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Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody's met Jason McIntyre here on Straight Fire, Thursday,

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Speaker 1: October eight. Thank you for spending your morning with me.

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Speaker 1: It was a kind of a slow night in the

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Speaker 1: the vice presidential debate. Um, it was unrecognizable. I mean,

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Speaker 1: It feels like my Yankees are in some trouble. That

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Speaker 1: That would suck if they get bounced from the MLB postseason.

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Speaker 1: Braids looked good and um yeah, I mean, listen baseball

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Speaker 1: then we got the Giants. Were better than the Giants.

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Speaker 1: We've got to beat the Giants. And then they have

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys at home. Okay, and then they got

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Speaker 1: there by and then they got the Giants again. So

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Speaker 1: I'm just saying, if you're Washington, life has changed when

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Speaker 1: you look at the division and you see the division

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Speaker 1: is there for the taking, and just because you're one

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Speaker 1: in three that means nothing. Right now, everybody in your

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Speaker 1: division stinks. So you've got a place Sunday against the

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Speaker 1: Rams like it's the seventh game of the World Series.

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Speaker 1: So that leads me to believe that maybe Washington is

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Speaker 1: going to be the side. I mean, they're they're over

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Speaker 1: a touchdown underdogs, Peter, they've lost three straight games by

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Speaker 1: two TVs or more. And Chase Young. I haven't checked

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Speaker 1: on the status yet this week of him, but if

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Speaker 1: he's out, like you know, they weren't really overpowering against Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: Although Baltimore is maybe an elite team, that's a tough one.

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Speaker 1: The Washington game the game that really jumps out of me. Though.

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Speaker 1: This week, Peter is, uh, the Indianapolis Colts in the

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns. I know you obviously have a great relationship

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Speaker 1: with Baker Mayfield, who does it? Baker Mayfield, Mr. TV

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Speaker 1: commercial guy, and the Browns three and one, they've got

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Speaker 1: a shot here, but the Colts are kind of the

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Speaker 1: sleeping dog. The analytics guys love the Colts, but the

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Speaker 1: casual fans be like, you know, they haven't beaten anybody.

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Speaker 1: Where are you on the Indianapolis team? They really haven't

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Speaker 1: beaten anybody. Um, they need a quality win and I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure if even with Cleveland on a three game

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Speaker 1: winning streak, three and one for the first time in

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Speaker 1: nineteen years, that anybody thinks that they're a premier team.

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Speaker 1: They got to do more first than run up three

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Speaker 1: d rushing yards at Dallas UM. But I agree. I

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Speaker 1: think this game is totally fascinating both of these teams.

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Speaker 1: I could see I could see either one of these

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Speaker 1: teams being the five or six seed in their conference. Easy.

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Speaker 1: Easy because the A f C is just a total mishmash.

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Speaker 1: You know, after you know you you get away from

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Speaker 1: the top. So I think it's a fascinating game. But

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Speaker 1: I think it's a it's as fascinating from the Colts

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Speaker 1: point of view in uh, you know, from their defensive

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Speaker 1: point of view. Matt Eberflews, the defensive coordinator, is basically

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Speaker 1: making his way into being a head coaching candidate. Uh,

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Speaker 1: and you've got basically now he needs to come out

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Speaker 1: and needs he needs to shut down a good running game.

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Speaker 1: Even without Nick Chubb, it's still a very good running game.

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Speaker 1: And he needs to shut down a quarterback who's got

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Speaker 1: two huge targets and a very good tight end. So

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm fascinated by this game. I think it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be fun, all right. Not to go back to the Jets, Peter,

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Speaker 1: but real quick. Kyler Murray, I thought he was gonna

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Speaker 1: be an m VP candidate before the season. He looked

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Speaker 1: good for two weeks some regression. I'm just curious. This

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Speaker 1: is really his second time through the order right with

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Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury, and I kind of wonder have we seen

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Speaker 1: a lot of him and defenses are adjusting and preventing

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Speaker 1: him from running and confusing him. Any thoughts on why

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Speaker 1: they've struggled a bit against Detroit and Carolina, who are

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Speaker 1: not formidable defensive teams. I think it has so much

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Speaker 1: to do with the fact that they just are not

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Speaker 1: running nearly as well as they did a year ago. Remember,

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Speaker 1: they get Kenyan Drake in a trade last year with

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins, and everybody just think it's a thinks it's

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Speaker 1: a Dolphins throwaway. You know they don't. They don't carries

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Speaker 1: a backup running back in Miami who cares um. But

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Speaker 1: he comes in and he plays great. The averages ninety

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Speaker 1: yards a game or whatever. In Arizona runs great. They

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Speaker 1: give him the starting job, They give him a new

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Speaker 1: contract in the off season. Look, his five point to

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Speaker 1: a carry last year is down to three point eight

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Speaker 1: a carry this year. So now Kyler Murray, instead of

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Speaker 1: having an awful lot of second and fours, he's got

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Speaker 1: a bunch of second and sevens, And that makes play

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Speaker 1: calling so much different. Uh for even uh kind of

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Speaker 1: a guts he play all aer uh like Cliff Kingsbury. Look,

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Speaker 1: there's no doubt you and I are on the same page.

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Speaker 1: I love Kyler Murray. I think long term he's going

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Speaker 1: to be a really good player. Is he going to

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Speaker 1: be Mahomes? I don't know. We'll find out there's no,

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Speaker 1: there's I'm certainly not sure he's gonna be Mahomes, but

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Speaker 1: I think he's got a chance to be a top

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Speaker 1: ten quarterback. He's not there yet, but he's got this

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Speaker 1: year and some to prove it. Alright, So, Peter, last

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Speaker 1: question here. I looked at the Kansas City Chiefs schedule,

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Speaker 1: and amazingly, out of their final twelve games too are

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Speaker 1: against teams that currently have a winning record. They gotta

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Speaker 1: play Tampa and Brady and then in two weeks Josh

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Speaker 1: Allen and Buffalo after other than that, you know, there

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Speaker 1: is the Saints on the schedule, which could be tough.

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Speaker 1: But other than that, Peter, this chief schedule really lines

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Speaker 1: up for them to potentially go sixteen and no. No,

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Speaker 1: I know they do play down to opponent's level sometimes

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Speaker 1: Brian Hoyer this week, Uh, the Charges a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks ago. But you know Andy Reid as well as anyone,

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Speaker 1: he finally broke through and got the super Bowl. If

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Speaker 1: this guy breaks through and gets a sixteen and no

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Speaker 1: regular season, I think Andy Reid vaults into Is this

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Speaker 1: guy like a top five coach in NFL history? Do

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Speaker 1: you think he's the type who would go for a

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Speaker 1: sixteen and O Peter, No, I really don't and and

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Speaker 1: I and I would, I'd just be a little cautious about, uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, about the Chiefs right now, because yes, of

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Speaker 1: course they have a chance because there four and all

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Speaker 1: these four no teams could go sixteen and now. But

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Speaker 1: I think you have to look at a couple of things.

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Speaker 1: In Week two, they go to l A and they

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Speaker 1: just about lay a total leg almost lose to Justin

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Speaker 1: Herbert in his first start in the NFL. Need to

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Speaker 1: go laid into overtime with a fifty eight yard field

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Speaker 1: goal to win the game. So you know, there's a

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Speaker 1: little bit of a raised eyebrow. Then you come four

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Speaker 1: forward and you play a team you know very well,

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Speaker 1: the New England Patriots, with a terrible quarterback situation. The

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Speaker 1: game is just handed to you on a silver platter, really,

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Speaker 1: and now there's thirteen minutes left in the game and

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Speaker 1: you take a ball over after the Patriots score and

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Speaker 1: you're only a head thirteen to ten. And and I guess,

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Speaker 1: I guess the point I would make about this is

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Speaker 1: when you look at the Kansas City Chiefs, they struggle

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Speaker 1: to beat the Chargers, and then you know, they need basically,

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Speaker 1: you know, they need a late touchdown UM and also

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Speaker 1: obviously they need they need two touchdowns in the second

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Speaker 1: half UM to win that game. So I guess I

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Speaker 1: sort of look at this and I say, look, I

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Speaker 1: I agree with you. I think this is a this

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Speaker 1: peak it's an absolute steam roller. But a couple of

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Speaker 1: times they really haven't been at their peak yet this year. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they do play down to the level. Al Right, Peter King, Hey,

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Speaker 1: thanks a lot for the time, Peter. Enjoy the rest

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Speaker 1: of the season, and you know, love your stuff everywhere. Um,

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Speaker 1: podcast here? No, not really. I mean, hey, look, I

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Speaker 1: if you watch the Bears Sunday, you have zero confidence

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Speaker 1: that they can move the football. That Nick Foles is

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Speaker 1: movement was sorry. So the lineman was super interesting early

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Speaker 1: in the week, and then as the team started practicing,

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Speaker 1: about this, Jay. I know you said you like Tampa

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Speaker 1: I loved it. I took Tampa at five. I bet

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Speaker 1: And the reason the line came down significantly is the

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Speaker 1: injuries to Tampa's skill position players. Folks, this is crazy, Okay.

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Speaker 1: Tampa's number one wide receivers, Mike Evans, he was gimpy

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Speaker 1: was able to come back, scored was I mean? Mike

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Speaker 1: and he's questionable for tonight. I think he'll give it

640
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:50,399
Speaker 1: a go. Their number two receiver Chris god Win out

641
00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,960
Speaker 1: with a hamstring injury. Their number three receivers Scotty Miller.

642
00:37:54,400 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: He's the new Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, friend of Tom, small,

643
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: white guy who runs CRISP routes and you know, can

644
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,439
Speaker 1: get yelled at by Brady and you know he'll he'll

645
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:11,399
Speaker 1: clean his act up. Scotty Miller has likely practiced this week.

646
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:16,080
Speaker 1: He's listed as questionable. The number four receivers as kid

647
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:20,359
Speaker 1: named Justin Watson. I'm certain he's the guy who ran

648
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,880
Speaker 1: the bad route that resulted in Brady's pick six against

649
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 1: the Chargers. He's a kid out of the IVY League

650
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: who has twenty three career receptions. He's out, So you're

651
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:33,400
Speaker 1: down your number two receiver, your number four receiver, and

652
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the depth chart and I'm like, Okay,

653
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 1: who's behind them? Oh, okay, A kid by the name

654
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 1: of Tyler Johnson, a rookie out of Minnesota, really nice

655
00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:44,839
Speaker 1: player at Minnesota, and someone named Jaden Mickens. I had

656
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,399
Speaker 1: to look this guy up and like find an article

657
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 1: because I didn't think this was possible. He hasn't caught

658
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 1: an NFL pass since I don't know if he's run

659
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:58,920
Speaker 1: an NFL route since then. He's primarily a punt returner. Listen,

660
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: we know Tom Brady is gonna be looking around in

661
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,719
Speaker 1: the huddle being like I left New England for this.

662
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 1: Remember the weapons Brady had in New England were not

663
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,839
Speaker 1: up to part last year. And now he's gonna look

664
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,240
Speaker 1: in the huddle and he's gonna look at Tyler Johnson

665
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,239
Speaker 1: and Jaden Mickens, who were probably gonna be nervous as

666
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,400
Speaker 1: hell to be playing with the goat on Thursday night football.

667
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: Probably for what fifty million people watching the game. And

668
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: we know Tom has a temper when it comes to

669
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,040
Speaker 1: guys who don't listen. So that's just the receivers. I

670
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: haven't even got to Tampa's running back situation yet. Okay,

671
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 1: So their number one running back is Ronald Jones, very

672
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 1: good player. Um had over a hundred yards against the Chargers.

673
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:37,479
Speaker 1: I like him. The backup Leonard four Nette. He's still out.

674
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 1: The third string running back Lashawn McCoy. He also was

675
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,280
Speaker 1: injured against the Chargers. I think it was an ankle.

676
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:49,240
Speaker 1: He's not playing, So they're down running backs number two

677
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 1: and three. I like their number four guy, Keyshawn Vaughn,

678
00:39:52,239 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 1: a rookie out of Vandy. If you're in a twelve

679
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 1: or fourteen team fantasy league, you're gonna want to kick

680
00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 1: the tires on Keyshawn Vaughn. Here's the bad news. Those

681
00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,760
Speaker 1: are the only running backs on the roster. Due to COVID,

682
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 1: you can't just sign a guy. So Tampa's going into

683
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 1: this game with two running backs. That's it. And then

684
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 1: you look at tight end and they just lost O. J.

685
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 1: Howard for the season with an achilles. I do believe

686
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 1: the tight end is going to be the position to

687
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 1: watch your Cameron, brad and Gronkowski are the guys. We

688
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:24,520
Speaker 1: saw Gronk have a pretty significant catch against the Chargers. Listen, man,

689
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 1: the guy was out last year, retired. He was partying

690
00:40:27,560 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 1: all up and down the East Coast in Vegas. Always

691
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 1: had a month to get up to speed with his

692
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:35,760
Speaker 1: body in the NFL speed and the system in Tampa.

693
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,360
Speaker 1: I think this shapes up as a Grounk game, and

694
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,480
Speaker 1: if you look at the numbers, the Bears have not

695
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 1: been great there in the lower half of the league

696
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: defending tight ends, which is weird because they have very

697
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 1: good linebackers um, but the Bears could struggle defending Gronk.

698
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:51,919
Speaker 1: I'm expecting a lot of two tight end sets because

699
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:54,279
Speaker 1: if Brady has a choice, do you think he's gonna

700
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:57,160
Speaker 1: want Tyler Johnson and Jaden Mickens on the field and

701
00:40:57,239 --> 00:41:00,560
Speaker 1: risk throwing another pick six? I don't think so. To

702
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,279
Speaker 1: Tom Brady is going to be decided for me here.

703
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 1: I'm trusting Brady. I took the three and a half

704
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:08,319
Speaker 1: today for best bet. You know I'm on five from

705
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 1: earlier in the week. And the real reason I like

706
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 1: this is the defense. The Chicago Bears offense looked anemic

707
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:20,799
Speaker 1: against the Indianapolis Colts last week. Now, after getting beat up,

708
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 1: they have a short week to face the number two

709
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 1: defense in the league. According to Football Outsiders, the culture

710
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:29,439
Speaker 1: one the Bucks are too. Now, I just a quick

711
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: word on Football Outsiders. They're not paying me to say this. UM.

712
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 1: I started using their analytics about three years ago and

713
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 1: it's helped me immensely as a gambler. The d v

714
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:43,279
Speaker 1: o A numbers take into account all it's just so

715
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:47,920
Speaker 1: all encompassing with the opponents. UM, it's really interesting stuff.

716
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:49,480
Speaker 1: And d v o A is the number you need

717
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 1: to know. Guess where Tampa is in the NFL right now?

718
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 1: Number one according to the numbers, Tampa's the number one

719
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 1: team in the league. Now. A lot of it has

720
00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 1: to do with opponent. They have played the Saints, who

721
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: were a very good team. Chargers pretty good team. UM,

722
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 1: and overall Tom Brady has been pretty good. Like you know,

723
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:11,399
Speaker 1: they beat Carolina and we saw Carolina has improved since

724
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 1: the first two weeks. UM, So I think for sure

725
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 1: here Brady is the side for me. I just look

726
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: at Folds last week and I watched that game closely

727
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: because I really liked the Colts and I saw all

728
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 1: this sharp money was on the Bears. Oh, the Colts

729
00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 1: haven't played anybody and I and I didn't put the

730
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 1: Colts in the contest, which which I'm really piste off about. Um,

731
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 1: and I just watched that. I'm like I, I you

732
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,080
Speaker 1: could tell Frank Reich had this team. Uh. Frank Rereich

733
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 1: of course used to coach Nick Foles in Philadelphia, and

734
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,120
Speaker 1: Folds could do nothing. If you take away Alan Robinson

735
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: from that Chicago offense, they don't have anything. There's no creativity. Um.

736
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,319
Speaker 1: And now you take away Trabsky and his ability to

737
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,799
Speaker 1: roll out of the pocket and scramble, you don't have

738
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:56,360
Speaker 1: to worry about that. I think the pressure from Tampa

739
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,320
Speaker 1: gets two folds. I know he was good under pressure

740
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:00,320
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, but that was in Philly.

741
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:04,359
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure it certainly wasn't in Jacksonville. And and yes,

742
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,920
Speaker 1: Herbert did get this Tampa defense a couple of times

743
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 1: deep um with guys I didn't I'd never heard of.

744
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,799
Speaker 1: But again, Herbert is a much more active quarterback in

745
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,799
Speaker 1: the pocket. He can beat you with his legs. Nick

746
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 1: folesing doing that. So the pick here. I leaned to

747
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:23,280
Speaker 1: the under I'm going Tampa twenty three. Chicago's sixteen best

748
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 1: bet for Thursday, October eight is Tampa by three and

749
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,240
Speaker 1: a half. I can't wait to talk to you tomorrow,

750
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 1: giving you three more NFL picks for week five. Talk

751
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