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[Assistant] The Patriots have a hard time with that. You know, when it's the Minnesota Vikings and it's just, hey, we play cover forward, cover two, they're, hey, we got a million plays. We'll just die them up. Boom, boom, boom, boom.


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[Assistant] That's where I think lack of an offensive coordinator and their lack of experience there hurts them a little bit because, oh wait, I don't know what this team's doing to me or I don't have experience of where to go here. So I guess I'm just going to take the Cardinals to hang around a little bit more because of that aspect, but I'm taking the Patriots to win.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, I'm going to, I'm going with spread here. I'm going to take the bangles to cover the spread.


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[Assistant] You know, six points, it's just, to me, not enough. It's a Bengals team that's hitting on all cylinders. They're going to be motivated by the fact that they haven't beat the Browns. They're at home. Watson in the offense, all of that. I, I, I got the Bengals winning by 11. I could see them winning by 14 or 20 in this one. I'm going Bengals.


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[Assistant] My next one is I'm going with the Eagles. I think the Eagles are going to cover the spread. I know they're seven point favorites, but I just think it's a bad matchup for the Giants. I think the Eagles already got over their mid-season lull and now it's, you know, pedal to the metal. We're going to the Super Bowl type drive. They're going to win 31-20 to cover the spread.


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[Assistant] I'm taking the 49ers too. That's gonna be mine as well. I'm going there with you. Same thing. I just think a defense is too much for that Bucs-O.


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[Assistant] I look like I'm almost embarrassed or something. I'm so red and like dark. You're not.


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[Assistant] I don't know if anyone's ever been there. It was our biggest trip. Me and my wife went. We left the kids at home. We just ditched them.


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[Assistant] Well, there's some vacations where you leave and you're like, ah, that's about enough time. It's good to get back, back to work, you know. For that one, that was not the case. That was not one of them. I was like, I am literally depressed. Right. Leaving this place.


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[Assistant] I put you right back to work. That wasn't totally planned. There were a few sicknesses out there, but then I was with you doing the peacock show late at night. It was awesome. It was. It was great to have you.


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[Assistant] That's actually true. That's actually true. It's like basically this podcast and a couple NBC updates. You might see me pop up on your TV on the weekend or your golf tournament. But that's about it. Okay, so your focus is on me. Focus is on you. Okay, good. I like that. I like to hear that. Is your focus on me. You complete me. And this podcast.


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[Assistant] Uh, we gotta talk about week 11, because that's what we do. If we didn't do that, it'd be weird. Because this is a football podcast. And week 11 was kind of a weird week again. Uh, there were some results that made sense, some results that were maybe closer than we had anticipated.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it was a good Sunday. So that is our promise to you, the homies. We will talk about every single game, every team that played. We'll give you the damn okay, the players that jumped out at us. Uh, give me the headlines. We'll give you the headlines on a couple of the games presented by Hyundai. We'll get that sponsorship read in there. Uhm, but we start and we don't always do this.


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[Assistant] On Sunday night football, the Chiefs came back and beat the Chargers when it looked like with about 3 minutes to go, or I guess it was right around 2 minutes to go. Justin Herbert was going to be the game winning hero, bring your team back from a deficit quarterback. And all those fans in SoFi Stadium were


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[Assistant] That's what stood out to me the most. It was like, yes. It was like, Justin Herbert, good for him. I was like, this was a good, even though they lost, it was like, you start to see some of the things that we saw before. The Dink and Dunk was gone. Keenan Allen was in big time plays. But at the end of the day, it's Patrick Mahomes making those Patrick Mahomes plays that maybe no one else in football can make.


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[Assistant] He's 14-0 in his career now in road division games. He has now lost a division game on the road. Best by any quarterback since the 1970 merger. So he is awesome, and now he is...


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[Assistant] The odds on MVP favorite. Yeah. Minus 155. He's ahead of Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, and two, all of them are actually tied at plus 600. And so it's Patrick's trophy to lose now, at this point. Which is crazy, we're week 11 here, and it seems almost like a foregone conclusion. I don't know what those other guys would have to do to catch him at this point. I think Patrick would have to just fall on his face.


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[Assistant] Got a little bit of a running game. Isaiah Pacheco, the first Kansas City running back with 100 or more rushing yards since week four of last season. Is that something that sticks? It sticks.


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[Assistant] Well that's the thing too, as much as we compliment Patrick Mahomes, able to do it with whatever wide receivers out there, I don't think he'd probably be able to do the same thing without a guy like Travis Kelsey, 115 yards in this game. Three touchdowns seems like when they needed a big play, he was getting that big play and he was matched up with Derwin James and that's not an easy task for


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[Assistant] I mean, maybe it was for Travis Kelsey, but for most tight ends that would not be an easy, easy task.


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[Assistant] We're getting to the point, and they asked Chris Jones about this, Ronnie did, about Travis Kelsey, and Chris Jones had a good answer. He was like, you know, I don't want to disrespect anything, you know, Shannon Sharp back in the day and Rob Gronkowski, but man, when you look at Travis Kelsey and what he's able to do, especially this year without those weapons around him, I mean, we're talking all time tight end here, aren't we?


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[Assistant] Why didn't Derwin get his hands on Travis Kelsey on that last touchdown?


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[Assistant] He wants to give a shout out to another, maybe emerging star for the Chiefs. He says Patrick Mahomes is the biggest equalizer in the sport, but how about Nick Bolton? He's really in this top 10 linebacker conversation. He had a game high, 14 tackles in the game, had a forced fumble and had that game ceiling interception.


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[Assistant] So we'll talk about the Eagles next, but I want to say that I don't think the Chargers are done.


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[Assistant] The second best team in that division. No shame when you have the Kansas City Chiefs, who might be, as Chris says, the best team in the NFL right now. Even better than the Philadelphia Eagles, uh, Eagles, the last team to


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[Assistant] Lose on the season. That was last week. They bounced back, although it looked like that might not happen what they were down 10 in the fourth quarter. It is the first win for the Eagles since 2010 when they were trailing by 10 or more points entering the fourth quarter. So not a whole lot of comeback wins for the Eagles in the last decade. Jalen hurts, put the game on his.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it was tough for them on the ground. You had Jalen Hurts with the 86 yards, but Miles Sanders, 13 carries, 47 yards. Traditional run game was not there, right? Not working through the year. I mean, Jalen Hurts only threw for 190 yards, so everything was very difficult offensively, and it looked like maybe the Colts, and we talked about this going into the game,


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[Assistant] They might be able to run the ball on this team. Jonathan Taylor, that first opening drive, seven carries, 49 yards and a touchdown.


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[Assistant] And then after that, 15 carries, just 35 yards in the final 10 drives. And so how much credit do we have to give to the newcomers for the Eagles here in Dominican Sioux will involve Joseph. They combined for seven tackles. Certainly saw him around the ball a lot. Couple quarterback hits. And here was the big thing. They played 43 snaps, right? So they did play a little bit and that probably will go up as.


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[Assistant] Coach under, uh, Frank Reich. Right. Was the OC. Yeaah. With Frank Reich. Right. Got his big break with the Eagles after that. So, he was asked about Frank Reich, talked about him after this game, and I think we have the sound bite there. Kristen, this is what Sirianni had to say.


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[Assistant] The Patriots have the blueprint on how to beat the Jets. Goes back several, several years. They did it again. How to be your daddy by the New England Patriots. 10 to 3 in a pretty boring game.


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[Assistant] Uh, offensively challenged games, some winds, some cold weather, uh, both quarterbacks. It was a struggle for both of them, uh, differently, uh, in different ways. But yeah, the Patriots now have won 14 straight.


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[Assistant] versus the Jets. This one came down to a last second with five seconds left. Marcus Jones.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but, I mean, Bill and the Patriots, as they've done in recent years, have found a way to beat the Jets. What'd you make of that?


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[Assistant] The Zach Wilson podcast, you know, ever since it was what a year ago, a year and a half ago, two years ago now, how long ago that was that you put Zach Wilson ahead of Trevor Lawrence in your rankings. This has become the Zach Wilson.


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[Assistant] This was, this was rock bottom for the offense for the reasons that you mentioned. Let's take a look at how bad it was. Uh, if you're a Jets fan, look away right now if you're watching on YouTube or on Peacock. I think we have all the numbers here. Six first downs.


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[Assistant] And nine completions, they had more punts than completions. They had 10 punts in the game, just 103 total yards.


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[Assistant] Let's do this. Zach Wilson talked to the media after the game. Chris Pope, one of our homies, wrote in, Zach Wilson, that boy needs to grow up, take some accountability for only having just over 100 total yards on offense and three points on the board. This is what Zach Wilson had to say after the game in the press conference.


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[Assistant] Alright, so that last answer is getting a lot of play out there.


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[Assistant] It's just a test. Right. Right. The reporter is just, there's one way to answer that question. Right. Of course, right. Of course you scored it three points. And of course you feel like you wanted to do better.


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[Assistant] Right? And there's one, you're supposed to say, oh yes, you know, the defense played their hearts out and we would have loved to have gotten them. It's a test, it's not a question. You know what answer you're supposed to get, and if they don't give that answer, then you can go, oh look at this guy, he doesn't take accountability at all.


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[Assistant] But it's like, I'm not going to eviscerate them over, that's what's funny. But do you feel like you let them down? The only way you can feel like, of course, yes, your performance wasn't there, but they're trying to score, right? Right, right. As long as, I tell my kids that, as long as you're trying your best and doing all you can, it's like you have nothing to feel ashamed about, right?


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[Assistant] The real problem comes if it's coming from inside the locker room. And there are maybe some reports out there that the players inside the locker room, some players, you never know who those players are. They disgruntled players themselves.


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[Assistant] There's numbers to back up what you just said. So Mac Jones' average depth of target was 4.6 yards down the field. That was the lowest this week in the NFL. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Zach Wilson was 10.6 yards, average depth of target. That was the third highest this week in the NFL. So yea, the Jets were more aggressive, higher level of difficulty as Zach Wilson also said to, and I know some people are probably going to get him on that, like an excuse, so the windy, da da da da.


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[Assistant] You ask a question looking for information, and that's a legitimate...


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[Assistant] I've never seen a fanbase that roots for their team to fail more than the Jets. Chances are you're going to look at the tape and not see a whole lot of wide open receivers.


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[Assistant] just throw on somebody. Yeah. Patriots able to bring the pressure. Matt Judon had another sack and a half. He's got 13 sacks this season, most by any player under Bill Belichick. And yes, the Patriots defense has now allowed 7.7 points per game.


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[Assistant] During their three game winning streak. They're pretty good. That defense is pretty good on any quarterback out there. They definitely are. Alright, we could talk about Zach Wilson forever. Yeaah. On this podcast. Yeaah. And maybe we should, because that is some of the most entertaining, uh,


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[Assistant] The big turkey. These are dramatic finishes right here. Pete's gonna go in with a Thanksgiving theme in case you didn't pick up on that. Devontae Adams was wide open against the Broncos. How unfortunate for the Broncos, right? The best part of their team. Got some great defensive backs.


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[Assistant] Passing defense, it's like might be the best in the NFL and the signature play at the end of that one is Devontae Adams just running wide open into the end zone in overtime for a game winning touchdown. The Broncos have found another way to lose a game this year.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Josh Jacobs with 109 yards rushing. Yeah, Derek Carr with over 300 yards passing against that great defense. And then you had Devontae Adams, 141 yards. He's the first player in Raiders history with 125 or more receiving yards in three straight games. So they are rolling right now. And I think we have the dots of the overtime touchdown.


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[Assistant] Winning catch, if you can, uh, dissect what happened here. Adams had 11.9 yards of separation from Patrick Sertan. Your number one corner. My number one corner. Dusted.


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[Assistant] So here's the good with the bad. Russell Wilson, when they blitzed him, was pretty efficient. 11 of 12. 160 yards. I don't know why you would bl-


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[Assistant] But like you brought up, he threw that incomplete pass on third and ten. It was after the two minute warning.


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[Assistant] It gave Las Vegas a minute forty-three, so Raiders were out of timeouts. Yes. So they could have run it down to a minute, Raiders would have had less time, maybe they still would have gotten in field goal range. Yep. Let alone,


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[Assistant] Denver has scored 14.7 points per game. That is dead last in the NFL. If they had scored just 18 points every game.


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[Assistant] That would be still 6 worse than the NFL. But they would have a 7 and 3 record. And Pete, does that mean that this game would have been a loss for them? Because I would argue that if they scored 18 points per game, this game would have been a win, because they would have won 18-16.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think they had a better offensive game against the Raiders last time. They did. 100%. They played the Raiders, so. It didn't help, at least versus this specific opponent on this specific week. Now we get to our next section, which we like to call Damn Okay. Damn.


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[Assistant] In honor of Thanksgiving coming up here, the Mashed Potatoes edition. This is the NFC East Blowout edition as we do our demo cases as well. We start with the Dallas Cowboys throttling the Minnesota Vikings.


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[Assistant] Felt so bad for Mike Florio. You know Mike, Mike's, you know, viking's fan, everyone knows that. But he doesn't wanna...


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[Assistant] He doesn't want to get hoodwinked, right? He doesn't want to buy in. And he sent his son up to this game. Oh no. His son Alex went to this game. He was so reluctant to get roped into the Vikings. He was the one that was like, pump, pump the brakes, pump the brakes. Let's not.


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[Assistant] Let's not get too excited about this team. They haven't beat anyone of note yet, and then they come back and beat the Bills and he goes all in. You know, he could tell. He was like, finally, they've arrived. I think he was number, what, they had him number one, the Vikings number one in his power rankings. He was like, I'm all in.


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[Assistant] 40-3. It looked like maybe the Vikings gave up on themselves at some points in this game, but we're gonna give the damn okay to a guy you've been pumping up for a couple years here on the podcast.


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[Assistant] Tony Pollard was the guy, even though Zeke came back, little limited, missed the last couple games with injury, but worked in, did score a touchdown, but Pollard was the man. Some big plays out there. The running game, the passing game, 80 yards on the ground, 109 through the air.


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[Assistant] 37 point victory. Four touchdowns, three field goals. It was the biggest Cowboys road win in franchise history for a franchise that's been pretty good in their, in their history. And yeah, defensively they were dominant too. Seven sacks, most in a single game since 2008. Micah Parsons had a couple there.


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[Assistant] Uhm, Demarcus Lawrence was awesome once again for them. So, it was just total...


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[Assistant] Total domination, and the Cowboys, you think, maybe they don't need any more talent, but who knows, maybe they'll get some, right? Rumors out there that perhaps Odell Beckham Jr. is on the way. It's full-fledged, right? So it's, I think I've heard out there, what, Cowboys, Giants are showing some interest in Odell, bring him back home, uh, so here's some


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[Assistant] Tweets. Odell was watching the Cowboys game. He goes, they went crazy today. With the eye emoji. And then Demarcus Lawrence.


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[Assistant] Wrote back, they sure did, make the right decision, then Micah Parsons the eye emoji three times over, and he goes, come on then!


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[Assistant] You're close, you're close. You got the weapons and you could add Odell Beckham there. So we'll see if that happens for the Cowboys that are very close to the Philadelphia Eagles in how they're looking on the field right now. And you've been saying that for a long time, that you wouldn't be surprised if the Cowboys, you're like, there's not much separating these two teams. And I think probably more people are thinking that after this game.


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[Assistant] And you look at the NFC East, there are three really good teams in this division. You got the Eagles, you got the Cowboys, and you got the Commanders here too. We'll get to your Giants here in a second. Okay, Pete told me to shut up. He doesn't like it. Uh, Pete's still on the bandwagon. We'll get to the Giants in the Lions game here shortly, but now it is the Commanders.


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[Assistant] Who looked really good. I mean, this was a dominant victory against a team that is used to giving up dominant victories. Yeah. Houston, Texas, 23 to 10. But they did all the right things.


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[Assistant] Four sacks, six quarterback hits, five tackles for a loss. He had Jonathan Allen looking a spry on that defensive line. Chase Young's not, we're going to see him, what, next game come back? And so that's going to be very scary. The commanders, even though this wasn't a game that you look at and you're like, oh, Houston, Texas, yeah, they're supposed to beat them.


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[Assistant] Well at halftime, Washington had 246 total yards. Houston had five. The lowest by any team in the first half of this season, which I would have thought it would go back.


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[Assistant] Many seasons, but maybe it does, but no team had just had five yards at halftime. Uh, Washington, they had that one and four start. Now they've won five of their last six games. I think we have a graphic on how much the defense has turned things around. They figured things out here in this.


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[Assistant] And now Houston currently owns the number one and number seven overall picks in the 2023 draft thanks to that trade with Cleveland. So two in the top ten right now.


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[Assistant] The Detroit Lions are screwing up their draft pick. I'll tell you that right now. How dare they? Although they get the Rams one, which is starting to look better and better as the year goes on, but damn okay to Aleem McNeil for the Lions, had a sack, three quarterback hits, three tackles for a loss, an NFL high 10 quarterback pressures this week.


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[Assistant] Per PFF, sounds like a big butt of the week award winner. Certainly does. As the Lions came back, didn't come back, they just, they just beat the Giants in this one. Well they were down 6-3. Okay, there you go. Yeaah, it was a big comeback. Huge comeback. 31-18, the final score.


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[Assistant] Uh, and let me just go Trist and Stout. Good name. Trist and Stout. Tweet it in. Trist and Shout. Oh, Shout. That's right. Okay. Trist and Shout. To play on words, right? Like Twist and Shout. I thought it was like Stout Defense or something like that, but you're right. Trist and Shout.


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[Assistant] Uh, can we get a damn okay for the Lions defense? Three weeks in a row, defensive stands have won the Lions games this week, holding Saquon to 22 yards. One of the weakest units in the league through eight weeks has really stepped up the past few weeks. Have they turned things? Is this real? Is this what we're going to expect now from the Lions going forward?


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[Assistant] Well, it seemed like it was set up for the Giants in this game, because you're going against the second worst running defense in the NFL. You got Saquon Barkley, who ran the ball 15 times, had zero longer than four yards, which is crazy. So could not break the big one, could not even break one more than five yards in this game.


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[Assistant] So, Daniel Jones was the only thing that happened in the run game. Yeaah. And so they could not run on this Detroit defense. That might be getting better. And they have their first three game win streak since 2017. We'd be remiss not to mention Jamal Williams too. Three touchdowns has 12 on the season. That's amazing. Leads the NFL.


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[Assistant] Right now, uh, he's the first player with two or more rushing touchdowns in five of his first ten games since Lydiany and Tomlinson. They weren't, you know, epic runs, they were down by the goal line, but uh.


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[Assistant] Pete wants to know who's more likely to be embarrassed on Thanksgiving, the Giants versus the Cowboys or My Lions against the Buffalo Bills?


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[Assistant] They were, they had a lot going on this week. As we move on to the stuffing section of our Monday recap pod, good teams taking care of business. And that's exactly what the Bills did here. It wasn't anything crazy. The Browns actually had some chances to take a couple touchdown lead early in the game. The Browns controlled the game, Ahmed. I'm glad you started.


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[Assistant] They got the running game going. We saw last week versus Minnesota. They hunt 175 rushing yards, although 84 of that.


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[Assistant] Was from Josh Allen this week against Cleveland. Not a good rushing defense. Right. But a real run game. Exactly. That's the question. But it was a real run game. 171 rush yards. Only seven of those by Josh Allen. You got Devin Singletary with 86. James Cook got rolling. Biggest game for his.


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[Assistant] Uh, young career so far, 86 yards for him. So yeaah, that's the question.


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[Assistant] Was that, was that real? Is that sustainable? What we saw there, was that just against the Cleveland Browns?


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[Assistant] Right, but they wanted to go back home, shovel their driveway a little bit more, cause all that snow.


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[Assistant] Uh, prevented this game from being played in Buffalo, but they did the nice thing as they were leaving and Detroit social media asked them to do this. They said, hey, take care of everything. Turn out the lights when you leave. They go, don't, don't break any tables, which we're like, well, the players don't usually do that. So.


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[Assistant] Uh, Bill's social media, they're turning out the lights, locking the doors. It was, I enjoyed that. The Bills, they play the game. Their social media team does a good job of playing the game like that. And now I hope we destroy them in three days from now.


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[Assistant] You know what I, I always say this, you can tell which teams kind of like the, the suits, the head hot shows, the people wearing ties, don't give a whole lot of pushback to the social media team, they just let them go. They don't have a fear of their social media team doing something that's going to embarrass them.


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[Assistant] Over Buffalo, maybe next time, Pete says. So, uh, I feel good game for the Bills. They're back on track. We'll see if they can get another feel good game against my Detroit Lions. It was a feel good game, although not a very easy game for the Cincinnati Big Play Bengals in a surprisingly high scoring game.


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[Assistant] This week, 37 to 30, I think you could have seen them. Steelers maybe grinding out a game with the Bengals if they were going to stay in this game. Well, they did stay in the game in a high scoring game, which was quite surprising.


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[Assistant] But the Bengals have now won six of eight games since their 0-2 start. They figured out a way to win this game. I didn't have my eye on this game a whole, whole bunch, Chris, so I don't know exactly what the storylines were, but


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[Assistant] Joe Burrow threw for 355 yards and T Higgins caught 148 of that and so the passing game seemed very difficult to stop for a Steelers team that was getting a little healthier too and had Mika Fitzpatrick back.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Joe Burrow tied a career high with four touchdown passes in the game. Three passes went behind the line of scrimmage. All of those were touchdowns. Samaj P. Ryan caught four passes. Three of those were touchdowns. So he had a, he had a big game in a game where Joe Mixon did have to leave with a concussion. So that's something to monitor for this.


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[Assistant] Top two teams in the AFC North looking pretty good cause the Bang, uh, the Ravens, the Bengals won the Ravens also. And although this game was not as pretty, no, it was ugly versus the Panthers.


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[Assistant] Raven's defense. Baltimore outscored the Panthers 10-0 in the fourth quarter alone. That's where this game was won. Not pretty.


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[Assistant] For the Ravens, uh, Lamar Jackson didn't know if he was gonna play at times because he had


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[Assistant] An illness in the week, but he did play. Nothing to write home about, but a win is a win in the National Football League in the Bengals. Why do I keep saying the Bengals? The Ravens got it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, four sacks, three takeaways, all in the fourth quarter. 205 yards allowed by that Baltimore defense. Uhm, but the key off offensive player.


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[Assistant] Game ahead of the Bengals in the AFC North. Still 7-3 record as you mentioned. Two more games to get to and we'll do those in Give Me the Headlines presented by Hyundai.


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[Assistant] We'll get to the Falcons and Bears, but we start with the Saints beating the Rams. 27 to 20. How we do this is we're in the newspaper editorial office. Chris does that with his mouth. We got breaking news. What's the headline for Saints versus Rams? The seven point victory.


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[Assistant] They're officially in your mind. We've said it before. We don't think they're going to make the playoffs. Now you're saying for sure it's over.


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[Assistant] It was his first game with three or more touchdown passes and no interceptions since 2019 with the Bengals. So just when you're about ready to write off Andy Dalton, what are they doing? Put Jamis back in there, maybe even taste some Hill. Andy Dalton brings you right back.


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[Assistant] And he was like, when's the last time a Super Bowl champ looked like this? Cause a lot of times we do see it.


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[Assistant] It's not uncommon to see it with a team that loses to have that hangover, but for the champ. So, Pete's done a pop quiz right here.


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[Assistant] The 2003 Buccaneers, famously drafted defensive end, Dwayne White in the second round, as Pete notes. Who'd they get in the third round? Did they get anyone in the third round?


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[Assistant] Seven and nine. You know, Rams might be lucky to win seven games, so you might still have them there. Uh, not great. One more game to talk about.


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[Assistant] This one, uh, was not great for the Bears, although they started out with a lead. Falcons came back and beat Chicago 27-24. Your headline for this game is... DA FEET. DA FALCONS.


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[Assistant] But I hate the Bears, which is why it's bad because I kinda like Justin Fields. I know, alright. But I hate the Bears, so I have to hate Justin Fields, and I have to hate all those 18 Ditkas, and then afterwards the Falcons tweeted this, they go, sorry for ruining your Bear Bachelor


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[Assistant] Yeah, his fifth straight game with a touchdown pass and a rushing touchdown ties Kyler Murray for the longest streak in the Super Bowl era. But yeah, he had to leave the game.


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[Assistant] With it, it looked like an injury. It was non-throwing shoulder, but didn't look great. Third straight loss by three points or fewer for the Bears. So they've been in these games. Give them credit, but you're right. The Falcons figured out ways to win these games. And I think Arthur Smith's pretty good. He does some creative stuff without a whole lot of talent.


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[Assistant] Falcons are going to be the team that the final couple of weeks of the regular season, we have Steve Kornacki in the studio, and they're going to be the team that's still on the list. You're like, they still have a chance to make the playoffs? Yeah, they're in the hunt. It's like, we haven't written them off yet? I'm like, no, they went out, they're a playoff team.


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[Assistant] Be dead. Don't ever be dead. They're dead then. They're dead then. We revive them.


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[Assistant] Wait, you gotta read the fine print, Ahmed. You wore the red pants for us today. We appreciate that. You went to the early bet MGM parlay preview, but now it is the appropriate time to do that. Monday Night Football, 49ers Cardinals in Mexico.


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[Assistant] Here's the most important thing, if Arizona can cover, then you will sweep Florio in all your pick categories this week.


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[Assistant] The action never stops at bet MGM. You can sign up now using the bonus code Sims. Your first wagers risk free up to $1000 Chris.


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[Assistant] Three bets. Can never have too many red pants. No, you can't. Simply download the BetMGM app today or go to BetMGM.com, enter bonus code SIMS to make your first wager risk free up to $1,000. Wouldn't that be cool one day? We both show up with red pants. I think that'd be a cool moment in the pod.


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[Assistant] My one that I have to do, right, is call your dad the big effer to his face, but use the real word for it, and curse for the first time on this pod, which I've never done. But the only way I do that is if the Rams make the playoffs, which we called a couple weeks ago when I bet Pete the Rams were still maybe favored to make the playoffs, right? It was borderline. Now it's looking very, very unlikely.


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[Assistant] Pete has written here, after the Thanksgiving Day Parade, don't just watch the Bills beat up on the Lions. At noon Eastern on NBC and Peacock, you can catch the national dog show presented by Purino.


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[Assistant] We're gonna let you behind the curtain. This dog show's not live. This has been taped previously. Yes, right. Uh, recently. Right. Pete took his family to the event on Saturday. Wow. He says it was a spectacle. Yes. He said the kids got hopped up on candy, they pet some dogs, and the, and he paid for it later. Yeah, well, that's what happened. Control your kids, damn. Don't let them act


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[Assistant] So Pete's previewed it, gave it a thumbs up, so we'll all watch it on Thanksgiving Day.


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[Assistant] Week 7 seems as good a time as any. For everything to kinda start to make sense again.


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[Assistant] And I would say, from my vantage point sitting at home watching these games,


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[Assistant] So our promise to the homies, you listening at home or in your car, wherever that may be, is we're gonna talk about every game from Sunday. We got damn okay.


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[Assistant] We give Damocada players that surprised us or impressed us and stood out. We have give me the headlines, which Chris participated in today. I did. Thank you very much for giving me that honor. He helped. Yeah. Pete and I had some thoughts. Chris improved them. Yeah. I don't know about that. Well done. And then we'll talk about Monday night football. The last game, some props out there, Patriots and Bears. So


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[Assistant] A lot to get to, every game will start with the game of the day. It was one of the late games.


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[Assistant] It was your Kansas City Chiefs. Your love has faded from Aaron Rodgers and it is now squarely on the shoulders of Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. It is. Yup. Uh, the Chiefs offense was awesome in this one against a 49ers defense that's still a little banged up. Yes it is. Got some injuries there. Ken Law.


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[Assistant] Eric Armstead, but, had Bosa back. On the offensive side had Trent Williams back, so not as banged up as they had been.


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[Assistant] The offense for the Chiefs was up significantly over what the 49ers have given up in the past.


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[Assistant] Was this a case of alarm bells going off for the 49ers? Like uh oh, what's going on here? Or is it just that good of an offense right now that it doesn't matter who they play against?


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[Assistant] And we're seeing the weapons emerge, kind of, for them too. It was interesting, in the backfield, Pacheco got the start, I think, over Clyde Edwards, although they both played quite a bit in this game, didn't run a whole lot, didn't need to run a whole lot.


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[Assistant] It's hard to say anyone is all that close to them. I don't even know who that would be necessarily. I think you're right. Cause we said it last week. This isn't like a, I mean cause the Eagles were, were


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[Assistant] There was one of the homies that tweeted both of us yesterday during the game. They go, I got the headline for this. I wish I had his name. I don't have it with me.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but, uh, this is not a give me the headline game, this is later on. Right. But he goes, Deebo Hardman, right, for, uh, for Mikol Hardman. It was a very similar day. They were using him as a, as a guy, end-around guy. He had a couple rushing touchdowns. He had a receiving touchdown. He is the first wide receiver in the Super Bowl era with,


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[Assistant] Those statistics, two or more rushing touchdowns and receiving touchdown in a single game.


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[Assistant] We thought maybe he could emerge as the speed guy with Tyreek out of there. I don't know if this is gonna be an every game thing, but that's your point. It doesn't need to be an every game thing. It just needs to be once every four games. Well, there's Mikko. Oh, there he is.


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[Assistant] Yeah, defensively Chris Jones did stand out for the Chiefs in this one at times. Strozinski Lucas says Chris Jones had another two sacks yesterday, also forced a Jimmy G fumble. I know I'm a Chiefs fan, but he would be my defensive player of the year through seven weeks.


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[Assistant] Christian McCaffrey is now a 49er. For this year, a few years to come, we would think, because he signed for that. They had to give up a lot. A few draft picks, second rounder, third rounder, fourth rounder, I believe. Fifth rounder next year, I think that was the total package. He had 10 touches, he had 62 yards on 22 snaps. Just being introduced to this offense, so you figure it's gotta get better from here. How much does he change this 49ers team?


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[Assistant] Patrick Mahomes when he is down 10, he does not panic 13 and nine now in his career when trailing by 10 or more points at any point in the game. So when they're down double digits, you go more times than not, Patrick Mahomes is going to win. That's amazing. That's an insane stat. It's a good team around them. That's insane.


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[Assistant] The young guns, while the old guns take a step back, which moves us on to our Get Wrong Games, part of the podcast here, because I was listening on Thursday again, and Mike Florio made these, the Get Right games. He thought, you know, it's time for the Bucks to get right. Time for the Packers to get right. Uh, they did not, so we'll start with the Buccaneers, 21 to 3.


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[Assistant] Right? I think it was a shocker of the day. That's a good call. Right. You know, three points, no one would have thought that, but the fact that Foreman jumps right in for Christian McCaffrey and goes for 118 yards, Hubbard is there too, 63 yards. It's crazy. Long touchdown. Right. That was, that was surprising. And PJ Walker,


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[Assistant] Full credit to him. Made some of the prettiest throws, prettiest touchdowns of the day, right? You see those throws he made? I didn't see all of his throws, but he was 16-22, 177 yards, but- He's got some talent.


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[Assistant] It looked good, uh, we have his passing chart from the last two weeks here. So on the left is last week, and his average depth of target last week is, as you might be able to guess by looking at it, was actually negative. It was a negative average depth of target, everything behind the line of scrimmage.


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[Assistant] He had many of those again this past week, but a couple deep shots down the field and those two touchdowns included in that.


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[Assistant] At this point, if they scored in the upper 20s offensively, that'd be a surprise now. It would, I think if it happened a couple weeks ago, or even this week, be like, alright, now they're getting things going. If it happens moving forward, that's like, wow, that stands out. That stands out because we don't know that that offense is capable. I don't know, but it's capable.


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[Assistant] Mike Evans on that drop had 10.9 yards of separation. That is the most...


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[Assistant] Separation on a drop this season. There is not a defender within 10 yards of him. Uh, yeaah, who knows what would have happened there. But, the fact remains that they had one red zone appearance.


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[Assistant] Like they weren't getting down there. No. Like nothing was working. No. It's crazy. It's a mystery. It's kind of cool to see. Uh, honestly, just because it's interesting. Sorry Bucs fans out there, but who would have ever thought? CJEasterday says damn okay to Steve Wilkes. Panthers have looked much better ever since he has taken over. Chris, do you think Wilkes deserves a chance at the head coach job? This off season.


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[Assistant] Carolina Panthers, well done Washington commanders against your former crush and love, Aaron Rodgers. Like at this, do you have to text him and break up with him? How do you do it? What do you, what do you have to do at this point to signify that that relationship is over?


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[Assistant] Commanders won 23-21. Rogers had 47 passing yards in the first half. He didn't go over 100 yards until the fourth quarter. In fact, and I saw this on NFL.com's research, Devondre Campbell, his 63-yard pick six, was longer than all of the Packers receiving production in the first half.


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[Assistant] They were 0 for 6 on the third down. Let's look at the passing chart. So Chris can really get wound up once again on what Aaron Rodgers has not done this year. And as Pete says in my ear, this looks familiar. We've seen this before.


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[Assistant] Everything right around the line of scrimmage. Looks like we have a couple deep chucks. 35 yards, 40 yards down the field. They were incomplete. One complete above 20 yards there.


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[Assistant] He, he got flushed out of the pocket. And you were like, that's old Aaron Rodgers right there. Turned his hips, his shoulders, found Aaron Jones. I was like, that's the guy that Chris fell in love with. Exactly right. Uhm, will he, can he win you back? Can he ever win you back with another performance like this? No.


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[Assistant] Signifies it all. You guys did a good job. Yeah, yeah. Pete, well done on the tape and good job by you identifying that and coach did a good job at halftime again showing it because he declines to go deep when it was open. Yes. He goes short and even there makes a bad pass.


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[Assistant] Yes, there was a fumble return for a touchdown that was called back to because of a penalty. Yes. But you're right.


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[Assistant] I love Taylor Heinecke. And maybe that's the idea. Don't start him in the first half. He was 2 for 9 for 21 yards. He's not a first half quarterback. I love him because he is the quarterback. This is what I say. He's the quarterback you want.


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[Assistant] In a game, as you take a look at his numbers there, first half, second half. Yea, second half he was 13-16 for 162 yards. Baller. He's a second half quarterback. He is. If, if there's a game that's ugly. Right. And kinda like both teams are having a hard time with it.


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[Assistant] Him individually seems like he likes playing for Taylor Heinecke. He made some awesome, awesome catches out there. He was great. But there's just some weird magic that goes on when he plays late in games.


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[Assistant] Division that has been at the bottom. I think they've been at the bottom, right? Don't we think that they've been at... Pound for pound has been the worst division in football.


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[Assistant] I don't want to really start here, but I know it'll get you going.


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[Assistant] You're already getting riled up. Well, you know that I'm going to the fourth and one. Yep. Jacksonville had a chance to go up by a touchdown.


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[Assistant] It was early fourth quarter, 17-13. It was not even fourth in one though. I will say it was like fourth in like three inches.


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[Assistant] Maybe somewhere in there. They had no reason not to get that. Right. They had no excuses there. Uh, but I knew as soon as that play happened and they were stuffed, I was like, oh Chris is Steve.


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[Assistant] I usually think more times than not, being a little more aggressive in some of those situations probably does help your win probability. But I do think you make a good point in a season when scoring is down and offense is down.


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[Assistant] That probably flips the percentages a little bit here. I would think so. And I think maybe taking the points more times than not actually helps. You make a good point. Those three teams manage the game well, often times do take those points, and the Giants had just enough, although it almost wasn't that way.


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[Assistant] Because the Jaguars drove on the final drive and almost threw it in. Uh, there were some questionable calls on the Giants though on that last drive, I think we should put in there. There was a roughing the passer on Trevor Lawrence, maybe one that you would call nothing the passer. What?


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[Assistant] It was like one finger on a jersey that pulled him down. Exactly right, and we called roughing the passer. Uh, it did look like Kevan Thibodeau got held a couple times late in the game. It was almost obvious, like an armbar over his neck.


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[Assistant] They need more because offenses are still bad, even with that help. But it didn't matter because Fabian Moreau made the tackle at the one yard line his first year with the Giants. He is now a Giants legend.


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[Assistant] Uh, that was pretty cool to see. It was. What an amazing finish. And to stop them there playing at the goal line there, like you can come right up to here, right up to this line, no further. Yeah. And Fabian Moreau made sure that.


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[Assistant] To play the Broncos next week. Whoa. The Jaguars. Yeah. Okay. A couple good defenses. All the Jaguars did make some mistakes on the defensive side, but yeah, just a real quick on the running game. Yeah. Go ahead. Pay it some love.


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[Assistant] Daniel Jones, career high, 107 rushing yards. He is the best awkward looking running quarterback. Maybe in medical history. Ever, right? He falls down. He makes great plays. He's fast. He's like, he's faster than he looks on TV. But then he'll fall down and be like, well that guy can't.


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[Assistant] We had 14 rushes in the first three quarters for only 38 yards.


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[Assistant] Less than 3 yards per carry, but then in the 4th quarter he went off, 10 rushes, 72 yards. And when I was watching this game, no one will ever be Barry Sanders for me. I mean, he's my idol. A guy might be even better than him, and I won't say it. I don't know if that's possible. I grew up with Barry Sanders. He will always be the best running back I have ever seen him play.


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[Assistant] You know, things fall apart. Yeah, speaking of the Cowboys, a preview of that Thanksgiving matchup.


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[Assistant] And so I couldn't watch the early part of the games. When I first started watching the Lions and Cowboys, my Lions were up. I was like, oh, this is cool. From that point forward, it was terrible. It was awful. Uh, great if you're a Cowboys fan though, as Dak Prescott came back,


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[Assistant] Throwing the ball down the field, he averaged, what, over 10 yards per attempt by the end of this one. It wasn't high flying stuff, it was to the point where...


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[Assistant] Like you mentioned before, if this was a Cooper Rush game, you'd be like, man, they played great, efficiently, awesome. Where if it's Dak Prescott, sometimes you're like, what's going on? What's wrong with the offense here? Why aren't they clicking on all cylinders like they should be with Dak Prescott? Um, but I don't know. The Lions are just so bad, but we should still give credit to the Cowboys, I guess.


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[Assistant] They were down 10-6? Was it 10-6? It might have been 10-6, you might be right. Yea, it was 10-6 at that point, but uhm, doesn't matter. Yea, Lions couldn't get a whole lot going.


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[Assistant] It was an ugly game against inferior competition for the Cowboys and they're going to win those games. Like you mentioned, they're going to manage the game and they're going to win those games. And you have to do that in the NFL. Rack up some wins against teams you're supposed to rack up wins against. Uh, the Lions have no touchdowns for the second week in a row. The Patriots shut them out the last time they were playing.


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[Assistant] Trayvon Diggs, you mentioned it, another interception, 17 career interceptions, now second most all time through the first 35 games. He'll get beat, he'll also make the big play, although...


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[Assistant] They didn't look at that one afterwards. It might have hit the ground. Some people talked about it. I know. I didn't think so though. I didn't think it. I agree with you. I think he did catch it. But yea, the Lions fumbled on the one which was terrible. A play after it looked like Brock Wright may have gotten


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[Assistant] I thought he got in. I didn't really get a great replay look at it, but.


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[Assistant] It seemed like there should have been a challenge there. Pylon Cam says, Pete says, looked like he was short. Yeah. But uhm, I don't know.


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[Assistant] You got that offensive line for the Lions, so they still should have been able to score it there, but that's just Detroit for you. Stuff like that happens. And then later on, a cowboy suplex body slammed a lion, no call there. That's just the Lions. Weird things that happen. Some self-inflicted, some by the refs.


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[Assistant] It all adds up in a 24-6 loss for Detroit. Another win for the Cowboys. It's gonna be a bad year, but we're gonna get a quarterback in the draft. I think this is the year where we get a quarterback in the draft. We'll get to that. I think you're right. Another day. Now time for Damn Okay.


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[Assistant] And we'll start off by giving a damn okay to a couple players that played on Sunday Night Football. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. Jevon Holland from the Miami Dolphins and Noah Igbenagany. Whoa.


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[Assistant] Once you practice it enough though, it's not terrible, you know, it's an igbanogony. Igbanogony.


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[Assistant] Big monogany. Yeah, now you got it. Alright. Big monogany. You're better than Tariko now. You're better than Tariko now. Yes, that's right. Uh, we got that on you, Mike. Uh, a couple interceptions for the Dolphins who, what, only had one pick coming into the season. That's a surprise. Kind of crazy, right? Secondary. Right.


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[Assistant] Uh, Kenny Pickett made it easy on them a couple times, although I did like what Kenny Pickett did a lot. He's a playmaker, but also made some plays for the Dolphins in this one. It was, uh, it was a close game, which was good for us. We always want a close game on Sunday Night Football. Little bit of a messy game, especially in the second half. Dolphins didn't score at all. Steelers dropped, what, four interceptions in this game, so it's like,


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[Assistant] At times, great to see Tuoback by the way. Loved that. We were all rooting for him to stay healthy on the field. But it was at times where it's like which quarterback is going to make it easier for the other team. Didn't it kind of seem like that?


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[Assistant] He was standing in the right spot at the right moment, uh, but you're right, it was like Kenny Pickett, I don't know what he was, what he was seeing, what he was trying to do in that last play.


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[Assistant] There's some knock rate throws in that game, but there were a couple throws where you're like, oh, that's a throw down the middle of the field. That was good. No doubt. Uhm, so we'll see if he can get back there. It was good that he was playing with no fear.


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[Assistant] And it was, it was weird. I was like, I think a lot of fans watching that are just like cringing every time he's escaping the pocket. I definitely was. And it popped into my head and you'd know better as a player maybe. I was like, I almost wonder if...


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[Assistant] No, obviously he went through it and he had to recover from it, but I don't know if he's gone back and watched the replay of it, but it's like we all saw it. We've all seen replays of it. I almost feel like maybe we're more scared for him than he is for himself.


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[Assistant] Let's have respect to that. You know, it's like, I think it's, it's growing. And I don't think it was all the injury, but it's like how you respond from that. This has definitely been, you know, long run and now he's a weak


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[Assistant] You know, make Tua stronger and a better leader for that team. So good to see him back out there. Hope he stays out there. Hope he stays healthy. We also want to give a damn okay to another quarterback out there, Joe Burrow. Oh, the curse has been lifted. The curse of the Chris Sims high five in the off season. Now gone.


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[Assistant] Bangles are back. They beat the Falcons 35-17. Uh, Joe Burrow hitting multiple receivers in this one. Now actually T Higgins said that Tyler Boyd was booty butt naked on Burrow's first TD in this game, but I think we have all of Joe Burrow's numbers from week seven versus the Falcons here. He goes over 400 yards, almost to 500, 481, which is kind of a disappointment.


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[Assistant] Cause what, he had 355 or something like that at halftime? Yeah, it was 300, something in that range. 600. 600. Uhm.


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[Assistant] But the big plays were back, and it was a lot of...


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[Assistant] Probably bad, Falcons, secondary, you know, not bad, but it's like, they got weapons, they got good receivers, and Jamar Chase is doing things that maybe no other receiver can do out there. What'd you make of Burrough's huge, huge game?


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[Assistant] So Jamar Chase was not just out running everyone on the field. He was making the catch close to the sideline and the pylon. I think we have the next gen dots of that 32 yard touchdown. It apparently had a 19.9% completion probability. It was the most improbable reception of Chase's career according to next gen stats.


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[Assistant] Marcus Mariota and the Falcons only passed 13 times despite trailing most of the game. They're a rushing team, managed the game, that will continue to give other teams a difficult time I think, but they're probably a little bit below 500 team.


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[Assistant] Play through the run. That's what the Baltimore Ravens have been doing the past few years. They've made some big plays through the air, and they won. They managed the game against a team that you've criticized multiple times for not managing games. Ravens over the Browns, 23 to 20, the damn okay. We're gonna give that to Gus Edwards.


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[Assistant] 16 rushes, he went for 66 yards, two touchdowns his first game back since tearing his ACL in the preseason last year. A weapon in the running game, something that they really do need to get going.


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[Assistant] What's a Monday morning? If this pod is a little longer than most, that was the reason right there. That took us way too long to figure that out.


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[Assistant] And it was like the difference between watching Jacobi Berset, like they're taking some chances down the field, he's moving outside the pocket, he actually looked pretty good. Yeah. Down the stretch in this game. Right, right. And it was like Aaron Rodgers, just those two, three yard attempts. It was the same throw. It was like man, if you were to just ask a normal person like which quarterback looks better to you, it was like Jacobi Berset looked like they may have had the game winning touchdown of Mari Cooper.


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[Assistant] Pushed off. I think that was a good call. I do too. You question the false start on the, what was it, 55 yard field day.


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[Assistant] If at all, then the Browns, and I think they're about a, like you just said with the Atlanta Falcons, they're better than them, but not by much. Not by much. Do you think they're like, uh, 10 or 17?


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[Assistant] You know, the funny thing is, you look at the NFL, you're like, who's good? Like, who's good? But I would take the Bengals over the Ravens. I would too, I think. It's just like, the defense is concerning. It's like, if you're gonna give up big plays to...


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[Assistant] Every team out there, we're gonna give a big place to the Bengals, so who knows. I don't know, they could turn things around still. Uh, the Jets have turned things around from what they have been the last, what, two decades. And they are winning games at a crazy pace. They've won again, they beat the Broncos, a very good defense. 16-9 was the final score. We're gonna give the damn okay.


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[Assistant] Oh, I know. It sucks so bad. So I don't know if we have the official word yet. Maybe it's out there by now. It doesn't look good. Seemed like a ligament tear. Uh, that's what Robert Sala was indicating after this one, but he was awesome in the run that he broke. We have the next gen dots for Breece Hall, 62 yard touchdown.


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[Assistant] Hit a top speed on this one, a 21.87 miles per hour. It was the fastest reached by a ball carrier this season. Kenneth Walker actually broke it a little bit later in the day. But man oh man, he was a weapon on offense. He looks like he's done for the year now.


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[Assistant] Which is a total bummer because uhm, that's an offense and a defense. This is a fun, fun team and it sucks that Brice Hall is not going to be a part of it. Yeaah, he's a playmaker.


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[Assistant] Zach Wilson has been shaky. Considering the ascension of other players around him, at what point do you start to worry about the quarterback position holding this team back, especially now that Breece Hall is injured?


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[Assistant] I loved it. Jets fans are worried that he's Tim Tebow though. The Jets are the first team since 2011, the Tim Tebow led Broncos to win consecutive games with 105 or less net passing yards. And so they just, they fear that they've got the next Tim Tebow.


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[Assistant] Where I do feel like on the east coast, when the teams are bad, there's almost more passion and there's more fervor. And so maybe Jets fans don't know how to act or consume the sport when the team is good because it's like they get fired up when things are bad.


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[Assistant] But it's not great for us when people just don't care, but that's not the case on the east coast. So maybe it's just used to, uh, to, to feeling that, uh, that anger that they gotta, they gotta recultivate it even in winning environments. Now, speaking of the west coast, good transition, Pete, in my ear.


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[Assistant] They got the win over the Chargers. Our damn okay does go to Kenneth Walker. 23 rushes, 168 yards, two touchdowns, and he had another next-gen Dots worthy play. The 74 yard touchdown, as we mentioned just moments ago.


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[Assistant] He reached a top speed of 22.09 miles per hour, the fastest speed reached by a ball carrier this season. Question for you, when we go into next year, Chris?


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[Assistant] Kenneth Walker will be the blank ranked running back in our top five.


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[Assistant] It's like having Pete Tuan, a defensive minded coach, probably helps because you figure they'll figure some stuff out. They'll figure how they're playing and where they're best and how to manipulate some of those parts and become better as the season goes on. But yeah, you called it with Gino and he's been very good and he's been one of the best quarterbacks to watch out there and operating in this offense. I do think for the Chargers, it's like Brandon Staley.


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[Assistant] Probably on the hot seat. I think so. Because there are a lot of expectations, but in his defense, you look at the players who...


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[Assistant] Are either out or have been hurt. I mean, it's boring, but it's true. It's Joey Bosa. Mike Williams late in this game. Keenan Allen has been out. Rashaun Slater out. I know. Jaycee Jackson out. Looks like he's out. Maybe for the rest of the year. That sucks. Uh, Jaylen Guyton's been out. Joshua Palmer.


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[Assistant] Um, and Herbert playing with rib cartilage, it's all jacked up.


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[Assistant] Like, of course, right? I mean, they're not the team that we thought they would be.


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[Assistant] We'll start. You were talking about the Seahawks. They don't kick field goals. They score touchdowns. Well, we got a game of some field goals. Titans versus the Colts. Uh, Titans won 19 to 10. Your headline for this was.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you mentioned Andrew Adams signed off of the Steelers practice squad in week three. He had ten tackles. He had that pick six. It was the only Titans touchdown of the game. Aaron Krepel.


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[Assistant] Wants to give a damn okay to the Titans defensive line. He goes, consistently put pressure on Matt Ryan caused the two picks. Jeffrey Simmons, Bud Dupree, Deniko Autri seem to have the right combo of speed and power changed the game.


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[Assistant] Uh, you see when he was under pressure, he had some trouble, a couple of interceptions there, but uh, he was under pressure quite a bit. Uh, the Colts, one last thing, as you mentioned, it's still not easy for the Titans. And Derek Henry, they did ride him. They did. He tried to pack the box against him versus seven or more men in the box. He had 29 rushes, 126 yards.


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[Assistant] Totally opposite type of game. In Las Vegas, a lot of offense in this game. Raiders beat the Texans 38 to 20. Your headline for this one is... Ride the Hot Hand. Woo! We're in Vegas, baby!


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[Assistant] Viva Las Vegas. And they got hot, and they rode the hot hand of Josh Jacobs.


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[Assistant] Who ended with 143 rushing yards. We got a damn okay Anthony Rufo said Josh Jacobs. We thought might get traded. Three games of at least 143 rushing yards. Looks like a dark horse offensive player of the year candidate. That's a pretty good point. He had three touchdowns all in the second half of this game.


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[Assistant] I think it could even be more than that for the Raiders. And I think the questions are on defense side of the ball. Yeah. Max Crosby though has been very good.


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[Assistant] Uhm, they have gotten some good play out of their secondary. Hobbs is playing well. I think, I don't know if he's bad, he was hurt or dinged up or something like that, but I think if they can kind of make some strides defensively, I think they do have enough offensive star power. Yeah, I think so too. Jacob, some Carr, and Devontae Adams, and Hunter Renfro who hasn't really gotten going. Right. Mack Hollins. Hollins. Yeah, Hollins. Yeah, you're right.


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[Assistant] I think they're close. They're like a dark horse team that by the end of the year


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[Assistant] For me, we could be saying like they're one of the top 6 or 7 teams in football.


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[Assistant] The guy throws for 300 yards, two touchdowns, he gotta bring up.


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[Assistant] Good job, Pete. Whenever a graphic does not roll properly, it was all on Pete. It was all on Pete. And whenever there's a saying that does not come out clearly, it's either you or me. Which has happened quite a bit. Final thing here, let's get, let's get out, let's get out of this one. I think we are going on two hours now. Bet MGM Parlay Preview.


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[Assistant] Monday Night Football bears at Patriots. Chris, on the Thursday pod, you said all Patriots. I even feel like you made it your best bet, right?


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[Assistant] I'm really- No one can. I mean, no one thought Carolina was gonna win. I used to be like, really gifted at this. You're worse than most, but I-


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[Assistant] If it were likely to happen, I still wouldn't do it. You still wouldn't do it. Simply download the BetMGM app today or go to betmgm.com and to the bonus code Sims to make your first wage a risk free up to $1,000. And that is it.


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[Assistant] Three hours and seventeen minutes. And we even had like what? Two fewer games? Doesn't matter. Right. One forty every time. Right. It's your fault. It might be my fault a couple times.


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[Assistant] There was a study that came out of Harvard not long ago that said that people that curse are actually smarter.


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[Assistant] Well, that sounds about right. I do think I am Albert Einstein, and I learned from a guy that is known as my father, aka Big Phil, aka the Big-


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[Assistant] He can say what he likes. All right. And I know one thing we know for sure. All right. We've got a good one today. Chris Sims on button. Ahmed Bariz not here. He's on a contract holdout. He's asking for a million dollars a show. We're trying to work that out. We'll see if he's back in the building next week.


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[Assistant] Big Phil is here today. And I mean, I just think it's funny that, you know, Morehead State's telling a Harvard study that what, what, what's really smart and what's not. It's kind of hilarious to me, but what's up dad? How are you? Thanks for doing the show. Oh, I'm doing well. Let me make


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[Assistant] Well, not anymore. Not anymore. I mean- Oh, did I do it when you were growing up? Yeah, you did. It's alright. It's okay. Okay.


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[Assistant] Alright, good. I did not know that. And you weren't too bad.


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[Assistant] You know, big Barbara Sims who we got our size from and.


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[Assistant] You know, your dad was the, the grit strong, no nonsense type of guy. But when I was growing up, my, my most vivid memories when we used to go to Kentucky sometimes would just be him like nap time. That was a real thing. And when he would nap on that couch, damn.


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[Assistant] It was like the house had to be quiet. And I remember grandma telling me, get outside and go play basketball because her, her king, her husband was taking a nap and he'd be snoring in there. And I remember going around him and doing all of that.


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[Assistant] Well, you tell the famous story before, before we get into preseason week one reactions, cause me and dad, we're going to go through it today. We're going to hit about every main topic.


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[Assistant] That there is to hit the best story you ever tell. And I've heard mom tell this story when, you know, you guys are first married. It's one of her first trips to, to Kentucky and your youngest brother, the eighth of eight, Joe, he was in the kitchen.


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[Assistant] You didn't have to deal with the wrath of Big Willy Sims.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, I know, I bet you do. No doubt about it. Well, so if anyone out there is wondering where the Sims became such red asses, it's from Big Willy Sims right there. There you go.


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[Assistant] All right, good. All right, good. We got, we got to start right here. We're going to go with one of our, our, our like long time listeners, right? Corey Joskos. He's got a, he's got a question just right off the bat.


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[Assistant] Was there a preseason moment in your career where you feel your team benefited from the ramp up? Many people argue it's useless. Can you rebuttal that? So just like,


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[Assistant] People, we got a few questions about people and the stance of preseason, playing your starters, all of that. You know, what's your, what's your thought on that question, dad? I mean, I know you're, you're, you played real preseason football, so I think I know your answer here.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm with you there, no doubt about it. I did, I did, I was one of the benefit. I liked when we played in the preseason. I'll just answer this real quick. My career, of course, was not like yours, but I felt like with my years with Gruden and even with Josh McDaniels a little bit, you know, the, the, the,


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[Assistant] When we played a little in the preseason and got battle tested, I felt like we started the season a little...


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[Assistant] You know, uh, on, on our cross and our T's and dotting our eyes a little bit. And then there was years where, Hey, we think we're pretty good and we didn't play much in the preseason and damn, we got in that first preseason game and I felt like we weren't ready to get smacked in the mouth and we, we kind of started off slow. So there is a fine line. It is hard. And of course the money and the investment of the players is certainly.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no question. Alright, so let's uh, you just brought up the Jets. Let's hit, let's hit on some of these second year quarterbacks, right, that we saw this weekend. Let's start off with the Jets and Zach Wilson.


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[Assistant] Right off the bat, you know, just of course the injury, but like, what were your thoughts? I know it was only three to five throws, 23 yards. He threw the dumb interception. Um, but you know, just how did it look to you and kind of what was your overall thought of the jets as you looked at the game?


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[Assistant] Looked like somebody shot his parents or, you know, looked like he was going to die. I know him and Joe Douglas.


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[Assistant] No question. Yeah. I mean, we had one question here and I'm just going to read from our man at Evan 2160. He wanted to know about the rookie class and Evan, Hey, I'm going to dive into more of these guys as we go right now. We're going to kind of hit the, the, the top subjects quarterbacks go around the league. Garrett Wilson did look good. I got to take a closer look and really evaluate evaluate them.


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[Assistant] Jeremy Rucker too. Here was the guy other than Zach Wilson, and I kind of agree with you dad, you know, on Zach Wilson. Quinnen Williams was the star of the defense for me. He is disruptive and everywhere, but hey, everybody don't, don't over-evaluate any of these guys. I did Wilson's


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[Assistant] You know, the pop in his arm and the twitchiness of his athleticism scrambling out of the pocket. It's real. And I like that. And it's a shame he's not going to get to work on this a little bit more in the preseason, but, uh,


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[Assistant] 100%. Yes, we gotta do that. Good job by you there, big guy. Definitely. Let's talk about, first off, Mew and I, same thought.


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[Assistant] Alright, and I think, you know, we can, we can, we'll hit on this as we go. Uhm, but I think there is...


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[Assistant] The Eagles, the Titans, the Ravens, the 49ers, I know we talked, uh, over the weekend and we were like, wow, the teams themselves are very impressive looking. They won the look award to me. And I know not everybody played their starters and all of that, but wow, do they look good. And Jaylen Hertz definitely got off to a good start.


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[Assistant] That's what I think about him. Yeah, you and I have talked about the pre, even since things we've seen in training camp, we thought his motion looked a little tighter and better.


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[Assistant] And certainly controlled the ball pretty good last night, but you're right. Their team itself is going to put defenses in a bind because you got to respect that offensive line and they got weapons everywhere. So the Eagles are a team to watch out for for sure. All right, let's go to the Bay area, dad. Um, gotta hit Trey Lance. I'm in.


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[Assistant] 49ers, as we just mentioned, the team stacked. They look good. Got a question from at Paul Kessler 44, your take on Trey Lance's performance. I think he tightened up his motion and looked pretty good. Greetings from Germany. What's up, Paul? Thanks for tuning in from Germany. I appreciate that.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, I'll, I'll, I'll, I don't mind, if you don't mind, I'll lead this off, dad, just a little bit with Trey Lance, first off. Hey, I think the first thing is, you know, all you gotta do is listen to the telecast to a degree. It was a good start. He looks the part. He has a great presence. There's no doubt about that. And I think where, you know,


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[Assistant] We all gotta remember here, this is a talented football team and with Kyle Shanahan.


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[Assistant] Even though Trey Lance might not be as surgical in the completion percentage of the quarterback rating, I do think even with him at the helm and maybe some of the deficiencies in accuracy, their offense can be extremely or more dangerous than it's ever been under Jimmy Garoppolo because of the running and the ability to stretch the field with his right arm like we saw.


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[Assistant] But I will say too, Hey, first few completions and they were very easy. They were set up by Shanahan.


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[Assistant] I did see, you know, I see tightness in his tighter motion and warmups and all that, but


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[Assistant] You know, then he throws an out route to the right there where a guy goes up and gets the ball and, and, and.


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[Assistant] His right arm and the ball is down by his right knee as he's throwing the football. So I don't know if he's totally a machine yet and fixing this.


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[Assistant] And it doesn't, you know, hurt that the fact that they were playing a lot of their starters and Green Bay was playing second and third stringers for the most part. So it looked good.


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[Assistant] But I was, I'm not sitting here ready to go, oh, he's ready to thread the needle and lead two minute drives and throw for 300 yards every week. I'm not. You know, I've heard some people on TV talk about, oh, he might take the league by storm like Patrick Mahomes. No.


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[Assistant] Patrick Mahomes is such a gifted thrower, it's not comparable and it's disrespectful in my opinion to say that about Patrick Mahomes.


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[Assistant] I don't think so either. They're going to make you defend more of the field. They're going to scare defenses. His ability to run with Shanahan's run game and all that. I'm with you dad. There's, they're going to be a more dangerous football team with Lanza quarterback.


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[Assistant] Yeah, definitely a Super Bowl contender in my opinion. And then the last thing I just want to say about that.


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[Assistant] Anybody, our man PaulKessler44, all you gotta do is watch the game and listen to the telecast. There are still concerns out there.


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[Assistant] You listen to, to Tim Ryan who does the 49ers football games. He's plugged in as any guy in football as far as following a team.


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[Assistant] And I don't know, I'm not underestimating this. I think there was at least six or seven times just in the first two drives where he just continued to say, Hey, I know he's got talent. I know he's got a big arm. I know he's fast.


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[Assistant] Can he consistently hit the target? That's the big question. And I know that's been the big question out there in training camp and OTAs. And that's what we're going to see. And that may be the difference between them getting deep into the playoffs, Super Bowl, or, you know, maybe being a one and done type of football team. So we'll see where that goes.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it definitely is. Alright, so let's move over to the Jacksonville. Jacksonville, you know, I talked a little bit and you, you know, you heard me talk about this, the hall of fame game. I was so impressed with Trevor Lawrence and pregame warmups because I felt like he, he fixed so much of the things that


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[Assistant] You and I, you know, had little issues with him coming out in the draft. We saw the talent, we knew he was a real deal, but you know, you gotta become a machine if you wanna be, live up to the number one pick, uh, status.


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[Assistant] Thought he threw the ball. Phenomenal. I mean, there's definitely.


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[Assistant] A change in his delivery and you know, for lack of a better way, just body lined up properly, tighter motion, front shoulders in there. I mean, I thought, I really thought Trevor Lawrence looked really good. I don't know. What do you, what'd you think dad?


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[Assistant] Yeah, definitely through the ball. Well, I thought there was two plays he missed. There was a second in goal where he tried to force the ball in on the goal line. He had the corner over the top.


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[Assistant] There was a third and nine on the next drive where, you know, he had the old three verticals to the right and the inside guy was gone for the touchdown and he was too late to get it. And he kind of threw it into double coverage in the back left of the corner. But again, those are things where I just look at it and go, and I don't care. He just, another preseason game. He'll hit all that stuff.


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[Assistant] It's how he looked, and he looked good, and I think that was a good start for Trevor Lawrence. And I'll stand by this too. The Jags just looked good. Again, I'm not saying they're going to the playoffs.


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[Assistant] When you just look at a team and go, wow, things are going in the right direction. Trayvon Walker is the right pick at number one. Look at what they're doing. They, they widen him out wide and he can get after the quarterback. So, uh, I I'm excited for the Jaguars again. I don't think it's playoffs, but I think it's a big pain in the ass type of football team as the year goes along.


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[Assistant] Alright, so let's go to Chicago. Let's hit on this a little bit.


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[Assistant] Uh, bears game. Hey, talking about what you talked about a little earlier on. I mean, the chiefs played their starters to start the game and it was like riding a bike and.


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[Assistant] Mahomes just bing bong boom. They go down and score a touchdown and he feels good and I love them for that.


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[Assistant] I do. That was cool to see. But of course the big questions are Justin Fields. We got a question from at fair games. What's up fellas. Can you tell me what you think of my QB Justin Fields preseason debut this year and break down some of the rockets he threw in a couple of third downs. So dad.


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[Assistant] Fields is one I have a little bit of an, you know, I'm a little, sometimes I go, ooh, I like what I see. Sometimes I'm not sure. I'm still not sold on the motion. I know it was a good start. I understand that his ability to run, he's built like an Adonis. He does have a presence on the football field.


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[Assistant] But I guess he's another one I'm gonna classify here as I'd like to see a little bit more.


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[Assistant] Legit NFL type throws before I, I really put myself out there. Um, so I liked it, but I guess I'm not maybe as in love with it as the stat line or some other people out there.


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[Assistant] Agreed with you there. I do agree with that. That's the way I do feel like it's a little unfair to Justin Fields. He does not have the greatest supporting cast. And you know, to my man there, you know, fair games at fair games game-o. I know I look at, I'm viewed as kind of the Justin Fields hater.


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[Assistant] You know, but I think if you're listening to me consistently, I try to keep it real on pretty much of all these guys. And I gave him a lot of praise when I thought he fixed some things last year, certainly. But to what dad said, you know, the fade down the left sideline,


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[Assistant] Dipped under the ball, nose of the ball kinda, yes it was a spiral, but the nose of the ball stayed in the air. You know the guy had, Darnell Mooney had the guy beat by five yards.


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[Assistant] You know, he under throws it. You got a DB in his first preseason game of the year. I go, well, if he throws the ball like that in week four, that's going to be an interception when the DB gets used to playing that way. So I just, you know, again, big completion, but I don't sit there like you said and go, wow. And then the other play you're talking about, I think was the one on the sidelines with Tajay sharp where, Hey,


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[Assistant] You know, put it in a spot where his guy could get it. But again, I challenge people to go back and watch it a little bit. Ball fluttered, did not have great pace on the ball.


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[Assistant] And it was a phenomenal catch. So that's where I say that. And again, I know I'm looked at a little bit as the resident, uh, Justin Fields hater here, but I'm not, you know, it's just, it's, it's just doesn't pop to my eye quite yet when he lets go of the football.


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[Assistant] No doubt, no doubt. Pochetto, the running back from Rutgers look good. I thought they had a few young guys. And you know why we're at it. Carl Aftis to me was one of the rookie stars of the weekend.


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[Assistant] You know, again, I'll say, just watch it. And again, anybody out there, go watch back. I'm not like overly impressed with his explosion off the ball first step, like Aiden Hutchinson or Trayvon Walker, but holy crap.


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[Assistant] I mean, just a man, and how many times he just pushed offensive tackles back into the quarterback, and, you know, just like we always talk about with like the guy where, oh, he's a great speed rusher, so, you know,


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[Assistant] Tackles always worried about the speed, speed, speed, and then that brings in the power play because the tackles always worried about the speed. Carlathus is kind of the opposite. You watch the game go on, he bull rushed a bunch of people throughout the game starting tackles included.


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[Assistant] And then they're worried about the, the bull rush and then all of a sudden it's a swim room around the edge or a, a move inside cause they're all bracing for the power move. So, uh, he has something to him and he, he belongs, I know that, I saw that right off the bat.


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[Assistant] Yeah, we want Orlando Brown or Trent Williams or that kind of guy where you just see a good luck trying to move him.


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[Assistant] Alright, one last guy on the second year, guys. Kellen Mann. Kellen Mann, who, you know, did a nice job yesterday against the Raiders. You know, again, I've been a fan of him. I think he's got a great motion. He plays within the pocket.


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[Assistant] You know, I wish he was a little more assertive, I will say, or just would throw, you know, throw the hundred mile per hour fastball in there. It felt like he was placing the ball a little much yesterday, but either way, uh, you know, and he, and he plays a little small. He does look small in the pocket, but we saw his ability to move a little bit.


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[Assistant] And I think the other thing that jumps out to me dad is just never really loses control of the ball. Every ball is a perfect spiral.


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[Assistant] And you know, even when he's off target, it's just barely off target and he can throw with touch. And I know he has the ability to drive the ball. We kind of saw that on the second touchdown pass he had with a little slant to the right, but thought he looked good. And I think he's clearly more talented than Sean Mannion in my opinion. It would really be shocked if he wasn't the backup to Kirk Cousins.


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[Assistant] You're right. Everybody just thinks the laser down the middle, everybody can throw it, and you go, no, no, Rodgers, Brady, Mahomes, Josh Allen.


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[Assistant] Not everybody can do those throws that Justin Herbert, that just changed the field position from their own 25 to now, you know, the opposite 40. And you're right. It's too easily glossed over. And I think you said it right. It's because everybody thinks, well, it's the NFL. Everybody hits those throws. No, there's difference in.


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[Assistant] Yeah, we're on the same page there for sure. Alright, so let's go to another one. Let's go to the quarterback competitions.


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[Assistant] Let's go Seattle Pittsburgh. All right. I want to, we've got to hit on that game and really in both sides of there, but let's, it was great, right? I mean, it really was. It was probably the game of the weekend, just as far as all the storylines and the quarterbacks that, you know, have a chance to be starter. Let's start off with, you know, the Seattle side.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, no, it did, it seemed like the, the league was like, hey, we're going to almost throughout, like we're going to drop back and get reps in the pass game. You know, pretty much everywhere for the most part. And I got a question here from our, uh, our man at lazy Brahman. He wants to know,


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[Assistant] What are your thoughts on the QB battle between Drew Locke and Geno Smith after preseason week one? To me, this is Lazy Brahman. He says the offense with Drew Locke


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[Assistant] Looks more dynamic and fun to watch, but did the fumble at the end firmly get Drew out of the competition for week one versus Denver? Go ahead, dad. I'll let you lead this one off.


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[Assistant] Yeah, understands the offense, understands the way Pete Carroll wants to play, doesn't have the reputation of being the turnover guy that drew Locke. I do think that feeds into the narrative a little bit. I'm with you. I would be shocked if it's not him, but I think you're right. It's a real competition. Both are super talented.


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[Assistant] Both got big arms. Locke maybe is arms bigger than Geno's, but it's not by a lot. Geno can make every throw and then some for sure. And they both had great escape-ability. And played big and have a presence in the pocket. I like all that. And what I will say too, Dad, just to add on to what you said, cause you kinda pretty much said it all,


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[Assistant] Our man at Lazy Brahmin, here's the other thing to take into account here too.


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[Assistant] Hey, you gotta evaluate the whole situation.


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[Assistant] Gino Smith got to play against most of Pittsburgh starters other than Cam Hayward, T.J. Watt, Minka Fitzpatrick, and then he didn't have D.K. Metcalf or Lockett. So he had to play the Steelers, the emotions of, oh, it's the Steelers in preseason game one.


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[Assistant] No quarterback in football wants to play the Steelers in preseason game number one, cause they're going to do crazy shit and you're like, oh shit, here comes Blitzberg and we've been working on basics and training camp. So there is that aspect that you can't forget. And then drew lock gets the benefit of coming in and going,


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[Assistant] Oh, they, you know, hey, I was on the sidelines. Oh, the coaches told us what to kind of expect. We got a little feel for how they're pying us today. So don't ever forget that aspect is all I'll say either way, but I do, I'm with you both looked impressive and I'm, I am that out of all the QB battles, I think that's the most interesting one.


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[Assistant] Uh, to watch here as we go on, because... Well, you know, I don't mean to interrupt you but...


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[Assistant] Yeah, no doubt about it, he has. Alright, so let's go to the other side of the ball there, the Steelers, who had three quarterbacks that played well.


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[Assistant] I don't really think Mason Rudolph's involved in this conversation. I think they're just being nice to a guy that they're loyal and they picked in the second round way back when.


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[Assistant] You know, but, but, you know, our guy here, Stuart Miller Davis, who starts week one in Pittsburgh. All three had their moments this weekend. Uh, I, you know, I, I think you and I are on the same page here. I, I still think Trubisky will start, but, and I was impressed with how he looked, but wow. Kenny Pickett, Kenny Pickett looked really good.


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[Assistant] If you're going to give it to them, they take it. They don't care. Oh, it's outside the numbers. We don't throw outside the numbers. They go, no, they're giving us that. Let's throw it. And I do love that about them for sure.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and I think that's why he won't be the starter. They start the, they start the year against the Cincinnati Bengals. So that's probably why he won't start, but I'm with you. And he's already won that it's making me second guess.


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[Assistant] My draft evaluation for sure, just because it was, it was easy for him. Decisions were easy, put the ball exactly where he wanted.


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[Assistant] I think his arm is maybe a little more powerful than I gave it credit for coming out.


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[Assistant] And he just looked like he was, it just, it looked natural. He was, he was at ease with the situation. And we got a question from at Sam Bivalent01. He wants to know what mold does Kenny Pickett fit? A Jimmy G type.


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[Assistant] And I would just say, no, I think he's got more talent than Jimmy G, Sam Bivola. I do. He's a better athlete and I think he has a better arm altogether. So I see a higher ceiling than Jimmy G for sure. And I think you agree with that, right dad?


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[Assistant] Yeah, agreed, agreed. I think the Steelers are first off a team that I think, you know, everybody is kind of discounting altogether. And I go, Ooh, I don't know. I still like a lot of things on their roster. Exactly right. And yeah, I could see that too. Like even if they were two and two and just the offense wasn't playing as good.


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[Assistant] You know, another performance like that from Kenny Pickett, they might just go, hey, you know, what's the difference? Who cares? Kenny Pickett can do what Trubisky's doing, let's get it in, let's get it going right now. And I don't think anybody


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[Assistant] Is better at managing those type of situations than Mike Tomlin, because I respect him. He doesn't make it about, oh, it's the quarterback, it's the quarterback. He realizes you gotta protect, you gotta run the ball, you gotta play some defense. So he'll manage the game around that guy too. And I wouldn't be shocked to see it go that way if they got off to a slow start on the offensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] Yeah, ton of buzz about him in camp, and he was. He was a first round receiver that was hurt his whole last year at Georgia, and I think that's really the biggest reason.


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[Assistant] The Steelers have that same eye at receiver. Uh, they're, they're amazing and they're, they're one of those teams that just always kills it when it comes to that position. Um, all right, let's go Panthers.


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[Assistant] Panthers, we gotta talk, you know, little Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, um, thought both looked good. Sam Darnold didn't get to play a whole lot. Baker Mayfield got to start the game, made some good power throws for sure.