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Speaker 1: It's around the NFL. I am Dan Hansis I got

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Speaker 1: heroes here? Greg Rosenthal, Mark Sessler and Mark What.

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Speaker 2: Day is it?

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Speaker 3: When today it's Wednesday? As far as I know, thank you.

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Speaker 1: That means also with us is the wiki lead, the cerebral,

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Speaker 1: the empathetic, the photogenic, founding member of the ten fifty

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Speaker 4: Wolf Hello, Hello, the ten fifty one Club is the

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Speaker 4: Oh hey, hold on a second, Sean's the queen.

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Speaker 1: Uh oh, what happens? He's got one and a half

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Speaker 2: That's through me.

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Speaker 1: First was that the tropeler going off at the same

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Speaker 2: We're having a soundboard problem.

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Speaker 5: So I'm open folders and things flow down on the

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Speaker 2: But here let me give her a clean one. Sorry, guys,

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Speaker 1: Here you go, kind of fun Jolie. There you go, Sorry, guys,

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Speaker 1: Shownie's the queen. Queen. She is the queen of NFL meeting.

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Speaker 6: There we go.

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Speaker 4: So the ten fifty one Club is right now, Dan

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Speaker 4: time that we arrive for the pod at the same

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Speaker 1: Separate, but simultaneously our cars happened now maybe three times, so.

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Speaker 2: Ten to fifty one.

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Speaker 1: Club is howld ground, and I invite anyone to join us.

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Speaker 1: It is. There's a bit of a rush, like when

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Speaker 5: Colleen comes straight here and then you so she's still early.

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Speaker 1: Swampy, the saying she comes straight here, this swampy deer. Sir,

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Speaker 1: I believe we're starting at eleven twenty five. I was

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so you got here eleven one, right on.

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Speaker 2: That's what being late today. Eleven five start. That's on you.

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Speaker 2: It's okay, I'll take it. It's okay.

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Speaker 6: You want to be part of the come on in.

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Speaker 1: Not a problem that that would be a problem, be

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Speaker 1: an issue. We got a lot to get to today.

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Speaker 1: Calleen the face of NFL Networks coverage of Thursday night football.

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Speaker 1: We'll break down the game that starts Week thirteen, Seahawks Cowboys.

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Speaker 1: That's a good one the weekly Game. We also have

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Speaker 1: a segment now that we are heading marked toward the

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Speaker 1: home stretch of the regular season. Here's what matters down

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Speaker 1: the stretch here, No Trent going to help.

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Speaker 3: I mean, we really were workshopping some ideas during the week.

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Speaker 1: You like you. You sent a text yesterday and I

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Speaker 1: assumed you were had inhaled ayahuasca because you had so

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Speaker 3: I was surprised that all those ideas came when they did,

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Speaker 3: but I thought I'd shared them. And this includes some

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Speaker 1: It reminds me of Keith Richards waking up from a

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Speaker 3: You never know, it could have been very close to that.

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Speaker 4: All of the ideas that you had and then put

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Speaker 6: Maybe it's my own.

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Speaker 3: You like structure, and so I was trying to provide

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Speaker 1: The segment's a little open ended, and I am just

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Speaker 3: I'm really going to stick the landing.

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Speaker 1: Guys, Colin's gonna be talking about the industrial movement of

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Speaker 6: Tens or the departed. Who knows?

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, you saw Departy? Good job?

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Speaker 5: People really need to check out the YouTube, subscribe to

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Speaker 1: We have our own channel and lean out just a

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Speaker 1: See if my here we go. Yeah, my directions were

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Speaker 1: Tepper has been the owner of the Panthers for what

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Speaker 7: Look, you know, well, as I said, there are reasons

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Speaker 7: Going to get into that, particularly into those particulars, but

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Speaker 7: You know, there's no reason why that doesn't. You know,

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Speaker 1: Okay, my reputation away from the game is extreme patience.

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Speaker 4: It was the It completely jumped out, and it's like, okay, cool,

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Speaker 5: Well, plus, I don't know, I don't know if that

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Speaker 5: And I don't know what's happening around town. What was

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Speaker 3: I think it wasn't patient in the sense, in a

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Speaker 5: and you're muzzled.

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Speaker 3: that works in your hedge fund magazine if someone's you know,

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Speaker 3: And Nordra prince i Otta of The Ringer found this

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Speaker 3: If someone isn't asked, he said, Tepper like a waiter

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Speaker 1: The regular season is over, I believe on January seventh

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Speaker 1: home Detroit at Washington. Now, how do the Cowboys get

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Speaker 1: through that gauntlet and go into the playoffs? Because are

443
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Speaker 1: they gonna if they're a thirteen and four right now,

444
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Speaker 1: what are they the eight and three? I believe yeah,

445
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Speaker 1: if they finish thirteen and four or fourteen and three

446
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:08,000
Speaker 1: and the Juggernaut a potential number one seed, or they

447
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,439
Speaker 1: could be eleven and six or even ten and seven

448
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,919
Speaker 1: and be a wildcard team with a spotty resume against

449
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Speaker 1: NFL elites, because that will have mean that they didn't

450
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Speaker 1: fare too well in this final stretch. And I think

451
00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,359
Speaker 1: at that point, if that's the version mark, it's going

452
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,920
Speaker 1: to be back to the old cesslerism where we're kind

453
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Speaker 1: of just like, I don't know, we've seen you stub

454
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Speaker 1: your toe too many times against big time teams this

455
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Speaker 1: year to think it's going to be different in the playoffs.

456
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Speaker 1: But on the flip side, the way they're playing right now,

457
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Speaker 1: and I know, you know, there are elements of football Twitter,

458
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Speaker 1: smart Twitter, I call it. They've always had an infatuation

459
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Speaker 1: with Dak and right now you're seeing a lot of

460
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Speaker 1: people going nuts again about how incredible Prescott has been

461
00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,080
Speaker 1: and how he's different and better than ever and the

462
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Speaker 1: data backs that up the past six weeks. Can he

463
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Speaker 1: keep that up now when the schedule tightens up? Is

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Speaker 1: he going to be an MVP player when it counts

465
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Speaker 1: the most, including when we get to January? But for now,

466
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Speaker 1: I'm kind of focusitting on these last six games. What

467
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Speaker 1: version of the Dallas Cowboys do we get?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's no team like this in the NFL, And

469
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Speaker 3: it's it's kind of this continuing optics situation for Dallas

470
00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,320
Speaker 3: where like there's two things happening. There's like, wait, Duk

471
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Speaker 3: Prescott very likely could be the MVP, but it's like

472
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Speaker 3: the other people need to see him beat the Eagles,

473
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Speaker 3: not come close against the Eagles, and win these games.

474
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Speaker 3: It's like it's really just how you feel about him,

475
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Speaker 3: I mean, separate from his actual play. Like the Sessler

476
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:36,320
Speaker 3: version of doubting the Cowboys though, has been eradicated at

477
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Speaker 3: the moment, because this feels different to me than other

478
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:39,879
Speaker 3: Cowboy barreness.

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Speaker 1: It's because we haven't seen how they look at misstretch

480
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Speaker 1: coming yet it.

481
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Speaker 3: Is, except that they have been blowing people's doors off

482
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Speaker 3: with like nuclear weaponry, and so it's not like they're

483
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:52,919
Speaker 3: sliding by, but the Commanders against Lessons. I've seen like

484
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Speaker 3: all aspects of the team, including coaching, operate this well

485
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Speaker 3: with a Dallas.

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Speaker 1: But I probably we're yeah, we're all on fire. Just

487
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:04,679
Speaker 1: to the point I was making, we're all like super

488
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,040
Speaker 1: pumped about Dallas and their offense right now. But just

489
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,360
Speaker 1: as a reminder, Giants at Carolina home Panthers, those are

490
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Speaker 1: home Commanders. Those are the three wins that have the

491
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Speaker 1: football world like really tuned in right now. I want

492
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Speaker 1: to see it again these next sixty.

493
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Speaker 3: I would just say, if you if you go three,

494
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Speaker 3: four and two and you beat some of these teams,

495
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Speaker 3: like I think we were allowed to think differently about

496
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Speaker 3: the Cowboys at this point, you're not gonna go six

497
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Speaker 3: and oh.

498
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Speaker 5: Right, if like that, if you put a normal Super

499
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Speaker 5: Bowl champion and gave them this schedule down the stretch,

500
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Speaker 5: especially the APT Buffalo at Miami too, they're not gonna

501
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Speaker 5: go six and oh because it's football. Like most most

502
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Speaker 5: great happens, it happens, it happens. They could go six

503
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Speaker 5: and oh. But I think if they went four and

504
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Speaker 5: two and the two losses were closer, they go certainly

505
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Speaker 5: five and one. I mean, that would be extremely impressive.

506
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Speaker 5: That The annoying thing I think for you is it's

507
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,439
Speaker 5: probably gonna land in the middle because of the Eagle schedule.

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Speaker 1: I'll get to that. It's very likely, even if they

509
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Speaker 1: beat the Eagles.

510
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Speaker 5: That they're not going to go six and zero, and

511
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Speaker 5: the odds are against them winning the division. They win

512
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Speaker 5: four or five of these games, they're probably going to

513
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Speaker 5: get that five seed. And you're right, these are better

514
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:15,400
Speaker 5: matchups Buffalo Miami. It's all exciting to watch. The defenses

515
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:19,040
Speaker 5: he's facing aren't great. I love that Dak MVP odds

516
00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:22,399
Speaker 5: right now because the Seahawks they're struggling on defense, the

517
00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:25,439
Speaker 5: Eagles they can't stop anyone through the air, the Bills

518
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,439
Speaker 5: have been mediocre, the Dolphins are playing well defensively, the

519
00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,160
Speaker 5: Lions are one of the worst defense in the league

520
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:31,680
Speaker 5: right now, and the Commanders are one of the worst

521
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Speaker 5: defense in the league.

522
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Speaker 1: So I think Dak can keep it going. I am

523
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Speaker 1: totally with you as.

524
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Speaker 5: A team like they look like one of the best

525
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Speaker 5: four teams in the NFL. If you're one of those,

526
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Speaker 5: you probably win four or five of these games.

527
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Speaker 1: But if not go three and three, do not go

528
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Speaker 1: two and four, and if you choose to the Eagles,

529
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Speaker 1: if you're and that's that's a key game. Obviously, that

530
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,640
Speaker 1: has to be at home. You either have to win

531
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Speaker 1: that game or compete.

532
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Speaker 2: To the Veria.

533
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Speaker 1: No, you gotta win it. You got to win it.

534
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Speaker 5: Enough of this losing close to the Eagles and getting

535
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Speaker 5: swept by the Well.

536
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Speaker 1: That'd be progress from their last superpower opponent when they

537
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Speaker 1: lost forty two ten to the Niners.

538
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Speaker 4: Yeah, and so much has been made about how great

539
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:06,800
Speaker 4: they've been at home, but like you have to look

540
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Speaker 4: at who they actually played at home, the Jets, the Patriots,

541
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Speaker 4: the Rams, the Giants, the Commanders, like teams that have

542
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Speaker 4: a combined record of nineteen and thirty eight. So of

543
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,200
Speaker 4: course they're averaging forty one points per game at home

544
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,359
Speaker 4: versus on the road where they lost to the Eagles,

545
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Speaker 4: they lost to the Niners, and then they also what

546
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Speaker 4: they played, the Giants, the Cardinals, the Panthers, the Chargers.

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Speaker 4: I mean, that's a combined record of twenty nine and

548
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Speaker 4: thirty nine, So of course they're averaging seventeen fewer points

549
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,159
Speaker 4: per game on the road because of those opponents. But

550
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,760
Speaker 4: the Cowboys will very likely be playing in the playoffs

551
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Speaker 4: on the road, so you have to also take that

552
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Speaker 4: into considering.

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Speaker 1: Any You're right, Greg, You're right about because they went

554
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Speaker 1: to Philly a few weeks back and they nearly won,

555
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Speaker 1: but they got beat. You can't get swept by the

556
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Speaker 1: Eagles and then expect me to like think something's going

557
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,240
Speaker 1: to change in January. So win that game, yes, when

558
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 1: when at least four maybe five, and then I'll be like, Okay,

559
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,960
Speaker 1: this team's got something different this year. We shall see,

560
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:08,920
Speaker 1: we shall see. All right, Connie, you're up next.

561
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Speaker 6: All right, So this, uh, this segment, what.

562
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Speaker 1: U'd you do?

563
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:14,200
Speaker 2: Well?

564
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Speaker 6: I thought it was the December dreams that mark.

565
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Speaker 3: What matters is an umbrella over those various other concepts.

566
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Speaker 3: So even in our texting, Dan said, you're welcome to

567
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Speaker 3: approach that.

568
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, a fatal flaws that was thrown out there, a

569
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Speaker 4: December dream and then also what matters?

570
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Speaker 3: So I have no idea what December dreams even meant.

571
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Speaker 6: I just went with December dream.

572
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Speaker 1: The anxiety is pouring off Colleen right now, and like

573
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Speaker 1: leaking on my shirt.

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Speaker 6: I slipped a disk in my neck out.

575
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Speaker 2: Just let it go, Connie, let it go.

576
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Speaker 1: Well, all right, here we go, hey, you're in the

577
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:50,919
Speaker 1: trust tree.

578
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,200
Speaker 6: My December dream gang is this?

579
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Speaker 2: Yes?

580
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Speaker 4: Wait, so after a delightful meetball parm from it, she'll

581
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:05,360
Speaker 4: ninth and fits water. The decision has been made, family

582
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:09,159
Speaker 4: members are notified, and a new jersey stitched by the

583
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:13,359
Speaker 4: Tri State area's finest. The only question left is how

584
00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:17,119
Speaker 4: apoplectic Jerry Jones will be when he finds out the

585
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 4: obvious here that Shaq Leonard has fallen in love with Philadelphia.

586
00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 1: Oh wow, wa Ald, that thought one second before you

587
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 1: go on, leric, you have it. I think this will help.

588
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:32,920
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna help. Not that you're off to

589
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 1: a bad start. What but this is gonna make it great. Okay,

590
00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:53,880
Speaker 1: I'll queue you up. Okay, there's a count. Okay three.

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Speaker 4: You know it didn't take him long to make the decision.

592
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 4: But since the Cowboys played the Seahawks on Thursday night

593
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Speaker 4: and the Eagles play the Niners on Sunday, Leonard's debut

594
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 4: probably not gonna happen until Week fourteen, when the Eagles

595
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 4: go to Dallas to play the Cowboys in Dallas, who are.

596
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Speaker 6: Also in the sweep stakes for Shack Leonard.

597
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Speaker 4: Bring so listen, don't forget here that Nick Sirianni is

598
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 4: the former Colts offensive coordinator for three years. He still

599
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 4: has a relationship with Shaq Leonard, and it just feels

600
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 4: like a really nice competition for these two to have

601
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Speaker 4: before they actually play the second game, which will be

602
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 4: huge in the NFC.

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Speaker 1: I like it. So what matters is where does Shack

604
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Speaker 1: Leonard land and what kind of impact could.

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Speaker 3: He have and what better news and development for your

606
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 3: December dream that he went to Dallas. You know, it's

607
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 3: a nice place. You could be driven around town, you

608
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 3: could live here in this mansion. He was like, yeah, cool,

609
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go to Philadelphia now exactly.

610
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,720
Speaker 5: And to be clear, he has not signed with either team.

611
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 5: He met with the Eagles earlier on Wednesday as we're taping,

612
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 5: so this segment could could potentially be out of date

613
00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 5: if he makes a decision on Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: I mean more anxiety.

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Speaker 6: I'm just saying, this isn't December nightmare.

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Speaker 5: Nick Sirianni said, you know, he met with him, they

617
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 5: talked and and we'll see. And the Eagles and Cowboys

618
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 5: both have some issues at linebacker. I would say that

619
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 5: might be even bigger though, uh and the Eagles have

620
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 5: a nice history of bringing in veterans late in the season.

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, and then making a difference, and oh yeah.

622
00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,000
Speaker 5: Sometimes they don't make a difference, but they bring them in,

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Speaker 5: they give it a shot. And that's where I would go.

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Speaker 5: I would make that December dream come true.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. I don't think check.

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Speaker 5: Lists the holiday, Greg, you're up, all right, here's what matters?

627
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:44,240
Speaker 1: The schedule?

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, absolutely.

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Speaker 5: I feel like we try to avoid schedule.

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Speaker 1: We'd be smart before the season.

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Speaker 5: The schedule doesn't matter. I don't need to hear your

632
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 5: schedule analysis. Really, we're just guessing five to six weeks

633
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 5: left in the season. It matters almost more than anything GC.

634
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 5: I just got some scheduled nuggets. We talked to Eagles,

635
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:12,320
Speaker 5: Eagles and Cowboys that that Cowboys schedule rough. Eagles are

636
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 5: very likely the number one seed because of their schedule,

637
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 5: and you think, oh wow, they're on this brutal stretch here.

638
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:20,160
Speaker 1: You know, they got the forty nine ers this week.

639
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 5: They're underdogs, and then they're okay, that's fine, and then

640
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 5: they have the Cowboys. They can lose those two, and

641
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,560
Speaker 5: to me, they're still very likely the number one overall seed.

642
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 5: They're actually future schedule overall, according to the DVOA, is

643
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 5: better than average because they finish with at Seattle, who's

644
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 5: not playing as well lately.

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00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:39,720
Speaker 1: That's an easy game.

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00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 5: And then Giants, Cardinals, Giants and the forty nine ers

647
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:43,719
Speaker 5: and the Cowboys.

648
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, they could get that tiebreaker.

649
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 5: The forty nine ers are gonna have to win out

650
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 5: probably for a chance to get that one seed. The Cowboys,

651
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 5: we just mentioned their scheduled, it'd be very hard for

652
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 5: them to win out, but they certainly would have to

653
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 5: beat the Eagles and probably win out. So that's a nice,

654
00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 5: a nice little thing for the Eagles that really, if

655
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 5: you split these two games, you are going to be

656
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 5: sky high in terms of number one seed likelihood. And

657
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:06,920
Speaker 5: even if you lost the two, I would say it's

658
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 5: better than fifty to fifty.

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Speaker 1: Some more stuff that schedule matter. Just think about Greg

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Speaker 1: one thing, our friend, Uh, why am I blanking on

661
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Speaker 1: the kicker's name? Sorry, Jake Elliott, our friend Jake Elliott's

662
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Speaker 1: fifty nine yarder. How much that changes things because getting

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Speaker 1: that win instead of the l gives them the cushion

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Speaker 1: that Greg's are. This is more just a funny nugget.

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Speaker 5: Again, according to DVOA people, should check that it's now

666
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Speaker 5: on FT and Fantasy. You gotta pay for it's worth it.

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Speaker 5: It's worth it. It's a tax, right our old friend

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Speaker 5: Aaron Shatz, I.

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Speaker 2: Don't know what that means.

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Speaker 5: It's just funny to me that the three easiest schedules

671
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Speaker 5: in the league remaining are the Bucks, Saints, and Falcons

672
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Speaker 5: because they're all playing each other.

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Speaker 1: But it's part of it. It's just like that. It's

674
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Speaker 1: just stupid.

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Speaker 6: I try to blow up the NFC.

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Speaker 2: So you did. You tried, and I was mocked.

677
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 3: We try giggled you off the stage and now we

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Speaker 3: look like.

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Speaker 1: Well, she didn't really know what she was talking about

680
00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 1: the segment, but that's she did.

681
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Speaker 5: Ye came all the way around right in another world,

682
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 5: like you would say, maybe the NFC South could get

683
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,959
Speaker 5: two teams in here because they all said cheesy schedules,

684
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Speaker 5: but they'll find a way to blow it. I think

685
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Speaker 5: if you look at the AFC one seed, the Chiefs

686
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 5: have the easiest schedule, remaining twenty first easiest in the league,

687
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 5: while the Ravens have the hardest. The other three teams

688
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Speaker 5: that are in the mix the Ravens, the Dolphins, and

689
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Speaker 5: the Jaguars. The Ravens play the Dolphins and the Jaguars,

690
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Speaker 5: so those are guaranteed l's for one of those teams here,

691
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Speaker 5: and the Chiefs don't really have many difficult games or

692
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 5: really any difficult games the rest.

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Speaker 1: Of the way a winning team, I don't right.

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Speaker 5: I think this Packers game is a little bit tricky,

695
00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 5: and they have an AT Chargers, but they always find

696
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,280
Speaker 5: a way there. Whereas I mentioned what the Ravens have,

697
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 5: the Dolphins have, Cowboys, they have an AT Ravens, they

698
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 5: have a Bills, the Jags they probably have the second

699
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:53,640
Speaker 5: best chance here they have an AT Browns, and then

700
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Speaker 5: they have that Ravens game here. But man is shaping

701
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 5: up to be Chiefs number one. And then if you

702
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Speaker 5: look at the wild cards, the Texans are really the

703
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:06,080
Speaker 5: team that stand out as having the easiest schedule remaining.

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Speaker 5: And so that's good for your Texans, Mark.

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Speaker 3: I have one little scheduling you know, request too, that

706
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,880
Speaker 3: we've been light on the flexing, like team like the Patriots,

707
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,160
Speaker 3: plays three primetime games between now and the end of

708
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Speaker 3: their hellish journey that we don't need to lay eyes on,

709
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 3: and there are not I went through and looked at

710
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:26,479
Speaker 3: all the primetime games, and there's a couple of good ones,

711
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 3: you know, thankfully for everyone involved, But there are some

712
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 3: stinkers out there and some teams that were projected to

713
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 3: still matter, and they don't like start flexing some of

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Speaker 3: these games. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, can we get rid

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Speaker 3: of the Patriots?

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Speaker 6: On Christmas Eve? They're playing the Broncos. The Broncos are

717
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:41,359
Speaker 6: good now, but that's good.

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Speaker 1: Actually it's Christmas Eve night and like, I want to

719
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Speaker 1: spend time with my family's.

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Speaker 3: It's the third game.

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Speaker 1: If you want, you can even flex an NFC South

722
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Speaker 1: game in there, and it is like I'm going to

723
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Speaker 1: be with my family and and some and you never know.

724
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Speaker 5: Sometimes like Packers Chiefs to me a couple of weeks ago,

725
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:00,920
Speaker 5: is like, really that it's the same night game and

726
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 5: now that's one of the most fun games of the week.

727
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Speaker 5: And the last one is that of all the NFC

728
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 5: wildcard teams. And it's why you see on some of

729
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:11,600
Speaker 5: these projections that the Packers are already up to a

730
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Speaker 5: fifty percent chance to make the playoffs. They have the

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Speaker 5: easiest schedule remain and they have this tough Chiefs game,

732
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Speaker 5: but after that they're all very winnable games.

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Speaker 1: It's funny because even at this high point right now

734
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Speaker 1: for the Packers, I still include them in this huge

735
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Speaker 1: middle class of the NFL. It's pretty inconsistent week to

736
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Speaker 1: week sure, and it's like, even though you're right, the

737
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Speaker 1: schedule matters more next we have a better idea of

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Speaker 1: what these teams are. I can't look at it even

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Speaker 1: It's a perfect test for you, Mark, because I know

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Speaker 1: we've had there's been some type of bad energy around

741
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Speaker 1: teams that you have adopted in recent years on the show.

742
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Speaker 1: The Texans, Okay, they seem pretty safe. They have this

743
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 1: beautiful young quarterback. They have a really cohesive group, and

744
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Speaker 1: they're well coached, and the schedules soft.

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Speaker 2: This is gonna be a good test. Mark.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm not gonna do anything I can to declare

747
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 3: publicly anything because I know what will have happen. The

748
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:02,920
Speaker 3: team will implode from the inside out.

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Speaker 1: And in terms of the energy I think you're attached

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Speaker 1: to them.

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Speaker 3: Well, I apologize, I don't.

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Speaker 1: It's maybe this is different.

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Speaker 5: The last time they played in a two score game

754
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Speaker 5: was Week four, so they're kind of a coin flip team.

755
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Speaker 5: Even though they're fine and they have a good quarterback

756
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 5: and any look at every single game comes down to

757
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:25,719
Speaker 5: the last play basically that they play.

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Speaker 3: This is a good segue to go ahead of the

759
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,000
Speaker 3: team I want to talk about that. I mean, I

760
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 3: think within the last Fortnite, we're kind of like acknowledged

761
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,640
Speaker 3: that we forgot they existed, but they are lodged right

762
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 3: now as the AFC's number seventh team. It's the Cults.

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Speaker 3: I think that if you look at the journey of

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Speaker 3: this team that a year ago we were talking about

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Speaker 3: Frank Reich melting down there and it's like, what's the

766
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Speaker 3: future here? And I don't know if there's a it's

767
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Speaker 3: a to me, like a top two or three impressive

768
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Speaker 3: coaching job by Shane Steichen. You have an excuse if

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Speaker 3: your other teams, like the Bengals, you lose your starting quarterback,

770
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Speaker 3: like everything kind of goes south. The ben to me,

771
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,280
Speaker 3: are like two steps away from just being like an apparition.

772
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 3: They don't even exist. We saw what happened with the Jets.

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Speaker 3: Couldn't be more unfortunate. Shane Siken loses his rookie first

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Speaker 3: rounder Anthony Richardson, incomes Gardner Minshew, who is a total

775
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 3: hot and cold act. Instead what I think he's done

776
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,520
Speaker 3: is kept that team together. They've won a bunch of

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Speaker 3: close games. You're in an AFC where the Chargers and

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00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 3: the Bengals, like we mentioned, are fading into a false reality.

779
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Speaker 3: And listen to this schedule for the Colts, the Titans,

780
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Speaker 3: the Bengals, the Steelers, the Falcons, the Raiders, the Texans.

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Speaker 3: You are currently right now the number seven seed lodged

782
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:41,520
Speaker 3: with the Houston Texans, same record, and these surging Broncos

783
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 3: also at six and five, and you've got the Bills

784
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,320
Speaker 3: at six and six, and then it falls off a cliff.

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Speaker 3: So I think the Colts have a real opportunity to

786
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Speaker 3: remind us once again that they're not just this little project.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 3: Jonathan Taylor surgery, like I'm sticking togery, it's a relative

789
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 3: multiple relevant news item. Helped us not have to do

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Speaker 3: a huge news SUG because I stuck the Jonathan Taylor

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Speaker 3: news right in the middle of this hey new sug

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Speaker 3: news seg I should say, so we've got that. I

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Speaker 3: think Zach Moss though, like Zach Moss played really well

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Speaker 3: surprisingly when Jonathan tailor Jonathan.

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Speaker 5: It's a big hit though for my running back draft

796
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Speaker 5: because I was thinking last week. Suddenly, suddenly Kamara Taylor

797
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Speaker 5: Bijon was looking better than your trash teams and all

798
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Speaker 5: the heat I was taken.

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Speaker 1: Oh it's great.

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Speaker 3: I have Christian McCaffrey one.

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Speaker 2: This is what's fascinating about Greg. He's been tracking.

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Speaker 5: I don't even remember a competitive I don't either, but

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Speaker 5: I do remember that by three that I was worried

804
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 5: about they were coming together.

805
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 1: I was like, this is a good little group here,

806
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Speaker 1: can you can you look up again? I'm sorry, it's

807
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,320
Speaker 1: like the most like third time I asked Eric to

808
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:51,240
Speaker 1: look up our running back groups. Cool, Mark, I'm with you.

809
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Speaker 1: Do I have permission, and I don't say this to

810
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Speaker 1: anger any of the great people of the Indiana and

811
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Speaker 1: Indianapolis one of my favorite nflc I don't really care

812
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 1: about the Colts. They kind of are ticketed to eight

813
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:07,480
Speaker 1: nine or nine and eight, and maybe they're playing on

814
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:10,239
Speaker 1: Saturday of wild Card weekend, and maybe that's the one

815
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Speaker 1: game that if you had to miss, you'll choose to

816
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Speaker 1: miss because I don't see a lot of juice with

817
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,279
Speaker 1: this team, and it will be commendable if they do

818
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,319
Speaker 1: end up getting out of the regular season. But this

819
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 1: team doesn't necessarily excite me.

820
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:23,400
Speaker 3: I think it's like for me, what it points to

821
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 3: is that like a team that post Andrew Luck had

822
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Speaker 3: no identity and it just struggled, especially quarterback, Like whether

823
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:32,760
Speaker 3: or not, no matter what we get with Anthony Anthony Richardson,

824
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Speaker 3: that matters a lot. Like I think you've got a

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Speaker 3: coach who can be around for a really long time,

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Speaker 3: and I just think it's been an impressive but under

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Speaker 3: the radar coaching job.

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Speaker 1: Hey hear you.

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Speaker 5: But you know how they kind of remind me of

830
00:39:41,600 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 5: is all those Frank Reig teams that would win, Like

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Speaker 5: Frank Reich found a way to win all those years.

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Speaker 5: He had a great record until last year the option

833
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 5: with weird quarterbacks and backups, and I think stych. I

834
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Speaker 5: think psychics like they weren't really irrelevant, they were.

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Speaker 3: I think psychics like the future of offense where Reich

836
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:59,080
Speaker 3: is we were didn't even want to change what he

837
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,839
Speaker 3: did in Caroline and be flexible and be open minded.

838
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Speaker 3: So I can just think you've got to guy to

839
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Speaker 3: latch onto. And I wouldn't mind seeing the Colts instead

840
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Speaker 3: of what we've gotten from the Steelers. Oh all right,

841
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,280
Speaker 3: And like frankly wait and see on the Browns offense

842
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 3: that whole thing.

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00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,359
Speaker 5: Can I just jump into the Steelers because that's what

844
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Speaker 5: I think matters to jumping in.

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Speaker 2: Yes, one last thing before you do.

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Speaker 1: I just want to say we all, we all could

847
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Speaker 1: succumb to this, but we have optimism around the Colts

848
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,719
Speaker 1: because they just beat the Panthers, Patriots and Bucks. I

849
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Speaker 1: just want to see the fact that the schedule stays soft.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if that's gonna It's.

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Speaker 5: Not even teams that are just like the Colts, they

852
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,280
Speaker 5: have a very average schedule where they could win anything.

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Speaker 1: I would say a three game stretch on the Panthers

854
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 1: and the Patriots is pretty damp.

855
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Speaker 5: No, I mean, moving forward, it's not a brutal it's

856
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 5: not it's not too hard.

857
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Speaker 1: It's very act.

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Speaker 5: They're playing a bunch of teams kind of like the

859
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Speaker 5: Colts and they and that. It's like, okay, I think

860
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Speaker 5: they're better than the Raiders, Raiders Texans week.

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Speaker 1: Connie, did you have something to add before we to Greg?

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Speaker 4: I mean, I was just gonna mention that Michael Pittman,

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Speaker 4: it's great, but that was really I mean, it's not

864
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 4: a team that excites me either, Like they haven't. They

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Speaker 4: haven't since Jonathan Taylor was running wild Anthony Richardson injury.

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Speaker 3: Well, you also, you know a year ago had them

867
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Speaker 3: ticketed as like an AFC.

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Speaker 6: I don't want to really, that.

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Speaker 1: Was a dark power ranking subject throughout the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: two season.

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Speaker 5: All right, Greg, I take issue with you saying anything

872
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 5: negative about your Steelers. So you said, uh, we're gonna

873
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 5: win twelve games, you got a shot at this here, Mark,

874
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,880
Speaker 5: I do I think I'm putting them in the playoffs.

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00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:36,360
Speaker 5: I think we can ticket five teams to the playoffs

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00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,640
Speaker 5: in the AFC, the Ravens, the Chiefs, the Jags, the Dolphins,

877
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 5: and the Steelers. The Steelers' offensive resurgence, and it's not

878
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:46,240
Speaker 5: just since last week when they fired Matt Canada.

879
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 1: It's since their bye week matters. Since then, they.

880
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:54,920
Speaker 5: Are third in the NFL in rushing EPA, they're eleventh

881
00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:58,320
Speaker 5: overall in offense, their fourth and success rate. That's since

882
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 5: Week six. That's more than half of the season that's

883
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 5: happened so far. They have an identity. They are a

884
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:09,560
Speaker 5: very good running team with two good running backs. They're

885
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 5: an effective running team. They can finish out games. They

886
00:42:12,239 --> 00:42:14,760
Speaker 5: rush the passer really well. They got some holes on defense,

887
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 5: but they tend to make up for it with coaching

888
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 5: and turnovers, and I think we've seen the worst out

889
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 5: of their offense. I'm not saying Pickett's gonna play like

890
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:23,399
Speaker 5: he did on Sunday, where I thought he really play

891
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 5: play well, really well against the Bengals. I don't really

892
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,600
Speaker 5: trust him, but I trust them. They're seven and four

893
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,959
Speaker 5: and their schedule is pretty easy. I don't think they'll

894
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,040
Speaker 5: come back and beat the Ravens, but like I think

895
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 5: there's a better chance of them winning the AFC North

896
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 5: then there is falling out of the playoffs, and that's

897
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,080
Speaker 5: partly because they got Cardinals, Patriots, Colts Bengals the next

898
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:47,240
Speaker 5: four weeks before a tough final two games at Seattle

899
00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 5: at Baltimore.

900
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,279
Speaker 3: So Seattle may not be that tough pat either.

901
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 5: Your twelve is not totally crazy, and I actually think

902
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,839
Speaker 5: if you drill down here, this is a pretty good team.

903
00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:58,919
Speaker 5: It's probably a team that's like either one and done

904
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 5: or loses in the second around of the playoffs. But

905
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:03,880
Speaker 5: they're not an embarrassing team. I think they got lucky

906
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 5: early and now they're actually good.

907
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,560
Speaker 3: They have about seven hundred yards of rushing over the

908
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:09,839
Speaker 3: last five weeks.

909
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 1: That's crazy. Yeah, that's what you want to do.

910
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:12,520
Speaker 6: I was so excited.

911
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,959
Speaker 4: So this year I felt like the Steelers were sort

912
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 4: of my Colts coming into the regular season because I

913
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 4: had gone there for training camp and I drank all

914
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,080
Speaker 4: of the kool aid and there were so many things

915
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 4: to be excited about. And then watching them play, obviously,

916
00:43:28,719 --> 00:43:31,239
Speaker 4: it was like this team, it just doesn't feel like

917
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 4: they match their record, Like what I'm watching on the

918
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 4: field doesn't seem like it should correspond with the winning

919
00:43:37,239 --> 00:43:39,879
Speaker 4: record that they have. But now they've caught up to it,

920
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,640
Speaker 4: and it kind of does feel.

921
00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:43,520
Speaker 6: It feels they're frisky and.

922
00:43:43,480 --> 00:43:45,920
Speaker 3: You're the other side of it too. They have allowed

923
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:50,400
Speaker 3: under twenty points in six of their last seven games,

924
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 3: and so that's been consistent. I think TJ. Watson kind

925
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 3: of got to win a playoff game for you. That's

926
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:57,720
Speaker 3: his DNA, And like, if I get this twelve wins

927
00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 3: Steelers thing, going to that offen and they don't play right.

928
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:02,560
Speaker 5: The real team really, I guess the Colts. I take

929
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:04,919
Speaker 5: that back, but that's not a real quarterback in terms

930
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:05,600
Speaker 5: of like the top.

931
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,719
Speaker 1: Here's here's why December thirty. First, here's what here's what

932
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:12,839
Speaker 1: makes this make sense. Okay, because even they could get

933
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: to twelve, but they're not really a twelve win team. No,

934
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,280
Speaker 1: that doesn't matter for your prediction. That doesn't matter at all.

935
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,880
Speaker 1: The truth of the matter is, and it's very simple.

936
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:24,280
Speaker 1: They are a ten and seventeen that got the Bengals

937
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: twice after Joe Burrow got hurt perfect time in. So

938
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:30,240
Speaker 1: they they're gonna pick up two wins that they probably

939
00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:32,799
Speaker 1: had no business getting. And that's gonna ten plus two

940
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:37,640
Speaker 1: e goes twelve. M that's and so in my mind,

941
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,520
Speaker 1: this is kind of like a fringy nine or ten

942
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,120
Speaker 1: win team that again and not another another team stick

943
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:46,160
Speaker 1: them on Saturday. God, hopefully maybe we can get the

944
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:49,439
Speaker 1: salt the Steelers and Colts and locking horns and knocking

945
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 1: to get that game off the grid and tires.

946
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:54,080
Speaker 5: One advances they got to that, true too, but I

947
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:55,880
Speaker 5: think they I think they could. The only thing I

948
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,600
Speaker 5: pushed back on just a little. I think I'd put

949
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 5: them at eleven. I mean, you're right, in general, they

950
00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:03,320
Speaker 5: are a ten win team, but now, like looking forward,

951
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 5: I don't think the Bengals would have swept them with

952
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:08,840
Speaker 5: Joe Burrow, Like this Bengals team has issues, and I

953
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:12,080
Speaker 5: think this Steelers team can be a legit top ten

954
00:45:12,200 --> 00:45:15,320
Speaker 5: type of team. I think they most likely split split.

955
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:16,720
Speaker 6: That division games.

956
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,800
Speaker 1: You know, the margins to check out the Joe Burrow

957
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,320
Speaker 1: film when he was healthy there for a couple of

958
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:24,200
Speaker 1: weeks they were looking I hear you, Cincinnati, there's other issues.

959
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 1: That's another frustrating supplier.

960
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:28,399
Speaker 3: You've mentioned about six teams that you want to play

961
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:31,239
Speaker 3: on that invisible Saturday playoff game. But like that, I

962
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:32,839
Speaker 3: think to the point of that, if you look at

963
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 3: the top seven or eight in both conferences, there's a

964
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:37,560
Speaker 3: lot of junk that's gonna escape.

965
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:40,279
Speaker 1: That's why that's coming up repeatedly. There are some of

966
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:43,000
Speaker 1: these teams at the bottom of the playoff picture are

967
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,320
Speaker 1: really teams you just want to get to Division round.

968
00:45:45,120 --> 00:45:47,320
Speaker 2: Football as soon as possible. That you know it.

969
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:49,319
Speaker 1: I'll still be watching the games. I'll still enjoy them.

970
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:52,359
Speaker 1: Could be drama, all right, you're professionals, no total bro.

971
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:55,080
Speaker 1: All right, I'll do my other one. All right, here's

972
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:58,640
Speaker 1: what matters. Trevor Lawrence and the doomed quarterback class of

973
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:01,960
Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. Look at it, you ready, Trevor Lawrence

974
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: number one overall in the twenty twenty one draft. It was,

975
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:09,280
Speaker 1: it was signed, sealed, and delivered the moment he declared

976
00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 1: out of.

977
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:15,279
Speaker 2: Man, I don't know this.

978
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:19,160
Speaker 1: You have the ball, that's right. Well, I have a

979
00:46:19,200 --> 00:46:23,840
Speaker 1: deep connection with the university out of Clemson. Okay, now

980
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:27,319
Speaker 1: do you want to Should I share the ball story? Yeah?

981
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:28,280
Speaker 2: I think it would.

982
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,799
Speaker 1: Help now, either that or we have to edit that out.

983
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:33,680
Speaker 2: Yes, because now can you grab the ball?

984
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 1: I a couple of weeks ago, I was in the

985
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:42,880
Speaker 1: office and and I went downstairs where we have like

986
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:48,799
Speaker 1: our dressing area, and there was a football sitting with

987
00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:51,520
Speaker 1: all my shirts and stuff. And I picked it up

988
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:53,279
Speaker 1: and my name was on it, like and it was

989
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:54,160
Speaker 1: beauty and you want to get a.

990
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 2: Shot of this here?

991
00:46:55,120 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: My name was on it, and uh, it says most

992
00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:05,320
Speaker 1: valuable partner, Dan Hansis, thank you for aiding in the

993
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:09,319
Speaker 1: professional development of our scholar athlete and providing a life

994
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:12,600
Speaker 1: changing career experience during our twenty twenty three Los Angeles

995
00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:17,320
Speaker 1: business week trip. And then it's signed by head coach

996
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:20,280
Speaker 1: of Clemson Dave O Sweeney Dallas.

997
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:22,719
Speaker 3: Wait, what was this that you did for them?

998
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:23,640
Speaker 2: Or they're nothing.

999
00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 1: That's the thing that's unbelievable.

1000
00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 2: How do you know?

1001
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:28,120
Speaker 1: And because you told me?

1002
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:29,919
Speaker 2: How do you know? Though? I love how mad Greg

1003
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:30,560
Speaker 2: gets back.

1004
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 4: Kansas displayed it in the window here in the podcast studio,

1005
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 4: so anyone walking past the studio.

1006
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:40,560
Speaker 3: I rotated the football so that so that if you

1007
00:47:40,600 --> 00:47:43,000
Speaker 3: walk by, you could see his name prominently displayed.

1008
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:44,600
Speaker 1: Here's the thing on the top.

1009
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:46,560
Speaker 6: Of a mug, so it was hoisted up as well.

1010
00:47:46,680 --> 00:47:51,280
Speaker 1: If you do is it perfectly clear to anyone myself

1011
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:54,240
Speaker 1: included what I did for this scholar athlete?

1012
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:55,920
Speaker 2: No, not not on the surface.

1013
00:47:56,680 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: But do I have this football and my name aggraved

1014
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:00,120
Speaker 1: in it and signed by one of the most sam

1015
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:03,160
Speaker 1: as head coach? I mean something with all these nice

1016
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:05,919
Speaker 1: words about me that is absolutely true.

1017
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:07,320
Speaker 2: What did it say you do that is apparent?

1018
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:09,759
Speaker 5: But you help the scholar athletes on a business tree?

1019
00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:13,240
Speaker 5: Now I realize it's not from Clemson. It's from Dabos

1020
00:48:13,239 --> 00:48:14,680
Speaker 5: Sweeney in some sort of.

1021
00:48:14,680 --> 00:48:17,200
Speaker 2: Paw journey, which is is a lifestyle of winning.

1022
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:18,560
Speaker 3: What business trip was this?

1023
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:20,239
Speaker 1: And I don't I'm like one of those people, like

1024
00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,880
Speaker 1: there are people that do things nice things and then

1025
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:24,759
Speaker 1: make sure everyone knows about it. Yeah, there are people

1026
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:26,719
Speaker 1: that just try to keep it to themselves. So I'm

1027
00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:30,399
Speaker 1: going to leave it kind of more mysterious. And you know, yes, Greg,

1028
00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:32,920
Speaker 1: there's also people this.

1029
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,440
Speaker 6: Was absolutely a clerical error.

1030
00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:36,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, I want to know, Like, is it as I

1031
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:40,320
Speaker 5: know you want to My theory is a listener somehow

1032
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:42,560
Speaker 5: is involved with this program and sent it as.

1033
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 1: A joke about you. There's no other explanation.

1034
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,000
Speaker 3: Well that's that's one way to look at It's a

1035
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:50,840
Speaker 3: flat out clerical mistake.

1036
00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:53,759
Speaker 4: The way that you're holding this football right now and

1037
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:55,920
Speaker 4: displaying it now, You're cradling it like.

1038
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:59,080
Speaker 1: A maybe not say name Sweeney, because I don't do

1039
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:01,440
Speaker 1: it for the autograph or even for the head coach

1040
00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:04,360
Speaker 1: to to send me this beautiful ball. I just do

1041
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:04,799
Speaker 1: it at all.

1042
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:05,319
Speaker 2: What do you mean?

1043
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:08,920
Speaker 1: What do you know? I love it? I do love

1044
00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:10,719
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you love it. Greg Creig sent it.

1045
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:13,080
Speaker 3: There is a selfless nature to you, Dan, and I

1046
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:14,239
Speaker 3: don't think anyone could deny that.

1047
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:16,759
Speaker 1: And like now that the football landed in my lap, yeah,

1048
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:20,400
Speaker 1: did I rotate it this morning toward the window, Because

1049
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:23,399
Speaker 1: I think it's an inspiration to others to also give

1050
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:25,279
Speaker 1: their time for people who need it.

1051
00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:27,320
Speaker 3: Maybe another student. Nowt I get a little pause. Come on,

1052
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 3: let's take its home. All right, let's move on. You're anyway,

1053
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 3: Trevor Lawrence got to end the second we.

1054
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:40,879
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence number one overall pick, Zach Wilson, number two

1055
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:44,840
Speaker 1: overall pick Zach Wilson, Trey Lanceon number three overall pick,

1056
00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 1: Justin Fields, the number eleven overall pick, Mac Jones, the

1057
00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:54,399
Speaker 1: fifteenth overall pick. None of the last four names are

1058
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:58,160
Speaker 1: going to get a second contract with the team that drafted.

1059
00:49:57,719 --> 00:50:02,000
Speaker 2: Them, and one of them is already no longer with

1060
00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:02,359
Speaker 2: a team.

1061
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:06,520
Speaker 1: That's Trey lance And it's now all up to Trevor

1062
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:09,839
Speaker 1: Lawrence to make that. By the way, which was kind

1063
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:12,520
Speaker 1: of a fascinating draft class, Mark, would you mind pulling

1064
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:15,960
Speaker 1: up the twenty twenty one NFL draft class? Great first round,

1065
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:19,880
Speaker 1: tons of stars, and the quarterbacks were the headliners, and

1066
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:23,279
Speaker 1: they pretty much all busted except for Lawrence. And now

1067
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:25,320
Speaker 1: you look at Trevor Lawrence, and I mentioned it a

1068
00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:27,879
Speaker 1: couple of days ago, but he closed strong last year.

1069
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:29,640
Speaker 1: His last seven games. I looked this up on Pro

1070
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:35,680
Speaker 1: Football Reference. He had a one hundred and four passer rating,

1071
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:39,600
Speaker 1: twelve touchdowns, two interceptions, He added two rushing scores, completed

1072
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 1: sixty eight percent of his passes.

1073
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:42,360
Speaker 2: They won the AFC.

1074
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:45,239
Speaker 1: South, had one of the great comebacks in the history

1075
00:50:45,239 --> 00:50:48,960
Speaker 1: of the NFL against the Chargers, and then gave the

1076
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:51,480
Speaker 1: Chiefs all they could handle in the divisional round. As

1077
00:50:51,520 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 1: Greg mentioned, they have a pretty soft remaining schedule No Burrough,

1078
00:50:55,239 --> 00:51:00,000
Speaker 1: Cincinnati at Cleveland with dtr or whoever home against Baltimore,

1079
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:03,360
Speaker 1: major game with high level stakes in the AFC playoff picture,

1080
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:06,920
Speaker 1: and the potential by at Tampa home Carolina at Tennessee.

1081
00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:10,799
Speaker 1: They absolutely can be a twelve or thirteen win team

1082
00:51:11,320 --> 00:51:15,520
Speaker 1: if they get high level play from their quarterback, who

1083
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:18,880
Speaker 1: is the only QB that matters out of that draft class.

1084
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:22,640
Speaker 1: We shall see how he finishes and how the Jags finish.

1085
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: I'm not totally giving whoever you are, You're welcome.

1086
00:51:25,680 --> 00:51:28,279
Speaker 3: That is a terrible quarterback class, looking at him from

1087
00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 3: the top to.

1088
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:33,480
Speaker 5: Bottom, I'm not giving up on fields having a reasonable

1089
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:36,839
Speaker 5: career where he starts a lot of games and has

1090
00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:39,919
Speaker 5: a better second act like a Ryan Tannehill type of guy.

1091
00:51:40,520 --> 00:51:44,360
Speaker 5: I wouldn't put him nearly in the same class of where.

1092
00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:46,600
Speaker 1: Will Well He'll be traded though in the offseason. I

1093
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Speaker 1: don't think he'll be on the Bears. I'm a team

1094
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:51,120
Speaker 1: that we've seen him ass up the number one overall

1095
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:55,359
Speaker 1: pick last year to keep right. But Trey Lance and

1096
00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:58,040
Speaker 1: Zach Welson and Mac Jones are in very dark places.

1097
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,719
Speaker 1: I just put Fields like a little right to the side,

1098
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:03,040
Speaker 1: and they're just kind of crazy. It is because the

1099
00:52:03,200 --> 00:52:06,880
Speaker 1: next quarterbacks that were taken in that class were Kellen

1100
00:52:06,960 --> 00:52:11,640
Speaker 1: Mond right after a long break, Davis Mills like it, Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I guess he's living.

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00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:14,040
Speaker 2: Wills was in that first round. Mark, that was a

1103
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:14,760
Speaker 2: good first round.

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00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:18,680
Speaker 3: Well, it's Trevor Lawrence, it's Zach Wilson, it's Trey Lance,

1105
00:52:18,719 --> 00:52:21,440
Speaker 3: it's justin Fields, it's Mac Jones. Then it falls off

1106
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:23,200
Speaker 3: to Kyle Traskin. So I mean the other players that

1107
00:52:23,239 --> 00:52:26,360
Speaker 3: weren't quarterback, Oh absolutely, look there is You've got Michael

1108
00:52:26,400 --> 00:52:27,240
Speaker 3: Parsons in there.

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Speaker 1: Parsons is twelfth. Yep, you got Mark Chase's.

1110
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 3: Fifth, Penay Sewell, Patrick Sutan, DeVonta Smith.

1111
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:39,279
Speaker 5: Kyle Pitts was fourth, Wattle was sixth. I mean, Sewell's

1112
00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:43,880
Speaker 5: an All Pro or Pro bowler, so Sertan at nine.

1113
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 5: Devanta Smith might as well be at ten, great player

1114
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:51,880
Speaker 5: Parsons at twelve. Slater made an All Pro team at thirteen.

1115
00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:55,759
Speaker 5: That is a great top of the draft that the But.

1116
00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:58,719
Speaker 3: That said, though quarter Jets were not gonna take you know,

1117
00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,239
Speaker 3: a linebacker at this like there was. It was like

1118
00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:02,320
Speaker 3: you have to keep trying.

1119
00:53:02,560 --> 00:53:04,840
Speaker 1: Well. Once the Jets beat the Rams in Week sixteen,

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00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:07,160
Speaker 1: they locked themselves out of the Trevor Lawrence swop stakes,

1121
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:08,960
Speaker 1: and they would have been no matter what they would

1122
00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:10,479
Speaker 1: have done, they would have been wrong.

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Speaker 2: But doesn't make it feel any better.

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00:53:12,520 --> 00:53:14,799
Speaker 6: And this quarterback class, that one was sold to us

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Speaker 6: as a really.

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00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,080
Speaker 2: Good generational class. Yeah, yeah, that's just where it is.

1127
00:53:18,160 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 3: So bawning over Zach Wilson even a year into his career.

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Speaker 1: So I just want to like say that Lawrence and

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00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:26,680
Speaker 1: the Jags are a team to watch down the stretch

1130
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:30,120
Speaker 1: here with a soft schedule and good positioning, and they could,

1131
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:33,800
Speaker 1: even though it strikes you as odd, potentially be the

1132
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:36,560
Speaker 1: number one seed in them I give him the little

1133
00:53:36,640 --> 00:53:38,880
Speaker 1: less of a chance than the Chiefs, but they were

1134
00:53:38,920 --> 00:53:40,880
Speaker 1: the second last. But this way, at a certain point

1135
00:53:41,080 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 1: before games were played, they were the number one seed.

1136
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:50,040
Speaker 1: On Sunday it changed but that tells you how incredibly

1137
00:53:50,080 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 1: packed things are.

1138
00:53:50,719 --> 00:53:52,799
Speaker 2: But also they're in the mix absolutely right.

1139
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:56,080
Speaker 3: I have one quick one yeah, because it's the literally

1140
00:53:56,239 --> 00:54:00,680
Speaker 3: one of the biggest sports stories around, and it's we're

1141
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:05,200
Speaker 3: about forty days away from knowing the fate very simply

1142
00:54:05,280 --> 00:54:09,160
Speaker 3: of Bill Belichick staying in New England or leaving the Patriots,

1143
00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:10,920
Speaker 3: maybe saying good bye to him when they had the

1144
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:14,120
Speaker 3: number one overall pick or first, second or third, and

1145
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:17,760
Speaker 3: then like in a any given Sunday Al Pacino Closer,

1146
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:18,600
Speaker 3: like have you.

1147
00:54:18,520 --> 00:54:19,359
Speaker 1: Seen that movie, Collen?

1148
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:22,799
Speaker 3: I have, yes, there you go, like Belichick turning right

1149
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:26,640
Speaker 3: around and continuing his coaching career and chasing Don Shula's

1150
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:30,319
Speaker 3: record somewhere else, maybe with the Chargers, maybe with the Commanders,

1151
00:54:30,719 --> 00:54:31,280
Speaker 3: the commis.

1152
00:54:31,320 --> 00:54:33,120
Speaker 2: You know what's you know what's interesting?

1153
00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:36,160
Speaker 1: Is there anything that Belichick can do from this point

1154
00:54:36,239 --> 00:54:39,400
Speaker 1: to January seventh that would change his fate in New England?

1155
00:54:40,960 --> 00:54:43,160
Speaker 3: I think it would more come down to the fact

1156
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:45,120
Speaker 3: that crafty or the other I don't know, you know,

1157
00:54:45,280 --> 00:54:46,560
Speaker 3: I think if your craft.

1158
00:54:46,280 --> 00:54:48,680
Speaker 5: And your game, if you go six and oh with

1159
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:50,960
Speaker 5: Bailey z Appy, that would probably.

1160
00:54:50,680 --> 00:54:51,960
Speaker 1: Change Or is it just already over?

1161
00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:54,440
Speaker 3: Why would that change Why wouldn't change it?

1162
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:56,600
Speaker 1: Then I'm just saying, that's what I'm saying. Have they

1163
00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:57,480
Speaker 1: already made the decision?

1164
00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:00,480
Speaker 3: More like what Craft is weighing as other op and

1165
00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:02,680
Speaker 3: it's going to be, you know, the coach that's to

1166
00:55:02,719 --> 00:55:05,759
Speaker 3: come be post Bill Belichick. You know, if it's Gerald Mayo,

1167
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:08,040
Speaker 3: maybe it's already decided to Craft's mind.

1168
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:13,200
Speaker 5: But Belichick said this week that he enjoys coaching this

1169
00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:17,239
Speaker 5: team and enjoys coaching as which now as he did

1170
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:20,279
Speaker 5: when they were winning Super Bowls, which Okay, there's no

1171
00:55:20,360 --> 00:55:25,520
Speaker 5: way I don't quite believe that, but I do believe

1172
00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:29,680
Speaker 5: a that's a signal I plan to continue coaching, and

1173
00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:31,759
Speaker 5: he wants the record.

1174
00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:35,360
Speaker 1: And I actually do believe him that he.

1175
00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:37,239
Speaker 5: Believes in He's probably right that he is going to

1176
00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:40,839
Speaker 5: find no greater satisfaction or enjoyment or joy in his

1177
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:44,279
Speaker 5: life than doing what he's doing. So he's gonnaep doing

1178
00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:46,480
Speaker 5: it if someone hires him to do it, and.

1179
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:48,480
Speaker 1: If he if he could be hired by a team

1180
00:55:48,520 --> 00:55:52,680
Speaker 1: that has an established quarterback thats on their schedule, I

1181
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:53,680
Speaker 1: think he would like that too.

1182
00:55:53,719 --> 00:55:57,239
Speaker 5: That would be be willing to give up running the

1183
00:55:57,360 --> 00:56:00,200
Speaker 5: organization because I do think he's not that far away

1184
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:03,600
Speaker 5: from the defensive version of Mike Shanahan, which is like

1185
00:56:03,719 --> 00:56:07,160
Speaker 5: Mike Shanahan running the organization where he was essentially the owner,

1186
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:10,600
Speaker 5: ruined that he was still like his son, the best

1187
00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:11,840
Speaker 5: play caller in the league.

1188
00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:12,879
Speaker 1: And for everything that.

1189
00:56:12,840 --> 00:56:16,560
Speaker 5: Bill Belichick, you know, isn't doing right, they're still ranked

1190
00:56:16,560 --> 00:56:19,600
Speaker 5: pretty high defensively. Like I think he's still a fine

1191
00:56:19,800 --> 00:56:22,840
Speaker 5: game day coach, like he could coach up a defense.

1192
00:56:23,239 --> 00:56:25,560
Speaker 1: He just everything else. I don't think Bill's gonna want

1193
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:30,160
Speaker 1: to go somewhere where someone else's as Bill Parcells telling

1194
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:32,760
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick, if you're gonna, you know, if you're gonna

1195
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:34,799
Speaker 1: ask me to cook the meal, you gotta let me

1196
00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:40,479
Speaker 1: shop for the groceries about forty I can't see Bill

1197
00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:44,600
Speaker 1: having someone else go to the supermarket. You're probably right,

1198
00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:46,600
Speaker 1: but if you have I don't know, Justin Herbert is

1199
00:56:46,600 --> 00:56:50,640
Speaker 1: a quarterback, then you have a little more margin for error,

1200
00:56:50,640 --> 00:56:54,279
Speaker 1: which he does not have. Right now, all right, let's

1201
00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:57,319
Speaker 1: get to Thursday night football unless we're good, all right,

1202
00:56:57,600 --> 00:57:01,280
Speaker 1: good talk, good seg Thursday night Football. Yes, the AFA

1203
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:04,640
Speaker 1: mentioned Dallas Cowboys are at home, where they have been

1204
00:57:05,280 --> 00:57:10,440
Speaker 1: unstoppable this year. Including a Thursday night bashing of the

1205
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:14,960
Speaker 1: Commanders that got people fired. They host the Seattle Seahawks,

1206
00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:18,520
Speaker 1: and these are two teams, Connie and again Colleen, who

1207
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:23,240
Speaker 1: anchors coverage of TNF on NFL Network, Two teams going

1208
00:57:23,280 --> 00:57:26,880
Speaker 1: in different directions. So I think the general sentiment out

1209
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:29,160
Speaker 1: there and I don't know what the desert saying, but.

1210
00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:33,440
Speaker 8: I'm gonna guess, Greggy, I'm gonna guess about who. Maybe

1211
00:57:36,960 --> 00:57:41,160
Speaker 8: seven and a half. I'm checking at least it's up

1212
00:57:41,200 --> 00:57:41,600
Speaker 8: to nine.

1213
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:44,480
Speaker 1: Up to nine, my god. The general sentiment out there

1214
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:46,000
Speaker 1: in the Vegas sentiment is that the Cowboys are going

1215
00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:48,840
Speaker 1: to keep rolling. Is there anything that you're seeing in

1216
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:51,120
Speaker 1: your studying of the Seahawks that says, you know what,

1217
00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:53,480
Speaker 1: this could be a team that the game they hang

1218
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:54,920
Speaker 1: around in and maybe even win.

1219
00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:57,920
Speaker 4: So the only thing that jumps out at me is

1220
00:57:58,320 --> 00:58:01,800
Speaker 4: Gino Smith. Yes, he was definitely not one hundred percent

1221
00:58:02,000 --> 00:58:04,560
Speaker 4: last week. We knew that after hurting his elbow, and

1222
00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:07,720
Speaker 4: he wasn't a full participant in practice going into that

1223
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:11,440
Speaker 4: Thanksgiving game. But this week he's had He's participated in

1224
00:58:11,480 --> 00:58:14,800
Speaker 4: all of the practices fully. So his uh, I think

1225
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:16,680
Speaker 4: Pete Carroll came out and said that, like it's a

1226
00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:19,360
Speaker 4: night and day difference for him coming into this game.

1227
00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:22,720
Speaker 4: So maybe we see a little bit more from Gino

1228
00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:25,919
Speaker 4: because that was just not a great performance by him

1229
00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:28,200
Speaker 4: at all. But yeah, I mean these two teams. I

1230
00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:30,400
Speaker 4: think the Seahawks are like a perfect example of how

1231
00:58:30,600 --> 00:58:34,680
Speaker 4: volatile the NFL is this year in general, because they

1232
00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:37,000
Speaker 4: were five and two, they were one of the darlings

1233
00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:40,640
Speaker 4: of the NFC. They were in conversations about challenging the

1234
00:58:40,760 --> 00:58:44,080
Speaker 4: Niners for the division, and then they lost three of

1235
00:58:44,160 --> 00:58:48,280
Speaker 4: four games, including the San Francisco on and they're still

1236
00:58:48,320 --> 00:58:52,200
Speaker 4: in the playoff picture. But their next three games at Dallas,

1237
00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:55,200
Speaker 4: at San Francisco, and then hosting the Eagles, that's a

1238
00:58:55,280 --> 00:58:59,480
Speaker 4: really tough stretch. And with these two teams matching up

1239
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:04,480
Speaker 4: on Thursday, Like Deron Bland has more touchdowns than any of.

1240
00:59:04,440 --> 00:59:06,920
Speaker 6: The Seahawks wide receivers, so they.

1241
00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:09,240
Speaker 4: Kind of I know that they run the ball well

1242
00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:12,800
Speaker 4: and they're gonna have to to win this game or

1243
00:59:12,840 --> 00:59:13,680
Speaker 4: even make it close.

1244
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:18,960
Speaker 3: Metcalf has won one hundred plus yard performance. There's a

1245
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:21,720
Speaker 3: number out there that says on tight window throws, he's

1246
00:59:21,720 --> 00:59:25,760
Speaker 3: caught two of seventeen tight window targets. The offense has

1247
00:59:25,800 --> 00:59:28,720
Speaker 3: fallen off a cliff since Week nine, allowing just over

1248
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:32,680
Speaker 3: fifteen points per game. They're allowing almost twenty eight on defense.

1249
00:59:33,520 --> 00:59:36,960
Speaker 3: Dallas has never trailed at home this entire season. Seattle's

1250
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:40,280
Speaker 3: gone twenty straight drives without a touchdown. So it's not

1251
00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:44,000
Speaker 3: just the healthier version of Gino Smith. It's like we're

1252
00:59:44,040 --> 00:59:46,960
Speaker 3: watching a team that I think had great promise and

1253
00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:48,840
Speaker 3: is starting to crumble left and right. You don't have

1254
00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:51,320
Speaker 3: Kenneth Walker, and I see issues on both sides of

1255
00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:53,920
Speaker 3: the ball, And do I trust Pete Carroll on the

1256
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:56,400
Speaker 3: road against a white hot Cowboys team to coach his

1257
00:59:56,440 --> 00:59:58,320
Speaker 3: way out of it? If I say I don't trust them,

1258
00:59:58,320 --> 01:00:00,919
Speaker 3: they'll probably win anyways, because I remember what happened last

1259
01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:02,080
Speaker 3: week to predict.

1260
01:00:01,840 --> 01:00:04,560
Speaker 5: It, Greg, it's a little dan Quinn Pete Carroll off,

1261
01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:08,720
Speaker 5: by the way, dah oh, that's true. Dan Quinn's coaching

1262
01:00:08,800 --> 01:00:12,320
Speaker 5: up a storm. Pete Carroll twenty second in defensive DVOA.

1263
01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:15,640
Speaker 5: They've been below average now for five out of six years.

1264
01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:17,480
Speaker 5: The one year they weren't was the pandemic year where

1265
01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:20,080
Speaker 5: they were thirteenth. So he's a defensive coach with a

1266
01:00:20,120 --> 01:00:22,320
Speaker 5: below average defense basically every year.

1267
01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:24,680
Speaker 1: Uh, Greg, you know what else matters in these last

1268
01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:27,280
Speaker 1: six weeks, I think it's your boy. I think Gino's

1269
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:29,000
Speaker 1: playing for his job these last six weeks of the

1270
01:00:29,040 --> 01:00:31,200
Speaker 1: regular season because I think he's had a you know,

1271
01:00:31,320 --> 01:00:35,240
Speaker 1: pretty Gino coaster type year, and I think contract wise,

1272
01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:37,640
Speaker 1: they can make a move if they have to after

1273
01:00:37,680 --> 01:00:39,920
Speaker 1: this year, so he's got to put better tape out

1274
01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:40,439
Speaker 1: there as well.

1275
01:00:40,520 --> 01:00:43,360
Speaker 5: I think they're more likely to draft a quarterback to

1276
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:45,600
Speaker 5: pair with him because of the contract that he has,

1277
01:00:45,640 --> 01:00:47,960
Speaker 5: which is similar to the Derek Carr contract with the Raiders,

1278
01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:49,680
Speaker 5: which you can't get off of it, but you'd have

1279
01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:52,400
Speaker 5: to still guaranteed like twelve million years.

1280
01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:54,400
Speaker 1: But if his next season money looks like his last

1281
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:56,640
Speaker 1: six weeks, I think they could go in a different direction.

1282
01:00:56,840 --> 01:00:59,160
Speaker 5: I don't think they would do that with a veteran

1283
01:00:59,200 --> 01:01:03,040
Speaker 5: because I think he's played over that line of just

1284
01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:06,040
Speaker 5: like he's better than average, so we're gonna.

1285
01:01:05,800 --> 01:01:08,600
Speaker 1: Need right, Yes, I do.

1286
01:01:09,240 --> 01:01:12,240
Speaker 5: I do think though that that, like, like the Thursday

1287
01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:14,240
Speaker 5: night game was a great example, Like they've had a

1288
01:01:14,240 --> 01:01:15,920
Speaker 5: couple of these games this year and it's boring to

1289
01:01:15,960 --> 01:01:21,880
Speaker 5: point this out, but they get steamrolled offensively and defensively

1290
01:01:21,920 --> 01:01:25,000
Speaker 5: on the line, they have no pass rush essentially, that's consistent.

1291
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:27,240
Speaker 5: They put all this money in Draymond Jones, they traded

1292
01:01:27,280 --> 01:01:29,440
Speaker 5: for Leonard Williams, you know, boy Mafia, all this stuff.

1293
01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:31,680
Speaker 1: They get rocked.

1294
01:01:31,480 --> 01:01:34,960
Speaker 5: And the Cowboys offensive line has been great, and then

1295
01:01:34,960 --> 01:01:38,360
Speaker 5: you flip it and Gino's facing i think the third

1296
01:01:38,400 --> 01:01:40,600
Speaker 5: highest pressure rate in the league, despite getting rid of

1297
01:01:40,640 --> 01:01:43,400
Speaker 5: the ball pretty quickly and mostly avoiding sex. They do

1298
01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:47,040
Speaker 5: get Abe Lucas possibly back for this game to replace

1299
01:01:47,080 --> 01:01:49,920
Speaker 5: the forty forty one year old Jason Peters for the

1300
01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:51,640
Speaker 5: first time since Week one. This would be the first

1301
01:01:51,640 --> 01:01:54,360
Speaker 5: time they have their tackles back together for the first

1302
01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:56,240
Speaker 5: time since week one. But there's there's still got like

1303
01:01:56,240 --> 01:01:59,959
Speaker 5: a missing guard or two, Like their two lines are bad,

1304
01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:02,720
Speaker 5: and it's man, the Cowboys are so good upfront on

1305
01:02:02,800 --> 01:02:05,680
Speaker 5: both sides. It's it's sad, I'm not looking forward to

1306
01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:08,200
Speaker 5: you don't playing this this defense because there's no reason

1307
01:02:08,200 --> 01:02:09,640
Speaker 5: to think that they're gonna play well.

1308
01:02:09,720 --> 01:02:12,040
Speaker 3: I think also, if you're Dallas, like you could point

1309
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:16,040
Speaker 3: to figures on the roster who have improved, like we've

1310
01:02:16,080 --> 01:02:18,760
Speaker 3: gotten a much better version of Brandon Cooks the last

1311
01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:21,240
Speaker 3: couple of weeks, we're waiting for that. I think Tony

1312
01:02:21,280 --> 01:02:24,120
Speaker 3: Poller has been running the ball better than any point

1313
01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:26,240
Speaker 3: in the year. And then it's like they're the kind

1314
01:02:26,240 --> 01:02:29,160
Speaker 3: of team that if you get behind against Dallas, they

1315
01:02:29,200 --> 01:02:31,680
Speaker 3: just start to unleak dark like dark hell on everyone.

1316
01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:33,880
Speaker 3: It's like it's like, I don't know, I don't love

1317
01:02:33,880 --> 01:02:35,800
Speaker 3: the formula for Seattle here.

1318
01:02:36,760 --> 01:02:39,760
Speaker 4: No, And also I kind of think it's interesting that

1319
01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:44,120
Speaker 4: the Seahawks they just signed Calvin Joseph too to their

1320
01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:45,920
Speaker 4: practice squad, so a former Cowboy.

1321
01:02:45,960 --> 01:02:47,280
Speaker 6: They have a couple of former.

1322
01:02:47,000 --> 01:02:50,520
Speaker 4: Cowboys spy on the Yeah, on the team if you

1323
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:53,760
Speaker 4: count Jason Peters, I guess at this point, but the

1324
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:58,160
Speaker 4: Cowboys offensive line has been playing so well. Both Smith's

1325
01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:02,680
Speaker 4: on the left side, Tyron and Tyler they look great just.

1326
01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:07,560
Speaker 3: The right Dallas Yeah really said they had three Hall

1327
01:03:07,600 --> 01:03:09,760
Speaker 3: of famers on their line, including Tyler Smith.

1328
01:03:10,200 --> 01:03:13,760
Speaker 1: I think Dak is also, I think he misspoke. I

1329
01:03:13,760 --> 01:03:14,480
Speaker 1: think he was thinking.

1330
01:03:14,640 --> 01:03:16,560
Speaker 3: I mean, he did say it. I don't right, He's

1331
01:03:16,560 --> 01:03:19,240
Speaker 3: probably not pounding the table, I think on the line

1332
01:03:19,280 --> 01:03:24,480
Speaker 3: for a grocery store something. Back when before Travis Frederick retired.

1333
01:03:24,320 --> 01:03:29,000
Speaker 1: You mentioned Cooks obviously, CD Lambsman an All Pro this year.

1334
01:03:29,080 --> 01:03:32,240
Speaker 1: You mentioned Pollard starting to heat up. Uh, you are

1335
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:35,400
Speaker 1: getting a situation where I think Dak is lifting all

1336
01:03:35,480 --> 01:03:38,480
Speaker 1: boats here and uh, Connie, here's a good stat that's

1337
01:03:38,520 --> 01:03:41,400
Speaker 1: from Barnwell, write this one down, buddy. Yeah, he has

1338
01:03:41,440 --> 01:03:44,000
Speaker 1: an eighty point seven QBR since Week six, and I

1339
01:03:44,080 --> 01:03:46,120
Speaker 1: think WEEKSA you're butter knifing in a little bit because

1340
01:03:46,120 --> 01:03:48,360
Speaker 1: I think that's when he bombed out against San Francisco.

1341
01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:51,600
Speaker 1: But since that game, Uh, he has an eighty point

1342
01:03:51,680 --> 01:03:54,360
Speaker 1: seven QBR. Nobody else in the entire NFL is over

1343
01:03:54,480 --> 01:03:57,720
Speaker 1: sixty eight. So he's head and shoulders the best QB

1344
01:03:58,440 --> 01:04:01,040
Speaker 1: in the league for a month and a half now.

1345
01:04:01,600 --> 01:04:04,720
Speaker 1: And I just think of everything sets up in prime

1346
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:07,760
Speaker 1: time with the Cowboys feeling themselves. Oh yeah, they are

1347
01:04:07,840 --> 01:04:10,160
Speaker 1: in normal rest even though they played on Thursday night.

1348
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:13,960
Speaker 1: Same with the Seahawks, by the way, Uh, to keep

1349
01:04:14,080 --> 01:04:15,880
Speaker 1: rolling on offense, I think we could be looking at

1350
01:04:15,880 --> 01:04:17,240
Speaker 1: another thirty to forty burger.

1351
01:04:18,080 --> 01:04:19,880
Speaker 4: I could definitely see that. It feels like they're at

1352
01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:23,360
Speaker 4: the height of their power right now. And Dak Prescott, Yeah,

1353
01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:26,600
Speaker 4: he's on an absolute tear. He was actually asked about it.

1354
01:04:26,680 --> 01:04:29,680
Speaker 4: You know, he has a daughter that's due in March

1355
01:04:29,840 --> 01:04:32,560
Speaker 4: coming up, so you could call him Dad Prescott if

1356
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:36,000
Speaker 4: you want, well you could, But he was saying that

1357
01:04:36,520 --> 01:04:39,000
Speaker 4: he was asked about the how well he's been playing,

1358
01:04:39,360 --> 01:04:39,480
Speaker 4: like he.

1359
01:04:39,520 --> 01:04:41,720
Speaker 1: Said, shopping that for Moocha on Thursday night.

1360
01:04:43,680 --> 01:04:49,240
Speaker 3: Mooch alone, that this show exists, I'm sure he does.

1361
01:04:49,520 --> 01:04:51,840
Speaker 3: You just have him on sure, I mean so much.

1362
01:04:52,080 --> 01:04:53,560
Speaker 1: I don't know if he knows the show exists, but

1363
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:55,520
Speaker 1: I mean, what a great guy?

1364
01:04:55,840 --> 01:04:56,480
Speaker 6: Are you kidding me?

1365
01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:58,240
Speaker 2: He is the best always.

1366
01:04:58,040 --> 01:05:00,920
Speaker 1: Uncle Uncle Mooch here in the office. Everybody like Steve Mariucci.

1367
01:05:01,040 --> 01:05:04,440
Speaker 4: He is just the sweetest, most genuine like he's so

1368
01:05:04,640 --> 01:05:05,560
Speaker 4: much fun to be around.

1369
01:05:05,600 --> 01:05:07,520
Speaker 6: I love doing shows with him. And my dad was

1370
01:05:07,560 --> 01:05:08,200
Speaker 6: in town right.

1371
01:05:08,120 --> 01:05:11,440
Speaker 4: Now because we want to get really yeah, so it's

1372
01:05:11,520 --> 01:05:13,200
Speaker 4: like I just had big dad.

1373
01:05:13,160 --> 01:05:14,200
Speaker 6: Energy all around me.

1374
01:05:14,440 --> 01:05:17,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, Dad energy is right, I think because we hear

1375
01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:19,040
Speaker 1: another one we want to get who we want to

1376
01:05:19,040 --> 01:05:20,520
Speaker 1: get on the show the off season, McDaniel.

1377
01:05:21,040 --> 01:05:24,560
Speaker 3: We want to get Darius Lay, Kyle Shanahan.

1378
01:05:24,680 --> 01:05:25,480
Speaker 2: We want to get.

1379
01:05:27,360 --> 01:05:32,160
Speaker 1: Steve Smith my own episode with Colleen. Yeah, and how

1380
01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:33,920
Speaker 1: about Mooch. Yeah, Connie as.

1381
01:05:33,880 --> 01:05:36,840
Speaker 6: Well, mondays with Mooch. It's one of my favorite days

1382
01:05:36,920 --> 01:05:37,360
Speaker 6: of the week.

1383
01:05:37,640 --> 01:05:40,560
Speaker 4: And anyway, what I was just about to say though

1384
01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:42,160
Speaker 4: about Prescott, he was asked about the tear.

1385
01:05:42,080 --> 01:05:43,480
Speaker 6: That he's on right now, and he said that it's

1386
01:05:43,560 --> 01:05:46,640
Speaker 6: Dad's strength. That's what's really like pushing him through right now.

1387
01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:49,479
Speaker 3: Wait the titled yeah there we go till you're getting

1388
01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:50,720
Speaker 3: in about two and a half hours of sleep and

1389
01:05:50,720 --> 01:05:51,480
Speaker 3: anything else, I'm this.

1390
01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:53,840
Speaker 2: Game all right? Good?

1391
01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:54,800
Speaker 1: That's so up. Seahawks.

1392
01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:57,400
Speaker 5: They are more interesting nine and a half point underdog

1393
01:05:57,480 --> 01:05:59,560
Speaker 5: than most. I'm with you, And there is something to

1394
01:05:59,680 --> 01:06:03,000
Speaker 5: the the fact that they're not facing the forty nine ers.

1395
01:06:03,240 --> 01:06:05,760
Speaker 5: I know the Cowboys are great, but the Seahawks just

1396
01:06:05,840 --> 01:06:07,840
Speaker 5: look like little babies when they go against the forty

1397
01:06:07,920 --> 01:06:09,240
Speaker 5: nine ers, like they shouldn't even belong.

1398
01:06:09,320 --> 01:06:11,440
Speaker 1: They're they had to have been humbled there.

1399
01:06:11,720 --> 01:06:14,680
Speaker 5: If ever they were gonna, you know, respond a little bit,

1400
01:06:14,800 --> 01:06:17,720
Speaker 5: try a little harder, Dan, this is the game after

1401
01:06:17,840 --> 01:06:19,760
Speaker 5: I mean, that was as bad as it gets last week.

1402
01:06:19,800 --> 01:06:23,400
Speaker 3: You know what, other energy to show up? Remember that

1403
01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:25,280
Speaker 3: fenothera night, just hit the road. We're good.

1404
01:06:25,560 --> 01:06:29,120
Speaker 6: Do the Rams end up getting in the playoffs and

1405
01:06:29,760 --> 01:06:31,680
Speaker 6: balancing the Seahawks are in trouble.

1406
01:06:31,720 --> 01:06:34,240
Speaker 1: Feel like the Packers are more likely, but yeah, they

1407
01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:38,120
Speaker 1: are in trouble. They gotta win on one less underdog,

1408
01:06:38,200 --> 01:06:42,720
Speaker 1: fearless prediction. I think Deron Bland gets an interception he

1409
01:06:42,840 --> 01:06:46,120
Speaker 1: gets in the open field that gets brought down on

1410
01:06:46,320 --> 01:06:49,480
Speaker 1: the Seattle side of the field, so he almost has

1411
01:06:50,200 --> 01:06:52,560
Speaker 1: builds on his NFL record with a sixth pick six.

1412
01:06:52,560 --> 01:06:54,800
Speaker 5: I thought you were gonna say tackle him, and for

1413
01:06:54,880 --> 01:06:57,760
Speaker 5: some reason, Gino has a lot of strength open field tackling.

1414
01:06:57,800 --> 01:07:00,520
Speaker 1: I just don't feel like would be one of them.

1415
01:07:00,720 --> 01:07:03,000
Speaker 1: I don't feel like I will freak out if this happens.

1416
01:07:03,480 --> 01:07:06,480
Speaker 1: All right, Okay, okay, okay, I think we covered everything.

1417
01:07:06,600 --> 01:07:07,760
Speaker 2: Let me check the rundown.

1418
01:07:09,080 --> 01:07:10,840
Speaker 1: Colleen Wolf, do you have I want to give you

1419
01:07:10,920 --> 01:07:14,000
Speaker 1: the floor before you say goodbye. Is there anything you

1420
01:07:14,080 --> 01:07:17,200
Speaker 1: want to share with the audience and anything you know,

1421
01:07:17,240 --> 01:07:20,440
Speaker 1: whether it's a plug or or something personal or what

1422
01:07:21,680 --> 01:07:22,320
Speaker 1: I will.

1423
01:07:22,360 --> 01:07:26,720
Speaker 6: Be on TV on Thursday? Got that Bursday Night of football?

1424
01:07:26,880 --> 01:07:29,000
Speaker 1: What else are your Christmas decorations up yet?

1425
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:30,560
Speaker 6: No Christmas is canceled.

1426
01:07:31,800 --> 01:07:36,600
Speaker 4: I yeah, I've canceled it because we had to put

1427
01:07:36,640 --> 01:07:37,760
Speaker 4: our sweet baby to.

1428
01:07:37,840 --> 01:07:38,680
Speaker 6: Sleep last week.

1429
01:07:39,240 --> 01:07:39,680
Speaker 1: Blitzen.

1430
01:07:40,320 --> 01:07:43,360
Speaker 6: So one of the reindeer is not suitable.

1431
01:07:43,680 --> 01:07:45,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, like that's terrible.

1432
01:07:45,200 --> 01:07:50,439
Speaker 6: I'm sorry to hear that a down note here. Yeah,

1433
01:07:50,760 --> 01:07:53,080
Speaker 6: so I am a basket case and.

1434
01:07:54,600 --> 01:07:58,880
Speaker 4: Yeah, so there's that, all right, guys, Yes, and you

1435
01:07:59,080 --> 01:08:01,439
Speaker 4: and and you will have the one dog and still

1436
01:08:01,480 --> 01:08:01,920
Speaker 4: have Dasher.

1437
01:08:02,040 --> 01:08:05,520
Speaker 2: You and Johnny will give Dasher the company needs.

1438
01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:09,160
Speaker 5: Yeah, by Christmas, you're get in the spirit. I don't

1439
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:10,640
Speaker 5: need a little recovery as.

1440
01:08:10,600 --> 01:08:13,400
Speaker 1: I As I've said before with dogs, because I've been

1441
01:08:13,640 --> 01:08:14,640
Speaker 1: very close with dogs.

1442
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:18,720
Speaker 2: In my life. They are the perfect animal. Only thing.

1443
01:08:19,880 --> 01:08:23,240
Speaker 2: The only fundamental flaw of the dog is it lives

1444
01:08:23,360 --> 01:08:25,479
Speaker 2: long enough for you to really embrace it as a

1445
01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:30,040
Speaker 2: part of your family, but not long enough to just

1446
01:08:30,120 --> 01:08:32,600
Speaker 2: be around, you know, and you get those ten to

1447
01:08:32,680 --> 01:08:33,360
Speaker 2: fifteen years.

1448
01:08:33,439 --> 01:08:38,160
Speaker 1: And Blitzen was a good dog, great great dog. My

1449
01:08:38,240 --> 01:08:40,400
Speaker 1: Boomer was a great dog. Everyone has had a great

1450
01:08:40,479 --> 01:08:41,559
Speaker 1: dog for most of us.

1451
01:08:41,760 --> 01:08:45,599
Speaker 3: I feel lucky that over the off season I got

1452
01:08:45,720 --> 01:08:48,280
Speaker 3: yanked out of the mist to house it.

1453
01:08:49,880 --> 01:08:52,840
Speaker 2: At Kanye and house and spend a lot of time

1454
01:08:52,880 --> 01:08:53,439
Speaker 2: with both dogs.

1455
01:08:53,479 --> 01:08:56,720
Speaker 3: And I'd met them both before, but I it literally, well,

1456
01:08:56,840 --> 01:08:59,400
Speaker 3: it kind of fs me up to hear this news

1457
01:08:59,520 --> 01:09:02,439
Speaker 3: because they were really sweet and they were best friends too.

1458
01:09:02,600 --> 01:09:04,519
Speaker 6: And you sent me the best videos of them.

1459
01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:08,479
Speaker 4: I still like the best pictures and videos so many

1460
01:09:08,640 --> 01:09:11,600
Speaker 4: throughout the time that you were house sitting, and like,

1461
01:09:11,760 --> 01:09:14,160
Speaker 4: I love them. I love every single one that you sent,

1462
01:09:14,240 --> 01:09:16,640
Speaker 4: and I save them and I look at them and.

1463
01:09:18,640 --> 01:09:23,879
Speaker 1: Advice to a friend, find an ornament that looks like blitzing,

1464
01:09:24,320 --> 01:09:28,360
Speaker 1: decorate for the holidays and hang that ornament and celebrate together.

1465
01:09:28,400 --> 01:09:29,400
Speaker 2: I think it would actually help.

1466
01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:34,360
Speaker 1: I think, so bring love into the house, celebrate uncanceled Christmas, Fine,

1467
01:09:34,479 --> 01:09:36,480
Speaker 1: uncanceled Chriss Christmas.

1468
01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:38,080
Speaker 6: And Christmas back. Turn on the music.

1469
01:09:38,439 --> 01:09:43,600
Speaker 1: All right, shout out blitzing, uh for everyone.

1470
01:09:44,880 --> 01:09:45,719
Speaker 2: And you and dogs.

1471
01:09:45,760 --> 01:09:52,960
Speaker 1: It's NonStop drama around I know, Gez, how is Tank

1472
01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:55,120
Speaker 1: still around? And blitz is actually.

1473
01:09:56,920 --> 01:09:57,240
Speaker 2: The dog?

1474
01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:01,400
Speaker 1: All right, Okay, gotta go.

1475
01:10:01,800 --> 01:10:02,400
Speaker 2: That's uh.

1476
01:10:02,720 --> 01:10:04,920
Speaker 1: That's everything you said it all, Colleen. Thank you to

1477
01:10:04,960 --> 01:10:07,680
Speaker 1: everybody for listening. We'll be back on Thursday with the

1478
01:10:07,760 --> 01:10:11,040
Speaker 1: TNF Preview, NFL plus tn F recap.

1479
01:10:11,120 --> 01:10:12,519
Speaker 2: It's our Thursday triple header.

1480
01:10:12,560 --> 01:10:14,960
Speaker 1: That's a lot of work looking forward to. That's what

1481
01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:15,200
Speaker 1: we do.

1482
01:10:15,560 --> 01:10:19,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, we grind until then. Heed the call.