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Speaker 1: Here's what I wanted to do. The draft happens, and

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Speaker 1: him in the offensive weaponry. So I feel pretty good

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Speaker 1: about the Jets, and I feel pretty good about where

428
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:16,080
Speaker 1: Aaron's heads at and as of right now, I mean,

429
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Speaker 1: as long as he's healthy, I would pick them to

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Speaker 1: make the playoffs. I'm not picking them to beat up

431
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Speaker 1: the Bills, but I'll pick them to finish ahead of

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Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. I know that I will pick them. Listen,

433
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Speaker 1: I picked the Packers last year, so I prepare to

434
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Speaker 1: be wrong, but I'm fairly confident the New York Jets

435
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,560
Speaker 1: will be an AFC playoff team. That's saying a lot.

436
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:38,920
Speaker 1: We'll get to the AFC here in a little bit.

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00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,840
Speaker 1: I do think the Packers are very, very fascinating. They

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Speaker 1: after taking Van s who is just your classic Packers

439
00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:49,000
Speaker 1: type guy. You know, he didn't start at Iowa though

440
00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:51,120
Speaker 1: he you know, as DJ kept saying on the broadcast,

441
00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:54,080
Speaker 1: he was their best player. He's a high weight speed guy.

442
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,320
Speaker 1: They love high weight speed guys. A lot of them

443
00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,479
Speaker 1: have worked out for them over the years. In the draft,

444
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:01,679
Speaker 1: it looks like Christian Wattson he is going to definitely

445
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,800
Speaker 1: work out based on the second half of the season.

446
00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,000
Speaker 1: He is what I would consider a high weight speed guy.

447
00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,480
Speaker 1: And when I say that in scouting terms, that means

448
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,400
Speaker 1: a guy that just fits with big time measurables right

449
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:16,959
Speaker 1: big obviously at fast, so I do think. Then they

450
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,920
Speaker 1: took three offensive weaponry to go around Jordan Love, with which,

451
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,440
Speaker 1: let's face it, they already have AJ Dillon, who's really good.

452
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Speaker 1: They have Aaron Jones. I mean, there are two running

453
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:32,359
Speaker 1: backs are sweet. The Nevada wide receiver to go along

454
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Speaker 1: with Watson last year, Dobbs and Christian Watson look to

455
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,359
Speaker 1: be really good. They take Luke Musgrave, who is a

456
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,440
Speaker 1: fascinating player out of Oregon State tight end. He got

457
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Speaker 1: injured this year, but he's healthy now. He's a stud

458
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Speaker 1: like that pick. I don't know much about their second

459
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:52,399
Speaker 1: second round pick, this Michigan State wide receiver, but it

460
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Speaker 1: shows you they invested back to back picks tight end

461
00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:57,800
Speaker 1: wide receiver. And then they took another tight end out

462
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Speaker 1: of South Dakota State, Jordan Love. They're gonna have a

463
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Speaker 1: lot of young pieces around them. I think you're gonna

464
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,399
Speaker 1: be a fascinating team. I'm not gonna pick them to

465
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,960
Speaker 1: make the playoffs, even in a weak NFC, but you know,

466
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Speaker 1: if they hit on some of these players, and Jordan

467
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Speaker 1: Love is just a solid quarterback, which I'm gonna bet against,

468
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Speaker 1: you know, I just am and because history would show

469
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Speaker 1: us like you're just not going you know how crazy,

470
00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,919
Speaker 1: I mean, how fucking insane it was to go Joe Montana,

471
00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:31,880
Speaker 1: Steve Young to Jeff Garcia, to Jeff Garcia who multiple

472
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:36,040
Speaker 1: Pro Bowls, really really solid player, like that is not

473
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,760
Speaker 1: the way it works. Usually go Peyton Manning Andrew Locke

474
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Speaker 1: to what we've just witnessed the last five years. Right,

475
00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,160
Speaker 1: it usually does not work out well. But if it does,

476
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:50,920
Speaker 1: like I said the other day, Lafour Gudikins, like these

477
00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,679
Speaker 1: guys will become legends fast. They start going to the

478
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Speaker 1: playoffs just and having a playoff competitive team with this group,

479
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 1: It's how Ted Thompson and McCarthy got major extensions and

480
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:08,440
Speaker 1: made a ton of money in Green Bay. For those

481
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:10,639
Speaker 1: of you that don't follow the NBA, well, when the

482
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Speaker 1: Warriors got Kevin Durant, their owner Joe Lekobos. You know,

483
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Speaker 1: I don't know, he's been pretty successful since he bought

484
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Speaker 1: the team. It's spent about four or five hundred million

485
00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,440
Speaker 1: on the team. I just saw his valued about seven billion,

486
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,880
Speaker 1: so you know, pretty goodbye. And since he's owned the team,

487
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,280
Speaker 1: they've won four championships and signed Kevin Durant, but when

488
00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:31,800
Speaker 1: they signed Kevin Durant, he dropped. He dropped a saying

489
00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 1: that stuck around Warriors fans and it goes by the UH,

490
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,919
Speaker 1: goes by light years. He said, we're light years ahead

491
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Speaker 1: of the NBA, which was more of an arrogant comment

492
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:48,359
Speaker 1: than something that was actually true, because anyone with the

493
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,320
Speaker 1: cap space would have tried to sign Kevin Durant, and

494
00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:54,439
Speaker 1: they got pretty lucky with this capspike. A lot of

495
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,280
Speaker 1: things in Steph Curry was on this cheap deal because

496
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,040
Speaker 1: bad ankles. But regardless, it's one of the greatest the

497
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 1: statements and lines of all time. It's just funny. I

498
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,760
Speaker 1: laugh at it more than think it's real life, though.

499
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,240
Speaker 1: I think lacub has been an incredible owner for the NBA.

500
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,280
Speaker 1: He's been like the Eddie de Barbelow when I was

501
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,680
Speaker 1: a kid with the forty nine ers version in the NBA.

502
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,159
Speaker 1: I'll spend anything, I'll pay any luxury tax, but we

503
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 1: got to win chips. It's all about winning titles and

504
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,160
Speaker 1: I think the Eagles, but the point was like, yeah,

505
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,399
Speaker 1: we'll just pay really good players. We're just going after

506
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:29,439
Speaker 1: the stars like pat Riley has done forever. It's actually

507
00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,520
Speaker 1: not that complicated. It's like we're just going after the

508
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,439
Speaker 1: best players. Now in the NBA, you gotta have a

509
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:37,280
Speaker 1: destination place in football, like they'll take your money. And

510
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:42,160
Speaker 1: in the draft specifically, I think it's easy to overthink

511
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 1: yourself and kind of and I think the forty nine

512
00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,520
Speaker 1: Ers did it several years ago when they took Trey Lance.

513
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,560
Speaker 1: They took this just smaller school guy, like that's not

514
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,440
Speaker 1: usually the way it works out, right, And I think

515
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,040
Speaker 1: the Eagles, for example, most of the best forty nine

516
00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:02,080
Speaker 1: ers players are come from big program right or big conferences.

517
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,560
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel was one of the best players in the SEC.

518
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:09,159
Speaker 1: George Kittle Iowa, Trant Williams, Oklahoma, you know, Nick Bosa,

519
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,879
Speaker 1: Ohio State, Like they're better players come from big programs

520
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 1: hufunga USC And I think the Eagles and I know

521
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 1: and I talked about it with Colin they don't waste

522
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,879
Speaker 1: any time anymore on the little schools or overthinking it

523
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,199
Speaker 1: with the schools the non Power five programs. When you

524
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Speaker 1: look at their draft this year, they took they took

525
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Speaker 1: three players from Georgia. Three obviously their first two picks,

526
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:40,679
Speaker 1: but they took a corner in the later rounds. And

527
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,400
Speaker 1: they also I think their third round pick was an

528
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:48,360
Speaker 1: Illinois dB who Illinois last year had one of their

529
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:50,760
Speaker 1: better seasons in recent memory with Bei Lama, and it

530
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 1: was one of the better defenses in the country. Like

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Speaker 1: they are taking Power five programs that are having a

532
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Speaker 1: lot of success. Obviously they have pillaged Georgia and Alabama

533
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: and they're just not messing around with little schools. And

534
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 1: for the most part, it's not a tried and true formula.

535
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:12,639
Speaker 1: If you only drafted LSU, Alabama and Georgia players, you

536
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 1: would miss on guys, but you would probably hit on

537
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:19,199
Speaker 1: way more. And I think the Eagles have really for

538
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,880
Speaker 1: this organization that kind of prides itself on being very

539
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,680
Speaker 1: stat friendly, being very progressive, being ahead of the curve.

540
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,679
Speaker 1: I think they've just taken a basic approach. Let's just

541
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:35,360
Speaker 1: draft the sweetest players from the sweetest programs and try

542
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 1: to build our team. I don't know around those guys,

543
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,959
Speaker 1: and for the most part, we'll kick the shit out

544
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 1: of other people. And obviously there has to be luck involved,

545
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,640
Speaker 1: right Jalen Carter had to fall, but I gave them

546
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 1: credit last week of like they have the pieces on

547
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,920
Speaker 1: their roster. Part of like people, how do you resign

548
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:56,400
Speaker 1: Brandon Graham and Fletcher Cox? Those guys are over the hill?

549
00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:59,400
Speaker 1: Well to mentor a guy like this Jalen Carter, who

550
00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 1: could be an All Pro in the NFL. Obviously, you

551
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 1: need teams to pass on Nolan Smith. And maybe you

552
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:08,000
Speaker 1: benefited from his injury this year for him falling in

553
00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 1: the draft, But when he was available, you just draft him.

554
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 1: You don't go, Wow, should we take this tight end

555
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 1: from South Dakota State or should we take this, you know,

556
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,880
Speaker 1: kind of rotational guy from the you know, Florida Atlantic.

557
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,560
Speaker 1: Now you just take the dude from Georgia. You just drafted, Like,

558
00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:26,800
Speaker 1: who's the best defense in the country last year? You

559
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 1: know it was Michigan, it was Georgia, it was Illinois.

560
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 1: Let's just take one guy from there. And when you

561
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 1: do that, I think it simplifies some of your misses

562
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. It's like, oh, we need

563
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 1: a fast wider. Let's take Jalen Rager. Yeah, should have

564
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,600
Speaker 1: just taken Justin Jefferson. The best team. He was one

565
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 1: of the best players on that team. And they've done

566
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 1: that literally ever since. And when you watch them play,

567
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 1: they have talent everywhere, So credit for the Eagles for

568
00:29:53,960 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 1: just simplifying the math, but not least number five. The

569
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 1: AFC versus the NFC one story that happened. I guess

570
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:06,720
Speaker 1: this would have been on the first round Lamar signed

571
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 1: the contract. I think we all acknowledge the AFC South

572
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 1: is guy. We have three teams that are not gonna

573
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,360
Speaker 1: be very good. The Jags are gonna be solid. They

574
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 1: should be a playoff team for the foreseeable future, star quarterback,

575
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: star coach. The AFC North now like kind of has

576
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:27,520
Speaker 1: some stability. Steelers have their young quarterback and they were

577
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Speaker 1: really coming on at the end of the season. I

578
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:31,520
Speaker 1: think we view that team like they should be in

579
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Speaker 1: the mix to be a wildcard team. There are no

580
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: excuses of like why isn't Lamar playing? He would do

581
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,479
Speaker 1: this if he didn't have a contract. He's not battling

582
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:41,920
Speaker 1: through injuries. You pay him no excuses. Now it's healthy.

583
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Speaker 1: He plays, even banged up, he plays in big games.

584
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Speaker 1: I feel much better about the stability of the Ravens

585
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 1: and obviously the Bengals, I don't know, are fucking awesome.

586
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,960
Speaker 1: The Bills awesome. Now they need to be better in

587
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,720
Speaker 1: the playoffs, but regular season team, they've proven year after

588
00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 1: year after year they're just gonna win that division and

589
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: they're gonna be sweet. Same with the Chiefs. So the

590
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 1: AFC is just stacked. We know Herbert and the Chargers,

591
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: you know, always underachieve a little bit, but you're talking

592
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,239
Speaker 1: ten to eleven win team, the Miami Dolphins, if they

593
00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 1: can just keep Tua erect. I mean, we saw how

594
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 1: dynamic their offense was and how awesome Mike McDaniel was

595
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 1: as an offensive coordinator. Listen, say what you want about Belichick,

596
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 1: like he'll just be feisty. He's not. Even if his

597
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 1: team's not as talented as it was for a long

598
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:31,000
Speaker 1: period of time. He's still Bill freaking Belichick. Haven't you

599
00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 1: mentioned the Jets and Rogers. I mean, the AFC is

600
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:37,160
Speaker 1: stupid stacked. It's gonna be They're gonna be really good teams,

601
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: just like last year that missed the playoffs. Even with

602
00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 1: this seventh added team, I don't think anything changed in

603
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: the NFC. I think there's three teams that are clearly

604
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 1: better than the rest of the conference, just like last year,

605
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:51,240
Speaker 1: the Eagles, forty nine Ers and the Cowboys, and clearly

606
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 1: the Eagles lost the sweet defensive tackle and the forty

607
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 1: nine ers stolen and then they replaced him with Jalen Carter.

608
00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: And you know, they added a pass rusher in Nolan Smith, right,

609
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 1: and you look at the Cowboys like what was what

610
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 1: are their problems run defense? Added a sweet defensive tackle

611
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: from Michigan immediately. The forty nine Ers well got some

612
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:14,560
Speaker 1: questions at quarterback. They signed Sam Darnold and Brock Purty

613
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:17,480
Speaker 1: expects to be fully healthy, and the roster is already sweet,

614
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 1: and they have some young players like you know, guys

615
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 1: they drafted last year, ty Davis Price, the running back

616
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 1: from LSU, Danny Gray the third round wide receiver who's

617
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 1: an excellent special team player from from SMU, and I

618
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 1: It's was a long weekend. The USC pass rusher Drake

619
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Speaker 1: Jackson last year who started being inactive toward the end

620
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 1: of the season. They're very bullish on him big offseason

621
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 1: so that they should get some young players they drafted

622
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,720
Speaker 1: last year start impacting the team this year. To go

623
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 1: with hard Grave, those three teams are heading shoulders above

624
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 1: the rest of the conference. Minnesota is worse. The Giants

625
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,160
Speaker 1: like they won all those one score games and I

626
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 1: still think they're a year or two away from having

627
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: like a legitimate roster. We saw what happens when they

628
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,400
Speaker 1: played a really good team. They got curbstonped. Now I'm

629
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Speaker 1: not acting like the Giants won't be in the playoff mix,

630
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 1: but you know, the Lions Jared Goff just gonna have

631
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 1: back to back good seasons. How's Dan Campbell gonna do

632
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,480
Speaker 1: with the pressure? Now, the pressure everyone's gonna pick them

633
00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 1: to win the division, myself included, But how Dan Campbell actually,

634
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:28,720
Speaker 1: like does he get a little tight? It was easy

635
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: to say loose this year. Remember they started off really slow.

636
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 1: They started winning games when they were I think like

637
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: one and four. What's it like game one? Like, hey man,

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Speaker 1: everyone thinks you're gonna be an eleven win team, and

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Speaker 1: you're in a weird way. Teams are coming after you.

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Speaker 1: You ain't sleep walking on anybody. Teams are showing up

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Speaker 1: knowing you guys are good. The AFC South, like Tampa

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Speaker 1: made the playoffs last year. Obviously the eight and nine

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Speaker 1: they're done. You know, I don't view the Falcons as

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Speaker 1: that good. The Saints, in theory should be a lot better,

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Speaker 1: you know, because they add Derek Carr did Derek Carr

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Speaker 1: just have a bad season because of Josh McDaniels or

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Speaker 1: is his career just trending the wrong way, because I

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Speaker 1: do believe the saint should win the division, but like

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Speaker 1: I can't feel confident about betting on a Dennis Allen

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Speaker 1: leadhead team, uh leading a team as the head coach.

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Speaker 1: So it's just THEFC, you know, has ten good teams

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Speaker 1: and obviously like multiple powerhouses, and like the Chiefs and

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Speaker 1: the Bengals. If the Bills are the third best team

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Speaker 1: in your conference, you're in pretty good shape right now.

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Speaker 1: The Chiefs and Bengals beat him, but it takes those

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Speaker 1: two teams and knock the Bills out. Maybe I'm crazy,

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Speaker 1: but I think the Jets are coming. I do same

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Speaker 1: with the same with the Jacks, same with the Jags.

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Speaker 1: The NFC, you know, it's just Cowboys, Niners, Eagles. The

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Speaker 1: volume