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Speaker 1: a concerning performance to say, I mean in boast is

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Speaker 1: the new sack leader, and I think you have Damiko

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Speaker 1: Ryan's who's gonna be a head coach a month and

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Speaker 1: a half from now, number one. I mean, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: get a job off of this. If this is how

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Speaker 1: the defense carries the team down the stretch, and it's

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00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,560
Speaker 1: like that's the part of it. It's like San Francisco, Yes,

435
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:25,679
Speaker 1: you lost your quarterback, but it's not the same thing

436
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Speaker 1: as the Chiefs losing Patrick Mahomes or Team X losing

437
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Speaker 1: someone that they simply cannot operate without. I I think

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Speaker 1: that Jimmy g though, to be fair, was the last

439
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:37,920
Speaker 1: month and a half playing about as well as he's

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Speaker 1: ever played, and so you were getting a good version

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Speaker 1: of him. So now they become a team of mystery.

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00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:46,520
Speaker 1: Here's the case. What we know about the Kyle Shanahan offense,

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Speaker 1: the fabled offense and his father and all that, it's

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Speaker 1: it's quarterback friendly in terms of his design. If you're

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Speaker 1: not asking the quarterback to make a ton of reads,

446
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:57,440
Speaker 1: maybe you could spin this. Brock Pritty is ready for

447
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Speaker 1: this and he can make the throws. He can find

448
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Speaker 1: a way to be efficient because you don't need to

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Speaker 1: your point, Mark, I think what you're saying is, you

450
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Speaker 1: don't need a guy to be a superstar back there.

451
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:08,800
Speaker 1: You gotta have a guy that could get the ball

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Speaker 1: into the hands of the playmakers. Kind of how I

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Speaker 1: see two a little bit in Miami. Uh ken Brock

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Speaker 1: be that guy or is their season over now? I think?

455
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Speaker 1: And when we're gonna find out as this goes on.

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Speaker 1: And Greg one more thing, West Bros. Back in the

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00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:30,359
Speaker 1: win column locked up the Niners. Nice McCaffrey. Keep an

458
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Speaker 1: eye in McCaffrey. Of course, they don't have a lot

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Speaker 1: of depth back there anymore. He had that thirty yard run,

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Speaker 1: which is a big run late in the game that

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Speaker 1: set up the field goal that kind of put it away.

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Speaker 1: But if you take out the thirty yard run, that's

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Speaker 1: seven sixteen carries for thirty six yards. And yeah, on

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Speaker 1: that run, he wasn't you could tell he wasn't as explosive.

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Speaker 1: But it was a gutsy game by McCaffrey, who ended

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Speaker 1: up with a hundred and forty four yards from scrimmage,

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Speaker 1: eight catches, eighty yards in a touchdown, like you could

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Speaker 1: tell he was playing at less than a percent and

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Speaker 1: like took one for the team. And you're gonna need

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Speaker 1: to do that a lot more. All right, So huge developments,

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Speaker 1: two big games. Let's take a break, then we continue

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Speaker 1: to spin through. Show Me Sunday. All right, we're back.

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Speaker 1: Show Me Sunday rolls on, and now you have a

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Speaker 1: game here between the Jets and the Vikings. The Jets

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Speaker 1: looking to show the world they can knock off a

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Speaker 1: top team in the NFC, and the Vikings saying, respect us,

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Speaker 1: we're more than just a good record. Let's see what happened.

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Speaker 1: More from ten from the Vikings nine team Minnesota leaves

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Speaker 1: by five. So Darius Smith comes flying up the center,

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Speaker 1: Mike White hit his de prons prose to the gold

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Speaker 1: strike and it's been intercepted by Cam Bynum and that

482
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Speaker 1: is your full game. Cam Bynum with the second interception

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Speaker 1: for him this season, and the Vikings are going to win.

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Speaker 1: If you hear in Paul Allen's voice or k f

485
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Speaker 1: A n uh, he's a little bit almost seems exhausted.

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Speaker 1: It's because if you're a Vikings announcer or end or

487
00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,800
Speaker 1: both as Paul Allen Is that was an exhausting win

488
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Speaker 1: for the dollar for the Vikings, who had control of

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Speaker 1: this game against the Jets badly out play the Jets

490
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:12,760
Speaker 1: in the first half, and then in the second half

491
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Speaker 1: the offense does what the Minnesota offense does at times,

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Speaker 1: which is fizzle, UH go through ruts, and the Jets

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Speaker 1: kept chipping away. However, Minnesota's defense hung tight and got

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Speaker 1: stronger in the red zone, and that was the key

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Speaker 1: to this twenty seven to twenty two win. You heard

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Speaker 1: that Cam Buying Hum interception at the one yard line

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00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 1: again and again, boys Um. In the second half of

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Speaker 1: this game, the Jets and even UH in the first half,

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00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,760
Speaker 1: they would march down the field, Mike white Um connecting

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Speaker 1: with his wide receivers, get into the twenty, get inside

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Speaker 1: the ten, get inside the five, and then not have

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Speaker 1: an answer and that leads to Greg Zerline hitting five

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Speaker 1: field goals. Meanwhile, Minnesota's offense three trips to the red zone,

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Speaker 1: three touchdowns, and that was a major difference in this game.

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Speaker 1: It It doesn't leave me Um with anything to be honest,

506
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,280
Speaker 1: but more hope for the Jets. I we can get

507
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Speaker 1: to the Vikings part of it, but like they will

508
00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,760
Speaker 1: only allowed a touchdown in the second half. There's a

509
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 1: different type of Jets team that collapses down the stretch

510
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,600
Speaker 1: and instead I thought they'd they toughened up. And I

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Speaker 1: to me, you look at what the a f C

512
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Speaker 1: playoff field right now. The Patriots are nothing to me.

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00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,960
Speaker 1: The Jets take them much more. They are. The Jets

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Speaker 1: take much more seriously. And I don't know why you

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Speaker 1: need like Mike White to throw the ball fifty seven

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Speaker 1: times with twenty six in completions, but I still saw

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Speaker 1: things from Mike White today and the way that the

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Speaker 1: offense moved in general. And you've got Garrett Wilson becoming

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Speaker 1: an absolute star. Eight catches a hundred and sixty two

520
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:52,439
Speaker 1: yards that's the most by a Jets rookie since when

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Speaker 1: Rob Moore, another phenomenal player put that up. Corey Davis

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Speaker 1: had big catches down the Strets. I mean this they

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Speaker 1: are playing. I know a lot of people don't believe

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Speaker 1: in the Vikings because of the regression heavy one score

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Speaker 1: uh you know victories this season. But that said, they

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Speaker 1: found a way that I look at the Jets defense

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Speaker 1: that held Justin Jefferson to forty yards. It's a missed opportunity.

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Speaker 1: I think opportunity because you do have a game in Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: you have the Lions who have have been playing well,

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Speaker 1: you have a game at Miami. You just don't know.

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Speaker 1: I I tend to agree that if you look at

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Speaker 1: the playoff field, the Jets still feel like a likely

533
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,919
Speaker 1: playoff entrance because of the competition and where they stand.

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Speaker 1: But you out gain the Vikings four eighties six to

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Speaker 1: two eight seven and you lose the game. That's that's

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00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:42,159
Speaker 1: a missed opportunity, absolutely, and that I think there are

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00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 1: two ways, um to look at it. Yes, the Jets

538
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,040
Speaker 1: are proving week after week. By the way, this team

539
00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 1: is fun, is hell to watch, one of my favorite

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00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 1: Jets teams I can remember. Um. But at the same time,

541
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,119
Speaker 1: we are trying to break a playoff drought here and

542
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,919
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to steal a win like this, uh

543
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Speaker 1: um to get there, to get to that tenth win.

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00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,360
Speaker 1: Let's say, remember we don't need to respect the Patriots,

545
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Speaker 1: but they're also one game behind the Jets, and they

546
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,240
Speaker 1: swept the Jets, so they have the tiebreaker. When you

547
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Speaker 1: look at all this, so the Jets are kicking themselves.

548
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 1: And I didn't love all the play calling down near, down,

549
00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 1: in close, but you also have to factor in some

550
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 1: things with Mike White um and and gaining comfortable getting

551
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,920
Speaker 1: more comfortable between O C and QB on the on

552
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,479
Speaker 1: the Minnesota side, I don't know what to take from

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00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,120
Speaker 1: this game because because it's no no matter what I say,

554
00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 1: Vikings fans will listen to this just be like, oh

555
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,119
Speaker 1: Dan's being a hater because his team got beat. But

556
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,000
Speaker 1: my honest feeling on the Vikings is it doesn't change

557
00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 1: like they're winning these games. And I just think to myself,

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00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 1: am I impressed by what I saw in this game?

559
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: I'm impressed by their ability to stand strong uh near

560
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,560
Speaker 1: their goal line and end this game and win this game.

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00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:54,760
Speaker 1: But Kirk Cousins has not had a good year. He

562
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,800
Speaker 1: was sub Gabbard zone in this game, and in general,

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Speaker 1: it's just this team does not seem to be a

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Speaker 1: tenant to team. Are you a bigger hater of the

565
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 1: the Vikings or the Dolphins? Because I did see that

566
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 1: tweet against the Dolphins UH, and today was kind of

567
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 1: the end of and it was it was a tough day.

568
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 1: The Vikings have a chance at some point. I feel

569
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: like because of their players to play better than they

570
00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:23,440
Speaker 1: have and then they'll be playing better, potentially having already

571
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: one ten of their first twelve games. That's that's the idea.

572
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,440
Speaker 1: Like as much as we're putting them, I agree with

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00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 1: you that I don't believe in them. And yet they

574
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 1: only play one team with a winning record the rest

575
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 1: of the way, and it's the Giants, you know, So

576
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 1: it's like they have a chance to get the one

577
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 1: seat this way. This is why they're I know there's

578
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,120
Speaker 1: Vikings fans out there, like your buddy Mark, that are

579
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:47,760
Speaker 1: absolutely going to agree with me. At halftime, you're thinking,

580
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: all right, not only are we winning again, look how

581
00:29:51,160 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 1: we're dominating in all phases. We really are that team.

582
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,400
Speaker 1: And then they played a second half that was so

583
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 1: uninspired that it kind of, in some level just put

584
00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:01,880
Speaker 1: you back to where you were before this. So there

585
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 1: will be some Bikings fans I will just say we're

586
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 1: tenant too, that's all that matters. But they still to

587
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 1: me have to answer questions, Uh, this did not do

588
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 1: it well. I, being a level headed fan of any team,

589
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 1: could look at a record like this and say, okay,

590
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 1: we're not that record compared to that record in years

591
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 1: past with other teams that forged it in a different way.

592
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,920
Speaker 1: They had six drives that went for less than six

593
00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 1: net yards in the in the in the second half,

594
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: out of seven drives. So this thing that they could

595
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: say it's tired that we talked about a team that

596
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 1: will take naps during games, but they simply do do that.

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00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,120
Speaker 1: They also, I think fine ways to get into these

598
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 1: situations where they're winning these one score gapers. Yeah, I

599
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:39,239
Speaker 1: think there's something to that. I think they're I think

600
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: they're there. I like their ceiling better than a year's

601
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 1: past because I really think that the change away from

602
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:47,840
Speaker 1: Zimmer and what was going on with Zimmer in the

603
00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,600
Speaker 1: overall offense is much healthier now with this team under

604
00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:54,360
Speaker 1: the occonnell that played by Jordan Hicks, the linebacker who

605
00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:58,640
Speaker 1: ultimately knocked the ball out on the What was that

606
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 1: a fourth down to Arios which would have won the game.

607
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 1: People people saying it should have been caught, but he

608
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 1: I think he he hit his hand and he hit

609
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:07,360
Speaker 1: the ball. That was a nice play by Jordan Nicks.

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00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,680
Speaker 1: That was the game. When you play, Yes, the Vikings

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00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 1: defense deserves a lot of credit the Jets when I

612
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 1: believe three for sixteen on third down one for six

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00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 1: in the red zone, and we talked about San Francisco

614
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: and what happened there. I think anybody that's really watching

615
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: this conference closely before what happened today for the forty

616
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 1: Niners would have had the Eagles clearly ahead, San Francisco

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00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:34,760
Speaker 1: should be seen as ahead. Then you slot in the

618
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: Vikings and figure some things out. Maybe the Cowboys ahead

619
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Speaker 1: of the Vikings. Now I think San Francisco drops things down,

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00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:43,520
Speaker 1: and this is I mean, this is a big positive

621
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Speaker 1: day for the Vikings, who I think they're chanting into

622
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 1: the super Bowl. Also have increased here. So there you go.

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00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,360
Speaker 1: I'm not this isn't any I'm not bitter about that.

624
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 1: That that was. It was a good effort by the

625
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: Jets and they just did not execute well enough. But

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00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 1: there are a lot of good things to take away

627
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: from it. Look at this thing. We've never watched the

628
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: Jets team like this during the ten plus you're run

629
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: of this show. No, all right, let's move on. So

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00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 1: what do the Vikings show me? I don't know that

631
00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: they know how to win. They are the Vikings, they've

632
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 1: been all along. This feels like I showed me confirmation game. Okay,

633
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:21,840
Speaker 1: let's now head to Philly where the Eagles are Like,

634
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,400
Speaker 1: what else do we need to show you? And the

635
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: Titans say, we're still looking for some respect. Will show

636
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 1: you or will they? Justin shaking his head, J Brown Brown,

637
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 1: J Brown tuck it away from pray A Bith had

638
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 1: scored stuck a touchdown of the game. I'm telling you

639
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 1: they gotta get these boys in the weight room. You

640
00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: talking about mossing. Somebody that was mossed. That is the

641
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 1: exact definition of mossing. A dB great digger, Mike Quick

642
00:32:56,280 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: putting your dvs in a body bags and Buddy is

643
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 1: going up over their head. Now, I mean that was

644
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: an amazing catch, but that was where to be questioned

645
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: for their physical statures is low. It's been a bad

646
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: two weeks, two weeks sil rees and Mike Quick w

647
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 1: I p man a. J. Brown. This was his revenge game.

648
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 1: He he he wanted to stick it to the Titans,

649
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: and he did. He scored three times, one was overturned,

650
00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:27,479
Speaker 1: then he scored two that counted. Uh and the Eagles

651
00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: just ran away from the Titans thirty five to ten,

652
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 1: and uh man, it could have been worse. This was

653
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:38,520
Speaker 1: a a really great effort by the Eagles Mark Sessler.

654
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 1: I mean, starting team wide. It was a week ago

655
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 1: when they ran over Green Bay with three hundred and

656
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 1: eighty yards rushing, and they showed they could do that.

657
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 1: Today they really didn't even emphasize the ground game the Eagles.

658
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 1: You know, after a hundred and fifty seven yards on

659
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 1: the ground from Hurt, so we go he had three

660
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty before he was pulled. Really far before

661
00:33:59,560 --> 00:34:01,239
Speaker 1: this game ended. I mean, they just show that they

662
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 1: can be so dominant, and it was I think a

663
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 1: game plan completely designed around if it works, we're gonna

664
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: showcase a J. Brown because he wants this. He called

665
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: the game personal. The forty yard touchdown strike he was

666
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:16,399
Speaker 1: the most wide open a wide receiver has been since

667
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: seventeen according to Metrics. The twenty nine yard touchdown his

668
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:24,320
Speaker 1: long defensive He drew a defensive essentially a d p

669
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: I that's set up Hurts for a touch on as well.

670
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:27,880
Speaker 1: It just was one thing after the next when it

671
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,719
Speaker 1: wasn't him DeVonta Smith at a hundred yards to their

672
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:33,320
Speaker 1: passing game today, I thought put it on a Titans

673
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: team that look at the Titans. I will say this

674
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 1: they were banged up. They lost trailing Burke's in this game,

675
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:42,240
Speaker 1: which left them at wide receiver down to essentially Nick Westbrook,

676
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:45,479
Speaker 1: A Kina, Robert Woods, and C. J. Board. They lost

677
00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 1: David Long, they lost Christian Fulton. So it banged up

678
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 1: already banged up Titans team that was out physical by

679
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:53,400
Speaker 1: the Bengals a week ago. I thought they got taken

680
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 1: to them by the tight by the Titan or the

681
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,919
Speaker 1: Eagles today. And I think, you know, coach called about

682
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 1: him leaving them at a crossroads, and and we talked

683
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,839
Speaker 1: on Thursday about how they dropped this game. What kind

684
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 1: of team are they here? They go? Here is Mike Rabel.

685
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 1: I mean, I think we're at a crossroads. I told

686
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 1: the team, I think we're at a cross roads and

687
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,279
Speaker 1: kind of how we you know, I want to want

688
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,680
Speaker 1: to continue down this season. It sucks losing, It sucks

689
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:16,840
Speaker 1: getting beat the way we did um, but but we

690
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:19,760
Speaker 1: have to, you know, we've got to make a decision.

691
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,839
Speaker 1: You know, how much are we willing to invest uh

692
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:27,359
Speaker 1: and and trust in what you know the coaches are doing,

693
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: trust and what each and other players are doing. So

694
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 1: I just I think it's a critical time for Uce

695
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: justin obviously this is a bad uh day for the Titans,

696
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,560
Speaker 1: bad day for you, and you locked up the Titans.

697
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:43,240
Speaker 1: That was That was a rough one. Um. Also, Traylon Burks,

698
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 1: who's the guy they drafted to replace A. J. Brown,

699
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,839
Speaker 1: has what I thought a brilliant touchdown catch and gets

700
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: knocked out on it, um, So you have that on

701
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: top of it, just a bitter, bitter pilvious games. I

702
00:35:57,080 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 1: think Traylon Brooks was literally knocked out. The way the

703
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,240
Speaker 1: players were reacting, like calling over to the sideline immediately.

704
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 1: I think he was out cold on the field. Was

705
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 1: unpleasant to watch. Ruled out pretty quickly with concussion. And yeah,

706
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,879
Speaker 1: the Titans are in at a cross roads for sure.

707
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: I think Mike Vrabel has coached around some talent deficiencies

708
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:18,839
Speaker 1: all season and through the injuries and everything. But when

709
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:20,920
Speaker 1: you come up against a team like the Eagles that

710
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,279
Speaker 1: are just so complete in all aspects of football, you

711
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,239
Speaker 1: reach a point where you just can't coach around it.

712
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,800
Speaker 1: And with Denico Autry missing the last two games, the

713
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: Titans pass rush has been almost non existent. And I

714
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: know Denico Autry has been a great player. He has

715
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: been playing at a Pro Bowl level this year. But

716
00:36:35,920 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 1: before he missed these two games, I didn't know he

717
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 1: was this valuable. But it feels like the Titans defensive

718
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 1: line really misses. They also might just be running out

719
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 1: of gas here. They can't run the ball on offense,

720
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: so you're getting dominated physically on offense and then on defense. Yeah,

721
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 1: Autry is a good player, but the whole point of

722
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 1: the Titans is they've had players in and out of

723
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: the lineup up front and they've still manage to win.

724
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 1: The fact that Cincinnati really took it to them up

725
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 1: front followed by this game, it is a crossroads and

726
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 1: yet a little bit like the Vikings, it's like they're

727
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 1: gonna win their division. They know they have the game

728
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,880
Speaker 1: against the Jaguars next week, which would basically all but

729
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 1: win their division if if the Titans win that game,

730
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 1: their schedule is not tough the rest of the way.

731
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: They're gonna settle in hopefully for the Titans to this

732
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,800
Speaker 1: third or fourth seed and get ready for the playoffs

733
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 1: and try to get healthy. That's fine, but I think

734
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,839
Speaker 1: that they're the team that in a totally wrong way,

735
00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:30,479
Speaker 1: because we usually mean this positively, the zigged when everyone

736
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,839
Speaker 1: else zagged. These other teams went out and like, we're

737
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:35,439
Speaker 1: going to find that wide receiver that changes our offense entirely.

738
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,879
Speaker 1: And I'll never forget the night of the draft where

739
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 1: suddenly Grave Digger breaks away from the work stuff to

740
00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:44,719
Speaker 1: hold his own mini podcast on you know what was

741
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,320
Speaker 1: a Instagram? Well, I mean because you were you, but

742
00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:53,800
Speaker 1: but you actually was. You were prophetically annoyed because for

743
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:57,800
Speaker 1: the record, Erica put the phone in my gad but

744
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:01,520
Speaker 1: it got about his dark as you could have possibly

745
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: imagine if you have to head towards the schedule in

746
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 1: this game, it was as dark as possible for the time.

747
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:12,520
Speaker 1: Some more darkness maybe, I don't know an expensive And

748
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:14,440
Speaker 1: by the way, before I te up this, a J.

749
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: Brown quote, let's not throw too much dirt on the

750
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:20,120
Speaker 1: Titans because they will win the division and you know

751
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:23,440
Speaker 1: they're gonna be a tough out in January. But right

752
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 1: now they look vulnerable and weak and they should have

753
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 1: a J. Brown and they don't, And a J. Brown

754
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: is going to make sure the Titans don't forget it.

755
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 1: To be honest, it in personal sense sence the tray.

756
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: To be honest, I just been trying to keep it

757
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:38,239
Speaker 1: down just because, like I got stated like that's where

758
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 1: I wanted to be, and they just kind of just

759
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 1: I'm not even trying to get into aut it, but

760
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 1: uh but that's why I want to be. And you know,

761
00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:52,800
Speaker 1: things didn't work out, you know, and uh, it was

762
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: just kind of just all right here, you know, here

763
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 1: you go. You know, we don't want you anymore. You know,

764
00:38:57,719 --> 00:38:58,960
Speaker 1: you just kind of give Puss to his side and

765
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 1: and that's joys for me. And like I said, I

766
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:04,279
Speaker 1: had to grow up, you know quick as a fan,

767
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:07,839
Speaker 1: justin I empathize with you, because that hurts even more.

768
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 1: He's he's saying I never wanted to go, but they

769
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 1: just didn't keep me around, and that makes it even worse.

770
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 1: It's just weird because it felt like the negotiation went

771
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 1: sours so quickly, and the reports that he cut off

772
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:24,600
Speaker 1: communication with the team reports probably a negotiation tactic to

773
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: just like get a better offer or whatever. And it's

774
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 1: also that one controlling every one of these wide receivers

775
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 1: that exploded financially at the price they didn't want to pay. It.

776
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 1: It's super frustrating that the Titans were just like, okay, fine,

777
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 1: we'll just trade you away. We can replace you with

778
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,239
Speaker 1: a first round draft pick or whatever. I don't know.

779
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 1: Was it was Rabel for once doing a Belicheck move

780
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 1: that was not smart, like we are not going to

781
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,080
Speaker 1: pay him. It was develop someone else. Come on, I mean,

782
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 1: Rabel and Mike and John Robinson are joined at the

783
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 1: definitely worked together. But Vrabel said a month before they

784
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 1: traded him, as long as I'm the head coach, we

785
00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:02,239
Speaker 1: will never trade a j But today's point, that is

786
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,800
Speaker 1: a Patriots type move. We're not gonna suddenly drop a

787
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,399
Speaker 1: huge contract organization, you know. Of course, then they worked

788
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 1: together for sure. It's not like, say Brown has nine

789
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 1: touchdowns this year. The entire wide receiver group for the

790
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:19,239
Speaker 1: Titans have four combine. And I'm so impressed by this

791
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 1: Eagles team. Sometimes you know, these games are close and

792
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:23,840
Speaker 1: one of the little parts of their team aren't perfect,

793
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: and they often respond with an outstanding game, like every

794
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 1: game is not gonna be perfect in the NFL season,

795
00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 1: but like they've had enough of these games that man,

796
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:34,319
Speaker 1: they are a game. One thing about them too, they

797
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 1: out of the gate. I'm sure watching this that they

798
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 1: had an aberration game penalty wise, where their offensive line

799
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 1: it had five false starts before halftime. And like eight

800
00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 1: or nine penalties and it was very Uneagles like and

801
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 1: they didn't panic. They worked the way out of it.

802
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,040
Speaker 1: And you're pulling Hurts midway through the third because they're

803
00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:54,480
Speaker 1: so explosive. And I think one thing about the Titans.

804
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 1: If when they can't run the ball, if you get

805
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 1: them into these third and four or five, six, seven,

806
00:40:59,840 --> 00:41:02,840
Speaker 1: eight yard situations, they have no way out. And Tannehill

807
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 1: again was hobbling around. That's what I don't like about

808
00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 1: this offense right now. Six sacks for the Eagles today.

809
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,439
Speaker 1: I'm not throwing the dirt though I'm not. You don't

810
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:12,160
Speaker 1: be back. We're not throwing the dirt. But like the

811
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,600
Speaker 1: you're a little concerned. It is a measuring stick type

812
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,799
Speaker 1: of game. I mean, they got blue the Bills, they

813
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:19,879
Speaker 1: couldn't bumble around with the Bengals, and they got their

814
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,879
Speaker 1: Winless against playoff teams current teams in the playoff field,

815
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:27,279
Speaker 1: Titans are and five. Hey, what is okay? I mean there?

816
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,800
Speaker 1: You think they're gonna win multiple playoff games or maybe

817
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 1: I just don't. This is the lowest. Remember before these

818
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,720
Speaker 1: two games, we're all saying, Wow, unbelievable of the Titans.

819
00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 1: Respect you juked on their bands. That's it's been since.

820
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: This was the one game where I thought for able

821
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 1: scheming from opponent to opponent did not matter at all.

822
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:50,360
Speaker 1: Do you want do you still want him on the

823
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:57,360
Speaker 1: Titans like you think that I had the power to remove.

824
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: It's the tightest Monday saying, we're gonna talk about the

825
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:04,880
Speaker 1: quarterback another team if you like Tom me Um. And

826
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 1: one last note, Jalen hurts to me is in the

827
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: lead now in the m v P. With all due

828
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:13,000
Speaker 1: respect to the great Mahomes. It's close, but I think

829
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,920
Speaker 1: as he continues to stack these monster games for this

830
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,360
Speaker 1: very special UH Eagles team, that's why we get this

831
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:23,480
Speaker 1: new voting process that Greg and others are so fun

832
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,919
Speaker 1: to think that that will be UH. That's a great

833
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,279
Speaker 1: point that those second place votes. I would stop my

834
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,040
Speaker 1: homes to the Desert because you picked them before the

835
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 1: season and you want that Dub I'd be the same way.

836
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 1: That's a great point to the Desert. I did say

837
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 1: anything to the Desert. Ross Jacob seventy four yards on

838
00:42:44,719 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 1: thirteen carries, and he gets it again, pitches it back

839
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: to Derek Carr looking down field for a to have

840
00:42:50,600 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: it shot. The more glorious, true, Derek, I love the

841
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:05,359
Speaker 1: word the third quarter, and both have been long touchdowns

842
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:10,040
Speaker 1: of Davante Adams, this one from forty five yards out

843
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:16,480
Speaker 1: and the runs lead the Chargers. I'll tell you one place,

844
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:19,719
Speaker 1: mark Edward Sessler, where there's plenty of room is on

845
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: the Raiders bandwagon. You want to join me? No, there's

846
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 1: not that. I mean they are heading towards the on

847
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 1: the hunt part of the playoff picture. In the a

848
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,399
Speaker 1: f C. Jason Horowitz and linking Kennedy with the call

849
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:39,239
Speaker 1: Davante Adams. This dude is unreal. And there's so many

850
00:43:39,320 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 1: dudes that are unreal on the Raiders that you know, well,

851
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:45,520
Speaker 1: there's three, There's Max Crosby, there's Josh Jacobs. This year

852
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:48,800
Speaker 1: there's Davante Adams. Shouldn't that be enough to make this

853
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 1: team a player? In the f over the Chargers, Chargers

854
00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:04,239
Speaker 1: um the game that the Chargers jumped ahead early, and uh,

855
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:08,319
Speaker 1: it feels it felt like, Okay, the Raiders are going

856
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 1: to quietly fade away and the Chargers will get a

857
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,480
Speaker 1: big win here and they start start to gain some momentum.

858
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:19,480
Speaker 1: But instead, from basically the second quarter on Las Vegas

859
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 1: took control of this game, and I thought that Derek

860
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:26,680
Speaker 1: Carr played a good game again. Davante Adams, he is

861
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:30,360
Speaker 1: worth every penny and every pick that they sent because

862
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:34,120
Speaker 1: there are that you could count on one hand how

863
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:36,600
Speaker 1: many wide receivers can make the difference that he can,

864
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:38,960
Speaker 1: and he's one of those dudes. And every week he

865
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 1: makes plays that very few players can make and he's consistent.

866
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:46,560
Speaker 1: Um So he has a big day and the defense

867
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:49,480
Speaker 1: is getting better for the Raiders, they sacked Justin Herbert

868
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:52,759
Speaker 1: five times and that's three straight wins. They split the

869
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:57,319
Speaker 1: season series with the Chargers, and for the Chargers market

870
00:44:57,360 --> 00:44:59,239
Speaker 1: is just like more of the same. Here we are

871
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,760
Speaker 1: six and X, just kind of going through the motions

872
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,440
Speaker 1: of another season where you're an also ran well and

873
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:10,120
Speaker 1: Brandon Staley's calling card was his defense, and we talked

874
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 1: about the fact that before this season they have an injuries,

875
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,400
Speaker 1: no doubt about it, but they brought in a lot

876
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:18,040
Speaker 1: of pieces that would have fit really well players. He

877
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:20,759
Speaker 1: knew and you're getting smoked by Davontae Adams for a

878
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:23,400
Speaker 1: hundred and seventy seven yards and two touchdowns. Josh Jacobs,

879
00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:25,279
Speaker 1: you knew this was coming at you. He still gets

880
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,440
Speaker 1: a hundred and forty four. Just feels like every week

881
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:29,879
Speaker 1: for the Charge. This is like I mentioned Greg during

882
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:32,840
Speaker 1: the game. Greg does his great free agency. It's sometimes

883
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 1: it's one oh one, sometimes it's ninety nine. You never know.

884
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:39,439
Speaker 1: We're where does a guy like Josh Jacob's fall Because

885
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:42,360
Speaker 1: we know running backs don't tend to get paid and

886
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 1: aren't valued on the same level. But he, I mean,

887
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,040
Speaker 1: he's starting to creep into the offensive player of the

888
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:50,360
Speaker 1: year conversation to me, and and he's about to hit

889
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:53,440
Speaker 1: the open market if they don't tag him involved to

890
00:45:53,520 --> 00:45:57,399
Speaker 1: do this next year. I think the Raiders hopefully will

891
00:45:57,400 --> 00:45:59,360
Speaker 1: find a way to keep him because he just belongs

892
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:01,640
Speaker 1: in this system. He's such a good fit. I just

893
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:03,080
Speaker 1: hope he holds up to the end of the year.

894
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 1: He had twenty six carries in this game. Uh, he

895
00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 1: hasn't had a workload like this, coming off another big

896
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,840
Speaker 1: workload last week. I mean, in terms of a season workload,

897
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 1: it's crazy that Adams had one seventies seven. Jacobs had

898
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:17,319
Speaker 1: one forty four. The next closest skill position player at

899
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:20,400
Speaker 1: thirty five. So it's like a three person team and

900
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,239
Speaker 1: on defense it's been a one person team, all your

901
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,200
Speaker 1: Max Crosby, but today you've got three sacks out a

902
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 1: Chandler Jo who came into this game with half a

903
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 1: sack on the season. And I really think Corey Lindsley

904
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,359
Speaker 1: is a Jena piece for the Chargers. When he their

905
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:37,279
Speaker 1: center has not been in their lineup, their offensive line

906
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:42,000
Speaker 1: has gone from okay to just terrible, and it sounds

907
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 1: like they were terrible today. One reason you could believe

908
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: in the Raiders, Dan, I know you already do, but

909
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:48,279
Speaker 1: just that they're they're kind of the mirror Vikings in

910
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:51,239
Speaker 1: the a f C, the reverse mirror, because they were

911
00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 1: owing six and these one score games last two weeks.

912
00:46:54,040 --> 00:46:56,160
Speaker 1: They're now two and six because of two closer wins.

913
00:46:56,200 --> 00:46:58,640
Speaker 1: If they can do this with Jons Jacobs regularly at

914
00:46:58,719 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: this time of year down the stretch, I believe in

915
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 1: that kind of team because you have a couple of

916
00:47:03,080 --> 00:47:05,400
Speaker 1: stars that do this on a weekly basis. You just

917
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:08,360
Speaker 1: knocked the Chargers and Patriots charges another team. I do

918
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:10,279
Speaker 1: not buy in for this playoff race to get them

919
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 1: out of here. So I don't quite remember everything I

920
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:15,680
Speaker 1: said on Thursday because I was half alive, but I

921
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 1: said this was a huge game for the Raiders and

922
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,719
Speaker 1: this this pipe dream of them being in the mix.

923
00:47:22,120 --> 00:47:24,240
Speaker 1: Now that they have it, you look at their schedule

924
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,600
Speaker 1: and you say, we're at Rams next week, that could

925
00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:30,200
Speaker 1: be a dub. Then you host the Patriots, you should

926
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:31,720
Speaker 1: be able to be there. I don't think the Patriots

927
00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:35,239
Speaker 1: are very good teams. And also they then you jump

928
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 1: them in the standings and you get the tiebreaker if necessary.

929
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:39,920
Speaker 1: If you get that win, then you're at Steelers, who

930
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,600
Speaker 1: are know are they're competitive right now, can win that game.

931
00:47:42,800 --> 00:47:46,879
Speaker 1: And now all of a sudden, the Niners quarterback one

932
00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: at a time, but they're saving mc daniels. I don't

933
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:53,160
Speaker 1: know if his job was gonna be in danger, but

934
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,920
Speaker 1: it's definitely not in danger now. Derek Carr is playing

935
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:58,360
Speaker 1: well enough to raise his trade value so that they

936
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:02,440
Speaker 1: can bring in debt Tom Brady next year to reunite.

937
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:06,280
Speaker 1: Because also, you like you looked at that Niners Chiefs

938
00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:09,240
Speaker 1: conclusion of the season, the Chiefs could be sitting players

939
00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 1: that week, and you're passing. You're passing your little Patriots,

940
00:48:13,080 --> 00:48:17,680
Speaker 1: Greg and the Charger the wild card round. I would say, like,

941
00:48:18,120 --> 00:48:19,719
Speaker 1: let don't worry about who the Raiders have been all year.

942
00:48:19,719 --> 00:48:21,919
Speaker 1: If they are who they like the last two weeks.

943
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 1: If you get this team, every every squad that Dan

944
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:28,000
Speaker 1: just mentioned could be felled by the Raiders. Chandler Chandler

945
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 1: Jones is speaking at Jenga pieces. He's been the opposite

946
00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: of that this year. But if he turned turned it

947
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:37,920
Speaker 1: on and was Chandler Jones opposite Max Crosby, there's just

948
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:41,640
Speaker 1: a lot here after some heartbreaking losses for this team

949
00:48:42,120 --> 00:48:45,359
Speaker 1: they profile is a very interesting team. They profiled as

950
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 1: a team that should be close to five hundred, and

951
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:50,440
Speaker 1: now they're getting there. But can they pass the Jets.

952
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:52,440
Speaker 1: That's what they'd have to do to make the playoffs.

953
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:56,760
Speaker 1: So I didn't think of that to get off that. Alright,

954
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:03,840
Speaker 1: let's and we'll be right back. All right, here we go,

955
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:10,520
Speaker 1: Welcome back. Sometimes the real shows what happens during the

956
00:49:10,560 --> 00:49:14,239
Speaker 1: break absolutely, I mean, these guys, it's like they're just

957
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:16,640
Speaker 1: buddy is. It's like that's the show. Well, now Greg

958
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:21,400
Speaker 1: revealed something that I would categorize it's it's disturbing. Uh interesting,

959
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:22,840
Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna share that at the end of

960
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:25,719
Speaker 1: the show. Yeah, well we will. All right, let's move

961
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:30,240
Speaker 1: on to Houston, where a certain quarterback made his season debut.

962
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:34,160
Speaker 1: At the two on the punt, Donovan People's shoves back

963
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:36,879
Speaker 1: and back and catches at he's forty five. Now where

964
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:39,280
Speaker 1: is he gonna go? Hut's right out of a tackle,

965
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:48,719
Speaker 1: lot of another tackle. Thirty. That's fun. He's gone touchdown

966
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 1: this year. There it is Donovan People's jones with the

967
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:58,640
Speaker 1: punt score. So yeah, Deshaun Watson returned first game in

968
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:01,440
Speaker 1: seven hundred days. But it is that d p J

969
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 1: score plus two defensive touchdowns by Cleveland that was the

970
00:50:06,200 --> 00:50:12,600
Speaker 1: difference in win over the woe begone Houston Texans who

971
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:15,440
Speaker 1: fall to one ten and one. They don't want anything

972
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:17,759
Speaker 1: to do with the dub because they want that first

973
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: pick Nick Shook and now it joins us from Ohio Shook. Uh.

974
00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: Let's start with the obvious. The game we knew was

975
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,759
Speaker 1: that pumping was able to do two things at once.

976
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:35,440
Speaker 1: The Cleveland Rounds better beat the Texans. Everybody better beat

977
00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 1: the Texans. But everybody wants to know how did DeShawn

978
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:41,480
Speaker 1: Watson look in his first game in seven hundred days.

979
00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:47,040
Speaker 1: Predictably rusty, maybe even more than people anticipated. Left a

980
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:50,200
Speaker 1: lot of throws short, every pass, almost every pass he

981
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:52,840
Speaker 1: had had a diving down effect on it skipped a

982
00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:56,600
Speaker 1: lot of balls at the feet of intended targets, and

983
00:50:56,760 --> 00:50:58,560
Speaker 1: you can see their frustration throughout the game as they

984
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:00,880
Speaker 1: they knew they're open. He just wasn't delivering the ball.

985
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 1: But there were glimpses where you saw the Deshaun Watson

986
00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:04,839
Speaker 1: of old where it's like, hey, maybe if he gets

987
00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:07,080
Speaker 1: more comfortable and more in rhythm and this offense, he

988
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:09,239
Speaker 1: can complete passes. It's just the fact that he hasn't

989
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:11,719
Speaker 1: played in nearly two years. The speed of the game

990
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:14,920
Speaker 1: was visibly affecting him. He looked skittish in the pocket.

991
00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:16,800
Speaker 1: He looked like he wasn't used to being, you know,

992
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:19,400
Speaker 1: pressured by a live pass rush. And he also has

993
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:21,240
Speaker 1: to fit in this offense over time, so it was rusty.

994
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:23,160
Speaker 1: It wasn't a great game from him. And I'll tell

995
00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:26,440
Speaker 1: you what guys against like twenty nine other opponents in

996
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:29,560
Speaker 1: the league, the Browns probably lose this game because Houston's

997
00:51:29,560 --> 00:51:32,960
Speaker 1: own deficiencies and just struggles in general or what produced

998
00:51:32,960 --> 00:51:34,719
Speaker 1: a lot of these points of the Browns. Uh, and

999
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:36,680
Speaker 1: the fact that Kyle Allen's playing there. I can't imagine

1000
00:51:36,680 --> 00:51:38,360
Speaker 1: the Kyle Allens any better. Than Davis Mills. But I

1001
00:51:38,440 --> 00:51:41,319
Speaker 1: know they're working, they're worried about so it doesn't matter

1002
00:51:41,360 --> 00:51:43,839
Speaker 1: either way. If they weren't playing the Texans, they probably

1003
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:45,759
Speaker 1: lose this game because they don't get those opportunities. But

1004
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:48,040
Speaker 1: credit to them, they had capitalize. Most of it did

1005
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:50,520
Speaker 1: not have to do with the Shawn Watson, uh little

1006
00:51:50,600 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 1: glimpses of potential being better. You know, first game back,

1007
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:57,720
Speaker 1: it's it's pretty expected. Nothing surprising. There, nothing shocking, stunning

1008
00:51:58,160 --> 00:52:01,120
Speaker 1: or impressive. Either. They're lucky that they scored in every

1009
00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:03,960
Speaker 1: other possible way a team can score. And basically, I

1010
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:06,160
Speaker 1: mean every time I looked up, they were showing cut

1011
00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:09,520
Speaker 1: ups to your point of Watson's ball like throws essentially

1012
00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:11,839
Speaker 1: landing the feet of receivers. It looked a little bit

1013
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:15,120
Speaker 1: like his very brief preseason action. So I think you're right,

1014
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:19,040
Speaker 1: he's just extremely rusty. And it's a hard ask to go.

1015
00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:20,800
Speaker 1: I know that, you know they're essentially out of the

1016
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:24,320
Speaker 1: playoff race barring a major surge, But to make this

1017
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:27,520
Speaker 1: transition right now off of a Jacoby Pricette led offense

1018
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:29,680
Speaker 1: that seemed to just be working in different ways. I

1019
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:32,400
Speaker 1: thought that Watson's presence in there. Took away from the

1020
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:34,400
Speaker 1: ground game, It took away from everything, and it's like,

1021
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:36,480
Speaker 1: all right, so what's the rest of the season. I

1022
00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:38,879
Speaker 1: mean maybe when when do we expect him to look

1023
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:41,320
Speaker 1: kind of on board and fresh here? I mean, this

1024
00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:43,239
Speaker 1: was not the player that traded for the guy who

1025
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:45,960
Speaker 1: saw today. Yeah. I think this is one of those

1026
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,279
Speaker 1: instances in which, if you got a full length of

1027
00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:50,319
Speaker 1: a season to get your feet under you, that by

1028
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:51,960
Speaker 1: the time they got to this point in the year,

1029
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:54,040
Speaker 1: they'd be humming. It's just the fact that, you know,

1030
00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:55,839
Speaker 1: you drop them into week thirteen. This is the guy

1031
00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:58,040
Speaker 1: who hadn't seemed live reps in close to two years,

1032
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:00,880
Speaker 1: You're gonna have issues. It just looked like he wasn't comfortable.

1033
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:02,759
Speaker 1: He wasn't used to the speed of the game. And

1034
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:05,520
Speaker 1: the only thing that cures that much like a rookie quarterback,

1035
00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:08,399
Speaker 1: is more game reps. So like a again, like I said,

1036
00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:10,440
Speaker 1: you can't be too surprised by the fact that he

1037
00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:13,200
Speaker 1: struggled there. Uh, if you expected a lot from him,

1038
00:53:13,239 --> 00:53:14,799
Speaker 1: I think you were. You know, if they were playing

1039
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:17,680
Speaker 1: the Texans, like this is the worst performance by any

1040
00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:20,960
Speaker 1: quarterback against the Texans this year, probably by a lot

1041
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:24,279
Speaker 1: they had three points offensively essentially because one of the

1042
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:26,160
Speaker 1: two field goals they got were just off of a

1043
00:53:26,560 --> 00:53:30,560
Speaker 1: turnover where they go three and out. So he played

1044
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:34,400
Speaker 1: absolutely terribly. And then after the game, you know, they

1045
00:53:34,719 --> 00:53:39,040
Speaker 1: asked him questions. The Browns media arm don't let anyone

1046
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:42,520
Speaker 1: from Houston ask any questions, which is wild. They they

1047
00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:45,200
Speaker 1: the Cleveland media and some national media asked them the questions,

1048
00:53:45,239 --> 00:53:47,239
Speaker 1: but no one that was there from the Houston media

1049
00:53:47,280 --> 00:53:49,479
Speaker 1: got got called on you have to raise your hands

1050
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:52,719
Speaker 1: to ask him a question. And they asked a question

1051
00:53:52,719 --> 00:53:55,200
Speaker 1: from Jenny Renzos to whether he feels any remorse, and

1052
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:57,120
Speaker 1: he just you know, of what goes on, and he

1053
00:53:57,200 --> 00:54:00,160
Speaker 1: decides not to answer it at all, just saying he's

1054
00:54:00,160 --> 00:54:02,320
Speaker 1: happy to be back on the field, and it just

1055
00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:04,480
Speaker 1: sort of kicks the can. I know these questions are

1056
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:07,120
Speaker 1: gonna slow down, but I think it does kick the

1057
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:09,000
Speaker 1: can down the field that like, people aren't going to

1058
00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:13,000
Speaker 1: move on when he's strict like that. I think he's

1059
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:15,640
Speaker 1: gonna keep kicking the can until people stop asking. But

1060
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:18,920
Speaker 1: people would here's the thing, people would move on so

1061
00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:23,120
Speaker 1: quickly if if if he had even the a modicum

1062
00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:26,320
Speaker 1: of feeling like he did anything wrong or admitted that

1063
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:29,080
Speaker 1: he did anything saying that his his his legal team

1064
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:31,759
Speaker 1: is telling him not to say anything. Some of this stuff, sure,

1065
00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:34,040
Speaker 1: but some of them have nothing to do with legal questions.

1066
00:54:34,120 --> 00:54:36,120
Speaker 1: As Jenny Brenton, I think you should be allowed to

1067
00:54:36,360 --> 00:54:40,439
Speaker 1: answer the question. Well, think he's cynical. Maybe he's waiting

1068
00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:42,120
Speaker 1: to turn it into a pay day in the offseason

1069
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:44,800
Speaker 1: and do some type of big interview or something, or

1070
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:47,000
Speaker 1: we're expecting him to have a reaction that he's simply

1071
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:48,800
Speaker 1: that's not who he is. But he wasn't ready for

1072
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:50,880
Speaker 1: the moment today, like on the field, like going to

1073
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:53,360
Speaker 1: Houston and playing like he was not ready, and he

1074
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 1: got bailed out. And you know, they do get the

1075
00:54:55,719 --> 00:54:59,120
Speaker 1: win and get to five and seven and and Baltimore

1076
00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:01,920
Speaker 1: loses their quarterback when you get to that later and

1077
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:03,960
Speaker 1: you almost almost were like, oh, what's going on in

1078
00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:06,640
Speaker 1: the a f C North. But the Ravens do get

1079
00:55:06,719 --> 00:55:09,279
Speaker 1: that win. So the Cleveland is still very much kind

1080
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:11,680
Speaker 1: of in play out the string and Watson is going

1081
00:55:11,719 --> 00:55:14,440
Speaker 1: to use the rest of the season same record as yours.

1082
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:17,360
Speaker 1: The Browns just for what it's worth it. They do

1083
00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:19,719
Speaker 1: have to play in Cincinnati next week and how was

1084
00:55:19,800 --> 00:55:22,600
Speaker 1: the response from the fans in Houston. Obviously that's another

1085
00:55:22,719 --> 00:55:25,800
Speaker 1: subplot with this return. Played his whole career until this

1086
00:55:25,920 --> 00:55:29,600
Speaker 1: point in Texans, before everything that went down. Yeah, it

1087
00:55:29,680 --> 00:55:32,640
Speaker 1: was a subplot that was covered plenty on Twitter. Um,

1088
00:55:32,880 --> 00:55:35,160
Speaker 1: you know, videos of him signing autographs for Browns and

1089
00:55:35,320 --> 00:55:37,840
Speaker 1: Texans fans before the game. The only real reception I

1090
00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:40,600
Speaker 1: noticed the entire game was his first few snaps. There

1091
00:55:40,719 --> 00:55:43,200
Speaker 1: was some audible bowl booze on the broadcast. There was

1092
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:46,880
Speaker 1: audible you know, just like that kind of like low

1093
00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:49,759
Speaker 1: roar from a fan, you know, the fan base that

1094
00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:51,480
Speaker 1: we're booing him as he took his first naps. That

1095
00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:53,600
Speaker 1: was it. I mean, there weren't that many people at

1096
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:56,560
Speaker 1: this game, right, not exactly like a rowdy fan base

1097
00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:58,319
Speaker 1: at this point, Like you have to pay anything if

1098
00:55:58,360 --> 00:56:00,640
Speaker 1: you were expecting seventy thousand people able to pour into

1099
00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:03,600
Speaker 1: that building and just boo him from start to finish. Well,

1100
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:06,040
Speaker 1: the fact that the Texans are one ten and one

1101
00:56:06,920 --> 00:56:08,839
Speaker 1: take some of the air out of that balloon as well.

1102
00:56:08,960 --> 00:56:14,400
Speaker 1: So anyway, let's move on, Shookie and head to the meadowlands.

1103
00:56:15,320 --> 00:56:18,279
Speaker 1: Let's move on. Five seconds to go it over time

1104
00:56:18,600 --> 00:56:20,560
Speaker 1: and grabbed you know, could send his team home a

1105
00:56:20,640 --> 00:56:26,680
Speaker 1: winner or both leaving with a toe t Get there,

1106
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:32,719
Speaker 1: get there, Get there, and Washington and New York are

1107
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:39,919
Speaker 1: gonna settle for a twenty tie in round one. See

1108
00:56:39,960 --> 00:56:42,919
Speaker 1: him again. It's not a weird, but it's not a loss.

1109
00:56:44,280 --> 00:56:47,040
Speaker 1: He's covered all those bases, some of that analysis there. Yea.

1110
00:56:48,719 --> 00:56:50,960
Speaker 1: All that was absent was the kissing your sister portion

1111
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:53,600
Speaker 1: of it, which is thrown around. It is like kissing

1112
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:55,879
Speaker 1: your sister. I don't have a sister, so I can't.

1113
00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:58,319
Speaker 1: I have no reference. It's a good it's a maybe

1114
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:02,919
Speaker 1: a bit tired, but it's spot on because there's nothing

1115
00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:08,600
Speaker 1: to celebrate. Ram Weinstein, London Fletcher, Julie Donaldson, w B.

1116
00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:10,520
Speaker 1: I g you not to argue it's not a defeat

1117
00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:15,359
Speaker 1: though either, is that? Yeah, it's a tie, all right.

1118
00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:20,400
Speaker 1: The Giants end to two game losing streak. The Commanders

1119
00:57:21,280 --> 00:57:24,560
Speaker 1: their winning streak ends, but they are unbeaten. And this

1120
00:57:24,680 --> 00:57:26,600
Speaker 1: is gross. I hate all that hype in one for

1121
00:57:26,720 --> 00:57:30,880
Speaker 1: Boll teams shooking. It's disgusting, it's gross. It's the worst

1122
00:57:30,920 --> 00:57:33,360
Speaker 1: part about it, if you're a fan of uniformity, is

1123
00:57:33,400 --> 00:57:35,840
Speaker 1: looking at the standings and seeing the number Dash, number Dash.

1124
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:38,840
Speaker 1: It's the worst. I mean, it just ruins everything. Four

1125
00:57:38,920 --> 00:57:41,800
Speaker 1: teams mard our schedule, especially when it comes to like

1126
00:57:41,880 --> 00:57:45,160
Speaker 1: the playoffs scenarios when we get closer. Because of this,

1127
00:57:45,440 --> 00:57:50,040
Speaker 1: it's gonna be so messy with with two weeks ago

1128
00:57:50,920 --> 00:57:55,320
Speaker 1: and you're tying and nobody, nobody complicates matters more than

1129
00:57:55,360 --> 00:57:58,280
Speaker 1: the Commanders done in the last six or seven weeks.

1130
00:57:58,320 --> 00:58:02,880
Speaker 1: They get the great Yeah, they should be the Washington complicators,

1131
00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:05,320
Speaker 1: not the Commanders. Come on, let's get the branding on track.

1132
00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:07,040
Speaker 1: I mean, you know what, I give them credit because

1133
00:58:07,040 --> 00:58:08,600
Speaker 1: they fought their way back in this game. It was

1134
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:11,760
Speaker 1: Taylor Heineke leading a touchdown drive within the final two minutes,

1135
00:58:12,080 --> 00:58:14,440
Speaker 1: you know, earning more compliments from his teammates who want

1136
00:58:14,440 --> 00:58:16,480
Speaker 1: to talk about his courage and his onions and everything

1137
00:58:16,520 --> 00:58:18,960
Speaker 1: else that he carries around. But at the end, they

1138
00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:21,280
Speaker 1: couldn't get the job done in overtime. The Giants couldn't

1139
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:22,960
Speaker 1: get the job done in the second half. What do

1140
00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:25,720
Speaker 1: you say about a tie? You can't lead toward focusing

1141
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:28,120
Speaker 1: on one team more than the other. The only good thing, though, guys,

1142
00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:31,040
Speaker 1: the Giants offense started to figure it out again. You know,

1143
00:58:31,080 --> 00:58:34,000
Speaker 1: they've been pretty bad for the last month. Daniel Jones

1144
00:58:34,080 --> 00:58:37,120
Speaker 1: had his most rushing yards and since weeks seven, uh,

1145
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:39,240
Speaker 1: that became a feature part of their offense again it's

1146
00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:41,760
Speaker 1: been gone for a while. S Quon under four yards

1147
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:44,400
Speaker 1: to carry but made a difference, and Danny Danny Dimes

1148
00:58:44,440 --> 00:58:45,760
Speaker 1: throwing the ball around the field a little bit. They

1149
00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:50,240
Speaker 1: just couldn't come up our buddy, friend of the show,

1150
00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:52,680
Speaker 1: best friend of the show, so might say. Cavon Thibodeaux

1151
00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:56,280
Speaker 1: has the blindside sack of Heineke at the Commander's one

1152
00:58:56,360 --> 00:58:59,919
Speaker 1: yard line in ot and that sets up a fifth

1153
00:59:00,040 --> 00:59:02,200
Speaker 1: the eight yard field goal by Graham Gono that we

1154
00:59:02,320 --> 00:59:04,760
Speaker 1: heard that fell short. It's like, man, that's on a

1155
00:59:04,880 --> 00:59:07,640
Speaker 1: platter to go win a ball game. Moved down the

1156
00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:09,480
Speaker 1: field twenty yards or so, and they and they just

1157
00:59:09,520 --> 00:59:12,240
Speaker 1: couldn't do it. They didn't have time though. That was

1158
00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:16,200
Speaker 1: after Brian Dable essentially played for the tie, both coaches

1159
00:59:16,680 --> 00:59:21,760
Speaker 1: playing for Yeah, they played for the tie. The Washington clarification,

1160
00:59:22,080 --> 00:59:25,840
Speaker 1: I you know, it wasn't. It was a little annoyed

1161
00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:29,640
Speaker 1: by Dable's decision to punt. There they we this game,

1162
00:59:30,080 --> 00:59:32,760
Speaker 1: you're right, shook was It's very hard to come up

1163
00:59:32,760 --> 00:59:34,960
Speaker 1: with what to say about it, because we had two

1164
00:59:35,080 --> 00:59:40,360
Speaker 1: punting decisions on fourth down in opponent's territory. In overtime,

1165
00:59:41,080 --> 00:59:43,120
Speaker 1: Rivera was a fourth and nine, but still they had

1166
00:59:43,160 --> 00:59:45,080
Speaker 1: a point where it was six second and seven at

1167
00:59:45,120 --> 00:59:47,560
Speaker 1: the forty one of the Giants in overtime. You think

1168
00:59:47,640 --> 00:59:50,040
Speaker 1: this game is just about over because they're moving the ball.

1169
00:59:50,120 --> 00:59:52,080
Speaker 1: Then they go backwards a couple of plays, they decide

1170
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:55,200
Speaker 1: to punt, Table decides to punt as well. I think

1171
00:59:55,240 --> 00:59:59,360
Speaker 1: it was fourth and five after they botched a couple plays.

1172
00:59:59,760 --> 01:00:01,640
Speaker 1: All so there was one in the backfield where where

1173
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:03,440
Speaker 1: it was third and one and overtime, and two of

1174
01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:06,120
Speaker 1: their players in the backfield run into each other. I

1175
01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:09,120
Speaker 1: disagree a little bit with you shook on their offense.

1176
01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:11,720
Speaker 1: If only, the Giants said, is if only because, like

1177
01:00:11,840 --> 01:00:14,800
Speaker 1: I thought, Daniel Jones played near perfect for three quarters

1178
01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:18,400
Speaker 1: and was coming up with a lot of plays where

1179
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:22,840
Speaker 1: he really wasn't protected very well. Alan and Payne really dominated,

1180
01:00:23,240 --> 01:00:25,760
Speaker 1: and he had to play perfect for them to just

1181
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:28,640
Speaker 1: be up a touchdown against the Commanders. The Commanders to

1182
01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:31,640
Speaker 1: me look like a better team, a more talented team overall,

1183
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:34,400
Speaker 1: and yet they were in a position where if they

1184
01:00:34,440 --> 01:00:37,480
Speaker 1: could get one fourth dound stop, that's the Giants. The

1185
01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:40,000
Speaker 1: game is over. And Taylor Heineke, who did not play

1186
01:00:40,040 --> 01:00:42,120
Speaker 1: a good game until that point, gave the other team

1187
01:00:42,160 --> 01:00:45,040
Speaker 1: a lot of chances. Is rolling left and throws a

1188
01:00:45,240 --> 01:00:48,720
Speaker 1: total dime on the run, sprinting left and another dime

1189
01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:51,240
Speaker 1: after that. I have to admit Heinech like just shows

1190
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:54,000
Speaker 1: up in the biggest spots, Like I was impressed by Heinech.

1191
01:00:54,120 --> 01:00:56,400
Speaker 1: If if nothing else, I'm picking the Commanders the next

1192
01:00:56,440 --> 01:00:58,680
Speaker 1: time these teams play in two weeks. I feel like

1193
01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:00,800
Speaker 1: the Giants got a little lucky. So how does it

1194
01:01:00,880 --> 01:01:03,080
Speaker 1: work for Key with the nikes? By the way, does

1195
01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:05,160
Speaker 1: he get one air Jordan's? Does he need to tie

1196
01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:08,959
Speaker 1: in them the other? Stay off that charade this week? Right, Chook?

1197
01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:11,840
Speaker 1: Take us through it? I mean, I hope. So what

1198
01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:13,480
Speaker 1: are you gonna walk around with one shoe on and

1199
01:01:13,520 --> 01:01:15,840
Speaker 1: a sandal on the other. We can't do this. But no,

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01:01:16,080 --> 01:01:18,280
Speaker 1: to your point, Greg, I think you know that we

1201
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:19,880
Speaker 1: know the Giants are operating in a bit of a

1202
01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:22,440
Speaker 1: talent deficit. That's why their story has been so compelling

1203
01:01:22,520 --> 01:01:25,240
Speaker 1: this season. I was really disappointed in Brian Dable putting

1204
01:01:25,240 --> 01:01:26,960
Speaker 1: them in the situation that they did that led to

1205
01:01:27,080 --> 01:01:29,240
Speaker 1: the punt, which was that confusion in the backfield. I

1206
01:01:29,240 --> 01:01:30,840
Speaker 1: don't know if there was a communication issue or they

1207
01:01:30,880 --> 01:01:32,760
Speaker 1: were trying to get a little too complex. Pick up

1208
01:01:32,800 --> 01:01:35,560
Speaker 1: the first down, Take it in small bits. You need

1209
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:37,520
Speaker 1: three points. You don't need to go try and be

1210
01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:40,360
Speaker 1: a hero in this game. In games like that, that's

1211
01:01:40,360 --> 01:01:41,920
Speaker 1: gonna matter at the end of the season. When you

1212
01:01:41,960 --> 01:01:43,680
Speaker 1: end up tying in this game, not only is gonna

1213
01:01:43,680 --> 01:01:46,360
Speaker 1: make us mad about the standings, it's gonna matter overall

1214
01:01:46,440 --> 01:01:48,040
Speaker 1: with where you can actually go, whether you can reach

1215
01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:50,600
Speaker 1: the player. Can I argue though, that like a tie

1216
01:01:50,720 --> 01:01:54,600
Speaker 1: between Washington and that this year's New York Giants is perfect.

1217
01:01:56,320 --> 01:01:59,320
Speaker 1: I don't see one is clearly better. Another tie. We

1218
01:01:59,400 --> 01:02:03,160
Speaker 1: need another in two weeks when they play again, that

1219
01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:05,560
Speaker 1: would be even even even it out. And I think

1220
01:02:05,600 --> 01:02:08,080
Speaker 1: for the Giant in the NFC, especially where that seventh seed,

1221
01:02:08,120 --> 01:02:10,720
Speaker 1: you might not need. Maybe you do, maybe you don't

1222
01:02:10,760 --> 01:02:13,200
Speaker 1: need to have a great record. Like avoiding another loss.

1223
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:17,640
Speaker 1: I almost feel like it was a moral victory somehow

1224
01:02:17,880 --> 01:02:19,600
Speaker 1: for the New York Giants. All right, so let's go.

1225
01:02:19,880 --> 01:02:22,240
Speaker 1: Let's just set it up real quick, then, because the

1226
01:02:22,320 --> 01:02:24,760
Speaker 1: Giants get the Eagles next week, and let's just let's

1227
01:02:24,760 --> 01:02:26,880
Speaker 1: give him the L. Who knows, You never know, but

1228
01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:29,720
Speaker 1: let's say they get the L there. That sets up

1229
01:02:29,720 --> 01:02:32,920
Speaker 1: a rematch with Washington. It feels like to me, whoever

1230
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:35,560
Speaker 1: wins the Battle of seven five and ones is going

1231
01:02:35,600 --> 01:02:38,120
Speaker 1: to get that last playoff spot because you're gonna have

1232
01:02:38,280 --> 01:02:40,600
Speaker 1: the win there and that will be in the mix.

1233
01:02:40,680 --> 01:02:43,200
Speaker 1: We've got five weeks to go here. One that hype

1234
01:02:43,240 --> 01:02:45,640
Speaker 1: and one is going to cause a lot of respect

1235
01:02:45,680 --> 01:02:48,720
Speaker 1: because these are two teams that everyone refuses to respect,

1236
01:02:49,680 --> 01:02:52,760
Speaker 1: including the Taylor Heineke slander. He's just a guy coming

1237
01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:57,160
Speaker 1: in doing the best Deekennony through. Actually those throws were incredible,

1238
01:02:57,480 --> 01:02:59,960
Speaker 1: But I tried to give the Giants respect here. I

1239
01:03:00,200 --> 01:03:03,080
Speaker 1: was rooting on the Giants in the lock, in the uh,

1240
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:07,080
Speaker 1: in the newsroom like they were my team. Every Giants

1241
01:03:07,120 --> 01:03:09,840
Speaker 1: fan is always saying, like, you're so down on the Giants,

1242
01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:15,440
Speaker 1: admit it. Mark Every Giants fans for the Giants, and

1243
01:03:15,520 --> 01:03:19,400
Speaker 1: they let me down. Um, your Heinekey analysis there, I

1244
01:03:19,560 --> 01:03:22,200
Speaker 1: loved it after just three words. He's just a guy.

1245
01:03:24,080 --> 01:03:28,920
Speaker 1: He's doing exactly what they asked him to do. He

1246
01:03:29,040 --> 01:03:31,840
Speaker 1: doesn't get the money that he wins. Uh. I think

1247
01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:34,080
Speaker 1: he gets an incentive for every win, and so he

1248
01:03:34,120 --> 01:03:38,400
Speaker 1: doesn't get that they did in the face by your sister.

1249
01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:40,280
Speaker 1: They asked Ron Rivera what his message was to the

1250
01:03:40,360 --> 01:03:42,640
Speaker 1: team after this, and he simply said, I wasn't quite

1251
01:03:42,680 --> 01:03:45,520
Speaker 1: sure what to say. I think that's sometimes just own

1252
01:03:45,560 --> 01:03:47,120
Speaker 1: it as a coach. This was a weird one go

1253
01:03:47,240 --> 01:03:51,560
Speaker 1: home eat dinner point number three and by what we learned, Yes,

1254
01:03:51,800 --> 01:03:55,080
Speaker 1: what do you write about a tie? That's meta and

1255
01:03:55,200 --> 01:03:57,440
Speaker 1: that's why you're the best in the business, Nick Shook.

1256
01:03:57,560 --> 01:04:00,560
Speaker 1: Check him out at NFL dot com and check him

1257
01:04:00,600 --> 01:04:03,440
Speaker 1: every Sunday on the Around the NFL podcast. Thanks buddy,

1258
01:04:04,480 --> 01:04:07,440
Speaker 1: all right, thanks guys like that best in the business,

1259
01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:09,480
Speaker 1: that's uh. I mean when we talk about the A

1260
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:11,760
Speaker 1: T M writers that we have so many good ones.

1261
01:04:12,080 --> 01:04:14,919
Speaker 1: Kevin Patrick, who has been a stalwart for years coming

1262
01:04:14,960 --> 01:04:17,920
Speaker 1: at you on the morning side, Shookie holding it on,

1263
01:04:18,160 --> 01:04:21,240
Speaker 1: I mean holding it down in the PM, gets a

1264
01:04:21,280 --> 01:04:24,960
Speaker 1: little frisky at night with Chokie. Yeah, I'm more thinking

1265
01:04:25,080 --> 01:04:26,520
Speaker 1: if if he is the best in the business side

1266
01:04:26,520 --> 01:04:29,280
Speaker 1: to deny that NFL dot Com might need to open

1267
01:04:29,400 --> 01:04:32,440
Speaker 1: up the purse at some point strings a little bit

1268
01:04:32,480 --> 01:04:35,000
Speaker 1: more money. I would imagine he could use you the

1269
01:04:35,080 --> 01:04:38,040
Speaker 1: representation for one Nick Anthony Shook be happy to if

1270
01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:39,840
Speaker 1: if he's the best in the business, that would be

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Speaker 1: a nice side hustle. Get nice. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: middle name is Anthony, but then he could go by

1273
01:04:45,320 --> 01:04:48,280
Speaker 1: nas and that would be awesome. All right, let's take

1274
01:04:48,320 --> 01:04:53,320
Speaker 1: a break. We'll be right back. I mean, the conversations

1275
01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:56,760
Speaker 1: during the breaks are just mean, not for the entire family.

1276
01:04:57,280 --> 01:05:00,600
Speaker 1: All right, let us move on. It is coming like

1277
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:06,560
Speaker 1: a freight train. This team, this team, this team of

1278
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:10,280
Speaker 1: a t L golf up under center, turns fakes to

1279
01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:13,840
Speaker 1: get the swift thrones and Tom got open the last

1280
01:05:14,320 --> 01:05:19,800
Speaker 1: stay brown, touch down the truck lines. Handle your business, boys,

1281
01:05:19,880 --> 01:05:23,840
Speaker 1: handle your business. That's exactly what you've done today. No

1282
01:05:24,240 --> 01:05:31,840
Speaker 1: hand it take bags. Who will be the team lazy?

1283
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:41,480
Speaker 1: The lights are flash lady, this is your line mark

1284
01:05:41,520 --> 01:05:48,320
Speaker 1: Here you go go on Team the right. See it

1285
01:05:48,400 --> 01:06:00,320
Speaker 1: with your chest lan team e T Yeah. Song that

1286
01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:10,400
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, he got some bongos. I'm sorry, I don't

1287
01:06:10,400 --> 01:06:13,120
Speaker 1: need to catch from the song to the bongos. It's

1288
01:06:13,160 --> 01:06:23,600
Speaker 1: almost too much for me. Bongos, come come, come. Jamal

1289
01:06:23,760 --> 01:06:28,280
Speaker 1: Williams ran for his fourteen touchdown cheese early in the

1290
01:06:28,360 --> 01:06:32,960
Speaker 1: first quarter. If you had Jamal Williams fourteen touchdowns on

1291
01:06:33,120 --> 01:06:36,960
Speaker 1: December four on your Bingo card, I wonder why you

1292
01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:40,960
Speaker 1: have a Bingo card with NFL results. But also that's crazy.

1293
01:06:42,040 --> 01:06:44,920
Speaker 1: The Lions blow out the Jaguars, who were we were

1294
01:06:45,080 --> 01:06:49,920
Speaker 1: just throwing roses at the feet of the Jaguars last Sunday,

1295
01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:54,720
Speaker 1: and yet they could not even hang Greg Rosenthal with

1296
01:06:54,840 --> 01:06:57,960
Speaker 1: the team of a t l who win again to

1297
01:06:58,960 --> 01:07:03,000
Speaker 1: see their offense go up and down the field put

1298
01:07:03,040 --> 01:07:05,240
Speaker 1: a forty burger on him in a game where they

1299
01:07:05,320 --> 01:07:08,000
Speaker 1: only had eight offensive touchdowns. You know how many punts

1300
01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:10,440
Speaker 1: they had in this game? Damn how many zero? You

1301
01:07:10,480 --> 01:07:13,360
Speaker 1: know many turnovers they had in this game on offense?

1302
01:07:13,680 --> 01:07:20,040
Speaker 1: Zero zero. It's a perfect game. Four touchdowns, four field goals.

1303
01:07:20,440 --> 01:07:24,800
Speaker 1: That's what it takes to get Mark Sessler, they would have.

1304
01:07:25,120 --> 01:07:27,120
Speaker 1: I already told you I believe it after the Bills game.

1305
01:07:27,240 --> 01:07:29,840
Speaker 1: They had to do is win. But now we feel it.

1306
01:07:30,280 --> 01:07:33,160
Speaker 1: I feel it starting just the creep out of you. Mark,

1307
01:07:33,360 --> 01:07:36,360
Speaker 1: I feel like you're really starting to understand what's happening

1308
01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:39,120
Speaker 1: with this team that they believe in each other. Dan Campbell,

1309
01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:40,760
Speaker 1: do we have anything from Dan on this? She agreed

1310
01:07:40,760 --> 01:07:43,320
Speaker 1: with that, do we have anything we have Jared Goff,

1311
01:07:43,720 --> 01:07:45,880
Speaker 1: let's hear from Jared Goff. Um taking care of the

1312
01:07:45,920 --> 01:07:48,680
Speaker 1: ball on offense, causing turnovers on defense, and and cleaning

1313
01:07:48,720 --> 01:07:51,440
Speaker 1: the kicking. That's a pretty good formula and we've been

1314
01:07:51,480 --> 01:07:53,560
Speaker 1: doing that and UM, it feels good. That was as

1315
01:07:53,600 --> 01:07:55,480
Speaker 1: complete team win as I've been a part of, UM

1316
01:07:55,640 --> 01:07:59,920
Speaker 1: and it was really really well done. And Jared who

1317
01:08:01,720 --> 01:08:05,000
Speaker 1: there I understand Jared Goff never took home the big

1318
01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:06,760
Speaker 1: ring with the Rens, but he did go to a

1319
01:08:06,840 --> 01:08:09,320
Speaker 1: Super Bowl and was on some really good offenses in

1320
01:08:09,400 --> 01:08:12,720
Speaker 1: Los Angeles, and that was the best team win he's

1321
01:08:12,760 --> 01:08:15,120
Speaker 1: ever been a part of. He's sticking into Sean McVeigh

1322
01:08:15,200 --> 01:08:19,120
Speaker 1: range impressiveness. It started with just a bit of good

1323
01:08:19,240 --> 01:08:21,880
Speaker 1: luck for Jared Goff in the in the Lions offense

1324
01:08:21,960 --> 01:08:23,840
Speaker 1: where he had a tip pass at the goal line

1325
01:08:23,880 --> 01:08:26,320
Speaker 1: that could have been intercepted and ended up leading to

1326
01:08:26,439 --> 01:08:28,920
Speaker 1: a touchdown. After that, it was perfect. And it's partly

1327
01:08:28,920 --> 01:08:31,400
Speaker 1: because we got everyone back here, not everyone on the

1328
01:08:31,439 --> 01:08:36,040
Speaker 1: offensive line for for the Lions, but offensively. DJ Shark

1329
01:08:36,280 --> 01:08:39,120
Speaker 1: is healthy again and Goff hit him on a beautiful

1330
01:08:39,200 --> 01:08:41,400
Speaker 1: goal ball for about forty one yards. He ends up

1331
01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:44,240
Speaker 1: with five for ninetyman ross st Brown been healthy most

1332
01:08:44,320 --> 01:08:47,040
Speaker 1: of the year, but he's fully healthy now. Eleven for one,

1333
01:08:47,160 --> 01:08:50,920
Speaker 1: fourteen in two. DeAndre Swift is finally actually healthy. Maybe

1334
01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:53,240
Speaker 1: it was the mini buy for the Thursday night game

1335
01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:56,519
Speaker 1: for for forty nine in the air, fourteen for sixty

1336
01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:58,720
Speaker 1: two and a touch. They look different when they have

1337
01:08:59,320 --> 01:09:03,960
Speaker 1: everyone on offense. Golf was feeling it. This Jaguars defense

1338
01:09:04,120 --> 01:09:06,640
Speaker 1: hasn't been there, and I think a lot of a

1339
01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:08,599
Speaker 1: lot of the credit has to go to Ben Johnson,

1340
01:09:08,720 --> 01:09:11,200
Speaker 1: I think, the offensive coordinator for the Lions that has

1341
01:09:11,240 --> 01:09:13,360
Speaker 1: done as good a job taking the talent that he

1342
01:09:13,479 --> 01:09:18,000
Speaker 1: has in making them into a really inventive top five

1343
01:09:18,120 --> 01:09:21,360
Speaker 1: offense this year. Ben Johnson might be getting some interviews

1344
01:09:21,400 --> 01:09:23,320
Speaker 1: I think after this season, which they were I mean

1345
01:09:23,680 --> 01:09:26,120
Speaker 1: statistically for the early part of the year too. I mean,

1346
01:09:26,120 --> 01:09:27,439
Speaker 1: I think the thing is, like you look at the

1347
01:09:27,520 --> 01:09:31,839
Speaker 1: Thanksgiving Day performance by Golf, the meltdown, the team meltdown,

1348
01:09:31,880 --> 01:09:34,200
Speaker 1: and Golf missing that throw at the end overshadows what

1349
01:09:34,320 --> 01:09:37,640
Speaker 1: was a really strong performance. Three plus quarters. He's done it.

1350
01:09:37,720 --> 01:09:40,120
Speaker 1: Again today fits really well into this. And if I'm

1351
01:09:40,200 --> 01:09:43,320
Speaker 1: on ros st Brown were on the Dallas Cowboys, he'd

1352
01:09:43,360 --> 01:09:45,360
Speaker 1: be leading the league in like Jersey Sales. I think

1353
01:09:45,400 --> 01:09:47,360
Speaker 1: it's just because he's kind of couched away on the Lions.

1354
01:09:48,040 --> 01:09:51,760
Speaker 1: This guy has been unbelievably as consistent a young wide

1355
01:09:51,760 --> 01:09:54,040
Speaker 1: receiver is there is out there right now, and I

1356
01:09:54,160 --> 01:09:59,600
Speaker 1: think him crushing this line I mean Jaguars secondary is

1357
01:09:59,640 --> 01:10:02,400
Speaker 1: sort of, uh a reminder of coaching because I don't

1358
01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:04,960
Speaker 1: think the lines are that talented offensively, and the Jaguars

1359
01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:08,640
Speaker 1: have the second highest paid defense in the league. They

1360
01:10:08,720 --> 01:10:11,479
Speaker 1: have a very few spots on their defense where you're

1361
01:10:11,520 --> 01:10:14,360
Speaker 1: thinking like, oh, this is a young you know, up

1362
01:10:14,400 --> 01:10:17,240
Speaker 1: and coming player. There's injured I mean injuries. They do

1363
01:10:17,360 --> 01:10:18,960
Speaker 1: have young up and coming players, I should say, but

1364
01:10:19,080 --> 01:10:21,280
Speaker 1: it's guys who they want to build around or free

1365
01:10:21,360 --> 01:10:26,960
Speaker 1: agent acquisitions. And they've been pretty terrible this year on defense.

1366
01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:29,080
Speaker 1: And this was another game. And then you watch the

1367
01:10:29,120 --> 01:10:31,479
Speaker 1: Lions defense on the other hand, who have really played

1368
01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:35,040
Speaker 1: with great energy since thereby. They've been an average defense

1369
01:10:35,080 --> 01:10:37,720
Speaker 1: statistically since thereby, and this week they were even a

1370
01:10:37,720 --> 01:10:39,400
Speaker 1: little better. They are a team on the come up

1371
01:10:39,439 --> 01:10:43,120
Speaker 1: in the NFC Doug Peterson summed it up a lost

1372
01:10:43,200 --> 01:10:45,360
Speaker 1: day for Jackson. We talked about how great that win

1373
01:10:45,560 --> 01:10:48,599
Speaker 1: was last week, dramatic and Lawrence playing out of his mind.

1374
01:10:48,960 --> 01:10:51,200
Speaker 1: We were kind of shocked to start the game. We

1375
01:10:51,439 --> 01:10:55,479
Speaker 1: were not ready and greggy. If you are indeed as

1376
01:10:55,560 --> 01:10:59,040
Speaker 1: you have been, I think it's been absolutely authentic your

1377
01:10:59,080 --> 01:11:02,200
Speaker 1: passion for these Lions. But if you are a true believer,

1378
01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:05,960
Speaker 1: I look at the NFC playoff picture. We see the

1379
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:08,760
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks in the seventh and final spot at seven

1380
01:11:08,840 --> 01:11:11,439
Speaker 1: and five, and we see the Lions at five and

1381
01:11:11,560 --> 01:11:15,439
Speaker 1: seven in the nine spot. A true believer wants those

1382
01:11:15,479 --> 01:11:18,080
Speaker 1: two teams to flip spots. Are you a true believer?

1383
01:11:18,760 --> 01:11:20,679
Speaker 1: I would love to see the Lions in the playoffs.

1384
01:11:20,760 --> 01:11:23,240
Speaker 1: Let's get the Lions and the Seahawks in the playoffs

1385
01:11:23,400 --> 01:11:28,439
Speaker 1: over the Giants. Can that work? Now about your true beliefs?

1386
01:11:29,080 --> 01:11:34,200
Speaker 1: Can they play the Vikings next week? The Lions? So,

1387
01:11:34,280 --> 01:11:36,160
Speaker 1: of course it is. But then if you're a true believer,

1388
01:11:36,240 --> 01:11:39,080
Speaker 1: they play the Jets the week after. Don't turn this

1389
01:11:39,120 --> 01:11:41,160
Speaker 1: around him? Well, I'm just asking you. You just did

1390
01:11:41,240 --> 01:11:43,160
Speaker 1: that to Greg, so I'm asking you you. Suddenly you're

1391
01:11:43,200 --> 01:11:46,760
Speaker 1: in a bit of a log jam spiritually, of spiritual

1392
01:11:46,920 --> 01:11:49,360
Speaker 1: log jam in that situation. But I think we understand

1393
01:11:49,520 --> 01:11:53,280
Speaker 1: that I get a one week exemption, as we do

1394
01:11:53,439 --> 01:11:55,760
Speaker 1: not understand have to play each other. They already did.

1395
01:11:55,960 --> 01:11:58,960
Speaker 1: Gino won that game forty five. It was a while.

1396
01:11:59,040 --> 01:12:01,680
Speaker 1: Remember Greg's only been the biggest Seahawks fan you know

1397
01:12:01,960 --> 01:12:07,559
Speaker 1: for about three months. My fan Greg and his favorite teams,

1398
01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:10,160
Speaker 1: because there's roughly thirty two of them. One last note

1399
01:12:10,280 --> 01:12:12,240
Speaker 1: quickly about our The team of A T. L. Jamison

1400
01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:14,160
Speaker 1: Williams returned in this game, their first round pick. He

1401
01:12:14,240 --> 01:12:17,560
Speaker 1: only played about six or seven snaps. That's interesting. This

1402
01:12:17,720 --> 01:12:20,800
Speaker 1: interesting that he's coming back, A great young roster and

1403
01:12:21,439 --> 01:12:23,719
Speaker 1: their best, the best pass rusher on the field today.

1404
01:12:23,800 --> 01:12:25,720
Speaker 1: This is why the draft is funky. Number one over,

1405
01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:27,960
Speaker 1: I'll pick Travon Walker at some point. Can we ask

1406
01:12:28,040 --> 01:12:29,640
Speaker 1: for Trayvon Walker to make a point. I don't know.

1407
01:12:29,720 --> 01:12:34,800
Speaker 1: I don't anybody whether he was profiled. Aiden Hutchinson been

1408
01:12:34,840 --> 01:12:37,679
Speaker 1: a solid season. He's been up and down. The best

1409
01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:39,880
Speaker 1: pass rusher that was a rookie on the field today

1410
01:12:40,080 --> 01:12:42,639
Speaker 1: was James Houston, the same guy mentioned a week ago

1411
01:12:42,960 --> 01:12:46,680
Speaker 1: who came out of nowhere. Dion Sanders is program. I

1412
01:12:46,720 --> 01:12:50,360
Speaker 1: think James Houston is my guy, mart marking career game,

1413
01:12:50,439 --> 01:12:52,599
Speaker 1: I believe, And he got another sack and another couple.

1414
01:12:53,800 --> 01:12:59,040
Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. All right, let us move forward.

1415
01:12:59,680 --> 01:13:02,439
Speaker 1: He's both of the Seattle Seahawks. They had the Rams

1416
01:13:03,600 --> 01:13:06,120
Speaker 1: should be a cake walk across the sidewalk. Let's see

1417
01:13:06,120 --> 01:13:19,559
Speaker 1: what happened? Man down? Stay? Are you kidding me? DK

1418
01:13:19,840 --> 01:13:23,720
Speaker 1: Metcalf Ranty was all over him. K put some big

1419
01:13:23,840 --> 01:13:26,920
Speaker 1: mits up and says that ball is mine and the

1420
01:13:27,080 --> 01:13:32,800
Speaker 1: Seals take the lead, big pumped up call there by

1421
01:13:32,840 --> 01:13:37,280
Speaker 1: Steve Rabel of k I R O as DK Metcalf

1422
01:13:37,400 --> 01:13:41,160
Speaker 1: comes down big day from Metcalf with a big catch there,

1423
01:13:41,680 --> 01:13:44,240
Speaker 1: and the Seahawks are able to get out of Sofa

1424
01:13:44,840 --> 01:13:49,519
Speaker 1: with a seven three victory over the Rams, who started

1425
01:13:49,600 --> 01:13:53,320
Speaker 1: John Woolford in place of Matthew Stafford, who, by the way,

1426
01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:56,200
Speaker 1: was moved to I R. And it was reported by

1427
01:13:56,280 --> 01:14:00,000
Speaker 1: Jordan Rodrigue of The Athletic that it's a spinal continue

1428
01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:03,760
Speaker 1: usian uh and we won't be seeing him again this

1429
01:14:03,880 --> 01:14:06,320
Speaker 1: season or maybe at all. That's something to talk about

1430
01:14:06,320 --> 01:14:10,519
Speaker 1: down the line. But anyway, this game, Greg, I'm not

1431
01:14:10,520 --> 01:14:13,400
Speaker 1: gonna beag on the Seahawks during the season. Uh, there

1432
01:14:13,439 --> 01:14:15,599
Speaker 1: are games you're supposed to win that turn into dog

1433
01:14:15,680 --> 01:14:17,400
Speaker 1: fights and you just gotta find a way. And it

1434
01:14:17,479 --> 01:14:19,439
Speaker 1: looks like that's what happened today. Yeah. This was also

1435
01:14:19,479 --> 01:14:23,639
Speaker 1: a Rams team under Sean McVeigh, that's own Pete Carroll

1436
01:14:23,800 --> 01:14:25,960
Speaker 1: I think have one eight out of their last ten.

1437
01:14:26,320 --> 01:14:29,200
Speaker 1: They blew them out, I think their last three times.

1438
01:14:29,320 --> 01:14:32,800
Speaker 1: And the Rams offense, for the first time in a

1439
01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:37,160
Speaker 1: long time, including when Matthew Stafford was playing, looked quite good.

1440
01:14:37,640 --> 01:14:41,519
Speaker 1: John Walford using play action, moved the ball well early

1441
01:14:41,640 --> 01:14:45,040
Speaker 1: in this game. Cam Akers ran for six years to

1442
01:14:45,160 --> 01:14:47,439
Speaker 1: two at Wells, making plays, powals, making plays on the

1443
01:14:47,520 --> 01:14:49,280
Speaker 1: running game. It all felt like a little smoke and

1444
01:14:49,360 --> 01:14:52,320
Speaker 1: mirrors and trick plays. But it's concerning for the Seahawks

1445
01:14:52,400 --> 01:14:55,479
Speaker 1: defense that once again they do not look great and

1446
01:14:55,600 --> 01:14:58,559
Speaker 1: once again they don't have a running game. But they

1447
01:14:58,640 --> 01:15:01,839
Speaker 1: do have a quarterback day and you guys can huckle

1448
01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:08,640
Speaker 1: and chuckle and you could have your little fun. But

1449
01:15:08,720 --> 01:15:11,240
Speaker 1: when you need a game winning, big time drive by

1450
01:15:11,320 --> 01:15:14,280
Speaker 1: Geno Smith, a touchdown to win the game at the

1451
01:15:14,400 --> 01:15:16,880
Speaker 1: end of the fourth quarter, you get it. Nothing else

1452
01:15:17,040 --> 01:15:19,519
Speaker 1: was really working well for the Seahawks today and maybe

1453
01:15:19,560 --> 01:15:21,559
Speaker 1: that's true for the balance of the season. He ends

1454
01:15:21,640 --> 01:15:24,400
Speaker 1: up with three sixty seven and three, and that was

1455
01:15:24,479 --> 01:15:27,640
Speaker 1: a dime to Dk Metcalf. Dk Metcalf was awesome in

1456
01:15:27,720 --> 01:15:29,640
Speaker 1: this game. He beats Jalen Ramsey there the rest of

1457
01:15:29,680 --> 01:15:32,760
Speaker 1: the day. Jalen Ramsey wasn't really on him, but half

1458
01:15:32,840 --> 01:15:37,599
Speaker 1: of Metcalf's catches were in tight quarters, using those strong myths,

1459
01:15:37,720 --> 01:15:42,920
Speaker 1: and he goes one for he was. I looked up

1460
01:15:42,960 --> 01:15:45,559
Speaker 1: at one point when we were watching this and your

1461
01:15:45,640 --> 01:15:47,280
Speaker 1: beloved Geno Smith. And by the way, I feel like

1462
01:15:47,320 --> 01:15:50,080
Speaker 1: I've been praising Geno Smith for like eight You got

1463
01:15:50,160 --> 01:15:52,439
Speaker 1: him in your top ten, and you're he keeps doing

1464
01:15:52,439 --> 01:15:54,799
Speaker 1: a weekend the week. But suddenly he's out there jawing

1465
01:15:54,960 --> 01:15:58,439
Speaker 1: with rookie running back Kenneth Walker. What was going on there?

1466
01:15:58,520 --> 01:16:00,519
Speaker 1: Let's not bring up John Genos Smith, but go on.

1467
01:16:01,160 --> 01:16:03,479
Speaker 1: I'm not sure because Kenneth Walker left the game with

1468
01:16:03,640 --> 01:16:06,479
Speaker 1: an injury, and I don't know if it was something

1469
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:10,000
Speaker 1: where on the play in question, whether there was a

1470
01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:13,960
Speaker 1: protection breakdown, that was my guess. But Gino wasn't happy

1471
01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:16,320
Speaker 1: with Kenneth Walker, and then was they were yelling at

1472
01:16:16,360 --> 01:16:18,200
Speaker 1: each other and Kenneth Walker was pointing on him. But

1473
01:16:18,280 --> 01:16:20,599
Speaker 1: at that point, Kenneth Walker did not return to the game.

1474
01:16:20,680 --> 01:16:23,479
Speaker 1: He had an ankle injury and left. D J Dallas,

1475
01:16:23,520 --> 01:16:26,360
Speaker 1: their backup running back had an injury and left. They

1476
01:16:26,400 --> 01:16:29,960
Speaker 1: were already short Travis Hormer Homer had an injury, so

1477
01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:32,280
Speaker 1: at that point there was one player left on the

1478
01:16:32,360 --> 01:16:35,120
Speaker 1: running back depth chart. That was Travis Jones, who went

1479
01:16:35,280 --> 01:16:38,040
Speaker 1: seven for fourteen. So it was truly all on Gino

1480
01:16:38,120 --> 01:16:39,920
Speaker 1: and he got it done. Um I was thinking about

1481
01:16:39,960 --> 01:16:44,080
Speaker 1: this this morning before the latest Gino heroics and a

1482
01:16:44,160 --> 01:16:48,879
Speaker 1: big performance by him today, that when the Seahawks traded

1483
01:16:49,560 --> 01:16:52,439
Speaker 1: two first round picks to the Jets for Jamal Adams

1484
01:16:52,520 --> 01:16:55,280
Speaker 1: a deal and then paid Adams like a super duperstar,

1485
01:16:55,360 --> 01:16:59,240
Speaker 1: a deal that almost immediately backfired, it just felt like

1486
01:16:59,280 --> 01:17:02,679
Speaker 1: it's set the organization back. And now you fast forward

1487
01:17:02,720 --> 01:17:05,040
Speaker 1: a couple of years, the fact that they were able

1488
01:17:05,080 --> 01:17:07,519
Speaker 1: to offload Russell Wilson right before you fall off a cliff,

1489
01:17:07,640 --> 01:17:11,400
Speaker 1: get back the draft picks that are gonna be premium

1490
01:17:11,479 --> 01:17:14,559
Speaker 1: draft picks, and now Gino has stepped up. The entire

1491
01:17:14,680 --> 01:17:18,479
Speaker 1: organization has reset itself and no longer is in a hole.

1492
01:17:18,600 --> 01:17:20,800
Speaker 1: They not only they dug out of the hole, they've

1493
01:17:20,840 --> 01:17:23,080
Speaker 1: now marched up the mountain here. So you've gotta be

1494
01:17:23,120 --> 01:17:25,759
Speaker 1: feeling really good about Seattle who I think their defense

1495
01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:28,040
Speaker 1: Greg and I'm gonna watch this game, but I don't

1496
01:17:28,040 --> 01:17:30,400
Speaker 1: think the defense is at a championship level. But certainly

1497
01:17:30,920 --> 01:17:33,799
Speaker 1: anything that involves this Seahawks team going to the playoffs

1498
01:17:34,280 --> 01:17:36,840
Speaker 1: is a huge success. And they are knocking on the door. Yeah,

1499
01:17:36,920 --> 01:17:38,880
Speaker 1: and after two straight losses, I think any win is

1500
01:17:38,920 --> 01:17:41,320
Speaker 1: a good win for them. I do look at that

1501
01:17:41,439 --> 01:17:43,760
Speaker 1: picture and don't think it's gonna be easy for them

1502
01:17:43,840 --> 01:17:46,040
Speaker 1: to get to the playoffs if their defense is playing

1503
01:17:46,120 --> 01:17:48,320
Speaker 1: like this. Tariq will and though and the young players

1504
01:17:48,400 --> 01:17:50,480
Speaker 1: that they have playing this well. He had another interception

1505
01:17:50,600 --> 01:17:53,280
Speaker 1: in this game. Does give you a lot of hope

1506
01:17:53,320 --> 01:17:55,600
Speaker 1: for the future. And it was tough. This wasn't the

1507
01:17:55,680 --> 01:17:58,040
Speaker 1: same Rams team we've seen, not just on offense but

1508
01:17:58,160 --> 01:18:00,679
Speaker 1: on defense. It was a revenge game for Bobby Wagner,

1509
01:18:00,800 --> 01:18:05,280
Speaker 1: who had an interception and two sacks. He was going everywhere.

1510
01:18:05,360 --> 01:18:08,760
Speaker 1: Him and Jalen Ramsey were jawing at DK Metcalf and

1511
01:18:08,880 --> 01:18:11,840
Speaker 1: John with each other on the sideline firing each other up.

1512
01:18:11,880 --> 01:18:15,040
Speaker 1: They played with a ton of energy today and it

1513
01:18:15,160 --> 01:18:17,639
Speaker 1: felt like that this was a heartbreaking loss. Even though

1514
01:18:17,720 --> 01:18:20,040
Speaker 1: the Rams, you know, this is a dead season, they

1515
01:18:20,160 --> 01:18:22,439
Speaker 1: really seemed to want this one and we're playing lights

1516
01:18:22,479 --> 01:18:24,800
Speaker 1: out for most of it defensively and still wasn't well.

1517
01:18:24,840 --> 01:18:27,559
Speaker 1: They also a week ago against the Chiefs, they shut

1518
01:18:27,640 --> 01:18:29,320
Speaker 1: him down to the red zone and forced field goals.

1519
01:18:29,360 --> 01:18:32,840
Speaker 1: So it's like, it's not they're fighting, all right. Let's

1520
01:18:32,920 --> 01:18:36,800
Speaker 1: head two Soldier Field where the Bears got their young

1521
01:18:36,880 --> 01:18:40,680
Speaker 1: quarterback back and they were fighting against the Packers. Two

1522
01:18:40,760 --> 01:18:44,320
Speaker 1: minutes to go in the game, Rogers under center, single

1523
01:18:44,400 --> 01:18:46,920
Speaker 1: back offense, motioned by watching to the left side gift

1524
01:18:46,960 --> 01:18:52,840
Speaker 1: but Christian watch, there goes thirty th fifteen ten five.

1525
01:18:53,160 --> 01:18:57,000
Speaker 1: He late to the end top for the dagger touchdown.

1526
01:18:59,160 --> 01:19:05,120
Speaker 1: Christian Watson, the rookie, delivers the dagger, his second rushing

1527
01:19:05,320 --> 01:19:12,720
Speaker 1: touchdown of the season, sporty six yards speed kills a

1528
01:19:12,920 --> 01:19:18,080
Speaker 1: down Tom Okay Larry McCarron puts a button on it

1529
01:19:18,760 --> 01:19:23,040
Speaker 1: with Laye, Wayne Laravy w R n w Um. The

1530
01:19:23,160 --> 01:19:26,680
Speaker 1: Christian Watson development of the past six weeks has been remarkable.

1531
01:19:27,120 --> 01:19:29,400
Speaker 1: He went from a guy that we talked about throughout

1532
01:19:29,439 --> 01:19:32,360
Speaker 1: the summers. Oh man, he needs to step up and

1533
01:19:32,479 --> 01:19:35,000
Speaker 1: fill the void. And he drops. The first play from

1534
01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:38,200
Speaker 1: scrimmage is seventy five yard touchdown and disappears. And it

1535
01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:40,680
Speaker 1: now he's turned into everything they could have hoped for

1536
01:19:40,840 --> 01:19:45,719
Speaker 1: and more. Every single week he's making multiple impact plays

1537
01:19:45,760 --> 01:19:47,599
Speaker 1: and finding the end zone. And he did it again

1538
01:19:47,720 --> 01:19:52,080
Speaker 1: twice in a nineteen win for the Packers over the

1539
01:19:52,240 --> 01:19:56,280
Speaker 1: Bears a game. Greggy, you and I locked U up?

1540
01:19:56,720 --> 01:19:58,439
Speaker 1: What do we now? I think we what do we say?

1541
01:19:58,479 --> 01:20:01,040
Speaker 1: If we locked this one up? We are? You said

1542
01:20:01,080 --> 01:20:06,920
Speaker 1: we are the lock daddies, zad I mean you guys

1543
01:20:07,080 --> 01:20:09,120
Speaker 1: escaped by the you know, the hair skin of your

1544
01:20:09,120 --> 01:20:12,280
Speaker 1: teeth father, he would be the lock Daddy's. And then

1545
01:20:12,400 --> 01:20:14,640
Speaker 1: Dan and Mark are the lock zaddies. Is what you

1546
01:20:14,680 --> 01:20:17,120
Speaker 1: said on on Thursday show because we were the lock

1547
01:20:17,200 --> 01:20:20,200
Speaker 1: Bros and you wanted to dress it up and becomes Zaddi's. Yeah,

1548
01:20:20,240 --> 01:20:24,519
Speaker 1: I like that better. Okay, Roses like from daddy is

1549
01:20:24,640 --> 01:20:27,599
Speaker 1: is a is an insult because we're lower than the Zaddies. Well,

1550
01:20:27,640 --> 01:20:30,280
Speaker 1: but that was assumed. Dan and I have like a

1551
01:20:30,520 --> 01:20:32,640
Speaker 1: nine and one records, luck, Zaddi, I mean what we

1552
01:20:32,760 --> 01:20:36,600
Speaker 1: are is a father to a comeback victory. Here this

1553
01:20:37,200 --> 01:20:40,280
Speaker 1: this game, and I know Mark you were watching it closely.

1554
01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:43,839
Speaker 1: Was setting up very poorly for the lock daddies, because

1555
01:20:44,600 --> 01:20:47,960
Speaker 1: the Bears came out and Justin Fields coming back, and

1556
01:20:48,040 --> 01:20:50,200
Speaker 1: a lot of people said me one of them, why

1557
01:20:50,240 --> 01:20:52,640
Speaker 1: are you playing this guy? He's on you got the

1558
01:20:52,680 --> 01:20:54,640
Speaker 1: buy next week. He's got a bad shoulder. You're just

1559
01:20:54,680 --> 01:20:57,120
Speaker 1: playing for draft positioning anyway, he's your future. You gotta

1560
01:20:57,120 --> 01:20:59,920
Speaker 1: be careful. Well, he felt good, he practiced all the week,

1561
01:21:00,160 --> 01:21:02,080
Speaker 1: he didn't have an injury designation. And then he goes

1562
01:21:02,280 --> 01:21:04,840
Speaker 1: right through like a knife through butter on the Green

1563
01:21:04,880 --> 01:21:07,560
Speaker 1: Bay defense for a sixty yard touchdown run, and you

1564
01:21:07,680 --> 01:21:11,400
Speaker 1: blink and it's a double digit deficit. Sixteen three. Bears

1565
01:21:11,439 --> 01:21:15,000
Speaker 1: are up late in the first half, but there it

1566
01:21:15,120 --> 01:21:18,600
Speaker 1: is Christian Watson from Aaron Rodgers for a touchdown to

1567
01:21:18,680 --> 01:21:21,519
Speaker 1: kind of change the tone of the game going into

1568
01:21:21,560 --> 01:21:24,320
Speaker 1: the half, getting into sixteen ten, and then the Packers

1569
01:21:24,400 --> 01:21:27,880
Speaker 1: kind of just take control at that point um and

1570
01:21:28,280 --> 01:21:30,559
Speaker 1: win the game. It's interesting that you heard the end

1571
01:21:30,640 --> 01:21:34,640
Speaker 1: around there the second touchdown from Watson. I'm thinking, man,

1572
01:21:34,760 --> 01:21:36,600
Speaker 1: he's got to go down before he goes into the

1573
01:21:36,720 --> 01:21:41,760
Speaker 1: end zone, because that was setting up a situation where, uh,

1574
01:21:41,960 --> 01:21:43,960
Speaker 1: you give Justin Fields the ball back with three time

1575
01:21:44,000 --> 01:21:47,599
Speaker 1: outs and potentially a seven point lead if they don't

1576
01:21:47,920 --> 01:21:50,080
Speaker 1: hit the two point conversion. And Greg, you know, I'm

1577
01:21:50,120 --> 01:21:52,400
Speaker 1: thinking I've been hurt in the lock competition this year

1578
01:21:52,439 --> 01:21:55,280
Speaker 1: with some stunning losses. I'm thinking Green Bay goes for

1579
01:21:55,400 --> 01:21:58,400
Speaker 1: two misses the two, then Fields goes down, the field

1580
01:21:58,479 --> 01:22:00,479
Speaker 1: gets the touch, and they go for to and we

1581
01:22:00,600 --> 01:22:06,519
Speaker 1: somehow lose the game. But instead Aaron Rodgers calmly completes

1582
01:22:06,560 --> 01:22:10,280
Speaker 1: the two point conversion in the game nineteen. And uh,

1583
01:22:11,120 --> 01:22:15,160
Speaker 1: you know, I just think the Packers are despite their record,

1584
01:22:15,320 --> 01:22:18,479
Speaker 1: they're a team that still could be seen as dangerous.

1585
01:22:19,120 --> 01:22:20,880
Speaker 1: They have too many losses now I think to be

1586
01:22:21,120 --> 01:22:24,040
Speaker 1: a player in the playoffs, but they could be a berserker. Yeah,

1587
01:22:24,080 --> 01:22:27,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's in context. Look at the

1588
01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:30,439
Speaker 1: Jets did to the Bears a week ago and other defense,

1589
01:22:30,520 --> 01:22:32,200
Speaker 1: and I think the Packers, if anything, and there's a

1590
01:22:32,240 --> 01:22:35,479
Speaker 1: place for them to have a monster game on offense,

1591
01:22:35,520 --> 01:22:39,040
Speaker 1: and I wouldn't say that happened. Aaron Rodgers through for two,

1592
01:22:39,760 --> 01:22:41,960
Speaker 1: they run for hundred and seventy five. They're balanced, I

1593
01:22:42,080 --> 01:22:44,559
Speaker 1: like them when they do that, but in context, it's

1594
01:22:44,600 --> 01:22:45,920
Speaker 1: not a big win, and they don't have a lot

1595
01:22:45,960 --> 01:22:47,519
Speaker 1: of big wins, so I think they're gonna kind of

1596
01:22:47,560 --> 01:22:50,599
Speaker 1: float around and be a team that ultimately teases us

1597
01:22:51,000 --> 01:22:53,479
Speaker 1: for another three or four weeks and winds up with

1598
01:22:53,560 --> 01:22:56,720
Speaker 1: seven or eight wins. Well, they just finding Watson that

1599
01:22:56,920 --> 01:23:00,160
Speaker 1: he's this big of a game breaker is that's huge them,

1600
01:23:00,280 --> 01:23:03,560
Speaker 1: such a huge deal, and this will allow Rogers to

1601
01:23:03,640 --> 01:23:07,200
Speaker 1: start at least a few more games. In theory, if

1602
01:23:07,240 --> 01:23:09,120
Speaker 1: they ever go to Jordan's Love, they're gonna wait till

1603
01:23:09,120 --> 01:23:11,639
Speaker 1: they're officially out of contention, and this kicks the can

1604
01:23:11,800 --> 01:23:13,719
Speaker 1: on that. I don't think the Bears have to feel

1605
01:23:14,040 --> 01:23:16,519
Speaker 1: too bad. Their draft picks stays good and justin fields

1606
01:23:17,920 --> 01:23:20,679
Speaker 1: two fifty four, I know he threw the interceptions late.

1607
01:23:20,840 --> 01:23:22,960
Speaker 1: You you don't want that in the big spot, but

1608
01:23:23,080 --> 01:23:24,760
Speaker 1: before that, by all accounts like it was one of

1609
01:23:24,840 --> 01:23:28,200
Speaker 1: his best days as a past he looked good. In fact, well,

1610
01:23:28,240 --> 01:23:30,800
Speaker 1: here's the thing. He looked very good throwing the ball

1611
01:23:30,880 --> 01:23:33,160
Speaker 1: and like I said, running on that, especially obviously in

1612
01:23:33,240 --> 01:23:36,040
Speaker 1: the fifty five yard or um. And he was fortunate

1613
01:23:36,160 --> 01:23:39,360
Speaker 1: and played smart. He didn't take any big shots. Um,

1614
01:23:39,439 --> 01:23:41,240
Speaker 1: so you just hope he gets through the season without

1615
01:23:41,560 --> 01:23:45,280
Speaker 1: having any setbacks with that shoulder. But yeah, the Bears

1616
01:23:45,520 --> 01:23:47,479
Speaker 1: know what they need to do to improve. In the Packers,

1617
01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:50,360
Speaker 1: I just think they're gonna I think what we saw

1618
01:23:50,439 --> 01:23:52,559
Speaker 1: in this game, especially the way it was falling behind

1619
01:23:52,600 --> 01:23:56,960
Speaker 1: the way they did thirteen, their ability to come fight back.

1620
01:23:57,040 --> 01:23:59,120
Speaker 1: They're not gonna mail it in on their head coach.

1621
01:23:59,200 --> 01:24:01,479
Speaker 1: I think sixteen three, and I'm going to read a

1622
01:24:01,560 --> 01:24:04,920
Speaker 1: little text exchange. Dan was worried. He said our luck

1623
01:24:05,080 --> 01:24:09,559
Speaker 1: is terrible, and I said, yeah, behind the scenes, yeah,

1624
01:24:10,200 --> 01:24:12,479
Speaker 1: uf yeah, maybe not best to lock up a team

1625
01:24:12,520 --> 01:24:14,640
Speaker 1: having lost seven of eight. I wasn't feeling great then.

1626
01:24:14,840 --> 01:24:17,519
Speaker 1: But the very next text at sixteen three, but I

1627
01:24:17,640 --> 01:24:21,000
Speaker 1: bet they still win at the Faith. And that's what

1628
01:24:21,120 --> 01:24:26,360
Speaker 1: happens with the luck Fathers. The lock Fathers a little classier. Yeah,

1629
01:24:27,200 --> 01:24:30,600
Speaker 1: they kind of like that. The luck Father, well, I

1630
01:24:30,720 --> 01:24:33,680
Speaker 1: suggests you to continue to operate while you while you

1631
01:24:33,800 --> 01:24:36,760
Speaker 1: breaking balls of the luck fot you know you and

1632
01:24:36,880 --> 01:24:40,360
Speaker 1: your Zaddi's can go do what you need to. You're

1633
01:24:40,439 --> 01:24:44,000
Speaker 1: tellings paying his taxes, he's mowing the lawn and sounds

1634
01:24:44,040 --> 01:24:47,160
Speaker 1: exciting and things done. Go live on the edge. By

1635
01:24:47,200 --> 01:24:48,840
Speaker 1: the way, you didn't say a single thing about the

1636
01:24:48,880 --> 01:24:50,880
Speaker 1: fact that you told me not to lock the bills.

1637
01:24:50,960 --> 01:24:53,559
Speaker 1: They had that game in control. From that good doctor

1638
01:24:53,640 --> 01:24:56,400
Speaker 1: the end. Good luck. Can I read a it's a

1639
01:24:56,439 --> 01:24:59,680
Speaker 1: great luck, it's a great lock. I can't refuge. Can

1640
01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:02,800
Speaker 1: I read a quote from jail Alexandres quickly? Because I

1641
01:25:02,840 --> 01:25:06,479
Speaker 1: mean you're going to so you're going to of course. Uh.

1642
01:25:07,200 --> 01:25:09,880
Speaker 1: He gave up a deep ball to Equonymius st. Brown

1643
01:25:09,920 --> 01:25:12,400
Speaker 1: at some point, and then he made up correct with

1644
01:25:12,479 --> 01:25:15,920
Speaker 1: the late interceptions, and he said, man, he is scrub.

1645
01:25:16,439 --> 01:25:18,439
Speaker 1: I can't believe I let him catch it out in

1646
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:20,519
Speaker 1: me like that. But hats off to him because he

1647
01:25:20,560 --> 01:25:23,600
Speaker 1: did make a good catch. Man. That's that's Mr. Universe's

1648
01:25:23,680 --> 01:25:27,360
Speaker 1: son there, Equonymilous st. Brown. Now I messed it up.

1649
01:25:28,680 --> 01:25:31,880
Speaker 1: That's Alan Rod's brother. I mean, give the man some respect.

1650
01:25:31,960 --> 01:25:33,640
Speaker 1: Calling him a scrub, you don't you know hear that

1651
01:25:33,840 --> 01:25:36,599
Speaker 1: too much. You don't disrespect the other man that way.

1652
01:25:38,200 --> 01:25:45,240
Speaker 1: That's all I got, Thank god. The luck Father's all right,

1653
01:25:45,479 --> 01:25:48,559
Speaker 1: we're taking a break. Let's take a break, a permanent one.

1654
01:25:48,720 --> 01:25:54,439
Speaker 1: Be right back, all right, welcome back. Let's now head

1655
01:25:54,560 --> 01:25:57,760
Speaker 1: to Atlanta where the Falcons, you know, they're on the

1656
01:25:57,840 --> 01:26:00,880
Speaker 1: periphery of the NFC South Race, but they had to

1657
01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:05,360
Speaker 1: take care of business against the Steelers on Sunday, foreboding

1658
01:26:06,720 --> 01:26:11,080
Speaker 1: subtext Atlanta from there to the Steeler Nation is responding

1659
01:26:11,320 --> 01:26:15,240
Speaker 1: with decibels. Shotgun snap. Marioder from his end zone throws

1660
01:26:15,280 --> 01:26:18,760
Speaker 1: that pass and its accepted, turn to the five yard

1661
01:26:18,840 --> 01:26:22,560
Speaker 1: line and dinning out of bounds. Here's Rica Fitzpatrick and

1662
01:26:22,760 --> 01:26:27,600
Speaker 1: that seals the deal in the Mercedes bench Stadium and

1663
01:26:27,760 --> 01:26:33,160
Speaker 1: the Steeler Nation is celebrating. He's so smart, you're going

1664
01:26:33,200 --> 01:26:38,080
Speaker 1: to retain. That's just heads up football. Ah, you can't,

1665
01:26:38,320 --> 01:26:41,200
Speaker 1: Falcons fans, you can't. I know it's expensive going to

1666
01:26:41,280 --> 01:26:45,000
Speaker 1: a game selling those ticket but you make money selling

1667
01:26:45,040 --> 01:26:47,679
Speaker 1: the tickets and all of a sudden, maybe your Christmas

1668
01:26:48,360 --> 01:26:50,560
Speaker 1: from the stadium where that happens quite a bit. But

1669
01:26:50,760 --> 01:26:53,160
Speaker 1: that's a lot of Steelers fans, a lot of black

1670
01:26:53,479 --> 01:26:57,280
Speaker 1: and yellow in the stands there at the Mercedes Benz

1671
01:26:57,400 --> 01:27:02,400
Speaker 1: Stadium for a nineteen sixteen win for the Steelers over

1672
01:27:02,479 --> 01:27:06,240
Speaker 1: the Falcons. And uh, Grave Digger, you had your eyes

1673
01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:10,400
Speaker 1: on this one for us, I imagine I understand. Arthur Smith,

1674
01:27:10,680 --> 01:27:14,280
Speaker 1: he knows in certain situations deep in their own on

1675
01:27:14,560 --> 01:27:17,800
Speaker 1: n they need points to tie or steal a win.

1676
01:27:18,400 --> 01:27:21,000
Speaker 1: I gotta ask my quarterback to make some plays. And

1677
01:27:21,280 --> 01:27:23,479
Speaker 1: like last week, it was an interception late in the

1678
01:27:23,520 --> 01:27:29,120
Speaker 1: game that sealed the Falcon's fate. Yep, wait, is that

1679
01:27:30,600 --> 01:27:34,760
Speaker 1: what using grave digger before you speak? Yeah, that's what

1680
01:27:34,880 --> 01:27:36,760
Speaker 1: we do. But you did that earlier in the show.

1681
01:27:36,960 --> 01:27:42,560
Speaker 1: So does that now? Cancel it out and thinks to

1682
01:27:42,680 --> 01:27:48,920
Speaker 1: himself he's respecting himself, was like, okay, yeah, I don't

1683
01:27:48,920 --> 01:27:52,679
Speaker 1: want to just like talking and yall you say whoa whoa, whoa,

1684
01:27:52,720 --> 01:27:55,560
Speaker 1: whoa whoa. So well, it's fair. It's fair, and I

1685
01:27:55,840 --> 01:27:58,200
Speaker 1: promised you from experience you can't win on this show.

1686
01:27:58,439 --> 01:28:00,680
Speaker 1: So whatever you do, you're gonna get picked apart by

1687
01:28:00,760 --> 01:28:03,599
Speaker 1: Greg and Dan. So enjoy it. What's happening, what's going

1688
01:28:03,680 --> 01:28:06,479
Speaker 1: on there? I feel like we're doing this for two

1689
01:28:06,479 --> 01:28:09,280
Speaker 1: and a half hours. Father, you did predict this on

1690
01:28:09,400 --> 01:28:12,680
Speaker 1: the Friday Fun Show. You said you'd be sufferable that

1691
01:28:12,960 --> 01:28:17,720
Speaker 1: because of lack of sustenance, you would be in a

1692
01:28:17,880 --> 01:28:21,280
Speaker 1: tough way late Sunday evening, and I think the whole

1693
01:28:21,320 --> 01:28:27,240
Speaker 1: company's suffering on that anyway, there's another Falcons game, another game,

1694
01:28:27,320 --> 01:28:33,200
Speaker 1: losing interception slash turnover by Marcus Mariota in the final moments. Yeah,

1695
01:28:33,240 --> 01:28:34,800
Speaker 1: I mean it was a horrible throw. It was into

1696
01:28:34,840 --> 01:28:36,920
Speaker 1: like triple coverage as he was taking a hit. You

1697
01:28:36,960 --> 01:28:39,240
Speaker 1: saw that many times in Nashville. I did see. I

1698
01:28:39,320 --> 01:28:41,679
Speaker 1: mean mari was over at that point though, right basic

1699
01:28:41,840 --> 01:28:44,000
Speaker 1: how much time is left in the clock? I think

1700
01:28:44,040 --> 01:28:49,719
Speaker 1: there was like a minute left. It's a little different

1701
01:28:49,720 --> 01:28:53,240
Speaker 1: than Mariota scenario. They only needed a field goal, so

1702
01:28:53,360 --> 01:28:55,360
Speaker 1: I mean, you complete a couple of passes and maybe

1703
01:28:55,400 --> 01:28:57,720
Speaker 1: you have a chance. But this game, it was it

1704
01:28:57,880 --> 01:29:00,400
Speaker 1: didn't feel as close as it was. Like when the

1705
01:29:00,520 --> 01:29:02,599
Speaker 1: Falcons get the ball back with what are forty seconds

1706
01:29:02,640 --> 01:29:03,880
Speaker 1: left and a chance to kick a field goal, it

1707
01:29:03,960 --> 01:29:06,120
Speaker 1: was like, oh wow, they actually can salvage something and

1708
01:29:06,200 --> 01:29:08,720
Speaker 1: maybe go tie this game. Because the Steelers, I mean,

1709
01:29:08,760 --> 01:29:11,320
Speaker 1: they were winning nineteen to six I think in the

1710
01:29:11,400 --> 01:29:14,280
Speaker 1: third quarter, and it just felt over and the Steeler's

1711
01:29:14,400 --> 01:29:16,880
Speaker 1: offense kind of stopped moving the ball and the Falcons

1712
01:29:17,520 --> 01:29:19,960
Speaker 1: finally put some drives together. They didn't convert a third

1713
01:29:20,040 --> 01:29:22,519
Speaker 1: down in the first half. The Falcons offense, which it's

1714
01:29:22,520 --> 01:29:26,519
Speaker 1: really hard to score points in those situations. Um, but

1715
01:29:26,680 --> 01:29:29,280
Speaker 1: at some point, you know, the Falcons are the only

1716
01:29:29,360 --> 01:29:32,439
Speaker 1: team in the league to not have two d and

1717
01:29:32,520 --> 01:29:35,840
Speaker 1: fifty net passing yards in a game this season. That's

1718
01:29:35,880 --> 01:29:40,200
Speaker 1: per our research team. And uh, it seems like Desmond

1719
01:29:40,240 --> 01:29:42,640
Speaker 1: Ritter time might be around the corner. You know, this

1720
01:29:42,680 --> 01:29:46,599
Speaker 1: is the first postgame press or from Arthur Smith where

1721
01:29:46,680 --> 01:29:50,160
Speaker 1: he said, we will evaluate to that exact question about

1722
01:29:50,200 --> 01:29:53,400
Speaker 1: desn't Ritterer, we will evaluate everything. Every job is open.

1723
01:29:53,479 --> 01:29:56,880
Speaker 1: He's been over there going over the week, gets right,

1724
01:29:56,880 --> 01:29:58,800
Speaker 1: And I think that makes sense because you're, you know,

1725
01:29:58,920 --> 01:30:01,000
Speaker 1: whether you're in this race, so not for the playoff,

1726
01:30:01,000 --> 01:30:03,000
Speaker 1: and you're not gonna win a playoff with Mark Smurriody're

1727
01:30:03,000 --> 01:30:04,840
Speaker 1: not gonna get there with Marcus Marioda. I believe I

1728
01:30:05,000 --> 01:30:07,320
Speaker 1: predicted that exactly, that they would get to the by

1729
01:30:07,439 --> 01:30:10,479
Speaker 1: and then move to Ritter. It was by you one

1730
01:30:10,520 --> 01:30:13,200
Speaker 1: of the more Christopher Ball crystal ball e scenarios on

1731
01:30:13,360 --> 01:30:14,960
Speaker 1: on the history of the show. Didn't you did a

1732
01:30:15,000 --> 01:30:18,320
Speaker 1: great job with that? Mark? The sarcasm is noted. No,

1733
01:30:18,479 --> 01:30:21,920
Speaker 1: I mean you you did any anything else? What about

1734
01:30:21,960 --> 01:30:23,960
Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett, how do he look? Is he continuing to

1735
01:30:24,400 --> 01:30:26,920
Speaker 1: show some signs here for Pittsburgh. Pick It looks good

1736
01:30:27,920 --> 01:30:30,360
Speaker 1: the star. He was spitting some balls into some tight

1737
01:30:30,439 --> 01:30:33,479
Speaker 1: windows there. George Pickens was strangely absent from most of

1738
01:30:33,560 --> 01:30:36,080
Speaker 1: this game, but Pickett looked good. He had hit a

1739
01:30:36,120 --> 01:30:38,439
Speaker 1: connection going with Pat Firemouth. Their biggest play of the

1740
01:30:38,479 --> 01:30:41,439
Speaker 1: season was a long completion catching run by Pat Firemouth.

1741
01:30:41,560 --> 01:30:44,280
Speaker 1: That and you know he was converting third downs to

1742
01:30:44,360 --> 01:30:47,920
Speaker 1: Firemouth early in the game. Also, Naji Harris had maybe

1743
01:30:47,960 --> 01:30:49,479
Speaker 1: his best game of the season. It was his first

1744
01:30:49,520 --> 01:30:51,680
Speaker 1: time this year averaging over five yards of carry and

1745
01:30:51,720 --> 01:30:54,560
Speaker 1: he had a nasty stiff arm on one run in

1746
01:30:54,640 --> 01:30:57,920
Speaker 1: this game. That just eye opening play. He looked a

1747
01:30:57,960 --> 01:31:01,040
Speaker 1: lot better. The Steelers team, I don't know, Mike Timlin

1748
01:31:01,240 --> 01:31:03,639
Speaker 1: never been under five. I feel like they're trending towards

1749
01:31:03,880 --> 01:31:06,839
Speaker 1: at least five hundred. They're they're dangerous, They're a berserker.

1750
01:31:07,040 --> 01:31:09,160
Speaker 1: They've won three or four. The only one that they

1751
01:31:09,280 --> 01:31:12,280
Speaker 1: lost to that was a close loss to the Bengals

1752
01:31:12,320 --> 01:31:14,559
Speaker 1: where they put up thirty points, which to me looks

1753
01:31:14,880 --> 01:31:19,240
Speaker 1: more impressive as by the week. They they're frisky. The

1754
01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:22,240
Speaker 1: whole five thing, it's a thing. They have a chance

1755
01:31:22,280 --> 01:31:24,240
Speaker 1: here if they had just you know, reversed one of

1756
01:31:24,280 --> 01:31:26,880
Speaker 1: those heartbreaking losses they had early in the season. You

1757
01:31:26,920 --> 01:31:28,040
Speaker 1: know they'd be in the mix, but they are not.

1758
01:31:28,439 --> 01:31:31,080
Speaker 1: I went to like Connor Hayward like had a touchdown

1759
01:31:31,200 --> 01:31:33,720
Speaker 1: this this is where his father played in Atlanta, gro

1760
01:31:33,840 --> 01:31:35,760
Speaker 1: when we were young, and that was thank you for

1761
01:31:35,800 --> 01:31:37,479
Speaker 1: bringing that up. I had. I actually want to set

1762
01:31:37,560 --> 01:31:41,400
Speaker 1: that up, Mark because we had um. Cameron Hayward. Also

1763
01:31:41,479 --> 01:31:44,200
Speaker 1: in this game the brothers. Connor had his first touchdown

1764
01:31:45,439 --> 01:31:49,960
Speaker 1: catch of his career. Connor anchored that defense only allowed

1765
01:31:50,000 --> 01:31:55,320
Speaker 1: a single touchdown and uh ironhead. Hayward is buried in Atlanta,

1766
01:31:55,720 --> 01:32:00,479
Speaker 1: and the two sons before the game visited his graves.

1767
01:32:00,720 --> 01:32:04,320
Speaker 1: Pretty crazy story and then both had big days. Let's

1768
01:32:04,880 --> 01:32:08,960
Speaker 1: hear from Cameron this morning, me and went to my

1769
01:32:09,040 --> 01:32:11,240
Speaker 1: dad's grave and you know we got to share a

1770
01:32:11,320 --> 01:32:15,840
Speaker 1: moment there um and so I was pretty emotional when uh,

1771
01:32:16,800 --> 01:32:21,479
Speaker 1: you know he got the touchdown. Uh. I don't like

1772
01:32:21,600 --> 01:32:24,240
Speaker 1: to be Mr. SAPPI, but like that that like really

1773
01:32:24,320 --> 01:32:26,519
Speaker 1: hit me. Luckily there wasn't a camera on me because

1774
01:32:26,560 --> 01:32:29,160
Speaker 1: I was a mess. Then he's wearing his dad's jersey

1775
01:32:29,600 --> 01:32:32,080
Speaker 1: with the Falcons. One of the more memorable players of

1776
01:32:32,200 --> 01:32:35,040
Speaker 1: the nineties, especially during the holiday season. That dad's stuff

1777
01:32:35,680 --> 01:32:39,240
Speaker 1: hits hits hard sometimes. But that's a really nice, uh

1778
01:32:39,600 --> 01:32:44,559
Speaker 1: nice story there, which takes us to our final game

1779
01:32:44,640 --> 01:32:47,960
Speaker 1: before Sunday Night football. Let's head to the Raven's nest.

1780
01:32:48,760 --> 01:32:52,040
Speaker 1: So this will be a sixty three yard dry for

1781
01:32:52,160 --> 01:32:57,400
Speaker 1: Brandon mcmadis mcmaddison. The wind kick on the way and

1782
01:32:57,560 --> 01:33:02,000
Speaker 1: he is down the middle and no good big kicking

1783
01:33:02,160 --> 01:33:06,240
Speaker 1: short hard is expired. The hay in the bard and

1784
01:33:06,439 --> 01:33:12,760
Speaker 1: the Ravens the Broncos ten done. I M well, how

1785
01:33:12,760 --> 01:33:17,120
Speaker 1: about that Jerry Sandusky calling a field fill goal that's short?

1786
01:33:17,560 --> 01:33:20,160
Speaker 1: Does the hay in the barn thing? And the Ravens

1787
01:33:20,360 --> 01:33:26,040
Speaker 1: escape with a ten nine win over the moribund Denver Broncos.

1788
01:33:26,320 --> 01:33:31,600
Speaker 1: Once again no show on offense, Mark Sessler. Why do

1789
01:33:31,760 --> 01:33:34,160
Speaker 1: the Ravens just barely escape with the wind with just

1790
01:33:34,400 --> 01:33:36,080
Speaker 1: ten points? A lot of that goes back to what

1791
01:33:36,200 --> 01:33:40,280
Speaker 1: happened with the quarterback today, phillis in. Mr Cesler. Yeah,

1792
01:33:40,320 --> 01:33:44,920
Speaker 1: they lost Lamar Jackson early to a sort of lower

1793
01:33:45,080 --> 01:33:51,439
Speaker 1: leg scenario. There. It's the good news is because when

1794
01:33:51,479 --> 01:33:53,519
Speaker 1: I saw it and Greg and I are both watching,

1795
01:33:53,520 --> 01:33:56,160
Speaker 1: you just thinking, are we about to lose Lamar Jackson

1796
01:33:56,200 --> 01:33:59,400
Speaker 1: in the middle of a heated playoff derby for the

1797
01:33:59,439 --> 01:34:02,280
Speaker 1: rest of this season. The it came back a little

1798
01:34:02,320 --> 01:34:05,560
Speaker 1: more optimistic. He's gonna miss some time, but we know undetermined,

1799
01:34:05,640 --> 01:34:12,200
Speaker 1: but it sounds like that could and you know, we'll

1800
01:34:12,240 --> 01:34:13,920
Speaker 1: just have to see. But I do think the one

1801
01:34:14,000 --> 01:34:17,120
Speaker 1: thing about the Ravens um probably what I thought, in

1802
01:34:17,160 --> 01:34:19,360
Speaker 1: a way tested their medal a year ago, but also

1803
01:34:19,520 --> 01:34:21,840
Speaker 1: grew Tyler Huntley their backup and he kind of fits

1804
01:34:21,880 --> 01:34:23,640
Speaker 1: in this offense in a lamar Ish way, in his

1805
01:34:23,720 --> 01:34:26,879
Speaker 1: own little way that he's had experience, he's had started experience.

1806
01:34:26,880 --> 01:34:28,240
Speaker 1: A lot of the guys on this team are used

1807
01:34:28,280 --> 01:34:30,559
Speaker 1: to him, and you know, they did not look good.

1808
01:34:30,800 --> 01:34:32,439
Speaker 1: There's no doubt about it. They have not looked good

1809
01:34:32,479 --> 01:34:34,640
Speaker 1: with Lamar Jackson on offense for a while. Either. It

1810
01:34:34,760 --> 01:34:38,160
Speaker 1: wasn't like Lamar's out of the lineup and it's all

1811
01:34:38,240 --> 01:34:40,800
Speaker 1: new problems were developing. They've been a terrible team in

1812
01:34:40,840 --> 01:34:43,519
Speaker 1: the red zone. Tyler Huntley, though I will say this,

1813
01:34:43,600 --> 01:34:45,920
Speaker 1: this is a largely faceless game and it's you you

1814
01:34:46,160 --> 01:34:48,559
Speaker 1: you know that's gonna happen when the Broncos are involved.

1815
01:34:48,840 --> 01:34:50,880
Speaker 1: But the Ravens did not look a whole lot better

1816
01:34:51,400 --> 01:34:53,439
Speaker 1: when it came down to it, with two months two

1817
01:34:53,479 --> 01:34:56,200
Speaker 1: minutes left, the Ravens were down nine to three. I

1818
01:34:56,240 --> 01:34:57,840
Speaker 1: thought Huntley did a couple of things to kind of

1819
01:34:57,920 --> 01:35:00,360
Speaker 1: take over this game. There was a big fourth and

1820
01:35:00,439 --> 01:35:03,519
Speaker 1: two with a minute six left where Huntley executed a

1821
01:35:03,640 --> 01:35:06,760
Speaker 1: perfect fake hand off to Devin DuVernay and ran for

1822
01:35:06,840 --> 01:35:10,040
Speaker 1: three to convert first and ten. Then with forty seconds

1823
01:35:11,240 --> 01:35:14,000
Speaker 1: he hit Kenyan Drake on a really wonderful throw on

1824
01:35:14,080 --> 01:35:16,720
Speaker 1: the move that went down to the Denver two. They

1825
01:35:16,800 --> 01:35:18,880
Speaker 1: call a time out, and then from first and two

1826
01:35:18,960 --> 01:35:21,360
Speaker 1: in the Denver two, obviously Huntley ran it in. They

1827
01:35:21,400 --> 01:35:23,840
Speaker 1: go up ten nine with a nice twenty eight seconds left.

1828
01:35:24,120 --> 01:35:26,280
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson then had a chance. This was maybe one

1829
01:35:26,320 --> 01:35:28,599
Speaker 1: of Russell Wilson's I don't I don't need to call

1830
01:35:28,680 --> 01:35:31,479
Speaker 1: it better games. He just wasn't a flat out disaster

1831
01:35:32,160 --> 01:35:34,160
Speaker 1: because they scored nine points. Well, it's just that he

1832
01:35:34,240 --> 01:35:36,040
Speaker 1: made a couple of throws and he ran the He

1833
01:35:36,120 --> 01:35:37,840
Speaker 1: had a couple of big scrambles like in fact, on

1834
01:35:37,960 --> 01:35:41,400
Speaker 1: this final drive he had a big seventeen yards. There

1835
01:35:41,520 --> 01:35:42,960
Speaker 1: is no bar I mean, it's just sort of he

1836
01:35:43,120 --> 01:35:45,559
Speaker 1: is what he is and they are what they are. Um.

1837
01:35:45,680 --> 01:35:47,400
Speaker 1: Then they had a weird play where he ran out

1838
01:35:47,439 --> 01:35:50,120
Speaker 1: of bounds where I I don't know what he was

1839
01:35:50,160 --> 01:35:52,360
Speaker 1: seeing on the field, there were no options open. That's

1840
01:35:52,400 --> 01:35:55,519
Speaker 1: what set up they executed a better play there. The

1841
01:35:55,560 --> 01:35:58,360
Speaker 1: Brandon McManus field goal would not have been from sixty three.

1842
01:35:58,800 --> 01:36:00,840
Speaker 1: There was very little time. It just was sort of

1843
01:36:00,880 --> 01:36:04,720
Speaker 1: a microcosm of everything we've seen from Denver's offense. And

1844
01:36:04,760 --> 01:36:07,599
Speaker 1: you put McManus in that situation and he barely there's

1845
01:36:07,600 --> 01:36:09,920
Speaker 1: another kick run. Like again, every week, it's like, oh,

1846
01:36:10,040 --> 01:36:11,600
Speaker 1: I think that might be good, and then it was

1847
01:36:11,600 --> 01:36:15,880
Speaker 1: like nope, nope, it's not. They've they have lost so

1848
01:36:16,000 --> 01:36:20,479
Speaker 1: many games for four of them. They've lost four games

1849
01:36:20,520 --> 01:36:23,200
Speaker 1: this year that they really shouldn't have on some level

1850
01:36:23,240 --> 01:36:26,400
Speaker 1: with big leads, and this is one maybe they shouldn't

1851
01:36:26,400 --> 01:36:32,839
Speaker 1: have won. So it was like one coming kind of losses.

1852
01:36:33,080 --> 01:36:38,760
Speaker 1: They were a little in those ways, certainly last week.

1853
01:36:39,000 --> 01:36:42,040
Speaker 1: So this is one just sort of on the whether

1854
01:36:42,160 --> 01:36:44,320
Speaker 1: they deserve to win or not, you know, side of

1855
01:36:44,400 --> 01:36:49,280
Speaker 1: the leisure. It's like one one they didn't. They didn't

1856
01:36:49,320 --> 01:36:52,840
Speaker 1: probably deserve to win this game, but they got. They

1857
01:36:52,880 --> 01:36:56,280
Speaker 1: should lose actual points because of these style points they

1858
01:36:56,360 --> 01:36:59,160
Speaker 1: refused to generate. I will say this about Baltimore because

1859
01:36:59,200 --> 01:37:01,040
Speaker 1: now if you're in the thick of it, you've got

1860
01:37:01,200 --> 01:37:04,360
Speaker 1: You're at Pittsburgh next week, then you're at Cleveland. Then

1861
01:37:04,400 --> 01:37:06,640
Speaker 1: you've got those Falcons maybe with Desmond Ritter. Then you

1862
01:37:06,720 --> 01:37:10,000
Speaker 1: have Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. So it's four division games that

1863
01:37:10,120 --> 01:37:13,920
Speaker 1: really matters. When Lamar comes back, I mean, the whole

1864
01:37:14,000 --> 01:37:16,519
Speaker 1: like easy scheduled thing is over now if Lamar is

1865
01:37:16,560 --> 01:37:19,040
Speaker 1: missing time in Pittsburgh, is no longer an easy game

1866
01:37:19,080 --> 01:37:22,200
Speaker 1: in Cleveland. Will see that stealing this win and and

1867
01:37:22,200 --> 01:37:24,800
Speaker 1: it looked like, uh, they were gonna lose this game.

1868
01:37:24,840 --> 01:37:27,679
Speaker 1: In addition to losing Lamar would have really not only

1869
01:37:27,720 --> 01:37:29,519
Speaker 1: would have dropped him out of the first place, tied

1870
01:37:29,520 --> 01:37:31,720
Speaker 1: with the Bengals. Then you start wondering, like if he

1871
01:37:31,800 --> 01:37:34,200
Speaker 1: misses time, are they gonna fall out of the playoffs entirely,

1872
01:37:34,680 --> 01:37:36,960
Speaker 1: this was a state of the wind stabilizes things. And

1873
01:37:37,000 --> 01:37:39,519
Speaker 1: now you just cross your fingers that you know an

1874
01:37:39,600 --> 01:37:42,560
Speaker 1: mcl sprain. You see guys missed six weeks. With that,

1875
01:37:42,920 --> 01:37:45,120
Speaker 1: you could also see a guy come back and played

1876
01:37:45,240 --> 01:37:53,679
Speaker 1: next week, so we shall see. I forgot about Greg

1877
01:37:54,000 --> 01:37:57,680
Speaker 1: it is the Christmas season, it's the holidays, and what

1878
01:37:57,760 --> 01:38:03,040
Speaker 1: are you doing? You're taking money at a people's sabbataur.

1879
01:38:03,640 --> 01:38:09,000
Speaker 1: I'm glad I forgot about this because I was thinking,

1880
01:38:10,720 --> 01:38:13,280
Speaker 1: who get up on Christmas morning and head to the

1881
01:38:13,400 --> 01:38:17,200
Speaker 1: tree and guess what daddy spent Santa's money? What's under

1882
01:38:17,200 --> 01:38:19,200
Speaker 1: the tree? Pine needles and literally nothing else? You know what?

1883
01:38:19,280 --> 01:38:23,679
Speaker 1: They won't get like that, they're getting every advent calendar

1884
01:38:23,920 --> 01:38:27,000
Speaker 1: under the sun already purchased. With the five and two

1885
01:38:27,120 --> 01:38:30,200
Speaker 1: record we got here, I mean that's a winning percentage

1886
01:38:30,200 --> 01:38:31,800
Speaker 1: that would go down as one of the great teams

1887
01:38:31,800 --> 01:38:36,080
Speaker 1: of all time. Five And you're often on people, uh

1888
01:38:36,280 --> 01:38:40,840
Speaker 1: for not taking accountability, for taking responsibility. Where is your

1889
01:38:40,920 --> 01:38:45,760
Speaker 1: accountability slash responsibility in this situation. I'd take full responsibility

1890
01:38:45,920 --> 01:38:50,759
Speaker 1: for Lamar Jackson's injury today, and you're skirting, you're starting

1891
01:38:51,120 --> 01:38:53,639
Speaker 1: the topic, and I take the responsibility for the loss.

1892
01:38:53,680 --> 01:38:56,840
Speaker 1: But we're we're like a long term operation here, the

1893
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Speaker 1: rainmaker five and two on the season. We have to

1894
01:38:59,400 --> 01:39:02,000
Speaker 1: think about the Let me try this. Weren't they losing six?

1895
01:39:02,160 --> 01:39:05,519
Speaker 1: Three or six? Was the first quarter got hurt? It

1896
01:39:05,640 --> 01:39:07,800
Speaker 1: was a first quarter injury. Greig help me out this

1897
01:39:07,920 --> 01:39:12,880
Speaker 1: way because I know you're a great dad. Yeah. Imagine

1898
01:39:13,840 --> 01:39:17,320
Speaker 1: Walker comes up to Christmas morning and says, Daddy, there

1899
01:39:17,360 --> 01:39:21,280
Speaker 1: are no presents under the tree. Was that bad this year? Now,

1900
01:39:21,360 --> 01:39:23,640
Speaker 1: think about some of these people that got behind you.

1901
01:39:23,760 --> 01:39:27,320
Speaker 1: Is traumatic? I would I would say to Walker, find

1902
01:39:27,400 --> 01:39:32,000
Speaker 1: me another investment opportunity that hits at seventy. I mean,

1903
01:39:32,240 --> 01:39:35,240
Speaker 1: if that's not the greatest Christmas gift you can give

1904
01:39:35,280 --> 01:39:40,439
Speaker 1: about you that you can give to someone. My father

1905
01:39:40,520 --> 01:39:43,160
Speaker 1: said the weirdest thing to me you can ever imagine

1906
01:39:43,200 --> 01:39:50,679
Speaker 1: when I was seven. All Right, we have fun. Let's

1907
01:39:50,720 --> 01:39:54,200
Speaker 1: move to Sunday night football. Ryan will play fank and

1908
01:39:54,720 --> 01:39:58,519
Speaker 1: under pressure e strange a right to the tumble and

1909
01:39:59,479 --> 01:40:04,600
Speaker 1: by the time let's pick up guy hock hock god touchdown.

1910
01:40:04,880 --> 01:40:12,639
Speaker 1: Can you believe h have a night? Malie Hooker, Mali Cooker,

1911
01:40:12,760 --> 01:40:17,680
Speaker 1: the former first round pick of the Cults, discarded, collected

1912
01:40:17,760 --> 01:40:21,840
Speaker 1: by the Cowboys and now a playmaker on a very

1913
01:40:21,920 --> 01:40:27,799
Speaker 1: good defense. And my goodness, Mark Sessler. We said, Greg Rostal,

1914
01:40:28,360 --> 01:40:31,200
Speaker 1: take a blow head home. He's like, what I want

1915
01:40:31,240 --> 01:40:35,280
Speaker 1: to talk Bart Paul? He said, no, go home. I

1916
01:40:35,320 --> 01:40:38,519
Speaker 1: mean he actually he actually made the request to leave

1917
01:40:38,560 --> 01:40:41,519
Speaker 1: early tonight just to be I ideal. In fact, yes

1918
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Speaker 1: you do. Anyway, the Cowboys defense, after a competitive start

1919
01:40:46,200 --> 01:40:49,240
Speaker 1: to this game, a first half that was very close,

1920
01:40:49,360 --> 01:40:54,120
Speaker 1: it devolved into just the theater of the surreal. Uh

1921
01:40:54,360 --> 01:40:59,240
Speaker 1: thirty three unanswered points by the Cowboys in the fourth quarter.

1922
01:40:59,760 --> 01:41:05,360
Speaker 1: Five don't score fifty four nineteen America's team air quotes

1923
01:41:06,680 --> 01:41:11,480
Speaker 1: over the cults and mark your a little Jim Saturday.

1924
01:41:11,600 --> 01:41:15,040
Speaker 1: Oh that team, they're trying their hardest and they're playing better.

1925
01:41:15,520 --> 01:41:18,600
Speaker 1: Well for two quarters they did today. His name is

1926
01:41:18,680 --> 01:41:24,040
Speaker 1: Jeff start there, Uh, Jeff Saturday. But the look on

1927
01:41:24,160 --> 01:41:27,960
Speaker 1: his face as this game ticked off into its final

1928
01:41:28,080 --> 01:41:33,040
Speaker 1: second set it all because this is when suddenly this Saturday. Yes,

1929
01:41:34,200 --> 01:41:37,240
Speaker 1: I'm sure that there is a listen, this fourth quarter

1930
01:41:37,439 --> 01:41:41,280
Speaker 1: did something to everyone that watched it. I think it's

1931
01:41:41,360 --> 01:41:44,160
Speaker 1: something like a what the Beatles were doing in the

1932
01:41:44,280 --> 01:41:47,840
Speaker 1: sixties to make their records a little different. That's how

1933
01:41:47,880 --> 01:41:50,040
Speaker 1: it feels like right now. It's like when the lowest

1934
01:41:50,360 --> 01:41:55,360
Speaker 1: version of the Colts offense meets the highest version of

1935
01:41:55,439 --> 01:42:00,280
Speaker 1: this Cowboys team, you get an absolute torna know, in

1936
01:42:00,360 --> 01:42:04,519
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter to nineteen insane. I mean this Cowboys team,

1937
01:42:04,600 --> 01:42:08,920
Speaker 1: I we I have been ripping on Dallas for the

1938
01:42:09,360 --> 01:42:11,479
Speaker 1: extent of this podcast because I thought that they were

1939
01:42:11,520 --> 01:42:14,240
Speaker 1: a lot more style than substance. Everyone felt that way

1940
01:42:14,280 --> 01:42:17,640
Speaker 1: about this Jerry Jones operation for a long time. Right now,

1941
01:42:17,800 --> 01:42:22,519
Speaker 1: what they're doing is an argument as the most dominant

1942
01:42:22,600 --> 01:42:26,120
Speaker 1: team around outside of Philadelphia. They put forty nine on

1943
01:42:26,160 --> 01:42:28,960
Speaker 1: the Bears, forty on the Vikings, fifty for Tonite. Over

1944
01:42:29,040 --> 01:42:31,800
Speaker 1: the last five games, they're averaging a hundred and eighty

1945
01:42:31,880 --> 01:42:35,439
Speaker 1: yards rushing. They're dangerously balanced. I thought that, you know,

1946
01:42:35,560 --> 01:42:38,120
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott did not have his best first half. He

1947
01:42:38,200 --> 01:42:40,800
Speaker 1: had a costly interception, but none of it matters in

1948
01:42:40,840 --> 01:42:44,000
Speaker 1: the end. They're so explosive in their defense is generating

1949
01:42:45,680 --> 01:42:49,360
Speaker 1: points turnovers. Matt Ryan had three picks. The Colts lead

1950
01:42:49,479 --> 01:42:51,160
Speaker 1: a lot of this is the Cults to They lead

1951
01:42:51,200 --> 01:42:54,559
Speaker 1: the league in fumbles fumbles lost. Matt Ryan completely melted

1952
01:42:54,560 --> 01:42:56,280
Speaker 1: down and not look healthy at the end of the game.

1953
01:42:56,640 --> 01:42:59,080
Speaker 1: It couldn't have ended quick enough for Indianapolis, which would

1954
01:42:59,240 --> 01:43:04,400
Speaker 1: also go for their season. Yeah, I mean, like you

1955
01:43:04,479 --> 01:43:06,800
Speaker 1: were saying. And by the way, the Cowboys, on top

1956
01:43:06,840 --> 01:43:09,320
Speaker 1: of all the defensive stuff we're talking about, are averaging

1957
01:43:09,400 --> 01:43:13,000
Speaker 1: thirty nine point eight points in their last five games. Um.

1958
01:43:13,560 --> 01:43:16,040
Speaker 1: It turned into the you know farce in the fourth

1959
01:43:16,120 --> 01:43:19,000
Speaker 1: quarter because like you're saying, Matt Ryan, who can't throw anymore,

1960
01:43:19,160 --> 01:43:22,200
Speaker 1: He just he doesn't have the arm strength being asked

1961
01:43:22,240 --> 01:43:25,880
Speaker 1: to throw every down against a elite Dallas defense. And

1962
01:43:26,000 --> 01:43:28,599
Speaker 1: by the way, they lost an important player to their

1963
01:43:28,680 --> 01:43:32,240
Speaker 1: defense potentially for the season here Anthony Brown was carted

1964
01:43:32,280 --> 01:43:34,960
Speaker 1: off to the locker room. We were watching the game

1965
01:43:35,160 --> 01:43:37,280
Speaker 1: with Maurice Jones Drew who knows the thing or two

1966
01:43:37,320 --> 01:43:39,720
Speaker 1: about the game, and just the way he was being

1967
01:43:39,760 --> 01:43:41,560
Speaker 1: card and how the ankle was being the leg was

1968
01:43:41,640 --> 01:43:44,160
Speaker 1: being held looked like potentially a broken ankle or but

1969
01:43:44,479 --> 01:43:48,400
Speaker 1: serious injury. And that's going to impact Dallas against better competition.

1970
01:43:48,520 --> 01:43:52,960
Speaker 1: But when you take this version Dallas and against the Colts,

1971
01:43:53,040 --> 01:43:54,880
Speaker 1: the way the way it turned it, it didn't feel

1972
01:43:54,880 --> 01:43:57,360
Speaker 1: like you're watching the NFL anymore. UM. And that's a

1973
01:43:57,439 --> 01:44:00,519
Speaker 1: credit to obviously the Cowboys and what they've built up.

1974
01:44:00,760 --> 01:44:03,479
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, like you're saying, we have been

1975
01:44:04,360 --> 01:44:06,519
Speaker 1: we've been hard on the Nbecy East the times on

1976
01:44:06,600 --> 01:44:08,800
Speaker 1: this podcast, and I think some of that comes from

1977
01:44:09,479 --> 01:44:12,320
Speaker 1: a place of love. Mark. We've talked about it many

1978
01:44:12,360 --> 01:44:18,960
Speaker 1: times on the show, how those eighties teams Washington, the Giants, Cowboys,

1979
01:44:19,439 --> 01:44:22,840
Speaker 1: the Eagles, John Madden and Pat Summer all calling those games.

1980
01:44:22,880 --> 01:44:27,720
Speaker 1: It just reminds you of a simpler, more innocent time. Uh,

1981
01:44:27,800 --> 01:44:29,600
Speaker 1: and for so much, so many of the years of

1982
01:44:29,680 --> 01:44:31,880
Speaker 1: this show, it's been the division has been kind of

1983
01:44:31,920 --> 01:44:34,760
Speaker 1: a drag, and they still get all the prime time

1984
01:44:34,880 --> 01:44:38,559
Speaker 1: games and now a little like peek behind the curtain.

1985
01:44:38,680 --> 01:44:41,400
Speaker 1: When you see the power rankings on Tuesday morning, you're

1986
01:44:41,439 --> 01:44:45,000
Speaker 1: gonna see the Phillida Philadelphia Eagles at one and the

1987
01:44:45,080 --> 01:44:47,760
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys at two. I think these are the two

1988
01:44:47,840 --> 01:44:51,240
Speaker 1: best teams in football. And the fact that Dallas doesn't

1989
01:44:51,240 --> 01:44:53,120
Speaker 1: claim the number one spot tells you everything you need

1990
01:44:53,160 --> 01:44:54,680
Speaker 1: to know about how good Philly has been this year.

1991
01:44:54,720 --> 01:44:57,280
Speaker 1: It's just really interesting. This division, well, they're similar to

1992
01:44:57,360 --> 01:44:59,559
Speaker 1: each other in the sense that I Dallas has become

1993
01:44:59,680 --> 01:45:01,679
Speaker 1: this I don't think that they started the season this way,

1994
01:45:02,200 --> 01:45:05,280
Speaker 1: but the emergence of Tony Pollard and their willingness finally

1995
01:45:05,600 --> 01:45:08,800
Speaker 1: to play both of them Zeke Elliott and Pollard. Their

1996
01:45:08,920 --> 01:45:12,640
Speaker 1: ground game can absolutely devastate teams. Prescott only through for

1997
01:45:12,640 --> 01:45:14,439
Speaker 1: a hundred and seventy yards to night and you didn't

1998
01:45:14,479 --> 01:45:15,720
Speaker 1: need to do it all through the air. And this

1999
01:45:15,920 --> 01:45:18,200
Speaker 1: used to be a boom or bust operation on the ground.

2000
01:45:18,280 --> 01:45:20,840
Speaker 1: If Zeke wasn't healthier having a good year, then you

2001
01:45:20,960 --> 01:45:23,439
Speaker 1: became air only and that's just not the case. And

2002
01:45:23,520 --> 01:45:25,840
Speaker 1: then their defense, just like the way the pressure that

2003
01:45:25,880 --> 01:45:27,800
Speaker 1: they put Matt Ryan under and they've been doing this

2004
01:45:27,840 --> 01:45:30,880
Speaker 1: week after week. It's there are only a couple of

2005
01:45:30,920 --> 01:45:32,680
Speaker 1: defenses like this in the league. And I also think

2006
01:45:32,720 --> 01:45:35,439
Speaker 1: that Mike McCarthy, who was widely viewed as a bit

2007
01:45:35,479 --> 01:45:40,600
Speaker 1: of a liability in general, has been coaching absolutely beautifully

2008
01:45:40,600 --> 01:45:42,599
Speaker 1: because he's there's such a weapon's rich off. They really

2009
01:45:42,640 --> 01:45:45,800
Speaker 1: need Odell Beckham right now. We really need to do that.

2010
01:45:45,960 --> 01:45:48,720
Speaker 1: I mean, I almost wouldn't mess with the what you've

2011
01:45:48,760 --> 01:45:50,920
Speaker 1: got going on here in terms of the chemistry. UM.

2012
01:45:51,960 --> 01:45:54,679
Speaker 1: This is something we talked about while we were watching

2013
01:45:54,720 --> 01:45:58,040
Speaker 1: the game, joked about UM a little bit, but I

2014
01:45:58,160 --> 01:46:00,600
Speaker 1: was fired up and prepared when they felt like a

2015
01:46:00,720 --> 01:46:03,800
Speaker 1: game that was competitive. And it was late in the

2016
01:46:03,920 --> 01:46:08,559
Speaker 1: third quarter when Isaiah Rodgers appears to intercept a Dak

2017
01:46:08,600 --> 01:46:13,120
Speaker 1: Prescott pass. Uh it was setting up a scenario where

2018
01:46:13,160 --> 01:46:15,640
Speaker 1: the Colts had a chance to take the lead. They

2019
01:46:15,680 --> 01:46:17,600
Speaker 1: were down I believe two points at the time, like

2020
01:46:17,720 --> 01:46:21,880
Speaker 1: this game got away quickly and um, and this is

2021
01:46:22,360 --> 01:46:26,479
Speaker 1: no sense piloting on Jeff Saturday or even his brother

2022
01:46:26,600 --> 01:46:29,880
Speaker 1: Jim Saturday UM for this. But I don't know how

2023
01:46:30,080 --> 01:46:33,400
Speaker 1: you don't challenge that. I don't know if it gets overturned.

2024
01:46:33,479 --> 01:46:36,720
Speaker 1: But there was certainly no evidence that that ball hit

2025
01:46:36,800 --> 01:46:38,800
Speaker 1: the ground. I know you needed clear evidence that it

2026
01:46:38,880 --> 01:46:40,960
Speaker 1: was a pick because it was ruled an incomplete pass

2027
01:46:41,040 --> 01:46:42,840
Speaker 1: on the on the field. But this is the second

2028
01:46:42,880 --> 01:46:45,719
Speaker 1: straight week where I thought Saturday made a pretty obvious

2029
01:46:45,800 --> 01:46:49,000
Speaker 1: mistake in terms of game management. But we don't need

2030
01:46:49,040 --> 01:46:51,080
Speaker 1: to see much more about the cults are really this

2031
01:46:51,200 --> 01:46:54,360
Speaker 1: game in general. This was two teams going in opposite

2032
01:46:54,439 --> 01:46:57,559
Speaker 1: directions and now the only thing really left to see

2033
01:46:57,800 --> 01:47:00,439
Speaker 1: is if the Cowboys can catch the Eagles in the

2034
01:47:00,520 --> 01:47:02,280
Speaker 1: NFC East, and if they could do that, they might

2035
01:47:02,320 --> 01:47:05,400
Speaker 1: even be able to grab the number one seed. Um.

2036
01:47:05,720 --> 01:47:08,040
Speaker 1: As we look at the I mean the look goes

2037
01:47:08,160 --> 01:47:12,160
Speaker 1: NFL playoff picture, this is pretty interesting, this NFC bracket.

2038
01:47:12,240 --> 01:47:14,519
Speaker 1: It's at the top. Of course, we talked about what

2039
01:47:14,640 --> 01:47:19,960
Speaker 1: happened Mark with the with the Niners, UM and their quarterback.

2040
01:47:20,080 --> 01:47:25,040
Speaker 1: But Eagles eleven and one, Vikings tenant to the Cowboys

2041
01:47:25,080 --> 01:47:27,640
Speaker 1: at nine and three, sitting in the five seed. That

2042
01:47:27,760 --> 01:47:29,600
Speaker 1: could flip, just like the Bills went from five to

2043
01:47:29,680 --> 01:47:32,640
Speaker 1: one today, right and and if you're the Cowboys, this

2044
01:47:32,720 --> 01:47:34,960
Speaker 1: couldn't be lining up any better because you've got three

2045
01:47:35,000 --> 01:47:37,519
Speaker 1: of the four teams remaining from the a f C South.

2046
01:47:37,560 --> 01:47:39,600
Speaker 1: You've got the Texans next week, have a feeling I

2047
01:47:39,680 --> 01:47:42,599
Speaker 1: know who will win that one, then the Jaguars. Then

2048
01:47:42,680 --> 01:47:46,320
Speaker 1: you play the Eagles on Christmas Eve Saturday at four eastern.

2049
01:47:46,560 --> 01:47:48,200
Speaker 1: Then the Titans will see where the Titans are at

2050
01:47:48,240 --> 01:47:50,560
Speaker 1: that point and Washington. So this is this is a

2051
01:47:50,760 --> 01:47:53,160
Speaker 1: team right now looking at that schedule, they could run

2052
01:47:53,200 --> 01:47:55,679
Speaker 1: the table. I mean, things can change. But you beat

2053
01:47:55,720 --> 01:47:57,559
Speaker 1: the Eagles and that one and the Eagles drop another

2054
01:47:57,600 --> 01:48:00,280
Speaker 1: one somewhere else, everything changes. For the Cowboys. I almost

2055
01:48:00,320 --> 01:48:01,920
Speaker 1: don't mind if they don't get the numb one seed

2056
01:48:02,000 --> 01:48:04,120
Speaker 1: because I think for them to exercise some of the

2057
01:48:04,200 --> 01:48:06,720
Speaker 1: ghosts about can't win in January this or that, like

2058
01:48:06,880 --> 01:48:08,880
Speaker 1: maybe you're just one of these teams that wants that

2059
01:48:09,000 --> 01:48:11,519
Speaker 1: extra game and you just like you know who they

2060
01:48:11,520 --> 01:48:14,200
Speaker 1: would get. By the way, this is where your logic

2061
01:48:14,320 --> 01:48:17,360
Speaker 1: might collapse in on itself. They would get the worst

2062
01:48:17,880 --> 01:48:21,080
Speaker 1: division winner, which would be the NFC South team, which

2063
01:48:21,120 --> 01:48:23,840
Speaker 1: you've already guaranteed will win at least one playoff game.

2064
01:48:24,160 --> 01:48:26,880
Speaker 1: So you have already been on record predicting that the

2065
01:48:27,000 --> 01:48:30,040
Speaker 1: Bucks or another team will defeat the number five seed,

2066
01:48:30,120 --> 01:48:34,280
Speaker 1: which is currently the Cowboys. So your logic has just

2067
01:48:34,400 --> 01:48:37,080
Speaker 1: collapsed in on itself and you're floating into the evening.

2068
01:48:37,200 --> 01:48:39,840
Speaker 1: It wouldn't be the first time on this show, or

2069
01:48:40,040 --> 01:48:42,800
Speaker 1: even within this episode where that's happened to me. Um,

2070
01:48:42,920 --> 01:48:46,439
Speaker 1: all right, there we go, by the way, Um, of

2071
01:48:46,520 --> 01:48:47,960
Speaker 1: all the shows for me to miss. You know, I

2072
01:48:48,040 --> 01:48:50,080
Speaker 1: was under the weather last week and sat out the

2073
01:48:50,120 --> 01:48:53,760
Speaker 1: Friday Fund Show. Is very thrilled to see that I

2074
01:48:53,920 --> 01:48:57,479
Speaker 1: missed the annual segment that I hate more than any other. Uh,

2075
01:48:57,720 --> 01:49:00,240
Speaker 1: you did escape. I think a personal train app that

2076
01:49:00,240 --> 01:49:02,559
Speaker 1: would have haunted you over the weekend. Of course, greg

2077
01:49:02,800 --> 01:49:06,080
Speaker 1: Um was stuck tweeting out about Mary Ingalls Wild are

2078
01:49:06,120 --> 01:49:08,360
Speaker 1: going blind in theed I think the so just for

2079
01:49:08,439 --> 01:49:11,000
Speaker 1: the audience that maybe missed the Friday Fun Show, yeah you,

2080
01:49:11,760 --> 01:49:13,880
Speaker 1: I created tweets that other people had to tweet out

2081
01:49:13,920 --> 01:49:16,040
Speaker 1: that I made the content for and so Clai Bonne

2082
01:49:16,320 --> 01:49:19,080
Speaker 1: was victimized. Graver had to send a tweet out to

2083
01:49:19,160 --> 01:49:21,760
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry talking about how manly he was and what

2084
01:49:21,880 --> 01:49:24,439
Speaker 1: a brutal runner he was. And then, uh, you know

2085
01:49:24,840 --> 01:49:26,479
Speaker 1: Greg at the little house in the Prey one, I

2086
01:49:26,560 --> 01:49:28,200
Speaker 1: can tell you what yours was? What you got out

2087
01:49:28,240 --> 01:49:32,720
Speaker 1: of what? What was it? Because you remember, Uh it

2088
01:49:32,840 --> 01:49:36,000
Speaker 1: led to me writing over seven MS to our listen

2089
01:49:36,120 --> 01:49:37,439
Speaker 1: because you said, hey, my d you knows one of

2090
01:49:37,439 --> 01:49:39,000
Speaker 1: the people like, hey, my d ms are open if

2091
01:49:39,040 --> 01:49:40,519
Speaker 1: you want to like talk to me about life. It's like,

2092
01:49:40,560 --> 01:49:42,840
Speaker 1: all right, whatever, And so this time it said, um,

2093
01:49:43,320 --> 01:49:45,040
Speaker 1: and I didn't think this was mean spirited by the way.

2094
01:49:45,080 --> 01:49:46,679
Speaker 1: This just make you look good to a lot of people.

2095
01:49:46,720 --> 01:49:49,160
Speaker 1: But in by the way I did like interfacing with

2096
01:49:49,280 --> 01:49:51,560
Speaker 1: our listeners during no doubt, I don't doubt that on

2097
01:49:51,600 --> 01:49:55,080
Speaker 1: any level. Um, I'm spending December focusing on parts of

2098
01:49:55,160 --> 01:49:58,040
Speaker 1: my life I feel gratitude for. I am very thankful

2099
01:49:58,080 --> 01:50:00,559
Speaker 1: for my friends and family as well is my love

2100
01:50:00,600 --> 01:50:05,200
Speaker 1: of music nineties especially then paragraph break, Um, what's something

2101
01:50:05,280 --> 01:50:09,800
Speaker 1: you're thankful for? Be specific, Let's celebrate life together, and

2102
01:50:10,360 --> 01:50:12,439
Speaker 1: you would have gotten you know, I think The problem

2103
01:50:12,520 --> 01:50:14,439
Speaker 1: there is I love people would have thought that was

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Speaker 1: a really nice thing by Dan to reach out to

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Speaker 1: people with that, and it's it's for whatever reason, it's

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Speaker 1: it just like your inability to hear like people chewing me.

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Speaker 1: It's like sending super weird tweets that appear to reveal

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Speaker 1: something about myself that's not really revealed. Now it would

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Speaker 1: not be I I just was going to go I

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Speaker 1: was going for Dan level discomfort, and I think that

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Speaker 1: you really hit it. It would have hit the nail

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Speaker 1: on the head. But then you did, and I really

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Speaker 1: was feeling pretty bad on Friday. I feel much better now.

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Speaker 1: You did then privately text me to give me a

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Speaker 1: head's up that this was something that happened, and I

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Speaker 1: think maybe you throughout the possibility that I sent out

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Speaker 1: by on your My My response, well, you got and

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Speaker 1: you ghosted me entirely on and I thought, how do

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Speaker 1: we were we going to communicate about anything over the

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Speaker 1: rest of the weekend. It's sealed the fact that you

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Speaker 1: just avoided me the entire weekend because he was like,

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Speaker 1: I'm not responding to this was like sometimes and this

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Speaker 1: is a lesson to everyone as we say goodbye, sometimes

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Speaker 1: the best response to a text is just like, oh,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna sit on that one forget. And that's exactly

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Speaker 1: what I did. I was not surprised that you handled

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Speaker 1: that correctly. I just want to say the dumb tweet

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Speaker 1: that Mark made me send that sounds like nothing I've

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Speaker 1: ever tweeted in my life. Got two likes and fourteen retweets,

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Speaker 1: which is like, that's a pretty good tweet for me.

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Speaker 1: I don't know volume there, people liked it. I don't know,

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Speaker 1: they didn't really stupid, but Henry responding any fat on

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Speaker 1: him And if you want to have Mark tweet for

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Speaker 1: you going forward, that's certainly. I'm sure he would be

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Speaker 1: open to it. Help out my numbers a bit there

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Speaker 1: like me, and I guess the people have spoken what

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Speaker 1: they're what they're looking to, you know, like a Mark

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Speaker 1: Sessler x Justin Graver collab. I think that's what people

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Speaker 1: are looking for right now in life. All right, that's enough.

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Speaker 1: What a ridiculous game that was. By the way, Brad Sham,

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Speaker 1: the sham god of k R L D if I

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Speaker 1: didn't say that on the call, and um, that is

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Speaker 1: not we're all talking about. Was that the biggest blowout

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Speaker 1: of the year. The Cowboys. What they just did to

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Speaker 1: the cults? Uh no, because the Cowboys beat the Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Vikings by thirty seven points a couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 1: This is who they are now. Just to think, how

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Speaker 1: what would the Eagles have to do to stay ahead

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Speaker 1: of the count. And we're getting the Cowboys super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: It is the second biggest blow out of the year,

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Speaker 1: tied with the Bills beating the Steelers thirty eight to

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Speaker 1: three in Week five. So the Cowboys owned the two

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Speaker 1: biggest blowouts of the season. Yeah, but fifty four sounds

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Speaker 1: a lot different than Yeah. See that shot at Jim

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Speaker 1: are saying the box. He's got to not be thrilled.

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Speaker 1: This is sort of what he was going for initially.

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Speaker 1: Jeff Saturday wishes he was Jim Saturday right now? Yes

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Speaker 1: he does? Did I? I still my lease available West Hartford.

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Speaker 1: Jim's home eating. You knows this guy put your money down.

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Speaker 1: People love to see it. All Right, we'll be back

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Speaker 1: on as a group. We'll be back on Tuesday, Tomorrow, Monday.

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Speaker 1: We'll put the final touches on week thirteen with Greg

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Speaker 1: handling Monday night football duties with a guest to be

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Speaker 1: named later Thank you to everybody for listening until Monday night. Football.

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Speaker 1: Please he the call. Yeah,