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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL podcast could fit in Kyler Murray's Hillnet.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast,

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Speaker 1: presented by the United States Marine Corps. My name is

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Speaker 1: Dan Hanss. I come to you from a virtual room

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Speaker 1: filled with some heroes, Mark Sessler, Greg Rosenthal. What is up? Leez?

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Speaker 1: You know that that phrase that we tried out pretty

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Speaker 1: much weekly at this point, Bill purselves that the season

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Speaker 1: doesn't start until Thanksgiving? That that means it? This is it,

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Speaker 1: This is our last week of the preseason. Get Ready?

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Speaker 1: I take offense to that because I feel like we

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Speaker 1: have been grinding essentially since like Corona draped the landscape.

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Speaker 1: He remember, the pro football season does not start after

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Speaker 1: you eat your turkey back after this something like that,

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Speaker 1: which is you know what, It's true on some level

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Speaker 1: because it is when the cream rises to the top

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Speaker 1: here in our league and you really get a better

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Speaker 1: idea of how the playoffs gonna look. Who are the

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Speaker 1: real monsters. But then again, when you look at where

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Speaker 1: we are entering week eleven, we have a pretty good

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Speaker 1: idea of who the major players are gonna be. It

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Speaker 1: just it comes down to who is a team that

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Speaker 1: is gonna go nuts through the end of the regular season,

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Speaker 1: that maybe isn't there yet. Mark, I have a feeling

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Speaker 1: I know which team you believe it to be. And

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about the Miami Dolphins a little bit later,

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Speaker 1: but maybe it's a team we haven't thought of yet

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Speaker 1: or hasn't presented itself. So that's see, that's the fun thing.

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Speaker 1: And we're gonna get into all the games coming up

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Speaker 1: here in week eleven on Sunday and on Monday. Of course,

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Speaker 1: you can also check out our Thursday night football recap,

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Speaker 1: great game Cardinals Seahawks, that the Quiet Storm and I

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Speaker 1: are on the mic and maybe a mystery guest and

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Speaker 1: so stay team. Done that. But let's now put our

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Speaker 1: focus where it needs to be and let's start before

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Speaker 1: we get to our draft. Let's start with the prime

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Speaker 1: time games and listen this this is a special game.

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Speaker 1: I am so excited, uh for Chiefs at Raiders. I

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Speaker 1: mean after what we saw in Week five when the

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Speaker 1: Raiders went to Arrowhead and stunned the Chiefs and it

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Speaker 1: wasn't a flukey win. It was not a fluke uWin.

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Speaker 1: They outplayed the Chiefs and they caught the Chiefs maybe

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Speaker 1: on a bad day, but the Raiders played great. And

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Speaker 1: what we've seen since then is the Raiders continue to

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Speaker 1: grow as a team and establish an identity physical Uh,

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Speaker 1: run the football, UH, make plays on defense. Uh. And

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Speaker 1: I think they have a shot here. I know the Chiefs, obviously,

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Speaker 1: Greg are the favorite, uh and they deserve to be.

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Speaker 1: The Desert thinks very highly of them in this game.

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Speaker 1: But I don't see a blow out here. I just don't.

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Speaker 1: I don't necessarily, Although the COVID issues with the Raiders

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Speaker 1: is something to watch out for. A lot of the

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Speaker 1: players out of the facility this week that hoped to

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Speaker 1: be back for Sunday night. I hope they are because

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Speaker 1: their defense has played better. Uh. You mentioned it, like

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Speaker 1: Nick Kuikkowski, Jeff Heath. Like they're stepping up there making

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Speaker 1: some plays. But I don't know if it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: enough against the Chiefs team, who I think deserve a

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Speaker 1: lot of credit for how they've responded to that game.

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Speaker 1: And when I think about the Chiefs, I think about

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Speaker 1: how the guys who got paid this offseason are all

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Speaker 1: paid playing like superstars. It's a little underrated. You get

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Speaker 1: a monster contract right after winning the Super Bowl, And

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Speaker 1: is there any let down know. Patrick Mahomes is right

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Speaker 1: Chris Jones, to me is the best defensive interior pass

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Speaker 1: rusher in the NFL other than Aaron Donald. He is

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Speaker 1: playing that well. I think it's has been his best season.

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Speaker 1: And then you look at Travis Kelsey, like everyone just

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Speaker 1: the most receptions in his entire career. And so when

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Speaker 1: up to me, they still have too much firepower for

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Speaker 1: the Raiders. Well, I'm with you, and and I sensed

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Speaker 1: you know, I believe in certain types of revenge games.

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Speaker 1: not a narrative. I would be a little concerned though,

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Having that win, maybe they shouldn't have taken

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Speaker 1: So I'm not even gonna get get on them too

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Speaker 1: interesting thing to me, Um Clyde Edwards Hilaire, their rookie

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Speaker 1: But it's not really about Levan Bell at this point. Um.

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Speaker 1: becoming a situation and your fantasy team is probably not

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Speaker 1: Andy Reid doesn't care about all those people that got excited.

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Speaker 1: Hankins like I took C. E h Number one. Overall,

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Speaker 1: it's like, okay, let's calm down. And let's have the

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Speaker 1: season play out there a past first team. They change

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna see if I can lock it up. Am

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Speaker 1: I allowed to lock up the Chiefs on the road

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Speaker 1: in prime time? Well, do you have a mirror in

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Speaker 1: your did you look in the mirror and did you

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Speaker 1: see your reflection game last time? Greg, I'm only asking

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Speaker 1: me a question. See, the fact that you're defensive makes

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Speaker 1: me a little worried. And Mark, I think you probably

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Speaker 1: I think everyone here has had the game or two

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Speaker 1: don't think Patrick Mahomes is gonna make Jeff Heath look

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Speaker 1: like Troy Paulamalu this week. As as what happened last week, Greg,

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Speaker 1: if you can live with it, you can live with it, um,

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Speaker 1: but take the Chiefs in this game. You can never

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Speaker 1: take them. Essentially, they're playing a team that beat him

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Speaker 1: earlier this year in Arrowhead all this Raiders talk. You know, Dan,

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Speaker 1: help us out here. Listen. The lock has never been

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Speaker 1: about what other people think. It's what you think about yourself.

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Speaker 1: And if you're a comfortable with it, you lock up

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Speaker 1: the defending world champion Chiefs. And that's good. All right,

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Speaker 1: with it for all the reasons I laid out, Greg.

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Speaker 1: I like the Raiders. I like this team. Let's let's

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Speaker 1: get into the other primetime game, Monday Night Football, and

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Speaker 1: this one is fun. The Los Angeles Rams at the

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. One great defense against really a balanced

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Speaker 1: a game where they totaled five and forty four yards

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Speaker 1: if you'd believe that. So obviously, Tampa, when they're right

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Speaker 1: Mark Sessler can do bad things to anyone, including an

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Speaker 1: Aaron Donald Donald Jalen Ramsey team. However, however, we cannot

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Speaker 1: look past the struggles that Tampa has had in prime time.

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Speaker 1: And I don't care what Patrick Claiban says, uh they

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Speaker 1: Bruce Arians is radar. I can tell you that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean arians is having them practice at night to

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Speaker 1: look at the Rams and say you're just a wild

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Speaker 1: I think they've gotten into that. You mentioned the Jalen

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Speaker 1: They also love Darius Williams, who blew up last week.

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Speaker 1: Rams running game. It truly, it truly was a running

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Speaker 1: Bucks defense, they got a chance. I think you put

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Speaker 1: those physical receivers. But that still leaves Godwin and Antonio Brown.

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Speaker 1: it's a great matchup because Brady, he missed all those

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Speaker 1: throw it back to Mark here. Dan, I don't want

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Speaker 1: The number two overall pick goes to Mark Sessler. All Right,

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Speaker 1: and Eagles look at mother Nature is reeked total havoc

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Speaker 1: And yeah, I'm gonna pick the Browns in this game.

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Speaker 1: effort to cut down on some of the plays that

426
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Speaker 1: maybe he turns the ball over, have him outside of

427
00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:41,160
Speaker 1: the pocket left, having have him running left. So it's like, Okay,

428
00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,919
Speaker 1: you have no turnovers, but you were still terrible. I mean,

429
00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,200
Speaker 1: and can we get a normal weather Brown's game. You

430
00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:47,960
Speaker 1: mentioned it might be bad again, but I just I

431
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:49,720
Speaker 1: want to see what this team looks like when there's

432
00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:54,080
Speaker 1: not thirty five wins. Yeah. Our friend Nick Shook, who

433
00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,760
Speaker 1: helps us out on the podcast on Sunday nights and

434
00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,439
Speaker 1: does awesome work in NFL dot com. He's a Cleveland

435
00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,080
Speaker 1: native and it broke him last week. He he tweeted

436
00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:03,880
Speaker 1: out that he wants to put a roof on top

437
00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:06,720
Speaker 1: of that stadium in Cleveland. The whole thing with the

438
00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:08,840
Speaker 1: Browns is supposed to be tough in the elements, but

439
00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,680
Speaker 1: it's frustrating because you don't get a good gauge on

440
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,439
Speaker 1: these teams that are playing, including Baker Mayfield, who has

441
00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,720
Speaker 1: kind of been just out of the picture because there's

442
00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:20,560
Speaker 1: only so much you do passing when it's thirty five wins.

443
00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:25,119
Speaker 1: I think with the Eagles, I've officially lost hope that

444
00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,240
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz is gonna get fixed this year because I think,

445
00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,760
Speaker 1: and you heard in that radio interview and really great

446
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,280
Speaker 1: job by whatever station that was. Can we just say

447
00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:39,000
Speaker 1: again the up Carson teeing up Doug Peterson in the

448
00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:44,000
Speaker 1: worst way imaginable. UM, But you sense the frustration is

449
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,200
Speaker 1: because they don't know how to fix him. They don't

450
00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:48,560
Speaker 1: know how to fix their quarterback, and they need their quarterback.

451
00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:53,040
Speaker 1: So I'm very apprehensive. That said, I'm I'm totally with you.

452
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:55,520
Speaker 1: I don't want to say it, Mark, but I got

453
00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,040
Speaker 1: a feeling the Eagles are gonna pick off the Browns

454
00:21:58,080 --> 00:21:59,920
Speaker 1: in this game. If I had to pick this game,

455
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:03,120
Speaker 1: if I was doing the old Greggy pick every game

456
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:06,440
Speaker 1: scenario that he does on his other program, I would

457
00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,040
Speaker 1: be picking the Eagles to take a w NFL game

458
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,919
Speaker 1: debut Friday nights eight p m mea stard. I mean,

459
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:13,760
Speaker 1: if you're gonna plug it, you know, give it the

460
00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,760
Speaker 1: I mean the endless plugs, the endless plugs. I write

461
00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,600
Speaker 1: an article that appears on Tuesday's about twelve people read it.

462
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:21,560
Speaker 1: Find that on the internet if you can, please. But

463
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,400
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I'm a little concerned about this Eagles

464
00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:26,840
Speaker 1: UM and the matchup is concerning because they need it

465
00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:29,800
Speaker 1: desperately to break out there's like twenty five more hours

466
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,760
Speaker 1: of Eagles football this season. I mean, based on where

467
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,360
Speaker 1: we are, that's twenty five too many. But I would

468
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,680
Speaker 1: be concerned about them. Uh, you know, getting a couple

469
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,200
Speaker 1: more wins here. Cleveland better have their heads on straight.

470
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:47,120
Speaker 1: Pick the game Art Cleveland one Eagles eighteen field goal

471
00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,439
Speaker 1: over time in driving wins. Cody Parker, Cody Parkey. Alright,

472
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:54,560
Speaker 1: very good, Alright, time now for Road to Victory presented

473
00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,920
Speaker 1: by the United States Marine Corps. Oh, the old zoos

474
00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,240
Speaker 1: of the draft is really fall to them in a

475
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 1: beautiful way. It's like back in August when Alvin Kamara

476
00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,440
Speaker 1: can't drop to me at nine in my league of

477
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,200
Speaker 1: record in Fantasy, and I was like, this is gonna

478
00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,720
Speaker 1: be a good season. Well guess what, I'm picking third

479
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,840
Speaker 1: overall and I get Tennessee at Baltimore. Let's go, let's fly.

480
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,119
Speaker 1: I can't wait to watch this game. The Ravens. We

481
00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 1: gotta figure out what's going on with this team. Are

482
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:22,119
Speaker 1: they a Super Bowl contender still or are they a

483
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:25,520
Speaker 1: team that just doesn't know how to win, can't get

484
00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,560
Speaker 1: a big win And this is a big stage for them. Uh,

485
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,080
Speaker 1: coming off a very disappointing prime time game. Yes, we

486
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,480
Speaker 1: understand it's on the road. We understand the elements for

487
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,880
Speaker 1: terrible or as a monsoon uh, for the final possession

488
00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:40,159
Speaker 1: of the game, when they had a chance uh to

489
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,080
Speaker 1: steal it. It just wasn't in the cards. But it's

490
00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,080
Speaker 1: just it just hasn't been right. And I know, you

491
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:47,680
Speaker 1: look at a lot of the numbers, and you look

492
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,359
Speaker 1: at the analytics, and everybody's telling you that the Ravens

493
00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,639
Speaker 1: are still a great team. In six and three is

494
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,639
Speaker 1: hardly a bad record. But something just seems a little

495
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,879
Speaker 1: bit off in the pie mark when you put all

496
00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,480
Speaker 1: the ingredients in there, all the ingredients are great, high quality,

497
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:02,760
Speaker 1: and then you put it in the oven, you take

498
00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,320
Speaker 1: it out after an hour or whatever, I don't know

499
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,520
Speaker 1: how long pys cook um, and it's like this doesn't

500
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,840
Speaker 1: taste right. Something is just a little bit off. So

501
00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,760
Speaker 1: what will they do against the Titans? They are getting

502
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,320
Speaker 1: the Titans, however, Greg, I feel at a good time

503
00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,280
Speaker 1: Tennessee is a team that has some confidence issues of

504
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 1: its own. After a disappointing prime time game last Thursday

505
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,000
Speaker 1: against the Colts, a special teams apocalypse for them, and

506
00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,600
Speaker 1: I don't know if their defense and especially their secondary,

507
00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:34,920
Speaker 1: even with Desmond King, is up for this challenge. Yeah,

508
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,960
Speaker 1: you look at their defense and I think it's still

509
00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,040
Speaker 1: the worst group in this game. Like, if you talk

510
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:41,920
Speaker 1: about the Ravens offense defense, the Titans offense is obviously

511
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,159
Speaker 1: still good. The Titans defense is the problem. But this

512
00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,480
Speaker 1: is a week you're gonna need to see Lamar throw

513
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,800
Speaker 1: the ball because I think that's how you beat Tennessee.

514
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,600
Speaker 1: And one of the problems you mentioned with the Ravens

515
00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,880
Speaker 1: dan is like the identity that they had a year

516
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 1: ago was running up the middle on offense and setting

517
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,719
Speaker 1: the edge on defense. Just a team you cannot get

518
00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:02,119
Speaker 1: to the outside, and those are both collapsing. And now

519
00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 1: you play Tennessee and Derrick Henry. It's like who is

520
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:07,240
Speaker 1: tougher to stop when he gets to the edge than

521
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,480
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry. Like that is a problem, and I'd be

522
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,200
Speaker 1: a little worried. It's the playoff rematch. It's like a

523
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,200
Speaker 1: lot of bad memories. They need to exercise their demons

524
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,560
Speaker 1: or else this season starts feeling pretty dark. Yeah, I'm

525
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:20,840
Speaker 1: with you. I mean it's I think both teams have

526
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,760
Speaker 1: been impacted by offensive line in trees and we know

527
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,040
Speaker 1: Ronnie Stanley has been stale has been out for the Ravens.

528
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,919
Speaker 1: Matt Skur the center had to tweet out an apology

529
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,280
Speaker 1: for you know, a string of a surd drafts of

530
00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,080
Speaker 1: snaps last week. So d J. Fluker was benched in

531
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,399
Speaker 1: that Patriots game. And I think for the Titans, like

532
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 1: tailor of one being out with the A C L.

533
00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:43,440
Speaker 1: And you know Roger Staffel was hurt last week. That

534
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,680
Speaker 1: is impacted Ryan Tannehill to some degree. He's had to

535
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:48,920
Speaker 1: kind of speed up and get rid of throws a

536
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:51,040
Speaker 1: little quicker. I mean, he is as tough as they

537
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,760
Speaker 1: come in the pocket, but they've been a little disjointed themselves.

538
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,440
Speaker 1: So I think it's two teams, uh, two organizations with

539
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,000
Speaker 1: their backs against the wall. It's like as a mythical

540
00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,040
Speaker 1: giant verse a depressing bird. I don't know who to pick.

541
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,680
Speaker 1: I'm in a state of confusion. I have two quick

542
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,440
Speaker 1: takes off. The last time we saw the Titans. Number one,

543
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,320
Speaker 1: A J. Brown catches that pass down the sideline when

544
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,920
Speaker 1: they're up seven nothing, they're up two touchdowns and who

545
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,560
Speaker 1: knows how that game plays out. So just a failure

546
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:19,960
Speaker 1: to execute what seemed like a fairly basic long touchdown

547
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,080
Speaker 1: pass really hurt them. And then my other point is

548
00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 1: a broader one about Mike Rabel, the head coach. And

549
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: I understand patriot loyalty runs deep here, but the next

550
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,720
Speaker 1: big field goal or extra point that Stephen Gaskowski mix mrs.

551
00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,280
Speaker 1: Is gonna be on the head coach as much as

552
00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,680
Speaker 1: it is on the kicker, because loyalty has to have

553
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 1: its limits. I cannot believe, uh that we're still in

554
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,880
Speaker 1: this situation with this setup or Kaskowski. It almost doesn't

555
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,920
Speaker 1: matter what he does, He's gonna be their kicker. So

556
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,960
Speaker 1: if it happens again, put it on Rabel. Kaskowski is

557
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:53,640
Speaker 1: doing the best he can, but he's a limited kicker

558
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,440
Speaker 1: at this point in the game. I mean, what a

559
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 1: what a pick for you getting this as the third

560
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,080
Speaker 1: overall pick, the most mismatch kicker battle you'll have all

561
00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,120
Speaker 1: season with the goat, you know, justin Tucker, and you've

562
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,280
Speaker 1: got Tony Romo on the call in this game. You

563
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,479
Speaker 1: don't normally see value like that this late. We got

564
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 1: jim Nance because I know I saw some reports Jimmy

565
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 1: Nance is looking for a raise. Is he gonna be there?

566
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:20,119
Speaker 1: Is he gonna be in the booth game time decision. Alright.

567
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:24,000
Speaker 1: That was Road to Victory presented by the United States

568
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,640
Speaker 1: Marine Corps. All right, so I love my my pick

569
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 1: there three overall and now with the snake, Are you

570
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,240
Speaker 1: kidding me? I get Green Bay at Indianapolis. What a

571
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,639
Speaker 1: traft for the old susor and the late games in

572
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:42,120
Speaker 1: the afternoon. Uh nice matchup here. You have the Packers

573
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 1: who listen, they're having a nice season. I like the Packers.

574
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,200
Speaker 1: Do I totally fully trust the Packers. Uh? Now, I'm

575
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,320
Speaker 1: not there. I don't think they're a team that has

576
00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 1: shown us that they are at the level of the

577
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,560
Speaker 1: truly elite teams. But when you look at their record

578
00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:01,920
Speaker 1: and how the season overall has gone, you could say

579
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,879
Speaker 1: they have been So I'm kind of still learning to

580
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 1: trust Green Bay. I like this matchup as a measuring

581
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:11,280
Speaker 1: stick game for them because they go to Indianapolis. So

582
00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 1: they go on the road and they face the Colts

583
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: team that should you would think be able to give them,

584
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 1: uh some trouble because they play very good defense, the Colts,

585
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:25,119
Speaker 1: so they could have the opportunity to potentially disrupt Aaron Rodgers,

586
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 1: who has been at an all pro level this year,

587
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 1: and then on offense against Green Bay defense that I

588
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:35,400
Speaker 1: don't think anybody trust. Uh, Philip Rivers and Nahem Hines,

589
00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 1: who I really liked what we saw on Thursday night.

590
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: Maybe they're figuring out that backfield, which we know is

591
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,400
Speaker 1: a big issue for the Colts. They haven't been able

592
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 1: to get um that backfield going since Marlon Max Achilles

593
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,480
Speaker 1: tear and Jonathan Taylor has struggled. But maybe Nahem Hines,

594
00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 1: who had a hundred and fifteen yards uh and two

595
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,080
Speaker 1: touchdowns against the Titans, is a solution back there. So

596
00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: I really like this as a close game. Uh, and

597
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,960
Speaker 1: I think it could go either way. I'm with you

598
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 1: on Hines. You know, I know Greg was calling to

599
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 1: see more of him a week ago and you got it.

600
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: And Bob Kravitz, longtime beat writer for the Cults, um

601
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 1: compared him to Eric Metcalf of old and I see

602
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 1: a little bit of that. What I liked about the

603
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:15,760
Speaker 1: Cults last week in the in the win over the

604
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 1: Titans was I mean, you know, we we also mentioned

605
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: the special team stuff. It helps to have the Titans

606
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 1: with a third string punter, just to throw that in there.

607
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 1: But Um, at the same time Rivers, they went a

608
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,720
Speaker 1: little up tempo. I thought that Rivers probably played his

609
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 1: best game of the season, and they need that. They

610
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: need the offense to complement what I think is the

611
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:34,360
Speaker 1: most enjoyable defense to watch in the league. I think

612
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 1: Darius leonard Um is the anchor, obviously, the heart of

613
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:43,000
Speaker 1: that defense. Anyone in excuse me, another shot at the Rams.

614
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 1: It's not a shot at the Ram. The Rams are

615
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 1: in the mix, but the Colts that's their identity, and

616
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 1: they at least have an identity on that side of

617
00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,520
Speaker 1: the ball. So it's a great challenge for Aaron Rodgers,

618
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,080
Speaker 1: who I mean, look at they squeaked one out against

619
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 1: the Jaguars last week. I like to see a little

620
00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 1: more firepower from Green Bay. They don't seem to be

621
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: the team they were a couple of months ago. Yeah,

622
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur keeps talking about that that they don't have

623
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 1: energy like on the side. He really, he really doesn't

624
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 1: stop talking about it like that we need more juice.

625
00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 1: He doesn't know why they're not excited, Like I don't

626
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 1: know if that's an excuse after the factor, if this

627
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 1: team really is flat. I think this game sets up

628
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 1: well because they're on turf, and to me, even though

629
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 1: they're you know, from Green Bay, they are would be

630
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 1: a great indoor team. Davante Adams cutting on turf. Aaron Jones,

631
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: who has been a little quiet relatively coming off the injury,

632
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 1: his speed showing up on turf and their speed could

633
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 1: definitely give the Colts defense problems. It's a great matchup.

634
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 1: I have a very hard time picking this game. I'm

635
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 1: curious where you guys would go. I went with the Cults,

636
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:49,840
Speaker 1: but I don't feel good about it. I think the Packers.

637
00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,080
Speaker 1: I would pick the Packers, but I don't do it

638
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Speaker 1: with a lot of confidence. It was good to see

639
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Speaker 1: Marquez Delda scantling breakout there with going forward for forty

640
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Speaker 1: seven and he had the long touchdown. They just need

641
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: more consistency, uh from him and Alan Lazard if if

642
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 1: he can get back. He's missed time with a core injury.

643
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:12,440
Speaker 1: I know, uh, you kind of forget about it because

644
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: it was right as he was taking off that he

645
00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:17,680
Speaker 1: went down with the injury. But they seem like they

646
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: had really found something there. So there's a potential here

647
00:31:20,560 --> 00:31:23,680
Speaker 1: that with Aaron Jones, and I know he's been kind

648
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:26,480
Speaker 1: of been a bit of a committee. Surprisingly Aaron Jones

649
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks, but as he gets further

650
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Speaker 1: away from his injury, Lazard back NVS flashing Davante Adams

651
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: being Davante Adams that the Packers will go up a

652
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: level on offense and perhaps as soon as Sunday. So

653
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Speaker 1: that's why I picked the Packers. But I I do

654
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: think it's a close game. I'm looking forward to this.

655
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Speaker 1: There's a good one. We should mention that Gayerra Alexander,

656
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 1: who is I would say the best cornerback in the

657
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: league this year, has been out for a few weeks.

658
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 1: They hope to get him back this week. Maybe Kevin

659
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Speaker 1: King too, who is another starting corner So that's a

660
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 1: big deal for them, uh, in addition to Lazard. But

661
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Speaker 1: I want to see a little more before we move on.

662
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 1: Just out of this Packers pass, right, Remember Zadarius I

663
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 1: had him in the top five defensive players of the

664
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Speaker 1: year last year. He hasn't been the same. Kenny Clark

665
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 1: hasn't quite been the same. He got that big extension

666
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: in Preston Smith hasn't been the same. So if Philip

667
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 1: Rivers is protected, I kind of like the Colts in

668
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Speaker 1: most games where you can give Philip rivers sometime, and

669
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Speaker 1: so far the Packers defense hasn't had nearly as much

670
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Speaker 1: juice upfront as they did a year ago. I mean,

671
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Speaker 1: I know for sure that Mike Petton is watching this.

672
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Speaker 1: He watches every episode and listens to every Podcat Buddy

673
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Speaker 1: that we do. I mean, that's the league land. You know,

674
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Speaker 1: you want some energy on that sideline. Flip the switch

675
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Speaker 1: on the pass rush there. If you write a big

676
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 1: feature about Petton once, uh, then you like go live

677
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Speaker 1: in his apartment that was like next to the facility

678
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Speaker 1: that there's been something. There's been a long string of

679
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Speaker 1: Brown's coaches that have lived in those apartments. But he

680
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 1: also dug in on his thoughts on the Warren commissioned

681
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: other things. If you that's another article that you could

682
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Speaker 1: find um on NFL dot com if you so wish

683
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Speaker 1: to search for it. There you go, Marxie, plugging isn't

684
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Speaker 1: a bad thing. You're proud of the world. You want

685
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Speaker 1: to get it out there. And while we're here. The

686
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Speaker 1: Power Ranking Show with Matt money Smith every Tuesday, three

687
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:11,000
Speaker 1: pm Eastern noon Pacific on NFL Network. The Packers seven

688
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,479
Speaker 1: and two entering this game the Saints seven and two.

689
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:17,400
Speaker 1: The Saints now start James Winston on purpose. Uh So

690
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 1: the Packers, with a somewhat soft schedule, have a chance

691
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Speaker 1: here to go get that number one seed if they

692
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Speaker 1: can close out this regular season strong. All right, up

693
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Speaker 1: next in the draft, I'm just I'm just on fire

694
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Speaker 1: after that three or four uh slotting by the old

695
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Speaker 1: Zeuser Mark, you're up? Well, I mean there aren't. You know,

696
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Dallas at Minnesota. I need you know.

697
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: There's not that many four o'clock games. You gotta schedule

698
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Speaker 1: your day out. But there's something to like about this

699
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Speaker 1: that I talk about teams that change draft who they are.

700
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Speaker 1: What this guy hates his draft class exactly. You're like

701
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Speaker 1: the guy in the press conference afterwards, it's like, it's

702
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: just how the board felt to us, like we would

703
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Speaker 1: have drafted him out. That's exactly what happened at all.

704
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Speaker 1: It's exactly what happened. I mean, you have, like, you know,

705
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Speaker 1: there's stuff behind the curtain here that we have to

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Speaker 1: deal with that the viewer doesn't need to worry about

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Speaker 1: Dallas Minnesota. Alright, Minnesota at least is this I think

708
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Speaker 1: has grown into one of the tougher teams and their defense.

709
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Speaker 1: Over the last couple of weeks, they have given up

710
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Speaker 1: twenty two points twenty points thirteen. They were tenth and

711
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Speaker 1: dv o A. This defense has turned it around. There's

712
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Speaker 1: a lot of new fliate faces. Mike Zimmer had a

713
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 1: lot to deal with a couple of months ago. This

714
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: is turning into one of Mike Zimmer's better coaching performances

715
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Speaker 1: on the flip side. Dallas is defense. You know, there's

716
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Speaker 1: a lot of bubbling up this week because you're dealing

717
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Speaker 1: with Dalvin Cook. Is it going to reb a repeat

718
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Speaker 1: of when the Browns came in and ran the ball

719
00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 1: for three hundred and seven yards? And it was DeMarcus

720
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Speaker 1: Lawrence who said, absolutely not. We're not that defense anymore.

721
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Speaker 1: We're not gonna have a repeat of that game. And

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Speaker 1: I don't think they are that defense. Greg. I know

723
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Speaker 1: that you've talked a little bit about the uptick for

724
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:51,919
Speaker 1: the Cowboys on that side of the ball. I don't

725
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: and I don't believe in this team, but I think

726
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 1: we might get to a point where maybe Mike McCarthy

727
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:58,960
Speaker 1: isn't wishing that he had just simply vanished to the

728
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,720
Speaker 1: Caribbean eating shrimp and drinking like cold beers versus actually

729
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 1: doing this job. They've got a chance to close it

730
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 1: out strong here. That sounds fun. I'd much rather be

731
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 1: doing that. But let's let's do that. Yeah, I'm I'm

732
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 1: a little surprised that Cowboys defense didn't get more love

733
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Speaker 1: for how they played against Pittsburgh. Maybe it's because they

734
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 1: ended up losing that game and then they go on

735
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 1: to buy. But DeMarcus Lawrence is one of these streakiest

736
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Speaker 1: and best defensive players of the last five years. When

737
00:35:27,400 --> 00:35:29,960
Speaker 1: he gets on a role, he dominates, and he has

738
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Speaker 1: been on that role in the last three weeks. Then

739
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Speaker 1: Neville Neville Gallimore, who didn't hear from earlier in the season,

740
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Speaker 1: He's had two great weeks in a row. You get

741
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Speaker 1: late In Vanderesh back, he's playing much better. He's kind

742
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 1: of looking like the late in vandereshival and Randy Gregory

743
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 1: made a big difference. So I think, I don't know's

744
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,400
Speaker 1: I know, it's only a two week sample size, but

745
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,359
Speaker 1: they played good defense two straight weeks, so I at

746
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 1: least give them some hope that maybe they're turning it around. There.

747
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 1: There are players on this Cowboys front that can that

748
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: can cause some damage and maybe keep this game close.

749
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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be just good enough till lose

750
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 1: close games instead of lose blowouts basically, or when the

751
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 1: NFC East at four and twelve, I mean one of

752
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:09,440
Speaker 1: those two things. It's certainly possible, you know. I I

753
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,919
Speaker 1: didn't give up the ghost with the Vikings the team

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Speaker 1: of Zeus t L. And here's the thing, I don't

755
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Speaker 1: know if I'm ready to give up the ghost with

756
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys either. And it's it's maybe rooted, uh

757
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: in some weird sense of faith in Andy Dalton and

758
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 1: this idea that he could still he could still pilot

759
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 1: this offense and get them back to respectability on that

760
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Speaker 1: side of the ball with all the playmakers he has.

761
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Speaker 1: And and I'm I have much less confidence with this

762
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Speaker 1: take than I did when he first entered the lineup,

763
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Speaker 1: But I still think unless he completely lost his skill set,

764
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,440
Speaker 1: or unless Mike McCarthy and Kellen Moore are just bad

765
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 1: at their jobs and have no idea how to get

766
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 1: him comfortable. They've had weeks now because of this COVID

767
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Speaker 1: nineteen and the concussion. To look at the tape, who

768
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 1: knows make it look at the old Dalton tape in Cincinnati.

769
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Speaker 1: What did he do well? What is he comfortable with? Well,

770
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 1: here are some of the best playmakers in football. Let's

771
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Speaker 1: find a way to start scoring twenty six or twenty

772
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 1: seven points a game. I'm not ruling it out. And

773
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:10,240
Speaker 1: when if they can do that, and if they start

774
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: that this week, and I don't think you it's impossible

775
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Speaker 1: ask to do it against Minnesota's defense. All of a sudden,

776
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 1: the NFC East once again mutates and just something still disturbing,

777
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 1: but even more interesting. So I had I was almost boys.

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00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 1: I almost was completely had like seventeen red stripes deep

779
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,320
Speaker 1: and locked up the Cowboys just on a lark. But

780
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Speaker 1: I didn't do it. But that's how I feel. I

781
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: think they're gonna put up points and be better on

782
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:38,360
Speaker 1: offense with Dalton back, Justin Jefferson and Ceedee Lamb. Ceedee

783
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Speaker 1: Lamb was the guy that was the superstar rookie wide

784
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Speaker 1: receiver before Dak went down. I like that both these

785
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: guys are playing in this game. There there's just this

786
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 1: is a this mark. Don't be so hard on your

787
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 1: draft class. This is a pretty decent late round pick. Well,

788
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,240
Speaker 1: I had Ceedee Lamb on my fantasy team. Literally nobody

789
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,520
Speaker 1: cares about this, but I mean, the guy has gone

790
00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 1: to sleep. I'd like to see him, you know, reawake

791
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 1: and and be productive. I think he's looks as good

792
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,760
Speaker 1: as anyone else in the rookie draft class. But Jefferson

793
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:09,879
Speaker 1: are insane. Come on, Cowboys, get off the mat. It's

794
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 1: still there for the taking. But I'm rooting for my Vikings.

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Speaker 1: All right, boys, let's keep rolling here. Up next in

796
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Speaker 1: the draft, Greg Rosenthal, what you got, well, what I

797
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Speaker 1: don't got is your Jets. I'm gonna stick you with

798
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Speaker 1: Joe Flacco. That's how the draft is gonna go. I'm

799
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Speaker 1: taking the Dolphins and the Broncos. This is the game

800
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Speaker 1: that Mark Sessler would have loved. But you know what,

801
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Speaker 1: he already took the vice. He's already got a late

802
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: afternoon game. And uh I I do love watching this

803
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:41,640
Speaker 1: Dolphins team too. Mark is not alone really ever since

804
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,839
Speaker 1: they blew the doors off the forty niners. I think

805
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 1: since that moment forward, you could say, wow, this this

806
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 1: is one of the teams that just gave you something new,

807
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 1: gave you something surprising that you didn't see coming this season.

808
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 1: And that's nice. It's been a little bit of a

809
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Speaker 1: chalk season. A lot of expected teams are good. There's

810
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 1: not a ton of massive surprises. And they're a team

811
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: about margins. And you know, Mark keeps comparing them to

812
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Speaker 1: the early Patriots, and I see that because it's turnover margin.

813
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:11,640
Speaker 1: They're great at that and I think that's where Ta

814
00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 1: has helped them to It gets rid of the ball

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Speaker 1: more quickly than Ryan Fitzpatrick, so it it helps their

816
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:21,280
Speaker 1: bad offensive line. He's not as explosive, but he also

817
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 1: you know, it hasn't turned the ball over. He's caught,

818
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:24,879
Speaker 1: he's got some breaks, but he's not a guy that's

819
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Speaker 1: gonna fumble. He's not a guy that's gonna take a

820
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:29,799
Speaker 1: lot of sex. That's a positive. They don't get penalized.

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Speaker 1: That's small margins. Uh, they're great on special teams week

822
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Speaker 1: after week after week. That's the margins. And that was

823
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 1: a big Belichick thing. And I think Flores and the

824
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 1: way he coaches his team, um is really smart about

825
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,879
Speaker 1: more teams lose games than than really do win games.

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Speaker 1: And these two teams, Broncos Dolphins, are a perfect example.

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Speaker 1: The Broncos have a better roster. I mean they have

828
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Speaker 1: a way better roster, and look at where these two

829
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Speaker 1: teams are at. The Broncos go out and lose games,

830
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:02,799
Speaker 1: whereas the Dolphins the marks set the team of sestl uh.

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Speaker 1: You know, they just play solid every week and they

832
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Speaker 1: let the other teams blow themselves up. Yeah. I mean,

833
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Speaker 1: I think one thing that we've said and like mentioned

834
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Speaker 1: that they're only a handful of coaches that do everything

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Speaker 1: you just talked about, and Brian Floores appears to be

836
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Speaker 1: um heading towards that group. He's in the group. I

837
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 1: don't feel that way about Denver's coaching staff and there

838
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,879
Speaker 1: and it's you know, it's like they're three and six

839
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Speaker 1: for the fourth straight season. Um. I think I think

840
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: reality presents itself when you have a lot of friends

841
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Speaker 1: from a certain fan base and you can feel a

842
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,759
Speaker 1: mass revolt. And I feel that with the Broncos right now.

843
00:40:37,760 --> 00:40:41,400
Speaker 1: And I think it's the the the interest around Truelock

844
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 1: being totally extinguished. I mean he's had a string of

845
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: bad games, the Raiders game, his mistakes, UH dangerous passes

846
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: and what that turned into, the turnovers. It just nullifies

847
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,439
Speaker 1: as your chance to win. I meany they have given

848
00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 1: up thirty six points per games since weeks seven. On defense,

849
00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 1: they really banged up. They're really banged up on defense.

850
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,439
Speaker 1: It's like Bryce Callahan, no A j. Bouyer, no Von Miller,

851
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,239
Speaker 1: Shelby Harris, Darrell Casey, Mike Purcell, all these guys have

852
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 1: been out. But they're also last in the league on

853
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:12,080
Speaker 1: d on offense and d V o A. So neither

854
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: side of the ball, right, No, exactly, they just eclipse

855
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,680
Speaker 1: the Jets after that past week. Um, and so, I mean,

856
00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,359
Speaker 1: you're heading in the wrong direction, and I think there's

857
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,239
Speaker 1: a big offseason coming ahead for John Elway. There's there

858
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,600
Speaker 1: are parts in place on this offense, but you've got

859
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:30,240
Speaker 1: to get a quarterback that can at least be safe

860
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,879
Speaker 1: with the ball versus what we saw recently from Drew Luck.

861
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:37,840
Speaker 1: They entered this season as an interesting fringe e in

862
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 1: the mix, potentially for a playoff spot team. Uh, and

863
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 1: then they got a bunch of their key players hurt,

864
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 1: and then their quarterback, who they believed was an ascended

865
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 1: young player, has poop the bed. So it's like you

866
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 1: have those things together, a roster that's been compromised by

867
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,600
Speaker 1: injuries and a quarterback that is not playing well and

868
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: that's how they are, That's how they got in here.

869
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,920
Speaker 1: I want to clarify something again. I can't believe I

870
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:02,719
Speaker 1: have to do this again because it happened with the

871
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:05,440
Speaker 1: Panthers too on this podcast. Just because I am not

872
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 1: as high as you guys on certain teams does not

873
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,960
Speaker 1: mean I don't enjoy watching the Dolphins or I'm not

874
00:42:12,080 --> 00:42:15,200
Speaker 1: excited watching your Jets fan. You're you're worried that they're

875
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 1: gonna replace the Patriots as this new they're the new rivals.

876
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,279
Speaker 1: That's gonna you know, take the witness speak. Let's yeah,

877
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 1: you have all these theories baked in your mind about

878
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 1: why I don't love certain teams. With the Panthers, it's

879
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 1: because the Jets could have had Matt Rule, and now

880
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,040
Speaker 1: I guess with the Dolphins, because the Dolphins are the

881
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,760
Speaker 1: next Patriots. All that stuff is like in your heads

882
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: for me. With with the Panthers, I just didn't think

883
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,359
Speaker 1: they were ready and I think I've been proven right

884
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:43,040
Speaker 1: on that point. And with the Dolphins, I just the

885
00:42:43,120 --> 00:42:45,279
Speaker 1: only question I ask. And they're fun to watch and

886
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,359
Speaker 1: I loved the onions that it took to put two

887
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 1: in the lineup and the fact that he's he looks

888
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:53,520
Speaker 1: like an exciting young player. That's cool and Dolphins. What

889
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 1: people on the outside of the a f C East

890
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 1: don't understand is like where I am as a Jets fan,

891
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,879
Speaker 1: I don't have malice towards Miami. It's been so long

892
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:05,439
Speaker 1: since the Jets and Dobbins have been relevant, truly relevant teams.

893
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 1: And I know that Jets had a little window there

894
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 1: in the beginning of the Rex Ryan era. That all

895
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:13,239
Speaker 1: that bad blood has worn off, and hopefully in a

896
00:43:13,280 --> 00:43:14,960
Speaker 1: couple of years it will be back and I'll be

897
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: back to hating the Dolphins. But I'm not and I

898
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: and Henry Hodson is one of my good friends here

899
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:21,879
Speaker 1: in l A. He's a Dolphins fan. I'm happy for him.

900
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,880
Speaker 1: I just wonder if if it's sustainable. Well, if you

901
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:27,680
Speaker 1: want to paint me that way, I gotta tell you

902
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:30,920
Speaker 1: the other side of the story. The Dolphins isn't sustainable

903
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,239
Speaker 1: to be getting a huge special teams play every week,

904
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:36,160
Speaker 1: getting huge defensive plays every week. Maybe maybe this is it.

905
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,239
Speaker 1: Maybe this is one of those years you guys have

906
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:40,800
Speaker 1: mentioned the two thousand one Patriots. Maybe they are on

907
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 1: a magic carpet ride. Uh, but I need I need

908
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,759
Speaker 1: a little bit more and some of the defense and

909
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:50,160
Speaker 1: special teams like the block punt last week is an example.

910
00:43:50,600 --> 00:43:53,200
Speaker 1: It's just not gonna happen every week, or usually it doesn't.

911
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:55,719
Speaker 1: It all right, but for there's a couple of things

912
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,680
Speaker 1: happening here. Number one, Like, I can guarantee you that

913
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,720
Speaker 1: Greg and I don't spend five minute today, um thinking

914
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 1: where you are with the Panthers or Dolphins, Like it's Dan,

915
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 1: this is the second Thursday show in a row, and

916
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 1: you've stopped down to make a state of the union

917
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 1: about where you are with Matt Rule and where you

918
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:18,440
Speaker 1: are now with the Dolphins. Like I don't think that

919
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,480
Speaker 1: you dislike the Dolphins who don't want to watch them.

920
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:22,440
Speaker 1: They're probably close to how I feel about the Bengals

921
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: as the Browns fan. But I mean, I guess when

922
00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 1: they win a playoff game, then will you like be

923
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 1: like you're not like you never went to like when

924
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 1: the Dolinsky I will, I will love the Dolphins as

925
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:36,880
Speaker 1: much as you do. I was just saying Greg has

926
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 1: set up his initial point by saying, I'm with you, Mark,

927
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 1: I like watching these Dolphins. I like watching them too,

928
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:46,360
Speaker 1: I just I just don't think they're gonna be. That

929
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 1: depends what the goal is. Like I think if you're

930
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:53,040
Speaker 1: a Dolphins fan, just giving your fans some fun football

931
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:56,120
Speaker 1: and being in the playoff race. They've they've won, and

932
00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:59,719
Speaker 1: I don't necessarily think that they're gonna go in the

933
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: Super But now I do think they can be a

934
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 1: playoff team and they can have this formula um to

935
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 1: get them into the playoffs and then who knows if

936
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 1: you can win a game or not, because like they

937
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:10,640
Speaker 1: do have talent like Xavian Howard is playing like a

938
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:13,879
Speaker 1: pro bowler, and those two cornerbacks Byron Jones and Xavian Howard,

939
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,839
Speaker 1: which was a GM move you know, um, Chris Greer

940
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,200
Speaker 1: and and Brian Flores. That was their vision kind of

941
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:21,880
Speaker 1: to build back to front. Those guys are really playing

942
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 1: great and it seems like it's a disaster for old

943
00:45:25,080 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 1: Drew lock this week. All right, it's snakes. Oh by

944
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 1: the way, Mark, did you have something to add on

945
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 1: the Dolphins in this game? I do, yes, which, um,

946
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:37,720
Speaker 1: if you watch the back end of our NFL Network

947
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 1: version of the show will be revealed to you there

948
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,160
Speaker 1: as well. But to double dip, I'm gonna be locking

949
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:46,120
Speaker 1: up these Dolphins and I don't like the negative energy

950
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 1: around the concept of me finding fun and a team.

951
00:45:50,080 --> 00:45:52,040
Speaker 1: It's not a mean versus you or me versus anyone

952
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,440
Speaker 1: else thing. Let's put that to bed. The Dolphins are

953
00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:57,000
Speaker 1: well coached, so those little things that happen are gonna

954
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,840
Speaker 1: happen more to a well coached team. It's not random

955
00:45:59,920 --> 00:46:02,440
Speaker 1: or just an aberration. I mean, I just think this

956
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,760
Speaker 1: is the difference between Team A and some other teams,

957
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 1: and I hope it continues for Miami Jets Dolphins games.

958
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,240
Speaker 1: You used to be the best a f C crazy

959
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 1: rivalries around. They did like forty five to forty two.

960
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 1: Let's get back to that versus the Jet scoring forty

961
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:19,800
Speaker 1: two points over six weeks combined. Let's get back to

962
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,080
Speaker 1: those days. Enough next game and the words of the

963
00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:24,640
Speaker 1: recently retired Joe ban Ingo over on w f A

964
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 1: n from your lips to gods as my friend Revord

965
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: Lawrence and to uh slugging it out over the next decade,

966
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,800
Speaker 1: that sounds that sounds fun to me. To me, I like,

967
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:38,439
Speaker 1: I like, I like the Dolphins as well. In this game,

968
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:42,440
Speaker 1: all right, Greg, it snakes to all right, everyone's got

969
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:45,279
Speaker 1: different strategies how they do the drafts. When I got

970
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:49,680
Speaker 1: Falcon Saints early game, you're gonna do no, I'm now

971
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 1: you don't totally. I want a game. I'm not gonna

972
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:55,200
Speaker 1: get too crazy focusing on this week. That game is

973
00:46:55,400 --> 00:47:01,080
Speaker 1: Jake Luton facing the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mark is upset here.

974
00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 1: You did exactly when I was. You know that. You

975
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 1: know that's nice, good strategy. I I you know this game,

976
00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:09,200
Speaker 1: I want to blow out. I want the Steelers to

977
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:12,120
Speaker 1: just take care of business and and I'll be enjoying

978
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 1: the greatest rivalry in football on the other screen. I'm

979
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:18,520
Speaker 1: not a hundred percent sure there's gonna be a blowout

980
00:47:18,560 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 1: because you know, Number one, the last time the Steelers

981
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:22,440
Speaker 1: went on the road against a bad team that they

982
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:24,960
Speaker 1: were very lucky to beat the Cowboys. And number two,

983
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,480
Speaker 1: I think the Jaguars defense. It's so Again, it's only

984
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:29,680
Speaker 1: a two week sample size, but it's worth pointing out

985
00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:32,400
Speaker 1: teams do change as this season goes along. They've been

986
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:35,560
Speaker 1: totally respectable the last two weeks. They've been very competitive.

987
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 1: Miles Jack. They have a rookie, dave On Hamilton's in

988
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:41,200
Speaker 1: the middle of their line. Sidney Jones, who used to

989
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:43,399
Speaker 1: be on the Eagles is now a cornerback for them

990
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:45,399
Speaker 1: and playing really well. I'm just they've played two games

991
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:48,160
Speaker 1: in a row. It's worth noting the Steeler's offense hasn't

992
00:47:48,200 --> 00:47:52,040
Speaker 1: been like overly explosive, so this could backfire on me.

993
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:54,160
Speaker 1: And it's a close great game. I don't even want

994
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:57,160
Speaker 1: it to be a great game. But to me, Jake Lewton, Uh,

995
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:58,800
Speaker 1: he has not been as good as kind of the

996
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:01,000
Speaker 1: raw numbers look like. And it looks like a guy

997
00:48:01,080 --> 00:48:04,520
Speaker 1: who's just gonna get overmatched. And Gardner Minshew is still out,

998
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:06,879
Speaker 1: he's still hurt, and he's not coming back. I need

999
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,360
Speaker 1: I need, as we've talked about. Uh, I need a

1000
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:12,800
Speaker 1: Jaguars win somewhere in here, get them to two and

1001
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:15,520
Speaker 1: in the best case scenario, even three wins. I just

1002
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:17,880
Speaker 1: don't see it happening here. I think it's gonna be grizzly.

1003
00:48:18,040 --> 00:48:22,399
Speaker 1: I think Ben Roethlisberger looked great, uh last week, four

1004
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:26,360
Speaker 1: touchdowns through yards, and he just has so many weapons

1005
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 1: at his disposal. With Deante Johnson healthy, Uh, what he

1006
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:33,480
Speaker 1: brings to that offense. Juju Smith Schuster has gotten on

1007
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:35,600
Speaker 1: track after a funky start to the year, And of

1008
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:39,279
Speaker 1: course I lost twenty nineteen, and Chase Claypool is just

1009
00:48:39,640 --> 00:48:42,040
Speaker 1: a difference maker. He's just one of those guys that

1010
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,439
Speaker 1: he's raw, and you'll notice he'll maybe drop a pass

1011
00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 1: here or run the wrong route there. He's a rookie

1012
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 1: and he looks like a rookie of times, but he's

1013
00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:52,040
Speaker 1: just got such a nose for the end zone and

1014
00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:54,759
Speaker 1: he's a born playmaker. So you add him to the mix,

1015
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:57,640
Speaker 1: and it's just like Ben Roethlisberger doesn't have to be

1016
00:48:57,719 --> 00:49:01,040
Speaker 1: two thousand, uh ten Ben Roethlisberger anymore. He just needs

1017
00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:03,520
Speaker 1: to be proficient, and he's more than that. So I

1018
00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:06,840
Speaker 1: love the Steeler's offense and obviously love him against Jacksonville.

1019
00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:10,279
Speaker 1: I would like to see the run game in Pittsburgh

1020
00:49:10,719 --> 00:49:13,320
Speaker 1: be a little bit more consistent, a little bit more diverse.

1021
00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 1: I think that there's just been some disappointing out I mean,

1022
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:17,960
Speaker 1: you make up for it because of everything else they

1023
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:19,800
Speaker 1: can do, but they're gonna get into a game or

1024
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:22,000
Speaker 1: two where they're gonna need someone like James Conner to

1025
00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:25,439
Speaker 1: be better than he's been. So but I'm with you, Greg,

1026
00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:27,920
Speaker 1: This was my strategy. I was gonna pick that for

1027
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,600
Speaker 1: the early blowout window. But what I've learned is when

1028
00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:33,480
Speaker 1: you go in that direction, you're gonna get like a

1029
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:37,319
Speaker 1: weird overtime game. So where you go, where I'm gonna

1030
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:41,080
Speaker 1: go is Detroit, Carolina. Um, you know I can control

1031
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,759
Speaker 1: the matt rule messaging on Sunday night that way. That'll

1032
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:47,200
Speaker 1: be really important on this show apparently. But it's a

1033
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:49,680
Speaker 1: good way to look at it. Here's ther thing I'm

1034
00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:51,440
Speaker 1: gonna be honest with you, Like when I when you're

1035
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:56,040
Speaker 1: circling through these game pass um operations, you know, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,

1036
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:58,680
Speaker 1: in preparation for our preview and just to learn about

1037
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:01,200
Speaker 1: the league, the Lions tape is always the one that

1038
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 1: I drift off into a sleep and I start to

1039
00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:05,600
Speaker 1: wonder what I need to do to kind of like

1040
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:09,120
Speaker 1: perk my body back up. Yeah, exactly, So you want

1041
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:10,600
Speaker 1: to get rid of the Lions on Sunday. But I

1042
00:50:10,680 --> 00:50:12,759
Speaker 1: do think that the Lions that it sounds like Kenny

1043
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 1: Golladay is practicing, Um, getting him back would be huge.

1044
00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:20,440
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford's in an iffy situation. But DeAndre Swift finally

1045
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:22,399
Speaker 1: became the guy that I kind of thought he would

1046
00:50:22,440 --> 00:50:25,200
Speaker 1: be right away when they you know, superseded him with

1047
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson all this other business. Swift looked really good

1048
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:30,600
Speaker 1: last week, so it's it's an interesting matchup. I think

1049
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:33,600
Speaker 1: the you know, no Christian McCaffrey for the Panthers, but

1050
00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:37,759
Speaker 1: this offense has been watchable and explosive week after week.

1051
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:39,840
Speaker 1: It's just that you know, they can't win shootouts with

1052
00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:43,080
Speaker 1: that defense unless their offense is almost perfect. And you're

1053
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:46,000
Speaker 1: not playing you know, the Chiefs this time around, You're

1054
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,320
Speaker 1: not playing the Bucks. You're gonna get the Lions. I

1055
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:50,520
Speaker 1: think this is the game where Matt rule to your point,

1056
00:50:50,600 --> 00:50:54,279
Speaker 1: Dan like staying close. It's nice, but they have the

1057
00:50:54,320 --> 00:50:56,239
Speaker 1: guns to win some of these games. You gotta close

1058
00:50:56,280 --> 00:50:58,480
Speaker 1: one of these out. This should be the week. Well

1059
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:00,839
Speaker 1: not if Teddy's hurt, so are going into the game

1060
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:05,560
Speaker 1: not not a d percent sure if Stafford or Teddy

1061
00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:09,520
Speaker 1: Bridgewater will start. So if one, if one is sitting

1062
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,359
Speaker 1: and the other is playing, I'm I like that team

1063
00:51:11,400 --> 00:51:13,719
Speaker 1: to win because if they're both playing. I kind of

1064
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:17,239
Speaker 1: like the Panthers in a coaching game because I think

1065
00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:20,239
Speaker 1: these two teams are close enough that coaching should make

1066
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:22,879
Speaker 1: a difference and the Panthers get to win. But you're

1067
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:26,000
Speaker 1: right there, the Lions are way more watchable when Golidays

1068
00:51:26,040 --> 00:51:28,160
Speaker 1: on the field. They're way more explosive. And now that

1069
00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:30,760
Speaker 1: they've handed it over to DeAndre Swift Man, his cuts

1070
00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:33,080
Speaker 1: are just great. I know, you know, you say like

1071
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:36,040
Speaker 1: running backs don't matter. That's a fun um you know

1072
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:40,200
Speaker 1: twitter joke. Well, they matter for your watchability because when

1073
00:51:40,239 --> 00:51:43,279
Speaker 1: it's when it's DeAndre Swift back there, Uh, they are

1074
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:45,759
Speaker 1: a much more fun team to watch. They've had some

1075
00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 1: good things. They've had some young players come up a

1076
00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:50,680
Speaker 1: little bit. Uh. Whereas if you have Golliday and Swift

1077
00:51:50,760 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 1: unlocked at the same time, we haven't really seen that

1078
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:55,720
Speaker 1: this year for the Lions. I can't believe the Lions

1079
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:58,359
Speaker 1: are four and five. It doesn't seem like make sense

1080
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:02,040
Speaker 1: to me. They feel like they should be three and six.

1081
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:06,320
Speaker 1: Uh uh. And I know that's only one game, but

1082
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,120
Speaker 1: it does feel like a big difference. They feel like

1083
00:52:08,239 --> 00:52:10,360
Speaker 1: a classic three and sixth team that's going nowhere. But

1084
00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:13,319
Speaker 1: they're right in the mix if they can just string

1085
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:15,400
Speaker 1: together some wins. And yet I don't trust them, and

1086
00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:19,680
Speaker 1: I think, um, I think the Panthers are too good

1087
00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:23,560
Speaker 1: to just continue to lose every single week. I think

1088
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:26,880
Speaker 1: they're I think they're overdue, frankly, and I think the

1089
00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:28,960
Speaker 1: Lines are a team that is known to fall on

1090
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:31,400
Speaker 1: their faces. So if we have, if we haven't the

1091
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:33,719
Speaker 1: right players on the field, and if we have the

1092
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:37,319
Speaker 1: both quarterbacks playing, I think it's a very dangerous game here.

1093
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:42,799
Speaker 1: Uh for Detroit who probably feeling good about themselves after

1094
00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:45,440
Speaker 1: their latest win and they got a five game a

1095
00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:47,520
Speaker 1: team with a five game losing streak up Nicks in

1096
00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:49,840
Speaker 1: their schedule. But I would not be surprised. Even with

1097
00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:52,240
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey not playing, and we know he's not playing,

1098
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:54,239
Speaker 1: I think the Panthers have a shot here. I just

1099
00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:56,920
Speaker 1: don't trust the lines at all. Shout out to our

1100
00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:00,839
Speaker 1: Romeo Acquire just because we've never mentioned him, and week

1101
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:02,800
Speaker 1: after week you see him showing up for the Lions.

1102
00:53:02,800 --> 00:53:05,160
Speaker 1: So I went and checked on like PF, like, how's

1103
00:53:05,160 --> 00:53:07,040
Speaker 1: this guy doing this year? He's in the top five

1104
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:10,200
Speaker 1: or six pressures for any edge defender in the league.

1105
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,200
Speaker 1: Romeo a'quara has been on fire. How about Matt Patricia

1106
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:17,839
Speaker 1: developing some defensive talent? There's his first So yeah, it's

1107
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:21,040
Speaker 1: an overdoe um. But yes, also keep in mind that

1108
00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:23,040
Speaker 1: the last time we saw the Panthers. They gave up

1109
00:53:23,120 --> 00:53:26,800
Speaker 1: fifty yards of offense. So Kevin, If Kenny Golladay's playing

1110
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:30,560
Speaker 1: and Matthew Stafford's playing and DeAndre Swift continues to develop

1111
00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:32,560
Speaker 1: and Marvin Jones is in the mix, they might be

1112
00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:35,640
Speaker 1: able to be the latest team to score a lot

1113
00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:42,879
Speaker 1: against Carolina. Um. All right, here we go back to me. Uh,

1114
00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:46,640
Speaker 1: pretty easy. Patriots at Texans. Uh, this is an interesting

1115
00:53:46,680 --> 00:53:48,880
Speaker 1: game to me. The Texans hold no interest to me

1116
00:53:49,239 --> 00:53:52,279
Speaker 1: at this stage. But Deshaun Watson still on the team,

1117
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:55,360
Speaker 1: and that's cool. You get to watch DeShawn Watson on

1118
00:53:55,480 --> 00:53:57,879
Speaker 1: a secondary screen on a Sunday. Life could be worse.

1119
00:53:58,160 --> 00:54:02,080
Speaker 1: The more interesting storyline, uh, here is the Patriots who

1120
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:04,799
Speaker 1: have gotten off the mat with back to back prime

1121
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:10,320
Speaker 1: time wins. One against the Jets wasn't overly impressive, barely

1122
00:54:10,400 --> 00:54:13,040
Speaker 1: beating the worst team in football. But then you go

1123
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:17,960
Speaker 1: and you bring uh takedown the Ravens at Foxborough on

1124
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:21,759
Speaker 1: Sunday night. That was more impressive. So they have a

1125
00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:25,920
Speaker 1: chance here. There's still they're still in a tough spot

1126
00:54:26,040 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 1: because the division is probably gonna get away from him

1127
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:32,640
Speaker 1: and be gone. Because the Bills, even with their loss,

1128
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:35,720
Speaker 1: are still comfortably ahead. And you look at the wild

1129
00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:38,160
Speaker 1: card set up in the a f C. It is

1130
00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:41,000
Speaker 1: just filled with six and three teams. It's crazy. How

1131
00:54:41,040 --> 00:54:44,000
Speaker 1: many six and three teams teams right now with three

1132
00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:47,560
Speaker 1: losses in the NFL. That's wild. Yeah, that that is

1133
00:54:47,719 --> 00:54:50,759
Speaker 1: very strange. So all the Patriots can do is do

1134
00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:53,040
Speaker 1: the old cliche and just play the team on their

1135
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:55,520
Speaker 1: schedule and try to start stacking up wins. They got

1136
00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:57,640
Speaker 1: two in a row, and now you got Houston, which

1137
00:54:57,640 --> 00:54:59,160
Speaker 1: has been one of the worst teams in the league,

1138
00:54:59,200 --> 00:55:01,440
Speaker 1: even with DeShawn wi in this year. So I like

1139
00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:04,040
Speaker 1: the Patriots chances. I said this. I hit this point

1140
00:55:04,680 --> 00:55:06,600
Speaker 1: on Sunday night, so I'm not gonna belabor it. But

1141
00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:08,960
Speaker 1: I think the idea that the Patriots are like this

1142
00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:12,759
Speaker 1: totally hopeless team that has no chance to win and

1143
00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:15,000
Speaker 1: they're plucky underdogs and all this stuff, there's still a

1144
00:55:15,080 --> 00:55:17,920
Speaker 1: lot there, uh to build on. And I'll throw one

1145
00:55:17,960 --> 00:55:20,319
Speaker 1: guy out there, and I know they don't love It's

1146
00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:22,959
Speaker 1: the way they use them is interesting, Damian Harris, because

1147
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:25,040
Speaker 1: it seems like they have them do all the dirty

1148
00:55:25,080 --> 00:55:27,560
Speaker 1: work and then don't give him any glory, uh, and

1149
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:29,439
Speaker 1: he shine when it's time to get in the end zone.

1150
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:33,080
Speaker 1: But Damian Harris is just like super impressive to me,

1151
00:55:33,239 --> 00:55:35,960
Speaker 1: is a running back. So if you have Harris and

1152
00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:39,440
Speaker 1: then Cam obviously with his abilities, you can make up

1153
00:55:39,520 --> 00:55:41,520
Speaker 1: for the fact that you're not gonna be getting big

1154
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:44,160
Speaker 1: chunk plays most weeks. And I didn't bring up Jakobe

1155
00:55:44,239 --> 00:55:46,759
Speaker 1: Meyer is a guy that's starting to evolve a little bit.

1156
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:48,680
Speaker 1: So the Patriots, all right, I don't think they're a

1157
00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:51,320
Speaker 1: playoff team, but I still could see them getting to

1158
00:55:51,480 --> 00:55:53,560
Speaker 1: nine and seven and maybe that does get them in

1159
00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:55,719
Speaker 1: the back door. Well, they're playing that weird berserker role

1160
00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:59,000
Speaker 1: in a sense, because I mean, you play them, you lose,

1161
00:55:59,160 --> 00:56:02,440
Speaker 1: and then, like in Baltimore, it's a week of hideous

1162
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:06,279
Speaker 1: headlines and narratives and everyone's upset and what's wrong with

1163
00:56:06,360 --> 00:56:08,960
Speaker 1: the Ravens. The Patriots I thought had one of their

1164
00:56:09,000 --> 00:56:11,760
Speaker 1: best performances by their offensive line. Now they've had issues

1165
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:14,320
Speaker 1: there this season a little bit, but they blew Baltimore

1166
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:16,520
Speaker 1: off the ball. They ran the ball really well, and

1167
00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:18,160
Speaker 1: so I like the idea of being able to go

1168
00:56:18,520 --> 00:56:21,600
Speaker 1: do that against the Texans. The Texans, as we mentioned before,

1169
00:56:21,640 --> 00:56:25,120
Speaker 1: I mean sold out to stop Cleveland's run and couldn't

1170
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:27,000
Speaker 1: do it. So if you're New England, you're sort of

1171
00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:29,640
Speaker 1: a similar type of team. Your your your challenge through

1172
00:56:29,680 --> 00:56:32,480
Speaker 1: the air. Why not just go, you know, use your

1173
00:56:32,520 --> 00:56:36,759
Speaker 1: strength and try to blister Houston And yeah, I think

1174
00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:39,359
Speaker 1: they've won every game where they haven't turned the ball

1175
00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:42,440
Speaker 1: over the Patriots, and basically those are the games where

1176
00:56:42,480 --> 00:56:44,640
Speaker 1: Cam didn't have to throw too much. And it's such

1177
00:56:44,719 --> 00:56:47,920
Speaker 1: a mismatch you would think you would think that they

1178
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:50,160
Speaker 1: do it like that. The Texans, if you look at

1179
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:52,440
Speaker 1: the way they spend their money, their a disaster because

1180
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:54,680
Speaker 1: they have so much money on defense and a lot

1181
00:56:54,760 --> 00:56:56,359
Speaker 1: of those guys are supposed to be like good at

1182
00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:59,120
Speaker 1: stopping the run, Zack Cunningham and J. J. Watt and

1183
00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:01,920
Speaker 1: and Solists and all these guys, and they are the

1184
00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:04,840
Speaker 1: worst run defense in the league by far. It's a

1185
00:57:04,920 --> 00:57:08,960
Speaker 1: total disaster. They're also last enforcing turnovers, so that's a problem.

1186
00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:11,279
Speaker 1: And then they got to try to um, you know,

1187
00:57:11,880 --> 00:57:15,239
Speaker 1: guard the second coming of you know, Jerry Rice and

1188
00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:17,320
Speaker 1: Jacobe Myers. I don't know if you guys saw this.

1189
00:57:17,440 --> 00:57:20,800
Speaker 1: PF tweet said the top three PF scores of the

1190
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:24,360
Speaker 1: season at wide receiver number one Davante Adams, Okay, I'll

1191
00:57:24,400 --> 00:57:26,280
Speaker 1: give it to him. Number two, what a rookie season

1192
00:57:26,360 --> 00:57:30,160
Speaker 1: for Justin Jefferson and number three Jacobe Myers. Watch out

1193
00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:34,320
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins, Julio Jones. All you guys are not Stefon

1194
00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:37,080
Speaker 1: Diggs whatever. Like you guys are in the mix, but

1195
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:40,840
Speaker 1: you're no Jacoby Myers. I can't wait until March, and

1196
00:57:40,920 --> 00:57:42,760
Speaker 1: we're trying to think of things to talk about, and

1197
00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:47,040
Speaker 1: Greg gets into his talking point of how the two thousand,

1198
00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:50,280
Speaker 1: twenty nine and seven Patriots were his favorite Patriots team. Ever,

1199
00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:54,400
Speaker 1: it's it's coming, just getting ready because you could feel

1200
00:57:54,720 --> 00:57:57,520
Speaker 1: the buzz I would Ricky would would embrace them. She's

1201
00:57:57,560 --> 00:58:00,320
Speaker 1: been very anti Cam and so now, I mean, he

1202
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:04,920
Speaker 1: can't say one thing. It's not even about It's not

1203
00:58:05,040 --> 00:58:07,640
Speaker 1: even about that. It's the fumble on the final drive,

1204
00:58:07,920 --> 00:58:10,880
Speaker 1: it's the you know, not getting it's where it's third

1205
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:14,600
Speaker 1: and fourteen and they throw it ahead yesterday. It's just

1206
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:17,480
Speaker 1: he's just not doing what I want. Here's the thing

1207
00:58:17,640 --> 00:58:21,560
Speaker 1: he's not. We know where Cam is pretty much. He's not.

1208
00:58:21,960 --> 00:58:24,680
Speaker 1: He's never gonna be two thousand fifteen m v P

1209
00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:28,880
Speaker 1: CAM again. But he's still But he looks like that

1210
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:32,439
Speaker 1: against the Seahawks. Listen, he looks like Cam Newton still

1211
00:58:32,520 --> 00:58:34,760
Speaker 1: and sometimes that guy comes out and it's like, oh man,

1212
00:58:34,840 --> 00:58:38,000
Speaker 1: he's still Cam, but he's more limited at this point,

1213
00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:40,320
Speaker 1: but he's still good enough to win that. Yeah, you

1214
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:42,280
Speaker 1: know what he is. He's a he's a g D

1215
00:58:42,520 --> 00:58:45,640
Speaker 1: miracle for one million dollars a season. If they were

1216
00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:48,840
Speaker 1: playing Jared Stidham, they might be owing sixteen. I don't

1217
00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:52,880
Speaker 1: I don't think Eric was, but I don't think Eric

1218
00:58:53,000 --> 00:58:56,040
Speaker 1: was ready for the Patriots kind of suck now routine.

1219
00:58:56,120 --> 00:58:58,360
Speaker 1: She she's you know, she's not Greg's age, and I

1220
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:00,720
Speaker 1: have all these like Patriots in like really missed the

1221
00:59:00,800 --> 00:59:06,720
Speaker 1: team from It's like, no, you don't you. Erica is

1222
00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:08,280
Speaker 1: just like not ready for the team to be like

1223
00:59:08,640 --> 00:59:11,720
Speaker 1: the tenth best team in the a f C. Listen,

1224
00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:14,360
Speaker 1: you guys, you're not special anymore, Erica. That's what it

1225
00:59:14,400 --> 00:59:18,720
Speaker 1: comes down to, Erica, come on, well listen. Okay, like

1226
00:59:18,840 --> 00:59:20,960
Speaker 1: I said on the Network show, it's got the third

1227
00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:23,120
Speaker 1: in the a f C East Pats versus the third

1228
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:25,400
Speaker 1: in the a f C South Texas. Okay, you guys,

1229
00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:29,080
Speaker 1: this is you have to come back to it. This

1230
00:59:29,480 --> 00:59:32,680
Speaker 1: is a matchup for the Ages, Like, I can't think

1231
00:59:32,760 --> 00:59:36,840
Speaker 1: of something more exciting. Okay, you know j C. Jackson

1232
00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:41,440
Speaker 1: intercept my heart baby, Like, that's amazing. I'm so excited

1233
00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:43,480
Speaker 1: for this game, and the Patriots are gonna win it,

1234
00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:48,400
Speaker 1: and I'm locking it up there you are, Yeah, well

1235
00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:50,680
Speaker 1: you're on it. You're just like the Patriots. You're on

1236
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:54,120
Speaker 1: a little winning streak yourself. So you know, you guys

1237
00:59:54,160 --> 00:59:57,520
Speaker 1: are both what are you gonna do? The Patriots, You're

1238
00:59:57,560 --> 01:00:01,080
Speaker 1: you're occasionally cut cheating. You know, it's a lot of similarities.

1239
01:00:03,920 --> 01:00:06,240
Speaker 1: And on air, you can't even argue with me. No,

1240
01:00:06,440 --> 01:00:09,280
Speaker 1: you're You're good. You're moving on. It's snakes to the

1241
01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:13,640
Speaker 1: old Zeuser. I will grab the Jets at Chargers basically

1242
01:00:13,680 --> 01:00:17,280
Speaker 1: a shook game. I think we're picking for, yeah, shook

1243
01:00:17,320 --> 01:00:22,160
Speaker 1: at this point. I you know the level of frustration

1244
01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:25,120
Speaker 1: for this Jet season, because we just talked about it

1245
01:00:25,160 --> 01:00:27,360
Speaker 1: when they almost before they go into their by, they

1246
01:00:27,440 --> 01:00:30,240
Speaker 1: almost beat the Pats and and you see with their

1247
01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:33,480
Speaker 1: full compliment of wide receivers that it's really not terrible.

1248
01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:36,480
Speaker 1: Their skill players at wide receiver, and you could put

1249
01:00:36,520 --> 01:00:39,920
Speaker 1: points up against an average defense like the Patriots. So

1250
01:00:39,960 --> 01:00:42,280
Speaker 1: you're thinking yourself, oh, seven games. Now, they have seven

1251
01:00:42,320 --> 01:00:44,200
Speaker 1: games left in the season, their O and nine, and

1252
01:00:44,280 --> 01:00:45,880
Speaker 1: they're trying to do two things. They're either trying to

1253
01:00:45,880 --> 01:00:48,240
Speaker 1: get Trevor Lawrence with the number one overall pick, or

1254
01:00:48,320 --> 01:00:50,560
Speaker 1: they're trying to see signs of life from Sam Donald,

1255
01:00:51,280 --> 01:00:53,760
Speaker 1: which would maybe if he did show signs of life

1256
01:00:53,800 --> 01:00:55,840
Speaker 1: and thrive, would take them out of the number one

1257
01:00:55,920 --> 01:00:58,320
Speaker 1: one overall pick. But then you set up a situation

1258
01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:01,080
Speaker 1: where you get behind Donald, and then Joe Douglas uses

1259
01:01:01,120 --> 01:01:03,960
Speaker 1: all these assets to build around Donald the right way,

1260
01:01:04,160 --> 01:01:06,680
Speaker 1: which has never happened. The only fly in the ointment,

1261
01:01:07,000 --> 01:01:09,280
Speaker 1: of course, because there's always a fly in the ointment.

1262
01:01:09,320 --> 01:01:12,560
Speaker 1: With the Jets, I'm piste off Angelo, is that Sam

1263
01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:16,479
Speaker 1: Donald's shoulder isn't right. It's still banged up. They ruled

1264
01:01:16,520 --> 01:01:19,720
Speaker 1: him out on Monday, which I found ominous, which tells

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Speaker 1: me that it's not even close to being ready to play.

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01:01:22,200 --> 01:01:24,919
Speaker 1: So the idea that Sam Donald might have already thrown

1267
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:27,040
Speaker 1: his final pass with the Jets, I think that's now

1268
01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:29,800
Speaker 1: in play. If you're talking about a right shoulder and

1269
01:01:29,840 --> 01:01:32,880
Speaker 1: you're talking about injury something he's injured twice and he

1270
01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:34,760
Speaker 1: needs to look out for his own self at this

1271
01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:37,600
Speaker 1: point as we look ahead to a career reboot, most

1272
01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:39,720
Speaker 1: likely somewhere else, as much as the Jets need to

1273
01:01:39,840 --> 01:01:43,520
Speaker 1: make sure they don't ruin this kid's future by putting

1274
01:01:43,560 --> 01:01:45,320
Speaker 1: him back out on the field, which I wouldn't put

1275
01:01:45,520 --> 01:01:48,640
Speaker 1: past this organization with this current regime, or at least

1276
01:01:48,680 --> 01:01:51,360
Speaker 1: the coaching staff. So more frustration because you don't get

1277
01:01:51,400 --> 01:01:53,480
Speaker 1: that last look at donald the way you thought you

1278
01:01:53,560 --> 01:01:55,960
Speaker 1: were going to get um. And I don't really have

1279
01:01:56,040 --> 01:01:58,400
Speaker 1: anything else to say on the Jets other than I'm

1280
01:01:58,440 --> 01:02:00,680
Speaker 1: piste off Angelo because that is what I was looking

1281
01:02:00,720 --> 01:02:05,720
Speaker 1: forward to. Donalds with crowd or with Perryman with Beckton

1282
01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:08,400
Speaker 1: on the field. Don't even get that. Jets fans don't

1283
01:02:08,400 --> 01:02:11,640
Speaker 1: get nice things the Chargers. I don't like this haircut.

1284
01:02:11,880 --> 01:02:14,120
Speaker 1: I don't like Justin Herbert's hair cut. And I'm not

1285
01:02:14,240 --> 01:02:16,680
Speaker 1: making fun of a kid for having a bad haircut.

1286
01:02:17,080 --> 01:02:19,440
Speaker 1: I've gotten a bad haircut. I got a bad haircut

1287
01:02:19,600 --> 01:02:21,720
Speaker 1: right before my senior problem. I think it's why my

1288
01:02:21,760 --> 01:02:25,120
Speaker 1: senior problem wasn't successful. Um, So I'm not making fun

1289
01:02:25,200 --> 01:02:27,000
Speaker 1: of him for that, but I do feel there's some

1290
01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:29,760
Speaker 1: mojo that you could because they were glorious locks. It

1291
01:02:29,880 --> 01:02:32,640
Speaker 1: was long and it was a little bit greasy, but

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01:02:32,760 --> 01:02:36,080
Speaker 1: it also represented, uh, you know, he's this like kid

1293
01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:39,600
Speaker 1: that's confident and he's not like everybody else. Now he

1294
01:02:39,680 --> 01:02:43,240
Speaker 1: kind of looks like every twenty two year old that

1295
01:02:43,720 --> 01:02:47,080
Speaker 1: I ever knew when I was growing up. So, uh,

1296
01:02:47,400 --> 01:02:49,320
Speaker 1: is that going to take his play down and on?

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01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:54,040
Speaker 1: I don't know, I know it sounds ridiculous. I feel

1298
01:02:54,080 --> 01:02:55,840
Speaker 1: like that's a stamp of approval. And it happened to

1299
01:02:55,880 --> 01:02:59,280
Speaker 1: Samson like in the old uh way back in the

1300
01:02:59,360 --> 01:03:01,360
Speaker 1: old days, that cut his hair off. He lost his strength.

1301
01:03:01,480 --> 01:03:05,160
Speaker 1: But um, you know, ultimately the Jets want to be

1302
01:03:05,280 --> 01:03:07,560
Speaker 1: what the Chargers are. Forget all the last minute losses,

1303
01:03:07,640 --> 01:03:10,520
Speaker 1: but a year from now, whether it's Donald or whether

1304
01:03:10,600 --> 01:03:13,680
Speaker 1: it's Trevor Lawrence, to have a quarterback that you totally

1305
01:03:13,720 --> 01:03:15,880
Speaker 1: believe in. I I don't know if it's unfair, but

1306
01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:19,800
Speaker 1: I'd be a little bit concerned about Donald's durability in general.

1307
01:03:19,880 --> 01:03:21,720
Speaker 1: It seems like it's always one thing or another, and

1308
01:03:21,760 --> 01:03:23,480
Speaker 1: it's you know, he hasn't been in a bad situation,

1309
01:03:23,600 --> 01:03:25,760
Speaker 1: but you want to be one of these teams that

1310
01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:28,000
Speaker 1: have five one of those five or six quarterbacks that

1311
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:30,240
Speaker 1: do like a hundred and sixties starts in a row

1312
01:03:30,800 --> 01:03:34,640
Speaker 1: and skill and he doesn't have it. He doesn't doesn't

1313
01:03:34,640 --> 01:03:37,000
Speaker 1: appear to be. I hate like stamping him with that,

1314
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:38,960
Speaker 1: but I mean it's hard to get a read on

1315
01:03:39,040 --> 01:03:41,760
Speaker 1: a guy that's like continually out of the lineup. Well,

1316
01:03:41,800 --> 01:03:43,760
Speaker 1: it's a solder injury too, which is you know, a

1317
01:03:43,880 --> 01:03:46,560
Speaker 1: worrisome one for any any quarterback. Adam Gates did say

1318
01:03:46,560 --> 01:03:49,360
Speaker 1: he expects Sam Donald to play at some point this season.

1319
01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:51,320
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't know, though. I think this is

1320
01:03:51,360 --> 01:03:54,000
Speaker 1: their best chance to win, you know, for a while.

1321
01:03:54,040 --> 01:03:56,160
Speaker 1: It's the last team they play with a losing record

1322
01:03:56,240 --> 01:03:58,600
Speaker 1: until the paid that currently as a losing record until

1323
01:03:58,640 --> 01:04:02,320
Speaker 1: the Patriots. I'm little anxious if I was a Chargers

1324
01:04:02,400 --> 01:04:07,440
Speaker 1: fan about the Chargers as some two score favorite out there. Flacco.

1325
01:04:07,880 --> 01:04:11,520
Speaker 1: Flacco look pretty good last week, I mean, and he's

1326
01:04:11,560 --> 01:04:14,880
Speaker 1: got some weapons. Joey Bosa is back at practice. He

1327
01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:17,240
Speaker 1: says he can't remember when he got a concussion, and

1328
01:04:17,280 --> 01:04:19,440
Speaker 1: he's now been out for three weeks with a concussion,

1329
01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:22,680
Speaker 1: which is a problem um Man. And Chris Harris is

1330
01:04:22,720 --> 01:04:25,040
Speaker 1: back in practice. So those two guys would would help

1331
01:04:25,080 --> 01:04:27,800
Speaker 1: a great deal. But that haircut it's it's not so

1332
01:04:27,960 --> 01:04:32,120
Speaker 1: much the haircut itself as much as the decision making process.

1333
01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:34,400
Speaker 1: I don't know if you guys remember John Lott, the

1334
01:04:34,560 --> 01:04:38,360
Speaker 1: crazy locker like weight room guy who for a while

1335
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:41,560
Speaker 1: the NFL Combine made into a mini celebrity because he

1336
01:04:41,560 --> 01:04:44,240
Speaker 1: would scream and yell and be goofy. He's the guy

1337
01:04:44,320 --> 01:04:46,880
Speaker 1: who cut Justin Herbert's haircut. He just had his strength

1338
01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:49,400
Speaker 1: and conditioning coach cut his hair. And it's like, that's

1339
01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:52,120
Speaker 1: bad decision making. You want something, you want something more

1340
01:04:52,120 --> 01:04:58,160
Speaker 1: out of your quarterback, better stylus. Please, um, all right,

1341
01:04:58,720 --> 01:05:02,080
Speaker 1: don't trust John Lott. I'm come on? Is that if

1342
01:05:02,120 --> 01:05:04,840
Speaker 1: their games? No, we have one more? Mark close it out?

1343
01:05:05,440 --> 01:05:08,240
Speaker 1: What a game it is. It's the Cincinnati Bengals at

1344
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:11,800
Speaker 1: the Washington Football Team. I don't know, I kind of

1345
01:05:11,840 --> 01:05:13,800
Speaker 1: want to see a little more from Zach Taylor. It's like,

1346
01:05:13,880 --> 01:05:15,600
Speaker 1: this is a team that has their quarterback and I

1347
01:05:15,680 --> 01:05:17,800
Speaker 1: get I know they're not a perfect roster, but they

1348
01:05:17,880 --> 01:05:20,600
Speaker 1: play three NFC East teams over the next four weeks.

1349
01:05:21,080 --> 01:05:22,680
Speaker 1: I don't think you have a lot of excuses to

1350
01:05:22,760 --> 01:05:25,080
Speaker 1: come out of this season with you know, two or

1351
01:05:25,120 --> 01:05:27,240
Speaker 1: three wins. Again, I mean show me a little more

1352
01:05:27,320 --> 01:05:30,800
Speaker 1: down the stretch Cincinnati, and it's a good opportunity. Like

1353
01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:39,160
Speaker 1: Washington right now, was that some dogs in Erica's neighborhood

1354
01:05:39,240 --> 01:05:42,040
Speaker 1: or something like that, and let's leave that in our

1355
01:05:42,160 --> 01:05:46,120
Speaker 1: Bengals then drop Ground were so annoying and for that

1356
01:05:46,400 --> 01:05:52,400
Speaker 1: you get the jugular got them go ahead, mark day

1357
01:05:52,440 --> 01:05:55,720
Speaker 1: off for Greg. I don't you know, I don't necessarily

1358
01:05:55,800 --> 01:05:58,320
Speaker 1: know that we need to be down in the Bengal

1359
01:05:58,400 --> 01:06:02,080
Speaker 1: tiger into nothing, but it helps Washington, Gary and cut

1360
01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:05,240
Speaker 1: Christian Is on. I are they they're left tackle Cornelis

1361
01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:07,560
Speaker 1: Lucas was you know, he's week to week that really

1362
01:06:07,600 --> 01:06:10,000
Speaker 1: banged up on their line that said, Um, I don't

1363
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:12,280
Speaker 1: really know where pressure comes from for the Bengals unless

1364
01:06:12,320 --> 01:06:16,200
Speaker 1: you're Karl Lawson. So this game I have apologies to

1365
01:06:16,320 --> 01:06:21,520
Speaker 1: Nick Shook because, uh, you know, it could be worse.

1366
01:06:22,000 --> 01:06:25,439
Speaker 1: It could also be a lot better. Um I try.

1367
01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:27,880
Speaker 1: I feel highly about Nick Shook, so I feel like

1368
01:06:27,920 --> 01:06:30,080
Speaker 1: this is gonna waste some of his time. But um

1369
01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:32,000
Speaker 1: I feel the same way about Washington, Like you know,

1370
01:06:32,440 --> 01:06:34,800
Speaker 1: the whole thing, we're like, we're chasing this division title.

1371
01:06:36,360 --> 01:06:39,360
Speaker 1: Just let's work on building the roster, please. I I don't.

1372
01:06:39,440 --> 01:06:43,440
Speaker 1: I don't understand, like exactly what's going on with Ron

1373
01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:46,000
Speaker 1: Rivera as in some of these coaches that I fall for.

1374
01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:48,720
Speaker 1: I like Ron Rivera ton, but he's sort of the opposite.

1375
01:06:48,720 --> 01:06:50,440
Speaker 1: I feel like there's a lot of old school thinking.

1376
01:06:51,040 --> 01:06:53,760
Speaker 1: Um and you know, even I do like this one

1377
01:06:53,800 --> 01:06:56,960
Speaker 1: little thing that happened last week, which was a key

1378
01:06:57,080 --> 01:07:01,600
Speaker 1: to leave announced the Washington Detroit game and kept calling

1379
01:07:01,720 --> 01:07:05,040
Speaker 1: Scott Turner the son of NORV Turner, young Turner. He

1380
01:07:05,120 --> 01:07:06,960
Speaker 1: never even called him by his first name, just called

1381
01:07:07,040 --> 01:07:09,240
Speaker 1: him young Turner all day long. And it was like

1382
01:07:09,520 --> 01:07:11,720
Speaker 1: I was like kind of tracking the game vaguely, and

1383
01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:13,560
Speaker 1: I was like, who is he talking about that? When

1384
01:07:13,560 --> 01:07:18,400
Speaker 1: I figured out, I'm like, that's wrap name. Uh, Scott

1385
01:07:18,440 --> 01:07:22,320
Speaker 1: Turner's done, okay job. I don't think this game is

1386
01:07:22,360 --> 01:07:26,160
Speaker 1: so bad just because Joe Burrows involved and he's fun,

1387
01:07:26,280 --> 01:07:28,600
Speaker 1: and their offense can be fun when they're not playing

1388
01:07:28,640 --> 01:07:31,440
Speaker 1: the Ravens or Steelers. And I guess I'm buying more

1389
01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:33,800
Speaker 1: into the Alex Smith thing than than everyone else. I've

1390
01:07:33,840 --> 01:07:36,080
Speaker 1: been impressed with how he's played the last two weeks.

1391
01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:39,400
Speaker 1: He to me has looked like the best Washington quarterback,

1392
01:07:39,480 --> 01:07:42,000
Speaker 1: which It's just been this weird turn that the second

1393
01:07:42,040 --> 01:07:45,440
Speaker 1: Alex Smith plays, everyone like stops being impressed by his

1394
01:07:45,560 --> 01:07:48,280
Speaker 1: comeback and is like more dismissive of like this guy's

1395
01:07:48,320 --> 01:07:50,400
Speaker 1: a bum. And I actually I'm thinking, like, I don't know.

1396
01:07:50,480 --> 01:07:52,520
Speaker 1: It kind of looks like Alex Smith always looks, which

1397
01:07:52,560 --> 01:07:55,160
Speaker 1: to me is somewhat impressive in a tough situation. Like

1398
01:07:55,240 --> 01:07:57,840
Speaker 1: they moved the ball really well the whole game against Detroit.

1399
01:07:58,160 --> 01:08:00,520
Speaker 1: Some things went against him. He's not I'm not saying

1400
01:08:00,560 --> 01:08:02,880
Speaker 1: he's a top fifteen quarterback by any means, but I'd

1401
01:08:02,920 --> 01:08:05,000
Speaker 1: like to see him get get a win and and

1402
01:08:05,120 --> 01:08:09,880
Speaker 1: this is certainly an opportunity to get one. Yeah, I

1403
01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:12,240
Speaker 1: think that I'm with you, Like he's gotten back on

1404
01:08:12,320 --> 01:08:15,160
Speaker 1: the field. That was a minor miracle, maybe not even

1405
01:08:15,360 --> 01:08:17,880
Speaker 1: so minor. Uh, he's now played well in a game

1406
01:08:18,120 --> 01:08:22,200
Speaker 1: that was cool. Now get the dub, complete the comeback story.

1407
01:08:23,080 --> 01:08:25,920
Speaker 1: Who knows it would be cynical if you were hop

1408
01:08:25,960 --> 01:08:30,760
Speaker 1: scotched for Comeback Player of the Year. He's gonna have it.

1409
01:08:31,160 --> 01:08:33,360
Speaker 1: I saw somebody on Twitter. I'm trying to think. I

1410
01:08:33,400 --> 01:08:36,080
Speaker 1: don't even I don't remember who tweeted it, but uh,

1411
01:08:36,720 --> 01:08:39,400
Speaker 1: throughout a different player for Comeback Player of the Year.

1412
01:08:39,479 --> 01:08:43,400
Speaker 1: That was I've seen some big Ben love, which seems so,

1413
01:08:43,800 --> 01:08:45,360
Speaker 1: but you're right, then I have to their some. I

1414
01:08:45,439 --> 01:08:48,519
Speaker 1: think people are bettered of the Alex Smith narrative a little,

1415
01:08:48,520 --> 01:08:50,920
Speaker 1: and it's like, let's not lose focus here, like he's

1416
01:08:50,920 --> 01:08:52,760
Speaker 1: the comeback player, all right, let's just hear me out.

1417
01:08:52,880 --> 01:08:54,759
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously you're gonna give it to Alex Smith,

1418
01:08:54,800 --> 01:08:57,920
Speaker 1: and he deserves it. But I don't think it's absurd

1419
01:08:58,320 --> 01:09:00,599
Speaker 1: if big Ben throws thirty eight touched downs and four

1420
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:04,160
Speaker 1: interceptions and the Steelers go fifteen and one, I mean, well,

1421
01:09:04,160 --> 01:09:06,360
Speaker 1: it gets it. He missed the entire year with a

1422
01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:10,160
Speaker 1: he shredded his elbow last season, I mean three legaments

1423
01:09:10,240 --> 01:09:12,880
Speaker 1: torn and he's thirty eight years old. That's that's pretty

1424
01:09:12,880 --> 01:09:14,720
Speaker 1: awesome coming, I know. But in March we're making fun

1425
01:09:14,760 --> 01:09:17,360
Speaker 1: of him for like looking like a four pound mountain man.

1426
01:09:17,479 --> 01:09:21,240
Speaker 1: So it ve know it the narrative, right, it gets

1427
01:09:21,280 --> 01:09:23,400
Speaker 1: to the point which West has always said and me too.

1428
01:09:23,800 --> 01:09:26,000
Speaker 1: Sometimes it's like, what is comeback Player of the Year.

1429
01:09:26,120 --> 01:09:28,800
Speaker 1: It's a morphous It's like one year Philip Rivers won

1430
01:09:28,840 --> 01:09:31,519
Speaker 1: it after being like the twenty second best quarterback to

1431
01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:33,760
Speaker 1: being like that tent and it's like, to me, it's

1432
01:09:33,800 --> 01:09:36,240
Speaker 1: more about the off field what you have overcome, and

1433
01:09:36,360 --> 01:09:39,360
Speaker 1: so that's that's Alex. But that reminds me actually a

1434
01:09:39,400 --> 01:09:41,559
Speaker 1: little bit of of I wish, you know, I always

1435
01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:44,160
Speaker 1: wish West is on the show, But I'm remembering one

1436
01:09:44,200 --> 01:09:45,640
Speaker 1: of the times he was on the show on a

1437
01:09:45,720 --> 01:09:47,720
Speaker 1: Sunday night and he thought it was really important. And

1438
01:09:47,840 --> 01:09:49,439
Speaker 1: this is what gave me a little hint that he

1439
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:51,639
Speaker 1: is kind of buying back into the Bengals. He thought

1440
01:09:51,680 --> 01:09:55,040
Speaker 1: it was really important that Joe Burrow stood up after

1441
01:09:55,280 --> 01:09:58,840
Speaker 1: his total disaster against Baltimore, and the next week he

1442
01:09:58,920 --> 01:10:00,840
Speaker 1: came back out and looked to rific and like you

1443
01:10:00,960 --> 01:10:02,800
Speaker 1: believed in Joe Burrogan. And so he's kind of in

1444
01:10:02,840 --> 01:10:05,599
Speaker 1: a similar spot here too, because Joe Burrow played terribly

1445
01:10:05,720 --> 01:10:07,600
Speaker 1: last week. They all did. I'm not saying, you know

1446
01:10:07,720 --> 01:10:10,080
Speaker 1: you're gonna have rookie moments, but you don't want to

1447
01:10:10,160 --> 01:10:12,840
Speaker 1: totally give him a pass. He looked like a rookie,

1448
01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:14,720
Speaker 1: and so you'd love to see him respond and have

1449
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:16,800
Speaker 1: a nice game. I'd say on a micro level, he's

1450
01:10:16,840 --> 01:10:19,680
Speaker 1: done that inside of games too. No, you are you

1451
01:10:19,720 --> 01:10:22,840
Speaker 1: are right that like watching Burrow is no different than

1452
01:10:22,920 --> 01:10:26,560
Speaker 1: watching some of these other young quarterbacks that stir the imagination.

1453
01:10:26,680 --> 01:10:30,720
Speaker 1: So that was your upside, All right, good stuff, loved it.

1454
01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:33,360
Speaker 1: I have some breaking news for you. I have some

1455
01:10:33,439 --> 01:10:37,880
Speaker 1: breaking news. Dan snow breaking. We might just retape part

1456
01:10:37,920 --> 01:10:40,599
Speaker 1: of the show. So let's see what he's saying. First.

1457
01:10:41,280 --> 01:10:45,639
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater is not expected to play this week. According

1458
01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:49,160
Speaker 1: to our guy Ian Rappaport, that would put in h

1459
01:10:49,520 --> 01:10:52,360
Speaker 1: p J Walker XFL star p J Walker in line

1460
01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:55,720
Speaker 1: to start again. That's tough. So he goes down with

1461
01:10:55,720 --> 01:11:00,280
Speaker 1: the knee injury late in the game on Sunday against

1462
01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:02,479
Speaker 1: the Bucks. Should have been flagged that hit, but that

1463
01:11:02,680 --> 01:11:05,600
Speaker 1: bees should have been flagged. You're right, it's the opposity

1464
01:11:05,640 --> 01:11:08,160
Speaker 1: of the one that he destroyed in practice with the

1465
01:11:08,240 --> 01:11:12,040
Speaker 1: Vikings a few years back. Testing revealed no structural damage.

1466
01:11:12,320 --> 01:11:14,080
Speaker 1: But I guess there must be a little bit more

1467
01:11:14,600 --> 01:11:18,360
Speaker 1: to it, uh than that, which is just disappointing. Puts

1468
01:11:18,439 --> 01:11:21,599
Speaker 1: the Panthers obviously in a very tough spot. Yeah, one

1469
01:11:21,600 --> 01:11:24,439
Speaker 1: of those niece s brains that they have a bye

1470
01:11:24,479 --> 01:11:26,760
Speaker 1: week coming up, not next week, but the week after.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think they're just trying to be careful.

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Speaker 1: But either way, p J Walker was a fun quarterback

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Speaker 1: in the XFL. But the limited samples, that very limited

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Speaker 1: we've seen in the NFL preseason hasn't been overly promising.

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Speaker 1: So p J Walker would have walked to the XFL

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Speaker 1: m v P if that season wasn't rule. Go in

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Speaker 1: a game with p J Walker and people will be impressed.

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Speaker 1: But that that's the news there, alright, good stuff so well,

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Speaker 1: not good stuff. Hopefully Teddy gets back. Um, well, that's

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Speaker 1: I guess he could to be a comeback Player of

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Speaker 1: the Year. He's been back a couple of years now.

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Speaker 1: He's not in the mix, but I think everybody roots

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Speaker 1: for Teddy Bridgewater and you hope this is a short

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Speaker 1: term situation for him. Um, all right, we'll be back. Well,

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Speaker 1: we'll be back in a couple of ways. We'll be

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Speaker 1: back on television on Saturday, Saturday morning on NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: Set your DVRs uh for a little early football talk.

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Speaker 1: It's a version of this very podcast, but it also

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Speaker 1: has some new elements, including a speed round. We do

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Speaker 1: some a little bit of a deep dive on the

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Speaker 1: locks of the week. So it's fun and you get

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Speaker 1: to see these beautiful mugs on your big TV and

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Speaker 1: what what a what a joy that must be for you.

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Speaker 1: So check that out. And then of course on Sunday, uh,

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Speaker 1: the flagship show where we recap every game we just

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Speaker 1: previewed for you today. You had something to add, Mark, No,

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Speaker 1: I'm doing administrative work on the side. I'm not listening

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Speaker 1: to a thing. Come on, mar come on, but I

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Speaker 1: think it'd be great. Please watch us. You know, um

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Speaker 1: read our articles. Uh, you know, fashion your week around us.

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Speaker 1: That's our that's our theme for the week. It is

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Speaker 1: self promotion. Well, Mark, here's it. Well, here's the thing. Mark,

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Speaker 1: you were getting a little upset with some of the

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Speaker 1: promotion from Greg and I earlier. Uh, this is a

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Speaker 1: seriously but for you to promote the network show on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: So get up, get the people excited. What else could

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Speaker 1: they learn from watching the network show? I'd say this.

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Speaker 1: You know, it's been a busy week. Probably if you're

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Speaker 1: a parent, Um, if you're on the on the West coast,

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Speaker 1: you know, you set your alarm for four fifty five am.

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Speaker 1: You get up. The show starts at five in the morning.

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Speaker 1: I can't think of a better way to start a Saturday,

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Speaker 1: four hours earlier than you'd want to. That's a nice cell, Ricky. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So I've got a few things. Um. The week's link

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Speaker 1: obviously is Monday. Make sure you take it, uh, make

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Speaker 1: sure you watch it or DVR it or whatever. And

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Speaker 1: also I have another storybook coming out on nfl UP

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Speaker 1: either tonight or tomorrow. And it is about since an

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Speaker 1: Annie Verse Washington, and you know Joe Burrow and Chase

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Speaker 1: Young first and second overall pick and they both were

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Speaker 1: teammates at Ohio State. So it's got some cool little

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Speaker 1: fun facts in there that you should check out. You're

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Speaker 1: really going for that, Cincinnati, Um, big audience time share there, right,

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Speaker 1: huge ratings Cincinnati. Yes, Joe Burrow you know, made his

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Speaker 1: bones at l s U, but apparently played in another

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Speaker 1: college but he was like red shirt and it really matter.

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Speaker 1: All right, good stuff, all right, um, thank you everybody

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Speaker 1: for listening, Thank you for watching. We love you. Oh

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Speaker 1: and one more thing uh coming up this week, Uh

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Speaker 1: game pass. Everybody overseas outside the US and Canada are

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Speaker 1: game pass um special is going to be landing on

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Speaker 1: your devices, so make sure you check that out. Alright,

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Speaker 1: that's it. All the plugs are out. Dan Hands is

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Speaker 1: signing off for a quiet storm. The old boss, Rocky

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Speaker 1: Holli Wood behind the at Glass until Sunday night,