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[Assistant] Well, that's the problem is that can you trust the Steelers? Look, for instance, we know this fact that the Steelers, since drafting TJ Watt, have played six games without him. They are 0-6. They have never won a game without TJ Watt. Obviously, he's not going to be out there for the rest of the season. I mean, they have to eventually win a game without him, I guess, maybe, but then the problem with going with the Jets is that


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[Assistant] Zach Wilson might be out there. Is he going to be rusty after missing the past month? What is going to happen? The Steelers offense is bad. The Jets offense, uh, who knows what it's going to look like with Zach Wilson.


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[Assistant] I don't know what to do here. Uh, three and a half is a ton with the Steelers. I probably lean that way because it feels like a must-win game for Pittsburgh, but it's not like the Jets are great. So that feels like an understatement. The Jets can't do much.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the, the, the Patriots offense has been bad. This feels like a 24-13 game. Like it, it feel like a game that the Packers will cover, but just barely, just because Belichick is good. He's a defensive mastermind. He slows teams down. Obviously he did not do that today against the Ravens because he gave up 37 points.


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[Assistant] Uh, but I don't think the Packers get into the 30s in this game. So it's really, do you think, do you think the Patriots could put up 17, 20, 24 points and you're either going to have Brian Hoyer or an injured Mack Jones. So my feeling is no, they cannot do that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, Tom Brady underdog at home in prime time. I automatically lean that way, but I wouldn't touch this game until I see an injury report just because the Buccaneers are so banged up.


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[Assistant] You know, obviously Evans was suspended. Julio Jones was injured. I mean, Tom Brady was out there throwing passes to Cole Beasley who just got signed a few days ago. So that's how desperate.


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[Assistant] The Buccaneers were four receivers. So I mean, if we go into this game the same way as week three where Tom Brady just doesn't have anybody to throw to, then I like the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] I think, uhm, and you know, they're going to be a little upset about the way they lost because they felt like they gave that game away against the Colts, whereas the Buccaneers really felt like they got dominated by the Packers. The Packers kind of held that game the whole time. So, uh, I think I,


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[Assistant] I think what he's doing, I think what he's doing is that uh, he's officially 0-0 since we never get his pick, so it's better than his normal record.


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[Assistant] That moved it did not consider Buffalo as good as they, they looked against Tennessee and that really changed their minds. I mean, I had, Buffalo is the number one team. I have a mate and a half points better than an average team. That's as high as I'm going to go on a team in week three. Uhm, I think Miami deserves three points for home field advantage. I think you do have to respect the offense. They might not be playing Buffalo in this game. Buffalo's secondary beat up.


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[Assistant] We saw Dane Jackson leave with injury, had to go to the hospital. We know Trey White is still out. Micah Hyde missing practice. Jordan Poyer is not going to practice Thursday. So I don't know if the secondary is the Buffalo secondary at this point. So we'll see. They might have to deal with some busted coverages there. It might not matter if the D line can get in and, um, you know, rough up.


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[Assistant] Miami receiver deal is going to be tough to cover even if you did have the cornerbacks there. So even if Miami defense can't stop the Buffalo offense, I think they can backdoor cover here because the secondary isn't going to be at full strength. So I like Miami plus six is the best bet.


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[Assistant] You said Buffalo, I think. The Baltimore offense is number one guys for play, yeaah.


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[Assistant] Um, hard to give New England even a few fans much credit for slowing down a bad Pittsburgh offense, but they were solid against Miami. We saw what Miami did the next week. Um, New England passing game, not great, but yeah, I can exploit Baltimore injuries, affect defensive back depth.


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[Assistant] Uh, like you guys are talking about this number kind of feels right to me. Uh, I have Baltimore rated still probably a little too high and not taking into account as much their injuries. They're the number three team for me right now. Um, because I think that's probably more projecting what they are at full strength rather than what we're going to see on the field. So I probably have it a little high, so I would lean to New England plus three, but I don't, I don't love New England, so it's just a lean.


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[Assistant] The Philly offense centers are on the run game. Washington's defense lasts in rush yards per play by a huge margin. The Washington offense looks good on paper, couldn't get 15 yards in any first half drive against Detroit. You talk about the artist formerly known as a football team.


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[Assistant] Uhm, no home field advantage here for Washington. Philly fans are gonna, you know, brush the stands. They love their team. This year they're gonna be excited about it. So they might outnumber Washington fans in the stands in this game. I think Philly's defense is good enough to prevent a backdoor cover here. I would lean to Philly minus six and a half. Uhm, but it shot up so high from the look ahead that I don't think there's any value in it. So I'm gonna stay away.


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[Assistant] Uhm, the market seems to have forgotten the Raiders are 0-2 and they just put together an awful second half. They should have won that game. It's gotta be devastating when you, when you come away. Figure at halftime you got that in the bag and then you just completely fall apart there.


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[Assistant] I think he's going to dominate in the trenches in this game and be the difference. Vegas defense, they have the names on the edge rush. They're last in sack rate despite their talent.


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[Assistant] But the table of a 1 injury is huge, you know, that's a, that's a massive difference for Tennessee there. Uhm, Henry, I think he's gonna take over a game eventually, but it could be against this mediocre D, but I'm not sure, as you said, he doesn't look great.


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[Assistant] Houston's offense lasts in yards per play, but at least Davis Mills isn't throwing picks and making...


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[Assistant] Uhm, so, you know, you talk about when they do pass, uh, it seems none, it's not taking teams off guard because people are getting to the, to the quarterback anyway. Uhm, Houston's defense has been impressive versus two teams before the season. We, a lot of the people thought were playoff teams. Indy, I thought for sure, everybody thought was a playoff team. Denver, you could argue back and forth, but, but Houston's been impressive so far, so.


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[Assistant] I'm surprised Chicago's laying points to anyone. I'm with Pete. I would back Houston plus two and a half. Looks like you're going to be able to get three. So wait for the three, uh, jump all over that three. Um, but we're playing two and a half. So I made it the second leg of my teaser. Houston plus eight and a half. Chicago might not score, you know, nine points in a game, uh, much less beat a team by nine points.


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[Assistant] Do you think that'll happen? It's not a 32 week season though, like why would you ever use the Bears when they're not a top 25 team, much less, you know, a top 16 team, a 17 team.


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[Assistant] I mean, what, what team would you go? I would, I think the chargers is probably the answer.


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[Assistant] But uhm, that just seemed like a home run spot to use them here with the other matchups. The other one was going to be Sensei at, at the Jets. And we know Zach Wiltz is not back there. So I think that one's okay. Uhm, I'm a little hesitant to use Minnesota. Uh, the other thing I would do if you're worried about Herbert's health is my plans use


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[Assistant] Chargers this week, Philly next week against Jacksonville. Just flip them. Philly has a good matchup this week. We think they're going to be, I think they're going to beat Washington.


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[Assistant] I have them as a best bet. We locked our lines in at minus five. It's now up to six. So I have them as a best bet at minus five. At six, it would probably only be Alina. I think that's about what the line should be. Since he's offense is 31st in yards for play, 31st in sack rate, but those are two tough matchups.


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[Assistant] Where you put any team against Pittsburgh and Dallas, T.J. Watt and Micah Parsons to start the year and they're going to look pretty bad on their offensive line. Uh, Jets defense does not have an elite pass rush and they're beatable in the pass game over the top. It's bad news. When you're playing Jamar Chase, you could have one of his 190 yard games and two touchdowns in this matchup.


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[Assistant] Since these D's need to generate more pressure, but they are good on third down. Will Flacco have back-to-back good games? I think it's pretty safe to bet against that. Flacco just reeling off consecutive good games.


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[Assistant] Uh, since he's offense going to improve as the season progresses, we know Burrow missed time in, in August in camp dealing with the appendix issue. Serious issue, he wasn't going to ever start the season 100%.


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[Assistant] He's going to look better second half of the year than he has first half and he's going to progress as the year goes along. So you put that factor in along with the offensive line factor, having to face those elite pass rushes. I think this offense definitely has better days ahead. I think they cover the minus five. That's the best bet for me. At six, it's just a lean.


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[Assistant] Yeah, maybe that travel is the difference here. My best bet's the other way. Chargers minus seven. If Herbert's healthy, I love the Chargers at this number. The look ahead was minus nine. It came down after Jacksonville looked dominant against the Colts. I think that's about as good as Jacksonville's gonna look all season, so we're getting them.


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[Assistant] This season Jacksonville's defense, you know, coming off that best game of the year, but that was against Ashton Doolin as a number one receiver. That's, that's not gonna be the case here, even if Keenan Allen can't play in this game. Uh, Chargers offense, sixth and pass yards per play, second in sack rate. They're going to be able to put up points against this defense.


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[Assistant] Which does have its flaws. It's playing much better, but, but you know, there are ways to exploit this defense. Jacksonville is often strong in both categories too, but it's a tough test against a well rested defense. You're coming off that Thursday game.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I think Jacksonville will progress throughout the year and look better as the season goes on. As you know, Peterson, Peterson is, is uhm, you know, getting more established with that team.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I don't think they're good enough to stay close to what I think is a really good Chargers team here. Especially if, like I said, Herbert is healthy. That rough travel spot for Jacksonville and Chargers aren't worried about opposing fans in the stands. This is the one game with the Chargers. You don't have to worry about opposing fans, you know, in the LA area, gonna flood the stadium with fans because you're not gonna have a bunch of Jaguars fans out there.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so looking like Herbert's going to play, so I made the Chargers the best bet on our show. Uhm, I think if you want to wait for better health news and you're worried about the line moving up, I think it's fine to wait because they're a good teaser team to me at seven and a half, eight, eight and a half.


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[Assistant] Tease him with Denver, tease Denver up through three and seven, uhm, and get Denver plus seven and a half if that's a way you want to play the Chargers in this game.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I don't think it's indicative of the news of him not playing. I think there's a factor in there of, okay, if he doesn't play, you know, we're good. That number is obviously going to come crashing down.


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[Assistant] More clarity on his injury status before I gotta lock in my contest picks, because I would love to take the charges in the contest if it looks like he's gonna play. And if he's just questionable in a game time decision, you obviously can't do that.


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[Assistant] Ram's offense is struggling a bit, but good on third down thanks to Cooper Cup, where Arizona's defense ranks 31st.


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[Assistant] The Rams stats, you want to, you know, quote them all, see if they're looking mediocre in certain categories. They're skewed by that Bills game, and the Bills, you know, are going to do that to a lot of teams. Uhm, but the Rams took care of Atlanta, if not for the punt block, like you said, should have covered that game. Looked a lot better in that game. Arizona has seven points in the first half of their two games combined. They should be able to, if Vegas didn't play prevent offense and prevent defense in that game.


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[Assistant] McVeigh owns this matchup as we know. Arizona got their win. Kingsbury got his win last year. This ain't the same team from last year with Arizona. They have an incomplete receiver core. They don't look very good. Uhm, so I have the Rams as a best bet, minus three and a half as well. Uhm, I don't think that there's, they hang around in this game and I don't think the Rams let them back into the game in a second.


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[Assistant] Yeah, so, so if Pete's gonna be on the Seattle side, my best bet is Atlanta at plus two. Uhm, you know, if you guys can't get it at plus two right now, we're seeing Pick'em on the screen. Maybe it moves back at some point, but uhm, you know, if you're subscribed to...


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[Assistant] Sportsline.com, you get my picks when I, when I make them. You have to have the alert set up. I put Atlanta plus two in on Tuesday, so you would have been ahead of the line move there.


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[Assistant] I'm not worried about travel. Obviously, Falcons stayed out West after the Rams game. Uhm, you know, like when teams do that, they're not worried about travel issues. Atlanta's offense has solid numbers considering they faced good New Orleans and Rams defenses. Uhm, so, uh, Atlanta's offense looks a little frisky there. Seattle's defense 29th in pass yards per play. I don't trust the run B either with Adams done.


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[Assistant] Seattle's offense just 234 and a half yards per game. They limit mistakes, but there's not much upside with that offense, I think. I think the Atlanta offense is the best unit in this game. I think they're going to win. I have them as a best bet at plus two.


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[Assistant] So this line was three on the look ahead. Colts look as bad as humanly possible. Again, you know, against the Jacksonville team, people thought they'd show up four and it shot up to six and a half. So at six and a half my lean is to Indy. Just figuring they cannot be as bad as they've looked. It's dropped down to five and a half. I wouldn't play them there. It's hard to imagine the Indy D getting pressure on the homes and slowing the offense down.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I like the under a little bit at 41, down to 40 and a half, not going to play it there. Carolina plus three is probably the value to me. Their defense played surprisingly strong so far, they're number one in pass yards per play, somewhat due to the opponents they're playing. Maybe the New Orleans offense is better if Kamara is back. I don't know that they deserve to be road favorites with the way they played in that game. So yeah, probably a stay away from you too.


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[Assistant] Detroit's defense looks incredible in the first half against Washington.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but then they fell apart and we still hit the over pretty easy in that game. So no chance they slow down Justin Jefferson here. Minnesota's in a tough travel and rest spot. Off a road game on Monday. They have the UK game next week. So uhm, this is a tough matchup for them. I think that's probably why the line's come down to six. I agree with that line move, but I don't think there's much value on the six. I'm staying away.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, Troy's d- uh, the g- Tampa Bay's defense elite versus the past 30 yards for play third in Sacrate. Uhm, Tampa Bay own the two matchups in 2021, both outright as gogs. Donovan Smith practicing with an elbow brace, they need him, his- his backup is out now too, so you don't want to play a third string tackle against this Green Bay defense.


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[Assistant] Uhm, with all the injuries Tampa has, probably an under game even at the low total, but, uh, I don't really want to play it. I think the, in the contest, the circle lines came out for the contest, uh, at 1pm on Thursday, and they put, this is a pick-up, so maybe we do see a little more movement, and getting Packers plus one is a smart, smart pro here.


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[Assistant] Both these have been elite so far, but have an easy matchup, so they might be tested here. Uhm, Denver's offense, one of two teams that are top seven in yards per play in both Russian pass. They are moving the ball. They are being efficient moving the ball. They are not scoring when they get into the red zone. Uhm, so maybe they'll figure that out.


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[Assistant] Right. So I would play them in a teaser up to seven and a half. I don't think that they're bad enough to be giving that much on the road now that it's moved that far, but I'm okay leaning to them at the plus one and a half too.


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[Assistant] You know, you're going to put the, the, the Cowboys on Monday night, no matter how, oh, the quality of the team. You want, want, a few people want to watch the Cowboys. Giants kind of fortunate to be 2-0 offense 26th and pass yards for play. 30th in Sacrate, that's a problem when Mike Parsons coming to town. Uhm, those numbers were done against Tennessee and Carolina too. You know, now you get that elite Dallas pass rush.


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[Assistant] Giant's defense winning on third down despite their injuries. That's going to have to continue. Uh, Cooper Rush is solid. You can't just stop, stack the box and stop the run game. He now has 2-0 in his career who wins over the Bengals.


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[Assistant] One as a dog against Vikings last year, that was a prime time game on the road too. So you can't even blame the spot here and say he's going to wilt under the pressure because he went out and beat the Vikings in a pressure spot there. Tyler Smith making a big impact on that offense that the offense is 20th and Sacrate better than I thought they'd be considering the state of that line when we came into the season.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so I think probably first half bet is a better play on Dallas. Uhm, you know, they marched down the field on their first two drives last week and he looked great. So maybe they're scripting well for, for, uh, Cooper Rush. And then once the game gets a little bit, you know, in the improvisational mode, uh, he's not, you know, going to score him any points. So I would play Dallas on the first half, but I lean that way also on the full line.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, so you can play Look Ahead Lines, the books release them, you know, typically on Tuesdays, uhm, and they let you bet them. You know, they don't have as high maximums, but I don't think most of us are betting the max anyway.


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[Assistant] Uhm, the two lines I like, Phillies minus seven against Jacksonville, they're minus six and a half at Washington this week, so that's only a half point more, even though they're at home against the Jacksonville team.


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[Assistant] They're going to try harder. Uh, and also like Giants minus three against Chicago. Chicago, worst team in the league, I think. Um, and with that offense, Giants 2-0. I know a little overrated 2-0, but.


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[Assistant] Right, it's going to go up because the Giants are not a bad team. They have a good coach there and they're just not getting enough credit on this line. So I think jump on the three now. I don't think it's going to be there Sunday night and jump on Philly minus seven.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's really weird that it is 11 games. I think Sawyer was just talking about the contract number and how.


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[Assistant] You know, it seems like Watson was not going to agree to anything over 12 because then his contract tolls because he doesn't play in at least six games. And so that was the line in the sand. His camp clearly drew because we're not, hey, if Deshaun is suspended 12 games, then his contract starts next year.


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[Assistant] Uh, because you keep the same contract. You don't accrue, you're a season-free agency.


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[Assistant] So it seems like the NFL maybe just didn't want to take this to federal court, didn't want this to linger. Cause that's the only reason you accept this. Because if you know Deshaun Watson's camp is going to fight you tooth and nail for a year long suspension or anything, 12 games or more.


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[Assistant] Uh, and so that's interesting because, you know, we saw with Tom Brady, with Zeke Elliott, with Adrian Peterson, yet it felt gladly go to court with anyone, uh, but maybe this was one of those just because of the


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[Assistant] The severity of these accusations that you just don't want these pumped out all season, that that's all anyone is talking about. And so you, if you're the NFL, just let's close the door on it. He's doing 11 games, got her $5 million. Let's move on and call it a day.


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[Assistant] You return the Monday after your suspension ends. So if you're suspended four games, you were allowed to show up the Monday after week four ends and start practicing with your team. And so Watson clearly earned some sort of leeway in the settlement that he is allowed to show up, uh, a full two weeks to practice before his suspension ends.


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[Assistant] And to that point, this is somebody who is not remorseful at all, which has also been kind of the issue. He's shooting himself in the foot every time the Browns let him.


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[Assistant] Yes, and the issue there is that, and the Browns owners use that in a statement, uh, when the first suspension came out, like, triggered's not the word you should use, and then, it's sexual assault, like, of course people are gonna be, that's like, why are you so triggered because I shot you in the shoulder, man, why are you up there? It's like, egging them on.


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[Assistant] He just negated his apology because they asked him why he apologized and that was the answer he gave. The trigger answer was the one he gave. So that means his apology means nothing because this is what he apologized for. And the other part is that


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[Assistant] You know, he continues to insist he's innocent, which


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[Assistant] If he actually thinks that that's one thing, but what you need to hear from him is, you know what? I understand the optics of, uh, hiring 24 women.


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[Assistant] And a very important fact here is that, you know, Brown's fans were like, well two grand juries didn't indict him.


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[Assistant] A literal federal judge listened to this entire case and said he was clearly guilty, uh, except she didn't give him a bigger punishment because the collective bargaining agreement didn't allow for her to do that in her eyes. But otherwise, she agreed with everything the NFL argued that he was a predator, that he had no remorse.


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[Assistant] You can't be a Browns fan and throw this legal stuff out there because a federal judge, uh, says that he's a Browns fan.


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[Assistant] And you know what's funny is, is you know, you don't really get a sense. I talked to my dad when I was on vacation at the end of July and we were talking a little bit about Watson.


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[Assistant] And I was like, dad, you are a kicker in the NFL. There's someone who needs, you know, massages, got to keep their legs fresh. Probably kickers played for 14 years. How many people in 14 years did you go through, uh, getting massages?


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[Assistant] One. One in fourteen years. So it's just, you know, the numbers, sixty, yeaah, it's just, they blow your mind, uh, that this is all come to this and that he doesn't at least understand that this is not normal.


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[Assistant] And your neighbor comes over and says, Hey, your kid threw a rock through my window. You're like, nah, probably not. You saw someone else. But if 24 neighbors come over and all say, Hey, we saw your kid throw a rock through our window. It was definitely your kid. Like just, just accept it. And he's being like, no, no, this, no, that's not, my kid can't even throw. There's no way.


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[Assistant] Well right, and think about all the stuff we're talking about, and these are all gonna be talking points on, uh, the week leading up to December 4th, when he's going back to Houston, where all those accusations were made, and it just, that being his return game just blows my mind.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the ramp up period is mind blowing. I cannot believe they're giving him that. It's, it's, it's very.


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[Assistant] Well, that feels like the ceiling. I think three and three feels like the ceiling in the first six games and the new five, one and four, they're going to be lucky. I mean, that is a brutal, brutal, uh, run right there when you include games six through 11 or seven through.


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[Assistant] And noted, Kareem Hunt's second chance contract included zero dollars in guaranteed money.


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[Assistant] They have to at least think about trading for Jimmy, right? You can't let Jacoby Brissette play.


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[Assistant] Garoppolo would be such a good fit because if you're the Browns, you're thinking,


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[Assistant] He, Grappler's going into the final year of his contract, so you don't have to worry about any contract stuff. You bring him in, whatever, you pay him his $24.2 million because he's not gonna accept a pay cut to go to Cleveland. Uh, and then look, boom, you don't have to worry about him at the end of the season because the contract expires, you let him walk off the free agency, you bring Watson back, uh,


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[Assistant] I'm just gonna say, if you're the Browns, you do not want to wait.


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[Assistant] For the 49ers to cut them. You wanna, if you have to pry him away and overpay in the trade, because if you wait for the cut...


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[Assistant] You have five days of practice to get him prepped for week one, or you just roll with your Kobe Percept, and then that's one less game Jimmy's playing in. Why are you training for Jimmy if you're already taking games away from him? So you need to get him in training camp as soon as possible so he can learn the offense.


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[Assistant] Brenton, we're less than one week away from real football. We just spent God knows how many weeks talking about not real football. And now we're going to be talking about real football. I'm pretty excited about it.


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[Assistant] I love real football. I love you-hoo chocolate drinks and I love real football. Shout out to you.


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[Assistant] I'm even, Steven, I'm steady Eddie. It has been, Labor Day has been my excitement day for probably the past 10 years where it hits me. NFL season is here this week. It is going to kick off. So I'm still in off season mode for two more days.


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[Assistant] I, I mean, Brinton, the classic Brinton move was just to totally wing your picks and take Cardinals chargers every year in the Super Bowl. And now this year that pick might actually make sense, who knows what you're gonna do. But the thing is...


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[Assistant] It's funny to hear Brinton say he's basically fully prepped and he knows who he likes and those the teams he's gonna ride. Brinton never says that. He goes with the hot hand. No, this is a new Brinton.


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[Assistant] Oh my god, this is hilarious that you asked that because no more than three minutes before this podcast start.


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[Assistant] Jordan Dejani, who is handling our Super Bowl picks and will be publishing that on Friday. So when you listen to this podcast, that story should be out to watch on YouTube on Thursday. It is not out yet. Uh, literally chatted me and said, Hey Breach, can I have your Super Bowl picks already?


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[Assistant] And so I literally spent this whole week, uh, doing my final record so we could do these over-under shows. I have my playoff teams pick, but I can't decide on a Super Bowl. Back in July, I told myself, I think I'm going to pick the Colts to go to the Super Bowl. Uh, but then after going through all these...


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[Assistant] But after going through everything and looking at where they're gonna end up and looking at the playoff field, I have talked myself out of it. So I gotta talk myself into someone else. It's not gonna be the Colts and it's not gonna be the Bengals, uh, and it's not because, well, one, I don't wanna jinx the Bengals, but also I just don't think, uh, an AFC team is going back to back with this loaded conference. Yeah.


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[Assistant] We're talking about NFC teams. Which two? You don't have to tell me. I'll give you which three I'm waffling.


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[Assistant] Uh, and if, since I do like a playoff pick thing, so you can see what I had in each round in my preseason picks, and I had the Rams against the Packers, and the NFC title game obviously wasn't a matchup.


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[Assistant] Okay. But I just, I can't see it. Is it the Rams Packers or Bucks? Is that what the teams are? It is the Rams.


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[Assistant] The Packers. Nope, not the Bucks. I just, I'm not picking the Bucks.


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[Assistant] Do you want to give us your AFC team? You want to, I mean, by the time this podcast comes out,


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[Assistant] The audio version comes out. The story is going to be out. We're going to know your Super Bowl teams.


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[Assistant] I could pick two AFC teams here if I like that, you know, like these. Yeaah. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] The Ravens are gonna go from never having made it to an AFC title game with Amar Jackson to just make it to the Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] Well, I'm just saying they just don't have a great recent playoff history.


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[Assistant] Right. And, uh, you know, one obvious problem with the Cowboys is, uh, their offensive line, which is a huge problem. You don't want to have this close to the start of the season. It's not even just the Tyron Smith stuff. Uh, they're replacing


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[Assistant] Lay off Collins, replacing Connor Williams. So now you're looking at three new offensive linemen minimum.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and they just don't have a lot of depth and that scares me. That scares me, Brenton. I don't love picking a team where a quarterback is going to get slaughtered all season, I guess.


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[Assistant] We saw it with Joe Burrow, but you know what Joe Burrow had? He had Tyler Boyd, T Higgins, uh, and Jamar Chase. So he had one of the best receiving trios. The Cowboys just got rid of Amari Cooper. Michael Gallup's not going to be on the field in week one, according to Jerry Jones. So it's literally going to be Dak Prescott either handing the ball off to Zeke Alley, who might not be the best running back on the team.


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[Assistant] Or throwing it to what, CD Lamb and Dalton Schultz? So it just seems like until they get this offensive line situation, uh, figured out that there could be some struggles here. Uhm, I am...


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[Assistant] So again, I, I do my record picks in July and I do them a week before the season just to see how my mentality changes. And I initially had the Cowboys hitting the over, but now I officially have them going under. I think they're going to go 10 and 7. Uh, so I, I don't love it because again, I think they could win 11 games, but just with all the offensive line issues, I like the under here.


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[Assistant] And also, Brady has actual receivers to throw too.


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[Assistant] And the other thing about the Cowboys is that no matter how they've played, they have just dominated, uh, division. Right.


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[Assistant] And so, I mean, that's a huge deal, because you're talking about a team that I think is 13 and 5, uh, over the past three seasons against the Division, and two of those seasons, last year they went 6 and 0, and 2019 they went 5 and 1. So, it just feels like, yeaah.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, 6 and 0 is not out of the question. Would you like to ask? They are 5 and 1. You're cashing this ticket quite early. The Vikings, the Monday night game is at home. We all know about Kirk Cousins, Woe's in prime time, especially on Monday night. The Cardinals aren't going to have DeAndre Hopkins back yet.


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[Assistant] And that Cowboys game is at home, and so it does feel like that 6-0 is not out of the question. Uh, but like you said, just...


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[Assistant] If they fell on their face and lost their game to the lions, I don't think we would be totally surprised.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I have the Eagles winning the division. I'm not as high on them as you are. I'm not gonna win the Super Bowl, but I do think they are gonna win the division. I just think their schedule, you know, we talked about the front end, but just that it sets up. There's no brutal.


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[Assistant] Yep. You know where you just see like, oh man, they might lose four games in a row. There is a stretch in around Thanksgiving where they play the Colts, Packers and Titans in a row, but.


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[Assistant] But the thing that scares me about taking an under with them is you mentioned that first game against Jacksonville, the second game is against Detroit. So it is completely within the realm of possibility that they start to an L and then they only need to jump out and jump back in.


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[Assistant] Oh my goodness, Princeton. I think that this team could be good. They won the division two years ago.


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[Assistant] You know, it's just, I don't know what Carson Wentz were getting. If it's Carson Wentz, Carson Wentz somehow won nine games with the Colts last year. And so...


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[Assistant] My initial lean is the under. I feel like the Giants have the worst roster in the NFC East. Unless Brian Dable pulls some sort of miracle with Daniel Jones, I have a hard time seeing the Giants getting to 8 wins.


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[Assistant] And so maybe you get lucky and get to that push at 7, but I just cannot see the same getting 8 wins.


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[Assistant] And you know what, to his point, literally this whole first year is mop up duty and you're cleaning up the mess that the old regime left you.


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[Assistant] Yes, correct. So it's not your fault you're going to stink. It's, it's the old people who were there before it's Gettleman and, uh, all the coaches they went through. So.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think I would lean over here. This is like if you played someone in tennis and they beat you left handed.


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[Assistant] And after the match, you find out they're actually right handed, so they could have beat you even worse. And that's what it feels like with the Packers. We're like, you know what? We're going to run the ball, even though we have, uh,


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[Assistant] Two time reigning MVP back here who can throw the ball all over you. And that's the advantage that the Packers have is cause Aaron Rodgers is gonna have time to get comfortable with his receivers in these games because he doesn't have to throw it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, the over is just so high, it's not something I love, but I do think they're gonna hit the over. And by the way, we've agreed on every one so far.


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[Assistant] Again, this team went eight and nine last season and eight of those nine losses were by one score. So, I mean, we're talking about week one, they lost an overtime against the Bengals. They're driving down. Davencook fumbles. He never fumbles. Bengals kick a game winning field goal. Boom, game over. Week two, Greg Joseph misses like a 36 yard field goal. Boom, the Vikings are oh and two could easily be


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[Assistant] This might end up being one of my best bets as we go through these. I'm really, really high on the Vikings this year, uh, but I don't think they're better than the Packers, but I could see them winning 10 or 11 games.


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[Assistant] I, uh, you know, I love Hard Knocks and I love Dan Campbell, uh, and you know, I even love Jared Goff, but I do not love the Lions. I love the parts, but I don't love the whole.


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[Assistant] I, I just, I'm not buying the Hard Knocks side. I always get sucked into the Hard Knocks teams, Brent. It happens every single year. I'm not letting it happen this year. Uh, I, I, I'm gonna take the under here. I think the Lions get to probably six wins. I have them going six and eleven, so that's a nudge under. I definitely wouldn't make this a best bet, because I could see them getting to seven or eight. But, uh, I mean, you just look.


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[Assistant] Packers twice after the buy. And so yeaah, they could easily win.


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[Assistant] Surprise some people, especially because, you know, they have the commanders, they have the Seahawks the first few weeks of the season. They could pick up a few wins, but yeaah, I just think six wins is how I'm feeling about them right now. So right at the over-under, so I'm leaning under here.


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[Assistant] I don't, I don't know how anyone could take the over here. Even if you like the Bears, even if you're a Bears fan, even if you're Tom Frinelli or Joe Musso or one of the dozens and dozens of Bears fans that we work with because they have infiltrated this company, I don't see how you could be optimistic enough to take the over.


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[Assistant] That's from Dan Graziano from ESPN. And that's another thing. Like that's one of your star offensive players. And if you don't have receivers to throw to, you have to run the ball. And if you're skeptical that your top running back doesn't fit your offense, that's a huge problem.


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[Assistant] The injury bugs are already biting Brinson. We saw it last preseason. Little Poe going down. Prayers up, Poe. Prayers up the Poe.


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[Assistant] I hate betting against Tom Brady is really what it comes down to and you look at what he's done in his two seasons there and obviously, uh, I don't know, he won a Superbowl and then finished with tied for the best record in 2021. So they were actually two games better last year than they were in 2020 year. They won the Superbowl.


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[Assistant] And so, you know, you hate taking the under, but that's just, that's where I am right now. There's just too many issues.


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[Assistant] And like you just said, those opening four games, Cowboys, Saints, Packers, Chiefs, it is not out of the realm of possibility that they start owing for it. And if that happens, Tom Brady already seems like halfway checked out.


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[Assistant] We saw that press conference. He's never like that. He's always jovial and happier. At least he has a smile on his face. He looks dejected. And so if they start owing fours, he's just gonna be like, alright, you know what, I'm retired. You guys do whatever you want. I'll be back in March when I'm a free agent or a whole play six. I don't know. But it's just...


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[Assistant] Yeah, it is, I mean, you go two and two in the first four. I mean, that's, that's kind of the key to making this overhead. And then, you know, you get the Browns out of the buy. They won't have the Sean Watson back yet. Uh, but then you get that brutal Saints 49ers, Bengals, Cardinals. Yeah. I mean, like you said, if you're four and six, then the over is tank. Yeah. I like the under here.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, absolutely. And you know what? I said this on a podcast I think last week.


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[Assistant] But Andy Dalton literally played for five teams, went to, played for a team that went to the playoffs five years in a row. So he does know what a good football team looks like. Andy Dalton doesn't seem like a guy who goes around just spouting hyperbole. So I think that


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[Assistant] Hearing Andy Dalton say that is very interesting. I think this team is stacked and it really comes down to, it's kind of like the Eagles where it just depends how you feel about their quarterback situation. Uhm, I think the Saints over hits, but I don't know how much I trust it.


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[Assistant] Uh, just because, you know, Jameis is coming off a torn ACL. Maybe if Andy Dalton goes in there, I'll pound the over. But yea, I like the over. I'm leaning over.


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[Assistant] They play the Browns week when we know that Baker Mayfield wants to beat Lee Brown by 75 points. Okay, they play the Giants in week two.


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[Assistant] Then they have three straight home games. Saints?


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[Assistant] Five and five. Five and five. And you just Raven.


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[Assistant] I mean, I just think their offensive line is totally rebuilt. Bradley Postman got injured, but now he's supposed to be available for week one. He's probably the best center in that division now. Uh, and then, uh, Austin Corbett, they just signed at GAR. Like, they revamped the offensive line.


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[Assistant] And Ikea quantity, let's not forget. So you're talking about three new starters in the offensive line.


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[Assistant] And yes, Christian McCaffrey, if he stays healthy, Baker can just dump the ball off to him while he's trying to get comfortable throwing to the other guys downfield.


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[Assistant] You know what? The crazy thing about the Falcons is that like,


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[Assistant] I would love to see Marcus Mariota have a huge year. You know, I don't think it's gonna happen. I don't even think it has a chance of happening. But I would love if the Falcons came out and surprised people just because everyone does think they're going to be terrible. But you know, you get Mariota with Arthur Smith, who was with him in Tennessee, so he's familiar with his skill set.


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[Assistant] And I think that there's at least a possibility that they could surprise people, maybe win five or six games. But like you just said, you can't put actual money on the over.


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[Assistant] Griffin, I, okay, this is just getting to, I don't think we've disagreed on anything yet and we are 12 teams in. We need to have some big disagreements here.


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[Assistant] Of course you would blank on a former bangles player.


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[Assistant] Which is one of the sneaky best signings of the offseason. Getting Alan Robinson when you already have Cooper Cup.


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[Assistant] And you know, one thing about their schedule is that from the start of the season in September, they don't, they only leave the state of California one time in the month of September and October combined. So there's little to no travel, which is rare for a west coast team.


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[Assistant] They're in a division where two teams are changing quarterbacks with the 49ers and Seahawks. Cardinals are going to have their best offensive player for six weeks and it just feels like the Rams are the best team in the division and


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[Assistant] You know, you look at what they did last year and it just feels like they should be able to do that again this year.


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[Assistant] And they got to what? What'd they do? 12 and 5 last year? I feel like they can do 12 and 5 again.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah, absolutely. That's why I feel a lot better about the Rams than, it seems like the Rams are almost a lock to get to 11 as long as Matthew Stafford stays healthy. But that, that elbow's the big question. Cause that starts hurting him, you know, week three and all of a sudden he can't throw 40 yards downfield like somebody on this podcast, me, uh, then that could change up their offense. They could struggle.


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[Assistant] I just, I, when I went through my standings, I haven't been finishing 10-7, this is the only team that finished on the mark of what the over-under was, so, I'm not sure which way I lean here, I don't, I believe,


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[Assistant] I don't know what I think about Trey Lance. I'm just not sold on him, but Kyle Shanahan clearly is. Or is he not?


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[Assistant] Well, real quick with the Chiefs game, that's, that's, that Chiefs game is in, I think, week seven.


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[Assistant] And so that starts a stretch of Chiefs, Rams, Chargers, or that you have, those are three straight games, which all could very well be losses.


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[Assistant] DeAndre Hopkins will be back for both games, which stinks for the 49ers that they did not get either of the games against the Cardinals in the first six weeks of the season.


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[Assistant] On, uh, on the 49ers there. You know what, Brenton, just so we're different on at least one team, I will take the under.


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[Assistant] I have no faith in this team. It is, you look at their schedule, they start with Chiefs Raiders and Rams, they could start off 0-3.


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[Assistant] And, and then you look at the fact that, you know, you mentioned how hot they come out every year. It's literally like the NFL schedule maker is like, you know, we're gonna pour some ice cold water on your hot starts because that's why we're gonna give you these three very difficult games to start the year.


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[Assistant] Uh, and if they start one and two or oh and three, you know, this was a team. Sure. Kyler Murray got a huge contract. There was a lot of drama and if Kyler Murray doesn't look great, those first three games.


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[Assistant] I think this team implodes because it's one of those situations where uh, he already wasn't getting along with them and then the Cardinals are already regretting giving him $230 million and they're asking for a refund on the contract.


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[Assistant] And I just think this is a situation that could blow up pretty quickly.


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[Assistant] Fortniteers games in New Mexico, not at home. I recall, thank you. Just to be clear.


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[Assistant] Nah, just, for instance, if we agree on everything, it's all gonna blow up in our face. That means that the NFL's duped us.


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[Assistant] And the Cardinals are kind of like the Bengals and that they don't want to be paying. Yes. Yeah, it's very brutal. They're not firing Kingsbury. Not this year, maybe next year.


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[Assistant] What about the Raiders? I think for the Jets, yes, the Falcons, Lions and Giants. Like in your head, you have to think we can beat those four teams and then we need to eke out three more wins somewhere.


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[Assistant] And that was, you know, like when we saw, uh, Jared Goff, the Lions go back into LA and the Rams were just a huge favorite. And it was like, uh, the Lions have no chance and they threw the kitchen sink at him and took the lead early in that game and kept it close.


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[Assistant] If the Seahawks were to pull the upset, that kinda changes the narrative, uh, it's, then it's next week. Well, if they beat the Broncos, could they beat the 49ers? And if they beat the 49ers, they have the Falcons and Lions coming up, and then...


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[Assistant] Right, exactly. So, and you know, they weren't horrible when Geno Smith was quarterback last season while Russell Wilson was out. I mean, they play, I think he went, what, one and two? Uhm, but they were all...


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[Assistant] Yeah, and that formula you're talking about, we got a taste of it when Gino was playing last year. I mean, we're talking about, uh, they played the Steelers. Gino Smith is the starter that I think the, I'm looking at the Steelers were five point favorites. Seahawks ended up losing in overtime.


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[Assistant] 23 to 20, then the next week was a prime time game against the Saints or the Saints again, I think we're four and a half or five point favorites and they did exactly what you said. Don't turn the ball over.


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[Assistant] Uhm, let's go with, I have two, I have three overs and two unders, so I did five.


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[Assistant] And this is going to be quick because we already talked about each one of these teams. Uh, Eagles over under is nine and a half. I love the over. That's the best match.


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[Assistant] Ooh, the diamond lock of the week! Alright, my, I also like the Minnesota Vikings.


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[Assistant] And then, I know you don't have this one because you were so hesitant, but the other over I love is the Carolina Panthers.


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[Assistant] My two unders are one, you just mentioned the Cardinals. I think the Cardinals are winning seven games. So I think they're going way under that nine. Uh, so that's one of my unders and the other one we talked about, uh, I said, I hate betting against Tom Brady, but I'm going to do it. I'm taking the Buccaneers under 11 and a half.


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[Assistant] What's up everybody? Welcome to the Pixix Podcast. CBS Sports.


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[Assistant] I guess Tuesday, August 9th, no matter whether you're listening or watching, I'm not sure because we had a technical, we had technical difficulties on Monday. Uhm, Ryan Wilson unplugged the, uh, the hamster wheel.


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[Assistant] My hamsters don't actually run. They're, they're just, they're jogging on a, on a motorized wheel.


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[Assistant] They just lie there on the motorized wheel. They figured out how to hook up the wheel to the electronics and they don't actually have to do anything, which checks out for my hamsters. Uhm, anyway, Ryan Wilson joining me. What's up, buddy? How you doing?


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[Assistant] I'm also looking forward to you, seeing you, looking forward to you and your enthusiasm for this trip to Nashville.


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[Assistant] Now, is it true that you personally scheduled your travel time?


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[Assistant] In order to minimize the time you're in Nashville to avoid getting a tattoo. True or false?


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[Assistant] Somebody asked why I announced the start time if we don't adhere to it, we send a notification when we go live.


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[Assistant] Actually, we were actually sitting around just talking and realized we knew.


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[Assistant] Uh, very rarely in my own time for flights.


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[Assistant] Played golf yesterday actually. Shot a 40 in the back nine. Pretty excited about that.


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[Assistant] This is a standard golf place called Pine Hollow. Uh huh. Well, congratulations. Me and my playing partner beat the living crap out of two other guys, which is fun.


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[Assistant] I've been playing very much. I've played a couple of times this summer in our league and, uh, I got, I got absolutely waxed. I played, Breach might beat me right now. Yeah, he could beat you. We're building new courts at our club. It's been like two years.


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[Assistant] They had to, they had to expand the belt line 440 and they, and because this is where the club was located. And so part of that involved some eminent domain situation where they had to take land from up from our club, took a couple of courts down and so they've been delayed in building the new ones, which has been.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I don't, I'm not, I'm okay. I've got too many chats going on. So like, I'm not, I'm not. That's the other.


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[Assistant] I think during the season maybe I read the DM's more.


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[Assistant] Well, I get, I get texted to my computer too, so that makes things a little bit easier.


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[Assistant] I see the text when I'm working on my computer, I can get the text.


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[Assistant] Uh, god, this is a winning mindset. Who's that?


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[Assistant] Oh, that's cool. Uh, Paraly- Oh, that's cool. It's a Paralympic podcast.


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[Assistant] Cover 3 college football. We all know them. Our pals, Chip, Tom.


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[Assistant] Pablo Torres. Pablo Torres, yes. That's a, that's a good podcast.


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[Assistant] Fantasy baseball today, fantasy football today, those are meh. Game face? I don't know what game face is.


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[Assistant] Uhm, how, how college athletes can build their brand is a final list. Hmm. Uhm, in soccer, we trust the US soccer podcast. I'm assuming that's.


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[Assistant] If you vote in the first phase, there's a chance you can help us out and vote again. A quarter of the listeners that voted in July will have gotten an email from the people's choice meeting. You can go vote again in this stage. You have until September 13th. And if you have a vote, we'd love the support. See if I got one. How would I know if I got one? Where did it come from? Podcast choice.


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[Assistant] If we, if we win this award, if I, if we are named the 2022 people's choice podcast award champion. So if you get a vote vote, I said I'll get a tattoo and I will get a tattoo.


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[Assistant] About, uh, about this tattoo. Did uhm.


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[Assistant] Oh, by the way. Uh, and somebody, uh, they're asking how did All Things Covered not make it. All Things Covered did actually make the finalist in Best Black Hosted podcast.


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[Assistant] Best Asian hosted podcast. Best. I don't see a.


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[Assistant] Not having, this actually, you know, this is like finally the year that fantasy football today is going to win this.


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[Assistant] So there's a couple of podcasts that just stand out that didn't make the finals here, uh, around the NFL.


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[Assistant] Fantasy footballers and uh, ESPN fantasy football or whatever the fantasy football today.


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[Assistant] Oh, good. Okay. Um, so yeah, I mean, the fact that those didn't make it give us a much better chance of winning. I really don't want a tattoo. I don't something I kind of don't want to win this. Um, but here we are. What are you gonna do? Go vote for us.


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[Assistant] I guess we're gonna start with trade request. We're gonna start with trade request or we're gonna start with these injuries.


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[Assistant] Satellite Mackay-Bekton is going to be done for the season.


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[Assistant] Cause I was sort of thinking, and like, I, I, and I'm not saying that you can't predict injuries. Uhm, but the Jets had the fourth overall pick and they took sauce Gardner.


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[Assistant] On the table were Ikki Ikwano, Evan Neil, and Charles Cross. They knew at the time that they were hoping at the time, I think that, um, Mackay Beckton would be fine. It could be the left tackle of the future.


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[Assistant] You know, you had to, you had to wonder like, would they, would they have been, I think at the time it was fair to say, should they have gotten a...


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, I mean, Beckton was awesome his rookie season when he was, when he was out on the field and playing. Um, yeah, I, I, I loved him coming out of Louisville, thought he was just a.


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[Assistant] You know, potentially dominant offensive line of everything. He was called the dancing bear 40 billion times leading up to that draft.


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[Assistant] It's just now you, you know, fan on the left side and.


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[Assistant] Yes, either Max Mitchell or Connor McDermott on the right side. And that's it. I don't know. I felt like I was getting a little bit sort of kind of getting high on the Jets in terms of their maybe upside of Zach Wilson took a step forward. But this kind of takes a little like a significant


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[Assistant] Bit of the air out of that. I mean like, you know, Corey Davis, Elijah Moore and Garrett Wilson is a fun.


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[Assistant] Group of receivers, Bruce Hall, Michael Carter, you know, they bad my boys out of a night like they've got some juice in the backfield and.


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[Assistant] Maybe the defense gets better with Carl Olson healthy and Jermaine Johnson and Saul Skardner added.


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[Assistant] I think it's a little shorter. They were the, they scored 18.2 points per game last year and gave it the most points in football.


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[Assistant] I was looking at some of his game logs, you're like, oh my god, Zach Wilson.


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[Assistant] Let's see, there's one, he got hurt too, so you gotta take that into consideration, but he went.


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[Assistant] Let's see, where's the, where's the really bad? Oh yeah, the final week, final week of the season, they got blasted by Buffalo at 27-10. He went 7 or 20 for 87 yards and a touchdown. Is that good?


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[Assistant] Jason Kelsey is undergoing an elbow procedure.


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[Assistant] But a source just told Adam Schefter that quote, the full expectation is Kelsey will be ready and healthy week one. That's a pretty big deal. Jason Kelsey. No, Jason Kelsey is a


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[Assistant] It's crazy how you can sort of put together these, um, these thought processes. You put together your thought process when it comes to.


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[Assistant] I bet this Dave Lapham guy emailed Breach about writing this story.


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[Assistant] Ah, cool. Oh yeaah, this is definitely a, hey, see if your son will write, uh.


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[Assistant] Jimmy Burrow called Joe's operation, quote, a major surgery. There's always a danger and complications for a surgery like that, Jimmy said. Joe's just got to listen to his doctors and trainers over at the facility and take it easy. He's not one to kind of take it easy, but he's got to, and it will be best for longer if you make sure he does what he's supposed to do. Jimmy Burrow sounds like a doctor.


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[Assistant] He was asked if his, if Burroughs appendix had actually ruptured and he refused to confirm or deny that.


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[Assistant] Uh, the recovery time for a ruptured appendix is generally a few weeks longer than the recording. There you go. It didn't rupture. There you go.


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[Assistant] That, that, that makes a lot more sense. I'm not sure Jimmy said when asked about the rupture, we heard from a lot of different doctors and heard a lot of different things. I'll let Joe, if he wants to tell you any of the details, I'll let him tell you the details. So in other words, it almost certainly ruptures.


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[Assistant] The extra few weeks and he won't, he won't confirm or deny it. I mean, it seems like pretty obvious.


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[Assistant] Uh, Jamies Winston tweaked his foot. You're a, you're a future MVP winner.


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[Assistant] Nah, I think it's to date back to like college. Uh, he's going to miss quote a few, he's going to quote miss a few days of practice. Will not play in a preseason opener according to Jeff Duncan of the New Orleans Times. Pekeun. Uhm, and that Saturday is their opener. Uh, but it is not expected to be a serious injury.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm much less concerned about James. Yeah. Job are a little more concerning. I don't, you don't like that.


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[Assistant] I was going to say, eh, we'll get back to him. Uh, Ty, oh yeah, by the way, the, um, the Saints, can you, do you know who the backup quarterback for the Saints is?


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[Assistant] I wouldn't, I was looking, I was looking at something else. I was Googling Josh Jacobs. Um, any reason for them to look at Jimmy Garoppolo? Who? The Saints.


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[Assistant] Uh, ooh, Jimmy Gravelis, by the way, speaking of which, the 49ers person through Deptster, and he's on the, he's the fourth stringer.


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[Assistant] So he has a, he has a lisp-rank injury according to, I believe, Ian Rappaport and Mike Girafolla of NFL Media. But, uh, John Harbaugh.


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[Assistant] Says a footage or a footage you but it's not in not a list frame. That's not true. It's not true. It's not a list frame sprain.


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[Assistant] There's a ligament. It's not that ligament. It's a different ligament. So he's had the Lisfranc before. There's no separation. There's no Lisfranc sprain per se. That's my understanding. You know, I'm not a doctor, but I play one in press conferences as you know, but that's what I was told.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's a big deal. I mean, like the Ravens have, um, a legitimate Super Bowl opportunity, I think.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I guess, I don't think so. Yeah, boy. It's final year, right?


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[Assistant] Fifth year option? No. Yes, this is the fifth year option, yeaah.


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[Assistant] Okay, you might want to look into that. I would pay him. I don't think he, I don't think they're just, they're not, they're not getting there. Um, alright, that's all the injury news. Let's take a quick break and when we come back, we'll discuss trade rumors next.


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[Assistant] Same again, the jets, the bears, the jaguars, and the...


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[Assistant] I mean I think the Bears are, the Bears and the Falcons for me are the least optimistic teams.


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[Assistant] So like number one is most optimistic and 32 is least optimistic. I would say 32 is probably the best.


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[Assistant] And he pointed out that he, you know, he grew up making honey Georgia, playing linebacker. He never imagined being drafted the top 10 by the bears. I'm a homegrown bear. Dream came true for me to opportunity to put that bear's helmet on where the same jersey that the legendary linebackers did. It's an indescribable feeling. Community zone forbidden. Unfortunately, the new front office regime doesn't value me here.


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[Assistant] They refused to negotiate in good faith. Every step of this journey has been, quote, take it or leave it.


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[Assistant] I think that's really interesting and, and we can get to the rocon stuff too, but like we're trying to get to the specifics of where he might end up landing. But what I find interesting about that in particular is.


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[Assistant] Does this mean that the, this new bearish regime is definitely.


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[Assistant] And on Justin Fields, because I mean, I would say Roekwon Smith is their second best young player on the team.


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[Assistant] I mean, maybe they're best. He might be the best asset on the entire roster. Uhm, I don't know. I mean, if you want to take Justin Fields over Roquan Smith.


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[Assistant] Sure, I find with that, you know, quarterback position and all that, but like, I mean.


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[Assistant] Uh, D-Mart says, nothing about his production. This is a conversation about best young player on the team. Like he's the best young player on the team.


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[Assistant] I mean, I think the issue here is that Roquan, all right, let's, you play, I'll play Roquan, you play Ryan Pace or Ryan Poulos.


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[Assistant] So knowing that they're RP, RP, Ryan, Ryan, and then like they're, and the coaches are both mats. Ridiculous.


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[Assistant] So you're Ryan Poles and I'm Roquan Smith. Oh, I'm Ryan Poles. Okay. I want.


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[Assistant] Like you could find a, a, a, uh, some sort of compromise here.


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[Assistant] That's the fourth highest paid player on the Bears. And as such, they should, um.


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[Assistant] Right. I mean, I mean, look, there's a very good chance that, I think Roguan Smith probably understands cause he's in his fifth year option as well. Right. And he's going to get franchise tagged if he, if they don't trade him, he's going to, he's going to play this season, play well. He's going to get franchise tagged.


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[Assistant] Ryan Poles. Dang it. We have to do what's best for the team, but my intention is to sign Roque Lonsmith. Oh, okay. Well, we'll see, right?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think that's just him. I think that's him doing the PR battle too. Like, in other words, he's saying we're not gonna, we're not going to sign Ro Kwon to a $20 million deal.


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[Assistant] But you know, we want, my intention is to sign him, right? Like when it was a Pete Carroll said, our intention isn't to trade. We have no intention of trading Russell Wilson. Anytime you bring up the word intention.


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[Assistant] We know what you mean. Yeah, you're, you're, you're saying that you are willing to trade Roquan Smith. Um, Josh Jacobs was briefly mentioned as a possible trade candidate. Uh, and the, the, the logic was somebody actually asked me about this yesterday, but, um, you know, he, he played a ton in the,


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[Assistant] Jacob's for a possible trade. Asked about that on Monday. Josh Modino said, JJ's a guy. We know what he's done. We have a lot of confidence in JJ. He did well with his opportunities. We have no desire to do that at all as in a trade.


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[Assistant] He's a 24 year old running back. I don't see why you would trade him. Just, I mean, if you think you're going to be competitive, keep him around and just run him into the ground and let him go.


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[Assistant] Uh, he's seeking a contract extension, has requested a trade from the Browns, but the team has privately declined that request. Source is confirmed to ESPN.


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[Assistant] Not a crazy contract, but like if you're Kareem Hunt, the problem is that Kareem Hunt is probably asking for something similar to Nick Chubb.


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[Assistant] Well, I mean, he just took two, two years, $12 million and he's played well, I would guess, but he is, he's also, you know, a part-time running back. It's, you can't.


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[Assistant] You know, John Dorsey brought him over. Remember after he led the league in rushing as a rookie and then he had his off field stuff.


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[Assistant] Uhm, he, John Dorsie took a chance on him. He was very much a part-time player in 2019 and there's been, you know, uh, he was hurt a lot of last year. It was very good in 2020. I think he, I think, you know, at the age of 20, he'll turn, just turned 27. Gosh.


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[Assistant] I know, but it's like, you know, he's been in the league five years. It's crazy. It's


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[Assistant] The thing with Kareem Hunt is like, if you're the Browns, I mean, he knows that the Browns are going to give him a bunch of carries to keep.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's, that's a, that's a fair point. I mean, I just think that like he knows that they're going to give him a ton of carries because he's in the five years deal.


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[Assistant] That's right. He doesn't want to get all those carries get hurt and then not be able to get a contract in the, in the, in the off season. So he wants to get traded now so he can, you know, he, he wants to go somewhere where he's going to, or, or, you know, they're going to split carries, right? He's not going to get like three. He wants to go somewhere where he can leverage more opportunity to play.


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[Assistant] In order to get money in the next off season or to get a contract extension from a new team. So it's, it's, it's just a mess in the Browns. I mean, obviously they're like, look, there we, like you say, he's not getting along for a deal.


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[Assistant] All right, uh, by the way, the, uh, the sale of the Denver Broncos officially approved by the NFL owners.


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[Assistant] It was like, uh, it was, uh, just approved.


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[Assistant] He's like substantially, he's the richest NFL owner by like...


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[Assistant] Four to five, like a factor of like five.


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[Assistant] And he's the richest, he was the richest NFL owner by like 10 million, I mean 10 billion dollars.


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[Assistant] What do you think Rob Walton's net worth is according to Google?


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[Assistant] Yeah, but she's married to Sam Cronkey.


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[Assistant] Okay, so alright, so Ann Walton is the daughter of Bud Walton, who is the brother and co-founder of Walton.


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[Assistant] Yes. And then in 1974, Ann Walton and Stan Kronke got married. Oh wow. They've been married almost 50 years.


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[Assistant] That's a good run. So Ann Walton, let's see, Ann Walton Kronke Net Worth.


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[Assistant] She is worth, by herself, 8.1 billion dollars. Alright, that's up to 60, what's that, 68 billion for the, the Walton, the two Waltons.


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[Assistant] Is he richer than, uhm, Amazon? Yeah, Bezos is $166 billion. I'm just going off of Google, obviously. Mark Zuckerberg, $60 billion. That's it? He's pretty weak. Yeah, he's poor.


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[Assistant] Uhm, what's, uh, Paul Allen. He's obviously, he's passed, but Paul Allen. Oh, he was part of Microsoft, I think. Yeah, they both did Microsoft.


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[Assistant] I think 20.3, oh, he was worth 20.3 billion dollars at the time of his death, the 43rd richest person in the world. And Bill Gates had a lot more money than Paul Allen. Would you, would you settle for 20.3 billion dollars?


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[Assistant] Five hundred thousand dollars. Five hundred million, I think.


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[Assistant] But if you only have $500 million and you have to put $230 million in escrow to sign a, uh, someone do a giant contract, that's a problem.


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[Assistant] Well, that's why Derek Carr's contract probably has sort of little guarantees of it. Oh. Remember they never brought it up?


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[Assistant] Yep. That's all we got too. That is the show. Thanks for watching. Thanks for listening.


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[Assistant] Or remember, go vote for the People's Choice Podcast Awards. We're a finalist. If we win the award, I said I'd give a tattoo, so I will. So go vote for Wilson. I'm Brenton. We'll see you guys later.


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[Assistant] I'll just say quickly, Breach, that uhm, I was so, and this is gonna jinx me, I was so happy about our preseason Super Bowl selections that I made a little spreadsheet, so I know what's what. And I'll just say, with one game to go in Week 3, I am crushing it. But we'll get to that later in the cut.


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[Assistant] Really? I think she, I don't, I don't know the names of any songs, but I think she's incredibly beautiful and I'm happy that she's doing the Halftime Show.


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[Assistant] That's obviously Beyonce. Trust me, that ship has sailed. You're in the clear. You can go ahead and make that joke.


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[Assistant] Oh my God, he's dancing, Breach. 14 years for Princeton to admit he's not cool.


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[Assistant] Do you think Deebo and or Billy have, uh, the champagne on ice in order to make fun of the 72 dolphins when the Eagles go undefeated?


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[Assistant] What if I told you in 2012, let's say in November 2012, uh, 10 years from now, you can take either RG3 or Joe Flacco, who do you want? Like know what I'm playing at Earth is taking Joe Flacco.


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[Assistant] By the way, that was when I was really into taking photographs as part of work. And I went to the Tuesday, I think Tuesday is when they do the press conference for the, the Super Bowl acts. Is that right, Breach?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think it is Tuesday. So I went to the Tuesday press conference, got there an hour and a half early so I could sit up front and took like a thousand pictures of Beyonce. Uhm. I'm jealous. Not creepy.


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[Assistant] Oh, please, please. I would love to, let me open up the checks. I would love to see what these things are.


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[Assistant] I don't disagree with that part of it. The part I will disagree with. I don't know if anyone wants this because the, some of the product on the field, about 60% of it has been sort of dog dookie-ish. Like there's been some.


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[Assistant] Uh, okay, Packers-Bucks, 14-12. My point is that, yes, those are marquee names, yes it's Aaron Rodgers versus Tom Brady, but there have been some games where the score has not, they're not being, they're not in the 20s or the 30s, they're in the teens, and maybe it's because it's early in the season I get that, but


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[Assistant] You know, it could be a little more exciting is all I'm saying. There have been some great games. The comeback game last, uh, last week with the, when Vegas lost, lost to the Cardinals, for example. Uhm, I get it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, I think that's fair. I think that that's not far-fetched, even by, you know, Will Brinson hyperbole standards. I, this felt, this felt like, uh, sort of the Spider-Man meme, just like two, two teams staring at each other at the exact same. The only difference is the Buccaneers are going to get healthy.


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[Assistant] Nice, nice web shooters Breach. Thank you. Uh, for the Packers who play in, you know, not a great division, but you can make the same case for the Bucks. The Packers, Aaron Rodgers has to hope that these young wide receivers figure it out. Randall Cobb had a couple of big catches. Romeo Dubs led that team in receptions eight for 73 and a touchdown, but Russell Cage was a leading receiver.


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[Assistant] He was involved in something earlier in the game where he was frustrated with himself, fumble or the drop, I think was the fumble near midfield.


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[Assistant] And those are things that will sort itself out when Chris Godwin and Mike Evans get back on the field. So you have to feel better about that. But Tom Brady.


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[Assistant] Had that look on his face, like he had back in 06, when he had zero receivers, and then the next year they went out and got... Or Shea Caldwell. Or Shea Caldwell, they went out and got Randy Moss and Wes Welker. The difference is...


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[Assistant] As Breach notes, uh, Tom Brady's in his mid forties. He ain't coming back to any sort of superstar team next year. He has to wait for him to get healthy in a few weeks and go from there. So I think they're probably.


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[Assistant] In terms of January football in better shape, I think the Packers in general will be fine, but I don't know if what they have is sustainable unless the defense just continues to get better and help them out on the other side of the ball.


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[Assistant] That's, if you're watching on YouTube that FaceTime brand he's making, he just realized he gets to play the Steelers in two weeks.


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[Assistant] No, that's a, that's a face, uh, that's a look of relief on his face. That's the face that I make when Debo says, Hey, can you appreciate the podcast? Cause Princeton is MIA.


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[Assistant] Uh, by the way, where are you at on CBS airing Ken Dorsey having a complete and utter meltdown on national television for everyone across the world to enjoy together?


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[Assistant] Both were completely unexpected like to, you could say I'll give you a thousand scenarios of what could happen. I would never guess the butt punt. I would never guess.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but Breach, melt, uh, melt, rank all time coaches meltdowns that have been caught on tape during a game. And I think Ken Dorsey is automatically in the top three. I don't even know who the other two are.


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[Assistant] Yeah, or, or Herm Edwards maybe, but on the field or... He didn't say anything. It was like two seconds, right?


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[Assistant] Feels like a coach at that point doesn't care. It's probably like a PR person, I would bet.


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[Assistant] Who let a PR person be in the coaches box? I don't know who it was.


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[Assistant] It was 90 degrees out there and mostly the Bills players were, uh, having trouble with the heat, at least based on the telecast. Um, Stephon Diggs cramped up at one point. Spencer Brown had to leave with a heat related illness, I think around halftime, uh, the office of linemen. So that was a concern. And the thing is, when you watch that game, it didn't feel lopsided.


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[Assistant] He fumbled a snap and then I don't even know if Steph Diggs was expecting the ball. It was almost a pick six, which would have been even harder. That would have been a reason for Ken Dorsey to close.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Isaiah Simmons, uh, Isaiah Simmons, uh, uh, Mackenzie caught that ball on the final play of the game in the middle of the field.


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[Assistant] Well, the only thing you can't do is throw a 6-6, which he almost, which is what he almost did. By the way, worth noting, uhm, there's no way on planet earth 2 it should have come back in that game, correct?


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[Assistant] So Britsen, here's what happened. So the hit was clean. The hit was clean. I think Matt Balaam just sort of shoved him and he lost his balance to a did on a completion down the field and his head hit the turf pretty hard. He got up and he was wobbly. He went down to a knee. He got up again and he looked unstable and they had to help him to the side.


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[Assistant] So here's the thing, and, uh, our Jonathan Jones tweeted this out shortly after he came back to a did. To, I think this happened two minutes ago before the half and he came back in the third quarter. So there's a...


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[Assistant] Protocol in place, we talk about the protocols all the time, so you get to the sideline, you remove the helmet, and he can't go if, uh, let's see what it says. If there's a history of an event, I don't know if it has a concussion history, if concussion signs or symptoms are present,


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[Assistant] Uhm, if you evaluate the speech, if there's an observation of the gait, he fell down coming out of the field, eye movements and, uh, eye action. And if all those things happen, it's a no-go.


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[Assistant] Motor, gross instability, confusion, amnesia. I don't know if Tua could remember anything now, but he certainly was confused for a moment there, but for some, somehow, some way he ended up back in the game. And the other thing is they play Thursday night.


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[Assistant] I mean, we talked about this last year with Mahomes when he looked dazed when he got hit and he said it was a neck or something, something similar.


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[Assistant] No, this is a safety question. I'm glad 2 was playing well and 2 was playing better than Mack Jones and all that other stuff, but just safety wise, either the rules are in place or not. So, you know, that's just, and they play Thursday night, which is another thing to keep in mind.


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[Assistant] But the difference I would say, you're not wrong, but the difference I would say about this week and last week's game against, uh,


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[Assistant] The Ravens is that they were never more than one score behind. 14-7.


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[Assistant] But, if you look at the stats, you're right Breeze, you would have a hard time figuring out how they won this game. Uh, Tyreek didn't get involved. Like, he had two catches for 33 yards, and Jalen didn't get involved until later.


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[Assistant] They were still finding ways to do it. And a credit goes to the defense. The defense was actually getting after Josh Allen consistently. Now he either otherwise, I don't know. It doesn't matter. They have players at all four levels who are really good in Miami. And I think that could be.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, that's right. But I think, you know, like I mentioned earlier, all those yards were in the middle of the field. And once it got to the red zone, they sort of often sort of crapped out for Buffalo. So credit to Miami. And I think Mike McDaniel is my early front runner for coach of the year. Uh, well, Nathaniel Hackett would like a word, but he said,


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[Assistant] Yeah, but you say that, but you look at the, look at the numbers that the Dolphins put up offensively.


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[Assistant] We'll talk about Lamar in a little bit, but he's doing okay too.


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[Assistant] Okay, I mean, I think you're getting a little far ahead of yourself in terms of what the schedule looks like in a few weeks, but...


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, those are tough games. I don't think they're necessarily layups. The Bengals are tough. The Vikings are tough. Uh, the Lions we've seen aren't gonna, they're gonna play tough the whole time. The Browns...


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[Assistant] They're not Babbage Kobe Percet. I mean, there's some wins on that schedule, but I don't think there are any, you know.


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[Assistant] We'll see. Like I said, you're incredibly optimistic about schedules when you look at them.


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[Assistant] The defense will be a question. I think Breach is right about that, but just not, not this, not on Sunday.


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[Assistant] You know the best part of that play? It's not that Dan Orlovsky's off the hook. It's that if dumb ass Jimmy G has stayed in bounds, it'd have been a pick six.


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[Assistant] I do. I apologize in HQ because I fell for that BS. I said, oh, Jimmy's going to refine himself. He is who he thought he was and to re- to re-mention Danny Green's name.


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[Assistant] You know what's funny, Breach? I now, thinking back, you know, when you have more information and you look back on the event, it makes more sense. I wonder if they gave up 47 first round picks to get Trey Lance, just to spite Jimmy, to say, this is how much we hate you. We're going to get a guy that didn't even play last year.


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[Assistant] Now again, I'm sort of half joking, but Jimmy G was good last week and he was absolutely dog crap terrible on, on Sunday night. I want to ask this though. I was watching this game a third quarter thinking,


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[Assistant] Do you think that, let's just assume Russ was like not a diva, if that's the word we want to use in terms of why he left Seattle, but he was just like a run of the mill boring quarterback, but played the way he does now. Do you think he would have been better off staying in Seattle? Like that team might be better.


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[Assistant] And by the way, Jimmy Garoppolo is also obscured in the fact that Nathaniel Hackett did better on Sunday night, but that offense looks like crap. He did better in the sense that- He had two terrible challenges and he-


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[Assistant] But it hadn't happened the previous two weeks. So here's the thing, next, next gen stats tweeted this out. Uh, on fourth and inches trailing 10 to five, I mean, that's the actual score early in the fourth quarter, the Broncos elected to punt. It was like, uh, they were on their, it was minus 35. They're on their own 35 yard line. Fourth, it was fourth and inches. Uh, and the numbers said go for it by almost 5%.


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[Assistant] The Broncos have gotten only one of seven calls correctly when the number said go by plus two percent or more this season.


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[Assistant] Minus 31.5% win probability loss and there's still two in one. You know who this team is by the way? They're the 2021 Atlanta Falcons. Remember that team won every game by four points and seven wins on that schedule.


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[Assistant] Kyle Shanahan loved him until he realized that he did love him. But I'm taking Kyle Shanahan over Nathaniel Hackett.


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[Assistant] That said, I don't know if Nathaniel Hackett is going to be the coach, you know, by Thanksgiving. So who knows? I'll go with the 49ers. I don't feel great about either call.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think him and Ray Rice in 2008, I think they won that playoff game. That's right.


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[Assistant] Hey, let me ask you a quick question. See if you guys know this. Without cheating, breach eyes up. Do you guys know where Randall Cunningham went to college?


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[Assistant] I bet, I bet Devo and Billy don't know either, they're huge eagle swimmers.


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[Assistant] He went to Jerry, uh, Jerry Tarkanian school of, of business.


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[Assistant] Oh yea, Breach, I want to make fun of you because you said you couldn't believe that, uh, the Dolphins defense gave up so many yards to the Ravens last week.


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[Assistant] Well, let me ask you this. So I was watching this Ravens game and watching my guy McCorkle Jones really make me look bad, uh, with three interceptions of touchdowns. But in terms of Lamar Jackson, you know, we used to make fun of Jerry Jones about Dak Prescott and refusing to pay him and how it cost him probably an extra 5 million a year by the time they got around to signing him. Do you, is it worth?


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[Assistant] Lamar is playing so out of his mind that you're willing to pay the price of inflation if you actually get a Lombardi Trophy. What do you say?


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[Assistant] I don't know. He wouldn't sign. It sounded like they were winning two football games.


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[Assistant] Like, I would almost take Steve Busciotti and be like, okay, fine, I will pay him what he wants. He, he's that good.


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[Assistant] I'm trying to paint as rosy picture possible as opposed to losing the first round of the playoffs so I have to pay him $52 million a year.


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[Assistant] No, Breach isn't saying that. He just thinks it would be interesting. By the way.


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[Assistant] Oh, Mike Glennon, everyone knows that. So who's been on this podcast since that age? Cause Randall's probably 53, maybe 54, 55, early 80s.


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[Assistant] I'll give them both, um, conference player of the year that way we can all be happy.


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[Assistant] Yeah, listen on JPP, but I mean, there's a reason he was out there.


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[Assistant] Well, I mean, you know, Josh Allen is Josh Allen to his exceeding expectations. And Mike Menale is doing a great job there.


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[Assistant] Yes. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. He has not played well. He had a couple good throws against the Ravens. He had some not so great throws in the, in the way of three interceptions, forcing balls down the field and.


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[Assistant] You know, he's got to sort it out. That's just, here's the thing though. Every week on HQ, I always say, uh, and on the podcast, they get to figure out a way to do X, Y, and Z. And we'll talk about in a second with the, the, the Bengals, but it's hard to fix things that suck on your team in the middle of a year when you don't have players to access to, to fix the suck.


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[Assistant] So, you know, Mack Jones played well last year at Times.


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[Assistant] Uh, Taekwon Thornton, they drafted in the second round. He hasn't played yet because of shoulder injury. He'll be out for a few more weeks so they could use someone, some help there. Devontae Parker went five for 156. I mean, that's not sustainable. So yeah, it's, it's.


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[Assistant] I'll just, I'm going to call it now. They're going to beat the Pingles by 40 points. Just, you've heard it here first. I hope so.


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[Assistant] Yeah, numb. Not Erwin Meyer. That's, that's patent pending. Prince's little trademark saying there. Uh, another fun fact, unless you're a Chargers fan, is the last time the Jags had a 20 point lead in back to back games, you guys want to guess what year that was?


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[Assistant] Yeah, year 2000 versus the Browns of the cards and oddly enough, Doug Peterson was a quarterback, uh, with the Browns that year. That's a fun fact from NFL and CBS. Uh, here's the funny thing. Like, um, Oh, by the way,


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[Assistant] What I was gonna say is, uhm, when Justin Herbert's, uhm,


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[Assistant] Let's see, let me get the chronology right here. Justin Herbert last year, playing like that. That's best case scenario in terms of the draft prospects for Trevor Lawrence coming out of Clemson. We didn't see that last year in Jacksonville, because of course, as we talked about, Irving Meyer dysfunction, so on and so forth.


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[Assistant] On Sunday, Trevor Lawrence played like Justin Herbert and Justin Herbert played like someone who...


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[Assistant] Uh, had like 15 broken ribs and wasn't a lot of pain. And I think this game is a huge victory for the Jaguars. I don't think it says much about the Chargers other than they were incredibly banged up. No Bosa, Rashaun Slater left. That's a problem at halftime, I believe, the left tackle. Uhm, no Kenan Allen and obviously Justin Herbert playing.


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[Assistant] So in week three, you also felt like the, the sort of tipping point for a lot of these teams where their best players were hurt and you can't play well without your best players consistently. And that's, I think had a lot to do with some of these outcomes. So whatever, man, the Jaguars went to LA, they won by.