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Speaker 1: VideA Around the NFL podcast starting a bunch of nerds

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Speaker 1: not true. Welcome to another dish to the Around the

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Speaker 1: NFL Podcast, presented by the United States Marine Corps. My

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Speaker 1: name is Dan Hansus, and I'm joined in a room

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Speaker 1: filled with football players, a little rugged bros. Mark Sessler,

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Speaker 1: Chris Wesley and Greg Rosa thought, what is up boys now?

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Speaker 1: Anyone that's listened to the show, because it comes up

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Speaker 1: as much as he brings up that he lived in England.

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Speaker 1: Mark played football, played running back at the Pop Warner level.

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Speaker 1: Um went on to high school when at a cornerback, cornerback,

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Speaker 1: and I also actually was a right guard for a

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Speaker 1: year or two. That had to be a bad team. Well,

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Speaker 1: everyone weighed about seventy eight pounds, so it was like

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Speaker 1: a different different times. Were you known for shutting down

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Speaker 1: one side of the football field Cessler Island as it were?

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Speaker 1: To be clear? No, Um, Hi, everybody, Hi, everybody, little sins.

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Speaker 1: A little update to the programming. Greg will be joining

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Speaker 1: me tonight. Oh that is an update. Yes, in Mark's place,

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Speaker 1: Mark is hard at work on a long form that

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Speaker 1: about to be he's going to change the world. It's uh,

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Speaker 1: it's caused me some stress, but I'm hoping the final

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Speaker 1: product will tweet about some writer's block. Huh. If you've

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Speaker 1: ever dealt with that, like, I just can't. I can't

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Speaker 1: get out of it. I don't know. Do you know

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Speaker 1: your boy Carolac? Yeah, drag himself to death? Uh, okay,

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Speaker 1: sixty three? Okay, Yeah, that's not what A lot of

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Speaker 1: times you kind of peek artistically and it starts going downhill.

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Speaker 1: I was just putting it out there. Maybe the writer's

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Speaker 1: block doesn't become unblocked. Oh, I've certainly peaked artistically. Nothing better.

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Speaker 1: It's going to be happening at this point. You just

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Speaker 1: a paycheck everything weeks and roll with it. It's a

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Speaker 1: little different lineup on on Thursday night, we asked West actually,

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Speaker 1: but just with the tension between the two of you

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Speaker 1: it was seems smart. Well, the kirks and stuff, just

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Speaker 1: and forth. Of course, though it was it was fine. Now.

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Speaker 1: There times in the history of this podcast where show

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Speaker 1: ended and there was a little tension. I sensed none

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Speaker 1: and check it. I hadn't seen the Sessler eyes the season.

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Speaker 1: They came out in that moment, which I was not expecting.

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Speaker 1: That topic will do it, and it's been doing it

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Speaker 1: every Sunday all season long. I'm with you on that one.

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Speaker 1: This is a interesting week in football. First of all, uh,

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Speaker 1: we have what I call three A plus games, and

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Speaker 1: I was bumping on up. I mean plus you got

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Speaker 1: You got last year's NFC champion. This is really there,

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Speaker 1: especially polished today. What's happening? Yeah, what's going on here?

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Speaker 1: Uh old juicers picking first? And I thought, wow, how

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Speaker 1: Kwan Barkley and ruin your whole season exactly Exactly In

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Speaker 1: my Fantasy League of Record, the guy traded for the

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Speaker 1: we go first overall pick will be forty Niners at STS.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go to ten and two teams huge ramifications

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Speaker 1: Saints passing attack. But to me that the forty Niners

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Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara and Leonard Fournette have the same receiving numbers.

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Speaker 1: like Evan Silva calling Taysom Hill the fantasy football version

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Speaker 1: Kittle is now you know, another week healthier. This is

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Speaker 1: a team that's battled through so much. I'm really just

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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna get Matt Breeda back. But do

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Speaker 1: There's I think they're outside zone running. Is is a

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Speaker 1: good matchup this week against the Saints team who's so

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Speaker 1: little hurt like they're playing Kik Alons a little too much.

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Speaker 1: Like I like this matchup for the forty nineers. I

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Speaker 1: wants them to do. I mean, you they were waxed

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Speaker 1: by Baltimore fair they I thought Houston won decisively, And

427
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Speaker 1: if you are the Chiefs, I would do what Houston didn't,

428
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Speaker 1: which is employe absolute total aggression to make sure that

429
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Speaker 1: all your weapons are maximized. And then if you're the

430
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Speaker 1: Patriots and you've lost to those three teams, I just

431
00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,280
Speaker 1: don't see you the same way. Now, Can they flip

432
00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:42,800
Speaker 1: the switch and do what they always do? Sure? No,

433
00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,320
Speaker 1: it'd be ah. They'll have played the three division leaders

434
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Speaker 1: in the a f C all in the second half

435
00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,479
Speaker 1: of their season. If you go oh and three in

436
00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,880
Speaker 1: that stretch, that that says a lot about their team.

437
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,919
Speaker 1: And West has already told you they're gonna go on

438
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Speaker 1: to Cincinnati and lose this time around last I'm not

439
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:05,159
Speaker 1: locking that up, but it is. I'm standing the thing

440
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,040
Speaker 1: we talked about last week where Brady is always like

441
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,560
Speaker 1: pointing at the receivers in the middle of the plays.

442
00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,879
Speaker 1: Not to go back to uh, you know my co

443
00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:15,359
Speaker 1: host Andrew Hawkins on game debut, but he said he

444
00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,920
Speaker 1: said he compared. Okay, he compared, and I thought it

445
00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:20,639
Speaker 1: was such a great He compared being on the Kyle

446
00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,480
Speaker 1: Shanahan offense too. What the Patriots doing. He says, in

447
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,720
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan's offense, every single play there's a right answer

448
00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,680
Speaker 1: for the quarterback, Like that's why he loves Kirk Cousins

449
00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,760
Speaker 1: because Kirk Cousins does exactly what he's supposed to do.

450
00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,280
Speaker 1: There there is an exact right answer. And in the

451
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Speaker 1: Patriots offense, the right answer is whatever Tom Brady wants

452
00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 1: you to do. And you have to just know. You

453
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,720
Speaker 1: have to figure out and see everything the way Tom

454
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Speaker 1: Brady wants you to do. And I think Jimmy G

455
00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:49,800
Speaker 1: was good at that too. He had a good feel

456
00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,600
Speaker 1: and that's why they loved Jimmy G. But these these receivers,

457
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,920
Speaker 1: and Brady is certainly part of it, it's just they're

458
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,000
Speaker 1: not like they're not seeing it the same way to

459
00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,359
Speaker 1: new Yeah, it's sort of rookies. Harry has kind of

460
00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,719
Speaker 1: been a little bit of a not a disaster, but

461
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,280
Speaker 1: for a first round pick, he's not helping them. It's

462
00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,439
Speaker 1: sort of like if the receiver comes to an open space,

463
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,200
Speaker 1: Tom Brady wants him to sit right there, right because

464
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Speaker 1: you're open. That's what I'm seeing. It's all based on

465
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Speaker 1: the coverage and it's all after the snap. It's all

466
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Speaker 1: after the snap, seeing what the defense is doing and

467
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Speaker 1: adjusting based on that. And when they're not on the

468
00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,639
Speaker 1: same page, then Tom Brady can look forty two and

469
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:26,360
Speaker 1: will that all be sorted out three and a half

470
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Speaker 1: weeks from now when we're rolling into January. Possibly they

471
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:31,879
Speaker 1: have gotten up Super Bowls with like you know, pretty

472
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Speaker 1: bad receiver groups, but their defense, the defense has to

473
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Speaker 1: be dominant and the formula, and they're also in a

474
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Speaker 1: strong running game at which they don't have. And your

475
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Speaker 1: point about the receivers and Brady not being on the

476
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 1: same page. You have tweeted it, and Bill Barnwell wrote

477
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Speaker 1: like a deep dive on what's going on with the

478
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Speaker 1: Pats offense this past week. He cited that tweet of yours, Greg,

479
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Speaker 1: which I'm sure you know and you went like this

480
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Speaker 1: when you were yes, hell yeah. I also mentioned it

481
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Speaker 1: on ESPN Daily at times. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, Um,

482
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,080
Speaker 1: he wrote, you know, he was digging in on the

483
00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,000
Speaker 1: whole thing, and and he did point out something just

484
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,760
Speaker 1: to tell you how inept that offense was before they

485
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,960
Speaker 1: tacked on those touchdowns at the end. Before the three

486
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,280
Speaker 1: late scoring drives against the Texans, Brady was nine for

487
00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:17,360
Speaker 1: ninety yards with an interception and at least two other

488
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,000
Speaker 1: picks that were either dropped or taken away by penalty.

489
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Speaker 1: This is Tom Brady and the paper taken away by

490
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Speaker 1: penalty in late November, early December. This is happening. So

491
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:27,919
Speaker 1: it does feel a little bit different, which does not

492
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Speaker 1: mean and also one of the things Barnwell pointed out,

493
00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:32,480
Speaker 1: he doesn't need to become Tom Brady again. Look at

494
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:35,560
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl fifty champion broncos of Peyton Manning. But

495
00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 1: you know that was a historic defense. Maybe the Patriots

496
00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:42,399
Speaker 1: are too, but um, they have work to do. Put

497
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:43,880
Speaker 1: it that way. I think we all are in agreement

498
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,720
Speaker 1: that this is not if it stays the way it

499
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,920
Speaker 1: is now, such a game. This is the biggest game

500
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Speaker 1: left I think on the a f C conference slate,

501
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:56,000
Speaker 1: because if the Patriots lose, the Dubai is wide open.

502
00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,560
Speaker 1: There oh and three against the division winners. It almost

503
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,840
Speaker 1: feels like two obvious of a changing of the guard

504
00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:04,120
Speaker 1: situation and I and they need to buy They need it.

505
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Speaker 1: If they win, though they have a great you know,

506
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:10,160
Speaker 1: they're in great position for the bye and and everything

507
00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:11,880
Speaker 1: is fine, they need to run the ball. I think

508
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:13,880
Speaker 1: which team can run the ball a little bit better,

509
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 1: because that's that's where the weaknesses of these defenses might win.

510
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:19,640
Speaker 1: I think you guys all take in the Chiefs. No,

511
00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,080
Speaker 1: not Boxborow effect. That can't do it. I'm taking the

512
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:23,960
Speaker 1: Patriots in a tight one put An eight and five

513
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,720
Speaker 1: Chiefs team raises some questions. Patriots are in the middle

514
00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:30,560
Speaker 1: of a very long winning streak. That's like not a

515
00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:33,439
Speaker 1: big story because they've done. I think they're they have

516
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 1: the third longest winning home winning streak ever right now,

517
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,520
Speaker 1: but the the top four winning streaks at home of

518
00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:44,159
Speaker 1: all time are all Bill Belichick, Tom Brady. Patriots just

519
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 1: unbelievable stack. I'm not gonna lock up refused to root

520
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,159
Speaker 1: for them, but this feels like a game. I know

521
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 1: this feels different, but a game They're gonna rise, rise

522
00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:56,880
Speaker 1: up and win. And I will say this the Chiefs,

523
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Speaker 1: they're they're done in terms of any aspirations of more

524
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,880
Speaker 1: than one home game. They're gonna win the FC West,

525
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,040
Speaker 1: but if they fall to eight and five, they'll end

526
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,480
Speaker 1: up being a tenant six, eleven and five UM team

527
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 1: that has to go on the road twice to get

528
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Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl, which is not going to be

529
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Speaker 1: are we allowed to lock this game? I'm gonna lock

530
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,760
Speaker 1: it up for the Patriots. Okay. I was like, I

531
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,560
Speaker 1: didn't even know which way you're gonna go. Yeah, they're

532
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 1: not even uh vegas in their direction? All right, West,

533
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 1: I could see that going very poorly by the way

534
00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:31,840
Speaker 1: people keep misreading the Patriots. West, you are, Oh, Mark,

535
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,160
Speaker 1: did that just give you a little chill? Like a

536
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,440
Speaker 1: month straight of people acting like the Patriots are still

537
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,520
Speaker 1: the Patriots and they haven't played like that? So but

538
00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: West put that lock trophy on my desk, which I

539
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:43,679
Speaker 1: did not like that move, and I have not won since.

540
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,680
Speaker 1: So it's a tail spin as sounds like almost want

541
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:49,240
Speaker 1: to do a lock off. I mean you already said

542
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:53,480
Speaker 1: they were gonna go three, already locked the Cowboys this week. Okay, okay, okay,

543
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,399
Speaker 1: West go uh we wanted we have to take one

544
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,639
Speaker 1: of these late games to four o'clock games because there

545
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 1: are four, so we each have to take one, I

546
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,840
Speaker 1: think in order for that. And you might think Titans

547
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 1: Raiders is the best of these left, but I'm going

548
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:12,640
Speaker 1: with team I've been tracking all year, the Pittsburgh Steelers

549
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 1: duck at the Arizona Cardinals a little Duck versus Kyler

550
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 1: Murray action. Get to watch that Steelers defense on a

551
00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:25,119
Speaker 1: grass field. Oh, this is playing grad field us. My

552
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,080
Speaker 1: draft board just opened up. Well, I think the whole

553
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:30,159
Speaker 1: draft board is open at this point. It was like

554
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 1: three games and then everything else was equal after that.

555
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,360
Speaker 1: I have a bombshell to drop right after this game.

556
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,639
Speaker 1: But go on, Well, I think the Steelers this in

557
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,200
Speaker 1: the old Mike Tomlin days before this year, when he's

558
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,200
Speaker 1: getting Coach of the Year consideration, this was the trap

559
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,200
Speaker 1: game they would always fall for on the road against

560
00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,480
Speaker 1: a bad team. They would lose these games constantly. Seemed

561
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:52,280
Speaker 1: like every year they would lose these games. And I

562
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 1: wonder if they're sort of impervious to that this year

563
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: because they've been doubted all year. There's no I don't

564
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 1: think they've had a full head all year, and they

565
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:04,640
Speaker 1: have different They don't have Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, Levy

566
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 1: on Bill. They're not supposed to be beating up on

567
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 1: these bad teams to the point where they were just

568
00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,920
Speaker 1: expected to. Whereas K would say, it's supposed to game

569
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 1: and they're supposed to win this game. Because the Cardinals,

570
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 1: we gave them credit for playing teams tough, but they

571
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,360
Speaker 1: got whitewashed last week. That was the game last year

572
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 1: was the Raiders where they went in and got nipped

573
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:28,520
Speaker 1: by Oakland. I like the Pittsburgh obviously ended Cleveland season

574
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,080
Speaker 1: a week ago, and you know it was coming out

575
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,600
Speaker 1: of last year to your yes they didn't, it's over,

576
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: even if they want it's done, it's done. But you

577
00:28:37,840 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 1: know that the narrative around Pittsburgh last year was that

578
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 1: Tomlin was overseeing a circus, that there was a lack

579
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 1: of discipline and there were too many hotheads and there

580
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: was in fighting. Well, I feel like if you are

581
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 1: signing up for the Mike Tomlin experience, where he's at

582
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 1: right now and where he has this team mentally, their

583
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 1: mental toughness, Like that game against Cleveland, they just willed

584
00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:58,880
Speaker 1: themselves to win with a bunch of guys who wouldn't

585
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,000
Speaker 1: even be starting another team. That doesn't happen like it's

586
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: it wasn't that was this embarrassing a game for Cleveland

587
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,760
Speaker 1: as there is because they were out coached from head

588
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 1: to toe after the after the ten minute mark of

589
00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 1: the first quarter. It's what I think Steelers fans love

590
00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,760
Speaker 1: this team. I mean, I was I couldn't have personally

591
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 1: been more wrong about this team and the Steelers fans

592
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 1: because they were so confident this type of run would happen.

593
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: But they've they've had such dominant teams that often fall

594
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 1: short or like they're supposed to be great and fall short.

595
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 1: That as a fan experience, and even Mike tom and

596
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,280
Speaker 1: you can hear it in his voice their love in

597
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 1: this because this is like, this is like football, you know.

598
00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 1: I think it just reminds them it's a it's a

599
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: team game. And their defense, which we've been talking about it,

600
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: I mean it, it's I don't think the Patriots defense

601
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 1: is any better than the Steelers. I don't really think

602
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 1: the forty I think the forty Niners are a little

603
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 1: better than them both because they're just so talented. But

604
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 1: the Steelers are in that conversation as the best in

605
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 1: the entire league. Yeah, I think this is the ball

606
00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 1: Hawk defense ever since MACA. Fitzpatrick got there. And you've

607
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,680
Speaker 1: got the reigning a FC Defensive Player of the Month,

608
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 1: t J. Watt, who should be getting I think he's

609
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: got to be in the defensive player of the year conversation.

610
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 1: They've got a couple of guys, who is the defensive

611
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 1: player of the year that I thought about it, I

612
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,760
Speaker 1: think right now for me it would be what Jordan's

613
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:20,560
Speaker 1: Stefan Gilmore and um In Zadarius Smith because I think

614
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: I'm gonna write about it on Monday. So I started

615
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,280
Speaker 1: thinking about, you know, who would I put? Aaron Donald

616
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: might be in that mix. Go you know, well, we'll

617
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: talk about Donald. It's crazy, like we talked about the

618
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 1: Boast appearance at this point, their children making so much money.

619
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Speaker 1: You just sit back and you drink rose and think

620
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: about the Watts. I'd have two sons. They got three.

621
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Speaker 1: I mean, don't forget about old Bobby Watt and in

622
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: Los Angeles. Sounds pot but it is like historical to

623
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,680
Speaker 1: have two brothers win to a part of the Chris

624
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:54,000
Speaker 1: Grundkowski All Stars. He's been in the NFL for three years.

625
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 1: He's a fullback on the Chargers. I mean, that's a

626
00:30:55,800 --> 00:31:00,000
Speaker 1: great accomplishment. I'm just saying he's out there. He's a specialty.

627
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: Have to remember again another example of good teams stay good,

628
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 1: bad teams stay bad. Handwringing about oh yeah, Steelers trade

629
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 1: at the top five, it's gonna be like overall pick

630
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 1: for a all pro cornerback. It's a good trade, It's amazing.

631
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 1: It's a great matchup for your boy Duck too, because

632
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 1: the Cardinals give up passing yards more than anyone, so

633
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 1: you know, Duck Duck could be flying out there. Oh yeah,

634
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:28,480
Speaker 1: that's that's high on my list. So well done, all right, Ricky.

635
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 1: Before we moved to round two in the snake, let's

636
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,480
Speaker 1: checking with the YouTubers. Yeah, a bunch of people have

637
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: asked greg where you come down on young thug. Um.

638
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: I'm not a huge you know, I I like him,

639
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: but I'm not a huge fan. A bunch of people

640
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: asked that I might have been the same guy a

641
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: couple of times. Yeah, because he likes wrap. Um let's

642
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 1: see what else? Oh yeah, a lot. I respect him,

643
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,400
Speaker 1: but I almost I'm too old for young thug. You know,

644
00:31:55,400 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 1: that's not quite in my middle aged thug. Um. At

645
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,360
Speaker 1: least I didn't say flies like a duck or whatever

646
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 1: like Gregor said that was that was a class right. Um.

647
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 1: But Dan, a lot of people are wondering what you're

648
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 1: going to do with your conditional you know trade that

649
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: you made with Mark Lass. That's right. In fact, you

650
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 1: forgot to tell you just that went into overtime almost

651
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 1: you came close on him, close to really clean it

652
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 1: up there. It's not conditional. The conditional was if it

653
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 1: went to overtime, I would get your first round pick,

654
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,960
Speaker 1: which it did not obviously, but a part of the

655
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: trade terms is that we were swapping second round picks.

656
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,880
Speaker 1: So uh we are I am moving ahead of you,

657
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:42,680
Speaker 1: which has huge ramifications potentially as round two. Well yeah,

658
00:32:42,720 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: I mean you could you could say eight other things

659
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,920
Speaker 1: are happening that you just drag me wherever you need to.

660
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 1: I don't remember how this trade went down. I know

661
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 1: I didn't do whatever you say. Dan also says you

662
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: should tell Dan he's having just a so so hair day.

663
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 1: You know what, I noticed the same thing when I

664
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: caught brought a couple of glances in the monitor. And

665
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 1: I will tell you that me, Jack and Harry have

666
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:08,160
Speaker 1: an appointment with Brett over at jack Barbershop UH in

667
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: Westchester on Friday tomorrow, so that will be record that.

668
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:17,560
Speaker 1: That's how you grow like a great hair tradition, hair family.

669
00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 1: You three of you all going together to get the haircut.

670
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: You know, That's that's how you keep the tradition going.

671
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: No it's I'm instilling it in them that it's important too.

672
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 1: Are they going to have your hair though? Or Emily's parents? Uh,

673
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 1: they're both in good shape. I can't I can't speak

674
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:42,480
Speaker 1: to that. I hope they did. Let's check back in years. Well,

675
00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 1: you love them just like a little less if they

676
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 1: don't have your hair. I mean, who the sun that

677
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 1: has the better hairline is gonna, you know, probably get

678
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 1: more of the inheritance. I would think, all right, West,

679
00:33:53,080 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 1: it's snakes to you once again. All right? That was

680
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 1: the copper head a snake cow oh. I thought that

681
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 1: was some kind of Star Wars beast from the bar scene.

682
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:08,920
Speaker 1: We're not allowed to talk about that film. I mean,

683
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:13,440
Speaker 1: we've got two Yodas. Now, why is this. I've been

684
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: dealing with one Yoda for forty years. You have not

685
00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,680
Speaker 1: been dealing and now I have another Yoda that's all

686
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:24,319
Speaker 1: over my timeline. It's a baby Yoda. It's like, I'll

687
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:25,919
Speaker 1: give you, I'll give you this. It's being a little

688
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,800
Speaker 1: bit overplayed on Twitter. But the idea that the first

689
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: Yoda was some sort of taxing deal for you, You've

690
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,200
Speaker 1: never even watched the film. I mean, I think skated

691
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 1: by I have not skated. I've been, you know, living

692
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,640
Speaker 1: with this Star Wars thing all around me, burying me

693
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:46,280
Speaker 1: for three decades. Star Wars season. It is Star Wars.

694
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 1: It's no longer Holiday season, Star Wars season. And it's

695
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,880
Speaker 1: nothing personal towards you, Mark Star Wars fans. I'm one

696
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,960
Speaker 1: of the biggest critics of the many missteps the franchise

697
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 1: has made. But the fact that it bothers you so much,

698
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,480
Speaker 1: is it? It is? Is? I understand that it's just

699
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 1: one of those things. As somebody that likes to be

700
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 1: plugged into pop culture. If I'm going on websites and

701
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 1: I'm following different people on Twitter and that's all that

702
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 1: keeps coming at me. I mean, you have a movie

703
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 1: that's coming out right, correct, the final I Don't Walker

704
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 1: or whatever, and then you have the Netflix or the

705
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,879
Speaker 1: Disney Plus show that just seems a lot. I mean,

706
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 1: here's the thing. Studios are looking to make money apparently,

707
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 1: and that's what this that's what's happening here. They're looking

708
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 1: to make that coin and they are oh, they're making coin. Well, Apple,

709
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 1: make a good movie. I'd like to see that happen.

710
00:35:34,120 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 1: First again, I'll be critical. Are you optimistic? About the

711
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 1: final Skywalker. The Rise of sky is the Rise Skywalker,

712
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,200
Speaker 1: The Rise of Skywalker. Not even vaguely is he gonna

713
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 1: have his hand in this one? He lost the hand

714
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:47,479
Speaker 1: that one. He is not even alive at this point.

715
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 1: He's a it's not him. This is like your relation

716
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 1: the Browns. At this point, you're like put so much

717
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 1: into it and then these things that begins with childhood

718
00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: and the adult version is often there's disenchantment, disillusionment. All right,

719
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,320
Speaker 1: we're falling behind pace here, let's go. It's another another

720
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:07,960
Speaker 1: draft pick that may invite derision, but it checks a

721
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 1: lot of my boxes. Midwest grass Field, one of my

722
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:15,879
Speaker 1: favorite teams, the Washington Redskins at the Green Bay Pack

723
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 1: and the Redskins I thought last week it's finally an

724
00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 1: encouraging game for what's left of their fan base as

725
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:27,720
Speaker 1: far as maybe getting can get an offensive nucleus. Darius

726
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: Geiss looked fantastic um as a power runner, Terry McLarin

727
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:36,399
Speaker 1: making big plays again, and there were three straight tight

728
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 1: window lasers in a two minute drill from Dwayne Haskins

729
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 1: where they finally you got this sense, hey, if you

730
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: wanted to say, this guy landed in the wrong place

731
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 1: because all he does is sit back in eye formation

732
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:51,960
Speaker 1: and hand the ball to Adrian Peterson. Were Darius Guy, sure,

733
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 1: but you put him in that spread attack in a

734
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,520
Speaker 1: two minute drill up tempo, he looks like a totally different,

735
00:36:56,520 --> 00:36:59,359
Speaker 1: confident quarterback and I want to see more of that.

736
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: For the first time all year, I thought maybe the

737
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: Redskins are playing their best quarterback because the difference in

738
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:08,000
Speaker 1: arm strength between Dwayne Haskins and Kyle Allen in that

739
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 1: game was stark. He's got a great arm I think

740
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: he's had about three plays every week that you know,

741
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 1: sometimes you make too much out of these plays. But

742
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 1: when you're a fan of a team, if if you're

743
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 1: a Washington fan, you see those three plays, you get excited,

744
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: But then you also think that he's gonna be in

745
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,880
Speaker 1: a totally different offense next year, and you don't know

746
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,239
Speaker 1: what he's gonna look like. I still think this could

747
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 1: be a tricky game for Green Bay because they they're

748
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: bad against the run, and this is the team you

749
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 1: do not want to face when you're bad against the run.

750
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: We said the same thing about Carolina a week ago,

751
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 1: and you know, Callahan, I mean, if if Brian Florence

752
00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 1: is getting love at three and nine for coach of

753
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 1: the Year. How about Callahan, He's three and four. Why

754
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,479
Speaker 1: don't we just give every coach? I'm joking. I don't

755
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,839
Speaker 1: really believe that, but he took over No. And five team.

756
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 1: I would have not a guess that they would have

757
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 1: three wins at this point, and that that I actually believe.

758
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: Let's say that they keep this game interesting. I could

759
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:01,840
Speaker 1: just see a being close, kind of kind of like

760
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:05,720
Speaker 1: Giants Packers was into the fourth quarter. But Haskins fumbling

761
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,640
Speaker 1: three times and throwing four interceptions in this game. I mean,

762
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: that's on the tipe. I was stunned this week. Barnwell, uh,

763
00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,520
Speaker 1: you know, to give him another shout out, he wrote

764
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,239
Speaker 1: that the NFC East out of division record is the

765
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 1: second worst in NFL history. So this is one of

766
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 1: the worst divisions in NFL history the NFC East right now,

767
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 1: and the Red Skins are carrying the load. They've won

768
00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 1: a couple of games out of division the last couple

769
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:36,879
Speaker 1: of weeks. Uh. Any other thoughts. I like this game

770
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 1: from Mike Petton. Haskins for his you know upside has

771
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: been sacked eighteen times in his first four starts, and

772
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,880
Speaker 1: if you want a little late seasons as there Za,

773
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,920
Speaker 1: Darius Smith and Preston Smith, this might be the right setting,

774
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 1: the right game for that to happen. I'm not I'm

775
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,960
Speaker 1: still not sure what this if. This Packers team is good.

776
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: They remind me a little bit of the Patriots, where

777
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: I'm not sure what we have with the Patriots or

778
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 1: the Packers yet, Bob mcginns and any out. They're just

779
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: the healthiest team in the year and they have good

780
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: turnover margin. But they're not You look at them and

781
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 1: you I don't put them with the best teams. They're inconsistent.

782
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 1: On offense, they you can't ever bank on either the

783
00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,359
Speaker 1: running game or the passing game guaranteed to work that week.

784
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:16,919
Speaker 1: And on defense, they don't stop the run and they're

785
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 1: they have vulnerabilities in their secondary too. So what are

786
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: the out The wood is out in this game, by

787
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 1: the way, That's what I'm saying. I don't, I don't

788
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 1: whatever that means. Uh, you know, I'm going I'm going

789
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:34,760
Speaker 1: with the fighting Callahans, Wait what dr Rainmaker has spoken?

790
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:41,440
Speaker 1: Justnning game and who knows? Okay, not outright, Okay, Packers

791
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: lose this there's gonna be a total just to keep

792
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 1: it close. All right, Greg, You're up, I am up,

793
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna take Deshaun Watson facing off against Drew

794
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:53,839
Speaker 1: Lock and the Broncos. I need an early game, and

795
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 1: the Texans are the best team left on the board

796
00:39:56,719 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 1: that's playing early. I don't think this is going to

797
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,600
Speaker 1: be competitive though, which you know, it takes a little

798
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 1: shine off it because I don't think Drew Lock, just

799
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 1: based on that first game, is ready to be part

800
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 1: of a team that wins against a good team on

801
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 1: the road. He had a a thirty two yard throw

802
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,359
Speaker 1: to end the first half that was pointless. I don't

803
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:20,840
Speaker 1: know why they didn't throw a hail mary with his

804
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,280
Speaker 1: big arm, but he just picked up thirty two yards.

805
00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 1: And his other twenty seven passes they gained a hundred

806
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:29,800
Speaker 1: yards hundred and two yards, three point one yards per attempt.

807
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: You know, they just started blitzing him. Gus Bradley did

808
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 1: like crazy, and every time they blitzed he just either

809
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 1: ran or dumped it off for about three yards and

810
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 1: he just it just doesn't seem like he's ready to

811
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:43,320
Speaker 1: go play a good Texans I mean, first of the

812
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 1: NFL game, and he I get it. I'm partly basing

813
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,320
Speaker 1: it on. Yeah, he struggled in training camps, coaching staff

814
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: didn't seem in love with him. He struggled in the preseason.

815
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 1: And it's just a lot to ask, you know what

816
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:55,920
Speaker 1: he could use like a beard. I don't know if

817
00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:58,400
Speaker 1: he can grow one. We're talking about this last this

818
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:01,879
Speaker 1: he have. Does he have the look? Was the guy

819
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:03,319
Speaker 1: that you could You think I should talk to him,

820
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,200
Speaker 1: just say how how big it's been for me and

821
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,799
Speaker 1: in my life. And the oil just said not even

822
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:12,160
Speaker 1: take some of your stationary you have with your logo

823
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:15,919
Speaker 1: on top and then just uh say good luck kid,

824
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:18,200
Speaker 1: and then just have the bottle of the board. Would

825
00:41:18,239 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 1: my logo be just like three three G s. I

826
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 1: can imagine it. That's good. Does anybody herebody on Twitter

827
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,520
Speaker 1: is now going to make your logo? Does anybody here

828
00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,279
Speaker 1: trust the Texans defense the rest of the season, not

829
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,360
Speaker 1: just in a game where they're facing a rookie quarterback,

830
00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:34,120
Speaker 1: but do you trust this when you talk about where

831
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:37,120
Speaker 1: the Texans are in relation to the Chiefs and Ravens,

832
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,680
Speaker 1: do you trust this defense? No? But they've been a

833
00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 1: pleasant surprise since J. J. Watt has been out there

834
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 1: twenty seven and waited d v o it. They traded

835
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,959
Speaker 1: for for hard Graves and Conley gave him a little

836
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 1: bit of depth and they they've made it work more

837
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: than I would have expected. They've actually been better without J. J. Watt,

838
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,239
Speaker 1: which small sample size, but for what you know, just

839
00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 1: in terms of the total defense, they've had better games

840
00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:02,840
Speaker 1: without him, which is bizarre. How about this, The Ravens

841
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 1: would give them a lot of trouble, but Ravens are

842
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 1: getting everybody a lot of trouble. Right. But if you

843
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:10,719
Speaker 1: look at the rest of the a f C playoff picture, Patriots,

844
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:16,760
Speaker 1: we saw they could throttle them, um, the Steelers, the Bills, Chiefs,

845
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Can they stop the Chiefs in a big game?

846
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 1: The Chiefs, I think they could play up to their potential,

847
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:26,320
Speaker 1: They probably cannot. I think they're kind of a matchup

848
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 1: team with in a perfect world with Romeo Cornell that

849
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,399
Speaker 1: you get J. J. Watt back for the playoffs, which

850
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,279
Speaker 1: is something we haven't mentioned on this show, but Ian

851
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:37,480
Speaker 1: Rappaport said that he's trending that way with the oction

852
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,839
Speaker 1: of J. J. Are you getting after that injury? We'll

853
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 1: see they beat the Chiefs. I just you know, this week,

854
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:47,800
Speaker 1: you're you're counting on skangs old Rich Scangarrello to provide

855
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,239
Speaker 1: a schematic advantage for his young quarterback and they haven't

856
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:53,879
Speaker 1: shown that they're able to do that. All right, Uh,

857
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 1: here we go, the trade was made. I move up

858
00:42:57,200 --> 00:43:00,920
Speaker 1: one spot and that works out for me because Titans

859
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: at Raiders is my pick. Yeah, I thought you were

860
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:06,400
Speaker 1: gonna you were gonna take that right him, Um, I

861
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 1: will grab it. I needed a late game, and that

862
00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:12,440
Speaker 1: is a B plus game in my mind, and in

863
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:16,640
Speaker 1: my mind, I believe that the Raiders outscored was it

864
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: seventy to twelve the last two weeks? Are an easy

865
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 1: team to disregard, and conversely, the Titans are a team

866
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:30,480
Speaker 1: that would be impossible to disregard based on how they've

867
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:35,759
Speaker 1: been playing over the last several weeks. Um. And yet,

868
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:39,080
Speaker 1: why do I have a weird feeling that the Raiders

869
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:44,279
Speaker 1: are gonna do something here? I don't know, but it's

870
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:46,680
Speaker 1: just it's nothing, really more than a hunch, because how

871
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:48,719
Speaker 1: could you look at anything the Raiders did the last

872
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:52,080
Speaker 1: two weeks? Uh and get excited about him? But I

873
00:43:52,080 --> 00:43:56,120
Speaker 1: will say this, Tennessee, it's traveling across the country. They've

874
00:43:56,320 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 1: they've been playing well this season of the last month.

875
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:02,960
Speaker 1: But you know, do I think they're they're now a superpower?

876
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:04,919
Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know if I can google

877
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 1: that far. And the Raiders, Yes, they've talked about it

878
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:09,920
Speaker 1: all season. They are. They are a rock um in

879
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 1: terms of their home play, their ability to hang with teams,

880
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:16,840
Speaker 1: to just play at a different level. And for that reason,

881
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 1: I think everyone's gonna be picking the Titans in this

882
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 1: game and writing off the Raiders, and I get that,

883
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 1: but I don't necessarily see that way. I see this

884
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:27,040
Speaker 1: as a close game. West. I imagine you disagree heartily. No,

885
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:30,200
Speaker 1: I think the Raiders have been they've been jackling hide

886
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 1: and they've been the good team at home. Like, what

887
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:34,759
Speaker 1: are they five and one at home and one in

888
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 1: five on the road or something. They've been terrible on

889
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 1: the road, But I don't think you can overlook them

890
00:44:39,560 --> 00:44:41,360
Speaker 1: at home. And the Titans aren't that good where you

891
00:44:41,400 --> 00:44:44,720
Speaker 1: say they're gonna roll in there and just dominate the Raiders.

892
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:46,799
Speaker 1: I think these are two pretty close teams, and the

893
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:50,760
Speaker 1: Titans are better on a neutral field, but it wouldn't

894
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 1: shock me at the Raiders win this game, certainly not.

895
00:44:52,760 --> 00:44:56,279
Speaker 1: I think Tennessee is obviously transformed with Ryan Tannehill. They

896
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 1: are averaging just a tick under thirty points per game

897
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 1: with tanne Old during his five and one run with

898
00:45:02,239 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 1: the Titans, which is bested by only one team, the Ravens.

899
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:08,800
Speaker 1: And I always thought that this was a defensive oriented

900
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:11,239
Speaker 1: team and that was their strength. But Derrick Henry makes

901
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:14,880
Speaker 1: anything possible, and you know, you can get to Tannehill.

902
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:18,239
Speaker 1: He was sacked six times last week, But ken can

903
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:20,919
Speaker 1: the Raiders. Though maybe the Raiders have had some good

904
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 1: moments with Clellen Ferrell and and in m A x X,

905
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 1: I like him. I think it's a tough magic. I

906
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,440
Speaker 1: do think you can kind of disregard the Raiders and

907
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 1: expect them to lose. I mean, the point differential here

908
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:35,440
Speaker 1: like between these two teams is like a hundred and

909
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:38,439
Speaker 1: thirty on the year. The Titans are playing well, and

910
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 1: I think the way to beat the Titans throw the

911
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 1: ball on him. You know, it's been very tough to

912
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 1: beat the Titans running this year. They're one of the

913
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:48,359
Speaker 1: best run defenses in the league, and so you would

914
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:50,400
Speaker 1: think they'll be able to slow down Josh Jacobs and

915
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:52,720
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs. Kind of all the Raiders have Derek Carr.

916
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,520
Speaker 1: He's just not finding open receivers because after Hunter Renfrog

917
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:58,640
Speaker 1: got hurt. I actually think that that was a big factor.

918
00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:02,840
Speaker 1: You know, you, I know you don't have anyone. You

919
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: have Tyrone Williams, and that's it. You're you trade for

920
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 1: Za Jones, one of the biggest wide receiver busts in

921
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 1: the last few years, and you're playing him sixty snaps

922
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 1: a game with no production. You've got no one to

923
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:16,560
Speaker 1: throw to other than waller. Derek Carrier's garbage time touchdown

924
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:20,480
Speaker 1: last week was the first for the Raiders in seven plays.

925
00:46:20,600 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 1: That's two games where they had a seven minute field

926
00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:25,920
Speaker 1: goal drive down thirty four nothing that that was the

927
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 1: moment I was like, this team, I don't want to

928
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:30,840
Speaker 1: watch him anymore, all right. I think I said the

929
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,920
Speaker 1: Titans should be expected to come in and throw all

930
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:34,640
Speaker 1: the Raiders, and I don't like that. Josh. You find

931
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:37,120
Speaker 1: out that Josh Jacobs has been playing with a fractured shoulder.

932
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,840
Speaker 1: Yes he's tough, but you're mentioning like the you know,

933
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:45,439
Speaker 1: in general, if you're a shoulder injury with a running back,

934
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: that's about the worst kind of They've had some close games,

935
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:52,280
Speaker 1: but Tannehills Titans are five and one. The Titans things

936
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 1: can change in a hurry, though, real quick. They have

937
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:57,760
Speaker 1: the toughest schedule in the league on strength of schedule.

938
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 1: After this week after the Raiders, they home at Houston

939
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,600
Speaker 1: home Saints at Houston. So you gotta win this. You

940
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:07,560
Speaker 1: gotta win this game. And the Raiders, it goes without

941
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:09,760
Speaker 1: saying that there's a dirt knap game for them because

942
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 1: even if if they lost this game, even if they

943
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:13,880
Speaker 1: want out that the Titans, who are going to go

944
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:15,960
Speaker 1: nine and seven, we know that they would have the

945
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:19,360
Speaker 1: tiebreaker at nine and seven. So it's almost it's almost

946
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,920
Speaker 1: a double dirt that they're not the Mariota Titans anymore.

947
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:23,719
Speaker 1: They could I know, I get that they could do

948
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:25,440
Speaker 1: a tenancy. They could do it. It's kind of take

949
00:47:25,520 --> 00:47:27,319
Speaker 1: that and I think the way things are looking, but

950
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: you know what, I I just feel it. It's in

951
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: my bones. I'm locking up the Raiders silver and black.

952
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:36,799
Speaker 1: It is not a small thing that it is their

953
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,040
Speaker 1: second to last home game ever in Oakland, and I'm

954
00:47:39,040 --> 00:47:40,719
Speaker 1: locking it up for you, Mark because I want you

955
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 1: to go to Oakland with a lot on the line.

956
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 1: That's what you're you're you said you were having um

957
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:51,920
Speaker 1: writer's block for no guarantee. You're writing about the Raiders

958
00:47:52,239 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 1: final season or final games in Oakland. Yes, but there's

959
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: a two part thing. The first is a multi voiced

960
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:01,719
Speaker 1: like X Raiders type look back at the team and

961
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:04,440
Speaker 1: the experience with Oakland. I love part so no, I

962
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:07,480
Speaker 1: think I would love that black last game in Oakland

963
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:09,759
Speaker 1: to have meaning. That's not too much to ask. It's

964
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:12,440
Speaker 1: a special relations I I feel like if you had to,

965
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 1: if you were if you had to choose one team

966
00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:18,359
Speaker 1: to tell the entire story of the NFL, it would

967
00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:21,440
Speaker 1: be the Oakland Raiders. To me, they are they are

968
00:48:21,520 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: kind of The Packers would be the other one that

969
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:25,680
Speaker 1: comes to mind. But to me, they've just encompassed so much,

970
00:48:25,719 --> 00:48:27,520
Speaker 1: and that I I don't know. I love the more

971
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:30,399
Speaker 1: you dig in, it's like it becomes a relationship. It's

972
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,279
Speaker 1: pretty pretty in depth. I had a bunch of weird

973
00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:34,399
Speaker 1: dreams last night. Whenever I fall asleep on my couch

974
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:35,880
Speaker 1: in my living room, which I try not to do,

975
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 1: but it happens sometimes I have weird dreams. One dream,

976
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:41,280
Speaker 1: the one that caused me to get up out of

977
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:45,239
Speaker 1: off the couch and going to bed. Um was my

978
00:48:45,440 --> 00:48:49,720
Speaker 1: friend Bob and I were driving down a Los Angeles

979
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:52,200
Speaker 1: freeway and he's like, oh, you're getting onto the one

980
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:54,080
Speaker 1: ten and I said yeah, yeah, and then I lost

981
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:56,040
Speaker 1: my bearings and then the last thing I heard was

982
00:48:56,680 --> 00:49:00,560
Speaker 1: underwater and then I shot up out of the couch. Nightmare.

983
00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:02,879
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, we've been told by NFL people

984
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,200
Speaker 1: that you're not supposed to talk about me means including

985
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:10,560
Speaker 1: that the other one, and this is really weird. Mark Um, Okay,

986
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 1: I was in the newsroom. Now I'm I'm slumbering in

987
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:17,760
Speaker 1: my bed next to my wife. Everything's fine. The dream

988
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:21,160
Speaker 1: is you turn in and turned in the copy of

989
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:23,560
Speaker 1: this long form. I am not making this up. And

990
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:27,239
Speaker 1: Ali was like, man, that was really good, dude, that

991
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:29,520
Speaker 1: was really good. That was the whole dream. It was

992
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:31,560
Speaker 1: whatever it was, it was a snippet of a dreams

993
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:35,000
Speaker 1: pleasant than the than the underwater one. Well, yeah, I

994
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:37,640
Speaker 1: mean I had this offset to put more pressure on you,

995
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:41,360
Speaker 1: but that that happened is encouraging. It's had a bizarre

996
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:43,200
Speaker 1: dream where you woke up and like you cannot of

997
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:46,480
Speaker 1: a of a yellow snake, climbing up my arm and

998
00:49:46,560 --> 00:49:48,719
Speaker 1: licking my arm. But it was a nice snake, but

999
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:50,399
Speaker 1: it was still very odd. So this is a much

1000
00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:52,640
Speaker 1: more positive dream. Why am I telling you that that

1001
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:55,520
Speaker 1: happened to me? Then you woke up and Simone was

1002
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:59,000
Speaker 1: licking your arm? Not true? Not true, and probably not.

1003
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:06,919
Speaker 1: How was that in this show? Yes, not the case. Yeah,

1004
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:13,719
Speaker 1: I locked up the Raiders. Mark, you're picking in my spot. Well,

1005
00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:15,759
Speaker 1: I'm looking at these late games. I really have only

1006
00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:17,960
Speaker 1: one option here and I do not want to go

1007
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 1: deal with the Chargers again, and that was what I

1008
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:23,880
Speaker 1: was hoping to avoid. They tested my patients last week

1009
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: with the way that they coached that entire game. It's

1010
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:31,439
Speaker 1: hard to watch Philip Rivers slowly dissemble into a non

1011
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 1: quarterback drive by drive. But the upside here is you

1012
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:38,200
Speaker 1: do get Gardner Minshew, which I'm excited about. What I

1013
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:41,200
Speaker 1: don't like, though, is that you know it's going to

1014
00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:44,080
Speaker 1: be and there's some Gardener Minshew backlash at times in

1015
00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:47,480
Speaker 1: this room. He's in a terrible environment right now to succeed.

1016
00:50:47,520 --> 00:50:49,600
Speaker 1: I just don't like anything that the Jaguars are doing.

1017
00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:52,200
Speaker 1: They can't run the ball, they can't stop the run. Obviously,

1018
00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,360
Speaker 1: their defense is a hot mess. Greg. I think you

1019
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:57,280
Speaker 1: mentioned them as the thirties second best team in football

1020
00:50:57,360 --> 00:50:59,680
Speaker 1: right now. Best is the word. I think you're right

1021
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:01,799
Speaker 1: about that with the way they played over the last month.

1022
00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:05,359
Speaker 1: So this is one of those games which terrible four

1023
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:07,480
Speaker 1: and eight team is gonna work its way out of

1024
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:09,719
Speaker 1: what has been a terrible past few months. I mean

1025
00:51:09,719 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 1: the Chargers that coach both coaching staffs could be gone

1026
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:14,840
Speaker 1: after this season. Number one. I would say that's an

1027
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,840
Speaker 1: automatic for Doug Maron and maybe even higher up with

1028
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:21,080
Speaker 1: the GM and Tom Coughlin for the Chargers. What's your argument?

1029
00:51:21,120 --> 00:51:23,399
Speaker 1: All of their losses, all eight losses have come by

1030
00:51:23,400 --> 00:51:26,560
Speaker 1: one score, so you're not getting blown out, but you're

1031
00:51:26,560 --> 00:51:28,440
Speaker 1: not finding a way to win those games either, And

1032
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:31,319
Speaker 1: that's very Chargers esque. But they have not solved any

1033
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 1: of those issues. They've only become more magnetized. To listen,

1034
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,279
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna put on rivers or anything, but I

1035
00:51:38,280 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 1: feel like this has been going on forever and ever,

1036
00:51:40,280 --> 00:51:43,080
Speaker 1: and last year was the opposite which slipped under the radar.

1037
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:45,960
Speaker 1: They were almost unbeaten in one score games and they

1038
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:47,759
Speaker 1: went twelve and four, and I thought I had one

1039
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:49,880
Speaker 1: of the best coach playoff wins against the Ravens two

1040
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:52,040
Speaker 1: and so that's what you're you know, if you're Anthony Lynn,

1041
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:54,200
Speaker 1: You're you're pointing to the last year, and you're pointing

1042
00:51:54,200 --> 00:51:56,759
Speaker 1: that they haven't had their whole team together from each

1043
00:51:56,800 --> 00:51:58,480
Speaker 1: of the year. They are healthier than they've been all year.

1044
00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:01,360
Speaker 1: They have both their starting safeties, both their starting tackles.

1045
00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:06,279
Speaker 1: Said they should win. This game didn't really register with

1046
00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:08,520
Speaker 1: me last week. But I think we'd be talking about

1047
00:52:08,840 --> 00:52:12,480
Speaker 1: a quarterback benching if not for DeVante Bookers roughing the

1048
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:17,560
Speaker 1: punter penalty that saved Rivers from going three and out.

1049
00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:21,360
Speaker 1: I mean, it saved him. And if you watch that game,

1050
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:25,040
Speaker 1: and this goes back a few weeks now, it's it's

1051
00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 1: a little troublesome that almost all the Chargers big plays

1052
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:30,960
Speaker 1: are just Rivers finding wide open receivers. That's the only

1053
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:33,400
Speaker 1: time they really moved the ball is when the receivers

1054
00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:35,759
Speaker 1: get wide open. I don't know what that says about

1055
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:39,440
Speaker 1: his arm strength these days. All right, let us move on.

1056
00:52:39,840 --> 00:52:46,080
Speaker 1: I now pick again, and I will that's a snake,

1057
00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:49,120
Speaker 1: not a traditional snake either, because Mark was in between.

1058
00:52:49,520 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 1: But that's all right, let's cool. I mean you you've

1059
00:52:54,600 --> 00:52:59,120
Speaker 1: orchestrated this scenario. It was either that or lick Mark's arms.

1060
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:03,560
Speaker 1: Uh yeah, grabbed Dolphins Jets. Good job, just me being selfless.

1061
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:05,600
Speaker 1: And this is this is the sign of two things

1062
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:10,320
Speaker 1: to the sign of two things. One that it's another

1063
00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:12,919
Speaker 1: lost season for the Jets and the Dolphins, and two

1064
00:53:12,920 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 1: that we're winding down the season when Jeff Greenholtz, who

1065
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:19,440
Speaker 1: runs the NFL media research, grew up and they do

1066
00:53:19,480 --> 00:53:23,040
Speaker 1: a great job. When every um entry on the pages

1067
00:53:23,440 --> 00:53:25,320
Speaker 1: here it is, by the way, if you're watching on YouTube,

1068
00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:29,920
Speaker 1: this is just great stuff. Week after week. Um, they

1069
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:32,600
Speaker 1: have a storyline section on the first page, and usually

1070
00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:37,200
Speaker 1: there's three storylines, uh, the Greenholtz Gang. One storyline, battle

1071
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:40,160
Speaker 1: of a f C East teams looking to end twenty

1072
00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:43,800
Speaker 1: nineteen on a positive note. Well, it's ultimately like they're

1073
00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:47,000
Speaker 1: they're ultimately making this for people that are on television

1074
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:49,560
Speaker 1: and they know no one is talking about this game

1075
00:53:49,600 --> 00:53:51,160
Speaker 1: and not a lot of air time. Al right, so

1076
00:53:51,200 --> 00:53:53,720
Speaker 1: I won't give it a lot of airtime either here, um,

1077
00:53:53,760 --> 00:53:56,879
Speaker 1: other than to tell you that since week nine, both

1078
00:53:56,920 --> 00:53:59,680
Speaker 1: these teams have won three and three of five. But

1079
00:54:00,080 --> 00:54:02,560
Speaker 1: most people aren't looking at these teams the same way

1080
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:05,239
Speaker 1: because the nature of the Jets lost last week against Cincinnati,

1081
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:07,759
Speaker 1: which I don't know if I mentioned it on Sunday,

1082
00:54:07,800 --> 00:54:10,440
Speaker 1: but they didn't reach the red zone against an O

1083
00:54:10,560 --> 00:54:15,080
Speaker 1: and eleven team. Adam Gates has found ways even even

1084
00:54:15,120 --> 00:54:18,160
Speaker 1: with them playing better. Too, when it goes bad, it

1085
00:54:18,640 --> 00:54:21,640
Speaker 1: goes really bad. And yet I think they'll win because

1086
00:54:21,680 --> 00:54:24,840
Speaker 1: for all the progress the Dolphins have made on offense

1087
00:54:25,320 --> 00:54:28,120
Speaker 1: in the passing game, there's been no progress with their defense.

1088
00:54:28,239 --> 00:54:30,440
Speaker 1: They're probably they would still in my choice as the

1089
00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:32,960
Speaker 1: worst defense in the league. So it's a it's a

1090
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:35,319
Speaker 1: it should be an afternoon for Sammy d to get right.

1091
00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:38,280
Speaker 1: I hope so Jamal Jamal Adams more most likely. Also

1092
00:54:38,360 --> 00:54:41,520
Speaker 1: so um you would think Ryan Fitzpatrick, who has been

1093
00:54:41,520 --> 00:54:44,160
Speaker 1: fun to watch this year as he usually is, will

1094
00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:46,640
Speaker 1: do some damage. I see this game, it's at the

1095
00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:49,720
Speaker 1: metal ends. The Dolphins already have a win over the Jets.

1096
00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:51,719
Speaker 1: I think the Jets can win this game. But it's

1097
00:54:52,480 --> 00:54:54,000
Speaker 1: I'd say one thing. We talked about a lot of

1098
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:57,440
Speaker 1: revenge games, and to me, it's like, oh, a team, uh,

1099
00:54:57,520 --> 00:54:59,200
Speaker 1: you know, part of ways with you after you made

1100
00:54:59,239 --> 00:55:01,880
Speaker 1: millions of dollar. I don't view that as necessarily the

1101
00:55:01,920 --> 00:55:05,480
Speaker 1: construct of human revenge in most cases. But DeVante Parker

1102
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,480
Speaker 1: is a little bit different because the Adam Gaze Davante

1103
00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:11,239
Speaker 1: Parker relationship was about as bad as it gets. He

1104
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:13,320
Speaker 1: was trade bait. No one wanted him to you know,

1105
00:55:13,360 --> 00:55:15,520
Speaker 1: There's all these things going on, and he's played really

1106
00:55:15,560 --> 00:55:17,520
Speaker 1: well of late, and so this is one that I

1107
00:55:17,560 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 1: do buy into as a revenge factor. Fitzpatrick said he

1108
00:55:20,680 --> 00:55:22,759
Speaker 1: thinks he's playing better now than he's ever been. His

1109
00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:25,480
Speaker 1: confidence that is at an all time high, and it's

1110
00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:27,600
Speaker 1: odd that it's when he's surrounded by the worst talent

1111
00:55:27,640 --> 00:55:30,640
Speaker 1: of his career. It's also I don't want to see

1112
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:34,440
Speaker 1: anybody copy what the Dolphins front office did, but I

1113
00:55:34,480 --> 00:55:36,400
Speaker 1: do want to see teams that are out of it

1114
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:38,319
Speaker 1: and have no chance to start to copy how their

1115
00:55:38,360 --> 00:55:41,319
Speaker 1: coaching staff is and how their quarterback is on third

1116
00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:44,239
Speaker 1: and long, throwing at fifty yards downfield, not worrying about

1117
00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:48,080
Speaker 1: interceptions on all four downs, pulling out all the stops

1118
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:50,400
Speaker 1: and going for it and throwing deep and seeing what happens.

1119
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:52,520
Speaker 1: What do you have to lose? It's an entertaining brand

1120
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:55,560
Speaker 1: of football. I kind of like watching the Dolphins at

1121
00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:58,360
Speaker 1: this point when they have nothing to lose, Well, they

1122
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:02,680
Speaker 1: couldn't run for five yards against the four of us

1123
00:56:03,040 --> 00:56:05,520
Speaker 1: leaning into it, He's right, I'm sure. I just went

1124
00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:08,040
Speaker 1: to check out nfl dot coms QB index. To me,

1125
00:56:08,120 --> 00:56:11,759
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick should be in the top fifteen this year. Who

1126
00:56:12,719 --> 00:56:15,160
Speaker 1: I think he's playing outstanding? Is that a nice year?

1127
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:20,400
Speaker 1: His his his counting numbers aren't great, which I imagine

1128
00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:22,839
Speaker 1: is playing into why he's not high, but he keeps

1129
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:24,520
Speaker 1: them in every game. And you know, I know it

1130
00:56:24,520 --> 00:56:26,920
Speaker 1: sounds crazy, but it's like Josh Allen's thirteen and Derek

1131
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:29,880
Speaker 1: Carr's fourteen. To me, Ryan Fitzpatrick has outplayed those two

1132
00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:32,120
Speaker 1: guys this year. And when he plays like he did

1133
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:36,200
Speaker 1: um on Sunday, you know, not making mistakes, it it

1134
00:56:36,239 --> 00:56:38,880
Speaker 1: did remind me of that fits Magic season. When he

1135
00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:40,800
Speaker 1: gets hot. He's just such a fun guy to watch

1136
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:43,120
Speaker 1: and he's got the moxie and or last year, the

1137
00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:46,279
Speaker 1: first month with the Buccaneers and even with this Dolphins team,

1138
00:56:46,320 --> 00:56:48,200
Speaker 1: there's bound to be recreshing to the mean when you're

1139
00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:50,239
Speaker 1: throwing caution to the wind every time you drop back.

1140
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:53,240
Speaker 1: Is DeVante Parker before we move on, is he unique

1141
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:56,239
Speaker 1: in recent NFL history is a first round pick that

1142
00:56:56,360 --> 00:57:01,640
Speaker 1: broke out in his fifth year. Yea is at a breakdown? Yeah,

1143
00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:07,239
Speaker 1: well he is. But it's also like if you could

1144
00:57:07,440 --> 00:57:09,879
Speaker 1: if you're a wide receiver and you draw up a contract, yere,

1145
00:57:10,280 --> 00:57:13,040
Speaker 1: you want Ryan Fitzpatrick or Jamis Winston throwing you the

1146
00:57:13,040 --> 00:57:15,279
Speaker 1: ball because it doesn't matter if you're covered or not.

1147
00:57:15,440 --> 00:57:17,200
Speaker 1: They're just throwing it deep and allowing you to make

1148
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:20,040
Speaker 1: a play. So it's sort of outside normal football and

1149
00:57:20,080 --> 00:57:23,000
Speaker 1: it's allowing you to pull the showcase of your skills. Absolutely,

1150
00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:26,280
Speaker 1: he's got great catch skills at the point of the catch.

1151
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:28,680
Speaker 1: I wonder if his route running is up to pall

1152
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:32,720
Speaker 1: He might be a free agent bust as well. The

1153
00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:35,160
Speaker 1: Dolphins smartly signed him to it. He already was a

1154
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:37,080
Speaker 1: free agent. They signed him to a very cheap two

1155
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:39,440
Speaker 1: year contract, so he will not be a freedom He'll

1156
00:57:39,480 --> 00:57:42,080
Speaker 1: be on that team at a very low price of

1157
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:45,240
Speaker 1: like six million dollars for a productive player. For the record,

1158
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:50,360
Speaker 1: he's projected right now touchdowns. Um, all right, let's move

1159
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:53,840
Speaker 1: on Mark. All right, Well, I'm gonna take Bengals at

1160
00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:58,800
Speaker 1: Brown's obviously, and uh, this to me, if the Browns

1161
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:02,120
Speaker 1: were still allowed. It is a selfless move, much to

1162
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:05,800
Speaker 1: mirroring yours. Uh, it's this would be trap game material

1163
00:58:05,840 --> 00:58:08,480
Speaker 1: if the Browns actually were involved in something that a

1164
00:58:08,480 --> 00:58:10,960
Speaker 1: trap would trap them at this point because I could

1165
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:14,720
Speaker 1: tell I number one, I'm I guarantee, I guarantee the

1166
00:58:14,760 --> 00:58:17,960
Speaker 1: Browns and Bengals will split this season. So either they're

1167
00:58:17,960 --> 00:58:20,920
Speaker 1: gonna lose to Cincinnati this time or in week seventeen.

1168
00:58:21,200 --> 00:58:24,840
Speaker 1: Can you imagine the atmosphere in Cleveland and the heat

1169
00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:27,440
Speaker 1: around Freddie Kitchens that the Browns were to lose this

1170
00:58:27,480 --> 00:58:30,080
Speaker 1: game to Cincinnati. I know what had It helps that

1171
00:58:30,120 --> 00:58:32,800
Speaker 1: they aren't winless after beating the Jets, but I could

1172
00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:35,240
Speaker 1: totally see it. The one the one thing, though, if

1173
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:37,680
Speaker 1: you're the one the good for all the negativity around

1174
00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:40,480
Speaker 1: the Browns, the same things have been good kind of

1175
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:43,080
Speaker 1: week after week over the past month, and it's been tumultuous.

1176
00:58:43,080 --> 00:58:47,320
Speaker 1: But Nick Chubb, Jarvis Landry is having an absolutely insane season.

1177
00:58:47,360 --> 00:58:49,880
Speaker 1: He made a toe tapping catch last week that it's

1178
00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:52,000
Speaker 1: up there with the best catches you'll see all season.

1179
00:58:52,320 --> 00:58:54,640
Speaker 1: And for all the you know, for Odell Beckham is

1180
00:58:54,680 --> 00:58:58,800
Speaker 1: totally vanished, Jarvis Landry has not, and I do believe

1181
00:58:58,840 --> 00:59:01,520
Speaker 1: that they can score points and put Cincinnati in a

1182
00:59:01,520 --> 00:59:03,960
Speaker 1: bad place here, But you don't see any continuity with

1183
00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:05,920
Speaker 1: their offense from one quarter to the next. They went

1184
00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:08,400
Speaker 1: completely to sleep against Pittsburgh, and I could see it

1185
00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:11,400
Speaker 1: happening again. The Bengals defense has not been has not

1186
00:59:11,480 --> 00:59:13,040
Speaker 1: been a problem in the past few weeks. No, the

1187
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:15,439
Speaker 1: defensive line is playing really well, Dune Lap. I think

1188
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:17,720
Speaker 1: guy player of the week Gino Atkins is playing fine,

1189
00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:21,280
Speaker 1: and Sam Hubbard's playing really well. The way Dalton played

1190
00:59:21,360 --> 00:59:24,680
Speaker 1: last week, where he feels he's no longer the culprit

1191
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:27,080
Speaker 1: there like he was early in the season. Nobody's pointing

1192
00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:29,040
Speaker 1: the finger at him. Everybody knows they're playing their best

1193
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:32,840
Speaker 1: quarterback now. Uh I. Just the way the Bengals have

1194
00:59:32,880 --> 00:59:36,000
Speaker 1: operated over the past thirty years, it would not surprise

1195
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:38,440
Speaker 1: me if they go back in on any Dalton next

1196
00:59:38,520 --> 00:59:41,440
Speaker 1: year in draft Chase Young. It just would not surprise

1197
00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:43,479
Speaker 1: me to see Andy Dalton under center for this team

1198
00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:46,640
Speaker 1: next year. I uh, I think it's a tough spot.

1199
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:50,320
Speaker 1: I the new the new red rifle, red rifle two

1200
00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:53,880
Speaker 1: point oh playing free, playing aggressive, Their defense is playing better.

1201
00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:57,560
Speaker 1: I picked the Bengals to win this game, and I

1202
00:59:57,640 --> 00:59:59,560
Speaker 1: just don't think it'd be that. I don't think it'd

1203
00:59:59,600 --> 01:00:02,720
Speaker 1: be that shot sucking. If it's shocking to me, I

1204
01:00:02,720 --> 01:00:04,320
Speaker 1: don't think you want to play the Bengals right now.

1205
01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:06,720
Speaker 1: The I think Nick Job could have a huge game here.

1206
01:00:06,880 --> 01:00:09,600
Speaker 1: You know, they the Jets. They did a terrible job

1207
01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:12,600
Speaker 1: last week with I think they had seven carries in

1208
01:00:12,640 --> 01:00:14,520
Speaker 1: the first half and then the game got a head handed. Well,

1209
01:00:14,520 --> 01:00:16,680
Speaker 1: that's why I love you. On Bell was rightfully annoyed.

1210
01:00:16,720 --> 01:00:18,080
Speaker 1: I think by the way he was used right. But

1211
01:00:18,160 --> 01:00:21,000
Speaker 1: running up the middle of the Bengals are not that bad.

1212
01:00:21,360 --> 01:00:23,520
Speaker 1: But running if you can get around the edge on them,

1213
01:00:23,600 --> 01:00:26,840
Speaker 1: they average teams are averaging over seven yards of carry

1214
01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:29,480
Speaker 1: when they run to the outside, I would imagine. I

1215
01:00:29,480 --> 01:00:32,720
Speaker 1: think I don't trust this Cleveland coaching staff um at all,

1216
01:00:33,040 --> 01:00:35,760
Speaker 1: but that but that's a pretty that seems like a

1217
01:00:35,840 --> 01:00:38,000
Speaker 1: no brainer that they're going to pound the rock, and

1218
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:40,640
Speaker 1: especially with Baker Mayfield banged up. I mean, I think

1219
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:42,760
Speaker 1: the Browns win, but who knows what I mean, Mix

1220
01:00:42,920 --> 01:00:44,720
Speaker 1: is playing pretty great throwing this out there. I don't

1221
01:00:44,720 --> 01:00:47,160
Speaker 1: really trust the Bengals coaching staff either. You're not running

1222
01:00:47,160 --> 01:00:49,680
Speaker 1: into a Sean Payton esque scenario here, but I mean

1223
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:54,760
Speaker 1: just personnelity. I don't either, but it shocked me what

1224
01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:58,600
Speaker 1: huge favorites the Bengals. The Browns are in this game

1225
01:00:58,680 --> 01:01:03,320
Speaker 1: like Monster and I just checked, uh, you know with

1226
01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:06,439
Speaker 1: with Erica and Dr Rainmaker might not be on the board,

1227
01:01:06,440 --> 01:01:09,160
Speaker 1: but Dr Rainmaker isn't about you know, the sound effects

1228
01:01:09,240 --> 01:01:11,000
Speaker 1: or anything. I'm just feeling the flow right now. I

1229
01:01:11,040 --> 01:01:13,200
Speaker 1: haven't felt like anything like this all year. I think

1230
01:01:13,240 --> 01:01:18,360
Speaker 1: the Begels are gonna do it drop. You know, I

1231
01:01:18,440 --> 01:01:20,960
Speaker 1: got to Hollywood. It got to Hollywood, and now we're

1232
01:01:20,960 --> 01:01:26,160
Speaker 1: bringing it back tood original basics. But by the way,

1233
01:01:26,160 --> 01:01:29,320
Speaker 1: it means that the Browns will cover with these based

1234
01:01:29,320 --> 01:01:32,680
Speaker 1: on Xty exactly. Now I'm feeling good about this. Browns

1235
01:01:32,720 --> 01:01:37,960
Speaker 1: came Um all right, let us move on. Picking next

1236
01:01:38,080 --> 01:01:43,280
Speaker 1: is Greg I will take the Panthers Falcons in the

1237
01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:48,120
Speaker 1: early window. Knocked that game out. Two teams not going anywhere.

1238
01:01:48,120 --> 01:01:50,520
Speaker 1: In embarrassment for these two teams that they're not even

1239
01:01:50,560 --> 01:01:53,080
Speaker 1: in the NFC South race in a season that Teddy

1240
01:01:53,080 --> 01:01:55,760
Speaker 1: Bridgewater started five games for the Saints. They should be

1241
01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:58,200
Speaker 1: ashamed of themselves. And I guess people are losing their jobs.

1242
01:01:58,200 --> 01:02:01,120
Speaker 1: So I shouldn't bury him too hard. They're getting too late.

1243
01:02:01,120 --> 01:02:03,120
Speaker 1: You did it. They're getting punished. Falcons are a little healthier.

1244
01:02:03,160 --> 01:02:06,360
Speaker 1: Austin Hooper and Julio Jones looks like they will both

1245
01:02:06,360 --> 01:02:08,680
Speaker 1: be back for this game, which is pretty significant. Has

1246
01:02:08,680 --> 01:02:11,560
Speaker 1: anyone ever been more of a slam dunk to get

1247
01:02:11,600 --> 01:02:15,160
Speaker 1: fired and immediately rehired than Ron Rivera? I I do

1248
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:17,360
Speaker 1: not remember a head coach, and there's a credit to

1249
01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:19,840
Speaker 1: the man. I don't remember a head coach that's ever

1250
01:02:19,960 --> 01:02:25,200
Speaker 1: had this much praise thrown upon him after being fired

1251
01:02:25,240 --> 01:02:28,880
Speaker 1: as Ron Rivera. And it just tells you how well

1252
01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:31,800
Speaker 1: respected he is as a man inside and outside that building.

1253
01:02:32,080 --> 01:02:35,240
Speaker 1: And given his track record, the fact that he's uh,

1254
01:02:35,240 --> 01:02:36,960
Speaker 1: he's two Coach of the Year awards, the fact that

1255
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:40,280
Speaker 1: the Panthers have been consistently competitive for the most part

1256
01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:42,000
Speaker 1: in his nine years, the fact that he went to

1257
01:02:42,040 --> 01:02:45,440
Speaker 1: Super Ball. He's a slam dunk higher for a team, Uh,

1258
01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:48,080
Speaker 1: come January. I mean maybe Jimmy Johnson, but you gotta

1259
01:02:48,080 --> 01:02:50,440
Speaker 1: go back. There's these cases are few and far between.

1260
01:02:50,480 --> 01:02:52,560
Speaker 1: I'm totally with you. I think teams are already looking

1261
01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:54,920
Speaker 1: at their and battled coaches thinking what do we need

1262
01:02:54,960 --> 01:02:57,080
Speaker 1: to do to make sure we're in this conversation for

1263
01:02:57,200 --> 01:03:00,800
Speaker 1: Ron Rivera right now versus clinging to our eating away coaching.

1264
01:03:00,960 --> 01:03:03,160
Speaker 1: I I am with that, and I feel like I've

1265
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Speaker 1: always been really pro Ron Rivera, but it at least

1266
01:03:06,800 --> 01:03:09,200
Speaker 1: should be pointed out. He coached nine seasons and they

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Speaker 1: had a winning record, and three of them, I mean

1268
01:03:11,240 --> 01:03:13,960
Speaker 1: they the Panthers fans I feel like feel a little

1269
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:19,520
Speaker 1: differently about that is a fact that, as a factual statement,

1270
01:03:19,520 --> 01:03:20,800
Speaker 1: he won Coach of the Year and two of them

1271
01:03:20,800 --> 01:03:22,960
Speaker 1: he won a division with a losing record. Once they

1272
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:26,880
Speaker 1: had some mainten aids painting it. Painting it is. He

1273
01:03:26,960 --> 01:03:29,400
Speaker 1: had the tenth best record in the league during the

1274
01:03:29,440 --> 01:03:34,160
Speaker 1: time he was in Carol Best Wheat, I think exactly.

1275
01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:36,400
Speaker 1: I think that's exactly where he is, like the tenth

1276
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:39,600
Speaker 1: best and and worth that pretty good. A lot of

1277
01:03:39,640 --> 01:03:43,000
Speaker 1: owners would sign up fast experience, absolutely, but they weren't

1278
01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:46,560
Speaker 1: like a consistent winner, like let's you know, let's compare

1279
01:03:46,720 --> 01:03:49,480
Speaker 1: to guys like Andy Reid or Sean Payton who have

1280
01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:51,080
Speaker 1: won less Coach of the Year. It's like, it's it's

1281
01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:54,000
Speaker 1: not at that level. Your theory, he's a defensive coach

1282
01:03:54,040 --> 01:03:56,280
Speaker 1: and that is less reliable from year to year, should

1283
01:03:56,320 --> 01:03:58,920
Speaker 1: be said. He also took over two and fourteen, absolutely

1284
01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:01,880
Speaker 1: the rookie quarterback. Uh, six and ten, seven or nine,

1285
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:04,040
Speaker 1: twelve and four, seven, eight and one, fifteen and one,

1286
01:04:04,360 --> 01:04:06,360
Speaker 1: six and ten, eleven and five, seven and nine. But

1287
01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:08,320
Speaker 1: he didn't start winning until he had that epiphany. So

1288
01:04:08,360 --> 01:04:10,000
Speaker 1: you gotta give him a few year out there before

1289
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:12,560
Speaker 1: he started, you know, becoming riverboat. He also you know,

1290
01:04:12,640 --> 01:04:17,240
Speaker 1: he had four playoff appearances in five years, uh in Carolina,

1291
01:04:17,360 --> 01:04:20,200
Speaker 1: which was I believe they have four in their previous

1292
01:04:20,280 --> 01:04:24,080
Speaker 1: sixteen years combined. Um, okay, anything else on that correct?

1293
01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:27,440
Speaker 1: Let us Kyle Allen seeing ghost hearing footsteps fleet in

1294
01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:29,280
Speaker 1: the pocket too early. It was the first time all

1295
01:04:29,360 --> 01:04:30,920
Speaker 1: year where I thought maybe they ought to give Will

1296
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:35,160
Speaker 1: Greer a look. That's maybe he will week seventeen, something

1297
01:04:35,200 --> 01:04:38,640
Speaker 1: like that. All right, West Europe, Uh, We're gonna take

1298
01:04:38,720 --> 01:04:42,160
Speaker 1: colts at Buccaneers. I love these Buccaneers right now. Like

1299
01:04:42,200 --> 01:04:43,760
Speaker 1: that's a great pick up for you West this late

1300
01:04:43,760 --> 01:04:46,080
Speaker 1: in the draft. Oh yeah, I'm loving my draft so far.

1301
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:50,280
Speaker 1: Not bad for the midground. Yes, I said a month ago,

1302
01:04:50,280 --> 01:04:52,760
Speaker 1: I'm all in on the Buccaneers and they have been

1303
01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:55,400
Speaker 1: one of the best teams in football over that stretch.

1304
01:04:55,480 --> 01:04:57,400
Speaker 1: They are, I believe three and one in that stretch.

1305
01:04:57,720 --> 01:05:00,520
Speaker 1: The defense is just coming alive. Devin hy just got

1306
01:05:00,600 --> 01:05:04,920
Speaker 1: named NFC Rookie of the Month, and he's a guy

1307
01:05:05,000 --> 01:05:08,240
Speaker 1: who I think he's gonna over pursue at times. He's

1308
01:05:08,240 --> 01:05:11,000
Speaker 1: gonna miss some plays, but he's also playing with an

1309
01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:14,440
Speaker 1: aggressiveness and a confidence and a speed where he's running

1310
01:05:14,480 --> 01:05:18,000
Speaker 1: through ball carriers. He's getting to the ball. Uh, he's

1311
01:05:18,000 --> 01:05:20,120
Speaker 1: getting to open spaces where the ball is and letting

1312
01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:22,600
Speaker 1: his instincts shine through. He's he looks like an old

1313
01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:25,880
Speaker 1: school middle linebacker to me, where he's just sideline to sideline,

1314
01:05:26,280 --> 01:05:29,760
Speaker 1: running through people. And I love watching him play. JPP

1315
01:05:29,960 --> 01:05:33,560
Speaker 1: playing with his hair on fire. Shack Barrett, Let's let's

1316
01:05:33,640 --> 01:05:38,000
Speaker 1: use a different Okay, that's it's better than his hand

1317
01:05:38,040 --> 01:05:41,640
Speaker 1: on fire. All right, That's all right. That's all I

1318
01:05:41,680 --> 01:05:44,920
Speaker 1: have to say about the Bucks. That front seven is parocious.

1319
01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:47,800
Speaker 1: Right next sideswiped. That was like a shack Therett, sack

1320
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:50,880
Speaker 1: right there. That was business, your classic berserker team. When

1321
01:05:50,920 --> 01:05:53,880
Speaker 1: we talk about the definition of a relatively you know,

1322
01:05:53,960 --> 01:05:56,040
Speaker 1: it's annoying that the record is what it is, because

1323
01:05:56,080 --> 01:05:58,160
Speaker 1: if they had been playing this way the entire year,

1324
01:05:58,440 --> 01:06:00,560
Speaker 1: you could flip flop that record potential. Remember the team

1325
01:06:00,560 --> 01:06:02,360
Speaker 1: we saw in London. I mean that's part of the problem.

1326
01:06:02,360 --> 01:06:04,520
Speaker 1: They're just so inconsistent. And I want to throw one

1327
01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:07,920
Speaker 1: thing here. Yes, it makes a lot of sense that

1328
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:10,120
Speaker 1: the Bucks are berserker team in the spot and they

1329
01:06:10,120 --> 01:06:12,160
Speaker 1: would put the Colts to sleep. But this is a

1330
01:06:12,240 --> 01:06:15,960
Speaker 1: late season cornered animal game, uh for the Colts, who

1331
01:06:16,320 --> 01:06:18,480
Speaker 1: you know, need to win this game to stay in

1332
01:06:18,520 --> 01:06:22,640
Speaker 1: the mix. Basically, do you trust Jamis Winston against the

1333
01:06:22,640 --> 01:06:25,200
Speaker 1: cornered animal team? I don't know. If I do that,

1334
01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:27,760
Speaker 1: I don't know. I could see it never totally cornered

1335
01:06:27,840 --> 01:06:30,080
Speaker 1: that corner animals playing with two broken legs and a

1336
01:06:30,080 --> 01:06:33,640
Speaker 1: sore hip. It's beat up. It might get Marlon mac

1337
01:06:33,720 --> 01:06:36,360
Speaker 1: back this week. I can't tell when I watch this

1338
01:06:36,400 --> 01:06:40,400
Speaker 1: Bucks team whether I think Bruce, Arians and Bowls have

1339
01:06:40,560 --> 01:06:43,600
Speaker 1: done a good job of the year for developing. They

1340
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:46,400
Speaker 1: clearly have some talent and they're letting that talent come

1341
01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:48,560
Speaker 1: to the four, or if they've not done a good

1342
01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:51,600
Speaker 1: job because they're five and seven, you know they probably

1343
01:06:51,640 --> 01:06:53,720
Speaker 1: should be better with all the all these good places.

1344
01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:55,920
Speaker 1: I totally agree with you and I the Colts. To me, though,

1345
01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:58,080
Speaker 1: just I feel like we're waving there are this ship

1346
01:06:58,320 --> 01:07:01,840
Speaker 1: on the water getting far farther into the distance. Very

1347
01:07:01,920 --> 01:07:04,880
Speaker 1: valiant coaching effort by Frank Reich in the whole situation

1348
01:07:04,920 --> 01:07:06,640
Speaker 1: they were put in. But this does not feel like

1349
01:07:06,640 --> 01:07:08,320
Speaker 1: a playoff team to me. Right. Bus have been very

1350
01:07:08,320 --> 01:07:10,360
Speaker 1: good coming out of the by their season basically ended

1351
01:07:10,400 --> 01:07:13,000
Speaker 1: when they lost right at the buzzer against the Titans

1352
01:07:13,080 --> 01:07:15,320
Speaker 1: and the Seahawks in a row and games they played

1353
01:07:15,360 --> 01:07:17,920
Speaker 1: pretty well and they've kept playing well. That was it,

1354
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:21,040
Speaker 1: by the way, No, Adam vine Terry like, we signed

1355
01:07:21,120 --> 01:07:26,400
Speaker 1: Chase McLaughlin. I wonder if we see it again. I mean,

1356
01:07:26,400 --> 01:07:29,720
Speaker 1: things could change Andrews. They claimed McLaughlin and the Bills

1357
01:07:29,720 --> 01:07:32,760
Speaker 1: and Patriots also put in. They blocked us from they

1358
01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:40,840
Speaker 1: McGlocklin us blocked us out. You know, Kai or Chase.

1359
01:07:40,840 --> 01:07:42,520
Speaker 1: I'm going with Kay. I'm bringing him in the building.

1360
01:07:42,680 --> 01:07:47,480
Speaker 1: But you know that's just me. Wait, we're taping this Thursday.

1361
01:07:47,920 --> 01:07:55,280
Speaker 1: This this bit turned in from you thinking Kai is

1362
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:57,160
Speaker 1: not that great of a guy to you being his

1363
01:07:57,240 --> 01:08:00,080
Speaker 1: biggest champions, just that he needs it for the it.

1364
01:08:02,120 --> 01:08:05,400
Speaker 1: He needs to keep this going Seahawks corner bit and

1365
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:09,400
Speaker 1: then we'll get to that in a moment. Uh we Uh.

1366
01:08:09,440 --> 01:08:12,520
Speaker 1: It's Thursday afternoon. It's it's past four o'clock on the

1367
01:08:12,520 --> 01:08:14,400
Speaker 1: East coast. I mean the sun is going down in

1368
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:16,680
Speaker 1: Fox Bro it's there. The Patriots still don't have a

1369
01:08:16,760 --> 01:08:19,000
Speaker 1: kicker on their team. I know, Belichick it. It would

1370
01:08:19,040 --> 01:08:22,160
Speaker 1: be very Belichick. Belichick in too, like enter an entire

1371
01:08:22,240 --> 01:08:24,400
Speaker 1: game without a kicker, just be like, no, we're just

1372
01:08:24,439 --> 01:08:26,519
Speaker 1: doing things differently. But it feels like you're going on

1373
01:08:26,560 --> 01:08:29,960
Speaker 1: the website. There's only seven coaches. What are we gonna do?

1374
01:08:31,400 --> 01:08:35,160
Speaker 1: They'll probably sign the kicker. Sea with no kicker. At

1375
01:08:35,160 --> 01:08:38,200
Speaker 1: some point, I'm gonna rethink that what is happening. Maybe

1376
01:08:38,200 --> 01:08:41,880
Speaker 1: not against the Chiefs, that's strategy. Um well, I see

1377
01:08:41,960 --> 01:08:46,439
Speaker 1: my law. I'm changing my lack and it's coming up soon. Okay, Wow,

1378
01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:50,280
Speaker 1: I know, of course you want me to do because

1379
01:08:50,320 --> 01:08:54,240
Speaker 1: of the kicker. Don't listen to the show has been

1380
01:08:54,520 --> 01:08:56,679
Speaker 1: going on here in the first place. You're the champion.

1381
01:08:56,720 --> 01:09:00,439
Speaker 1: Don't listen to the guy. He's never one. Don't think

1382
01:09:00,479 --> 01:09:03,120
Speaker 1: the kee. I just think that the Chiefs are I

1383
01:09:03,160 --> 01:09:07,000
Speaker 1: don't like that situation all right, because I'm rethinking it. Okay, West,

1384
01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:09,880
Speaker 1: this game, I liked it because when you know, of course,

1385
01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:12,840
Speaker 1: if I could have bet the house on this, Tom

1386
01:09:12,880 --> 01:09:16,320
Speaker 1: Brennaman and Chris Spielman will be assigned to Detroit Lions

1387
01:09:16,360 --> 01:09:20,080
Speaker 1: at Minnesota Vikings. Do you want to farm this out

1388
01:09:20,120 --> 01:09:23,640
Speaker 1: to see if we want let's get Burgos. Look, I

1389
01:09:23,680 --> 01:09:25,880
Speaker 1: don't want to watch the Lions right now. I think

1390
01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:28,439
Speaker 1: that David Blow is the biggest fool's gold in the NFL.

1391
01:09:28,520 --> 01:09:31,000
Speaker 1: He's like a freneticable who has to load up to

1392
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:33,920
Speaker 1: get rid of the ball, and he's thrown into huge

1393
01:09:33,960 --> 01:09:37,080
Speaker 1: windows last week. I don't know. I mean, no one's

1394
01:09:37,479 --> 01:09:42,280
Speaker 1: painting him out to be people paint yeah, absolutely aboard

1395
01:09:42,520 --> 01:09:45,640
Speaker 1: Just Twitter was going wild like David Blow something, you

1396
01:09:45,680 --> 01:09:49,000
Speaker 1: know what? Who need to speak for the blowhards, the blowhards.

1397
01:09:49,000 --> 01:09:50,760
Speaker 1: Here's what happened. That could have been one of the

1398
01:09:50,760 --> 01:09:54,960
Speaker 1: worst Thanksgiving matchups ever. He made it fun and you know,

1399
01:09:55,040 --> 01:09:57,519
Speaker 1: Kenny what a hundred and thirty eight yards and a

1400
01:09:57,560 --> 01:10:00,280
Speaker 1: touchdown at half And it was because Blow was just

1401
01:10:00,360 --> 01:10:03,800
Speaker 1: doing little Jason Campbell is, you know, checkdowns the whole time.

1402
01:10:03,800 --> 01:10:05,280
Speaker 1: He took some shots and so I kind of like

1403
01:10:05,360 --> 01:10:08,000
Speaker 1: that he played a good head up game. He he

1404
01:10:08,080 --> 01:10:10,519
Speaker 1: knew when to take no mistakes. So if you can

1405
01:10:10,560 --> 01:10:13,200
Speaker 1: do that again, I mean, you're right by the way

1406
01:10:13,840 --> 01:10:17,479
Speaker 1: you got the Blowhards and blow Hard newsletter will be

1407
01:10:17,560 --> 01:10:20,360
Speaker 1: in process in in the additions will be rolling out

1408
01:10:20,400 --> 01:10:23,800
Speaker 1: until I don't care what. It doesn't matter what I mean,

1409
01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:27,000
Speaker 1: what a what a uh? You know combination though you

1410
01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:30,080
Speaker 1: got the blowhards being covered by Thom, You're right, it's

1411
01:10:30,160 --> 01:10:32,760
Speaker 1: it's thomb and I mean Thom's a blow hard. If

1412
01:10:32,760 --> 01:10:39,639
Speaker 1: I ever heard and West, I gotta say it. Kirk

1413
01:10:39,640 --> 01:10:43,479
Speaker 1: Cousins never defeated David blow I gotta say it, Kirk

1414
01:10:43,479 --> 01:10:47,040
Speaker 1: Cousins facts. I gotta say. Vikings I think should be

1415
01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:49,000
Speaker 1: a little worried. I know it's only been a couple

1416
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:51,639
Speaker 1: of weeks, but their defense does not look good. They struggled,

1417
01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:53,720
Speaker 1: They were lucky to win that game against the Broncos.

1418
01:10:53,800 --> 01:10:55,840
Speaker 1: Then they had their by and then they came out

1419
01:10:55,880 --> 01:10:58,479
Speaker 1: and the defense looked pretty bad on Monday night. I

1420
01:10:58,520 --> 01:11:00,080
Speaker 1: don't know about the Vike. They haven't exit if a

1421
01:11:00,200 --> 01:11:03,679
Speaker 1: Rhodes issue. It was interesting that at the Athletic noted

1422
01:11:03,680 --> 01:11:06,559
Speaker 1: when he slammed his helmet down in that last game

1423
01:11:06,600 --> 01:11:09,519
Speaker 1: that he had shouted words at Mike Zimmer, So you know,

1424
01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:12,360
Speaker 1: Zimmers actually stood up for him over the course of

1425
01:11:12,400 --> 01:11:14,040
Speaker 1: this year and when a lot of people have called

1426
01:11:14,080 --> 01:11:16,320
Speaker 1: for his benching. Would you sit Dalvin Cook in this

1427
01:11:16,320 --> 01:11:19,920
Speaker 1: game or at least consider it? I would love him healthy.

1428
01:11:19,920 --> 01:11:22,240
Speaker 1: I would look at a guy like James Conner as

1429
01:11:22,240 --> 01:11:24,479
Speaker 1: an example why you would consider it. Who By the way,

1430
01:11:24,479 --> 01:11:26,640
Speaker 1: it was just the downs out this week as we

1431
01:11:26,640 --> 01:11:30,160
Speaker 1: were taping this podcast. Dalvin Cook, on the other hand,

1432
01:11:30,439 --> 01:11:33,439
Speaker 1: says he is going to play. Connor said about a

1433
01:11:33,439 --> 01:11:36,120
Speaker 1: month ago, oh, I'm playing the week after my shoulder injury.

1434
01:11:36,160 --> 01:11:38,559
Speaker 1: He reinjured it immediately and he hasn't been on the

1435
01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:42,680
Speaker 1: field since. I'd be concerned, especially the Vikings. Barring a

1436
01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:45,280
Speaker 1: free fall, They're probably not gonna get one of the

1437
01:11:45,320 --> 01:11:47,479
Speaker 1: top two seeds, but they could probably get the wild

1438
01:11:47,560 --> 01:11:49,800
Speaker 1: card if they get the tenor of eleven wins. I'd

1439
01:11:49,800 --> 01:11:52,240
Speaker 1: be a little bit careful with Cook. If you can

1440
01:11:52,280 --> 01:11:55,160
Speaker 1: steal a win without him, this would be it, right.

1441
01:11:55,479 --> 01:11:58,519
Speaker 1: I trust whatever the medical people tell the coaching stands

1442
01:11:59,640 --> 01:12:04,880
Speaker 1: before trust the James Conner's medical staff. Poor guy, Poor

1443
01:12:04,960 --> 01:12:14,040
Speaker 1: guy Adam feeling. I don't think that wasn't there you're

1444
01:12:14,040 --> 01:12:18,439
Speaker 1: twisting No, I'm not twisting it that I tried to

1445
01:12:18,479 --> 01:12:21,400
Speaker 1: get in my original argument, which was just saying that,

1446
01:12:21,479 --> 01:12:23,599
Speaker 1: like you know that they should sit out the bye week,

1447
01:12:23,640 --> 01:12:25,960
Speaker 1: that was No, it's just one of those things to consider.

1448
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:28,760
Speaker 1: Even if the medical staff's like, yeah, yeah, he'll be

1449
01:12:28,760 --> 01:12:31,680
Speaker 1: all right, I think maybe say let's wait until it's

1450
01:12:31,720 --> 01:12:35,760
Speaker 1: like I think he'll be all right. They need him.

1451
01:12:35,760 --> 01:12:39,000
Speaker 1: They're a lot more limited. The Lions have been frisky.

1452
01:12:39,240 --> 01:12:41,240
Speaker 1: I don't think they'll be frisky in this one. But

1453
01:12:41,280 --> 01:12:44,479
Speaker 1: the Lions have kept the games close. They were down

1454
01:12:44,479 --> 01:12:46,599
Speaker 1: to the wire against the Cowboys, down to wire against

1455
01:12:46,600 --> 01:12:49,280
Speaker 1: the Bears. It's not like you with the backup quarterbacks.

1456
01:12:49,280 --> 01:12:52,080
Speaker 1: They've been a total tire. Every game is close. There

1457
01:12:52,080 --> 01:12:55,160
Speaker 1: are shows, I believe, even our NFL network um pregame

1458
01:12:55,200 --> 01:12:58,200
Speaker 1: show on Sundays, which they now do locks by the way,

1459
01:12:58,240 --> 01:13:00,479
Speaker 1: I don't I don't know, um yeah, but they have

1460
01:13:00,479 --> 01:13:06,320
Speaker 1: like Michael Irvin locking up the Bengals. Well that's exactly yes,

1461
01:13:06,400 --> 01:13:09,200
Speaker 1: this is going to be a hillacious ass whooping. And

1462
01:13:09,240 --> 01:13:11,479
Speaker 1: if we did locks and sometimes Greg you kind of

1463
01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:13,840
Speaker 1: get on us as a group that we stink it locks,

1464
01:13:13,960 --> 01:13:16,080
Speaker 1: but we do it with integrity. They're always gonna be

1465
01:13:16,120 --> 01:13:18,639
Speaker 1: games that are you know, games that should be closed.

1466
01:13:18,640 --> 01:13:21,360
Speaker 1: We're exactly how you would. But my point is most

1467
01:13:21,400 --> 01:13:24,599
Speaker 1: people do quote unquote locks lock up garbage like this

1468
01:13:25,360 --> 01:13:27,639
Speaker 1: because you know the Vikings are gonna win by thirty

1469
01:13:27,680 --> 01:13:30,639
Speaker 1: five points in this game potentially. Yeah, I'll lock this up.

1470
01:13:30,680 --> 01:13:34,640
Speaker 1: Oh that's brave. I can't disagree with anything you're saying here. No,

1471
01:13:34,840 --> 01:13:36,840
Speaker 1: he's not locking, and I would love to lock it up.

1472
01:13:36,840 --> 01:13:38,920
Speaker 1: But the mirror. The mirror would shatter if I had

1473
01:13:38,960 --> 01:13:42,360
Speaker 1: attempted to test its way over that test too. Yes,

1474
01:13:42,960 --> 01:13:46,880
Speaker 1: all right, let's move to Sunday Night Football. Uh the

1475
01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:50,840
Speaker 1: Seahawks tennant too, coming off that huge win UM on

1476
01:13:51,040 --> 01:13:55,479
Speaker 1: Monday Night Football that move them into the lead in

1477
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:58,439
Speaker 1: the NFC West. They beat the Vikings, of course, Uh

1478
01:13:58,479 --> 01:14:00,759
Speaker 1: so they are now tied there, tied to the Niners,

1479
01:14:00,760 --> 01:14:02,880
Speaker 1: but they have the they've played once in Seattle has

1480
01:14:02,920 --> 01:14:06,680
Speaker 1: that win, so they not only UM are tied in

1481
01:14:06,720 --> 01:14:08,679
Speaker 1: the NFC West, they also now have the tie breakers,

1482
01:14:08,720 --> 01:14:11,080
Speaker 1: so they're number two seed in the NFC. Now they

1483
01:14:11,080 --> 01:14:13,160
Speaker 1: go to the Rams, who were coming off that game.

1484
01:14:13,200 --> 01:14:15,800
Speaker 1: We talked about it on Tuesday in our show about

1485
01:14:15,800 --> 01:14:18,439
Speaker 1: teams that changed the way we felt about them, how

1486
01:14:18,479 --> 01:14:21,800
Speaker 1: their offense got hot, and is that the sign of

1487
01:14:21,840 --> 01:14:25,200
Speaker 1: something a shift in what's happened. Well, we're gonna find out.

1488
01:14:25,240 --> 01:14:28,040
Speaker 1: There is a great test for both teams there. Yeah.

1489
01:14:28,080 --> 01:14:30,000
Speaker 1: I think one of the traps we all fall into

1490
01:14:30,120 --> 01:14:33,559
Speaker 1: is judging a team based on what they did against

1491
01:14:33,640 --> 01:14:37,240
Speaker 1: inferior competition. And maybe I'm falling into that trap because

1492
01:14:37,280 --> 01:14:40,719
Speaker 1: I fell back. I wouldn't say in love with the Rams,

1493
01:14:40,760 --> 01:14:43,080
Speaker 1: but I'm starting to trust them where I I haven't

1494
01:14:43,080 --> 01:14:45,960
Speaker 1: liked them all year. I haven't felt like their offense

1495
01:14:46,000 --> 01:14:49,160
Speaker 1: was clicking all year, and last week they clicked against

1496
01:14:49,160 --> 01:14:52,759
Speaker 1: the Cardinals who have a All Pro and Chandler Jones

1497
01:14:52,840 --> 01:14:55,640
Speaker 1: but not much else in the secondary behind him. So

1498
01:14:55,680 --> 01:14:57,960
Speaker 1: what what will they do against the Seahawks defensive line

1499
01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:00,080
Speaker 1: that has been playing the best ball of their sea

1500
01:15:01,080 --> 01:15:04,519
Speaker 1: go ahead. I was just gonna say that they had

1501
01:15:04,680 --> 01:15:07,120
Speaker 1: a history, have a history of scoring points on this

1502
01:15:07,200 --> 01:15:11,240
Speaker 1: Seahawks team, and so that makes me feel more confident

1503
01:15:11,280 --> 01:15:13,960
Speaker 1: that the Rams can keep it going offensively, not just

1504
01:15:14,160 --> 01:15:17,320
Speaker 1: in the first game, which if Greg's airline hits a

1505
01:15:17,400 --> 01:15:20,240
Speaker 1: kick he usually hits. This division race looks different in

1506
01:15:20,240 --> 01:15:22,920
Speaker 1: the Rams are feeling a lot better. But last year

1507
01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:25,280
Speaker 1: when both of these games were shootouts where they even

1508
01:15:25,320 --> 01:15:28,280
Speaker 1: the Seahawks had a pretty good defense last year, and

1509
01:15:28,439 --> 01:15:30,599
Speaker 1: the Rams put up a ton of points on them

1510
01:15:30,640 --> 01:15:33,840
Speaker 1: both times, and so I expect another shootout in this one.

1511
01:15:34,040 --> 01:15:38,280
Speaker 1: I am locking up the Seahawks in this I it's

1512
01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:40,519
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm really glad the Rams did what

1513
01:15:40,560 --> 01:15:42,519
Speaker 1: they did last week because it makes this game about

1514
01:15:42,520 --> 01:15:44,559
Speaker 1: ten times more intriguing than it had. They late, you know,

1515
01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:47,200
Speaker 1: one thirteen to ten with all the continuation of the

1516
01:15:47,200 --> 01:15:50,439
Speaker 1: problems with golf, but the offensive line isn't fixed and

1517
01:15:50,520 --> 01:15:52,560
Speaker 1: that's gonna haunt them, I think from now through the

1518
01:15:52,640 --> 01:15:54,160
Speaker 1: end of the year no matter what. I just don't

1519
01:15:54,200 --> 01:15:57,200
Speaker 1: see them as a playoff team. Seattle to me, uh

1520
01:15:57,280 --> 01:15:58,920
Speaker 1: is about as mentally tough as you can get. I

1521
01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:00,880
Speaker 1: don't care if you're in s all, you're on the road.

1522
01:16:01,080 --> 01:16:03,440
Speaker 1: They find a way. We talked about it on on Tuesday.

1523
01:16:03,680 --> 01:16:06,439
Speaker 1: They any whatever is happening at halftime, they find a

1524
01:16:06,479 --> 01:16:09,600
Speaker 1: way to finish games every single week. They're running the

1525
01:16:09,640 --> 01:16:12,080
Speaker 1: ball really well, and their defensive front I think it's

1526
01:16:12,080 --> 01:16:14,840
Speaker 1: gonna give golf trouble in this I'm predicting Girl's first

1527
01:16:15,640 --> 01:16:18,120
Speaker 1: rushing game of the season. There is something that like

1528
01:16:18,200 --> 01:16:21,360
Speaker 1: analytics can't you know, there is something to the seahawk

1529
01:16:21,360 --> 01:16:24,000
Speaker 1: seen you just it's like impossible to measure. I think

1530
01:16:24,520 --> 01:16:27,360
Speaker 1: like the early Patriots teams especially had it, Like the

1531
01:16:27,400 --> 01:16:29,960
Speaker 1: Oh three teams, It's like they can be put in

1532
01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:32,000
Speaker 1: any situation and you don't know which part of the

1533
01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:33,800
Speaker 1: their tough team to get a feel for because you

1534
01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:35,280
Speaker 1: don't know which part of the team is going to

1535
01:16:35,360 --> 01:16:37,080
Speaker 1: step up. And it given me last week it was

1536
01:16:37,120 --> 01:16:41,200
Speaker 1: like their run blocking was great and their pass rush

1537
01:16:41,240 --> 01:16:43,960
Speaker 1: even without Jadevi and Clowney was was really good. Out

1538
01:16:43,960 --> 01:16:46,439
Speaker 1: of ore which have been weaknesses, and every week it's

1539
01:16:46,479 --> 01:16:49,360
Speaker 1: like they some part of the team finds a way.

1540
01:16:49,400 --> 01:16:51,760
Speaker 1: It's a great sign, like they just have something about them.

1541
01:16:51,800 --> 01:16:53,760
Speaker 1: It's very hard to put your finger on. That takes

1542
01:16:53,800 --> 01:16:56,479
Speaker 1: me back like five years ago when Richard Sherman said,

1543
01:16:56,600 --> 01:16:59,959
Speaker 1: I think it was after was it after that negative

1544
01:17:00,040 --> 01:17:02,559
Speaker 1: twelve degree game against the Vikings in the playoffs where

1545
01:17:02,880 --> 01:17:08,440
Speaker 1: he called Russell Wilson, what was it? A mental genius?

1546
01:17:08,479 --> 01:17:11,360
Speaker 1: Something like he just never gets down he never thinks

1547
01:17:11,360 --> 01:17:13,240
Speaker 1: they're out of a game, and that the whole team

1548
01:17:13,280 --> 01:17:17,720
Speaker 1: feeds on me. I know he gets ripped by sportswriters

1549
01:17:17,720 --> 01:17:20,200
Speaker 1: and fans for you know what, like the Mike him

1550
01:17:20,280 --> 01:17:22,719
Speaker 1: up on Monday Football, and he's very much athletes speak.

1551
01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:25,400
Speaker 1: But the disconnect is that for a lot of people

1552
01:17:25,520 --> 01:17:27,479
Speaker 1: that have just grown up playing football that whole time,

1553
01:17:27,520 --> 01:17:29,760
Speaker 1: like that connects with a lot of his teammates. I'm

1554
01:17:29,760 --> 01:17:32,880
Speaker 1: not saying it's everyone, but let's check that out. They

1555
01:17:32,880 --> 01:17:37,200
Speaker 1: buy into him though. They buy into him, clear heart,

1556
01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:38,920
Speaker 1: clear mind, clear eyes. Let's go to work at one

1557
01:17:38,920 --> 01:17:40,920
Speaker 1: point of time. Lock dude, let's go do this thing together.

1558
01:17:41,080 --> 01:17:46,479
Speaker 1: Whatever it takes, great language. His job is not to

1559
01:17:46,520 --> 01:17:49,320
Speaker 1: be I mean Mr cynical and you know Mr snarky.

1560
01:17:49,400 --> 01:17:52,120
Speaker 1: His job is to lead the team. I think what

1561
01:17:52,280 --> 01:17:54,240
Speaker 1: my takeaway from that is, and yeah, that's true, and

1562
01:17:54,280 --> 01:17:57,120
Speaker 1: these are all just pro athletes. I thought it was

1563
01:17:57,160 --> 01:17:59,920
Speaker 1: an interesting Mike dup uh and I tweeted about this

1564
01:18:00,080 --> 01:18:03,760
Speaker 1: us UM and Seahawks corner was like you betrayed us, Like, no,

1565
01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:06,200
Speaker 1: I'm not in the bag for Sea the Seahawks. I

1566
01:18:06,200 --> 01:18:09,920
Speaker 1: I could speak out against uh Russell Wilson being corny

1567
01:18:10,160 --> 01:18:11,680
Speaker 1: because I think he is, and I thought it was

1568
01:18:11,720 --> 01:18:14,200
Speaker 1: weird that that miked up. You could see how he was,

1569
01:18:14,640 --> 01:18:16,160
Speaker 1: the way he was talking to players, and nobody was

1570
01:18:16,160 --> 01:18:18,000
Speaker 1: really like even responding to him. It was almost like

1571
01:18:18,160 --> 01:18:20,800
Speaker 1: a robot going up and down the sideline. And then

1572
01:18:20,840 --> 01:18:24,840
Speaker 1: you have the ESPN telecast. Uh, this is an exact quote.

1573
01:18:25,240 --> 01:18:27,240
Speaker 1: They came back from one of the clips sort of

1574
01:18:27,280 --> 01:18:30,519
Speaker 1: listening in on a masterclass of encouragement and leadership tonight,

1575
01:18:30,560 --> 01:18:32,639
Speaker 1: aren't we with Russell Wilson. I was like, really, am

1576
01:18:32,680 --> 01:18:35,320
Speaker 1: I I'm not picking that up. I don't know. I

1577
01:18:35,320 --> 01:18:37,840
Speaker 1: thought he's so talented, is so great at quarterback, that

1578
01:18:37,840 --> 01:18:40,160
Speaker 1: that's not what it's about. And he over I think

1579
01:18:40,160 --> 01:18:42,639
Speaker 1: he overcomes the fact that he's a bit of a bland. Well,

1580
01:18:42,880 --> 01:18:45,680
Speaker 1: if nothing else, he's he's firing himself up and he's

1581
01:18:45,720 --> 01:18:48,120
Speaker 1: the most important person. Yes, I think that's what And

1582
01:18:48,160 --> 01:18:52,360
Speaker 1: he's as tight as like Tyler Lockett is is apparently

1583
01:18:52,400 --> 01:18:54,559
Speaker 1: like his best friend in the world. He's probably the next,

1584
01:18:54,600 --> 01:18:56,599
Speaker 1: you know, most important guy on that team. So as

1585
01:18:56,640 --> 01:18:59,040
Speaker 1: long as you're connecting with yourself and you're that good.

1586
01:18:59,080 --> 01:19:02,320
Speaker 1: And this is a little unusual though, because if you

1587
01:19:02,360 --> 01:19:04,040
Speaker 1: watch it and they you know a lot of people

1588
01:19:04,080 --> 01:19:07,280
Speaker 1: were pointing this out. There was just zero reaction from

1589
01:19:07,320 --> 01:19:09,040
Speaker 1: end of his any of his teammates to anything he

1590
01:19:09,080 --> 01:19:11,040
Speaker 1: was saying or doing. It was you know who else

1591
01:19:11,040 --> 01:19:14,000
Speaker 1: has planned Jared Golf Like, he's not. I'm not running

1592
01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:16,120
Speaker 1: through walls for Jared Goff based on what's coming out

1593
01:19:16,120 --> 01:19:19,479
Speaker 1: of his mouth either. So these guys are all built,

1594
01:19:19,520 --> 01:19:22,639
Speaker 1: but Seattle's track records suggests that whether they're drawing back

1595
01:19:22,840 --> 01:19:25,080
Speaker 1: at him, that they believe in Russell Wilson. That's you

1596
01:19:25,120 --> 01:19:28,040
Speaker 1: know there, Jared's Goff's like, hey, you guys know how

1597
01:19:28,120 --> 01:19:32,120
Speaker 1: late in and out is exactly I wanted to mention you.

1598
01:19:32,120 --> 01:19:34,080
Speaker 1: You asked about Aaron Donald Defensive Player of the Year.

1599
01:19:34,080 --> 01:19:36,800
Speaker 1: I don't think he's there this year. Right now, go

1600
01:19:36,960 --> 01:19:39,599
Speaker 1: win this game for them, like, go have a monster

1601
01:19:39,760 --> 01:19:42,080
Speaker 1: game in a game they have to win in a

1602
01:19:42,160 --> 01:19:44,880
Speaker 1: big spot. And then you get thrown into that mix

1603
01:19:45,120 --> 01:19:46,680
Speaker 1: and and he's as good, he's good enough to do

1604
01:19:46,720 --> 01:19:49,599
Speaker 1: it against this line they the Rams. One last thing

1605
01:19:49,680 --> 01:19:51,920
Speaker 1: is they remind me a little bit or they have

1606
01:19:51,920 --> 01:19:55,240
Speaker 1: a chance at least the Falcons and the Eagles both

1607
01:19:55,240 --> 01:19:58,000
Speaker 1: of the last two years as defending NFC champions looked

1608
01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:00,479
Speaker 1: pretty down and out at the beginning of decem and

1609
01:20:00,520 --> 01:20:02,200
Speaker 1: they went on and run and they started to make

1610
01:20:02,240 --> 01:20:04,920
Speaker 1: you believe and they ended up getting to the quarterfinals

1611
01:20:04,920 --> 01:20:06,479
Speaker 1: and at least making some noise. The Rams have a

1612
01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:08,479
Speaker 1: chance to be like that. What Aaron Donald did the

1613
01:20:08,560 --> 01:20:11,320
Speaker 1: Kyler Murray List we look like something at Lawrence Taylor's

1614
01:20:11,320 --> 01:20:15,840
Speaker 1: career where they the closing speed to violence ratio was

1615
01:20:15,920 --> 01:20:18,880
Speaker 1: just way like thirty years ahead of its time and

1616
01:20:18,960 --> 01:20:21,760
Speaker 1: the phrase was mental giant that Richard Sherman said about

1617
01:20:21,840 --> 01:20:24,160
Speaker 1: Russell Wills. But don't you think, to Greg's point, that

1618
01:20:24,200 --> 01:20:27,360
Speaker 1: Aaron Donald needs to do that in a primetime game

1619
01:20:27,560 --> 01:20:29,560
Speaker 1: that matters and changes the way we think about the

1620
01:20:29,640 --> 01:20:33,160
Speaker 1: Rams for for the narrative driven defensive player of the year. Yes,

1621
01:20:33,280 --> 01:20:35,360
Speaker 1: I do. I think he's gonna be in double digit

1622
01:20:35,400 --> 01:20:38,760
Speaker 1: sacks again, which is unreal for a defensive tackle. I mean,

1623
01:20:38,840 --> 01:20:41,799
Speaker 1: he in the RAMS defense is probably the best defense

1624
01:20:42,360 --> 01:20:44,760
Speaker 1: of his career right now, so he should be in

1625
01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:50,400
Speaker 1: the race. Let's move on Monday Night football Giants at

1626
01:20:50,400 --> 01:20:53,200
Speaker 1: Eagles Eagles dirt knap game potentially, but who knows, but

1627
01:20:53,280 --> 01:20:57,200
Speaker 1: probably um at five and seven they are one game

1628
01:20:57,240 --> 01:21:02,320
Speaker 1: behind the Cowboys, um who Obviously Cowboys win and Eagles loss,

1629
01:21:02,320 --> 01:21:04,840
Speaker 1: and you could essentially put it all to bed. But

1630
01:21:05,080 --> 01:21:07,120
Speaker 1: you have the Giants, and the one thing that gives

1631
01:21:07,200 --> 01:21:11,200
Speaker 1: us game um cash a little juice is that it

1632
01:21:11,240 --> 01:21:14,080
Speaker 1: looks like a guy we've kind of I kind of

1633
01:21:14,120 --> 01:21:16,960
Speaker 1: never expected to see on the field again. Eli Manning

1634
01:21:17,479 --> 01:21:20,760
Speaker 1: is most likely starting because Daniel Jones, the rookie first

1635
01:21:20,840 --> 01:21:24,400
Speaker 1: round pick, has a mid high ankle sprain and it's

1636
01:21:24,400 --> 01:21:27,320
Speaker 1: expected to cost him at least one game. So on

1637
01:21:27,400 --> 01:21:30,800
Speaker 1: Monday night, Eli back on the field, and there's a

1638
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:33,880
Speaker 1: lot of at stake, including his career record which stands

1639
01:21:33,880 --> 01:21:39,559
Speaker 1: at one sixteen and one sixteen. This is huge, and

1640
01:21:39,720 --> 01:21:42,240
Speaker 1: Golden Tate looks like he's gonna come back from his concussion.

1641
01:21:42,280 --> 01:21:44,559
Speaker 1: Evan Ingram is talking about playing for the first time

1642
01:21:44,560 --> 01:21:47,519
Speaker 1: in over a month. This might be a pretty full

1643
01:21:47,560 --> 01:21:52,200
Speaker 1: Giant squad to take on. You hate it, No, they're

1644
01:21:52,240 --> 01:21:54,559
Speaker 1: one of my you know, I'm not gonna drop double

1645
01:21:54,640 --> 01:21:58,120
Speaker 1: rain makers here, but I'm liking the Giants as a

1646
01:21:58,120 --> 01:22:00,439
Speaker 1: is a heavy underdog. It just feels like such an

1647
01:22:00,439 --> 01:22:02,920
Speaker 1: Eli thing. He's going up against the team he's had

1648
01:22:02,960 --> 01:22:05,559
Speaker 1: the most success against in the last few years, including

1649
01:22:05,600 --> 01:22:09,599
Speaker 1: this Jim Schwartz uh defense. It just feels like it

1650
01:22:09,600 --> 01:22:12,840
Speaker 1: it's gonna be like an annoying night of Eli lovers

1651
01:22:12,920 --> 01:22:16,719
Speaker 1: Uh saying ze because this this Eagles team just feels

1652
01:22:16,760 --> 01:22:20,680
Speaker 1: capable keeping any team in the game, like they just

1653
01:22:20,760 --> 01:22:24,479
Speaker 1: feel capable of of doing anything. At this point, I'm

1654
01:22:24,479 --> 01:22:26,800
Speaker 1: with you, I can't. Can you imagine what happens to

1655
01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:30,800
Speaker 1: the city of Philadelphia at home to lose to Eli

1656
01:22:30,880 --> 01:22:33,840
Speaker 1: manning the Giants this week and essentially in Philly season.

1657
01:22:33,880 --> 01:22:36,559
Speaker 1: That's wild. I think it's just insane, and they're getting

1658
01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:38,880
Speaker 1: healthy at the right time. This feels like an Eli

1659
01:22:38,960 --> 01:22:42,160
Speaker 1: Speakewon Barkley looked sharp last week. I don't want to

1660
01:22:42,160 --> 01:22:44,519
Speaker 1: hear about his injuries or whatever. He doesn't look like

1661
01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:47,920
Speaker 1: he jumped about fifty feet in the air on one place.

1662
01:22:48,479 --> 01:22:50,600
Speaker 1: I just totally disagree with you. He doesn't look his

1663
01:22:50,720 --> 01:22:53,200
Speaker 1: vision is okay. But I I do have a little

1664
01:22:53,240 --> 01:22:56,960
Speaker 1: bit of a conspiracy theory here. Though. It's like Steve Tisch,

1665
01:22:57,080 --> 01:23:01,479
Speaker 1: the owner speaks on Monday, he's not happy. Daniel Jones

1666
01:23:01,520 --> 01:23:04,040
Speaker 1: finished his out last week's game and made a lot

1667
01:23:04,080 --> 01:23:05,559
Speaker 1: of great throws in that game. I don't know when

1668
01:23:05,560 --> 01:23:07,360
Speaker 1: the injury happened. But man, he had a lot of

1669
01:23:07,360 --> 01:23:10,400
Speaker 1: great throws in addition to his turnovers. And then and

1670
01:23:10,400 --> 01:23:12,759
Speaker 1: then we hear about this injury no one knew happened,

1671
01:23:12,840 --> 01:23:16,400
Speaker 1: and they're playing on Monday Night football and the Giants

1672
01:23:16,439 --> 01:23:18,960
Speaker 1: boy is back in the line of he definitely got injured.

1673
01:23:19,120 --> 01:23:23,639
Speaker 1: I got it. But like if they were seven and five,

1674
01:23:23,680 --> 01:23:25,360
Speaker 1: would he be playing in this game? If you look

1675
01:23:25,400 --> 01:23:27,439
Speaker 1: at the counter wars feed, I think he agrees with you.

1676
01:23:27,479 --> 01:23:29,479
Speaker 1: You just find so there's some people close to the

1677
01:23:29,479 --> 01:23:31,200
Speaker 1: Giants to find this to be a little bit. What's

1678
01:23:31,240 --> 01:23:33,400
Speaker 1: the logic to it though, that Eli is getting his

1679
01:23:33,479 --> 01:23:36,639
Speaker 1: job back or just a nice little now just that yeah,

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Speaker 1: they want they want to lie back to get their

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01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:40,640
Speaker 1: sick of losing, and they think Eli would give them

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Speaker 1: a better chance. And it's Monday night football. He deep

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Speaker 1: six is the Eagles. Let's say you bring Eli back

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01:23:44,960 --> 01:23:47,400
Speaker 1: for one more season, you don't make the next head

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Speaker 1: coach bring him back, and the same logic, he'll go

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01:23:50,080 --> 01:23:52,960
Speaker 1: four now and they'll give him in a contract. The

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01:23:53,000 --> 01:23:55,479
Speaker 1: same logic that we use with Andy Dalton should hold here.

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Speaker 1: That's part of what I'm worried about. Kill Man it's

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01:23:58,160 --> 01:24:01,920
Speaker 1: already dead. That's true. But in this case, is Eli

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Speaker 1: going to be able to escape the Eagles pressure like

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Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick did. He doesn't have Fitzpatrick's wheels. I think

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01:24:08,200 --> 01:24:11,439
Speaker 1: the Eagles got tired out in Miami last week watching

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Speaker 1: the end of that game. They dominated the first quarter,

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01:24:13,560 --> 01:24:15,080
Speaker 1: but they got I think then the heat and stuff.

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01:24:15,080 --> 01:24:16,759
Speaker 1: They just were not the same team down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they gave up leads of ten nothing the Dolphins.

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Speaker 1: Not a good look. All right, we will recap all

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01:24:25,080 --> 01:24:27,599
Speaker 1: the games we just previewed on Sunday night, our flagship show.

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Speaker 1: A reminder if you're listening to this on the podcast, yes,

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01:24:30,520 --> 01:24:34,040
Speaker 1: on YouTube. This show is live every Thursday and you

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01:24:34,040 --> 01:24:37,519
Speaker 1: can um find it in our twitter feeds. Will tweet

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01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:39,840
Speaker 1: it out if we haven't already if you want to

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01:24:39,880 --> 01:24:41,439
Speaker 1: go back and watch it. But it is fun to

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01:24:41,479 --> 01:24:44,120
Speaker 1: follow along because Ricky gets hot in there in the

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01:24:44,120 --> 01:24:46,680
Speaker 1: comment section, doesn't it. Oh yeah, it's crazy. We've We've

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01:24:46,720 --> 01:24:50,760
Speaker 1: got um a lot of people watching right now, over

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Speaker 1: seven hundred in our small feed that we just started.

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Speaker 1: So that's pretty cool. People the numbers a little bit.

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Speaker 1: But oh wait wait, I forgot Yeah, it's seven thousand,

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Speaker 1: one sixty. My bad, I'm sorry when my glasses on. Um. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and the comments are good, if any. There's a lot

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01:25:07,920 --> 01:25:12,360
Speaker 1: of heat going on. People are arguing about the Ravens.

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01:25:12,439 --> 01:25:14,479
Speaker 1: You know, people are saying the rams are gonna win.

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01:25:14,920 --> 01:25:16,760
Speaker 1: A lot of people say, like, you spelled your own

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Speaker 1: name wrong, troll. Well, yeah, we do need, like the

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01:25:20,240 --> 01:25:24,879
Speaker 1: podcast listeners to come into the YouTube comment and improve

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01:25:25,120 --> 01:25:28,200
Speaker 1: the quality of the guy, the guy that you know,

1718
01:25:28,280 --> 01:25:30,200
Speaker 1: like the twelve year old that just keeps being like

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01:25:30,439 --> 01:25:37,400
Speaker 1: Bernie Cosarn. Sorry, like that's what Mark has been typing

1720
01:25:37,400 --> 01:25:41,320
Speaker 1: for the best sensical points over and over Because are

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01:25:41,360 --> 01:25:44,000
Speaker 1: there any haters aimed at us like that? They're displeased?

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01:25:44,800 --> 01:25:47,680
Speaker 1: It seems like a little bit, but no, a lot

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Speaker 1: of love. A lot of people are asking what west

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01:25:49,720 --> 01:25:53,000
Speaker 1: his kid's going to be named? A lot of people

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01:25:53,200 --> 01:25:55,400
Speaker 1: and a girl name picked out, but we are we

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01:25:55,439 --> 01:26:00,919
Speaker 1: don't have a boy name. Yeah. On wavering language, wavering language?

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Speaker 1: What does that even mean? Unwavering language? I'm sorry, Mark,

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01:26:06,600 --> 01:26:08,639
Speaker 1: what does that mean? I mean? Do I think that

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01:26:08,840 --> 01:26:11,559
Speaker 1: what is unwavering language? I don't know. But if you're

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01:26:11,560 --> 01:26:13,240
Speaker 1: saying that in a huddle, like, what is that supposed

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01:26:13,280 --> 01:26:17,200
Speaker 1: to mean. I guess like positive reinforcements saying positive things.

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01:26:17,640 --> 01:26:19,599
Speaker 1: I mean, do I think that Dwayne Brown has been

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01:26:19,600 --> 01:26:22,280
Speaker 1: in the NFL for fourteen years at left tackle is

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Speaker 1: and if you've listened to him as extremely bright guy

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01:26:25,680 --> 01:26:27,240
Speaker 1: is taking a lot out of that. No, it's maybe

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01:26:27,280 --> 01:26:29,680
Speaker 1: not for Dwayne, but maybe some of the rookies, some

1737
01:26:29,720 --> 01:26:31,400
Speaker 1: of the young I think it's for If it's for

1738
01:26:31,479 --> 01:26:33,800
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and you're gonna get what Russell Wilson gives

1739
01:26:33,840 --> 01:26:35,720
Speaker 1: you a quarterback, then you don't care enough. I'd be

1740
01:26:35,760 --> 01:26:37,840
Speaker 1: fine if it were happening on my favorite team. Yeah,

1741
01:26:37,840 --> 01:26:40,240
Speaker 1: but he doesn't help us, Like it's not like he's

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01:26:40,360 --> 01:26:42,400
Speaker 1: making our careers better. I don't need him to be

1743
01:26:42,439 --> 01:26:44,760
Speaker 1: miked up every game. I just think that, like they say,

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01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:46,719
Speaker 1: we don't need to make him up again. They also said,

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01:26:46,800 --> 01:26:49,280
Speaker 1: like maybe he he obviously knew he was miked up,

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01:26:49,280 --> 01:26:51,000
Speaker 1: and there's been a lot of you know, no doubt

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01:26:51,040 --> 01:26:52,760
Speaker 1: about that. But I feel like he'd be saying that

1748
01:26:52,840 --> 01:26:56,519
Speaker 1: same stuff. I think that's he's been that dude, so

1749
01:26:56,680 --> 01:26:58,600
Speaker 1: like he at least he's real to who he is.

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01:26:58,680 --> 01:27:00,559
Speaker 1: You may not find it attractive. Hear you on that.

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01:27:01,720 --> 01:27:03,679
Speaker 1: I don't think you would want your friend. You wouldn't

1752
01:27:03,680 --> 01:27:06,120
Speaker 1: want your friends walking around before podcast talking to you

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01:27:06,160 --> 01:27:08,640
Speaker 1: that way. It seems like a nice guy. Listen. I

1754
01:27:08,640 --> 01:27:11,160
Speaker 1: want to make things clear too. The Seahawks corner because

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01:27:11,200 --> 01:27:14,160
Speaker 1: I love it on the corner. Um, he's a good guy.

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01:27:14,200 --> 01:27:17,000
Speaker 1: It's just a bit you don't care about the Seahawks. Uh,

1757
01:27:17,200 --> 01:27:19,200
Speaker 1: he's a good guy. He does a lot of charity work.

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01:27:19,400 --> 01:27:22,960
Speaker 1: Sarra is a wonderful pop star. Uh. And he's one

1759
01:27:22,960 --> 01:27:25,920
Speaker 1: of my favorite quarterbacks that I've ever watched. I just

1760
01:27:25,960 --> 01:27:28,360
Speaker 1: find him to be according well, yeah, the way I

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01:27:28,360 --> 01:27:31,280
Speaker 1: mean we could separate these things in his public persona

1762
01:27:31,479 --> 01:27:33,760
Speaker 1: is kind of a fascinating thing to have tracked over

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01:27:33,800 --> 01:27:36,640
Speaker 1: the years. He really hasn't been the same since the

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01:27:36,920 --> 01:27:41,160
Speaker 1: Entourage article and Sports Allocated with people. Should Google find

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01:27:41,200 --> 01:27:43,720
Speaker 1: the cover article of him and his Entourage guys, all

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01:27:43,720 --> 01:27:47,200
Speaker 1: the bros in the box at the never more unintended

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01:27:47,280 --> 01:27:50,320
Speaker 1: consequences of like a feature. I do feel what he's

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01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:55,519
Speaker 1: looking for. He's an obvious target for sportswriter types because

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01:27:55,560 --> 01:27:57,360
Speaker 1: of the way he is and because our job is

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01:27:57,400 --> 01:27:59,680
Speaker 1: to be the complete opposite or anybody else that's not

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01:27:59,760 --> 01:28:01,680
Speaker 1: your all right, but I like, but it's not all

1772
01:28:01,680 --> 01:28:04,680
Speaker 1: about like you're a cynical monsters just but it's but

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01:28:04,760 --> 01:28:08,200
Speaker 1: he is. He stands out as too enthusiastic and too

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01:28:08,320 --> 01:28:11,599
Speaker 1: kind of positive for a culture that does not embrace

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01:28:11,640 --> 01:28:14,840
Speaker 1: that at all. The space. I think he's got four

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01:28:14,880 --> 01:28:16,439
Speaker 1: games left to go win an m v P, and

1777
01:28:16,439 --> 01:28:18,680
Speaker 1: he's right in there. I don't think it's some blowout here.

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01:28:18,920 --> 01:28:21,960
Speaker 1: Rust risk can still be rust the season. He's dangerous.

1779
01:28:22,000 --> 01:28:24,400
Speaker 1: Even the handle of the Twitter to dance point out

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Speaker 1: that it's the positivity that people have an issue with.

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01:28:27,800 --> 01:28:32,120
Speaker 1: It's the it's the robotic nature of the responses. Just

1782
01:28:32,240 --> 01:28:34,559
Speaker 1: never forget when I had to, like, I live next

1783
01:28:34,560 --> 01:28:36,800
Speaker 1: door in college to this baseball player who always seemed

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01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:38,920
Speaker 1: like a quiet, kind of tough guy, and he needed

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01:28:38,960 --> 01:28:41,080
Speaker 1: me to like water his plants when he went on vacation,

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01:28:41,240 --> 01:28:43,879
Speaker 1: and I went in there and on all four walls

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01:28:44,280 --> 01:28:47,000
Speaker 1: were written on like probably fifty to sixty note cards

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01:28:47,040 --> 01:28:50,640
Speaker 1: like self encouragement, all positivity, all the same stuff. And

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Speaker 1: I just have known a few athletes during that time.

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01:28:54,600 --> 01:28:56,960
Speaker 1: I don't obviously, I was just thrown by it. I

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01:28:57,000 --> 01:28:58,760
Speaker 1: was totally thrown by because it was a typical to

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01:28:58,840 --> 01:29:01,720
Speaker 1: what I thought of the guy. You a big are

1793
01:29:01,800 --> 01:29:03,599
Speaker 1: you know your little back shed on your property mark

1794
01:29:03,640 --> 01:29:06,000
Speaker 1: where you know stuff goes down where you you have

1795
01:29:06,040 --> 01:29:08,880
Speaker 1: your computer. I'm gonna get you a beautiful framed like

1796
01:29:08,960 --> 01:29:10,920
Speaker 1: you know what is that store at the mall, or

1797
01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:15,680
Speaker 1: you get you can store positive affirmations or whatever it is.

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01:29:15,840 --> 01:29:19,400
Speaker 1: It just will say, unwavering language, all right, if you

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01:29:19,560 --> 01:29:21,639
Speaker 1: buy that for me, I'll put it on a wall somewhere.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna guarantee where. All right, good, all right,

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Speaker 1: that's it. Good stuff. We got through all the games.

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01:29:28,520 --> 01:29:30,800
Speaker 1: Dan had to signingbut for a quiet storm, the mail Man,

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01:29:30,840 --> 01:29:38,280
Speaker 1: the Old Boss, Rick Halliday, Ryan Bartlett, Christie Tara Zack

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01:29:38,840 --> 01:30:00,080
Speaker 1: until Sunday s