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Speaker 1: straight Fire Fan, it's your boy, Jason McIntyre. Straight Fire

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Speaker 1: for Monday, January second, two thousand and twenty three. We

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Speaker 1: made it, Ladies and gentlemen, We made it through the

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Speaker 1: New year. Hope everybody enjoyed a safe, fun start to three.

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Speaker 1: I'm getting to the point where I don't really partake

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Speaker 1: it was a tremendous weekend of watching football. Yes, I

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Speaker 1: will talk about the college football playoff in a little bit.

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Speaker 1: It was not a great gambling saturday for me. With

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Speaker 1: of football. Holy hell, that was a easing. We'll obviously

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Speaker 1: do some more on the college football playoff leading into

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Speaker 1: next week's podcast Um with the Natty on Monday Night.

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Speaker 1: But before we get to college football, we absolutely have

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Speaker 1: to start with my New York football Jets. And I

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Speaker 1: know I shouldn't start with the Jets because There's a

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Speaker 1: lot of other stuff that went down. Minnesota, Vikings gagging

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Speaker 1: There was there was some you know, some pretty big

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Speaker 1: and it hurt, guys. I'm not gonna lie. I saw

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Speaker 1: Jason McIntire after the Jets totally crap themselves in Seattle? Uh?

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Speaker 1: point um. But you know, you gotta you just kind

427
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Speaker 1: of worry about the Eagles, and and I mentioned San frd. Now, Rob,

428
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Speaker 1: you got an up close look at San fran versus

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Speaker 1: Jared Stidham. I don't know what San Francisco was thinking. Here.

430
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Speaker 1: Is it possible that they came in? Oh it's Jared Stidham.

431
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Speaker 1: Were one of the hottest teams in the NFL. We're

432
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Speaker 1: gonna have a massive It seemed like sixty five thirty

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Speaker 1: five Niners fans in Vegas. Yeah. I saw some videos

434
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Speaker 1: where it was like not quite a red out, but

435
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Speaker 1: there were clearly a lot of forty Niners fans at

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00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,080
Speaker 1: the game. They were loud. But the Niners defense, I'm

437
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Speaker 1: not entirely sure what happened. They did lose Dre greenlaw um,

438
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:25,600
Speaker 1: but Stidham was making plays. They had nobody who could

439
00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,680
Speaker 1: hang with Davante Adams, who put on a masterclass, including

440
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Speaker 1: one of the best catches I've seen this week, that

441
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Speaker 1: diving one handed lunge late in the game to help

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Speaker 1: force overtime. I just I was impressed with Stidham. I

443
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Speaker 1: don't think he's the answer. Obviously, I'm not gonna go overboard,

444
00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:48,120
Speaker 1: but you know, Rob, overall we're seeing some of the leaders.

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Speaker 1: For instance, Kansas City has not looked polished here at

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Speaker 1: the end of the season. Nobody seems to be cresting.

447
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,560
Speaker 1: I thought San fran was, but they did not cover here.

448
00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:58,760
Speaker 1: They needed overtime, and and as Stead a mistake in overtime,

449
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Speaker 1: although I think both was getting credit with the pressure

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Speaker 1: on on Stidham, pushing alignment into him, and then they

451
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Speaker 1: get the pick and run it back like sixty yards

452
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Speaker 1: setting up an easy field goal. I was, listen, I'm

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Speaker 1: not one of these guys who stayed Stidham. Stidham is

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Speaker 1: going to be in the mix for the job. I

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Speaker 1: think he's certainly the backup next year to Brady or whoever.

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Speaker 1: But I'm more thinking like, what what happened to Sanford?

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Speaker 1: You don't usually see them get carved up like that. Um,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, other than Kansas City putting five yards

459
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Speaker 1: and forty four points on him, nobody has moved the

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Speaker 1: ball to them like the Raiders with a backup quarterback

461
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Speaker 1: who never thrown for more than a hundred yards in

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Speaker 1: a football game. Just kind of a crazy Sunday. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think the answer to that is two fold. Number one,

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Speaker 1: I don't think that San Francisco was expecting the athleticism

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Speaker 1: that Jared's did him, because you know, even when he

466
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Speaker 1: was in New England and he didn't show it the

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Speaker 1: way he did on Sunday. And as much as I

468
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,840
Speaker 1: think Josh mcdowells is a bad coach, credit to him

469
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Speaker 1: for leaning into that especially early. A lot of bootlegs,

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Speaker 1: a lot of rollouts, a lot of you know, play action,

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Speaker 1: get him out on the edges and and to his credit,

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Speaker 1: you know, they had their full complement of weapons for

473
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Speaker 1: the one of the I think of the second time

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Speaker 1: all season where Jacobs, Waller, Renfrew and Adams all played.

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Speaker 1: And to your point, I'm expecting San Francisco to roll

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Speaker 1: over them, right, Uh, backup quarterback all the termoil with

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr this past week and the Niners I thought

478
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Speaker 1: were the hottest team in the NFC. So I'm in

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Speaker 1: my fantasy championship and I have Davante Adams and I'm thinking,

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Speaker 1: there's no way, after all this has just happened. This

481
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Speaker 1: feels like it's a you know, to three, but it

482
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Speaker 1: feels more like three because they just beat the living

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Speaker 1: ship out of us. Right, So I have Davante Adams

484
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Speaker 1: starting all week until about ten am pacifics, about two

485
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Speaker 1: hours for a game time, and I paralysis by analysis.

486
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Speaker 1: I put him on the bench in favor of Alan

487
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Speaker 1: Lazard because I thought it was a juicy matchup in

488
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,040
Speaker 1: a shootout against the Minnesota Vikings. Didn't come to fruition.

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Speaker 1: Davanta Adams, of course, is the highest scoring receiver of

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Speaker 1: the week. He outscores Alan Lazard by twenty four points

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Speaker 1: in our PPR scoring. I lost the championship by twenty points.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I wouldn't have wanted Jason McIntire money, but

493
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Speaker 1: I would have wanted some money and what I felt good.

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Speaker 1: My My thing is, did you think to bounce this

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Speaker 1: off anybody, like anyone or did you just make an

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Speaker 1: executive you didn't say this to any to anyone, because

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Speaker 1: here's my thing is everyone's gonna say, well, Davanta Adams

498
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,800
Speaker 1: is great, of course, to Addam, it's like, yeah, but

499
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Speaker 1: you don't know my team, Like I know my team.

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Speaker 1: Have you seen what that what Davanta Adams last week

501
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,760
Speaker 1: was like catching for fifty yards and I'm like, I'm

502
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Speaker 1: sure I could. This felt to me that he's gonna

503
00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,200
Speaker 1: have like three catches for twenty six yards and it's

504
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:57,040
Speaker 1: in the game they get blown out and then now, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's and you're a Raiders fan, so yeah, like Paul Whammy, right,

506
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Speaker 1: I mean, oh goodness, gracious, by the way, my son

507
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,359
Speaker 1: will win his fantasy. He's got Dawson Knox tonight, but

508
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,679
Speaker 1: it's over um and he had Davante Adams, so he

509
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Speaker 1: wants a Davante Adams jersey. And I'm like, yo, well, Bryce,

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Speaker 1: we gotta we got hold off. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: Adams gona we were with the Raiders next year. I mean,

512
00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,160
Speaker 1: what's your confidence level? Derek carrs done obviously with the Raiders.

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00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 1: Multiple reports Glazer had that I think Schefter might have

514
00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:29,480
Speaker 1: had that this coming this past weekend, Like it seems

515
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,400
Speaker 1: like he's gonna just either hit the market or they're

516
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Speaker 1: gonna get a trade. What do you think? What do

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Speaker 1: you think about Adams? I think that they're going to

518
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Speaker 1: have to do a lot of massaging of his ego

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Speaker 1: and convince him to stay. To be honest with you,

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Speaker 1: I know that you said that this is ridiculous. I

521
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Speaker 1: think it's ridiculous too. I would not be surprised if

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Speaker 1: they say, Hey, we're gonna roll with Jared's did him

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Speaker 1: next year, you know, like this this is one of

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Speaker 1: those because again because I have so little confidence in

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Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels, but I know that he's one of those

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Speaker 1: guys who doesn't just want to win. Everyone wants to win,

527
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,920
Speaker 1: but he wants to win his way. He wants to

528
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,159
Speaker 1: show that he's the smartest guy in the room, that

529
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 1: it's his offense and his play calling that does it.

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00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: And this guy, Jared's did him, even if he's not

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Speaker 1: as talented as some of the other dudes, at least

532
00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 1: knows the playbook inside it out because he's been within

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00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 1: it for three or four years now. I mean, dude,

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00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,440
Speaker 1: he would be fired by a Halloween if he tried

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Speaker 1: that next year. Also, if I'm Davante Adams and Jared

536
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 1: sidhams a guy, I'm asking out. Now, here's the thing.

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Speaker 1: If Tom Brady comes aboard, who do you think Tom

538
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Speaker 1: Brady's first call to is on the team Davant Adams,

539
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Speaker 1: Davante or maybe he just calls him Tay. I don't know.

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00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,960
Speaker 1: It was like t Adams on the Graham Tay, what up?

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Speaker 1: It's TV, Yo, We're going to the show, Homie. I

542
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:46,120
Speaker 1: can't wait. You know, yeah, there's I don't think we'll

543
00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 1: play some crabs and we'll talk about it. I don't

544
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Speaker 1: think he can say no to the goat. There's just

545
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: no way I think you can. If it's Brady, now

546
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Speaker 1: anyone else, I don't know, Like if it's Jimmy Garoppolo,

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Speaker 1: what if it's Rogers, how's he leaving? Not want to

548
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,520
Speaker 1: push this? If he leaves, it won't be because he

549
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: wants out. You think the Packers after Rogers helps get

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00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,160
Speaker 1: them to the playoffs? Well, okay, we just talked about

551
00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:19,160
Speaker 1: We just talked about the Packers. Did Rogers really get

552
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 1: them to the playoffs? If you if in this life.

553
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 1: I staked him of fourteen nothing lead. But he didn't

554
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 1: have to do anything right. He is eventually gonna have

555
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 1: to do stuff. He's like, come on, man, I know

556
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,159
Speaker 1: he wasn't great against the Dolphins. The defense kind of

557
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,119
Speaker 1: wanted this would be unprecedented shoving up this is that

558
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 1: would be like it would not say it would be

559
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 1: exactly what they did with Brett Farve. But they had

560
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers waiting again. And if you believe what their

561
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: GM and some of their defensive players say publicly on

562
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 1: podcasts of the media, they all think Jordan's love is good.

563
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 1: I don't see it, but they see it. Apparently, this

564
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 1: seems like a massive long shot that they'll push him out.

565
00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 1: But again, for that's a fun offseason topic. H quickly

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Speaker 1: before we get to Monday night football, Best Bet, Great

567
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 1: Game Tonight, obviously Bill's Bengals. UM. I did want to

568
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Speaker 1: quickly touch on the college football playoffs. First of all,

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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, they were amazing. I can't think of

570
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: a better college football playoff there there's ever been, and

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Speaker 1: I will say this for the games to be on

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Speaker 1: December thirty one, when there was literally nothing else going on,

573
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Speaker 1: there was some college basketball during the day, but by

574
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Speaker 1: that time these games kicked off, they were the only

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Speaker 1: show in town. Now I cannot stand commercials. You guys

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Speaker 1: know this. I'm a red Zone guy. I watched red

577
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 1: Zone one TV. I watched you know whatever the local

578
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 1: game is on the other TV. So obviously during commercials,

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Speaker 1: I'm like watching Cobra Kaig season five. Yes, I'm way behind.

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Speaker 1: But here's the thing. This game, the TCU Michigan one,

581
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:55,200
Speaker 1: was so crazy in the third quarter I think there

582
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,200
Speaker 1: were forty four point scored that there almost was like

583
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: a no commercial break. It felt like was like forty

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Speaker 1: straight minutes of action on TV, or maybe thirty five

585
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 1: or it was just like, oh my gosh, madness is happening.

586
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 1: And they just kept it there, turnovers, chaos, I don't know.

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00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,479
Speaker 1: I absolutely love the games. Listen, they did not go

588
00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: as I had planned. Um, I'm stunned that Michigan's defense,

589
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 1: having all this time to prepare for Max Duggan and

590
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: Sunny Dike's got just dragged up and down the field

591
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 1: and and frankly, the kid McCarthy was a disaster to

592
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 1: pick sixes. I mean, that's unacceptable for a guy who,

593
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 1: uh look a month ago was a Thanksgiving weekend, had

594
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: an incredible performance against Ohio State, and for him to

595
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: throw two pick six is so Michigan's done. Um, it's

596
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 1: so funny to see people freak out on hardball Rob.

597
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,520
Speaker 1: It's like, Jim harbag Kim, we're a playoff game. Meanwhile,

598
00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,040
Speaker 1: last year before we could get to the playoff, Harbor

599
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:52,960
Speaker 1: can't get to the playoff. And now it's like he's

600
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: lost two playoff games and this one, as a favorite,

601
00:30:56,280 --> 00:30:58,040
Speaker 1: is a tough loss, no doubt about it. I did

602
00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 1: not like what he did at the beginning with the

603
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 1: Philly spe Chell so that was a bad call. I

604
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:03,920
Speaker 1: think they got jobbed on the touchdown where the guy's

605
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 1: butt kind of landed in the end zone. Um, that

606
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 1: to me was a pretty clear touchdown as there was

607
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 1: a bobble right before the goal line and then he

608
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 1: caught it leaning in. And then on the next play,

609
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 1: hardball calls a handoff from the one inch line like

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00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 1: quarterback sneak it. Dude, By the way, the quarterback sneak

611
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 1: which is automatic, is you run the tight end in

612
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 1: motion and then you have him stopped behind the quarterback

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00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 1: and then just push the quarterback with the running back

614
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 1: also coming into push. I think we saw who did that?

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00:31:31,120 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 1: Was that Ohio State that did that? I forget somebody

616
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: did it in college football. You see the Eagles do

617
00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: it all the time. It did not work, by the

618
00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: way with Gardner Minshew. It does work with hurts against

619
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Speaker 1: the Saints, and I just tc it says up TCU Georgia,

620
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 1: and it was almost gonna set up tc U Ohio

621
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Speaker 1: State if not for I'm trying. I don't want to

622
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,360
Speaker 1: be too critical of of a college kid. It might

623
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 1: have been the worst big game missed kick at the

624
00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 1: buzzer since the Buffalo Bills. Guy went right, remember that,

625
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 1: but you were probably too young, robbed that it was

626
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 1: such a shank, right, yeah, because it was so It

627
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 1: wasn't even close. It wasn't It didn't start online and

628
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 1: drift away. He just straight duck hooked it. And I will,

629
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Speaker 1: I will confess. So, our buddy had some friends over

630
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:15,960
Speaker 1: for New Year's Eve, so we went over there and

631
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: we're hanging out and of course this is like a

632
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 1: family who doesn't have cable TV, so um, they have

633
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:25,480
Speaker 1: YouTube TV whatever. Um, So I had to call up

634
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 1: the game on my phone and of course you know

635
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,200
Speaker 1: it's behind. You know, when you're watching on your phone,

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Speaker 1: um through my cable app, you're like, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: six seven seconds behind, and usually you're like, oh, who cares?

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Speaker 1: Well A when you have text messages coming in from

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Speaker 1: people freaking out about plays, you're getting here before it goes.

640
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Speaker 1: So we're like the balls about to drop and the

641
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Speaker 1: guys lining up for the kick. The ball drops, and

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Speaker 1: I start getting texts, Wow, he missed it, not even close,

643
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,880
Speaker 1: and and the kick hasn't happened yet, and I was like,

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Speaker 1: oh my god, it was just the timing was rob

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00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: I don't know if you had it sync with a

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Speaker 1: TV or next to a TV with the ball drop

647
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Speaker 1: and the football game, but I've seen the video online

648
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 1: and it is pretty remarkable how it's incredible how close

649
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Speaker 1: it is like the ball hits the ground. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean there was I saw things on Twitter where

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Speaker 1: there were you know, bars in Columbus that we're having

652
00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: New Year's Eve parties and they're dropping streamers and balloons

653
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Speaker 1: and they have the TV in the background showing they

654
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,280
Speaker 1: got missed the kick, and the patrons in the bar

655
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 1: piste off and livid and throwing their beer or whatever,

656
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:37,000
Speaker 1: and there it was an absolutely brutal way to lose

657
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Speaker 1: for Ohio State. I thought both in the for Ohio

658
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Speaker 1: State and Michigan, there was some really poor coaching and

659
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Speaker 1: crunch night on both parties. Ohio State, yes, so Michigan. First,

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Speaker 1: I thought that the time out usage by Jim Harbaugh

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Speaker 1: the Philly Special, I thought was the worst thing of

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Speaker 1: the weekend. You know, a character for them, considering that

663
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Speaker 1: you hadn't even set it up yet, right, Usually if

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Speaker 1: you run a play like that, it's because you've seen

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Speaker 1: something on film or you saw like hey, early in

666
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:09,839
Speaker 1: the first quarter, when we run down this hill, when

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00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: we show this action, this safety is coming down, this

668
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,600
Speaker 1: linebacker commits hard. Maybe we can set it up and

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Speaker 1: hit him behind, you know, the behind the defense. It

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Speaker 1: was I think it was the first drive of the

671
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Speaker 1: game that they did that first of all, So you

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Speaker 1: hadn't set shipped up by then, Like there's still you know,

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Speaker 1: your scripted plays at that point, So that that was one.

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Speaker 1: But late in the game, um not using his time outs,

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00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 1: I thought, and and thinking he can get to stop

676
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Speaker 1: and then have the three time outs for offense, like

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00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: this isn't the NFL anytime you get a first down,

678
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,959
Speaker 1: the clock is gonna stop. So in college it would

679
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 1: behoove you to use those time outs early. Hopefully you

680
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Speaker 1: get to stop and then you get the ball back

681
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Speaker 1: with two minutes left, as opposed to getting it back

682
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Speaker 1: with forty five seconds or whatever it was. That was

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Speaker 1: number one. And then with Ohio State, once they got

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Speaker 1: into field goal range, I thought they got a little

685
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: too conservative, because again, this is not the NFL. These

686
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,880
Speaker 1: are not even professional kickers crumble in these kind of moments.

687
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Speaker 1: But there's a reason why college kickers hashtag is a

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Speaker 1: thing on Twitter. How by the way, how long was

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Speaker 1: the kick? Fifty yards? Yeah, so they were essentially playing

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Speaker 1: for a fifty yard or exactly. So they get to

691
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Speaker 1: first down, they run to the outside stuff, they get

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Speaker 1: to second down, and um, c J. Stroud kind of

693
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Speaker 1: throws it, gets rushed out of the pocket and throws it,

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Speaker 1: throws it away third down, incomplete pass or second down

695
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 1: was an incomplete slant. Third down he's rolling out and

696
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Speaker 1: throws it away and it's like, you saw what got

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Speaker 1: you to that point? It was c J. Stroud making

698
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,759
Speaker 1: plays with his legs or c J. Stroud winning with

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Speaker 1: his with his arm. So I didn't understand the play

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Speaker 1: calling that they had there, where you have a run

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00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:55,399
Speaker 1: on first down and a one read pass on second down,

702
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,719
Speaker 1: like you're not putting the ball in your best player's hand.

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Speaker 1: And I don't understand the the idea behind playing for

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Speaker 1: a long field goal. So now wait, I was watching

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Speaker 1: on my phone, so I didn't totally see it. But

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Speaker 1: after Harrison got hit with the alleged targeting, by the way,

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Speaker 1: I didn't think it was targeting. It was like a

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Speaker 1: loose ball in the air the guy's I didn't see

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Speaker 1: how Mdalmot did Harrison come back? Oh, so I was wondering,

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Speaker 1: not even that a target Harrison. But the other thing

711
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: is he didn't have a catch in the second half,

712
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Speaker 1: did he? I think he was unbelievable. He was torching Ringo,

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Speaker 1: the kid Keiley Ringo, Georgia cornerback who is supposed to

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Speaker 1: be a first round talent, and he did not look

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Speaker 1: like it against Harrison. But Harrison is unbelievable. At six four,

716
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,680
Speaker 1: the guy moves like the wind. He is a beast.

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Speaker 1: And I'll say this c J. Stroud Rob I know

718
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: there's a narrative around Ohio State quarterbacks not making it

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Speaker 1: in the NFL. But that was about as good of

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Speaker 1: a loss as I can remember from a quarterback as

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Speaker 1: Justin Fields. I don't know if you remember Justin Fields again,

722
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Speaker 1: Trevor Lare Yeah, against Lawrence. I think it was it

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Speaker 1: was the championship or semifinal, I want it well, whatever

724
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: it was in the playoff, it was in the playoff.

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00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: Lawrence was great and Fields was very very good. I

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Speaker 1: saw Stroud and I'm like, this guy's putting passes in

727
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,640
Speaker 1: tiny windows against an elite defense. I don't think it

728
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 1: was last years Georgia defense obviously, but I was pretty

729
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,239
Speaker 1: impressed with Stroud. I think he's got a solid case

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Speaker 1: to be the number one pick now. Bryce Young looked

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Speaker 1: good against Kansas State, but I don't know how much

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Speaker 1: stock you can put in that. I just you know,

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Speaker 1: you've seen the small quarterbacks. I don't know, dude, I

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Speaker 1: would go Stroud over Bryce Young. I'm probably in the minority.

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Speaker 1: But and that's just today. Obviously, we got to see

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Speaker 1: the combine. But what do we what do we care

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00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: about the combine? We've seen Zack Wilson at the combine

738
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 1: look incredible, and the going to close the round with

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Speaker 1: the Jets. I love it. Yeah, I mean not to

740
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: bring it back to them, but we got right now,

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00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,279
Speaker 1: the Texans are going to get the number one seat,

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Speaker 1: number one pick um, the Bears are going to get

743
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:01,720
Speaker 1: the two pick. But the Texans win and the Bears lose.

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00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: I think it'll be Bears would get the number one pick.

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00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: But if I'm Houston, I know there's all this talk about, oh,

746
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:11,360
Speaker 1: we want Caleb Williams the following year. Okay, well you

747
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:13,960
Speaker 1: can probably still get Caleb Williams even if you have c. J. Shroud.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a fun discussion. But I'll tell you

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00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 1: right now, I gotta lean Stroud because if I mean

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Speaker 1: you obviously didn't watch Jaguars um who they played. They

751
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 1: played the Texans in Week seventeen, like there was the

752
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:27,719
Speaker 1: worst loss of the season for the Texas. Love you

753
00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,680
Speaker 1: Smith not getting his guys prepared. Sharp money came in

754
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,320
Speaker 1: on Houston all week. That was way, way, way way wrong.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, Rob, I think you've got to take

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00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 1: a quarterback. You could just take a quarterback every year

757
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:40,359
Speaker 1: in the first round, or do you find one? Right? Yeah,

758
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:45,240
Speaker 1: this is not the Matthew Stafford. I think Cam Newton

759
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 1: was the last guy right before they change, after they change,

760
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,919
Speaker 1: think Sam Bradford was the last guy where it was, hey,

761
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,319
Speaker 1: you gotta get a sixty million dollar guaranteed and then

762
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,440
Speaker 1: blah blah blah. And I believe when Cam Newton came

763
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 1: out is when they switched it to the structure. And

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00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: you can absolutely take a quarterback every year because the

765
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,759
Speaker 1: salary is not big. It doesn't hurt you. I mean,

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00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,319
Speaker 1: I know we don't talk about your Jets, but it

767
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,240
Speaker 1: is not going to hurt them to dump Zach Wilson

768
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:08,959
Speaker 1: this off seas and take another guy if they wanted

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00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: to because his cap number is so low. Um, going

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Speaker 1: back to the whole Bryce Young CJ. If Bryce Young

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00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:21,200
Speaker 1: was three inches taller, it wouldn't be a discussion. I

772
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:25,759
Speaker 1: think he's awesome. He's I mean, I don't think there's

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Speaker 1: any way he falls to like the second round. No,

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Speaker 1: I don't think the Jets have are going to be

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00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:34,319
Speaker 1: in play for him at fourteen, that's for sure. But

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Speaker 1: I think it gets kind of interesting if you are

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00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,319
Speaker 1: some of these teams and you're like, do we take

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00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,720
Speaker 1: Bryce Young? Like I know people will say that Jordan

779
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,360
Speaker 1: love thing was a disaster, but he still has some value,

780
00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: like on the trade market. I don't think you can

781
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: get it one for him obviously. I don't even know

782
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 1: if you could get it too. But there is like

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Speaker 1: I don't know if half the league, but rob I

784
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,440
Speaker 1: think I saw stat we're on our sixty four starting

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00:39:56,520 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 1: quarterback with David Blow starting this season, and that outside

786
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 1: of a strike season, is like the second most in

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00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 1: forty years or something like at least thirteen teams in

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00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 1: this league do not have a starting quarterback, at least thirteen.

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Speaker 1: Why wouldn't you just take a shot, take a chance,

790
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:16,439
Speaker 1: and if it doesn't work out with Shroud or Bryce Young,

791
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:19,399
Speaker 1: guess what in two years, maybe you flipped them because

792
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 1: they could look good in a couple of games and

793
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,319
Speaker 1: you get something. But I think you've got to take

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00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 1: a chance on these two. I don't will love us.

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00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: We'll see, of course, you know what's gonna happen, Robins,

796
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: Oh well, we'll Levis. Look, geez, look at he's so big.

797
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,920
Speaker 1: He's got a huge army six four. Oh my gosh,

798
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,920
Speaker 1: this guy. Look at him at the combine. He looks incredible.

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Speaker 1: You gotta take him top five. And then we've seen

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Speaker 1: how that works out. JaMarcus Russell remember him, m he

801
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 1: went to your Raiders? Yes, I remember JaMarcus Russell And

802
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:50,160
Speaker 1: the worst part is Zach Wilson's now being compared. I

803
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 1: made that comparison to you. You know what. Yes, I

804
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: told you that JaMarcus Russell's first two years pass a

805
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 1: rating higher than Zach Wilson. It's vomit worthy to hear.

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Speaker 1: All right, Um, anyways, setting up a I don't know

807
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,000
Speaker 1: thirteen and a half point spread for the Natty next week,

808
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:07,759
Speaker 1: so well, yeah, well we'll get more into that, but

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Speaker 1: record for most losses for any defending Super Bowl champ

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Speaker 1: with eleven. That's how bad it's been for the Rams. Bengals,

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Speaker 1: they just keep chugging. And I will say, at the

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Speaker 1: I saw this second half schedule. I said, there's no

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Speaker 1: way Bengals are cooked. There's no shot that they get

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Speaker 1: back to the Super Bowl playoffs, no way. Have you

833
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Speaker 1: looked at who they gotta play, and all they've done

834
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Speaker 1: is win all the freaking games. The line is interesting here, Okay,

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Speaker 1: Buffalo favored by one on the road. We all know

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Speaker 1: the Bengal story right now, right They've covered twelve of thirteen.

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Speaker 1: I believe it's twenty of the last twenty four games,

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00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 1: or nineteen the last twenty three. Just the numbers are

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Speaker 1: injuries are worth noting here for all for starters, Leo

841
00:42:51,520 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 1: Collins went down, he's out for the season. Okay, he's

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Speaker 1: your right. You spend a lot of money getting him

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Speaker 1: to be I believe he was right, yeah, right tackle

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Speaker 1: for the Bengals, and now he's on. But on the

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Speaker 1: be concerned about, so this should be okay. Now, Adenta

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Speaker 1: j the backup right tackle. And I know I'm getting

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Speaker 1: in the weeds here, but this is a six round

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Speaker 1: pick out of Kansas. He's played very limited SOPs snaps.

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Speaker 1: Last week he played a lot. It was not a

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Speaker 1: particularly great game for him. That being said, it's like, listen,

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00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,399
Speaker 1: all we need to do is give him help, right,

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00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:25,919
Speaker 1: give him some running back help, give him some tight

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Speaker 1: end help. Just don't let Buffalo come off the edge

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Speaker 1: and get at Joe Burrow. And you look at this

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Speaker 1: matchup and I'm like, well, without von Miller, it shouldn't

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Speaker 1: theoretically shouldn't they be Okay? And you start looking around

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Speaker 1: and you're like, okay, well there's Buffalo. Pass Us has

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Speaker 1: been a little bit suss, not fully suss, but without

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Speaker 1: Von Miller. Uh, it just has not been consistently good,

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Speaker 1: and that's kind of hurt Buffalo. That's a reason they

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00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,879
Speaker 1: have not been in against the spread machine this year

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Speaker 1: as they have in in uh last I think it

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Speaker 1: was the last two years. Shack Lawson grades out is

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Speaker 1: seventy eight. Off the edge. Greg Russo is the guy

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Speaker 1: you want to see matched up against the DNA je

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Speaker 1: Greg russ Show. Uh, the young kid out of Miami

868
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Speaker 1: has been a beast this year. Grades out according to

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Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus best of a hundred and twenty one

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Speaker 1: d rushers. He's been good. Ed Oliver has been pretty good.

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Speaker 1: Remember they picked up de Kwon jones Um in the

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Speaker 1: off season. He's been solid. You get Milana one of

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Speaker 1: the best coverage linebackers for p Ryan out of the

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Speaker 1: backfield mix and screen passes, Hayden Hurst like this, this

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Speaker 1: Buffalo defense should perform well. And then I look at

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Speaker 1: Tradavious White not fully back from the injury. You look

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Speaker 1: at the struggles from Dane Jackson on the outside. This

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Speaker 1: is just it's not the problem. It's not a great

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Speaker 1: Buffalo defense. Even their slot cornerback Tayron Johnson, Terren Johnson

880
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:49,040
Speaker 1: however you say his name, he's not doing He having

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Speaker 1: a great season, and I just look at what Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: can do, and I think I think Cincinnati is gonna

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Speaker 1: have a lot of success movie the football. Then the

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Speaker 1: question becomes can Cincinnati stop h Allen? And the biggest

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Speaker 1: thing I so I noticed what Josh Allen is. Are

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Speaker 1: you spying him? Do you have a linebacker who can

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Speaker 1: spy the dynamic Allen who is definitely not gonna want

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00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 1: to make mistakes the way he's been in recent weeks,

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Speaker 1: Like the interceptions have been up for like the last

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Speaker 1: four or five weeks. I think he has seven interceptions

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Speaker 1: in the last five weeks, and a lot of them

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Speaker 1: in the second half. Untimely. Not that any interceptions are timely,

893
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 1: but I look at this linebacking tandem. You've got the

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Speaker 1: kid Pratt who's had a very good season, and of

895
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Speaker 1: course Logan Wilson on the inside, he's very good. I

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Speaker 1: think you have to have one of those two spy

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Speaker 1: Allen while at the same time containing Digs, who, by

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Speaker 1: the way, had an illness at practice this week. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if you guys saw that straight up, Mr

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00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:43,960
Speaker 1: day of practice rested too, so He's either gonna be

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Speaker 1: well rested or be at a long New Year's and

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Speaker 1: we'll see how he performs on Monday Night football. Gabrielle

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Speaker 1: Davis Mackenzie. This offense can hume. I don't want to

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Speaker 1: talk too much about Dalson Knox. I have him in fantasy.

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Speaker 1: I need a solid night. Well actually my son hasn't,

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Speaker 1: but I say, you know I have him because word team,

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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go ahead and take Cincinnati on the

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Speaker 1: money line as a dog. Here at home. I know

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Speaker 1: everybody loves Josh Allen, my gut tells me. And I

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Speaker 1: haven't looked too too much into it as to where

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Speaker 1: the public is. Let me look at one this one

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Speaker 1: app I don't know if I've talked about it. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna try to have one of the guys on as

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Speaker 1: a guest. Let's see if they respond. I it looks

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Speaker 1: like Buffalo has fifty two percent of the bets, so

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Speaker 1: not the public not as heavy on Buffalo as I thought.

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Speaker 1: But I'm taking Cincinnati getting the points. Give me Cincinnati

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Speaker 1: on the money line as well. I like this Bengals team. Guys.

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Speaker 1: I know I'm like to the party very late, and

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Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna jink some. I know the second half

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Speaker 1: last week was not good without Lao Collins. You saw

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Speaker 1: Burrow make a big mistake after he went down. Burrow

923
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Speaker 1: did not have a strong second half. It could be

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Speaker 1: the Distancinnati team was just tired. The extra day of

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Speaker 1: rest heading into this one could be pivotal. I like

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Speaker 1: the Bengals. I think they take down the Bills. Now.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if they're gonna get the number one

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Speaker 1: seed because we still don't know who is going to

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Speaker 1: be quarterback backing next week against Cincinnati. Is Lamar Jackson

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Speaker 1: gonna be back? I don't, guys. At this point, I

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Speaker 1: have given up guessing what's going on with Lamar Jackson.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but I do know this Baltimore matches

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Speaker 1: up pretty damn well with the Bengals. They did beat

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Speaker 1: him earlier this season close, and there ain't no way

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Speaker 1: the Ravens are rolling over in this one. But are

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Speaker 1: you forcing Lamar Jackson back on the field next week Cincinnati?

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Speaker 1: I don't know if they're gonna get home field, but

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Speaker 1: I think they win this game. Guys, it's been a

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Speaker 1: long Monday podcast to start the year. Everybody have a

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Speaker 1: safe start to the new year. I'm sure the gym

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Speaker 1: is gonna be packed this week when you guys are

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Speaker 1: going to throw some weights around. It's gonna be an

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Speaker 1: awesome week. We get the Natty next Monday, we get

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Speaker 1: Week eighteen wrapping up next Sunday, and then the NFL

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Speaker 1: playoffs begin. Listen. I gotta give a quick shout out

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Speaker 1: to all the wives out there who deal with us

947
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:58,120
Speaker 1: knuckleheads watching football doing fantasy gambling on football. For I

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00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:01,280
Speaker 1: think what is the eight nineteen straight weeks during the season,

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Speaker 1: I mean September through early January. I'm a total waste

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Speaker 1: of space on Sundays. It's tough for me to get

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Speaker 1: anything done other than watching football, preparing for this podcast,

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Speaker 1: preparing for the Monday week on the Herd like it's Sundays.

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Speaker 1: And that's for eighteen straight weeks. So shout out to

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Speaker 1: all the wives who put up with our nonsense. You guys, um, well,

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Speaker 1: we'll pay you back with hopefully a nice trip after

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Speaker 1: football season. At any rate, We'll talk to you tomorrow.