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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: Greetings and welcome in another beautiful Fox Football Sunday underway.

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Speaker 2: It is Week fifteen of your National Football League season.

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Speaker 3: Weather. Yeah, it's cold.

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Speaker 2: Out there in some of these places, as we'll have

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Speaker 2: some precipitation along the way, some big games as we

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Speaker 2: jockey for playoff position. Not only in the real world, no, no, no,

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Speaker 2: plenty of that, but plenty in your fantasy worlds as well.

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Speaker 3: I know off of Thursday's game, a lot of.

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Speaker 2: Handwringing, a lot of vexation going all the way back

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Speaker 2: to an early touchdown from the Buccaneers. Not exactly the

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Speaker 2: principles that we thought that we would see in terms

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Speaker 2: of that, right Sean Tucker of Syracuse getting it done.

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Speaker 2: But as we get ready for a big week with

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Speaker 2: Mike Harbott alongside NFL Films forty six years, the NFL

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Speaker 2: Matchup Show and all of the work that he does

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Speaker 2: each and every week, he joins Colin Coward for fifteen

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Speaker 2: to twenty minutes of really a good breakdown as you're

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Speaker 2: gonna get. Colin calls it his best fifteen minutes every week.

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Speaker 2: It's at Greg Cosell in the Twitter verse. We get

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Speaker 2: after it again, Greg, ready for another fun and exciting week,

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Speaker 2: storylines all over the place.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well, you know the storylines are fun, Mike, But

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Speaker 4: we'll do some football, and you know you're talking about

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Speaker 4: the weather. We're getting some snow here in South Jersey.

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Speaker 4: I had to come in early today. I was a

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Speaker 4: little afraid I wouldn't make it, you know, so if

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Speaker 4: I fall asleep, you'll just yell at me or something.

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Speaker 4: You know, I've been here for a bit.

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Speaker 3: I got plenty to yell about.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we got all sorts of stuff off the

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Speaker 2: football rader. I mean I could do two hours on

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Speaker 2: John Cena tapping out to Gunther in his final match.

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Speaker 3: I mean, we've got it all.

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Speaker 2: We've got craziness from the college football world.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you want to talk about a.

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Speaker 2: Full holiday holiday holiday's worth of information and intrigue, as

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Speaker 2: well as maybe some holiday miracles, which we'll get to

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Speaker 2: it a bit. But yeah, it's certainly a look big

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Speaker 2: slate of games. We started with the Thursday Night thriller.

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Speaker 2: We go all the way through with some divisional battles,

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Speaker 2: some giant question marks, and many happy returns.

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Speaker 3: We talk about.

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Speaker 2: I mentioned Sina's departure from the WWE in the active world. Well,

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Speaker 2: today we'll see if your theory. And my brother threw

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Speaker 2: this line out. He loves your work, and he goes, well,

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Speaker 2: you know, Greg has talked about Joe Flacco being able

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Speaker 2: to fling it till he's seventy, Greg, we test that

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Speaker 2: today as Philip Rivers gets off the couch, out of

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Speaker 2: the coaching box from his high school and hanging out

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Speaker 2: with all his kids, He's got a big road test

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Speaker 2: as he gets activated against what is one of the

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Speaker 2: best defenses in football in.

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Speaker 3: The Seattle Seahawks.

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Speaker 2: But one of those Christmas miracle kind of things like

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Speaker 2: Carol Brady what she got her voice back, what she

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Speaker 2: wanted to sing in church?

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Speaker 4: Well, I guess so we're hoping for a Christmas miracle

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Speaker 4: if you're the Colts. But you know, it's funny. We'll

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Speaker 4: get to that game obviously, because the Seahawks. I know

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Speaker 4: that that Philip Rivers is a good storyline. But the

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Speaker 4: Seahawks are a really good football team, and you know,

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Speaker 4: so we'll get to that game, you know, obviously a

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Speaker 4: little later. But I don't really know what to say

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Speaker 4: about Philip Rivers. He hasn't played in five years.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I was gonna pull a bunch of highlights, but

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Speaker 2: I figured I didn't have silver in my beard the

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Speaker 2: last time he was slinging touchdowns around. But we'll test

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Speaker 2: that theory about guys the age and their arms still

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Speaker 2: being live.

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Speaker 3: But let's go back to Thursday night.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about another veteran quarterback who had himself a day.

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Speaker 5: He is wide to the riot with Pitts and Sales

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Speaker 5: over there, Robinson and mooning here to the near side.

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Speaker 5: Snapped the Cousins Tampa brink suppressor, go throwing for the

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Speaker 5: end zone. It's pets, get me hold on through, give

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Speaker 5: me a signal, fellas, touchdown at Lada.

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Speaker 3: There you go.

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Speaker 2: Where we go back to Thursday night, A big night

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Speaker 2: for Captain Kirk. He finds Kyle Pitts, not once, not twice,

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Speaker 2: three times, guy who's been on the radar as why

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Speaker 2: can't they on Corgan well against the Tampa defense and

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Speaker 2: with no Drake London, Kyle Pitts comes up big but

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Speaker 2: what they've looked like the last month or so here,

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Speaker 2: even with some of those weapons coming back. We saw

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Speaker 2: the frustration in the post game, but we'll stick to

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Speaker 2: the Atlanta side of this.

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Speaker 3: Captain Kirk may have thrown himself into another job.

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Speaker 4: You know, it's funny. After that game happened, I just

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Speaker 4: reminded me of last year. You may remember this. They

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Speaker 4: played Week five, I believe it was on a Thursday night,

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Speaker 4: and Cousins threw for over five hundred yards against that

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Speaker 4: the number of Todd Bowles defense. I was kind of

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Speaker 4: surprised when I watched the tape because you don't get

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Speaker 4: or I don't anyway, but I was kind of surprised

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Speaker 4: that I didn't feel like Todd Bowles was whipping out

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Speaker 4: and dialing up as much pressure as he normally does.

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Speaker 4: He tried to do so on that final drive two

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Speaker 4: like there were more four man D line pass rushes

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Speaker 4: as opposed to the pressure that we're so used to Todd

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Speaker 4: Bowles deploying, especially with defensive backs, so Kirk was pretty comfortable.

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Speaker 4: I thought the old line did an excellent job for

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Speaker 4: the Falcons in pass protection, and they played a good

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Speaker 4: part of the game with twelve personnel, my two tight ends,

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Speaker 4: which they play a high percentage of anyway, but certainly

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Speaker 4: with London out. I mean, who would have thought going

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Speaker 4: and Mooney as your main wide receivers in twelve personnel

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Speaker 4: and then when you go to eleven personnel with three

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Speaker 4: not a lot of I'm sure not a lot of

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Speaker 4: people thought that that would produce the results that it did.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's no question about it.

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Speaker 2: You look at a Cousin's thirty and forty four three

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Speaker 2: other thing is you know you mentioned you know David Sills,

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Speaker 2: reception on the final drive, but he dropped what was

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Speaker 2: a forty six yard touchdown pass that.

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Speaker 4: Yes he did, and that that play on the final

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Speaker 4: drive was a really good throw by Cousins. I mean,

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Speaker 4: obviously it's fourth and fourteen I believe it was. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: so you have to make a throw. I mean, you

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Speaker 4: was a whole shot versus cover two, and a whole

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Speaker 4: that's not an easy throw, but it's a throw you've

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Speaker 4: leverage situation. You don't make that throw, you go home

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Speaker 4: and you lose. And so Kirk and Kirk obviously he's

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Speaker 4: been playing a long time. He knows situational football extremely well.

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Speaker 4: And No, it was, it was. It was a big

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Speaker 4: time throw. And you know the thing is that was

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Speaker 4: fourth down, but Cousins was very efficient on third down

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Speaker 4: as well, and normally that's a down you think of

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Speaker 4: Todd Bowles and all the pressure schemes, and in this

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Speaker 3: Third down efficiency.

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Speaker 2: They were five of eleven making big throws, big plays,

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Speaker 2: putting themselves in great positions. Kyle Pitts has himself the

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Speaker 2: day of Davis eleven of twelve, one hundred and sixty

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Speaker 2: six yards, three touchdowns. We mentioned it off the jump,

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Speaker 2: No Drake, Drake London. So you're looking at Mooney, Sills,

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Speaker 2: et cetera. You didn't exactly get a lot of production.

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Speaker 2: I equated it while we were on air. It's like,

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Speaker 2: how to stop. But Jon Robinson, he goes for one

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Speaker 2: hundred and seventy five total yard. Yeah, and his score,

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Speaker 2: and then you'll pits running free in the secondary. But

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Speaker 2: if you can't get any natural pressure on Cousins, plenty

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Speaker 3: And boy did he have himself a day.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. And Robinson. I'm glad you mentioned Robinson. I mean,

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Speaker 4: I've been on record as saying and again, it's not

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Speaker 4: is four. So it's a fun discussion to have. I

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Speaker 4: think Jon Robber and since it's the best back in

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Speaker 4: the league, and you know, in watching this tape, because again,

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Speaker 4: the thing you notice immediately is how often he's detached

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Speaker 4: his snaps this year he's been split as a detached player.

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Speaker 4: Think about that for a back. That's a very very

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Speaker 4: high percentage. So he can be deployed and certainly with

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Speaker 4: another wide receiver.

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Speaker 2: Gotta say, Greg, that's got to be the worst feeling

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Speaker 2: in the world when he comes and lines up in

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Speaker 2: your ankles. And we saw that on Thursday night several times, like,

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Speaker 2: all right, he's got him at the line, No he doesn't,

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Speaker 2: because there he goes at one shift and he's gone.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, just an incredible game on that side, and

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Speaker 2: we get the final second field goal. We can go

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Speaker 2: into game down and distance about going forward, the two

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Speaker 2: point conversions and all all of that. In the end,

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Speaker 2: Raheem Morris despite nineteen penalties, Yeah, a full football field

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Speaker 2: worth of penalty yards more than the Buccaneers. They walk

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Speaker 2: off with a one point win. Baker Mayfield once again

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Speaker 2: under duress much of the day nineteen of thirty four

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Speaker 2: to seventy seven two and the pick Bucky Irving. As

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Speaker 2: I said for fantasy owners a last, he did not

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Speaker 2: get that goal line touch early, finished with sixty yards

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Speaker 2: on the ground, just one catch for eleven yards, and

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Speaker 2: that's where I circled things. You know, we get the

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Speaker 2: huge return from Mike Evans greg with his six for

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Speaker 2: one thirty two, but his frustration huge in the post

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Speaker 2: game of you know, a fifteen point lead that gets squandered.

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Speaker 2: Abuka quiet return McMillan, but for a half a half

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Speaker 2: a yard we would have talked about a happy return

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Speaker 2: for him, but for Bucky Irvin not being part of

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Speaker 2: the passing game really one of those curiosities.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it was. The return of Evans does

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Speaker 4: help Thembviously, It's not as if they couldn't score. They

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Speaker 4: had twenty eight. What Evans does he brings back that

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Speaker 4: one on one matchup outside the numbers, back into the

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Speaker 4: Bucks passing game because he's, you know, a boundary X.

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Speaker 4: You know, he's that single receiver who can win one

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Speaker 4: saw that forty five yards on the go route versus

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Speaker 4: the backup corner Bryan, twenty yards on the quick fade

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Speaker 4: versus Terrell. Those happened in the third quarter. The thing

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Speaker 4: is Baker had great success throwing on first down. He

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Speaker 4: was ten for seventeen for one hundred and ninety five yards.

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Speaker 4: Seventy percent of his passing yards came on first down,

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Speaker 4: which is a very high number. But on that final drive,

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Speaker 4: he missed Ibuka on an open crosser and it was

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Speaker 4: second and fourteen with just over two minutes remaining. You know,

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Speaker 4: that's just a throw. It was really a pitch and

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Speaker 4: catch throw. That's a throw that you know, normally he

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Speaker 2: I thought that was better than the forty yard scramble

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Speaker 2: because you know, we don't have the in helmet camera,

436
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Speaker 2: at least we're not privy to it. I think they exist, Greg,

437
00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,800
Speaker 2: I think it's there so that you can always say, okay, quarterback,

438
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,840
Speaker 2: what'd you see and when he lies, you go, oh, yeah.

439
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Speaker 3: We got the tape.

440
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Speaker 2: But for the Jackson Hawes touchdown, huge effort for the

441
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Speaker 2: Bills against the Bengals a week ago. Now you have

442
00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,960
Speaker 2: this divisional battle. They're a narrow favorite on the road.

443
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Speaker 2: Congratulations to Josh Allen and Hailey Steinfeld as they're expecting

444
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Speaker 2: a child over under forty nine and a half in

445
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Speaker 2: this one. Greg, let's go back to our handy dandy

446
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:30,560
Speaker 2: weather app as we go down the road, because we're

447
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,879
Speaker 2: gonna be hey, we actually have some outdoor games. Like

448
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,760
Speaker 2: last week, it's like, oh, there was weather in a

449
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:36,520
Speaker 2: bunch of cities, Like ah, they're all domes.

450
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Speaker 3: It doesn't matter.

451
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Speaker 2: As we look at this one, you got potential for

452
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Speaker 2: some snow winds coming out of the northwest at about

453
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Speaker 2: seven to nine miles off.

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Speaker 4: That's nothing. That's nothing. The question is, Mike, are those

455
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Speaker 4: domes swollen domes or just domes?

456
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Speaker 3: Now they're just domes?

457
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Speaker 6: Okay, nothing.

458
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Speaker 3: Nothing tops the size and scope of this noggin.

459
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Speaker 4: This is a fascinating game. I mean, obviously, you know,

460
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Speaker 4: the the Bills are a really interesting team. They've got

461
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,679
Speaker 4: a lot of young players on the defensive side of

462
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,680
Speaker 4: the ball that are sort of growing into playing defense.

463
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Speaker 4: You know, the hope being that they'll become impact players

464
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Speaker 4: as they play. Cole Bishop's had a good season. I

465
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Speaker 4: really liked him coming out of Utah. You know. Obviously,

466
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Speaker 4: Dean Walker, who was a fourth round pick out of

467
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Speaker 4: Kentucky I remember, and he's had a very nice year

468
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Speaker 4: for them this year. Again, a player that looks like

469
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Speaker 4: he could develop into an impact d tackle. I remember

470
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Speaker 4: watching him his next to last year in college and

471
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Speaker 4: just the size and the movement. I thought, with a

472
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Speaker 4: really good final year, we'd be talking about him as

473
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Speaker 4: a first round pick. It just didn't quite work out

474
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Speaker 4: that way. They got him in the fourth round. He's

475
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Speaker 4: had a nice season. The guy that's really been you know,

476
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Speaker 4: it's sort of the fountain of youth has been Shaq Thompson.

477
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Speaker 4: He plays every snap. It seemed like he played in

478
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Speaker 4: Carolina about thirty years ago.

479
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Speaker 3: Yes, sir, but he's had a really.

480
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Speaker 4: Nice season for them. And I guess Joey Boss do

481
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,399
Speaker 4: back today after missing last week. Last week, they really

482
00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,680
Speaker 4: struggled on third down and that's something they'll have to

483
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 4: get cleaned up today. Obviously, Joe Burrow is terrific at

484
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,840
Speaker 4: seeing things. One thing Sean McDermott does as well as

485
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Speaker 4: any defensive coach in the league, and it's becoming another

486
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:25,119
Speaker 4: trend in the league is changing the picture pre snap

487
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:28,399
Speaker 4: to post snap. That's becoming a very big deal in

488
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:32,439
Speaker 4: the league and John mcdermot's done it extremely well for years.

489
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Speaker 4: The Bills will have to play better, I think, on

490
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,560
Speaker 4: defense today than they did last week. Obviously, they got

491
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Speaker 4: those two big plays last week which turned the game around.

492
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Speaker 4: If you're the Bills, you say that, you know, coming

493
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Speaker 4: up with big plays at the right time. If you're

494
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 4: just watching the game, they feel kind of fluky, but

495
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 4: you know, hey, sometimes that's the way it works in games.

496
00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:57,679
Speaker 4: And Christian Benford, their corner has been ruled out, so

497
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Speaker 4: they're going to be playing Maxwell Harston and Tradavious White

498
00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,560
Speaker 4: at corner pretty much for the whole game. And we'll

499
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Speaker 4: see how that plays out.

500
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Speaker 3: Yeah, we've talked about it a lot.

501
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,040
Speaker 2: Shack Thompson in his eleventh year, you know, the old age,

502
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:14,119
Speaker 2: aged myself by the gray and my beard and forget

503
00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:16,159
Speaker 2: about guys and the Yeah, it's year eleven.

504
00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:19,159
Speaker 4: He remember, do you remember he played running back some

505
00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:20,360
Speaker 4: running back in college.

506
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Speaker 3: I mean he was one of those guys all those

507
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:23,240
Speaker 3: years ago.

508
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, still dial him up every once in a while.

509
00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:30,480
Speaker 2: I'll tell you it's the curiosity. As we look ahead.

510
00:25:30,560 --> 00:25:32,760
Speaker 2: You got the Patriots on the other side. Drake May

511
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,720
Speaker 2: one of the leaders in the clubhouse for the MVP considerations.

512
00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:41,240
Speaker 2: Twenty three touchdowns against six picks. He's absorbed forty sacks.

513
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:44,200
Speaker 2: That's the number that stands out. You know, that growth

514
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,520
Speaker 2: and negative plays, but they've been able to overcome to

515
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,560
Speaker 2: this point. Greg and this is where Bosa comes in

516
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 2: so huge a plus one ten point differential on the

517
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:58,720
Speaker 2: year for the Patriots with the two headed monster out

518
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Speaker 2: of the backfield and then Stefan Diggs leading the way

519
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 2: amongst a bevy of wide receivers. Booty's been strong at points,

520
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 2: Hunter Henry's had a nice year at times. But the

521
00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:14,680
Speaker 2: past distribution, you've got the one in Diggs, but Drake

522
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Speaker 2: May doing a good job of distributing the ball.

523
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Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think one question, you know, with bos

524
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 4: of being back, and then one area where I think

525
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,280
Speaker 4: the Bills would feel like that they need to be

526
00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:27,479
Speaker 4: effective is the pass rush with four because you're going

527
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 4: to have a backup left tackle playing with Will Campbell out,

528
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 4: so it might be Vederian Lowe who is starting at

529
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Speaker 4: left tackle. We'll see how that goes. So that's an

530
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Speaker 4: area where I think the Bills are going to need

531
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Speaker 4: to have some success, whatever that means. Don't forget it's

532
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:46,120
Speaker 4: not always sacks. If you can make Drake May play

533
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,879
Speaker 4: a little faster, speed him up, because one thing and

534
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:52,120
Speaker 4: watching the tape of May, and obviously he's been very

535
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,720
Speaker 4: good in so many areas that you don't necessarily expect

536
00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,399
Speaker 4: second year players to be good at. He's been outstanding

537
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,400
Speaker 4: on third down, he's been out of stay versus pressure.

538
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,600
Speaker 4: But you just want to try to speed him up

539
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,399
Speaker 4: a bit and get him to have to play a

540
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,800
Speaker 4: little faster the other side of the ball. This is

541
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,720
Speaker 4: a good defense that that New England has. They're fundamentally sound.

542
00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,400
Speaker 4: They've got some solid players, They've got two good corners.

543
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,400
Speaker 4: It's a good matchup. This is a really, really good matchup.

544
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,399
Speaker 4: You know, there's been a lot to talk about New

545
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 4: England being a better team than Buffalo. I mean, you know,

546
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 4: sometimes it's not just the players, you know, just looking

547
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,120
Speaker 4: at a roster per se, but it's you know, how

548
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:36,640
Speaker 4: a game plays out. You know, Josh Allen obviously can

549
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,879
Speaker 4: make special plays, but you know what, May has shown

550
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 4: the ability to do some of that this year as well.

551
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 2: Now that's it, right, It's all about that closing time.

552
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 2: This is one that'll be fun. We've seen Allen last

553
00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:49,120
Speaker 2: week had to put the cape on in big spots

554
00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:51,600
Speaker 2: and then they the defense stepped up as they needed

555
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 2: it a couple of times against Joe Burrow, which led

556
00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 2: to his sullen midweek conversation. So why don't we stay

557
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 2: in the go jump to that game. Baltimore Cincinnati. Baltimore

558
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,399
Speaker 2: a narrow favorite. We've talked a lot about the offensive

559
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,280
Speaker 2: sputters that they've had over the course of the season.

560
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 3: A lot of handwringing.

561
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 2: I think Harbaugh to a degree is happy that everybody

562
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 2: wants to focus on Mike Tonlin's job and they're leaving

563
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 2: him alone.

564
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Speaker 3: At the moment, right fifty one and a half is

565
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Speaker 3: your total?

566
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Speaker 2: Lamar looks compromised Derrick Henry other than a couple of

567
00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 2: spurts over the course of the year, Greg, I think

568
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:32,119
Speaker 2: Father Time might be catching up a little bit to

569
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 2: where we're at in terms of deploying him, because he

570
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 2: also doesn't really factor into the passing game, which you know,

571
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 2: you don't have that safety valve for Lamar that way.

572
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:45,000
Speaker 2: So it's just that difficult proposition for Joe Burrow. He

573
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 2: had that mid week week speech to where you know,

574
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 2: that's all becomes a matter of interpretation. Some good laughs

575
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 2: from Jamar Chase. Does he want out of Cincinnati? Does

576
00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,600
Speaker 2: he just want change? Folks thinking that he was gonna

577
00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:58,520
Speaker 2: walk away That guy didn't do the rehab.

578
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 3: He just did to want because he doesn't like football.

579
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,440
Speaker 4: Come on, yeah, you know, look, it gives people something

580
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 4: to talk about it all that. It's an interesting game

581
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,640
Speaker 4: because they just played a couple of weeks ago, as

582
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,320
Speaker 4: you know, that was Burrow's first game back. And you know,

583
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 4: Burrow is just so good at recognizing things. He sees

584
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 4: things both pre snap and post snap. I remember the

585
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 4: touchdown he threw to Yoshavas, which was just a great

586
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 4: chess match play. I actually broke that play down in

587
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,240
Speaker 4: the Matchup show this week because I thought it was

588
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 4: just a terrific snapshot of the Ravens d and the Bengals,

589
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,000
Speaker 4: oh and Burrow and the chess match. And that's the

590
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 4: stuff I love about football. As you probably know. You know,

591
00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 4: this defense for Baltimore has played better over the last

592
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 4: month or so, and the Bengals offense has become a

593
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 4: little more balanced because Chase Brown has become more of

594
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 4: a factor. And I know there's been a lot to

595
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,560
Speaker 4: talk about Lamar and the offense, and Lamar has just again,

596
00:29:58,160 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 4: you know, I'm not in his head, but he's just

597
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 4: missed some throws over the last month. I can't speak

598
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 4: to the nature of the injury, if that's a factor,

599
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 4: but he's just missed a lot of throws that we

600
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,640
Speaker 4: would call layups, pitching catch throws, which he normally over

601
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 4: these last number of years, just never does and he's

602
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,479
Speaker 4: been doing it, and I don't have a reason why

603
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,320
Speaker 4: but it's there on the tape, and you know he

604
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,360
Speaker 4: just doesn't look to be as comfortable a player as

605
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 4: he has for you know, almost into game in the league.

606
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 2: Talk about borderline, the yips if he was a second

607
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 2: baseman somewhere, go back to Yeah, we'll do it this morning.

608
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,960
Speaker 2: How about a little Chuck no block reference for your

609
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:36,160
Speaker 2: Sunday morning together?

610
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Speaker 4: Oh boy?

611
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

612
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 2: A couple of weeks ago, thirty two fourteen was the

613
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 2: final of that one Ravens and Bengals and Joe Burrow

614
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,920
Speaker 2: and you mentioned Chase Brown six straight games where he's

615
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,120
Speaker 2: gone over one hundred and tovey yards, so getting him more

616
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 2: activated in the past game. They'll be without t Higgins

617
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 2: boys again, so more Yoshivash for the win along time

618
00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,160
Speaker 2: alongside Jamar Chase.

619
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Speaker 4: They were without Joshabats in that game two weeks ago

620
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 4: as well. Mitchell Tinsley played a lot of snaps, so

621
00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 4: I'm sure he'll be out there as well. We'll see

622
00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 4: this is look, obviously it's a huge games. It's at Cincinnati.

623
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Speaker 4: What's the weather there, my.

624
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 3: Man, Let's go.

625
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 2: Let's take a look your acurate weather report here on

626
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:23,080
Speaker 2: a beautiful Sunday morning, resplendent. I can't do what that

627
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 2: viral sensation's doing with the angry mentions of reeds where

628
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,239
Speaker 2: people are flirting with her. But if you want to,

629
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 2: I mean, hey, at Swollen Dome, let me know. Wins

630
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 2: eight to ten miles an hour, twelve degrees and clear

631
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 2: though twelve degrees we got you know.

632
00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the twelve degrees myself,

633
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 4: but I don't have to play in it or sit

634
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 4: in it. But you know, when there's no wind, I

635
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 4: think at least the quarterbacks probably feel like they can

636
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 4: throw the ball.

637
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 3: That's it.

638
00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 2: You can at least cut through that and get some points.

639
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 2: Fifty one and a half is the total. So expecting

640
00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 2: some fireworks there, no question about it. As we continue.

641
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,040
Speaker 2: Still some big games, one where they're gonna be playing

642
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 2: essentially on a rock.

643
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's right. It's on the lakefront.

644
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 2: A couple of teams battling at at young quarterbacks now

645
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 2: being pitted against each other, might as well put them

646
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 2: in the squared circle.

647
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 3: We'll do that as we continue.

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Speaker 1: tell me those holiday destinations. What you're thinking about and

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Speaker 1: what this memory invokes. For me, it's my mom cooking

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Speaker 1: a lot and yelling at us and throwing things at us.

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Speaker 2: Get out of the kitchen, Get away from that. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Mike Carb with Greg co Sell with you.

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Speaker 6: There you go.

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Speaker 3: I just had a flashback.

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Speaker 2: That was one of those post traumatic stress disorder moments

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Speaker 2: for me.

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Speaker 4: They're great. I understand it because to this day I'm

672
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Speaker 4: not allowed in the kitchen. I walk in the kitchen

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Speaker 4: and my wife says, what are you doing here? You know,

674
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Speaker 4: so I'm not allowed there myself. So I get it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I do most of the cooking, so

676
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Speaker 2: I occasionally will do the snap thing myself, and then

677
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Speaker 2: I recognize that. I remember, It's like no, no, no, come

678
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Speaker 2: on in, you got you gotta taste test this. Ultimately

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Speaker 2: you're consuming. But yeah, certainly a flashback coming out. There

680
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,959
Speaker 2: plenty of games as we go through the slate that

681
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Speaker 2: are highly intriguing.

682
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Speaker 3: We'll get to them. We'll get to Philip Rivers and

683
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Speaker 3: his return.

684
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Speaker 2: I had expectations there, But we go down to the Lakefront.

685
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 2: We've got Cleveland and Chicago. First, let's take the visitors.

686
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Speaker 2: Let's talk a little bit. Shador Sanders and the Browns

687
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 2: are a two point conversion away from Tye.

688
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Speaker 6: In this game.

689
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,440
Speaker 2: Clearly they did not get that two point conversion. I

690
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 2: think Mark and I were looking to commiserate on the

691
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 2: Caleb Williams near miss. We'll get to that on the

692
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Speaker 2: other side of the coin here in a second. Greg

693
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Speaker 2: But Shador Sanders then not on the field for the

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Speaker 2: two point conversions. Talking heads converge and scream at each other.

695
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Speaker 2: But for shaudor a week over week we're seeing some

696
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Speaker 2: big plays, the mobility and tucking the ball. His touchdown

697
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,280
Speaker 2: run was a work of brilliance and patience and waiting

698
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Speaker 2: for things to develop, and we're seeing him push. So

699
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Speaker 2: now he's been named the starter for the rest of

700
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Speaker 2: the year. Harold fannin junior come one of the top

701
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Speaker 2: fantasy options at wide at the tight end position. Wide

702
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 2: receiver Jerry J. Judy's been reactivated a little bit. No

703
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Speaker 2: one joke you today. Dylan Sampson as well. You got

704
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,279
Speaker 2: some issues all their offensive line. That's one of the

705
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Speaker 2: things we can talk about for most teams at this point,

706
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 2: how many will play out of the five that you

707
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Speaker 2: normally see, and then we play whack a mole in

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Speaker 2: terms of the injury report. But for sure, Sanders Greg

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00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 2: acquitting himself quite nicely the last couple of weeks.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean we have two games now of Shador.

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00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 4: The first game we saw that he struggled quite a bit,

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Speaker 4: which I think most people who watch the tape would

713
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Speaker 4: tell you that sure, and then in the second game,

714
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Speaker 4: I thought he played extremely well. I thought he made

715
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Speaker 4: some really strong timing anticipation throws, through the ball with

716
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 4: really precise location, saw things clearly made some throws under

717
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Speaker 4: pressure where the pocket was squeezed, which is really important

718
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 4: for his game because even though he does have functional mobility, Mike,

719
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,080
Speaker 4: he's not necessarily a playmaker. You know, you're not going

720
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Speaker 4: to think of him as a Mahomes arn Allen or

721
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:10,880
Speaker 4: a Jackson, but he does have enough movement ability, but

722
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Speaker 4: he's really a pocket quarterback at his core. And I

723
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Speaker 4: thought that, you know, when I finished watching that tape.

724
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Speaker 4: And by the way, Tennessee has played well in some

725
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:22,439
Speaker 4: games this year defensively, the Nard Wilson is a very

726
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Speaker 4: good coordinator. That's a team that just doesn't have a

727
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 4: lot of talent, but he does some good things that

728
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Speaker 4: make it hard at times for quarterbacks. And I thought

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00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:33,760
Speaker 4: your Door handled himself really really well, and he played

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Speaker 4: extremely well in that game.

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Speaker 3: They continue to fight.

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Speaker 2: Obviously, it's not in the purview of what we do

733
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Speaker 2: here talking about the film and what you see between

734
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Speaker 2: the white lines, But be remiss if I didn't bring

735
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Speaker 2: up the fact that, you know, cam Ward's still trying

736
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Speaker 2: to hold them to a massive standard. They get a

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Speaker 2: w and then on the team plane, you know, you

738
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Speaker 2: had one of their defensive players say, hey, celebrate this,

739
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:57,319
Speaker 2: and it got reported by a guy that was.

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Speaker 3: On the charter.

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Speaker 2: He won't be on the charter more after letting that out,

742
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Speaker 2: as it were, So remember freedom of speech.

743
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Speaker 3: Just watch what you're saying.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, awards in an interesting situation. And then

745
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 4: you know, I've watched every one of his games. Obviously,

746
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 4: you have to understand he's playing behind an offensive line

747
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 4: that's argue will be one of the five worst in

748
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 4: the league when it comes to pass protection, a lot

749
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 4: of players with high pedigree who just haven't performed to

750
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Speaker 4: the needed level. And then he's playing with two rookie

751
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 4: wide receivers, a rookie tight end, and you have a

752
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 4: rookie quarterback obviously, And the thing that has made it

753
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 4: really difficult is because until last week they really have

754
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:40,560
Speaker 4: not run the ball well at all. He has the

755
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:43,959
Speaker 4: fifth most dropbacks of any quarterback in the league, Mike,

756
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Speaker 4: and that's the last thing you want with a rookie quarterback.

757
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:49,919
Speaker 2: Absolutely insane. We remember that Tony Pollard is out there

758
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,439
Speaker 2: for you. Yeah, not be out there again.

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00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 4: Ball last week they did, and they actually went heavy

760
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Speaker 4: with six ozero linemen quite a bit with what we

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00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:02,320
Speaker 4: call five man surface where there were five players lined

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Speaker 4: up to one side of the center. So they really

763
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 4: went heavy, they really made a commitment to running. It

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Speaker 4: worked last week. They obviously played the Niners this week.

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Speaker 4: I know we want to get back to Chicago momentarily,

766
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Speaker 4: but they played the Niners this week. We'll see what

767
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:18,120
Speaker 4: their game plan is. But it's just been a tough

768
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 4: situation for Ward, who obviously has been uneven, been up

769
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Speaker 4: and down. But for the people who think at this

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Speaker 4: point in time that oh, he's a bust, that's just

771
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,640
Speaker 4: this very silly thing to say.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I also just love the fact that he's got

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Speaker 2: the competitive fire he's try how he hold it to

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Speaker 2: a standard, which is good.

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Speaker 4: I've been around him and believes he's a great kid,

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Speaker 4: and he's definitely got competitive fire and the desire to

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Speaker 4: want to be great.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's go back to that Bears side. Let's

779
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 2: hear that Caleb Williams once again, let me read fours than.

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Speaker 5: One, Chicago take the sweat, good legg you left Williams

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Speaker 5: looking floats the.

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Speaker 3: Ends seven exact.

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Speaker 7: Let ourception leaping in our sception by Kee Shotton NETSI.

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Speaker 4: Mzer Is.

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Speaker 3: There you go.

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Speaker 2: I hate the word dagger coming off of Wayne Laravie's lips,

787
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 2: especially when it's my team on the other side.

788
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Speaker 3: Bear's fight in the second half.

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Speaker 2: Not enough, but that play has been decided, dissected every

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Speaker 2: which way till Sunday. What'd you think of Caleb against

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Speaker 2: the Packers a week ago?

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Speaker 4: You know, Caleb is one of those guys that's very

793
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Speaker 4: uneven throughout the course of a game. He just misses

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00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:29,439
Speaker 4: throws that he has to make, but he makes outstanding

795
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 4: throws as well. I mean, and he this past week

796
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,640
Speaker 4: we saw it again. He made two outstanding throws on

797
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Speaker 4: the move on the TD drive on the first third

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Speaker 4: quarter possession when he hit Commet for twenty six yards.

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Speaker 4: I'm sure people remember that one where he's racing to

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Speaker 4: his right and then the key ist one yard touchdown.

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Speaker 4: You know that that was just a ridiculous throw. And

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Speaker 4: then you know on the final fourth quarter possession before

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Speaker 4: the interception, he hits Burden for twenty seven yards. Another

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Speaker 4: big time throw he is.

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Speaker 2: He's said, we'll pick this up on the other side,

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Speaker 2: Greg As we finished Hour two, coming next, Granny's a

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Speaker 2: welcome in our two of the program, we get it

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Speaker 2: pop in here. Fox Football Sunday, Fox Sports Radio, Mike Carmon,

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Speaker 2: Greg Cosel with you. We got weather all over and

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Speaker 2: dot com. Greg, we were gonna so rudely interrupted by

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Speaker 2: the stinger, right, such a salient point about Caleb Williams

823
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:09,279
Speaker 2: and what we saw in that final drive that culminated

824
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Speaker 2: in the interception.

825
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,919
Speaker 3: So let's let's pick up where we left off. Action

826
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 3: already in progress.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I just thought, you know, it's funny.

828
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 4: So much of this is opponent based, and I think

829
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:23,360
Speaker 4: sometimes people forget that. They want to evaluate, you know,

830
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 4: each quarterback each and every week. You know, just play.

831
00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:29,359
Speaker 4: You see one play, Oh my god, he's great. One

832
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 4: play he's not great. You know, Sometimes it's the opponent.

833
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 4: The Packers. Jeff Hafley does a phenomenal job with late rotations,

834
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Speaker 4: his own coverage concepts. I thought he did a terrific

835
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Speaker 4: job minimizing the intermediate between the numbers throws that are

836
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Speaker 4: foundational to Ben Johnson's offense, you know, But Caleb overall,

837
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Speaker 4: there's a lot to like, and he throws a great ball.

838
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 4: There's no question. He just has to become and I

839
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 4: hate to use the word consistent and so overused, but

840
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:59,759
Speaker 4: he just misses too many throws that are clean and

841
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Speaker 4: ideally he just continues to get better at that.

842
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Speaker 2: Bit by bit we watch it. They've got the sandwich

843
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 2: game today against Cleveland. If you want to go full Nerd,

844
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Speaker 2: you go Admiral Akbar.

845
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Speaker 3: It's a trap.

846
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 2: It might be minus ten is what it's gonna feel

847
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:17,919
Speaker 2: like there on a rock hard surface. Always the top

848
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,799
Speaker 2: three or bottom three, depending on how you're ranking things

849
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Speaker 2: in terms of worse fields to actually play on. Congratulations Chicago,

850
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Speaker 2: that bring back memories for you.

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Speaker 4: Mike.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, no, that's it. I'm soft now. I would

853
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 2: be wearing two pairs of sweatpants. I'd be rolling in

854
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Speaker 2: with as many hand and foot warmers as I possibly could,

855
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,760
Speaker 2: thick boots, man, I might have the gore tex jacket

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00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 2: that Jason Alexander warre on Seinfeld before.

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Speaker 4: But of course there'll be some people out there with

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Speaker 4: no shirt on, and you know, hopefully they survived the day.

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Speaker 3: That's it.

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Speaker 2: Be smart out there, you know, just because you're a

861
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Speaker 2: little warmer because of something maybe you've ingested, you know,

862
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 2: the old cinnamon hot dam that they used to give

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Speaker 2: me when I'd travel to Madison, Wisconsin as a Northwestern fan.

864
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:04,359
Speaker 2: It's like, you're gonna need this not only because it'll

865
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Speaker 2: keep you warm, but because by the fourth quarter it's

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Speaker 2: gonna get ugly.

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00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 1: Yeah.

868
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:12,239
Speaker 4: I never quite understood all that, but I guess I

869
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:13,239
Speaker 4: don't have to understand that.

870
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,239
Speaker 3: No, that's it. You just you sit, you nod, you go,

871
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 3: that's not me.

872
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 2: And then you throw another long on the fire, refill

873
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,759
Speaker 2: your coffee or whatever your beverage, your choice, ites and

874
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 2: you move on, but that an interesting game for the Bears.

875
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:30,720
Speaker 2: Later on today, another big one as we look across

876
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 2: the board as a whole, the division rivals, they got

877
00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 2: the win.

878
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:34,560
Speaker 3: Last week.

879
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 2: The Green Bay Packers travel out to Denver, a couple

880
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 2: of defenses getting after it. We look at Jordan Love

881
00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 2: versus bo Nicks forty two and a half the total

882
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:47,800
Speaker 2: Packers a narrow road favorite Vegas. Still in the public,

883
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,600
Speaker 2: still not full believers in what Sean Payton and company

884
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 2: have done. But let's start with the Jordan Love side

885
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:57,919
Speaker 2: of things, with full compliment of receivers back and ready

886
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,719
Speaker 2: to go. Josh Jacob's a bit compromise with the knee

887
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,640
Speaker 2: actually is backup. Wilson is banged up a little bit

888
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:05,000
Speaker 2: as well.

889
00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:07,799
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, it's funny. I mentioned a moment ago

890
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:09,880
Speaker 4: that you have to look at each game as a

891
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:13,480
Speaker 4: specific matchup event, and we saw that last week. You know,

892
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 4: I spoke earlier about more teams playing what we call

893
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,880
Speaker 4: big nickel with three safeties, and do it to Kyler

894
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:21,480
Speaker 4: Gordon being out and now essentially being done for the season.

895
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 4: I guess, you know, if they make the playoffs, I

896
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:25,480
Speaker 4: guess he could be back. I know they just put

897
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 4: him in ir He's their slot corner and a very

898
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 4: good one. So what they did last week and they've

899
00:44:31,120 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 4: been doing, is they've been playing big nickel since they

900
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 4: got CJ. Gardner Johnson. And you saw last week matchups.

901
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 4: It's about matchups. If you're going to play big nickel

902
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:42,880
Speaker 4: and play man coverage, then you're going to end up

903
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:46,959
Speaker 4: versus three wide receivers, having your big nickel safety match

904
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:49,440
Speaker 4: up man to man on a wide receiver. And we

905
00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 4: saw that with one of the Watson touchdowns. So you

906
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:55,640
Speaker 4: know comes down to match up football at times, not

907
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:58,360
Speaker 4: every play, but there's times you can exploit that. You

908
00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 4: know the play I'm talking about that quick abso that

909
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:04,120
Speaker 4: Watson took to the house. So you get into match

910
00:45:04,200 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 4: up football. And you know that's one of the drawbacks

911
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 4: of playing big nickel that if you do play man,

912
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 4: let's say on third down or second and long, and

913
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 4: you want to and it's against eleven personnel three wide receivers,

914
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,080
Speaker 4: you can get stuck sometimes. But that's the trade off.

915
00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:22,040
Speaker 2: Garter Johnson becoming one of those full heroes in Chicago,

916
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:24,360
Speaker 2: everybody already looking for a big extension. I think he

917
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 2: becomes the latest in the guy if you don't like

918
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 2: when he's on an opponent because he's an agitator, a talker,

919
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:33,640
Speaker 2: all of those things. But when he's your guy, see

920
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:38,400
Speaker 2: Aj Prasinski, Dennis Rodman as previous Chicago examples that suddenly

921
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 2: he becomes that much.

922
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:41,560
Speaker 3: Hey, that's my guy, because he's not a.

923
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:44,600
Speaker 4: Funny because not only on that forty one year touchdown

924
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:47,040
Speaker 4: to Watson, but also on the Packers' touchdown drive in

925
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:50,200
Speaker 4: the fourth quarter, he was on Reed who ran across

926
00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:52,719
Speaker 4: a crossing route and beat him. So you know, like

927
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,040
Speaker 4: I said, that's you have to live with that. If

928
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,720
Speaker 4: you're going to play man and in your big nickel,

929
00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 4: you're gonna have to live with it, you know. And

930
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:01,600
Speaker 4: sometimes it works and every once in a while you

931
00:46:01,680 --> 00:46:03,439
Speaker 4: get beat, But if that's how you're going to play,

932
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 4: you know, you're going to have to live with it.

933
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 3: Yeah. I've always keep your minding, folks.

934
00:46:07,680 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 2: As much as I can celebrate the w's, and I

935
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:12,400
Speaker 2: do every last one of them, doesn't mean you and

936
00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 2: you're not realistic. They still give up twenty six points

937
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,239
Speaker 2: per game, they still let you drive up and down

938
00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:21,319
Speaker 2: the field, but they've generated twenty seven turnovers that's going

939
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 2: to be the big part against a banged up Browns

940
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:28,360
Speaker 2: offensive line today and maybe Shudur being generous with the

941
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:29,239
Speaker 2: football and.

942
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:31,560
Speaker 4: And you know, getting back to the Packers, they're obviously

943
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:33,320
Speaker 4: playing against a very good defense.

944
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:33,719
Speaker 6: Yep.

945
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 4: The Broncos are really good. They they're fast, they can

946
00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 4: rush the quarterback. They've got good players in the secondary.

947
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:43,960
Speaker 4: This will be you know, again, I don't know what

948
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:45,880
Speaker 4: what's the weather in Denver. We haven't done that.

949
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,360
Speaker 2: We're bringing it up right now on wins are negligible

950
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:52,160
Speaker 2: and as of now it's saying it's going to be

951
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:54,720
Speaker 2: sixty three degrees and clear.

952
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:58,080
Speaker 4: Oh my god, how about that, it's going to be balmy.

953
00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:02,680
Speaker 4: It's short T and T shirt whether they're out there, Mike, Yeah, no, that.

954
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:05,000
Speaker 2: Was one as you're looking at all the games, like

955
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:07,080
Speaker 2: all right, circle that one, circle that one. All right,

956
00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:08,879
Speaker 2: we'll keep an eye on that for Sunday morning. Nope,

957
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:10,359
Speaker 2: don't have to worry about that there.

958
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:10,680
Speaker 4: Greg.

959
00:47:11,040 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 3: Just make sure you put some sunblock on because it's well.

960
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 4: Yeah, there you go. That should be a fun and

961
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:17,520
Speaker 4: late game. Man. I'm looking forward to that one because

962
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:19,440
Speaker 4: you know, I'm one of those people Mike and I'll

963
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:21,000
Speaker 4: be the first to admit it. You know, I know

964
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:22,840
Speaker 4: a lot of people love games in the snow and

965
00:47:22,920 --> 00:47:25,520
Speaker 4: all that. I like to see games where the athletes

966
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:28,799
Speaker 4: can perform to their highest athletic level. That's just who

967
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,520
Speaker 4: I am, you know, it's you know, I'm not a

968
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:34,120
Speaker 4: huge hockey fan. But when hockey changed the game, you know,

969
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:35,880
Speaker 4: and I don't know all the rules, but they changed

970
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:38,320
Speaker 4: it so the games faster and there's less mucking it

971
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,880
Speaker 4: out in the corner. Then I really became you know,

972
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:43,160
Speaker 4: I enjoy hockey more because you see these guys go

973
00:47:43,239 --> 00:47:43,919
Speaker 4: up and down the ice.

974
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:46,280
Speaker 3: What the guys skate? I always argued for the Olympic

975
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 3: size rink.

976
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, so that's just me. I know, yeah,

977
00:47:50,160 --> 00:47:52,120
Speaker 4: that's just a personal opinion and there's no right or

978
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:55,680
Speaker 4: wrong there. But that makes me really more excited now

979
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 4: to see that game as one of the late games today.

980
00:47:57,719 --> 00:47:58,360
Speaker 3: See there you go.

981
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:00,920
Speaker 2: And if you are excited and angry at him at

982
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:02,840
Speaker 2: Great co Saliz, where you find him, you find me

983
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:03,919
Speaker 2: over at Swollen Dome.

984
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:05,920
Speaker 3: Well maybe read those a little later on.

985
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:08,680
Speaker 2: With the iHeartRadio apps, stream us wherever you happen to be,

986
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,399
Speaker 2: catch us all of our Fox Sports Radio shows live

987
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:14,239
Speaker 2: twenty four to seven in the new and improved iHeartRadio app.

988
00:48:14,440 --> 00:48:16,520
Speaker 2: Search Fox Sports Radio and the app stream us live

989
00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:18,879
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990
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:21,439
Speaker 2: Sports Radio is one of your presets in the iHeart app,

991
00:48:21,719 --> 00:48:25,440
Speaker 2: so it always pops up at the top of your screen.

992
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:28,160
Speaker 2: All right, let's go to another one of the games

993
00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:30,920
Speaker 2: later on today we've got because we can do this

994
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 2: one fairly quickly. Arizona has gotten great work from Jacoby Brissett,

995
00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:38,600
Speaker 2: right McBride and he and Wilson. They've done it without

996
00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 2: Marvin Harrison Junior on the field. But today they've got

997
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,920
Speaker 2: to try to navigate the best defense going in the Houston,

998
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:49,720
Speaker 2: Texan CJ. Stroud and company. While the numbers haven't been robust,

999
00:48:49,800 --> 00:48:52,640
Speaker 2: no Nick Chubb for them. Today it's Woody Marks and

1000
00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:55,680
Speaker 2: a lot of Nico Collins. Higgins has been a more

1001
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:58,839
Speaker 2: consistent option as well. But Arizona, I've got a couple

1002
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:00,920
Speaker 2: of folks that work around the is like they're just

1003
00:49:01,040 --> 00:49:04,279
Speaker 2: frustrated watching what the offense is able to do but

1004
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:06,080
Speaker 2: not being able to finish the job.

1005
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:09,319
Speaker 4: Yeah, and we've talked a lot about Houston, Obviously they

1006
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 4: are a team that could easily make the playoffs, they'll

1007
00:49:11,239 --> 00:49:14,440
Speaker 4: be in the division hunt now. Their defense is just

1008
00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:17,239
Speaker 4: so good, and I think the one thing that just

1009
00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:19,720
Speaker 4: quickly to talk about with them, I think their defensive

1010
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:23,279
Speaker 4: tackle group doesn't get talked about enough. The focus is

1011
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 4: always Anderson and Hunter, deservedly so. But inside they are very,

1012
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:30,839
Speaker 4: very good. They've gotten outstanding play so it's very hard

1013
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:33,360
Speaker 4: to double people. You know, teams have to start chipping

1014
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:35,960
Speaker 4: on the outside, you leave one on the ones inside

1015
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:38,319
Speaker 4: they are really good. And I know I've said this before,

1016
00:49:38,360 --> 00:49:40,360
Speaker 4: I'll just say it one more time. I think Kalin

1017
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:42,840
Speaker 4: Bullock's been the best post safety in the NFL this year.

1018
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,239
Speaker 3: No question about it. Talk about that. I'm building the

1019
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:45,960
Speaker 3: wall of mean.

1020
00:49:46,600 --> 00:49:48,880
Speaker 2: Eventually it's going to be you know, people do T

1021
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:51,160
Speaker 2: shirt quilts. My daughter's working on one from all the

1022
00:49:51,239 --> 00:49:54,040
Speaker 2: concerts that we've gone to, Greg and you'd be happy

1023
00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:56,319
Speaker 2: with a lot of the entries there when we're talking

1024
00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:58,919
Speaker 2: about Paul Simon and Paul McCartney and a bunch of others.

1025
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:00,920
Speaker 2: I'm gonna have my wall all of mean, of all

1026
00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:03,480
Speaker 2: nothing but nose tackles and defensive tackles.

1027
00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:07,160
Speaker 3: You a big concert guy, Mike, Oh, huge, huge, as

1028
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:09,200
Speaker 3: many as I can get to, brother, Wow.

1029
00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:11,440
Speaker 4: Wow. So yeah, you're a big music guy. Yeah, I

1030
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:13,640
Speaker 4: don't go to as many as I did years ago.

1031
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,840
Speaker 4: But you know, hey, but I love music. You know,

1032
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:19,080
Speaker 4: I have no musical talent, but I love music and

1033
00:50:19,160 --> 00:50:20,600
Speaker 4: I love to read about it when I go to

1034
00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:21,759
Speaker 4: Barnes and Noble. That's it.

1035
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:25,520
Speaker 2: And again the celebration cupcake. If you run into Great Coachell,

1036
00:50:25,560 --> 00:50:27,600
Speaker 2: you got a question. I got to pay tribute with

1037
00:50:27,680 --> 00:50:28,800
Speaker 2: the celebration.

1038
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:30,240
Speaker 4: Cupcake, had one yesterday.

1039
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,040
Speaker 3: That's my guy. It's my guy.

1040
00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:34,120
Speaker 2: Barnes and Nobles actually on my list of things I

1041
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:35,759
Speaker 2: need to do later on today because I've got a

1042
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:39,480
Speaker 2: bunch of readers on my list for the holiday holiday. Holiday,

1043
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,480
Speaker 2: so we'll be taking care of that. Maybe I'll get

1044
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:42,720
Speaker 2: a cupcake in your honor.

1045
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:43,160
Speaker 3: How about that?

1046
00:50:43,360 --> 00:50:45,840
Speaker 4: There you go. You can't go wrong with the celebration cupcake.

1047
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 2: Never Never was celebrating Week fifteen of your National Football

1048
00:50:49,520 --> 00:50:51,719
Speaker 2: League season. How about we get one more game in

1049
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:56,920
Speaker 2: all the chaos that is Philadelphia. They already got rid

1050
00:50:56,960 --> 00:50:59,600
Speaker 2: of that rabbit that was there for four days. We

1051
00:50:59,719 --> 00:51:03,719
Speaker 2: saw the interception from Jalen Hurts to close that one out.

1052
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:04,200
Speaker 3: Let's hear it.

1053
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:09,279
Speaker 6: Fourth Perts in the shotgun. A touchdown would win it

1054
00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:13,520
Speaker 6: for the Eagles. Kerts pulls it Rose.

1055
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:20,839
Speaker 9: Intercepted, game over, intercepted, game over, game over. The fourth interception,

1056
00:51:21,040 --> 00:51:25,520
Speaker 9: Tony Jefferson unbelievable, unce does it see.

1057
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:27,640
Speaker 2: I was going to start by saying, hey, it's a

1058
00:51:27,719 --> 00:51:30,920
Speaker 2: matchup of Super Bowl quarterbacks, So that hit the rewind

1059
00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:34,560
Speaker 2: on that one. But Matt money Smith and Kfi here's

1060
00:51:34,560 --> 00:51:37,920
Speaker 2: six forty our teammate over at a five seventy LA

1061
00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:41,160
Speaker 2: Sports and Petroster in the afternoons on the call there.

1062
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:44,759
Speaker 2: But we saw the best and most explosive game that

1063
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:46,959
Speaker 2: we've seen from Saquon Barkley in a while.

1064
00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 3: Greg, you down the stretch. He didn't touch the ball well.

1065
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:52,400
Speaker 4: The second half was strange in the sense that the

1066
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:55,000
Speaker 4: Eagles didn't have the ball very much. Obviously the turnovers.

1067
00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:56,839
Speaker 4: But I will say this, and I said it all week.

1068
00:51:57,160 --> 00:51:59,400
Speaker 4: I thought this was the best game that the Eagles

1069
00:51:59,440 --> 00:52:02,040
Speaker 4: played in turn of their past game concepts, and I

1070
00:52:02,120 --> 00:52:05,160
Speaker 4: think it's absolutely something to build on. Obviously, Hurts is

1071
00:52:05,200 --> 00:52:07,399
Speaker 4: not going to throw four interceptions every week. He never

1072
00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:09,840
Speaker 4: does that, And and interceptions. You have to look at

1073
00:52:09,840 --> 00:52:12,600
Speaker 4: each one separately. We're not going to go reach one obviously,

1074
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:14,640
Speaker 4: but I thought in terms of what they did with

1075
00:52:14,719 --> 00:52:18,440
Speaker 4: their their route concepts, their route combinations, defining the reads

1076
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:21,160
Speaker 4: and throws more cleanly. For Jalen Hurts, he made some

1077
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:24,160
Speaker 4: very very good throws in this game, better than we

1078
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:27,560
Speaker 4: had seen previously. So I think if you're an Eagles fan,

1079
00:52:27,600 --> 00:52:29,600
Speaker 4: you should be a little optimistic going forward.

1080
00:52:29,719 --> 00:52:32,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, even on that drive, the out route that he

1081
00:52:32,200 --> 00:52:36,040
Speaker 2: threw to Goddard along the sideline just before that was

1082
00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:38,920
Speaker 2: a great throw, great great throw and catch, So they

1083
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:39,560
Speaker 2: go back there.

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00:52:39,640 --> 00:52:40,600
Speaker 3: You get the tip drill.

1085
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:45,040
Speaker 2: Jefferson finishes the job, and now we have the game

1086
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:47,800
Speaker 2: against Vegas eleven and to play half point favorites.

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00:52:47,840 --> 00:52:49,759
Speaker 3: This one seems like you run it through.

1088
00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:51,960
Speaker 2: But the fact that we get to add another starting

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00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:54,960
Speaker 2: quarterback to our laundry list for twenty twenty five and

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00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:57,759
Speaker 2: Kenny Pickett, I feel like I win the Bengo card

1091
00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:00,520
Speaker 2: because we're getting the sixty Greg before it's done.

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Speaker 4: Well, you meant, you know, it's funny you mentioned him

1093
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:04,000
Speaker 4: late in the game. He made a big time throwing

1094
00:53:04,040 --> 00:53:08,120
Speaker 4: overtime to DeVonta Smith's for twenty eight yards. I just

1095
00:53:08,200 --> 00:53:10,759
Speaker 4: thought that there were really good throws in this game

1096
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:13,960
Speaker 4: that came from really good concepts that really helped him

1097
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:18,200
Speaker 4: see it more clearly. And like I said, and empty formations.

1098
00:53:18,280 --> 00:53:21,440
Speaker 4: They went empty fifteen times in this game, and that

1099
00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:24,600
Speaker 4: the most they've done all season. And I'm sure you

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00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:27,400
Speaker 4: know you know what empty does. It stretches out the defense.

1101
00:53:27,719 --> 00:53:30,160
Speaker 4: You can clear the picture for the quarterback pre snap,

1102
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:33,080
Speaker 4: so you know, I think they're moving in the right direction.

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00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:34,960
Speaker 3: Give him some bigger windows to throw.

1104
00:53:35,080 --> 00:53:38,879
Speaker 2: Lots of being made there, and certainly if they're even

1105
00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:42,280
Speaker 2: in a game in the fourth quarter, the Philly Faithful,

1106
00:53:42,840 --> 00:53:45,279
Speaker 2: we'll let them know it because that is a home game.

1107
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 3: As we go down the well.

1108
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:48,799
Speaker 4: Right now, it's snowing here in Philly by the way,

1109
00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:52,400
Speaker 4: well out Jersey, but supposed to stop around ten o'clock

1110
00:53:52,440 --> 00:53:54,839
Speaker 4: Eastern time. But then it's supposed to be twenty five

1111
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:57,680
Speaker 4: to thirty mile hour winds, so that should be a

1112
00:53:57,719 --> 00:53:58,080
Speaker 4: fun one.

1113
00:53:58,160 --> 00:53:58,319
Speaker 6: Mike.

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00:53:58,480 --> 00:53:58,880
Speaker 3: There you go.

1115
00:53:59,719 --> 00:54:02,200
Speaker 2: He's at the weather update, Greg co Cell in front

1116
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:05,799
Speaker 2: of the teleprompter and with the green screen behind him.

1117
00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:08,239
Speaker 2: He did the whole thing about fronts and everything you

1118
00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:11,000
Speaker 2: have to see that dance and that two step another time.

1119
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:14,040
Speaker 3: We got plenty of games left to go on the slate.

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00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:16,960
Speaker 2: Couple of big ones, especially one in the late window,

1121
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:19,520
Speaker 2: a fifty four and a half total is out there.

1122
00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:23,400
Speaker 3: And one of those where there's still a bunch of unrest.

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00:54:23,920 --> 00:54:26,600
Speaker 2: And one of the formations that you've talked about a

1124
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:30,240
Speaker 2: lot that's starting to get some other national run and acclaim.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk about that as we continue at Greg co

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Speaker 2: Celle where you find him the NFL Matchup Show, NFL Films,

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Speaker 2: our teammate Colin Coward. Here across the network, you get

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Speaker 2: the visual and what Colin calls his best fifteen to

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Speaker 2: YouTube and subscribe. Coming up next a big NFC battle.

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Speaker 3: He's great. Go Sell and Mike Carmen in this as fin.

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1142
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:34,600
Speaker 2: Welcome back in some technical wizardry, Chris Purfett getting it

1143
00:55:34,719 --> 00:55:38,600
Speaker 2: done alongside our guy Brandon Deutsch. Yeah, Mike Carmen and

1144
00:55:38,840 --> 00:55:44,240
Speaker 2: Greg co sell through the resplendid nature upgrade in vocal

1145
00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:48,000
Speaker 2: technology as we get ready for the close of our

1146
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:51,560
Speaker 2: show here today, we got another forty minutes of massive

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00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:54,760
Speaker 2: action leading into countdown to kickoff, presented by bet MGM.

1148
00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:59,239
Speaker 2: Nice workfellas and for those unaware, you don't need to know,

1149
00:55:59,480 --> 00:56:02,440
Speaker 2: but we tried to give folks love on the air.

1150
00:56:02,640 --> 00:56:02,960
Speaker 8: There you go.

1151
00:56:03,200 --> 00:56:05,279
Speaker 2: When we get some things done, We've got action on

1152
00:56:05,360 --> 00:56:07,880
Speaker 2: the pitch. Yesterday we had the Heisman Trophy. We got

1153
00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:11,479
Speaker 2: plenty of time before we have to evaluate those guys

1154
00:56:11,560 --> 00:56:12,520
Speaker 2: for draft purposes.

1155
00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:16,000
Speaker 4: But by the way, mister Mendoza, do you hear Mendoza's speech?

1156
00:56:16,280 --> 00:56:16,880
Speaker 3: Great speech?

1157
00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:18,960
Speaker 4: I mean, come on, if that didn't make you know,

1158
00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:20,880
Speaker 4: bring a tear to your right just for a little bit,

1159
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,080
Speaker 4: then you're you know you're not you're struggling.

1160
00:56:23,239 --> 00:56:25,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, we saw some some good stuff of him. He

1161
00:56:25,719 --> 00:56:27,919
Speaker 2: took some kids out of shopping spree in the morning

1162
00:56:27,960 --> 00:56:29,960
Speaker 2: in contor of his mom. Like, just a lot of

1163
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:32,800
Speaker 2: a lot of great stuff, the best of what sports

1164
00:56:32,880 --> 00:56:35,640
Speaker 2: can do and humanity. Uh we we try to bring

1165
00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:38,200
Speaker 2: it here. It's Sunday morning. I know, folks heading to

1166
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:43,719
Speaker 2: and from services, believe in whatever. Uh you know, higher

1167
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:46,680
Speaker 2: power energies you've got out there, and uh you know

1168
00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:49,720
Speaker 2: some of what he gave you was was just absolute gold.

1169
00:56:49,960 --> 00:56:53,520
Speaker 2: So uh, I do encourage as great says go check

1170
00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:56,839
Speaker 2: that out, uh in the Twitter verse online, et CETERA

1171
00:56:57,040 --> 00:57:01,840
Speaker 2: great speech, great campaign for Indiana. We'll watch the playoffs

1172
00:57:02,080 --> 00:57:05,840
Speaker 2: with rapt attention coming up here as we get rolling.

1173
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:08,520
Speaker 2: And then of course Greg has all his draft evaluation

1174
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:11,920
Speaker 2: and go back in the archives find the twenty five version,

1175
00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:15,760
Speaker 2: but already starting to get his data points and everything

1176
00:57:15,840 --> 00:57:17,280
Speaker 2: loaded up for twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 3: Can't wait to go through that process with you as well.

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Speaker 6: Greg.

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00:57:20,960 --> 00:57:22,880
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, and you know it's funny. I get toward

1180
00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:24,840
Speaker 4: the end of the NFL season, I get real excited

1181
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:27,200
Speaker 4: to start watching the college guys because obviously I can't

1182
00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:29,600
Speaker 4: do that during the regular season like some other guys

1183
00:57:29,680 --> 00:57:32,880
Speaker 4: can because of my NFL work, but get real excited

1184
00:57:32,960 --> 00:57:35,480
Speaker 4: because it's a whole different process, Mike. You know, during

1185
00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:39,240
Speaker 4: the NFL season, I'm very, very focused on tactic schematics. Yeah,

1186
00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:41,720
Speaker 4: I look at players obviously, but you know, I'm not

1187
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:44,040
Speaker 4: breaking down, you know, all the left guards in the NFL.

1188
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:46,919
Speaker 4: Whereas I get to the draft and it's a whole

1189
00:57:46,960 --> 00:57:49,600
Speaker 4: different mindset, which really I kind of enjoy. It's just

1190
00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:50,960
Speaker 4: a whole different feel and I love it.

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00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:52,600
Speaker 3: Different draft evaluation.

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Speaker 2: We'll get into all of that as we get closer

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Speaker 2: towards the culmination of this NFL campaign at Great go

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Speaker 2: E O. N Assist dot Com. Now back to the

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Speaker 2: business of the NFL for today. Later on we've got

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00:58:31,080 --> 00:58:33,680
Speaker 2: the Detroit Lions in your La.

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00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:34,320
Speaker 6: Rams.

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00:58:34,440 --> 00:58:37,040
Speaker 2: That's one of the big games on the slate for

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00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:39,000
Speaker 2: us as we get ready, fifty four and a half

1208
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:42,200
Speaker 2: is your total that'll be out here in Los Angeles.

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00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:43,840
Speaker 3: So no worries about weather.

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00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:46,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, it is technically not a dome stadium, so if

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00:58:46,720 --> 00:58:50,200
Speaker 2: there's lightning, we have had lightning delays before, So people

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00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:52,240
Speaker 2: get a lot of sorts with that, Greg because they

1213
00:58:52,280 --> 00:58:56,200
Speaker 2: do have the open ends. No expectations here because it's

1214
00:58:56,240 --> 00:58:59,280
Speaker 2: been eighty degrees where I live most of the last week.

1215
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:02,960
Speaker 2: But RAMS is six point favorite and something you hot

1216
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:06,959
Speaker 2: spotlighted weeks ago. The three tight end offense some set

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00:59:07,360 --> 00:59:09,600
Speaker 2: starting to get a little more run as we watched

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00:59:09,680 --> 00:59:13,120
Speaker 2: the Rams on their quest to get Matthew Stafford an

1219
00:59:13,240 --> 00:59:14,760
Speaker 2: MVP and another Super Bowl run.

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Speaker 4: It's I still find it fascinating. I actually spoke about

1221
00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:21,040
Speaker 4: this on my Matchup show with Darius Butler and Sal

1222
00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:25,120
Speaker 4: Palell and just I don't recall a coach making such

1223
00:59:25,160 --> 00:59:28,800
Speaker 4: a dramatic change. It was week seven when Sean McVay

1224
00:59:28,920 --> 00:59:30,920
Speaker 4: decided that, you know what, I'm going to play with

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00:59:31,040 --> 00:59:33,920
Speaker 4: three tight ends. I don't want to say as the

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Speaker 4: main foundation, but I would say since week seven might

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Speaker 4: probably more than thirty five percent of their offensive snaps,

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Speaker 4: maybe even forty percent have come out of three tight ends.

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Speaker 4: And I did some of the numbers this week. And

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00:59:46,720 --> 00:59:48,560
Speaker 4: normally the way I work is I watch tape and

1231
00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:51,800
Speaker 4: what I see, I'll see things and then I'll say, oh,

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Speaker 4: let me check that with the metrics. You know, I

1233
00:59:54,400 --> 00:59:56,360
Speaker 4: don't start with the metrics first. I always start with

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00:59:56,440 --> 00:59:58,840
Speaker 4: the tape first, and then I just started doing some

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Speaker 4: work on the numbers. Have been so good at a

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Speaker 4: thirteen personnel meaning one back in three tight ends, especially

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Speaker 4: on first down. It's been crazy how good they've been

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Speaker 4: in the run game and the pass game. And this

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01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:15,360
Speaker 4: past week, by the way, was the first time that

1240
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Speaker 4: Puka Nakua played as the only wide receiver in their

1241
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Speaker 4: three tight end package. Prior to this week he did

1242
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Speaker 4: not play in the three tight end package, and he

1243
01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:27,720
Speaker 4: caught a pass for thirty two yards. But it's been

1244
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Speaker 4: fascinating to me. You don't normally see that kind of

1245
01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:33,320
Speaker 4: a dramatic change by a coach during the you know,

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01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:34,640
Speaker 4: in the middle of a season.

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Speaker 3: Particularly if you're winning.

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Speaker 2: Greg Yeah, yeah, right. Otherwise it's a break glass in

1249
01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:43,800
Speaker 2: case of emergency. How do we keep our guy upright right?

1250
01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:46,640
Speaker 2: It's funny because a guy that we'll talk about in

1251
01:00:46,640 --> 01:00:48,720
Speaker 2: a minute, that's gonna be one of the big questions.

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01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:51,680
Speaker 2: But for this matchup for the Rams, they go against

1253
01:00:51,960 --> 01:00:55,080
Speaker 2: a very depleted back seven for the Detroit Lions.

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01:00:55,160 --> 01:00:55,320
Speaker 6: Here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the offensive side of things have really been ronicle.

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01:01:00,520 --> 01:01:03,960
Speaker 2: John Morton, you know, had big shoes to fill. You

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01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:06,840
Speaker 2: talk about Dan Campbell, all of that from from the

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01:01:06,960 --> 01:01:09,919
Speaker 2: offensive side, But defensively, I just don't know that there's

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Speaker 2: enough there against this Rams offense.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, with Ryan Branch being out really good football player.

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Speaker 4: You know, they play a lot of base defense anyway,

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01:01:18,080 --> 01:01:20,080
Speaker 4: because they like to keep the three linebackers on the

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Speaker 4: field because Derek Barnes not a big name. People know

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01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:25,840
Speaker 4: Angeloni and Jack Campbell, but Derek Barnes is a very

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01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:28,560
Speaker 4: versatile player, can play on the ball, off the ball.

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Speaker 4: They're probably gonna play a ton a ton of base

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01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:35,000
Speaker 4: defense against the three tight ends. But the back end

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01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:38,200
Speaker 4: they can still throw the ball, and who knows. You know,

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01:01:38,360 --> 01:01:40,240
Speaker 4: every game is different, and I think that's what the

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Speaker 4: great the great offensive coaches do is they're not wetted

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Speaker 4: even though they played a ton of three tight ends.

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Speaker 4: Maybe this is a week they go more three wide

1273
01:01:48,640 --> 01:01:51,880
Speaker 4: because of the injuries on the back end for the Alliance,

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01:01:51,920 --> 01:01:54,960
Speaker 4: you just never know. They obviously have some pretty good receivers.

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Speaker 4: I don't know if they get at well back today.

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01:01:57,240 --> 01:01:59,760
Speaker 4: I think he's been activated. I don't know. I think

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Speaker 4: I saw that, but certainly with the Coop and Adams,

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01:02:02,240 --> 01:02:03,560
Speaker 4: so they're pretty good.

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Speaker 2: Certainly have to take care of that and try to

1280
01:02:05,720 --> 01:02:08,160
Speaker 2: slow down that run game as well. On the Detroit side,

1281
01:02:08,440 --> 01:02:11,400
Speaker 2: I'm on Ross Brown battled back a lot of questions

1282
01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:12,800
Speaker 2: ahead of his last time.

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Speaker 3: Players it.

1284
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:17,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, that guy's just now the big question for them

1285
01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:21,080
Speaker 4: will be past protection. We know that GoF who can

1286
01:02:21,160 --> 01:02:23,560
Speaker 4: be very very good. Obviously he's a little more of

1287
01:02:23,600 --> 01:02:26,400
Speaker 4: the old school quarterback, the kind of guy that needs

1288
01:02:26,440 --> 01:02:28,800
Speaker 4: to be protected. Throws it really well when he is

1289
01:02:29,160 --> 01:02:32,520
Speaker 4: sees it well. But that gram defensive front is very

1290
01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:35,200
Speaker 4: very good. Can they protect when you get into those

1291
01:02:35,400 --> 01:02:36,640
Speaker 4: must pass situations?

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Speaker 2: At great co sell where you find in the NFL

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Speaker 2: Matchup Show weekly with Colin at one o'clock Eastern time

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Speaker 2: here on the network and of course FS one you

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Speaker 2: can see the visual component of that as well. Now

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Speaker 2: we're gonna step over to the newsdest get an early

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Speaker 2: update on what's going on in our universe, including some

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Speaker 2: injuries that we're watching. As kickoffs approach with our guy

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Speaker 2: Dan Bayer at Dan Byron where you find him.

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Speaker 3: Hear him later on this afternoon's part of Red Zone Radio.

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Speaker 8: How you doing, Dan, Good morning, guys, Doing well and

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Speaker 8: the answered Greg's question, Yeah, to too at Well, not

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Speaker 8: that it was a question much as to confirm it.

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Speaker 4: Too.

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Speaker 8: Too at Well was activated off ir back from that

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Speaker 8: hamstring injury for that Rams Lions game that you talked

1307
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Speaker 8: about in the late window, the new primetime game in

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Speaker 8: that late window, though definitely in Seattle as everybody wants

1309
01:03:21,920 --> 01:03:24,400
Speaker 8: to see Philip Rivers and the Colts take down the Seahawks.

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Speaker 8: Rivers expect to get the start later on today against

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Speaker 8: the Seahawks. He was activated from the practice squad yesterday.

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Speaker 8: ESPN reports that the Colts and Daniel Jones of ed

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Speaker 8: talks and the we'll have talks this upcoming offseason on

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Speaker 8: a new deal. He had surgery on Tuesday for that

1315
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Speaker 8: ruptured achilles gonna need six to eight months to recover.

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Speaker 8: Texans running back Nick Chubb won't play against the Cardinals.

1317
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Speaker 8: Today dealing with the rib injury. Hacker's running back Josh

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Speaker 8: Jacobs expected to play in Denver. He's been dealing with

1319
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Speaker 8: a sore knee all week. Didn't practice on Wednesday or Thursday,

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Speaker 8: but did get in a limited workout on Friday. Should

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Speaker 8: go against the Broncos. Another great game in that late

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Speaker 8: window Eagles tackle Lane Johnson. He's not going to play

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Speaker 8: to day against the Raiders, but NFL Network says he's

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Speaker 8: targeting a return neither week sixteen or week seven week

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Speaker 8: seventeen from that list Frank injury. You guys talked about

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Speaker 8: it earlier for Nanda Mendoza winning the Heisman. The quarterback

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Speaker 8: from Indiana did so in convincing fashion. Vanderbilt quarterback Diego

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Speaker 8: Pavia finished checking in balloting. Spurs will face the next

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Speaker 8: in the NBA Cup Final in Las Vegas on Tuesday,

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Speaker 8: this after San Antonio handed Oklahoma City just their second

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Speaker 8: loss of the season last night, winning one eleven to

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Speaker 8: one or nine in Las Vegas. Some late college hoops

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Speaker 8: number eight Kenzaga a winner against number twenty five UCLA

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Speaker 8: as the squad's played in Seattle eighty two to seventy two.

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Speaker 6: Guys back to you appreciate you.

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Speaker 2: Dan, have a good call. Later on today, I know

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Speaker 2: the Seahawks in your window. You get to chronicle the

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Speaker 2: exploits of one Philip Rivers.

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Speaker 6: It is the must watch game for sure.

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Speaker 8: And it's crazy because it's a really good late window

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Speaker 8: today and that just rowse from the bottom all the

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Speaker 8: way to the top.

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Speaker 6: Despite the spread of what it is. It should be

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Speaker 6: fun to.

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Speaker 2: Watch thirtina and a half Dan and Kerry Roads later

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Speaker 2: on at Dan Byron Fox where you find it.

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Speaker 6: Thanks Dan, Thanks guys.

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Speaker 2: All right back with us here. It's Fox Football Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Mike Carbon, Greg co sell with you. That's the game

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Speaker 2: we go to next. Seattle thirteen and a half point

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Speaker 2: favorites Philip Rivers. My indecent proposal. If we're gonna go

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Speaker 2: down this road. Marcedes Lewis was an emergency pickup by

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Speaker 2: the Broncos a couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 3: How about he goes in.

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Speaker 2: He becomes another pass protector for Philip Rivers against Seattle

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Speaker 2: and what they have on the slate going forward, his

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Speaker 2: over underd for passing yards Greg has won fifty three

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Speaker 2: and a half.

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Speaker 4: Well, this may not be the defense that you really

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Speaker 4: want to have your first started, not really for five years.

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Speaker 4: You know, this is a defense that plays big Nickel.

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Speaker 4: We've spoken about that. That seems to be one of

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Speaker 4: the themes of our conversation this morning.

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Speaker 3: Nickel Show of Record.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, that's right, that's right, Nickymn WARRII the rookie from

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Speaker 4: South Carolina has been a really good player for them,

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Speaker 4: And they rushed the quarterback. They don't blitz a ton,

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Speaker 4: but they rushed the quarter back extremely well. This is

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Speaker 4: a high intensity, high level energy defense. They compete, they pursue.

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Speaker 4: They've gotten phenomenal play from DeMarcus Lawrence, but they have

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Speaker 4: the Leonard Williams, they have Byron Murphy. This is a

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Speaker 4: really really good defense. They got Julian Love back last week.

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Speaker 4: You know, I just I don't know. I don't know,

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Speaker 4: I really don't know. Look, the bottom line is, I'm

1375
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Speaker 4: going to tell you right now, I loved Philip Rivers

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Speaker 4: as a player. I he was one of my favorite

1377
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Speaker 4: quarterbacks just pre snap post snap, super tough in the pocket.

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Speaker 4: But the reality was, and this is just purely from

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Speaker 4: tape his last year in the league, he just couldn't

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Speaker 4: throw it very well. And again, I don't know if

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Speaker 4: what happens with five years of not playing at the

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Speaker 4: NFL do you come out and throw it better? I

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Speaker 4: don't know the answer to that, but I just hope

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Speaker 4: against this defense. I mean, they've got a great third

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Speaker 4: down defense. They're second best in the NFL. Seattle. It's

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Speaker 4: not the matchup you want, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: No question about it. I'm actually looking at a betting site.

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Speaker 2: They actually have a requested special that is quote called

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Speaker 2: quote crimea River and it's his passing yards and over

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Speaker 2: one and a half interceptions under a point five passing

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Speaker 2: tds and the Seahawks to cover that thirteen and a

1392
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Speaker 2: half point spread, you can get that at plus sixty fifty.

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Speaker 2: I got to imagine it's you try to just put

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Speaker 2: this one away as fast as you can with a

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Speaker 2: lot of Walker and charbon Ay.

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Speaker 4: Well, yeah, I mean, look, obviously, you know they're going

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Speaker 4: to try to, you know, score early, quickly and get

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Speaker 4: ahead and make it a situation where Philip Rivers has

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Speaker 4: to drop back. You know, Mike McDonald's terrific on third

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Speaker 4: down when they play dime. He's very multiple with his

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01:07:40,680 --> 01:07:45,160
Speaker 4: front and looks and the pressure looks not necessarily blitz,

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01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:49,640
Speaker 4: but pressure looks and He dictates protection with his front presentations,

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Speaker 4: and then he has a great understanding of how to

1404
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Speaker 4: break down those protections because you can dictate pass protection

1405
01:07:55,440 --> 01:07:57,880
Speaker 4: by how many you line up on the ball, because

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Speaker 4: you've got to account for people. If you're an offense,

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Speaker 4: you can't say, well, gee, I don't think Mike Harmon's coming,

1408
01:08:02,800 --> 01:08:05,400
Speaker 4: even though he's sitting right there as a defensive lineman.

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Speaker 4: You know, I don't think he's coming. You can't say that.

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Speaker 4: You got to account for him.

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Speaker 2: Nominee for the NFL twenty twenty five Salute to Service

1412
01:08:13,600 --> 01:08:18,320
Speaker 2: Award for his background and related efforts. Luke Rhodes is

1413
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Speaker 2: your long snapper for the Colts. That's who I'd be deploying. Hey,

1414
01:08:21,680 --> 01:08:24,479
Speaker 2: fill up your lining up ten yards away right right.

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01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:27,640
Speaker 2: I'm giving you a shot to see some things and

1416
01:08:27,760 --> 01:08:30,879
Speaker 2: to be able to count to two before the pass rush.

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Speaker 4: Is on you and then do a nine step drop.

1418
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Speaker 3: But that's it, right.

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01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:38,920
Speaker 2: You eventually just yelled punt check like you're back on

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Speaker 2: the streets of Jersey and Philadelphia and Chicago. All right,

1421
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Speaker 2: let's go back to the we talked talked about it

1422
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Speaker 2: briefly last hour. Let's go back to the NFC South

1423
01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:52,559
Speaker 2: Carolina narrow favorite two and a half point road favorites

1424
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Speaker 2: against New Orleans.

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Speaker 3: We've seen some good things.

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Speaker 2: Styler Shuck has ac quitted himself pretty nicely with his

1427
01:08:58,600 --> 01:09:01,519
Speaker 2: receiving core there on the offense side. Defensively, they can

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Speaker 2: get after it and still present some problems. This is

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Speaker 2: one that I circle just from a potential chaos in

1430
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Speaker 2: the NFC in terms of playoff bracketing, et cetera. Obviously,

1431
01:09:12,280 --> 01:09:15,479
Speaker 2: a lot of folks in Tampa will have their Fleur

1432
01:09:15,560 --> 01:09:19,559
Speaker 2: de lys flying high for this one. As Carolina gets going,

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Speaker 2: Bryce Young Tetoro and McMillan, and we talk about ric

1434
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Speaker 2: O'Donnell and Cuba. Rico and Cuba. I don't know if

1435
01:09:25,880 --> 01:09:28,360
Speaker 2: that's a pop duo from the eighties, but it works

1436
01:09:28,439 --> 01:09:31,719
Speaker 2: for me here. But right now in the driver's seat

1437
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Speaker 2: there in the NFC South.

1438
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Speaker 4: It's crazy. That's an interesting matchup, particularly on the other

1439
01:09:36,520 --> 01:09:38,880
Speaker 4: side of the ball. Tyler Shucks played well. I mean

1440
01:09:39,120 --> 01:09:41,160
Speaker 4: I always felt, and I said this even through the

1441
01:09:41,240 --> 01:09:44,519
Speaker 4: draft process before the draft, that I thought his tape

1442
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:47,400
Speaker 4: was the second best of any quarterback coming out after

1443
01:09:47,479 --> 01:09:50,879
Speaker 4: cam Ward and he started, he's looked, he's been efficient,

1444
01:09:51,680 --> 01:09:56,200
Speaker 4: he looks relatively poised and calm. He can make any throw.

1445
01:09:56,880 --> 01:10:00,280
Speaker 4: He's very mobile for a man that size. He's playing

1446
01:10:00,280 --> 01:10:03,479
Speaker 4: against the Carolina defense that predominantly likes to play with

1447
01:10:03,560 --> 01:10:06,479
Speaker 4: a single high safety. Jc Horn is back this week

1448
01:10:06,560 --> 01:10:09,560
Speaker 4: after missing a game. What they play with Caroline is

1449
01:10:09,600 --> 01:10:12,519
Speaker 4: he's the boundary corner. Always lines up to the short

1450
01:10:12,600 --> 01:10:15,479
Speaker 4: side of the field. Michael Jackson always lines up to

1451
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:17,960
Speaker 4: the wide side of the field. It's another team that

1452
01:10:18,040 --> 01:10:20,759
Speaker 4: plays a good amount of big nickel with the rookie

1453
01:10:20,840 --> 01:10:26,640
Speaker 4: Lathan Ransom, So you know it's it's gonna be an

1454
01:10:26,640 --> 01:10:31,120
Speaker 4: interesting matchup and the offensively Carolina you know, as long

1455
01:10:31,160 --> 01:10:33,320
Speaker 4: as Bryce Young doesn't turn it over, you know, because

1456
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:36,120
Speaker 4: every once in a while too, he makes a throw

1457
01:10:36,200 --> 01:10:38,680
Speaker 4: where you go out that's a really good throw. But

1458
01:10:38,800 --> 01:10:40,920
Speaker 4: he's not a strong arm kid. He's not necessarily a

1459
01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:43,320
Speaker 4: guy that's gonna sit in the pocket and drive the ball.

1460
01:10:43,760 --> 01:10:45,640
Speaker 4: But if they can run the ball and the two

1461
01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:47,519
Speaker 4: headed monster's pretty good, Mike.

1462
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Speaker 2: Right, the meadi part of the curve, averaging about twenty

1463
01:10:50,680 --> 01:10:55,519
Speaker 2: three points per game. Yeah, the Carolina Panthers, I'm intrigued.

1464
01:10:55,520 --> 01:10:58,720
Speaker 2: This one to me is actually fascinating. Yeah, shuck a

1465
01:10:58,800 --> 01:11:01,240
Speaker 2: guy that you know we talked about a long time

1466
01:11:01,280 --> 01:11:04,080
Speaker 2: ago when Rattler was still playing, and thus far a

1467
01:11:04,120 --> 01:11:06,719
Speaker 2: guy making his case for a twenty twenty six start.

1468
01:11:07,120 --> 01:11:08,880
Speaker 2: Let's get one more in real quick before we have

1469
01:11:09,000 --> 01:11:12,960
Speaker 2: to take the commercial pause before the final stretch run

1470
01:11:13,560 --> 01:11:17,880
Speaker 2: Washington against the Giants. We saw Jayden Daniels back out there.

1471
01:11:18,080 --> 01:11:22,000
Speaker 2: Took a spill the elbow. He's gone again, So Mariota

1472
01:11:22,080 --> 01:11:24,760
Speaker 2: back under center. Jackson Darton Company two and a half

1473
01:11:24,840 --> 01:11:28,080
Speaker 2: point favorites. Let's go to the Weather Channel. Although you're

1474
01:11:28,120 --> 01:11:29,720
Speaker 2: out there, you can just tell me all about it.

1475
01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:32,400
Speaker 4: I'm in South Jersey, so I don't know, you know

1476
01:11:32,479 --> 01:11:34,240
Speaker 4: how it is a little further than you know, ninety

1477
01:11:34,280 --> 01:11:34,840
Speaker 4: miles north.

1478
01:11:35,160 --> 01:11:35,800
Speaker 3: That's see.

1479
01:11:35,880 --> 01:11:36,200
Speaker 2: There you go.

1480
01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:38,720
Speaker 3: We get to the fun and excitement of well, it's

1481
01:11:38,760 --> 01:11:41,040
Speaker 3: still a world away, you know that kind of thing.

1482
01:11:41,080 --> 01:11:41,280
Speaker 7: It is.

1483
01:11:41,400 --> 01:11:43,280
Speaker 4: It is terms of our Yeah. I know people always

1484
01:11:43,280 --> 01:11:45,120
Speaker 4: say to me, I'll be in New York City, I'll

1485
01:11:45,160 --> 01:11:47,920
Speaker 4: see you, and I'm like, I'm not really in New

1486
01:11:48,000 --> 01:11:49,679
Speaker 4: York's not an easy in and out city.

1487
01:11:50,040 --> 01:11:52,559
Speaker 3: Like I'm not giving you the two hours find me out.

1488
01:11:53,920 --> 01:11:56,800
Speaker 4: It's a two hour, two hour drive basically because you know,

1489
01:11:56,920 --> 01:11:58,559
Speaker 4: New York. You don't just zip in and out.

1490
01:11:58,720 --> 01:12:02,400
Speaker 2: Well, that's twenty mile commute from my house to the

1491
01:12:02,479 --> 01:12:04,000
Speaker 2: studio every day, could be two hours.

1492
01:12:04,040 --> 01:12:04,360
Speaker 3: I don't know.

1493
01:12:04,600 --> 01:12:06,800
Speaker 2: Right right bar between one and two, it looks like

1494
01:12:06,960 --> 01:12:10,839
Speaker 2: thirteen mile an hour winds and temperatures in the high twenties,

1495
01:12:10,880 --> 01:12:11,559
Speaker 2: at least a.

1496
01:12:11,560 --> 01:12:13,280
Speaker 4: Little better than we were supposed to get down here

1497
01:12:13,320 --> 01:12:15,240
Speaker 4: where it's supposed to be twenty to thirty mile an

1498
01:12:15,240 --> 01:12:17,200
Speaker 4: hour winds down here in the Philly area.

1499
01:12:17,439 --> 01:12:17,960
Speaker 3: Well, that's it.

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01:12:18,040 --> 01:12:19,600
Speaker 2: You got to eat a couple extra cupcakes so you

1501
01:12:19,640 --> 01:12:22,360
Speaker 2: don't get blown away there. You go, put some rocks

1502
01:12:22,400 --> 01:12:25,040
Speaker 2: in those boots. Keep your ground in, Gregkosel.

1503
01:12:24,760 --> 01:12:26,599
Speaker 4: You know I only eat the one cupcake. I could

1504
01:12:26,640 --> 01:12:28,799
Speaker 4: easily have two, mic but I just know that wouldn't

1505
01:12:28,800 --> 01:12:29,320
Speaker 4: be a good idea.

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Speaker 3: You're a disciplined man. That's what you do.

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Speaker 4: I got to keep my got to keep my girls.

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Speaker 6: Figure, you know, nicely done.

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Speaker 2: Forty six and a half the total on this one.

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Speaker 2: Mariota winging and around. As we've seen, he's got his

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Speaker 2: compliment of receivers, certainly Debo and McLaurin in company, but

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Speaker 2: Jackson Dart, one of the tails of the tape and

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Speaker 2: saw some metrics over the course of the week in

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Speaker 2: terms of teams they've played, teams they've beaten, and what

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Speaker 2: he's been able to do thus far. Pretty good run

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Speaker 2: here for Dart, even without Nay Scatabo.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, Dart's a fascinating guy. Was actually talking

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Speaker 4: with a former GM this week who you know is

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01:13:09,080 --> 01:13:11,240
Speaker 4: still close to the game and just talking about the

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Speaker 4: fact that Dart is at the point you know he's

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Speaker 4: gonna have to learn. Well, ideally, the more he plays,

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Speaker 4: the quicker he'll see things. Because most quarter young quarterbacks,

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01:13:19,720 --> 01:13:21,960
Speaker 4: not all it depends what style of quarterback they are.

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01:13:22,320 --> 01:13:25,160
Speaker 4: Asha dur Sanders is at his quarter pocket quarterback, so

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01:13:25,280 --> 01:13:27,360
Speaker 4: he's not just looking to flee the pocket. But a

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Speaker 4: lot of quarterbacks who are very athletic, and Dart kind

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01:13:30,680 --> 01:13:33,680
Speaker 4: of falls into that category to some degree. You know,

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01:13:33,760 --> 01:13:36,080
Speaker 4: when you don't see things, you rely on that parachute,

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01:13:36,080 --> 01:13:38,920
Speaker 4: which should be a parachute, but they use it too quickly,

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01:13:39,000 --> 01:13:41,920
Speaker 4: they leave the pocket. And yeah, you can make special plays,

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01:13:42,000 --> 01:13:45,240
Speaker 4: and those plays get people excited. They get your teammates excited,

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01:13:45,360 --> 01:13:48,280
Speaker 4: they get fans excited. But it's hard to live that way.

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Speaker 3: Gotta love the juice plays though, because they everybody are.

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Speaker 4: You know, everybody loves those plays, and then hey, they're

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01:13:56,400 --> 01:13:59,160
Speaker 4: fun to watch. That's why people love to watch those

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01:13:59,280 --> 01:14:02,400
Speaker 4: kinds of quarterbacks, you know. But you know, dart is

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01:14:02,560 --> 01:14:05,240
Speaker 4: just looky. I think he's been in the blue ten

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01:14:05,320 --> 01:14:07,600
Speaker 4: in every game this season and he missed two. You know,

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01:14:08,800 --> 01:14:10,960
Speaker 4: you really don't want to go through a season like that.

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01:14:11,320 --> 01:14:15,479
Speaker 3: No, it's not planning. That becomes wishing and hoping, which

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01:14:15,560 --> 01:14:17,000
Speaker 3: is that was not a strategy.

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Speaker 2: We've got a couple of games left, including a punctured

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Speaker 3: It's never lost on us.

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Speaker 2: The weight, you know, the place that we play in

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Speaker 2: the lives of this world, and how about your time

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Speaker 2: find me over at swollen Up. I didn't know how

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Speaker 2: I was going to land that play.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you didn't know. You had no idea where you're

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Speaker 4: going with that.

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Speaker 3: I but it was pretty good though.

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01:16:34,840 --> 01:16:35,719
Speaker 4: Yeah it was okay.

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01:16:36,280 --> 01:16:40,640
Speaker 2: Oh see, no celebration cupcaking because I landed the plate man.

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01:16:40,720 --> 01:16:42,200
Speaker 2: It might have been a little bumpy there, but we

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01:16:42,320 --> 01:16:45,960
Speaker 2: got there all right. Pittsburgh three point favorites home date

1592
01:16:46,080 --> 01:16:49,439
Speaker 2: against the Miami Dolphins. Another one of those games where

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01:16:49,800 --> 01:16:52,720
Speaker 2: hey Tua in cold weather and blah blah blah blah

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01:16:52,760 --> 01:16:55,439
Speaker 2: blah that we have along the way. Seven mile an

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01:16:55,520 --> 01:16:59,360
Speaker 2: hour wins as of now twenty degrees is what we're

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01:16:59,400 --> 01:17:01,479
Speaker 2: looking at when we get down to it.

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Speaker 3: TJ.

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01:17:02,080 --> 01:17:04,800
Speaker 2: Watt the scary thing reminiscent to some degree of the

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Speaker 2: Toad Taylor puncture.

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Speaker 3: Yeah right right, justin Herbert start. But TJ.

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01:17:11,320 --> 01:17:14,200
Speaker 2: Watt ruled out here, So that makes life a little

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01:17:14,240 --> 01:17:16,960
Speaker 2: better for Tu and that passing offense maybe a little

1603
01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:19,280
Speaker 2: more time to operate. But it all starts with and

1604
01:17:19,479 --> 01:17:20,400
Speaker 2: ends with Devin Hm.

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01:17:20,960 --> 01:17:23,360
Speaker 4: You know, it's funny this team. Obviously, I think they've

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01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:25,800
Speaker 4: won four in a row and idle six.

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01:17:26,120 --> 01:17:26,320
Speaker 3: Yeah.

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01:17:26,360 --> 01:17:28,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't know if they technically still have a

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01:17:28,040 --> 01:17:31,320
Speaker 4: shot in the playoffs that they went out, but obviously

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01:17:31,439 --> 01:17:35,240
Speaker 4: they're playing behind a chain. He's an explosive runner, certainly

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01:17:35,280 --> 01:17:39,000
Speaker 4: on the perimeter. And the thing that is totally overlooked

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01:17:39,520 --> 01:17:42,719
Speaker 4: is in the last four or five weeks, this defense

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01:17:42,800 --> 01:17:46,320
Speaker 4: has played exceedingly well, Mike. I mean they may be

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01:17:46,600 --> 01:17:48,160
Speaker 4: I don't have all the numbers in front of me.

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01:17:48,520 --> 01:17:50,720
Speaker 4: I think they may be number one in scoring. They

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01:17:50,760 --> 01:17:52,760
Speaker 4: are certainly in the top two or three on third

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01:17:52,880 --> 01:17:57,200
Speaker 4: down in this four game winning streak, They're they're getting

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01:17:57,240 --> 01:18:00,960
Speaker 4: turnovers on defense. This is in any ways, they've become

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01:18:01,080 --> 01:18:03,960
Speaker 4: kind of a complete team. Now everybody's gonna look to

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01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:06,280
Speaker 4: the weather and you know, two is a certain kind

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01:18:06,320 --> 01:18:09,559
Speaker 4: of player. We've talked about that many times, and they

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01:18:09,640 --> 01:18:11,599
Speaker 4: have to play a certain way on offense. But if

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01:18:11,640 --> 01:18:13,519
Speaker 4: they can run the ball, and I gotta tell you,

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01:18:13,760 --> 01:18:16,559
Speaker 4: Mike McDaniel, people can say what they want, We're not there.

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01:18:17,120 --> 01:18:19,280
Speaker 4: I've been fortunate enough to be able to have conversation

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01:18:19,479 --> 01:18:22,800
Speaker 4: with over the years. He is really kind of a

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01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:24,400
Speaker 4: savant when it comes to the run game.

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01:18:25,040 --> 01:18:27,479
Speaker 3: One of the interesting slots. Let's go to the Sunday

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01:18:27,520 --> 01:18:28,360
Speaker 3: night football game.

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01:18:28,880 --> 01:18:31,880
Speaker 2: We actually have a positive play from Minnesota from last week,

1631
01:18:32,320 --> 01:18:33,120
Speaker 2: so we have to play it.

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01:18:35,520 --> 01:18:39,240
Speaker 3: I guess we don't. JJ McCarthy had his big breakout.

1633
01:18:39,320 --> 01:18:41,479
Speaker 2: I'm still waiting for Justin Jefferson to get along board,

1634
01:18:41,920 --> 01:18:44,000
Speaker 2: but they got a big date on the road at Dallas.

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01:18:44,080 --> 01:18:46,720
Speaker 2: Five and a half point favorites are the Cowboys at home.

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01:18:46,800 --> 01:18:50,680
Speaker 2: Forty eight point five is the over under on this

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01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:52,120
Speaker 2: one for Dallas.

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01:18:52,280 --> 01:18:55,879
Speaker 3: No digs, they're just done with yeah. In the secondary.

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01:18:56,200 --> 01:18:58,960
Speaker 4: To me, this comes down to the Minnesota defense because

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01:18:59,040 --> 01:19:01,959
Speaker 4: they have to keep the game close. Because JJ McCarthy

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01:19:02,120 --> 01:19:04,120
Speaker 4: last week, he was in a great situation. It was

1642
01:19:04,160 --> 01:19:06,080
Speaker 4: a shutout. He didn't have to throw the ball out.

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01:19:06,120 --> 01:19:07,960
Speaker 4: He made a couple of really good throws, by the way,

1644
01:19:08,240 --> 01:19:10,759
Speaker 4: but you don't want him dropping back thirty five forty times.

1645
01:19:11,040 --> 01:19:13,439
Speaker 4: So it's up to the Vikings defense. To keep this

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01:19:13,600 --> 01:19:16,680
Speaker 4: Dallas offense together so that the game, and you know,

1647
01:19:16,760 --> 01:19:18,920
Speaker 4: in the third quarter is not twenty seven. You know,

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01:19:19,040 --> 01:19:21,920
Speaker 4: Dallas doesn't have twenty seven points. So we'll see how

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01:19:21,960 --> 01:19:24,360
Speaker 4: that plays out. I mean to me, if you can

1650
01:19:24,520 --> 01:19:26,920
Speaker 4: keep it close and allow McCarthy to be kind of,

1651
01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:28,880
Speaker 4: and I hate to use this term, but people will

1652
01:19:29,040 --> 01:19:31,760
Speaker 4: understand it, kind of a game manager, then I think

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01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:33,800
Speaker 4: they have a chance. But you certainly don't want to

1654
01:19:33,840 --> 01:19:36,320
Speaker 4: have to have him drop back forty times by choice.

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01:19:36,560 --> 01:19:39,040
Speaker 2: You had that touchdown pass to Josh Oliver and everybody said,

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01:19:39,080 --> 01:19:40,719
Speaker 2: Josh Oliver's where's Addison?

1657
01:19:40,720 --> 01:19:41,519
Speaker 3: Where's Hockinson?

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01:19:41,880 --> 01:19:44,160
Speaker 6: Where Jefferson? That was good ball, by the way, that.

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01:19:45,680 --> 01:19:47,280
Speaker 3: Good throw. All Right, we got the Jets.

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01:19:47,960 --> 01:19:50,280
Speaker 2: They've got a new quarterback in Brady Cook going up

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01:19:50,280 --> 01:19:53,719
Speaker 2: against Jacksonville and their run game really quickly.

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Speaker 3: That I think is the last one we haven't touched

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Speaker 3: at all.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: The thing about Jacksonville that I noticed last week because

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01:20:00,240 --> 01:20:02,920
Speaker 4: all of Lawrence's good throws kicking outside the numbers, and

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01:20:02,960 --> 01:20:05,040
Speaker 4: I don't think that's a coincidence. I don't think he

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01:20:05,120 --> 01:20:07,479
Speaker 4: sees the field great between the numbers, and I think

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01:20:07,600 --> 01:20:10,120
Speaker 4: Liam Cohen knows that, and he threw the ball extremely

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01:20:10,200 --> 01:20:11,920
Speaker 4: well outside the numbers.

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Speaker 2: Here you gotta run the football more, Jacoby Myers, Thanks Greg.

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Speaker 3: What a great week.

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Speaker 2: Week fifteen Countdown to Kickoff presented by bet MGM.

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