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Speaker 1: to another dissent of the Around the NFL podcast, m

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Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal, and I'm sitting next to one sad solitary hero,

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Speaker 1: Mark Sessler. How you doing. I'm good. You know, it's uh,

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Speaker 1: it's stunning to me that, uh to you know, Dan

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Speaker 1: Hansas and Chris wesleyan prioritized being with their families over

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Speaker 1: producing the show today. Yes, we're taking this a couple

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Speaker 1: of days before Christmas. Dan and Chris will join us

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Speaker 1: did before. They both hopped on some planes and they

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Speaker 1: headed back to their nuclear families, and so they're gonna

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Speaker 1: have a nice they're extended family. They are a nuclear

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Speaker 1: family with it. I guess that's true. But they're going

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Speaker 1: to see their parents and whatnot. Chris is onto Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: Dan is in the New York area, and I hope

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Speaker 1: they have a great holidays. Will be holding down the

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Speaker 1: fort here back in Los Angeles. Yeah, it's been an

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Speaker 1: interesting You've been here a decade. You are in l

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Speaker 1: to the beach on Christmas last year. It was like

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Speaker 1: eighty degrees. That's very Australian of you. Well, we opened

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Speaker 1: all the presents, you know we did. It's like it

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Speaker 1: was eleven o'clock. Was like, let's do this. Isn't that guy,

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Speaker 1: If you've gotta be here, embrace it. We made some

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Speaker 1: hamburgers and whatnot. I think we'll do the same thing.

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't even know what the plans are.

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Speaker 1: this is a big show, as Dan would say. As

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Speaker 1: I mentioned, Dan and Cryst will join us later. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna go over all our season long, go get my

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Speaker 1: lunch propositions. That's at the beginning of the year. We

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Speaker 1: made some picks. What's gonna happen, so we'll find out

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Speaker 1: who is right and who was wrong. But before we

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Speaker 1: Broncos Bengals game, and then we're gonna go through quickly

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Speaker 1: the week seventeen slate and to help us out there,

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Speaker 1: let's bring in our old friends d what's happening, guys,

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Speaker 1: and Dan always says, it's a really big show. You know,

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Speaker 1: I know, I it is. Every show is big. Are

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Speaker 1: fans they it's big to them. Someone on Twitter said

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Speaker 1: they should give us, we should give him a Christmas

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Speaker 1: present with a two hour long podcast. I like that.

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Speaker 1: I think this is let's be on. This is a

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Speaker 1: whip through these games. You can make it happen, though, guys,

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Speaker 1: did notice a certain bounce and TD step though. Um.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes there's some heat between HANSA and TD as the

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Speaker 1: two reel leaders of the podcast. The producer, the host,

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Speaker 1: talent versus producer. It's an age old battle. It's an

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Speaker 1: inherent battle. It's there and you know it's it's part

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Speaker 1: of the game. But it's all love, Daniel's love. But

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Speaker 1: It was strange you were texting us. I've never seen

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Speaker 1: like he pulled the Dalton Dalton did even less than Manning.

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Speaker 1: which will be a loss into the sunset, it's over

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Speaker 1: It's sad to see. Really he might like, you know what, guys,

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Speaker 1: the all time Sesson. We're actually gonna talk about that

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Speaker 1: one a little later with all the other sandwich propositions,

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Speaker 1: he had two terrible games. This loss was big for

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Speaker 1: one seed. They're gonna have to beat Oakland to make

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Speaker 1: well see a rematch of this game in the divisional

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Speaker 1: far ahead. I still think people are jumping off this

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Speaker 1: It's in our folder on NFL Now. You you guys

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Speaker 1: game where worlds and Harrison in their front seven looks good.

427
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Speaker 1: I mean, they hit the playoffs as the number three seed.

428
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Speaker 1: Most likely the winner of this game is going to

429
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Speaker 1: be the three seed, barring the big time Broncos upset,

430
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Speaker 1: and you know, that's a good spot. And maybe you're

431
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Speaker 1: going to Denver in the second round. And and the

432
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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers at least hit the playoffs really looking as

433
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Speaker 1: good as they've looked all year. Yeah, and I know

434
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Speaker 1: everyone's down on the Colts right now, but I don't

435
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Speaker 1: want to be a Bengals team or any a f

436
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Speaker 1: C wild card team that gets in and has to

437
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Speaker 1: go to Indianapolis with a healthy t Y Hilton. So

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Speaker 1: the loser of this game goes to Indianapolis. We're not

439
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Speaker 1: even gonna talk about Colts Titans this week because it

440
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Speaker 1: doesn't mean anything because the Colts could win that game,

441
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Speaker 1: as they should, but if they lose it, it really

442
00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,119
Speaker 1: doesn't make a difference. They're they're in. They're gonna be

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Speaker 1: the four seed, and they're gonna play the loser of

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Speaker 1: this a f C North matchup Bengals and Steelers, And

445
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Speaker 1: it does make me under you know, can the Bengals

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Speaker 1: get it done in Pittsburgh just because it's such a

447
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Speaker 1: big difference for them. They were shut out in Indianapolis,

448
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Speaker 1: remember earlier in the year, so it is such a

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Speaker 1: Even though it's great they beat Denver, this is really

450
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Speaker 1: the game that matters because if they have to go

451
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Speaker 1: to Indianapolis in the first round of the playoffs, that

452
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,920
Speaker 1: smells like another one and done. Yeah, I mean, their

453
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Speaker 1: playoffs essentially started with the Denver game, and this is

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Speaker 1: just as important. So Denver and Oakland play the other

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Speaker 1: a f C game that makes a difference on Sunday.

456
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Speaker 1: Oakland has won three games here down the stretch. Denver

457
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Speaker 1: has to win this game to clinch the number two seed.

458
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Speaker 1: Do we think there could have any problems with it?

459
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Speaker 1: The only thing about Oakland. Oakland needs to be at home,

460
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Speaker 1: I think, to have any chance to keep this thing close.

461
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Speaker 1: Although I you know, honestly, part of that is just

462
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Speaker 1: thinking of what we know about the Broncos that they're

463
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Speaker 1: gonna go in and drop some epic bomb on Oakland.

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Speaker 1: Oakland's defense last couple of weeks has looked very interesting.

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Speaker 1: Khalil Mack has been playing lights out, Derek Carr has

466
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Speaker 1: been really good one game and then the all entire

467
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Speaker 1: offense has zero rhythm the next So it just depends

468
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Speaker 1: which Raiders team you get to even maybe make it

469
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Speaker 1: a game. They weren't even competitive in Kansas City. They

470
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Speaker 1: haven't been the same team on the road. But these games,

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Speaker 1: the Broncos game will be No one's gonna be watching

472
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Speaker 1: that game, by the way, because it's not a single person.

473
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Speaker 1: It's the same time as Panthers Falcons, which is basically

474
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Speaker 1: a playoff game, and it's the same time as Lions Packers,

475
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Speaker 1: which decides the NFC North. And since we're talking about it,

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Speaker 1: let's just flip over to the NFC, you know. Sorry,

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Speaker 1: Jets and Dolphins fans. Real quick question. You just mentioned

478
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Speaker 1: Mac by the way, but but serious question. Note I

479
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Speaker 1: was talking to DJ yesterday. I'll move the stakes, o dB.

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Speaker 1: Kalil Mack. Who would be number one of the draft

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Speaker 1: was today? Oh, I would go O dB. I think

482
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Speaker 1: it would be Beckham. And I know teams value pass

483
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Speaker 1: rushers more, but Beckham's first whatever games this is now eleven,

484
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Speaker 1: have been so over the topic extraordinary. I think it

485
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Speaker 1: it'd have to be Beckham. What happened? What did J say? D?

486
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Speaker 1: I think D lead into his Mac. He didn't really choose.

487
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Speaker 1: I'm all, I'm all in a dB. I'm like, I'm

488
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Speaker 1: if you know what you know, and you're the GM

489
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Speaker 1: that goes Mac over Beckham, You're gonna have to hope

490
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Speaker 1: that Beckham doesn't do what we think he's gonna do.

491
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Speaker 1: I mean, because he could sell tickets for the next

492
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Speaker 1: decade for your friends. Because because what's the floor for Mac?

493
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Speaker 1: I think it's a multiple pro bowler, but it's not

494
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Speaker 1: necessarily the best pass rusher of his generation. It's just

495
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Speaker 1: a really good pro bowler, which is awesome. I mean,

496
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Speaker 1: we have him as a pass rushing his numbers are

497
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Speaker 1: he lately last half he hadn't been getting sacks, but

498
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Speaker 1: he's had tons of hurries and it's starting to show up,

499
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Speaker 1: and he's got to be a great player. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think those would be the top two you picked.

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Speaker 1: You picked the right to um. So that wraps up

502
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Speaker 1: our look at the a f C. We're gonna speed

503
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Speaker 1: through some of these NFC games. I think we have

504
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Speaker 1: to start with the NFC North Lions. Packer decides the division.

505
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Speaker 1: The winner of this game could be as high as

506
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Speaker 1: the one seed, and the loser could be as low

507
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Speaker 1: and likely would be the sixth seed. How wacky is that.

508
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Speaker 1: I've never heard of that going into the final week.

509
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Speaker 1: It would be very wacky for the Packers with what

510
00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,879
Speaker 1: we've seen them be end up as the sixth seed

511
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Speaker 1: in this thing they do is lose this game, It's

512
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Speaker 1: probably gonna happen because to me that if you put

513
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Speaker 1: them at home and if they get potentially a bye,

514
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Speaker 1: they are one of the unbeatable forces in the NFC.

515
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Speaker 1: And this is Detroit's chance because I think a lot

516
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Speaker 1: of people don't believe in the Lions or they just

517
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Speaker 1: haven't watched the Lions. There's a lot of good parts.

518
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Speaker 1: It's a great defense. Here's the defense that could potentially

519
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Speaker 1: slow down Aaron Rodgers and the Packers if there's one

520
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Speaker 1: out there. So prove it to me, Lions, that you're

521
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Speaker 1: a playoff team that can do more than coast into

522
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Speaker 1: the sixth seed and get bunked out in the Week

523
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Speaker 1: one or you know, win a game and you're gone.

524
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Speaker 1: Just give us a good game at least you know

525
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Speaker 1: the line the Lions won. You know, this matchup in

526
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Speaker 1: Detroit and Aaron Rodgers and this Packers offense didn't look

527
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Speaker 1: great when they played a good pass Russian flow. This game,

528
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Speaker 1: of course will be at home, but on paper it's

529
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Speaker 1: it's not a terrible, terrible matchup for Detroit because there

530
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Speaker 1: are a rare team that can disrupt Rogers, who you know,

531
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Speaker 1: a few medical things wrong with him lately. They're not

532
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Speaker 1: quite in sync and they're facing a defense that is

533
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Speaker 1: not a shutdown defense. So Stafford has struggled lately, but

534
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Speaker 1: Reggie Bush look good last week, and it says Packers

535
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 1: defense isn't a shutdown defense by any means. You figure

536
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Speaker 1: they can score some points against I think they can.

537
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Speaker 1: I mean, we've gotten a different Lions offense week to week.

538
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Speaker 1: But the thing I don't know, I actually I disagree

539
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Speaker 1: with that. They are one of the most consistent teams

540
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,440
Speaker 1: I think in the league. When I watched them, I've

541
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Speaker 1: watched the lines I think more than any team, and

542
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Speaker 1: they're a consistent c plus. I mean, they are pretty

543
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Speaker 1: much the same mediocre offense every week. It's not the

544
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Speaker 1: worst thing you've ever seen, but it's bad unless they're

545
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Speaker 1: playing a really bad team. See that. That book doesn't

546
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Speaker 1: bode well for Detroit in my book, because of Green

547
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Speaker 1: Bays at home and they get on one of these

548
00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,680
Speaker 1: explosive quarters where they dropped twenty one sings over. So,

549
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Speaker 1: like I said, the winner of this game had a

550
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Speaker 1: chance to get the one seed. It's a lot more

551
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Speaker 1: likely that they'd be the two seed in the playoffs.

552
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 1: But the winner, as long as there is a winner

553
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Speaker 1: and there's no tie, will get a playoff FI And

554
00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 1: that's because the one seed is likely going to Seattle,

555
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,680
Speaker 1: because you know, there's there's all these scenarios this week

556
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,840
Speaker 1: in the NFC, but they almost all depend on Seattle

557
00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,199
Speaker 1: losing to the Rams, and Sean Hill is going up

558
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,320
Speaker 1: to Seattle and he's going in for a world of pain. Yeah,

559
00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:29,160
Speaker 1: and it's the Rams defense didn't look great last week.

560
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: I Seattle is just peaking on their peaking and and

561
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Speaker 1: they're hitting the playoffs at the perfect time. It's shocking

562
00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,600
Speaker 1: to two months ago we were wondering if the Seattle

563
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,479
Speaker 1: dynasty or whatever it was, was already over, and it's like, no,

564
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Speaker 1: they just needed to get healthy and they're the far

565
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,360
Speaker 1: support superior team this week. Well, the Rams couldn't win

566
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Speaker 1: two home games the last two weeks against Arizona and

567
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Speaker 1: Ryan Linley, and then they got waxed by the Giants.

568
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Speaker 1: So what this game looked very tricky on paper a

569
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Speaker 1: month ago. I don't think it's tricky anymore. You figure

570
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Speaker 1: the Seahawks role. They get the one seed, and that

571
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,400
Speaker 1: leads the Cowboys likely in the three seed. Because the Cowboys,

572
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:06,840
Speaker 1: the only chance they really have to move out of

573
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Speaker 1: this three seed is either with a tie in some

574
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 1: of these games, you know, to to the Detroit game,

575
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Speaker 1: or with the Seattle losing. So Dallas has a winnable

576
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: game in Washington early on Sunday. It's a game they lost.

577
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 1: They want to get revenge. Ultimately, it probably won't make

578
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,560
Speaker 1: a difference to their seating. Yeah, and it's a game

579
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Speaker 1: with two potential m VP candidates in DeMarco Murray and

580
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Speaker 1: Tony Romo. And if they I thought you're gonna say

581
00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 1: Robert Griffin the third, well you know he would be.

582
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 1: He'd be on that shortlist. There's no question he'd enough

583
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,879
Speaker 1: with the m v P for Romo. But give me

584
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 1: a break. I don't think it's that crazy. He's not

585
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: gonna win it, but he's he's certainly has to be

586
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 1: the guy you'd have to consider he's in that mix.

587
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: You're the one that always says I hate that these

588
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,679
Speaker 1: awards are just like narratives. You know, it's just like

589
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,720
Speaker 1: a storyline everyone likes. And isn't that all Romo for

590
00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 1: m v P is or it's not the m v

591
00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:00,719
Speaker 1: P of the last three weeks to the season, it's

592
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Speaker 1: the m v P of the season. Well, it's going

593
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,679
Speaker 1: to be a quarterback. The offensive line has been more

594
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Speaker 1: valuable than him, in the running game has more been

595
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 1: more valuable than him. And Romo has been almost perfect

596
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 1: in December. But you can't tell me he made a

597
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 1: bigger difference than Aaron Rodgers did this year, or j

598
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 1: J or Tom Brady for that matter. No, I'm sort

599
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: of saying he's in the mix, though, and I don't

600
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Speaker 1: think it's I think he might win it because people

601
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Speaker 1: just love that narrative. I hate that. But I think

602
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: let's start with the with the understanding that the awards

603
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,560
Speaker 1: are nonsense and we don't really care who wins these things.

604
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Speaker 1: I care. I care enough that I'm a big sham

605
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,240
Speaker 1: to me. But DeMarco Murray he probably will not get

606
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,879
Speaker 1: at this point, but he has been the heart of

607
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Speaker 1: this of this offense for sure. Yeah, you can't really

608
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:40,680
Speaker 1: give it to the offensive line as a group, but

609
00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: it would be crazy. And here's why I wouldn't give

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Speaker 1: it to Romo. I think you can come up with

611
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 1: seven or eight quarterbacks and you drop him on this

612
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: Cowboys team and that offense is doing just as well

613
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 1: or better. All right, But I also think I don't

614
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 1: think Romo has been a different I think it's been

615
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Speaker 1: a great year for him, and he's a great quarterback,

616
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Speaker 1: but he's not better than Aaron Rodgers and Brady this year.

617
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I think he's he's just very quickly dismissed

618
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 1: as well this year, especially that he's just game managing

619
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,560
Speaker 1: this team, doing eleven and four records, made some huge throws.

620
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,760
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that he also is the guy

621
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 1: that he's come back from a back injury. I mean,

622
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 1: you want the narrative is in place. I hate the narrative.

623
00:29:18,520 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 1: But the Cowboys, if they win this game, I think

624
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,719
Speaker 1: Romo has a real chance because the voting happens right

625
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 1: after the regular season and people just get swept up

626
00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 1: with the oh wow, let's give it to you know what.

627
00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,400
Speaker 1: I mean? Like they blamed, they blamed like acid rain

628
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 1: on him, and they blamed on crime in various cities

629
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 1: on him. It's time to give him a little bit

630
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 1: of credit. How about that? So the Cowboys likely headed

631
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 1: to the three seed. Let's talk a little bit about

632
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: the four seed in the NFC, and that's gonna be

633
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 1: the winner of the first playoff game of the year. Ultimately,

634
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,160
Speaker 1: this is the playoff game Carolina Atlanta, and people don't

635
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 1: like this game, but you know what, I'm assigning myself

636
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:54,720
Speaker 1: this game because I'm excited for it. I think it's

637
00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 1: interesting to see these two teams that are playing better,

638
00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 1: two good quarterbacks, and one of them is into the

639
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Speaker 1: Big Dance. I think the Panthers right now are the

640
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Speaker 1: better team, but I almost would like to see Atlanta

641
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Speaker 1: get into the show because if you have one of

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Speaker 1: those afternoons where Matt Ryan and Julio Jones are on

643
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 1: fire and it's gonna be in Atlanta, they could deal.

644
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,680
Speaker 1: They could deal a major upset to someone. They have

645
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Speaker 1: a good chance, the winner of this game to host

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals. Now, if you you know, a few things

647
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Speaker 1: have to happen. But basically, if the Cardinals get into

648
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Speaker 1: the playoffs, they're very likely to be the five seed

649
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Speaker 1: and go on the road and probably be underdog to

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Speaker 1: this team. So the winner of this game could easily

651
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Speaker 1: be playing in the divisional round and be sent up

652
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Speaker 1: to Seattle, you know, like lambs for slaughter. I mean,

653
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Speaker 1: that would be a disaster, disastrous divisional round game. But

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Speaker 1: I do think these two teams are playing better. They're

655
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Speaker 1: playing like nine and seven type of teams, and you know,

656
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Speaker 1: you're looking at two quarterbacks are also playing their best

657
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Speaker 1: football the year. It's not it's not a bad game. Oh,

658
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 1: I think it's it's It's classic to me that a

659
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Speaker 1: seven win team is going to get into the postseason.

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Speaker 1: I love it. The Falcons have been reliable lately. They

661
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 1: have a generic defense, but their offense, the passing game

662
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,400
Speaker 1: is pretty good. The Panthers, they're also stopping the run,

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Speaker 1: so that'll be an interesting match of Jonathan Stewart versus

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Speaker 1: the Falcons. Panthers are a little more up and down,

665
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 1: but it seems like they have more firepower overall. I again,

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Speaker 1: I want to see Julio Jones in the playoffs. He's

667
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Speaker 1: the best player on either one of these two teams,

668
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Speaker 1: and that's what you want in the playoffs. So the Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: which we mentioned, likely headed for the five seed. You know,

670
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Speaker 1: they could get some help and get a buy and

671
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Speaker 1: win the division. It looks like they're gonna start Logan

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Speaker 1: Thomas at quarterback in San Francisco for Jim Harbaugh's swan song. Yeah,

673
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Speaker 1: I think it's an absolute statement on Ryan Linley that

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Speaker 1: they know they're going nowhere with that. And and Logan

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Speaker 1: Thomas isn't is a complete wild card. I mean, it

676
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Speaker 1: was just pre draft process where they thought he's gonna

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00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: get drafted as a tight end that's maybe how his

678
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 1: NFL career would go. And there's been reports, you know

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Speaker 1: that he's been really up and down in practice whenever

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Speaker 1: he's had a chance to take snaps. So I think

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Speaker 1: the Bruce Arians is just basically saying, listen, we'll do

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Speaker 1: what we can. If they ever won this week against

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00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: the Niners with Logan Thomas, you gotta call Arians coach

684
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:07,959
Speaker 1: of the year. That's as coach of the year, no

685
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: matter what, he's coach of the century. If he wins

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Speaker 1: with Logan Thomas, there's a decent chance. First of all,

687
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: Logan Thomas is playing in the game in which his

688
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,520
Speaker 1: team could be the number one seed in the NFC.

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00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: That's insane, that's crazy, but it's it's it's also he

690
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 1: also might be starting a playoff game. I think that's

691
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 1: why arians did this is because Drew Standon had a

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Speaker 1: setback last week and he wants to see if Thomas

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Speaker 1: could possibly start that playoff game. I think he's thinking

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Speaker 1: that Thomas is gonna give you a higher ceiling. But

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00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 1: anything else that happens with him, we it's a complete enigma.

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00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 1: I just am disappointed that Logan Thomas is going to

697
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Speaker 1: ruin the best career UH stat line in NFL history.

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00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,040
Speaker 1: Right now, for his career, he has one for nine

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Speaker 1: for eighty one yards in a touchdown. Remember the through

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Speaker 1: a little I think it was it was a little

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00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 1: slant pass. I forget who is to who ran for

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Speaker 1: a long touchdown? One for nine for eighty one yards.

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00:32:58,040 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 1: I mean that's what you're getting with Logan Thomas. Not

704
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Speaker 1: a lot of completions, but a lot of it not one.

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00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: So Jim Harbaugh has a chance to go out in style,

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Speaker 1: try try to win that game, and that's really the

707
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Speaker 1: last NFC game that matters. I mean, you've got Saints

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00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: Bucks that's gonna help decide the number one seed. Bucks

709
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 1: are in great position for it. You got Bears Vikings.

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00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,920
Speaker 1: No one really cares about that game at this point.

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00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 1: Let's not waste people's precious time. They're with their families.

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00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:27,600
Speaker 1: They've taken time away from their eggnog and their various

713
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: other holiday cheers and booze killed with drinks to hang

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Speaker 1: out with us. And who who would have thought Eagles

715
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Speaker 1: Giants doesn't make any difference in the world either, other

716
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 1: than like Odell Beckham, setting you know, the city on

717
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:41,800
Speaker 1: fire a little more set it on fire. So that

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Speaker 1: that's all we got for you today. We've run through

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Speaker 1: all the games. Uh, we are still gonna talk a

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Speaker 1: little bit about our sandwich propositions, and to do that,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw it over to my main man, Dan

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Speaker 1: hanss Hands is all right, guys, So we have reached

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Speaker 1: week seventeen and it's time to revisit our go get

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Speaker 1: my lunch propositions that we made. I believe we made

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00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 1: them right after week one, if I can recall. Yeah,

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00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: so this time we're ahead of the game. We We've

727
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,360
Speaker 1: had three months have passed and I'm a little afraid

728
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: to look at some of these predictions, both on behalf

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00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 1: of myself and you guys. I'm sure we some of

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00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,239
Speaker 1: the things we got behind probably didn't quite work out,

731
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: but we're about to find out as we go through

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00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,239
Speaker 1: this list. And uh, I'll go straight from the top,

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Speaker 1: and first of all, a big hearty thanks to what's

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Speaker 1: the Twitter handle again, go get Go get my lunch

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Speaker 1: at go get my lunch strangely enough better be Uh,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna go through. They did a great job that

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00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 1: that Twitter handle like keeping track of all these and

738
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: we're actually using their official Twitter handle, uh spreadsheet to

739
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:57,799
Speaker 1: go through these. So let's just go down the list.

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Speaker 1: And Chris Westling's first, and I will say that, uh

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00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,800
Speaker 1: sandwiches one loss that says that you have won five sandwiches.

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00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: All these are There are a few of these, by

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00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: the way, that are pending week seventeen action, but a

744
00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,400
Speaker 1: lot of this is settled and we could talk about it.

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00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,680
Speaker 1: That's why we're doing it right now. Chris Westling's five

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Speaker 1: sandwiches one, seven sandwiches lost. Let's go champion has been

747
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,120
Speaker 1: taken down. He used to be great at this. I've

748
00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,600
Speaker 1: seen the career standings and I still stand on top.

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00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 1: That's passed alright, So west west throughout there. That Teddy

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00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 1: Bridge order will start week one, and Greg said, I

751
00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:35,000
Speaker 1: disagree that won't be the case. There was once a

752
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,360
Speaker 1: time Greg doubted Teddy Bridge one. Well, he was on

753
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:39,440
Speaker 1: the same tame with my other boy, Matt Castle, and

754
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,440
Speaker 1: I looked like my confidence in Matt Castle was proved correct.

755
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:47,720
Speaker 1: So Bridge order didn't start until one was after Castle

756
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,799
Speaker 1: got hurt, I think four weeks in right, So then

757
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:51,800
Speaker 1: we had Matt Flynn will not be on the Packers

758
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 1: opening day roster. Greg took that one as well. No,

759
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 1: that was an easy one that was from the summer.

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00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:59,720
Speaker 1: I enjoyed that one because because West believed in this one. Matt,

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00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:02,640
Speaker 1: thank you for believing it. And I think Mark had

762
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,359
Speaker 1: my back a little bit on this one. Nobody wants

763
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,359
Speaker 1: to see Matt Flynn throw a pass again in the NFL.

764
00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 1: I certainly felt that logical. If you're going to run

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00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:10,759
Speaker 1: a team, you wouldn't have him on your roster. Mike

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00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 1: Vick will start at least the next four games weeks nine, ten, twelve,

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00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,799
Speaker 1: and thirteen. That was a mid season one. That was

768
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,839
Speaker 1: a mid season Sandwich wager that Vick would start at

769
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,400
Speaker 1: least the next four games. And then of course Woody

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00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 1: Johnson veto that and banged West hard costing of sandwiches.

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00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:32,399
Speaker 1: Hold on, yeah, it's got some evidence here. I would

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00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: like to introduce Exhibit A from This is the most

773
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 1: prep West has ever done. He's printed out down Exhibit

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00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: A from at Doug and Passo. Chris. I followed the

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00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 1: sandwich bets. What I wrote down was vic in weeks

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00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: nine to twelve, not games nine to twelve. You nailed it?

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00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:53,800
Speaker 1: Not all right, let's there was a bye week in

778
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 1: there didn't But didn't he lose the job after three starts.

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00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,280
Speaker 1: He held the job for four weeks, but not four games.

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00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 1: We're gonna have to go and listen to tap that

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00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 1: is Dan and I won sandwiches off of that. But

782
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 1: we'll see. I don't think we might have to go check.

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00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: We'll the dig through it, all right. Rams finished with

784
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,960
Speaker 1: tied with the worst record in the NFL. West was

785
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 1: down on the Rams. Greg. So you guys, here's the

786
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 1: here's the secret to the sandwich. Just take them off.

787
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: Just say yes. One of the odds that's gonna be.

788
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 1: All of our predictions were wrong. Rams are gonna win

789
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:31,759
Speaker 1: about seven games, as they always do, so that will

790
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 1: not get it done for worst record. Brandon Cooks, the

791
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 1: guy that West is very high on will be offensive.

792
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,799
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year was high on him. He has

793
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:44,120
Speaker 1: been replaced more than capably by It's ironic. You don't

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00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 1: see Mark's name as taking any of these do anything.

795
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,000
Speaker 1: You don't have to do this, But you keep saying

796
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,399
Speaker 1: that that you're on a budget. But if you had

797
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 1: just taken all of these, you would have won all

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00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 1: the sandwiches and save yourself. I have not been a

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00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:01,879
Speaker 1: diehard gambler for two two decades. We don't gamble here,

800
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 1: but Mark. Mark's logic was flawed because he doesn't want

801
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 1: to risks losing sandwiches and paying out money. But he's

802
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,439
Speaker 1: not realizing that to win sandwiches and not paying money,

803
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 1: you gotta get. You gonna take everyone else, saying I'm

804
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,600
Speaker 1: good at this game. That's not my right, all right,

805
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,320
Speaker 1: Mike Wallace will lead the a f C and receiving yards.

806
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,360
Speaker 1: I took West up on that, and I believe Wallace

807
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 1: will leave lead the division. Right, No, we won't. Gronkowski

808
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: is up. Technically that one is still up in the air,

809
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,719
Speaker 1: but Dan is looking great. And finally, West, Matt Ryan

810
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 1: and Matthew Stafford finished with more passing yards than Peyton Manning.

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00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 1: That's a big loss and I took that. Greg took

812
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:41,319
Speaker 1: that one up, Stafford, Ryan and Ryan and Peyton Manning

813
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,160
Speaker 1: took everything. We all said. I want a challenge alright.

814
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 1: Moving on to Mark. Michael Vick starts week one for

815
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 1: the Jets. I was the only one to take Mark

816
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,240
Speaker 1: up on that, and I got a sandwich off it chomp, chomp, chomp.

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00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 1: Blake Boardles starts by week three. This one hurt. This

818
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:56,799
Speaker 1: one hurt because he came on the field in week

819
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,399
Speaker 1: three and essentially won the starting church, but he didn't

820
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,920
Speaker 1: start until week four. Greg, Greg and West both agreed

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00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 1: to split the lunch if wrong. I don't know why

822
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:09,399
Speaker 1: that is that it's weird. Mark actually laid this out

823
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,759
Speaker 1: after Jets went over over the Raiders, that the Jets

824
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,359
Speaker 1: will finish with a winning record, and nobody else took

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00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,279
Speaker 1: him up on that except for Greg, who got a

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00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,839
Speaker 1: sandwich off. I am gonna be full of sandwiches, I say,

827
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 1: by the way, Sessler won three sandwiches and lost five,

828
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 1: and he's gonna lose a few more coming up. Maybe

829
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: have to just give us your ATM card. Mark Mark

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00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,720
Speaker 1: the Cleveland Caves will have more wins after seven games,

831
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 1: and the Browns will have all year. Of course, the

832
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:38,840
Speaker 1: Browns are sitting at seven wins, and I believe the

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00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 1: Calves started like three and four. Another lesson we should

834
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,439
Speaker 1: have all taken it. That was none of us took

835
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,960
Speaker 1: that one. Jimmy Garoppolo will start at least one game

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00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 1: for the Patriots this year. I didn't take that one

837
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 1: just because I didn't like when Mark goes down, the

838
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,920
Speaker 1: serious injury around for people, and I think you keep

839
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,840
Speaker 1: this card. Nobody has gotten one right so far. So

840
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,399
Speaker 1: Mark Mark could be as low he's losing these two

841
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: he's that would put him at three and seven. And

842
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,560
Speaker 1: then the next one is I will I will vanish

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00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,080
Speaker 1: on trans to the East. I'm not gonna be. And

844
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: then in the non producer category, because our producers always

845
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 1: make the worst sandwich propositions, but in in the A

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Speaker 1: t L group, the worst one of all time. Peyton

847
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:20,560
Speaker 1: plays exactly sixteen more NFL games, then he's done. That's

848
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: not a chance to happen. No, it probably doesn't. Well,

849
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:26,640
Speaker 1: laugh it off, that's fine, but this was said after

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00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:32,279
Speaker 1: week one, so that he playoff, right, So if the

851
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:37,040
Speaker 1: playoff game and then the sunset Mark looks like a genius.

852
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 1: He does, and if not, he's given up eleven sandwiches.

853
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:45,960
Speaker 1: Moving moving so far, I'm just gonna buy one of

854
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:50,319
Speaker 1: those giant like all right, Moving on to Greg he

855
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:53,200
Speaker 1: Greg is on fire. So far He's won nine sandwiches

856
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:56,279
Speaker 1: and lost just five. First one, NFC East will have

857
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 1: three teams with losing records. Nobody took that, and that

858
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:03,399
Speaker 1: was wrong. Everyone's been wrong. Justin Hunter will play more

859
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,840
Speaker 1: snaps than Nate Washington. This is a Greg West fire joint.

860
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,839
Speaker 1: Where do we stand on that? Uh? Nate Washington's gonna

861
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,319
Speaker 1: play more snaps? Well West. This shows the kind of

862
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,319
Speaker 1: character of the man we're dealing with. Justin Hunter was

863
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 1: leading by a good margin. The man ruptured his spleen literally,

864
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 1: and West took that as an occasion to send me

865
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 1: a taunting email. We can do without. I would have

866
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 1: done the same thing with part of the part of

867
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,880
Speaker 1: this proposition was that Justin Hunter is a slightly built

868
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 1: man who will always be oh yeah, you saw the

869
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: spleen rupture coming, thrilled that West is a spleen expert.

870
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 1: All right, Jake Locker will have more passing yards than

871
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 1: two of the following quarterbacks r G three, Russell Wilson

872
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:52,960
Speaker 1: and Colin Kaepernick. So well, you could have listed any

873
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 1: two quarterbacks in the NFL, and that would have everyone did,

874
00:41:55,719 --> 00:41:58,120
Speaker 1: including TV who want a sandwich off that one? Good

875
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:03,919
Speaker 1: job there, Mr t D Teddy Bridgewater. I would hold

876
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: off on that though, TV, because we haven't gotten to yet.

877
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:10,839
Speaker 1: Robert Woods leads the bills and receiving yards. Uh, this

878
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:13,160
Speaker 1: was the West took him up on this. And and

879
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,200
Speaker 1: then we have another note here. If Greg wins, he

880
00:42:15,239 --> 00:42:17,800
Speaker 1: gets a side of potato salad on top of the sandwich.

881
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna lose that one. It was close, but I

882
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,840
Speaker 1: was gonna lose alright, Greg, I did negotiate extra details

883
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:27,359
Speaker 1: into the I was giving up odds. But yeah, this

884
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,720
Speaker 1: is also another one that just involved Greg and I.

885
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 1: Greg said that Richie Incognito won't play in the NFL again,

886
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:36,080
Speaker 1: I say he will. Uh that is yet to be determined,

887
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:38,239
Speaker 1: so that's kind of in the air. On a side note,

888
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 1: I have a much darker proposition with Handsome Hay downstairs

889
00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 1: or regarding Incognito, but I will not get into it

890
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: on the show. Uh. Last one from Greg Mike Zimmer

891
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,720
Speaker 1: will receive more Coach of the Year votes than Peyton

892
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:58,759
Speaker 1: Manning or Drew Brees get m v P votes. Convoluted button.

893
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: I don't know Zimmers like fourth or Fish. Think it

894
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:06,520
Speaker 1: might be like two to zero this year. This is

895
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 1: a I'm with West. I think West is gonna win this,

896
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 1: but it could be close. Alright, Moving on to me,

897
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 1: I've won six so far and lost three and the

898
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:18,359
Speaker 1: only reason we're doing this segment is because of that. Yes,

899
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 1: thank you. Barring injury, Michael Vick doesn't start for the

900
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 1: Jets in two thousand fourteen. Stupid, No one took me

901
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:30,560
Speaker 1: on that. Why do everyone we forget how strangely, almost

902
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 1: suspiciously high we were. Geno Smith after a nineteen fourteen

903
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:38,640
Speaker 1: went over the Raiders at home was moving on. Case

904
00:43:38,719 --> 00:43:41,760
Speaker 1: Keenan will start more games than Ryan Mallett, the great

905
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:44,360
Speaker 1: upset of all time. Case Keenum emerges out of the

906
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:47,200
Speaker 1: ether a week ago and is most likely, barring something

907
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,759
Speaker 1: him getting struck by lightning this week, we'll finish with

908
00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,360
Speaker 1: the same number of starts as mald who was the

909
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: name that's gonna be a push Texan starter and then

910
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:56,480
Speaker 1: hurt himself and he's out for the year. It's gonna

911
00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:59,200
Speaker 1: be too too you. You guys were magnanimous and you said,

912
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: even though he doesn't have more starts, the absurd nature

913
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 1: of the cover here, that's the miraculous pick of the year.

914
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 1: That's the one. I don't know why we chose now

915
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:12,800
Speaker 1: to start being magnanimum uh. This one has my fingerprints

916
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 1: all over. And Andy Dalton will finish with a higher

917
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:18,319
Speaker 1: passer rating than Philip Rivers. I don't know what it is.

918
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,800
Speaker 1: I would assume it's something about like ninety three to

919
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 1: eighty or something. It's probably not a hugely embarrassing, but

920
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 1: two point seven. This is actually his worst year. I think. Yeah,

921
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,600
Speaker 1: I didn't. He had been a nineties guy until this season,

922
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 1: and that's what I was banking on. It didn't work

923
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,120
Speaker 1: out that way, and I lost Sandwich just to Greg

924
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: Mark and west On that one. Jason Garrett will survive

925
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: the season. He's not only gonna survive, and he's gonna

926
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:43,520
Speaker 1: get like a million year extension. Cessler said, no, he's

927
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 1: getting fired. Cessler was famously out in The Cowboys, to

928
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 1: the point where he had the famous adjectives for the Cowboys.

929
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,160
Speaker 1: That was the one one Mark took basically and he

930
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:55,239
Speaker 1: got that wrong too. Finally, we've been talking about this

931
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 1: all year in the newsroom. J J. Watt will have

932
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 1: more sex than DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller combined. Uh

933
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 1: what is probably gonna have more sacks than either of

934
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 1: those guys, but wearing Miller over twenties as a combos there,

935
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:09,920
Speaker 1: so you'll even out. Yeah, a little bit lust that

936
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 1: one to Greg West and t D in on that

937
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 1: and finally t D who Uh, great job by t D.

938
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:21,040
Speaker 1: He's he won one sandwich and is down four and

939
00:45:21,160 --> 00:45:23,480
Speaker 1: he's gonna win that wat one so too. But here

940
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 1: we go. Calvin Johnson finishes the year with twenty at

941
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:29,880
Speaker 1: least excuse me, at least twenty four receiving touchdowns. The

942
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:32,160
Speaker 1: entire group cannot wait to jump on that one, and

943
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 1: it's gonna cost them multiple sandwiches. Your thoughts, I'm a

944
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 1: home run hitter. You know, I took a shot, I missed,

945
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 1: but you know, you gotta know who you are, and

946
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 1: you're like Robber didn't hit one. Our producers, for the record,

947
00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:49,799
Speaker 1: are combined one and six in their careers. In this game.

948
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 1: You want to play with the big boys. You know,

949
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:54,319
Speaker 1: if you're only getting one of two shots. You gotta

950
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:56,400
Speaker 1: take a shot, you know, Okay, I can't go for

951
00:45:56,440 --> 00:45:58,840
Speaker 1: the little ones and the final in which none of

952
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 1: us took and it's a it's a good thing the Jets,

953
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,480
Speaker 1: Dolphins or Bills will make the playoffs. TV laid that

954
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 1: out and we didn't take the bait, and it's well,

955
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:10,919
Speaker 1: we should have. We could have taken from sand. Yeah,

956
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 1: I've noticed a little bit of strategy here. Here's one

957
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 1: of the keys to this game. If you really in

958
00:46:17,200 --> 00:46:19,520
Speaker 1: three or four guys, you better hope you get it

959
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:22,760
Speaker 1: right or else you're down. You're never going to recover

960
00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:26,840
Speaker 1: from that. So we'll have the final numbers in about

961
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,440
Speaker 1: a week. But most of these are settled. And uh,

962
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,719
Speaker 1: I guess what's the big takeaway that none of us

963
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:36,319
Speaker 1: know anything? But we tried to put these things out

964
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:39,319
Speaker 1: of fun. We did it, uh in advance of free

965
00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:41,640
Speaker 1: agency last year. I believe in it. That was I

966
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:43,239
Speaker 1: think we got quite a few of those. We'll do

967
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,560
Speaker 1: that again. We'll bring it back for free agency again.

968
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,279
Speaker 1: So that is the go get my lunch propositions for

969
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 1: the two All right, that was it? How many people

970
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:55,600
Speaker 1: just fast forward it right to the sandwich thing, no one.

971
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 1: Do you think people care about the standards? I don't know.

972
00:46:58,080 --> 00:46:59,600
Speaker 1: I hope they did because it was a good time.

973
00:46:59,719 --> 00:47:01,399
Speaker 1: They just like, we need a little Dan and West

974
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,040
Speaker 1: in our lives. I can pretty much tell my wife, hey,

975
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:06,120
Speaker 1: you don't have to budget for food in two thousand

976
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:08,960
Speaker 1: and fifteen because I got about fifteen million sandwiches. Come well,

977
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,600
Speaker 1: and I've told my wife that our two children won't

978
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,080
Speaker 1: be eating until middle of April. That's fine, that's how

979
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 1: it goes. You know, that will be fine. Wow, what

980
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 1: a terrible What a way to go into Christmas. T

981
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:25,640
Speaker 1: D abominable. Well, we want to thank everyone that listens

982
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,839
Speaker 1: to the show all regular season long. Of course, we'll

983
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:32,280
Speaker 1: be back on Sunday night to wrap up this week seventeen.

984
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:35,800
Speaker 1: We'll be back throughout the playoffs with three shows a week.

985
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:38,400
Speaker 1: But in the meantime, have a great Christmas, have a

986
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:42,319
Speaker 1: great Hanukkah, any holidays that you celebrate, you know, get

987
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:45,760
Speaker 1: it done. I have a good time for Mark Sessler,

988
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:50,600
Speaker 1: t D. Behind the Glass, Zack Dressler's back there, Dan

989
00:47:50,760 --> 00:48:04,399
Speaker 1: Hansas in New York, Chris Westling, We'll see you on Sunday,