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[Assistant] Uh, but, but I think last week is gonna be the turning the corner moment for this Ravens offense. I just think there's a little too much firepower and talent as compared, you know, the Ravens compared to the Colts in this one.


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[Assistant] I think this is one where the Colts hang around, make it interesting for a little bit, but ultimately I'm going to go Ravens 27-17 and I think we continue to see growth in this Ravens offense. Are you serious?


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[Assistant] You're the mentalist. You're Oz the mentalist.


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[Assistant] Well, I have faith in the Browns defense. We know that. They've been good in both games, right? I mean, Jim Schwartz has definitely brought...


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[Assistant] The level of play to a, to a different stratosphere compared to where it was the last few years, the last few years. So that's the one thing.


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[Assistant] I do expect to be top notch from the Browns. But the offense is the question. You know, like we hit on Tuesday morning, Deshaun Watson has seemed to have lost his magic or mojo. He doesn't even look the same in the eyes to me. And I know that's just a personal feeling or thought, whatever, but gosh, I watched it. But you're right.


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[Assistant] It does. You're right. He looks unsure of himself. He does. He looks unsure of himself. And now they're going to play, there's no Nick Chubb like you talked about, and they're going to play a defense that is going to be one of the best run stopping defenses in football all year long. They're already up in that category.


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[Assistant] So, I don't imagine the run game for the Browns being a huge difference maker for them in this one. I don't. I've liked what the Titans have done. You know, the Titans defense is different than last year. It certainly is. I mean, they gave that Chargers offense a tough time last week.


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[Assistant] The Chargers ran the ball in week one, looked impressive that way. We know they can throw the ball a little bit. The Titans kind of squashed both.


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[Assistant] So that, the big question is the Titans offense. And are they gonna look like the week, week one shit show that we saw? Or are they gonna look like week two?


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[Assistant] I'm betting a little more like week two. This one's gonna be tight.


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[Assistant] But I gotta see the Browns do it before I like really buy into this. I do. I gotta see, does Sean Watson in this passing game win a game through that, you know, element on the offensive side of the ball? I gotta see it to believe it first. And when it's ugly, close football games,


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[Assistant] Mike Vrabel and company are the best we've seen in football over the last few years. So that's where I'm going to go Titans here on the Upset 20 to 17.


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[Assistant] Every week with the Lions is just a coin flip. It's like, did they get it when they went on fourth down or not? It's just, it's like, I never feel, you never feel comfortable. They never just, it's smooth. We played consistently well throughout the football game. You know, week one.


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[Assistant] Hey, they pulled off the win, but as we said, I mean, if, if Kaderius Chubbs Tony wasn't playing receiver, I think we know who's gonna win the game there.


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[Assistant] You know, Chubbs, you know, shaking, shaking the nose, all in it. I love when his hand fell off. And he went, Oh, okay, I'll see you later. And he fake shakes his hand. That's gone, right? That's still one of the best scenes of all time to me. But, but I, so that's where like the lions worry me. The Falcons on the other hand,


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[Assistant] Are extremely consistent on both sides of the ball. They have one thing that worries me.


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[Assistant] And I'm gonna bet that this is the week it turns around a little bit. The Desmond Ritterer has to play better. The offense has to open up a little bit.


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[Assistant] They can't just think, oh, we're going to run for 150 or 200 yards every week. Now their offensive line is really good, the Falcons. So even when you play run defense, they can still run it.


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[Assistant] And Bijon Robinson is already one of the best running backs in the NFL. I mean, what he did last week was special. Just a ton of unbelievable eight and ten and five yard runs.


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[Assistant] So, you know, that and then the Falcons D is the real deal in all phases. Pass defense, run defense, they got it all.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with the Falcons pulling off the upset here on the road. I'm gonna go 24-21. I think they do enough to make Jared Goff and the pass game slow down a little bit. And I think they're going to have their way with this Lions defense, which is still a huge question mark here, you know, three weeks into the season.


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[Assistant] Well, this is, I think this is one of the better games of Sunday at 1pm right here. This is a good one. I mean, both teams have a pretty talented roster. I like this Packers defense still. I know they got ran on last week, but like I say, when you watch back the film, you kind of just go,


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[Assistant] You watch it and you go, damn, it didn't feel like they ran for 200 yards, right? It's just was like, like some plays where we talked about like.


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[Assistant] They played good defense. Bijon Robinson was just special and made some people miss.


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[Assistant] And there were some creative design runs and some big moments by the coaches that kind of busted things open there. The Saints haven't been able to run the football. So that's, that's one thing I look at. The pass game itself with the Saints has been, eh, underwhelming as well for the talent they have. Like we said, Tuesday, they kind of.


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[Assistant] They have left me wanting more. I'm going, wait, it's Derek Carr. It's a good old line. They got a good tight end. They got three good receivers. What's going on here? It should look better than what it looks. Alright, and the other side of this is,


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[Assistant] Jordan Love and the Packers are a big play offense. That's the one thing we're seeing right now. You know, it's actually a little bit like, hey, I wish they could string together some more consistency drives.


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[Assistant] I mean, their ability to go down the field on four and five play drives, 80 yards and score a touchdown, it's up there with anybody in the sport.


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[Assistant] Now the Christian Watson injury is annoying. If they had him out there, they'd be a whole different animal on that side of the ball because Jordan Love looks very comfortable waiting for things to develop downfield and striking with those types of throws.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go Packers get right at home. Again, another team that's home opener in week three. That place is gonna be crazy. And the short week of the Saints and the fact that I think they've been a little underwhelming. I'm going Packers 24-20.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, of course I like the Jaguars. The Jaguars though, it is like, what's going on with the offense, right? You know, it does feel like...


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[Assistant] How the Jaguars like to attack. And you know, the Jaguars might need to change a few things up. It does seem like


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[Assistant] You know, the, the chiefs and the Colts were kind of all over some of their pass plays. It's not like you watch back the game and go, Oh, Trevor Lawrence is missing people or there's people wide open. No, it's actually kind of the opposite where you go, man, they, you know, it's like these teams have been in the huddle with them a little bit.


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[Assistant] So, a little splash of creativity, a zig rig, a zag, whatever, that has to happen for the Jaguars. They're too talented to be looking this way. Defense has been damn good. We know that.


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[Assistant] And it's just a Texas team that I think is overmatched here. Uh, I really do. I love the way CJ Stratton's looked, but they put a ton on his plate the first two games. I mean, he's got to throw the ball 40 plus times in each game. That's not what they want to do. And now you're going to, yeah, be missing a pretty good secondary player and Stingley Jr. there. I'm going to go Jaguars 27-14, Mike.


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[Assistant] The dolphins off of that point you're making right there.


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[Assistant] McDaniel makes it so hard to rush the quarterback because of all the movement. There's almost always some sort of play action fake on first or second down. So D lineman always got to kind of stop for a second and then restart. And then the other thing that's different about the dolphins this year compared to last year is the run game. It's legit this year.


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[Assistant] And Mike McDaniel's not getting too like, I gotta throw it, I gotta throw it, I gotta throw it. He's staying patient with it. It makes them really tough to defend when they do that. It really does. And I think we saw the Dolphins defense turn the corner from that poor week one showing last week and what they did against the Patriots. You know, I think that's more true to what they are and the Broncos.


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[Assistant] We've yet to see their offense put a full game together here. So this is another one where I'll just file under gotta see it to believe it first.


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[Assistant] And I've seen Russell Wilson look good for the first two quarters in two games and then look below average in quarters three and four in two games.


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[Assistant] And that's where I got to see something different there before I start to latch on. I think their defense will give Dolphins some issues from time to time. Vance Joseph's a good damn coach for sure.


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[Assistant] And, and of course, the Broncos are desperate here. It's, it's, damn, we're gonna go to 0-3 and we just paid Sean Payton 20 million a year. So they're gonna get their best punch, but the Dolphins are just too good. I'm going 27-23, Dolphins.


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[Assistant] Alright, so Vikings are one point favorite. You know, uh, Chargers can't stop the run.


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[Assistant] You don't have to worry about that with the Vikings because they can't run the football, right? I do expect a lot of points on the board here. I will say the Chargers offense has more balance than we've seen in years past. They can legitimately run and throw the ball at a pretty high level. It hasn't all matched up the way they wanted quite yet.


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[Assistant] This is one that's gonna be as much respect as I have for Brian Flores. This might actually stress them out as much or more.


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[Assistant] You know, then the Eagles did with as far as their balance and this quarterback and what they do, you know, on that side of the ball, it's going to be a tough task. I think it's a shootout here and I do think that the Vikings will move the ball through the air even without the run game. It doesn't really matter.


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[Assistant] I'm going to ride the Chargers here. I'm going to ride 30 to 28 in a fun, high scoring football game. They pull it off with like a late field goal to go to one and two.


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[Assistant] Well, this is gonna be a tough, defensive, low-scoring football game, right? That's what I expect out of this, just this off the top here in the matchup. Both defenses are very good, right? You get down to the offenses and you go...


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[Assistant] Okay, yeaah, the Jets have more talent on offense, but I don't necessarily believe in their system more than the Patriots right now. I don't. And, you know...


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[Assistant] Last week, like, did some good things, we saw that.


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[Assistant] But then the game got out of hand and he throws three dumb interceptions, which is only going to allow, like if he doesn't play good early, going to make the boo birds come out. I can't believe he did that, that he didn't play the game within the game, the politics of the sport a little bit.


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[Assistant] And play the right way to be that loose with the football down 30 to 10 and just give all, you know, the, the mouth breathers of the world ammo to go after you, uh, you know, shame on him, shame on Salah, shame on Nathaniel Hackett.


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[Assistant] That, that should not have happened and I'm gonna blame all of them for that one.


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[Assistant] These low-scoring, tough football games here, I'm going Patriots. I am. I gotta see the Jets win one of these games first. Again, there's another one where I'm gonna throw into the category of gotta see it to believe it first. I do. And I'm gonna go with the Patriots to get the win on the road. I think they're gonna give this Jets offense a tough time.


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[Assistant] And I think they'll do just enough on the offensive side of the ball. 20 to 13, Patriots.


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[Assistant] Well, this is a scary game. Alright, I'm gonna go with the Bills here.


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[Assistant] But not by a lot. And the commander's got talent. I mean, we know it's one of the best defensive lines in football. You know, last week saw their secondary get better.


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[Assistant] You know, offensively, there's some firepower, and Sam Howell is like one of those guys where he just, he's gonna go.


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[Assistant] He's gonna pull the trigger. Something bad might happen, but more times than not, good things are happening right now. That's where it's scary.


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[Assistant] You know, you look at the talent on the football field and I go, ooh, I mean, I don't know. It's very close. And a lot of, there's a lot of positions where I'd go, I'll take Washington's guys. All right. But the Bills, we saw the defense play unbelievable last week.


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[Assistant] Shut down the run game of the Raiders who got a big offensive line and Josh Jacobs.


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[Assistant] And, and they're, they're battle tested. There is a culture of winning there with Buffalo that we can't forget about. Washington, you know, first week, little sloppy, get lucky. I don't want to say lucky, beat the Cardinals, but made some mistakes to make that game closer than it should be. Last week,


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[Assistant] Really on the verge of being in deep shit, down 21 to 3, and the Broncos moving the ball, and that's when Russell Wilson fumbled, left the pocket, didn't need to, whatever, and that kind of swung the pendulum back in their direction here. I do think that the commanders will keep this close.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with Josh Allen Magic and that he plays more like he did last week rather than week one. And they got a running game going last week, which is a positive thing here. I'm gonna go Bills 23-20 and a tight one on the road.


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[Assistant] It's the number one pick in the draft, and we're already configuring the game so he doesn't have to do certain things. That's odd.


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[Assistant] You could do something else. Right. Agreed. It's just, it's, it's all weird. It's all weird. It really is. It hasn't looked good. Pete Carroll. They had a rationalization. Yeah, right.


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[Assistant] Well, it is. He's a good bullshitter. We know that about Pete. I mean, that, that he's, he's totally bullshitting cause it hasn't looked good yet. So you can say whatever you want. So it's not looked good at all. They're, they're offenses struggles, Ville USA. I mean, that's what it is right now.


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[Assistant] So yeah, I mean, it's hard to pick the Panthers the way they've looked on that side of the ball. Their game is all predicated on their defense and can they keep you under 17 points, 14 points and hopefully, you know, the offense can, can do something here and there just to make it a game or winning on the last ride. But I just think here on the road and this environment,


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[Assistant] Right? The Seahawks defense has talent. It does. You know, they haven't played their best football yet here. They've kind of been slow starter on that side of the ball the last few years here.


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[Assistant] I still think they're going to give this Panthers offense some bigish, big problems. And the Seahawks we know have talent on, on the offensive side of the ball as well. And I think they probably figured that they figured some things out last week and what they did and how they want to approach the game.


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[Assistant] Right? You know, week one, Raheem Morris and them, pretty good understanding of that scheme. The offensive coordinator from the Seahawks is from the Rams. So, I mean, that's why I'm never in favor of hiring an offensive coordinator within the division, because now you're playing a team twice a year that knows your offense.


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[Assistant] And you don't know it as well, and he got taught by, you know, somebody better in McVeigh. I'm going Seahawks 24-13. Kind of an ugly game, but they win it by 11 at home.


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[Assistant] Well, you could argue the Cowboys have looked like the best team in football through the first two weeks. I don't, I don't think you could argue it. It's like, it's, you know, it's, they're definitely in the top two or three teams in football as it stands right now, going into week three. Defense has been shut down. We know that it's the best pass rush in football.


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[Assistant] And the best defensive player on football on top of that. And then, offensively, last week showed me a lot. It did. You know, week one, they weren't put to a test. Week two, that was a good Jets defense. And Dak Prescott and company and Michael McCarthy, it was a hell of a game plan, understanding the rules of the Jets defense.


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[Assistant] Prescott was patient. He just said, okay, if I have to throw it five and six yards at a time, so be it, but we're going to stay on the field, move the chains, you know, eat up some clock. They did it the right way. I think they dominate the Cardinals here. 31-14 Cowboys.


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[Assistant] The, the star of the show is the Chiefs defense so far. They've been phenomenal. I mean, creative, aggressive.


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[Assistant] We shut down last week the Jacksonville Jaguars offense, so.


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[Assistant] You know, I look at that and go, yeah, I don't see a lot of routes for success for this Bears offense that's struggling. And now you're going to be dissected more because of the Justin Fields comments and everything there. And he's not playing well either.


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[Assistant] And then I just look at the other side of the ball, and the Bears defense hasn't been very good through the first two weeks. I think this is going to be the get-right game for the Chiefs here. So I'm going 31-17, Chiefs.


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[Assistant] They had to break the best running back in the football's legs with a kind of a borderline cheap shot, in my opinion. And then, I mean, Deshaun Watson, horrible interception, horrible fumble, horrible everything. I mean, like you said earlier,


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[Assistant] You said earlier they, they were down by three and had negative seven yards in offense in the fourth quarter and won the game. They're not going to be able to do that this week.


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[Assistant] I'm going to go with the Raiders here. You know, yeah, this is a coin flip game. It's scary, but I have more faith in the Raiders offense that way. And I still don't know. I don't think the Steelers defenses is special. It's good, but I don't think it's special. And I do worry about them stopping the run.


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[Assistant] For the second week in a row. Uh oh. I saw him leave the screen. I know what's coming. Alright. And then, I gotta, I gotta see that Steelers offense look worth a damn first here. So I'm gonna go Raiders 24-21.


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[Assistant] Yeah, we'll see. You know, I hear your theory there. I just, I think the offense lacks creative ways to do anything.


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[Assistant] So, it's just, when I watch it, I just go, it's too simple. And, you know, that's where it's gotta change a little bit. But I do agree with you in the fact that they gotta get that guy the ball a whole lot more. He's by far their most explosive, dangerous weapon on that side of the ball.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I know. How is it that the Eagles, the most talented team in football, have gotten the easiest first week, eight weeks of scheduling two years in a row, right? It is kind of amazing. They have not looked great though.


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[Assistant] You know, the Eagles have underwhelmed as far as we know how talented they are. They're still finding their way on the offensive side of the ball. You know, the passing game has not looked good at all. They're missing Shane Steichen. He's special. And this Buccaneers D is good. This is where I do think this will be


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[Assistant] The first, you know, this would be the first defense that I think can slow down this run game of the Eagles to a degree. And they're going to put it on Jalen hurts and AJ Brown and the passing game to kind of come through.


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[Assistant] Now, the other side of the ball, the Bucs offense has made some plays and done some good things, but I don't know if I can sit here and think, ooh, they're going to consistently march the ball down the field.


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[Assistant] Against the uh, Philadelphia Eagles. I have been pleasantly surprised with how well they protected the quarterback in Baker Mayfield. That's a positive thing, but.


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[Assistant] This is a different animal this week. You know, we know that. I'm gonna go in a tough football game on the road here. I'm gonna take the Eagles, but not to cover the spread. I'm gonna go 21-17.


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[Assistant] This ain't gonna be easy. I'm gonna take the bangles, right? But I don't think it's, it's gonna be easy. One...


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[Assistant] You know, this offense and Zach Taylor, you've heard my concerns there.


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[Assistant] It's very simple. Raheem Morris is a defensive genius. He is. You saw what he did in week one. He did a good job last week. Totally under manned against the 49ers and their team hung in there. Made some plays when they needed to.


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[Assistant] He continues this. I mean, of course he deserves to be a head coach. He really does. But I think they'll have a knowledge of this simple west coast offensive style that the Bengals play and they're going to be all over it.


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[Assistant] Uh, now the other side of the ball, hey, this'll be a tough task for, for the, uh, the Rams offense. Uh, that, that's, that's where I do worry. Stafford's been awesome. There's no doubt about that. I think Luana Romo and the scheme they play though,


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[Assistant] I think they'll have more capabilities of taking away some of these underneath throws to, you know, Nakua that they've been taking advantage of, the way they play their quarters, they'll double guys, they'll do a lot of different stuff on that side. Tough football game, Bangos 23-20.


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[Assistant] I'm, you know, I know you don't like when I do this, but I'm gonna do it.


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[Assistant] Saquon out, and oh yeaah, it's the home opener for the 49ers and the best team in football. Yeaah, okay, I'll take the 49ers to cover that 10.5 point spread.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah. Good for you. I, I, I agree with you. The Titans gonna win, but that's, it's, it's scary. Uh, Brown's team has got talent. That's what scares me for making it a best bet. I'm going with another huge number here. I'm taking the Cowboys.


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[Assistant] Alright, I know the spread's high, but I don't give a damn. If they play like they've been playing, they're gonna easily cover the spread. I got a 31-14 anyways. Cowboys cover that 12.5 point spread.


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[Assistant] Well, hopefully that's the goal, but yeah, you're exactly right. Like I've had years and times where I just get two in the weeds where I'm like, well, I don't know about the matchup between the three technique and the guard. And then I changed my pick off of that. That's just stupid. Yeah. Week one was great because we had plenty of time to kind of.


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[Assistant] You know, let it soak in, and I had been thinking about the matchups for a while, and I tried to do the same thing this week. Just like, hey, Monday, look at them, let them sink in my brain every now and then, pull up the schedule, try to think about the things about the matchup. I did write a few notes down about a few things, and we'll see where we go from there.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it was good. And like, come on, like, you know, we picked Kansas City to win the game. I, you know, like if Kaderius Tony didn't have hands like Chubbs on Happy Gilmore, I think we'd probably win that easily. But you know, he went with Chubbs and the wooden hand.


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[Assistant] I got run over by a truck and you know it's hard to catch the ball when you got hands like that.


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[Assistant] I do think that we know the Eagles are the better team here, alright? That's for sure. We do. But for me to sit here and just go, oh, I think the Eagles are going to manhandle the Minnesota Vikings, I don't necessarily totally agree with that. I don't.


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[Assistant] You know, one, the Eagles, I want to see, you know, what they look like. They didn't play their best ball on Sunday, right? You know, and we talked about it's new coordinators on both sides of the ball. So they're adjusting to life there.


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[Assistant] You know, the Super Bowl hangover, what else? I don't know. Like I said, if you take away those two turnovers early in the football game against the Patriots, if you took them away, and I know that's a big if, I get it, but after that, the Patriots outplayed the Eagles. They did. So that was a little different too.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I don't know if Minnesota and some of the injuries that, that you got, they scare me. Darasaw being, if he's heard it left tackle, that'll, that'll bother me. Bradbury at center, him being out, that hurts, right? Marcus Davenport.


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[Assistant] The big outside linebacker defense end, if he can't play, that's another thing that would bother me. You know, schematically, I think Flores will have some good answers. He'll be able to steal some things from what the Patriots did last week and I'm sure he'll have his own ideas. But the big thing is I just don't know if they have enough size and depth on their D line and up front.


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[Assistant] I think that's the thing that bothers me. That's where they're different than New England last week, who had a lot of big people and a better secondary than Minnesota. Now on the other side of the ball, Mike, I do give you guys a fighting chance there, especially if Darasaw is healthy.


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[Assistant] I think you guys can protect and throw the ball on Philadelphia. I do. I don't expect you to run and you guys don't want to run. Alright, but I'm going to take it right now that Darasoff finds a way to play. Davenport finds a way to play. You said there's the injuries and Philly's secondary. I'm going to say Minnesota at least hangs around. I'm going to go 24-20 Eagles on this one on Thursday.


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[Assistant] It was some bad turnovers and some mistakes by Minnesota. You know, and that game I think was a little closer than the final score kind of portrayed there. If they can just limit that, then I think they can at least make it fun for us and keep it close and it could be a good watch here for Thursday Night Football.


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[Assistant] The Atlanta Falcons and they've been one of the teams we've talked about a lot leading up to the season. Thought they were one of the teams that really kind of made the, the biggest moves and maybe won the off season to improve their football team. But you know, I think the first thing is if you get Atlanta's offense versus the Packers defense.


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[Assistant] Right? Atlanta's offense and lack of passing game is still a question here as we go. It is. I mean, it was underwhelming last week. The ability to spread the ball around.


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[Assistant] You know, wasn't all that good. Drake London barely touched the ball. We know they want to run the football, but it's a little too much like, we know they want to run the football. It's got to open up a little bit. They can't just go, Hey, there's 10 guys in the box and we're going to run it anyways.


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[Assistant] So that's where they scare me a little bit. And Green Bay's defense looked awesome last week against Chicago. I mean awesome. Guys that, you know...


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[Assistant] Your two players, Devontae Wyatt, Quay Walker, they looked really great. Rashaun Gary played just a little bit, but he looked like he's very close to being.


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[Assistant] Ready to roll all the time. Their first rounder Lucas Van Ness at an Iowa play on defense and outside linebacker. Uh, they played hard. Their energy looked real. And then their offense is different too in Green Bay.


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[Assistant] Offense Jordan Love looked good and they had more variety of runs and we know their O line is good when it's healthy. Now Christian Watson and his health.


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[Assistant] That's going to be something to watch out for here. You know, can he play? That'll, that'll improve their chances. But I like the Packers in this one. I do. I like the Packers mojo. They're going on the road right here. And I think they're a little more balanced on the offensive side of the ball. And like I said, I like their defense. I'm going to go Packers 20 to 17 to get the victory.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you know, hey, early in the season, you never know. You don't. But I, I, I've got respect for both of these defenses, and I think I'm just a little bit in like, I think both offenses are still feeling themselves out, finding their way here, so that's where I kind of, you know, leaned on the lower score.


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[Assistant] The Jets ran the ball on the Bills. You don't think the Raiders will be able to run the ball on the Bills? They have a better offensive line, right? They got a damn good running back like we know.


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[Assistant] And I would say their offense is more creative in totality too. And a more of a passing game and weapons in the passing game to be scared of.


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[Assistant] This week than they had to be last week with the New York Jets. So that, that part is, is dicey to me there. And then, you know, the other side of this is again, we're back in the same conversation.


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[Assistant] You know, it's, it's Allen and Diggs, Diggs and Allen. That's all they got, right? It's one of the worst receiving cores in football. It really is. Throughout, it's, it's one of the worst there is in the game. If I hear one more person say Gabe Davis is a 1A, I'm going to puke live on TV. I'm so sick of people like you're just, you're not watching football.


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[Assistant] It's like, it's so ridiculous. I'm so sick of people saying it's such a lazy take from two years ago because they saw the ASE divisional game and it's just like, no.


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[Assistant] The Raiders are really well coached on both sides of the ball. They are. And we know they got a little bit of a pass rush. Their D-line, I think, is a little more talented than maybe I even gave a credit for there. Right? Mike, I'm going to Krazyville here. I'm going with the upset.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with the, I'm going with the Raiders, gonna pull this off on the road. Wow. Okay? And uh, yeaah, I'm gonna go 24-20 just like I did the score before this. I'm going Raiders this time.


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[Assistant] You know, little guts, little gut feeling here. Yeah, I don't like the way the Bills looked and I like the way the Raiders looked. And like I said, they're kind of a team that I think I was too low on in our preseason conversations.


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[Assistant] That's the way I look at it. You know, again, the Bengals looked like a team that hadn't practiced or played all that lot. They looked like they had a quarterback who missed training camp and came back, you know, 10, 12 days before the first game. That's what they looked like.


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[Assistant] Now, where it's a little different is the old line for the Cincinnati Bengals, they did not play good last week, and of course that Browns D-line is good.


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[Assistant] But this Raven's D line, they're good, but not, not to the level of the brown.


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[Assistant] They don't have a Zedaria Smith or a Miles Garrett coming off the edge. And in fact, they don't even have a Dalvin Thomson in the middle either. So the Browns have a little bit more high end ability there as far as rushing the passer.


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[Assistant] Right? The Ravens got a little more size and they got some guys where we go, ooh, I think they might be able to do something. Maybe they'll turn the corner like Odafi away and, and David Ojabo and some of those guys. That's what I'm interested to see there too. But Cincinnati too, the thing that bothers me, you know, on the offensive side of the ball, and I've been saying this for years, they're very simple.


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[Assistant] They are. They are. Now where they're really good as the year goes on, they start to break teams down the right way, and they start to go, ooh, when they play this, when we're in this formation, they play this, and they dial up the right play. Even though it might be simple, it's the right play to kind of expose that scheme, and that's where they're good.


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[Assistant] It's still, it's week two. How much inventory do you have, right? And how good and how much better have you gotten in these last five, six days as compared to week one. Now the Ravens on offense, a little bit of those same issues, let alone they got some offensive line injuries that are concerning.


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[Assistant] I still think I look at them and I go, man, if they just run the ball, they'll be fine. Don't get obsessed with Todd Munkin and oh, we got to justify Lamar's passing game. Run the ball, run the ball with Lamar. The passing game will open up and you'll have your chances there. Uh, that's how, that's how I kind of look at it. I'm, I'm, I'm going upset here again, Mike. I am.


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[Assistant] I'm, I'm gonna go 24-23 Ravens, pull off the upset on the road. I just, I don't trust the Bengals offense quite yet. And I've seen them start slow three years in a row. And I think Baltimore will be highly motivated by that playoff loss. And, and, uh, yeah, I think they're going to go on the road and pull this one off.


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[Assistant] I worry about the Seahawks offense. One, the way it looked last week.


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[Assistant] Again, they're another team that I would say there's a little too reliant on the Jimmies and the Joes.


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[Assistant] You know, it's a little too much like, Hey, we're just, we're good. So we're just going to line up. And so what if I tell them all to run straight? It's we're good. We'll make it happen. No, it's just not that easy. You know, again.


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[Assistant] On offense and all football are the 49ers and the Dolphins and they do more stuff to give their guys advantages and I want to go and they have the best players and then people wonder why they throw for 480 yards or run for 200 yards or whatever. I want to go. Well, yeah, they have players and then they work at giving them the greatest advantages possible.


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[Assistant] Right, right now I feel like, you know, Seattle's a little bit like, hey, we're good. We don't need to be too complicated. We don't need to give them advantages. DK Metcalf, just run a slant and that'll work. No, it's not going to work.


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[Assistant] So I'm worried about that. Then the offensive tackle issues like you said. Doesn't sound like either one of them are going to be able to play. Maybe Charles Cross, but he's got a toe injury. That left tackle, that's a little scary there.


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[Assistant] Right? So, I worry about that, and I do think this Detroit Lions defense is different.


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[Assistant] I think their secondary is better. Aiden Hutchinson's gotten a year better. Their front seven in general, I think knows how to play in that way. Seattle's defense, I still got respect for it.


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[Assistant] I'm not ready to sit here and tell you it's, you know, the, the steel curtain or anything that way. So, yeaah, I'm gonna go with the Lions on this one. I'm gonna go Lions 31-24, getting the, getting to 2-0.


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[Assistant] Like CJ Stroud was asked to play quarterback out of the highest level out of all the rookie quarterbacks. Right? And it shows you the confidence they had in them. They couldn't run the ball and they still threw the ball 46 times. It shows you where you think he is. He's made to throw the ball within the pocket in the NFL.


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[Assistant] I do think that the Texans will be able to run the ball a little bit on this Indianapolis Colts defense. You know, I wish they had another weapon in the pass game, but I think they're going to be able to throw the ball on them a little bit too.


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[Assistant] Right? I was encouraged with what I saw with the Texans last week. I know you brought up a minute ago about the Ravens looking sluggish. I watched back that game a little bit. The Texas defense I think is going to be better than what I thought they were going to be, Mike. They really are. Will Anderson, the third pick of the draft?


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[Assistant] He's better than I expected. Jonathan Greenyard, the other defense end, he's good. They got a good little tandem there. They're pretty good in the secondary. And guess what? D'Amico Ryan's a really good defense head coach. He does some interesting things there. I'm taking the Texas Texans at home in this one. I'm going to go Texans 20 to 17 at home.


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[Assistant] The Jaguars' talent on the field is every bit there of the Chiefs, so it's not like they're gonna be outclassed here. I'm actually surprised to see the Chiefs favored by this much. Three and a half point favorites? I really am.


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[Assistant] You know, and I think, you know, I look at this first off and go, Jacksonville, I think their offense, you know, it poses more problems, I believe, than the Detroit Lions did.


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[Assistant] Right? I know Chris Jones is back, but again, I don't expect them to be dominant, unbelievable Chris Jones.


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[Assistant] And this is a team that's got balance. Like Travis ATN can run for a hundred and


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[Assistant] Trevor Lawrence can throw for 300 in the same game. They're capable of doing that.


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[Assistant] And of course they got better weapons on the outside than the Detroit Lions did. So you can't just go, oh, we're going to sell out to stop the run and just see if Jared Goff can beat us. Like you sell it to stop the run to stop ETN and company. You're going to lose because Trevor Lawrence is going to beat you. He's a superstar. It's official there.


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[Assistant] Right? And then, you know, I flip it around the other side of the ball. Like, they better hope Kelsey's ready and Kaderius Tony. Kaderius Tony has to be. If those two aren't good or playing at a high level, I worry about the Chiefs offense. They need that. You know, these guys like Sky Moore, Richie James, smaller,


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[Assistant] Jitterbug type slot receivers, I worry about them in today's NFL. I think this is actually a dying breed. If you're gonna be that size, you gotta be exceptionally fast or exceptionally quick.


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[Assistant] I'm going with the Jaguars at home here, 28-24. I think they're going to pull off this win. I think they're going to be juiced by the Chiefs coming into town, proving that they could have beat them in the divisional game. And yeah, I think they're every bit as talented and I just think the Chiefs are a little bit finding their way here still, especially with these guys coming back.


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[Assistant] Well, I'm probably going the same way there. I mean, the bucks offense still has...


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[Assistant] You know, we have the right to question that and that's probably what Vegas is seeing a little bit. They don't know what to expect there. I mean, again.


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[Assistant] The offensive line is not great. They don't, can't really run the ball. It's a lot on Baker Mayfield and Mike Evans and Chris Godwin to kind of get it done and make plays that way. Even though they'll stay patient with the run. The big thing to me is the Buccaneers defense is still damn good.


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[Assistant] It is. And, you know, they're gonna stop the run. That's the one thing I feel confident with. And that's what the Bears do best. The pass game, they don't do that all that good.


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[Assistant] Right? And I think this is going to be a thing as we go on. I didn't like what I saw from Justin Fields. You know what I said. I didn't love the offense. It looked like they were still managing him. And there's still things about him in the pocket that I need more of. That's just not going to get it done here.


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[Assistant] You know, now I don't have tremendous faith in the Bucs offense, but I don't think this Bears defense is anything special to write home about either. So I think this is a close football game here. I'm going to go 1917. Okay. Bucs win this one. Actually, no, I don't want to do that. I want to have, nah, I'll do that. I'll go 1917 Bucs. I like that. Sorry.


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[Assistant] Hey Mike, just real quick on that point too there. That's gonna be a thing to watch for.


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[Assistant] You're, you're going to get down to here to a little bit of where I feel like, remember how there was like, Oh, receivers don't want to play Lamar Jackson, right? That would be something I worry about with Chicago that they just can't throw the ball enough to where Darnell Mooney and Chase Claypool are like, why do you have me? What's the point of me being on the team? Because it just seems like the offense is so elementary. They're only going to be able to feature one guy.


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[Assistant] I think this game is gonna be fun. We know the Titans. They're gonna be coached well in playing this, even though it looks like on paper that the Chargers are a more talented team. We know that. Now, the thing that's different about the Chargers is they can fucking run the ball this year, it looks like. Like legit.


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[Assistant] That old line, the resources they've spent there, it's starting to, you know, bear the fruits of the labor there. They look real. So that's encouraging. It's not just going to have to be Justin Herbert throwing the ball all the time.


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[Assistant] That's gonna be a tough, like, formula for this Tennessee Titans defense to stop, for sure.


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[Assistant] The other side of the ball is just a big concern. Not that the Chargers defense looks like anything special here early, right? But this Titans offense certainly ain't the Dolphins offense, we know that. And this Titans offense, it's gonna be a problem all year long. I mean, who's gonna get open for them?


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[Assistant] I know Tana Hill threw interceptions, but damn, it doesn't matter. Those guys aren't open. Nobody can get open. So that's where it's a little scary to me. I think it's a close one here, right? But I'm gonna, oh, I had a three point lead. I'm gonna go, I'm gonna go 28-24 chargers.


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[Assistant] The G-man! The G-man! Uh, it's a lowercase g after last week though, okay, so it's kinda like...


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[Assistant] That's what it is this week, right? Because we lost our baritone voice after last week. That was horrible. Alright, I gotta think we're gonna rebound here, right? If we could just play, first off, the Giants play a clean game in the turnover department. Of course, we're better than the Arizona Cardinals.


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[Assistant] And I think that's where it starts. I expect the Giants to be able to run the ball a little bit on the Cardinals, which then it will open up.


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[Assistant] You know, the quarterback design runs, the play action passes, the RPOs, the things there that Daniel Jones and that offense thrived with last year. That's kind of how I look at it. You know, the Cardinals also I think were benefited from at first


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[Assistant] The Cardinals, I just worry about, you know, I don't think they're going to be able to run the ball consistently.


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[Assistant] And they do have decent speed at receiver. I just don't have faith in the quarterback being able to deliver the ball to them on a consistent basis. And I got faith in Wink Martindale and company here. So I'm gonna go the Giants getting the win here. I'm gonna go 24-17 on the road.


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[Assistant] His culture is real. Raheem Morris, the D coordinator. They were the tougher, physical, faster team on the field last week. Matthew Stafford was awesome.


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[Assistant] Matthew Stafford's still really damn good. Like you said last week, if they could just protect him a little bit, he's going to keep them in a lot of games that they probably don't deserve to be kept in. Right? That, that's really what's impressive about that.


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[Assistant] I think the Rams, you know, the one thing the Rams have in this a little bit is that McVeigh and Raheem Morris know Shanahan a little bit. So I do think they know some of his tricks and some of the things he likes to do and the window dressing and what he's trying to set up.


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[Assistant] But ultimately, the 49ers looked like they were the best team in football last week. And they're stacked on both sides of the ball.


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[Assistant] And if there's only one thing you can really look at to go, hmmm.


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[Assistant] Like, okay, if there's one thing you could question, they're online, got a few new parts there, they didn't pass protect maybe as good as they would have liked last week, right? But I don't think the Rams have anything enough on the edge outside to really take advantage of that, and they'll have a plan for, for Aaron Donald and company here. So, I'm gonna go with,


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[Assistant] A close 31 to 14 game by the 49ers. Like one of those that's like, it's 17 to 14, like the start of the fourth, and then they just start to wear them down in the fourth quarter. Kind of one of those things, Mike.


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[Assistant] I'm not gonna pick them, but I don't think it's as crazy as everybody else does, I guess. That's probably where I lie a little in this conversation.


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[Assistant] You know, here's the, we know how awesome Dallas' defense is. It's great. We got that.


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[Assistant] You know, we've talked about it. We talked about it on Sunday Night Football this week. You know, the one thing to watch out for is their run defense. They're not real big. They're about speed and chaos and just trying to mess and plays up in the backfield that way. But we saw the other night.


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[Assistant] This is a team in the Jets that they can run the ball. I mean, like legit, and I don't think that's going to stop. I don't think that was just a one game thing. I think they're O-line if stays healthy can be dominant. Now the pass game and pass protections got to improve and that is scary.


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[Assistant] Now I think Zach Wilson understands the team he has here and that if he takes care of the ball with that defense and their running game, he doesn't need to make any magical plays. The other thing I just look at the Jets is the Cowboys worrying about that run game.


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[Assistant] They can be over aggressive, and they can play too much man to man, in your face, bump and run.


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[Assistant] That could be a recipe for disaster. Garrett Wilson, another one of those guys, one misstep, all of a sudden he's gone for a big play.


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[Assistant] And I think the Jets defense is right up there with the Dallas Cowboys. It's phenomenal. It's phenomenal.


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[Assistant] I don't envision the Cowboys just marching the ball up and down the field on the New York Jets. I don't. I think their defense is going to keep them in this football game. I'm going to go 21-17 Cowboys. They win it, but I think the Jets hang around and make it interesting.


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[Assistant] Their defense, their defense aligns real, right? They got some new young parts in the secondary.


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[Assistant] But I think at, like, the base level, there's two things. I just wanna go, one, desperation, second home game in a row, like, the Broncos are gonna be on their game, and Sean Payton's gonna make sure they're on their game.


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[Assistant] And then it's the commander's young football team and a quarterback that's going to be making his first start on the road in a place like Denver against a pretty well coached defense and all of that.


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[Assistant] You know, we saw they were a little sloppy and made some mistakes at home last weekend against a not very good team. So that's what scares me a little bit in this one altogether here too. I'm going to go 23-17. Broncos get the win.


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[Assistant] Like, like you heard me say when we talked about the Eagles thing there. They all played.


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[Assistant] The, the Philadelphia Eagles, except if it weren't for the, the fumble and the, you know, pouring rain interception, that, you know, that game, as we saw, it was there to be had. It was, right? And I think the Patriots defense is real. It is.


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[Assistant] You know, I think they might have set a little bit of a blueprint on how to defend the Eagles. They might be able to do that against the Dolphins.


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[Assistant] Right? They're secondary, got big people up front. But man, this Dolphins offense is explosive and as creative as it gets. It's phenomenal that way. And hey, the Patriots offense is better. Billy O'Brien, that's already done. We know that. They're a better product. If the Patriots O-line was at full strength,


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[Assistant] I, I might pull it up, pick an upset here, but I can't quite do it yet. And the Dolphins just have too many playmakers on both sides there. I'm going to go Dolphins 28-24.


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[Assistant] We saw Derek Carr, he looked very comfortable last week.


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[Assistant] You know, they never even got the run game going, really. Right?


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[Assistant] Uh, I think there's a lot of things to like about their offense. Now this Panthers defense and the way they're coached with EJ Evero, and we've talked about it really for two years here, they got some talent. You know, it stinks that they lose JC Horn again to another injury in the back end. That hurts them as a football team.


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[Assistant] But I think ultimately what I really worry about is just the Panthers offense. I don't have a lot of faith in one, yes, it's a rookie quarterback.


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[Assistant] Two, you know, I don't know if they have enough playmakers there to really scare anybody. And I think the scheme is still in its infancy stages here of being built around Bryce Young, that it's not going to stress out, you know, the, the Saints defense in that way, let alone the Saints still got some, some damn good players in that side of the ball.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go 23-14. Saints win this one.


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[Assistant] Alright, hey wait, you saw the next book special!


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[Assistant] So, you're a Vikings fan, and you always shit on them and pick them to lose.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you say a lot of right things, and that is what's scary about Pittsburgh. It is. They're the, the ultimate back, back in the corner, come out, fightin' type of football team. But I think this is a little too much to overcome here. I do. I think it is. Alright, so, one,


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[Assistant] You know, the, the Browns, they can still run that damn ball. They really can.


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[Assistant] And I know they lost Jack Conklin, but as you heard me talk about today on PFT, Dewan Jones, their right tackle, damn, he was phenomenal in the game last week. You know, so I don't think that's going to be like a glaring weakness or anything like that. And there's no camp hayward.


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[Assistant] On the defense. That's scary. And then offensively?


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[Assistant] This Brown's D lines real and there's no Dante Johnson with the hamstring and these corners are real for Cleveland and they're healthy right now. So yeah, put your terrible towel away and don't, it ain't waving this week.


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[Assistant] Believland in Cleveland, okay? The Browns is in the Browns and I mean that in a good way. I mean they're 2 and 0 baby.


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[Assistant] The Raiders, the Raiders are eight and a half point underdogs. And I got, you know me, I'm picking them to win, but eight and a half, even if they lose, I don't think they're going to lose by more than that. They're going to keep this close. Give me the


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[Assistant] Okay, alright. Well, you know what I like? I like the 49ers and my friend Kyle Shanahan. You know why I like that? Cause they're


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[Assistant] Good. That's why. That's how good they are. Yeah, that's right. And I'm picking them on the road to beat the Rams and continue their dominance.


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[Assistant] Jacksonville, cause he, uh, pissed on you once, and I like it at, okay, so I'm going to Jacksonville. Uhm, think that they're gonna win, but I don't think they lose by more than three and a half if they do lose. I'm going there.


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[Assistant] If they thought he grew up in the streets, they don't after that comment right there, because that doesn't sound like somebody that grew up in the streets. But this is Chris Sims on Button. What's up?


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[Assistant] You do got like, today you came in, you gave me like the handshake, a little bit of the, you know, the hug to go along with it. I mean, you're definitely smoother in that department. You know what I need to get down on?


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[Assistant] I did enjoy it. I mean, enjoyed it. It was great form. If you were like a speed school, right? You're like perfect. There's like arms are at a perfect angle. You're upright. Yeah. I mean,


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[Assistant] Wow. Right. How do you feel? We're gonna do one more that we're gonna put in the bank and I guess release next week, right? Was I not supposed to say that? Well, I don't know. We don't hide stuff like that here. We just say it how it is, right? Exactly.


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[Assistant] I am like, so I cannot wait to check out a little bit. You know, it's just, it's, it's, we talk about all, all the time being on.


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[Assistant] It is hard, it's stressful to be on, right, as you know, and I know you know, but, you know, to do it, you know, most mornings at 7am, it wears me out.


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[Assistant] And like I said the other day, just the homework on the weekends and stuff like that. I'm looking forward to just being able to enjoy time off without having to go.


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[Assistant] Oh man, I need to watch these guys, or this team, or that player, or this draft, or whatever. So that's where I'm super excited. At what point in the hiatus will you feel like, alright, I'm ready to get back? I'll probably drive my wife crazy somewhere in between week two and three. Where she'll be like,


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[Assistant] I hope so. It's a good conversation. It really is a great little drill to see, you know, what teams have done over in this century. And you get a kind of a feel where you look at some list and you go, well, no wonder they've kind of been relevant for all 23 years. That makes sense. And then you're like, oh, well, no wonder that team's been to the playoffs once or none or whatever.


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[Assistant] Here we go, is that Florio? Like, Florio's made this argument before. Right?


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[Assistant] So, there might not be no right. There's no right. There's no right. The year 2000 does not count as the 19th. It's the start of the new century. Right.


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[Assistant] He did pop into my brain as we were doing Washington the other day, but we were on like hour and a half of the podcast and we had himed and hawed about a bunch of other guys. And, you know, I think in my mind, like, yeah, Sean Taylor, we should have discussed him, said his name to bring him up.


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[Assistant] But I think in long story short, it just was too short of a period of time to say he was the top player of the century. Yeaah, it was quality, we know that.


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[Assistant] Hey, there's some guys on that team, the guys that we picked, where you go...


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[Assistant] Sean Taylor, I have no doubt, of course, if he doesn't die tragically, he would be on this list, and probably be in the Hall of Fame as well. Um, but yea, that was definitely a tough one, and a good one by you, JGinoRedA99, to get that to us. Have a longer handle next time. I know, and the JGinoRedA, it was like all works together, it does not work.


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[Assistant] Now this is a good one that I, I will be totally transparent and say he did not cross my brain there, right? He did not. Uh, Kyle Long was damn good for, for sure. You know, he, three Pro Bowls, seven seasons, right? Yep. But I think he's one where,


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[Assistant] We should have brought him up. I don't know if he necessarily has what it takes to make the football team. I mean, again, the prime lineman to your point, which I thought was great and it cleared my brain a little bit is just like, you know, okay, yeah, he could have been on that, that list, but the prime lineman for


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[Assistant] And embodied, you know, the DNA of the Bears. There was a period of time there, in the 2000s, when I thought of the Chicago Bears. Alan Crews was definitely one of the names that popped into my head for year after year after year going, hey, he's a staple. He's one of their best players on their team. He sets the attitude for their offense. And, uh, I think that's why.


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[Assistant] They had five good ones, but Kyle deserved to be talked about. I'm not sure he deserved to make it.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I think so. Exactly right. That's where we should have put him. So good, good job by you at Ringo number four. We should have brought him up. I did forget about him, but I don't think ultimately he would have made the list either way.


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[Assistant] Well, I think you're going to join in with me here. I mean, right off the bat, I think the three guys in yellow are in, right? I mean, the three guys in yellow are in. Bond Miller, Champ Bailey, Chris Harris Jr. I don't think there's any debate there.


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[Assistant] And I, you know, and Champ Bailey again, it's Hall of Famer, Von Miller, Hall of Famer, Chris Harris Jr., maybe not Hall of Famer, probably not, but one of the premier nickel cover guys we had of the last decade. And of course, huge part of why they won the Super Bowl would be the Carolina Panthers and Super Bowl 50. So I think those three are pretty easy for me.


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[Assistant] Number four is pretty easy to me. I think it's Demarius Thomas without question. Agreed. Right? I mean, you just talk about...


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[Assistant] You know, first off, stats, longevity, and the importance of his role for that team, I mean, it was up there. And they went to two Super Bowls because of Demarius Thomas and his ability to make big plays. So that's, okay, we got four.


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[Assistant] Now it gets a little tricky. I'm one to not go Rod Smith. Rod Smith I know had some years in the 2000s, but his prime years to me are still the end of the 90s. He doesn't embody like 21st century broncos. The two names I jump to here are Elvis Dumerville,


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[Assistant] Or Ryan Clady. Ryan Clady the tackle was another ex-team mate of mine and certainly one of the best tackles I ever played with.


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[Assistant] So it would be one of those two for my money. There's Al Wilson on there. Al Wilson was loved by the Broncos, fan base and everything there, but I don't know. I don't think his quality of play was up there with Dumerville or Clady. Akib Tlaib? Akib Tlaib is interesting, right? Because


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[Assistant] It was only a four year stint there, but it was like shut down island corner stints, right? Where you were like, well no, Kip Talib was one of the best corners in football. You know, but the...


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[Assistant] The problem is, is he was a buccaneer for a little while, a patriot for a little while, a ram for a little while. Yeah.


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[Assistant] I mean, that's where it's tough, and you know, that's where I feel like the old lineman kinda gets screwed in these drills sometimes, cause we just, when it's a tie, we go, let's go with the one with the sexier stats, right?


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[Assistant] No, I know. That's where it's tough. It is tough. And you know, where you look at it and you look at his stats and some of the things he did too, where you just go,


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[Assistant] You know, it's a lot of sacks. What was it, 60s, 63 sacks in Denver, something like that. You know, it was more than Demarcus Ware.


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[Assistant] The squad, Ryan Clady. We got the five on there. So, receiving yards. And that's a good anyways, cause Ryan Clady and I still keep in touch and he might beat my ass if he knows I didn't throw him on.


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[Assistant] He was awesome. He was awesome. He was the man. He was. He was. He could do everything. I mean, he was a guy that, you know, could run routes and do that, but he was big and he could be a playmaker and, you know, catch a slant from Tim Tebow and run for a 60 yard touchdown, right? I mean, that's, that's the kind of guy he was. Now I will say this too.


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[Assistant] Brendan Marshall was the start of his career, right? But, like, for the amount of time he was there,


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[Assistant] He was special during that period. I mean, he really was. He was, as we've talked about and waxed poetically about him before, he was the first of his kind in the NFL as far as that huge receiver where you were like, wait,


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[Assistant] He can run routes like this at that size and make people missin' space at that size and all that.


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[Assistant] Uhm, it, it, it packed a lot of a, a lot of punch there for Brendan Marshall. It just wasn't a whole lot of years there and not necessarily, what stinks about Receiver too, is your team and your quarterback and your offense, of course, are, it, it's, that's all very, you know, influential, influential in what you do, but he was stuck on some,


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[Assistant] I do, right? I mean, I think these are no-brainers when it comes to, I mean, little Danny and Thomas, all time great. Antonio Gates is one of the best tight ends in the history of football.


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[Assistant] You know, he, he, he had a PED suspension, which is really gonna, that has hurt his stock, I feel like, and the overall how we view him.


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[Assistant] Right? But, man, gonna be a basketball player who turned tight end just, you know, out of nowhere at the end of his college career and did what he did, and Weddell was a special safety. Now it gets, after those three, which are slam dunks, this is where it gets interesting for the Chargers. So, what one, uh, Keenan Allen. Uh huh. I think that's where we go.


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[Assistant] The marquee wide receiver for their football team this century, right? I don't think there's any doubt about that. No disrespect to Vincent Jackson and Malcolm Floyd and some of these other guys who had great, you know, little runs with the Chargers. Yep. But Keenan Allen's been a staple there. Whether it was Philip Rivers or now Justin Herbert.


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[Assistant] The ball goes to him, so I have no problem with Kena now, and I think he is on the list for sure.


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[Assistant] I mean, we know who, he's an all-time great, he's a legend, right, you know, but, but I, I do, I look at him as a 90's. He's a Hall of Famer, but. Right, he's a 90's player here, we're not gonna just because of those three years, which weren't even necessarily his best years of his career.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Merriman is like awesome first two or three years, if I remember, but then that was it. Yeah, that's true.


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[Assistant] You know, Joey Bosa's interesting, right? Because there's a very good chance, like two, three years from now, we certainly are like, oh, well definitely Joey Bosa's on there. Right? And of course he's done some really damn good things here in his career. He's been injured. It's been a short period of time. So where I, where I struggle here, this is where I'm down to, Ahmed, is Sean Phillips.


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[Assistant] The, one of the other pass rushers on the edge that was opposite of Sean Merriman towards the end of his career and was outside linebacker defense and who was a really, really good football player. To me, it would be between him and Bosa as far as where


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[Assistant] He was just overlooked, you know, they were some good football teams he was a part of.


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[Assistant] And, you know, as we know, first off, Pro Bowl is a little wishy-washy. It is, yes. And, and it's a little too predicated on the sack number all the time, right? To where, yea, he wasn't a 15 sack a year type of guy. He was your 7 to 10 sacks, but awesome all around football player. So that's where I struggle.


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[Assistant] This is the typical case of, do we want to go quantity or quality?


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[Assistant] Right? Bossa is definitely a little more quality, but it's, it's a limited number of years. So, but I would also could say he's still, it's still gonna, you know, after this year we might be going, well, it should have been Bossa, it's a slam dunk.


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[Assistant] That's it. Good. Way to go. That cleared it up. Sometimes you just gotta hear people say things and then I heard it come out of your mouth and I was like,


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[Assistant] Duh, yeaah, it's Bosa, you're right, so there it clears it up, right there. Sean Phillips, legend of the Chargers, uh, Junior Sayhal, legend of football, period. Sean Merriman, legend of the Chargers, but yeaah, they don't make the list, sorry.


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[Assistant] That's insane. He was the first tight end that rivaled Tony Gonzalez on a yearly basis where we were like, whoa, wait, Tony Gonzalez isn't gonna lead the NFL in receiving a tight end? Oh, wait, there's somebody else here that's challenging him? So that's, he was phenomenal. Route runner.


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[Assistant] Right, had a great feel for the game, great athlete, uhm, yeaah, and I really like Antonio Gay, it's been friends with him for a while.


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[Assistant] Alright. This is gonna be maybe the hardest. This is like, it's funny, it rivals the eagles. So the two tight ends.


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[Assistant] Gonzalez in... Slam Dunk, right? Slam Dunk. Travis Kelce are in. Let's just go Slam Dunk like we do first always. Gonzalez Kelce in Slam Dunk. Chris Jones, Slam Dunk for me.


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[Assistant] Chris Jones, I don't care if he, you know, decides to lay down and go to sleep for the rest of his career on the field. He's arguably the best defensive player in the history of the Kansas City Chiefs, right up there with Derrick Thomas, the great pass rusher of the 80s and 90s.


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[Assistant] I think we did put him on there. Did we put him in there? I think we did. I'm pretty sure. I think we did. I know we talked about it in depth, right? They were, they had a few. I don't think we did pick him though. We talked about him. We did not? No. I don't think we did.


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[Assistant] Do you agree with that though? I do. Yeaah. Well, I think what hurt him in our eyes when we were doing the New Orleans one, we put another lineman on New Orleans, right?


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[Assistant] We don't. He's a 90's, he's a 90's guy. Unfortunately, that's what sucks for some of these guys that have had more, the majority of their years in the 90's, they're just, they don't make it. We know you're awesome, we get it, but you don't make the 2000 team just because you had two, two years in the, you know, in the, in the decade or the century.


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[Assistant] Alright, yeah, I know it was. I know. Will Shields, the other line. I know.


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[Assistant] Will Shields, yeaah. You know, again, it's a little bit...


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[Assistant] It's, it's, it's... From 93 to 2006. I know, but it's still a lot of good years in 2000 to 2006, right? That's where it's gonna be tough.


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[Assistant] You know? I mean, damn, I mean, Brian Waters, him was one of the-


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[Assistant] Will Shields is, yeaah, he was one of the greatest cards I ever saw, right? So I think that's fair, for sure. So now we have...


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[Assistant] We have Gonzalez, Kelsey, Shields, and Chris Jones. Okay?


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[Assistant] I'm going to go right off the bat and cancel Larry Johnson off, even though it was great. Alright?


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[Assistant] But there was some crossover there where he was not the main man and Priest Holmes was, right? And he was the backup, even though he was really good. Even though Jamal Charles, having said that,


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[Assistant] The touchdowns for Holmes are what's special, right? Remember he was the receiving and rushing touchdowns were amazing. 83 total compared to just 64 for Jamal Charles. But Jamal Charles is one of what? Three or four running backs in the history of football to average over five yards per carry. Right? And...


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[Assistant] That's where I lean him. I lean him there a little bit in that department. I love Priest Holmes. He was amazing. I can't even believe we're gonna leave him off of this. But if I was gonna pick a running back, I'd pick Jamal Charles. Agreed.


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[Assistant] I agree with that. So, as of right now, that would be the fifth guy?


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[Assistant] I'm gonna say no to that. You're saying no to Eric Barry. As good as Eric Barry was, it was good, yes. You know, there's a few years there where he's dealing with his health issues and cancer. That's true. It was three


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[Assistant] That's, that's, that's, that's what would hurt me. And I can't say that he and his importance to the team was as great as Tyree kills.


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[Assistant] I feel like Tyreek Hill's gotta be on this list. Tyreek Hill was in Kansas City for, for six years and for...


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[Assistant] Four of them, he was maybe the best receiver in football.


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[Assistant] I mean, five out of the six, he was the most dangerous weapon in football. So.


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[Assistant] That's where I feel like we gotta, we gotta put him on there too. And I can't believe, I mean, again, Derrick Johnson.


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[Assistant] I mean, my ex Texas teammate in college, he's the best middle linebacker maybe in franchise history. He had a great career, right? Not a ton of Pro Bowls. He's like one of those guys that would like, you know, be high in Pro Bowl voting but never get in. And then there's Justin Houston.


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[Assistant] Where, I mean the freakin' dude had 22 sacks on here in the NFL. Uh, for the Kansas City Chiefs.


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[Assistant] So that, that's where I, I guess where I would be a little torn is the Justin Houston


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[Assistant] Yeah, I wouldn't have thought that, you know, just saying that out loud, that Tom Bali had more than, I thought he'd be in the same neighborhood, uh, Tom Bali from Teaneck, New Jersey, uh, baller there. I think, I would be totally happy


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[Assistant] With the six we got. Jamal, Charles, Tyree Kill, Tony Gonzalez, Travis Kelsey, Will Shields, and Chris Jones. I think to me, they stand above the rest. And that's no disrespect to Derrick Johnson, Justin Houston, or Tom Bahali. Can you get behind that?


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[Assistant] I think it's impressive, right? So there you go, six, right? It's funny that the Eagles were the other team in the, in the NFC. Right. That were involved in this. It's, uh, just, it tells you. And the Chiefs, you know, I mean, gosh, they were just, for this century, man, they've been relevant a lot when you really think about it and break it down. You know, even those mid 2000s and stuff, they were competitive and, you know, in the


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[Assistant] For what we're seeing with this team in this list here, right?


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[Assistant] Shane Leckler and Sebastian Janekiewski are definates.


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[Assistant] He got screwed over though. See this is where context matters a little. He got screwed over because how many times did you watch them go, well let's try the 67 yarder, he might be able to hit it.


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[Assistant] Down, they asked him to do like crazy crap a lot. I feel like there was a handful of field goals every year where they were like, it's the end of the half, let's see if he can make it from 68. It's the end of the half, let's see if he can make it from 64. It was always that. So that's where I feel like it hurts him a little.


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[Assistant] They were killers, right. They were assassins. Alright, so I, I'm, alright, so Jane Akasky, we don't have to say yes yet, but I made my case for it. Put a pin in that, put a pin in that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, I don't, I don't, his best years were with the Packers. I don't, I don't, what killed him with the char, the, the Raiders, excuse me,


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[Assistant] Is, he had that toe injury that bothered him for about two years, in 2002 or three, right in that range. Yea, 2002 we played eight games. Yea, right, so that was like, he was like the, you know, uh oh, island corner, and everybody was excited about him, and he had that little injury that derailed him a little bit. Alright? So, okay.


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[Assistant] Nande Asimov's run with the Raiders, I mean this is the, this is my career, we were drafted the same year and his career was my career, 2003 to 2010, I know he went to the Eagles after that. But, I can just speak to experience of playing the Raiders during that time period when he was there, he was the best corner in football.


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[Assistant] Like, you know, maybe Darrell Rivas towards the end there started to supplant him. But in 2008, played him.


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[Assistant] And we literally said before the week, Josh McDaniel said,


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[Assistant] We're not throwing there. Don't even worry about it. We're just, if that's Namde over there, we're going over here. We're not, don't even try it, right? So that's what he got to. So that for me classifies you in the, in the, you know, the all century team. He's in. Right.


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[Assistant] Sinners are hard. That's where I say we gotta go back to, we gotta go back to Janikowski and put him in. Right? Cause there's not a lot here.


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[Assistant] He was really good and he was vital in the John Gruden part of turning things around there with the Raiders. And he was definitely in the combo, to your point, for best center in football. You know, in that first few years with the Raiders, last year or two with the Chiefs before he made that move.


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[Assistant] I know, and what, what always gets me with some of these guys is just like, you know, Lincoln Kennedy obviously baller, uh, but, but


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[Assistant] I had teammates where we were like, he's not the best linebacker in our team, and he's going to the Pro Bowl, because he had already been going there, right? And he just became a household name, so people vote on you. Right? So that's where it's like, that, that accolade can sometimes confuse this conversation. And I don't know where to go there, uh, Ahmed. I don't, I mean, like, Khalil Mack, are we putting him on? We're not putting him on, right?


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[Assistant] And a corner and that's it. For the Raiders. What were Kalimak stats those four years? Can you read those to me? You got those next to you? I'm leaning Rodney Hudson.


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[Assistant] Nande Asamoah, the kicker, the punter.


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[Assistant] And then if you could sell me on Khalil Mack, you know, I, where I will say Khalil Mack, he was the start of like, oh, the Raiders, they got the attitude back and a little culture and he was the...


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[Assistant] I was thinking so. Just because like if we did a 90s thing, Lincoln Kennedy gets on that for sure. Agreed.


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[Assistant] The only thing I'll question here, alright, now for the sake of this, before we move on to the next team, is that if Khalil Mack is on, you know, what are his four years compared to Max Crosby right now, right? You know, that's what I would want to know too, because Max Crosby is, he's been pretty damn good here.


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[Assistant] And he's up there as far as, you know, I would think in the same department as Sachs with Khalil Mack in that four year period. 37 and a half Sachs. Okay. For Max Crosby. Right.


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[Assistant] 37 and a half for Max Crosby. Okay. It's amazing, the Raiders. You know, I just, for some reason in my mind, thought there was a few more studs or... I know.


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[Assistant] They were good. He's a star. They went to the Super Bowl with him there. I know. I-I-I know.


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[Assistant] I know. It's okay. We got C-dub on the Packers, and I don't think there's any doubt about that, so we're okay.


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[Assistant] The AOC West has been relevant. I think that's the problem. When you just talk about the Chiefs and the Broncos for sure, there's, those are two teams that have, you know, other than the Broncos just the last few years, for the better part,


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[Assistant] Andre Johnson, for sure. DeAndre Hopkins, I'm gonna say for sure.


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[Assistant] Dwayne Brown, I'm going to say for sure. Yep. And I'm going to say Arian Foster for sure.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I don't think they're to the quality of the other guys we're talking about there. You know, mad respect for Brian Cushion, a fellow Jersey guy, played against my brother in high school. D'Amico Ryan was damn good. But like,


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[Assistant] Watt, we were, there was a four year period where it was like he was the best defensive player in football. Andre Johnson is, is a Hall of Famer in my opinion. His stats justify it. He wasn't even on a ton of great teams. If he was on some great teams with a better quarterback, I think we'd all go, oh my gosh, no doubt about it. Alright, Dwayne Brown's a Hall of Fame tackle.


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[Assistant] So, that's where I look at that. Hopkins really awesome and was huge part of their team. And then Arian Foster, I mean,


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[Assistant] I, you know, I know it's, it's, it's, it's only, what, a seven year career, six, but he, what, he led the NFL in rushing twice, right? Something there in that range. Definitely once, but was in the top two or three, like a number of times.


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[Assistant] Those, yeaah, DeMario Williams was better than people realize. Jadevion Clowney was much better than people realize. If there was two that I feel bad about that were leaving off, it would be Clowney and Jonathan Joseph.


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[Assistant] Who was, had a great career playing corner in the NFL, uh, but, but, you know, out of, out of South Carolina. I mean, he was a player, but just not a star, not a household name. And that's a little bit because of the team, but I think we got the


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[Assistant] Don't bold them, yea, but just because, like, let's go with the ones that we know are slam dunks.


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[Assistant] Now we don't see him in the same light. But like, okay, so wait. We said those three are slam-dunks. Dwight Franey is a slam-dunk. So let's just get the fourth one on there.


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[Assistant] And then Robert Mathis, to me, is also kind of a slam dunk. I know.


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[Assistant] So that's where I want to go, like, I like Jeff Saturday, but I don't think he's in the class of those five guys we just said. The question to me here is now Adam Venatieri. Bob Sanders, amazing, but it was a short run and a lot of injuries. Quentin Nelson.


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[Assistant] He should be in the running, but I don't think I'm gonna put him above these other guys.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, he hasn't played his best football, Quentin Nelson, in the last year or two. Uhm, so that's where I tend to think Edurin, Marvin, Reggie, Dwight Freeney.


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[Assistant] I say Robert Mathis, but I could certainly say if you want to go with Manetarian instead of Robert Mathis, I'm down for that too.


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[Assistant] That's where stacks can be like so, you know, a little bit.


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[Assistant] The longevity helped, like, Robert Mathis was a really good player. I'm not, but like, when we played the Colts in the mid-2000s, we were all like, oh damn, Dwight Franey, what are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? Whether I was on the Titans or the Bucks, we were like, it's Dwight Franey, what are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? It's Dwight Franey, what are we gonna do? Who's gonna help? Who's gonna chip?


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[Assistant] We gotta slide the line that way, right? So that's where, yes, Mathis has more sacks, but it wasn't, he wasn't Dwight Franey. And Adam Vinatieri over Jeff Saturday you think? I think so.


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[Assistant] I think it's all, yeaah, Pete's saying it right in my ear right now. He's going, it's arguably the greatest kicker of all time. Agreed with that, and like, I mean, just, the clutch as hell. I mean, just, other than his last, what, year of his career, I don't remember the guy ever missing a damn field goal.


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[Assistant] Pretty relevant for 20 years for the most part. Yeah.


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[Assistant] They were. I mean, that was, that was when they were whooping ass on defense. And of course he was a part of that team that almost beat the Patriots in the AFC championship game. He did make the Cardinals, even though I think that's


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[Assistant] Well, this is, this is where it'll be interesting with them, right? I mean, first off, Fred Taylor, uhm, yes, right? I'm gonna say bam right away. And Maurice Jones-Drew I would say too. I think so too. I agree with you. I think both running backs are, you know, key vital parts of their organization.


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[Assistant] We got Jimmy Smith next on the list, where it was good, but I tend to think a lot of his good work was in the late 90s. I know early 2000s it was still good.


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[Assistant] Uhm, yeaah. Now... Yeaah, I would leave Jimmy Smith off, cause I think he's more late 90's and those were his best years. Yeaah, okay.


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[Assistant] So we got Taylor Jones-Drew. I'm gonna say- So we got a couple defensive tackles here in Marcus Stroud and John Henderson. John Henderson for sure.


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[Assistant] Right, Strahd was really good. Henderson, I think, was the better player. Two-time Pro Bowler. Yep.


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[Assistant] Got slapped in the face all the time. What? Oh, remember he was the guy that the trainer used to slap in the face before they go out for the game. Oh, he was that guy. That was John Henderson. Yeaah. They were arguably my first experience of being scared in the NFL. Really? Oh, without a doubt. It was one of the first times like,


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[Assistant] Where college football, I don't know if I ever had a game where I went and like walked to the line of scrimmage and I was like, Oh, this is scary. Like, you know, you play some people and I had some nerves.


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[Assistant] When we played Jacksonville and I saw those two guys and I broke the huddle, I was, they were, I was always like, man, there's, there's no way we can block those guys. There's no way. And then they were gigantic and they were gigantic to where it was like, even if they didn't get pressure, they were both like six, seven, you were going,


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[Assistant] Of those two, who would you put in? I would put Henderson in. Okay. Yea, Henderson was a little more of the, the handful there. Uh, the bigger guy and maybe a hair more athletic too. So we got three as of the stands right now. Then this is where I don't know where to go after this with the Jaguars. Got a couple corners. Yea. Ray Sean Mathis and Jalen Ramsey. Yea.


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[Assistant] Rasheen Mathis, my draft class. I'm trying to think, where'd he, where'd he go to school, Pete? Is that central Florida that he got drafted out of? I can't remember.


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[Assistant] Bethune Cookman, that's what it was. He was on my senior bowl team. Damn, that's right. I knew, uh, okay, but I think Rasheen Mathis deserves to be in. One-time All-Pro player.


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[Assistant] Uhm, damn, the other quarterback, I'm blanking on his name, David Garrard, right? Uh, those teams, they were defensive oriented, so I tend to go Rasheen Mathis, even though I know he's not a household name, over what? Over Jaylen Math, Ramsey, if we were to pit just one corner in here.


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[Assistant] Well, Jalen Ramsey's quality was better. I mean, Jalen Ramsey went through, yeaah, we went through four years there of is he the best corner in football, right?


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[Assistant] I'd have no problem throwing Jalen Ramsey on there. Putting them both in there. I think you could put both of them. I think we could do that and say see you later, there's our five and we're done.


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[Assistant] Another name, Paul... Pozluzny? Pozluzny. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Really good, I don't know if I just quite would put them in the category of the two corners we just put. So we're giving Jalen Ramsey something that we haven't done a lot, where we're going the quality was so quality that it overrides the fact that we'd like a little more quantity.


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[Assistant] Probably not. Yeah. I think that's good. It hurts a guy like him, the fact that he's moved around and split up a little bit his career where he had some great years with the Rams as well. Uh, but I think we got the five. I think that I feel real good about that five and I'm glad we got Mathis in there. I think he deserves to be.


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[Assistant] Right? So can you imagine dropping back with this fucking dude running at you? Right? I mean, he's psycho and like, we gotta show it again. Let it, let it restart one more time here because it's not like he was like, Oh, you know, pull your slap on me here or try to make it like movie-like. I mean, he's like, that's not hard enough. Do it again. Right?


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[Assistant] Who, and who do you think, that's a trainer, right? A trainer. Who's like, gosh, I want to find the sweet spot of pissing him off, but not piss him off so much that he looks at me and wants to beat my ass and throw me in the tub or something. Isn't the Dr. Creed, is it like, do no harm or something like that? He's just like, a man's asking to slam him in the face. Oh man.


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[Assistant] I think we can knock this out fairly. Okay, go. You wanna hear my two cents? Let's hear it.


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[Assistant] Right. Two running backs make the list right away. Chris Johnson, I'm gonna say CJ2K, and Derek Henry. Without a doubt, I'm going in, in right away. Eddie George was a little late 90s. Little late. Prime Eddie was kind of on the way out. But it's still good, right? Tell me his stats if you don't mind in the early 2000s. Oh, you got him right here. He didn't MP.


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[Assistant] Yeah, really good player. There's Kevin Mowai, the best center I ever played with, but it's only four years.


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[Assistant] He is a, I mean, he's a Hall of Famer, Kevin Malloy. You know, but he was on the Jets before that, where he had a bunch of number of good years. Here's, here's, here's just two quick thoughts from me. I think Keith Bullock needs to be on it.


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[Assistant] Keith Bullock and why those teams were good in the 2010s. He was the general of their defense. He was a really, really damn good middle linebacker. Syracuse guy. Right. I like that. Yeah. Bullock was the leader of the team too. I can speak to that as I'm being on those, that team two out of those two out of three or two years while he was the man there.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I feel like he does. And let me just say this on another personal level. Albert Hainsworth.