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Speaker 1: big reason why LA's star running back and Walter Payton

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Speaker 1: needed first round by Pro Bowl defensive lineman Zach Allen

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Speaker 1: care of business against the Chargers. Welcome inside with the

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Speaker 1: Inside Tiers presented by Progressive Insurance alongside Ian Rappidport. I

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Speaker 1: am Tom Pellisero. Believe it or not, folks, we are

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Speaker 1: on the eve of the final weekend of regular season

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Speaker 2: Let's get rolling right now.

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Speaker 1: Bill's quarterback Josh Allen back on the practice field earlier today,

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Speaker 2: Limited today.

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Speaker 1: Buffalo is already locked into a wildcard spot, so not

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Speaker 1: Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love cleared concussion protocol earlier this week,

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Speaker 1: Packers are completely locked in. They're the number seven seed

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Speaker 3: Meanwhile, Lamar Jackson is officially back. Been a long road,

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Speaker 3: longer road than probably we expected with a back injury

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Speaker 3: that the Baltimore Ravens thought would put Lamar Jackson back

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Speaker 3: of the mild last week did not happen, but they

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Speaker 2: For this week.

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Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson a full participant every single day of practice

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Speaker 3: Watt is back on the field. Number was partially collapsed

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Speaker 3: Described himself as excited to play, and I know you

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Speaker 2: TNF over for the season.

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Speaker 1: So how about some week fourteen Steelers Ravens highlights ahead

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Speaker 1: of the rematch. Aaron Rodgers, Lamar Jackson back. Last month

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Speaker 1: first quarter Steelers down three to nothing. Aaron Rodgers can't

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Speaker 1: twenty seven to twenty two. Lamar Jackson going to Isaiah

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Speaker 1: As we bring in our Steve Whitz to the conversation. Now,

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Speaker 1: Watt had missed several weeks after undergoing a procedure to

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Speaker 4: Absolutely sounds super excited to play, and you understand why

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Speaker 4: Watt tends to play very well against the Baltimore Ravens.

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Speaker 4: I was at that Week fourteen game and him and

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Speaker 1: Never makes breathing a whole lot easier when you're wearing

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Speaker 1: all that padding out there on the football field. Ian

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers had a little extra padding on that left

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Speaker 3: No, Tom, if you thought that three or maybe four

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Speaker 2: He would be wrong. You would be way wrong. Take

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Speaker 3: I'm just saying if you were, take the under, because

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Speaker 3: I wouldn't be surprised if there's another offseason of certainty

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Speaker 2: Good reasons this time.

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Speaker 3: Yes, he is in his forties, Yes he is going

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Speaker 3: If you need one, why would you not have the

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Speaker 3: He is the Walter Payton Man of the Year club winner.

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Speaker 6: You know everything?

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Speaker 7: To me, Like you said, Ian, it's not about exactly

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Speaker 7: I love everything that goes into it, the work, the practices,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm want to ask you about a guy who

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Speaker 5: It's gonna be great.

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Speaker 3: A big part of the core of the Los Angeles

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Speaker 3: rams as are you, Karen. Thank you very much for

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Speaker 2: Should be a very, very fun ride.

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Speaker 1: Forty nine Ers Seahawks Saturday night, the number one seed

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Speaker 1: Whites with me Tom Piliso here on the Insiders. Steve

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Speaker 4: quarterback Rock Purty and speaking to fullback Kyle Yuschek, he said, look,

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Speaker 1: we've seen so for the Seahawks defense, Steve, that has

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Speaker 1: They're already in the playoffs at eleven and five, eight

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Speaker 1: consecutive wins.

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Speaker 2: If they were to win.

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Speaker 1: On Sunday, and if the Jaguars lose on Sunday, the

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Speaker 1: Texans would once again be AFC South champs. If not,

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Speaker 1: they are going to be going on the road for

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Speaker 1: a wild card playoff game. Let's welcome in our Jane

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Speaker 1: Slater to the conversation. Jane, we know that the defense

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Speaker 1: for the Texans has been their hallmark through this season

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Speaker 1: since Matt Burke took over the play call, and they've

447
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Speaker 1: been as good as anybody in the NFL. Take me

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Speaker 1: through though the growth that they've had on the offensive

449
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Speaker 1: side of the ball, where it seems like the further

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Speaker 1: the season has gone along, the more comfortable everyone's getting

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Speaker 1: with Nick Kaylee's scheme.

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Speaker 9: Kind of like some of our issues here technically, Tom,

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Speaker 9: it's been a process. You know, they started slow, but

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Speaker 9: we're going to finish strong. When you listen to c. J.

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Speaker 9: Stroud the Houston Texans QB, he talks about just schematically

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Speaker 9: and mentally some of the changes that have taken place

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Speaker 9: this season. And when you talk to him about that

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Speaker 9: game against the Chargers last week. He will tell you

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Speaker 9: that was one of their best games. He really talked

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Speaker 9: about their process. He said it was the right checks, calls, motion, timing, cadence, everything. Mentally,

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Speaker 9: he says he's learned to move past mistakes quicker and

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Speaker 9: stay grounded in success. The development young receivers like Jayden

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Speaker 9: Higgins and Jalen Nole have also helped. And you know,

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Speaker 9: talking to Dol ahead of this, what he says for

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Speaker 9: him personally, he knew how defenses operated, but at this

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Speaker 9: level it was getting more comfortable with the post snap

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Speaker 9: operation and just being quick on his toes. He says,

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Speaker 9: run after catch is important against the Colts on Sunday,

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Speaker 9: finding those soft zones. And this is a team Tom

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Speaker 9: that really is finding its way. He pointed to the

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Speaker 9: oh and three, the three and five start, and now

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Speaker 9: here they are eleven and five looking to improve their seating,

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Speaker 9: but they are in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: Colts mean well started seven and one, they were eight

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Speaker 1: and two at the buy. Now a six game skid.

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Speaker 1: They're out a playoff contention, which means no more. Philip

477
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Speaker 1: Rivers old man Rivers story is over after three games.

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Speaker 1: Riley Leonard, the rookie from Notre Dame gets to start

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, Jane, How did the Texans prepare for a

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Speaker 1: guy that they don't really have a whole lot of

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Speaker 1: NFL tape on.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, it's so stunning when you look at this team.

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Speaker 9: We were just talking about the Texans that started off slow.

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Speaker 9: Let's talk about the Colts. You know, they went off

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Speaker 9: to an eight and two start, then they were owens

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Speaker 9: after the buye, they saw their quarterback go down and

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Speaker 9: you know, Anthony Richardson ended up on IR with an

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Speaker 9: eye injury. They went from winning four big games by

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Speaker 9: twenty one plus points to going three and six and

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Speaker 9: one score games. Now, it would be easy for this

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Speaker 9: locker room to sort of get down, But I talked

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Speaker 9: to Colt's quarterback, Kittie wore the second this week. He's

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Speaker 9: not going to be one of them. He told me

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Speaker 9: he's wearing twenty three because it.

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Speaker 2: Means something to him. He went to a small school,

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Speaker 2: he was.

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Speaker 9: Behind the eight ball and said playing in this league

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Speaker 9: means something to him, but it also means something for

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Speaker 9: their future. This weekend, as you said, Riley Leonard is

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Speaker 9: getting the start. This will be his first time we've

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Speaker 9: seen him play. You know, at times this season. Probably

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Speaker 9: the most that we saw was against the Jaguars earlier

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Speaker 9: this year. And when I talked to Daniel Hunter with

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Speaker 9: the Texans, I said, he doesn't have a lot of film.

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Speaker 2: How do you prepare for him?

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Speaker 9: He says, it's just important that they stick to the fundamentals.

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Speaker 1: He's got size, he's got athletic ability, he's got a

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Speaker 1: big arm. I think it a wild guest to Neil.

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Speaker 1: Hunter may just want to make sure he doesn't escape

510
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Speaker 1: the pocket, because inside the Neil usually has those things handled.

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Speaker 1: Jane enjoyed that game on Sunday. Thank you as always

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Speaker 1: for being here with us Ian.

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Speaker 2: Big One on Saturday is going to include that big guy.

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Speaker 3: Kelijia Kanci, star defensive tag of the Dampa Bay Buccaneers

515
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Speaker 3: has been activated from IR and will play tomorrow against

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Speaker 3: a Panthers, a huge, huge addition to their defensive front.

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Speaker 3: A lot at stake in this game in Bucks Panthers

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Speaker 3: take a lead the Clintic Snares. It's a little complicated,

519
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Speaker 3: except if you are a Carolina Panther, that's pretty easy.

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Speaker 3: You win and you are in. If you're with the Bucks,

521
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Speaker 3: you need a little help. You gotta win and hope

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Speaker 3: that the Falcons lose. All eyes are going to be

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Speaker 3: on that game. One I cannot wait for, and one

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Speaker 3: our good friend Sarah Walsh is going to be there for.

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Speaker 5: Sarah.

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Speaker 3: Welcome inside. With the insiders. You got two quarterbacks who

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Speaker 3: know each other very well. Two gun slingers, one established veteran,

528
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Speaker 3: one younger guy trying to make his way. What do

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Speaker 3: we make of this matchup between Baker Mayfield and Bryce Show.

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Speaker 10: Well, let's start with the Baker Mayfield side of things,

531
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Speaker 10: because as you just laid out those scenarios, and this

532
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Speaker 10: is a win and wait scenario if you're the Buccaneers,

533
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Speaker 10: and that is if you can win and beat the Panthers,

534
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Speaker 10: because it has been a struggle. They have dropped four straight,

535
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Speaker 10: they have dropped seven of their last dight and most

536
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Speaker 10: guys say, at this point of the season, it's about

537
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Speaker 10: the process, it's about having a short term memory. But

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Speaker 10: Baker Mayfield was really candid this week. He said he's

539
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Speaker 10: frustrated with where this team is at. Understandably. Tristan Wurfs

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Speaker 10: told me that both Baker and Mike Evans addressed the

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Speaker 10: team this week, and Worf said that the message to

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Speaker 10: the guys, was like, this is it. These are the

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Speaker 10: last guaranteed days we have together. Saturday is our last

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Speaker 10: guaranteed day. We better go do something with it. And

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Speaker 10: Worf submittedly has been really spoiled. The All Pro showed

546
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Speaker 10: up as a rookie and the Bucks had that long

547
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Speaker 10: playoff drought. His rookie year, they went to the super Bowl.

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Speaker 10: He's been to the playoffs every year since. That is

549
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Speaker 10: now in jeopardy. Bryce Young very much the younger quarterback

550
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Speaker 10: that talks about the process and if they can win

551
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Speaker 10: on Saturday, this will be the Panthers strip back to

552
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Speaker 10: the playoffs since twenty seventeen, first Division titles since twenty fifteen.

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Speaker 10: Their leading tackler, Christian Rosebum told me. Motivation on the

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Speaker 10: Panther side of things right now, Ian at an all

555
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Speaker 10: time high, and why shouldn't it be.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned Mike Evans.

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Speaker 3: No, he is one of the I hate to say aging,

558
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Speaker 3: but he's a little bit older, closer to my agent,

559
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Speaker 3: maybe your age. Plenty of questions about whether or not

560
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Speaker 3: this would be his last season. Same thing for Levonte David.

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Speaker 3: What do you foresee you for these two Tampa Bay

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Speaker 3: Buccaneers A legends.

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Speaker 10: Well This could be not just the end of a

564
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Speaker 10: really great playoff run for this team, it could be

565
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Speaker 10: a goodbye on Saturday to two of the greatest to

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Speaker 10: ever do it in a Bucks uniform, Mike Evans and

567
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Speaker 10: Levonte David Combine twenty six seasons all in a Buccaneers uniform.

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Speaker 10: We'll start with Mike Evans because if you are walking

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Speaker 10: into the stadium on Saturday, the first thirteen thousand, get

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Speaker 10: this Mike Evans bobblehead commemorating his career. Yeah, you mentioned

571
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Speaker 10: the agent. He joked about the hairline on it. He

572
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Speaker 10: appreciated the hairline that they put on the boblehead. Now,

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Speaker 10: if you want to read between the lines, which we

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Speaker 10: love reading between the lines, right. He called that broken

575
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Speaker 10: collarbone he suffered this season a blessing in disguise because

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Speaker 10: he said his time away made him miss the game

577
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Speaker 10: more than he even thought he would, that he still

578
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Speaker 10: has a lot of love for the game that he

579
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Speaker 10: doesn't know what that will do for him in the future.

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Speaker 10: So that is where Mike is leaving things right now.

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Speaker 10: His focus is on Saturday. As for Levonte, he doesn't

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Speaker 10: get a bobblehead Sunday or Saturday, but he could get

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Speaker 10: something even more meaningful. He is just seven tackles away

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Speaker 10: from breaking the franchise record held by Hall of Famer

585
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Speaker 10: Derek Brooks, so that is on the line for him.

586
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Speaker 10: He has meant a ton to this team as a

587
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Speaker 10: leader on the field, and then I want to show

588
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Speaker 10: you the kind of man that he is off the field.

589
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Speaker 10: Because this was just this afternoon here in Tampa, Levante

590
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Speaker 10: and the line backing room gave away three cars to

591
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Speaker 10: single moms that were in need of reliable transportation. They

592
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Speaker 10: pooled their money. This is the second year they did this.

593
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Speaker 10: Levante one of the guys spearheading that he's going to

594
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Speaker 10: go down as one of the greats here in Tampa,

595
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Speaker 10: but not just for the things that he does on

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Speaker 10: the field, especially for the things that Levante does off

597
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Speaker 10: the field. If this is it for him, he will

598
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Speaker 10: be greatly missed. Both of those guys on expiring contracts

599
00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:15,600
Speaker 10: at Levante did not talk this week, but you better

600
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Speaker 10: believe there will be a lot of questions for him

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Speaker 10: come Saturday either way.

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Speaker 2: Interesting.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, two unbelievable players for this organization, two big time leaders.

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Speaker 3: Cannot wait to see if how they end up going

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Speaker 3: out on Saturday. I'm going to get one of those

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Speaker 3: from my back job. Thank you, Sarah, great stuff, Tom.

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Speaker 2: This is a hot commodity and time now for game picks.

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Speaker 1: What we don't pick games on this show. Oh Adam

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Speaker 1: ras last here, That's why we're doing this right now.

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Speaker 1: Let's start out Rank Big one NFC South. We got

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Speaker 1: the Bucks of the Panthers. Picket baby.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, there's big news for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But

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Speaker 11: I look at this game, and I look what happened

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Speaker 11: two weeks ago, and I look at the way the

615
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Speaker 11: Buccaneers have struggled over the last number of weeks, have

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Speaker 11: one of the worst records in the NFL since Week ten.

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Speaker 11: I'm looking at this Panthers team, Bryce Young coming together

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Speaker 11: at the absolute right time.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna give I'm gonna go Panthers twenty one seventeen

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Speaker 2: in this one.

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Speaker 1: That would also take care of some of those other

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Speaker 1: scenarios where Bucks win would still require a loss by

623
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Speaker 1: the Falcons anyway, YadA, YadA, yead. A lot of other

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Speaker 1: things have happened.

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Speaker 2: Forty nine Ers Seahawks tomorrow night. Rank who you got.

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Speaker 11: I know a lot of people are doubting my guy

627
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Speaker 11: Sam Clemente Darnold. The forty nine Ers have allowed over

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Speaker 11: two hundred and thirty five passing yards per game.

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Speaker 2: That's twenty fifth in the NFL.

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Speaker 11: They've allowed opposing quarterbacks to complete over sixty eight percent

631
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Speaker 11: or sixty eight percent of their passes, and teams that

632
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Speaker 11: play the Chicago Bears this season are two thirteen and one.

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Speaker 11: The following week, give me the Seahawks thirty four thirty one.

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Speaker 1: Bears still have some seating things at stake. They take

635
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Speaker 1: on the Lions, who he got ranked.

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Speaker 11: Yeah, I know a lot of people are asking if

637
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Speaker 11: the Bears have anything to play for. But if they

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Speaker 11: win this game and end up with the number two seed,

639
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Speaker 11: the number two seed would get two home games.

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Speaker 2: Give me the Bears fifty two to twenty one over

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Speaker 2: the Lions.

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Speaker 1: Well beyond that, they also would get the Packers if

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Speaker 1: they are the two seed. Rank you buried the lead

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Speaker 1: right there for your favorite team. How about a Ravens

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Speaker 1: Steelers pick Sunday Night game two seventy two.

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Speaker 11: Lamar Jackson is coming back for the Baltimore Ravens. The

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Speaker 11: Steelers are gonna be went out DK Metcalf. He has

648
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Speaker 11: such a huge part of their passing offense. It's hard

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Speaker 11: for me to believe that Pittsburgh is going to have

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Speaker 11: enough to get past to the Baltimore Ravens this week.

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Speaker 2: Give me the.

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Speaker 11: Ravens twenty seven, twenty six and winning the AFC North.

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Speaker 2: That's ranks picks.

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Speaker 1: If you don't like them or whatever happens to you,

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Speaker 1: just at and Adam Rank. That's where you can find

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Speaker 1: them ranked. Thank you very much for being here. As always,

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Speaker 1: still more to come on this edition of The Insiders,

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Speaker 1: including conversation with a guy who's got a chance to

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Speaker 1: earn himself up by this weekend. Pro Bowl defense lineman

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Speaker 1: Zach Allen of the Broncos will be here.

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Speaker 2: How do they get after the Chargers on the LA

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Speaker 2: is not playing anybody? I'll ask him right after this

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Speaker 2: sunny and sunny.

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Speaker 1: Time now for good coverage presented by Progressive Insurance. There

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Speaker 1: have not been many defenses better than the Broncos over

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Speaker 1: the past two seasons.

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Speaker 2: You take a look right there, fewest points per game allowed.

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Speaker 1: Of course, the reigning Super Bowl champs, the Eagles, and

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Speaker 1: then the Broncos, who have a chance to really start

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Speaker 1: clearing their path toward this year's Super Bowl with a

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Speaker 1: win on Sunday against the Chargers.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Insiders.

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Speaker 1: Tom pellis, Sarah I in rapport, please be joined by

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Speaker 1: a big beast of that Broncos defense.

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Speaker 2: Zach Allen is with us right now.

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Speaker 1: Zach.

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Speaker 2: First things first, it's week eighteen. It is a long season.

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Speaker 2: It's a journey all the way to your training camp.

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Speaker 1: How are you feeling going into the regular season finale

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Speaker 1: and hopefully a long play off run on top of it.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, honestly feel amazing.

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Speaker 8: You're obviously playing Thursday night, you know, you kind of

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Speaker 8: get the long weekend. So coming back on Monday to work,

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Speaker 8: you know, guys were kind of staying like I feel,

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Speaker 8: you know, like I'm back in week.

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Speaker 5: One, So knock on wood. You know that translates.

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Speaker 8: You know, obviously this week, you know, hopefully you know,

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Speaker 8: obviously go against a good Charters team, but trying to

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Speaker 8: wrap up the one seed and you know, just keep

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Speaker 8: on going, get ready for this playoff push.

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Speaker 3: Well, if you guys do wrap up the one seed,

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Speaker 3: and obviously, you know, for those who don't know, you

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Speaker 3: guys are in really good position to do that. You

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Speaker 3: win and you get it, Chargers are going to be

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Speaker 3: resting some guys, which you certainly can weigh in on

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Speaker 3: it if you would like, But what would that mean

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Speaker 3: to you guys to get that extra week, to know that,

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Speaker 3: no matter what happens, you were advancing and just kind

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Speaker 3: of spend the week relaxing and recuperating.

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Speaker 5: I guess.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I think especially with this new format where you

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Speaker 8: only have you know, one team get in the first

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Speaker 8: round by and like you know, before the team's getting

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Speaker 8: the first round by, you kind of see, you know,

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Speaker 8: just you know, statistically how beneficial it is for that team.

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Speaker 5: So for us, you know, it really is kind of

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Speaker 5: like a playoff game for us.

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Speaker 8: And yeah, the Chargers, like we obviously know, uh, you know,

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Speaker 8: Justin's not playing, but you.

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Speaker 5: Know, I played against Trey Lance obviously a bunch when

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Speaker 5: I was in Arizona. He was in uh stay A, France.

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Speaker 5: He's a hell of a player. And they're still you know,

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Speaker 5: playing a lot of guys, got a lot of great players.

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Speaker 5: You know, there's a reason why they're a playoff team too.

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Speaker 12: So, uh, it's definitely gonna be a tough challenge, but

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Speaker 12: you know, we're going all in on it. Hopefully get

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Speaker 12: that one seed, and you know, get ready for whatever

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Speaker 12: he meant.

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Speaker 1: Sean Payton said this week he didn't even bring up

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Speaker 1: the fact that, you guys know, the AFC West Champs.

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Speaker 2: He didn't want to talk or see hats and T shirts.

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Speaker 1: Number one, Is that actually true, because sometimes Sean might

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Speaker 1: exaggerate things tad for effect a Number two, how has

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Speaker 1: he handled the fact that, I mean, this is a

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Speaker 1: big goal, but there's still bigger ones out there?

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Speaker 8: Yeah, definitely, there was not a Yeah, there was not

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Speaker 8: a conversation about it on Monday and came back Wednesday

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Speaker 8: and then he had kind of asked, was like, should

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Speaker 8: I have made a big deal or like now we're

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Speaker 8: you know, we're good, We're on to the next one.

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Speaker 5: So there was a little bit of truth behind it.

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Speaker 8: But yeah, no, I mean, seriously, it's it's been, you know,

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Speaker 8: obviously a great season and you know the fact that

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Speaker 8: we're in this position is huge.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, I mean, we we know what got us here.

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Speaker 8: It was hard work and you know, Sean's been you know,

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Speaker 8: really stressing that all week and has been hard on us,

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Speaker 8: and guys have responded really well, and yeah, no, we

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Speaker 8: we we've we've had.

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Speaker 5: A great week.

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Speaker 2: So hopefully it goes, well this Sunday, it has been

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Speaker 2: a great season.

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Speaker 3: You guys were rolling along for I don't know, months

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Speaker 3: and months, it felt like.

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Speaker 2: Then you played the Jaguars.

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Speaker 3: And obviously the result was what it was. It wasn't

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Speaker 3: the kind of game you guys wanted. Some times that

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Speaker 3: can help what has been sort of the view of

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Speaker 3: the coaches and I guess from the players as well

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Speaker 3: about just that loss in general, and is that something

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Speaker 3: that can help you guys moving forward.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it definitely was a piece of humble pie.

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Speaker 8: You know, going back watching the film on it, you know,

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Speaker 8: when you you know miss you know, like overall the

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Speaker 8: whole defense, you missed a bunch of tackles and you know,

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Speaker 8: bust a bunch of assignments.

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Speaker 5: You know you're not going to win, especially versus good teams.

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Speaker 12: So obviously everybody knows how the the Jaguars are, so

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Speaker 12: for us, you know, we definitely use that as uh,

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Speaker 12: you know, we we've used up ourm all again and

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Speaker 12: now we got to you know, really go ahead and

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Speaker 12: get this right.

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Speaker 5: And UNI versus Kansas City, you know, you know, we

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Speaker 5: had a great week of practice and you know, help

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Speaker 5: them to one hundred and something yards and you know, hopefully,

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Speaker 5: you know, we can do it again this week and

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Speaker 5: just keep on building off of it and yeah, have

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Speaker 5: enough you know, attack each week. Uh, you know, the

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Speaker 5: proper you know, preparation everything. So the based off of

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Speaker 5: the tame.

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Speaker 2: Jach for you personally, you're headed to the Pro Bowl.

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Speaker 1: You're if you look at like the QB hits numbers

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Speaker 1: and things, you're you're in rare air. There's guys like

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Speaker 1: JJ Watt that are in the conversation putting up the

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Speaker 1: type of numbers you've had. Of course you had exposure

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Speaker 1: to JJ Watt. You look a little bit like them.

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Speaker 1: Similar jersey number out there as well. How much have

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Speaker 1: you learned from guys like that through the course of

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Speaker 1: your career. What's allowed you it seems to continue to

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Speaker 1: build at this stage.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, No, I think definitely playing with him obviously was

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Speaker 8: you know, probably one of the biggest benefits of my

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Speaker 8: career because obviously, you know, you look up to him

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Speaker 8: and everything like that, but see in just day to

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Speaker 8: day how he you know him self both on and

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Speaker 8: off the field. You know, that really kind of helped

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Speaker 8: me those last two years in Arizona turned into a

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Speaker 8: pro and obviously you know, playing advances scheme, you know

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Speaker 8: it helps, you know, you get a lot of one

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Speaker 8: on one and you.

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Speaker 5: Know, everybody across the board, not just my self, pride

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Speaker 5: ourselves on winning those.

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Speaker 8: And yeah, hopefully, uh, you know, with the playoffs coming, uh,

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Speaker 8: you know, keep on generating those pressures and hopefully, uh

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Speaker 8: you turn a little some of those hits into some

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Speaker 8: more sacks. But it's been uh, it's been great to play,

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Speaker 8: play with you know, four studs across the line. You know,

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Speaker 8: it definitely balances out and you definitely get a lot

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Speaker 8: of one on ones and it's just been a blast

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Speaker 8: coming to Denver and playing here and uh yeah JJ

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Speaker 8: still he texts me, you know you should do this,

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Speaker 8: you should do that, And so when you have kind

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Speaker 8: of that.

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Speaker 5: Reason, it's it only helps.

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Speaker 2: That great stuff. Man.

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Speaker 1: Know it's a busy week. So thanks a lot for

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Speaker 1: taking some time with us. Go ahead, get that win,

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Speaker 1: get the buy, take a little time off the body.

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Speaker 2: Man. You got some more football, heeady. We appreciate you.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, thank you very much for having me appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: of meaningful games all kicks off on Saturday with Panthers,

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Speaker 1: Bucks as well as Seahawks forty nine Ers Ian Rapport.

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Speaker 2: Your biggest storyline headed to the final week in the

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Speaker 2: regular season.

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Speaker 3: Just lose, baby, as the saying goes, or I mean, well, okay,

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Speaker 3: it's sort of the other way around.

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Speaker 2: But a win is a loss and a loss is

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Speaker 2: a win.

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Speaker 3: If you are the Las Vegas Raiders, who are definitely

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Speaker 3: not trying to lose, I'm just saying, Tom. If the

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Speaker 3: Raiders do lose, they get the number one overall pick,

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Speaker 3: the opportunity to draft the best quarterback in college football.

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Speaker 2: Life would be good with a loss, excepted your pet cow.

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Speaker 1: Somewhere Lovey Smith is going or you could win and

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Speaker 1: really shake some things up here I'm.

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Speaker 2: In dreamed by NFC South Drama.

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Speaker 1: Even if the Bucks beat the Panthers, still a scenario

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Speaker 1: where the Falcons beat the Saints and Carolina gets in. Hey,

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Speaker 1: we've got a two hour insider special Monday night.

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Speaker 2: Bee here enjoy the game, see them