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[Assistant] Okay, as we come closer to wrapping this up, congratulations for knowing the other lefty.


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[Assistant] Rookie quarterback to win for the first time, that was you. Who turns 65 tomorrow?


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[Assistant] You gotta figure it out or you have to ask your wife? Yeah, both. Exactly. Both. Yeah, yeah. They both usually go together. Monday night, Tampa Bay, New York Giants. Kind of a rhetorical question. Who you got?


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[Assistant] Hi, I'm Mike Tirico and thanks for watching. Make sure to hit subscribe for the latest news and highlights from NBC Sports.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and hey, on the season, we're still doing some good things. And most importantly, you're above 500 on best bets for the year. I'm three games behind you in that category. Uhm, winning the other two categories, but I'd like to win all three and I'd really like to win that category. I feel good today. I don't know how you feel.


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[Assistant] As always, we get into these picks. They are provided by us by Points Bet Sportsbook. We appreciate their support, their money, and their sponsorship. Uhm, alright, you ready to kick this thing off, get into some football here? Let's do it. You sure? Let's do it. You good?


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[Assistant] Oh, that's right. Damn. No Thursday night game. That's such a letdown. Uh, seriously, especially for me, cause it's really my Friday night and that kind of just throws a wrench into my plan. So, um, now I don't know what to do with myself.


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[Assistant] Oh, I know what you'll be doing. Well, you're right. It just, now there's nothing to slow me down. It's just go, go, go, go, go. That's the problem. Alright, now...


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[Assistant] We got Sunday, got a good match up here. I'm excited for this. It's under the radar. It's not going to be like leading the highlight shows on Sunday, but the New Orleans Saints, two and a half point favorites at the Atlanta Falcons. Falcons D was great last week.


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[Assistant] Uhm, over under 45 and a half, I might have already said that, but Mike, where are you going on this one?


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[Assistant] Okay, yeaah. I mean, you said, I think you hit a lot of the main points. You know, the Falcons D under Raheem Morris, I think they will sell out even more this time around to just basically go, hey, listen, Taysom Hill, you threw the ball okay in your first start against us. The second start, the Denver Bronco game,


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[Assistant] Was a little troubling. I-I-I can't lie. It was not good by Taysom Hill. Yeaah, he missed open throws. He didn't get off of the first read at times and go like, hey, first read's not open, let's get to the second guy. There's other plays where,


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[Assistant] He doesn't look at the first read and went right to the second read and I'm going, hey, the first read's open. I know this play. You're wrong here. You know, there was just, it was a little all over the place.


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[Assistant] So I don't have tremendous faith in that Saints offense, but good enough to move the ball, control the clock and do those things. And I think you, you hit on it.


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[Assistant] I don't think there's a better defense than football the last five weeks of the year in the New Orleans Saints. It's dominating. It's kicking butt.


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[Assistant] You know, I don't know, if you had to pick one defense right now, Mike, I know the Steelers are in that conversation, but the Saints I think are right there with them. I'm going a little closer. I'm going to go 20 to 17 Saints. And yes, okay, it's two and a half. I thought, man, am I right on there? I'm going to go 20 to 17 Saints in a close defensive battle. I'm surprised it's only two and a half. Aren't you?


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[Assistant] And the fact that the Falcons got to play Taysom Hill already a little bit, maybe Vegas looks at that as going advantage Falcons, they'll know what to expect in the Taysom Hill running game a little bit more. Uh, I guess, I guess. I didn't expect it to be much more, but two and a half is low.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think you're right. And the big thing is what you hit on.


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[Assistant] And there we were, they're kind of dominating the game, and the game's only 13-3, or 16-3 in the third quarter.


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[Assistant] Because the Falcons offense couldn't score touchdowns and move the ball and take advantage of some of the situations they're in. And that's why I just can't pick them and I gotta go with the Saints there. Alright, let's go to the next one. Ready for this one?


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[Assistant] We got Lions, Darrell Bevel, the new interim head coach there, the Chicago Bears off their worst performance of the year, getting whooped by Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.


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[Assistant] Bears favored by three at home over under forty-four and a half.


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[Assistant] Is Mike Florio the believer in the interim head coach bump or the Matt Nagy, we played like crap speech on Monday. Where are you going?


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[Assistant] Mike, a lot of what you said makes sense. I don't know what to think about this game, really. In this sense, I mean, first off, the Lions defense is not very good, but we know the Bears offense is crap, too. So I don't know what to think of that matchup.


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[Assistant] The other side of the ball, I'm gonna bet on the Bears defense playing with a lot of pride this week. That was the crappiest performance we've seen them have really in the last three years. I don't think that'll sit well with that group. You know, I wish the Bears would just get


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[Assistant] I heard coach Dungy say, I wish they would just get an offense, get in the eye formation, run the ball, boot legs, quarterback design runs, few play action passes and just play defense and get the hell out of the way. All right. Um.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna, I'm gonna say the Bears bounce back a little bit and find a way to win an ugly football game. You know, this just to me feels like a game of...


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[Assistant] Detroit finds a way to screw it up. You know, it's Matthew Stafford and it's all unraveling and he'll throw a pick six in this game or somebody will fumble. That's what I'm betting on. Uh, but I have no great feel for this game. All right, good. Anything else you want to say about that one?


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[Assistant] Yeah, you're right. I mean, there, there is that, especially if the, the guy that got fired was not liked in the building. Everybody's going to be like, Oh man, this is better to come to work today or whatever. So there is something to that. All right.


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[Assistant] Colts favored by three points at the Houston Texans. Over, under at 51. We know the Colts coming off a loss to the Titans. Houston got that Thanksgiving win against the Lions.


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[Assistant] Uhm, Colts favored by three here. Interesting matchup because Deshaun Watson in that passing game is hot right now.


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[Assistant] And I know the Colts defense wasn't great last week, but that's just, this is still a good defense. And Devorus Buckner, him playing, you know, if he plays, uh, this game's an easier win for the Colts. If he doesn't play, maybe Deshaun Watson makes a few more plays and hangs around a little longer. That's kinda how I look at it.


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[Assistant] Uh, I, I just think that lack of the running game and them having to be such a pass team against this defense, that, that's not gonna work. And then on the other side of the ball, I mean, we, we know the Texans defense is nothing special.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I'd like to see the Colts get back to being more effective in the run like we saw the last two years with the big blue wall in front of them and everything like that. Their run game has kinda disappeared and I think they're gonna need that coming down the stretch here.


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[Assistant] You know, because it can depend on Philip Rivers throwing the ball 40 times a game to beat some of these better teams in the AFC. He can't stretch the field and I wouldn't trust him.


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[Assistant] So, if you can't stretch the field, what do you do? You gotta start bringing everybody up a little closer. Get up here. Stop our run. Stop our run. Now those 15 and 20 yard throws might become 40 yard throws because of the way defense plays. But either way, I'm going with the Colts. I'm going 27-21. Similar score to you.


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[Assistant] I just think they're the better all around football team and Watson won't be able to overcome that. Alright.


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[Assistant] Now we go to, we're going to Miami. We got Cincinnati at Miami. We don't know who's starting at quarterback yet. That's bothers me a little bit. All right.


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[Assistant] Dolphins favored by 11 and a half. We got the bangles playing, uhm, with backup quarterbacks. They played tough last week, but like I said, Dolphins favored by 11 and a half over under at 42 and a half. Mike, what say you? Do you have the Dolphins covering or not?


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[Assistant] Yeah, Dolphins defense is too good for me to ever pick the bangles in this football game and not diversified enough to stretch the, stress the defense like the dolphins.


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[Assistant] I would feel a lot better if two, I mean, if Fitzpatrick's playing quarterback.


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[Assistant] I would. I think the short passing game, spreading them out, doing that stuff would really affect the Bengals. We know the formula for two is very simple. It's going to be easier to prepare for. I'm betting on Fitz playing. I'm going 27-13. Dolphins win that football game. All right, Jacksonville.


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[Assistant] At your Minnesota Vikings. He's back on the bandwagon this week. I think. I'm not sure what week it is. Jaguars are underdogs by 10 and a half points. Over under at 52 and a half. Not gonna lie. I was surprised it was 10 and a half. I actually thought that was a little too much for the Vikings. Sorry. Uh, but what do you think, Mike? How's this go?


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[Assistant] Yeah, uh, you know, it's, I can't pick Jacksonville either. I mean, you know, hey, look better with Mike Glennon last week. Certainly their defense is what really scares me. And especially, you know, your Vikings that run game, it's, it's damn good. It's special that way. Um, but.


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[Assistant] I can't see the Vikings just blowing them out because I think Jacksonville's offense is pretty well rounded. Jay Gruden's done a very good job down there. They can run the football effectively just against about anybody.


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[Assistant] And Mike Lennon, they got a few weapons down there and he's played some ball. They're not going to be like stagnant on offense. I'm going Vikings 28-24.


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[Assistant] I, I, you know, I, I think I see it similar way. You're giving them an extra field goal or whatever, but I think the Jaguars will hang in there with them and, and move the ball and score some points to go along with it, just not win the football game. Alright. Now, Vegas.


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[Assistant] At the Jets, the Raiders going to the East Coast. They got blown out by the Jets making a trip to the East Coast last year at this one o'clock time. It was a cold day and the Raiders looked like they wanted to go back home and crawl under a blanket. Will they do that again? I hope not. They're favored by seven and a half.


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[Assistant] Whoa, okay, so you went strong there. Alright, I'm not gonna go as strong here. I'm a little, I guess, hey, Greg Williams, what he did to Gruden on defense last year, I think that's a personal matchup a little bit. Gruden had his way with Greg Williams, a number of matchups before that.


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[Assistant] I don't know, I just think the Jets defense always plays pretty tough. Sam Darnold was underwhelming last week.


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[Assistant] He has got to play better, and it's not that he can't play better, the biggest problem with Sam Darnold is...


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[Assistant] Play a few games, get hurt, miss four or five games, then come back?


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[Assistant] And, oh wait, it's not as good, hold on, I gotta get used to playing football again, and then it gets a little bit better, and hey, I'm hurt again, and then he can never put it together to go, hey, let's see what this guy looks like when he gets into a groove of an NFL season. It's unbelievable.


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[Assistant] We're in year three and we've never really seen them play a sustained period of time at quarterback for the New York Jets. It really is. I'm going with the Raiders, but I think because of those aspects and the fact that


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[Assistant] The Jets being a little healthier at receiver here lately and stuff like that, that they'll make a few plays. I'm going to go 28-20 Raiders in this one.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but I could see it being a blowout. I'm not, I don't feel great about my score there, but I'm going to bet on the Jets keeping a little closer. Alright, now we got a big one. Got a big, big, big, we're talking big here. We're talking running the football. We're talking muddy in the grass and...


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[Assistant] 3 yards in a cloud of dust. Browns at Titans. Titans favored by 6. Over under at 53 and a half, Mike. How you see this playing?


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[Assistant] Yeah, uh, uh, I definitely give the advantage to the Tennessee Titans here too. You know, there's a few, a few reasons. Uh, first thing being,


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[Assistant] You know, we know Cleveland can run the football. We know that. It's a special run offense. I just don't know if the offense is diverse enough to really stress out the Tennessee Titans, which is a good defense, not a great defense.


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[Assistant] The one thing the Titans do have, and like we saw with Baltimore, when they know you're like, oh, you're an all run team and we can kind of figure out your pass game, they can stop the run as we've seen. I mean, they can do that. They have a lot of big people.


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[Assistant] On the, on the Tennessee Titan football team. So I think because of that, they'll be able to match up in the run game. And the pass game, you know, lacks creativity. You've heard me say that about Cleveland. It's very basic. You know, it's like your Minnesota Vikings. If the run game doesn't work.


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[Assistant] It's like, uh oh, wait, now we're not going to have the bootlegs and the play action passes and our drop back pass game is not very good. I don't know if we can win. So I don't think that bodes well for them. The other side of the ball, you know, Cleveland's defense is, is to me, it's a good pass rushing unit. They play hard, but it's nothing special.


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[Assistant] And I think you can run the football on them. There's no doubt about that. Their numbers are skewed. You heard me say this earlier today in the run defense category. They haven't really played very many run good running football teams. So it looks better than what it is, at least to me, how I evaluate it on film and things like that. Because of that.


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[Assistant] And all those factors, I'm going Titans 27 17.


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[Assistant] Uh, I think they will handle the Browns and obviously win this game, you know, rather convincingly.


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[Assistant] Wow. A little harsh. Yeah, I don't care. They're harsh to me. Let's take a break. When I say something bad about them, so they can deal with it, it's alright.


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[Assistant] Cause I can tell like, you know, because I got blonde hair, if I swim in the pool a lot in the summertime, it'll turn green and it kind of looks greenish there as I look at that.


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[Assistant] Alright, here we go. We got, we got a good slate of afternoon games and of course our Sunday night football game with the Denver, uh, Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs. Alright, so according to points bet here,


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[Assistant] We got the Rams favored by three on the road against the Arizona Cardinals over under at 48 and a half. Kyler Murray and the Cardinals struggling a little bit. Rams coming off an ugly win. Jared Goff wasn't great, right Mike? So.


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[Assistant] This is big. For both teams. What do you think happens?


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[Assistant] Yeaah, right. I mean, and, you know, listen, even in the Hail Murray game, I mean, that was a prayer. I mean, let's be serious. That game was very close to, for them being 0 for their last four football games.


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[Assistant] You know, uh, yeaah, it's hard, it's hard to pick Arizona right now.


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[Assistant] You know, their offense is struggling. I think we finally have realized...


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[Assistant] There needs to be more diversity in the Arizona offense. The spread offense in the NFL, it just ain't going to get it done. You got to have something else added to it.


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[Assistant] Not even somebody with the great skillset of Kyler Murray can overcome.


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[Assistant] Some of the deficiencies in that spread offense. There's gotta be something to it.


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[Assistant] And when I say something to it too, Mike, I don't mean like, you know, people go like, Oh, I saw them. He got underneath center three plays last week again. Yeah, that's not it. He, I need to see a full drive of them under the center with three tight ends in the game. Then I'll go, Ooh, their offense is diversified. Now a defense has to do other things to prepare for them.


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[Assistant] I just don't think there's enough there in their offense, let alone the Rams defense matches up well with the personnel of the Cardinals. They have a fast front four. They can contain Kyla Murray. They're not going to have the blitz at all. They got a DeAndre Hopkins stopper and Jalen Ramsey.


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[Assistant] Let alone, like I said, I don't think the Cardinals scheme is diverse enough and creative enough to expose that Rams defense and everything that Brandon Staley coaches over there.


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[Assistant] I'm not a great lover of the Rams offense either. The Rams are a defensive team. I know everybody thinks like McVeigh, McVeigh, they're a run and defensive football team. They manage Jared Goff.


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[Assistant] They do. I think the Cardinals can slow down that Rams offense, but I see the game the same way you do. You know, ultimately the Rams I think are just a little bit better, a little tougher, and they'll find a way to win the game.


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[Assistant] I'm going 20 to 17, but like feel the same way you do. They're going to control the game throughout, but I just don't, you know, the Rams, they have a hard time making big plays at times and I don't think they'll blow them out.


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[Assistant] Yep, thank you for- have we disagreed on anything yet? I don't think we have.


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[Assistant] Oh, Chicago to Detroit's our only disagreement so far. Alright, going up to the Northwest, the Giants, maybe without Daniel Jones, I'm betting that that will be the case. At the Seahawks, Seahawks favored by 10, over under at 46 and a half. Mike, do you think the Giants cover that spread or not?


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[Assistant] Three weeks in a row start to go, okay, it's a little better. You know, they lost that game to the Rams, but the defense wasn't the problem. You know, then of course Arizona and Philadelphia defense played a lot better too. So, you know, I look at that aspect with Seattle and the Giants with Colt McCoy and the Giants are offensively challenged already.


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[Assistant] That's where I just like, Daniel Jones, he, he of course is a really good thrower of the football.


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[Assistant] His running, as we talked about on the show earlier today.


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[Assistant] It's a big threat for their offense. It helps out not only their pass game, but it helps their run game too because we've seen this year, he can keep the ball on a read option play and go for a 70 yard, 60 yard run. I mean, he's capable of that.


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[Assistant] I just don't see how they create enough offense against Seattle. I think the Giants defense can be a pain in the butt for the Seahawks, but just too much. Now that Chris Carson and Carlos Hyde are both back healthy, I'm going Seahawks 27 to 13. Kind of an ugly, they don't dominate and blow them out, but slowly just pull away and kind of win the game in that fashion.


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[Assistant] Alright, you ready for the next one? Let's do it. Let's do it. Eagles at Packers. You've said all week, Eagles went up to Green Bay last year on a Thursday night and beat their butts. Packers favored by eight and a half. Over, under at 47, Mike. Can the Eagles keep it close or are they getting blown out?


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[Assistant] I don't, I feel like the Eagles match up decently with the Green Bay Packers. You know, and maybe last year's game is skewing my mind a little bit, but the size of their front.


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[Assistant] You know, the way their passing game is, a lot of these short and, you know, the Green Bay Packers will play a lot of blitz zones and things like that behind it. I think Philadelphia might be able to nickel and dime them a little bit and move the ball. And their offensive line, even though they're not a great running team,


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[Assistant] They got a size advantage for sure on Green Bay's D-line. That's what, that's what worries me a little. And then Green Bay's offense, you know, it's good. We know that. It's not overly complex and crazy creative. It's about Rodgers making throws, getting them in the right play, doing those type of things.


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[Assistant] I think Schwartz will be on their, on their, their offense a little bit. I do. And I think Darius Slay being able to cover Devontae Adams man to man for at least some plays gives them an advantage too. I'm going to go a close one here.


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[Assistant] I think the Packers win, but I'm going to pick 27-24 and I got Philadelphia covering there. I think they're going to hang around just for matchup purposes. Obviously not as good of a football team.


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[Assistant] I'm not, like, the thought of them winning the game never crossed my mind. So like, when I wrote it down, I went right to, okay, Packers, and then I just had to try to figure out the score. But like, I'm not going against Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay right now and winning the football game. Maybe falling asleep at the wheel a little?


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[Assistant] You know, like they did a few weeks ago? I could see that happen. Alright, here we go.


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[Assistant] Patriots going across country to play the Chargers. They're favored by one over under 47 and a half. Interesting matchup. Cam vs. Herbert, where Tyr and Bill Belichick talk all about Herbert and how impressive he is, which he is. Uhm, you think the Chargers can pull off an upset here, Mike?


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[Assistant] No, I mean, it doesn't look like it's gonna be a week off for anybody in the AFC. I don't care where you are. I mean, unless you're just a one seed and you truly got the week off, because yeaah, I mean, you know, like we've been talking about, the damn AFC is good. It really is. Uh, I think you said a lot of the right things. You know, the Chargers are not a real good run offense.


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[Assistant] So, uh, that plays into the, the, the Patriots hands on defense.


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[Assistant] And the Patriots, of course, have the secondary to slow down Herbert and company and make life hard on them there. So I don't love that aspect for the Chargers offense. On the other side of the ball, you know, I think the Chargers defense, you know, they have an issue stopping the run.


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[Assistant] Now, there's less of a pass game to worry about with the Patriots than any other team you play just about all year. So you can go, hey, instead of one extra egg in the, let's stop the run basket, let's put another egg in there to stop it. But either way, I think that's a force in that run game. And I don't think the Chargers are big enough up front to slow it, slow it down totally. I'm going real low scoring defensive struggle.


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[Assistant] Patriots, 17-13, winning on the road. And I'm thinking about the under on that one as one of my best bets. That's on the radar for me. Alright.


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[Assistant] Sunday Night Football. Broncos. Chiefs. My homie. Your homie. My homie. Your homie. Whenever he's on, I watch. I know that. And everybody should. Patriots. I mean, Patriots. Chiefs favored by 14. Over, under at 51. Mike, do you think Vic Fangio and company can slow down my homes?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think that's the right way to say it. Uh, you know, first off, I hope Vic Fangio is not on the hot seat or anything like that. I really don't. I don't think that deserves to be a conversation yet. I don't. I'm not saying he should. No, I know.


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[Assistant] No, you're right, you never know, and that seems to be, you're not, you know, I've seen it in other places too, it's obviously a conversation out there.


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[Assistant] I got a lot of faith in the Vic Fangio defense and the fact that, you know, this will be the fourth time he gets to see Andy Reid within the division in the last two years, all those things. I just have a hard time thinking they're going to let the Chiefs go off.


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[Assistant] And just go bomb shows, points galore, all of those type of things. The thing that honestly scares me to making that happen maybe...


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[Assistant] Is the Broncos offense messing it up. Kinda like we saw in the first time. Whether that's special teams or interception returns and stuff, fumble returns. We've seen the Chiefs do that to the Broncos a little bit over the last two years.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna just go Drew Locke back from COVID-19. His butt is on the line right now if he wants to be the starting quarterback. I'm gonna say they hang around. Just hang around. I'm going Chiefs 28-17, so I got the Broncos covering. But I think the defense will at least limit the damage my homes and company do.


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[Assistant] All right, here we go. Pointsbed Sportsbooks got the football team as eight and a half point underdogs to the Pittsburgh Steelers over under 43 and a half. Man, I got to think the Steelers are going to be pissed off with the way they played. Mike Tomlin is going to be all over their butts this week, but this Washington defense is good.


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[Assistant] Yeah, my confidence in getting them to 12-0 is way up there too. Yes, covering the spread. I don't think that should go along with the Steelers mantra this year. I can't do that. I mean, we've seen their offense be too stale at times and everything like that. And they're one dimensional.


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[Assistant] Against a really, really damn good Washington football team defense. I mean really good and.


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[Assistant] Their front four, they're not gonna ever have to blitz the whole game. They'll be able to rush four, drop seven, play all coverage, stop the short throws, stop the deep throws, do all that type of stuff.


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[Assistant] So, with that, I think they're gonna make things very hard on the Steelers offense, and I understand that the Washington offense is nothing special, but with Alex Smith, the way he takes care of the football,


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[Assistant] Antonio Gibson, the way they can run the ball a little bit. I think Washington will hang around. I do. I, you know, it'll be.


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[Assistant] I wouldn't be shocked if it looks a lot like it did the other night with the Steelers. I'm gonna go Steelers 23-17. They win the game, they're the better team.


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[Assistant] They don't blow them, blow them out and just make us feel like they're in another class from the Washington football team. I think it's a tough matchup for the Steelers.


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[Assistant] Buffalo, Bills. Hey, Bills defense. They're kind of showing, showing up here lately. Favored by one against the 49ers who are looking damn good themselves, but they have to deal with this whole Arizona playing their bull crap. I don't know what to expect.


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[Assistant] Uh, Bill's favored by one over under 48. Where do you think this goes, Mike?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think, you know, you hit on it. I mean, the 49ers run game is special, and especially now that both receivers are back. You know, everybody's gotta look at it. Last week, Deebo Samuel had 100 yards receiving.


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[Assistant] And yea, the Bills defense has been better, but yea, I don't know if it can match up with all the things Shanahan does in the running game without even compromising themselves a little bit to where, hey, the 49ers and their play action pass game and that stuff can gash you too when you overplay the run game.


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[Assistant] So, I like that aspect in the favor of the 49ers, even though I think that Bill's defense will hang tough. They're not just gonna get blown out.


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[Assistant] The other side of it, I just, yeaah, the 49ers up front.


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[Assistant] You know, the scheme, Richard Sherman back, everything like that, Jason Verret's playing awesome on the other side.


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[Assistant] I don't, I don't know if I trust the Bills can run the ball effectively enough against a defense like the 49ers. That's still, this is one of the five best defenses in the game. I'm going 49ers. 24-21.


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[Assistant] You said it, I mean, Chanahan and the 49ers have seemed to be able to handle all distractions. And I don't think this move to Arizona is going to affect them either. So I'm going with them to pick the, uh, to win the game in an upset. Okay. Here we go. Dallas Cowboys.


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[Assistant] At Baltimore. It seems like forever since the Cowboys played a football game. It was Thanksgiving though. Baltimore favored by seven. We think Lamar Jackson will be back. I guess we don't know. Kaleus Campbell. We don't know that yet either. All of that. Uh, I know you got the Ravens winning, but how much do you got them winning by?


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[Assistant] Yeah, they gotta keep pace with the Colts, right? I mean, that's the way I look at it, you know? Basically, you just gotta stay within striking distance of them, because they win that tiebreaker because of the head-to-head matchup there. That'll be significant for them at some point. Yeah, and, you know...


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[Assistant] I think, I really, the Ravens, I wouldn't be surprised if all these current events really kind of bring them together and make them better and stronger and more pissed off and feel like more of the world's against them and they're getting no respect. I think they'll play that whole card here.


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[Assistant] I would be shocked if we don't see the Ravens play some better football and kind of go on a run here at the end of this season. I really would. The Cowboys, you know, the way their run defense looked.


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[Assistant] On Thanksgiving with Washington. I know Washington did some trick plays and was creative and all that, but I just think it's too much. They can't match up with the Ravens offensive personnel in the run game. I don't think they have enough size to stop the Ravens run game. And on the other side of the ball, I mean, as you just talked about, the Ravens secondary, it's special. I mean, it's special.


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[Assistant] So I think they can, yeah, obviously stop that pass game, stop the Cowboys run game. I'm going with the Ravens to like control the football game 28 to 17.


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[Assistant] Okay, alright, I'll go first. Uhm, I'm, I'm gonna go first, first one I'm going to Seattle Seahawks. That's, that's the one that makes sense to me. Uh, the way their defense has played as of late, I don't think Daniel Jones will be able to go.


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[Assistant] I don't think Colt McCoy will be ready for this. And I just don't know if the Giants offense has enough in the run game pass game to back the Seahawks off. I do think the Giants defense can hang around.


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[Assistant] And make things a little annoying for the Seahawks, but eventually the damn breaks there. I'm going to ride Seattle and that they go cover that, that 10 point spread.


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[Assistant] Alright, I hear you there. I thought about even going with the under in that one a little bit because I could see that being a defensive score or defensive struggle a little bit. Alright, my next one.


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[Assistant] I'm going with the Philadelphia Eagles. I know people out there are going, what? You're going to go with the Eagles?


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[Assistant] Eight and a half point dogs against a Green Bay team I think they match up well with. I think their front is going to be able to stop Green Bay's run game. And when I say their front, without secondary help.


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[Assistant] And I think they're gonna be able to cover Green Bay a little bit too. I do. And I think the dink and dunk offense at the passing game actually fits well to beat Green Bay's defense. I'm gonna go Philadelphia covering that eight and a half spread. Uh, I got them losing 27-24.


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[Assistant] Number three for me, I'm going to Underville, alright? I'm taking Under. I'm going to the Patriots Chargers game. And I'm taking the Under in that one. I just, I don't see...


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[Assistant] How either offense scores a lot of points. I just would be shocked. Uh, I don't see how Justin Herbert in the pass game are going to go off against this Patriots defense in their secondary and their run game never goes off. So I'm not expecting that to happen. And


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[Assistant] I think the Patriots, as usual, are just gonna try to run the ball three, four, five yards at a time and do that type of stuff and just throw the ball when they feel like they really have to. It'll be ugly, but I just, I got 17-13 Patriots. I don't see a lot of points here.


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[Assistant] But for Kyler Murray, connecting with the Andre Hopkins, delivering victory for the Cardinals from the jaws of defeat, and forcing you to wear your quadruple XL Kyler Murray jersey.


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[Assistant] Best bets. Gosh. I am above water. 16, 11, and 3. You are 12, 17, and 1. And I'd have been 2 and 1 last week if Nick Chubb just would have scored the damn touchdown.


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[Assistant] You go up by ten. You think the Texans were gonna score ten points in the final minute? They could have played three games on Sunday and the Texans wouldn't have scored ten more points.


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[Assistant] Yeah, this is a tough one because I could see it going either way. I would never wager anything of value or anything of not value. I would avoid this game completely and entirely because who knows what's gonna happen. This is one of those, throw it out once they kick off and just sit back and enjoy it. But if I have to pick a winner, and I have to,


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go Cardinals. I'm gonna go Arizona completes the sweep. Kyler goes to three and one against the Seahawks. I don't believe in the Seattle defense.


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[Assistant] The offense isn't sufficiently diversified. Brian Schottenheimer is going to be coming under more and more scrutiny because of the failure


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[Assistant] To get the ball into the hands of DK Metcalf and maybe they'll force feed it to him down the field, but you and I have been advocating a more creative approach, receiver screens, jet sweeps, other ways to just get that freak of nature in a complimentary way, the football. So I think they will fail.


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[Assistant] Cardinals 34, Seahawks 31 is the throw a dart, close your eyes, and hope it lands on the bullseye selection by me.


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[Assistant] And so you are already trying to thread a three, because the Seahawks are favored by three, so you're picking the Cardinals to cover the Seahawks.


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[Assistant] They say they're not motivated by getting any sort of revenge, and it's never revenge when somebody came in and did their job. It's only revenge if they beat you up in the alley after the game, right? The Titans wanted to advance, the Ravens wanted to advance, the Titans won.


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[Assistant] I still believe that this time around overall and both teams are feeling desperate right now.


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[Assistant] The Ravens are better across the board. They're playing at home.


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[Assistant] They know the stakes here. They can't afford to lose again. They've got a game at Pittsburgh coming up on Thanksgiving night.


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[Assistant] But Baltimore gets back to basics, runs the football, passes selectively. And the Titans just have been sputtering on offense lately. And I think against a defense like Baltimore, they're going to have a hard time. So give me Baltimore, give me Baltimore by seven. So I'll take the Ravens to win and to cover.


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[Assistant] All we know is the Wednesday injury report, and I saw Kaleas Campbell did not practice with that calf injury. So, you know, the problem is we're doing this Thursday morning, we have incomplete injury information, but I don't know at this point whether or not we're going to see Campbell or any of the other injured guys who didn't practice. Yeah, okay. And I wouldn't expect to see Campbell.


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[Assistant] One last point on this, too. The Titans better get their special teams act together. John Harbaugh, former special teams coordinator. If there's any flaws, if there's any discrepancies, if there's any openings, it will be exploited by the Ravens. Whether it's the missed field goals, the blocked punts, the bad punts, that's why they lost last Thursday night to the Colts.


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[Assistant] Panthers to me are better than three and seven. Lions are worse than four and five. Teddy Bridgewater seems to be okay after the knee injury last week.


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[Assistant] I'll take the Panthers. I just think it's time for them to win, even without Christian McCaffrey. Only giving one and a half kind of surprises me. It's in the conversation for a best bet. I've got Panthers 24, Lions 20.


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[Assistant] I don't know how the Browns are only favored by three points. Now, they were favored by three points last week against the overmatched Texans and pushed. And look, the Eagles have had some competitive games against AFC North teams.


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[Assistant] Boy, I just, you know, just pound the ball. Take advantage of the fact that the Eagles defense is suspect. Uhm, look at what Daniel Jones did to them last week when they had two weeks to get ready.


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[Assistant] Questions about the Eagles offense. I just think the Browns are the better team and the Browns win the games are supposed to win. That's one thing they have going for them. Kevin Stefanski gets his team ready and gets them in position to win the games they should win. Nick Chubb is back. Kareem Hunt's getting it done. That opens up the passing game.


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[Assistant] I just think right now, even though the Eagles are in first place in the worst division we've seen in a long time,


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[Assistant] They just seem like they're in disarray. Comments from Doug Peterson earlier this week not encouraging from the standpoint of getting it together and getting it fixed.


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[Assistant] I think they have to bottom out a little bit more before they get into that late season mode where they start winning games and start resurrecting their chances. And maybe it bottoms out after this one, but I just don't see the Eagles winning. I think the Browns pull it off and I think the Browns cover. I've got 27-20 Cleveland.


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[Assistant] I look at the line and I ask myself, did the Texans slip into some sort of a wormhole and bring back DeAndre Hopkins and Bill O'Brien? I don't get why the Patriots are favored only by two. It feels like a trap. I don't care. I've got Patriots 23, Texans 14.


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[Assistant] It is one of those bright flashing best bet lights for me. The pasta and meatballs gut feeling. There's no way the Patriots aren't going to cover this spread. They're moving in the right direction. The Texans are in disarray.


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[Assistant] I think that the Patriots win. Nothing's gonna be easy for the Patriots this year, but now that they've turned it around, they've won two in a row, they beat the Ravens, that's given them a lift, I just, I don't see it for the Texans this week, or pretty much any week.


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[Assistant] To play the Packers as tough as they did and still lose, I think that's the


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[Assistant] That's the Rocky Balboa punch to the midsection where I don't think you can shoot your shot a second week in a row after coming close to beating one of the better teams in football. I think that there's, there's just a, just this why bother kind of a sense. And look at where they are right now, one and eight. And I respect the fact that they don't just give up.


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[Assistant] Twice now on Mike Tomlin's watch the Jaguars have beaten the Steelers


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[Assistant] Twice in Pittsburgh in the same year. It happened in 2007 and it happened again in 2017. Regular season, post season. So they get an opportunity to jump up and down on the Jaguars' throats. They're gonna take it. I think the line is too small, even at double digits. I think the Steelers are gonna romp.


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[Assistant] And they're gonna pull the starters early and get those guys rested up for Thursday night against the Ravens.


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[Assistant] Well, we still don't know who the starting quarterback is going to be and Sean Payton to his credit has done a nice job of keeping it quiet. I'm doing one last check here to see if there's any evidence or inclination to show who's going to be the starter. I don't think it matters. I think Sean Payton and company will craft something that will bedevil


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[Assistant] Raheem Morris and the Falcons. The Falcons have had two weeks to get ready, but what are they getting ready for? They probably spent the first week getting ready for Drew Brees. Now they gotta tear it all up. Is it Jameis? Is it Taysom Hill? Is it some of both? Does it even matter at this point as the Saints are firing on all cylinders and they don't have much breathing room?


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[Assistant] Because they have to worry about the Buccaneers. So, I think the Saints win this game, regardless of who's at quarterback. 28-20 is my pick. I- I- I- I-


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[Assistant] And I'm kind of flirting with the idea of making it a best bet, but, you know, we've seen some Falcons and Saints games over the years that defy expectations. I think the Saints should win this one.


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[Assistant] Uh, but, uh, uh, you know, that's why they play the games. So 28-20 is my pick. And, uh, I wish I knew who the quarterback was going to be, but Sean Payton is still the coach, as I said. So, give me the same.


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[Assistant] You know, I, I swore off picking either of these teams for emotional reasons, which I've been doing with Washington and I've been doing with Cincinnati and now I have to pick.


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[Assistant] One of the two teams in this game, so I don't know what to do. I have more faith in the Bengals, uh, even though Alex Smith's comeback story continues to be one of the most compelling and inspiring sports stories of all time. Ron Rivera finishing his cancer treatments compelling and inspiring.


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[Assistant] But I think the Bengals, I just think the Bengals are gonna want it more. Even though the Bengals are done. Washington technically still in the race. I think they know they're done too. Give me the Bengals in a close one. 24-20. Uh, not gonna be a best bet. I-I-I just gotta pick one of the two. And again, they both have burned me in recent weeks.


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[Assistant] I wish I could pick both to lose. Maybe this one will be a tie. But, uh, barring a tie, I'll go Cincinnati 24, Washington 20.


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[Assistant] No, I, I think, I think that's it. I think you've got it. Uh, we disagree on a lot of the games early. What we need to do now is take a break and we'll look at the late afternoon games as Tua Tonga-Viloa tries to go to 4-0. Will you and I continue to disagree? I hope so. Chris Sims on Button Podcast and we'll be back with more right after.


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[Assistant] Chris Sims. That's a weird before and after. I don't know what's the before and what's the after. The shaggy Sims in the late afternoon slot or the clean five-head Sims in the early morning. Clean five-head.


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[Assistant] You know, with the Broncos, you never know when they're going to find a way to stumble into something, but Drew Lock's banged up. The team is struggling. They're done for all practical purposes.


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[Assistant] Unless the Dolphins are feeling a little bit unjustifiably good about themselves, they should win this game and they should win it easily. I'll go Miami 24, Denver 13.


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[Assistant] Best bet consideration for this one, Chris. And I know that just because Miami's won five in a row doesn't mean they're going to win the next seven, but this is one that you look at it objectively and say, yeah, why are they only favored by three? This team is too good to only beat the Brawcos by three.


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[Assistant] Just so we're clear, just so we're clear, because apparently there was discrepancy, I meant to say, if I didn't say 2413, not 2414, at one point, you never know, it could make a difference for someone, somewhere, somehow.


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[Assistant] You know, I agree with everything you said. Up until the very end.


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[Assistant] You gonna do it? This is the week. This is the week. This is the week. This is the week. Two weeks to get ready. Look at what they did against the Patriots. The Chargers.


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[Assistant] This is their last best chance to win. This is the Super Bowl for the New York Jets and probably the closest they're going to get to the Super Bowl for a very long time.


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[Assistant] I know. Almost on a weekly basis. And I'm surprised they're six and three because I feel like they've been more up and down than that. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] Look, they could have lost last Thursday night to the Titans. It was that special teams.


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[Assistant] I just, this is just one of those and I have a vivid recollection of 2012 and I'm sure Aaron Rodgers remembers it even better than I do. The Packers went in there and lost to the Colts and then rookie quarterback Andrew Luck.


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[Assistant] Rogers knows they don't have much room for error here. That they're in the driver's seat for the number one seat. There's gonna be fans in the stands and they're gonna have some external energy to get the lawnmower engines started. They have a hard time at home with no one there.


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[Assistant] They do better on the road when people are there. And I just think that all things considered, this is a game that Packers win.


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[Assistant] They get to 8-2, they win 27-20, uh, maybe even a best bet. I'm not sure, but I feel strongly the Packers are going to win this game.


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[Assistant] When you were getting back in Aaron Rodgers good graces by moving him up to number two on your mid-season quarterback list. I know.


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[Assistant] I'm just saying, I'm just saying, I'm not worried about that. I'm just picking who I think is gonna win. I'm not trying to be a contrarian and hope that I know. After last week, when I got a little loose with some of these to have some fun and it blew up in my face, no. I'm back to, I'm picking who I think is gonna win, period. Alright, well I hope that


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[Assistant] Well, you know, the Cowboys have had two weeks to get ready for this and Big Red will be back at quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. Not that it makes much of a difference. Look, the offensive line stinks.


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[Assistant] The Vikings defense is this collection of no names that are getting better each week thanks to the tutelage of Mike Zimmer and the staff, Dom Capers.


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[Assistant] This year, blending in some three, four concepts. They've been playing a lot of cover two. They've been running, they've been just getting to the ball and they get into the ball and making plays and suffocated the Chicago Bears offense. And I don't know how that's going to work against a great offense, but the Cowboys don't have a great offense. It's fitting that they're known as America's team because their performance


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[Assistant] Is pretty much matching the performance of America right now. I don't like the Cowboys this weekend. I like the Vikings 31-20. Covering the 7. Won't be a best bet.


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[Assistant] But I think that this, this is the game where the Vikings get back to 500. Where they go from here?


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[Assistant] Remains to be seen. They got the Panthers and Jaguars before they go play the Buccaneers. But, uh, I, I think that they will be five and five going into those next two games.


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[Assistant] Not gonna happen. There may be many other things you see, but that will not be one of them. Alright, let's take a break. Primetime games coming up the Sunday and Monday night as the Chiefs look for revenge on the only game they've lost in the last calendar year. More PFTPM and Chris Sims on Button right after this.


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[Assistant] BFTPM and Chris Simms on button. It's time to hit the prime time games. Presented by Verizon. Prime time, Sunday night, Monday night. Chris, get us going.


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[Assistant] I've got the Chiefs winning by 13, and it could get worse than that. I just think when you get the full attention of the Kansas City Chiefs, you have trouble. They can win when you catch them flat-footed, except in the last calendar year against the Raiders. The fact that it was the Raiders who beat them


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[Assistant] We'll give the Chiefs even more of a radar lock on the target, and it will be ugly. I hope it isn't for the sake of our Primetime audience. I hope people watch all of the game.


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[Assistant] After their last victory where they barely beat the Panthers, one of those games where they weren't really all that engaged and they still won, he said, I don't plan on losing anytime soon and we want to get the Raiders back for what happened earlier this year and I think they will and I think it's going to be an ugly night for the Raiders and a great night for the Chiefs. 34-21.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they're on the knife, literally. They're being cut by it. They're on the wrong side of the


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[Assistant] What happened the last time? What happened the last time? They got destroyed by the buccaneer.


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[Assistant] Buccaneers have stunk in prime time this year, losing to the Bears on the four down game, barely beating the Giants on a Monday night and then getting blown off the field at home by the New Orleans Saints. Yes, they did a nice job of getting that nasty taste out of their mouths against the Panthers, but the Rams are one of the best teams the Buccaneers have seen all year long.


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[Assistant] And, and this whole let's practice at night thing. Eh. And Bruce Arians said the team's really tired. He gave them Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday off. They'll convene today for their first practice of the week.


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[Assistant] I, like, even though I have not been a believer in the Rams this year, we have to acknowledge what we are seeing, and we are seeing a team that is better than I thought they would be.


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[Assistant] I like the Rams in this one. 27-23. Won't be a blowout, won't be ugly, but I think the Rams have enough to slow down Tom Brady, and you gotta watch out for Aaron Donald up the middle.


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[Assistant] We disagree on six games, which means if I get the sweep, baby, it's down to five.


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[Assistant] Wrapping up this Thursday edition of PFTPM, I'm Chris Sims on button as we always do best bets time. Three plays that we really like and I really like mine today. I like them so much, Chris. I actually got six to choose from. You go first.


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[Assistant] I always start with the one I feel most strongly about. Patriots giving only two points at Houston. The Texans are in disarray. Patriots are surging. Give me the pats.


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[Assistant] Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Steelers giving 10. I usually shy away from the double digits, but I think the Steelers are going to exact some revenge on the Jaguars for years of the Jaguars being a thorn in the side, all the way back to remember the game when Bill Cower seemed to restrain himself from going out on the field to tackle a guy who was returning a blocked field goal in a game back in the 90s.


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[Assistant] Jaguars are going down and they're going down hard to the Steelers. Give me the Steelers to cover. Wow.


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[Assistant] Just giving the Broncos three in Denver. The Dolphins are moving in the right direction. The Broncos yet again, mired in mediocrity at best. I love what the Dolphins defense is doing.


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[Assistant] Two is doing just enough. Yeaah. I've got the Dolphins giving those three points. And look, since I'm feeling charitable folks, if you're, if you've got some extra money to spend, if you've been good this year about saving, consider the Brown Saints and Chiefs as well.


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[Assistant] I almost went with any of those, so we'll see how it plays out. I'm with you with the Dolphins one, I like that for sure. We'll see how the games play out starting tonight with my boy Red, going against the Seahawks. See everybody next time.


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[Assistant] But it's, it's gonna be down. You say it's interesting because the salary cap is about 10% down. That's about right. Right. So you think you think double digits again for the franchise?


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[Assistant] Well, of course. The franchise tag is the worst thing in the world for a football player. I'm going to throw in a question from at Alan Zellinger. He says, can we get some general thoughts from you on the franchise tag and how players feel about it?


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[Assistant] Okay, so for our purposes of this show, Pete says this exercise here. Let's assume none of the players reach long-term deals before the tag deadline of March 9th. So we're kind of talking about all these players and positions, uh, if they should get the, the tag or not. And I believe where we hit multiple players, you're going to rank them? Yeah, I'm going to rank them. One through whatever. Not necessarily all about their


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[Assistant] Yeah, starting with, I don't know if it's a bad spot, but the Buccaneers have some interesting ones. We'll get to that. The wide receiver position will kickstart that. Let's begin with the quarterback, and there's only one that we're talking about, Dak Prescott. Pete, you have in parentheses $24.8 million for the tag. Wouldn't he be a little bit more because he did it last year?


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[Assistant] Completely, and I think that they franchised him once. He had that horrible injury. You saw how much, and you kind of suspect it, but now you really know how much his teammates care about him and want him around. So there's, there's that tangible part of it.


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[Assistant] Doesn't the tie go into getting this done long term because he is a top 10 quarterback? Yes. And because...


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[Assistant] The way everybody reacted, they want him around. The locker room wants him there.


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[Assistant] What if they offered him a contract long term, fifth highest quarterback in the league?


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[Assistant] With the Cowboys having a bad defense, like you just mentioned, I think this could be a smart move for both teams.


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[Assistant] Uh, who's, whether you rank him 8th best or 12th best, who's that good? The chances are much better that you won't get somebody that good.


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[Assistant] I would say leave, leave well enough alone right there and find a way to get that guy signed. Pete, let's go ahead and roll that, uh, roll that graphic there. NFC East Division winner odds provided by Points Bet at Sportsbook Dallas right now.


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[Assistant] And again, we're in February. The odds on favorite to win the NFC East. If they have Dak back, is that how you see it too?


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[Assistant] Bigger name wide receivers who are coming up on free agency and maybe their teams tag them to prevent them from getting there. So we have Chris Godwin, Tampa Bay. Alan Robinson, Chicago.


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[Assistant] Kenny Galladay, Detroit, and Will Fuller, Houston. Go ahead and rank away.


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[Assistant] Kind of backstory here, how I get ready for this. I always try to anticipate what you're gonna say. So I had you ranking him at third.


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[Assistant] But I have started with what you mentioned, I mean, they just went and got Jared Goff. And even though they're in a total rebuild, new head coach, new GM, the whole thing, they need Jared Goff to have some success. So what does he need? He needs some pretty good wide receivers. So to me, that was why I had him. I had him at number two on this list, but I like that you had him high. And I think he also makes some pretty good, like the only good young playmakers they have in the passing game.


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[Assistant] Maybe he's feeling the same thing that you just said that their offense isn't really that wide receiver friendly.


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[Assistant] Okay, so if that's part of the conversation, let's even say you're Ryan Payson, that's your number one priority. You're in meetings, you're like, man, we should tag and trade this very good player. If they get what, the second round pick?


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[Assistant] What counts as the right value for him if that's the route they're hoping to go?


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[Assistant] I, I worry about the Alan Robinson thing too. I know this is a revisiting, but I think it's a good point and I want to get in some Twitter questions. So Jack Schneider 13 basically asked what, when I just asked you, what can the Bears get in return if they tag and trade Alan Robinson? So late first, early second, you think is, is realistic. I think it is realistic.


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[Assistant] Robinson can kinda be that guy. I think you're gonna be surprised at all that they got for Jarvis Landry. They got a fourth and a seventh is all. Oh, a fourth and a seventh.


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[Assistant] I'm just reading another question about, about, it's backing up, but Jordan Cole wants to know what the Lions could get in the tag and trade for Kenny Galaday.


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[Assistant] It's okay where you are. That's the point of the season we are in right now. Like you bring up a topic and it's like...


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[Assistant] It's your first knee-jerk reaction to it. And I think it'll also help as we get more and more into, like, how deep the wide receivers are in the draft. If it makes sense, like, you know, a late first, here's what they can get at that point or an early second.


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[Assistant] We shall see. I think this next one is the most interesting one on the list. Chris Godwin.


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[Assistant] I know. Because of what he means to Tom Brady, because of the Buccaneers start out as the number one team. So you have him as the, as third on this list?


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[Assistant] I think that's a pretty big drop off for a full season to go from Godwin to Brown. Yeaah. In the same spot.


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[Assistant] Play the other side here a little bit with Godwin. I mean he does play in the slot first and can also play outside. I know he can. I don't know if those other two and I like Scotty Mill and I like Johnson. I think that Godwin's presence next to the one of Mike Evans makes those other two a lot better. Well it does. It does.


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[Assistant] I think it certainly makes, I mean, the argument makes more sense that Barrett means more to the overall team success than Godwin, but you brought up the name here that to me is kind of the wild card X Factor. That's Brady. You know he's gonna have a say.


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[Assistant] We're gonna eventually get there. I was gonna go defense with the Bucks. Yeah, don't go there yet. Don't go there yet. Final name on this list, Will Fuller.


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[Assistant] That I didn't do that. Like I said, I think it's fair. We're in February. Kinda sorting these things out. Will Fuller misses week one. Pete, is that what you said? Yeaah.


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[Assistant] So he misses week one. Yup. And you know me, I don't like cheaters. There you go.


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[Assistant] Left guard, Joe Thune, or center, David Andrews, both from the Patriots. Yes. Okay. Right guard, Brandon Scherff, Washington football team. Jacksonville left tackle, Cam Robinson. Right tackle for Buffalo, Daryl Williams. And center for the Packers, Corey Lindsley.


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[Assistant] If I make an assumption that because Aaron's doing so many things in the line of scrimmage, it's probably, I mean, every offense is complex, but that moment when he gets up to the huddle or gets out of the huddle and has had the line of scrimmage, a lot can probably change for the center there. Definitely.


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[Assistant] And in the three seconds before that, you've got to take what Aaron just said and give out the instructions of the offensive line too.


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[Assistant] The guards. He's like, you can put a bag of bolts at guard. It doesn't matter. Don't spend money on them. Don't draft them. I feel like around when like Quentin Nelson got drafted top 10 and was such a terrific player and so important to that team that maybe guards are becoming a little more respected. And the fact that you have two of them rated ahead of Linsley kind of just reminded me of that.


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[Assistant] And Pete was telling me something about, uh, financially, Pete, and I was listening to Chris while you were talking. Yep.


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[Assistant] Anyway, you get em, you get em tagged, you don't let em hit free agents. Tight ends. What we don't have in quantity here, I think we have in quality. We do. Two good ones here. Hunter Henry, with the Chargers, and Jonu Smith with the Titans.


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[Assistant] And, and Smith here, they, they kinda go together very well. Neither one has awesome numbers, but you put their two numbers together, you're like, wow, I'm getting that out of my top two tight ends. Gotta find a way to keep that.


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[Assistant] I thought maybe you would go with Henry just because of how much he means to Justin Herbert and he wasn't his top target but he was a really nice one all season long. So I'm sure you gave consideration to that.


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[Assistant] For that player? For this year? I mean, I think that's not, that's not bad at all. And if you're in management there in Los Angeles evaluating it, how much do his first three years really matter? Because what matters most now is what he's doing with Herbert. Sure. Maybe those previous three, I don't want to say you throw him away, but I mean, what he just did with your quarterback now going into second year has to matter the most.


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[Assistant] At running back, the same situation we had at quarterback here, Chris. At quarterback, we only talked about Dak Prescott. Running back, there's no ranking to be done because we only have Aaron Jones listed. Would cost you a little over 8 million dollars to franchise him. Would you do it?


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[Assistant] 8.5? Bargain. I guess. Let's, let's back up and look at it this way. Aaron Rodgers, obviously the most important part of that offense. Yeaah. Number 2, Devontae Adams. You think he's the second most? Yes. Okay. Does Jones belong at third?


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[Assistant] So Adams 2, in terms of playmakers, guys are going to touch the ball, is Jones 3rd.


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[Assistant] Yes he is. So then with that offense and how it's driving it there, I mean, it's hard to imagine that offense proceeding without it.


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[Assistant] Edge linebackers slash defensive end. The linebackers are going to cost you 14.6 million.


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[Assistant] Defensive end 14.5. Again, we're going to rank them on importance to their team. Shaq Barrett, Tampa Bay, Judon and Ngocwe in Baltimore, Leonard Williams for the Giants, Carl Lawson Bengals, Bud Dupree, you mentioned him earlier, for the Steelers, Hasan Reddick, Arizona. Right, so let's just off the bat.


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[Assistant] I'm going to anticipate where you're going with your second ranking here by reading at frogru67 says, hello, son of the great Phil Sims. Should the G men tag the big cat Leonard Williams or Dalvin Tomlinson? I'll hang up and listen. Yeah. Okay. Well, I like that for the first time, long time, huh?


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[Assistant] That's why I make him number two. Bringing us to the Buccaneers, Shaq Barrett, I'm gonna make you Jason Light here for the next couple minutes here.


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[Assistant] You wanna keep him? It's gonna be 29 this year. What's your plan in terms of the tag and the possibility of long term?


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[Assistant] Do you think they can find a way to keep Barrett and Levante, David?


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[Assistant] Because David, as he pairs with White, I mean, that really makes them special.


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[Assistant] Marcus Williams or Trey Henriksen you just mentioned, Keanu Neil, Atlanta, Marcus May with the Jets, John Johnson with the Rams, and Anthony Harris, Vikings.


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[Assistant] Should the Broncos tag Justin Simmons again? I know he wants to be the highest paid safety in the league, but as a fan, when I watch him, I don't feel like he pops on TV like the best safety in the league should.


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[Assistant] And plug-and-play16 says, would you like to see the Broncos tag Simmons or come to terms on a long-term deal? He means so much to the Broncos and Broncos country.


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[Assistant] We talked about ball hawking, range, reliable tackler.


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[Assistant] So, with him, it's interesting because it would be tagging him for the second time. I know, I know. So, do you go that route, which it costs you...


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[Assistant] Matt Milano, Buffalo at Red Knight Kid asks should the Bills tag and trade Milano?


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[Assistant] A lot as a football player. Every time I watch the Bills to get ready for this show, like really dive in, he's everywhere. He is everywhere.


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[Assistant] I don't think a late first, early second was for Galaday and Robinson. I don't think that's out. No. Alright. Alright. I hope it'll happen or not. Good. Thanks for making me feel better. Nothing went off in my head like, woo, he's really out there. Okay, good, good. We have some Ask Me Anythings. I think these are pretty interesting and fun. So Pete, nice job picking them out.


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[Assistant] I was gonna say that while you were thinking, I'm like, he doesn't, he doesn't talk himself out of recognizing the raw talent.


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[Assistant] Let's not over at, you know. You put a lot of stock into it. Like you said a lot with Tua. You've said with a number of other quarterbacks. What's he do when things get tough around him?


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[Assistant] Especially if 3 or 4 go in the top 5. I mean, the number of teams between 5 and 25, they're going to want quarterbacks too.


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[Assistant] I saw him play in person this year, and I was really impressed. His command of the ball and his balance, he gets it out quickly, went to the right place all the time, accurately. Huge props to Steve Sarkeesian. That scheme was awesome. They out-schemed people all the time. They had great talent, I know, but the play calling was terrific, but I liked him a whole lot more than I thought I would too.


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[Assistant] Alright, that's a lot of quarterback. Good preview stuff. Thank you. It's going to be a fun few weeks coming up there. Got a couple other Ask Me Anythings at jcoral49. What are the biggest misconceptions about the quarterback position at the college level and the NFL? I guess we are talking a little more quarterback.


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[Assistant] What do you mean was the big adjustment in the NFL? And you don't see any quarterbacks in the NFL looking over to the sideline at six different signs for the play call. So the, the jump, and you talk about what's on them mentally. Yes. The advancement and what's expected of them from play call to snap is ten times harder.


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[Assistant] Alright, so this is offseason quarterbacks in the news. So guys, you've been hearing about their names, trades, speculated trades, maybe they wanna leave a place. So just guys we've been hearing about here recently.


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[Assistant] This is not the draft at all. Yeah. All guys in the league right now. Okay, okay. 100 points. Of all the quarterbacks we're hearing about right now, trades, speculation, or pending free agency, there's only one who started every game of his career. Who is he?


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[Assistant] All the quarterbacks are coming up now. I know. One of them, every game in his career, he's been a starter.


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[Assistant] There you go. Yeah. Which is unbelievable. Isn't that crazy? It's unbelievable. Every single game.


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[Assistant] 200. The Jared Goff from Matthew Stafford trade is the biggest QB trade news we've seen in a long time. The first trade ever where teams swapped former number one overall picks. Name the other two quarterbacks picked number one overall who are about to become free agents. Oh, okay.


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[Assistant] The other, they're about to become like this. There's potentially three. So they're number one.


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[Assistant] Okay, hold on a second here. And there's actually a third. I had to. Pete added a third. He was correct.


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[Assistant] He added a third that might join these two as well. So if you get, Pete, what do you say if he gets two of the three? Thumbs up? Yea.


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[Assistant] There you go. That's the one Pete added that I didn't have. Okay. Nice add. Okay. And there are two others that I thought were more obvious.


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[Assistant] So you've already named two. You get the 200. The other one played all year. Winston didn't really play. The other one played all year. What is wrong with... Played on a new team.


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[Assistant] 2015. Nope, one of the 15, so 15 quarterbacks were taken in 16. Yea 16. And after that trade, there's only one who's with his original team.


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[Assistant] That's right. 400. Deshaun Watson, the third quarterback playing for a Houston NFL franchise to lead the league in passing yards. Who were the other two? Okay, so we know Warren Moon. Yep.


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[Assistant] I think I remember watching an ACC game, for some reason, like in the early 2000s, it was Matt Schaub, of Virginia, against Phillip Rivers.


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[Assistant] Now this is the one, I know you're thinking about going 5 out of 5. Yeaah. I think the train stops here. Okay. Okay, for 500.


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[Assistant] Big Ben has thrown 20 or more touchdown passes, I'm sorry, he's thrown 20 plus touchdown passes, 20 or more, to five different players. Name four of them.


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[Assistant] Alright, let me just keep naming them now. Let me just say. Cause we only need four.


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[Assistant] We didn't write down anything about incorrect answers. Mike Wallace? Yeaah, that's what I didn't think you'd get. Mike Wallace. To me, the other three- Don't tell me yet.


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[Assistant] So, I'm gonna go back to the wording here. Yeah, go ahead.


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[Assistant] 20 or more touchdown passes to five different players. Yeaah, so one of them is a tight end.


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[Assistant] I don't know if you'll provide a better nugget the next hour or hour and a half, however long I'm able to sit here.


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[Assistant] That forced me to go to sleep when I thought it was over. Right. Late in the fourth. Yeaah. Well, it looked like it. They're kind of hanging around a little bit. I'm like, nah, there's no way. You go to bed and wake up. Overtime what? Yeaah, I know. How'd that happen? I know.


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[Assistant] And speaking of the Seattle and Arizona game, you opened it up, as you always do, for the homies to pick out one game. I knew we were going to do Pittsburgh-Tennessee for a deep dive. And full disclosure here, I voted for 49ers Pats.


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[Assistant] I can't deny them. Homies way agreed. 61% wanted Seahawks card. So I was one of the 20.9 in the San Fran, New England. I'll listen to you on Wednesday.


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[Assistant] Maybe I'll go a little bit longer on, on the Patriots section. Okay, good, good. A little bit later. Yep. But NFC West, let's kick it off there. Yeah, uh, stat first game in NFL history where both quarterbacks passed for 300 yards and also rushed for 50.


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[Assistant] I said it was an ugly watch, watching the Pats and Niners. It was so much fun to watch this game while I was awake. It was. Right? What those quarterbacks were doing. And I wanted to start out, I just jotted this down, since we started with that number, compare their styles. Compare Wilson with Murray right now, and then we'll dive into the particulars of how it plays.


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[Assistant] They do look at the pass rush. We would get on other quarterbacks. No doubt. They do stop and kind of glance down.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, that's a good one. It's first thing that came to mind is because those are two guys that are really, you wouldn't compare Murray to anybody except Wilson and vice versa with the way they're playing in the pocket and they can escape pressure and still be really good in the passing game while being a threat to run.


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[Assistant] Let's get to the first social media question. Noel Hall. Right. Uh, I need a quarterback's insight on how Russell throws a couple of those picks. Really three picks. Yea, we'll get into it. He's very much not like him.


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[Assistant] What a play. And it ended up saving them points. Not just three, but saved them seven points right there. They could have had, they could have had those points had Russell been a little bit more, I guess, not so cavalier.


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[Assistant] That's just the way we are and that was that. I feel like when Arizona comes up because Murray is such an exciting player.


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[Assistant] We talk about their offense a lot, and we'll get into their offense more, but defensively, since we're talking Buddha Baker, and we're kind of on the topic of Russell Wilson's three picks, let's think about his two other interceptions and also weave in what you saw the Arizona defense do against him. They didn't stop him, they played well enough to beat him.


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[Assistant] So he says, I know you dislike the Blitz, but how about Vance Joseph's Blitz is late in the game. By the way, your podcast is my favorite Greetings from Mexico. Thanks. Well, yes.


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[Assistant] NextGenStats has shadowed him 42 of his 49 routes, 86%. And four targets there is all. During that time, one reception, six yards, and a pick.


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[Assistant] It's that type of guy where you just go, no, I go to him.


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[Assistant] And it's not just a light that you would think would go off during the game. That light went off, uh, a few weeks ago. I mean, in all the major moments had been in so many close games. Yes. That's where he's gone. I know. So it's surprising even though Peterson is good, even though Lockett was on fire.


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[Assistant] That he didn't just, I mean, have this internal thing going on. Hey, I gotta get the ball to DK. I gotta give him a couple of chances. He did once late, under through him. Yes. Where, where DK was open and it was just about four or five yards under thrown. Under through him there.


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[Assistant] Who do you think that's on more? Do you think it's on Russell? I mean, he's been playing for almost a decade. It's more on him to be like, okay, I gotta do this more often in this game because it's worked the last few weeks. I gotta come back to that. Or is it more on Shottie for not coming back and getting in his ear and saying, hey, hey, hey, I know other things are working. You gotta look that way.


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[Assistant] And it was working. I mean, he catches 200 yards. It is. You don't see that very often. No. How about his third pick? How about the third interception that he threw?


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[Assistant] That was, let's see, Compass Traveler. Compass Traveler. Once and all about, uh, Vance Joseph Splitz's.


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[Assistant] Almost like he was throwing hot to a place and Lockett didn't know that he was supposed to be hot. I mean, somebody was completely off one of those two.


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[Assistant] I think you only played three or four steps the whole game. I'm sure you're the same. You're probably getting more than I am. I had so many tweets this morning asking me to ask you, why isn't he playing more?


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[Assistant] And I think you're probably right on. I mean, being positionless is a major problem. This is what scared teams from him in the draft a little. I'm glad you took it there with Isaiah Simmons, because we back up to the spring and everybody loved his athleticism and potential.


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[Assistant] Some teams didn't like him because they didn't know where to play him. So if the Cardinals took him, I would think that they had a clear plan of why they were taking him. We like his potential and we know we want to use him in this way. Isn't that why they took him? Because they had a specific plan for his unique talent?


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[Assistant] If he is still physician-less, I'd put that more on the coaches than him.


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[Assistant] Up to this point. So we'll see where it goes. Up to this point. Hopefully it plays out where they can find a home for all that potential that he has still early. I would think he could be a George Kittle cover eraser type guy. Something. And again, I come back to I'm sure they had a plan.


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[Assistant] I'm sure they had a specific thought. We just haven't seen it yet. Victory lap. We like to let you do this a number of times. Oh baby. On, on Monday. So let's start here with Tyler Lockett's first touchdown. Did you say on Football Night in America that the first touchdown of the game would be scored by Tyler Lockett?


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[Assistant] So, so Jack texted you and said, nice job. Did Matt text and say, I told you so, man. No, he did not. No, he did not. He did not. No, I know. Missed opportunity there. Yes, missed opportunity. Other side, Kyler Murray. Yeah. Under the major question of how do you stop him? Right. We have a question here from Neg Lagone. He says,


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[Assistant] What do you think about Kyler Murray dropping back 50 times? That's 5-0 with zero sacks.


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[Assistant] That's just one example of what I said you kinda in between being live here and being off that there's nobody in the league like him. I'm not saying he's the best quarterback in the league. No, I getcha. But there isn't really a comp.


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[Assistant] Why doesn't he get sacked though? I mean, other super elusive and smart guys end up getting sacked.


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[Assistant] And that's where, I mean, it's very, very special. And I want to get to, okay, so then what should they have done? What do you do to defend this guy? But let's start with what Seattle did. Maybe what they did right or what they should have done better.


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[Assistant] He may also kill his own team that way. Interesting question here from, uh, at McTavern. He says, why do we always hear about defenses getting tired, but not all offenses don't they get tired too? Well, they do, they do, but they're playing


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[Assistant] If you could give one piece of advice, one area where you would like to see Arizona, uh, schematically, cause it was a fun watch, but doesn't sound like you're too impressed with what they're doing. No, I'm not as of late, I'm not. One piece of advice, not ten, just one to say, do this better.


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[Assistant] This is what I would like to see a little bit more of. And in one way this isn't a fair question because you can't just judge him based off a pure pocket passing because he adds so much and it's such a difficult preparation. It is. In execution. But strictly as a pocket passer. Yeaah. As you think about it and you hope to see a little bit more of the basic play action drop back. Let him throw from in there from under center. Right.


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[Assistant] How would you rate him? 1 through 32? Not specifically, but just kind of general ballpark of where he is as a pocket passer.


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[Assistant] I was going to throw out to you either 12 to 16 or 16 to 20.


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[Assistant] Before we move on from this, I want to get back up and come back to that question I wanted to ask you. I said we will get to this. So what do teams do? I mean, now it's not just


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[Assistant] Hey, we're gonna run all over the field, but we're eventually gonna win this game. Uh, this is a tough game to get ready for, but they're really not that good. Right. You're gonna have to beat Arizona in December in meaningful games, maybe, maybe even in January as well. Yep. What should teams do against him in this offense that is unlike any other?


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[Assistant] There's definitely a theme here to this one too, a Patriots theme. Tom Brady, obviously not with the Buccaneers, they just undressed the Raiders 45 to 20 after they basically did the same kind of thing to Green Bay the week before. I guess the point here is you had him as your 15th ranked quarterback in the half season.


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[Assistant] Self scouting. Have him in the right spot? Would you move him at all?


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[Assistant] If you're the best team in the NFC, your quarterback can't be that middle of a pack though.


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[Assistant] I mean, five catches each of the last two weeks. And all these quarterbacks who are playing well, they all have their own way of doing it. But I've been watching Brady the last couple of weeks.


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[Assistant] So many times it's like you watch for a chunk of plays and he just has this command like, you just get this feeling that he's thinking, I know what you're doing. Yes. I know where I'm supposed to go with the ball. No doubt. And he's in this rip of time now where he's putting it right where he's supposed to put it.


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[Assistant] And I want to bring that back to the Antonio Brown thing, because I know a lot of people like it, and it's easy to be like, they're already good, this will only make them better. But there's also the, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. If you are the best team in the NFC, why run the risk of bringing that in and maybe throw it off?


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[Assistant] Fair enough. Yes. Okay, but back to Tom Brady's old scene, The Patriots. Oof. Unbelievable. And just, just the eye test of watching The Patriots.


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[Assistant] If you, if you hated the Patriots the last 15 years, I'm sure that you're enjoying this, but just as a fan of the NFL and offensive football.


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[Assistant] You, you would first want to turn away, and then you're like, I gotta, I gotta watch more of this. Is it really that bad? And there are a lot of ways to look at how they've failed the last couple weeks. And again, it's only two weeks. Right. But they've had 20 possessions, and had one touchdown drive. Oof. One. I know. What's going on with Cam Newton?


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[Assistant] Why is this a bad matchup? Pete's texting me, he wants me to look at it, so go ahead.


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[Assistant] There's a lot of narrative out there during the game. Yeah, the halftime shows. I know your dad was talking about it with Boomer saying, well, it's not like he's missing open people. They're not a lot of open receivers out there. And that is part of it. I mean, it's not a very talented pass catching group, but


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[Assistant] I guess I'd like to know what you think. What's more? Is it more Cam struggling? Or is it more the people around him aren't getting open? I think it's... And I know it's both. Yea, I know. But it's more, it's more of what?


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[Assistant] I thought Tony made a great point to Mike last night at halftime. He said, you know, Bill Belichick is the best fixer in the history of the national football league or something like that. But he didn't know if he could fix what's going on now with only two wins. Do you see Josh and Bill fixing this? I do. I do. I'm not just saying- Fixing it to the tune of respectability or to the tune of maybe winning


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[Assistant] That's a triumvirate of pass catchers with Ayuk and Samuel and Kittle. I mean that looks so good. Special. Are we going to have to suffer through a Sunday morning of hearing about Jimmy Garoppolo getting traded again? Well, I mean. Come on.


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[Assistant] The very least fine. Right. Yea, right. Gives him a decent chance to win it every time. Definitely does. Victory lap. Woo woo! There's an actual soundtrack to Victory Lap? Is there? I didn't, oh. Cue it! Roll it!


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[Assistant] I-I bought the CD. Did you really? Back in the day, yeaah. Just the old like... It didn't just show up at the Sims house? Like, hey, can you guys, uh... It might have, you're right. It might have, you're right. I don't know.


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[Assistant] Classics. Washington. Yeah. Beating the Cowboys. Oh. Speaking of hard watches. 25 to 3. Chris picked Washington. 1 point underdogs. Chris is 11 and 2.


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[Assistant] Chris is 11-2 this week. This week. Yeaah. Straight up. Yep, straight up. Way to go. I know. I'm pretty good against straight up. Tyler Lockett first touchdown caller being 11-2.


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[Assistant] Hey, NFC East, Adam Blackhall would like to know, on the pod, you said the Eagles are your clear pick to win the division. After this week's performances, would you like to consider Washington as the favorite?


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[Assistant] How does it look? Sometimes that intangible feeling that kind of takes over a team actually shows up on a Sunday. It exactly does. Now we're seeing the wrong side of it.


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[Assistant] You see it? I mean, it's rubbin' off, right? Yeah. Back to the Washington team. And you mentioned they maybe have some elite traits. The Washington defense. You take all the units in the very poor NFC East. Washington football team defense. Top of the list.


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[Assistant] It's a little bit lost, the rest of the things going on there. Another victory lap for Justin Herbert. Chargers knock off the Jaguars 39 to 29 and he's had some big numbers and impressive throws and losing efforts. Now it goes to a win.


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[Assistant] Really, he's tough to defend because of that. So Herbert on pass is 20 yards or more downfield against Jacksonville. 4 out of 8 for 144 yards and 3 touchdowns.


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[Assistant] That's pretty good efficiency on taking deep shots. That Jesse Ken, 22, with a good question here. Is Herbert already a top 10 quarterback?


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[Assistant] If you could have Herbert or Josh Allen for the next 10 years. Oh man, you guys are killing me.


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[Assistant] One more victory lap, Matthew Stafford. How about that last play?


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[Assistant] It's also a deep tease for the deep dive we're gonna do. Stealer's Titans. So Matthew Stafford, what'd you think of him yesterday?


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[Assistant] He can change platforms, right? He can go here, he can throw it from here. And that was a time in a really significant moment where he had to, he had to drop it down and drive the ball. It was just, it was one little example. He does it all the time. He does. He's an all time platform changer. Right? Yeaah.


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[Assistant] So listen to me. I was wrong. We have one more victory lap. Oh good. I wasn't tired yet. I need one more lap. You weren't tired of the applause. The Broncos Twitter account. She used to feed the Broncos 43 to 16 apparently.


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[Assistant] They were a little upset with you last week. Yes. They can't wait for your next video because let's back up a week. Did you say, did you knock their defense before they played the Patriots? Right.


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[Assistant] Neutral in the game. Right. Yeaah. Right. Alright, take it up to a hundred presented by Head and Shoulders.


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[Assistant] It's officially time to take it up to 100, presented by Head and Shoulders. Devonte Adams, Packers knock off the Texans.


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[Assistant] 35-20, 13 catches, 196 yards, 2 touchdowns, most receiving yards by a Packer since Jordan Nelson back in 2014. And this is another one of the most popular narratives the day after. Everybody asking, why didn't they double team? Why could they not double team?


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[Assistant] Let's take a look here. So we have Steelers beating the Titans 27-24. Uh, I like this one here. Richard, at Richardrw27 would like for you to sing to the tune of Oh Aaron Rodgers, something with Ben Roethlisberger.


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[Assistant] I will. Big Ben, yesterday. What'd you think? Well...