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Speaker 1: The Around the NFL Podcast should win come Back Player

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Speaker 1: of the Year from the Chris Westling podcast studio. It's

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Speaker 1: Around the NFL. I am Dan Jnzas, This is Greg Rosenthal,

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Speaker 1: that is Mark Sessler. How are you boys coming back?

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Speaker 1: We're on top, baby. We were here a year ago,

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Speaker 1: thriving and we continue to exist like this. I'd like

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Speaker 1: to see us as the ten time Raining podcast champions

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Speaker 1: of the NFL. Maybe it's like this the year where

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Speaker 1: they gave it to Philip Rivers for coming back from

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Speaker 1: being like the fourteenth best quarterback to the ninth best

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Speaker 1: which comes up. It's like Philip Rivers coming back from

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Speaker 1: his sixth child. Yes, yes, yes, oh you you can

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Speaker 1: hear it listener and viewer. The bounce in our step

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Speaker 1: because it is wild Card Super wild Card weekend in

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Speaker 1: the NFL and we are going to preview all of

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Speaker 1: the games. How many games you got here? In eighteen

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Speaker 1: laminated fourteen teams remaining two teams on pay it's twelve

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Speaker 1: by six. That's yeah, six, yea, so we got six games.

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Speaker 1: Talk about the human calculators. That's where we are got

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Speaker 1: there and we're gonna go through every game. We have

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Speaker 1: two on Saturday two, on Sunday one, on Monday night

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Speaker 1: three on Sunday. Hello, that's why we need this preview.

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Speaker 1: Lock this down. Yeah, all right, you want to get

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Speaker 1: into it. Sure, let's get into it. Let's go and order.

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Speaker 1: I think that's a good way to do it. Let's

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Speaker 1: go to Bowl Bottom four thirty pm Eastern. We used

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Speaker 1: to call it West of vis our late friend Chris

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Speaker 1: Westling his favorite kind of playoff game when the Andy

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Speaker 1: Dalton led Bengals would get knocked out of the postseason

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Speaker 1: of his life. They don't do that early, early slot anymore.

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Speaker 1: It's now a four thirty pm Eastern kickoff. It's on Fox,

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Speaker 1: and it's the Seahawks, who greg they found their way

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Speaker 1: you know, we were all it were a little but hurt.

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people were about the lines

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Speaker 1: not making the playoffs. But Seattle deserves a lot of

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Speaker 1: credit because they like the Lions and many other UH

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Speaker 1: and yet here they are to get a chance. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: their reward for making the playoffs is facing, in my mind,

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Speaker 1: the best team in football writing a ten game winning

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Speaker 1: speak it hurts, And yes, you, you are so confident

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Speaker 1: that the Seahawks weren't gonna win, you put sandwiches on

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Speaker 1: I think we're getting to that, yes later. And I

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Speaker 1: that because it was deemed to be hanging shallots. It

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Speaker 1: was such a weak wager that turned out to be

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Speaker 1: not so weak, right, So they deserve credit. And in

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Speaker 1: a perfect game where brock Purty gives them a couple

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Speaker 1: good for a seventh round pick, He's he's very good.

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Speaker 1: But at the beginning of that Thursday night game where

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Speaker 1: here's what they need. They need an act of God. Here.

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Speaker 1: The only thing that Seattle is better than in theory

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Speaker 1: I played football as well, which leads us to the

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Speaker 1: tennis player over here. I don't even know if you

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Speaker 1: should be in this room. I play ball, Mark played ball.

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Speaker 1: How about you. Well, I am a state champion Massachusetts.

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Speaker 1: So that's like an experience of playing sports at the

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Speaker 1: highest of levels and coming through in the clutch. In

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Speaker 1: the clutch, it's pretty good answer. Kind of tell us

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Speaker 1: a little bit there, a little bit. I mean it's tennis,

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Speaker 1: but still different sport. But you know, competitive, you're one

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Speaker 1: on one, you have no one else to like, we

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Speaker 1: got to get back to this game. But in the finals.

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Speaker 1: But because you're not like a hulking man, was your

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Speaker 1: opponent like a hyper athletic looking dude, and and he

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Speaker 1: was like that Rosenthal, No slightly. But we played the

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Speaker 1: same team in the finals back to back years, and

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Speaker 1: the he the first year it was a team title.

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Speaker 1: You alone. You shouldn't. I didn't know as any of

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Speaker 1: those alright. Second thingle tennis with my wife and two

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Speaker 1: small children and utterly destroyed them on the like I

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Speaker 1: annoyed the guy to the point that he like asked

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Speaker 1: the official there to like shut me up because I

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Speaker 1: was like talking too much. Fired up, young Michael Chang.

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Speaker 1: We're not surprised all right. Back to the game. This

447
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Speaker 1: was a surprise, this little thing a little detour there.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to see and Staley in the playoffs. I

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Speaker 1: think he really you are loyal to football, because I

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Speaker 1: think you can get fired if Mike Williams will play

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Speaker 1: this game and they lose. Okay, I I hear that,

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Speaker 1: but I feel like he was kind of loyal to football.

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Speaker 1: I think he was in his bag there. In December.

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Speaker 1: I saw some growth from Brandon Stalley in terms of

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Speaker 1: the game plans he was coming up with on a

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Speaker 1: week to week basis. I don't think he was doing

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Speaker 1: anything last week against Denver that was like a basic game.

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Speaker 1: Now he's gonna look at Trevor Lawrence. They built this

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Speaker 1: defense and they've had two years to do it now

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Speaker 1: to stop the pass. Yes, they give up a lot

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Speaker 1: of running yards. They don't want to give up as

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Speaker 1: many as they do, but that's the The idea is

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Speaker 1: that we can live with giving up five and a

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Speaker 1: half yards on the ground or five yards because that's

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Speaker 1: better than giving up uh seven eight nine yards through

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Speaker 1: the air. And I think he'll look at Trevor Lawrence

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Speaker 1: and I think he'll see some ways maybe he can

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Speaker 1: confuse him. If the drag Wars had lost that game,

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Speaker 1: we would be talking about how the Jaguars offense choked

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Speaker 1: to end the season. Their last five drives of that

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Speaker 1: game against Tennessee, they had one first down, they basically stopped.

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Speaker 1: And Lawrence is a is a great young player. But

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Speaker 1: this is a Chargers defense. It has Derwin, James Helsey,

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Speaker 1: has Joey Bosa healthy. To me, they're they're set up.

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Speaker 1: I think it is kind of a show me game

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Speaker 1: for Brandon Staley. You're a defensive coach, show me something here.

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Speaker 1: I think you'll have something cooked up to confuse. Think

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Speaker 1: about what happened when the other show me game I

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Speaker 1: thought for Brandon Stilley was when you went up and

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Speaker 1: it was Herbert verse Tua and that Dolphins offense, and

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Speaker 1: it was guys like Michael Davis and the way that

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Speaker 1: they shut down Miami's passing game. They I think that

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Speaker 1: is Staley's skill and he's got his guys now and

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Speaker 1: they're actually playing wealthy. You don't have Cam Robinson at

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Speaker 1: left tackle right now. For the Jaguars, You've got Bosa,

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Speaker 1: You've got Khalil Mack. If it's ever been a time

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Speaker 1: where it's like, let's put a clamp on an offense

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Speaker 1: that's been kind of quiet recently despite it our love

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Speaker 1: of just Trevor Lawrence, like this would be the game.

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Speaker 1: I think this thing is gonna be. This is like

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Speaker 1: down to the last possession type of I see that,

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Speaker 1: and if you look at all like the underlying data,

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Speaker 1: Mike Williams is their big play offense. He's a janga

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Speaker 1: piece for the Chargers back and dream you'd better play

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Speaker 1: this is the grave digger. Yeah. I feel like there's

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Speaker 1: an elephant in the room with this Jaguars team we

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Speaker 1: need to address and I prepared something special for you guys.

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Speaker 1: A right, wait, what Well, he's still living in his

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Speaker 1: and there's just been nothing about this team to me

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Speaker 1: that is special. I think they're kind of a mediocre

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Speaker 1: team that's been on the wrong side of variants and

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Speaker 1: they're not that far from being a five and four team.

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Speaker 1: But it doesn't matter that they can't get those winds back,

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Speaker 1: and I don't think they're gonna rally enough with that schedule,

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Speaker 1: I would fork them, Greg. I think you'll do it

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Speaker 1: as well, because what you said, they had their chance.

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Speaker 1: They had their chance to absorb these next two losses

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Speaker 1: most likely, but they kicked away that opportunity and it's

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Speaker 1: going to be too late. Bridget hold on, hold on

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Speaker 1: in there. Can we also factor in when we forked

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Speaker 1: the Jaguars that we didn't know the Titans were going

512
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Speaker 1: to become a pop orner team. But just you know,

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Speaker 1: that's that's that's a little factor. But also that's back

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Speaker 1: in November. The reason we do we don't do FOURK

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Speaker 1: in week thirteen when it's obvious who's out. We we

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Speaker 1: went with what we thought and it was not illogical.

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Speaker 1: If someone had gone hard to save the Jaguars, they wouldn't.

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Speaker 1: That's why the fork we lost. We lost one. I

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Speaker 1: mean I thought we lost a second, just one. No,

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Speaker 1: that was its multiples. I'd say we're out ended up

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Speaker 1: not making it that Lions saved us some embarrassment. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: our listeners in Jacksonville, let us know what your favorite

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Speaker 1: charity is here and uh we we dolls pockets. We're

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Speaker 1: all gonna donate, all right, well, wait, let's pick these

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Speaker 1: two games where we take a break. We got a

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Speaker 1: blow out in the first game. We don't even talk

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Speaker 1: about that. We locked that this game. Who got Mark?

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Jaguars, uh one. In overtime, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: go with the Chargers. I did like what I saw

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Speaker 1: at the trayvon Walker last week. I'd love to see

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Speaker 1: him show up in a big spot. But I'm taking

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Speaker 1: just at herb. We barely talked that. This is justin

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Speaker 1: Herbert's first playoff game. I think it's a beautiful it's

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Speaker 1: going to be on overdrive. I think it's a beautiful

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Speaker 1: spot for him to show that. To me, he's on

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Speaker 1: another level of Trevor Lawrence. They're pretty even. Teams take

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Speaker 1: the better quarterback, all right, But I think the Jaguars win.

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Speaker 1: I think the Jaguars have an underrated home field advantage.

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Speaker 1: Building is going to be going off and the Charges.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. I I said to myself at the

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Speaker 1: top of this that, like, let's try to move on

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Speaker 1: from what happened last week with the Bolts. I just

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Speaker 1: I worry. I worry. I're worry, especially if Williams doesn't play.

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Speaker 1: They're not gonna be able to keep pace, So I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna go Jaguars. Wow, you and I are one point

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Speaker 1: off from the same prediction. By Oh you took the Jackson.

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Speaker 1: Do not even remember that? That That was like a minute

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Speaker 1: a half ago. I thought you took the charge. I

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Speaker 1: see how the show works. Doesn't matter. We'll take a break.

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Speaker 1: We'll be right back, all right, Welcome back, Oh Greg,

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Speaker 1: I got some breaking news. Mercedes Been Stadium in Atlanta

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Speaker 1: has been selected as the site of a potential Buffalo

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Speaker 1: Kansas City a f C af C championship game that

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Speaker 1: comes from the league. Um, like that turf over there

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Speaker 1: in No, I think the coloration is off. If back

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Speaker 1: in August you told the city of Atlanta you'd be

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Speaker 1: hosting a conference title game, I don't think this is

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Speaker 1: what they would have imagined. But um, I know I

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Speaker 1: could think of I I definitely am into stadiums. How

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Speaker 1: they look on television. I'm with you, Dan, Um Atlanta

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Speaker 1: would not have been beautiful facility. There's no one's questioning that.

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Speaker 1: Something just seems a little strange on TV. Maybe the lighting.

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Speaker 1: I agree that lighting does look a little strange, but

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Speaker 1: it's one of the nicest ones in person. We've been there,

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Speaker 1: but only a small fraction of humanity will be there

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Speaker 1: in person. That's sort of my issue is likes not

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Speaker 1: a weather game. I'm all for seeing Josh Allen uh

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Speaker 1: and Patrick Mahomes if that's the game, and if it's

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Speaker 1: not the right then this league I'd like to just

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Speaker 1: see them at the peak of their paris. There was

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Speaker 1: there was, yes, there was debate about, oh, should it

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Speaker 1: be an outdoor game because their outdoor teams. Calm down,

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Speaker 1: Let's just get on an ice field and have a nice,

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Speaker 1: fun thirty one shootout. And with that said, let's talk

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Speaker 1: about the Buffalo Bills, who are the biggest favorite of

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Speaker 1: the week. The desert hasn't meant laying the big time?

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Speaker 1: Would thirteen? As the Miami Dolphins come to town to

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Speaker 1: a has been ruled out. T ain't playing and that's

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Speaker 1: the right move, uh, given all the what we've learned

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Speaker 1: the season about the head injury that he sustained and

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Speaker 1: then aggravated um a few weeks back. So now you

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Speaker 1: get probably Skyler Thompson, a rookie, a Day three pick rookie.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Teddy Bridgewater is of taping its up in the air.

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Speaker 1: Teddy suffered the dislocated pinky in Week seventeen, did not

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Speaker 1: play in Week eighteen and a must win game, and

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Speaker 1: is not practice right now limited, But it sounds like

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Speaker 1: he can't really make the throws necessary. So it's bad

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Speaker 1: news because you could look at it obviously as all right,

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Speaker 1: go back to December and the Dolphins had a really

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Speaker 1: good showing on a Saturday night against the Bills. Took

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Speaker 1: him to the very limit and you needed Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: heroics in the fourth quarter to wipe out a deficit,

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Speaker 1: and they and they squeezed by And that was what

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Speaker 1: two of playing to playing at a high level. You

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Speaker 1: don't got that here. And in general, just feels like

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Speaker 1: these teams are in totally different places. Now. Miami has

597
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 1: not played well in a very long time. Yeah, I

598
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: mean this game. This is sort of the trick when

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Speaker 1: you add these seventh playoff teams, because you're gonna get

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Speaker 1: situations like this. Um with Miami, it's been the story

601
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Speaker 1: of their season. They've just not been able to go

602
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Speaker 1: wire to wire with the quarterback they want. And I

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Speaker 1: think there is you know, Teddy Bridgewater, I know, Greg,

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Speaker 1: You're a big Teddy guy. You could make this argument

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Speaker 1: that the drop off between Twa to Teddy would be

606
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Speaker 1: not that big of a problem. To go to Skyler Thompson,

607
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Speaker 1: who was a bit of a pre season star. He

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Speaker 1: just doesn't look ready for this, Like I he can

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Speaker 1: do a couple of things that are a little different,

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Speaker 1: I guess out of structure, but that's not gonna happen

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Speaker 1: in this game. I think, if you're Miami, how do

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Speaker 1: you not? You can't. You can't go down shootout Avenue

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Speaker 1: with Josh Allen, who Latin Week three piled up four

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Speaker 1: hundred and forty seven yards against the Dolphins, and in

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Speaker 1: that Week fifteen game, I thought that, you know, they

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Speaker 1: had their issues and the Dolphins hung around and we're

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Speaker 1: able to get on Buffalo's defense. But he had those

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Speaker 1: seventy seven rushing yards and ran so well and made

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Speaker 1: such a difference. It's just like you're gonna get that

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Speaker 1: from Josh Allen against Miami no matter what. So what

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Speaker 1: do you do? I think, if anything, you maybe now

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Speaker 1: he Muster is dealing with a he had thumb surgery

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Speaker 1: this week. But Monster was pretty great against the Bills

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Speaker 1: in that last matchup, and maybe you steal possessions. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what your other movies. Yeah, they're running game,

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Speaker 1: possibly losing. Most there is just just adds insult to injuries.

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Speaker 1: It's not just the Teddy into a quarterback situation, which

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Speaker 1: is the most important one. But you know how many

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Speaker 1: starting offense of lineman practice for the Dolphins on Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: Granted it's early in the week, but you know how

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Speaker 1: many one We haven't seen Toron Armstead in weeks. He

632
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Speaker 1: said he shouldn't. He was recommended to have surgery back

633
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Speaker 1: in week one, but tried to play through. And he's

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Speaker 1: gonna try to play this game. But Skylar Thompson is

635
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Speaker 1: not playing with the full deck here, we might not

636
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:22,160
Speaker 1: have moster. Bradley Chubb played limited snaps that last week,

637
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 1: did not look like himself. Xavian Howard played last week

638
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 1: but did not look like himself and isn't practicing. These

639
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: are all their best players. It's just disappointing. It's just

640
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 1: bad luck because I actually thought this was a good

641
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 1: matchup for them, relatively compared to having to play like

642
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: the Chiefs or the Bengals. It was a division opponent

643
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: that they basically had played to a draw in two games,

644
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,480
Speaker 1: and I thought, Okay, they're familiar. It could have been competitive,

645
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: but with all these injuries, it's hard to imagine. Yeah,

646
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: I mean the Dolphins season kind of changed at halftime

647
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: of that Packers game. They took the Bills to the limit,

648
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 1: had a lead on the Packers at halftime, or throwing

649
00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 1: the ball all over the field and then two gets hurt,

650
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 1: throws the three pick and they found a way to

651
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,720
Speaker 1: get by the Jets last week. But we know the

652
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 1: problems that Jets were having by the end of the season,

653
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 1: and they did it because they ran the football. And

654
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm not a doctor, but if you

655
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 1: have a broken thumb, most has a broken thumb, how

656
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 1: do you carry off football as a running back? Ball

657
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,640
Speaker 1: security is obviously tantamont this time of year, it is

658
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: a little tannamount. Thank you, uh, and you put it

659
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 1: all together. And I don't think. I don't know if

660
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: Miami scores a touchdown in this game, let alone hangs

661
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: in it. So this this to me, I'm locking up

662
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,200
Speaker 1: the Bills here, I gotta make up two games on

663
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: Rosenthal here in the lock challenge. And and here's the thing.

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Speaker 1: And you might remember this, you've won before, but it

665
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 1: was a long time ago. Now there's only two years

666
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 1: ago and three years ago. I have to be three

667
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Speaker 1: out of four. I think I had either two or

668
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,959
Speaker 1: three game lead in the playoffs last year, and uh

669
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Speaker 1: I got through the wild card round because you should

670
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: be able to find something very some layups in the

671
00:33:54,640 --> 00:34:00,000
Speaker 1: wild card weekend, starting next round, Divisional round, playoffs, title games,

672
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 1: super Bowl, you can make up three games mark you're

673
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:05,920
Speaker 1: out to write or one I'm out too. But last

674
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,919
Speaker 1: year I came back just got me um, I needed

675
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: that Super Bowl win by the Rams. We can still

676
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: get you. Sure, yeah, we can still get you. You

677
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: texted us worried that all five of us were gonna

678
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 1: take the bills. So I guess you're just stunned speaking

679
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:22,799
Speaker 1: that you were talking about your sportsman though, as you know,

680
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:27,439
Speaker 1: it just felt like that's I'm confident in both, and

681
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,759
Speaker 1: you're right this guy I was thinking more early in

682
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 1: the week when it was Teddy. I actually even felt

683
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 1: more confident in the forty Niners than I did in

684
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 1: the Bills. Now that it's Skyler Thompson, you're right, probably

685
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 1: I would take the Bills. But and the last time,

686
00:34:42,160 --> 00:34:44,360
Speaker 1: just like if my life, I'm saying, if my life

687
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,840
Speaker 1: depended on it. But for some reason, the Skyler Thompson,

688
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,439
Speaker 1: it doesn't even feel fun. I feel bad for this team.

689
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: Of course, we know Miami lost five straight. They got

690
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,279
Speaker 1: the win to get in the playoffs eleven to six

691
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 1: over the Jets. They ran the ball well, I don't

692
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: think they'll be able to do that here. And Skyler Thompson,

693
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 1: everything I've seen from him playing, he kind of the

694
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,880
Speaker 1: Jets had an allergic reaction to making big plays on

695
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: defense in terms of game changing turnovers last this season.

696
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: But he threw some balls up and they protected Thompson.

697
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: He's gonna have to attack. This one's gonna get bad,

698
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 1: this one, this one, this one could be a fifty burger.

699
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,120
Speaker 1: This could be like a fifty to six type games.

700
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,440
Speaker 1: And we're and maybe you know that, like the world

701
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 1: marches on but the Bills And I'm sorry Dolphins fans,

702
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:25,400
Speaker 1: by the way, you're gonna be mad at me for

703
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 1: even saying that, But that's just the vibe. I think

704
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,799
Speaker 1: Dolphins fans and if they're sensible, get where they are,

705
00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 1: get where why would you want your team at this

706
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: state to go into the playoffs And just kind of

707
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 1: a racist things. But I think We're not that far

708
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 1: away if you're in Buffalo, if you're the Bills, from

709
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 1: everything that's happened over the past couple of weeks, and

710
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 1: this crowd is going to be absolutely on fire. This

711
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,800
Speaker 1: is the game where Buffalo just I think simply explodes.

712
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: Except when every single person is saying that, I don't know,

713
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,839
Speaker 1: it's worth pointing out the Bills have not looked like

714
00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: the best team in football over the last month. That

715
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: Patriots game was fascinating, and the kickoff turns were like inspiring,

716
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:10,440
Speaker 1: but otherwise they kind of played them even, you know,

717
00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:12,919
Speaker 1: even yards for play, even back and forth. I think

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00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,840
Speaker 1: it was a great ordinary circumstances all around that team,

719
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,439
Speaker 1: but even even a couple of weeks before that, because

720
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 1: they've been missing a lot of their players. Now they

721
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 1: might get Micah Hide back in future weeks. They're off

722
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,640
Speaker 1: their pass rushes kind of down to Greg Russou. They

723
00:36:25,680 --> 00:36:27,920
Speaker 1: neither other guys to step up. They did not have

724
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 1: good weeks a week ago, like the Ed Oliver's um

725
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 1: even the Matt Milano's who is coming off of an injury.

726
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 1: Not that I'm worried about Matt Milano, but I just

727
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,880
Speaker 1: I think they can play better. I think they will

728
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:41,520
Speaker 1: play better. But there's a chance here for the Dolphins

729
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 1: if they look at Kristen Wilkins who dominated that game

730
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago, four weeks ago, Jalen Phillips. If

731
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 1: you get Chubb back that the upfront, they could win

732
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 1: that battle. Defensive line off to me. But like if

733
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: you just say and then you got a game where

734
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,480
Speaker 1: Josh Allen, which has done this in the last you know,

735
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 1: sort of all season long, but especially it's crept up

736
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:01,239
Speaker 1: a couple of plays where it's like, what are you

737
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 1: looking at, Josh Allen? Some terrible red zone turnovers if

738
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,959
Speaker 1: you could force the Bills into that mistake played next

739
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 1: level though last week he was the best player in

740
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,040
Speaker 1: the league. He had one play where he got hit,

741
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 1: but other than that, he was like, oh my god,

742
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 1: he's he is like generating turnovers. But I would also

743
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 1: tell Josh Allen, don't change anything you're doing because the

744
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 1: reasons some of them happen is because he's got so

745
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 1: much confidence just throwing the ball down field. It's like,

746
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 1: Alan still can be the best player with the turnovers,

747
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,440
Speaker 1: but that's been the case in multiple games. I think

748
00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,959
Speaker 1: when Henry Hods and our dear friend Um who runs

749
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 1: the show over in the UK for the NFL longtime

750
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 1: Dolphins fan. I'm thinking of Henry is Rocky Balboa trying

751
00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:46,759
Speaker 1: to convince Apollo Creed not to fight Drago in that

752
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:50,919
Speaker 1: exhibition because he he does not well, he didn't listen

753
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 1: to it. And the Dolphins they're going to go up

754
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 1: to Western New York and you know they're gonna come

755
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:56,839
Speaker 1: home in a box. I mean, what are they are

756
00:37:56,840 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 1: they supposed to not go? I gotta go to have

757
00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: a conversation about it. I mean, weird, weird, weird things

758
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 1: can happen. I just I'm just saying there's one little

759
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 1: situation where it fell totally collapsed. And speaking of high

760
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 1: school sports, UH, I was on the Pearl River varsity

761
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:20,359
Speaker 1: basketball team in we went three and seventeen, and uh,

762
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 1: the Sectionals tournament was coming up in New York, all

763
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 1: the best teams throughout the state and we drew obviously

764
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 1: a very low seed. UM and we were gonna be

765
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 1: going against I believe it was Peak Skill, who was

766
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 1: led by a phenomen named Elton Brand who went on

767
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:38,520
Speaker 1: to be able to believe a top pick of the Bulls.

768
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:41,480
Speaker 1: UH and number one overall draft pick. He might even

769
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,239
Speaker 1: he went to Duke I believe, and then yeah, I

770
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 1: went to uh was he number one overall? I think

771
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 1: it might have been seventy sixers, was it? And our

772
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,040
Speaker 1: coach asked the team, hey, do you guys want to

773
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: play this guy? And the team literally voted not to

774
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:57,320
Speaker 1: play in the game. Your going was three and seventeen.

775
00:38:58,200 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 1: You know, you know I hate that. It's like everyone

776
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: if you could have projected you probably would go pro

777
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,280
Speaker 1: at some point or the chance you could tell everyone

778
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,800
Speaker 1: that you played against Elton Brand, like your your story

779
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 1: is that you voted not I was playing. I was.

780
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 1: I was the sharpshooter that was typically on the bench.

781
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 1: But I could tell you that, Um, I mean, I

782
00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: was like fine with me. It was more like the seniors.

783
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:19,239
Speaker 1: I wasn't a senior. The seniors kind of voted on it,

784
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 1: and it was like, okay, nobody was. Everybody's ready for

785
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:25,160
Speaker 1: that season. A lot of sports, a lot of amateur

786
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 1: high school sports, talk pretty good. I was a javelin thrower,

787
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:35,600
Speaker 1: throw it about the length of a house. Drafted by

788
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,080
Speaker 1: the balls, you were right number one overall. I'm very

789
00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 1: um annoyed. I'm annoyed. Now, um, because I said Tana Mott,

790
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 1: I was very excited about it. I meant paramount. You know,

791
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 1: I think if you were totally different, but had you

792
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 1: not um, you would probably get one or two tweets.

793
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: But do you not self correct yourself on the show

794
00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 1: nineties six percent of listeners what would just think that

795
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 1: you were smart showing some integrity there. That's integrity from

796
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:01,359
Speaker 1: the old zoo. Sir, we could we spin it that way? Oh,

797
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 1: you know too, maybe don't correct yourself. Maybe the showman

798
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 1: he brought it back to himself there by talking about

799
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 1: it some more and then the show. That's showmanship. Let's uh,

800
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 1: before we keep going, let's take a break, actually halftime,

801
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,359
Speaker 1: let's check in and go get my lunch. Let's see

802
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 1: where're at. Oh from the season. Yeah, yeah, I think

803
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:22,640
Speaker 1: they're pretty much settled. So I figured this is a

804
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:26,839
Speaker 1: good spot to take a look at the good getting lunch.

805
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 1: Let's start with Mark Sessler, who enters, Um, Oh, you

806
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: have one outstanding Mark, Um, you're five and ten. Right

807
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 1: now here we go, Jimmy g will start a game

808
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 1: for a team other than the Niners in two That

809
00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 1: is incorrect. Colleen Dan and I all, do we have

810
00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: any dings or you know, sounds for this sugram would

811
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:52,879
Speaker 1: be good. A regular season game will finish it under

812
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 1: two hours in twenty nine minutes, Dan and Gregg. Colleen said,

813
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,040
Speaker 1: I know I'm gonna stay away from that one. Apparently

814
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: that's always the fun point. Was she an, Yeah, why

815
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,399
Speaker 1: would you not take that? I don't know, but that

816
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,480
Speaker 1: never happened. There were some games that were about two

817
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 1: forty or so, but you did not get that one.

818
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:12,160
Speaker 1: And what was the two nine? Is that the record is? Uh,

819
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:13,839
Speaker 1: that would have been the record, which you know, Greg

820
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: and I tracked that. I think literally pretty precisely every

821
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,359
Speaker 1: week games that might be there, and it's just like,

822
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:21,400
Speaker 1: don't make that sandwich bet again. Two coaches from the

823
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:24,320
Speaker 1: same team get into a fist fight. Oh, an old

824
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 1: cest dog classic didn't happen? Kyllee and Dan Gregg all

825
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,319
Speaker 1: picking up sandwiches there. Well, let's trying to turn go

826
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:32,600
Speaker 1: get my lunch. It's a movie. I don't care about

827
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:36,319
Speaker 1: my record. It's a showman's movie. We know that by now. Uh.

828
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 1: And finally one outstanding for you, buddy. The NFC South

829
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:42,480
Speaker 1: Division winner wins a playoff game. Greg did not take you.

830
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 1: I was that was a mid season one. Yeah. I

831
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,840
Speaker 1: didn't like that. It was like Bucks at Home because

832
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: it was like week five when things were all falling

833
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,479
Speaker 1: apart a week. He's good about that. I'm not feeling terrible,

834
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,239
Speaker 1: feeling pretty. They're barely an underdock. Claibon and Dan took

835
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:56,839
Speaker 1: you on that one. Alright, Greggy, your tenant eight right now?

836
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts makes the initial NFC Pro Bowl team. Bam.

837
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:06,840
Speaker 1: Maybe the starter got it picked up three. That was prophetic,

838
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 1: by the way. The old zeuser brought it up on

839
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:12,919
Speaker 1: the Tuesday show What's Up with Jalen Hurts? Hurting really bad?

840
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: He came out in the media today. Hurts said he's

841
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 1: happy that there's no game this weekend and he can't

842
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,200
Speaker 1: guarantee he'll be um a week. Why are we telling

843
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,800
Speaker 1: people this? I don't know. They're being open about the situation,

844
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 1: but he's being asked and he's being honest. So the

845
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 1: Browns will end with one of the five worst records

846
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,200
Speaker 1: in the NFL. There's there was some witch casting there

847
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:37,879
Speaker 1: by Greggy, but they did not telling Dan and Mark

848
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 1: all they were two games. I'm looking now they would

849
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:42,359
Speaker 1: have had to be two games worth seven and ten

850
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,439
Speaker 1: would not have gotten five and twelve would have gotten

851
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: at that. There you go. The Broncos missed the playoffs

852
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:49,800
Speaker 1: and have a sourced report of differences between Russell Wilson

853
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,040
Speaker 1: and Nathaniel hack and I love that one. I mean,

854
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 1: why is he not getting that? I should get credit

855
00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 1: for that. Well, there wasn't report of difference. This is

856
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 1: nothos was I got too? Well, that was supposed to

857
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:04,680
Speaker 1: be the Onion hanger, and then the report was the

858
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 1: the Onion. Unfortunately, they seemed to really get along and

859
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 1: like each other. They were just were terrible. Everything we

860
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:12,759
Speaker 1: heard was that Nathanion Hackett was a nice, nice man

861
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:15,920
Speaker 1: who just hip hop instructed. He kind of gone up

862
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:20,479
Speaker 1: one level too high. Peter Rincipal there though. But yeah,

863
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:23,520
Speaker 1: you if Hackett would have survived the season, maybe there

864
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:26,400
Speaker 1: would have been some agents dropping some dugs. Never happened

865
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:30,359
Speaker 1: for you. Jerry Rossberg came into town instead. I saw

866
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 1: I saw a headline yesterday like which which do Broncos

867
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 1: fans want more? Rossberg or Jim Harbaugh was like, what

868
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,520
Speaker 1: is happening here? There's a there's a big Rossberg contingent.

869
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 1: In the Denver meeting. But they got you to look

870
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,799
Speaker 1: at that headline. He must be got you to they

871
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: we're now we're talking about it on the show. Got you?

872
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,120
Speaker 1: So they want the old suser is ten and four?

873
00:43:51,520 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: Well how about that? Well, hang on, Rams trade for

874
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 1: a splashy defensive lineman. They tried to. In fact, I

875
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 1: think they for two first round picks for there was

876
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:08,640
Speaker 1: also I heard some behind the scenes stuff too that

877
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:11,400
Speaker 1: they offered like two mid round picks for Marcus Davenport,

878
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,759
Speaker 1: which is an ultimate lose lose, but it's Saints. How

879
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 1: did you not take that trade? So I and that

880
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:20,600
Speaker 1: was my thinking was they didn't expect to lose Von

881
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: Miller and they were gonna need somebody to juice up.

882
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:24,879
Speaker 1: They tried, it didn't happen. Nothing worked for the Rams,

883
00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 1: and it cost me saying which, but you guys didn't

884
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:29,400
Speaker 1: take me on it. Nobody took me on it. It

885
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,239
Speaker 1: seems I think they were trying not to take you

886
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 1: because they tried so hard. So sort of like Antonio

887
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,239
Speaker 1: Brown is signed to a team in two thousand twenty two,

888
00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:39,759
Speaker 1: only Greg took me on. And see that's why I

889
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:43,319
Speaker 1: have a good record. Part um you know what. Uh,

890
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:46,359
Speaker 1: he just got crazier and crazier to the point where

891
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 1: he was like, I think just like breaking the law

892
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 1: in public pools and stuff. It was you know. Uh,

893
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 1: TWA loses the starting QB role to Teddy Bridgewater for

894
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:58,279
Speaker 1: performance reasons. Uh, that was not right. Greg and Mark

895
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 1: both picked up saying, which that seemed like a popular

896
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:04,280
Speaker 1: concept back then though. Yeah, and to have played excellent

897
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,880
Speaker 1: football for half the season and was injured and not

898
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: so good. Uh, and the other half will see what

899
00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 1: his future is in Miami. The Jags will still be

900
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 1: in the playoff race. And Week eighteen they were and

901
00:45:14,760 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: they were got there. I remember us out, not really

902
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,480
Speaker 1: And then uh, this one's what a what a what

903
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,319
Speaker 1: a turn of events for Tugboat the Seahawks of a

904
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 1: top five pick in the two thousand twenty three draft.

905
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:32,000
Speaker 1: Greg took me on it, and let's I thought the

906
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks would be terrible, Gino, That's why I did it.

907
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:37,680
Speaker 1: Then we didn't think about on the side of it,

908
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 1: a great Russell Wilson being terrible and getting us into

909
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 1: the top five from the back door. My love opens

910
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:50,759
Speaker 1: the door. You didn't bring that up as a possibility.

911
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:55,279
Speaker 1: You said the Seahawks are going to stink and we

912
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 1: did have Trew we said we did. Brought it up

913
00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 1: to me. I wasn't. Yes, you are on top of it.

914
00:46:02,840 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 1: Drew brought it up to me. We listened to it. Oh,

915
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:07,880
Speaker 1: you listen to it together. This is this is so

916
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:10,719
Speaker 1: much better than anything else. Well, what's even better is

917
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,799
Speaker 1: I want you to take this sandwich the stain on

918
00:46:13,880 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 1: your integrity for taking it. I am totally worth it.

919
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 1: I am totally open to listening to it and getting

920
00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:22,719
Speaker 1: even Drew to get on Mike for once this year

921
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:25,439
Speaker 1: and let us know what he thought. But it has

922
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:27,400
Speaker 1: to be. The wording has to be clear. I have

923
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:29,400
Speaker 1: to say. It's got to be because of their record.

924
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 1: Well you all nebulos. You don't bring up the Broncos

925
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:35,120
Speaker 1: at all. But do we have the sound justin Graver

926
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 1: that we listen to the sound the team that that

927
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 1: said we're gonna trade a Hall of Fame quarterback with

928
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: five years five years of prime remaining and get Drew

929
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,600
Speaker 1: Block Drew Drew lock back in the deal. I can't

930
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:51,000
Speaker 1: even talk right now, so popped up about this one.

931
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:55,560
Speaker 1: The Seahawks are gonna have a top five pick in draft.

932
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:59,600
Speaker 1: This is gonna go really poorly. Yeah, I think we're

933
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,360
Speaker 1: gonna have to maybe put it to a vote on Twitter,

934
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:05,759
Speaker 1: and I'll be and I will on Twitter, I don't

935
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:12,560
Speaker 1: know whatever wherever we no. Again, I'm a beacon of

936
00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:16,719
Speaker 1: integrity here. What if justin Greg and I decide no,

937
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:20,080
Speaker 1: because Greg's directly involved in it. If he's gonna be

938
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 1: sensible about it, though, how do you know he's a

939
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:28,279
Speaker 1: sensible individual? Sensible if he knows, he knows in his

940
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:29,960
Speaker 1: heart what he was trying to do. He said, the

941
00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:32,520
Speaker 1: sax are gonna think if he wants to take that sandwich,

942
00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:37,680
Speaker 1: and and here years can decide about the specially rather

943
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 1: you take the sandwich? Is I got admit, Philly Special?

944
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:42,160
Speaker 1: What was that? You don't need to know, you're not

945
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:44,399
Speaker 1: voting what we're gonna do. What you do, will take it,

946
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:46,879
Speaker 1: We'll send it to the listeners. Have years go on,

947
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:49,319
Speaker 1: I have to admit I'm starting to waiver on the

948
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: whole Philly Special thing, starting to just be getting kids up.

949
00:47:53,239 --> 00:47:56,240
Speaker 1: Whenever you feel like two and people are still talking

950
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:58,680
Speaker 1: Philly Special all the time, of like, I would waiver

951
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:02,759
Speaker 1: if it didn't make Mark. So I understand. That's kind

952
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:04,520
Speaker 1: of why I want you to just take this sandwich,

953
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:07,720
Speaker 1: because I'll bring it up often. Interesting that you're almost

954
00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,440
Speaker 1: challenging me to take the sandwich, So I will if

955
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:12,120
Speaker 1: you want me to. If you really want me to,

956
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:15,920
Speaker 1: Let's bring it to a vote on Instagram story. They

957
00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:18,960
Speaker 1: we we should play the Well you heard the audio, everyone,

958
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:22,960
Speaker 1: and uh, we know that Dan wasn't thinking about this

959
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:26,280
Speaker 1: back door. Don't don't you don't know what I was thinking.

960
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:29,399
Speaker 1: You don't know, vote in a way you wouldn't um

961
00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,600
Speaker 1: you would surprise you. And I'm However, anybody votes, I'm

962
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:37,120
Speaker 1: fine with I'm I'm totally cool that, but just make

963
00:48:37,160 --> 00:48:39,720
Speaker 1: sure what you're voting on is based on the exact wording.

964
00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:45,840
Speaker 1: In the end, that's what it's about. Colleen. Derek Carr,

965
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:48,279
Speaker 1: she's five and four. Derek Carr throws more touchdowns than

966
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:51,880
Speaker 1: Tom Brady. What was the final tally there? Great digger

967
00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:57,359
Speaker 1: Derek Carr through touchdown passes this season, Tom Brady through

968
00:49:00,200 --> 00:49:04,439
Speaker 1: bad I can't even remember Brady touched in. Oh that's

969
00:49:04,480 --> 00:49:06,600
Speaker 1: a bad beat. His car got benched two in the

970
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:10,360
Speaker 1: last two games, cost her three sandwiches. Brady went down

971
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,440
Speaker 1: eighteen touchdowns from a year ago. So she she's another

972
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:16,880
Speaker 1: right church. She was in the right house. The Eagles

973
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:20,400
Speaker 1: won't win a playoff game, Wow, Connie, Yeah, and was

974
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:26,719
Speaker 1: likening them as usual. She didn't quite understand. She has

975
00:49:26,760 --> 00:49:30,160
Speaker 1: the Bills win the Super Bowl. We all six six

976
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:32,960
Speaker 1: sandwiches here. I don't think it's going to keep her

977
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: up at night. But and uh, Grave Digger will bring

978
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:39,319
Speaker 1: you in on this one. Four sandwiches lost, zero gained. Uh,

979
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 1: there's always one producer. Bit bet it is or wager

980
00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:47,120
Speaker 1: Florida prop um and you went, the Colts will finish

981
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:49,560
Speaker 1: in last place in the a f C South. Where

982
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:52,800
Speaker 1: did they finish? They finished third, But they finished last,

983
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:55,799
Speaker 1: I mean not last bit of a teams in your

984
00:49:55,840 --> 00:50:00,759
Speaker 1: power rankings. Right. So to the specific language of the

985
00:50:00,840 --> 00:50:04,960
Speaker 1: sandwich pet, No, it does not. I should have said

986
00:50:04,960 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 1: they will be the worst team in the air. Well,

987
00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:11,279
Speaker 1: that doesn't came down to that tie that week one

988
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:15,480
Speaker 1: time got banged by a half a game, yea. And

989
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:17,279
Speaker 1: but they tried their best for you. They lost seven

990
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:19,360
Speaker 1: a row to close that. I mean, I feel like

991
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:21,280
Speaker 1: I was one of the only people in the world

992
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:25,360
Speaker 1: who saw a poor Colts season coming. Everyone else was

993
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:27,719
Speaker 1: picking them to win the AFC. Sound what a hero.

994
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:31,600
Speaker 1: Thank you. All right, let's uh take a break and

995
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:36,640
Speaker 1: we'll get to the rest of the playoff games. All right,

996
00:50:36,680 --> 00:50:40,360
Speaker 1: welcome back, Let's get back into it. Another Sunday affair.

997
00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:43,239
Speaker 1: And this is my favorite game of the weekend, just

998
00:50:43,280 --> 00:50:48,720
Speaker 1: because I feel like we're gonna get something that's gonna

999
00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:52,160
Speaker 1: go down to the wire. It's gonna go back and forth. Um.

1000
00:50:52,280 --> 00:50:55,360
Speaker 1: The New York Giants nine seven and one at Minnesota

1001
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:58,840
Speaker 1: Vikings thirteen and four. And you'd say, oh, this is

1002
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:02,120
Speaker 1: one of those games with the nine point would know, No,

1003
00:51:02,239 --> 00:51:07,000
Speaker 1: nine point three point would for the Vikings, who obviously

1004
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:11,520
Speaker 1: have not been a team uh that have dominated much

1005
00:51:11,520 --> 00:51:14,160
Speaker 1: at all this season. Uh, and yet they had this

1006
00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:18,120
Speaker 1: tremendous record. And the Giants played the Vikings greg very

1007
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:21,440
Speaker 1: tightly on Christmas Eve, losing on a sixty one yard

1008
00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 1: Greg Joseph field goal at the gun, but moved the

1009
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,960
Speaker 1: ball well there and really showed that they were very

1010
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:30,280
Speaker 1: close to Minnesota's level. Um, I see a very similar

1011
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:32,920
Speaker 1: type of game uh here coming down to a field

1012
00:51:32,920 --> 00:51:35,759
Speaker 1: goal at the end. How about you? I agree? I

1013
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:38,560
Speaker 1: took the Giants in this game on on the game

1014
00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:42,160
Speaker 1: picks on NFL dot Com, partly because I think the

1015
00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:46,760
Speaker 1: whole idea that they're not that talented is not totally

1016
00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:49,719
Speaker 1: true anymore. I mean, the defensive line is talented. The

1017
00:51:49,760 --> 00:51:52,759
Speaker 1: defensive line hit the crap out of Kirk Cousins the

1018
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:56,280
Speaker 1: first time around. Dexter Lawrence this season has been ridiculous.

1019
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,120
Speaker 1: He's gonna be an All Pro. He has forty pressures

1020
00:52:00,080 --> 00:52:02,359
Speaker 1: lined up as a nose tackle. The next closest guy

1021
00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:05,839
Speaker 1: at that position has thirteen pressures, and he's going up

1022
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:09,520
Speaker 1: either against a compromised or a third string center. This

1023
00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:13,839
Speaker 1: week against Minnesota, they've they've lost Brian o'nei other right

1024
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:17,319
Speaker 1: tackle the Vikings have in the meantime, and you've got

1025
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:21,520
Speaker 1: Zizos lot Azizo Glari on the outside. You've got Cavon Thibodeaux,

1026
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:25,040
Speaker 1: You've got Leonard Williams. Kirk Cousins is the most hit

1027
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:28,520
Speaker 1: quarterback in the league. No one was hit more than him,

1028
00:52:28,560 --> 00:52:30,960
Speaker 1: and he's held up pretty well. He's played well against pressure,

1029
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:33,560
Speaker 1: but he has not played well against the Blitz. According

1030
00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:37,040
Speaker 1: to PFF, he was thirty third out of forty two

1031
00:52:37,120 --> 00:52:41,040
Speaker 1: qualifying quarterbacks against the Blitz when he played the Giants

1032
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:43,360
Speaker 1: the first time around. We know the Giants left to blitz.

1033
00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:46,319
Speaker 1: They went from blitzing more than any team in the

1034
00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:49,040
Speaker 1: league to blitzing more than half the snaps that they

1035
00:52:49,040 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 1: even could, which is high even for the Giants. I

1036
00:52:51,560 --> 00:52:54,440
Speaker 1: think they're just gonna come after Kirk Cousins, and I

1037
00:52:54,520 --> 00:52:57,799
Speaker 1: kind of like their coaching staff, Wink Martindale, to come

1038
00:52:57,880 --> 00:52:59,920
Speaker 1: up with the scheme here in the second media in

1039
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:04,719
Speaker 1: a month. That was the most pressures in a game

1040
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:06,800
Speaker 1: all year for the Giants, and you're right, that's exactly

1041
00:53:06,840 --> 00:53:08,920
Speaker 1: what it looked like. And you can do that against Cousins.

1042
00:53:09,239 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 1: It's a cave on Tiviodel game. It's a Wink Martindale game.

1043
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:14,560
Speaker 1: I mean, the Giants in that game gave up a

1044
00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:17,040
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty three yards and a touchdown to Justin Jefferson.

1045
00:53:17,080 --> 00:53:19,080
Speaker 1: T J. Hawkinson fried him for a hundred plus and

1046
00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:21,200
Speaker 1: two touchdowns and it's still went down to the end.

1047
00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:22,879
Speaker 1: But I would say you that can that probably can

1048
00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:25,920
Speaker 1: still possibly happen and the Giants can hang around in

1049
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:28,840
Speaker 1: this because that was the game where it's like Daniel Jones,

1050
00:53:29,080 --> 00:53:31,520
Speaker 1: if you're gonna have one of these contests where you

1051
00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:33,960
Speaker 1: go nuts through the air. HiT's this is the time

1052
00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:37,040
Speaker 1: against Minnesota's leaky secondary, their defense, which is a mess

1053
00:53:37,239 --> 00:53:39,319
Speaker 1: through for three and thirty four, which about a hundred

1054
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:41,359
Speaker 1: and thirty more than the averages per game. I think

1055
00:53:41,360 --> 00:53:43,319
Speaker 1: he can do it again. There was reporting that over

1056
00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks of the season that Brian

1057
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:48,800
Speaker 1: Dable and Mike Kafka were running a more conventional, conventional

1058
00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:51,720
Speaker 1: passing offense, not using as much rollouts, and the Daniel

1059
00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:54,680
Speaker 1: Jones has responded and it's like that changes what their

1060
00:53:54,719 --> 00:53:56,640
Speaker 1: offense was. We we thought for so long. It's like

1061
00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:59,520
Speaker 1: if Sae Kwon Barkley doesn't explode, if Daniel Jones doesn't

1062
00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:01,920
Speaker 1: run for of any five on the ground, the Giants

1063
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,080
Speaker 1: don't have a chance. I'm not sure that's the case,

1064
00:54:04,120 --> 00:54:07,279
Speaker 1: because guys like Isaiah Hodgens and Richie James are better

1065
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:09,879
Speaker 1: than their names. It's like people don't talk about these guys,

1066
00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:11,640
Speaker 1: but they've been pretty good. And in that game they

1067
00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:13,799
Speaker 1: combined for almost two hundred yards against the Vikings. So

1068
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:16,799
Speaker 1: I like that opportunity for New York's offense to be

1069
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:19,080
Speaker 1: better than it's been in other situations. And I kind

1070
00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:21,880
Speaker 1: of just well, I've already done it. No, I'm not

1071
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:23,400
Speaker 1: gonna do it, but it's gonna go down to the

1072
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:27,480
Speaker 1: last possession. But before that Greg Joseph field goal, Daniel

1073
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:30,120
Speaker 1: Jones led them on a one minute drill and and

1074
00:54:30,120 --> 00:54:31,640
Speaker 1: and put them in a position to win. It's like,

1075
00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:33,680
Speaker 1: this was a great game by Daniel Jones and what's

1076
00:54:33,760 --> 00:54:36,600
Speaker 1: changed so much about this Vikings defense that couldn't have

1077
00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:39,480
Speaker 1: a chance to duplicate that. I remember watching this game

1078
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:43,360
Speaker 1: in my backyard with Keith and my dad, who hates

1079
00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:47,520
Speaker 1: the Giants. He has he does a lot of Jets

1080
00:54:47,560 --> 00:54:50,879
Speaker 1: fans hate this, some and some are the opposite. Playing

1081
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:53,359
Speaker 1: in Giants Stadium, that's a slap in the face more

1082
00:54:53,840 --> 00:54:56,839
Speaker 1: the media coverage and the Jets being overlooked and also

1083
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:58,880
Speaker 1: quite frankly not as good for all these years, and

1084
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:00,800
Speaker 1: you just want to see that don't need the Giants

1085
00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:03,239
Speaker 1: to get the shine. So he was very happy when

1086
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:06,200
Speaker 1: Joseph hit the kick. Um I was kind of bummed

1087
00:55:06,200 --> 00:55:08,640
Speaker 1: because I I don't have that issue with the Giants,

1088
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:11,040
Speaker 1: certainly since I moved to California and didn't get the

1089
00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:14,480
Speaker 1: saturated New York coverage of the Giants. UM I came

1090
00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:17,000
Speaker 1: out of that game, like, man, Daniel Jones, that's cool man,

1091
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:20,720
Speaker 1: that he's throwing the ball downfield. He's on target, on time.

1092
00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:23,400
Speaker 1: And it told me two things that that was in

1093
00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:26,680
Speaker 1: Jones and we hadn't seen it much, uh from him

1094
00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:29,240
Speaker 1: to that point to be able to light up a secondary.

1095
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:31,640
Speaker 1: And it also was like, oh, so anybody can throw

1096
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:34,920
Speaker 1: on Minnesota's secondary, Like, if you have a quarterback that

1097
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:37,520
Speaker 1: you can keep upright, guys are gonna get open and

1098
00:55:37,520 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 1: they can hit throws. And I think they're gonna do

1099
00:55:39,239 --> 00:55:42,880
Speaker 1: it again. Remember se Quan was not throughout December, and

1100
00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:44,600
Speaker 1: I don't know if he's a percent now, but I

1101
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:46,799
Speaker 1: know that he's basically on two weeks rest in this game.

1102
00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:49,759
Speaker 1: So you only had fourteen carries in that Minnesota game.

1103
00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:52,200
Speaker 1: I think they'll have a more balanced game plan. But

1104
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:54,240
Speaker 1: when they need to throw the ball, I think Jones

1105
00:55:54,280 --> 00:55:56,719
Speaker 1: will deliver and make throws. So then it becomes a

1106
00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:01,120
Speaker 1: situation to me, can the Vikings offense have a big

1107
00:56:01,160 --> 00:56:04,560
Speaker 1: time game? Can they have a huge afternoon where Cousins

1108
00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:07,239
Speaker 1: throws for three fifty and you get Theeland getting a

1109
00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:10,920
Speaker 1: couple of touchdowns and Jefferson being a monster and Hockinson

1110
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:13,920
Speaker 1: making place. He had thirteen catches Hockinson against the Giants

1111
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:16,879
Speaker 1: last time these two teams met, and two touchdowns. There

1112
00:56:17,080 --> 00:56:21,040
Speaker 1: is a possibility that the Vikings, in their building to

1113
00:56:21,160 --> 00:56:23,600
Speaker 1: start the playoffs, go nuts on the Giants and have

1114
00:56:23,680 --> 00:56:26,000
Speaker 1: a big game on offense. But I kind of see

1115
00:56:26,040 --> 00:56:27,560
Speaker 1: it the way you guys do. I think it's it's

1116
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:29,400
Speaker 1: gonna come down to it, and I think it is,

1117
00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:32,399
Speaker 1: like again, like a type game, you know. I don't

1118
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:35,680
Speaker 1: see the devil Giants as a team that goes in

1119
00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:39,760
Speaker 1: to Minnesota gets blown out. I just don't think that

1120
00:56:39,760 --> 00:56:42,359
Speaker 1: that's their DNA. I'm a little worried though everyone's gonna

1121
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:45,239
Speaker 1: be picking the Giants. I think it's I don't want

1122
00:56:45,239 --> 00:56:47,120
Speaker 1: problem with saying that the Vikings could easily win this.

1123
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:48,719
Speaker 1: I just think it's a close game they make. The

1124
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:51,920
Speaker 1: Giants might get Dory Jackson, he we'll see, you might

1125
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:54,160
Speaker 1: not get, but that would that would be huge. They

1126
00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:58,799
Speaker 1: had Fabian Moreau traveling with Jefferson last time, which is tough. Yeah,

1127
00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:01,120
Speaker 1: And why why did can I ask you question? Because

1128
00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:02,600
Speaker 1: we did. We were in the newsroom when that there

1129
00:57:02,680 --> 00:57:04,440
Speaker 1: was a thing on an NFL network where it was

1130
00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:06,520
Speaker 1: talking about the Giants as a blue collar team, and

1131
00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:09,399
Speaker 1: I get I kind of get um spiritually what people

1132
00:57:09,440 --> 00:57:11,680
Speaker 1: are talking about when they say that. But that kind

1133
00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:14,440
Speaker 1: of thing bugs me because they're not. They're not. They're not.

1134
00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:16,920
Speaker 1: It's not a running shoot team that's scoring forty eight points.

1135
00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:21,040
Speaker 1: But every NFL team is pulling um players from like

1136
00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:23,080
Speaker 1: Iowa to play on the offensive line. Like there's a

1137
00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:25,080
Speaker 1: lot of meat and potatoes typestuits. What what makes the

1138
00:57:25,120 --> 00:57:27,680
Speaker 1: Giants blue collar? Are? We just used to say to

1139
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:32,120
Speaker 1: it's not just their color jersey? You mean that they're

1140
00:57:32,120 --> 00:57:35,640
Speaker 1: not really in the medal is filled with guys from

1141
00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:39,200
Speaker 1: the Union, from northern New Jersey. Get that other teams

1142
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:41,280
Speaker 1: like that, not from Jermy, that's maybe, And just that

1143
00:57:41,320 --> 00:57:44,440
Speaker 1: they've played above their heads. That Daniel Jones not that

1144
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:47,920
Speaker 1: he's a blue collar quarterback, but Hodgens and James and

1145
00:57:47,960 --> 00:57:53,680
Speaker 1: this team in general, no one expected. That's so obvious

1146
00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:55,600
Speaker 1: that it's slapped on the Giants would never be like

1147
00:57:55,760 --> 00:57:57,720
Speaker 1: the time the years when the under Jim Harbor and

1148
00:57:57,720 --> 00:57:59,880
Speaker 1: the Niners were destroying people with like heavy pack. That

1149
00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:01,720
Speaker 1: was a blue collar team. But it's San Francisco, so

1150
00:58:01,920 --> 00:58:05,200
Speaker 1: it doesn't it doesn't really make this the whole team

1151
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:08,680
Speaker 1: leaving the tunnel to head towards the field and like, hey, guys,

1152
00:58:08,720 --> 00:58:11,520
Speaker 1: where's your helmets? We don't need the helmets And they

1153
00:58:11,560 --> 00:58:14,800
Speaker 1: put on hard hats because Blue Cup they do that.

1154
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:17,240
Speaker 1: I would it doesn't really check out, Like Cavon Thibodeau

1155
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:21,560
Speaker 1: is the top five texter, Lauren is at all pro Uh,

1156
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:24,840
Speaker 1: they have premiere talent sake, say Juan Bart Like part

1157
00:58:24,840 --> 00:58:26,919
Speaker 1: of it doesn't match up. I know Vikings fans listening

1158
00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:28,600
Speaker 1: to this to be like, you guys are just talking

1159
00:58:28,640 --> 00:58:31,240
Speaker 1: about the Giants. There are are ways for the Vikings

1160
00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:34,320
Speaker 1: to witness games. Certainly, I think they did a better

1161
00:58:34,360 --> 00:58:38,320
Speaker 1: game out of Dalnok. Dalvin Cook has didn't quite have

1162
00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:41,000
Speaker 1: as good as season this season in the running game

1163
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:45,560
Speaker 1: hasn't been quite as Walder article I I surfaced from

1164
00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:47,840
Speaker 1: ESPN or you talk about the guys that are quietly

1165
00:58:48,360 --> 00:58:51,120
Speaker 1: not having big time years. He has not been as good.

1166
00:58:51,120 --> 00:58:53,040
Speaker 1: I don't think this year, but he was on that list.

1167
00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:54,880
Speaker 1: But I think you could attack him. You mentioned Hockinson,

1168
00:58:54,920 --> 00:58:57,040
Speaker 1: It'll be a lot of Hockinson on landon Collins. Land

1169
00:58:57,040 --> 00:58:59,040
Speaker 1: and Collins has been a great story coming back, but

1170
00:58:59,080 --> 00:59:02,479
Speaker 1: like that's a miss match Justin Jefferson on anyone that's

1171
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:05,720
Speaker 1: a mismatch, like they are a good just go, just

1172
00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:07,600
Speaker 1: go do what you've done in these games that you've

1173
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:09,720
Speaker 1: won by one score, which is eleven of them and

1174
00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:12,720
Speaker 1: not lost any Just like Justin Jefferson and Hawkinson went

1175
00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:14,440
Speaker 1: off last time. It just has to happen again. It's

1176
00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:16,720
Speaker 1: crazy that. I mean, the Vikings finished the season. I

1177
00:59:16,760 --> 00:59:19,880
Speaker 1: had to check this u v O a like in

1178
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:24,840
Speaker 1: the endite, so it's like there there, this is both

1179
00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:27,560
Speaker 1: the it's a straight but they finished, and I think,

1180
00:59:27,720 --> 00:59:29,400
Speaker 1: I really it comes down to me. When I was picking,

1181
00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:32,640
Speaker 1: it was like I really like seven. I like O'Connell.

1182
00:59:32,680 --> 00:59:35,640
Speaker 1: I think O'Connell versus Wing Martindale great matchup, got got

1183
00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:37,960
Speaker 1: a lot of wins on both sides. Then it's Brian

1184
00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:42,680
Speaker 1: Dable versus Ed Donnitel, and Ed Dontel feels like like

1185
00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:45,880
Speaker 1: you're replace like your filling science teacher or something that's

1186
00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:48,439
Speaker 1: so passive. I don't think he's gonna be there next year.

1187
00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:50,960
Speaker 1: Like they've played a little more man coverage and blitzed

1188
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:53,520
Speaker 1: a little more lately, like they've kind of woken up

1189
00:59:53,560 --> 00:59:56,480
Speaker 1: a little, like let's do something. Vikings defense because they

1190
00:59:56,520 --> 00:59:58,840
Speaker 1: have some players. But that's where the here's the thing

1191
00:59:58,920 --> 01:00:01,240
Speaker 1: with the Vikings why they're so to fund strange team.

1192
01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:06,480
Speaker 1: There layers of like misinformation and uh like this onion

1193
01:00:06,520 --> 01:00:08,320
Speaker 1: of like figuring out whether or a good team or

1194
01:00:08,320 --> 01:00:10,360
Speaker 1: not like their twenty seven ranking and d v o A.

1195
01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:12,840
Speaker 1: And for those that don't know, Greg, how about a

1196
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:15,520
Speaker 1: real quick refresh on what d v o A even is.

1197
01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:20,520
Speaker 1: It's basically a snap to snap adjustment of how efficient

1198
01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:24,280
Speaker 1: their offense, defense, and special teams are combined for the season,

1199
01:00:24,360 --> 01:00:27,800
Speaker 1: adjusted for the teams that they've played. And so one

1200
01:00:27,840 --> 01:00:29,920
Speaker 1: of the reasons that Vikings are so bad there is

1201
01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:32,200
Speaker 1: because every game is close except for the four that

1202
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:34,920
Speaker 1: they got. Let see, I was teeing you up to

1203
01:00:35,000 --> 01:00:36,240
Speaker 1: do the d v o A thing, and then I

1204
01:00:36,280 --> 01:00:38,120
Speaker 1: was gonna come back with that no, but then you

1205
01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:41,000
Speaker 1: took it from me. Now it's gonna stick. That's gonna

1206
01:00:41,160 --> 01:00:43,960
Speaker 1: know which part what I wanted you to say what was?

1207
01:00:44,000 --> 01:00:45,640
Speaker 1: And then I was gonna say, that's what d v

1208
01:00:45,720 --> 01:00:48,120
Speaker 1: o A is. Now, look at some of these gamest

1209
01:00:48,560 --> 01:00:52,000
Speaker 1: seventeen forty two three that week to Eagles game, which

1210
01:00:52,040 --> 01:00:55,280
Speaker 1: was way worse than seven that affected and kind of

1211
01:00:55,320 --> 01:00:58,680
Speaker 1: spiked their number downward. Uh, they're probably just like more

1212
01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:01,000
Speaker 1: closer like the middle of the act. But a team

1213
01:01:01,040 --> 01:01:03,760
Speaker 1: that's capable of getting blown out three or four times

1214
01:01:03,880 --> 01:01:06,280
Speaker 1: is usually not a team you can trust. Well. But

1215
01:01:06,440 --> 01:01:08,880
Speaker 1: everything that their winds have coming away that won't come

1216
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:11,560
Speaker 1: again in another the next thirty Viking seasons, well, they

1217
01:01:11,600 --> 01:01:14,040
Speaker 1: only need to do it once and then the Giants

1218
01:01:14,040 --> 01:01:15,960
Speaker 1: have won a lot of close games out too. I

1219
01:01:15,960 --> 01:01:18,040
Speaker 1: think they're either eight three and one and one score

1220
01:01:18,040 --> 01:01:19,720
Speaker 1: games or nine three and on something like, let's have

1221
01:01:19,760 --> 01:01:21,800
Speaker 1: a negative point of freential that does not happen with

1222
01:01:21,840 --> 01:01:25,520
Speaker 1: two playoff teams facing each other. And I don't want

1223
01:01:25,560 --> 01:01:27,760
Speaker 1: to be labor because I said it empowerings too. But like,

1224
01:01:27,880 --> 01:01:30,640
Speaker 1: here's the other thing about the Vikings. You could think

1225
01:01:30,680 --> 01:01:33,840
Speaker 1: that they are a thirteen and four division winner that

1226
01:01:33,880 --> 01:01:36,360
Speaker 1: deserves respect. You could see them as a total fluke

1227
01:01:36,680 --> 01:01:38,600
Speaker 1: when you look at their season and this is not

1228
01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:41,360
Speaker 1: sustainable on any less, it doesn't matter because now we're

1229
01:01:41,360 --> 01:01:44,760
Speaker 1: in the playoffs and these things get sorted out real quick,

1230
01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:47,800
Speaker 1: either this Sunday or we've said how this is gonna go,

1231
01:01:47,800 --> 01:01:49,720
Speaker 1: They're gonna win one of these in the last second

1232
01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:52,240
Speaker 1: in a way that makes us it's very Viking Vikings dish,

1233
01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:54,360
Speaker 1: and then they're gonna get there, let's get the doors

1234
01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:57,320
Speaker 1: blown off. Next week you got the Vikings by field goal. Sure,

1235
01:01:57,720 --> 01:01:58,920
Speaker 1: I don't want to force you into it, but I

1236
01:01:58,960 --> 01:02:01,000
Speaker 1: thought you kind of went down that think they're absolutely

1237
01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:02,840
Speaker 1: I felt that all along, that they're gonna win this

1238
01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:06,800
Speaker 1: in Minnesota fashion at home against the Giants team that's

1239
01:02:06,800 --> 01:02:09,080
Speaker 1: not much better or worse than them. And then next

1240
01:02:09,080 --> 01:02:12,200
Speaker 1: week check you later. I'm with you. Absolute heartbreaker for

1241
01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:15,520
Speaker 1: the Giants here. That's my prediction. Let's go what what

1242
01:02:15,520 --> 01:02:17,360
Speaker 1: world are we in that I'm the one picking the

1243
01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:20,480
Speaker 1: Giants here. I don't think they're playing their best seven

1244
01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:24,200
Speaker 1: type heartbreak. The Giants play really well, and the Vikings

1245
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:27,040
Speaker 1: do that thing that they do, close a game strong

1246
01:02:27,120 --> 01:02:28,880
Speaker 1: and shock an opponent that thought they had to win.

1247
01:02:29,040 --> 01:02:34,440
Speaker 1: I have twenty to fourteen in overtime, Vikings touchdown and

1248
01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:38,000
Speaker 1: overtime it goes in four fourteen points at the end

1249
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:39,680
Speaker 1: of regulation. It's just saying it's gonna be a weird

1250
01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:42,640
Speaker 1: game and they're gonna they're gonna still win. Okay, with't

1251
01:02:42,720 --> 01:02:45,280
Speaker 1: hit me about forty two and forty seven anymore. I'm

1252
01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:53,560
Speaker 1: the real believer in the Giants this year. That's not

1253
01:02:53,640 --> 01:02:55,760
Speaker 1: a believer, but I believe they're playing their best ball

1254
01:02:55,840 --> 01:02:57,680
Speaker 1: right now and the win. All right, we got two

1255
01:02:57,680 --> 01:02:59,680
Speaker 1: more games to get to. By the way, that game

1256
01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:04,800
Speaker 1: we'll have Burkhart and Olson on it for Fox. I

1257
01:03:04,920 --> 01:03:09,479
Speaker 1: noticed here that Sanchez is not getting the game here,

1258
01:03:09,520 --> 01:03:11,720
Speaker 1: and I understand. And we knew that Joe Davis and

1259
01:03:11,760 --> 01:03:14,080
Speaker 1: Darryl Johnson are head of Googler and Sanchez and the

1260
01:03:14,080 --> 01:03:18,200
Speaker 1: pecking order. And I got respect for Big Joe and

1261
01:03:18,360 --> 01:03:21,800
Speaker 1: uh the moose, but come on, Sanchez has had a

1262
01:03:21,800 --> 01:03:25,840
Speaker 1: big year and the change I had to get that

1263
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Speaker 1: thing through. There's like trying to fit a camel in

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01:03:29,120 --> 01:03:32,720
Speaker 1: a matchbox, Kavin, Look at this window, where's the teen one?

1265
01:03:32,800 --> 01:03:37,080
Speaker 1: We need? Clearing out defenders faster than a teenager clears

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Speaker 1: his search history on his web browser. Holy smokes, this

1267
01:03:40,080 --> 01:03:42,959
Speaker 1: is what you get from Mark Sanchez this weekend. We

1268
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:45,520
Speaker 1: were giving it to That's all you'll get. But he'll

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01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:48,600
Speaker 1: get back in the mix hopefully. How about Michael's back

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Speaker 1: on NBC for that Saturday night charges game. That surprised me.

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Speaker 1: That's wonderful, is it? Are you sure that's confirmed. That's great, good,

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Speaker 1: good good. All right, let's move to the other ELM

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01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:04,320
Speaker 1: michaels I hope. So the other NBC game. You have

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01:04:04,400 --> 01:04:10,520
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens at the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday night football,

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01:04:10,960 --> 01:04:14,080
Speaker 1: Tariko and Collinsworth in the booth. Do you know who

1276
01:04:14,120 --> 01:04:16,840
Speaker 1: Awl's doing the game with? Did you say Tony Dungee? Yeah,

1277
01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:20,200
Speaker 1: that's a little interesting. Why don't we doubled it with Collinsworth?

1278
01:04:20,200 --> 01:04:22,200
Speaker 1: How much money is he making over there? Get them

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Speaker 1: back in there. I'm sure, sir, a certain amount of

1280
01:04:24,040 --> 01:04:27,160
Speaker 1: money could one day apart it, would, you know? So

1281
01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:30,080
Speaker 1: we went to the meeting. We're getting herb Street like

1282
01:04:30,200 --> 01:04:32,920
Speaker 1: working four games in two days, and that's all we

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01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:35,200
Speaker 1: ever hear about. And then the college football season ends

1284
01:04:35,200 --> 01:04:36,640
Speaker 1: and now we're not getting herb Street in the booth.

1285
01:04:36,640 --> 01:04:38,600
Speaker 1: What's not on Amazon? It's yeah, it's a it's a

1286
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:42,160
Speaker 1: strange situation. Shockingly there was. Those two aren't a package

1287
01:04:42,160 --> 01:04:46,160
Speaker 1: deal necessarily? Alright? Anyway, here we go, Greg, the Ravens

1288
01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:50,439
Speaker 1: at Bengals. Uh, the latest on Lamar Jackson still not good?

1289
01:04:50,440 --> 01:04:54,360
Speaker 1: Has he practiced yet? No? And just as we're recording,

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Speaker 1: Ian Rappaport. Developing News noted that Lamar Jackson was not

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Speaker 1: at practice, but Snoop Huntley. The kids call him Snoop.

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Speaker 1: Tyler's what I call him. I don't know, personally, I

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01:05:06,840 --> 01:05:09,440
Speaker 1: feel like Tyler's more appropriate. Why is everyone calling him Snoop?

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Speaker 1: Did you know that Snoop opened a store across the

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01:05:12,160 --> 01:05:14,160
Speaker 1: street from our office? I mean, it's been there the

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Speaker 1: whole time, but they re well expanding it expanding. And

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Speaker 1: as I pulled into the Oppose today, there was a

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Speaker 1: long line of people waiting to get into the Snoop

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Speaker 1: Merch shop. I don't know what's going on in there,

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01:05:26,880 --> 01:05:29,960
Speaker 1: but they had Yeah, they had a big sort of

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01:05:30,040 --> 01:05:34,680
Speaker 1: opening day, you know, last week, same deal, big line.

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Speaker 1: I gotta go check it out. There's a delicious Jamaican

1303
01:05:39,240 --> 01:05:44,120
Speaker 1: or rather yeah Jamaican food chicken places at our old workplace.

1304
01:05:44,640 --> 01:05:46,720
Speaker 1: Lebron James opened a pizza place down the street. I

1305
01:05:46,760 --> 01:05:48,640
Speaker 1: don't know if it has something to do with our workplaces.

1306
01:05:48,800 --> 01:05:51,000
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, is a Snoop and Englewood guy? No,

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01:05:51,120 --> 01:05:55,200
Speaker 1: but yeah, famously is from Long Beach. Yeah, well he

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01:05:55,200 --> 01:05:58,320
Speaker 1: could probably can claim various regions around town. I mean

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01:05:58,440 --> 01:06:03,200
Speaker 1: they famously always say, but long beach in woodd al Right,

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01:06:03,240 --> 01:06:10,000
Speaker 1: here we go at it again. Huntley is set to start,

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01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:12,640
Speaker 1: which that's good news because he hasn't even been throwing

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01:06:12,640 --> 01:06:15,720
Speaker 1: a practice fully on Wednesday. He's been listed as limited,

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01:06:16,080 --> 01:06:18,720
Speaker 1: and that makes me more interested in this game. I

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Speaker 1: feel like it's a massive drop off from Lamar Jackson

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Speaker 1: to Tyler Huntley. And I know this room isn't super

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01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:28,200
Speaker 1: high and what Huntley is done, but I think Tyler

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Speaker 1: Huntley gives them a chance to compete in this game

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Speaker 1: in a way that Anthony Brown doesn't. I think there's

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01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:36,320
Speaker 1: a big drop from Tyler Huntley to Anthony Brown. And

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Speaker 1: the reason I say that is because the Ravens with Huntley,

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Speaker 1: I think have a chance to run the ball well

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01:06:42,200 --> 01:06:44,040
Speaker 1: they did in a week ago. They've shown some good

1323
01:06:44,120 --> 01:06:48,840
Speaker 1: running lately, slow the game down and let that defense

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01:06:49,760 --> 01:06:52,280
Speaker 1: give the Bengals problem. I think this is the best

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01:06:52,320 --> 01:06:56,080
Speaker 1: defense in the a f C. I think they gave

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati all sorts of problems a week ago. I know

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Speaker 1: that was a weird game, but they know this Cincinnati

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01:07:01,320 --> 01:07:03,440
Speaker 1: team and I think more than any team maybe in

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01:07:03,480 --> 01:07:07,680
Speaker 1: the NFL, they're built to stop this Cincinnati offense because

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Speaker 1: they have versatile athletic players, big players in the secondary

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01:07:12,680 --> 01:07:15,280
Speaker 1: that can compete with these wide receivers on the outside.

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01:07:15,280 --> 01:07:18,600
Speaker 1: There's so deep at safety and cornerback Marcus Peters is

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01:07:18,600 --> 01:07:20,240
Speaker 1: gonna be back for this game that you can just

1334
01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:24,000
Speaker 1: throw numbers at the Marcus Williams, Kyle Hamilton's all these

1335
01:07:24,000 --> 01:07:25,919
Speaker 1: guys up at the line of scrimmage. We know they're

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Speaker 1: good at the second level with their linebackers. And I

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Speaker 1: did take something away from that game that they kind

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Speaker 1: of handed it to Joe Burrow and the Bengals, not

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01:07:33,960 --> 01:07:35,600
Speaker 1: that they're gonna hand it to him this week, but

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01:07:35,600 --> 01:07:38,440
Speaker 1: that they can at least make it a game. I

1341
01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:40,840
Speaker 1: don't know if the Ravens offense can do anything, but

1342
01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:43,160
Speaker 1: I think the Bengals defense is a legit challenge for

1343
01:07:43,240 --> 01:07:44,680
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. I'm with you when you look at the

1344
01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:46,720
Speaker 1: fact that the Bengals are right back where they were

1345
01:07:46,760 --> 01:07:48,800
Speaker 1: a year ago, where if you have no Lyle Collins

1346
01:07:48,880 --> 01:07:52,800
Speaker 1: at right tackle, Alex Kappa ankle injury out ruled out

1347
01:07:52,840 --> 01:07:54,840
Speaker 1: at right guards, so that right side of the line,

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01:07:55,040 --> 01:07:57,480
Speaker 1: whether you're Cincinnati and trying to establish a ground game,

1349
01:07:57,520 --> 01:07:59,400
Speaker 1: which has been an issue for them all your long,

1350
01:07:59,440 --> 01:08:02,640
Speaker 1: you're not gonna be so it's like you can you

1351
01:08:02,640 --> 01:08:05,880
Speaker 1: know you're gonna you're gonna put Burrow into obvious passing situations,

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01:08:05,880 --> 01:08:07,920
Speaker 1: which doesn't scare me. I think the Bengals take care

1353
01:08:07,920 --> 01:08:10,800
Speaker 1: of business here, but the Ravens in general, their defense

1354
01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:13,920
Speaker 1: is their way out of this thing. And I for

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01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:16,120
Speaker 1: for me, if you're the Ravens offense, you do get

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01:08:16,160 --> 01:08:18,559
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews back. Isaiah likely had a really good game

1357
01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:20,200
Speaker 1: last week. Maybe you gotta get find a way if

1358
01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:22,880
Speaker 1: you're passing game needs to funnel too those guys for

1359
01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:25,280
Speaker 1: the few throws you need to make their Gus Edwards

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01:08:25,280 --> 01:08:28,040
Speaker 1: practiced again today coming off of percussion. That would be

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01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:30,439
Speaker 1: big for them. Uh Dobbins has been really good for

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01:08:30,479 --> 01:08:32,519
Speaker 1: them that last week too. Yeah, I mean that's that's

1363
01:08:32,520 --> 01:08:34,839
Speaker 1: the thing. If you're going super banged up beyond the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I just don't like their chances because I don't imagine

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01:08:38,360 --> 01:08:40,920
Speaker 1: a scenario where as well as they played against Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: that Burrow doesn't find a way. There's just some mental

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01:08:43,600 --> 01:08:45,760
Speaker 1: confidence about Burrow in this offense, which like, do you

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Speaker 1: really picture them dropping a clunker in this one? I

1369
01:08:49,360 --> 01:08:52,200
Speaker 1: don't know. We're gonna say goodbye to the Ravens this

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01:08:52,280 --> 01:08:54,720
Speaker 1: weekend and it's gonna be a beautiful thing and they

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Speaker 1: can figure out what's going on with their quarterback and

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Speaker 1: their skill group and come back and be a different

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01:08:59,400 --> 01:09:02,120
Speaker 1: team next year. Um, I've said it, Greg, you know that.

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Speaker 1: Like I agree that they have a very good defense,

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01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:05,639
Speaker 1: but they can't close the game to save their lives.

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01:09:05,680 --> 01:09:08,400
Speaker 1: That would. I'd be nervous about that. From the Baltimore

1377
01:09:08,479 --> 01:09:11,400
Speaker 1: the different defense since got there, and there's there is

1378
01:09:11,800 --> 01:09:14,920
Speaker 1: exception every possible Jaguars game they didn't close. That's fair.

1379
01:09:15,120 --> 01:09:19,479
Speaker 1: What about the Steelers game Sunday Football and close that

1380
01:09:19,479 --> 01:09:22,439
Speaker 1: one either. I think Roquan was prominently involved there. I'm

1381
01:09:22,520 --> 01:09:25,840
Speaker 1: just saying, like there's I could totally see neither offense

1382
01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:29,320
Speaker 1: to do something for totally see their defense. There have

1383
01:09:29,439 --> 01:09:32,400
Speaker 1: been games like that, notably like the Halloween night game

1384
01:09:32,439 --> 01:09:36,080
Speaker 1: against the Browns, a couple of games here where Burrow

1385
01:09:36,160 --> 01:09:38,800
Speaker 1: and the offense has just been a take off. That's

1386
01:09:38,840 --> 01:09:41,080
Speaker 1: the key here, that the Ravens can play their best

1387
01:09:41,080 --> 01:09:43,719
Speaker 1: defensive game and Cincinnati is a little out of sorts

1388
01:09:44,000 --> 01:09:45,400
Speaker 1: and maybe you get out to a lead and it

1389
01:09:45,400 --> 01:09:49,120
Speaker 1: becomes a different type of game. That said, I what

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01:09:49,120 --> 01:09:51,360
Speaker 1: what is so compelling and fun about these a f

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01:09:51,439 --> 01:09:54,760
Speaker 1: C playoffs to me is the Big three are all

1392
01:09:55,160 --> 01:09:58,559
Speaker 1: very worthy of winning a super Bowl this year. Um,

1393
01:09:58,720 --> 01:10:02,240
Speaker 1: you don't have to, you don't have to. Um, kind

1394
01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:05,600
Speaker 1: of look closely and try to make it happen. Like Cincinnati,

1395
01:10:06,400 --> 01:10:08,680
Speaker 1: Uh could have easily won the super Bowl last year.

1396
01:10:08,720 --> 01:10:11,680
Speaker 1: I think they're a better team this year. Buffalo is

1397
01:10:11,720 --> 01:10:14,800
Speaker 1: obviously a superpower that's ready to take that next step.

1398
01:10:14,880 --> 01:10:18,439
Speaker 1: Kansas City is Kansas City, the number one seed, fourteen wins,

1399
01:10:18,479 --> 01:10:22,000
Speaker 1: coming off obviously a terrible loss in the playoffs last year.

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01:10:22,040 --> 01:10:24,400
Speaker 1: They they want it worse than ever. Um, and I

1401
01:10:24,439 --> 01:10:27,759
Speaker 1: just don't see Cincinnati getting whacked here. And in fact,

1402
01:10:27,840 --> 01:10:31,560
Speaker 1: I think again another that that city, Cincinnati, with the

1403
01:10:31,680 --> 01:10:35,400
Speaker 1: terrible thing that happened with Tomorrow Hamlin that uh. Nick Westling,

1404
01:10:35,680 --> 01:10:39,639
Speaker 1: our friend who lives there, said that the whole region

1405
01:10:39,760 --> 01:10:42,280
Speaker 1: was so excited for that Bills Bengals game because they

1406
01:10:42,320 --> 01:10:44,840
Speaker 1: love the Cincinnati team and this feels like their year.

1407
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:48,519
Speaker 1: That place is going to be going nuts on Sunday night,

1408
01:10:48,800 --> 01:10:50,559
Speaker 1: and I think the Bengals roll in this game. I

1409
01:10:50,560 --> 01:10:53,360
Speaker 1: think also it's whenever we talk about the Bengals, it's

1410
01:10:53,360 --> 01:10:55,880
Speaker 1: always their offense, their offense, their weapons. It's like their

1411
01:10:55,920 --> 01:10:59,479
Speaker 1: defense last January, it was the turnovers and the defense

1412
01:10:59,479 --> 01:11:02,280
Speaker 1: that kind of held them through some clunky offensive outings.

1413
01:11:02,479 --> 01:11:05,200
Speaker 1: And they've been second in takeaways per drive over the

1414
01:11:05,280 --> 01:11:07,680
Speaker 1: last month. And you've seen it because it wasn't just

1415
01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:10,240
Speaker 1: that Browns game, Like the Bengals offense has gone to

1416
01:11:10,920 --> 01:11:13,320
Speaker 1: for halves at a time and then that's the other half.

1417
01:11:13,360 --> 01:11:15,519
Speaker 1: They're fine. It's like, I, I don't know, if you

1418
01:11:15,600 --> 01:11:18,320
Speaker 1: just automatically get out of that against this defense, you

1419
01:11:18,360 --> 01:11:23,679
Speaker 1: just need to do it. They were kind of man

1420
01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:26,320
Speaker 1: handled a little bit. They've also won eight straight games.

1421
01:11:26,320 --> 01:11:29,000
Speaker 1: But when I went back to look at some other numbers,

1422
01:11:29,040 --> 01:11:32,200
Speaker 1: like looking at expected points at an e P a

1423
01:11:32,240 --> 01:11:35,439
Speaker 1: P play, like their offense was fourteen since Week eighteen,

1424
01:11:35,720 --> 01:11:38,479
Speaker 1: a week fourteen rather the Bengals, because they've had those

1425
01:11:38,520 --> 01:11:42,280
Speaker 1: stretches in the Patriots game to a lesser degree but

1426
01:11:42,760 --> 01:11:45,439
Speaker 1: a little bit. But in the Bucks game last week

1427
01:11:45,520 --> 01:11:47,920
Speaker 1: certainly wasn't a great game. I'm not that worried. I'm

1428
01:11:47,920 --> 01:11:50,360
Speaker 1: a little worried that Tee Higgins after everything that happened

1429
01:11:50,360 --> 01:11:53,760
Speaker 1: with him being involved in that play and having maybe

1430
01:11:53,800 --> 01:11:56,960
Speaker 1: the worst game of his career last week, just not

1431
01:11:57,080 --> 01:11:58,840
Speaker 1: fighting for the ball at the catch point, and was

1432
01:11:58,880 --> 01:12:01,000
Speaker 1: out of practice this week with illness. You just hope

1433
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:06,040
Speaker 1: he's hed. You just hope he's in a good mental

1434
01:12:06,200 --> 01:12:08,920
Speaker 1: space because he kind of had a bit of a

1435
01:12:09,040 --> 01:12:13,880
Speaker 1: letdown game, which is understandable. I just love that there's

1436
01:12:14,240 --> 01:12:18,120
Speaker 1: genuine hatred between these teams. The Bengals defense after last

1437
01:12:18,120 --> 01:12:22,360
Speaker 1: week's game talked to the athletic and basically said they'll

1438
01:12:22,360 --> 01:12:25,200
Speaker 1: have something with this Ravens offense for the next week,

1439
01:12:25,479 --> 01:12:28,320
Speaker 1: because they all but said the Ravens offense is dirty,

1440
01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:30,639
Speaker 1: that they're doing stuff after the plays, that they didn't

1441
01:12:30,640 --> 01:12:33,360
Speaker 1: appreciate that they were talking and they were going to

1442
01:12:33,439 --> 01:12:35,599
Speaker 1: have something for him the next week. Tyler Boyd walked

1443
01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:38,559
Speaker 1: off the field to screaming and yelling like they didn't

1444
01:12:38,560 --> 01:12:40,640
Speaker 1: give anything to us. We took it. We took it,

1445
01:12:40,680 --> 01:12:42,960
Speaker 1: and I just like it. It's it's a vision matchup

1446
01:12:43,200 --> 01:12:45,599
Speaker 1: where the two sides legitimately do not like each other.

1447
01:12:45,640 --> 01:12:48,440
Speaker 1: But for that reason, I think actually it's a very

1448
01:12:48,640 --> 01:12:52,519
Speaker 1: challenging game for the Bengals, just especially their offense. I

1449
01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:54,479
Speaker 1: think I think it'll be a little tighter if Tyler,

1450
01:12:56,920 --> 01:12:59,280
Speaker 1: I just think a division game where this opponent knows

1451
01:12:59,360 --> 01:13:01,760
Speaker 1: you well, third time playing up two weeks, I got it.

1452
01:13:01,800 --> 01:13:06,519
Speaker 1: I see that. Speaking Nick Wesley, Gentleman Dorey goes, it's

1453
01:13:06,560 --> 01:13:09,519
Speaker 1: finally playoff time. It's not gonna be much of a

1454
01:13:09,520 --> 01:13:11,800
Speaker 1: secret who we take here, So I'm gonna get a

1455
01:13:11,840 --> 01:13:18,160
Speaker 1: little breakdown. The Ravens offense can't move the ball consistently. Consistently,

1456
01:13:18,720 --> 01:13:22,040
Speaker 1: They have no firepower. They have an All year, with

1457
01:13:22,160 --> 01:13:26,040
Speaker 1: or without Lamar Jackson, they haven't been good. They just

1458
01:13:26,120 --> 01:13:28,040
Speaker 1: hope the other team makes a mistake or two and

1459
01:13:28,080 --> 01:13:30,400
Speaker 1: they can take advantage. That's how they've won all their games.

1460
01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:35,120
Speaker 1: On the other side of the ball, the Angles offensive

1461
01:13:35,160 --> 01:13:39,599
Speaker 1: line pretty banged up. No Kappa O'Collins been by far

1462
01:13:39,640 --> 01:13:43,040
Speaker 1: the two best offensive lineman all year, so there is

1463
01:13:43,080 --> 01:13:47,040
Speaker 1: that concern. However, the skill positions are healthy. Joe Burrows

1464
01:13:47,080 --> 01:13:49,880
Speaker 1: healthy or break. He's gonna find someone open on every play.

1465
01:13:50,880 --> 01:13:54,759
Speaker 1: The Bengals start another Super Bowl run, Joe Burrows starts

1466
01:13:54,760 --> 01:13:58,240
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl m VP run, and the Ravens season

1467
01:13:58,560 --> 01:14:07,200
Speaker 1: you guessed it will be nevermore. Oh ref um, what

1468
01:14:07,320 --> 01:14:10,800
Speaker 1: a showman that is a showman and remember listen to

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01:14:10,840 --> 01:14:16,400
Speaker 1: the Zoo Cincinnati Zoo ladies and gentlemen, Joe Burrow said,

1470
01:14:17,160 --> 01:14:19,400
Speaker 1: And I'll end with a two quarterback notes here, as

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01:14:19,479 --> 01:14:23,639
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow said, my whole career is our super Bowl window.

1472
01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:25,680
Speaker 1: You think that dude's going out one and done out?

1473
01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:30,880
Speaker 1: Hell no, number two, Greggy. It could be, and I

1474
01:14:30,920 --> 01:14:35,479
Speaker 1: hope it is the signature storyline of the upcoming off season.

1475
01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:41,559
Speaker 1: Give me a percent percentage chance. Lamar Jackson has already

1476
01:14:41,600 --> 01:14:47,080
Speaker 1: played his final game as a Raven ten ten. You

1477
01:14:47,120 --> 01:14:49,320
Speaker 1: can franchise him, how about you. Yeah, but if he

1478
01:14:49,400 --> 01:14:52,120
Speaker 1: tells you I ain't playing, I ain't signing a new

1479
01:14:52,160 --> 01:14:54,880
Speaker 1: deal with you, they might be compelled to franchise him

1480
01:14:55,080 --> 01:14:57,200
Speaker 1: and then make a trade that shocks the LEADU. I

1481
01:14:57,240 --> 01:14:59,040
Speaker 1: think it's a fair question. I think what's going on

1482
01:14:59,160 --> 01:15:02,800
Speaker 1: here it's not if I believe he's banged up not

1483
01:15:02,880 --> 01:15:06,559
Speaker 1: ready to play, but it's been so mysterious and so strange.

1484
01:15:06,600 --> 01:15:08,720
Speaker 1: There's been sort of like a lack of communication what's

1485
01:15:08,760 --> 01:15:11,320
Speaker 1: going on. Even when Harbaugh speaks, I would put it

1486
01:15:11,360 --> 01:15:16,640
Speaker 1: at eighteen eighteen eighteen, I'll go that's still low for

1487
01:15:16,720 --> 01:15:21,000
Speaker 1: both fifteen. Well, I'm not saying I think it's gonna happen.

1488
01:15:21,120 --> 01:15:25,280
Speaker 1: It's just given. And part of this is he represents himself,

1489
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:27,320
Speaker 1: so there's no agent leaks or anything coming from his end.

1490
01:15:27,360 --> 01:15:28,920
Speaker 1: I think that's a big part of it. And maybe

1491
01:15:29,040 --> 01:15:32,599
Speaker 1: a lack of communication in general. Right, um, there isn't

1492
01:15:32,680 --> 01:15:34,920
Speaker 1: There is a chance that we don't know how bad

1493
01:15:34,960 --> 01:15:38,479
Speaker 1: it is. And this this injury, which certainly started as

1494
01:15:38,479 --> 01:15:40,720
Speaker 1: a real injury. We don't know where he's at physically now,

1495
01:15:40,760 --> 01:15:44,000
Speaker 1: but he's obviously hasn't practiced in almost six weeks. He

1496
01:15:44,120 --> 01:15:46,080
Speaker 1: might be just done with the Ravens and he lets

1497
01:15:46,160 --> 01:15:48,639
Speaker 1: them know that, and he doesn't have anybody else telling

1498
01:15:48,720 --> 01:15:53,160
Speaker 1: them to rethink that, and maybe something huge happens here. Interesting.

1499
01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:54,680
Speaker 1: Can I say one thing, Like the only thing I

1500
01:15:54,800 --> 01:15:56,800
Speaker 1: find weird about that is like the Ravens are the

1501
01:15:56,840 --> 01:15:59,120
Speaker 1: one team that from the word go embraced him in

1502
01:15:59,200 --> 01:16:02,080
Speaker 1: every possible way. They were so open to make it money.

1503
01:16:02,720 --> 01:16:04,720
Speaker 1: But I think they want to. But I right, I

1504
01:16:04,920 --> 01:16:07,240
Speaker 1: I think I think he's had a great relationship with him.

1505
01:16:07,280 --> 01:16:11,439
Speaker 1: I really think it's all about Deshaun Watson. Like it's

1506
01:16:11,479 --> 01:16:16,920
Speaker 1: about Deshaun Watson got a fully guaranteed contract for two

1507
01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:22,800
Speaker 1: hundred x amount of million dollars in Lamar Jackson understandably

1508
01:16:23,040 --> 01:16:26,000
Speaker 1: is saying, I'm not taking anything less than that, and

1509
01:16:26,080 --> 01:16:29,880
Speaker 1: he can find a team that until until I get

1510
01:16:29,880 --> 01:16:33,080
Speaker 1: a fully guaranteed contract. I'm better than that, man. I

1511
01:16:33,880 --> 01:16:36,400
Speaker 1: am a pillar of this Baltimore community. I'm not taking

1512
01:16:36,439 --> 01:16:38,320
Speaker 1: anything less than that. And he doesn't have an agent

1513
01:16:38,439 --> 01:16:41,880
Speaker 1: there that can say, like, I get it. But that

1514
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:43,920
Speaker 1: might not happen with the Ravens and I and the

1515
01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:46,200
Speaker 1: Ravens might not give him that contract because a lot

1516
01:16:46,200 --> 01:16:48,439
Speaker 1: of NFL teams don't want to go down the road

1517
01:16:48,439 --> 01:16:50,960
Speaker 1: that the Browns did for anyone. Um, and it's a

1518
01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:53,960
Speaker 1: tough agree with that. Hey, Woody Johnson, you sell a

1519
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:57,200
Speaker 1: lot of cute tips. Get at that check book because

1520
01:16:57,200 --> 01:17:00,000
Speaker 1: ears ain't going nowhere. Oh man, we'll be right back,

1521
01:17:02,680 --> 01:17:06,400
Speaker 1: all right, Welcome back, all right. Super wild Card Weekend

1522
01:17:06,479 --> 01:17:11,280
Speaker 1: preview ends Monday Night Football. Joe Buck Troy Aigman on

1523
01:17:11,320 --> 01:17:14,120
Speaker 1: the call. Here's the bone, guys, it's been a tough year.

1524
01:17:14,200 --> 01:17:20,920
Speaker 1: On Monday Night, Uh, Cowboys at Bucks and Mark another

1525
01:17:21,040 --> 01:17:25,639
Speaker 1: game where I feel it's got to be close, because

1526
01:17:25,680 --> 01:17:28,200
Speaker 1: I don't think even at the Cowboys, who are not

1527
01:17:28,280 --> 01:17:31,160
Speaker 1: playing very well right now, Um, don't play at a

1528
01:17:31,240 --> 01:17:32,880
Speaker 1: high level in this game. I don't think the Bucks

1529
01:17:32,880 --> 01:17:35,840
Speaker 1: are explosive enough to run away and hide on him. Um.

1530
01:17:35,920 --> 01:17:37,559
Speaker 1: I guess it could go the other way, where the

1531
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:40,160
Speaker 1: good Cowboys show up, But you know what, Marky, I

1532
01:17:40,200 --> 01:17:42,320
Speaker 1: don't think that team showing up. I don't feel good

1533
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:45,200
Speaker 1: about Dallas right now. They have I mean, they're closed

1534
01:17:45,200 --> 01:17:49,080
Speaker 1: to the season has been about as inglorious as you

1535
01:17:49,120 --> 01:17:51,160
Speaker 1: can as you can imagine, Like the Washington loss was

1536
01:17:51,160 --> 01:17:54,360
Speaker 1: a mess. And it's not just the Dak Prescott interceptions.

1537
01:17:54,720 --> 01:17:56,160
Speaker 1: I got a bunch of them aren't on him, but

1538
01:17:56,200 --> 01:17:59,200
Speaker 1: a bunch are. He just flat up played terribly against Washington,

1539
01:17:59,479 --> 01:18:01,840
Speaker 1: and I just don't like the floor there because how

1540
01:18:02,439 --> 01:18:04,479
Speaker 1: there's no guarantee that just doesn't happen again at some

1541
01:18:04,520 --> 01:18:07,040
Speaker 1: point the Bucks, Um. I thought the best game they

1542
01:18:07,120 --> 01:18:09,800
Speaker 1: played all season probably was way back in Week one

1543
01:18:09,840 --> 01:18:11,960
Speaker 1: when they put a nineteen to three stamp on Dallas.

1544
01:18:12,160 --> 01:18:14,559
Speaker 1: Doc went out with the injury, but they Cowboys had

1545
01:18:14,600 --> 01:18:16,720
Speaker 1: nothing going on. It is so long ago and it's

1546
01:18:16,720 --> 01:18:19,439
Speaker 1: another univorse, but it's like this Bucks team the thing.

1547
01:18:19,479 --> 01:18:22,080
Speaker 1: I I also don't trust the Bucks much because they

1548
01:18:22,080 --> 01:18:25,960
Speaker 1: were explosive and the Brady Mike Evans connection came fully

1549
01:18:26,000 --> 01:18:27,320
Speaker 1: to life, and it was like, this is what you

1550
01:18:27,360 --> 01:18:29,719
Speaker 1: were waiting for against the Panthers. I don't care about

1551
01:18:29,800 --> 01:18:31,920
Speaker 1: last week Brady got pulled. They weren't doing much, But

1552
01:18:32,280 --> 01:18:34,240
Speaker 1: is is there any chance you get that against the

1553
01:18:34,280 --> 01:18:36,599
Speaker 1: Dallas defense? It isn't is a tick or two below

1554
01:18:36,600 --> 01:18:38,960
Speaker 1: where they were, no doubt about it. I mean Dallas

1555
01:18:39,000 --> 01:18:41,840
Speaker 1: to me, I think has more pressure on them because

1556
01:18:41,840 --> 01:18:44,200
Speaker 1: if I look at this Bucks team all year long,

1557
01:18:44,240 --> 01:18:47,280
Speaker 1: They've been frustrated all year long, They've been a mess

1558
01:18:47,320 --> 01:18:50,120
Speaker 1: on offense. And what they have done though, d NA wise,

1559
01:18:50,120 --> 01:18:52,719
Speaker 1: with Tom Brady at quarterback, is in that fourth quarter

1560
01:18:52,760 --> 01:18:54,960
Speaker 1: in the last five six minutes, found their way out

1561
01:18:54,960 --> 01:18:56,920
Speaker 1: of jams. It's like, we get we're not flying, we

1562
01:18:56,960 --> 01:18:59,240
Speaker 1: get we're not great. But the pressure isn't really on

1563
01:18:59,320 --> 01:19:01,760
Speaker 1: them in this situation because I've done that over and over.

1564
01:19:01,800 --> 01:19:05,360
Speaker 1: It's a couple of years ago, a different And if

1565
01:19:05,360 --> 01:19:07,760
Speaker 1: you're Dallas and you're in that situation where it's tight

1566
01:19:07,800 --> 01:19:09,840
Speaker 1: at the end and everyone's like Dak Prescott's not had

1567
01:19:09,880 --> 01:19:12,160
Speaker 1: a great game and the run games continues to be

1568
01:19:12,160 --> 01:19:14,320
Speaker 1: a little bit sluggish, and the defense has to deal

1569
01:19:14,360 --> 01:19:16,760
Speaker 1: with Tom Brady, which team do you trust to kind

1570
01:19:16,760 --> 01:19:19,280
Speaker 1: of cave in and think, like Mike McCarthy's already said

1571
01:19:19,720 --> 01:19:23,080
Speaker 1: this week, like, yeah, we talked about last last season's playoffs.

1572
01:19:23,080 --> 01:19:24,680
Speaker 1: We're not owned, we're not living in it all the time,

1573
01:19:24,720 --> 01:19:26,599
Speaker 1: but we talked about it. It's like there's something about

1574
01:19:26,640 --> 01:19:28,840
Speaker 1: the Cowboys or on everything about it where it's like

1575
01:19:28,960 --> 01:19:31,120
Speaker 1: if they're in this thing late. I don't know Tom

1576
01:19:31,160 --> 01:19:32,800
Speaker 1: Brady and Tampa, but I've already said I think they're

1577
01:19:32,800 --> 01:19:35,200
Speaker 1: gonna win the game in Tampa Bay. But it's like

1578
01:19:35,240 --> 01:19:38,920
Speaker 1: I think Dallas isn't a strange spot on record that

1579
01:19:39,280 --> 01:19:41,880
Speaker 1: like maybe seventy seven times. I'm trying to make sure

1580
01:19:41,880 --> 01:19:44,640
Speaker 1: it gets on the show. But I mean, wait that

1581
01:19:44,760 --> 01:19:47,000
Speaker 1: the Bucks would win this game. The Bucks will win

1582
01:19:47,000 --> 01:19:50,400
Speaker 1: this game, Okay, absolutely, Yeah, I almost locked it up.

1583
01:19:50,400 --> 01:19:57,320
Speaker 1: But it's like I'm gonna and I was driving here

1584
01:19:57,320 --> 01:19:59,559
Speaker 1: and I said to myself, like, I will bet myself

1585
01:19:59,560 --> 01:20:02,240
Speaker 1: a hundred dollars that be in a situation where I'm

1586
01:20:02,240 --> 01:20:04,000
Speaker 1: getting pressure from Greg to lock it up for the

1587
01:20:04,040 --> 01:20:05,920
Speaker 1: exact words he said, And then Dan comes in. It's

1588
01:20:05,920 --> 01:20:10,040
Speaker 1: like I'm not doing it. I'm sticking you brought it,

1589
01:20:10,040 --> 01:20:12,360
Speaker 1: it would occurred to me. Let's just before it became

1590
01:20:12,360 --> 01:20:14,400
Speaker 1: a thing and absolutely, but let's just think about it.

1591
01:20:14,439 --> 01:20:16,720
Speaker 1: You have been saying this is gonna be happening with

1592
01:20:16,840 --> 01:20:19,679
Speaker 1: this bad NFC style team will win a playoff game

1593
01:20:19,760 --> 01:20:23,080
Speaker 1: for months and months. What a way to underline it?

1594
01:20:23,360 --> 01:20:26,720
Speaker 1: Put some highlighter over it and a few slammers? Yeah,

1595
01:20:26,720 --> 01:20:29,120
Speaker 1: I would be away. Wow, what a that's that's the

1596
01:20:29,200 --> 01:20:33,040
Speaker 1: ultimate show in a a parallel universe? Would if you were

1597
01:20:33,120 --> 01:20:35,639
Speaker 1: truly confident instead of just saying, this is the kind

1598
01:20:35,640 --> 01:20:37,640
Speaker 1: of thing where I, just like Greg could talk for

1599
01:20:37,640 --> 01:20:39,519
Speaker 1: six straight minutes, which will happen at some point and

1600
01:20:39,520 --> 01:20:41,240
Speaker 1: I'm not listening to a word of it. Tom Brady

1601
01:20:41,280 --> 01:20:43,479
Speaker 1: seven and over is the Cowboys in his career. How

1602
01:20:43,520 --> 01:20:45,360
Speaker 1: about that? Is that enough to get the lock? That

1603
01:20:45,439 --> 01:20:47,240
Speaker 1: kind of stuff I don't care about at all is

1604
01:20:47,280 --> 01:20:49,920
Speaker 1: compiled stats against the Cowboy It is crazy to think,

1605
01:20:49,960 --> 01:20:52,120
Speaker 1: like Week one feels so longer. How about that Week

1606
01:20:52,520 --> 01:20:55,679
Speaker 1: one game when they were defending the title and back

1607
01:20:55,720 --> 01:20:58,879
Speaker 1: and Tom Brady are going back and forth and we're

1608
01:20:58,960 --> 01:21:04,160
Speaker 1: over at manner for that game? This matchup, right, it

1609
01:21:04,800 --> 01:21:07,400
Speaker 1: is the Cowboys are a better team. I I struggled

1610
01:21:07,439 --> 01:21:10,320
Speaker 1: to pick this game because of everything you said. I

1611
01:21:10,360 --> 01:21:13,160
Speaker 1: do trust the Bucks more in a big situation. Uh,

1612
01:21:13,240 --> 01:21:15,680
Speaker 1: they in a fourth quarter in a like they have

1613
01:21:15,760 --> 01:21:20,680
Speaker 1: the championship medal. Mike McCarthy and maybe Tide Bowls are

1614
01:21:21,120 --> 01:21:23,439
Speaker 1: maybe coaching for their jobs, which is crazy for a

1615
01:21:23,439 --> 01:21:26,599
Speaker 1: playoff game. I feel like that's possible, Like the loser

1616
01:21:26,640 --> 01:21:30,120
Speaker 1: of this game, the team could get blown up before

1617
01:21:30,240 --> 01:21:34,719
Speaker 1: the divisional round. Yeah, but I mean, it's it's just weird.

1618
01:21:35,360 --> 01:21:37,439
Speaker 1: It's I don't, I don't. I hope not. I don't

1619
01:21:37,520 --> 01:21:41,040
Speaker 1: think so. But I just think you might be losing.

1620
01:21:42,120 --> 01:21:44,920
Speaker 1: You might be losing Tom Brady, you might just who

1621
01:21:44,960 --> 01:21:48,439
Speaker 1: knows what's gonna happen here. The Cowboys, though, are just

1622
01:21:48,520 --> 01:21:51,719
Speaker 1: like a better team and and you They could attack

1623
01:21:51,840 --> 01:21:56,439
Speaker 1: the cornerback situation for the Cowboys, which they've sprung leaks lately,

1624
01:21:56,640 --> 01:21:59,160
Speaker 1: Like they lost Anthony Brown, which you wouldn't have thought

1625
01:21:59,160 --> 01:22:01,680
Speaker 1: would have been such a big deal. But their backups

1626
01:22:01,720 --> 01:22:04,120
Speaker 1: that have come in have just not played well well,

1627
01:22:04,160 --> 01:22:07,479
Speaker 1: whether it's like Nasan Right or Trayvon Mullin. They got

1628
01:22:07,479 --> 01:22:09,960
Speaker 1: off the waiver wire, like you can. You can attack

1629
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:14,040
Speaker 1: those guys, but they have better players like at their best,

1630
01:22:14,800 --> 01:22:17,360
Speaker 1: the Cowboys have been a top five offense and the

1631
01:22:17,439 --> 01:22:19,519
Speaker 1: top five defense. They probably don't need both to show up,

1632
01:22:19,560 --> 01:22:21,360
Speaker 1: just one of them as to show it up, because

1633
01:22:21,400 --> 01:22:24,120
Speaker 1: even that Panthers game didn't tell me anything new about

1634
01:22:24,160 --> 01:22:26,880
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers. I don't even think they played a particularly

1635
01:22:26,920 --> 01:22:29,479
Speaker 1: good game. That they just had Mike Evans get open

1636
01:22:29,520 --> 01:22:31,800
Speaker 1: deep like three times, and most of the rest of

1637
01:22:31,840 --> 01:22:34,439
Speaker 1: the game they were in quicksand like they always are.

1638
01:22:34,479 --> 01:22:36,559
Speaker 1: They're a consistent team. They're like a nine and eight

1639
01:22:37,360 --> 01:22:39,599
Speaker 1: not very good. And and the Cowboys have a way

1640
01:22:39,680 --> 01:22:43,200
Speaker 1: higher ceiling. We just haven't seen them up there, uh

1641
01:22:43,240 --> 01:22:45,599
Speaker 1: in a while now. And that and that's the story

1642
01:22:45,680 --> 01:22:49,760
Speaker 1: with with this game, and um, I'm looking forward to it.

1643
01:22:49,800 --> 01:22:53,400
Speaker 1: I'm We've talked about Michael Parsons and uh there was

1644
01:22:53,439 --> 01:22:56,480
Speaker 1: some some of that LT hype going on around him.

1645
01:22:56,600 --> 01:22:58,800
Speaker 1: Why don't why doesn't he pull up a chair, get

1646
01:22:58,840 --> 01:23:01,400
Speaker 1: his knife and fork out, put the bibb in and

1647
01:23:01,400 --> 01:23:04,559
Speaker 1: eat up thet year old smith. Go get him he

1648
01:23:04,600 --> 01:23:07,679
Speaker 1: did in week one. Go go take this game over

1649
01:23:07,840 --> 01:23:10,679
Speaker 1: and make plays Parsons that wins the game for your team,

1650
01:23:10,960 --> 01:23:13,760
Speaker 1: Like they had thirty three takeaways this year, most in

1651
01:23:13,800 --> 01:23:16,960
Speaker 1: the league. Let's let's do it. If your offense is

1652
01:23:17,040 --> 01:23:19,719
Speaker 1: kind of at a sink, if Doc isn't quite cutting

1653
01:23:19,720 --> 01:23:22,320
Speaker 1: the mustard right now, Monday Night football, go beat this

1654
01:23:22,439 --> 01:23:25,880
Speaker 1: stagnant Tampa Bay offense, beat him up and and set

1655
01:23:25,880 --> 01:23:28,080
Speaker 1: your offense up better. And that's why I picked the

1656
01:23:28,120 --> 01:23:30,960
Speaker 1: Bucks uh to get beat in this game, because I

1657
01:23:31,000 --> 01:23:34,880
Speaker 1: don't think that they have enough firepower barring yeah, and

1658
01:23:34,920 --> 01:23:37,439
Speaker 1: you said, like, you know, they have obviously that that

1659
01:23:37,520 --> 01:23:40,400
Speaker 1: big game with Mike Evans, But if you can neutralize that,

1660
01:23:40,640 --> 01:23:43,080
Speaker 1: it's like with the Chargers taking Mike Williams out of

1661
01:23:43,080 --> 01:23:45,040
Speaker 1: the mix, who's gonna step up and make big plays?

1662
01:23:45,080 --> 01:23:50,960
Speaker 1: I like the Cowboys nineteen the big play thing because

1663
01:23:50,960 --> 01:23:54,840
Speaker 1: it's like, so the Brady Evans connection this season has

1664
01:23:54,920 --> 01:23:57,599
Speaker 1: worked about eleven percent of the time. And that's great

1665
01:23:57,600 --> 01:24:00,599
Speaker 1: that it happened against a Carolina defensive can handle him

1666
01:24:00,600 --> 01:24:03,240
Speaker 1: from a cornerback scenario. But that doesn't tell me that

1667
01:24:03,720 --> 01:24:05,880
Speaker 1: they've figured it out in that situation at all. They

1668
01:24:05,880 --> 01:24:09,040
Speaker 1: haven't figured it out. Now, if I'm a Bucks fan,

1669
01:24:09,120 --> 01:24:11,280
Speaker 1: I'm almost a little worried that they're gonna run the

1670
01:24:11,280 --> 01:24:13,120
Speaker 1: ball too much on early down to get back to

1671
01:24:13,200 --> 01:24:15,840
Speaker 1: that because the Cowboys are so vulnerable against the run

1672
01:24:15,840 --> 01:24:18,960
Speaker 1: and their defensive tackles haven't been good lately, so they're

1673
01:24:18,960 --> 01:24:21,439
Speaker 1: gonna maybe try to stay bounce. I'm I do think

1674
01:24:21,439 --> 01:24:24,959
Speaker 1: they'll attack Brady though Dan Quinn is a creative defensive coordinator.

1675
01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:28,240
Speaker 1: That's been what's been different about this team. You mentioned

1676
01:24:28,720 --> 01:24:31,439
Speaker 1: on our last show how that the the announcers are

1677
01:24:31,479 --> 01:24:34,759
Speaker 1: really fixated with dnps like blitzing Brady up the middle

1678
01:24:34,800 --> 01:24:36,799
Speaker 1: and everything. Last well, just that they had this relationship.

1679
01:24:37,280 --> 01:24:39,040
Speaker 1: These two know each other. You know what it worked

1680
01:24:39,080 --> 01:24:42,400
Speaker 1: like that is that's the only recipe against Tom Brady

1681
01:24:42,880 --> 01:24:45,720
Speaker 1: is to change your look, snap to snap, drive to drive,

1682
01:24:45,960 --> 01:24:49,040
Speaker 1: keep varying it. Certainly, send pressure up the middle, never

1683
01:24:49,120 --> 01:24:51,479
Speaker 1: get let him feel comfortable, and letting him know what

1684
01:24:51,520 --> 01:24:54,639
Speaker 1: he's gonna see. And I think the Cowboys defense could

1685
01:24:54,680 --> 01:24:57,320
Speaker 1: do that. I'm not sure about this Cowboys offense though,

1686
01:24:57,680 --> 01:25:01,320
Speaker 1: I'm not sure we uh shall. By the way, the

1687
01:25:01,320 --> 01:25:04,440
Speaker 1: there is a remarkable amount of pressure on Mike McCarthy

1688
01:25:04,479 --> 01:25:06,040
Speaker 1: to get out of the first round of the playoffs.

1689
01:25:06,040 --> 01:25:08,360
Speaker 1: You've talked about that. The Panther is a requested permission

1690
01:25:08,360 --> 01:25:11,200
Speaker 1: to talk with Kellen Moore. There o C. The Broncos

1691
01:25:11,520 --> 01:25:14,200
Speaker 1: have requested permission to talk to their d C Dan

1692
01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:19,400
Speaker 1: Quinn and uh, it's a huge, huge, huge game for

1693
01:25:19,439 --> 01:25:23,840
Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys organizationally, Uh, gotta beat this. Terry Jones

1694
01:25:23,880 --> 01:25:25,400
Speaker 1: all but said, they've got to win the games in

1695
01:25:25,439 --> 01:25:28,240
Speaker 1: the playoffs. And you can't get beat by the eight.

1696
01:25:28,240 --> 01:25:30,160
Speaker 1: And I know it's the Tom Brady Bucks, but it's

1697
01:25:30,160 --> 01:25:32,479
Speaker 1: an eight and nine team. You've had a big year

1698
01:25:32,560 --> 01:25:34,880
Speaker 1: for the most part, you got at least get back

1699
01:25:34,920 --> 01:25:37,519
Speaker 1: to divisional playoffs. I would say that the like the

1700
01:25:37,560 --> 01:25:40,920
Speaker 1: Cowboys playoff loss a year ago is more fresh in

1701
01:25:40,960 --> 01:25:43,280
Speaker 1: their minds than even the Bengal Super Bowl losses in

1702
01:25:43,400 --> 01:25:46,880
Speaker 1: Cincinnati's that may sound sturg just like it seems hangs

1703
01:25:46,920 --> 01:25:50,120
Speaker 1: in the atmosphere in Dallas. And Mike McCarthy, if you

1704
01:25:50,200 --> 01:25:53,400
Speaker 1: lose this, like everything could suddenly flitter away. You've got

1705
01:25:53,520 --> 01:25:56,240
Speaker 1: what a great caper to the to the weekend. One

1706
01:25:56,400 --> 01:25:59,559
Speaker 1: last thing I just went which is just I find

1707
01:25:59,600 --> 01:26:03,920
Speaker 1: it very strange that a future Hall of Fame left tackle,

1708
01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:08,080
Speaker 1: Tyrann Smith, he's out there playing at right tackle. That

1709
01:26:08,240 --> 01:26:11,120
Speaker 1: Tyler Smith, their rookie first round pick, who played well

1710
01:26:11,160 --> 01:26:13,880
Speaker 1: at left tackle all season, is now at left guard

1711
01:26:14,439 --> 01:26:17,560
Speaker 1: and that forty or forty one year old Jason Peters

1712
01:26:17,800 --> 01:26:19,760
Speaker 1: is over at left tackle. I feel like this has

1713
01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:22,599
Speaker 1: been an underrated, strange thing to happen in the last

1714
01:26:22,640 --> 01:26:24,600
Speaker 1: three weeks of the season. I don't understand, and I

1715
01:26:24,600 --> 01:26:26,120
Speaker 1: think there'll be a lot of talk about it. If

1716
01:26:26,120 --> 01:26:30,160
Speaker 1: this game doesn't. I would say it's probably because Peters

1717
01:26:30,200 --> 01:26:32,479
Speaker 1: at this stage in his career that they need to

1718
01:26:32,479 --> 01:26:34,519
Speaker 1: put him in the best position to succeed, and they

1719
01:26:34,560 --> 01:26:38,439
Speaker 1: feel probably can handle the right side, and he has

1720
01:26:38,640 --> 01:26:42,320
Speaker 1: yet point The Cowboys have been one of the worst

1721
01:26:42,360 --> 01:26:44,800
Speaker 1: teams running on early downs, which is not the case

1722
01:26:44,880 --> 01:26:48,840
Speaker 1: before that line combination changed problem players. Don't give me

1723
01:26:48,880 --> 01:26:51,639
Speaker 1: any zeke in this game. He looks like he's running

1724
01:26:51,680 --> 01:26:54,000
Speaker 1: out of gas. He started this season. Well, give me

1725
01:26:54,040 --> 01:26:56,439
Speaker 1: twenty five touches at Tony Pollard. We don't need the

1726
01:26:56,560 --> 01:26:59,280
Speaker 1: zeke alright, And Jason Peters, by the way, is forty

1727
01:26:59,320 --> 01:27:02,200
Speaker 1: years old. That's that's quite a roll of the dice

1728
01:27:02,560 --> 01:27:05,320
Speaker 1: for your blind side, for your quarterback that you know

1729
01:27:05,400 --> 01:27:08,600
Speaker 1: has been in a turnover machine this season. I'll just

1730
01:27:08,640 --> 01:27:12,639
Speaker 1: say this where nobody's on ther dog, Yeah, stop it, yeah, Zaddy,

1731
01:27:12,840 --> 01:27:14,680
Speaker 1: you know I'm a Fani. You know. I love your

1732
01:27:14,720 --> 01:27:17,479
Speaker 1: big Zaddi energy, but you gotta have that team ready,

1733
01:27:17,520 --> 01:27:20,080
Speaker 1: I gotta win. If you wanted to going around calling

1734
01:27:20,120 --> 01:27:22,280
Speaker 1: yourself as Zaddie or being called Zaddy by the other

1735
01:27:23,160 --> 01:27:26,519
Speaker 1: would not be big Zaddy, so called Zaddie. Everyone's so

1736
01:27:26,640 --> 01:27:30,760
Speaker 1: everyone who's labeling themselves as Daddie needs to like, are

1737
01:27:30,760 --> 01:27:34,400
Speaker 1: there guys out there labeling themselves? Sure? I would imagine

1738
01:27:34,439 --> 01:27:37,240
Speaker 1: in our society right now? Do you labels? No? I

1739
01:27:37,240 --> 01:27:39,000
Speaker 1: don't see him as a Zaddi on any level. I

1740
01:27:39,200 --> 01:27:41,679
Speaker 1: think he's talking about you that Have I called myself

1741
01:27:41,720 --> 01:27:44,920
Speaker 1: as Addie? Probably have at some point. Yeah, absolutely, Let

1742
01:27:44,920 --> 01:27:47,200
Speaker 1: others decide when it comes I don't. I'm not saying

1743
01:27:47,200 --> 01:27:50,120
Speaker 1: that I would deny that you are according to some stipulations.

1744
01:27:50,160 --> 01:27:53,200
Speaker 1: But I think when you picked Mike McCarthy's daddy, you

1745
01:27:53,200 --> 01:27:56,280
Speaker 1: you found a parallels Zaddi energy to yourself. That's what

1746
01:27:56,320 --> 01:27:58,040
Speaker 1: you're seeing. I don't think Greg, and I don't see

1747
01:27:58,080 --> 01:28:01,120
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy as a Zaddie. That's fine, and I have

1748
01:28:01,240 --> 01:28:03,360
Speaker 1: more power to you. I do think you You've given

1749
01:28:03,560 --> 01:28:05,320
Speaker 1: that a lot of thought, it seems, and I that

1750
01:28:05,479 --> 01:28:07,400
Speaker 1: kind of does it for me. I mentioned it before

1751
01:28:07,439 --> 01:28:09,799
Speaker 1: that I just I don't I'm mystified that Mike McCarthy

1752
01:28:09,840 --> 01:28:11,479
Speaker 1: is rolling. If he's a saddie, I don't know. Who

1753
01:28:11,520 --> 01:28:15,400
Speaker 1: isn't it, who is not an I didn't realize that

1754
01:28:18,479 --> 01:28:22,280
Speaker 1: that's it. Yes, we are on television NFL network. Check

1755
01:28:22,320 --> 01:28:27,040
Speaker 1: it out YouTube YouTube of course, Fast NFL dot com,

1756
01:28:27,080 --> 01:28:31,120
Speaker 1: Slash NFL channel beautiful. All right, we'll see a Sunday

1757
01:28:31,200 --> 01:28:33,040
Speaker 1: night flagship recap. He's the call