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[Assistant] We have come to the primetime Sunday, Monday night portion of the program and let's focus on Sunday Night Football. Chargers and the 49ers. 49ers coming off of their bye week.


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[Assistant] Favourites against the LA Chargers who have kind of been all over the place up and down trying to lose games and end up winning them trying to win and end up losing. But they are kind of starting to come into their own in the AFC. They're right in the thick of the wild card chase. The 49ers have a worse record at 4-4 but boy they got that vibe of a team.


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[Assistant] I got the 49ers 3421, McCaffrey is there, Deebo is healthy, Kyle Shanahan, the kid in the candy store with all these weapons that he can unleash and create havoc against the Chargers defense. And I just, the Chargers, you know, it's always something. And I feel like the 49ers need this one.


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[Assistant] Everyone's gonna be watching to reinforce the notion that they truly are a team to be reckoned with in the NFC. They're trying to chase down the Seahawks, they're trying to get


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[Assistant] That wild card berth that's gonna be up for grabs. I mean, hey, the 49ers may not get in. They gotta get in. That's the thing.


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[Assistant] On paper, if they're healthy, they're dangerous. They gotta stay healthy. And they're in danger of not making the playoffs at all if they don't catch the Seahawks. Cause then they're in that scrum for the wild card berth. But as things shake out, I mean, who's it gonna be if it's not them? But they just gotta start. They can't afford to fall to four and five. This is a must win for the 49ers.


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[Assistant] The Eagles win? Do they cover? You picked them to cover against the Texans last Thursday night is a best bet and it did not work out for you.


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[Assistant] Do they, do they, do they cover on Monday night against the commanders?


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[Assistant] And maybe it's because the Eagles looked so good on Monday night at home when they played the Vikings in Week 2.


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[Assistant] I feel like the commanders with all the crap that's going on and as we're taping this, we don't know what the major announcement's going to be from UC Attorney General Carl Racine. That may create more distractions. Players have said, how can this not distract you? And then this goofy statement


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[Assistant] I rarely pick blowouts, but I think this one is gonna be a, uh, you know, at halftime, what are we gonna watch in the second half? That this one's gonna be over, this one's gonna be done.


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[Assistant] This is the latest team to get that 11 days from Thursday to the following Monday. Not that they need it against the commanders, but I think it's going to be just part of this idea as they build momentum, they're getting closer and closer to 17 and 0.


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[Assistant] Where are the losses? They gotta play the Giants twice. They gotta play the Cowboys again. But for now, I see them continuing to check them off. Let's take a break. Best bets and our Folsom Prison Blues picks when PFTPM and Chris Sims on Buck wraps up right after this.


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[Assistant] Chris Sins, Unbuttoned, PFTPM, Joint Megapix Podcast, Week 10, wrapping up with our best bets. We each pick three against the spread or an over-under. Chris, what do you got?


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[Assistant] That's gutsy, that's seven points that the 49ers give to the Chargers. Garbage time touchdown wipes you out if that occurs. I'm gonna go Titans given two and a half to the Broncos. The frickin' Broncos. I'm sorry, but the Broncos offense is ass. It's just not good. And the Titans keep, they keep getting disrespected with these point spreads. Twelve and a half last week.


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[Assistant] Underdogs in Kansas City. What the hell was that all about? Who is it? Do people just not bet on the Titans because they're boring? Titans giving two and a half to me is a lock. If I had to pick one bet that I was gonna make this week against the spread, it's Titans giving two and a half. Alright, what else you got?


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[Assistant] You picked the Jaguars so much, I'm starting to think that you're hoping if Shad Khan fires Doug Peterson, he calls you off as your head coach.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no thanks. Giants, giving five to the Texans. Something's wrong with this picture.


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[Assistant] And, uh, you know, sometimes I'm right, you know, a lot of times I feel like I'm walking into a trap, but I don't think this is a trap. I think the Giants are going to handle them. Even the way you hemmed and hawed, or hemmed and hawed as the case may be, you still pick the Giants to win by seven.


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[Assistant] You were coming up with every argument you could for the Texans to potentially beat the Giants, and you still settled on Giants by seven. I think the Giants win. I think they cover the spread. Damien Pearce, by the way, was limited yesterday in practice. If he, if he's banged up, the Texans got nothing, Chris.


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[Assistant] Go commanders, don't go commando, please. I'm taking the Bears, giving the Lions three. It was between that or the Steelers getting one and a half. But I think the Bears can cover a three point spread against the Lions. The Lions got their win for the month. They don't care. Alright, uh, Folsom Prison Blues. Eagles to win no matter what. Who's yours? I'll go Cole.


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[Assistant] First time we've ever seen a moth. Right. First time ever we've seen one? In our studio. In our studio. I had never seen one before. Right, right.


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[Assistant] Every week. And it's like some of the early games, I was in the room with you guys again here sitting next to coach Jason Garrett, which was really cool. Yea, you were in the big seat last night.


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[Assistant] You're like, all right, early on it was like, oh, we're going to have some blowout games where I'm not going to have to pay attention to this Chargers Texans game. You know, the Seattle Detroit game, even though I'm a Detroit guy, I was like, all right, looks like Seattle is kind of pulling away in that one. No, they all ended up being one score games. It's insane. It is insane.


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[Assistant] So yeah, we'll go through every game from Sunday. That is our pledge to the homies each and every Monday. We got damn okay. Some of the players that popped out there. We got, give me the headlines at the end where we become newspaper editors. Yeah, we're good. And then Monday night football, a preview of some props there as well. So let's start with some of the division leaders here. Pete has ordered this.


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[Assistant] Expertly once again, even though he was here late with us once again. Pizza grinder. So every game was close, we said. Like one possession game, except for...


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[Assistant] As has been the trend here, our game on Sunday night, even though this was an awesome game. We got to see Brady, we got to see Mahomes, the Chiefs doing some magic stuff, Mahomes doing some magic things, they end up winning 41-


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[Assistant] To thirty-one. It was crazy because the Bucs, one thing, were like, well that defense, they don't know how good the offense is. Defense has been the best in the NFL. They've given up, what, nine points per game. Twenty-seven all year. Chiefs had twenty-eight at halftime.


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[Assistant] So let's start with, with the quarterbacks. Yeaah. Because you look at the stats. Right. Tom Brady, of course he was bringing his team back. I like where you're going with this. They barely ran at all. But you look at the stats, it's like he 385, three touchdowns, no interceptions. You're like, wow, Brady had the better game. Patrick Mahomes though, he also had three touchdowns.


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[Assistant] What is it about Patrick Mahomes right now? You know, the stats might not jump, although the stats are still fine. 249 yards, 3 scores. What is it about Patrick Mahomes right now? Can you put your finger on what makes him so special?


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[Assistant] The wave of momentum. It's like that offense. I think the Bills offense when Josh Allen is definitely like that Lamar when he's cooking the Dolphins for one quarter when they're playing the Ravens defense.


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[Assistant] Uh, Clyde Edwards, Elair, 92 yards. Pacheco came in, the rookie, 63 yards. He looked pretty good. I know you're gonna take a deeper look at this game probably on Wednesday. You're gonna wanna take a look at the film. So we won't spend too much time on it.


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[Assistant] But, uh, this is an interesting question that came in from DSHSV99. Woah. That's like a top CIA clearance number right there.


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[Assistant] You've mentioned Todd Bowles wants this team to be more of a running team. Exactly. Hated the game yesterday. No doubt. Leonard Fournette carried it three times for negative three yards. They only had three yards total as a team in rushing compared to the Chiefs, 189. Was it just a matter of the game got away from them early and they had to change the way they, they had to revert back to Tom Brady from last year? I think so.


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[Assistant] I think for the Chiefs too, in Pita like this, I think we've finally gotten to the point where we don't have to mention anymore how will they survive without Tyreek Hill. I think now week, going into week 5. You think? You think though?


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[Assistant] They're doing okay with Tyreek. They can get you in a bind. So can the Bills and so can the Ravens. And they did that for each a half. The Ravens offense in the first half and the Bills offense in the second half. Great comeback by the Bills in Baltimore. They improved to three and one. They win by three. Let's start at the end of the game, fourth quarter. We talked about it a lot on football night in America.


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[Assistant] Uh, John Harbaugh and the call with the game tied at 20, four minutes left. Ravens hadn't done much in the second half, drove down there at the two yard line, fourth and two. Yeaah. They go for it. Right. They don't kick the field goal. Right. Lamar under pressure, backpedaling, throws it up in the end zone. Poyer with the interception.


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[Assistant] Which, uh, change things significantly, put them at the 20 and then they drive down, kick a field goal. Time expires. Dat boi crisis says that Harbaugh is dumb in a lot of his coaching decisions. That's just a statement.


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[Assistant] I guess he's wanting to know if you're going to agree or disagree, uh, with that statement and that call at the end of the game.


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[Assistant] So you made the point that they had held them to three and out the previous drive, but that was the first time they had done that in a long time.


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[Assistant] The drive before that, 9 plays 80 yards touchdown, the drive before that, 10 plays 51 yards, and a field goal the drive before that.


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[Assistant] Josh Allen was 0-7 when trailing by 17 or more points. Uhm, so, I don't know, he's just fluky stats, I don't know if you can read much into him.


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[Assistant] You were blaming the receivers. There have been times when you said drops aren't always on the receivers, right? And it was wet out there and they weren't wearing gloves. You were getting angry. They were making your boy blue look bad.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Scarecrow Boat wants to know the same things. He goes damn okay to that. Bill's defense, they held the Ravens offense to zero points in the second half after doing the same to the Rams and the Titans. Pete notes here that Buffalo has allowed seven points in the second half this season. Well, that speaks to one thing.


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[Assistant] We'll give Ian the last word here. Ian31280. What's going on with all these weird numbers and CIA codes? I don't know. What's going on with the homies here? Top secret. Uh, he goes, the Ravens should be 4-0. And then he's got, what is that, the monkey with his eyes covered. He's like, he can't look. You know, they've had two big leads and they've blown them. Yeah. Dolphins. And, uh, the Bills here this last week.


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[Assistant] Defense has something to do with that, and there's concerns with the defense. Yes, they could be 4-0, but there's a reason they're not.


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[Assistant] It's not, it's not, it's gonna be a blowout, because that's all we get now, is blowout games. We hope it's a good one.


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[Assistant] I would give the edge to Baltimore. You're gonna give Baltimore, then Sensing, and then Cleveland? Cause I think they have Lamar, and I think, there's questions on everyone, right? Can Cincinnati protect Joe Burrow? That's definitely, I know, it's hard. Who's Cleveland still right now, they just lost him.


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[Assistant] Interesting game though, because it was 14-0 right away. The Jaguars were like, wow, they have arrived and your crush grew bigger and bigger, but it was a rainy, wet game. Which I hate. I hated that. For Buffalo and Baltimore.


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[Assistant] Trevor Lawrence was not great. No, he was not. It was sloppy for him. Four fumbles lost, the most in a single game by any quarterback since at least 1991. Is five giveaways, most in the game in Lawrence's career. Okay. Oh boy.


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[Assistant] Andriela Pagone. Yeah. Ooh. I think I nailed that. Right? Yeah. Can we just cut out the part where I'm stammering and being like, ooh, uh.


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[Assistant] Alright, the weather in the Jags-Eagles game was bad. Trevor Lawrence and the Jags struggled with it mightily. However, the Eagles often seemed content to play in it. What gives? Yea, what'd you make of that?


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[Assistant] Hassan Reddick, give him credit for forcing two of those fumbles, jumping on two of those fumbles, two sacks in the game, so he was terrorizing Trevor Lawrence, and it was Miles Sanders with a career high, 134 yards, two touchdowns, also a career high, and real quick, Jalen Hurts. Yea, great, again.


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[Assistant] Great again. Yeah. I mean, it's just, you know, Philly fans are going to want to hear you say I was wrong about Jalen Hurts.


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[Assistant] You're watching it. Yep. Hertz is third now in the MVP. He could win the MVP. He could. Who knows, quarterbacks on the best team often have a pretty good chance.


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[Assistant] Uh, Aaron Rodgers has the claim to that the last two years, and he pulled one out yesterday, although his comments after the game, he was not very happy about the way this game played out. Packers beat the Patriots by three, went to overtime, deep into overtime, which was not cool, it went into our show.


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[Assistant] Right, the end of their game went into Football Night in America. Seriously. So, I hope most people turned off the game and caught Football Night starting at 7 Eastern. Right. Which I think most people probably do, right? You don't need to see Aaron Rodgers come back again. Against the third straight Patriots quarterback? Geez. Been there. Boring. Been there, done that. Uhm, okay, so here, let's get, uh,


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[Assistant] Where do I want to start here? First of all, I give you way, way, way more respect now, and not that I didn't before, but for being able to track this game while we're doing the show and preparing. Like I knew nothing of what was happening in this game, this game was happening while we were doing the show, while we were rehearsing. Chris kept his eye on it. Uhm, from what you saw, should Aaron Rodgers be disappointed?


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[Assistant] I really do. Yea, what do you think about those receivers? I mean, Lazard led the team in yards, 116 and they had a pretty good connection previously and Aaron Rodgers has said before, this is his time to be the number one. Maybe he'll develop into that guy. And it seems like Romeo Dobbs is coming on strong here too. He had a touchdown in the game. Dobbs has got real talent. All right.


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[Assistant] Very few easy passes or open receivers now is the departure of Nathaniel Hackett. More to blame for the offensive woes than the loss of Adams and Scanlan.


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[Assistant] Offensive lineman, defensive lineman, everything, their pronunciation. Gotta give the Pats a little credit. So what did you think of Bailey Zappi coming in? Brian Hoyer had to leave with a head injury, unfortunately. Uh, Bailey Zappi, the first rookie to throw a touchdown pass this season. Yeah, that's funny, actually. He looked like Mac Jones Lite.


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[Assistant] 18 carries for Harris, 14 carries for Stevenson, we'll probably see that many times this year. Yes, you will. So Packers get a win, one of the rivals in the NFC North, the Vikings went to London, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the home of Harry Kane and Hyeong Min's son as well.


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[Assistant] Hockey, if it goes off the, the piping. What do they say? Is that off the? The piping. Off the post. Off the post. Yea, so it's off the post. Right. In soccer, they go off the woodwork.


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[Assistant] As I said, the double doink. A double doinker. We saw it again.


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[Assistant] On what? A 61 yard attempt by Will Lutz. The previous drive, he nailed a 60. He had the distance, clearly. I mean, it was probably good. 65 yards or something like that. And it was funny, I was sitting next to Coach Jason Garrett, as I mentioned before. I like to get that in there. It makes me sound more important.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and, and right after that kick goes, he's like, isn't it amazing? He's like, if that kick goes in, maybe they win the game in overtime. We're talking about how the Saints are...


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[Assistant] I think both of these teams roster wise could be playoff teams, but one is three and one now and the Vikings and the Saints are one and three and maybe in a little bit of trouble.


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[Assistant] I think it's just, it's too much. Is it partly because of the way the game is officiated now, too? Or is it just the talent level of these wide receivers?


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[Assistant] I think the Tennessee Titans are a pretty well coached football team. Mike Vrabel got them another win against the Indianapolis Colts. 24-17 was the final score in this one. Both of the running backs, uh, were kind of a story. Derrick Henry goes off again, second week in a row, over 140 yards total.


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[Assistant] Uh, Scrimmage Yards had 114 on the ground. Jonathan Taylor left the game with an ankle injury. Uhm, yea, Titans!


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[Assistant] Yeah, they were pushed around by Deniko Autri, a former Colt himself, two sacks, and forced fumble. You say, yeah, they got to Matt Ryan, he had some trouble holding on to the football, much like Trevor Lawrence and Jonathan Taylor. Did we show the graphic, the comparison, Derrick Henry and Jonathan Taylor? So, uh, you see what Henry did there.


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[Assistant] Thanks, Kristen and Gabby, back in the, uh, studio there. We're waiting, uh, I was talking to them before the show while we waited for Chris to get in. I was late as usual. Uh, 20 carries for Jonathan Taylor, 42 yards, left the game with an ankle injury. I don't think we had an update yesterday. We might get one at some point today from Frank Reich. From what I heard, it's not,


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[Assistant] I feel like that's what I was told. That might not be a major problem, but for the Colts team that I think a lot of people thought they could win the division. Right. And maybe I'll put them in the Super Bowl, because maybe the quarterback was the last piece they needed. They're 1-2-1 right now, and I don't know what the odds are, bet MGM, but...


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[Assistant] Alright, not great if you're an Indianapolis Colts fan right now, but it is great if you like the song that we do here every Monday. Damn okay, because it is that time.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Pete makes a good point. I need to have a moment where I say, I am Ahmed Fareed. We need to infuse you in there. I guess I just did. We do.


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[Assistant] The straw that stirs the drink of that defense for the Chargers. They beat the Texans 34-24. Uh, Derwin had six targets in coverage, two passes defended, three catches for just three yards allowed. He is awesome. He plays all over the field. Such a good dude. Uh, great for the game that he's back there and healthy. Austin Eckler.


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[Assistant] Every dad in America has said the thing that Pete just said in my ear. What'd he say?


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[Assistant] Prevent defense. More like preventing you from winning. Every day. I know, I know. I've said that before too, but it does seem like that. It does right now. It does. And I think there's gotta be a fine line. I don't know sometimes if it's the defense or if it's just letting your foot off the gas, right? You get a big lead. Exactly. The other teams putting like pushing the envelope a little bit.


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[Assistant] And hopefully he's getting closer there. Yea, he was only sacked once. Mircat Manor wants us to note a damn okay for Jamari Salyer? Yea. Salyer? The left tackle? Sixth round pick, came in left tackle for uh, Rashawn Slater. Right. Who's unfortunately out for the year. Yep. Zero pressures, zero sacks, and his first NFL start against a productive defensive tackle squad. Yea, that, I mean,


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[Assistant] That's what we're doing in this damn okay is we're going to give credit, Pete has sorted it, to give credit to some of these studs on defense. And so the Raiders got a stud on defense as they beat the Broncos in this one. We'll give the damn okay to Max Crosby, two sacks, four tackles for a loss, a batted pass that almost caused a safety when Russ


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[Assistant] Uh, got caught in the end zone. This was another one of those late games that was happening while we were doing Football Night in America. But, uh, the Raiders found a way to just stymie the Broncos in the second half. Max Crosby, a big part of that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Josh Jacobs, after all the talk and the concerns in the preseason, he was playing a lot. They're like, what is Josh Jacobs doing playing all these snaps in the preseason? Uh, Jay Cameron 2185 says, despite what you said, Raiders and Josh Jacobs can run the ball. Yeah. Oh, in your face. In my face.


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[Assistant] Antonio Romano gives a good question here. Based on what you've seen so far, should Russell Wilson have swallowed his pride and stuck it out in Seattle? They seem to be progressing and Denver seems a mess. Love the show guys, with the heart emoji. Thank you, thank you.


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[Assistant] Raiders got their first defensive touchdown since 2019. They got their first win of 2022 in this game. The Jets got a win, a comeback win against the Steelers.


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[Assistant] The Kenny Pickett era perhaps has begun, although Mike Tomlin has not made a formal announcement, but he did not get the win. It was that second year guy of Zach Wilson. We'll get to him in a second, but the damn okay goes to Lamarcus Joyner. Couple picks. Some big picks. Four passes defense, so we wouldn't have the Zach Wilson comeback if it was not for Joyner. No.


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[Assistant] Alright, so Jaybird44 wants to know, in what areas do you feel that Zach Wilson showed improvement and what areas still need work? So, he came on strong in the fourth quarter. I think we have some numbers to back that up for our viewing audience here. Fourth quarter he was 10 for 12, 128 yards. When it mattered most, that guy stepped up.


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[Assistant] Before the comeback by Zach Wilson, though, we did have the comeback by Kenny Pickett, who made his, made his debut in the regular season, the only first round quarterback from this past draft. Some good, some bad. Two rushing touchdowns. Looked like he was running his mouth out there too, so already was.


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[Assistant] As we move on to the Cowboys and the Commanders, 25-10 was the final score in this one. Damn okay to Trayvon Diggs.


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[Assistant] Got another one, uh, faced four targets in coverage, one interception, two passes defense. The one catch he did allow was for only six yards and that pass rush was awesome again. Thought it would be against Washington who struggled to protect Carson Wentz. He was pressured on 40% of his drop backs. DeMarcus Lawrence had a couple of quarterback hits.


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[Assistant] Uh, they had 11 quarterback hits in the game, even though they only got to him two times for a sack. I was thinking this, you know, Dallas, I don't think they have the best defense out there, but man, oh man, they might have the scariest defense.


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[Assistant] Is this quarterback, is this production Ben? Right. Than what we would have seen from Dak Prescott.


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[Assistant] Uhm, the Giants offense had a ton of rush yards.


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[Assistant] They're ugly. It was, it was ugly, but, but you look at some of the stats, I mean, like eight quarterback pressures, that's not ugly if you're a defensive guy. Saquon Barkley hasn't been ugly and Daniel Jones getting outside of the pocket. Hopefully he comes back and that ankle's okay. I mean, yeah, you can say it's ugly, but they're playing winning football. They are.


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[Assistant] Kyle Vert 53 wants to say it. He goes damn okay to Saquon Barkley. He's done nothing but put the G-men on his back through the first four weeks. What do the Giants have to do to support him and not wear him down? Okay, that's an interesting question. He had 146 yards on 31 carries in this game. They also threw to him two times.


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[Assistant] Pressured on 50% of his drop backs. He was 2 of 8 for 17 yards, 6 sacks when he was under pressure. Man, 6 sacks. For a guy that can move around and has some mobility, completed 11 passes, did throw for 174 yards, but that bears offense. Outside of Herbert, it doesn't look great.


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[Assistant] You know, thinking about it, the, the best quarterback from that class two years ago, man, it might be Zach Wilson. That's kind of crazy. Who would have thought, who would have thought that? Well, some guy would have. But we'll see, I'm not ready to say that yet. It's tough, it's tough sledding. Not a whole lot of help around Justin Fields. That 174 yards, by the way, was a season high for him.


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[Assistant] Alright, three more games, and we're gonna do that?


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[Assistant] With Gimme the Headlines, presented by Hyundai. What up, Hyundai? Do your breaking news old thing. I think that's a perfect-


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[Assistant] Give me the headlines brought to you by Hyundai. Let's get the first edition out there. Yea, give me the headlines. Alright, so we got Seahawks defeating my Detroit Lions in the highest scoring game in the NFL since 2019, I think. Uh, 48-45 was the final score. What's your headline?


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[Assistant] Yeah, they both were over 300 yards. Jared did throw for 378. Yeah, six touchdowns between the two of them. One interception with, uh, was Jared Goff, but yeah, Seattle didn't punt in this game. Lions defense is awful. It's awful. It might be the worst all time. It's, it's, it's,


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[Assistant] And then they go, oh wait, we can run the ball too. And they can't stop that. And Rashad Penny had 151 yards. You mentioned DK Metcalf went off in the game. You know, that was for a bathroom break.


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[Assistant] That really was. He went off on the cart, right? We were like, I was like, oh no, DK's hurt. I know, I thought that too. Uh, he tweeted about it too after the game, right? Do we have that? Where he says, uh, do we have DK Metcalf's Twitter? And it says, that clinch walk wouldn't have made it. So I guess he means if he would have walked off the field.


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[Assistant] He wouldn't have got to the bathroom in time? Is that what you're saying? That he would have beat himself?


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[Assistant] Sorry. T.J. Hawkinson did have 179 yards and a couple touchdowns. Career day for him. Uh, scoreagami too. 48-45. First time in NFL history that we have ever seen that score.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they could not do that. Uh, maybe one day Kyler Murray will have a game like Jared Goff. One day. Uh, Kyler Murray did get a win against the Panthers. 26-16 was the final score. Your headline for this one was... We're not in Oklahoma anymore.


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[Assistant] I think Matt Ruhl will be the first coach to be fired. They are now 1-26 under Matt Ruhl when the opponent scores at least 7 points and have lost 24 such games in a row.


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[Assistant] K1 since day one wants to give a damn okay to Zach Allen who helped make that game ugly for some of the offenses for the Carolina offense. He took over the game versus Carolina says K1 since day one has been a top five defensive tackle in the NFL this season he proclaims.


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[Assistant] It might not be pretty, it might be a good way to headline our last game that we're gonna talk about here. Falcons beat the Browns 23-20 in a game that I basically have no feel for. I was like, what happened in that game? Uh, your headline for it though. Okay, I gotta get back there.


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[Assistant] That was a good victory by the Atlanta Falcons. And that was Give Me the Headlines presented by Hyundai.


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[Assistant] It leaves us with one more. One more game to talk about that hasn't even happened yet. It is our Monday night game Rams at 49ers. It is our Bet MGM Parlay Preview.


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[Assistant] You pick these games all on Thursday. Yep. You always stick to it. I say it every week. I did. Uh, 49ers are changed last night. Did you really? I did. I was very close to changing to Kansas City. Oh, that's right. Cause you picked.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you got the 49ers, uhm, yeaah, what is your pick? I don't have your pick here. 49ers are favored by a- I took the 49ers. You did. They're favored by a point and a half. Over, under is 42 and a half. You think it's gonna be high scoring, low scoring?


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[Assistant] What do you think? I would say no. Under. I would say under.


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[Assistant] Amari Cooper, though, just one catch last week, so maybe there's one Cooper. Maybe this was the week to bet against the Coopers. Uh, the action never stops at BetMGM. You can sign up now using the bonus code SIMMS, two M's on SIMMS, and your first wager is risk-free up to $1,000, Chris. So say you bet $100 on the ramp


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[Assistant] I think yesterday was a disaster for me. I, I dread the next Pix podcast with Sims because we go over our record from the prior week right out of the gates and I'm going to have to plug my ears and say I'm not listening.


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[Assistant] But my texting is working. Do you think I'm like sending a lunch order to my wife or something? Like, hey, you're going out, grab me a hamburger. No.


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[Assistant] I'm multitasking, I'm spinning plates, no days off, no minutes off, no seconds off here at PFT, except when it's time to make picks. Take that down. Oh wait, I don't know, oh man. It's not horrible. Last week was bad. Last week was bad. We're tied straight up.


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[Assistant] You're ahead four games already against the spread and two games best bets. I thought it was gonna be worse. I really did. I'm surprised we split. You know what happened was the primetime games last week saved my ass. Sunday and Monday, both. I think we were right.


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[Assistant] At least I was straight up and against the spread in all three of those games. That helped me avoid a complete and total disaster for week two.


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[Assistant] Bet MGM. That's Bet MGM here for the Joint Megapix Podcast. Thursday Night Football. Steelers at the Browns. The Browns are four and a half point favorites. With an over under 38 and a half. Chris, who do you like in this


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[Assistant] I'm testing first instinct, unaffected, just sit down like, like if you're


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[Assistant] Like, what do they call it? A medium? Like you're a psychic? Like the first thing that comes to my head. That's my test this week. I did it for all the games. Steelers 20, Browns 14. Look, the Browns are reeling from


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[Assistant] This isn't live so I can say it. That shit show that they had on Sunday against the Jets.


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[Assistant] Where they blew the opportunity to win the game, to slam the door, they left the door open just a little bit, and the Jets kicked it in, and stuck it up, where as you would say, the sun don't shine. Up your butt, JoBoo, to quote Major League. And, and I think the Browns are gonna have a hard time resetting. Who has a players only meeting when you're one and one?


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[Assistant] So the Steelers, opportunistic, situational football, just good enough to win that game. It should be a fun one, not high scoring, but 20 to 14 Steelers.


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[Assistant] Unless they spend some time in the preseason training camp offseason knowing


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[Assistant] They got three games in eleven days to start the season, and they spend some time, not just looking at their first two, but throwing in that Browns game.


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[Assistant] Another head coach in Brian Flores on the defensive side of the ball to help out. I don't have that same concern. All right, that's the Thursday night game. We disagree both.


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[Assistant] Straight up and against the spread. Here is the slate of one o'clock games. We'll start in Carolina. The Saints come to town. Used to be a huge rivalry in the NFC South. Saints are three point favorites on the road. They are one and one. The Panthers are oh and two. Could have won both games.


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[Assistant] James Winston banged up. He's got the multiple fractures in his back as Jay Glazer reported on Sunday and he's got an ankle injury now. He had his confidence potentially shattered with three interceptions in the second half against the Buccaneers.


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[Assistant] Saints again, 3 point favorites with an over or under of 40.5. Chris, who do you like?


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[Assistant] This is all hands on deck. Sound the alarm. We have to find a way to win. Baker Mayfield and Company, Christian McCaffrey, they have to find a way to win. And I think they're getting the Saints at a good time. Cause you talk all the time about not letting one loss become two. I could see the Saints


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[Assistant] And they're not really a team that you would look at as a team that could maybe step into a trap, but still it's all relative. It's how excited, it's how motivated, it's how focused you get for your opponent.


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[Assistant] I don't think the Saints are going to be as focused as they need to be. The Panthers are going to be desperate. The Panthers are going to be dangerous. I got the Panthers 23-20 in this one. Counts as an upset even though the Panthers are at home. I think the Panthers are better.


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[Assistant] Then what their first two games would suggest, they could have won both of them, should have won week one after they finally woke up against the Browns, blew that one, could have won week two, blew that one, I think


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[Assistant] You know, these margins are so thin, they're due. This is, again, sit down, gut reaction, Panthers are due, Panthers win 23-20. Let's go to Chicago.


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[Assistant] I know that you always handle technological issues so seamlessly and calmly that I want to make sure that we don't complicate your process at all. Alright, we go to Soldier Field.


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[Assistant] Houston Texans and the Chicago Bears. A Lovey Smith revenge game. Once upon a time, he took the Bears to the Super Bowl. They eventually fired him. He bounced around a little bit, was the coach of the Buccaneers. Now he's in his third game as a head coach for his third time. The Bears are two and a half point favorites with an over-under of 40. Chris?


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[Assistant] The Bears gave the Packers everything they could handle. The Bears gave...


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[Assistant] The Packers, a game that came down to whether or not they were going to overturn that fourth and goal effort by Justin Fields where we think the ball got across the front of the plane and all it has to do is touch the front of the plane. That would have changed the rest of that game. I think the Bears are better than we're giving them credit for. And look, the Texans tied the Colts but we saw what happened to the Colts the following week.


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[Assistant] Not as good as their fans would expect. I just think the Bears get this one done. They find a way. Justin Fields...


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[Assistant] Even though he doesn't have the kind of help around him that other young quarterbacks do, I think he's good enough to make the difference. He makes the key play in the key moment. The Bears win 17-13. Alright, speaking of the Colts, they are hosting the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs are only five and a half point favorites against the Colts team that has been ass so far this year. 50.5 over-under. Who do you like?


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[Assistant] I got 41-17, I think the Chiefs are gonna destroy them, and...


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[Assistant] Look, this is the place where the Chiefs once came back from, wait, no, they blew the huge, no, this, they didn't come back. They had the huge margin with Alex Smith at quarterback in the playoffs and Andrew Luck and company came back and won that game. So anytime they have the lead over the Colts, they're going to step on their throat and Matt Ryan,


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[Assistant] As we have been saying, it's quite possible that Father Time is hitting him over the head with that big ass...


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[Assistant] What's that thing that, that, uh, uh, uh, hourglass? Hourglass that he wears around his neck. Yeah. Uh, I, I think this may be it for Matt Ryan and it's definitely not for Patrick Mahomes. He got extra time to get ready. You know how dangerous Andy Reid is when you give him extra time to get ready. 41-17, I like the Chiefs to blow the Colts off the field. Now the Colts are probably


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[Assistant] At the Dolphins, both teams 2-0. The Dolphins last week with that dramatic come from behind win, 35-14 down. They tied it up. They took the lead to Otago by Loa. Incredible with 6 touchdown passes. The Bills are 6 point favorites.


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[Assistant] At Miami, they didn't go down five days early like the Patriots did. They'll go down and it'll be hot and it will be...


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[Assistant] Far more of a test than I think the Bills ever would have imagined. Over under 52 and a half.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I got 38-31, I got more of a shootout than you do, and it could be that it's 38-24 late and there's a garbage time touchdown, but that builds defense when you can bring the heat with your front four.


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[Assistant] And then drop everybody back and keep it all in front. They gotta deal with Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle. They'll give up yardage. I think the key will be don't give up points. I think it's easier to defend the Dolphins offense in the red zone. I would agree with that.


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[Assistant] I got the impression talking to Diggs this week, the Titans didn't do that even though Gabe Davis wasn't available. If Gabe Davis isn't there again, how do you not completely erase Stefan Diggs and force Josh Allen to go elsewhere, but he's good enough to go elsewhere. I think 38-31, final score, Bills win, move to 3-0.


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[Assistant] Uh, situation Vikings six point favorites, although they are at home, identical over under 52 and a half. There have been barn burners between these teams recently last year, two great games, different coaching staff though in Minnesota, same result on Monday night in Philadelphia. Can the Vikings on a short week go home, hold it together and win the game? And more importantly,


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[Assistant] Can they cover the spread? I don't see anybody winning this game by six points. Either way.


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[Assistant] Well, I mean, the Vikings go back to the friendly confines of US Bank Stadium. It'll be loud. They'll be blowing the horn. That gives the team an edge. I think they got a little overwhelmed by going on the road into a hostile environment on Monday night under the lights. It was a big deal. And we know how Kirk Cousins is under the lights on Monday night. He's two and 10.


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[Assistant] So if the guy's 60-60-2 as a starter in all games and he's 2-10 on Monday Night Football, that means he's 58-50-2 on Sundays and Sunday nights.


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[Assistant] So, and Thursdays. So, I'm willing to trust cousins and company. As you said today on PFT Live, they should be able to run the ball better than they did. They can't run it much worse. Dalvin Cook could not get going against the Eagles.


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[Assistant] Defense. They run the ball, take some steam out of the defense, and then be able to get rid of the ball fast. Cause hey, Aiden Hutchinson's gonna be coming for you Kirk. You better get rid of the football cause 97 is gonna be all over you if you don't.


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[Assistant] And, uh, I just think this is a get-right game for the Vikings, but it's not gonna be a blowout. 27-24. I'd like the Lions to cover, but the Vikings to win in what should be another entertaining game in this series that is sneakily becoming a great rivalry again in the NFL.


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[Assistant] So you've got the Vikings covering by a point, but same idea. Look, this, this should be a close, exciting game. Jared Goff against that Vikings defense. I talked about this earlier. Four years ago, he torched them with the Rams. He's gotten better with the Lions.


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[Assistant] Raven's three point favorites on the road. Home opener for the Patriots. 43 and a half over under. Who do you like in this?


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[Assistant] Speaking of that Ravens defense, John Harbaugh speaking on Thursday about the possibility of adding Jason Pierre Paul, who's available, Blake Martinez, who's out there, so maybe they recognize they need some reinforcements. They definitely do.


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[Assistant] Well, especially after what, I still, in the fourth quarter, I mean, what in the hell, what in the hell, just letting Tyree Kill run by you. The difference is, this, uh, this offense, not as good as what the Ravens faced last week, obviously, and I just have faith in


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[Assistant] Runners on that team aren't getting it done. Lamar is. And there's a chance JK Dobbins plays because he was ready to play as of Saturday night. Maybe they just decided to hold him until the Patriots game strategically because he'll make a difference in that rushing attack. Alright, Bengals at the Jets. The Mike White Hall of Fame game from last year when the Jets somehow beat the Bengals.


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[Assistant] Bengals are five point favorites, even though they are winless. Jets coming off of that win over the Browns over under a 45. Who do you like? Well, I mean...


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[Assistant] Yeah, I've got Bengals 31-24 covering that spread. You are threading the needle if it's 24-20. So, look, the Jets are better than we give them credit for, but this is about the Bengals getting a win. You talk all the time about the pressure that is felt in a building as


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[Assistant] The losses pile up. They can't fall to 0 and 3, not in that division. You can't do it.


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[Assistant] Um, so the Bengals are good enough to win this game. And the fact that they lost to the Jets in New York last year makes it far less likely they step on a rake on this one and actually benefits them. They'll take the Jets more seriously than maybe the Browns did last week when the Browns failed to slam the door. Raiders at the Titans.


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[Assistant] The Raiders are actually favored by two and a half points at Tennessee. Tennessee the number one seed last year, but they are 0 and 2, got blown out.


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[Assistant] By the Bills on Monday night, I'm sure that's affecting the betting trends. People are writing off the Titans. Are you writing off the Titans in this game that also has an over-under of 45.5?


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[Assistant] Well, they didn't take Stevon Diggs out of the game playing the way they could have and should have, but I still have faith in the Titans to pull this one off. They understand the stakes here. They understand what it means to fall to 0-3, and I know the Raiders are 0-2 as well. The other side of it too.


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[Assistant] The Titans weren't gonna beat the Bills in Buffalo. I don't care what the final score is. 41-7 or 14-7. They weren't gonna beat the Bills in Buffalo. The Raiders had that game won at home against the Cardinals. They blew a 20 point lead. That leaves a mark. That's not easy to recover from. And when you have a new coaching staff, a new regime, and you're trying to get buy-in from the players,


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[Assistant] Blowing that lead surely created a lot of stress and pressure and angst and it's going to be hard to set that aside and go to Nashville and win. I like the Titans 24-20. Alright, last game in the 1 o'clock window.


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[Assistant] The Eagles at the Commanders. The Eagles. Looking great so far this year. Jalen Hurts next level. You made the point during PFT Live about how Hurts was the guy.


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[Assistant] That nudged Carson Wentz out of town. They went with Hertz. Wentz gets a crack at a little bit of revenge on the Eagles. Uh, the commanders won in week one, lost in week two. Six and a half point favorites are the Eagles, 47 and a half over under who


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[Assistant] Yeah, uh, so you have the Eagles barely covering. I call it a 31-17 victory by the Eagles and I think it could get worse than that. I just, I'm all in with the Eagles now after what I saw them do to the Vikings. Now, the offense did nothing in the second half. It really didn't need to.


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[Assistant] No one scored a point in the second half of that game. It was 24-7 halftime, 24-7 final.


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[Assistant] But their defense is opportunistic, bend but don't break there. There were opportunities in the red zone, multiple times for the Vikings, Darius Slay making big plays. I just like the vibe around the Eagles right now, and I don't like the vibe around the Commanders, even though they did find a way to win in Week 1. They fell into a big hole against the Lions, yes they tried to fight out of it, I just


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[Assistant] I don't think it's going to happen against the Eagles. Let's go ahead and take a break. We will focus on the late afternoon Sunday games, including a couple of old QBs getting together again in Tampa Bay when this joint production of PFTPM and Chris Sims on button continues right after this.


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[Assistant] PFTPM, Chris Sims on Button, Joint Megapix Podcast for Week 3, 4PM Eastern Games, whether it's 4.05 or 4.25, they're all in the same bucket. Let's start with Jaguars at Chargers. The Chargers are a 7-point favorite, which is actually the biggest spread of the week, which


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[Assistant] Maybe suggest there'll be some close games this week. The Chargers get a little extra rest. The Jaguars pretty damn good. Over under a 47 and a half. Do you like the upset in this?


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[Assistant] Do look pretty damn good. They were very competitive in week one and they shut out the Indianapolis Colts and Justin Herbert's gonna be playing through pain. Is it gonna affect him? I don't know. It affected him when he tried to run the ball last week and he could get hit again. I mean,


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[Assistant] Jaguar's defense knows that he's got that injury and they tend to keep notes and they test the injury as


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[Assistant] Players will say privately, but not necessarily publicly anymore, but that's just the way it is, so.


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[Assistant] Herbert's gonna have to be ready to go and ready to protect himself and the Jaguars are good enough to make them pay. I think it'll be close, I think the Chargers find a way to win, but I do think the Jaguars cover. Alright, Rams at the Cardinals. Last time we saw these two teams play in the playoffs.


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[Assistant] It was as ugly as it's ever been for Kyle Murray on a football field. Now they're riding the high of that 20 point comfort behind win, the overtime victory, the Rams


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[Assistant] Blown out in week one. Struggled with the Falcons more than they should have in week two. Three and a half point road favorites at Arizona. Forty-eight and a half over under Chris Hootie.


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[Assistant] I'm back on the Cardinals bandwagon after seeing that they finally realized


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[Assistant] Let Kyler cook. We hear about let Russ cook all the time. We're going to talk about Russ coming up later in the program.


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[Assistant] But let Kyler do his thing. He's healthy now. That's the difference. He looked ordinary last year in the playoffs against the Rams because he wasn't healthy. And when he lacks his mobility, he shrinks before our very eyes. He seems smaller. He seems ineffective. But when he's doing the stuff that we saw him do in that


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[Assistant] Game with the two point conversion running around for 20.8 seconds. Man among boys.


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[Assistant] Even though he's the size of the boy among the men, it really is amazing to see and I think the Cardinals realize we just have to keep playing the hot hand and the hot hand is Kyler Murray. 30-23 I like the Cardinals to win this game. Falcons at the Seahawks.


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[Assistant] Uh, Seattle trying to figure out where they are offensively. They're among the worst in the league. They're gonna let Gino cook, supposedly. That may be a precursor to benching him for Drew Locke. Falcons were up 16 in week one and blew it. Tried to come back against the Rams. It didn't work out. Can the Falcons...


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[Assistant] And they stayed out in the west coast between games. Do they settle in and find a way to get their first win of the season in Seattle, Chris?


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[Assistant] Seattle and upsetting the Seahawks, even though they are slim favorites, one and a half is basically a toss up. I mean, there aren't many games that come down to one or two points. Really. They do. They do. We saw some. We've seen some.


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[Assistant] That's one by a point, but I think if the Seahawks win, it's going to be by at least a field goal. I've got Seattle 17 to 14. I think they just find a way to do enough. They're working on fundamentals like better tackling. The Falcons are struggling to get the ball to Kyle Pitts. Marcus Mariota has looked good so far, but


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[Assistant] He's not all that durable and Seahawks can be aggressive on defense. I just, I just think that the idea of going into Seattle and beating them, even with a depleted Seahawks team, I don't think the Falcons are good enough to do it.


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[Assistant] Alright, Packers at the Buccaneers. Another very narrow margin here for Tampa Bay. One point favorite over the visiting Green Bay Packers. 41 and a half over under Chris. Who do you like in the Battle of Old Man Quarterbacks? The Battle of the Bay.


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[Assistant] Chris Berman used to have that tie that he wore when Tampa Bay and Green Bay played and he called it the Bay of Pigs game.


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[Assistant] I just, I think the Buccaneers win. Whatever the score is, I think the Buccaneers win. And they're gonna win by more than a point if they win.


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[Assistant] And so maybe this is going to be one of my best bets. I don't know. This just feels like a Tampa Bay win. This feels like Tommy finds a way to win. And the Packers aren't as good as they've been in the past. And the Buccaneers, although they're different, the focus is different, they're still pretty damn good.


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[Assistant] Press pads in the postseason again like they did two years ago. Alright, we'll take a break. The primetime games for week three when this joint production of PFTPM and Chris Sims on Button continues right after this.


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[Assistant] PFTPM Chris Sims unbuttoned. It is primetime time. Sunday Night Football. Russell Wilson now with the Broncos facing an old nemesis. The San Francisco 49ers coming to town. Chris has mentioned on multiple occasions the fact that Kyle Shanahan, the coach of the 49ers, may have a little extra something.


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[Assistant] For the Broncos, they picked Vance Joseph instead of him to be the head coach. They didn't put his dad in the ring of honor for 15 years. Now Kyle comes back with his old quarterback.


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[Assistant] As his new quarterback in Jimmy Garoppolo, this one is surprising to me in that the 49ers are a narrow favorite. One and a half points over the Broncos, 44 and a half over, under all odds, as always provided by BetMGM.


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[Assistant] Who do you like in this one? You know where, I know where you're leaning, and I think you know where I'm leaning, and I see that one and a half and I'm like, what am I missing?


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[Assistant] There's a weird vibe around this Broncos team. The fans counting down. The seconds left on the play clock. Russell Wilson trying to brush it off as he always would try to do. He doesn't want to say anything that would be regarded as


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[Assistant] With the familiarity of Jimmy Garoppolo, that lift it's given the team, it was kind of a weird, murky


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[Assistant] Conflicting stew of emotions. They want us to support Trey Lance, but we kinda like the other guy. Now look, it's horrible what happened to Trey Lance, the broken ankle, out for the year. Kyle Shanahan said yesterday he won't be back later in the year. He's done for the season.


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[Assistant] Opens the gates for the love to fall back to Jimmy G. They get two prime time games. Broncos and Rams in back to back weeks. We're gonna see the 49ers I think quickly emerge as contenders in the NFC. 3420 is my score for this one. I don't know what I'm missing. I don't know why it's only one and a half points.


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[Assistant] But I said that last week on a couple of my best bets and what the hell did that get me?


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[Assistant] Alright, Monday Night Football. The Dallas Cowboys at the New York Football Giants. Chris will be there doing keg stands in the parking lot. Mooning Jerry Jones. Smoking weed in the stands. He's going to be doing all kinds of stuff.


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[Assistant] Cooper Rush has shown he can win in prime time. He beat prime time Kirk last year on a Sunday night. That was the game that really drove the wedge between, well, it made it even wider. It crossed the bridge that couldn't be uncrossed between Mike Zimmer and Kirk Cousins.


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[Assistant] I still don't see how the Giants are better than they were last year. They don't seem better to me. They've won both games.


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[Assistant] I got Dallas 2117, but this will not be one of my best bets.


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[Assistant] Break time! When we return, we call it best bets. We may change it to worst bets, depending upon what happens this week. It couldn't get much worse last week. And also our Folsom Prison Blues pick, which I also think crapped the bed last week. More Chris Sims on Buttoned and PFTPM right after this.


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[Assistant] Best bet time, nothing good about them last week. We were combined 0 and 6, which is as bad as it can possibly be. We try it again this week. We each make three picks against the spread or an over-under. Best bet. Chris, what do you got?


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[Assistant] Fuck you Colts, I'm taking the Chiefs as one of my best bets. Chiefs, give the points, blowout win for the Chiefs. Alright, what's your next one?


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[Assistant] Torn between the Seahawks beating the Falcons and the Under and the Bears.


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[Assistant] I'll go under in the Bears Texans, just for shits and giggles. Give me the under, 40 points, I think they could play 8 quarters and not get to 40 combined points Bears Texans, so give me the under in that, 40 seems too high. Alright, Folsom Prison Blues, we, we, this is another one where we're just, we've been wrong. The one game that we guarantee a win, we've been wrong. Well, everybody's been screwed over by this stuff.


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[Assistant] I'll go 49ers and the Shanahan Bowl. I'm all in with you. I just don't see how the Broncos win this game. They have not been impressive and I don't know how they beat the Texans last week. Maybe because it was the Texans.


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[Assistant] That's it for now, enjoy the games, don't pay attention to the stuff we're wrong about. See ya.


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[Assistant] But either way, this is not conducive to them winning football games or winning a championship more importantly. He's not the guy that you fell in love with. He's not the guy I fell in love with. He's changed.


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[Assistant] Oh yeah, that's right. We'll get to that guy. My long lost love. My mister used to throw aggressive lasers all over the football field. Yes, Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. We'll get to that. He's no longer my top love in my life. He's not. You've fallen out of love. I've fallen out of love and I've hoarded myself.


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[Assistant] You're not that good and there's better options out there. Sorry. Sorry. What's up everybody? It's Chris Simms on Button. Ahmed Fareed is here on a Monday. Misty rainy day here in the Northeast.


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[Assistant] He is, he's very witty and sarcastic so far early this morning so I can tell he's got a little extra energy. I can tell he didn't stay up late and wasn't on the peacock show last night so he's got, he's fresh, he's feeling good. I can usually come


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[Assistant] No, a lot of it doesn't make sense. Right. Well, maybe it, maybe it's, it's the fact that it doesn't make sense or those things that are, maybe those are the new realities we just gotta get used to. I think that's where we're starting to get to.


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[Assistant] Where we go, hey, you gotta get away of your bias, your, you know, preconceived notions about what team should be during the year, and now just kind of evaluate it for what it is. Yeaah, I mean, I'm with you. Between that, hey, a few bounces to the ball, the,


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[Assistant] The craziness of going forward on 4th downs as usual, it is leading to some crazy football. But I think some of these teams that we keep going, well this is crazy, they lost like this. This is crazy, they lost like this. I think we need to come to the realization that maybe this is who it is. And I'm not saying I'm any better. I mean I'm a guy here that was, oh I think the buxel.


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[Assistant] Straighten it out this week and, you know, that Panthers offense sucks and they'll win an ugly game. I thought they'd win like a 20 to 6, 20 to 10 type of football game. What?


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[Assistant] Get dominated? 21 to 3? I mean, that's just, yeaah, the league is, uh, crazy and, you know, I think some of us have mis-evaluated teams and where they're at going into this year.


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[Assistant] I think that's where we gotta get to a little bit, but I think the big thing is you have to be a special defense and you gotta be somewhat at full strength to think you're gonna slow down or make things life hard on them, right? That's for sure. And then of course you caught them on a week where they lost the game, where they probably feel like they should have won in Buffalo, so you caught them, you caught the Chiefs on


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[Assistant] Oh shit. We're not, we're gonna fall to four and three if we lose this, you know, game. So you caught him in that mode.


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[Assistant] And I think that, Ahmed, you're saying it, right? I think we're getting to a point here, I don't really know if it f***ing matters what defense comes to town. It's like 85 Bears are here.


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[Assistant] I'm still gonna say they flirt with 25, 28, 300 yards passing. It just doesn't matter. And that's where I get into the, I feel like they have more to defend this year than ever before.


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[Assistant] Alright. One, you've heard me say from the start of the year, I think that them not having Tyree kill is actually going to be a benefit for their football team.


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[Assistant] I don't know if I'm totally right on that yet, but so far it looks pretty good. And I don't mean that when I say that to be disrespectful to every kill. I think he's amazing. I just think this is one team where...


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[Assistant] Big plays are not a problem, right? They got enough weapons and they got a quarterback that, like Josh Allen,


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[Assistant] There's always looking for the big play. So it doesn't, they don't have to like have the extra pressure of wait, oh wait I got a guy that runs 4-2 and we lined him up and we got him on the deep route so I gotta throw the ball deep to him every time. Every time we call that play I gotta throw it. And that's where I felt like he was a little bit caught in that matrix the last few years.


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[Assistant] Now it's like, let the word offense work for me.


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[Assistant] I got plenty of guys to throw the ball to, and I think they're giving you more to defend on the offensive side of the ball. They're running the ball just a little bit more. There's a few more tricks and reverses and speed sweeps. They're a better screen team this year.


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[Assistant] So I think with all that, and we've talked about their offensive line, I think it's still one of the better pass-protecting lines in all of football. I think all that leads to, hey 49ers, your defense is still really good, and I'm not panicking.


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[Assistant] You can't mess, wait, you gotta be full strength to mess with that team. And then to me, you know, that's a huge deal. They need Kinlaw, they need Armstead.


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[Assistant] They need those type of guys to get them off the field on a third down or some of these first and second down games where it's just not like, oh, they got 10 yards on second down. Uh, that, that to me is the big thing, Ahmed. I think you kind of hit it. It's just a special team and offense we're watching here.


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[Assistant] They just, they just keep you honest with it, right? I mean, right? I mean, you watch them. It's just like...


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[Assistant] They don't let you just go total pass defense all the time. Once they start to go, wait, are you gonna pass rushes like this?


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[Assistant] You're gonna leave the guard uncovered here, right? Like our old guard bubble play. They're like, okay, fine. Geez, if you're gonna just basically let us block it perfectly how we want to, we'll hand it off. And that's where they're good. And then of course with their wrinkles and all that too. And then you're saying it, right? There's weapons emerging because they're all like,


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[Assistant] Man, the offense is fun and he's spreading the ball around and we're all gonna get to touch it and when's it gonna be my turn? And I think that's just kind of infectious with their team right now and that's where, you know, they're fun to watch. They're in another level of the Niners right now. They are. The Chiefs, the Bills and the Eagles.


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[Assistant] Are on another level from the rest of football right now.


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[Assistant] Uhm, the Cowboys I think are, it would DAC and then that pass game gets going, maybe the team that I'd go, they're on the verge or they're on the, you know, outer brinks of those three teams maybe to a degree. I think they have the potential for that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but like the Giants at 6-1 and Minnesota at 5-1, I don't put them in that class, I'm sorry. You know I love those teams. But yes, I think that...


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[Assistant] You said it right. I think they're a little bit of a class of their own right now, those three football teams.


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[Assistant] There's me, Cole. Oh, there he is. Oh, we gotta, we gotta worry about that. We gotta prepare for that, right? I mean, yes, I think, I think you're, it's, it's,


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[Assistant] You know what's funny? Is when we were in the pre-game show getting ready to Garrett and Jason Garrett and Tony Dungy, I said to them a few times, I said, this is funny. I was like, I feel like the cheats are kind of doing what the 49ers do to teams. Right? Where...


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[Assistant] And it's right to our question here from the guy that you so rudely forgot about and don't know his name now.


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[Assistant] The runs that you're talking about, the speed sweeps, the reverses, some of the screens, some of the short yardage situations, forget trying to run it up the middle.


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[Assistant] That was the thing I liked about them yesterday. They had a few times where it was like second and one or third and one and they were like


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[Assistant] Wait, they got everybody to the line of scrimmage. We got Patrick Mahomes. Let's just throw a 20 yard play. Like it's wide open down there. They're trying to stop the one yard gain. And, oh, it's third and 20. Let's throw a screen underneath to Pacheco. Oh, he ran for, or it was McKinnon. Ran for a touchdown.


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[Assistant] So, uh, I, I did kinda have that same thought as our, our listener there, but yeaah, the Chiefs between that...


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[Assistant] I still worry about the Chief's defense a little bit. As you saw yesterday, you know, I do think the 49ers, if the game didn't start becoming kind of a shootout,


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[Assistant] They might have been able to run the ball on the Chiefs a little bit. That's scary. But the Chiefs always make plays. That's the one thing about their defense. They're opportunistic and it's like,


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[Assistant] Okay, you've moved the ball, you've scored points, but now it's like, it's, it's time to go, and it's, oh Chris Jones made a play, oh Frank Clark got a sack, oh this guy got an interception pick six against Justin Herbert, is where a backser gets the wall, right? They're just that kind of team, and that's where uhm, they're a lot of fun to watch, and like you said, they're one of the best.


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[Assistant] He's up there. He is. I mean, you think about every game we've watched this year with the Chiefs. He makes monster plays.


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[Assistant] He is, uh, without question playing all-pro football. And yeaah, he might be one of those guys, cause I'm trying to think right now, like, defensively, is there any guy that's like, just, we're going, whoa, that's the defense. Michael Parsons, of course, is in that conversation.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, I know Nick Bosa's having still a damn good year, even with, you know, being out a number of games. But, uh, I can get behind that, I think, at this point of the year. Chris Jones is way better than his five sacks on the year, and his disruption, and the play-up stats are way up there.


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[Assistant] I think it's gonna be a, a huge boost to their, their team, their offense, everything. I think what it does to me is it just, it goes...


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[Assistant] It allows Shanahan to do what he wants to do more and not have to rely on Jimmy Garoppolo to go, hey, we gotta drop back and throw it 45 times here for us to win this game this week. I think it just gives him more leeway, latitude, whatever, however you want to say it.


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[Assistant] McCaffrey and Deebo Samuel are not that dissimilar. They're very similar people. I mean they're built not that differently. And like Christian McCaffrey, first off his dad was an NFL wide receiver, played for Kyle Shanahan's father in Denver if people didn't know that.


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[Assistant] He can run routes like a high level NFL wide receiver. And then, of course we know he can run the football. So I just think they're going to stress you out with, you know.


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[Assistant] You know what my spiels I always give? Hello. You know, fake to McCaffrey, screen to Debo. Fake to Debo, screen to McCaffrey. Fake to reverse to Debo, toss it to McCaffrey. You know, fake to reverse to McCaffrey, toss it to Debo. Fake to toss to McCaffrey, fake to reverse to Debo, inside screen to Kittle.


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[Assistant] Oh, fake the screen, fake the toss, fake the reverse, you know. Oh, it's play action, there goes Ayuk down the middle. You know what I'm saying. Everybody gets the point. Alright, here, here, get the point. But I do think they're interchangeable almost. Yep.


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[Assistant] You know, you're gonna be like, okay, Deebo's a tailback. Oh, wait, they got Christian McCaffrey playing flanker here. Oh, he's coming in motion!


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[Assistant] Oh, they did run the ball. Oh, they ran play action pass and he ran a route. Oh, he got the speed sweep around the edge and they faked it to Diba. I mean, so you know what I'm saying there. And I think that's where it's going to be really good. They still the favorite?


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[Assistant] They are. I'm not, I'm not going away from that. That game was, you know,


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[Assistant] It got away from them a little bit yesterday, but there were still points in the football game. I mean, again, it was 28-13 with, I mean, 28-23 with 14 minutes left in the football game. It was 10-0 49ers right off the bat. Exactly right. So I'm not going to sit here and go, oh, whoa, I'm so panicked by what I saw there. Their defense will play better if they get to play them again.


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[Assistant] They'll have better fuel for them. They'll be healthier. Uhm, I wouldn't be shocked. I wouldn't be shocked if we saw this in the Super Bowl. I believe this is what I made my Super Bowl match up anyways. You're hoping. You're hoping it could be the one.


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[Assistant] It's crazy. That's an insane stat. It's a good team around him, but that's insane. It just, it shows you his focus, you know, what he's capable of, what they're capable of, and I honestly think it just shows you that he's fearless. That's the thing I love about Patrick Mahomes. It's just, he's one of the,


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[Assistant] He's rare in the fact that he can make mistakes or throw interceptions and still play the same game. You know what I mean? Yep. A lot of guys like throwing interceptions that early.


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[Assistant] Oh no, okay, alright. They play conservative. Okay, hey, we're back in the game. Okay, finally now I can maybe take some chances again. But it's like, you don't even know he throws an interception early in the game. You forget about it. You just go, whoa, here he goes, here goes my home, whoa, whoa, what a throw, what a play, whoa, whoa, whoa. I mean, that's where he is amazing and, you know, like I, like,


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[Assistant] Like we said, you said the, the, the Bills, the Chiefs, the Eagles and another class, you know, as I've been saying all year and, and you joined in with me, my homes and Josh Allen to me are in another class on the rest of football as well at the quarterback position right now.


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[Assistant] I think everything that we've been saying is still holds very true in this football game. First off, the Panthers have a better defense than what people


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[Assistant] Think statistically, right? We've talked about this a little bit. There's a lot of talent there. There is. And, you know, they've had a shit offense. So like we, anytime you see, you see a defense that's, you know, well got some talent, but why do their statistics not match up? Well, you know, when the offense can't stay on the field, sustain any drives, do anything like that, they just get worn down. You know, but they were in a game yesterday where,


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[Assistant] I mean, their defense honestly looked like in another class compared to the Bucs offense. It really did. I mean, the speed of the Panthers on that side of the ball, to me was like, remarkably different than what the speed of the Buccaneers were on the offensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] It's the second week in a row, I think we could say Brady is jittery, right? He is not comfortable, and nothing's coming easy for their offense, and then he's just not the type of guy that's gonna be like, hey, get on my back and I'll make it happen. So that, especially not at 45.


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[Assistant] And then again, I think you just coupled that with, they can't run the ball and now they have to throw with him.


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[Assistant] I don't think they have great speed on the offensive side of the ball as you've heard me say the last few weeks. So Carolina was capable of matching up and playing some man to man and changing things up that way.


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[Assistant] And made life hard of them. I mean, I was shocked. I thought we would see...


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[Assistant] You know, that was the way to go. And then I think what's the shocking on top of that is that just the dam broke. Like, what was it, late second, third quarter in the run game, the run defense? Not just like, oh wow, they got lucky and broke that run. Like, holy shit, look at the size of that hole in the Buccaneers defense. That might have been even more surprising than anything that happened on offense.


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[Assistant] That's right. You know, and you wonder, like, if Evans catches the ball to start the game on the first drive, is the game a little different? Does it give them some momentum? I don't know. You know, it certainly kind of puts a damper on your day a little bit. And like, for a minute, you're just like, damn, man, we just missed a chance to have an easy seven and get things going.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Walker, he moves well, and he controls the ball. You know, and we'll see. If he gets a chance to play here, I wouldn't be shocked if he impresses him to the point where they're like, ah, Baker, take a few more weeks. Ah, Sam, it's okay.


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[Assistant] Those guys aren't that more physically gifted than PJ Walker. So I understand that. I think Steve Wilkes even gave a comment after the game, like he continues to play like this, he might be the guy. We're not just gonna, you know, bench him. So we'll see where it goes, but that was the shocker of shockers. And it's to the point now where I think it's official.


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[Assistant] Where again, where you heard me say the last few weeks, like I'm worried, but I still think they're a pretty good team. You know, they're still...


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[Assistant] Like, it's, it's now to, yeaah, okay, they're a solid team. They're solid. Maybe. I mean, they're, they're, they're on the verge for me of like, you just go, I don't know, actually, can they, can they get to the playoffs? Can they do this? You know, the NFC South, of course, is so not good. I know. That it almost gives them a, a free pass to a degree here.


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[Assistant] But at the same time, there's major concerns, and I think Buccaneers, at the very least right now, just go, there's no way they're winning the Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] You know, I feel like I'm getting to the time of the year, maybe we do that on Wednesday, where there's teams where I just go, yeah, their record's good, blah, blah, blah, whatever. But, there's only a certain amount of teams I look at and go, they can go to the Super Bowl and win it maybe. And the Bucs right now are certainly not that.


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[Assistant] You know, they did not really support him with a team that really gave him a chance to like actually say, oh, okay, yeah, wait, you know, you should have succeeded and you failed and now we should fire you. It's like, they gave him nothing and then Cliff Kingsbury got there and they kind of went on a spending spree and they're like, hey, look, now you coach the team and we gave you a bunch of better players. So he got a raw deal there, for sure.


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[Assistant] I'm not opposed to that. I'm not. I mean, again, I think he's, he's always been one of the better defensive minds in all of football. And he has made an improvement. I mean, again, even with their ugly offense last week, they hung in there with the Rams because of their defense. So, uh, yeah, but I think he's going to have to put a few more


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[Assistant] Not just for me, for his owner, you know, for the fan base, gotta put together maybe a few more performances like this, where we just, the defense is the star of the show. Then we go, whoa.


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[Assistant] Like this, they got something going with this system and these players and the way he's coaching to where we all open our eyes and go, well, are you sure you wanna let him go? Your defense is playing, you know, high level football. If he gets a few more like this, then I think he's legitimately gonna throw his name into the pile of like, I could be the guy next year.


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[Assistant] I don't know, he's probably, if he's watching enough TV or seeing Sunday Night Football, he's probably already realized it. He's got the hint. Well, this guy's moved on to my homes in Allen. I'm no longer his favorite anymore.


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[Assistant] Right. That was a, uh, yep, you got that. And then the great touchdown throw he had to Aaron Jones on the left sideline. That was good too. That was, that was, that was the best throw of the day.


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[Assistant] No, no, they're not, they're not, they're not gonna win me back. I mean, that's not, that's not happening. They're gonna win anybody back. Again, this is...


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[Assistant] It's just so hard to watch them. They're not fun to watch. I don't really understand the process at times.


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[Assistant] You know, like we just talked about Brady with Rogers, it's just, there's unnecessary jumpiness in the pocket. Where you just go, settle your


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[Assistant] You're Tom Brady. You're Aaron Rodgers. And there was a number of those yesterday again.


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[Assistant] You know, he had a play where you saw Romeo Dobbs drop the like, uh, third down throw, right? We showed it on Sunday Night Football a little bit. I like that. That was a good tape, yea.


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[Assistant] Again, that's, Pete's doing the tapes. And I'm going, what? I'm going, Pete, look at this play. Let's, let's watch this play, right? And I knew the coaches were going to talk about it a little bit, but like, there we are. Protection was perfect.


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[Assistant] That was a game plan play. Why did we not let Sammy Watkins have a chance to maybe make a play down the field, who was wide open, right? He was. He was wide open. And then, to add that, you go, okay, Dobbs is open. There we go.


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[Assistant] But why are you like fading away and jumping like the 85 bears are bearing down your neck and you're like, Oh no, I don't have any more time.


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[Assistant] Right. Or the last play of the game, when they had the fourth and short, and he throws the ball in the flat. I mean,


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[Assistant] The, the commanders were basically like, they're gonna throw in the flat. Let's...


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[Assistant] I don't even need to cover my guy. They left a guy uncovered, and he's already made his decision. Again, where you just go, come on, you're too good, read it out. Like, you've already run this play a few times too, you don't think they're gonna maybe recognize it, nor the fact that they saw it on film 700 times during the week, cause that's, you guys, it's every other pass is like that.


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[Assistant] So yeaah, that's where, you know, I just don't get it. And again, like I said too, with even describing the passing chart.


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[Assistant] Throwing just a random go route down the sideline does not make you an aggressive team, even if you complete it every now and then. It just, that's not what it is. Oh wait, you know again, you've heard me say this over and over.


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[Assistant] The good offenses are naturally aggressive. Every play is aggressive. And then Mahomes goes, alright, I didn't have the 40 yard bomb. Here Kelsey, underneath for 7, and he ran for 10 ARs after the play. Oh damn, I didn't have digs deep.


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[Assistant] Here Dawson knocks underneath, 15 yards later, a boom.


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[Assistant] But, but they're doing it the other way around and that's just not gonna get it done. And then, you know, their defense dropped some opportunities. Ahmed, you know, they know they had to pick six. They probably could have caught another two or three interceptions at least. Probably another two pick sixes, honestly.


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[Assistant] And they need that right now. Their defense has got to kind of carry them and make these type of plays. They didn't capitalize on that and then it became Heineken.


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[Assistant] You know, defenses, okay, wait, I've seen this a few times now, and this blitz and all that. There's something there. I don't disagree with you. He's a gamer. He's a real, real gamer.


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[Assistant] He is, I mean, his physical talent is never gonna jump off the screen, he's never gonna be the guy that like, they go away, we got our future, they're gonna...


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[Assistant] You know, and, and unfortunately that is who he is at this point of his career, but that was an unbelievable second half performance by him. It is, it's just gritty, and like you said, makes a few plays with his leg, gets out of trouble, you know, things that don't go on the stat sheet where you just throw the ball away and you go, oh, okay, good job there, that would have been a sack, loss of seven.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but yeaah, overall, and then, you know, I think the other thing too is, this is how you know Green Bay's struggling too, is like,


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[Assistant] Like, that is just, like, I don't, what the f*** is going wrong with Green Bay? I mean, it's just crazy.


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[Assistant] I mean, not only, like, yes, Rogers, the short passing offense is a disgrace, it's just the defense itself. I'm just a little shocked that it has not been more dominant. That might be the thing that's more shocking than anything.


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[Assistant] We knew Green Bay was kinda like on offense. We were calling it at the end of last year. They need to be a little more aggressive and do that stuff. Did I think it would go to this extent? No.


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[Assistant] I for sure thought their defense was gonna be, you know, one of the, you know, top defenses in football and tough to handle no matter who played against them. Yea, and Terry McLauren's awesome.


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[Assistant] Exactly right. It's the offensive line that's really been holding them back. And if they can do what they did yesterday.


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[Assistant] It's close. There was, there was, when I went back and really started to study them before their Thursday night game a few weeks ago against the Bears, I was kinda like, hey, let me sit down and really watch the commanders from start to finish of the season here, and I kept going, man, alright, there's a little more talent than I thought, ooh.


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[Assistant] You know, they actually played pretty good in this game. They just had this one mistake, or this one play, and so there was some silver lining to what you were seeing, right? And, uh, I think we're seeing it maybe come together here for them.


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[Assistant] I don't think there's any doubt about that. We've got a division winner than everyone else. Washington got in the playoffs and was a four seed a few years ago at seven and nine, right? Am I wrong with that? I mean, two years ago, when they almost beat the Bucs in the wild-car game, they were seven and nine.


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[Assistant] Well, they've been burned a few times already this year, by Fort Down, like, you know, missed attempts, where they didn't get it. And I would go, but it probably cost you the game, or that certainly made the game tougher for you. Here you are, it's the Giants. You got a chance to go up by seven points. Alright?


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[Assistant] You've been moving the ball really well all day. I know the Giants have been moving the ball too. But, you know, again, play the long play.


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[Assistant] Just go, hey, we're talented. In fact, maybe we're more talented than the Giants.


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[Assistant] And, of course, they go for it. And, when they line up in the formation, again, I know it's the quarterback sneak, and everybody thinks, oh, you should make the quarterback, no, the quarterback sneak's not guaranteed.


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[Assistant] First off, and then the Giants, well as we saw, and as you know too, and we've talked about this a lot, the Giants had big people. They got some defensive tackles and they got into formation where I went


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[Assistant] There's like 1200 pounds between the guards here. It's not that like simple to go, I'm going to say set hut and my three guys are going to move those four guys and we're going to do what we want to do.


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[Assistant] And they got no push. He lost yards, right? I mean he couldn't even, he got the snap and the guy got pushed back into him and he lost yards. So, but my point that I wanted to get to is,


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[Assistant] It's the best division in football, but I would just go, it's really not. It's just to me the best managed division in football.


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[Assistant] It's, you got three teams. The Eagles, okay, say what you want about them. We know they're talented. Maybe we don't throw them into this. But the Cowboys, for the most part, the Giants, you know, they're in that school of like, we're going to play defense, we're going to protect the football.


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[Assistant] You know, our defense will make one play, and you'll make a mistake, and we're gonna kinda capitalize off of that. And look what they're doing, they're playing every game like that, both of those teams, and they win.


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[Assistant] And then we have other teams who, you know, have a similar style of play, but go for it on every four down and everything's aggressive aggressive and they're sitting there and going, well, why are we two and five? Why are we two and four? And I want to go, because you don't do some of these things that the Giants do on a weekly basis or, or the Cowboys. They're kind of playing it close to the vest that way.


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[Assistant] And maybe that will show the league something here, because it seems like the aggressive teams that are on the fence as far as how good they are, it seems to bite them in the ass more than help them out.


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[Assistant] I mean, illegal, what, was that the one with the grabbing the jersey or was that the one earlier in the game? I think that one was earlier in the game. You're talking about the one Lawrence kind of fell on him, right? Yeah. There was a little more, Leonard Williams, I keep saying it was Lawrence, right? Leonard Williams, which like, I didn't, yeah, that's horrible. But I understand they're gonna call that this day and age. At least it's not like,


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[Assistant] I, you know, I kissed you on the cheek and we threw a penalty or I grabbed your collar of your, I mean the first one with Trevor Lawrence was embarrassing. It was bad. It was embarrassing.


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[Assistant] He's getting held. They didn't call those. They're not calling that much this year. Throughout the league. I've complained about it on PFT, just going, it's one of the things again where I go, how many things are we going to sway in the favor of the offense? They're allowed to pick, receive DB's downfield. They're allowed to RPO block five yards downfield. Now we're allowed to hold in the passing game.


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[Assistant] You know, it's like, it's, and then of course with the penalties and pass interference and rubbing the passer, it frustrates me. Well, they need more.


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[Assistant] The right defensive alignment. You know, again, just the Giants doing things always the right way in situational football. That's where, you know, they, they put pressure on you because they just don't mess up. So you go like, you better play awesome and really


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[Assistant] Kind of kick our ass and put this game out because we're just gonna, as we talk about, hang around, hanging around. It's like, I feel like it's like Matt Damon in Rounders where he just hangs around and the guy's got the Russian accent talking about it. But yea, that's where, you know, they line up like a picket fence, defense.


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[Assistant] And go, okay, well there's not a lot of room behind us. We're gonna try to keep everything behind- in front of us to a degree and come up and make the tackle. Moreau who's a good tackling corner.


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[Assistant] And actually, he's had a better career than people realize. He was, you know, played for Washington, played for Atlanta, I believe, for a year. Yep, last year. Right? Before coming to the Giants, and uh, you know, he's doing a good job for them. Overall, yeaah, the Giants are just...


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[Assistant] Here's the thing that I think people don't realize are the Giants. Or there's two things here. Well maybe you too, because you did pick against them, bud. Go on. I know, I know.


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[Assistant] That's like, I think when you tell people that, like I even said that to some people yesterday, just as we were watching the game, and they were like, really? And I was like, yea, the Giants are the number one rushing offense in football.


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[Assistant] Again, they're the five-legged beast. That's what I keep calling them. Saquon, Daniel Jones, Graham Ganoe's one leg. It's the five-legged beast. You can't beat them. It's Halloween time. Yeah. And that's what they are. The five-legged beast of the east. The five-legged beast of the east. The G. Man. Right.


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[Assistant] So they run the ball, they chew the clock up, and, you know, again, whether it was the


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[Assistant] Going forward on fourth one and missing, messing up or here was to me the play of the game.


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[Assistant] It was back and forth. We were late in the fourth quarter, right? We only had like one punt in the game. I don't even know if that held true. But I think it was only like one or two punts the whole game. So that kind of just shows you what it was. Both teams had, you know, Jacksonville had 452 yards of offense. So three punts total the whole game. And uhm,