WEBVTT - Nico Harrison FIRED Instant Reaction, Bills HUMILIATED, Packers FADING? NFL Week 10 | Nick Wright

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<v Speaker 1>we will discuss it later in the show. However, we

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<v Speaker 1>have a ton to get to. We have a very

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<v Speaker 1>tight clock today because I sadly misread my calendar and

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<v Speaker 1>double booked myself this Tuesday. I booked myself for something

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<v Speaker 1>that I thought was tomorrow, but it is for today,

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<v Speaker 1>and we have breaking news. Nico Harrison's been fired more

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<v Speaker 1>guy loves football. Good for him. Will it matter? I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think so. We will discuss that in a bit.

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<v Speaker 1>and I think again, stay tuned for the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the show for a really awesome announcement. So Tim McMahon,

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<v Speaker 1>who is as plugged into the MAVs as anyone with

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<v Speaker 1>respect to Mark Stein, telegraph this a bit yesterday on

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<v Speaker 1>The Great Hoop Collective podcast with he and Wendy and

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<v Speaker 1>my pal Tim Bond TIMPs talking that Nico Harrison could

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<v Speaker 1>be fired and Nico Harrison, Now, I don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>incorrectly report this as we record live or we broadcast

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<v Speaker 1>live at ten thirty four am Eastern, Nico Harrison has

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<v Speaker 1>not yet been fired. In a truly mortifying end to

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<v Speaker 1>a truly indefensible nine month reign of terror, Nico Harrison

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<v Speaker 1>has a meeting with MAVs ownership in twenty five minutes

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<v Speaker 1>where he will be fired. I gotta tell you, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure I'd show up to that meeting. If Shams

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<v Speaker 1>has it and the whole world knows that, you know

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<v Speaker 1>what guys with this can be a zuom So the

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<v Speaker 1>impacts and implications of this are far reaching. Most note

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<v Speaker 1>is the following. And this might sound shocking, this might

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<v Speaker 1>sound drastic, but I believe this to be true. Teams

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<v Speaker 1>around the league should immediately call Dallas and ask about

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<v Speaker 1>Anthony Davis's availability. Certainly teams around the league that would

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<v Speaker 1>be interested, and this probably is going to have to

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<v Speaker 1>be something far later once you see him if he

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<v Speaker 1>returns pre trade deadline should ask about Kyrie Irving. And

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<v Speaker 1>that is because the Dallas Mavericks are now in total

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<v Speaker 1>build around Cooper Flag try to rebuild our draft capital.

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<v Speaker 1>That keep in mind they do not either have they

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<v Speaker 1>either don't have well, they either don't have a pick

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<v Speaker 1>or don't have their own pick. In the next four drafts,

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<v Speaker 1>they had gone all in around historically great superstar Lukadancic

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<v Speaker 1>and then because of Ego and Hubris Lukadancich was traded

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of the night in the type of

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<v Speaker 1>move that if there were ever cause for a fan

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<v Speaker 1>base to file a class action lawsuit against management, this

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<v Speaker 1>would be it. You had one of the greatest players

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<v Speaker 1>ever at the very beginning of the prime of his career.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said it at the time and I will

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<v Speaker 1>say it again, And because of nothing more than power

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<v Speaker 1>and ego, you lit the franchise on fire, power and ego.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone was searching for why Nico would have done this,

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<v Speaker 1>and the only logical and it's not logical, but the

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<v Speaker 1>only reasonable explanation was he didn't like the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>someone within the organization had more power than him, and

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<v Speaker 1>that someone was Luca. So we got him out of there.

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<v Speaker 1>And it will go down in the annals of sports

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<v Speaker 1>history as one of the single greatest gaffes in a

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<v Speaker 1>front office has ever made. That is not an overreaction,

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<v Speaker 1>that is not an overstatement. That is simply what it

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<v Speaker 1>was the moment it happened, and now is being exacerbated

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<v Speaker 1>night in night out as Luca, instead of coming off

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<v Speaker 1>an injury as he was last year, reminds everyone, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I am the guy who dragged a Dallas Mavericks team

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<v Speaker 1>to the conference finals when I was twenty two and

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<v Speaker 1>to the NBA Finals when I was twenty four, And

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<v Speaker 1>now I'm twenty six, and I have more first team

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<v Speaker 1>All NBAS under my belt than Steph Curry does. And

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<v Speaker 1>you got rid of me, and I don't. I also

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<v Speaker 1>don't think this is an overstatement. Nico Harrison will never

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<v Speaker 1>work in an NBA front office again. He's gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to work for Nike or an agency or something. But

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<v Speaker 1>this is you cannot recover from something like this, and

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<v Speaker 1>the arrogance that less than you know. We are a

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<v Speaker 1>dozen games into this season and Nico after they spun

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<v Speaker 1>a one point eight percent lottery ball chance into Cooper Flag.

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<v Speaker 1>The fact that he said, do you see the vision

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<v Speaker 1>now was one of the most tone deaf, ludicrous statements.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm not a MAVs fan. Hell, I'm gonna DiPT

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<v Speaker 1>did I guess Laker fan? Because that's who Bron plays for.

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<v Speaker 1>So the Lakers getting Luca, who's my second favorite player,

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<v Speaker 1>was and he and Bron playing together was a true dream.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm still mad about this trade on behalf of

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<v Speaker 1>mad fans. I can't imagine what this is This was

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<v Speaker 1>a sports felony inflicted upon a fan base. And yes,

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<v Speaker 1>now the villain has been captured and is facing justice,

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<v Speaker 1>but it doesn't change the havoc he reeked and the

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<v Speaker 1>long term impact on your fandom. So I I want

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<v Speaker 1>to just revisit before we get to last night's game,

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<v Speaker 1>before we get to football, what I set off the

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<v Speaker 1>top and credit to Tim Bond, TIMPs. He's been talking

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<v Speaker 1>about this for a while, but now it is to

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<v Speaker 1>me a more because it was never gonna happen with

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<v Speaker 1>Nico in charge. But the Dallas Mavericks have to consider

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<v Speaker 1>a fire sale. So let me let me. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to give everyone the actual draft picks situation for Dallas.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty twenty six, they have their pick, so my apologies,

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<v Speaker 1>I said that wrong. Twenty twenty six, they have their pick.

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<v Speaker 1>This year, they have their pick, and maybe that's good

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<v Speaker 1>because right now they're terrible. In twenty twenty seven, they're

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<v Speaker 1>pick basically totally unprotected, protected only for spots one or two.

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<v Speaker 1>So unprotected goes to Charlotte. In twenty twenty eight, Jesus,

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<v Speaker 1>the rich get richer, the thunder can swap with them.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty twenty nine, their pick goes somewhere in a swap,

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<v Speaker 1>and they do have the Lakers pick, and in twenty thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>my god, the Spurs can swap with them. So first

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<v Speaker 1>of all, in twenty twenty eight and twenty thirty, the

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<v Speaker 1>Mavericks first round pick is gonna go to the Thunder

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<v Speaker 1>and then the Spurs. Holy shit, in twenty twenty nine,

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<v Speaker 1>their pick goes somewhere. I can't figure it out. It

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<v Speaker 1>says two most favorable of Dallas Houston, Phoenix to Houston

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<v Speaker 1>and then other to Brooklyn via Dallas and Phoenix to

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<v Speaker 1>Brooklyn via Dallas, or Phoenix to Houston via Houston. Swap

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<v Speaker 1>for Dallas or Phoenix. I don't get it, but whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>the MAVs will not after this coming year's draft. They

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<v Speaker 1>do not have control of their their first until twenty

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<v Speaker 1>thirty one until Cooper flag is in the midst of

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<v Speaker 1>his second contract, so they need to recoop picks they

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<v Speaker 1>need to figure out, like Klay Thompson's contract is fully underwater.

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<v Speaker 1>Kyrie's an interesting one, and I it's just and by

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<v Speaker 1>the way, they're three and eight and I think, let

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<v Speaker 1>me check, I think they have literally the worst offense

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<v Speaker 1>in the NBA. I know. So let's just check in

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<v Speaker 1>real quick. Defense wins championships, because that's all we heard

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<v Speaker 1>from this guy. All we heard from him. Their offense

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<v Speaker 1>is oh, is it no longer dead last? The hold on?

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<v Speaker 1>Let me, I had it. I thought they were dead last.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I'm wrong because that says they're fourteenth right now, So, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>that's last year. I'm looking at last year. It's like,

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<v Speaker 1>hold on a second, This can't be correct. They can't

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<v Speaker 1>be the Mavericks having the fifteenth offense. No chance, all

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<v Speaker 1>right here we go. Oh no, if fair is fair,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't have the worst offense in the basketball. They

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<v Speaker 1>have the second worst offensive basketball to the Pacers, whose

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<v Speaker 1>best player Torre's Achilles in Game seven of the finals,

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<v Speaker 1>and second best or third best player left the team. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, this is just perfect, just chef's kiss. Perfect

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<v Speaker 1>defense wins championships. The Dallas Mavericks are three and eight.

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<v Speaker 1>They fired Nico Harrison. They currently have the third best

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<v Speaker 1>defense in basketball. Maybe that was a miscalculation because you

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<v Speaker 1>have the second worst offense in basketball. Good luck, MAVs fans.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel sick for you all right now to ours.

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<v Speaker 1>We had three dog primetime games this week. It started

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<v Speaker 1>with a ten to seven Broncos win over the Raiders.

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<v Speaker 1>It ended with a ten to seven Eagles win over

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<v Speaker 1>the Packers, and sandwiched in the middle was Aaron Rodgers

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<v Speaker 1>looking every bit of forty one years old, and the

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<v Speaker 1>Chargers blowing them out after a game that was three

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<v Speaker 1>to two at one point. So the Eagles win ten

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<v Speaker 1>to seven quickly on the Packers, and then we will

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<v Speaker 1>get to Philadelphia. The Packers have now lost all three

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<v Speaker 1>of their losses. Their defense has not allowed seventeen points

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<v Speaker 1>that I think that is more losses when the defense

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<v Speaker 1>allows less than seventeen than the rest of the NFL combined.

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<v Speaker 1>Aside from the bizarre Cowboys forty to forty tie, that

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<v Speaker 1>defense has been as advertised. But there seems to be

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<v Speaker 1>a weird disconnect growing between Jordan Love and Matt Lafleur.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Matt Lafleur thing that came out of nowhere

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<v Speaker 1>was Matt Schneiderman from The Athletic wrote an article this

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<v Speaker 1>morning and asked Lafloor last night about his job security,

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<v Speaker 1>which I did not see coming. But Jordan Love at

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<v Speaker 1>zero touchdowns one pick a seventy four rating over the

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<v Speaker 1>last two weeks, two losses, the team has scored a

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<v Speaker 1>total of twenty points. Now do I think the Packers

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna miss the playoffs? No, but it can't be dismissed.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, they're the seventh seed, with San Francisco being

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<v Speaker 1>percentage points back. As the eighth seed, San Francisco has

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<v Speaker 1>a far easier schedule moving forward and green Bay has

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<v Speaker 1>a far tougher one. So as far as easiest schedules

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<v Speaker 1>moving forward, san Francisco has or toughest skill Let me

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<v Speaker 1>do it a different way. San Francisco has the twentieth

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<v Speaker 1>toughest schedule moving forward, so thirteenth easiest, and green Bay

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<v Speaker 1>has the ninth toughest. Green Bay has one game left

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<v Speaker 1>against a bad team, flat bad team, that's the Giants.

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<v Speaker 1>San Francisco has Titans, Brown's, Cardinals Panthers, so that obviously

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<v Speaker 1>greatly works in their favor. Now, even if San Francisco

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<v Speaker 1>gets hot, the question is could Chicago fall out of it?

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<v Speaker 1>Who has the second hardest schedule remaining? And that's certainly

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<v Speaker 1>on the board. So I don't predict green Bay misses

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs, but it's certainly possible. More importantly, though, that

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<v Speaker 1>team's got to figure out what's going on with the offense.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the story out of green Bay this weekend. The

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<v Speaker 1>more interesting thing, as always, is the pat the Eagle

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<v Speaker 1>side of it, because the Eagles just they're they are

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<v Speaker 1>just saints of the content industrial. Uh, what are you complex?

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<v Speaker 1>They win, but they win in such bizarre fashion, and

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<v Speaker 1>they create these firestorms that you see, you see them

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<v Speaker 1>lighting fires during the game that you know are going

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<v Speaker 1>to sustain at least until next week, even while you

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<v Speaker 1>expect them to win. So yesterday was just a horrific

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<v Speaker 1>offensive performance where once again, after declining to trade AJ Brown,

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<v Speaker 1>they decided to pretend he's not on the team. That is,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, until the very end of the game, when

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<v Speaker 1>they have the game stone one, as all they've got

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<v Speaker 1>to do with thirty one seconds left is punt the ball,

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<v Speaker 1>and green Bay is going to have the ball with

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<v Speaker 1>around twenty five seconds left, maybe backed up inside their

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<v Speaker 1>own twenty worst case scenario for Philly on their own

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<v Speaker 1>twenty and no timeouts. Instead, Sirianni leaves the offense out there,

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<v Speaker 1>has them go for it, and then tries to feed

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<v Speaker 1>aj Brown a feel good highlight moment. It falls incomplete

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<v Speaker 1>and all of a sudden, the Packers are two plays

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<v Speaker 1>away from being in field goal range. Just an absolute

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<v Speaker 1>banana's decision, soaked in either ego or trying to play

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<v Speaker 1>Kate what you know is going to be an upset

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<v Speaker 1>AJ Brown. Yeah, man, we didn't go to you all game,

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<v Speaker 1>but we went to you when it counted. All this

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<v Speaker 1>just craziness, right, And it gave the Packers a chance

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<v Speaker 1>to win the game. It gave him a or at

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<v Speaker 1>least tie the game and then winning an overtime, so

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<v Speaker 1>I know. I mean, Siriani's record is what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>And the Eagles defense looked awesome, and while Saquan got

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<v Speaker 1>bottled up on the ground again, he did have the

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<v Speaker 1>one long reception that was huge. But Philly is just

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<v Speaker 1>such a weird team and they they simply seem allergic

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<v Speaker 1>to drama free wins. And I don't know what has

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<v Speaker 1>happened to the jail and hurts AJ Brown connection, but

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<v Speaker 1>I know it is in shambles compared to what it

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<v Speaker 1>once was. And Siriani's call to go for that fourth

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<v Speaker 1>down was just as poor game management as it gets.

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<v Speaker 1>And for folks that always freak out about the analytics, Boogeyman.

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<v Speaker 1>It should be noted every single analytical model preferred punt there,

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<v Speaker 1>every single one. Sirianni was going for a highlight moment

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<v Speaker 1>that could have cost him the game. With that said,

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<v Speaker 1>they're seven and two after they play the Lions this

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<v Speaker 1>coming Sunday night. They've got Cowboys, Bears, Chargers, Raiders, Commanders, Bills, Commanders.

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<v Speaker 1>West to beat up on each other, and Tampa just lost,

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<v Speaker 1>Philly's in really good shape to maybe be the one seed.

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<v Speaker 1>They're just such a weird team, such a weird team

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<v Speaker 1>that wins but in not even dramatic, just angst fashion.

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<v Speaker 1>So Scruffdog says Casey won the same ugly games last year.

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<v Speaker 1>No doubt Casey won close, but Casey was right or wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>a brilliant after the games, running onto the field, celebrating

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<v Speaker 1>a weekly heart to heart with their star receiver. I

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<v Speaker 1>guess in bart because last year Casey had no star

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<v Speaker 1>receivers and Andy Reid calling some of the most absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>bizarre end of game plays. So I got no problem

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<v Speaker 1>with winning ugly, but that was weird and by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm not gonna spend time on it because I

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<v Speaker 1>just at this point I don't get why the NFL

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<v Speaker 1>can't get this right. But once again, the Packers are

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<v Speaker 1>in a fourth in inches, they line up for a

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<v Speaker 1>Buffalo is still the team that I would least like

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<v Speaker 1>to play in the postseason in the AFC if I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Kansas City. But there are some red flags here, Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>One is this, As of a month ago, the Bills

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<v Speaker 1>had one double digit loss in the last four years.

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<v Speaker 1>In their last sixty games, they had one loss by

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<v Speaker 1>more than a score, and it was the blowout to

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<v Speaker 1>Baltimore last season. And then they avenged it and beat

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<v Speaker 1>Baltimore in the playoffs. They have two double digit losses

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<v Speaker 1>in their last month of football, ten points to Atlanta

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<v Speaker 1>and really getting boat raced by Miami when Miami controlled

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<v Speaker 1>every aspect of the game. That is concerning the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that the Bills themselves might not think they're quite good enough,

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<v Speaker 1>evidenced by the fact that they offered a one and

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<v Speaker 1>a three for Jail and Waddle. That is a little

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<v Speaker 1>concerning the fact that Josh Allen is starting to turn

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<v Speaker 1>the ball over again, but now it's not coming with

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<v Speaker 1>the quick strike sixty yard touchdowns on the other side

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<v Speaker 1>of it. That is a little concerning. So it's not

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<v Speaker 1>the sky is falling, but it is a little.

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<v Speaker 2>Hmm.

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<v Speaker 1>Also, they are going to be I now fully believe

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<v Speaker 1>and this is real, tangible and it matters, and it

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<v Speaker 1>might happen to the Chiefs too. But they are going

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<v Speaker 1>to be the wild card team in the AFC East.

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<v Speaker 1>They are going to be on the road for potentially

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<v Speaker 1>the entirety of the playoffs. That's not nothing. And when

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<v Speaker 1>they started four and oher with one of the softer

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<v Speaker 1>schedules in the league coming like as their next month,

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<v Speaker 1>they looked like they were in great shape for the

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<v Speaker 1>one seed, which is one thing they've never gotten since

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<v Speaker 1>Allen's been there. Now they're six and three with all

0:28:47.560 --> 0:28:51.920
<v Speaker 1>of a sudden weight is that a sneaky, tough remaining

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<v Speaker 1>schedule home for the Bucks, then a Thursday night road

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<v Speaker 1>game against a suddenly semi frisky Houston team, then at Pittsburgh,

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<v Speaker 1>then all of a sudden, a game against the Bengals

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<v Speaker 1>that people think Joe Burrow will be back for, then

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<v Speaker 1>at the Patriots. Then you take your breath a bit

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<v Speaker 1>at the Browns home for the Eagles, in a game

0:29:20.640 --> 0:29:23.280
<v Speaker 1>the Eagles might go into saying, hey we win this,

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<v Speaker 1>we can you know, one seed implications. And then at

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<v Speaker 1>the home for the Jets to you know as a

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<v Speaker 1>nice little end of season respite, so it's not nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>And then there's also this, which I think is noteworthy,

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<v Speaker 1>and we can fold this in to Brian Dable being

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<v Speaker 1>fired after another fourth quarter collapse by him. If this

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<v Speaker 1>goes badly for Buffalo, like badly, I don't think they'll

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<v Speaker 1>miss the playoffs. But if this goes, they're the five

0:30:08.440 --> 0:30:11.320
<v Speaker 1>seed and they go to Baltimore, which now is the

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<v Speaker 1>huge favor to win the AFC North and they lose

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<v Speaker 1>in round one, it would the Buffalo Bills consider reuniting

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Dable with Josh Allen, but not as a coordinator

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<v Speaker 1>as a head coach. It is something to think about. Again.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Dable deserved to be fired. However, I his

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<v Speaker 1>connection with Josh Allen was great. Josh Allen has had

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<v Speaker 1>massive influence on who the coordinator's post Dable would be.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems like there's a little angst there Dabel and McDermott.

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<v Speaker 1>According to the great Tyler Dunn, who has a great

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<v Speaker 1>substack that people should subscribe to. Go long TD. You know,

0:31:10.960 --> 0:31:16.960
<v Speaker 1>as reported that the Dabel McDermott relationship was not great

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<v Speaker 1>at the end and had a great story a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of years ago about whether or not they kept the

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<v Speaker 1>wrong coach and letting Dabel leave and keeping McDermott. Would

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<v Speaker 1>they consider bring Dabel back and reuniting him with Josh

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<v Speaker 1>Allen as the head coach. I'm sure they you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I shouldn't say. I'm sure I would think they'd love

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<v Speaker 1>him as the coordinator, but I don't know what that

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<v Speaker 1>relationship with McDermott is. Just something to consider now. As

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<v Speaker 1>far as the comebacks, this weekend, the Jags just invent

0:31:52.480 --> 0:31:55.200
<v Speaker 1>ways to lose. Some of it's on Trevor. He was

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<v Speaker 1>not good in that game, but the comeback was more

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<v Speaker 1>on the defense. It was a miracle with how poorly

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<v Speaker 1>Trevor had played that they were up twenty nine to

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<v Speaker 1>ten and then they just invented a way to lose.

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<v Speaker 1>Just a horrific beat for me and picks in the

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<v Speaker 1>whole nine And credit to Caleb for a second straight

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<v Speaker 1>weekend with clutch drives in the fourth quarter to really

0:32:25.120 --> 0:32:31.680
<v Speaker 1>flip the narrative on him in their season. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think the Bears are that good, but they dominated Cincinnati,

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<v Speaker 1>then collapsed and then stole it back. They got dominated

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<v Speaker 1>by the Giants and then stole it And now all

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<v Speaker 1>of a sudden, they're in Minnesota, a team that they

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<v Speaker 1>dominated for three quarters in Week one and then gave

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<v Speaker 1>the game away with a chance to get to seven

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<v Speaker 1>and three. And yeah, I mean there were a field

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<v Speaker 1>goal underdog and so and I'll say one other thing

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<v Speaker 1>about the Bears. All of a sudden, those two Packer

0:33:16.800 --> 0:33:20.480
<v Speaker 1>games late in the year don't seem quite as ominous,

0:33:20.760 --> 0:33:27.120
<v Speaker 1>and they are huge games, just absolutely huge games because

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<v Speaker 1>those teams are now, I guess they're both still in

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<v Speaker 1>the thick of the NFC North Race and while also

0:33:36.160 --> 0:33:38.760
<v Speaker 1>being in the thick of wait, could we miss the playoffs?

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<v Speaker 1>The producers are asking me worse mistakes, selling my Caleb

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<v Speaker 1>Stock too soon or holding onto my Trevor Stock. Well, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't sell my Caleb Stock. I diversified my portfolio

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<v Speaker 1>a bit, but I you know, I still I still

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<v Speaker 1>have some of it. The Trevor Stock might be going

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<v Speaker 1>to zero boys now. On the bright side, in two years,

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<v Speaker 1>when Trevor Lawrence is the starting quarterback for Kyle Shanahan

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<v Speaker 1>San Francisco forty nine ers and looks like the league MVP,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll get to have Colin's Sam Darnald moment right that

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<v Speaker 1>So I got this game dead wrong. The Bucks off

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<v Speaker 1>of by get upset by Drake May and the Patriots.

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<v Speaker 1>The Bucks are in a bit of a rough stretch,

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<v Speaker 1>and they all of a sudden have a massive game

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<v Speaker 1>for both teams this weekend at Buffalo, And we've said

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<v Speaker 1>this all year that the Bucks had this Pats Bills

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<v Speaker 1>Rams stretch, which is really hard, and then the softest

0:36:12.400 --> 0:36:18.920
<v Speaker 1>final six games of the year one could ever imagine, Cardinals, Saints, Falcons, Panthers, Dolphins, Panthers.

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<v Speaker 1>Part of our Bucks to the Super Bowl belief was

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<v Speaker 1>that because of that schedule, they could be the one

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<v Speaker 1>seed and if they can get a split at Buffalo

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<v Speaker 1>and at the Rams, that still vary in play. If

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<v Speaker 1>they can get a split at Buffalo and at the Rams,

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<v Speaker 1>they absolutely can just sweep that right hand column and

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<v Speaker 1>be thirteen and four. If they lose both of those games,

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<v Speaker 1>then you probably have less faith in them also sweeping

0:36:51.920 --> 0:36:54.720
<v Speaker 1>that right hand of the column, and all of a sudden,

0:36:54.719 --> 0:37:00.520
<v Speaker 1>they're likely eleven and six, and it feels a little like, Okay,

0:37:00.560 --> 0:37:03.640
<v Speaker 1>these are the Bucks teams we've seen before. I still

0:37:03.640 --> 0:37:09.600
<v Speaker 1>believe this team has Super Bowl upside, particularly because they

0:37:09.600 --> 0:37:15.759
<v Speaker 1>are they are going to get everyone back, with the

0:37:16.120 --> 0:37:20.799
<v Speaker 1>possible question about Mike Evans, and they dealt with just

0:37:20.840 --> 0:37:25.680
<v Speaker 1>a disproportionate amount of injuries. But that was a game

0:37:26.440 --> 0:37:29.160
<v Speaker 1>they were up early and then got thoroughly outplayed by

0:37:29.160 --> 0:37:41.200
<v Speaker 1>the Patriots, who shout out. Listen man, everybody, every NFL

0:37:41.320 --> 0:37:43.440
<v Speaker 1>fan out there should look at what the Patriots are

0:37:43.440 --> 0:37:49.480
<v Speaker 1>doing and then ask themselves, why are we Why is

0:37:49.520 --> 0:37:52.200
<v Speaker 1>our If you're in a rebuild, why is our rebuild

0:37:52.320 --> 0:37:59.799
<v Speaker 1>not gone? The way the Patriots has under variable And

0:37:59.840 --> 0:38:04.360
<v Speaker 1>the answer for all of them if it's not going

0:38:04.400 --> 0:38:07.319
<v Speaker 1>well is we either have the wrong coach or the

0:38:07.400 --> 0:38:12.759
<v Speaker 1>wrong quarterback, unless they're a rookie rookie rookie quarterbacks or

0:38:12.840 --> 0:38:18.319
<v Speaker 1>rookie quarterbacks. But all it takes to become a contender

0:38:19.400 --> 0:38:23.600
<v Speaker 1>is the right coach and the right quarterback. Everything else

0:38:23.640 --> 0:38:26.040
<v Speaker 1>you can fill in around the edges. And if you're

0:38:26.120 --> 0:38:30.520
<v Speaker 1>certain you have the right coach and the teams you

0:38:30.520 --> 0:38:34.520
<v Speaker 1>know still in the midst of is still floundering, then

0:38:34.560 --> 0:38:36.680
<v Speaker 1>you don't have the right quarterback. And if you're certain

0:38:36.680 --> 0:38:39.960
<v Speaker 1>you have the right quarterback and the team's floundering, then

0:38:40.000 --> 0:38:42.520
<v Speaker 1>you don't have the right coach. It's really that simple.

0:38:43.920 --> 0:38:46.680
<v Speaker 1>And now that's just to be like on the periphery

0:38:46.960 --> 0:38:50.480
<v Speaker 1>of contending. To actually win a championship, it takes a

0:38:50.520 --> 0:38:54.560
<v Speaker 1>lot more, but you can turn it around that quick

0:38:54.560 --> 0:38:56.560
<v Speaker 1>in this league if you have the right coach and

0:38:56.600 --> 0:38:58.560
<v Speaker 1>the right quarterback, and the Patriots are showing you that,

0:38:59.160 --> 0:39:02.800
<v Speaker 1>and I think Drake while Stafford to me is clearly

0:39:03.800 --> 0:39:07.960
<v Speaker 1>the MVP right now. I understand the reason Drake May

0:39:08.040 --> 0:39:11.120
<v Speaker 1>is the best MVP odds is they think he's likely

0:39:11.160 --> 0:39:13.520
<v Speaker 1>to be the one or the two seed, and there's

0:39:13.600 --> 0:39:17.640
<v Speaker 1>a chance because of how good Seattle's been that Stafford's

0:39:17.680 --> 0:39:21.320
<v Speaker 1>a wild card and that just really hurts your ability

0:39:21.360 --> 0:39:23.920
<v Speaker 1>to be legal to be MVP for the quarterback of

0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:26.920
<v Speaker 1>a wild card team. So that's why the odds are

0:39:26.960 --> 0:39:30.440
<v Speaker 1>where they are. But through ten weeks, Stafford's been the MVP,

0:39:32.640 --> 0:39:35.960
<v Speaker 1>but Drake May is now just gonna be a perennial

0:39:36.000 --> 0:39:39.560
<v Speaker 1>top five quarterback. I really believe in that. I think

0:39:39.600 --> 0:39:43.880
<v Speaker 1>he's that good. He's only twenty three, he's big, he's strong,

0:39:44.160 --> 0:39:49.600
<v Speaker 1>he's tough, he's legit and Vrabel Rabel's game management stuff.

0:39:49.640 --> 0:39:53.760
<v Speaker 1>I just like so much that he's so he's always

0:39:53.840 --> 0:39:58.120
<v Speaker 1>thinking about stuff. He did something and it almost cost

0:39:58.239 --> 0:40:00.480
<v Speaker 1>him and maybe it's not even the right PA move,

0:40:01.000 --> 0:40:05.279
<v Speaker 1>but it's something I from my couch have wanted my

0:40:05.440 --> 0:40:08.719
<v Speaker 1>team to do for years, which is recognized. At the

0:40:08.800 --> 0:40:13.560
<v Speaker 1>end of the half. The goal is not necessarily simply

0:40:13.680 --> 0:40:20.920
<v Speaker 1>score a touchdown, the goal is two. Like let me

0:40:20.920 --> 0:40:24.400
<v Speaker 1>put it like this end of half. Too often teams

0:40:24.480 --> 0:40:28.600
<v Speaker 1>don't recognize, all right, if we score a touchdown and

0:40:28.719 --> 0:40:31.759
<v Speaker 1>leave the other team plenty of time and they go

0:40:31.840 --> 0:40:35.520
<v Speaker 1>down and get a field goal, that is only one

0:40:35.760 --> 0:40:40.040
<v Speaker 1>point better than if we just killed all the clock

0:40:40.080 --> 0:40:42.759
<v Speaker 1>and kicked the field goal ourself. That's only a way,

0:40:42.840 --> 0:40:45.120
<v Speaker 1>you know. It's seven to three versus three. Nothing's only

0:40:45.160 --> 0:40:48.120
<v Speaker 1>one point better. And if we and if we score

0:40:48.120 --> 0:40:50.239
<v Speaker 1>a touchdown and leave them plenty of time and they

0:40:50.320 --> 0:40:53.000
<v Speaker 1>go down and get a touchdown, that's a net zero

0:40:53.680 --> 0:40:58.400
<v Speaker 1>as opposed to grinding out the clock and kicking a

0:40:58.400 --> 0:41:01.400
<v Speaker 1>field goal, which is a net positive three. Rabel was

0:41:01.440 --> 0:41:04.240
<v Speaker 1>thinking about that, which is why when he had first

0:41:04.280 --> 0:41:07.560
<v Speaker 1>in goal from the one and Tampa having zero timeouts,

0:41:07.640 --> 0:41:10.000
<v Speaker 1>there was a minute forty left he took a knee.

0:41:10.719 --> 0:41:13.480
<v Speaker 1>Now the Patriots afterwards lied about it. That's fine, that's

0:41:13.480 --> 0:41:16.120
<v Speaker 1>what he was doing. And I know some of the

0:41:16.160 --> 0:41:18.880
<v Speaker 1>analytic models things that's a mistake. I thought it was

0:41:18.920 --> 0:41:24.799
<v Speaker 1>incredibly sharp. Incredibly sharp. Where you are you feel like

0:41:25.000 --> 0:41:27.239
<v Speaker 1>we're still going to be able to get a touchdown.

0:41:27.800 --> 0:41:32.640
<v Speaker 1>So let's limit the amount of time the opposing team's

0:41:32.680 --> 0:41:35.319
<v Speaker 1>gonna have to come back on us. I think it's

0:41:35.360 --> 0:41:40.359
<v Speaker 1>super sharp, and so I listen. I know Drake May

0:41:40.400 --> 0:41:43.080
<v Speaker 1>said Videvea blew up the play. I do not believe him,

0:41:44.760 --> 0:41:50.560
<v Speaker 1>and I think the Patriots are really buttoned up. Hey guys,

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0:42:23.080 --> 0:42:27.400
<v Speaker 1>Lions beat the commanders. The commanders are done. Dan Campbell

0:42:27.440 --> 0:42:32.480
<v Speaker 1>took over play calling. I'm not sure if I fully

0:42:32.560 --> 0:42:34.719
<v Speaker 1>buy that he took over all play calling, but he

0:42:34.719 --> 0:42:37.319
<v Speaker 1>did have his glasses on play sheet in hand. This

0:42:37.400 --> 0:42:43.480
<v Speaker 1>is something interesting to monitor with the Lions as the

0:42:43.520 --> 0:42:46.600
<v Speaker 1>Lions have a really important stretch coming up. I'll be

0:42:46.680 --> 0:42:53.719
<v Speaker 1>totally honest, I was that afternoon window of the Lions

0:42:54.280 --> 0:42:58.880
<v Speaker 1>blowing out the Commanders, the Seahawks blowing out Arizona, and

0:42:58.920 --> 0:43:04.400
<v Speaker 1>the Rams blowing out the Niners was kind of uninspiring.

0:43:05.080 --> 0:43:07.160
<v Speaker 1>I wish one of those games had been good. So

0:43:07.200 --> 0:43:08.799
<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna say I was checked out, but I

0:43:08.840 --> 0:43:11.720
<v Speaker 1>was watching Rams Niners the closest. But that's a good

0:43:11.760 --> 0:43:14.959
<v Speaker 1>bounce back win for Detroit. And then the night game

0:43:15.160 --> 0:43:20.000
<v Speaker 1>Chargers Steelers, Aaron looked old and looked like he didn't

0:43:20.000 --> 0:43:23.120
<v Speaker 1>want to get hit. I mean that, and all of

0:43:23.160 --> 0:43:26.800
<v Speaker 1>a sudden, the Ravens are minus two eighty or something

0:43:26.840 --> 0:43:31.520
<v Speaker 1>to win the division. The Steelers margin arra has evaporated.

0:43:32.239 --> 0:43:35.680
<v Speaker 1>The Chargers, on the other hand, looked awesome and credit

0:43:35.719 --> 0:43:37.480
<v Speaker 1>to Justin Herbert. And I don't think I did a

0:43:37.480 --> 0:43:40.560
<v Speaker 1>great job on TV on this yesterday, so I want

0:43:40.560 --> 0:43:46.600
<v Speaker 1>to just clarify here. I think Herbert was excellent in

0:43:46.640 --> 0:43:49.239
<v Speaker 1>that game, and I think Herbert has the ability to

0:43:49.400 --> 0:43:52.520
<v Speaker 1>be excellent. The point I was trying to make on

0:43:52.600 --> 0:43:57.240
<v Speaker 1>TV yesterday was I just don't want if he's not excellent,

0:43:57.360 --> 0:44:02.279
<v Speaker 1>or if the Chargers end up collapsing, or if they're

0:44:02.400 --> 0:44:04.520
<v Speaker 1>nine to eight and sneak into the playoffs and losing

0:44:04.600 --> 0:44:11.200
<v Speaker 1>Round one, I just don't want to hear how oh,

0:44:11.239 --> 0:44:13.800
<v Speaker 1>it's like, what do you want from him? Is offensive

0:44:13.800 --> 0:44:17.760
<v Speaker 1>line's hurt? It's the NFL, man, everybody's dealing with something.

0:44:18.160 --> 0:44:21.440
<v Speaker 1>The Chargers have had bad offensive line injury. Luck Luckily,

0:44:21.440 --> 0:44:25.000
<v Speaker 1>they have a great defense, a great head coach, supposedly

0:44:25.040 --> 0:44:30.520
<v Speaker 1>a great quarterback, and we just saw them against Pittsburgh

0:44:30.560 --> 0:44:36.120
<v Speaker 1>dominate with the team they're gonna have moving forward. So

0:44:36.200 --> 0:44:39.080
<v Speaker 1>if Herbert's supposed to be one of the five best

0:44:39.160 --> 0:44:42.560
<v Speaker 1>quarterbacks in football, which all of his fans swear he is,

0:44:43.000 --> 0:44:47.080
<v Speaker 1>then they should be a legitimate contender right now. And

0:44:47.160 --> 0:44:51.040
<v Speaker 1>let's just on Sunday night, they looked like it all right.

0:44:51.080 --> 0:44:54.720
<v Speaker 1>The other games quickly Broncos beat the Raiders. I'm gonna listen,

0:44:54.760 --> 0:44:57.240
<v Speaker 1>We're into a ton of Broncos chief stuff this weekend,

0:44:58.040 --> 0:45:00.960
<v Speaker 1>and this week I should say the the event is awesome.

0:45:01.880 --> 0:45:05.360
<v Speaker 1>Bo Nicks is not good. He is not scary, and

0:45:05.440 --> 0:45:07.720
<v Speaker 1>I believe he is the reason they are going to

0:45:08.040 --> 0:45:10.200
<v Speaker 1>go from eight and two to being a wild Card

0:45:10.239 --> 0:45:13.759
<v Speaker 1>team Colts beat the Falcons thirty one to twenty five.

0:45:13.840 --> 0:45:19.040
<v Speaker 1>Jonathan Taylor is maybe one of the best running backs

0:45:19.040 --> 0:45:23.879
<v Speaker 1>of his generation. The guy for his NFL career has

0:45:24.320 --> 0:45:27.879
<v Speaker 1>averages one hundred and ten yards from scrimmage per game

0:45:27.920 --> 0:45:31.680
<v Speaker 1>and nearly a touchdown per game in seventy seven games.

0:45:31.800 --> 0:45:35.240
<v Speaker 1>Just an unbelievable football player. Jets beat the Browns twenty

0:45:35.280 --> 0:45:38.240
<v Speaker 1>seven to twenty thanks to a couple kicker or special

0:45:38.280 --> 0:45:41.960
<v Speaker 1>teams touchdowns. Justin Fields completed six passes in that game, saying,

0:45:41.960 --> 0:45:44.840
<v Speaker 1>to meet the Panthers seventeen to seven in a game,

0:45:45.280 --> 0:45:47.680
<v Speaker 1>I'll just be totally honest. I was not locked in

0:45:47.719 --> 0:45:50.920
<v Speaker 1>on at all. Tyler Schucket looks like played, Okay. Ravens

0:45:50.960 --> 0:45:53.040
<v Speaker 1>be the Vikings twenty seven to nineteen in the game

0:45:53.040 --> 0:45:56.600
<v Speaker 1>I did watch closely. Great win for the Ravens. Not

0:45:56.719 --> 0:46:02.440
<v Speaker 1>a great game for the Ravens, and they they just

0:46:02.480 --> 0:46:06.480
<v Speaker 1>haven't looked like the Ravens yet this year. Maybe that's coming,

0:46:06.760 --> 0:46:08.880
<v Speaker 1>but at this point they just need to stack wins

0:46:09.320 --> 0:46:12.160
<v Speaker 1>and then maybe the two best teams in football. Not

0:46:12.320 --> 0:46:14.600
<v Speaker 1>much to say about them right now other than they

0:46:14.680 --> 0:46:17.319
<v Speaker 1>might be the two best teams in football. The Seahawks

0:46:17.600 --> 0:46:20.400
<v Speaker 1>annihilated the Cardinals second straight game. They were up twenty

0:46:20.400 --> 0:46:22.760
<v Speaker 1>eight to nothing in the second quarter, and the Rams

0:46:23.120 --> 0:46:26.640
<v Speaker 1>beat the Niners soundly, and now we get Seahawks Rams

0:46:26.680 --> 0:46:30.120
<v Speaker 1>this weekend. I cannot wait more on that, those two

0:46:30.160 --> 0:46:35.600
<v Speaker 1>teams and Thursday show, and I am not going to

0:46:35.719 --> 0:46:38.720
<v Speaker 1>do the very sappy.

0:46:39.800 --> 0:46:40.200
<v Speaker 2>I might.

0:46:41.320 --> 0:46:43.839
<v Speaker 1>I don't. Demonse would be mad at me about this,

0:46:44.680 --> 0:46:47.520
<v Speaker 1>and I kind of want to do like a long

0:46:47.640 --> 0:46:53.759
<v Speaker 1>form tribute to my son because the news is my son,

0:46:54.040 --> 0:46:58.160
<v Speaker 1>my co host Demonse is not going to be here

0:46:58.200 --> 0:47:02.840
<v Speaker 1>for the next few weeks because my son is now

0:47:02.920 --> 0:47:12.320
<v Speaker 1>a dad and his baby girl, Mila, was born Sunday morning,

0:47:13.880 --> 0:47:19.640
<v Speaker 1>and I'm just so so yes, I'm a grandfather now

0:47:20.840 --> 0:47:24.000
<v Speaker 1>and I'm just so over the moon happy. My wife's

0:47:24.040 --> 0:47:32.720
<v Speaker 1>out there in California and I I, uh, I can't

0:47:32.760 --> 0:47:38.880
<v Speaker 1>describe it. And again I don't. This should have been

0:47:38.880 --> 0:47:42.440
<v Speaker 1>Demande's announcement to make, but we didn't really plan it

0:47:42.520 --> 0:47:45.840
<v Speaker 1>that well in that he was like, I'll announce it

0:47:45.880 --> 0:47:48.239
<v Speaker 1>when I come back, and then with is you know

0:47:48.320 --> 0:47:51.200
<v Speaker 1>it's gonna be on social media? Like what? So, this

0:47:51.360 --> 0:47:55.799
<v Speaker 1>is what I want to say. Demand has not had

0:47:55.840 --> 0:48:02.600
<v Speaker 1>the easiest go of it, and he for people that

0:48:02.680 --> 0:48:06.200
<v Speaker 1>know about my family whatever, you know, my wife was

0:48:06.440 --> 0:48:10.120
<v Speaker 1>very very young when she had Demanse under some really

0:48:10.160 --> 0:48:18.360
<v Speaker 1>tough circumstances. And he's been through a bunch and he,

0:48:19.600 --> 0:48:23.400
<v Speaker 1>like everybody you know, has had some successes and some failures,

0:48:23.440 --> 0:48:26.080
<v Speaker 1>and you know, it's sometimes been maybe more down on

0:48:26.160 --> 0:48:28.960
<v Speaker 1>himself than I you know, felt was right.

0:48:29.080 --> 0:48:39.320
<v Speaker 2>And and his his fortitude and ability to just continue

0:48:39.520 --> 0:48:43.320
<v Speaker 2>striving forward and what he's the man he's turned into

0:48:43.360 --> 0:48:48.719
<v Speaker 2>in the last five years, from just announcing to his

0:48:48.760 --> 0:48:52.800
<v Speaker 2>mom and I he's leaving the house he needs to

0:48:52.840 --> 0:48:56.600
<v Speaker 2>go figure it out on his own and got a

0:48:56.760 --> 0:49:00.759
<v Speaker 2>job in the Midwest building fences to just kind of

0:49:00.800 --> 0:49:01.719
<v Speaker 2>become a.

0:49:01.760 --> 0:49:06.440
<v Speaker 1>Grown man and on that from there to where now

0:49:07.040 --> 0:49:09.520
<v Speaker 1>he's worked at Fox for a few years, does a

0:49:09.520 --> 0:49:12.839
<v Speaker 1>great job there, is so good and so fun on

0:49:12.880 --> 0:49:15.319
<v Speaker 1>this podcast, and now is starting a family of his own.

0:49:15.360 --> 0:49:20.480
<v Speaker 1>It's just unbelievable and I'm just so proud of and

0:49:20.600 --> 0:49:24.439
<v Speaker 1>we'll talk. I'll talk about about that more with him

0:49:25.120 --> 0:49:30.160
<v Speaker 1>when he's back. But congrats to him and Maddie on

0:49:30.560 --> 0:49:34.200
<v Speaker 1>the baby Girl. Mila, love you all so very much.

0:49:34.239 --> 0:49:35.120
<v Speaker 1>Talk to you guys Thursday.

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<v Speaker 2>What's right