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Speaker 1: straight Fire, Fam, It's me Jason McIntire, Straight Fire for Monday,

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Speaker 1: October eighteenth day, Phenomenal weekend in the books, sports and otherwise.

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Speaker 1: It was just me and my little guy as my

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Speaker 1: So you know, we did a lot of dude stuff,

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Speaker 1: which means like eat out food, um, barely cook and uh,

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Speaker 1: It was awesome, a lot of fun and culminating with

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Speaker 1: And yes, I am that soccer dad taking his kid

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Speaker 1: you know, listen, this is my job, but I kind

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Speaker 1: show that was Jacksonville, Miami from London. Although shout out

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Speaker 1: to the Jags, congratulations. Awesome win for Trevor Lawrence and

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Speaker 1: against the spread, oh and five straight up. I'm fairly

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Speaker 1: the big story in the NFL from Sunday, and what

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Speaker 1: a Sunday it was. Uh, you know, I started out

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Speaker 1: to the late games, and yes, we will get to

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns complete meltdown against undefeated Arizona. We may

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Speaker 1: flowers to Dak Prescott right off the top, because is

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Speaker 1: going on counter show I think three weeks ago, and said, folks,

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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott m VP. Take a look. He just had

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Speaker 1: the I believe, the most amount of passing yards ever

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Speaker 1: against the Belichick defense. Unbelievable performance from Dak Prescott throwing

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Speaker 1: the football. I think the exact number was four hundred

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Speaker 1: and you think that guy's not gonna scramble, he is

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Speaker 1: scrambling well when he needed to. The offensive line struggled

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Speaker 1: this would have been a blowout. And by the way,

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Speaker 1: Dallas was the better team. I know it was close,

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Speaker 1: Dak Prescott came into this league mid round draft pick.

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Speaker 1: And he was a hell of a game manager, right

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Speaker 1: and that's not a slight that's what he was. There's

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys. Now, why is it? We've seen it

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Speaker 1: the NBA preview. And also you know, Lakers nets Sixers,

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Speaker 1: got into the playoffs last year. I believe with a

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Speaker 1: negative point differential. I'm almost certain of that. And and um,

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Speaker 1: they have i think like the seventh or eighth best

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl odds, so the market respects them. They have

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Speaker 1: a smart head coach who likes to gamble um on

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Speaker 1: fourth down, and they've got skill position players that are good.

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Speaker 1: They got a great offensive line. I think Pro Football

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Speaker 1: Focus had them as a top seven offensive line and

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Speaker 1: when they did the ratings like a week ago, like

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Speaker 1: a lot of positives. But they also have like seven

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Speaker 1: new stars, seven or eight new starters on defense. And

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Speaker 1: you know, eventually we'll get back around to the Baker

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Speaker 1: Mayfield story. We need to. I can't judge Mayfield until

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Speaker 1: he's fully healthy because he did not have a good game.

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Speaker 1: He's just too damn loose with the ball right now,

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Speaker 1: you know, But again, down two tackles, what do you expect?

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Speaker 1: But the counter to that as well, Jason, Listen, everybody's

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Speaker 1: dealing with injuries like it happens around the league. Look

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Speaker 1: at the Green Bay Packers. Aaron Rodgers came into the

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Speaker 1: season without his left tackle David Bactieri. What do they

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Speaker 1: do well? You know, you just next man up and

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Speaker 1: it was ugly in the first game. Rogers was bad

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Speaker 1: and they've done one five straight. You know, it's like

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Speaker 1: this is what the good teams do, but Cleveland doesn't

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Speaker 1: want to win. They have one playoff on the century.

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, Aaron Rodgers in the playoffs every year,

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Speaker 1: steadying force in the locker roop. I don't know who's

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Speaker 1: pounding a table in the locker room in commanding respect

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Speaker 1: and getting the players on board, like, hey, this is

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Speaker 1: what it takes. Like none of these guys have won anything.

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Speaker 1: Odell Beckham has never won a playoff game. Jarvis Landry,

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Speaker 1: I don't think has I mean Nick Chubb went to

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Speaker 1: a playoff with at Georgia. What has Kareem Hunt ever done?

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Speaker 1: Like there's no winners in that locker room who could

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Speaker 1: just stand up and command a leadership role. I mean

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Speaker 1: they've got some, you know, probably some guys from Alabama

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Speaker 1: like Willis, the offensive lineman who won a national championship.

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Speaker 1: But again, well you can't stand up because you could

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Speaker 1: at Alabama Title Ring and expect fifty six guys to

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden fall in line. Like I don't

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Speaker 1: know if Baker's that dude. I mean, I think he

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Speaker 1: wants to be. But it's one thing to lead the

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Speaker 1: league in commercials. It's another two be so roller coastery

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Speaker 1: with week to week? Like what Baker are you getting?

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Speaker 1: And I don't know, Rob, do they have a lead?

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Speaker 1: Are in that locker room? Who is it? Maybe I'm

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Speaker 1: missing somebody? Well, you know it should be Baker Mayfield.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not sure that his teammates follow him

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Speaker 1: like that, you know, And I don't know, I'm not

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Speaker 1: in that locker room. So like, you know, take this

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Speaker 1: with a grain of salt, but it takes a special

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Speaker 1: person to be a leader of a team or a

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Speaker 1: leader of men when you're not like the reason that

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Speaker 1: they are successful. Like I know this is not a

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Speaker 1: great example, but like Cam Newton in New England. Cam

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Speaker 1: Newton was wildly mediocre, even you know, below average when

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Speaker 1: he was in New England last season, but because of

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Speaker 1: his gravity toss, the way he carried himself, everything about

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Speaker 1: him just made guys want to follow him. He had

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Speaker 1: this this this aura about him that people wanted to follow.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know if if Baker has that, and

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Speaker 1: you know, and there's another thing, and it's this might

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Speaker 1: seem you know, ain't significant on its face, but to me,

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Speaker 1: there's like a little bit of an underlying thing. Year

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Speaker 1: his wife posting that thing on Instagram last week saying like,

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Speaker 1: you know, the city of Cleveland needs to appreciate what

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Speaker 1: they have and Baker's change the culture and blah blah blah,

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Speaker 1: Like there's got to be a certain level of insecurity

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Speaker 1: inside of you know, not just with her, but inside

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Speaker 1: of Baker a little bit. I think that would make

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Speaker 1: her want to step out and defend her man like that.

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Speaker 1: Well he was. He was truly bad in year two. Um,

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Speaker 1: and then he got better last year and we expected

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Speaker 1: him to make the leap this year. We haven't totally

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Speaker 1: seen it yet. Um, But I don't know a rob

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Speaker 1: I guess, you know, for me, it's I'm not going

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Speaker 1: to totally judge him the way like I know, I

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Speaker 1: come down hard on toa And yes, there's a bunch

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Speaker 1: of Dolphins fans who listen to this podcast just because

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Speaker 1: they want me to say nice things. Well, they're all

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Speaker 1: with me now, They're like, oh, to Flora's what the

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Speaker 1: hell are we doing? Like, listen, there's some bad teams

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Speaker 1: out there, Rob, I mean, the New York Giants are bad.

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Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins right now are bad. The Detroit Lions are

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Speaker 1: a awful football team. They got their teeth kicked in Now.

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Speaker 1: I'm embarrassed that I believe. On the Monday Pot, I

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Speaker 1: looked at the opening lines, I was like, Lions money line.

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Speaker 1: Remember I said that, Robin, You laughed at me. You

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Speaker 1: probably forgot, okay, you remember? Um. Luckily I did not

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Speaker 1: bet that. I liked it. I was like, Oho, Lions

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Speaker 1: money line, tasty, and I did not take it. In

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Speaker 1: the contest, you could just see that team is dead,

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Speaker 1: they're done. They're toast. And Dan Campbell you could see

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Speaker 1: like that last loss took a lot out of him

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Speaker 1: and they just never had any energy or vibe this week.

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Speaker 1: And then he took a shot at Jared Goff after

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Speaker 1: the game, and I'm like, dude, his offensive line is

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Speaker 1: in shambles. He's got like three receivers on I R

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Speaker 1: and Anthony Lynz calling his place really you're gonna You're

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Speaker 1: gonna bash Jared Goff. That's what he needs to step up. Like, really,

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Speaker 1: that's your takeaway? What about we don't have shipped for

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Speaker 1: talent on this team and the injuries are mounting and

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Speaker 1: I don't know if we're gonna win a game like

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Speaker 1: that should be the take And Rob, I know you

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Speaker 1: don't like to look too far ahead at the gambling lines,

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Speaker 1: but have you taken a peek at Week seven? Not yet? Okay,

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna hit you with a couple of these

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Speaker 1: lines real quick, Okay, before I get to the best

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Speaker 1: bet for Bunday and football, This these are this week

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Speaker 1: is going to be absolutely bananas, all right. Green Bay's

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Speaker 1: favored by ten at home against Washington. It's a big number.

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Speaker 1: The l A Rams are favored by fifteen at home

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Speaker 1: against Detroit and then Matt Stafford revenge game. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if that's the thing. Tampa Bay. This is the

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Speaker 1: one I did bet. Tampa Bay's favored by twelve and

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Speaker 1: a half at home against Chicago. I did not bet

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Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears um and then the big one Houston

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Speaker 1: at Arizona. Do you want to guess the line? Windless

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Speaker 1: Houston with Davis Mills, who had a couple of decent

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Speaker 1: drives against India, and that whitewashing Arizona minus seventeen. Correct,

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Speaker 1: it did touch seventeen and a half for like, you know,

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Speaker 1: thirty seconds. Then it came right back down. So I

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Speaker 1: guess that's the by point for anybody. I'll just say

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Speaker 1: this before you run to go bet Arizona. Guys, after

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Speaker 1: this game, Arizona plays Green Bay on Thursday Night Football.

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Speaker 1: It'll be the two best teams in the NFC record wise, um,

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Speaker 1: excluding Dallas. But be careful with Arizona in that spot.

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Speaker 1: I could totally see that being a flat spot for

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Speaker 1: Arizona now. I I mean, maybe you take first half Houston,

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Speaker 1: because who the hell can bet a David Culley team.

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Speaker 1: But I have already scooped up the Arizona. I did

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Speaker 1: this preemptively the Arizona defense and Fantasy Rob, I know

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Speaker 1: you're a good fantasy manager. You surely we're on this. Um.

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Speaker 1: Arizona is a must start in fantasy this week. If

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Speaker 1: you don't have them now, they're gonna be gone. Yeah. Well,

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Speaker 1: then again, I thought that starting New England last week

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Speaker 1: against Houston was going to be a start of the

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Speaker 1: week two and I didn't really worked out too well. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: well that was on the road. This is at home.

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Speaker 1: Chandler Jones returns from COVID show. Hopefully he's fine. Um,

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Speaker 1: next week's games are a mess. Kansas City favored on

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Speaker 1: the road. Like, are we still doing this at Tennessee?

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Speaker 1: I guess that's weird because Tennessee plays tonight and I

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Speaker 1: The interesting thing that popped up Sunday. I don't know

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Speaker 1: rather if you have on your fantasy team, but A. J.

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Speaker 1: Brown had a mystery illness and he's all of a

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Speaker 1: sudden questionable. Well that's kind of a big deal, right,

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Speaker 1: Julio Jones A J. Brown. When they were out, they

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Speaker 1: were getting pushed around and they struggled for a bit. Okay,

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Speaker 1: The New York Jets beat them beat them without a J.

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Speaker 1: Brown and Julio Jones. Now come in the Buffalo bill

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Speaker 1: who many would argue they're the best team in the league.

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Speaker 1: And if you don't have Julio Jones and a J.

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Speaker 1: Brown healthy, you're gonna be in trouble keeping up. I personally,

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Speaker 1: you know, I did take a little bit on the over.

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Speaker 1: It's a big number of fifty three and a half,

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Speaker 1: but I just I cannot bet the Buffalo Bill's favored

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Speaker 1: by six on the road. Remember last week Kansas City

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Speaker 1: was favored at home against Buffalo Buffalo underdog role Hell's yeah,

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Speaker 1: now Buffalo links six on the road. And if you

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Speaker 1: remember this is and again, I know this whole revenge

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Speaker 1: spot narrative is silly and played out, But I don't

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Speaker 1: think that the guys in the locker room don't remember

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Speaker 1: what happened when they went to Tennessee last year on

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Speaker 1: I think it was a Tuesday night football because of

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Speaker 1: COVID postponements. Tennessee beat him by like thirty I think

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Speaker 1: I got that right, Rob, right, Yes, yeah, Tennessee worked them.

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Speaker 1: I mean it was a beat down. Derrick Henry had

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Speaker 1: his way. It was just it was ugly and I

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Speaker 1: wonder if Buffalo says, hey, man, we're on a bit

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Speaker 1: of a revenge tour. Okay, Kansas City, we had to

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Speaker 1: slay that dragon, cross that off the off the list.

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Speaker 1: Next up Tennessee. And again, if you've ever played sports,

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Speaker 1: you know what it's like when you're facing a team

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Speaker 1: for the second time or after losing to it once.

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Speaker 1: Oh you if there's an extra incentive that man, that

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Speaker 1: this is we gotta get these guys back. I remember

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Speaker 1: the trash talk. Oh yeah, I did pricks and you

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Speaker 1: you want to get them back. So I feel Buffalo

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Speaker 1: could open a can now if they do beat Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: you know, by two touchdowns or whatever. I don't think

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Speaker 1: there's any argument who the best team in the league is.

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Speaker 1: Many would already say, Buffalo, who do you have as

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Speaker 1: your number one team? Right now? Rob the Rams? The

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Speaker 1: Rams that lost to the Cardinals. Interest I did not

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Speaker 1: expect it. I mean, look, I don't I don't give

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Speaker 1: Buffalo as much credit for a beating can the City

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Speaker 1: the way they did after what we've seen Kansas City's

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Speaker 1: defense look like like Kansas This This isn't last year

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Speaker 1: or the year before. It's Kansas City Chiefs. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's fair. Um, I just bet the over. I could

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Speaker 1: see it being like thirty seven twenty three Bills win

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Speaker 1: something along those lines. Um, this week is just gonna

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Speaker 1: be fire. In sports, NBA tips off, NFL, College football,

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Speaker 1: UM MLB postseason. Also, you gotta get your Halloween costume ready, Rob,

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Speaker 1: Do you have an outfit yet? ORT know, I do not.

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Speaker 1: What are you waiting for? Man? I don't think I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna dress up, and I think that's why you got

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Speaker 1: your kid. Come on, she'll dress anyways. All Right, guys,

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Speaker 1: thanks for listening. We'll talk to you tomorrow