Texans at Steelers.

1113
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:34,600
Speaker 3: Steelers, I mean, shout out the quab Our producer. I'm

1114
00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 3: supporting him in this decision. I don't like this game

1115
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:40,880
Speaker 3: is nasty to me, honestly, Like like Florio said, first and.

1116
00:51:40,920 --> 00:51:45,040
Speaker 4: Twelve, Yeah, Floria, you got Speaking of Kuav he was

1117
00:51:45,120 --> 00:51:47,960
Speaker 4: he emailed me the questions like we're going over on

1118
00:51:48,040 --> 00:51:49,840
Speaker 4: Sunday show and for this game, it's just pick a

1119
00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:54,840
Speaker 4: winner the Texans there though, I'm gonna.

1120
00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:57,600
Speaker 2: Take the Texans this game. Actually, I like the Texans.

1121
00:51:57,200 --> 00:51:59,520
Speaker 1: Somehow broke out of their normal like first game on

1122
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:01,200
Speaker 1: Saturday a time slot.

1123
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:04,480
Speaker 2: This game should have been in that time slot.

1124
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 4: The only reason is they need a four or five

1125
00:52:08,040 --> 00:52:11,319
Speaker 4: on Monday, and they weren't putting Rams Panthers on Monday night.

1126
00:52:11,440 --> 00:52:11,960
Speaker 2: They should have.

1127
00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:15,600
Speaker 3: They had a great weekend, chill, cool, calm and collected.

1128
00:52:15,840 --> 00:52:18,359
Speaker 1: Honestly, think I would rather see that game. And I know,

1129
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:20,480
Speaker 1: I guess because the you know, the number on that

1130
00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:22,520
Speaker 1: one is kind of large, So I guess that's the

1131
00:52:22,560 --> 00:52:25,560
Speaker 1: reason why. But Texan Steelers feels like, Man, I'm gonna

1132
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:26,400
Speaker 1: just I don't know.

1133
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:27,320
Speaker 2: This would be background.

1134
00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:31,399
Speaker 4: The Panthers being on Saturday is the only way they

1135
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:34,680
Speaker 4: have a chance because they're there. They got an extra

1136
00:52:34,719 --> 00:52:37,320
Speaker 4: day's rest compared to the Rams because they played on Saturday,

1137
00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:39,279
Speaker 4: and the Rams gotta go cross country. I think that

1138
00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:42,080
Speaker 4: keeps it competitive, that makes them have a fighting chance.

1139
00:52:42,360 --> 00:52:45,920
Speaker 1: Honestly, why Packers Bears isn't the Monday night game like

1140
00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:46,480
Speaker 1: that would have been a.

1141
00:52:46,480 --> 00:52:47,399
Speaker 2: Great Monday day.

1142
00:52:47,920 --> 00:52:53,920
Speaker 4: Apparently there was an article written and NFL through Amazon

1143
00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:56,640
Speaker 4: and bone pretty much was the explanation I got in

1144
00:52:56,680 --> 00:52:57,200
Speaker 4: the article.

1145
00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:01,520
Speaker 1: All right, all right, again, these decisions are where well

1146
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 1: above our pay grade.

1147
00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:03,480
Speaker 2: So whatever.

1148
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:07,399
Speaker 1: Anyway, I look at the wildcard weekend. Of course we'll

1149
00:53:07,400 --> 00:53:10,280
Speaker 1: be back next week to recap that and get you ready.

1150
00:53:10,080 --> 00:53:11,479
Speaker 2: For whatever's coming up. But we're not done.

1151
00:53:11,719 --> 00:53:13,200
Speaker 1: Take a quick break, come back and we'll give you

1152
00:53:13,239 --> 00:53:16,040
Speaker 1: our DFS preview for the weekend. We set some lineups

1153
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:17,480
Speaker 1: to let you know how they look. That's coming up

1154
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:25,040
Speaker 1: on the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast, Time for Who Will Deliver,

1155
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:28,160
Speaker 1: presented by Uber Eat. When football makes you hungry, order

1156
00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:33,800
Speaker 1: Uber Eats. We did some wildcard weekend DFS lineups. Lakwan,

1157
00:53:34,239 --> 00:53:36,240
Speaker 1: you just like to start with who you put together.

1158
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:39,520
Speaker 3: So I went value here, like I got some names

1159
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:42,120
Speaker 3: in here and that aren't traditional, like big names like

1160
00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:44,520
Speaker 3: you got Terrence Ferguson. I think this is where Sean

1161
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:47,560
Speaker 3: McVay just unlocks him and unleashes him completely and with

1162
00:53:47,719 --> 00:53:53,000
Speaker 3: who person, Hey, no, deep deep with Terrence Ferguson. It's

1163
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:56,560
Speaker 3: not Kobe Parkinson, mister screen or Davis Allen dropped the ball.

1164
00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:59,480
Speaker 3: But anyway, I went with the running backs that I

1165
00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:01,799
Speaker 3: feel like are to have high performances. I think Josh

1166
00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:04,360
Speaker 3: Jacobs puts up a ton in the flex position and

1167
00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:06,520
Speaker 3: be a guy that's going to be in striking distance

1168
00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:08,600
Speaker 3: and it's a skill at this point, right He's going

1169
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:11,480
Speaker 3: to score a lot of touchdowns. Traves etn Saquon Barkley.

1170
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:13,880
Speaker 3: I think they have amazing rushing days. And then the

1171
00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:16,160
Speaker 3: wide receivers. You know, I had to get my anchor

1172
00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:18,760
Speaker 3: and there mister offensive player of the year, Pookin Nakool

1173
00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:20,799
Speaker 3: And then I went with some value plays where I

1174
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:22,960
Speaker 3: was kind of surprised to see Jalen Coker only at

1175
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,400
Speaker 3: forty five hundred, where he kind of lit us up

1176
00:54:25,480 --> 00:54:27,719
Speaker 3: last time they played. So I look at Jalen Coker

1177
00:54:27,719 --> 00:54:29,759
Speaker 3: as a sneaky guy in there. Maybe a flex play

1178
00:54:29,920 --> 00:54:31,799
Speaker 3: where I think this is a solid lineup to bring

1179
00:54:31,840 --> 00:54:33,840
Speaker 3: home the goal for a couple of folks.

1180
00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:38,120
Speaker 1: All right, all right, so you definitely some value spots

1181
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:39,640
Speaker 1: in there are some spots where you spend big.

1182
00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:43,600
Speaker 2: I like it. Florida. What is your DFS lineup for

1183
00:54:43,640 --> 00:54:44,000
Speaker 2: the week?

1184
00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:46,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, I went with Jalen Hurts. I think he's going

1185
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:48,040
Speaker 4: to be running more. The Eagles knew they had this

1186
00:54:48,080 --> 00:54:50,200
Speaker 4: division wrapped up for a while now, so I think

1187
00:54:50,239 --> 00:54:52,839
Speaker 4: they were just like, don't run, don't we don't want

1188
00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:54,480
Speaker 4: to get you hurt. But I think in the playoffs

1189
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:56,400
Speaker 4: we see him running a lot more. I think the

1190
00:54:56,440 --> 00:54:59,239
Speaker 4: same thing with Kyrien Williams right like, I think the

1191
00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:02,160
Speaker 4: Rams were very vocal that we want him healthy in

1192
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:04,120
Speaker 4: the playoffs. But this is when you set your best

1193
00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:07,360
Speaker 4: players free, and the Panthers are a great matchup Travon.

1194
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:09,279
Speaker 4: I think he gets used in the passing game. I

1195
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:10,879
Speaker 4: think it wouldn't be surprised if he hits a home

1196
00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:13,759
Speaker 4: run or two. In fact, on the Insider said he

1197
00:55:13,800 --> 00:55:16,720
Speaker 4: was the most important Patriot this weekend in my opinion,

1198
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:19,920
Speaker 4: Pooka Nakua for the reasons LaQuan said, Aj Brown to

1199
00:55:19,960 --> 00:55:22,319
Speaker 4: complete the stack with Jalen Hurts, he's been the go

1200
00:55:22,400 --> 00:55:25,680
Speaker 4: to guy, four Hurtz, Christian Watson. I think it's the

1201
00:55:25,680 --> 00:55:28,160
Speaker 4: most important Packer right Like when they beat the Bears,

1202
00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:31,720
Speaker 4: he went off and the matchup indicates that he needs,

1203
00:55:31,800 --> 00:55:34,239
Speaker 4: I think, to have a big day. Don Schultz spoke

1204
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:36,680
Speaker 4: about him earlier that I think the Steelers really struggled

1205
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:39,000
Speaker 4: against tight ends. Spoke about Brandon Cook, so I was

1206
00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 4: able to get him in for really cheap and then

1207
00:55:41,040 --> 00:55:42,920
Speaker 4: I was able to get in what I think is

1208
00:55:42,960 --> 00:55:45,560
Speaker 4: the best defense in football this weekend and just in

1209
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:47,320
Speaker 4: general in the Houston Texans.

1210
00:55:47,560 --> 00:55:50,840
Speaker 1: All right, all right, so definitely some similarities there the

1211
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:54,560
Speaker 1: Puka thing for sure, a crossover there with the two

1212
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:55,120
Speaker 1: lineups there.

1213
00:55:55,160 --> 00:55:56,440
Speaker 2: For mine, I.

1214
00:55:56,400 --> 00:55:59,120
Speaker 1: Went back to Jordan Love as the quarterback there. Actually

1215
00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:01,880
Speaker 1: started with the running backs because I think both Saquon

1216
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:04,560
Speaker 1: Barkley and Kyron Williams are in line for really big days,

1217
00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:07,000
Speaker 1: so that actually I started building the lineup so I

1218
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:08,799
Speaker 1: could spin up a little bit for them and then

1219
00:56:08,840 --> 00:56:10,359
Speaker 1: kind of fill in the gap. So I went Jordan

1220
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:13,680
Speaker 1: lovet quarterback Nico Collins. I think has a really good

1221
00:56:13,719 --> 00:56:16,560
Speaker 1: matchup and to Florio's point, like they could hit a

1222
00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:18,640
Speaker 1: couple of big plays to him early in this game,

1223
00:56:18,960 --> 00:56:20,840
Speaker 1: maybe he finds the end zone. So I was willing

1224
00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:24,520
Speaker 1: to spend a little bit there Tenoro McMillan because I

1225
00:56:24,560 --> 00:56:26,080
Speaker 1: do think the Panthers are going to be in a

1226
00:56:26,120 --> 00:56:27,880
Speaker 1: situation where they got to throw the football and he

1227
00:56:27,960 --> 00:56:30,480
Speaker 1: is going to be the primary option there for Bryce Young,

1228
00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:32,600
Speaker 1: so I got him into a lineup Christian Watson because

1229
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:34,839
Speaker 1: I think he is the primary target.

1230
00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:35,120
Speaker 2: For Jordan Love.

1231
00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:36,960
Speaker 1: It also gave me a little bit of a Packers

1232
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:40,720
Speaker 1: stack there. Dalton Schultz seemed like the best tight end option,

1233
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:43,279
Speaker 1: especially for the value that you're getting there, so I

1234
00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:45,200
Speaker 1: threw him in there, and then Adam Blake Coorum.

1235
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:46,960
Speaker 2: So I do think the Rams are going to run

1236
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:48,400
Speaker 2: the football a lot. They're going to get down to

1237
00:56:48,400 --> 00:56:49,080
Speaker 2: the one, and.

1238
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:51,279
Speaker 1: Then Devontae Adams is going to vulture a touchdown away

1239
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:55,640
Speaker 1: from Kyron or Korum to move winners. Fan, Is that

1240
00:56:55,719 --> 00:56:58,080
Speaker 1: not what happens? Is that not how your offense operates.

1241
00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:01,640
Speaker 2: You get down to the one and then the Sean Bud.

1242
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:07,480
Speaker 1: Kilbo decides to call a pass play or something for

1243
00:57:07,480 --> 00:57:09,359
Speaker 1: the quarterback as opposed to the running back who did

1244
00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:11,400
Speaker 1: all the work. I mean, Kyrien Williams is Wendell Brown.

1245
00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:15,040
Speaker 1: Go watch Varsity Blues and you'll understand. Anyway, Lake corm

1246
00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:18,440
Speaker 1: is my flex. And then by the Patriots defense. I

1247
00:57:18,440 --> 00:57:20,240
Speaker 1: did love any of the defenses this week, but I

1248
00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:22,760
Speaker 1: love the Patriots seem like the best option. You mentioned

1249
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:26,040
Speaker 1: the offensive line there in Los Angeles for the Chargers,

1250
00:57:26,840 --> 00:57:28,880
Speaker 1: so I think they could get some pressure on Justin Herbert,

1251
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:31,840
Speaker 1: and so I liked the Patriots there as as my defense.

1252
00:57:31,960 --> 00:57:36,360
Speaker 1: So there it is our three lineups for Wildcard weekend

1253
00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:39,040
Speaker 1: if you were playing of the Daily Variety, So.

1254
00:57:39,040 --> 00:57:39,360
Speaker 2: There you go.

1255
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:42,480
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00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:45,520
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1258
00:57:48,640 --> 00:57:53,600
Speaker 2: Order. Now, hey, it's playoff time, everybody.

1259
00:57:54,480 --> 00:57:55,600
Speaker 4: I'm very nervous, man.

1260
00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:58,040
Speaker 2: Sorry, I was like in my I'm sorry, I was

1261
00:57:58,040 --> 00:57:58,360
Speaker 2: in my head.

1262
00:57:58,360 --> 00:57:59,960
Speaker 1: I was thinking about the movie The Warriors, you know,

1263
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:01,480
Speaker 1: to get they finally get back to Cody Island.

1264
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:04,600
Speaker 2: We fought all night to get back to this exactly.

1265
00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:08,360
Speaker 4: That's how it feels, man, because I'm so nervous. Like,

1266
00:58:09,200 --> 00:58:11,040
Speaker 4: maybe this is just my bias, but I'm like, I

1267
00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:13,600
Speaker 4: think Bill's Jags might be the toughest game to pick

1268
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:17,120
Speaker 4: this weekend. And uh, I'm not looking forward to Sunday morning.

1269
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:21,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, your Sunday could either be great or terrible,

1270
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:23,000
Speaker 1: depending on how things go.

1271
00:58:23,960 --> 00:58:25,120
Speaker 2: We'll see. Yeah.

1272
00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:27,800
Speaker 4: I wanted it Saturday night just to pull the band aid.

1273
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:29,960
Speaker 2: Just the system rim, just to be done with it. Yeah.

1274
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:30,320
Speaker 2: I don't know.

1275
00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:33,320
Speaker 1: I may just be like out and about and just

1276
00:58:33,320 --> 00:58:35,200
Speaker 1: try to check checking a Niner game on my phone.

1277
00:58:35,240 --> 00:58:37,160
Speaker 2: That might just be better for my own mental.

1278
00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:41,920
Speaker 4: Health that I your ability to do that. I have

1279
00:58:42,400 --> 00:58:43,480
Speaker 4: self control.

1280
00:58:43,480 --> 00:58:45,600
Speaker 3: If I do that. Rams are one hundred percent losing,

1281
00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:48,640
Speaker 3: like in center, I need to be in my living

1282
00:58:48,720 --> 00:58:50,920
Speaker 3: room twelve inches away from the screen.

1283
00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:53,280
Speaker 2: Are you at first quarters?

1284
00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:53,720
Speaker 4: Yes?

1285
00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:54,560
Speaker 3: I am that person.

1286
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:56,000
Speaker 2: This is intense. I pay.

1287
00:58:56,840 --> 00:58:58,800
Speaker 4: I have a like a ball that I like I'll

1288
00:58:58,840 --> 00:59:02,080
Speaker 4: throw off the floor, off my wall or ceiling like.

1289
00:59:03,320 --> 00:59:04,520
Speaker 2: But it's funny.

1290
00:59:04,680 --> 00:59:08,520
Speaker 1: I'm not that person for football. I am that way

1291
00:59:08,600 --> 00:59:13,800
Speaker 1: for for baseball. I have been that way for the

1292
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:15,600
Speaker 1: NBA when the Warriors had it going.

1293
00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:17,560
Speaker 2: I just I don't know for whatever.

1294
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:20,240
Speaker 1: Reason, Like I have not been that like pace the

1295
00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:21,440
Speaker 1: floor guy.

1296
00:59:21,680 --> 00:59:24,360
Speaker 2: For the NFL. I don't know why. I have no

1297
00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:26,520
Speaker 2: explanation for it. Just am't not for me.

1298
00:59:26,560 --> 00:59:29,120
Speaker 4: Football brings it out the most because it's it's that

1299
00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:32,160
Speaker 4: day and that's it, you know, Like every other series

1300
00:59:32,240 --> 00:59:36,480
Speaker 4: is like five game, seven games. So basketball playoffs make

1301
00:59:36,560 --> 00:59:38,280
Speaker 4: me hate opponents more than anything.

1302
00:59:39,960 --> 00:59:44,360
Speaker 1: As we can tell about your Tyrese Haliburton yet.

1303
00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:47,120
Speaker 2: But you're playing twenty five and basketball you're facing like eight.

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Speaker 4: If that Etsy Witch man, someone's bought an Etsy Wish

1305
00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:56,720
Speaker 4: Whitch against the Bills. I saw and I was like,

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00:59:57,120 --> 00:59:59,160
Speaker 4: it's not even a Jacks fan. It's like, oh, a

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Speaker 4: Patriots orders of course that it.

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Speaker 2: Had to be I had to be an NFC or

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Speaker 2: an a f C East.

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Speaker 4: Uh personal though, that's how you that that's the team

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Speaker 4: that they're afraid of.

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Speaker 1: Oh man, that Sea Witches are busy nowadays when the

1313
01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:16,000
Speaker 1: playoffs come run and Sea Witches seemed to seemed to

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01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:16,480
Speaker 1: get in.

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01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:17,040
Speaker 4: The wrong business.

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01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:18,840
Speaker 2: Right, get in on that hustle. How do I get

1317
01:00:18,840 --> 01:00:20,800
Speaker 2: in on that real? Right? That's what I need to do.

1318
01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:24,400
Speaker 2: That's what we look at this weekend while playoff games

1319
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:24,640
Speaker 2: are wrong.

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Speaker 4: You're to hire an et sea witch.

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01:00:26,720 --> 01:00:28,400
Speaker 2: I'm gonna becoming that sea witch. What are you talking

1322
01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:32,439
Speaker 2: about that? I'm trying to make that money. I don't care.

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01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:36,520
Speaker 4: Would you would you curse the forty nine ers if

1324
01:00:36,520 --> 01:00:37,440
Speaker 4: someone paid you to?

1325
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:38,439
Speaker 2: You paid me enough?

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01:00:38,520 --> 01:00:38,720
Speaker 4: Sure?

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01:00:41,240 --> 01:00:41,560
Speaker 2: How much?

1328
01:00:41,560 --> 01:00:43,360
Speaker 4: Would you curse the Rams?

1329
01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:43,920
Speaker 2: Free?

1330
01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:45,520
Speaker 4: What for the Rams?

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01:00:45,560 --> 01:00:47,520
Speaker 2: Never? Never? I would never do that. No, but he

1332
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:51,120
Speaker 2: was huge of nineers for free. He doesn't curse a

1333
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:54,800
Speaker 2: right like you give me. Everybody's got a price, everybody's

1334
01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:55,840
Speaker 2: got money.

1335
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Speaker 4: Sorry, Josh, I love you, everybody's got a price. No, No, come, Look,

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01:01:02,880 --> 01:01:04,680
Speaker 4: I love Josh and the Bills, but I love my

1337
01:01:04,720 --> 01:01:05,280
Speaker 4: family more.

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Speaker 1: You know, seriously, that Quan, your favorite team doesn't love you. Back,

1339
01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:12,800
Speaker 1: so at some point there is a price.

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Speaker 3: They sent me the Aaron Donald Gold edition. This was

1341
01:01:17,240 --> 01:01:18,840
Speaker 3: enough love their favorite team.

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01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:21,640
Speaker 1: That ask Rams fans who were here in the late

1343
01:01:21,720 --> 01:01:24,200
Speaker 1: nineties when the team they loved went out for cigarettes

1344
01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:25,040
Speaker 1: and never came back.

1345
01:01:25,680 --> 01:01:27,040
Speaker 2: They team they.

1346
01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:29,560
Speaker 3: Came back when the child was good in high school

1347
01:01:29,600 --> 01:01:32,360
Speaker 3: as sport and became a supporting father.

1348
01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:39,040
Speaker 1: How did that work out for Shaquille O'Neil's dad, Just saying,

1349
01:01:40,000 --> 01:01:42,760
Speaker 1: and on that really dark note, that'll do it for

1350
01:01:42,800 --> 01:01:43,720
Speaker 1: this edition of the NFL.

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Speaker 2: Stay happy, do good, live well, enjoy the playoffs. Everybody

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01:01:48,440 --> 01:02:04,200
Speaker 2: wants talk to you again on Tuesday. Bob Count Help,

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01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:05,040
Speaker 2: Bob

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Speaker 4: Count help, h