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[Assistant] I would think so, right? I think if we just like, if we just evaluated the who's the underdog or gonna have the chippiness factor of weight, we've been disrespected here a little bit.


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[Assistant] I would certainly favor the chiefs in that department. You know, this is something we've talked about a lot here during this week, right, when we not doing our podcasts, is, you know, is the, the


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[Assistant] The Eagles haven't had to beat Chippy in seven weeks, right, Mike? I mean, that's the big thing with me is just...


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[Assistant] There hasn't been any battle-tested moments. It's kind of been, hey, roll out the red carpet. The, the, the, the Eagles are one of the best teams in football. The playoffs laid out in a way where they got to play a team that was not even in the same stratosphere as them in the Giants individual round. And then the Purdy thing.


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[Assistant] Where the chiefs, like, to what you're saying, Mike, are gonna sit here and go, wait.


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[Assistant] We're underdogs. We're the team that's won the Super Bowl. We have the MVP and the best player in the league. We've been here three to four years. Like what the fu-


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[Assistant] We've tried to, you know, drill home to people during the pro football or pro football talk show during the day is that, yeah, the Eagles are better, but not by so much of a mark that


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[Assistant] You know, a great player like a great quarterback in a quarterback league and being an all-time great player in Patrick Holmes can't even the scales or at least even tip them into the favor of the Chiefs. That's where the game itself is fascinating. There is, I have a hard time


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[Assistant] You know, these are the one reason I've done well in the playoffs in our picks here, just because these are teams people on my podcast always want to know about, right? And they're the teams that kind of were at the top of the league all year long. So I've always was.


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[Assistant] I gotta watch that film. I gotta watch. So I have a good feel for that. And, and, and I usually feel like I get to the time of the Super Bowl and I can pick two or three things to go. These things will determine the game.


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[Assistant] I feel like I'm in a game here this year where it's like, there's eight things. I can't even pinpoint the one or two things that I think are gonna make the difference in the football game. And I think that's where it's fascinating. There's a lot of like,


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[Assistant] The, the first thing I would just, just rattle, alright, so let's start off with like, uh, the Eagles offense versus the Chiefs defense, right? You know, one, hey, do I worry about the Chiefs? And can they just hang in there and not get steamrolled by the run game that we've seen the Eagles just overpower people with?


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[Assistant] I mean the Eagles are so good at the run that they literally will run the play, run the ball, double digit plays in a row and you know the run that's coming and you still don't stop it. So I worry about that aspect. But then I also know Steve Spagnolo's smart


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[Assistant] They do have pretty good depth. They got Chris Jones, who we know is the best D lineman in this, and he's creative.


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[Assistant] And I think that Spagnola will change up the looks along that defensive line too, to where they can't just go, oh wait, they're playing this, so let's get to those plays, right?


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[Assistant] I think they'll, like Joe Burrow, you gotta change the coverages. This is a game where you gotta go, wait, we gotta change the front so they can't expect, oh, we can get to this group of run plays here, we'll get our checks right and gash them no matter what.


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[Assistant] So there's that element. With the linebackers, you know, you have to run blitz a little bit, right? I think when you play the Eagles, create some chaos. Okay, that's good, but it's also dicey. It could lead to, oh no, it's the wrong blitz against the wrong play and now it's a huge play down the field, right? So those are just some from that element right there on that side of the ball.


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[Assistant] That worry me, let alone I think the Chiefs have great man-to-man defenders. I think we saw that a little bit.


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[Assistant] And if they can get the Eagles in a passing game, man, their blitzes and coverages will be a handful.


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[Assistant] But at the same time, if they don't get them into that, I go, man, one on one and AJ Brown could be scary and the favor of the Eagles too, right? So I hope you're getting my gist here. It's like for every Zig, I can make a zag comment on the other side and I feel like I've never been in that position before at this kind of game.


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[Assistant] You know, I know some people are going, he's gonna have to have the greatest game of his life. I don't think it's to that extent. You know, are the Chiefs gonna have to play well? Is Patrick Mahomes gonna have to play well? Of course, because their team runs through Patrick Mahomes. You know, runs through the passing game.


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[Assistant] You know, but, but yeah, you know, I'm, I'm with you there too. You know, it's just, then you, you, yeah, you flip over the flip the flip it over to the other side, the great Eagles defense.


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[Assistant] You know, they're getting pressure on everybody. That scares me, them getting pressure on my homes. But wait, it's a great pass protecting the line with the Chiefs. And it's Andy Reed, an ex-offensive line coach, where the Blitz never really gets to them or fool them.


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[Assistant] And you're talking about the best Blitz quarterback we've seen in football. So you wanna bring five? Go ahead, bring extra. Right, he's gonna be like, please, take one less guy out of the area that I gotta read downfield.


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[Assistant] You know, there's that element too. And then also off of that is like,


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[Assistant] Alright, well I don't, you know, I don't know. Will the Eagles play their normal aggressive style early in the football game? Will they take a more conservative approach and just go, you know, we're gonna play our four man front and play coverage and, you know, make you work the ball down the field. But then I would say to that, and this is where it's different I think to our


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[Assistant] Conversation of the Chiefs in the Super Bowl two years ago. And we've hit this a lot. The Chiefs can run the ball. If you want to play coverage.


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[Assistant] And the Eagles, probably the weakest thing on their football team is their run defense. So you go, oh, you want to be conservative and do that?


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[Assistant] Alright, well yea, you might take away some big plays, but Mahomes is better in the pocket now than he's ever been before, just taking the right read.


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[Assistant] Let alone, Pacheco, your favorite running back in the game right now, is a real force. So, that's what I mean. There's so many little things, and it's just, uh, it's a great matchup. That's why I'm so excited. Wouldn't that be something if the Eagles dare the Chiefs to run, and they just do? I-I-I wouldn't be shocked, especially early on. I really wouldn't.


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[Assistant] Cause you know, I, I gotta think if I'm the Eagles and I'm playing Kansas City and Andy Reid a little bit, I'm a little early to worry about that first 15. What few tricks, he's gonna throw some curve balls at us that we weren't really ready for. What's that gonna be? Okay, let's not be crazy on defense early. Let's get a feel for them a little.


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[Assistant] And that's where this great old line with the Chiefs could come into play too and them running the football.


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[Assistant] That to me is an interesting, you know, angle for sure, right? I think it goes back into kind of what we started off the pod with a little bit as far as the concern of the Eagles not having to play really any real, meaningful, tough, battle-tested games. They have not played an offense or a quarterback like this.


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[Assistant] This is a whole different animal. And when you add all those things up, and yeaah, what would the reaction?


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[Assistant] Of the Eagles B, if they got down 14-0, 17-3 early. And then I do think that type of game certainly would favor the Chiefs. Not only just because of the scoreboard, but the big thing is what?


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[Assistant] It's going to force the Eagles to do what they don't want to do. They don't want to drop back and throw the ball 45 times. That's not what they want to do. They will only do that unless you're just so crazy in playing run defense that they go, okay, finally, hey, we'll just keep throwing if you're going to do that.


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[Assistant] And I think that, that bodes well for the Chiefs too. But, you know, there's the other side of that where the Eagles run game, running out the clock.


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[Assistant] Just mashing the ball down the field on the Chiefs and, and doing that also scares me for the Chiefs as well and keeping my homes off the field. Uh, so that's what I mean. It's just a, it's a great game. And I think like to your point, we're seeing the two best teams in the league. So yeah, you want to go there already? You ready?


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[Assistant] The eagles are better, as you'd explain. I think we would take more positions and players, but it's a lot of close calls.


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[Assistant] I think the magnitude of the moment favors the Chiefs. I think the way the season has unfolded, I don't know, like with the Eagles, I'm not sure, did they play their best football and now they haven't recaptured it?


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[Assistant] Or are they going through a snooze fest here down the stretch and they're about to play their best football? I'm not really sure how to gauge them a little bit right now. And then their Jalen Hurts injury is also there. Right?


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[Assistant] And I just think with the Chiefs, I just think, I think he's just a special player. I picked the 49ers to win that Super Bowl a few years ago, and I remember telling you, the 49ers are better. They're the better team, top to bottom. And you were going, yeah, but not by so much that this guy playing quarterback can't pull it out.


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[Assistant] And I don't know if I'm scarred by that and a few other times in my life, but yeaah. I'm gonna go Chiefs 2824.


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[Assistant] Right. I feel like it'll be in that range. I guess, you know.


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[Assistant] I'd be shocked if it ended up being some...


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[Assistant] Just offensive shootout, I guess. I mean, if we got into a game, it was like 38-35. I don't know. I can see offense and big plays, you know, but getting in the end zone, capitalizing on some of those big plays and extending those drives, I think that's a different animal all in itself. So.


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[Assistant] Right into gear like they did. You're, you know, the Chiefs are in the game the whole game long, but it, but never feel like they're in control and the Eagles wear you down. And that's, that's what they've done to a lot of football teams.


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[Assistant] Off they went. It was a special year. It certainly was. I, you know, I was at that Super Bowl actually when they beat the Tennessee Titans. Pretty amazing that we haven't had the MVP win the Super Bowl in that long. It really is. Especially when we always talk about


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[Assistant] You know, that's a quarterback league and, and all of that. And you're going, hey, yeah, well, okay, hey, there's, there's still a lot of other factors that play into this. But, you know, another thing I think we gotta be fair to bring up here too.


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[Assistant] You know, we hit on Jalen Hurts' shoulder a little. We don't know where that's gonna be. You talked about my homes.


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[Assistant] The health of like Juju Smith Schuster, you know, not that he needs to be a hundred percent, but certainly needs to be good enough to work some of those underneath intermediate routes. And the other guy that I look at to kind of be


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[Assistant] A key factor to the football game, and I think he really was about to be in the AFC Championship game, is Kaderius Tony.


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[Assistant] Kaderius Tony is the guy I look at. If he can be healthy for this game, that


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[Assistant] Could be the guy that kind of comes out of nowhere to where we go, Whoa, did Keterius Tony have, you know,


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[Assistant] Five catches for 110 yards and like two rushes for 40 yards? I think he's capable of


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[Assistant] Being that kind of under the radar weapon for this football team, one of those guys that, you know, again, as we talk about all the time, it can't always be a 12 play, perfect drive, surgical, and we're just doing everything right. You gotta have some guys that can rip off some big plays, and that's where I feel like Kaderius Tony can be a factor.


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[Assistant] And every year my wife's like, I need you to be able to stay awake and help me put the gifts under the Christmas tree this year. And I never make it. I'm always blacked out, passed out, like done, and I can't do it. I don't feel that great because I've eaten and drank too much. So I would say really, every Christmas Eve for the last four or five years, I've kind of been like that a little bit.


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[Assistant] I don't remember any of it. It was. It was. It came up the other day on my podcast once again, but we can play it again. It's a tradition unlike any other. That's what we're gonna go after once again.


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[Assistant] I mean, I'm hoping I don't pass out, but that's been the, that's been the routine. And like where it's gotten to so bad, and like I've said, it's become like my family's kind of alert for it.


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[Assistant] To where like the last two years, I believe I've like snuck away and disappeared, right? It was kind of like one of those like where we still had some family in the house and I was like, Whoa, I am really.


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[Assistant] Okay, I gotta go lay in the bed for, I gotta go lay in the bed for a minute and just, and just rest for a second or two. And then, you know, it's like my wife comes in an hour and a half later, like, Oh, there you are. We've been wondering. And then it's over. So hopefully I can make it tomorrow.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the weather is a factor here. I mean, I think you have to kind of take this into account. It sounds like it's going to change the game here in the Northeast.


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[Assistant] It's, it's windy as, it's gonna be windy as hell. You know, there's gale warnings. And I think that's gonna have to affect the passing game a little bit. And that's where I think it does become interesting too.


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[Assistant] The Jaguars do not stop the run well. They're not, it's one of the disappointments of their team or their season is.


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[Assistant] Interior defense align play and the ability to stop the run. Almost everybody's run the ball on them and the jets are.


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[Assistant] Kind of all over the place running the football. They're not a great running team, but they've shown the ability to run the team on the lesser run stopping defenses in the league. So, you know, in that department there, that's where I go, Ooh, the Jets, you know, they might be able to do something in the run game for sure. The Jaguars got a big offensive line.


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[Assistant] Way bigger than the Jets defense align. And this is going to be your typical case of like size or speed and who wins out in that department.


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[Assistant] Haven't really seen anybody run the ball consistently well on the Jets all season long.


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[Assistant] That's a tough group right there and their speed usually wins out. Uh, you know, at home, with the weather,


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[Assistant] I think the Jets are a better football team overall. Of course, the thing that worries me is Zach Wilson making that one or two plays where you just go, what the hell are you thinking? But I'm going to ride with the Jets in this one, 20 to 17 and a gotta have it moment for them at home.


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[Assistant] It's scary. It's scary. And I'm, one thing I'm not going to do is make it a best bet. I got the bills covering. I do. I do. But I'm not going to make it a best bet because I've been burned too many times by Justin Fields now.


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[Assistant] Where I just go, Oh my gosh, that the game should be over and he makes miraculous run or play. And you just go, well, they're, they're still in this thing. It's a, it's amazing. It really is. You're right. As far as the weather and Josh Allen, I don't think it's really going to affect either one of these teams unless it just slows down the track. The field gets so muddy and sloppy that.


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[Assistant] Maybe a Justin Fields can't run around to his total potential. But if it's just cold and windy, I don't think it's going to matter a whole lot to these teams. Like you just talked about a little bit with the Jets. They're used to these elements. They are that.


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[Assistant] This is the kind of defense, as far as the Bears are concerned, when I look at it and go, uh, these are the kind of teams Josh Allen sometimes can just kind of beat by himself. It doesn't even matter what the game plan is. You get pressure, but there's not enough


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[Assistant] You know, marquee pass rushers on the team to actually contain them or tackle them when they get the pressure, you know, and then, hey, we might've covered them for a second or two seconds, but then he broke the pocket and now people are open.


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[Assistant] So I think the Bills will move the ball consistently on the Bears. I mean, they do it against everybody. And the other thing I'll just say, as far as why I'm picking the third, I'm going 30 to 17 Bills here. I do think.


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[Assistant] You know, the Bills will have a plan as far as Justin Fields, his scrambling. They will be disciplined. I've seen them do that against these running quarterbacks. And the other thing they have in their favor, Mike, is they play a ton of zone defense.


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[Assistant] So they'll all be looking at him, which I think at least limits like 70 yard runs and it's instead 17 yard runs and 10 yard runs.


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[Assistant] Right, that's what made the Bills game last year, last week great, right? I mean, it was, it was snowy and cold, but it wasn't so annoying to the fact that it ruined the game. And we got to still see Tua and Josh Allen make incredible plays, and that's, you're right, that's when it's at its best.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I would be too. I would. And if he did play by some miraculous, you know, chain of events, I mean, I do think Baltimore will dominate this football game.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm picking it as in that we're gonna see Tyler Huntley. And I did, I think this is like, I mean, I think it's a perfect matchup for the Ravens.


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[Assistant] From the standpoint of, hey, we know Atlanta wants to run the football. Desmond Ritter, he's, they don't want to throw the ball with him. They're going to manage him and try to, you know, slowly grow him here. They're not going to put too much on his plate.


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[Assistant] Nor can that passing offense, you know, do a whole lot anyways. And I think if you drop back too many times, you'll ruin the game and he will throw an interception or strip sack fumble. But I just, I can't imagine Atlanta as much as I liked their run game. I don't think they're going to run on the Baltimore Ravens. And I don't think there's enough there in the pass game.


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[Assistant] To scare Baltimore out of run defenses. And on the other side of the ball, I just think we'll see him.


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[Assistant] You know, the Ravens run game, again, I think there's some positives there. And I think Tyler Huntley will have more success throwing the ball against this defense compared to Cleveland's defense, uh, which is, which is definitely better than Atlanta. I'm going to take the Ravens here in this one.


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[Assistant] 20 to 10. Um, and, uh, I got them covering a little scared with Tyler Huntley and that point spread, but I'm going to have them, have them cover.


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[Assistant] Do an interception on the five yard line, right? You know that? I mean, there was a lot of things. That game, they were playing it to win 13-10, 16-13. You missed two field goals, you throw an interception on the five yard line going in, and you're playing that style of game, you lose. That's just plain and simple, and that's where they blew their opportunity.


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[Assistant] I think they can. I mean, I'm going to pick them to win, but there's a few elements that scare me that I think are worth at least diving into a little. One, the Patriots pass rush. It's still not a great Bengals offensive line. And


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[Assistant] With Uche and Zedaria Smith, I mean it's one of the better duos as far as pass rushers and all, football. Uche looks like he's about to be a superstar pass rusher. They might have hit gold here as far as drafting him out of Michigan two years ago. So that worries me a little bit. And here's the other element that worries me.


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[Assistant] The offense and the base, you know, they're a conservative offense. They are. They play to manage the game, the Bengals, in a lot of ways. They never just let it go everywhere and oh, we'll just come out and throw three bombs down the field and if we hit one, great. If we don't, it's three and out. That's not what they are.


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[Assistant] They're kind of a ball control passing football team. And what I worry about with the simplicity is like it's simplicity. It's a West coast offense and Bill Belichick knows the West coast offense as good as Zach Taylor and his life mission in the eighties was to stop Bill Walsh and the West coast offense. And that's where I do worry about them having too many, you know,


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[Assistant] Telltale signs as far as formations or if this guy goes out, then this guy goes in and predictability there to where the Patriots could be all over their stuff. But I think ultimately


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[Assistant] You know, we've seen people be over the bangles stuff. They get it done. It might be an ugly fashion. I don't think it's going to be a big statistical day for Borough. But the real issue is the Patriots defense against that bangles, uh, Patriots offense or is that bangles defense. I have a hard time thinking they're going to do much there. I'm going to go.


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[Assistant] Bangles, Mike, and where the hell is my score here? 23 to 13, uh, getting the victory.


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[Assistant] But it's one that I-I wouldn't best bet. I wouldn't.


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[Assistant] I'm excited for this game, as you know, we talked about on PFT earlier today.


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[Assistant] I think this is like, got a chance to be really exciting with a lot of fireworks and big plays. You know, one, we know the Seattle defense is not good, and Kansas City's offense is...


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[Assistant] It's next level. It's, it's really kind of unstoppable. I mean, Texans never stopped them last week. Yeah. They fumbled twice. You know, they had a few stupid penalties where you're like, wait, the running back's 20 yards downfield and you're 10 yards behind it. Why are you holding a guy?


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[Assistant] You know, things that are fixable, even though this sometimes it seems like they're a little annoying and how quick they take to fix some of those issues. But I expect the big day from my homes and company and their running game and everything. I mean, they got it all on that offense, but the other side of that story is.


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[Assistant] This is a game where I don't think, you know, Seattle...


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[Assistant] They're, they're explosive. And as we've discussed, Gino and them, they look to push it down the field and make big plays in the pass game. I know Kenneth Walker's status is kind of up in the air here. Uhm, but I, I, you know, the Chiefs defense.


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[Assistant] I don't, I think they're gonna have issues stopping Seattle. I don't think they're good enough up front with the Kansas City Chiefs to do what the 49ers did to Geno Smith last week, which is make him under pressure and have to get the ball out of his hand quickly just about the whole game to survive.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, you said a lot of right things. I think both offenses have an advantage in this matchup. You're right about that. I think that the game's played straight up and clean on both sides. That Minnesota's still better and more dangerous. Minnesota's still like one of the...


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[Assistant] Greatest enigmas I have ever seen and I can remember in football. I mean, I've never seen an 11-3 football team have the worst defense in football, you know, be in the bottom quarter in points allowed in football and your offense is 13th in football and they're 11-3. It really is amazing.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think, you know, the point you made is, it's, it's just not, as, as much as the Vikings event stinks,


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[Assistant] The Giants aren't elite enough on that side of the ball to totally take advantage of it. I think they'll have success and move the football and they should be able to run it.


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[Assistant] And then, you know, then the defensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] For the Giants as the Vikings is scary too. They're not a good against a run and not necessarily the Vikings are great running team, but this is one of those where I think they could have a pretty good day. And now it makes the Giants be more aggressive and more man to man situations and Justin, they have nobody that can cover Justin Jefferson. So.


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[Assistant] Uh, that's where I like the Vikings. I'm gonna go 28 to 20. It's a good fun game, but I'll have the Vikings score a late touchdown to kinda put it out of the way.


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[Assistant] You know, I, I respect the Panthers and what they've been doing and playing tough and all that, but I just, I have a hard time thinking they can win this game. Uh, God bless you. Justin, and the fact, bless you again. And the fact that the Lions are...


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[Assistant] They're hot. They are. And you know, the Panthers defense, I respect them. I do. They got a lot of things to like. I mean, you know, we talked about it a little last week. There's talent across the board, but the one issue that, you know, they're not necessarily always great in is stopping the run.


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[Assistant] And, and the Lions offense just has incredible balance. It can beat you anyway. And then, you know, we've talked about the way Jared Goff is playing, the way Ben Johnson calls the game.


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[Assistant] It's, it's really across the board. It's one of the best offenses in the game. They just don't have like a superstar superstar quarterback. So I don't think people are quite.


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[Assistant] Giving it the attention it deserves. And then the Panthers offense is just not enough. It's not a good Lions defense, but the one thing they've been really good at here since they've started this win streak is run defense. They got some big fuckers in the middle and it's hard to move them and they eat up space. I'm going to take the Lions 27-17 in this one, Mike.


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[Assistant] And, you know, the one is I like, you know, the fact that they've been actually a hair more conservative, too, lately.


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[Assistant] I think this is, instead of all the Stefanski, go for it on fourth down and do all this stuff.


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[Assistant] I feel like since they've had Deshaun Watson, they've all, they've gone like, let's just play.


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[Assistant] I don't know, beating the Buccaneers. They didn't let them go off. They played good against the Texans. They gave Joe Burrow and the Bengals issues. So, uh, and then of course Baltimore last week.


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[Assistant] And, and they can run the ball. And the Saints, it's not the same defense we've seen in years past. I'm going to take the Browns 23 to 20 at home, kind of feeling a vibe right now. I think they gutted out and win this one.


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[Assistant] I think so. They're a ball, they're second in football, controlling the clock.


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[Assistant] So, that defense too, they don't let up a lot of big plays. That's the way, that's, that's to me, team football. Kind of what I feel like they should have been doing all along instead of being the analytics, aggressive, go forward and forward down all the time.


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[Assistant] No, kick the field goal, play defense. Drive down a long time again, maybe kick a field goal again. You know, and hey, to your point with the Sean Payton thing, like,


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[Assistant] I know people have said that, but like, that would be the shocker of shock.


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[Assistant] I mean, if he went back to the Saints. The Saints, that to me would be like...


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[Assistant] One of the most unappealing jobs in the sport right now. It just seems like everything is about to crash and burn.


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[Assistant] They're, all they're good players for the most part are older and aging and...


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[Assistant] You know, there's issues across the board. They don't have a quarterback of the future on the roster right now. I just, I, I don't think that any established head coach is going to look at the Saints and go, I want to go there because I think I can make a run for it for the next few years. So that's where I would be shocked if that happened.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think it's gonna be low scoring, you know. That's one where I looked at, and I don't even, you know.


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[Assistant] Well, even with the spread where it was with Tannahill playing, I was kind of like shocked. I mean, I put a little star next to it because I was like, this might be a best bet for me. It might, but I don't think it will be anymore. I'm still going to take the Titans to win the game. I'm going to take them 17 to 10.


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[Assistant] I think that they're going to be able to run the ball. I'd be shocked now that they know they got to go forward the Malik Willis for the long term here, that there isn't more of a, you know, package and a bunch of plays as far as the run game designed to the quarterback that are made for him that way.


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[Assistant] You know, and, and I think they'll start to really tailor things around him more. As in last time, it was like, oh, well, you're only going to be playing for a game or a game and a half and we're not going to change too much. And that's it. That's where I think it'll be different. And I just don't think.


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[Assistant] The Texans will be able to run the ball on this group here. So ugly, tough, Titans type of game. 17-10 win.


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[Assistant] Exactly right. I mean, they got two young guys in the secondary and Jalen Petrie and their first rounder from LSU who's been hurt anyways, that are like, you know, bright spots for the future. But like, what did anybody expect? That's to your point. What did they expect? I mean,


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[Assistant] You could put Bill Belichick down with the Texans. Okay, they're two and nine and one. Like it's, there's not enough there to make it happen, at least in my opinion.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you know what? I don't. I don't. I think it's close. It certainly won't be a best bet here or anything like that. But...


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[Assistant] One, the desperation factor, real, like you're talking about with the commanders, it must win. Uh, two...


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[Assistant] I think they have some aspects about their team that can make life hard on the 49ers and especially with the defensive line.


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[Assistant] You know, I think this is one of those games where, like, yeaah, backs against the wall, the coach is gonna be like, hey, D-line, hey, Alabama, killer's in the middle, Montesweat, like, you guys gotta dominate. Or you gotta play really well, or we got no chance. I think they'll answer the bell.


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[Assistant] I do, and I think that gives them some flexibility to stop some of the other stuff in that offense. Uh, this 49ers O line and run game has gotten legit, so they better be, you know, on their P's and Q's if they want to get this one going. And, you know,


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[Assistant] The, the, the Niners defense, we know how special it is, but I think Washington runs the ball well enough and has enough of a creative pass game to where I think they'll put a few drives together here in this one.


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[Assistant] I'm going to take the 49ers 17 to 13 in this one, Mike. I'm going to go with a low scoring one. Wow.


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[Assistant] You're not crazy with that. Full transparency, Mike. The first scorer I rode down in the game was 23-13.


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[Assistant] Then I made it 23-16. Then I went 20-16. And then I went 17-13. So, I was all over the place with this one. I guess I'm playing more the angle of desperation, and the 49ers taking a big breath of like,


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[Assistant] Oh, we won the West, we won a, we look good in Seattle, and then maybe just slightly falling asleep at the wheel here. Clearly the better team to everything you're saying. I'm just going with that little human element of like falling asleep at the wheel here.


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[Assistant] I know, yeaah, I hear ya, I hear ya. I know, you could be right about that.


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[Assistant] I mean, that doesn't change my thought a whole lot. You know, it does in a lot of ways. Philadelphia's better than the Eagles. Philadelphia is a great team. They're a great team.


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[Assistant] There's gonna be elements that they miss with Jalen Hurts. He makes them even better. I get that. There's no doubt. He's amazing in a lot of ways.


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[Assistant] I, I don't still look at it and go, oh no, the formula is so disrupted. They won't be the same out there. No way. They'll just, they'll rely maybe on the drop back pass game a hair more or Gardner men's shoes. Very good.


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[Assistant] You know, like you talked about earlier on PFT today, last year he played against the Jets late in the season. He tore him up. I mean, and the Jets defense was, was pretty good towards the end of the year last year. He tore him up. Like it was nothing. And that's because they're so good in so many other spots and Dallas being a small defense.


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[Assistant] Right? And small defense gotta deal with like, we gotta load the box to stop the run game.


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[Assistant] And then you still got one on one matchups on the outside.


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[Assistant] I know the Cowboys will be motivated. I think the Eagles defense is better now than it played Dallas earlier in the year. I think they actually do more stuff on the defensive side of the ball too to put more pressure on you and dominate. I'm going to take the Eagles to win the game. Regardless, I don't care. I'm going Eagles 23-20 on the road in Dallas to do


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[Assistant] Officially let them know they are the kings of the NFC and the kings of the NFC East.


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[Assistant] Yeah, listen, I hear you. I do. I mean, I think everything you said there is very real. It is. I just...


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[Assistant] I don't know if I can pull the trigger on it from this pact of, cause I want to take the Steelers off of all the things you said, but I think what scares me is that,


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[Assistant] I think this is a tough matchup for the Steelers defense. I do.


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[Assistant] I think they're gonna have a hard time slowing down the run game of Josh Jacobs. I think that's gonna make them have to play some pass coverages they don't love to play. They're not great at that. Waller is back.


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[Assistant] That's where I worry. I do worry that the Raiders will be able to consistently move the ball on the Steelers defense. And then I don't know if the Steelers offense is good enough or complex enough to really take advantage of an average Raiders defense.


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[Assistant] So as much as I want to go with it because of the Franco Harris thing and all this, I'm just going to go with my football stuff here and just go with what I think in X's and O's and I could end up being very wrong on this. I'm going to take the Raiders to pull off the upset here and go win this one 20 to 17 on the road, uh, despite


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[Assistant] My gut and my heart wanting to pick the Steelers because of the Frank O'Harris thing. So I'm gonna take a risk here.


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[Assistant] You'd like it too, yes. It's still a classic scene there. It really is. I love all the reindeers with their antlers chopped off and everything there in the trash.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well I can see that. I'm kind of picking the over as far as the way this goes. And yeah, nice two wins by the Packers. This is a totally different animal. Especially when they're at home in Miami and it's high flying, fast track, you know, where they're meant to be playing.


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[Assistant] And we know this is a Green Bay defense that's just, it's not as good as we thought. It's disappointing. You know, I think the talent on the defense has been overrated in my opinion. That would be the biggest thing I would talk about.


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[Assistant] You know, I know they got some names that are household names, but I just don't think they're as good as maybe their contracts or what everybody talks about there. They don't stop the run, which is scary. Miami's become good enough at running the football here now where you gotta respect it. And that means other things are going to open up.


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[Assistant] So, so I expect the Dolphins offense to move the ball on the Packers. Here's my only thing that scares me at all about this, Mike.


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[Assistant] I love Miami's defense. I don't care where it statistically is. You see, you know, again, we've seen them against some really good offenses and quarterbacks. They give you problems. They're aggressive. They give you nothing easy.


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[Assistant] And I don't think the RPOs in the short pass game will be there for Rogers. They're not going to be able to rely on that. But what I do get scared about is Miami being a little too aggressive at times, playing man to man, you know, against this group.


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[Assistant] They have not, and I'm just racking through my brain here real quick.


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[Assistant] They have not seen anybody as fast as Christian Watson, other than the guy that's on their own team and Tyreek Hill. If they get up in the face of Christian Watson too many times, he is going to catch some bombs down the field.


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[Assistant] And that's been their only way to really create big plays in the pass game. Uhm, so that does scare me, but I'm picking the, I'm taking the Dolphins 31 to 20, Mike. I think they'll control the game.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the sucky ball. The Broncos vs. the Rams. I mean, the Broncos defense is still real. I don't think the Rams are gonna be able to move the ball in them. I'm gonna take a 20-16 ugly win by the Broncos.


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[Assistant] Is the bucks pissing down their leg like they did last week?


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[Assistant] I mean, they're capable of going on the field and a half and turning the ball over three out of five drives. I mean, that's what's amazing. But yes, I can't imagine the Cardinals can move the ball on this Bucs defense who's somewhat healthy here. Uh, so I'm going Bucs 24 to nine on the road.


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[Assistant] I think it's a little scary. I think the cults match up pretty well with them.


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[Assistant] You know, again, we saw last, the Colts defense is, it's pretty damn good.


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[Assistant] Right? And I don't know, maybe their hearts and souls were torn out by the blowing of that lead there.


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[Assistant] But, to me, it's, again, you've discussed this a few times this week.


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[Assistant] I don't, I don't know if the chargers do enough schematically.


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[Assistant] To just scare the Colts. I think the Colts, and this is my problem with the Chargers and why I thought Tennessee might beat them last week. It's a passing game that's very easy to break down. It has telltale tendencies.


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[Assistant] And I think that's where that can be scary against that crew. Let alone with Nick Foles on offense, I think could change the dynamics of how they approach. Maybe open the field up a little bit.


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[Assistant] And maybe open their run game. I'm gonna take the Chargers to win, but I think this is one where, you know, the, the, the Colts hang around. I'm gonna take, uh, Chargers 24 to 20 in this one, Mike.


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[Assistant] I just, it just doesn't seem right to me. You know, I know Carolina's defense has been better and...


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[Assistant] You know, they have a run game, but I don't think that matches up against the Lions. And I think the spread is this way because of like, it's just still not a belief and Jared Goff on the road. And I think the cold weather plays in the Lions favor. I'm going to Lions. Uh, they are the favorites by two and a half and I got them winning by 10.


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[Assistant] Alright, I'm going to somewhere I haven't gone in a long time, but I'm feeling it this week and I'm gonna ride it. I'm taking it over, and I'm taking the over in that Chief Seahawks game. I'm gonna go with it.


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[Assistant] The over-under for the game is 49 points. I got it 38-27, which is way over. Uh, I just, I think this is going to end up being a shootout with a lot of big plays in the pass game and the run game. So I'm going there next.


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[Assistant] I'm taking the Dolphins. Well, screw the Packers. I don't believe in it. I mean, the team, yeah, I just don't. They're not on the same level as the Dolphins. Dolphins at home, get back on track type of game. We're at home, warm weather, fast track, Dolphins.


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[Assistant] Thanks for watching, homies. Hit subscribe to see all my Unbuttoned videos. You get to see me, Ahmed Fareed, all the big player breakdowns, game breakdowns, player interviews, and my film analysis. So please subscribe. Chris Sims, Unbuttoned. Peace out.


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[Assistant] Family Sunday football time, for sure. Because we're all together, always make dinner for the family, and so I got this new, uh, wood fire pizza oven. Oh, look at you! It was like Black Friday deal and stuff like that one. It was pretty good.


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[Assistant] Gotta perfect that. But yeaah, it was a good slate of games here on Sunday. As always, our promise to all the homies, and we always fulfill this promise, is that we'll talk about every game. Yes. Sometimes even longer than we should. You're right.


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[Assistant] Uh, let's start with our Sunday night football game. This is hashtag QB wins. This is what the segment's called here. It's just because we're going to give the win to the quarterbacks of all these teams.


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[Assistant] All about the quarterbacks. All about the quarterbacks. And this one was all about the quarterbacks. Two players that were picked back to back in the, uh, 2020 NFL draft. It was Justin Herbert versus Tuitunga Violoa. And the Chargers won. And I didn't see this tweet until I got in today. I didn't realize that you sent this out.


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[Assistant] Until it was over, officially. All week, Dolphins fans kept saying that this was going to be the deciding game on whether Tua was better than Justin Herbert. You guys were right about something for once. A little, uh, winky smiley tongue out face. Emoji face.


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[Assistant] And it's football. We can't take this stuff, uh, stuff too seriously. Uh, but this was, uh, this was a serious game for Justin Herbert and the Chargers because they needed a win like this coming off that Raiders loss as we talked about before. So let's take a look at the numbers. Tua versus Justin Herbert passing in this game. Not even close.


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[Assistant] Over 300 yards by the end. Here's the passing charts if you're watching. So Justin Herbert throwing it all over the field to a 10 of 28, 145 yards. So let's start with a good. Start gushing about Justin Herbert, your guy.


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[Assistant] We might have to take a look at the film on this one, just like we did last week. Pete notes here that some 49er fans are now demanding on Twitter that you acknowledge that their defense really did shut down to, uh, last week. And now it's two weeks in a row. Cause I think there's some people out there be like, what do you mean they have never been shut down? We shut them down last week. But as you mentioned on this podcast, there were guys open last week. Not as much in this game last night.


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[Assistant] He threw for 35% completion percentage did 2, uh, and I think a lot of times on third down, it was like a lot of man early. I was seeing some words, right. And then third down, it went to zone.


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[Assistant] When you've kinda hurried up to uh, you got his clock ticking a little faster.


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[Assistant] Well, the 35% completion percentage was the worst by a quarterback in a game since Sam Darnold in 2019, worst by a Miami quarterback.


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[Assistant] You know, maybe you can say that they, uh, needed to run the ball a little bit more. Jeff Wilson was a little dinged up. So that affected things. And they did give Raheem Mostert 11 carries and he only had 37 yards. So he was ineffective. So maybe that had something to do with it.


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[Assistant] There was nothing the passer in this game. Oh my gosh. I'm Justin Herbert. Oh my gosh. It's your brand. Yeah. So I'll give you 30 seconds to talk about that penalty.


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[Assistant] The block punt, the block kick. What's the most effective way to block a kick? Just run right through the kicker, right? But we've ruled that that's not


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[Assistant] For every Brock Purdy there are, I don't want to say. You don't know. That's true. No, it is true. It's part of the story. But we want Justin Herbert healthy. We want Tom Brady healthy. We would love to have Jimmy Garoppolo healthy, but it is super fun watching Brock Purdy come in there. And he looks, I mean, I don't want to get, you know, two games, right?


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[Assistant] First game you think, oh, maybe a fluke, you know, the other team wasn't ready for him. Beginner's luck. Beginner's luck. Now you go against a Buccaneers defense. Who was missing a couple, uh, key players in the secondary. I don't think Winfield played right. Mike Edwards was out. Vita Vea got hurt in the game, but still, uh, it's an NFL defense and this is a,


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[Assistant] Last pick in the draft, uh, San Francisco touchdown passes on throws outside the numbers in 20 or more yards downfield. I love it. Jimmy Garoppolo last three seasons, two. Brock Purdy in the second quarter yesterday, two. Yeah. So he gives them something they did not have.


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[Assistant] Yeah, 14 carries for Christian McCaffrey, 119 yards after on this podcast, you said maybe he should be a wide receiver and not the running back. He goes, I'll show you Chris. Keep me in the back.


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[Assistant] Yeah, dominant win by San Francisco who need Christian McCaffrey now because who knows, Debo Samuel could be gone for a while. Doesn't appear to be season ending. Yeah, hope not. Right. But we heard after the game, Kyle Shanahan saying high, uh, high likelihood that it's a high ankle sprain.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but man that didn't look good when he was on the field and the replay of it.


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[Assistant] I mean, I love that. I don't know that there's anyone in the NFL who's harder to take down, pound for pound than Debo Samuel, but sometimes it was like growing up watching Barry Sanders, right? He almost never had runs like that. You know, he would kind of know it's like, I could really put my, yeah, I could maybe get one more yard, maybe two. The problem with Debo is like, he could break that tackle and get another 15. And so we've seen that.


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[Assistant] Well, he's already done something that no other quarterback making his first NFL start has ever done. He beat Tom Brady. He was 6-0 previously in those situations. Brady should have gotten in the defensive secondary out there. Played safety. He's gotta keep this perfect record intact. How did he let that happen?


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[Assistant] The game was over after it got, uh, lopsided. Yeah, it was over late in the second quarter. Which we thought was the case with the Kansas City Chiefs against the Denver Broncos. It was 27-0. I was like, well that one's over. It wasn't.


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[Assistant] Denver Broncos maybe showing their first signs of offensive life.


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[Assistant] This year, I think this was their highest scoring game of the season. I'm pretty sure it was, right? I think 23 was their previous high against the Raiders. They scored 28 against the Chiefs here, all after falling behind 27 to nothing. For Kansas City, they did win. It's their 14th straight win versus Denver, 15th straight road, uh, division win. There was some magic made by


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[Assistant] Patrick Mahomes, what you talked about on Football Night in America, the underhanded little scrambled dish to McKinley.


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[Assistant] Football Night in America, although when you used it, I was like, you know, we're getting older.


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[Assistant] We're never going to eliminate those turnovers because if you eliminate all those turnovers, sometimes you eliminate those great plays. And we saw it with Patrick Mahomes in this game, right? I mean, three interceptions that tied a career high, but I almost wonder it's like,


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[Assistant] Are those things, are those like a necessary evil? Are you gonna have to have and take some of those Patrick Mahomes bad interceptions? We don't see them that often. Yea, right. But, you just have to accept that that's part of the game too.


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[Assistant] From back in the day, another reference from back when we were growing up, uh, 431 yards of total offense versus the NFL's third ranked defense. And so they did a whole lot of good things. But maybe signs of life for Denver here, you know, and maybe that offense and Russell Wilson had to leave when he got hit in the head. I think it's, I don't know if it was diagnosed as a concussion.


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[Assistant] But he left, but uh, I, I felt good for the Denver fans who were there to see that. When it was 27-0, I'm sure they were like, what are we doing? Why are we wasting our Sunday?


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[Assistant] Double digit wins and in the process giving the Broncos double digit losses 3 and 10 and they are officially


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[Assistant] Alright, Requiem for a Team Denver Broncos. Here lie the Denver Broncos.


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[Assistant] Yeah, his best game probably as a Denver Bronco. Uh, so maybe, maybe, uh, better things on the horizon for the Denver Broncos. Maybe one day they'll look like the Philadelphia Eagles do basically every week. A huge win over your New York Giants. Sorry.


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[Assistant] Morgan, uh, Chris, 48-22. This is one of my best bets of the week right here. I knew it was coming. Eagles, the first team to clinch a playoff berth this year. And after the game, Nick Sirianni was like, cool, whatever. Oh, I know.


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[Assistant] He threw for 217 yards, and so when blitzed, he was 10 of 16, 115 yards, a touchdown, uh, three sacks though. When not blitzed, he was 11 of 15, 103 yards, a touchdown, and one sack. What are we trying to show there, Pete? Anything in particular? I guess...


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[Assistant] There's good weapons around Jalen Hurts for sure. Two good receivers, really good run game, but he is part of that run game as well. He joined Cam Newton as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with 10 or more rushing touchdowns in multiple seasons. He's the first ever to do it in back to back seasons.


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[Assistant] Well, Joe Yohannan's gonna take you down that road. Yeah, okay. Damn okay, Jalen Hurts. He's been able to attack the soft spots of the defense and consistently make accurate throws in the pocket. If you take him out of the eagle system, is he still a top 5-10 quarterback in the league?


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[Assistant] And what I think, and I think you would already, I'm sorry, you would already admit


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[Assistant] Everything like that. That's not. He could win the MVP though. He could. He could. No doubt. And I guess maybe that indicates the fact that they think that this team could go 16-1. And if you go 16-1 and you're the quarterback of that team, you probably do have a pretty good chance of winning the MVP. The Giants are not gonna go, uh, 16-1.


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[Assistant] They might not get to double-digit wins. Last thing on them, they're 1-4-1 since they started the season 6-1. And you mentioned on the Peacock show last night, you think they might miss the playoffs.


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[Assistant] I don't expect it. Not that I would ever root for you and Pete and everyone to be sad, but that would help my lions for sure.


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[Assistant] Damn okay to my Detroit Lions. Damn okay is right. Damn okay to Jared Goff. Damn okay Jared Goff. 330 yards, 3 touchdowns, 9 for 11, with 76 yards on 3rd down, so making the crucial plays when they mattered the most.


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[Assistant] Uh, Goff said last week, quote, I feel like I am playing the best football of my career right now. Right. And it was on this podcast. I've been saying that. Yeah. For a few weeks now. He just, Chris Sims told me this and I think it's right.


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[Assistant] Uh, and I said on this podcast last week, I go, for the first time, I'm feeling like emotionally there. Like I've brought my mind to the fact that Jared Goff is going to be our quarterback next year. And maybe that's not the worst thing ever.


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[Assistant] Uh, and maybe those two first round picks we get next year, one from the Rams, one of that is ours. It's getting worse by the day, which is okay with me. Uh, should go to defense and not, not the quarterback and golf, and golf did it again against a Vikings defense that really has not shut down many people, but it's not like the Lions haven't been doing this to everyone.


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[Assistant] And pass a rating since the 2018 Super Bowl year with the Rams. Trist and Shout says, Hey, Chris and Ahmed love the pod and more importantly love our Lions. There we go. Trist and Shout.


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[Assistant] Who gets the credit for Goff's surge over the past two months? Play calling? Talent around him? Goff himself? Or is it something else? Your number 30 quarterback going into the season has been out to prove you wrong.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they started the season one and six. No team has ever made the playoffs after a one and six start. They've won five of six since. And Steve Kornacki told America yesterday that they have a 21% chance of making the postseason. Yep. Why'd you point? Why'd you, why?


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[Assistant] I'm not going, no, I'm spending as much time as we can on this game. Delvin Cook was held at just 23 yards on 15 attempts. I thought that was pretty cool. Although Kirk Cousins basically did everything he wanted to do in the past game, 425.


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[Assistant] Uh, yards, a lot of those to Justin Jefferson. It's too much of that though. 223. It's too much lately. So it's one, you think it's two one dimensional for the Vikings offensive.


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[Assistant] You would have been saying the same thing about the Detroit Lions. Fake punt, fourth and seven, from their own what, 25. You got a 14-7 lead, punt the ball. You're controlling the game, you're winning. It's like you get stopped there, Viking score, it's just like you blew the game. That game actually, or that play. That was a big play. That was a huge momentum play.


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[Assistant] They're not afraid to lose and look like an idiot and a blow up in their face. And I think sometimes like teams like, like the Buccaneers and Todd Bowles for all the good things he does, I think he's conservative. I think he's afraid to, that's kind of the mold of the coach that's afraid to lose.


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[Assistant] Carolina Panthers you mentioned there. They're, they're coming on strong though too. Yes they are. I mean they're kinda looking like my Detroit Lions. Damn okay for the Panthers and their win over the Seahawks 30-24. J.C. Horne.


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[Assistant] Six tackles, had an interception, two passes defensed. Uh, Seahawks were trying to make a comeback. Gino, I think for the first time he had multiple interceptions in a game. Yeah. And so they got to him and the Carolina Panthers did just enough on defense. We know how much talent they have on defense and they controlled the game by running the ball.


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[Assistant] I think they, this is one of their better wins on the year.


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[Assistant] The Seahawks may have been able to do that if they had Kenneth Walker or even Dallas in the backfield. They were both out. TJ Homer got most of the carries. They were not able to get an effective


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[Assistant] Run game going there. Uh, so the, the Seahawks are kind of, they're still kind of holding onto a playoff spot here, seven and six, those wins early in the year. I mean, they all matter, right? And you get those early and even if you're not playing well at the end, you still might have enough to give you the advantage. Now Carolina.


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[Assistant] They control their own destiny. Isn't it amazing? In the NFC South. Amazing. They got Pittsburgh, they got Detroit, they're at Tampa, and they're at New Orleans. They could win this division.


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[Assistant] Right now, right? Uh, and he might not even get the job afterwards. Uh, I'm kind of to the position, and, and people have talked about this in the past, of, you know, do we, are, is it time- Many people are saying- Is it time to get rid of the divisions, right? I mean, you have, you're gonna have a team that's probably gonna be below 500 win the division here. Maybe it's, maybe it's time to get rid of those.


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[Assistant] And Pete says, should division winners get a home game, guaranteed home game. I know, Pete's a big, big, I hear ya. But I'm almost like, what's the point of divisions? What's the real point of it?


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[Assistant] You know, rivalries, but you can still have rivalries, right? You can still play your rival. Well, I still think it sets up the playoff. But, but you see like some of this stuff, it's like you have built-in advantages if your division sucks, right?


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[Assistant] Don't, we don't want to break it. We don't want to break it. Some people think that the Bill's offense might be a little broken right now. Although defensively, they were good enough against the Jets hitting Mike White around. We're going to give the damn okay for the Bills 20-12 win over the Jets to Gregory Rousseau. So even without Von Miller,


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[Assistant] And that's, that's your favorite part of this game. You're like, man, that defense looked pretty good even without Von Miller. You're perhaps a little worried about the offense. Of course it was gross and cold and rainy and sleety and snowy. First 10 drives of this game though ended with a punt. It was totally a defensive struggle.


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[Assistant] Pressure, 40% of his drop backs in his previous two starts it was 19.5%. We saw him get hit a couple times. I saw some people tweet at you too. They're like, man, that looks like a, an injury that Chris Sims once had.


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[Assistant] Jets are seven and six hanging onto a playoff spot. Now time to enter the newsroom. It's time for give me the headlines presented by Hyundai two games to provide headlines for and Chris is on his game today.


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[Assistant] Oh, big time. Big time. Digital though. We're not cutting trees down. Digital copy. Yeah. We'll start with the Ravens, beating the Steelers by 2-16-14. The final score. Your headline for this game is... Tri-Biskey! There it is.


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[Assistant] Three interceptions tied a career high from 2018. Kenny Pickett had to leave in the first quarter, uh, went into concussion protocol. Unfortunate to see that. Uh, so Trubisky, and we talked about before this podcast, the unfortunate thing is there were some good plays. He made some good plays. You're right.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he threw the ball 30 times. He only had eight incompletions. It was just that three of those went, went to the other team.


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[Assistant] That other team has a quarterback issue as well. Lamar's out. Uh, Tyler Huntley went down in this game with a head injury. Saw that a lot in the NFL, unfortunately, yesterday. Uh, but good news for them. They can say, JK, we do have a run game. That was the alternate headline I was thinking of there. Uh, just kidding. We can run the football.


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[Assistant] This guy seems to be creative with his headlines. Uh, J.K. Dalbin's eight rushes. That's uh, oh no, he had eight rushes. No, no, no, no. Oh, versus the stacked box though. This is the stacked box.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it feels like a team that needs that running game and will go as far as Lamar can take.


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[Assistant] His first win in five career starts with Cleveland. So he just wins one time and you're already giving the whole state to him.


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[Assistant] Without Tyler Boyd, who got hurt, finger injury. Uh, without T Higgins, who played like one snap and then had to come out because uh, he aggravated a hamstring before the game. So he just had Jamar Chase, which is a good one to have. Uhm, but we've seen this a lot. They've had a lot of their weapons down and Joe Burrow just makes it, makes it worse.


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[Assistant] Two more games to go, last, but Pete notes here, certainly not least, still good games.


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[Assistant] Uh, noteworthy that every game yesterday had some sort of playoff implications. So Cowboys trying to get that number one seed almost looked like it was going to be the shocker of the, of the season. They were a 17 and a half point favorite at home against the one win Houston Texans, Hayden Waxson, Waxson.


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[Assistant] Uh, says after the Cowboys win by just four, is it concerning that the Cowboys can barely beat a bad team when the Eagles are consistently stomping them?


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[Assistant] I would. Dallas, we've seen it. I think that's the thing too. It's like everyone knows that every once in a while you're going to have a stinker, a clunker in the NFL. We've seen them be dominant offensively and defensively this year. It's not like they just lost it in one game. How many more times do you need to see it?


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[Assistant] Yeah, Cowboys, a team, uh, in the playoffs that, uh, probably feels pretty good about themselves, even though they didn't win by as much as they thought they probably should have last game.


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[Assistant] I can't say the same thing about the Tennessee Titans right now. They are still in the playoff picture, but they are not feeling great at all. Fire the GM midweek, and then they go down to Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars 36-22, our final game here. Uhm, yeaah, this is rough, this is rough for Tennessee.


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[Assistant] I mean, it sucks that Traylon Burks got hurt and wasn't playing in this game because he was starting to emerge as that guy maybe. I know. It could be the downfield threat for Ryan Tannehill. But, uh, yeah, it's rough, but give credit to the Jaguars. Goal line stand two says damn okay to the Jaguars and Trevor Lawrence. As Chris mentioned, Trevor is playing awesome lately and the defensive talent really showed against Tennessee. So.


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[Assistant] Same thing, like we kinda just mentioned about the Dallas Cowboys, like we've seen them be dominant. Of course they're gonna have a clunker every once in a while, and whoever will, but now he's got tape of him carving up some pretty good defenses in the NFL.


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[Assistant] Evan Ingram was awesome, 162 yards, couple touchdowns. You've hyped him up in the past and he showed it in this game. So that is every game from Sunday, including a bonus Thursday game. Uh, recap. And now we preview thanks to bet MGM, the parlay preview for the final game of the week, Monday night football Patriots at Cardinals


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[Assistant] This is a one and a half point, uh, Patriots team that's favored in this one. Yeaah. The over under is forty three and a half. On Thursday, you picked the Patriots to win by four, so the cover. Yeaah. Twenty four to twenty, and so hitting the over as well. You still confident with the Thursday, Chris? No, no. Oh no.


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[Assistant] New England's the team, they're sitting there at 6 and 6, they're in the hunt, they don't do a whole lot of things well, they're not that exciting. It's like they beat the teams they were supposed to beat this year. That's how I look at New England. But they can look dominant too, I mean they beat the Lions 29-0, which is actually pretty significant this year.


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[Assistant] I mean they made it last year, I don't know. I think they will. I don't want them to because I-


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[Assistant] They're not that exciting, they're not that fun. No. They're not that fun of a team. No, no. What are you watching them to see? I think that, you know. Sorry, Patriots fans, this is just the truth.


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[Assistant] I know, but if it's the most popular one, although sometimes the masses are right and sometimes we're very wrong.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but Pete says, that is how I look like this. Oh, look at that. Oh, look at that guy. Look at that. What is that?


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[Assistant] When I turn 45, maybe I'll, I'll devote my life to working out and looking like that one day. Yeah, I know you will. Probably not. I enjoy sitting around all Sunday and watching 8, 9, 10 hours of football. Too much.


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[Assistant] Football League. Which I don't think sounds right. Where it's just on the NFL. You don't need to say Football League after you say the NFL, right? I mean, that's already implied. National Football League, Football League. Yeaah, right. It doesn't make sense, right? So, that's where our focus is.


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[Assistant] It is a new one. It is. It's a dumb one is what it is. What's up everybody? It's Chris Sims. We got a good, good show to hit on. Hope everybody had a Thanksgiving. Ahmed Fariz here. Chris Sims here. Had a Thanksgiving, like just had it. Not even a good one. You just hope people had one. I'm all flustered here right now. Alright, alright.


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[Assistant] I don't know what is going through my brain, but I hope you did have a Thanksgiving.


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[Assistant] I don't know if I'm refreshed or if I need another break from the long weekend. You seem all messed up a little bit. I know, right? What the hell happened to me here? It's like we started the show and I was like, wait, okay, hold on, I gotta get my thoughts together. How am I gonna talk about the open here?


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[Assistant] Right, right. I was nervous. It felt good to feel nervous. It was a good game. It was. It was a lot of fun. And yeah, you're right. I mean, you won that game and all of a sudden, hey, a few things fall your way. You guys could have been sitting there right on the edge of the playoffs, maybe in the playoffs. That was really, you know, uhm,


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[Assistant] Pretty amazing. I think we saw the same story there just to hit on that game real quick again. Just too Josh Allen centric. You see the Bills offense at the end of the game. It does seem to run out tricks and it's just him either scrambling or jamming a


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[Assistant] We're still on Thursday night and it's Minnesota, New England. Just to hit on that too is where I just go, man, Minnesota, they won. I don't know if I feel that much better about them. I don't know if they really outplayed New England. New England made some mistakes, but either way, it was a good day and that's where I'll end it. I drank a lot.


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[Assistant] I smoked a lot and I ate a lot. I did. I was in a coma for the Vikings Patriots.


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[Assistant] It will be. It will be, unfortunately. We'll be working on Christmas. You're gonna be working? I think so. I think they're gonna make us do a pregame show with nobody watching. Pete, you're working too?


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[Assistant] Well, it had some mistakes. I mean, I think, yea, you know, you, you take away, you know, you look, and I know Green Bay made some mistakes too. Rogers had the interception, certainly. I mean, we're not accustomed to seeing that, but yea, I think when you take in the account of


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[Assistant] What did we have? The Jalen Hurts, right? The...


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[Assistant] Fourth and one quarterback sneak that they did not get.


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[Assistant] Weird exchange. Yep. AJ Brown fumbling as they were driving another time and then the ball got returned to give the Packers a short field. So had some things fall their way, but I think that's what we thought they needed to happen if they wanted to keep the game close. I did not think like sitting there like, oh, this game gets played, you know, clean on both sides of the ball.


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[Assistant] We're going to have an even football game. No, I always kind of thought, man, if it's an even, you know, clean type of game, the Eagles are going to win by, you know, two, three touchdowns. So, but Green Bay did hang in there and, you know, took advantage of the home of those opportunities. They're just not,


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[Assistant] You know, again, I don't want to beat a dead horse here, but it's, it's you know this, I know this. They're just not in the class of the Philadelphia Eagles.


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[Assistant] I was worried early if they were going to have any fight. The way the Philadelphia went down the field, I went, uh oh, Green Bay might have gave up last week. It might have been it. They might have like packed their bags and gone, okay, we'll just be here and finish the season, right? I worried about that. Obviously you did too, but they did bounce back and made it very fun to watch there for a while. Well, they bounced back too and it was some vintage.


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[Assistant] But that's again, you know, I think, hey, Jaylen's phenomenal football player and clearly has stated here that he is, you know, one of the better quarterbacks in football. You're not going to hear me say he's like top five quarterback in football. That ain't going to happen, alright? But either way, okay, maybe he's on going in that direction and


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[Assistant] The, again, just the all the issues you have to worry about with that football team.


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[Assistant] It's hard to cover all your bases. And that was one last night where it looked like Green Bay kinda went like, we're gonna kinda stop everything.


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[Assistant] Except, we're not gonna have anybody that'll spy him, or really worry about him containing him in scrambles. And of course that became a big issue, and then of course they even broke out some quarterback runs. And it's just...


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[Assistant] It's, it's pick your poison with Philadelphia a little bit, unless you're a special defense. And I really think there is only a handful of defenses in football that can really give them problems and kind of have the answers to all the problems that they can pose for a defense.


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[Assistant] The easiest 363 yards you'll ever see. That's what, that's what's amazing to me.


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[Assistant] You know, it, it really is. It's, it's, it's different than like, this is not Michael Vick scrambling, where Michael Vick was playing in a drop back pass offense and making people miss, and you're like, oh my gosh, wow. Sometimes with this, it's just like,


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[Assistant] Whoa, he faked the run here and he ran around the edge and nobody was there for 40 yards. Holy cow. Or they, hey, we pull the right guard and give it to Miles Sanders and...


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[Assistant] I don't, I don't, you know, understand the process a little bit. There did not seem like there was a, you know, an emphasis on, hey, let's not just go crazy in the pass rush. And then, like I said earlier, an emphasis on, hey, let's keep a guy there, right?


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[Assistant] When you have 2 on 81 there, that's where you probably could have finagled away to get a quarter. When you play man to man in this type of defense that you see here,


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[Assistant] You should be able, right, to have a guy and play quarterback spy. I'm going to watch this one more time because I'm pretty sure it was a five man rush too. And you know me, that's why I'm not a huge fan of the five man rush always. Yeah, I'm correct. It was a five man rush to where yes, that's a guy that you could have had there waiting for him.


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[Assistant] Uh, so, there was a lack of a plan there altogether, but it's hard to have a plan for Philadelphia, and as we've talked,


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[Assistant] I think it's really, hey, we saw the Colts in Washington, but those are teams that I look at to go special defenses. There's only a few in the NFC left that I think can really mess with this offense, and there's only a few in the AFC.


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[Assistant] So that's where it'll get interesting, uh, but the Eagles, the offense, everything they do, it's amazing. And really I think the thing maybe to look at if we want to beat the Eagles or look at little cracks in the armor and all that, it is the defense. The defense, you know, it's good.


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[Assistant] But I don't sit here right now and think, ooh wow, it's like the most dominant force in football. The statistics are really good. It's hard to argue.


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[Assistant] They've played a favorable schedule as we've talked about with offenses and stuff.


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[Assistant] Eagles make plays, that's the other thing they do. Even though their defense might give up yards, they're very opportunistic.


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[Assistant] We know that. They're one of the league leaders and interceptions and forced fumbles and all of those things as well. Uh, so, you know, that, that of course maybe covers some, some issues as far as the yards they have.


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[Assistant] You know, that's where I give Sirianni and Shane Steichen a lot of, you know, this, this is not in their history to run this type of offense. That's not, that's not what they do. These are a group of guys who were out there with the Chargers and Phillip Rivers and were throwing for 4,800 yards and let's unleash it and, and do all that.


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[Assistant] And then got to the Colts with Andrew Luck and we're like, let's unleash it. This is awesome. I got all these cool pass plays. They're really creative in that standpoint.


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[Assistant] But then they got to Philadelphia. It was Carson Wentz. Oh, wait, wait, okay, wait, Jalen Hurts.


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[Assistant] We don't really like this guy, we want to trade, we don't know if he can really do it. Okay, let's start to put some plays around him that make sense for him. And now you're seeing what he can bring to the table.


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[Assistant] You know, again, he gives them a toughness to their football team and an attitude too. That's what you can't really quantify with stats. With Jalen Hurts, whether it's his calm demeanor, you know, just his mental fortitude, all of that, there is real valuable and, and, and, uh, you know, valuable, what do I want to say? Tangible.


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[Assistant] Intangibles. Intangibles there. Tangible intangibles. Tangible intangibles. I like that. There is with him though. Uhm, and uh, it was a good win for them. But, but yeaah.


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[Assistant] It's so funny to think about it too, like I said, it's the ease in which it was done. When Colin Kaepernick and the 49ers, we had never seen anything like it.


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[Assistant] But 150 is a different stratosphere. And, and like I said, to...


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[Assistant] His ability to throw the ball, you know, he's great at, as I've always said, go routes.


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[Assistant] Back shoulders, right? Like the touchdown we saw right before the half, I believe, to Kez Watkins. Is that the one I'm thinking about? I think it was, on the right sideline. You know, just has a great feel of, oh wait, the defender's in front of him, I won't lead him, I'll kind of leave it behind him. Oh wait.


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[Assistant] He's got the defender beat by a little bit. I'll throw it out there and let him go get it. That's where Hirsch has real value as a thrower to me. Uhm, but, but, I will say, you know, there's still throws with him and things where I go,


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[Assistant] If they gotta play the 49ers, you know, if they gotta play the Cowboys again, and they slow down some of those other things,


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[Assistant] And now, hey, you gotta jam a ball into a cover two window. Do I sit here and go, oh, don't worry, he's gonna pass that test with flying colors this year? No. And I know I'm not alone in that thought. I know a lot of people don't want to say it. People are scared to talk about Jalen Erickson. But just one thing that I certainly look at to evaluate as we go here.


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[Assistant] I would not be shocked. You know, I don't know if you heard me on the Peacock post game show, but I certainly kind of said the same things on it. I was a little bit like, ehh.


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[Assistant] There's a chance this is, this, this could be it forever. This could be it for the season. You know, I don't know. Who knows where Aaron Rodgers, I think he's a wild card right now.


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[Assistant] Again, I don't think he's like Brady. He's not the kind of guy that's gonna be like,


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[Assistant] The 21st best quarterback in football and still wanna play. Or like even, I think even out of the top 10. I think if he got out of the top 10 and he was like, well, I'm kind of in the middle of the pack. He's got like too much pride in his physical gifts to keep, keep playing. Right? So I do not think he's a guy that's just gonna hang on, just to hang on.


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[Assistant] It's, it's, it's over in Green Bay and they need to start a new era now and maybe I do need a little refresh for a year or two. I mean, I, I don't know. I wouldn't be shocked. I wouldn't be shocked if like they got to February, they had a sit down conversation. They were like, you know what? Let's, let's try to work something out and move, move different ways here. Now his contract's going to be an issue for any trade, but back to the point of, you know, with Rogers,


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[Assistant] You know, did some good things last night. We know that. You can still see the ball comes out of his hand a little funny at times. And I, I do think that's an issue, but you know, even just the,


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[Assistant] You know, the interception down the middle, misreading the coverage a little bit, where Blankenship got it. Yeaah, those are things we have not seen him do, but I would be scared. You know, to what you're saying, the oblique, I don't know, have you ever had an oblique injury? No. Yeaah, it takes a while.


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[Assistant] It's, it's, you know, you see baseball hitters get it a lot, right? Cause of the torque. It's definitely a quarterback injury because again, it's just that torque, the twisting all the time.


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[Assistant] Well, we'll see, we'll see. Well, what happens too is that oblique is like kind of connected to the bottom part of the rib, so when I had it the first time, that's why I kind of like, when he started talking about like, I wanted to make sure it was a cracked rib, the first time it happened to me, I thought the same thing.


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[Assistant] I don't know. I was like all uncomfortable. I had thrown a pass and I was like, I don't know if I cracked a rib or what.


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[Assistant] It hurts when I breathe and like you start to feel that and that would scare me if he's at like that little point of where the muscle connects with the bottom part of the ribs. That could take a long time and they're done. It's over.


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[Assistant] It's over. So, if they, if he decides, hey, I'm gonna sit out the next two weeks and reevaluate and see where it goes from there and I'm done for the year, I would not be shocked. But, Jordan Love. Look good.


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[Assistant] You start to imitate him, you start to go, oh wait, his mechanics are kinda good when he makes his throw, let me kinda do what he does. I got McAfee coming up this week now, he's probably preparing for that.


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[Assistant] Right. I gotta do that in this place? Wow, this is a busy week. But he did look good. He did. And, you know, again, of course, you know, the little play action touchdown pass, put it on the money, let the guy run. You're seeing the talents of Christian Watson, uh, you know, Christian Watson. He's, he's real. He really is. But, uh, I will, I would not be surprised if we saw Jordan Love for the remainder of the year.


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[Assistant] If it goes well, and then he plays good, and like, no, woah, it looks good, that would be interesting too. Gives us something to talk about in the offseason. Well, maybe Green Bay would be willing to, okay, wait, do you want to get traded? Do you want to go somewhere else? Maybe that happens, uhm, but, but we'll see, but either way, Green Bay put up a good fight, not in the same class as the Eagles, and the Eagles are 10-1.


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[Assistant] Well, he played really well. There's no like, you know, I'm not, there's nothing you can say negatively. He did a great job.


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[Assistant] You know, the offense did have flow. He does have a natural feel for the game. And do I look at that and go, yeaah, is that something that he has over Zach Wilson? Certainly. You know, Zach Wilson I think is a little too into, you know, how the throw looks and stuff like that maybe at times. And I think Robert Salah referenced that. But, you know,


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[Assistant] White, yeaah, was in control of the offense. I thought for the rainy day, controlled the football really well.


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[Assistant] And did a lot of good things. So like all that, again, I have nothing negative to say. My negativity about this situation is the situation itself and how the Jets handled it. That would be the thing that I worry about. And I don't agree with the decision to bench Zach Wilson. Not at all. And I would sit here and probably tell you that


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[Assistant] I think there's a good chance that, you know, we just talked about Aaron Rodgers, maybe not, I wouldn't be shocked if Zach Wilson said, see you later, took the Jets, or it just doesn't work out. I would not be shocked if, if I'm Zach Wilson, I would be thinking at the end of the year going,


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[Assistant] Eh, maybe I'll just go somewhere else, or you guys get rid of me, it's all good. I mean, I think that's fair. And here's my two cents behind this.


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[Assistant] Again, alright, so this is, I don't even know how I want to really orchestrate this, but I think this is where I'm going to go. Do I think Zach Wilson could have played that well yesterday? No, I don't. I agree with that. I still think Zach Wilson's top end potential is greater than Mike White's. I still think that that was a game where if Zach Wilson played,


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[Assistant] They would have won 28 to 10 instead of 31 to 10. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Maybe his stats like wouldn't have been 300 plus yards and all of that. Probably would have had a few more eye-popping passes where you're gonna, whoa, whoa, that was, right? So I understand that.


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[Assistant] But to me, here's my big point of the whole thing.


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[Assistant] And he battled through it and he went five and two and I know it wasn't all pretty. I understand that. He's still a young quarterback. You obviously believed in him to draft him at number two.


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[Assistant] This is the game you let him play to gain more confidence. The Bears defense stinks as of late. They're stink. They've given up on the year. So, and not only do they stink, they were missing their three best players yesterday.


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[Assistant] I mean, so that's where I go, this is a game where you stick with your franchise quarterback and let them, now, hey, whoa, wait, look at the throws and plays and we got the offense back on track. It would have been a get right game, most likely for Zach Wilson. That's, that's what I'm saying. I mean, why wouldn't it have been?


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[Assistant] I mean, again, this is where people go, well, most likely, or, might have been. I mean, the guy that beat the Bills and the Packers and all the, like, now all of a sudden, well, most likely he would have beat the Bears. Like, that's where I just, like, I get annoyed with that a little bit. And I don't agree with it for the future of the Jets organization.


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[Assistant] And I hear people say, well maybe they made this decision for now.


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[Assistant] Right? They had to do what was best for now. They would have won this game if we, if we put a lot of people at quarterback yesterday. They're in a different class than the Bears right now. And especially without Justin Fields.


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[Assistant] So that's where I don't like the decision, but I don't want that to take away from Mike White and what he did, and that's great. But I am interested in where this goes with the Jets and Zach Wilson, because I think they have...


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[Assistant] This is, they've messed this situation up now. And they let the fan base, in my opinion, and the New York media, kinda control them here in this situation.


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[Assistant] No, what are they going to do? Mike White, now you're going to play them? Now he's going to play the crappy Minnesota Viking defense this week who can't defend the pass and put up more good stats, and then we're all going to look at it and go, oh yeah, we're going to bring back Zach Wilson. Like please, we get bullshit. Get the f*** out of here with that. There's no way that's going to happen right now. There's no way.


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[Assistant] Now, here's what I want to say, like, hey, he did great, he, he did, he ran the offense, he did all the, offense looks easy when you can run the ball at any time you want, and you're protected, and hey, we got the ball back, they're, they're off the field again, we're staying in rhythm.


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[Assistant] Oh, I hear you there. I mean, it's a guy that seems like he's done everything right. And he's a good dude. I've been around him a little bit. I mean, he's a guy that I'm sure the locker room likes.


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[Assistant] You know, and I understand that. Now, what I will say to our question here, right, the one thing that probably concerns me more than anything is yeaah, you can see that like Elijah Moore and Garrett Wilson were happy to have Mike White on the field. That makes me believe that there's


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[Assistant] It definitely is. You don't have to be best buddies, but yea, you want to have some sort of camaraderie and connection there, for sure.


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[Assistant] And that seems off a little bit. It does. So that where, you know, again, I don't know all the answers to that.


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[Assistant] You know, have known and talked to a lot of people within the Jets organization over the last year. I've never heard them say the people team doesn't love Zach Wilson.


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[Assistant] I mean, that's where I would just be surprised, but maybe when it comes to those two people and the fact that they didn't get the ball through that winning streak, you know, that's where they start to hold it personal maybe to the quarterback a little bit too, a young receiver.


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[Assistant] And they start to blame the quarterback and they think it's personal, like, oh, he's not giving the ball, where no, he's just a young guy who's playing some good defenses and, and probably, you know, didn't give you the ball all the times you should have, but he's learning just like you have.


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[Assistant] Cause I've seen you guys mess up routes that you weren't supposed to run either. Right? So that's where, you know, but I'm like, I don't know where this goes.


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[Assistant] And I don't think this is an easy one to repair for Zach Wilson going forward. I don't, I understand Zach Wilson being very disappointed here, and I think the Jets have made


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[Assistant] It depends on how this year finishes out. It really is. But I think the Jets, and this is something to watch for. Yeaah. I don't think it's, you know... As we sit here right now and how the situation was handled and all of that, I just look at it and go...


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[Assistant] I could see things getting messy between both parties after the season. I could. I wouldn't be shocked. I really wouldn't.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's stupid. He was already in the top two conversation before that throw in the pro day. Right. Alright, so come on. People just latching on to bullshit on social media. You know, that's where you gotta go.