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[Assistant] Uh, let's throw a screen, let's do this, let's roll out, let's run the option, let's do a power run inside. I mean, they tried it all, and I go, well, if they'd done that to play before, it'd have been great.


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[Assistant] I don't talk to anybody, I don't know any inside information, cause I don't wanna know, and I don't, I'm not gonna call them about it.


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[Assistant] But I think really down deep, everybody there believes in him enough.


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[Assistant] If you want to bring him back, here's what I would do. I just thought of it now. I would not sign him to the fifth year option.


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[Assistant] Don't do it. Don't get that money. Let him play next year and let's prove it. If he, you're gonna know then.


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[Assistant] For sure, do you want to sign him to a long-term deal or whatever you do?


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[Assistant] Why do we have to go out there and give the option with all that money and commit ourselves to it? Uh, go ahead and get one more year of, uh,


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[Assistant] What we wanna know and then make your decision from there. Yeaah. I think it's okay, that's fair to him. I don't think he's gonna sit there and go, oh my gosh, the pressure.


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[Assistant] Yeaah. No, he's just gonna play, but let's fix it up, give him a better chance, and let's, you know, the offense, hey, as I watch all these offenses around the league, unless it's just a, really just got overwhelming talent, they can be somewhat simple and just do some things that everybody does, but you know, coaching in the NFL takes good players and makes them stars.


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[Assistant] The old line that we want to see more creativity, it is kind of true.


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[Assistant] And how you call plays and how you design them has so much to do with success of your offense.


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[Assistant] I don't look at New England's offense. Yes, they got a really good line, so I gotta be careful. I gotta backtrack where I'm talking. But, their creativity is off the charts.


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[Assistant] It slows the defense down tremendously. I've talked to Ray Lewis about this.


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[Assistant] And this and that, and Ray Lewis kind of educates me on that sometimes. You go, wow. You know, you've got to be really smart.


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[Assistant] Yeah, just listen to him how they would change what they did just so simple because they were ready for it.


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[Assistant] And I say these stories all the time, but I don't care, I'm gonna repeat it. I was getting beat up one game and, you know...


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[Assistant] And Bart Oats goes, what's not my guy? I said, Bart, I don't give a crap who's Bart. Guy said, just fix it! And, you know, he...


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[Assistant] But, you know, that's, that's part of, you know, not a, it's not in everybody and, you know, of course.


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[Assistant] And trying to help players and everything a little bit with many ways you can do it. Pat them on the back or saying something.


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[Assistant] And I just would go, okay, I got it. I understand. In other words, you gotta, there's a separation there and make sure you keep it. So just like every time I talk to the head coach.


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[Assistant] No matter what, I said this is the man, so I gotta be careful what I say.


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[Assistant] You know, you made a great point. Two guys that really took advantage of, you know, I'm not, I don't want to slight anybody, but two guys, and I tell the story, especially to quarterbacks, I tell them, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning


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[Assistant] Had so much influence on their players, the team, the coaches, and all that. Just the way they handled themselves is something to learn from.


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[Assistant] But, you know, but success on the field gives you power.


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[Assistant] We'll see as they go along, but I feel pretty good about what I think is gonna happen, and maybe should.


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[Assistant] What's the difference between the Cardinal and the Northeast Cardinal? The Northeast Cardinal has a little bit more of the, uhm, like the, the faux hawk in the middle. And then the Cardinal you'll see maybe around the rest of the country doesn't have that. It has a little bit more of the rounded head.


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[Assistant] 40s, early 50s, post Roosevelt. He was right after FDR. Okay.


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[Assistant] No doubt about it. And it's hard to pull the trigger on those. Like it's hard to actually do it. You know, I know I said last week, the Eagles, that's upset alert on the Broncos. I just couldn't pull the trigger on the road in Denver. You know, it just, that's what drives me crazy. So I'm going to try to,


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[Assistant] I know, I can't. All I'm looking at right now is cause like straight up, I'm way behind, but versus spread and best, I mean, I'm only one game behind you in best bets and versus spread. I'm only five games. So like that's where I'm shooting for it. Let me just crack away at that. I just want to win two out of the three.


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[Assistant] When the, uh, the whole season rankings there. That's all I'm looking for. And man, I was getting to the territory where, you know, I just, I just don't.


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[Assistant] I like you when it comes to this. I don't like you anymore and it's getting personal. So let's go.


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[Assistant] Oh, I know, you're right, I haven't done that in a while. You're right, you're right. I'll do that tonight. I'll send you a picture of my cigar. That'll be a good one tonight. It'll be an impressive one.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, I'm taking the Patriots all the way. I mean, you know, you, you said it today. I said it on PFT. I mean, they might be the most consistent team in football over the last five or six weeks. You know, they kind of got that Patriot mystique going offensively there.


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[Assistant] Uh, one of the best run games in all of football. Mac Jones makes very little mistakes at this point. I mean, we, we're seeing him. He's, yeah, manages the game, manages the situation.


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[Assistant] Wow throws every week right now. So I look at it from that standpoint go, standpoint go will clearly advantage.


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[Assistant] Patriots offense versus Falcons defense that's not real good.


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[Assistant] It doesn't have any particular part of a defense that stands out, and they're a bad running defense. You know, the only thing I look positive is just like Dean Pease, yea, he might know the New England system a little bit, but I don't think he's got the Jimmies and the Joes, and that kind of goes for the other side of the matchup too.


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[Assistant] The Patriots defense is one of the best in football. It's certainly one of the two or three in my opinion. They can do a lot of different styles of play and


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[Assistant] Like Atlanta's defense, the Atlanta offense has the same thing too. I don't know if there's any one area you can look at on the offense and go, ooh, they're really good at that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Matt Ryan's good. Kyle Pitts is good. That doesn't mean beating New England. That, not to me. Uhm, and I just feel like, again, New England's kinda got that 2001 mojo going here right now, where it might not be pretty.


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[Assistant] But, they're gonna win and they'll slowly beat you into submission. I'm going 27-13, Patriots.


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[Assistant] I do think this is upset alert territory. I, you know, again, it's a matchup league.


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[Assistant] I think the Coles match up with the Bills in a lot of good ways that are positive for them. Certainly.


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[Assistant] You know, I still look at the Colts and go, man, I think they could run the ball more. I still think they're like, you know, not giving themselves enough credit for how good their scheme is. Jonathan Taylor without Derek Henry has definitely reached the conversation of being in the best running back in the NFL conversation. He's that type of player, you know, Carson Wentz, even though it's not beautiful.


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[Assistant] You know, he's been taking care of the football for the most part. What I do worry about a little bit is them, you know, being able to make plays in the passing game. Uh, and can they do that consistently? I don't know. I do think a lot of that bills defense, but you know, again, the bills defense.


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[Assistant] It's not real big up front, and if you can get some success in the running game, like the Titans did earlier this year, it can compromise them on that side.


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[Assistant] You know, on the other side, you know, the Cold Stevens, it's a little all over the place, but for the most part, it's pretty good. It's, it's an above average NFL defense. I'm still not sold on the Bills offense as being like hitting on all cylinders. I say, I'll say I saw some bright spots last week.


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[Assistant] You know, uh, Brightspot's in, Josh Allen got under the center more. They did try to run the ball more. In fact, they did a lot of play action pass to help their run game. They came out going play action pass, play action pass, play action pass, and it actually helped their run game. That's a reverse order of doing that.


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[Assistant] Uh, and I think, you know, the Bills realize that when they just can't get in the shotgun and think they're going to throw it every play like they did two weeks ago against the Jags and win the game.


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[Assistant] Definitely an upset alert game, but in Buffalo, I just, I don't know, there's something about, I can't pick the Colts to win the game. I'm going to pick them to cover, but I'm going to go Bills 24-21.


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[Assistant] Agreed, agreed. And yea, you noticed, you see the Josh Allen thing too, and I mean, I think you make the point. Yea, they got on track last week against the Jets, but it's the Jets. We're seeing them get torched, and even within that,


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[Assistant] Like, here's the positive. I saw them tie plays together that I liked a lot. Like, hey, here's the run with the pulling guard. Here's the speed sweep. Fake the speed sweep. You know, we're gonna run the ball with the pulling guard. Hey, we're gonna pull the guard and fake that run, but give the ball the speed sweep. So they had some stuff going that I liked.


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[Assistant] But it was the Jets, and of course, still too much of it, a little to me, it was Josh Allen just making great throws, you know, against coverage downfield. So, be interesting to see this one, uh, definitely one of the more compelling 1PM matchups.


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[Assistant] No, I, I, I look at this as one, I can see this being a, a defensive struggle.


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[Assistant] I mean, the Washington defense has really come on late. You know, I think a lot of that Carolina defense for sure.


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[Assistant] You know, I, I could see Carolina certainly, you know, stymieing the Washington offense. You know, Taylor Heinecke, Antonio Gibson trying to get the run game going. I think it'll be Strugglesville there. You know, flip around.


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[Assistant] You know, uh, Carolina, I'm interested one. I don't know exactly what this cam Newton offense will look like under Joe Brady.


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[Assistant] You know, but I do expect them to be, yeaah, more run oriented, you know, maybe a shot down the field from time to time, get the ball out of Cam's hand quick to Christian McCaffrey, but again, I think they're going to continue to play the style we've seen them play the last few weeks, which is,


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[Assistant] Play like kind of conservative on the offensive side of the ball and play through their defense. I think that's what we're going to see. I don't think Carolina is looking to score 30 points, at least in my opinion. I'm going to go Carolina 16 to 13 in this one.


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[Assistant] Yeaah. Listen, I'm not mad at you there. That was definitely an angle I thought of. I mean, you know, I wrote 1613 Panthers. I was very close to writing 2016 Washington. I look at it as a kind of a coin flip game, uh, in a lot of ways. You know, I'm giving the Cam Newton juice, I guess, to Carolina. You're giving the Ron Rivera juice to Washington.


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[Assistant] This is another one I think is upset alert. I do. You know, the way Justin Fields and that offense is playing.


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[Assistant] You know, again, the Ravens defense, it's not special.


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[Assistant] It's not, you know, and the Ravens are still a team that I look at and go, yeah, they're six and three, but I don't really know what to think of them. They've won some games where they were outplayed still.


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[Assistant] You know, and yeah, that was Lamar Jackson magic, but is that a real thing? I don't know. I mean, I could see it go both ways for Baltimore down the stretch here. They have a tough schedule. I could see them, man, maybe they find magic and just find ways to win. I could see them falling apart here. They're still a team. I'm just not quite sure about. And the bears defense is good. And Sean Desai and company will I'm sure have.


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[Assistant] Some creative blitzes to test out of Lamar Jackson and company figured out what the hell to do. You know, as far as the debacle we saw against, uh, the Dolphins last week. So, you know, I look at that and I just see Justin Fields getting better and better. They have a decent run game.


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[Assistant] Uh, they got two guys on the outside who can beat people one to one. I'm gonna go Ravens here, but I, uh, 20 to 17 and it is one of those games where I go 20 to 17, but I could see it being 20 to 17 the other way around as well. Yeah. Look, I've got.


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[Assistant] I like him to recover, but I, I mean, I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna pick him to cover the spread here, even with, you know, Tim Boyle on quarterback. I'm not. I think there's just two things I look at. You know, the Browns, they're small up front.


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[Assistant] And they're front seven on the defense. That's a little scary to me. And the lions offensive line is real. It's real now that they've kind of somewhat got healthy and we saw them push around the Steelers defense last week and that's not easy to do.


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[Assistant] I mean, not a lot of people push around the Steelers front seven. So I look at that and go, there's a little advantage there. And the other thing I'll throw on top of that is, the Lions defense has shown the ability to stop the run game, you know, during the year at points. You know, it hasn't been every week. I'm not trying to sit here and say they're the most dominant thing in the world.


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[Assistant] You know, they have a toughness and a physicality and some size up there to where I think they can make the Browns maybe have to throw the ball a little bit more than they would like. Uh, I think they're going to kind of hang around to be annoying. So I'm going Browns 23 13 in this one.


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[Assistant] Listen, I understand that though. I mean, the Browns are certainly capable of that. I know. I mean, they're again, like we've said almost every week, they're one of the more disappointing teams in football. And here's another thing that I would, I would like that annoys me about the Browns. They become too pass happy.


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[Assistant] You know, like, even last week, and I know they were playing the Patriots, you got a lot of big people and everything, but your offensive line's got like 90 million freaking dollars in it, right there.


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[Assistant] They go down the field on the first drive of the game, have some great runs, and then,


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[Assistant] Like, they get the ball back, it's 7-7, and like 6 out of the next 8 or 7 out of the next 9 plays are all shotgun or empty formation. And I just want to go, why? Like why? Like it just, it wasn't cool enough to run the ball up the middle for 10 yards at a time?


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[Assistant] We're gonna now do that and get us out of the run game rhythm. Uh, to me the approach with them is very annoying and that annoys me about the Browns a lot.


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[Assistant] You know, you know I'm rooting for him. I am. And of course, you know, I'm, I'm, I'm backing my buddy who, yeah, you know, it's people who don't want a piece of his ass right now.


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[Assistant] You know, I, I do think last week showed you what the 49ers are capable of. It's the first game, like all year, they didn't shoot themselves in the foot and make things so tough on themselves. You know, so we'll see, can they kind of recapture that magic? I think the one thing I look at to where Jacksonville can be a pain in the butt in this football game is Jacksonville's.


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[Assistant] Jacksonville's defense is good. Like it's good. We saw what they did to the Bills. I know last week, you know, Jonathan Taylor and company ripped off some runs.


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[Assistant] Go back and watch. It's all in the first quarter. He had like a hundred yards in the first quarter and then almost couldn't do anything for the rest of the football game. You know, so there's some talent up there.


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[Assistant] I think that poses some problems for the 49ers running the football. And of course I don't look at the 49ers as being the best passing team in the world. I think ultimately though, I mean yeaah, I think the 49ers are better.


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[Assistant] I don't trust Jacksonville's offense. That's really the big thing. You know, Jacksonville can run the ball a little bit, but you know, I still think this 49ers defense is an above average NFL defense. I'm going 49ers 24 to 13.


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[Assistant] You know, again, I don't think it's going to be easy in Minnesota division game. I do think, I don't think the Packers pass offense is all that complicated or creative to where I think Zimmer can.


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[Assistant] You know, figure some ways out to make that annoying, but the Packers have balance too. So if you take away too much pass or play too much pass, they will run the football. Uh, I think it's a big test for the Packers defense a little bit, which we know is very good. There's no doubt about it.


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[Assistant] They're, they're great against the pass. The run game, I'm going to be interested to see how they do against this run game in this Vikings. You know, the Vikings we know can run the football and Dalvin Cook is special that way. You know, I think it's going to be kind of a fun game. The Vikings, I think it's going to be like a, a fourth quarter.


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[Assistant] Whoa, like Packers winning by one, maybe Vikings are winning by one, but ultimately I'm going with thy great one, and oh, Aaron Rodgers, he owns the Vikings, and I think they win 27-21.


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[Assistant] I mean, of course, you know, nothing's going to be easy for the Dolphins. They're just, they're not good enough on offense to make anything easy. But the way the Jets defense is playing, you know, just giving up too many big plays early in, in all areas.


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[Assistant] Uh, I think, and of course it's a little too predictable a little bit on that side of the ball. Uh, I have enough respect for the Dolphins offense and their coaches to figure out some ways to move the ball.


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[Assistant] And then, hey, yeah, you're going to have Flacco at quarterback. He should be able to handle some of the gymnastics of all the things the Dolphins do on the defensive side of the ball. Uh, but ultimately I think the Dolphins defense is more talented than the Jets offense too. I think it's a close one here. Um, but I'm going to go Dolphins 20 to 17.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm gonna go with the Saints, but I mean, I, I, it's, you know, again.


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[Assistant] Coin flip type game. Eagles are playing appropriate football that fits Jalen Hurts in there, what they got on the offensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] quarterback design runs, smash mouth, running back runs, take a shot down the field to Devontae Smith. They're one of their fast wide receivers. It's been working good. You know, defensively, Eagles are good on the defensive line. They're good, but their pass defense, yes, it's a little too bend, don't break.


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[Assistant] You know, I think Sean Payton and company with Trevor Simian will have enough ways to kind of dink and dunk their way, let alone run the ball a little bit.


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[Assistant] And I think ultimately what I look at is because of the Eagles running game being so dominant lately, I just don't get behind that they're going to be dominant against the Saints defense that is the best run stopping defense in football. They have so many big guys and a sledgehammer middle linebacker into Mario Davis. I know they lost up there in Philadelphia last year. I'm going Saints 23 17 here.


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[Assistant] I don't know, there's a weird thing where I think, I know, Tyrod Taylor after that debacle in Miami two weeks ago, I would think their offense bounces back a little bit. I will say this too, the Texans up front


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[Assistant] Can slow down the run and they do it a lot of the times playing with two deep safeties. This is one of those where I just think the Titans are going to be asleep at the wheel a little bit. It's the Texans. We've won all these big games. We should win this one. I'm going 2317 Titans a little more just on a gut feeling here. That's why it's close.


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[Assistant] I tend to go with the bangles, the bangles here, the bangles. Ooh, you like that? The bangles. Well, you've proven you're capable of saying it correctly. We'll see. It took a lot of thought though to do that. Um, you know, I mean, again, I don't sit here and go, oh my gosh, the bangles are going to win this one for sure.


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[Assistant] I do think the Bengals, you know, have a lot to offer on the offensive side of the ball. I don't think this is a great Raiders defense as we saw last week. You know, yeah, they could apply a little pressure with their defense ends, but after that,


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[Assistant] There's really no area to look at and go, wow, ooh, that's good. Right? The Bengals defense has some talent.


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[Assistant] They haven't played their best lately. I think what scares me a little bit, and if the Raiders were to win, is the Bengals become a little too predictable. And you can pick them apart a little bit, like 5 and 10 and 10 and 5 at a time, and then, you know, take an occasional shot down the field. That's what Mike White did to them.


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[Assistant] You know, there's a lot of teams this year that have done that to them. I've, hopefully they've readjusted to that, but I'm expecting a little bit of a, a point shootout here. I'm gonna go bangles 34-28 in this one.


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[Assistant] I think I'm trying to say it so fast and I'm trying to say so much stuff. I understand it is a defensive end, uh, but yes, I probably- For the Cincinnati!


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[Assistant] I think it'll be right around that over or under. I'm gonna go with the Cowboys. I'm going with a team that's been...


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[Assistant] Clearly more consistent all year long, and you know, as we talked about today, I know they lost two weeks ago, but that was...


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[Assistant] You know, again, Dak Prescott not playing for two weeks, not practicing, doing anything. I don't care. He left a lot of plays in yards on the field. He didn't do that last week. He ain't going to do it this week. He's not.


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[Assistant] Now the Chiefs defense has been better, we know that, but man, there's just a lot to match up with, with this Cowboys defense. You know, this is different to me than playing.


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[Assistant] You know, the Tennessee Titans where they slowed down Derrick Henry in the run game.


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[Assistant] Uh, and did a pretty good job with that. And I know they, you know, they lost that game 27-23, but it wasn't because of their defense, it was because of their offense.


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[Assistant] You know, this is like, yeah, you put too many eggs into, let's stop the Ezekiel Elliott in the run game. Dak Prescott and company are going to tear you up in the pass game. So you better be careful there. So I look at that and go advantage Cowboys. Other side. Hey, I'm going to give the advantage to the chiefs to a degree.


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[Assistant] You know, but, but I don't know if it's that great. Again, I need to see another game of...


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[Assistant] High efficiency execution, like we saw last week before. I'm just going to, oh, the chiefs are back.


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[Assistant] I mean, again, we just talked about the Raiders defense. The Raiders are falling apart a little as a team. Their defense has nothing special. You know, it's a scheme and a coach and Gus Bradley that they really know well. So they've had that advantage. You know, Dan Quinn,


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[Assistant] He does a lot of different stuff on the defensive side of the ball. As long as he doesn't play too much man to man, I think the Cowboys win this. So, and I'm going to say he doesn't. I think he's going to be smart enough. I'm going Cowboys the same score as you are, 30 to 24.


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[Assistant] You know, we didn't play good last week, we're better than that. I think they view themselves as a real deal holy field, which they should.


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[Assistant] You know, and Kyler Murray, of course, him being back adds a whole different element to what they do on the defensive side of the ball. You know, the Seahawks defense, certainly better.


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[Assistant] But, you know, it's a little bit like we just talked about with like the, the Cowboys offense. Yeah, Seahawk Steven's better.


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[Assistant] But man, this Cardinals offense, when they have Kyler Murray, it just gives you so much to defend. It's hard. And I can't imagine Seattle being able to, you know, match up and stop them throughout the game. Other side of the ball, I have absolutely zero faith in the Seahawks offense. You got that? Zero.


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[Assistant] You know, I know Russell was off a little, yes, but I don't know what they are on offense. I mean, last week it was like he was off a little bit and they were down and they just started throwing balls up. Like, let's just throw it deep and maybe one of our guys will catch it. Uh, their offense stinks. I don't like it. And I think the Cardinals defense is good and they're going to be motivated and pissed off. I'm going Cardinals 28-17.


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[Assistant] We'll see, you gotta be a little nicer to me first. We'll see about that. They even make hoodies that reflect energy.


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[Assistant] I expect that. And I see what you got there and I got the same. You got Pittsburgh 20-17. I got Pittsburgh 20-17.


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[Assistant] I know that we don't know if we're gonna have TJ Watt, right? Minka Fitzpatrick I think certainly is...


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[Assistant] Minka is out for sure, so TJ Watt maybe, but I still look at it and go, this is still a good Pittsburgh defense that doesn't have to really worry about a run game. And when they don't have to worry about a run game against the Chargers offense, that's sputtering a little bit. Herbert's been off a little.


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[Assistant] They don't have a speed guy that can back a defense off.


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[Assistant] And people have caught on to Joe Lombardi's Sean Payton light offense. That to me would be my assessment there. And that's where I think the Steelers defense is going to give the Chargers offense some issues. And now the Chargers defense with no bosa, no tillery. I mean, they can't stop anything in the run game as is anyways. Steelers we know are better at running the football.


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[Assistant] And they'll be able to rely on that. I don't care if it's Mason Rudolph or Ben Roethlisberger. You know, I think they'll find a few ways to get Deontay Johnson the ball on speed sweeps and, you know, some of the other receivers. I don't think we have Chase Claypool this week, right? Do we know about that, Pete, either?


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with the Steelers in just a tough attitude game, uh, and I think they kinda pull off the upset on the road here.


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[Assistant] I can't do it. I can't pick it, but I, I mean, I don't think it would, it wouldn't shock me. I think the Giants match up pretty well with the Bucks. I do. I'm going to pick the Bucks, but I'm going to pick the Giants to cover. I'm going Bucks 27-24.


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[Assistant] You know, the one thing, you know, the Giants, you know what I think of the defense? Yeah, other than not having a great pass rusher, which the pass rusher's gotten better as the year got on, they got everything else. They do.


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[Assistant] And you know, they're smart in their coverages. I don't think they'll give up the big plays to Brady and that offense.


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[Assistant] And I also think again, you know, their defensive line is big and overpowering. So I don't think they're going to have to like, whoa, we got to put safeties down close in the box to stop Leonard Fournette in the run game. So I look at that and go, yeah, I still think the Bucks are going to move the ball, but I don't think the Giants are just going to get gashed left and right.


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[Assistant] And then on the other side of the ball, hey, Bucks defense, it's reeling a little. Yeah, they're missing their corners.


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[Assistant] They're missing their cover guys. They're not able to play some aggressive coverages right now.


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[Assistant] And just like last week, just like Trevor Simeon.


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[Assistant] You know, you can kinda dink and dunk them for 8 and 10 and 5 and do that to them a little bit and they'll die a slow death.


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[Assistant] And it sounds like, I mean, I think we're gonna have Kadarius Tony. Saquon Barkley sounds like he's gonna play. The Giants got enough weapons and stuff on the offense, I think, to make this interesting. I'm going bucks 27-24, uh, but I don't think it'll be easy.


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[Assistant] That's straight up or the spread? The spread we have a few more disagreements, right? Alright, good.


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[Assistant] Exactly. There's a light at the end of the tunnel. Right. Straight up. I don't even want to think about it until I see like, okay, I got a chance, but I can't get past like that eight or nine game behind. Uh, so, you know, screw you and I'm rooting hard against you this week. I hope you lose every game that we disagreed on.


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[Assistant] Chris, who do you got? Alright, so I am very intrigued, of course, with the Ravens-Bears game. You know, I do think the Bears could cover. I, I, there's a part of me that thinks the Bears could maybe win a football game if the Ravens make a mistake. I'm intrigued by the under and the Washington Panthers matchup. The football team, I, I think that'll be a low scoring game.


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[Assistant] But ultimately, I'm, I can't do it. There's just too many issues there. I don't trust some of those teams there. I'm gonna go with the Saints on the road. That's my first one.


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[Assistant] Uh, yeaah, I mean, the Saints I know are underdogs, two and a half points spread, but I think they're gonna win the game right, uh, outright. Uh, that's my first best bet.


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[Assistant] That's gonna be my second one too. I mean, I wouldn't be shocked, uh, you know, it sounds, it sounds like you too.


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[Assistant] You wouldn't be shocked if the Colts won this game, you know, by a field goal either.


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[Assistant] And I couldn't quite make that pick. I guess I just don't trust Carson Wentz and company on the road against that defense. I think ultimately that's what scares me, but I'm with you there.


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[Assistant] I'm going with the Colts as my best bet too, especially at seven and a half. I mean, again, I mean, you know, if you're listening to this on a, on a Thursday afternoon and you go to points bet and it's still at seven and a half, that would to me be like jump on it now before it gets to seven or six and a half.


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[Assistant] Good one for you though. That's, you know, that's a gutsy one, but I, I do, I see your logic there. I do. And the Dolphins definitely do have some mojo going and, and like we've talked about all year, have some elite pieces on their defense to where you go. If the offense could just help them out a little, watch out. All right.


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[Assistant] I'm doing it, baby. I'm going to tonight. I'm going to get one off the schneid tonight. Right now. That's right. I love it when I do it and it works out. It just makes you feel good going to the weekend.


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[Assistant] I'm going with the Patriots! I am! Think it's a horrible matchup for the Falcons.


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[Assistant] Patriots playing good football, both sides. Uh, they have more playmakers. You know, they're better coached. I mean, blah, blah, blah. I can keep going on and on and on. I just don't think it's a good look for the Falcons. I think they'll try hard. And I'm not saying the Patriots are going to be like the greatest show on turf, but I just think they're going to slowly beat the Falcons in submission. Uh, Patriots, third best bet.


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[Assistant] I'm going to go there. You know, I do think the Jags are going to kind of make it annoying. I could see it being 1713, you know, midway through the fourth, but the Niners put a drive away to make it 2413. I just don't think you see the Jags winning. So that's why I'm going to go 49ers over Jags there. We know


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[Assistant] I will get down on this podcast and kiss your feet if the Pittsburgh Steelers make the playoffs.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah, what's up? It's Chris Simms on Button, brought to you by Under Armour. How is everybody doing? That's right, the regular season's in the books. It's playoff time. It's...


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[Assistant] Amid for read time, he's here. What's up dude, how are you? What's happening? You doing alright? Amid is like smiling, he doesn't know how to act right now. He's like, this is...


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[Assistant] Driving, right? Maybe it was 10-6 at that point. Gonna put, I'm thinking they're gonna put the game away. I'm not gonna worry about this anymore. You're not gonna worry about it. Throw a pick. Throw a pick in the end zone. And I'm going, oh my gosh, here we go. Okay, they're still alive. Alright, they're still alive. I mean, the whole day. I mean, and of course the, the Colts and that debacle and that football game.


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[Assistant] Uh, so we got so much to talk about, we really do. A lot of great games, a lot of great storylines, and...


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[Assistant] Covid's enough right now, you don't need to give me like some crazy strain like sickness of a bathroom, who knows.


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[Assistant] What a bunch of jerks. I mean we couldn't wait until at least the Pittsburgh Ravens game?


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[Assistant] It's amazing. It's amazing. It's amazing that they made it. It is. It's amazing, and it really, it's Mike Tomlin. That's where I just want everybody to know.


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[Assistant] The fact that they can continue to fight, get knocked down, look not good, doesn't matter. We're gonna come back next week, practice hard. We're gonna come out and fight again on Sunday. We'll see how it plays out. That's, that's, that's him.


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[Assistant] It's, you know, he is truly that guy about like, no, you just keep fighting. That's the way he is. You might get knocked down. You're going to take your lumps, but we're going to get back up and keep fighting. That's, and you could see that in their football team and it showed, you know, a lot here through the last five, six weeks of the season.


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[Assistant] No, it was not as much as the social media loved that. But I mean, the amazing thing is we almost got to that point a little bit in overtime where you're like, is this really gonna happen? Are they gonna kneel on the ball with like a minute and 50 seconds and just be like, it's a tie, we're both going to the playoffs. It was amazing how it all unfolded. You literally, I think Collins were set it right.


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[Assistant] If you showed him the script of the movie or whatever, you're just like, this is too much. This isn't real. This is not gonna really happen in a game. I'm outta here. I'm leaving. This is not a realistic movie. I'm gonna walk out of the theater. That's the way it felt a little bit. You know, I mean, three quarters, the game was kinda like,


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[Assistant] Okay, you know, hey yeah, the Raiders are winning, they're outplaying, are they outplaying them? I don't really know if they're outplaying them or is, or is this a game of like, we just didn't mess up and the other team did, and there's something to that. I mean, hey listen, there's, of course there's,


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[Assistant] You know, so there's that aspect, and that's really like, as I was preparing for the Peacock show, I was kind of going like, well, I mean, you know, you fumble a pun.


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[Assistant] And you go for it stupidly on your own, down three points in the third quarter and go for it on fourth and one on your own 19 yard line. And then the interception late in the fourth quarter by Herbert, I just want to know, that's how you lose a close one. Or that's how you sit there and look at it and go, man, we're down by a touchdown. We're going to lose it. And then all of a sudden just hell broke loose. And it just.


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[Assistant] Now you can't even stand by what I was just about to say there because overtime and the last two drives of fourth quarter were absolutely amazing.


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[Assistant] They would have been content. They didn't care. They didn't care. They didn't have a matchup staring them in the face that said, oh wow, we're not good against this team. And I think that's the real question, right? Because I know we have a question here from, uh, at Coach Magnet, right?


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[Assistant] Right, so I think, listen, I think they were at a point there before Josh Jacobs had the last, what, 10 yard run up the middle, right? Where I think they were sitting there thinking about


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[Assistant] Oh, alright, should we kneel it? Alright, let's just run the ball up the middle one more time. Yes. Okay. The Chargers called the timeout, which I know has become controversial. Doesn't really matter, everybody. The Raiders were gonna run the ball no matter what. Right. They were gonna run the ball. The clock had gone all the way down.


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[Assistant] You know, they didn't want, they didn't want to happen what happened actually even after the timeout, which then break a 10 yard run to now for the Raiders to go, oh wait.


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[Assistant] What's the chances? 47 yard field goal, getting blocked, return for a touchdown, anything crazy of that nature. The risk reward, I think the reward far outweighed the risk at that point. Totally. So I understand that. And I think the point you're making is the point. I was, I was actually saying this to some of the guys on, uhm,


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[Assistant] Our post-game show. Cause they were like, why don't they just kneel it? And I'm going...


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[Assistant] Cause they're staring at a matchup that they know is not good for them. Yes. If they had no other options and it was just like, okay, wait, we're in a tough spot here. All right, fine. We're going to go to the playoffs. We're going to have to play the Chiefs. We haven't beat them this year. They dominated us, but we beat them two years ago. We'll have to try to build off of that or something there.


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[Assistant] If you can avoid that, and going to a place, and going to play a team that you know


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[Assistant] And now we don't have to deal with a team that's a little bit of our kryptonite for this season. I think that's why you do it. I think it was a completely the right decision.


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[Assistant] That, that to me was just a, I don't, I don't understand that. Again, I mean, I, I, I... He's under fire. He's under fire. I understand what he's, you know, he's doing, he's going with that, but he should be under fire for that. It's a, it's a playoff football game. You're down by three points.


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[Assistant] We just kinda laid out that the Raiders offense hadn't done anything really. I mean they had a, they had a short field touchdown drive.


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[Assistant] After, after the, uhm, the fumbled punt by Roberts, right? They had that, they put together one legit drive, really, in the whole first half of the football game. Right at the end of the first half, to go down and score a touchdown to go up 17-14. Your defense has been playing good.


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[Assistant] This is where, like again, this is where I will fight against the NFL and anybody that says, what are full-time refs gonna do? Because this is where they lose common sense and they're just not around the game enough. He's looking in his inside shoulder, 50 yards down the field.


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[Assistant] Derek Carter was a ball to the back left corner of the end zone. It's, it's a 25 yard run from where he is, let alone he's got to turn and go there.


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[Assistant] And they call pass interference? I mean, that to me is just, again, that's a real issue in the NFL right now. It's gotta get fixed. So, but my point is, why? Your defense has kinda done well. There's no signs of like, oh no. You know.


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[Assistant] They're movin' on us. We gotta, we gotta go for it right here, because if we don't keep pace, oh no, we're in trouble. Uh, yeaah, I did not agree with that. Now, I understand...


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[Assistant] All the 4th down conversions later. I've heard somebody on the talk radio go, well they made all the 4th down conversions later. Well they had no choice later. They had to go for it on 4th down. This was one where you had a choice. The game was still in balance. Those times where, no, you have to go for 4th or the game is over. There was no other way around it.


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[Assistant] But you live by the sword, die by the sword, and I got hurt by it a little yesterday.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but you're one of the bottom of the league in running the ball. You're gonna run the ball up the middle. I mean, that's, yeah. That would be another issue I'd look at, right? You hadn't, you hadn't really played that well on your offensive side of the ball at that point either. Life was not easy. You kinda gotta go in there. It got close in the first half where I went, oh man.


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[Assistant] Like, Herbert's gotta go and he's gotta figure it out, watch out, he's about to take over this football game. It did look like that, uh, but, you know, then the game settled down and took like seven different right turns. So, again, I, I,


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[Assistant] It's hard for me to argue. I know, I don't know. You can never argue. I've never seen a number you can argue against in analytics. It's never been wrong.


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[Assistant] Every time. It's, but, do you know the analytics say it was right? And I, great, they were right. All I know is they lost by three. Alright, and it was, uh, you know, three points there that caught, put them in a chasing mode and didn't necessarily have to be that. That's all I would say.


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[Assistant] Yeah, right. Yeah, well, he's, he's definitely in that top five quarterback in football conversation. He is. Again, yeah, you saw, I mean, you saw it. We all saw it last night.


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[Assistant] He's definitely one of the best throwers of the football in all of the sport, no doubt. His arm's as strong as just about anybody. You know, I, I mean, it's really, it's as strong as anybody. He can throw the ball as powerful as Mahomes, Rodgers, Allen, any of the top arms in the sport. Maybe can't flick it the way a Mahomes and a Rodgers can, or even a Josh Allen.


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[Assistant] His pure power and then his pure ability, a little bit like


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[Assistant] You know, a big bet on his prime just to be in the pocket with people around him and he's so big and he can throw over the top of people and people are hanging on him and it doesn't matter. Like even the two point conversion that cut the game to seven points. I mean, he has that ball to Eckler out in the left, right?


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[Assistant] He's movin', nobody's open, somebody hits him in the leg and he's just like, uuuh.


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[Assistant] Two-point conversion, on the money throw, doesn't really matter. Uh, star of our sport, really is, he's a superstar. And like the other thing too, I don't know if you noticed it, but like, it just, is, is he ever affected by anything? Is he ever affected by anything? It's just like, oh, it's 4th and 18, huh. Okay, oh, you drop the pass, he kinda looks at it like, how'd you drop that? Alright, next thing, next play.


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[Assistant] It's just, it's, he's got an amazing like calm attitude about him where you never see any flustered.


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[Assistant] Uh, no, I did not. If you would have asked me that again five, six weeks ago, maybe I'd be kissing some other body part on your body. I don't know. I probably would have been like, no, I just can't imagine. Not with all the things they've gone through, the way they looked in some of the football games where you just went.


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[Assistant] They're not a playoff team. Listen, you heard me all year. I had, I questioned whether the Chargers were a legit playoff team all year. I really didn't know. I just thought maybe it's Herbert making a lot of great throws and that kind of made them look like they were a playoff team, but I was always on the fence with that.


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[Assistant] The Raiders, I mean, we got to that point of the year where they lost to the Giants, got killed by the Chiefs, got dominated by the Bengals, they won that game against the Cowboys, went, oh, okay, that's a matchup, looks good. Washington football team comes in, wins that football game, get dominated by the Chiefs again.


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[Assistant] Play on the Monday night, right, against Cleveland with Cleveland's got the whole team out because of COVID and they can barely beat the Browns. You're just going, man, I mean, there's just, there's just not a playoff team, but just


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[Assistant] You know, the fact that they started off hot, put some wins in the bank there.


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[Assistant] You know, I allowed them to falter a little bit and they steadied the ship. And the one thing about the Raiders and Basachia, you know, it's a little like Mike Tomlin and the Steelers a little bit. I've been around, you know, both guys. They were both on the same staff in Tampa. It's just, there's never, there's no excuses. It's just always forward, forward, positive. And that's the way Basachia is. And yeah, the Raiders, uhm,


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[Assistant] Just gutting it out. I don't even know what to say. Yeah, I don't think the Raiders are anything special. I'm not gonna sit here and try to like lie. I'd be shocked if the Raiders won this weekend against the Cincinnati Bengals. I would.


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[Assistant] They've at least taken to the credo of like, let's run the ball, we know how to take care of the ball to a degree, and they don't do anything that really seems to mess themselves up or put themselves in


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[Assistant] No, it's okay. That's fine. But those are things that the Chargers gotta, the Chargers aren't far off. They're a team that's got a few positions they gotta address. And more importantly, with a guy like Brandon Staley, they gotta get some of the people that make sense for his defense. I don't think he has necessarily the personnel that he wants for his scheme, but they'll get there. And the Raiders, yeaah.


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[Assistant] I don't even know, like, it's weird. It's just, it's hard to look at one aspect of their team and go, well that's what's really good. Car's efficient, they're getting better at running the ball, their defense is a pain in the ass because they don't let up big plays. I think that's the biggest thing. And those pass rushers are really the thing that make the big difference.


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[Assistant] And that's their big advantage and to me that's where I look at it like, you know, just again looking forward a little before we move on to the next game.


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[Assistant] The bangles game, if there's an issue with the bangles, it is their ability to protect the passer. Yannick and Gokwe, Max Crosby go off, Joe Burrow tries to make a little too much magic happen, careless strip sacks, all that. Maybe they pull off the upset.


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[Assistant] That is probably the, yes, the, you know, what do I want to say, the gold standard of their football team is that pass rush. Uh, Gus Bradley, the defense coordinator, give him a lot of credit and the mentor of Seattle scheme. And really, I mean, they gave Herbert and company some issues last night for the better part of the game until they had to force the issue.


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[Assistant] You know, and, and then Herbert unleashed the, the crack in and started throwing lasers into tight windows. But that's what they kind of forced you to do. Like, do you want to, do you want to hold the ball against our pass rush?


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[Assistant] And we got all the people back and we're passing off and playing this. Do you really want to try to fit in those 15 yard passes in between two guys and maybe it gets tipped in the near interception or your guy catches it and gets hit. So that's what they play and teams play conservative against it and try to just use the short passing game.


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[Assistant] But, amazing job. I don't even know where I'm going with it other than I just can't believe the Raiders are in the playoffs.


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[Assistant] He's one of the clutchest quarterbacks in the history of the game. And you know what, I made that comment yesterday and Maria Taylor looked at me and she's like, no, actually, you're right. He is. Like I think when you add in playoffs, like he's up there with like the most all time fourth quarter comebacks. I think he might be in number one. If I'm remembering that correctly, maybe Pete can correct me there.


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[Assistant] It was, yeaah. I mean, it was just another one of those games where you go...


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[Assistant] The Steelers are being outplayed. They're not the better team on the field.


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[Assistant] How could this be? Okay, hey, it's 3-0, great. Hunley fumbled to start the game. Alright, 3-0. And then, the Ravens take control of the game for a period of time.


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[Assistant] Where you just go, well, they're, they're, they're, it's just a matter of time before they make this a two score football game and put them away. And you're thinking again, we go back to that moment. To me, this is where the game changed. When they drove down and it was, it was, I believe 10-6 at this moment, right? 10-6, they drive down.


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[Assistant] Ravens are starting to dominate in the run game. You're going, holy shit, they're opening up holes that me and Ahmed Farid can run through for 10 yards. And they get down there close and he tries to force a ball to, to Mark Andrews in the end zone. And the game was never really the same after that. It totally changed the momentum.


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[Assistant] Steelers went down. I believe they went down. Was that the drive they scored a touchdown? Maybe not. They might have actually got the ball punted. And then the next drive. Right.


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[Assistant] I thought that was the tipping point of Pittsburgh regaining some momentum and Baltimore kind


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[Assistant] They got em. They got em. I mean they did it with defense making a few plays, right? They had a big punt return that set up a field goal I believe at one point.


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[Assistant] You know, that, that was a huge part of the game. I mean, they did it with a total team effort, but then, yes, at the end of the football game, whether it was the drive that got them down there to make it 13-10, uh, or, or, yeah, it was 13-10, right? I mean, those plays,


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[Assistant] Some of the fourth quarter throws, Big Ben, hey, his arm's still good enough to fit it into some tight windows, and he's got some guts too. He's not afraid to go, alright, this guy's a little tightly covered, but it's my best option, I'm gonna fit it in there. That drive, the drive in overtime.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, those are the kind of moments I think we all remember Big Ben by. He made a lot of magic like that happen in his whole career.


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[Assistant] T.J. Watt as well. T.J. Watt, of course, yeaah. I mean, tying the sack record, how can you not talk about that? What an unbelievable year by him. You know, again, I'll say this. It seems like he's gonna win NFL defense MVP. I don't think he actually should be. I feel like we've talked about Micah Parsons on a weekly basis way more than T.J. Watt.


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[Assistant] Maybe that's a us problem. Well, it could be. TJ Watt has three games where he has four sacks and three games. So he had bunches of sacks. It didn't necessarily mean consistent domination the whole year. I'm not trying to take anything away from him. It's an amazing accomplishment. The fact that him and his brother both have


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[Assistant] You know, three twenty sack years isn't, isn't insane, but you're, you said it, they're tough.


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[Assistant] And they just continue to fight and hang around in the football game and their toughness, whether they hit you or get an interception or crowd the pocket, make the quarterback fumble, throw an interception, whatever it is, it's that attitude you're talking about that, that's why the Steelers are in the playoffs.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they're, they're, again, I, I don't really think they're that good of a defense.


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[Assistant] You know, they've been fortunate to play some teams that aren't great on the offensive side of the ball lately. You know, the Ravens of course are one of those teams where I don't sit here and go, oh wow, that's a great offense. Definitely not.


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[Assistant] No, but the Ravens, hey, they made all the big mistakes on the field yesterday. That's, that's the only way you can really put it. I don't know if I can really sit here and tell you I think the Steelers are better than the Ravens. I don't, I don't know if I can honestly give you that answer.


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[Assistant] But I can tell you that they fight through the clutch moments and don't make mistakes and find a way to kinda come out on top. And that's why they'll be going to Kansas City.


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[Assistant] I, I agree. I agree. You know, I hope Versace continues to put the, the pressure on the Raiders organization. He is totally capable of being a head coach for that, that organization, for everything he's done. Again, he doesn't, you don't have to be an offensive, defensive, game plan genius to be a good head coach. There's more to it than that.


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[Assistant] And Tomlin, yeaah, for whatever reason, whenever the steelers falter, people wanna jump on him. And, uh, you know, really, two out of the last three years,


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[Assistant] The coaching jobs that the Steelers have done. Listen, last year was even amazing. The fact that they were 11 and 0 with that team last year was amazing. It was.


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[Assistant] The year before that when Big Ben hurt his elbow, right? Was that that year with Duck Hodges and Mason Rudolph? I mean, the fact that they were sitting there still having a chance to play for the playoffs late in that year. That's all, again, the culture, the kind of guys they've recruited and signed and drafted.


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[Assistant] And got there in Pittsburgh, let alone the head coach who knows how to lead them in the right direction.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, I mean, Trevor Lawrence played his best game of the year. That would be the first thing I would tell you. You know, the, the, the Colts just unable to get anything to go together on the offensive side of the ball. You know, the run game was few and far between. The stats are a little bit better than they actually were as far as the game played out.


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[Assistant] Jacksonville just beat them. I don't know, there wasn't anything I looked at and went like, oh wow, wait, they're doing this or this is crazy. No, there wasn't any of that. It was a, it was a straight up butt whooping. I mean, they kind of controlled the football game really throughout.


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[Assistant] And you just kept going, well, can the Colts get some momentum here and kind of flip the script here and catch on fire? And you kept kind of waiting for it. How? It's 10-3. They'll get it. 13-3. Okay, they're not out of it.


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[Assistant] 16-3, it'll be okay, but then Carson Wentz dumb shit started happening too. You know, whether it's him trying to shovel past the ball, you know, as he's getting sacked, that ends up being a fumble, right? So that caused issues. Then he had the bad interception to follow it up. So there they are, 13-3, kind of fighting, hanging in.


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[Assistant] Shovel pass fumble, 16-3. Wentz, bad interception. And then, you know, I believe it was the subsequent drive where they, Trevor Lawrence and company go drive, drive down, score the touchdown, and put the game away.


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[Assistant] Yes, right. Scramble, and he makes a great throw to the back corner of Marvin Jones. Yeah, that was good to see. And listen, I've talked about Trevor a lot the last few weeks, or not a lot, but enough to go, what I was seeing was a little concerning, right? What I hear from teams


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[Assistant] About him in pregame warmups, a little concerning. It was good to see him end with a little bit of a positive note there. And really, I thought he threw the ball phenomenal yesterday. Really, no dicey decisions. And, it's just one of those things. Where teams have an issue, go into certain places to play, I don't know why.


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[Assistant] We're gonna talk about one in a few minutes with the Patriots and the Dolphins. There's just something to it every now and then in football, uh, and I can't quite put my finger on it.


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[Assistant] I'm not going to say that either. I'm not. I mean, he's, you know, he's shown us moments of being a winner, so I don't want to say that. But there's just still a, an element that you don't want to let him in the trust tree yet. I think that's what I guess I look at. There's just still a little too much of the,


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[Assistant] You know, oh, I got somebody hanging on my foot and I'm about to go down, but I'm going to pump the ball and I might throw it. I might, I might throw it. I don't care if I'm falling and might do something crazy. There's just too much of that. It's, it's just not always trustworthy in some of the big moments of a football game. Seems to rear its ugly head too, you know.


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[Assistant] It rears his ugly head against the best defenses because he can't, or the biggest games and those, you just, it's, it's, it's usually limited talent that he can pull off those plays against the weak, the weaker class, the middle class.


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[Assistant] But for whatever reason, uh, yes, it's just whether it's the Bucks game, that game yesterday, uh,


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[Assistant] There just seems to be a handful of plays and big clutch moments where Carson Wentz just does some


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[Assistant] As coaches in football, the offensive game planning of what they do on that side of the ball is up there with anybody in the sport. It is. Jimmy Garoppolo is a good quarterback. He's nothing special.


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[Assistant] Alright, I mean he's good, he played great in some big moments yesterday, I understand that. He also did some dumb Jimmy Garoppolo stuff too. Which is why they were down 17-0.


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[Assistant] Or, you know, early in the game, or had a chance to maybe even, you know.


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[Assistant] Make that game a little different in the fourth quarter, throwing the interception down the middle to Jalen Ramsey.


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[Assistant] So it's not like he's, again, they have an offense that's as dangerous as anybody in football, but nobody would classify their quarterback as one of the more dangerous quarterbacks in football. Nobody would classify their quarterback as a top 10 quarterback in football. It's one of the only offenses in the sport where we go, that's dangerous, and nobody even even talks about the quarterback.


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[Assistant] Alright, so then who's the next guy? It's the co- it's the coach. Of course it is. He's- he makes it all happen. He's special.


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[Assistant] The game was awesome to watch. You could tell the rams came out like pissed off, like what the f-


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[Assistant] We're not going to lose to you today. It's been five in a row and you could tell the energy was on their side. They were out hitting the 49ers early on in the football game. Of course the 49ers made a few mistakes too.


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[Assistant] You know, they had, the Rams had the good punt return, right? Uh, we had the interception by Garoppolo, right? That was Garoppolo interception, right? That led to the, uh, the, the touchdown that goes up 17-0. I'm pretty sure, right? That was Taylor wrapped down the middle. That was that interception, right? Alright, I know, I got too many plays in my head. Got so many plays. But, either way, you know, you got through that point, and you're going, wow.


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[Assistant] Man, can the 49ers get anything going? And to me, it was this play, it was a, I think it was a 31 yard completion to IUK down the middle. Like, to go for the field goal drive, 17-3.


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[Assistant] When they, right before the half, and the game never was the same. It was never the same. It was like, the 49ers got a little momentum, they went into the halftime and went like, hey, we took their best shot.


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[Assistant] And screw them, we could play with them, and they came out and really dominated the second half of the football game from that point on. They really did. Controlled the game, and you felt like, oh wow, are the Rams gonna be able to hang on here?


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[Assistant] And then of course they had the clutch drive to score the touchdown and he went, wow, okay, that might do it. That might do it. But Jimmy G being clutch himself really with an awesome drive at the end to go down there and tie the football game.


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[Assistant] 24-yard touchdown pass. Touchdown pass on the toss sweep pass. Right. So there's, that's what I'm saying. You know, again, that's Shanahan.


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[Assistant] That is Shanahan. I'm not trying to take away from Jimmy Garoppolo or anything, but he is magical. And the fact that, yes, he puts your team and your scheme in binds. And I felt like he came out in the second half and realized some things like,


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[Assistant] What coaches do, and they're really good ones, they go in at halftime, they realize they have their...


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[Assistant] They realize how they've been played. Wait, every time I play this personnel, oh, okay, they start to match things up. Wait, when I play this formation or this personnel, oh wait, they're playing this defense. Oh, okay, so I gotta think about going to these plays then. Alright, and they made all the proper adjustments to where they just felt like when they came out in the second half, he figured out like, alright, they're playing me like this.


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[Assistant] Here we go. I'm gonna go to these three or four run plays that I know are gonna gash it. And they, it looked like what we've seen from the 49ers. 49ers are a tough matchup for the Rams. They're, they're bigger than the Rams, not a lot bigger.


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[Assistant] With the size advantage, they're one of the few teams in football that can match up with the speed of the Rams. And that's where the Rams lose their advantage. Because they go, hey, we play teams that are smut bigger than us a lot.


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[Assistant] But we're usually so much faster than we can create chaos. The 49ers, little bit bigger, but are like, we can move too. You're not like overwhelming us with Aaron Donald shooting a gap here and Leonard Floyd and all that. Like that doesn't, that doesn't disrupt them as much as other teams. And they're built in a way that really gives the Rams some issues.


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[Assistant] That to me, I was expecting him to play. I knew he was injured all last week and was on the injury report. I did not know he was officially out until he sat down and the game started. I went, wait, Tred Williams is not playing? That made me think differently at first. But again, Shanahan, appropriate game planning.


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[Assistant] And finding the right run plays that fit his offensive lineman, not asking them to do too much.


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[Assistant] Uh, if it says backup in there, whatever it may be, just a gutsy effort there by the 49ers. 49ers are tough, and the 49ers can go to the Super Bowl, and the 49ers can win the Super Bowl. Just telling you right now, they are capable of winning the Super Bowl this year.


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[Assistant] What did we learn again here this weekend? There's no great team in the NFL. None. I mean, none. There is not a great team in football. We saw the number one team in the AFC have something to play for and they were biting their nails against the Houston Texans.


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[Assistant] We saw the Chiefs who had something to play for against the nothing Denver Broncos and they were getting controlled in the fourth quarter and you go, no shit, they're in trouble. The league is, it's the weirdest year I can ever remember. And you know me, I'm not the type that like comes out and like makes, I'm the one that goes like, it's going to be one of these teams. It's going to win the Superbowl.


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[Assistant] It's hard to tell right now who the hell is going to win the Super Bowl, or who's clearly better than the other. Uh, it's very strange that way.


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[Assistant] They have one time out left. Right, exactly right. I'm glad you went here with this. I would have forgot about this. I did look at this moment as one of the few and I'm a...


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[Assistant] I'm a big believer in McVeigh's ability to manage football games. I mean, come on. He won all those games all these years with Jared Goff, a quarterback, managing and not doing anything stupid. Wait, we're not going to do this.


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[Assistant] You're in that moment, right? And it is 24-17, right? They got the lead at that point. Yep. This is before they punted everybody. Yep. Duh. Obviously.


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[Assistant] You got Matthew Stafford for this reason right here. You do. Now, I know you got faith in your defense and you're also thinking, man, it's Jimmy G and he's been shaky already. Can they really go the whole field?


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[Assistant] And you're exactly right. To me, that's a moment where you go, screw the- give them their extra time out, we're gonna go for the win of the football game right here. And I was a little surprised by that. I was. Now, the other aspect he could also be thinking is,


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[Assistant] You know, you can live with that even though you go like, if you throw it out there, he's gonna, he's got the guy beat. He's running by him. He under threw it by 15 yards. I don't know what he was trying to do there. You know, so, I, I, I, maybe that plays into it and the fact of like,


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[Assistant] The other issue with the Rams is their offensive line's just not great. It's just not a real good offensive line. You saw yesterday.


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[Assistant] I mean, the 49ers in the second half just absolutely steamrolled their offensive line. There was no run game to talk about.


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[Assistant] Stafford, when he was throwing the ball, you felt like, ooh, okay, he just got that off. Whoa, good play by him. He just got that off. That was close. Uhm, so those are some issues the Rams have, certainly, but, you know, the 49ers, even though a worse record than the Rams,


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[Assistant] I think I'm built better to make a little bit of a run here in the playoffs than the Rams. The Rams might win one or two. Don't get me wrong. I don't, I guess I don't look at them as quite the threat to win the Super Bowl or go to the Super Bowl as I look at the 49ers too.


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[Assistant] And really, hey, him being hurt for that three or four game stretch was really what hurt their football team ultimately. Because I think they have a lot of things that are playoff quality about their team. They're another team, again, I don't know if they could have got to the Super Bowl like I'm talking about the 49ers, but could they have upset somebody wild card weekend and gone into divisional round weekend? Absolutely.


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[Assistant] Now, add to that, it would depend on Taysom Hill's health a little bit, but that game yesterday,


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[Assistant] You know, I know it looked like the Falcons hung around for a little bit, but I never got the feel that they were like in the same class. The Saints were physically moving them around on the offensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] Moving the football. He made a few plays moving and throwing in the pocket, but that's about it.


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[Assistant] I mean, this was a Saints game through and through. Even missed a field goal earlier on in the football game, too. I mean, uhm, I give them a lot of credit. And between that run game, that O-line, D-line, their defense in general, yeaah, they could have been a pain in the butt for somebody in that first round. Shame they didn't make it, but, uh, we'll see them next year.


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[Assistant] Is that what they're saying? Yeah. Oh man, so he really, he had the plantar fasciitis issue with the foot and now Liz Frank. Liz Frank is a really pain in the butt. I mean, that's, that's something that's gonna deal, he's gonna have to deal with all off season and really probably just getting back to close to 100% when training camp's coming around.


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[Assistant] So, uh, yes, but I would expect them to be in the market for some type of quarterback this year, uh, some shape, way or form. They're gonna get somebody down there.


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[Assistant] Well, I think the big thing is though, all the big plays the Seahawks offense made, I kept looking going home, wow, I mean, there goes another big pass. There goes Rashad Penny ripping off 15 or 20 yards. There goes another big pass. There goes Rashad Penny for 10 yards. I was a little surprised by that. I was. And I think, you know, I couple that with


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[Assistant] You know, uh, I have my little concerns, as I broke down, we did it on Wednesday, the Cardinals offense.


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[Assistant] You know, there's aspects to like, but you saw yesterday what are some of the issues. It's just like.


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[Assistant] It's, it's three yards in the cloud of dust, but it's some screens and, and it's, oh, a run up the middle for three and four yards. They're having a hard time getting any explosive plays on the offensive side of the ball. That would be my big thing. You know, even in the cowboy game last week, I know they had the one big pass to Christian Kirk. They maybe had one other big pass to Wesley.


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[Assistant] You know, but it's few and far between for the amount of talent they have on their team. I guess that's what I'm trying to say. Man, does it seem like it's hard work for them to move the ball down the field. I guess that's what I look at more than anything right now.


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[Assistant] And I don't know if it's sustainable in the playoffs to go in and think like, we're going to screen the Rams to death and run for four yards to death and then throw a screen again to death and then run for four yards to death and hope you play man to man and hope we get Christian Kirk on a one on one so we can throw a ball down the field. That's what I worry a little bit about with the Cardinals. There's not enough of a systematic.


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[Assistant] Breakdown the other team's defense enough. Does that make sense? To where you just, they pick them apart with their system, their plays.


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[Assistant] To me, they're, they're picking them apart with what I would call as bullshit plays is what I call it. You know, just, oh, here's a screen for four. Here's a screen for eight. They got a million different screens. Here's a short pass for four. That's all good. That's good. But I just don't know if that's realistic. Again, 19 plays, 66 yard drive to go on a field goal.


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[Assistant] That's good. That's just, I don't think that's going to get you where you want to go in the playoffs. That's what I'm worried about with them and I'm shocked at their defense and I'd like to see this because this is where I've gotten to their big, big people conversation on the defensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] They got big people, they're not great. They don't really wanna be big on defense. They wanna be fast and move around and do crazy stuff. And it just seemed like they got creased a few times in the run game yesterday, which I, I need to break down exactly to see what happened.


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[Assistant] This is like three years in a row where you just go, wow, what, what, what is the issue that they have to start the first five or six weeks is like the worst defense we've ever seen in the history of football. And then at the end of the year, we start to go, they're, they're tough unit. It's not, nobody can seem to move the ball in them or make plays.


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[Assistant] They gotta figure out what that is. Now I'll give them credit like I do a Tomlin or a Shanahan. They got a bunch of just crazy psychos on their team. That's where they're good.


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[Assistant] They just, they don't know anything else other than compete, play hard. I'm on the football field, so I might as well knock your head off. That's kind of the way they are, and that's why they never seem to...


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[Assistant] You know, go down without a fight. Uh, I don't know if that's Russell Wilson's last game. I'm going to bet it is in Seattle. I am, but way to go out in a positive note for, for Big Russ and the passing game. And that was a good win for them to, you know, take the nasty taste of the season out of their mouth.


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[Assistant] And as I told Pete as I was watching that game on film last week, he was mad, there was some plays where he was open.


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[Assistant] No, it's hard to gauge them right now. They're not playing great football, but it is because of the injuries. It makes you think differently about them. I still would sit here and go, listen, if the Bucs were 100% healthy, I'd go, they're going to the Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] You know, they're going to the Super Bowl or maybe, you know, there's one or two teams out there that can, can mess with them. They're still the most talented team in the sport when healthy. It's just, when are they going to be healthy? I don't know. You know, right now, hey, that game was 41-17 is very misleading. Very misleading.


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[Assistant] The Panthers moved the ball on the, the Bucks at times yesterday.


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[Assistant] They, early on in the game, Brady and company, it wasn't like a offensive machine. It was a little bit again of like Brady being a little jumpy in the pocket. They couldn't get things going. They kind of piled it on late in the football game. They really, eh, you know, I tried to say this during the highlight show last night. Like look, it's 24-17.


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[Assistant] In the early fourth quarter, it wasn't like this was like, aw man, they dominated throughout. I always thought they were gonna win the football game.


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[Assistant] It didn't look great, I guess, on their end. And they got some fighting to do right now. They are. They're not exactly themselves. There's enough injuries on both sides of the ball that make you concerned about Tampa Bay to where you go, I don't know if they can overcome it.


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[Assistant] You're funny. You're funny. It is, it's crazy though. You know, you think about, they had the Carolina game a few weeks ago, 32-6, which


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[Assistant] You know, again, it was a good showing, but I would say even that score is misleading. We're outplayed by the Jets. And then yesterday, we're in a game where, yea, they were the better team on the field, but certainly the Panthers were hanging in there with them and weren't outclassed. And I do think that's because of the injuries and some of the issues they got there.


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[Assistant] Right? You know that's what you always say when you break up with a girlfriend? Yes. To make her like, you know, let it down easy. It's not really you. You're perfect. I have flaws. Yes. And I gotta get it figured out.


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[Assistant] And that's what, that's what Steven Ross said to Brian Flores after the game. It's not you, it's me. I have flaws. And I need to find somebody else that can correct these flaws. I'm shocked. I'm shocked.


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[Assistant] And it sounds like there's, this was some sort of power play down there. It does. How so?


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[Assistant] That the owner was disc- not content with the way things were going down there. And...


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[Assistant] Whether it was the GM or Flores or whatever, you know, he took a side and realized he wanted to stay with the GM and Greer. And I'm sure Greer, again, the GM always has the ear of the owner a little bit more than the coach. The coach is busy coaching the team.


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[Assistant] You know, the GM gets to be like, oh wait, you're in town. I'll stop by your office. Oh, you want to have dinner tonight? Oh, we're going to watch the game together and your box and I'll sit next to you. And when things go good, I'll go look at all the good players I drafted. When they go bad, I'll go, why'd our coach do that?


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[Assistant] I don't know. It has that look from the outside in. I don't have a specific knowledge. I know little tidbits of things here and there. Uhm, but I'm still shocked by it. I am. And the more you hear here too, just from like, hey, I heard this early in the year.


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[Assistant] I heard Florio reported a little today, you know, but Brian Flores was wearing people out down there. Well yeah, he's a tough SOB. He is. He's not there to like, you know, this is not a boy scout leader or band camp, you know, leader. He's just not what he is. He's rough.


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[Assistant] It's a football team. That's why they're tough and rough themselves as a team. Uh, so I was shocked by that, but either way, that was a way to go out yesterday and you know, they played good. His defense played good. They made plays and really ultimately what I came away with more than anything. All right. Just to go back to the game for a second is like,


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[Assistant] I didn't sit here and go, oh man, the Dolphins just really outplayed the Patriots. I did not. I went here and went,


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[Assistant] There's a number of things. There's the pick six. There's the fumble, the fumble by Mac Jones. There's the lining up.


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[Assistant] On the center, on a punt by the Patriots where they're gonna get the ball back and now it gave the, the, the Dolphins a first down. The fake punt, then they got screwed over with the fake punt, the Dolphins aren't gonna get it. The punter's gonna slide. Brandon Bolden goes to hit him.


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[Assistant] You know, but so, the Patriots did some stupid stuff yesterday that's not really like them, I guess is what I want to say. Uh, not to take anything away from the Dolphins or anything like that. Other thing too that I was shocked by, Dolphins ran the ball on the Patriots. I did not expect that either. Not with that offensive line.


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[Assistant] And the Patriots' defensive line has kind of been the more disappointing things here down the stretch. The fact that they've been pushed around a few times, uh, by other, by other teams' offensive lines.


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[Assistant] Well, they have to play a certain way. They're not explosive enough on offense to kind of like overcome certain obstacles. So that's really where, I don't know if I sit here and look at it and go, oh it's a wall. I just think when


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[Assistant] They're not the type of team that, oh, you're down 17, nothing, you're going to come back. That's not what they are. They want to be in a close football game. We're going to be smart.


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[Assistant] We're gonna produce situations, right? We're gonna run the ball, run out the clock, wear you out that way. They're not like, oh, let's get in the shootout and have some fun out here type of football team. Absolutely not. And really when you look at like,


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[Assistant] You know, the Colts game, they shot themselves in the foot and got behind in that football game. Buffalo? Hey, they went toe-to-toe with Buffalo in a lot of ways. I mean, again, that game was a one-score game. I think it was what, 28-21, something like that, and Josh Allen made


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[Assistant] We screwed up early, we'll chip away, we'll come back and win this game. That's not who they are yet.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but I think that narrative is real a little bit. You know, I know I've told people in this building, you know, he's, he is rough. There's no doubt about that. I don't know how much maybe whether his lack


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[Assistant] And again, no knowledge, like lack of wanting to get behind or what the issue with Tua. That's where I'm all interested to see where this goes here. I am. And again, anybody that'll tell you is, they have Tua because of Steven Ross. Period.


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[Assistant] So, I hope he's not getting fired for something the owner did. We couldn't make it work with the guy that we didn't think could make it work, but you forced him on us. Oh great.


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[Assistant] We look at these games and you go, okay, they got something to play for, right?


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[Assistant] Yeah, the Rams have something to play for, but they're in the playoffs. The 49ers were


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[Assistant] Yeah, the Chiefs had something to play for, but they knew they were having a home playoff game. It didn't really matter. You know, so there is still a psychological element in some of these games yesterday where, yes, I know technically there was something to play for,


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[Assistant] You know, not, not to the point maybe where it gives you the edge or the playoff intensity of like, oh, we're going home. If we don't win, we go home today.


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[Assistant] You know, there was a few games like that where, you know, I think we could look at it and go, yeah, just because there was something to play for doesn't mean they came to this, came with the same edge as maybe as some of these other teams that they were playing against.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Buffalo was all over Zach Wilson. Nine sacks. Nine sacks. Everywhere. I mean...


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[Assistant] Poor Zach Wilson, he had to deal with that to end his season. Go up in Buffalo and just get absolutely demolished and run over. Yea, it wasn't pretty. I mean, again, you could see that the Jets were, they were gonna have struggles moving the ball against that football team. It was a tough matchup for them. The Jets are not a great running team, alright, nor are they a great passing team.


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[Assistant] Buffalo could stack the box and scare them away from the run. Leslie Frazier and McDermott could have all the people dropping out. You know, the passing game for the Jets, it's, it's, it's still in its infancy levels to where it's like,


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[Assistant] You know, you can kind of figure out how they want to attack you.


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[Assistant] I'm sure they had people all in the passing lanes giving them issues there as far as Zach Wilson's concerned. The defense was smothering. You know, the offense is what to talk about with the Bills, but it's the same thing. I mean, the Bills, hey, I'm pumped that we've seen a little run game for them getting going. But again, it's, it's still just, it's the Josh Allen show.


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[Assistant] So, it's never gonna be this like, well-orchestrated, oiled machine where they're just gonna dominate teams. No, it's, it's too predicated on him making individual great plays outside the realm of the offense. And yeah, that's why there's ebbs and flows to their football team, and they're a little bit dependent on


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[Assistant] Wait, we need Josh to make a play, so then they're worried about him, and he can throw a screen to Devon Singletary, who can now make a play. Right? It's just a lot of that, and that's a hard way to be like, consistent on the offensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] Well, that's where like, I tried to make this like a little bit of a sarcastic reference last night because I don't know if people really know what they're watching with Josh Allen sometimes. I come away and I talk to friends sometimes and I'm like, what? Alright, so wait. He broke a tackle.


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[Assistant] He stiffed armed a defensive island lineman and threw him to the ground. And then threw a sidearm throw.


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[Assistant] I wanna go, what? I mean, that's insane. That's insane. And that was an insane play. I tried to make that reference, cause again, I don't know if everybody realizes what they're watching sometimes with Josh Allen.


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[Assistant] It's a freak show. He is a freak of nature. And they're too reliant on the freak of nature, which is, you know, a little scary. And that's what we question about how real good, how really good are they? Uhm, but hey, they're going in on a positive note. They got the home game. They got the,


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[Assistant] They got the Pats coming to town again. Which I wondered, like, do you want the Pats coming to town? Or do they not? I wonder how they feel about that. I do. You know, maybe they feel like, hey, we got a hold of their offense. We know how to slow them down. I don't know.


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[Assistant] I would think you would not want the Patriots coming to town. I don't. I mean, again, another crack at them. They've got to see Josh Allen twice. You know, they got to see the whole unveiling of the offense in the second game against the Patriots. So now the Patriots D is going to know how to defend off of that a little bit. Uh, be interesting to see. I think that'll be a nail biter of a football game.


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[Assistant] Well, the problem is the losses are against all, like, playoff teams.


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[Assistant] And the Windsor, those that you're talking about for the most part are, yeaah, there's the Falcons and the Jets and the Panthers and the Jets. You know, they, they killed the Saints when they were ravaged by injuries on Thanksgiving night.


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[Assistant] But man, yes, I'm with you, and they put pressure on you. That's where I love the Bills. It's full attack, Josh Allen go, it's people out the line, scrimmage, crazy shit on defense, and they're gonna make you perform under that pressure to beat them.


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[Assistant] If we get into a whole rhyming session here. Alright, that's a lot of questions. Do you have any answers for that? Well, because I don't, I don't, okay, like, whoa, five touchdowns against a bunch of second and third stringers for the Philadelphia defense. Whoa, they're back, everybody. I mean, I kind of got like a laugh yesterday waking up on, you know, Sunday and just everybody praising the Cowboys like,


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[Assistant] Oh, there's no questions now. They moved the ball against the third stringers. Here we go. That did nothing for me. It's good. It's positive. It gives them a little confidence, certainly something to build on. You know, there is, there is that aspect certainly, but I don't think like they're going to be fooled. I don't think Dak and the offense got on the plane were like,


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[Assistant] We're back, man. We're pfft. I mean, that Eagles defense, the way we moved the ball today, phew. We got it going again.


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[Assistant] They probably do. They probably do. It gives you a, it gives you a yes. There's, there is positive here. There's no doubt about that.


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[Assistant] You know, because again, you go, well look, when we execute, we know what we're doing. Look how good we are. You know, these are our capabilities. But that was a very weird game to get a feel for altogether. I did not come away going, oh my gosh, wow. And then, you know, the other aspect too, and this is where it gets into, yeaah, there was something to play for, but not something to play for.