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Speaker 1: the show. What's up? Everybody? Welcome into a Friday Unitedation

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Speaker 1: at Texans All Access aka a Christmas addition. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for being with me. I am your host, Santa Claus Akah,

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Speaker 1: John Harris football analysts and sideline reporter, and so glad

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Speaker 1: to be with you. We got to do tonight. I've

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Speaker 1: got to give you my predictions, which I will. I

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Speaker 1: will also give you my first Community Credit Union first

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Speaker 1: glance keys to the game for this one against Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. Two games left, both home games. Thank God,

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Speaker 1: don't want to go back on the road. No more road.

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Speaker 1: He's so to be nice to be at home for

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Speaker 1: the holidays, but man, people in a building are stressed.

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Speaker 1: Game Sunday to twenty seven bowlgain mccari Texas Bowl on

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Speaker 1: the thirty first finale against the Titans. That final Sunday.

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Speaker 1: I believe that's January third, could be wrong with that,

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Speaker 1: but I think I'm close. So yeah, three games in

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Speaker 1: I think seven days. So everybody's a little bit panic.

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Speaker 1: But it's gonna be a fun time. It always is,

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Speaker 1: and hopefully a couple of wins for your Texans to

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Speaker 1: go along with. So you know what's on the show.

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Speaker 1: So lets get started with our hot reads brought to

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Speaker 1: the Harris family. So here we go. First hot Read,

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Speaker 1: as it always is on a Friday, no matter what's

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Speaker 1: going on. Is Romeo Crnell, the head coach of your

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans, sitting down with the voice of the Texans,

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Speaker 1: Mark Van Beer. Mark, take it away, coach, tell me

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Speaker 1: a little bit about these Bengals. Of course, they beat

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Speaker 1: the Steelers on Monday night, short week for them to

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Speaker 1: get ready. What did you learn about them from that

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Speaker 1: game versus other games they might have played. Well, you know,

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Speaker 1: not that I learned anything, But what I tell the

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Speaker 1: players all the time is that everybody in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: they've got firepower, and on any given Sunday, any team

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Speaker 1: at the games, they go down to the fourth quarter

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Speaker 1: second to the two yard line, you know, and so

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Speaker 1: never underestimating body. And in that particular game, the Bengals

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Speaker 1: playing a division opponent, and they just they get up

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Speaker 1: for division opponents. I mean, we get up for division opponents.

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Speaker 1: And so they started making the plays and they got rolling,

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Speaker 1: I thought that offensively they were able to make plays

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Speaker 1: than since his defense. I thought they did a good

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Speaker 1: that part of it? A lot? You know, I think

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Speaker 1: a multiple pressure defense, particularly on third down. They give

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Speaker 1: and that gives them the advantage. I know you haven't

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Speaker 1: be happy with your ability to rise up offensively despite

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Speaker 1: some of the adversity you've had, especially injury wise, exactly.

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Speaker 1: You know, that's what we teach in the NFL. Makes

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Speaker 1: to give us a chance. Coach, thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for the time. Best of luck against Cincinnati. He thanks Mark.

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Speaker 1: All right, get to our next hot read. And that

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Speaker 1: First Glance, Keys to the Game. I've been doing Keys

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Speaker 1: Johnson rbat. I mean, I get it, that's where it's

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Speaker 1: got to start. But David Johnson's is good a wide receivers.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna find whether he's the designated running back or

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Speaker 1: designated as a wide receiver. And we found that out

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Speaker 1: the other day against Indianapolis Colts. We saw the receiving

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Speaker 1: acumen and I've known it's there. I saw him in

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Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl in twenty fifteen January twenty fifteen. I'm

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Speaker 1: watching this guy like six two two twenty five, just

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Speaker 1: snatched the ball in the air, soft hands and he

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Speaker 1: look down. It's like number seven running back, and you know,

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, man, this guy's gonna have an opportunity

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Speaker 1: because he can do both. This year, the running game

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Speaker 1: hasn't been there. But the other day, two receptions at

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Speaker 1: half eleven when the game was over. So I will

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Speaker 1: do the Conico Phillips Toro's math drill work for you.

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Speaker 1: That's nine catches in the second half. Now, how many

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00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,359
Speaker 1: of those were designated for David I don't know. But

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Speaker 1: the fact is he became a trusted and reliable outlet

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Speaker 1: for to Sean in the passing game. And so when

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Speaker 1: that pass rush was closing in instead of taking a hit,

446
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,440
Speaker 1: and Sean was like, dude's first and ten, let me

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Speaker 1: pitch it to David over the middle right there or

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Speaker 1: on the flat and let him do the work. And

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Speaker 1: David had his best ball game as a Texan. And

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Speaker 1: you think back to, well, yeah, exactly, because he's not

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Speaker 1: just a running back. He's a wide receiver as well,

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Speaker 1: whether people want to believe that or not. And you

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Speaker 1: saw him really capitalize. And I think back to the

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Speaker 1: very first tell straighter that I did of David Johnson.

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Speaker 1: The first thing I found was a play against the

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Speaker 1: Falcons where Johnson was lined up out wide and ran

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Speaker 1: a speed out for five yards in a first down,

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Speaker 1: and it showed him snatching the rock tony two tap

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Speaker 1: on the sidelines and a first down catch. Then I'm

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Speaker 1: like that we can work with. That is a receiver. Yes,

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00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,960
Speaker 1: he's got running back and it says RB next to

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Speaker 1: his name might get all that, but those receiving skills.

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Speaker 1: To me, what that did the other day for David

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Speaker 1: was it gave it so much more confidence than he's

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Speaker 1: catching everything, he's running hard after he catch and he

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Speaker 1: got him out space. Where he out in space is

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Speaker 1: very very good. I think it's too congested in there. Man,

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Speaker 1: it's been tough all year. But as a receiver, David

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Speaker 1: Johnson looked phenomenal. And number four it's called don't be late.

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Speaker 1: Of course, everybody's got to be on time to the game,

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Speaker 1: so getting your seats, be loud. We obviously don't have

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Speaker 1: a packed house, you know that, but don't be late.

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Speaker 1: Actually he doesn't refer to the fans. It's refers to

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Speaker 1: to Shaun Watson, and I think in the four years

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Speaker 1: that de Shuan has been the quarterback for this team,

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Speaker 1: we've seen him grow. And the one thing that DeShawn

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Speaker 1: doesn't do for the most part is throw the ball

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Speaker 1: late over the middle. That's the old adage, don't throw

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Speaker 1: light over the middle. Well, you definitely can't do it

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Speaker 1: this week because Jesse Bates the third is roaming around.

481
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Speaker 1: He's one of the better youngs safeties in the league.

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Speaker 1: He's got ninety seven tackles, twelve passes broken up, and

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Speaker 1: three interceptions this year. That's those are phenomenal numbers in

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Speaker 1: just fourteen games. If you throw it late over the

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Speaker 1: middle of this week, Jesse Bates is going to be there.

486
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Speaker 1: He's as good as it gets in the league, and

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Speaker 1: he'll make DeShawn pay. Now, Deshaun has not made a

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Speaker 1: habit of doing that, but he's gonna make sure this week,

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Speaker 1: in particular, he doesn't do that because of a guy

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Speaker 1: like Jesse Bates. All right, that's gonna do it for

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Speaker 1: straight up and against the spread. Will do that next

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Speaker 1: Now here's the show. Happy holidays, everybody, and welcome back

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Speaker 1: to a Friday Nation of Texans All Access from the

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Speaker 1: Honday Texans Radio Studio, the mobile version on Christmas Night.

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Speaker 1: Glad you're with me. I'm your host, John Harris, Football

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Speaker 1: Analystson's Sideline Reporter. And this is one of my favorite

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Speaker 1: segments that I do all week long, all of the

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Speaker 1: differ radio, TV, everything. I love this one because A

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00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 1: I basically put my reputation online by making picks. And

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00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,840
Speaker 1: that's how everybody thinks when they hear the picks, they're like, ah,

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00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,280
Speaker 1: he's so dumb. Oh he's so smart. It really has

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00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,639
Speaker 1: nothing to do with it, Honestly. I like a the

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00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:57,520
Speaker 1: competition part of it, like did I get it right

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Speaker 1: that I did or not? But be I also like

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Speaker 1: talk about the league. I like talk about what's going

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00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:06,119
Speaker 1: on for NFL teams throughout, and so why not do

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00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,119
Speaker 1: it this way? Why not make picks straight up and

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00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 1: against the spread. I love to do that. So let's

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Speaker 1: rock and roll. However, first I must give to you

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Speaker 1: my music. I need my music. I can't do this

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Speaker 1: segment without my music. And there it is. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's start on Saturday. This is one of those end

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Speaker 1: of NFL season six week sixteen, Week seventeen a day

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Speaker 1: last week on week fifteen two, we've been we've caught

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Speaker 1: in that where we've played on Saturday and then had

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Speaker 1: to follow up following week playing Sunday. So you've got

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Speaker 1: three Saturday games going. On December twenty sixth, you got

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Speaker 1: the Buccaneers take on the Lions. Now with this game,

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Speaker 1: it's in Detroit. The Bucks are nine to five, the

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00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,480
Speaker 1: Lions are five and nine. The Lions are gonna be

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Speaker 1: looking for a coach. They're gonna be looking for a GM,

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Speaker 1: but in this game they're gonna be looking for all

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Speaker 1: kinds of coaches because every single coordinator they just fired

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Speaker 1: their special teams coordinator, offensive the defensive coordinators are both

539
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Speaker 1: out of covid in Ram head coach Darryl Bevil out

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Speaker 1: with COVID. Our buddy Sean Ryan, who used to coach

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00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: quarterbacks here with the Texans, will be calling plays for

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Speaker 1: the Lions. They've got defensive assistance. I hate to say

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Speaker 1: it this way, but lost man and those men on

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Speaker 1: the Coaching Total Poll. They're gonna be calling plays for

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Speaker 1: the defense. It's crazy Tampa Bay is only a ten

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Speaker 1: point favorite. I think the Lions will play their guts out.

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Speaker 1: They'll really try and show that even with this coaching

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Speaker 1: staff they've cobbled together. I think they'll play hard. It's

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00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 1: just not gonna be enough. Eventually, a damn's gonna break

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Speaker 1: and the Buccaneers are gonna win this one thirty five

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Speaker 1: twenty one something along those lines. Bucks win, and Bucks

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00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,320
Speaker 1: are gonna cover. But I do think this one's gonna

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Speaker 1: be really intriguing to watch and see how the Lions

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Speaker 1: respond without all those coaches, all of them. I mean

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Speaker 1: they're already without Matt Patricia out Darrell Bevel. I mean

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00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,240
Speaker 1: it's crazy, you know. By the way, the Lions special

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00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 1: teams coach got canned the other day because he ran

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Speaker 1: a fake in the fourth quarter against the Titans, a

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Speaker 1: relatively close game and didn't tell anybody, and then of

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Speaker 1: course it failed. Unfortunately, it was A. J. Moore's twin

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Speaker 1: brother on the other end of that, and he got

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Speaker 1: fired on Monday. He might have been the head coach

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Speaker 1: and he stuck around. But Bucks win, Bucks cover. Then

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Speaker 1: in the afternoon on Saturday, forty nine is taken on

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals. The Cardinals right in six still live in

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Speaker 1: the NFC playoff race. They've got to win out. That

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Speaker 1: don't get them to ten and six. Now I've been

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Speaker 1: following they have sea a little bit more of the NFC,

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Speaker 1: but I think ten and six will definitely get them

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Speaker 1: there by winning out. The Rams are nine and five,

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Speaker 1: and the ram and they're gonna kick themselves for losing

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Speaker 1: that game to the Jets last week. But the Rams

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Speaker 1: are taking on the Seahawks. Seahawks are ten and four,

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Speaker 1: so there's still possibilities there. FC West, somebody's coming out

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Speaker 1: of there were ten wins, so if the Cardinals lose this,

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Speaker 1: they're toes. Now. I think they can still get a

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Speaker 1: wild card, but they're gonna have to be the forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers to do it. They're favored by five at home.

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Speaker 1: It just came off that big win against the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Speaker 1: I think the Cardinals are gonna get it. San Francisco

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Speaker 1: has just been banged up all year. The forty nine

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Speaker 1: ers will play hard. They will play hard. And by

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Speaker 1: the way, who's the home team in this thing? I

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Speaker 1: mean the forty nine ers have played in Arizona, so

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Speaker 1: and both of them gonna play in their home stadium.

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Speaker 1: I think the Cardinals are gonna get it done. Kyler

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00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: is a big game, DeAndre has a big game, and

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Speaker 1: Arizona wins this thing by ten. I'm thinking twenty seven

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Speaker 1: seventeen Cardinals win, moved to nine and six and stay

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Speaker 1: alive in the playoff race in the NFC. All Right,

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Speaker 1: the evening game on Saturday is not Clempson, Notre Dame.

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Speaker 1: It is Dolphins v. Raiders. Now, a couple of weeks ago,

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Speaker 1: just kind of looking ahead, it looked like, man, this

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Speaker 1: game is going to be for one of these wild

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Speaker 1: cards spots. Well, since then, the Raiders have just crumbled.

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Speaker 1: The Dolphins continue to win, and Peter King was right.

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00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 1: He said at the beginning of the year, Miami Dolphins,

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Speaker 1: keep an eye on them going to the playoffs, and

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Speaker 1: he could be right now. There's some things that stuff

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Speaker 1: have to happen, and the Raiders can at this point

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Speaker 1: play spoiler. But also winning his final two games, the

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Speaker 1: Raiders can get to nine and seven. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if that's gonna get teams in so I think the

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Speaker 1: Colts and the Titans will both fish with ten wins,

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Speaker 1: the Browns and the Steelers both have ten plus wins,

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Speaker 1: and then you got the Ravens, who have a couple

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Speaker 1: of pretty relatively easy games. We'll get to them a second.

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Speaker 1: So I think the Ravens will get to ten wins.

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Speaker 1: So you're gonna have three teams with ten wins, and

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins are in that mix. So I don't think

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Speaker 1: the Raiders can get there. Don't. They're not mathematically out,

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Speaker 1: but they're gonna get help. I don't think they're gonna

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Speaker 1: get but I do think the Raiders are gonna play

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Speaker 1: this thing really tight, very very tight, and I think

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Speaker 1: in the end the Raiders get the win at home.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe I'm saying it. Miami's favored by three.

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Speaker 1: The Raiders are gonna get the upset, filed upset, and

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Speaker 1: get the win at home. Saturday night, low scoring, I'm

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Speaker 1: not expecting a ton points in this one. So the

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Speaker 1: Raiders are gonna win this thing, and they're gonna obviously

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Speaker 1: cover the three. So let's get the Sunday and it

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Speaker 1: starts in Kansas City, as Mitch Holtis likes to say,

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Speaker 1: Chiefs of thirteen and one the Falcons are coming to town.

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Speaker 1: The Falcons, like a lot of teams, are mathematically eliminated,

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Speaker 1: ready to get it done. They're looking for a GM,

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Speaker 1: They're looking for a head coach. At four and ten,

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Speaker 1: Kansas City might give them an opportunity to look at

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Speaker 1: Atlanta's future head coach, Eric the enemy who knows. Hopefully

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Speaker 1: the enemy's here, who knows? Nobody knows. Kansas City's at

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Speaker 1: ten a half point favorite. They'll cover that they'll win

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Speaker 1: by two touchdowns. I'm thinking forty one twenty seven Falcons

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Speaker 1: will score, but not enough Chiefs outscored them. Forty one

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Speaker 1: twenty seven. Get the win and the cover, all right.

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Speaker 1: The Browns go to the Jets, and I guarantee you

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Speaker 1: this line was probably twelve thirteen points a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks ago. But the Jets beat the Rams on the road.

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Speaker 1: Now the Browns come to town and the Browns are

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00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: only a nine and a half point favorite. I don't

639
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,560
Speaker 1: think the Jets will get another win, not this one.

640
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 1: The Browns need it desperately, the Jets don't. I'm not

641
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,080
Speaker 1: saying that Jets won't play hard. Quinn and Williams, who

642
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,240
Speaker 1: has been fantastic for them, and I are the interior

643
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 1: defensive alignement. I think that hurts against the Browns running game.

644
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 1: Browns win. But here's where the upset is. I think

645
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 1: Jets cover. I think the Jets get inside that nine

646
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 1: and a half. This feels like a seventeen twelve kind

647
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,399
Speaker 1: of game, maybe a little higher. I don't know. That's

648
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:51,440
Speaker 1: probably maybe like twenty seven twenty one. I don't know

649
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:52,839
Speaker 1: if the Jets can get to twenty. When they got

650
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: the twenty seven last week, I think it was the

651
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: twenty three whatever it was beat the Rams. Jets won't win,

652
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 1: but I'm going with the Jets to cover. Feeling crazy,

653
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,439
Speaker 1: one of the games of the day will take place

654
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:07,440
Speaker 1: in the Steel City. The Indianapolis Colts are taken on

655
00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:13,720
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers. Those two teams beat the Texans by seven,

656
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:18,280
Speaker 1: seven and six. That's it. Three wins over the Texans

657
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 1: for those two teams, and a touchdown separated them at

658
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,080
Speaker 1: each time. And I think, if I'm right, the Texas

659
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,719
Speaker 1: score twenty twenty and twenty one American System, Indianapolis is

660
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 1: favored by a point and a half on the road. Now,

661
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,120
Speaker 1: I think a lot of that has to do with

662
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 1: the way that Ben Roethlisberger would look the other night

663
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:35,520
Speaker 1: against the Bengals. But I can't do it. I can't

664
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 1: pick Indianapolis. I think Pittsburgh bounces back feeling the heat

665
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 1: from the Browns, and Pittsburgh gets the mild upset at home,

666
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,480
Speaker 1: at least the core yadds makers. I do think Indianapolis

667
00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 1: is better than Pittsburgh. I do think that. But I

668
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,440
Speaker 1: think the Steelers will reach back and find something and

669
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 1: go get a big win and get to twelve and three.

670
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,600
Speaker 1: That'll drop the Colts to ten and five, and then

671
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 1: we'll be looking at a game that happens on Sunday

672
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 1: night to see what happens the NYFC South. We'll get

673
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:05,399
Speaker 1: that a little bit. Steelers win and obviously are gonna

674
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 1: cover that one and a half. It's almost a pick

675
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 1: him at that point, But I'm gonna go to Pittsburgh,

676
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:10,839
Speaker 1: crazy as that might sound. The Bears go to take

677
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:19,200
Speaker 1: on the Jaguars. Now, I need, we all need the

678
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,239
Speaker 1: Jaguars to win. We need the Jaguars to wins at home.

679
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 1: Chicago's favored by seven and a half. We need the

680
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,560
Speaker 1: Jaguars to win. Well, why is that? Because the Jaguars

681
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 1: are not winning week seventeen, they're taking on the Colts Indeapolis.

682
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: Not happening because the Cults are gonna need that game

683
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:35,800
Speaker 1: to win. Division are getting the playoffs more than like,

684
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: we need the Jags to win so they move out

685
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:41,840
Speaker 1: of that number one spot. We do not need to

686
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: face Trevor Lawrence twice a year. It was great when

687
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 1: the Jags had to. You know, think about it. If

688
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 1: you're a Jacks fan, you gotta watch the Shawan Watson.

689
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,440
Speaker 1: You gotta face him twice a year. Now we have

690
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,800
Speaker 1: to face Trevor Lawrence twice a year. No, let's go Jags.

691
00:36:56,080 --> 00:37:01,640
Speaker 1: Let's go Jags win this game. They won't. They'll cover.

692
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:03,719
Speaker 1: I think they'll get inside the seven and a half,

693
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:07,319
Speaker 1: but that's it. Bears are gonna win that one. It's

694
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: gonna be a watch. It's gonna be like a gut

695
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: punch game. This is gonna be like twenty to sixteen

696
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 1: and the Jags fumble on the five yard line. Yeah,

697
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:18,399
Speaker 1: it's gonna be like that. That's been. It's been that way.

698
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:24,359
Speaker 1: We just need the Jags to win. Let's go Jags. Duvall, Yeah,

699
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 1: we need you guys to do it so Jaguars will cover.

700
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:29,520
Speaker 1: Bears are gonna get to win. That keeps them alive

701
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 1: in the NFC playoff race. Giants take on the Ravens,

702
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: and as much as the Ravens, I'm sorry, the Giants

703
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:40,439
Speaker 1: have kind of gotten themselves back to respectability the last

704
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 1: couple of weeks, not as good offensively without Daniel Jones.

705
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,320
Speaker 1: It's been a struggle. I think it continues to be

706
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 1: a struggle. And I'm telling you right now. I saw

707
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:50,719
Speaker 1: this on Twitter and I was like, dang it. I've

708
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:54,799
Speaker 1: been thinking that for three weeks. I would not want

709
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 1: to face the Ravens in the playoffs. Now they just

710
00:37:57,200 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 1: have to get there. And they will face the Giants

711
00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:04,359
Speaker 1: this week, and I believe it's the Bengals the following week.

712
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 1: So they've got two wins. They'll be looking at eleven

713
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 1: and five. I think that gets him in. But the

714
00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 1: Ravens are a ten and a half point favorite. They

715
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: will win and cover. This is twenty eight fourteen. That's

716
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:16,400
Speaker 1: a winning to cover for the Ravens, Bengals and Texans

717
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,160
Speaker 1: Texas favorite by seven and a half. You know, I

718
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:19,480
Speaker 1: don't go against my heart in my head, so I

719
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 1: never picked that game. Texas are gonna win and cover.

720
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,520
Speaker 1: They're better then two, five and nineteens. Now this one

721
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:31,360
Speaker 1: becomes important to the Texans. Semi important in that the

722
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 1: Texans are gonna finish in third place in the AFC South.

723
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty one, we face the AFC East, so

724
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 1: we get New England at home, we get the Jets

725
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,840
Speaker 1: at home, We go to Buffalo, we go to Miami.

726
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 1: Then it becomes who do you match up with third place? Well,

727
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:57,759
Speaker 1: third place in the AFC North, they have no idea.

728
00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:59,359
Speaker 1: It could be the Browns, could be, the Ravens, could

729
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 1: be the Steelers, have no idea. That was still got

730
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,279
Speaker 1: to shake it up out and it does. In the

731
00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:10,360
Speaker 1: AFC West, the Chiefs and the Raiders. More than likely

732
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: we'll finish one two and then third place may come

733
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:16,839
Speaker 1: down to this game, the Broncos and the Chargers. It's

734
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,359
Speaker 1: in La where the Chargers are played a little bit better.

735
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:20,879
Speaker 1: They just can't hold on to a lead. I think

736
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: the Chargers are better than Broncos, justin Herbert has been fantastic.

737
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 1: The Chargers are favorite by three, and I'm gonna lay

738
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: the three, taking the Chargers to win and cover that

739
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 1: three and that up with the Broncos more than likely

740
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 1: in the last place and the Chargers in third place.

741
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,279
Speaker 1: Now what happens with the Raiders could matter, because the

742
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,920
Speaker 1: Raiders lose two, the Chargers win two Chargers of seven nine.

743
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 1: Maybe the Chargers get the second place and the Raiders

744
00:39:45,080 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 1: go to third place. Maybe they put us in Vegas

745
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 1: next year. Let's go Chargers, Chargers win and cover the

746
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:57,239
Speaker 1: three Oh my goodness, I hope that happens. All right,

747
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,080
Speaker 1: Let's go to Washington where the Washington football team and

748
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 1: Ron Rivera taking on his former team, the Panthers at

749
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:05,439
Speaker 1: four and ten. The Panthers just fired their GM Marty

750
00:40:05,560 --> 00:40:07,800
Speaker 1: Hernie Washington trying to figure out what's going on with

751
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: the football team and Dwayne Haskins. That's an issue. It

752
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 1: won't bleed over to the field. Washington gets to win

753
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 1: and they will cover the three points with which they

754
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: are a favorite. Stay in the afternoon on Sunday, the

755
00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:26,520
Speaker 1: Eagles take on the Cowboys. Now, this NFC East is

756
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:30,520
Speaker 1: a jumbled mess. But if Washington wins, which I think

757
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,799
Speaker 1: they will, that'll make the Washington football team seven and eight.

758
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: Then I think it's really tough for either the Eagles

759
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 1: or the Cowboys to catch them. But it doesn't matter.

760
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:43,719
Speaker 1: It's Eagles versus Cowboys, and it's greater Houstonian Jalen Hurts

761
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:49,120
Speaker 1: bleeding the Eagles against the Cowboys in Arlington, Philadelphias, favored

762
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,560
Speaker 1: by two and a half. I think it hurts at quarterback.

763
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 1: Philadelphia is better than the Cowboys. So I'm rolling with

764
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,080
Speaker 1: Philadelphia to win and to cover that two and a

765
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 1: half as a road favorite, which I hate. Going with

766
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 1: it Hurts and the Eagles win again. That makes the

767
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:06,520
Speaker 1: Eagles five nine and one, and if those teams get

768
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,080
Speaker 1: some help from the Panthers, they'll make the Washington football

769
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 1: team six and nine. And what you're saying is there's

770
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:15,359
Speaker 1: a chance, Yes, there is a chance, no doubt. All right.

771
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,320
Speaker 1: Last afternoon game on Sunday is the Seahawks taking on

772
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 1: the Rams. This is a whale football game. Aaron Donald

773
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,400
Speaker 1: the Rams against Russell Wilson the Seahawks. It seems have

774
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 1: kind of been all over the place though lately. The

775
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,600
Speaker 1: Seahawks lost at home to the Giants, the Rams lost

776
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: at home to the Jets. I don't know how that happened.

777
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 1: I really don't. Seattle's favorite by point. This is basically

778
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: a pick them, and I just don't know that I

779
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: can go against the Seahawks at home in this one.

780
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:46,319
Speaker 1: But there's something about the Rams that just tells me, Man,

781
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,840
Speaker 1: they bounce back from bad games. This is really a

782
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,479
Speaker 1: test of Sean McVay and that coaching staff to see

783
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 1: if the Rams can bounce back from it. I think

784
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:57,400
Speaker 1: they will and make this a really tight game. But

785
00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 1: I think in the end the Seahawks win. It. Gonna

786
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 1: win this thing thirty one twenty seven at home. That

787
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,239
Speaker 1: covers the one Seahawks win moved eleven and four, and

788
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:10,759
Speaker 1: I believe that will clinch the division if the Seahawks win.

789
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,120
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure. Yeah. I think with that to play for,

790
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 1: the Seahawks will win and win the division. All right,

791
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 1: Titans taking on the Packers. This is the game we

792
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: talked about Sunday night. We go back to the Colts, Steelers,

793
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: Colts and Titans. Titans have the tiebreaker as far as

794
00:42:28,560 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 1: I know, So the Colts have to win twice, which

795
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:36,200
Speaker 1: they can. Steelers and then Jags and then the Titans.

796
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,719
Speaker 1: I gotta lose one game between us next week and

797
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 1: the Packers this week. Tim green Bay, green Bay's favorite

798
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 1: by three and a half. I've said all along, I

799
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:50,799
Speaker 1: feel like the Titans are good football team, but people

800
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: aren't making them out to be so much better than

801
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,440
Speaker 1: they are now. Offensively, you'll get no argument from me.

802
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:59,200
Speaker 1: That's a top five offense, no question. Face net offense

803
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 1: is a mon because it faced Deeric Henry Tannehill staring

804
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:04,759
Speaker 1: a ball as well as anybody in the league. He's

805
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:07,919
Speaker 1: got two distinct weapons now, Corey Davis and j Brown.

806
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:10,920
Speaker 1: But defensively, I think that group can be had, and

807
00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,080
Speaker 1: I think that's going to be the difference the Titans

808
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 1: defense can't hold up. This is going to be thirty

809
00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:21,359
Speaker 1: seven thirty one Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. They get

810
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:26,280
Speaker 1: the win, then the cover at home over the Tennessee Titans,

811
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 1: and then Monday night the Bills taking on the Patriots.

812
00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:32,880
Speaker 1: Now they're still seating involved in the AFC, so the

813
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:36,000
Speaker 1: Bills are still going to be playing for something at

814
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 1: least this week. But they're taking on the Patriots, and

815
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 1: for the first time in twenty five years, the Bills

816
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:45,280
Speaker 1: have won that division. I don't know if that motivates

817
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:48,520
Speaker 1: them to just put the nail on the Patriots even further.

818
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 1: I just think the Bills are better than Patriots, and

819
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 1: I have no idea who's playing quarterback Jared's Didham, Cam Newton?

820
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:56,560
Speaker 1: No idea that I do know. Who's playing quarterback for

821
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:59,960
Speaker 1: the Bills next Josh Allen. He's playing at as high

822
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: clip as anybody in the league. Bills are favored by

823
00:44:03,560 --> 00:44:07,040
Speaker 1: seven on the road and Gillette, no fans. They almost

824
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: pulled it off last year at Gillette. They're gonna do

825
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 1: it this year. They'll win this thing by ten. I'm

826
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:15,399
Speaker 1: going twenty seven to seventeen Bills over the Patriots. That's

827
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 1: a win and a cover. All right, That's gonna do

828
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 1: it for the show this evening. Really appreciate you guys

829
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,960
Speaker 1: so much more than I could even say on the air.

830
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,719
Speaker 1: You guys the absolute best, the best fans. There are,

831
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:33,239
Speaker 1: best listeners and followers there are Merry Christmas, Happy holidays.

832
00:44:34,080 --> 00:44:35,960
Speaker 1: You guys have a great one and we will see

833
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: you on Sunday for Bengals v. Texans at noon. We

834
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 1: got everything for you starting at nine o'clock on our

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Speaker 1: flagship Sports Radio six ten KPRC game Day show. I

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Speaker 1: think start to eight thirty, so we got it all

837
00:44:48,680 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 1: for you, and then listen to Mark Andre and myself

838
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:54,279
Speaker 1: on the call and hopefully it'll be win number five

839
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: for the Texans. Happy holidays again everybody, Thank you so much,

840
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