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Speaker 1: This is straight Fire with Jason McIntire.

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Speaker 2: What is up fire buy him? It's me Jason McIntire,

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Speaker 2: Straight Poyer four Monday, January the twenty sixth, and ladies

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Speaker 2: and gentlemen, the Super Bowl is set. Drum roll please

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Speaker 2: Seattle versus New England. Woh woh woh, it's not that bad. Obviously.

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Speaker 2: We got to give shout outs to both the New

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Speaker 2: England Patriots, who absolutely nobody had in the Super Bowl

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Speaker 2: and the Seattle Seahawks, who somewhere around mid season became

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Speaker 2: a juggernaut in the NFL. The Patriots survived the snow

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Speaker 2: and the Broncos in a low scoring, ugly, forgettable game,

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Speaker 2: and the Seahawks survived the Brahms, and I don't know,

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Speaker 2: you know, McVeigh did not have back to back with games.

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to kill McVeigh obviously, because he's an

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Speaker 2: outstanding coach. I don't know we can break it all down,

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Speaker 2: but bottom line is this Seattle, New England Super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: And instantly I was like, oh, Rob g geez sell

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Speaker 2: me on this Super Bowl and his hot take is, oh, yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's obvious Russell Wilson should have handed the ball off

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Speaker 2: I was like, oh, that's right again. I was so

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Speaker 2: locked in on the Rams beating the Seahawks that I

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Speaker 2: totally forgot about twenty fifteen January the Legion of Boom

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Speaker 2: against the New England Patriots and Tom brady whacky game

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Speaker 2: where Seattle's leading twenty four to fourteen. Yeah, twenty four

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Speaker 2: to fourteen. In the fourth Tom Brady against the best

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Speaker 2: defense in the L League, goes the length of the

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Speaker 2: field twice twice for touchdowns. Seattle comes all the way

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Speaker 2: back and has stopped on the doorstep. I've forgotten the

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Speaker 2: name of the guy who got the interception. Wait, give

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Speaker 2: me a second. No, it's not coming to me. Do

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Speaker 2: you know it? Offhand?

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Speaker 3: Rob would be Malcolm Butler.

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Speaker 2: There it is Malcolm Butler. Yes, much maligned Malcolm Butler.

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Speaker 2: He never did anything after that got the interception and

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Speaker 2: a memorable win for the Patriots twenty eight, twenty four.

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Speaker 2: I'll be shocked if this game matches that. But early

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Speaker 2: line has it as Seattle minus three and a half.

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Speaker 2: Mine is four and a half. I am seeing a five. Obviously,

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Speaker 2: the Seattle defense is excellent, and Drake may has now

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Speaker 2: played three playoff games and looked beyond mid in all

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Speaker 2: of them. I mean, I know, well here it was

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Speaker 2: a snowstorm. He threw for eighty six yards. People, he

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Speaker 2: could put a ten foot passes in ten forward passes

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Speaker 2: in an NFL football game ten Jared Stidham aka Stitty,

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Speaker 2: which is such a bad nickname. He Stidham threw for

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Speaker 2: more yards and Drake May. I mean, if I told

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Speaker 2: you Drake May's playoff run, if I told you the

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Speaker 2: well against if I told you this, you know they're

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Speaker 2: in the super Bowl because they played three games. He

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Speaker 2: threw for uh fifty eight percent against the Chargers, fifty

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Speaker 2: nine percent against the Texans, forty seven percent against the Broncos.

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Speaker 2: His passing yardage two sixty eight one P seventy nine

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Speaker 2: eighty six. He's been sacked fifteen times now. He is

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Speaker 2: winning with his legs, which we got to give him

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Speaker 2: credit for. But nobody cares about Drake banded Patriots. We've

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Speaker 2: got to start with Seattle Rams. It's just it's a

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Speaker 2: tough loss as a Rams backer, as a Rams fan,

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Speaker 2: I don't want to just simply put it on the

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Speaker 2: muffed punt, and that is kind of poetic justice. Right

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Speaker 2: that this Rams team special teams ailed them throughout the season.

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Speaker 2: And bottom line is, you can't muff a punt there

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Speaker 2: to start the second half. You give up the touchdown

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Speaker 2: late first half, right, so you're down. Then Seattle gets

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Speaker 2: the ball first, you hold him and then you flub

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Speaker 2: And from there they were just playing catch up. They

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Speaker 2: did score on the next two possessions. I'm watching it

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Speaker 2: at a buddy's house, faithful listener of the podcast. He's

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Speaker 2: a Lake Caer season ticket holder at a bunch of

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Speaker 2: After the touchdown, I forget who caught that touchdown? Oh

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Speaker 2: it with the puka one in the in the corner. Yes,

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Speaker 2: So there was that idiotic penalty on third and twelve

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Speaker 2: by Tyreek Wohlan yelling at the Rams sideline, and so

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Speaker 2: they get the first down. Taunting. Next play, Stafford to

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Speaker 2: The next time they got the ball, Stafford drives him

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Speaker 2: five minutes. I think they had two timeouts left at

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Speaker 2: for it, trailing by four, you need the touchdown, or

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Speaker 2: you kick the field goal and say, you know what, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: this is a Sam Donald's playing pretty damn good. But

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Speaker 2: maybe I'm playing the result fourth and four with the

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Speaker 2: everybody's saying how great Donald was. Donald was very good.

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Speaker 3: I mean, the punt return was a huge play. You

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Speaker 3: can't say that it wasn't. I also will argue that

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Speaker 3: So even though they all gained them by about a

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Speaker 3: What is it with the NFL coaches these days being

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Speaker 3: the previous game ended up being the difference with Sean

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Speaker 3: Payton didn't want to take the points early in the

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Speaker 3: the second half when this thing really comes down. Thick,

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Speaker 3: let's get points while we can. And they didn't do it.

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Speaker 3: always thought that with him specifically, and Kyle Shanahan as well,

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Speaker 3: for him to forego that was shocking to me. I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, how could you not be? I mean, look, Sam

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Speaker 3: Last week, a lot of people, not just you and

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Speaker 2: It's wild you say that, Oh Seattle overwhelming. Everybody liked

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Speaker 2: So about an eighty yard difference yards per play. The

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Speaker 2: they lost. The one turnover killed him. So this idea

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's just crazy. That's just crazy talk. This

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Speaker 2: it's just disappointing as a Rams fan. Do we have

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Speaker 2: My daughter had a volleyball tournament and our first match

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Speaker 2: Nobody can miss him, and he's wearing the shades indoors

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Speaker 2: like a typical baller. So I was watching this game

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Speaker 2: a big play early from Stitty. I just think that's

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Speaker 2: They go up seven nothing. Patriots can't do anything. First

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Speaker 2: this football game. Wasn't even close. Now, I will plead ignorance. Okay,

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Speaker 2: you guys don't have to do a lot of homework

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Speaker 2: anybody say a massive snowstorm is coming to this game

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Speaker 2: at halftime, Rob Did I miss that all week? Or

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, that time laps. If you were watching the game,

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Speaker 3: not that how anymore, but Mile High Stadium is looking

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Speaker 2: Sure everybody know it was coming.

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Speaker 2: Yeah it was. It was quite brutal. And so after

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Speaker 2: it was for Denver. They went six plays minus five yards.

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Speaker 3: They couldn't do anything.

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Speaker 2: So the Patriots, I'll say this, they faced Jesse Minter's defense, survived,

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Speaker 2: you said blowout, Rob, you think you think Seattle really works?

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Speaker 3: These guys, Oh my gosh, to quote the Lake even

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Speaker 3: I was like, how is this not seven? Immediately? And

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Speaker 3: I'd probably sol good about it. There is nothing that

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Speaker 3: this current New England Patriots team can hang with either

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna build up to it. Okay, so let me

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Speaker 3: start here. The New England Patriots. We all know they

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Speaker 3: lowest in football. Okay. In round one, they get Justin

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Speaker 3: has not taken a meaningful snap in over two calendar years. Okay,

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Speaker 3: here's some numbers for you. The New England Patriots offense

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Speaker 3: since nineteen seventy nine. Wow okay. Now you might say, well,

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Speaker 3: why here we go. Fewest points scored in the wild card,

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: They scored a touchdown more than the New England Patriots

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Speaker 3: this season. Drake May, I know that this is good,

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Speaker 3: May two to zero in the goddamn playoff. This is up,

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Speaker 3: they had some things to break their way, like any

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Speaker 3: team does. But I can't recall any NFL team that

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Speaker 3: makes the Super Bowl looking that horrid offensively in the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's why I opened by saying this is

432
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Speaker 2: a tough sell, man. I mean you, I don't care

433
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Speaker 2: if you're a Patriot outside of New England, Like, where's

434
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Speaker 2: the juice outside of Seattle? I mean maybe you get

435
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Speaker 2: some man, I love the Sam Darnold story. Okay, that's

436
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Speaker 2: not great. You get pockets of JSN fans, like the

437
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Speaker 2: defense is a grouping that's incredible. There's no Miles Garrett

438
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Speaker 2: on this defense, right, I just like even the Patriots defense.

439
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Speaker 2: Wh who's the most famous guy on the Patriots defense,

440
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,960
Speaker 2: Christian Gonzales for two years, he's always like, there just

441
00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,320
Speaker 2: isn't a lot of juice. And again, I know who cares.

442
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Speaker 2: The ratings are gonna be great. Well, obviously it's the

443
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Speaker 2: super Bowl. The radies are always gonna be great. I'm

444
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Speaker 2: talking about the next two weeks. Nobody is the Pro

445
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Speaker 2: Bowl still a thing. I don't even know if the

446
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Speaker 2: Pro Bowl weekend what it is. I don't care. But like,

447
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Speaker 2: we've got to talk about the Super Bowl for two

448
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Speaker 2: weeks and it's like, oh, yeah, there's not a lot here.

449
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Speaker 2: Like when Mahomes first made it, he was the MVP

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Speaker 2: that year.

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Speaker 3: Remember mm hmm.

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Speaker 2: Right, year two, I think he was well.

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Speaker 3: I think he made the I think he won the

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Speaker 3: MP the first year, and then the.

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Speaker 2: Second oh when they lost to the Anty championship, yeah okay,

456
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Speaker 2: and then the second year was like, oh well, mahomes,

457
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Speaker 2: this is back to back. This guy's for real. He's

458
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Speaker 2: got He's got next.

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Speaker 3: He's the one. Yeah, he's the one who got to

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Speaker 3: pay attention to.

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Speaker 2: Does anybody think Drake May's got next?

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Speaker 3: Nope? But I think he's not a playoff performance.

463
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Speaker 2: I think he's really good. Could he be, like, I mean,

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Speaker 2: what's the ceiling over under half an MVP for Joe

465
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Speaker 2: for Drake May? Actually no, I I got to do

466
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Speaker 2: one and a half because he might steal it this year.

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Speaker 3: I'll take the ender.

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Speaker 2: I probably would. I just don't like. He's really good.

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Speaker 2: But he's not Joe Burrow. Let's be real. He's not

470
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Speaker 2: Joe burtw Do you think he could be? No, he

471
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Speaker 2: certainly is in Josh Allen. I mean, and listen, maybe

472
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Speaker 2: he grows into that, because it's only we're two years in, right,

473
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Speaker 2: maybe he becomes a perennial MVP candidate. I do think

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Speaker 2: he's got a lot of talent, but he's kind of boring.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: It's like we're at the point where people are following

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Speaker 2: his girlfriend's Instagram and commenting on her videos about how

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Speaker 2: they love her husband. You know, like that, Like I

479
00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:13,919
Speaker 2: don't know Rob, I don't want to prove.

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Speaker 3: Well, j Mac, you were started off this recapping this

481
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Speaker 3: game by making fun of Jared Stidham's nickname Stitty. Real

482
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Speaker 3: ones of the podcast know what Drake May's.

483
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Speaker 2: Nickname is, Drake Drake May May.

484
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Speaker 3: Yes, his nickname is his name. That goes to tell

485
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Speaker 3: you all the star power that we got into this game.

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Speaker 3: Like it again, We're gonna talk about it for two

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Speaker 3: weeks and I don't want to get bogged down here,

488
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Speaker 3: but I promise you, America, when you watch and consume

489
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Speaker 3: sports media, television, sports media, podcast, radio, whatever to Instagram,

490
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Speaker 3: at least half of the build up to this Super

491
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Speaker 3: Bowl is going to be related to Russell Wilson through

492
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Speaker 3: an interception at the line Tom Brady beats him in

493
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Speaker 3: the Super Bowl. Should have handed into Marshaun Lynch because

494
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Speaker 3: nobody is going to be able to sell you on

495
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Speaker 3: the Sam Donald redemption story longer than about ten minutes

496
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Speaker 3: and as good as Drake may was in the regular season,

497
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Speaker 3: he has been terrible in the playoffs. So what's the

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Speaker 3: selling point.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you could try to get mackerel in

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Speaker 2: the league and say, Mike Vrabel defensive head coach, Mike

501
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Speaker 2: McDonald defensive head coach. Has the league pivoted away from

502
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Speaker 2: this offensive orgy that we've seen over the last decade

503
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Speaker 2: where it's pass past pass, throw the ball to win,

504
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Speaker 2: And now it's like, well, actually, don't make mistakes and

505
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Speaker 2: let your defense carry you and you know, play the

506
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Speaker 2: two high shell. Don't give up any big plays. I mean,

507
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,159
Speaker 2: then again, the Rams, you know again eight point three

508
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Speaker 2: yards per play, they were just mowing down the field.

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Speaker 2: Maybe are we are we pivoting toward a defensive league? Again?

510
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Speaker 2: Now some of this is weather related, right, Obviously that

511
00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:06,399
Speaker 2: Denver game, you know, it didn't sniff the over forty two.

512
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,160
Speaker 2: I mean, they had like three or four missfield goals.

513
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Speaker 2: But nevertheless, it could just be maybe this is an oddity,

514
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 2: right because we have Mahomes down, Lamar was injured, Burrow

515
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 2: was injured, and so your your better offenses around the league,

516
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Speaker 2: Your star quarterbacks didn't even make the playoffs. Are they

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Speaker 2: all back next year. I don't know. I actually think

518
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Speaker 2: this is going to be the start of a weird

519
00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 2: cycle because of those quarterback contracts. They're so highly compensated

520
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:34,840
Speaker 2: that you look like Buffalo's defense. They can't build a

521
00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,480
Speaker 2: great defense, not with paying Josh Allen a billion dollars.

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Speaker 2: Look at the Ravens defense. They just got shredded by

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers of all people in Week eighteen. Oh you know,

524
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Speaker 2: Joe Burrow hasn't had a defense for a few years now.

525
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Speaker 2: So I don't know, man, I gotta be honest. I'm uh,

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Speaker 2: I'm not like excited about the super Bowl and neffol listen,

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Speaker 2: I have to keep it one hundred. If it were

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Speaker 2: a Fox super Bowl, I'd be like, oh, I'm so

529
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Speaker 2: excited for the super Bowl because I'm fuck it, Fox employee.

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Speaker 2: That's just how it is. That's the reality. You're not

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Speaker 2: gonna hear NBC people keeping a reel like I am

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Speaker 2: right now. You know, there is a keeping it too

533
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Speaker 2: real where you put your job at Jeopardy and then

534
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Speaker 2: you know your family doesn't have any money.

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Speaker 2: Honestly, this weekend, Rob, I was so distraught in the

540
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:32,919
Speaker 2: NBA with the whole Yannis calf injury, Like he's on

541
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Speaker 2: the show for four to six weeks, and I'm like,

542
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Speaker 2: are you freaking serious? So now Yannis, Rob, there's no

543
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Speaker 2: way he gets traded. Who's trading for a guy with

544
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Speaker 2: a calf injury. That's just not happening.

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Speaker 3: You're setting up, You're not giving up premium assets if

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Speaker 3: you don't know if he's gonna be available for you

547
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Speaker 3: in the home stressed?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I I mean we already Sawrey Trey

549
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:55,719
Speaker 2: Young get dealt right. It increasingly Anthony Davis not going

550
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Speaker 2: to get traded because of his injury. I don't know

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Speaker 2: what they do with Ja Morant in Memphis.

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Speaker 3: He's hurt too.

553
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 2: Now what happened to him? I didn't see it.

554
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Speaker 3: I think he heard his elbow.

555
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Speaker 2: Jeez, oh yeah, you're right here it is John Morant.

556
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Speaker 2: They're both gonna be injured through the deadline. M oh Man,

557
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Speaker 2: So now we're not gonna.

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Speaker 3: Really so mean, then again, the people who are in

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Speaker 3: the market for John Morant, I don't think our contenders.

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Speaker 3: So you could still trade for him if you wanted

561
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Speaker 3: to have him for later on. But if you're trading

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Speaker 3: for Giannis's because you think you can win a championship, now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean interesting. I want to I want to

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Speaker 2: say that there will still be movement around the deadline

565
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Speaker 2: because I mean, Rob, you know, you look at who's

566
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Speaker 2: leading the East, the Detroit Pistons by five and a

567
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Speaker 2: half games. If we're being honest with ourselves and you're

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Speaker 2: the Detroit GM and you look yourself from the mirror

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Speaker 2: and say, all right, guys, we're leading the East. You

570
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 2: remember who was leading the East last year, Rob, Cleveland Cavaliers.

571
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Speaker 2: How many people were telling you fools?

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Speaker 3: Gold?

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Speaker 2: What happened in the playoffs? Lost second round? I'm yeah,

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Speaker 2: second round? I'm pretty sure.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 2: Wait, who did they lose to? It was nixt Oh yeah,

577
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Speaker 2: it was Justin Not Justin Jalen Brunson beat them with

578
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Speaker 2: the clutch Nest. So you look at this Detroit Ross,

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Speaker 2: I mean, do you think this is like a team

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Speaker 2: going to the finals?

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Speaker 3: For sure?

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Speaker 2: A team that couldn't. I think they've got to upgrade somewhere.

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Speaker 2: The problem is I don't know how you do it

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Speaker 2: without disrupting chemistry. So like that's one of these tough decisions. Hey,

585
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Speaker 2: the Cavs didn't do it, Rob, Remember last year they

586
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Speaker 2: stood pat Oh no, they got DeAndre Hunter, which was

587
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 2: a small, nice little move, didn't do it in the playoffs,

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Speaker 2: And now they're fifth in the East and I don't

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Speaker 2: think anybody thinks they're a legit contender. Then you get

590
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Speaker 2: to Toronto Raptors. Okay, is there a whiff of Hey

591
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,560
Speaker 2: remember when we were close in the East with Lowry

592
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Speaker 2: and de Rosen and we went all in and went

593
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Speaker 2: for Kawhi Leonard. Remember that? Yeah, that worked out for us.

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Speaker 2: Do they roll the dice and make a play for

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Speaker 2: the Sixers are looking kind of good? Do they make

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00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,560
Speaker 2: a move? Do the Knicks and carlingtimes? I think most

597
00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 2: of the people that would trade her in the East

598
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Speaker 2: because the West has so many injuries. Nuggets have injuries,

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Speaker 2: Rockets have injuries. Lakers were waiting on Austin Reeves. Okay, see,

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Speaker 2: I think had an injury over the weekend, Rob, Did

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Speaker 2: they not? Or maybe I know?

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Speaker 3: Jalen Willis has been in and out of the lineup.

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Speaker 3: He's been kind of banged up. So yeah, I don't

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Speaker 3: know if that was over the weekend. I've been so

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Speaker 3: consumed with football.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, and those choking dogs in Okay see lose

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Speaker 2: to Toronto. I believe was that today or yesterday? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: So okay, see, listen, they're not great. If I'm Detroit,

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Speaker 2: I make a move, We'll obviously do plenty on the

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Speaker 2: trade deadline. Yeah, I don't think okay, SE's insurmountable. Hell, listen,

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Speaker 2: if the Lakers get the right draw and everybody's healthy,

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Speaker 2: I'm not ruling out anything, Rob, and I know you're

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Speaker 2: not either. Oh, Jonathan Kumingo was the other guy, was

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Speaker 2: thinking he got injured over the weekend and they don't

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Speaker 2: know what his future is gonna be. So I don't know, Rob.

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Speaker 2: Where are you on the on the NBA after this weekend?

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Speaker 2: Were you just recalibrating after NFL.

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Speaker 3: Mostly the latter You know, obviously part of my job

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Speaker 3: has got to find a way to make this Super

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Speaker 3: Bowl interesting. So I've been racking my brain ever since

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Speaker 3: you know, what was it four pm? Pacific? Once I

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Speaker 3: knew that I had to sell Drake May in the

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl against one of these behemoths. It's gonna be tough,

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Speaker 3: but yeah, I mean, obviously I'm focused on the Lakers.

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Speaker 3: I mean, how can you not be. You have Lebron

626
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Speaker 3: James passive aggressive, you know, comments of the media about

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Speaker 3: how he doesn't care about Genie Bust and what happened

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Speaker 3: to that story, and you know, now he's saying, hey,

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Speaker 3: you know this is Lucas team, and Baba, like, you

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Speaker 3: sure don't act that way all the time, buddy. And

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Speaker 3: so we'll see if they can make a move, because

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Speaker 3: suddenly the Oklahoma city doesn't look like the Juggernauts that

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Speaker 3: they thought they could they would be. And Denver is

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Speaker 3: you know, I know Yoga is coming back soon, but

635
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Speaker 3: they have an injury bug that's hit them pretty hard.

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Speaker 3: Houston's nowhere near as good as we thought they were.

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Speaker 3: So maybe my Lakers, if they can make a shrewd

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Speaker 3: move or two ahead of the deadline, maybe they can

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Speaker 3: make some noise.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So super Bowl is set. NFL betting largely done,

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Speaker 2: although there'll be props galore for the Super Bowl, assuming

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Speaker 2: I have any money left. Freakin' Rams Broncos over let

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Speaker 2: me down. I mean, it's just like, come on, I

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Speaker 2: can't I need to recreate the regular season magic. I'm

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Speaker 2: just gonna go all into college basketball, Rob, I gotta,

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Speaker 2: I gotta, I gotta figure this one out, so at

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Speaker 2: least there's something to work toward. All right, thanks for listening.

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Speaker 2: We are back Maniana. See then,