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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast, Terrible English Texans, not Choe.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast,

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Speaker 1: presented by the United States Marine Corps. My name is

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Speaker 1: Dan Hansis. I'm joined in room filled with the heroes

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Speaker 1: Mark Cecila, Chris Westling, and Greg Rosenthal. What is up? Please? Hey? Dan?

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Speaker 1: Very disturbed by the cup of soda that you had

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Speaker 1: resting partly off the edge of the desk and in

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Speaker 1: your hand, gingerly touching it as you were total pro

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Speaker 1: good energy Bill. Dan's got a new jacket. He broke

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Speaker 1: out new pre show song. I don't know if you're

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Speaker 1: in my mind it's it's called in my mind It's

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Speaker 1: too There is no tone of surprise that would be

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Speaker 1: the top of a funky b We're excited. We have

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Speaker 1: Kevin Harlan as a guest on our Thursday recap show.

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Speaker 1: So I mean we're tapping into the zeitgeist right now.

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Speaker 1: The shadowy leaf? Is there a shadowy leaf figure behind

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Speaker 1: sort of someone? Yeah, you got to check the bank

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Speaker 1: account for that categorization here, hit. We attempted to add

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Speaker 1: a fourth podcast to our stable, Um this season. We

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Speaker 1: went to the Shadowy League figures. He said, we want

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Speaker 1: a fourth pod. They said no, Why they said no.

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Speaker 1: We never really got a real answer on that. We

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Speaker 1: just didn't get it. They said, no, stick with what

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Speaker 1: you're doing. Well, when you have one podcast that far,

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Speaker 1: you know outrate, saw the other podcasts that you have,

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Speaker 1: why add more? I mean, we don't need to get

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Speaker 1: into that, but you are right. So what we did

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Speaker 1: instead was we circumvented the situation. We searched from rented.

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Speaker 1: We took the Thursday Night recap, as you know, we

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Speaker 1: made it a standalone and now tonight and we just

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Speaker 1: recorded it and you'll hear it tonight Kevin Harlan with

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Speaker 1: the Heroes. Uh So that's basically a full podcast. So

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Speaker 1: that's how you beat the system. That's how you take

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Speaker 1: down the man while he slumber as you do your work.

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Speaker 1: What happens when he wakes up? The man never wakes up?

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Speaker 1: Al Right, guys, that bozo sleeping real average Joe's here.

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Speaker 1: Um a lot to get to, a lot to get

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Speaker 1: to because well not as much as usual. And I'll

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Speaker 1: tell you why. Thirty two teams six teams I'm by

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Speaker 1: means we can chew the fat or fear in your

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Speaker 1: eyes trying to divide by two. Now, imagine imagine me

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Speaker 1: at sixteen having to pass the test to avoid summer school.

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Speaker 1: I don't feel like I feel like the challenge would

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Speaker 1: I always thought it was kind of a big but

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Speaker 1: when we had to do some division while playing darts

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Speaker 1: in London, I realized not a bit. No, I'm not

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Speaker 1: great at math. Everything everything I say in this podcast

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Speaker 1: is real. You know, there's there's no character. Math is hard,

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Speaker 1: all right, So let's get into all the games and

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Speaker 1: we do it draft style. And by the way, it

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Speaker 1: is true. Remember when you used to think and complain

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Speaker 1: trigonometry course? All I need to know or like, you know, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division.

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Speaker 1: That's true, So your younger listeners out there, it's true.

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Speaker 1: But being able to like add and divide and multiply

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Speaker 1: don't worry about it. It's also the sign of a

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Speaker 1: creative so you know, don't worry about it. Everybody. That's

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Speaker 1: not always the sign of that. That's the way to

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Speaker 1: look at it. I didn't know that a default scenario. No,

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Speaker 1: there are studies the left brain, right brain, and all

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Speaker 1: just a little tease, as they call me of the

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Speaker 1: Kevin Harland interview that you could hear in full tonight

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Speaker 1: after our Thursday night recap, like when you when you

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Speaker 1: threw that sponsor read in, like right before you did that,

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Speaker 1: All right, draft style, assuming the game happens there. Even

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Speaker 1: even more important reasons to discuss why right, you know,

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Speaker 1: pack the car, get as much water, bottled water as

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Speaker 1: we can, all that stuff. Um, let's do a draft style.

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Speaker 1: The old Zeuster is picking first. The draft order is

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Speaker 1: Not not a killer slate of games to start with

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Speaker 1: And also the possibility which could be proven wrong. But

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Speaker 1: thank you, and I did also look in the mirror,

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Speaker 1: my conviction that the Packers will take care of business

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Speaker 1: know whether that was the case or not. But I mean,

429
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Speaker 1: he did spend the summer, you know, doing some some

430
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Speaker 1: commercials and getting married, and I'm not saying that really

431
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Speaker 1: affects it, but it is an illustration of the fact

432
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Speaker 1: that he had this love from the outside that he'd

433
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Speaker 1: never really had before. And you wonder if that affected

434
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Speaker 1: the way he's played and the way you know, he

435
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Speaker 1: he was he approached this season. I do I will

436
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Speaker 1: say that having been there for every training camp practice

437
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Speaker 1: that they had. He's been inaccurate this entire time, and

438
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Speaker 1: he was inaccurate in practice in July and it was

439
00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,520
Speaker 1: just slightly off and you thought, well, maybe it's camp,

440
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Speaker 1: maybe it's just something that they'll work on. But it

441
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Speaker 1: hasn't gotten any better. Now in the last few games,

442
00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,359
Speaker 1: he has to played a little bit better that interception

443
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Speaker 1: on the on the touch pass, notwithstanding against New England,

444
00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,919
Speaker 1: you know, statistically he's played a little bit better, but

445
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Speaker 1: they still haven't produced wins, and they haven't been able

446
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Speaker 1: to come up in the clutch, and I think that's

447
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Speaker 1: the most concerning thing, you know, like Mark said, they

448
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Speaker 1: their biggest problems themselves, and if they could just execute,

449
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Speaker 1: they could probably come away with some wins. And that's

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Speaker 1: why I think that they still have somewhat of a

451
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Speaker 1: chance to resurrect the second half of the season, but

452
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Speaker 1: they would pretty much have to win out to really

453
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Speaker 1: do that, which is obviously a tall task for anybody,

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Speaker 1: especially with the weather playing right now. So I mean,

455
00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:53,199
Speaker 1: these next day games are gonna tell us a lot

456
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Speaker 1: about the makeup and moxie if Baker Mayfield, because right now,

457
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Speaker 1: so far, he just hasn't been anywhere near where he

458
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Speaker 1: was as a rookie. You know what I'm gonna do

459
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Speaker 1: with Nick Shook on the phone, I'm locking up Cleveland

460
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,959
Speaker 1: because either this thing, either this thing is gonna be

461
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:07,800
Speaker 1: you know, like glorious Sunday, or I'm going to continue

462
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Speaker 1: just to burn up like a nuclear bomb landing on Earth.

463
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Speaker 1: With the locks situation, I go where Mark goes best

464
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Speaker 1: to what I actually kind of like this one there.

465
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Speaker 1: I do think the Browns are gonna win. I mean,

466
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Speaker 1: I just I didn't I worry about Sunday night. I

467
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Speaker 1: didn't I worry about what happens when you lose a

468
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Speaker 1: lock and the Browns lose. I mean, I've shown literally

469
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Speaker 1: no emotion all year. I think we're good. I just

470
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Speaker 1: saw some emotion locking up a two and six. Yeah,

471
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Speaker 1: you know what it is. There's these these model shots

472
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Speaker 1: of Nick Shook like shooting free throws. Why don't you've

473
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Speaker 1: you've clearly hired a photographer Nick at some point to

474
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Speaker 1: get to maximize this. Check out our YouTube show, Nick,

475
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Speaker 1: we gotta move on the draft. The clock is up.

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Speaker 1: But thank you for joining us and welcome back. We're

477
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Speaker 1: really excited to have you and see you at I

478
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Speaker 1: know you're gonna be doing your work back in Cleveland.

479
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Speaker 1: But I'm sure we're gonna get a chance to see

480
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Speaker 1: you every once in a while, including at the various

481
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Speaker 1: tent pole events. And that's great news. Yeah, I definitely

482
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Speaker 1: you know what ill day one thing? Mark? You know,

483
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Speaker 1: For as emotionless as you've been, I don't think you've

484
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Speaker 1: been able to encounter an emotional uh impast or or

485
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Speaker 1: challenge like the one I encountered in which they fly

486
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Speaker 1: to San Francisco for a Monday night game and you're

487
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Speaker 1: with the team and they get the doors blown off

488
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Speaker 1: and then you have to fly back in the middle

489
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Speaker 1: of the night five hours on the team. Boy, guys,

490
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Speaker 1: you just got destroyed. So at the level then you

491
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Speaker 1: were too close, Nick, you flew too close to the

492
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Speaker 1: sun literally with the plane. All right, Nick, Chuck, Ladies

493
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Speaker 1: and gentlemen, that guy works out. All right, let's move on. Uh, Greg,

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Speaker 1: you are picking third. I am, and I'm gonna go

495
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Speaker 1: with one of my maxims. It's the Tony Romo game early,

496
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Speaker 1: it's Chiefs, it's tight ends. I don't think this will

497
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Speaker 1: necessarily because but I want to enjoy Romo in the morning.

498
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Speaker 1: I want to enjoy Patrick Mahomes has returned to the field.

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Speaker 1: That's not official as we tape this, but he is

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Speaker 1: practicing fully and it sure looks like he's gonna be back.

501
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Speaker 1: And I don't think the Chiefs needed a reminder. They

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Speaker 1: shouldn't have because they were a super per Bowl championship

503
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Speaker 1: level team last year. If they want to coin toss

504
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Speaker 1: they probably win the Super Bowl. They should be reminded

505
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Speaker 1: after last week. Really the last two they can win

506
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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. You beat the Vikings with Matt Moore

507
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Speaker 1: at quarterback, and I think look like the better team

508
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Speaker 1: doing it. You hold the Vikings the three hundred yards

509
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Speaker 1: when Tyree Hills back, and their whole offense just makes

510
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Speaker 1: more sense when Tyree Hills playing at his best, which

511
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Speaker 1: I think he is now. Watkins is now the number two,

512
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Speaker 1: Damian Williams is the clear running back. I think they're

513
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Speaker 1: settling into who they are and I think the defense

514
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Speaker 1: is better this year and they're playing a Tennessee team,

515
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Speaker 1: which is I think earning Dan's ire more. I can't

516
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Speaker 1: I was gonna say the word, but I can't even

517
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Speaker 1: do it. What No, I'm kind of out on even

518
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Speaker 1: that because there that Mariota was a big issue with

519
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,040
Speaker 1: the Tytoons scenario, and but they just they exist, that's

520
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Speaker 1: all they exist, and I don't think they can hang

521
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Speaker 1: with a team with this sort of championship level talent.

522
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Speaker 1: I think losing Malcolm Butler is a big loss for

523
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Speaker 1: a team that if they're gonna go anywhere, and if

524
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Speaker 1: they're gonna get anywhere close to the wild card birth

525
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Speaker 1: fifth or six splot slot in the a f C,

526
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Speaker 1: it's you. It's through your defense, and so when you

527
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Speaker 1: lose a starting corner, I just I don't like that

528
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Speaker 1: situation for them. I think the Chiefs we've forgotten about

529
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Speaker 1: because they haven't had those magic moments from the homes

530
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Speaker 1: and because the Ravens just took down the Patriots, and

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Speaker 1: I think Baltimore became that team that people are focusing

532
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Speaker 1: on as the number one or two slot in a

533
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Speaker 1: f C. This is gonna be a different narrat narrative

534
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Speaker 1: after Sunday night. I see you look like you're you're

535
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Speaker 1: not happy with what I was saying there. I did not.

536
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Speaker 1: I thought the Vikings were clearly the better team, and

537
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Speaker 1: they were get out gained by five yards with Matt

538
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Speaker 1: Morrick quarter, but they were about to run away with

539
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,480
Speaker 1: the game driving down the field and an illegal man

540
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,679
Speaker 1: downfield call changed everything. They were about to go up

541
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Speaker 1: two scores and that was the turning point in the game.

542
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Speaker 1: And then Damian Williams ninety one yard touchdown happened. Right

543
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Speaker 1: after that. I thought the Vikings were in control. The

544
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Speaker 1: Williams touchdown was so huge because, yeah, I think More

545
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:58,840
Speaker 1: played very well in these two weeks, but they kind

546
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Speaker 1: of needed somebody to step up and and get that

547
00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,080
Speaker 1: game back in their favor, and they did that. And

548
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Speaker 1: by the way, you mentioned Tyreek Hill, is he healthy?

549
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 1: Damian Williams runs a four four? Tyreek Hill caught up

550
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Speaker 1: to Damian Williams during the touchdown sprints and what does

551
00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 1: he run like a three six? What's going on in

552
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Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill? It has a chance to have his best

553
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,760
Speaker 1: like stretch for like he hasn't. There's been different parts

554
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Speaker 1: where he's him and Mahomes have been healthy at the

555
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,800
Speaker 1: same time. Not this year, and I just feel like

556
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Speaker 1: he's about his dominant and offensive figure and with them healthy,

557
00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:34,640
Speaker 1: he could he could take off the difference though West

558
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Speaker 1: I think is the defense is is something this year.

559
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,800
Speaker 1: It's a pretty good it's a pretty good past defense.

560
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,399
Speaker 1: They're not great, but just the fact that their defense

561
00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 1: can kind of help them win some games is way

562
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Speaker 1: different than a year ago. Somebody. I've had a few

563
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 1: people ask us to explain d v o A. Basically,

564
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Speaker 1: if you're watching a game and you say, hey, that

565
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Speaker 1: yard on fourth and one is worth a lot more

566
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Speaker 1: than a yard on first and ten. D v O

567
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Speaker 1: accounts that if you say a yard versus let's say

568
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:10,680
Speaker 1: the Patriots defense against a yard versus um the Dolphins defense.

569
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: De v o A factors in your opponent. If factors

570
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 1: in all these different situations during the game, to even

571
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,040
Speaker 1: out the stats and make them make sense like he's

572
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 1: actually watching the game. There's a factor in garbage time,

573
00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:24,720
Speaker 1: absolutely factors in garbage that's important. That's where that's where

574
00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 1: totally yardage sometimes can get skewed. The Titans, this matchup

575
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 1: reminds me of you know, Mike Mularkey and and Mariota

576
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,320
Speaker 1: leading them to a playoff win in Kansas City, and

577
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,920
Speaker 1: John Robinson, their general manager, has been there for a while.

578
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 1: On paper, their talents like a little better, but there's

579
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,960
Speaker 1: no progress since then. I mean, there's no juice their

580
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:49,240
Speaker 1: their their draft picks are either Okay or or or

581
00:27:49,359 --> 00:27:52,199
Speaker 1: less and their free agent pickups like Saffold has been

582
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: a bust for them. Dion Lewis has been a bust

583
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,879
Speaker 1: for them. Cameron Wake is not really playing lately. Although

584
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:01,000
Speaker 1: I liked that signing, The just don't have much juice.

585
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,840
Speaker 1: That come back when by the Titans would never ever

586
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Speaker 1: have occurred on our Earth history of Patrick Mahomes were

587
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,199
Speaker 1: at quarterback either. It wasn't all on Alex Smith. But

588
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,920
Speaker 1: the um the biggest thing I'm looking for in this

589
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,439
Speaker 1: game is had his Mahomes? How is he moving? Because

590
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:18,680
Speaker 1: he came back a little earlier on the timetable, we've

591
00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:20,919
Speaker 1: heard that this is something that he might still need

592
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,679
Speaker 1: surgery for after the season. If he comes back, is

593
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,680
Speaker 1: he Patrick Mahomes or is he gonna be limping around

594
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 1: after one hit in the second quarter? That I mean

595
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,320
Speaker 1: that that could decide whether or not the Chiefs are

596
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 1: a real contender. West, You're up. I am going with

597
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:39,480
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Rams at the Pittsburgh Steelers. Aaron Donald's return.

598
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: Oh wait a second, it is time now for the

599
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 1: road to victory. Chris lessel And, presented by the United

600
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: States Marine Corps, tell us about it. Well, this is

601
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,840
Speaker 1: a matchup where you have a Rams team that has

602
00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 1: not been quite as good this year. Their offensive line

603
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:59,760
Speaker 1: has struggled. Brandon Cooks will not be playing. He's going

604
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,680
Speaker 1: to you a concussion specialist. So this is not the

605
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 1: Rams of yesteryear. And this is a very good Steelers defense.

606
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,080
Speaker 1: I believe they're up to a top five defense in

607
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 1: d v O A. Now, secondaries on fire, Cameron Heywards

608
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 1: having a good year. T J. Watt is as good

609
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 1: as any edge rusher in the league this year. Great matchup.

610
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: And on the other side, I'm not gonna disparage Mason

611
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,239
Speaker 1: Rudolph anymore. I realized the problem is inside of me,

612
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,080
Speaker 1: and it's not with him. It's the mid season duldrums

613
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 1: and bad football has just got me a little bit

614
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: more upset than You're higher on him than before. You're

615
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 1: just you're not on that beat anymore. I I should

616
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Speaker 1: allow for the fact that players can improve. Well, you're

617
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 1: you're you're testing yourself by taking him once again. I

618
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: think this is like your third straight we got the Ruto.

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Speaker 1: It's a very self destructive. Every week, Greg says a

620
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 1: Steelers or West of team he watches him every week

621
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: less goes that's not true, and then he picks them

622
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 1: in the draft. I don't think it was a Steelers

623
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,320
Speaker 1: as said that about wasn't I don't know this Rams team.

624
00:29:57,440 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 1: I thought they did a couple of good things going

625
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Speaker 1: into the by. They had some good opponents to do

626
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 1: it against, but they played with tempo. They really split

627
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:07,200
Speaker 1: the snaps between Darryl Henderson and Gurly, I mean right

628
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,959
Speaker 1: down the middle, and Henderson gives them a little bit

629
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Speaker 1: of juice. I'm curious we've given this coaching to have

630
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: a lot of credit over the years. They just got

631
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Speaker 1: there by. They kind of survived the first half of

632
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,520
Speaker 1: the season five and three. I'm curious to see what

633
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Speaker 1: type of team they come out as because it wouldn't

634
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 1: surprise me if they look like a better team in

635
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 1: the second half of the season. Come on, give him

636
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 1: a little credit. Steelers a first in the league in

637
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 1: sas Jared Goff can get that deer in the you

638
00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,000
Speaker 1: know during the headline, second in the league and turnovers FORCET.

639
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:37,280
Speaker 1: It got me thinking if they had Roethlisberger healthy, with

640
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Speaker 1: the defense that second in the league and turnovers forest,

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Speaker 1: that's a Super Bowl contender for sure. I will not

642
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 1: be surprised when they are in contention in Week seventeen

643
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 1: four playoff. Let's pick this game. Mark the Rams have

644
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: allowed twenty points in two weeks against You know, suspect

645
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 1: teams to be kind in the Falcons and Bengals, but

646
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,400
Speaker 1: I think that they are going to put the clamps

647
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 1: on Pitts bricks offense and wine to the Pittsburgh quarterback

648
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 1: who should not be named gets a little panicky under pressure. Well,

649
00:31:11,320 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 1: he gets a lot panicky under pressure, and Aaron Donald

650
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 1: brings as much pressure as anyone. So as much as

651
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 1: I like the Steelers defense in a home game, and

652
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 1: as much as I don't trust Jared Golf on the road,

653
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: I just I got a lean toward the Rams. I

654
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 1: don't know how's this Rams team traveling this year. I

655
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: don't know if I trust them in this game. Quarterback

656
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: never traveled. I think this is a field goal game,

657
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,680
Speaker 1: and I'll give it to the Rams because I think

658
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: they're a better team. But it would not surprise me,

659
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: I'll say. I mean, there were three and one on

660
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,360
Speaker 1: the road and lost their only game on the road

661
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 1: to Seattle by one point, right, and they probably should

662
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 1: have one. I have the Rams and this was I

663
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: debated between this game and another as my lock. I'm

664
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 1: not locking it, but I I do feel pretty good

665
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: that the Rams are gonna I think they're gonna be

666
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 1: a better team in the second half. All right, there

667
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 1: you go. And that was the road to victory present

668
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 1: did by the United States Marine Corps. And love those

669
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 1: means their heroes, the real heroes. And now Wes, it

670
00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 1: is time to snake slither your way to your next pick.

671
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 1: I hate to do this to Greg. Oh, but you

672
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,479
Speaker 1: love it too. Sorry, No, I don't love it at all.

673
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: I don't really love this game, but it's clearly the

674
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,040
Speaker 1: best one favorite rivalry in the league. Falcons at Saints.

675
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:34,760
Speaker 1: I mean it's seen better days. Well, I think Saints

676
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,479
Speaker 1: fans are still ravenous and want to put it on

677
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 1: the Falcons regardless because this rivalry it has surprised me

678
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 1: at times the extent to which feelings get hurt in

679
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 1: this rivalry and the intensity of it. But the Saints,

680
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: with Drew brees back, I don't know that they have

681
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 1: a weakness at all. Uh. The defense is phenomenal. The

682
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 1: way this team is built. They have nailed draft picks

683
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,600
Speaker 1: and it's not just that they're all proble. There's guys

684
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:04,000
Speaker 1: like Von Bell and Marcus Williams. Their two safeties might

685
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,080
Speaker 1: be the best safety tandem in the league this year.

686
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,880
Speaker 1: Um Cameron Jordan. Everybody knows about Da Mario Davis nailing

687
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 1: that free agent pick. He's playing at a Pro Bowl level.

688
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: And the offense Alvin Kamar is supposed to be back

689
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 1: to So what what is the weakness on this team?

690
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: Drew Brees mentioned this week he wanted to make sure

691
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 1: to get the other wide receivers involved, thinking about how

692
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,000
Speaker 1: they were slow at the end of last year and

693
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,600
Speaker 1: that he hasn't really played this year and you know

694
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:33,040
Speaker 1: they didn't exactly do that in Arizona and so that.

695
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 1: But when you're looking that deep to like, hey, we

696
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: gotta get more guys involved. Just because our dominant you know,

697
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 1: wide receiver Michael Thomas and our great running game, it

698
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 1: is kind of doing everything for us. That's a good problem.

699
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 1: I mean, because Michael Thomas is on track right now

700
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,640
Speaker 1: for a hundred and forty six receptions, which would beat

701
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,480
Speaker 1: Marvin Harrison's record of a hundred and forty three two

702
00:33:54,520 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 1: thousand two. Why so keep Marvin Harrison's name and well

703
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: I don't feel concerned personally, but I you know that

704
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 1: that's probably not news to him. Hundred forty three well

705
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 1: especially they're trying to spread it around to this extent.

706
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 1: But what other team in the league loses their quarter better,

707
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 1: loses Alvin Kamara and finds a way to improve, get deeper,

708
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:22,440
Speaker 1: and get better. I mean, Lettavius Murray, who there were

709
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 1: a lot of questions about, totally stepped up and did

710
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:28,680
Speaker 1: the job we know Teddy Bridgewater did. And the Falcons, meanwhile,

711
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 1: of lost Mohammed's Mohammed sanew and down, They've stepped down

712
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: and been a total disappointment. I think that one of

713
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,160
Speaker 1: the most disappointing players in the league all year has

714
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 1: to be DeVonta Freeman. Yes right, I mean he's just

715
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:43,520
Speaker 1: been week after week and he's getting touches. Can't make it.

716
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 1: They changed their kicker. Everyone thought they might fire Quinn.

717
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 1: They changed their kicker and their punter during the bye week,

718
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,240
Speaker 1: so we got young Wai coup Michael Vick's number seven,

719
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 1: which is just feels like, uh, put in the target

720
00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 1: on his back. It's not what I wanted for a

721
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,879
Speaker 1: two point That was a good idea. What a year

722
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:06,279
Speaker 1: in Atlanta. Wow, alright, we do have to Taysom Hill

723
00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 1: where at that reached seven, and I think it's arrow

724
00:35:10,160 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: up because it was a sandwich bet and he's at

725
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: three and I was real concerned about this week ago

726
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 1: he got three. He got his third last week and

727
00:35:18,520 --> 00:35:20,759
Speaker 1: with with breeze back, I think they're gonna use him

728
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: more in the red zone and in ways where he's

729
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 1: gonna he's gonna meet that sandwich bet. Like this better

730
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: because when you're rooting against the Bucks pass rusher Shack,

731
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 1: it felt, it felt there's an ugliness to it. Well,

732
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: that was that's a prepared vengeful streak made by the

733
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 1: three of you. However, being against anyone in this case,

734
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:39,880
Speaker 1: you're rooting for a man to succeed, which I like that.

735
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 1: I've also learned that sandwich bets are much more enjoyable

736
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,319
Speaker 1: when you have an entire year to find out if

737
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 1: they happen or not, versus predicting like a tornado taking

738
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,399
Speaker 1: out two animals and people in week four, I think

739
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,239
Speaker 1: then it doesn't happen. Um that you, when we were

740
00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 1: in London, predicted that a player would miss time with

741
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 1: an animal related injury. We came close that at if

742
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:02,960
Speaker 1: the cat just could have nibbled on someone and they

743
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:07,440
Speaker 1: needed a you know, a raby shot in the bell.

744
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 1: He gets infected and he just gotta take a week off.

745
00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,400
Speaker 1: I would say this. Met Life Stadium released an update

746
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 1: suggesting that they have not found the cat. The cat

747
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,240
Speaker 1: is still there and the cat probably you know, even

748
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:22,800
Speaker 1: animals need attention. Not I shouldn't even say he or revenge.

749
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 1: I mean, he got a lot of attention. Next time

750
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,880
Speaker 1: he hears that crowd roar, maybe he comes out and

751
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,840
Speaker 1: this time he bites someone. He comes out with purpose.

752
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: You know, he was a little skittish, didn't seem to

753
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: know what he wanted when he was on the field

754
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,080
Speaker 1: of Monday night. Comes out Sunday or this time. Remember

755
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: the he's gonna bite Sam Donald right in the butt.

756
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 1: Remember the groundskeeper the Seattle Mariners took a cat off

757
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 1: the field once and spent like five seconds trying to

758
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:48,439
Speaker 1: stop being bit by the thing is it was taken

759
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:53,960
Speaker 1: off angry cat? All right? Next up, Greg Rosenthal, is

760
00:36:53,960 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 1: it now? I I'll know this silk. I'll take the

761
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:07,319
Speaker 1: Cardinals Bucks game as a backup in the morning. Yeah,

762
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 1: I saw you tweet about that and so I was like,

763
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 1: you know what, when he's right, he's right. I kind

764
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,359
Speaker 1: of like watching this Cardinals team a little bit more

765
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:18,279
Speaker 1: every week they get David Johnson back. They're intriguing. I

766
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 1: think it's a good sign Cliff Kingsbury has changed up

767
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 1: what they did so dramatically between September and October. That's

768
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:29,360
Speaker 1: a that's a sign of a good coach. This is

769
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: not a talented offense at all, and they're kind of

770
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,800
Speaker 1: getting it done. I think Kyler Murray is very calm.

771
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 1: He doesn't make mistakes. He just feels like a professional.

772
00:37:38,680 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: I mean, a professional that's gonna be around for a

773
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,359
Speaker 1: long time. I just like what I've seen, and this

774
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,359
Speaker 1: is a game where it's gonna be really hard to run.

775
00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 1: Every team has got to kind of decide, do we

776
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,960
Speaker 1: just go crazy pass heavy against the Bucks because they're

777
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,280
Speaker 1: so good stopping the run. Uh, that would be interesting

778
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 1: if the Cardinals do it, because they're they're not a

779
00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 1: great passing attack. It's not on Murray, but it's just

780
00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,080
Speaker 1: not a talented group. I'm feeling good about Murray the

781
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:03,799
Speaker 1: second half here, and he made some throwers, including that

782
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:05,760
Speaker 1: one where he dropped down. I think on the Cardinals

783
00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: Twitter feed. They called it a fadeaway touchdown pass. Uh

784
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 1: that was just perfectly placed and not a lot of

785
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: guys can move and put the ball put that much

786
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:16,040
Speaker 1: zip on the ball. He's also one stat that really

787
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: jumps out to me, especially Mark, as we know with

788
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,879
Speaker 1: young quarterbacks how turnover prone they could be. He hasn't

789
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,359
Speaker 1: had a turnover in five games. Now. You can also

790
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 1: say there's a lot of you know, low risk passes,

791
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,360
Speaker 1: and he's throwing short of the sticks a lot, perhaps,

792
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: but that means he's just protecting the ball and in

793
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: a first year starter that's been thrown into fire, I

794
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,280
Speaker 1: think that is a very good sign. And he's running

795
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,400
Speaker 1: a lot relatively. Yeah, and I will I will say

796
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: on the subject of Kingsbury that there was certain when

797
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 1: you're around the league as much as we are, and

798
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,760
Speaker 1: you talk to people and you hear, you know, certain

799
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,840
Speaker 1: we're bathing in this information that's secret information that just

800
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 1: comes sweet when you're around it. What you idiots don't know, Yeah,

801
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: which you people don't understand. But there was a certain

802
00:38:58,400 --> 00:39:00,920
Speaker 1: man that would be great to see Cliffsbury fail. And

803
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 1: I think a lot of it was coming from people

804
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 1: that also study the college game closely and thought that

805
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:09,120
Speaker 1: he squandered talent in his job and that he didn't

806
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 1: do a good job when he was at Texas Tech,

807
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 1: and they thought, oh, now he's the hot shot that's

808
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 1: gonna light the NFL on fire. And he hasn't lit

809
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,760
Speaker 1: the NFL on fire. But to Greg's point, this team

810
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,799
Speaker 1: is improving as the season's going on, and they and

811
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,239
Speaker 1: they were very competitive. There's no shame and losing by

812
00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: three points than I am kind of like super punk

813
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,560
Speaker 1: on Adam Gaze. Was it for Kingsbury to bring in

814
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,959
Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake off of you know, sight unseen a couple

815
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,400
Speaker 1: of days and he blows up against the best defense

816
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,480
Speaker 1: in the league. I think Adam Gas has bigger things

817
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 1: to worry about, but he does. But it was just

818
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: a little thing he didn't need to need to deal

819
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 1: with on a Thursday night. When they get Edmunds back,

820
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 1: I mean Edmunds, Drake and David Johnson that that's a

821
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:47,800
Speaker 1: wild backfield. I also think the Bucks are playing better.

822
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 1: You know, they offensively did really well in Seattle. I

823
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 1: think Jamis has had his two best games of the

824
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,880
Speaker 1: year in a row. It has to be the unluckiest

825
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: team in the league, right they are if you look

826
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,719
Speaker 1: at the expected wins, for instance, on football side, this

827
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 1: is more of a four and four team. They've lost

828
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:04,919
Speaker 1: a lot of close game. They find ways to lose

829
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 1: close game, but they've played good teams tight and then

830
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 1: they find ways to lose. What's impressed me about the

831
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:12,320
Speaker 1: Bucks is how many teams have had as many breakout

832
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:16,840
Speaker 1: sort of stars as they have. Godwin, Ronald Jones, Vida Vella,

833
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: Shaq Barrett. These guys were not nucleus players a year ago.

834
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 1: And on the other hand, O. J. Howard has been

835
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 1: on nothing for them. Cameron Brad has been a nothing

836
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,719
Speaker 1: for them. They don't use tight ends, but they have

837
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:31,239
Speaker 1: found some nucleus players. The question is when are they

838
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,920
Speaker 1: ever going to fix the secondary? And is their quarterback

839
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,480
Speaker 1: a franchise quarterback. Winston played his best game though. I

840
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: mean they had touchdown drives, a seven, nine, twelve and

841
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 1: ten plays last week. It was the best three quarter

842
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 1: stretch I think he's had. I'm gonna do the ultimate

843
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:48,839
Speaker 1: lass half full Bucks. Take care that Jamis Winston, non

844
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:53,839
Speaker 1: consecutively with games, has had an amazing half a season. Yeah,

845
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,279
Speaker 1: they played eight games and he's been legitimately good in

846
00:40:56,400 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 1: four of them. He's been very bad in the other four.

847
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 1: That's who he is. Here's the thing. They're unlucky, but

848
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,480
Speaker 1: they're unlucky and they should be like a seven or

849
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 1: eight win team. So it's there's no middle ground are

850
00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,320
Speaker 1: talking about. I get why people are that he drives

851
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,560
Speaker 1: coaches mad, but also enticees coaches because he's not just

852
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:18,040
Speaker 1: a bad quarterback. He's not like a Mariota type. He

853
00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 1: has more highs and lows. That's some pretty threat he does,

854
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 1: like the throwing of the football. He does. But when

855
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,320
Speaker 1: you watch him versus Russell Wilson, you see that Russell

856
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:32,000
Speaker 1: Wilson has timing touch and three that Jameis Winson just

857
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:35,320
Speaker 1: doesn't rush Wilson. That's dangerous, bro. That's your m d

858
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:38,600
Speaker 1: P right now. Someone asked me, if Andy Dalton plays

859
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 1: to the level of a surrounding talent, wouldn't you want

860
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 1: him on the Bucks? And I said no, because why

861
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:46,320
Speaker 1: why would you give away Jamis Winston's upside for Andy Dalton.

862
00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 1: He's the middle, right, They're both in the middle. They

863
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 1: just get their different ways. Well, put, Mark, you are up.

864
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: That was really well put, Greg, that was you know what.

865
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,440
Speaker 1: That was the best. That was the best little side

866
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:02,920
Speaker 1: of the season. I'm not speaking about Jamis ever again.

867
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 1: All Right, I'm gonna strategically take a four pm game

868
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 1: on the East Coast, but it will be one pm,

869
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,359
Speaker 1: one oh five PMR time for people that don't care

870
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:18,879
Speaker 1: about that little nugget Dolphins at cults. Now, you don't

871
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:20,840
Speaker 1: have a lot of choices. Well, let's be honest. The

872
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: whole slate is bad game. I will not look forward

873
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,720
Speaker 1: to this the back half of the one. We should

874
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:29,399
Speaker 1: be quick so that we leave time for these nice

875
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,279
Speaker 1: prime time I'm with you on that, and I would

876
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,400
Speaker 1: I would view it this way instead of telling me

877
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,719
Speaker 1: I'm picking a bad game, I'm taking it away from

878
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 1: you guys having to deal with it because of that

879
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 1: giving spirit that I have towards the three of you

880
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:48,280
Speaker 1: in theory. There we go it. My one thing about

881
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 1: the Dolphins is I know, first of all, if I

882
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 1: were this whole organic tank situation, I would look at

883
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 1: teams that when oh in sixteen or one in fifteen

884
00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:59,800
Speaker 1: or two and fourteen got the quarterback they wanted and

885
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:01,640
Speaker 1: where they are a year two later, it does not

886
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:04,760
Speaker 1: solve all your issues. I give it. It's a nice idea.

887
00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:07,479
Speaker 1: See what happens there. The Dolphins I think are gonna

888
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 1: go about four and twelve. They play the Jets, Giants, Bengals,

889
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 1: and Browns down the stretch. I have know they the

890
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:15,920
Speaker 1: way that they're playing each week. No, you're gettingre getting

891
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 1: a little bit better Fitzpatrick, and I'm just saying they

892
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 1: could get two or three, which can pull you. When

893
00:43:22,719 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 1: you've got the Bengals the Redskins in that mix, you

894
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,520
Speaker 1: could be the team with the third competitive. They're too

895
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 1: competitive they were. Can I just tell you they're not

896
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 1: the same team as they were last week when they

897
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,480
Speaker 1: beat the Jets. Their best receiver was Preston Wilson out

898
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 1: for the year. With they're little not winning streak, but

899
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:42,880
Speaker 1: the little streak of playing competitively coincided with Mark Walton

900
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:46,839
Speaker 1: being a physical, bruising running back suspended four games. They're

901
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 1: two best offensive weapons are gone, so Xavian Howard. I

902
00:43:50,239 --> 00:43:52,359
Speaker 1: know that's been for a few weeks, but yeah, they

903
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:54,959
Speaker 1: don't have a lot of top shelf talent. You would

904
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:58,719
Speaker 1: think the Colts offensive line could just grind this defense

905
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 1: into dirt the by the end of the game. If

906
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 1: they're as good as as as we think they are.

907
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:06,840
Speaker 1: I do like Zach Pascal though he really looks like

908
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:10,120
Speaker 1: a little player dog like a legit starting receiver. He's

909
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:11,920
Speaker 1: the only receiver left in the court. We never I

910
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:13,520
Speaker 1: don't think we were talking week to pick up bring

911
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,080
Speaker 1: up Mike francessa by the way. A tough time from

912
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 1: Mike um but t Y Hilton that non contact injury,

913
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:24,080
Speaker 1: that's you know, he's had a tough years. This a

914
00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:26,840
Speaker 1: way less watch and is what's going on with Jake Briskett?

915
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:30,440
Speaker 1: Where are we at right now? As if practiced penatively

916
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:34,040
Speaker 1: expected to It seems like he wants to and he's

917
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 1: pushing for it. He's not, you know, he's not a

918
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:37,759
Speaker 1: fleet of foot guy. Will he be able to move

919
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 1: in the pocket? And again same thing with Mahomes. This

920
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:41,799
Speaker 1: would be even more extreme because he just got hurt.

921
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:44,280
Speaker 1: Is he survived? You know, a couple of pass rushes

922
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:46,480
Speaker 1: his way. It's a good team to uh to be

923
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:49,120
Speaker 1: out of the field against. Though it fits his playing

924
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 1: pretty well though I mean, is I was thinking about it,

925
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,520
Speaker 1: He's still the second best quarterback in the a f C.

926
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:58,640
Speaker 1: They shot too high for their shot too high with him.

927
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:01,440
Speaker 1: He's He's sort of a luxury that I think a

928
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 1: lot of teens with young quarterbacks who are playing behind

929
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 1: awful offensive lines would like to have just to give

930
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 1: that young quarterback a mental break for a month and say,

931
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 1: all right, once we get all of our talent back,

932
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:14,400
Speaker 1: then we'll put him in. I don't know, let's crunch

933
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,279
Speaker 1: some of those analytics might be the best quarterback in

934
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:20,320
Speaker 1: they've let's let's crunch some. I'm just saying, this guy's

935
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 1: a career delicias. He's having fun. I love fits. I'll

936
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 1: never may. I want him to. He'll come to New

937
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:32,919
Speaker 1: England beat Tom Brady's backup or something that would be fine.

938
00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:36,200
Speaker 1: All right, I am up on the snake, so I

939
00:45:36,239 --> 00:45:39,560
Speaker 1: will take I'm glad this game is still here. Well

940
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:45,840
Speaker 1: I'm not snaking yet. Mr slithers, Mr slitherers. The Lions

941
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:48,759
Speaker 1: at the Bears, now, well that's an upset. Here's the thing.

942
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:55,160
Speaker 1: Here's the thing, gentlemen, um, The Lions will drive you crazy.

943
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 1: If you're a Lions fan of Kevin patra type. There's

944
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:01,799
Speaker 1: only one Kevin Patrick, of course, but you look at

945
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,640
Speaker 1: three four and one and you're so angry because we

946
00:46:04,719 --> 00:46:06,680
Speaker 1: know they kicked away that week one game, and they've

947
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:09,360
Speaker 1: had several games now this season where they just executed

948
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,959
Speaker 1: a little bit better. If they gotta stop here or there,

949
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 1: they are in the middle of the NFC playoff phrase

950
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:17,759
Speaker 1: and instead they're there about to fall out of it.

951
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:20,400
Speaker 1: And that has nothing to do what's happening on the

952
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:24,480
Speaker 1: offensive side of the football. In fact, I think one

953
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:26,840
Speaker 1: guy that has kind of flown under the radar for years.

954
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:30,360
Speaker 1: I've always loved him, Marvin Jones. He is a great

955
00:46:30,360 --> 00:46:33,040
Speaker 1: player in this offense. He is he is really he's

956
00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: on pace for career high and yardage totals. He's a

957
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:39,000
Speaker 1: playmaker for Detroit. And you put him across from Kenny

958
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:42,040
Speaker 1: Golladay and they are in terms of one two tandem.

959
00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:43,880
Speaker 1: I I didn't look it up, but they have to

960
00:46:43,920 --> 00:46:46,640
Speaker 1: be right up there against any tandem in football. Matthew

961
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:49,000
Speaker 1: Stafford is as we know, as we've been talking about,

962
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:51,759
Speaker 1: has been very good this season. Great even so. The

963
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:55,920
Speaker 1: offense is built to sustain and the team can survive

964
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:58,440
Speaker 1: with a shaky defense. But this is a bad defense

965
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,839
Speaker 1: and it's killing him a week off, a week after week.

966
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 1: They can't get off the field, they can't get stops

967
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:07,719
Speaker 1: and and they lose these close games as a result. Um, now,

968
00:47:07,800 --> 00:47:09,799
Speaker 1: let me say this. They go to Chicago, and I

969
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:12,520
Speaker 1: know this is a bad season for the Bears. It's

970
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:16,320
Speaker 1: been probably one of the more disappointing seasons in recent

971
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,759
Speaker 1: franchise history. Maybe just take out they've been around a

972
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: hundred years franchise history. Given this what people thought coming

973
00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 1: into the season to be three and five and and

974
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:28,759
Speaker 1: come be reaching the realization that you you picked the

975
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:31,680
Speaker 1: wrong quarterback. That's a tough spot to be in. However,

976
00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:35,920
Speaker 1: I don't think this is a four and twelve team,

977
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,319
Speaker 1: and I think they're gonna win enough games to keep

978
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 1: this from becoming a total embarrassment. I'm not saying they're

979
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:42,360
Speaker 1: gonna re enter this race. I think it's like a

980
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:45,560
Speaker 1: seven and nine team. I think the defense will improve,

981
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:49,359
Speaker 1: and even though the lines contend every week, um, I

982
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:51,640
Speaker 1: think this is a game where Chicago gets right and

983
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:53,719
Speaker 1: this is a heat check because the old jusers picked

984
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 1: four in a row. I'm locking up the Bears to

985
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:59,200
Speaker 1: steady the ship a sinking shape. Plug plug some holes

986
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,719
Speaker 1: in the h and so I'm gonna lock up the

987
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:05,239
Speaker 1: Bears to beat the lines. But at the same time,

988
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 1: it's a total heat check because I could see you

989
00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:08,840
Speaker 1: going the other way because the lines on balance have

990
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:11,560
Speaker 1: played better this season. I could see Chase Daniel winning

991
00:48:11,600 --> 00:48:13,440
Speaker 1: that lock for you if it happens, because I think

992
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: we're on Chase Daniel watch at this point. Not even

993
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 1: an unnecessary shot at Trabisky. But you know, I know

994
00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:20,960
Speaker 1: the Eagles had a couple of players back on their defense,

995
00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:26,640
Speaker 1: but to do what happened against Philadelphia. Chicago's offense is

996
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:29,319
Speaker 1: as concerning a unit as there is in the league

997
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:33,200
Speaker 1: right now. They bring back almost identical personnel from last

998
00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:36,680
Speaker 1: year when they were pretty good, and their offense doesn't

999
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:39,719
Speaker 1: do anything well. I'm not sure what their defense does

1000
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:42,719
Speaker 1: well anymore. You can run Jordan Howard was running through

1001
00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:45,200
Speaker 1: gaping holes all game. Enough team to throw on, you

1002
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:48,319
Speaker 1: would think match. But where's Eddie Jackson who got like

1003
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:50,759
Speaker 1: defensive player of the Year mentions last year and I

1004
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:52,680
Speaker 1: don't think i've heard his name this year. The pass

1005
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:55,719
Speaker 1: rush hasn't been as consistent they've They've played against a

1006
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:57,879
Speaker 1: lot of good offensive lines. That's not the case this week.

1007
00:48:58,080 --> 00:49:01,160
Speaker 1: This is an ultimate like weakness on weakness matchup when

1008
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 1: the Bears have the ball, because the Lions are driving

1009
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:07,399
Speaker 1: their fans crazy because they never blitz. There's something some

1010
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,440
Speaker 1: fan bases just get obsessed with little things, and Lions

1011
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:13,480
Speaker 1: fans and Lions writers are obsessed with the fact that

1012
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:16,479
Speaker 1: the Lions never blitz. And it's true, they blitz way

1013
00:49:16,560 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 1: less than any other team. And I don't know if

1014
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:21,440
Speaker 1: that would I don't think that would solve their defense.

1015
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:24,480
Speaker 1: But this is kind of the ultimate you know, movable object,

1016
00:49:24,680 --> 00:49:28,839
Speaker 1: job object and movable force. This disasters going against each

1017
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:32,000
Speaker 1: that's what you like to say. And the Lions are

1018
00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:35,840
Speaker 1: forever a top ten, top five pain rankings team because

1019
00:49:36,360 --> 00:49:39,759
Speaker 1: certain teams just invite tragedy and the type of head

1020
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:42,120
Speaker 1: scratching ways to lose that just make the fan base

1021
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:45,239
Speaker 1: suffer even more. And when they had the game on

1022
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:48,240
Speaker 1: the line, they get to the goal line on Sunday

1023
00:49:48,239 --> 00:49:50,520
Speaker 1: against the Raiders and the rushing to the line and

1024
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:53,360
Speaker 1: the Raiders call time out and everyone's like, what is

1025
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:55,640
Speaker 1: Oakland doing. You're giving the lines a chance to to

1026
00:49:55,719 --> 00:49:58,319
Speaker 1: get on the field and get their offense set Well.

1027
00:49:58,320 --> 00:50:00,440
Speaker 1: Guess what Matthew Stafford said after the game that he

1028
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:02,040
Speaker 1: had a play set up in his mind with his

1029
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,160
Speaker 1: best playmakers on the field as he was running to

1030
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:06,799
Speaker 1: the line to get the playoff. And then after the

1031
00:50:06,880 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 1: time out, their offense sends out a package that has

1032
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:14,319
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones, Kenny Golladay, Danny Amidol all on the sideline

1033
00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:17,279
Speaker 1: for the last play of the game, which is leads

1034
00:50:17,280 --> 00:50:19,879
Speaker 1: a harmless interception and of course gotta get the ball.

1035
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:23,239
Speaker 1: The logan you cannot, that cannot be the way you

1036
00:50:23,280 --> 00:50:24,960
Speaker 1: play football at the game on line. That's just poor

1037
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:28,240
Speaker 1: execute jumbo package with their lead with t J. Hockenson

1038
00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:30,520
Speaker 1: not on the field too. And Darren Bevill specializes in

1039
00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:33,600
Speaker 1: answering questions about the final play of the game dramatics.

1040
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:36,279
Speaker 1: But that was a buzz point too. That's could be.

1041
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:39,080
Speaker 1: That's could be kind of like an ugly fun game,

1042
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:41,279
Speaker 1: you know, so bad. It's good, all right, and we'll

1043
00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:49,200
Speaker 1: snake now. Now we'll slither Mr slithers uh to the

1044
00:50:49,239 --> 00:50:53,080
Speaker 1: Snoopy Bowl giants at jets Uh. That's you know, this

1045
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:55,040
Speaker 1: is some hero work. Because I know nobody wants to

1046
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 1: watch this, and I get that, um, but I'll watch

1047
00:50:57,520 --> 00:51:00,719
Speaker 1: it just because I need to see, um, how the

1048
00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:03,879
Speaker 1: goffin teams can go because it's been this is every once,

1049
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:07,600
Speaker 1: so it doesn't happen very often, but it happens maybe

1050
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:09,520
Speaker 1: more than it should when you have both of the

1051
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:13,160
Speaker 1: New York teams having dreadful seasons, and this one happens

1052
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:15,279
Speaker 1: to sync up with the every four years when they

1053
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:18,000
Speaker 1: play each other. So in the metal ends, you get

1054
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:21,640
Speaker 1: a two and seven against the one and seven, and uh,

1055
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:23,799
Speaker 1: Adam Gates, as we know, is run out of excuses,

1056
00:51:23,840 --> 00:51:26,480
Speaker 1: the pressures at a season high after the loss of

1057
00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, you get a Giants team that anybody can

1058
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:33,560
Speaker 1: score on. Uh. But as we see, here's the crazy

1059
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:35,920
Speaker 1: thing about the Jets off. It's the last two weeks.

1060
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:39,480
Speaker 1: This the game's starting incredibly well with well oiled, well

1061
00:51:39,520 --> 00:51:43,160
Speaker 1: executed touchdown drives, ending with Donald Donald touchdown passes, and

1062
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:45,439
Speaker 1: then once you get past that scripted portion, the whole

1063
00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:48,400
Speaker 1: thing drives up. Uh, is what is up with that?

1064
00:51:48,719 --> 00:51:50,440
Speaker 1: Is that on the player or is that on the

1065
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 1: coaching or is it on both? So I want to

1066
00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:54,640
Speaker 1: see the Jets not only get out of the gate

1067
00:51:54,719 --> 00:51:57,239
Speaker 1: quickly but not completely shrivel up. And then on the

1068
00:51:57,239 --> 00:52:00,440
Speaker 1: Giant side, Uh, it sounds like and I that's had

1069
00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:05,080
Speaker 1: a star star Cross career, um Sterling Shepherd might be

1070
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:08,440
Speaker 1: ending up on the i R with concussion issues. Evan

1071
00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:12,359
Speaker 1: Ingram has this is not good a midfoot spring, which

1072
00:52:12,400 --> 00:52:15,400
Speaker 1: sounds an awful lot a lot like that Harlot, that

1073
00:52:15,560 --> 00:52:20,719
Speaker 1: wretched woman Liz Frank can trust well Camp said the

1074
00:52:20,760 --> 00:52:24,399
Speaker 1: same thing. It was diagnosed as a midfoot spring. To Shank,

1075
00:52:24,680 --> 00:52:26,279
Speaker 1: I don't want that to be the she's so she

1076
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:29,400
Speaker 1: lacks so much trust that she'll suddenly appear, as listens,

1077
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:32,200
Speaker 1: the worst kind of one. So many great women, she

1078
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:35,000
Speaker 1: is not a good one. Um. So we'll see if

1079
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:37,280
Speaker 1: Evan Ingram comes back next week. But he's not playing

1080
00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:40,280
Speaker 1: this week. So two bad teams going at it. Somebody's

1081
00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:43,640
Speaker 1: gonna win, probably, and both teams really needed. The Giants

1082
00:52:43,640 --> 00:52:46,279
Speaker 1: have lost five straight and you know all about the

1083
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:48,839
Speaker 1: Jets of struggles this season. I thought Leonard Williams showed

1084
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:51,120
Speaker 1: up pretty well in that first game for the Giants,

1085
00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:53,000
Speaker 1: and it's an interesting you know, I don't I don't

1086
00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:56,560
Speaker 1: buy any of these revenge games. When employer A has

1087
00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:59,480
Speaker 1: given you millions of dollars to buy a big home

1088
00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,040
Speaker 1: in the Tries State area and they were nice enough

1089
00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:04,239
Speaker 1: to trade you somewhere, we're in theory he probably didn't

1090
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:06,880
Speaker 1: even have to move properties and still plays in the

1091
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:08,839
Speaker 1: same I saw him get in the backfield a couple

1092
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:11,600
Speaker 1: of times, but that felt like a regular Leonard Williams game,

1093
00:53:12,080 --> 00:53:17,239
Speaker 1: Like I don't know he could he hit and there. Well,

1094
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:19,920
Speaker 1: so what's so? So what's the biggest issue for the Jets.

1095
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:22,640
Speaker 1: It's their offensive lines. So I'm just saying Leonard Williams

1096
00:53:22,719 --> 00:53:25,880
Speaker 1: could be an annoying Maybe he does, but I have

1097
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:27,799
Speaker 1: four years of evidence that he won't be getting to

1098
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:29,759
Speaker 1: the quarterback much. They should be a game where you

1099
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,319
Speaker 1: feel better about your quarterbacks afterwards. There's not a lot

1100
00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:36,160
Speaker 1: of resistance. The Jets defense has not played well. I

1101
00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 1: mean the tabloids are loving it. The back cover of

1102
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:42,200
Speaker 1: the New York Daily News was Dumpster Fire nineteen and

1103
00:53:42,239 --> 00:53:47,120
Speaker 1: it's a picture of MetLife Stadium, almost disrespectfully photoshopped with

1104
00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:50,120
Speaker 1: fires I think from Los Angeles. You know above it.

1105
00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:54,759
Speaker 1: You know it's it's like slightly disrespectful. It's that it's

1106
00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:56,440
Speaker 1: a lot and it's brutal. Because you know what, New

1107
00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:59,240
Speaker 1: York is a great football city. I think that gets lost.

1108
00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:02,640
Speaker 1: You could say it was the capital of professional football

1109
00:54:03,040 --> 00:54:05,320
Speaker 1: for the first half of this century. I mean this,

1110
00:54:05,320 --> 00:54:07,319
Speaker 1: this is a town that loves its football in the

1111
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:10,000
Speaker 1: history goes back and it's and it's I mean two

1112
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:12,920
Speaker 1: thousand to two thousand, like eight or not. No, I'm

1113
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:18,600
Speaker 1: saying that. I'm saying nineties fiftiesties. You want a big

1114
00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:20,759
Speaker 1: football game, you play it in New York. I mean

1115
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:23,120
Speaker 1: and you and you know that it is a big

1116
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:26,360
Speaker 1: football town. Uh. In terms of and it's a bad Uh,

1117
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:28,880
Speaker 1: it's a bad time right now. It's a shame Ingram's

1118
00:54:28,880 --> 00:54:32,600
Speaker 1: injured because what Mike Kasecki did to this team, Mike Kasecki,

1119
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:35,279
Speaker 1: who has never played well against anyone. And then to

1120
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:38,799
Speaker 1: hear Adam Arceoletta announcing the game say, these Jets cornerbacks

1121
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:42,520
Speaker 1: cannot cover the Dolphins wide receivers. The Dolphins wide receivers,

1122
00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:46,279
Speaker 1: they said, Truman Jackson. Johnson to I R with two

1123
00:54:46,320 --> 00:54:48,840
Speaker 1: ankle sprains and said, you took all the money and

1124
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:51,080
Speaker 1: I'll get out of our life. Uh. The Jets, I believe,

1125
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:53,560
Speaker 1: have just five quarterbacks on their roster heading into this game.

1126
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 1: Not not that it should be any excuse, but on

1127
00:54:55,760 --> 00:54:57,760
Speaker 1: top of all the other misery with the Jets this season,

1128
00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:00,319
Speaker 1: they are the most injured team in the league terms

1129
00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:02,759
Speaker 1: of guys on I R and also on the injured list,

1130
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:08,560
Speaker 1: so they are shorthanded. Breaking news, Oh Tremayor Johnson just

1131
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:10,759
Speaker 1: robbed a bank where the Jeffs to keep their money.

1132
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:14,520
Speaker 1: Philip Lindsay is moving out of his parents house, thank god.

1133
00:55:14,680 --> 00:55:18,360
Speaker 1: All right, it is about time that man is a millionaire.

1134
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:22,279
Speaker 1: Just came across our email. Big story. Where do you go?

1135
00:55:22,560 --> 00:55:26,319
Speaker 1: Natural write of pass or got one of those like

1136
00:55:26,360 --> 00:55:30,839
Speaker 1: apartment like the new apartments that's above town Starbucks and

1137
00:55:31,280 --> 00:55:35,000
Speaker 1: Pokey plays. It's breaking West's work. He's working on the

1138
00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:37,239
Speaker 1: you know, the first detail. His plan is to move

1139
00:55:37,360 --> 00:55:40,759
Speaker 1: to the city eventually, but he's starting there on a

1140
00:55:40,840 --> 00:55:42,680
Speaker 1: by So I guess you had to go breaking. We

1141
00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:45,680
Speaker 1: weren't going to get to their game, all right, last game?

1142
00:55:45,960 --> 00:55:48,960
Speaker 1: Mark Sessler, all right, well I'm gonna go, you know,

1143
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:50,919
Speaker 1: because there's no other options here. But I don't hate

1144
00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:54,400
Speaker 1: this game. Ravens at Bengals, I don't hate it. I

1145
00:55:54,440 --> 00:55:56,680
Speaker 1: want to see I want to see a little Ryan

1146
00:55:56,719 --> 00:55:58,840
Speaker 1: Finley action and see what he can do. He feels

1147
00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:02,080
Speaker 1: to me like a little bit Andy Dalton two point oh.

1148
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:04,520
Speaker 1: But I don't think he's the future. He's just a

1149
00:56:04,560 --> 00:56:07,719
Speaker 1: stop gap at this point, and you know, I have

1150
00:56:07,760 --> 00:56:10,719
Speaker 1: no concerns about the Ravens not completely sweeping up the

1151
00:56:10,719 --> 00:56:13,600
Speaker 1: Bengals because the one thing about the first time they met,

1152
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:15,880
Speaker 1: and I'd like to see what the Bengals due to

1153
00:56:15,960 --> 00:56:20,000
Speaker 1: answer it after the horrendous first outing where Cincinnati looked

1154
00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:21,880
Speaker 1: like a team and I mentioned it on that Sunday

1155
00:56:21,920 --> 00:56:25,360
Speaker 1: Night wrap up that had never observed read option plays,

1156
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:27,640
Speaker 1: that they had no concept that a running quarterback could

1157
00:56:27,640 --> 00:56:30,200
Speaker 1: be part of the NFL and do the damage that

1158
00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:33,120
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson does. And the story is coming out of

1159
00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:36,759
Speaker 1: the New England Sunday night affair where Baltimore totally took

1160
00:56:36,760 --> 00:56:41,160
Speaker 1: care of business. Was Bill Belichick throwing everything at Lamar

1161
00:56:41,239 --> 00:56:44,440
Speaker 1: Jackson early in terms of disguise, coverages, every type of

1162
00:56:44,440 --> 00:56:46,520
Speaker 1: coverage out of the gate, and the Lamar Jackson not

1163
00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:48,680
Speaker 1: just with his athleticism which everyone's went to, but with

1164
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:53,799
Speaker 1: his with his neck up abilities or dan his mind there.

1165
00:56:53,880 --> 00:56:56,840
Speaker 1: I am now conditioned to try to talk around that

1166
00:56:56,920 --> 00:57:00,040
Speaker 1: actual in your well. I mean not always I do

1167
00:57:00,120 --> 00:57:02,680
Speaker 1: it to you, you know, but how are you're telling

1168
00:57:02,719 --> 00:57:05,920
Speaker 1: me that you're going to go from Bill Belichick to

1169
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:09,240
Speaker 1: what the Bengals are bringing you and not completely drop

1170
00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:12,800
Speaker 1: a total destructive bomb on an O N a team

1171
00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:15,799
Speaker 1: that has no continuity issues at this point at all

1172
00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:18,760
Speaker 1: on either side of the ball, Ravens in a blood bath.

1173
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:21,200
Speaker 1: How sad would it be to be a non destructive bomb?

1174
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:25,520
Speaker 1: Now I'd feel bad. Well, there are bombs, like draft

1175
00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:27,800
Speaker 1: bombs that don't do a lot of destruction for well,

1176
00:57:27,800 --> 00:57:29,840
Speaker 1: they do to their own team's salary cap in their

1177
00:57:29,840 --> 00:57:33,440
Speaker 1: own teams, but not the intended targets existential crisis. Not

1178
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:38,120
Speaker 1: the easiest, not the easiest first matchup for Ryan Finley.

1179
00:57:38,160 --> 00:57:40,360
Speaker 1: I mean, the Ravens through some blitzes at Tom Brady

1180
00:57:40,360 --> 00:57:43,960
Speaker 1: that fooled them. If you if you're able to fool

1181
00:57:44,040 --> 00:57:46,440
Speaker 1: Tom Brady, you're gonna be able to throw a lot

1182
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:48,640
Speaker 1: at Ryan Finley. And the reason I think they could

1183
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:51,640
Speaker 1: be different down the stretch defensively is they're so good

1184
00:57:51,640 --> 00:57:54,000
Speaker 1: and deep in the back end. I think they're they're

1185
00:57:54,040 --> 00:57:56,560
Speaker 1: willing to let those guys play man coverage one on one,

1186
00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:59,360
Speaker 1: you know sometimes, and just get wild up front because

1187
00:57:59,360 --> 00:58:01,640
Speaker 1: they're not really nierating much pass rush on their own.

1188
00:58:01,960 --> 00:58:04,840
Speaker 1: And so you would think, wink Martin Dale's breaking out

1189
00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:08,120
Speaker 1: that chain and he's gonna be fun. This week we

1190
00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:10,480
Speaker 1: talked about Earl Thomas, who had a bad September but

1191
00:58:10,560 --> 00:58:13,880
Speaker 1: has played really well the last few weeks, and Marlon Humphrey.

1192
00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:16,320
Speaker 1: I thought about putting him on my mid season All

1193
00:58:16,320 --> 00:58:18,440
Speaker 1: Pro team. He's had a great year covering number one

1194
00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:21,520
Speaker 1: receivers and holding his own and making big plays. That

1195
00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:24,880
Speaker 1: is out piece out on the internet. Is in my

1196
00:58:25,040 --> 00:58:29,439
Speaker 1: editor's hands. It's not contentious in anyway. They are doing

1197
00:58:29,520 --> 00:58:32,400
Speaker 1: their did you hit the deadline? I think so. I

1198
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:35,040
Speaker 1: mean West by the way, twenty minutes away from driving

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Speaker 1: out to Palm Springs, so the edit desk will be

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00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:39,920
Speaker 1: handling any you know I did. I did a risky

1201
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:42,280
Speaker 1: thing because I I referred to your mid season All

1202
00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:45,920
Speaker 1: Pro team and then wrote like insert link here, assuming

1203
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:49,320
Speaker 1: you would have filed ahead of but my game picks

1204
00:58:49,360 --> 00:58:52,600
Speaker 1: are up already. That was a little risky. Turned this

1205
00:58:52,640 --> 00:58:55,919
Speaker 1: in hours ago. He nailed it. In other words, I think,

1206
00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:58,560
Speaker 1: so it's in someone else's hands to deliver to the people.

1207
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:02,680
Speaker 1: That's nowhere. I'd rather have it beaten in someone else's hands. Um,

1208
00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:05,800
Speaker 1: all right, let's move on to No. A. J. Green

1209
00:59:05,880 --> 00:59:07,200
Speaker 1: in that game for the Bengals. By the way, he

1210
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:09,680
Speaker 1: declared himself out. If you're the Bengals, he's ready to

1211
00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:12,680
Speaker 1: be gone. The number one pick if you're the Bengals,

1212
00:59:12,760 --> 00:59:15,600
Speaker 1: or do you want to see Ryan Finley play? Well,

1213
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:19,080
Speaker 1: you can only have one of them number one pick? Yeah,

1214
00:59:19,400 --> 00:59:22,760
Speaker 1: no way do you, Anchor? I don't think yourself. I

1215
00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:24,880
Speaker 1: think you can play fairly well and you still end

1216
00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:27,680
Speaker 1: up one. I have that same angst with the Jets

1217
00:59:27,720 --> 00:59:31,760
Speaker 1: in Saint Donald. I would love them. Yeah, you have

1218
00:59:31,800 --> 00:59:35,800
Speaker 1: a lot more. At what cost? All right, let's move this.

1219
00:59:35,960 --> 00:59:39,160
Speaker 1: Now we have two great primetime games, starting with a banger.

1220
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:48,880
Speaker 1: The Vikings travel to jeral World Big d to face

1221
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:53,360
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, who, um uh, you know this is a

1222
00:59:53,400 --> 00:59:56,800
Speaker 1: really good game. Was because we know the Vikings came

1223
00:59:56,920 --> 00:59:59,120
Speaker 1: very close and perhaps should have won that game in

1224
00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:02,080
Speaker 1: Kansas City they did not. And now this is the

1225
01:00:02,400 --> 01:00:04,439
Speaker 1: this is what we've talked about was this is here.

1226
01:00:04,440 --> 01:00:08,880
Speaker 1: It is Kirk Cousins on the road in prime time

1227
01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:14,680
Speaker 1: against a good opponent. In all history he has flunked.

1228
01:00:15,080 --> 01:00:18,000
Speaker 1: Will he flunk on Sunday Night? I think that goes

1229
01:00:18,040 --> 01:00:21,520
Speaker 1: both ways. The Cowboys have beaten Cupcakes this year, so

1230
01:00:21,720 --> 01:00:24,400
Speaker 1: they need to prove something too. I guess the narrative

1231
01:00:24,480 --> 01:00:27,360
Speaker 1: is more that Cousins under more pressure. But what I

1232
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:29,439
Speaker 1: like about this game is, remember when all the smart

1233
01:00:29,440 --> 01:00:31,960
Speaker 1: people were telling you that nobody, nobody who knows what

1234
01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:35,000
Speaker 1: they're doing runs the ball anymore. The top five rushing

1235
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:37,200
Speaker 1: teams in the league all have winning records, and these

1236
01:00:37,240 --> 01:00:39,640
Speaker 1: are two of the top five. Both run the ball

1237
01:00:39,680 --> 01:00:42,680
Speaker 1: really well well, I mean, the Ravens are doing it

1238
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:46,000
Speaker 1: totally differently. The forty Niners are pretty run heavy. I

1239
01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:48,720
Speaker 1: worry in Houston. Texans are a top five rushing team.

1240
01:00:49,240 --> 01:00:51,000
Speaker 1: They've had some leads and they have been good to

1241
01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:54,120
Speaker 1: the Vikings. I do worry about though, when Pam Oliver

1242
01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:57,440
Speaker 1: comes back from halftime of last week's games and basically

1243
01:00:57,480 --> 01:01:00,280
Speaker 1: said that Mike Zimmer growled at her about out their

1244
01:01:00,360 --> 01:01:03,720
Speaker 1: lack of rushing attempts. And then that's every week, right, right,

1245
01:01:03,720 --> 01:01:06,160
Speaker 1: I mean, but it's like Kirk Cousins has three great

1246
01:01:06,200 --> 01:01:08,120
Speaker 1: weeks and then there's a bad half and he's just

1247
01:01:08,200 --> 01:01:10,800
Speaker 1: like he's like mad again. It's this pussing pull And

1248
01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:12,680
Speaker 1: you know what, they actually did play pretty well in

1249
01:01:12,720 --> 01:01:14,640
Speaker 1: the second half, running the ball and throwing the ball

1250
01:01:14,680 --> 01:01:17,480
Speaker 1: to their running backs. But it's I don't know it's

1251
01:01:17,840 --> 01:01:20,320
Speaker 1: Smith is playing really like Kirk Cousins is streaky. That's

1252
01:01:20,360 --> 01:01:22,720
Speaker 1: part of the Kirk Cousins experience is when he's hot,

1253
01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:24,720
Speaker 1: he's hot, and sometimes he's not. That was not a

1254
01:01:24,720 --> 01:01:26,840
Speaker 1: good game by Cousins. I know he made some plays

1255
01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:28,760
Speaker 1: and they got in the end zone three times, but

1256
01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:31,640
Speaker 1: he was really bad early on missing guys high and

1257
01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:34,680
Speaker 1: then he missed missed a couple receivers late the last possession,

1258
01:01:34,680 --> 01:01:37,520
Speaker 1: which I got on him on Sunday Night Show. That

1259
01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:39,880
Speaker 1: was more a breakdown and past protection than it was

1260
01:01:39,920 --> 01:01:43,520
Speaker 1: on Cousins. But in general it's still that is a

1261
01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:46,240
Speaker 1: money moment at two thirty to play in a tie game,

1262
01:01:46,280 --> 01:01:48,600
Speaker 1: and they kind of wilted as a team, including the

1263
01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:51,880
Speaker 1: punter and then the defense um because they were and

1264
01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:54,960
Speaker 1: after all that, it's still twenty three all and it's

1265
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:59,840
Speaker 1: second and twenty one after a fumble by the Chiefs

1266
01:01:59,840 --> 01:02:01,680
Speaker 1: and that more gets him back in field goal range.

1267
01:02:01,720 --> 01:02:03,640
Speaker 1: So the Vikings just did not close out the game.

1268
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:06,360
Speaker 1: That was disappointing. I don't love breakdown and pass persection

1269
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:10,160
Speaker 1: for the Vikings. When the Cowboys pass rush looked awesome

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Speaker 1: against the Giants, and I get it, it's the Giants,

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Speaker 1: but the Vikings like Kirk Cousins in Dallas dealing with

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Speaker 1: DeMarcus Lawrence and the rest of the hot boys, which

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Speaker 1: I feel like that was a Greg thing for a while,

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01:02:20,960 --> 01:02:24,480
Speaker 1: that became a national thing. So yeah, no, no Adam Feeling,

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01:02:25,080 --> 01:02:28,080
Speaker 1: no Adam dealing and also a MARII. Cooper went to

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01:02:28,200 --> 01:02:31,120
Speaker 1: a doctor today for a check up on his knee

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Speaker 1: and m R I and we'll not practice, so we

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01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:36,200
Speaker 1: will see. Jane s Later is reporting that even with

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Speaker 1: the m r I, he thinks he's gonna play. He

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01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:40,320
Speaker 1: thinks he's gonna practice Friday and really be the same guy.

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01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:42,800
Speaker 1: Though it's a good question Adam Feeling. The problem with

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01:02:42,840 --> 01:02:45,480
Speaker 1: not having him is that Stefan Dick then gets all

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01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:47,920
Speaker 1: the pressure, all the coverage and doesn't do much. I

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01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:51,360
Speaker 1: don't want to take off the bandage and reopen this wound, Greg,

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01:02:51,400 --> 01:02:54,840
Speaker 1: but what's happening. Perhaps Adam Feeling could have used another

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01:02:54,880 --> 01:02:59,160
Speaker 1: week of rest before he came back, an interesting even

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01:02:59,200 --> 01:03:02,480
Speaker 1: though the doctors decided he was good enough. Doctors just

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01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:07,480
Speaker 1: like we're not We're not privy a hamstring injury, which

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01:03:07,520 --> 01:03:11,080
Speaker 1: can be tricky, especially for an explosive playmaker. Maybe another week.

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Speaker 1: There's sixteen of these things. You bring up, Dan a

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01:03:13,800 --> 01:03:16,080
Speaker 1: fair point, it's a fair point of discussion. Just thrown

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01:03:16,120 --> 01:03:23,320
Speaker 1: it out there. But the information in this situation, I'm

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01:03:23,360 --> 01:03:25,880
Speaker 1: gonna make a hard left turn and make an unfair

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01:03:25,920 --> 01:03:29,880
Speaker 1: criticism of Kirk Cousins. You ready do it? Don't you

1295
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:31,640
Speaker 1: think that? I don't know if you remember the play

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01:03:31,720 --> 01:03:34,400
Speaker 1: last week that was third and eleven and then he slot.

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01:03:34,520 --> 01:03:39,760
Speaker 1: He slid one yard absolutely nowhere. I saw that play

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01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:42,479
Speaker 1: and I was kind of like, that's why everyone gets

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01:03:42,520 --> 01:03:45,600
Speaker 1: crazy about Kirk Cousins. I don't I can't imagine any

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01:03:45,640 --> 01:03:49,840
Speaker 1: other quarterback in the last Top Brady and other great

1301
01:03:49,920 --> 01:03:54,840
Speaker 1: quarterbacks wrestle. None of them were sliding right there. Somehow

1302
01:03:54,880 --> 01:03:57,320
Speaker 1: it just doesn't happen. I've seen other quarterbacks do that,

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01:03:57,400 --> 01:03:59,400
Speaker 1: and I have a problem with it. I agree with you,

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01:03:59,440 --> 01:04:02,439
Speaker 1: but I don't think Kirk cut I think think yeah.

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01:04:02,680 --> 01:04:04,840
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys are much more complete. Their line

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01:04:04,920 --> 01:04:07,760
Speaker 1: is offensive line is playing great right now, unlike the

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01:04:07,920 --> 01:04:10,200
Speaker 1: Mason Rudolph puts down his shoulder and gets four more

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01:04:10,280 --> 01:04:13,480
Speaker 1: yards now he runs backwards. Does anyone think the Vikings

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01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:16,240
Speaker 1: win this game? I don't know. I agree with you,

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01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:19,720
Speaker 1: I think the Cowboys are just complete. I gotta feeling

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01:04:19,720 --> 01:04:23,280
Speaker 1: we're gonna get another stink bomb at the quarterback position.

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01:04:23,320 --> 01:04:26,000
Speaker 1: I just got a feeling. I hope I'm wrong because

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01:04:26,000 --> 01:04:29,000
Speaker 1: I like although I just like the I do like

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01:04:29,080 --> 01:04:31,640
Speaker 1: the soap opera of Kirk, and it would held off it.

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01:04:31,640 --> 01:04:33,880
Speaker 1: It would help the soap opera if he delivered a

1316
01:04:33,880 --> 01:04:36,040
Speaker 1: monster game in front of Al Chris at Michelle in

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01:04:36,040 --> 01:04:38,439
Speaker 1: the world, I don't see it. You think it's gonna

1318
01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:40,760
Speaker 1: go sideways. Yeah, well, you don't want You would rather

1319
01:04:40,800 --> 01:04:42,680
Speaker 1: have him have a great game or a terrible game.

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01:04:42,680 --> 01:04:44,120
Speaker 1: You don't want him to have just a you know,

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01:04:44,200 --> 01:04:46,240
Speaker 1: okay exactly. And I don't think he will have an

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01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:47,960
Speaker 1: okay game. I think it's gonna go one way or

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01:04:47,960 --> 01:04:50,040
Speaker 1: the other. I think he's gonna be You're gonna hate

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01:04:50,040 --> 01:04:51,800
Speaker 1: it West, but he's gonna be a big story either

1325
01:04:51,840 --> 01:04:55,120
Speaker 1: way after this game, right playing without Adam feeling, it's

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01:04:55,160 --> 01:04:57,600
Speaker 1: gonna be all on Kirk Cousins fault. I'm sure it will.

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01:04:57,800 --> 01:05:02,080
Speaker 1: Twitter will tell me that. All right, let's move on

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01:05:02,120 --> 01:05:06,040
Speaker 1: to Monday night football to close it out, and another

1329
01:05:06,120 --> 01:05:10,440
Speaker 1: good game, a great game, even uh the Seattle Seahawks

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01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:14,000
Speaker 1: seven and two they travel to the Big Bow bottom

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01:05:14,480 --> 01:05:19,440
Speaker 1: to face the eight and oh, San Francisco. This is

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01:05:19,480 --> 01:05:22,800
Speaker 1: glorious because, uh, I don't need you know why. It's

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01:05:22,840 --> 01:05:27,240
Speaker 1: glorious because you got Russell Wilson travel into San Francisco

1334
01:05:27,320 --> 01:05:29,880
Speaker 1: to try to knock off a team that hasn't lost yet.

1335
01:05:29,960 --> 01:05:33,960
Speaker 1: And if there was one one quarterback right now, greg

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01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:37,280
Speaker 1: that I would trust to go into San Francisco and

1337
01:05:37,360 --> 01:05:40,880
Speaker 1: go get a win, it's Russell Wilson. That's absolutely fair.

1338
01:05:41,680 --> 01:05:44,960
Speaker 1: I do wonder if he'll get enough passing attempts in

1339
01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:47,960
Speaker 1: the game plan to do all the things that Russell

1340
01:05:47,960 --> 01:05:51,640
Speaker 1: Wilson come. They finally yeah through the ball out last week,

1341
01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:53,560
Speaker 1: but that was against the Bucks where they trailed. And

1342
01:05:53,600 --> 01:05:56,200
Speaker 1: it has a great run defense. The forty Niners are

1343
01:05:56,280 --> 01:06:00,000
Speaker 1: kind of the opposite. It's strength on strength when uh

1344
01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:03,000
Speaker 1: so Wilson goes back to pass the forty Niners defensive

1345
01:06:03,080 --> 01:06:05,280
Speaker 1: there's any weakness. It's against the run, and so I

1346
01:06:05,320 --> 01:06:07,360
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be tempting for them to run a lot.

1347
01:06:07,400 --> 01:06:10,760
Speaker 1: It's just it's such a weird Seahawks team that it's

1348
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:15,280
Speaker 1: an elite Seahawks offense, especially the passing game and a

1349
01:06:15,440 --> 01:06:18,919
Speaker 1: bad Pete Carroll defense, and that defense is by far

1350
01:06:19,040 --> 01:06:20,880
Speaker 1: the worst group in this game. I think the forty

1351
01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:23,520
Speaker 1: Niners are very bounced. I think the Seahawks offense is great,

1352
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:27,520
Speaker 1: yet the Seahawks defense is below average, maybe even like

1353
01:06:27,640 --> 01:06:32,280
Speaker 1: one of those seven or eight worst defenses in right now.

1354
01:06:32,360 --> 01:06:34,880
Speaker 1: And that's why I don't think it's so crazy to

1355
01:06:34,920 --> 01:06:36,920
Speaker 1: walk up the forty Niners in this game. Oh, I

1356
01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:41,240
Speaker 1: like it, Like it almost always of undefeated teams getting

1357
01:06:41,280 --> 01:06:43,080
Speaker 1: locked up, You're you're saying, what's going on in the mirror,

1358
01:06:43,120 --> 01:06:46,720
Speaker 1: But that's all right, that's that's well within this is solid.

1359
01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:50,000
Speaker 1: It's fine too. I think it's fascinating to have Russell

1360
01:06:50,040 --> 01:06:53,280
Speaker 1: Wilson and that offense having to deal with Richard Sherman.

1361
01:06:53,400 --> 01:06:56,479
Speaker 1: Not last year's Richard Sherman, but this year's peaking Richard

1362
01:06:56,480 --> 01:06:58,480
Speaker 1: Sherman is someone that you cannot throw to. Right now,

1363
01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:01,919
Speaker 1: mid season All Pro has the lowest opposing passer rating

1364
01:07:01,920 --> 01:07:04,160
Speaker 1: of any cornerback. How about that, because near the end

1365
01:07:04,160 --> 01:07:06,960
Speaker 1: of his Seahawks run, you kind of got the feeling

1366
01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:09,200
Speaker 1: he wasn't the same guy that he blows his achilles

1367
01:07:09,640 --> 01:07:11,600
Speaker 1: and he comes and he signs with a bad San

1368
01:07:11,640 --> 01:07:14,520
Speaker 1: Francisco team. You think he's kind of going out to pasture.

1369
01:07:14,560 --> 01:07:17,080
Speaker 1: He's o J in his San Francisco years. Oh, I'm

1370
01:07:17,160 --> 01:07:20,360
Speaker 1: roaring a strictly football player the end of a run,

1371
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:22,600
Speaker 1: and you'll remember him with the first team only. No,

1372
01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:25,080
Speaker 1: he's a big time player. Again, he is a big

1373
01:07:25,120 --> 01:07:28,200
Speaker 1: time player. Forty Niners are getting healthy in some senses.

1374
01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:31,080
Speaker 1: Joe Staley there stud left tackles coming back. Kyle You's

1375
01:07:31,200 --> 01:07:34,400
Speaker 1: check best fullback in the league coming back. They had

1376
01:07:34,440 --> 01:07:37,680
Speaker 1: to put Kwan Alexander, their middle linebacker on I R

1377
01:07:37,840 --> 01:07:39,880
Speaker 1: and they are not deep at linebacker. They do have

1378
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:43,320
Speaker 1: Drake Greenlow, a rookie who's been pretty good, and Robbie Gould,

1379
01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:46,800
Speaker 1: theer kicker, is injured. So you've got Jason Myers for

1380
01:07:46,840 --> 01:07:50,560
Speaker 1: the Seahawks shaky, arguably the shakiest kicker in the league

1381
01:07:50,600 --> 01:07:53,520
Speaker 1: at the moment against I believe Chase McLaughlin, who the

1382
01:07:53,600 --> 01:07:56,000
Speaker 1: Chargers just cut in the Forts picked up what I

1383
01:07:56,080 --> 01:07:58,240
Speaker 1: gotta do? How does Kay not get the call here?

1384
01:07:58,440 --> 01:08:00,400
Speaker 1: I think he's telling you something when he keeps not

1385
01:08:00,480 --> 01:08:03,080
Speaker 1: getting picked up by anyone. George Kittle also might be

1386
01:08:03,360 --> 01:08:05,960
Speaker 1: out for the forty nights, which would be a huge.

1387
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:08,920
Speaker 1: He hasn't practiced. No one really knows he played through

1388
01:08:08,920 --> 01:08:11,400
Speaker 1: his injuries. He said, they'll they'll find out. It's make

1389
01:08:11,440 --> 01:08:14,280
Speaker 1: anyone else they'll take. It's a Monday night game, so

1390
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:18,080
Speaker 1: that really would change him. But I also noticed last

1391
01:08:18,120 --> 01:08:21,240
Speaker 1: week Commanuel Sanders burning up Patrick Peterson, and that just

1392
01:08:21,320 --> 01:08:23,360
Speaker 1: makes you think that that signing is gonna be great.

1393
01:08:23,600 --> 01:08:25,080
Speaker 1: The fact that they can run, and they did it

1394
01:08:25,120 --> 01:08:27,720
Speaker 1: a couple of times last week against the Cardinal. When

1395
01:08:27,760 --> 01:08:29,559
Speaker 1: they can, When you can run on third and three

1396
01:08:29,600 --> 01:08:32,240
Speaker 1: and third and four, that just makes your offense so

1397
01:08:32,360 --> 01:08:34,960
Speaker 1: dangerous because they're picking up first downs running and then

1398
01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:37,040
Speaker 1: they hit you with the big play to Kiddo sometimes

1399
01:08:37,040 --> 01:08:39,719
Speaker 1: on third and short too. You don't know what's coming.

1400
01:08:39,840 --> 01:08:41,840
Speaker 1: And we've gotten on Jimmy G for kind of not

1401
01:08:41,880 --> 01:08:44,080
Speaker 1: knowing whether he's playing well or not. He played awesome

1402
01:08:44,080 --> 01:08:47,000
Speaker 1: and that was one of his best, if not his

1403
01:08:47,080 --> 01:08:49,519
Speaker 1: best starts as a pro. But Jimmy G that we

1404
01:08:49,560 --> 01:08:52,640
Speaker 1: expected when he closed that season two years ago, three

1405
01:08:52,720 --> 01:08:55,719
Speaker 1: years ago at this point, so magically not just hitting throws,

1406
01:08:55,760 --> 01:08:57,960
Speaker 1: but standing in the face of pressure and hitting throws,

1407
01:08:57,960 --> 01:08:59,880
Speaker 1: moving around in the pocket and hitting throws. That was

1408
01:08:59,920 --> 01:09:03,280
Speaker 1: a great game. Maybe if Russ performs in this game

1409
01:09:04,080 --> 01:09:06,280
Speaker 1: and they win and he plays great, I mean he

1410
01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:08,680
Speaker 1: is having He would be my m v P right now,

1411
01:09:08,760 --> 01:09:12,639
Speaker 1: and his Their schedule of opposing defenses is brutal down

1412
01:09:12,640 --> 01:09:14,360
Speaker 1: the stretch, So anyway he gets the m v P,

1413
01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:17,200
Speaker 1: he'll have to with really no second or third wide

1414
01:09:17,200 --> 01:09:19,439
Speaker 1: receiver with tight ends to keep getting knocked out of

1415
01:09:19,439 --> 01:09:22,400
Speaker 1: the line. They've got two. Dk metcalf And and Tyler

1416
01:09:22,439 --> 01:09:24,120
Speaker 1: Lockett are both having good years. I just say it

1417
01:09:24,160 --> 01:09:26,080
Speaker 1: feels like whoever gets hurt a tight end, the next

1418
01:09:26,080 --> 01:09:28,519
Speaker 1: guy comes out. Jacob Hollister was awesome last week. I

1419
01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:31,479
Speaker 1: mean that's they and he finds a way anybody can

1420
01:09:31,560 --> 01:09:34,479
Speaker 1: catch these passes. Because Russell Wilson is making keyhole throw

1421
01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:37,840
Speaker 1: after keyhole throw after keyhole throw for the last five

1422
01:09:37,920 --> 01:09:40,320
Speaker 1: or six weeks, it's got to be number one in

1423
01:09:40,360 --> 01:09:43,120
Speaker 1: that QB index that they they still put out there.

1424
01:09:43,960 --> 01:09:47,040
Speaker 1: They still they said they should do it. The editors

1425
01:09:47,080 --> 01:09:52,320
Speaker 1: dot com, Ali bon Pouri and his guys Tom, they

1426
01:09:52,400 --> 01:09:56,519
Speaker 1: do a great job. Who help us every week and

1427
01:09:56,560 --> 01:10:00,000
Speaker 1: they vote on it. They that Ali's grinding that tape.

1428
01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:02,880
Speaker 1: But I'm Russell Wilson's got to be number one. That's

1429
01:10:02,920 --> 01:10:04,840
Speaker 1: all I'm saying, Well, why don't we check he brought

1430
01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:10,960
Speaker 1: it up? Now you can keep talking, you know, program,

1431
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:13,880
Speaker 1: Yeah he is, okay, thank god? All right, Well they're

1432
01:10:13,880 --> 01:10:16,760
Speaker 1: getting it right. We said it all, We've done it,

1433
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:21,920
Speaker 1: and uh a reminder that later tonight. In my mind,

1434
01:10:22,080 --> 01:10:25,120
Speaker 1: the best Thursday Night recap we're gonna have because in

1435
01:10:25,200 --> 01:10:28,680
Speaker 1: addition to Chargers at Raiders, which is a great a

1436
01:10:28,760 --> 01:10:31,719
Speaker 1: f C West battle, we will also have Kevin Harland

1437
01:10:33,200 --> 01:10:37,360
Speaker 1: of Westwood One Fame. Kind of feels like we could

1438
01:10:37,360 --> 01:10:39,400
Speaker 1: just coast and just hand it off to the Harlan.

1439
01:10:39,520 --> 01:10:41,760
Speaker 1: Would you say it was the best one if it

1440
01:10:41,880 --> 01:10:44,240
Speaker 1: was a week that West and I were hosting it

1441
01:10:44,360 --> 01:10:46,519
Speaker 1: or of course, and that would be like a lower ceiling.

1442
01:10:46,920 --> 01:10:50,840
Speaker 1: You know what I said? What I said, it's what's

1443
01:10:50,880 --> 01:10:53,120
Speaker 1: the great line by Luke Wilson and hard knocks the season?

1444
01:10:53,320 --> 01:10:57,800
Speaker 1: It is what it is and it's not what it's not, Ricky.

1445
01:10:57,800 --> 01:10:59,559
Speaker 1: How about a plug for something's going on on our

1446
01:10:59,600 --> 01:11:02,639
Speaker 1: social which is blown up? Thanks? Oh yeah, you guys.

1447
01:11:02,640 --> 01:11:06,040
Speaker 1: So we created an Instagram for all things A t

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01:11:06,280 --> 01:11:10,200
Speaker 1: N and it's the A t N Podcast. The handle

1449
01:11:10,520 --> 01:11:13,320
Speaker 1: um started it from scratch. We started it from zero.

1450
01:11:13,439 --> 01:11:16,280
Speaker 1: We're already over six hundred, um posting a ton of

1451
01:11:16,320 --> 01:11:19,720
Speaker 1: behind the scenes content. Did I say a hundred? I

1452
01:11:19,760 --> 01:11:24,920
Speaker 1: mean I mean by the time we reconvene Sunday, I'm

1453
01:11:24,960 --> 01:11:29,280
Speaker 1: saying this thing's at least five. Let's challenge, Yeah, how

1454
01:11:29,280 --> 01:11:31,599
Speaker 1: about this a challenge to the listeners. We love you.

1455
01:11:31,600 --> 01:11:34,439
Speaker 1: You do everything for us, but one thing you could

1456
01:11:34,479 --> 01:11:36,760
Speaker 1: give us for an early Christmas gift. Get that thing

1457
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Speaker 1: up into the thousands, a ton of different content. A

1458
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Speaker 1: lot of people are always, you know, tweeting at us, like,

1459
01:11:43,840 --> 01:11:45,519
Speaker 1: oh you always cut off stuff, you know at the

1460
01:11:45,560 --> 01:11:47,599
Speaker 1: end of the pod. Sometimes that's the best stuff. All

1461
01:11:47,680 --> 01:11:49,519
Speaker 1: that all that type of stuff is going to be

1462
01:11:49,560 --> 01:11:51,760
Speaker 1: on on the i G we're doing. You know, it's

1463
01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:53,800
Speaker 1: going to be so fun. And you gave us each

1464
01:11:53,880 --> 01:11:57,080
Speaker 1: the password to put our own contenta who knows what

1465
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Speaker 1: that will lead to exactly. And this is the a

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Speaker 1: we a teen like Erica running it. So not none

1468
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Speaker 1: of the old guys that will get you know, get

1469
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Speaker 1: things rolling in a good way anyway. Thou people following

1470
01:12:14,600 --> 01:12:17,960
Speaker 1: it by Sunday night or the podcast is over, We're done.

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Speaker 1: That's it, all right, Let's let's get out of here.

1472
01:12:22,960 --> 01:12:25,639
Speaker 1: Is Dan Hands signing off for Quiet Storm, the Mailman,

1473
01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:29,800
Speaker 1: the Old Boss, Ricky Hollywood, Ryan Bartlett and everybody behind

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01:12:29,840 --> 01:12:33,360
Speaker 1: the Glass. Thanks for everything. Watch our show on YouTube

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