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[Assistant] If you ever told me when I was little, like, Hey, you'll be at this point in the Super Bowl and this is what happens. I'll be like, Oh my God, what, what do I do? Do I just go cry for the rest of my life? You'd be like, no, you had a tough couple of weeks, but.


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[Assistant] You moved on, you were the same person. I'm like, oh man, I didn't think I could handle it. And you do, you just handle it and you get stronger and you get, you go through these deals that make you stronger and wiser and they do make you better. Like I promise they make me better. I just.


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[Assistant] When you have a Super Bowl ring, it makes you look better. So I want to make sure we get one of those because that's what we all work for.


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[Assistant] Yeah, during the Zoom meetings and stuff, I'd pull it up a lot. It came up a ton in our cutups.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I have not sat down and watched play one to the last play with them. Uhm, I would like to do s- that was my plan in OTAs when I could get everyone together and to do something like that.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I'm gonna do something similar to that here when we get everyone back, whatever day that is. Uhm, but there's parts about it that...


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[Assistant] It is a new year, but you want to address it because you don't want guys to run from it at all.


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[Assistant] Also remember how hard it was to get there, because that's also what people don't realize like, yeah, we have a good team on paper, but.


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[Assistant] So when our players get here, yeaah, I'm going to show them some of the Super Bowl and they know we have one goal to get there.


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[Assistant] But they have to know, like, we haven't done shit yet, and we have to put in the work as a team. And that's why I'm just so excited to get these rules and stuff, cause...


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[Assistant] We're ready to put the work in. I've been talking to our guys. They've been working so hard individually, but I want to get the Niners better, not just individual guys.


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[Assistant] And he's like, oh, but Kyle's only worried about this. Like, whatever, I don't get mad at anyone because you guys need content. Uhm, but that's, that's just why it's hard to talk. Like, man, we were placed short of the Super Bowl. What do people expect us, our expectations to be? I mean, that's what it is. No, I don't want to say that because,


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[Assistant] I feel like I'm facetiming with you, so I'm gonna get too comfortable. But hell yeaah, we feel like that. But do I think we're just gonna, if we just think like that and think we're gonna show up, we won't get to the playoffs.


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[Assistant] This league is too hard, like no one has an easy way. Like, the hardest years of my life have been coaching, I feel like have been the two years I've gone to a Super Bowl. Because you know you have a good team, and how much harder it gets each week, the way teams are playing you.


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[Assistant] How intense it is because you don't want to mess that up and this year will be so much harder and we can have a better team.


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[Assistant] And still not do what we did last year and no one's more aware of that than myself. I've been around the sport way too long, but every time I answer a question, I'm not going to cover all of that. But that's all I talk to my players about is once you feel good in this league.


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[Assistant] I promise you will be so humbled. It's unbelievable. Like you always need to be thinking you're about to get fired. You always need to think you're about to get cut. You always need to think you're about to get replaced because


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[Assistant] You are. I've seen it to the best coaches, the best players. This league goes and it's high, it's very competitive. And if you start thinking like anything is easy.


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[Assistant] Just, you're already on your way out. Cause you gotta earn everything. And that's what I like about our sport.


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[Assistant] Because it's, it tells you a little bit about who you are. Like, to make it in this league for a while and to be, to call a place, to do stuff like,


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[Assistant] I don't care who you are, you're gonna get beat up just like a quarterback in this league and you just, you can't start.


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[Assistant] You gotta be very humble and know how hard you have to work just to even get to the spot to compete.


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[Assistant] I think it'd be so much harder if I wasn't that way. Like I don't get how you can talk with it. I'm not.


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[Assistant] Sometimes it's hard to do that. Uhm, you don't know what your situation is, you don't know how people are going to judge you, and people are always trying to beat you up in this league. Uhm, and everywhere. Uhm, it's great for me, the place I'm at. You know, I...


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[Assistant] I have an owner who truly is himself and he knows me. I have a GM who's truly himself, who got into this business for one reason, because he missed the camaraderie of having one common goal and trying to achieve something. He wanted to be back in football so bad because he missed trying to chase a championship.


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[Assistant] That's it. That's the only reason he got back in here. Not to mention he's a great person and knows a lot about football. And I have an owner who just


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[Assistant] Is a genuine dude, like there's no agendas with any of us. And so when you have that, it is very easy to be yourself because uhm, everyone knows what our common goal is. Like even if we have arguments and stuff, it's well, it's not like that one's trying to get credit or one wants to do this or one wants


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[Assistant] I mean, that was another big advice that my dad always said, just always be honest with guys. Uhm, it's something I've always done. Uhm, I think it's hurt me with probably two to three players in my career. Uhm, which some people don't like what you have to say, but I've also learned sometimes you're the only person who tells them the truth and some of these guys get so distorted from


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[Assistant] People don't know, like I don't know how the stock market works and all that stuff.


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[Assistant] But, you know, uncles and agents and girlfriends or wives, like, they don't know what the three technique was supposed to do, what the coverage was, like, but everyone cares about everyone, you hear all this stuff, so people get fed so much stuff and...


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[Assistant] Man, you know, players don't know half the time either. Uhm, and sometimes coaches don't. Like not everybody knows the big picture. And it's...


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[Assistant] I mean, that's the easiest thing for me with players or coaches when you have to have that tough conversation is they know I'm not trying to hide from anything and it's just.


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[Assistant] Explain to them what, hey man, this is what I do, this is what I'm responsible for. Uhm, I am responsible to put out the best team possible for the organization of the Niners. And if I don't do that...


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[Assistant] Like, uhm, my daughter might have to move schools again, uhm, or I might have to end up firing this coach, or I might end up having to cut this other player, and, and you, you explain those to guys, and everyone just gets it.


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[Assistant] I better do this better. You know, like it's, it's not a, it's not a threat. You're not, it's not.


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[Assistant] High school, it's not college where you know, the guy's still on scholarship there for four years. Like you are running a business and yes, I'm a football coach and that's how I carry myself and that's how I talk. And that's why I love hanging around football players. I love hanging around football coaches. I don't care what your age is. I just love being around football people. That's what I enjoy.


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[Assistant] But you are still the boss and when you understand the business of it and you can understand all that and explain it to people, cause it's not that complicated. You just have to have the experience of it. People appreciate that. And then they understand why you have to make decisions. We all want everyone to get paid. We want everyone to be, we're all good people, but you got to remind people what your job is sometimes. And then.


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[Assistant] Then they'll actually come to you for advice and they'll be like, you know what? That does make sense. Alright, these other people might not.


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[Assistant] Know that side of the story. And that's what I think people appreciate the most.


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[Assistant] I mean, I didn't have many coaches that were always honest with me either and that stuff drove me crazy as a player. And I mean, I talk about my playing days way too much because I didn't have really playing days. But I mean, I was played at a big time college and I was around it a lot. And, um, but I learned so much from what I went through and I'm like, I mean, I never, any coach who yelled at me or anything, I mean,


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[Assistant] I didn't care if coaches yelled at me. I just know when someone's teaching me and when someone's not. And very rarely was someone teaching me. And that's where my biggest thing has been. I just want to teach people. And I'll be myself. I can be intense. I can naturally maybe yell, not very much, but I don't, but nothing's worse than when you see coaches who are


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[Assistant] Doing something based off of someone else watching them, like who raised their voice because someone else is around or because the GM's out on the field today or the owner, whatever it is, or because the head coach is right at them. So they're going to yell at that guy harder in front of the team.


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[Assistant] So he covers his ass and like it's players know that players are smart. We all know that and you got to, you just got to be a real dude. And when you're in an organization that allows you to, which it has here, it's so much easier. You don't have people coming in and questioning you all the time. Like, Hey, why'd you do this?


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[Assistant] People know that you're qualified to do what you do, and then they allow you to be yourself.


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[Assistant] That's why it's been different for us here, uhm, in our three years here and it's been really fun.


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[Assistant] I mean, I think it starts with your talent. First of all, I mean, the way he throws the ball and stuff at practice, some of the plays he's made in games. Uhm, I mean, guys believe in him. Uhm, look at our record here with him on the field and our record without him. Uhm, so it starts with that. Uhm, but the way he carries himself to the guys, he's always one of the guys. Uhm, he's always himself.


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[Assistant] Uhm, he's, when he comes in the building, he's...


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[Assistant] He's not the CEO of the building. He's like one of the guys, you know, they don't, they're comfortable around him. He doesn't act different. He's, he's their age. Most of our guys, I mean, he's right in the middle of the pack of everyone and guys believe in them. I mean, when you're like four and 22 without him and then you have his record with them, that's, and I know.


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[Assistant] The circumstances were different. Uhm, you know, especially their defense and stuff, but.


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[Assistant] Guys know that and when he's gone in, it's made plays and it's just like the practice field. And when you have guys like that, I mean.


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[Assistant] My, the Jimmy is just that you're just getting started. Last year was your first year playing quarterback for a whole season. Like you've never had a longer than a three game stretch. And last year you got 16 and look how good you did. Look how far we got. And oh my God, we almost got all the way.


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[Assistant] That's not the finished product. And that's what I feel about everything. I feel about myself. I feel about our team. Like guys, that's.


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[Assistant] We didn't just almost get there. We're still going and you have to get better. And what I like about our team is when I'm talking about Jimmy, how can he not get better? He's played one season.


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[Assistant] And that's just the starting point. You look at some of our receivers, some of our D linemen, like we got guys who.


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[Assistant] Almost played good enough and we almost coached good enough last year for us to win a Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] Our guys can get better. Our receivers can. Our D-line can. Our quarterback can. We got, we got guys who can get better.


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[Assistant] And that's what's exciting. And with, with Jimmy, I know everyone thinks he's been in the league so long cause he's gotten the second contract and everything. Um, but quarterbacks with his ability, um,


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[Assistant] They get better the more they play and the more situations they're in. And that's the key for Jimmy is just to know that and keep doing it.


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[Assistant] You're just so lucky that we have no rules yet because I'm just sitting here waiting to make a schedule.


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[Assistant] It wasn't right when they got that third and 15. Cause I thought it was over to me if they didn't get that. And right when they got that.


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[Assistant] When it, they didn't, it's a time when you can have two possessions and with no worry about the time, like the clock isn't a deal to me.


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[Assistant] And it would have been three possessions if they didn't get that first down. And that's when the clock was a deal. But once they got that, I was like, alright.


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[Assistant] This is a game now and, and we had to come and they scored and we had to convert the next and on the second and 10.


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[Assistant] Uhm, they brought a Sam Mike corner blitz into our run and we pulled it in through an RPO and uhm, the deal and Chris Jones tipped it and we went to third and six. We had to convert that to stay on the field to make it tough and then we missed the third down. So it was that tip ball.


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[Assistant] On second and six and then the third down that we missed, then that's when I was like, all right, the momentum was completely changed now. Right. I knew once the third and 15 happened, I was like, all right, it's a game.


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[Assistant] We coulda ended it. We had Kittle uncovered and Chris Jones made a hell of a play and tipped it. Uhm, they brought the Sam, Mike corner blitz to a three by one slot.


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[Assistant] And we flooded the other way, which you can't cover all that. Kittle was uncovered and he just got his tans up and tipped it. And then we didn't convert the third down. And that's when I was like, all right, now the momentum has changed. Cause now it's just one score and they are moving. And you could tell before that third and 15.


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[Assistant] That we had momentum. You could feel that they kind of felt it and that rejuvenated everybody.


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[Assistant] Yeah, we're pretty much the same. I mean, we got a, uh, a protocol a few weeks ago on, you know, getting everyone back in and how to get our meeting rooms set up and the social distancing and everything. And we had to get all that passed from our county and everything just allow us to come back in. So like what we know right now is that we follow the protocols of our building to where


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[Assistant] You know, it's, we can't have, we're wearing these bracelets around, uhm, to say when we're in six feet of people, so we can track everything.


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[Assistant] I'm in my office right now and no one in here. So this is the only time I can have my mask off or anything. Uhm, you know, we're knocking down a few walls just so we can have them, you know, where we have our quarterback room, you know, we have four quarterbacks in there for training camp.


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[Assistant] With six feet apart, like we could only fit one quarterback in there and a coach, um, cause it's not the biggest room. So, and we have that issue in a lot of rooms. So we're having to change all this stuff. You know, I had to get tested here. They want to let me into like a two tests. Now we're getting tested every day here. Um, that's going to happen for the players coming up.


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[Assistant] What they have put into this, to like, allow us to practice, it's unbelievable. Like, I can't believe how good, like, Ben Peterson, uhm, is the guy who's in charge of this stuff for us, Dustin Lill, our trainer.


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[Assistant] Our stuff's top notch now on how to get back. I'm like everyone else, like when we get everyone together, what does this mean? I mean, you read the news and...


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[Assistant] There's a hundred different things about COVID, so I just try to play it safe. Uhm, but I have the same concerns coming back. Since we've been back in here and I've seen our protocols and how they have this building, it makes me truly believe we can pull this off. Now the hard, the hard thing for, for me right now is we have all this stuff down.


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[Assistant] But we're just sitting here kind of waiting till we know how many players we can have the building, how many padded practices, how many days when they come in, are we just lifting and running?


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[Assistant] Practice hours, stuff like that. So we can set up a plan and it will be different. It's totally going to be different. But man, I've been at home long enough and I think we've all watched sports not happening long enough that I'm excited to try to pull it off.


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[Assistant] And I'm so much more optimistic after getting in here and seeing how these buildings are.


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[Assistant] Now what I'm looking forward to is getting the rules for all 32 coaches. And as long as we are all in the same deal.


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[Assistant] It's gonna, it could, it's gonna be fun. I mean, how to pull this off with the numbers and alright, we have 80 on our roster or 90. We're still not sure yet, but.


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[Assistant] You know, you only can have 45 in your building at once. So are we going to like herd people in and out or do you trim your roster? Like there's all these thoughts that we're having.


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[Assistant] But we got to see the rules first. And then I think all 32 of us will act accordingly to whatever we think. Uhm, but that's what I'm kind of excited to get. It's just each day I'm kind of coming in and waiting.


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[Assistant] We get the numbers right on how many plays we're going to put in, how many reps we're going to get each guy, how many days we have practice, how many reps you need the ones to get ready, how many reps you need for the, to allow whoever's competing to show who's better. Um, all this type of stuff, but you know, we need to know how many days we have and I'm going to sit here and try to fit all that in. Um, and if it's different, which I expect it to be different, then we're going to adjust. Um, but what's cool, I mean, this is the first time, you know, we've gone without preseason.


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[Assistant] And that, that does help a lot, you know, cause usually you got to put in those travel days for that and.


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[Assistant] I don't care as much about the game, but you miss practice the day before, practice the day after, practice the day after.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so knowing that we don't have those, even if we have less days, I think we might be able to make it up because we don't have to go to travel to games. So we might be able to get the same amount of work in, but that's all we're just kind of waiting to see and I can't.


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[Assistant] Imagine the stuff that they're having to agree on, so like I understand why it's taking long.


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[Assistant] I mean, where I felt compared to a few months ago, I feel good now. I think we'll get through this. I'm watching like the European leagues and their soccer teams and stuff and they're not in a bubble. You know, I think, I think there's a chance when we bring everyone in, the testing could


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[Assistant] Not be great right away, like it looks like with all these college teams when they come back.


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[Assistant] But I do feel like the way we run stuff and the way these buildings are, that we can get it under control over.


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[Assistant] Um, a few week period, a month period and have a chance to do this. And, um, I didn't always feel that way, but from what I've seen and what I've heard, um, being in this building, I feel a lot more optimistic than I used to.


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[Assistant] Well yeaah, it's just, it's different this year. I mean, I'm all for the preseason cause...


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[Assistant] There's a couple guys we never seen in a game who are pretty good in practice and then you throw them out there in a preseason game and they freak out and you're like, all right, they're not ready. We got to put them on practice squad and that's good to know. And it's also good when we can't decide these guys are neck to neck. It's nice to just let it play out and to see what happens. But this year is different.


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[Assistant] And I also, I mean, how bad does it suck for guys not to get film who won't make the team and that film has a chance to make other teams. They won't get that. So there's a very good reasons to have preseason. Uh, but this year.


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[Assistant] Our goal is to get to the season and to have a year. And that does make it harder with, I mean, you need 90 guys to go through. From my experience, I have the experience of how many players it takes to get through a training camp while also having them play four games. And I truly believe that it takes about 90.


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[Assistant] Now how many players does it take to get through a training camp without games?


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[Assistant] I don't know. No one does. We've never done this before. I don't think it takes 90. And so like that's what we're all going to try to figure out. And that it does make sense that it's going to be a lot easier to social distance and stuff with less people.


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[Assistant] You know, but I know I need 90 if we're playing these preseason games. Cause there's, it takes too much out of guys. Right. But we're not. So now how many do we need? And that's what I don't know. And that's what I'm trying to think of right now. And cause we want to do our best job.


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[Assistant] So I'm not panicked about it. Just a little bored. I just want these rules cause I came back ready to work, shaved my beard, ready to go, got my like mindset on it. It's coming in here.


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[Assistant] I keep ending up coming home before dinner and my wife's like, I thought you were going back to work. And I'm like, false alarm. One more day.


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[Assistant] You said like last thing and last question going on for a long time now, dude. Okay. This live thing is saying an hour and five minutes and you told me 30 at the most.


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[Assistant] Oh, thank God. I mean, if we weren't by our stadium, we would have a huge issue because we don't have a lot of real estate and we don't have 200-yard fields. Uh, which is, I've never been in a building that doesn't have at least three. Um, so we don't have a lot of real estate because what we talked about early in,


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[Assistant] The land out here, there's not a lot, but we are right next to the stadium and like we can't fit.


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[Assistant] In our normal facility, the biggest meeting I can have is with 30 people, with all of them being six feet apart. Luckily, I can go over to the stadium and we can use this area where I can have a meeting with 60 people.


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[Assistant] You know, but like, if, if there wasn't social distancing, our team room fits 90. Now it only could fit 30. So like, what if...


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[Assistant] Like I don't know, but that's, that's what teams are going to be like, um, who aren't by their stadium. Like in Atlanta, they have a big flowery branch. They should be able to pull it off, not by the stadium, but I don't know, like the chargers or the Rams, like, I don't know if they're too small.


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[Assistant] I mean, you just, if we didn't have the stadium, I'd have to bring 30 guys in to have a meeting and I'd have to bring 30 in later to have a meeting. I don't know what I already have a huge tent on the football field. Like we, we have to follow these rules and that's what.


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[Assistant] That's what's, when you come in here, you see, it's like, oh, alright, we, we can pull this off.


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[Assistant] But it's going to be hard for the coaches and.


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[Assistant] It's gonna be cool for all, get the same rules and stuff, but those are the challenges. You're done.


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[Assistant] Maybe. I haven't seen the spreads last week. I need to check with Pete. Pete miscounted last week. I need to see it again this week.


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[Assistant] Well, uh, I like the Jaguars in this. Now I'm not sitting here going like this is gonna be a best bet and I feel confident about it. I do think we're gonna see offenses go up and down the field. The Jaguars defense has not been very good. Just like you mentioned, the Jaguars offense though has shown explosive elements, both, you know, the first two games. Miami,


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[Assistant] Not sure where to think. You know, again, they had moments of being good against the Patriots, but then we had the Fitzmagic, you know, tragic part of him, where he throws interceptions and everything like that. Last week, not bad, but just the way the Jacksonville Jaguars defenses looked.


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[Assistant] I would think with Devante Parker and the emergence of Gasecki last week that they're going to be able to move the ball on Jacksonville who's really struggled stopping anybody too. So I'm going to go with Jaguars just because


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[Assistant] Honestly, I think they, I trust Gardner Minchu more than Ryan Fitzpatrick. And I think they just got a little splash more playmakers on the field compared to the Dolphins right now who are a little banged up too. So I'm going Jaguars 31-27, which means I have them covering the spread as well.


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[Assistant] Well, this is, uhm, an interesting matchup. The Bears have two wins against two not very good teams as we know. The Falcons have looked like


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[Assistant] Uh, not good against two teams that we think are pretty good. Now, I mean, they had a chance, of course, against the Dallas Cowboys, but that game was like served up on a silver platter. Like here you go. Dallas is going to give you the ball the first four times they got it. Just go down and blow us out. Oh wait, that's right. You're the Falcons and you can't blow us out and you'll let us hang around and come back and beat you.


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[Assistant] The Falcons defense stinks. It stinks. I don't know any other way to say it.


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[Assistant] No pass rush, coverages are simple, they can't play man to man, they don't disrupt receivers, slot receivers coming off the line of scrimmage, they do nothing.


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[Assistant] And I just don't know, even though this Bears offense is not special, I've liked what I've seen for two weeks in a row from the Bears offense. It doesn't need to be special. It's like we talked about, just needs to be middle of the road. I'm seeing more toughness in the run game. I'm seeing Trubisky play the position better, uh, truer to form.


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[Assistant] And he's making a few plays with his legs. Everything there. He made a few big time throws in the game last week too. So I think the Bears, even though it's not the greatest offense, they're going to be able to move the ball on the Falcons. Now the other side of the ball is where it's interesting. I mean, the Falcons are one of those teams, Mike, I start to look at and go like, hey, you know,


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[Assistant] Maybe they need to just play a shootout type of style of football and stop trying to, like, think they're gonna play balanced football too. They got all this money and assets on the offensive side of the ball. Start letting it fly.


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[Assistant] Maybe, but I don't think that's happening this week, not against this Bears defense. And I don't really know how good this Falcons offense is. Uh, you know, week one, cheap points late in the game, cheap yards late in the game. Last week,


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[Assistant] Game short field when they needed to really move the ball and make the game happen and put it away. They couldn't do that. I'm going Bears winning upset on the road. 2321.


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[Assistant] Well, this game's gonna be fun. I would rather go home. I know, I've done both in my career, and I just would go...


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[Assistant] You know, because what happens is you stay out for two, you know, two, two weeks in a row and the coach thinks, Hey, this worked until the next year when you do it and you lose. And then they go, Oh, maybe it wasn't that great of an idea. Let's go back to the other way. So it's whatever. I was always preferential. I want to go home and sleep in my own bed, but either way.


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[Assistant] We got the battle of the mix, right? McDermott, McVay, to me that's the battle of the day. It is. McVay has been overwhelming the defensive coordinators he's played so far to this point. Jim Schwartz last week for the Eagles was on the ground crying mercy. I saw him on the coaches film. He was like, please, please stop.


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[Assistant] Stop! I don't know what to do anymore. He literally had to call the same defense the whole game because he was so outmatched by McVay. He went, whoa, I don't know what else to do. I'm going to play man to man and just, you got that guy, you got that, and I don't, that's it.


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[Assistant] That's not going to happen against McDermott and they don't, they're so well coached. I have a hard time thinking the Rams offense is going to overwhelm.


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[Assistant] McDermott and the Bills defense schematically. I know they're gonna make plays and do some things, but just to be overwhelmed, I would have a hard time believing that. And then we've seen the Josh Allen new offense.


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[Assistant] You know, the, the Stefan digs. It's explosive. It's aggressive. Is he a little loose? Yes, we know. I do like the Rams defense. It's simple. It's sound. They got a few playmakers, but I just think ultimately up in Buffalo.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with them, and I just think they're playing at a little bit higher of a level. A close game, I'm gonna go Bills 24-20.


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[Assistant] Well, I like Cleveland. Uh, there's no question there. First off, I just don't like what I've seen from the Redskins offense through two games. Hello! I know.


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[Assistant] That's a fine. Oh, damn. I didn't even realize. That's the first time it didn't even register in my brain. Yep, fine. Put it, yep, I owe you $20.


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[Assistant] And then we should, we should really start that. But the Washington football team, I've not liked the offense. I have not.


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[Assistant] And I'm not going to feel much better, even though the Cleveland defense hasn't been great either. I just, I gotta see something out of Washington that I can go, oh, alright, they're good at that. And Haskins has been all over the place. The only thing they really got going for them is Terry McCorran, as we've talked about before.


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[Assistant] So I can't, I can't ride with that. And as special as that front four is for Washington and everything like that, the Browns have the formula with a great runoff fence and one of the three best running backs in the game and Nick Chubb to kind of negate that pass rush and not let them tee off. And the Browns, I think we'll be able to play a balanced football game to where


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[Assistant] You know, I just don't expect that that D line to get eight sacks or cause a strip sack fumble. That's to me the only way they can win the game.


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[Assistant] Uh, so I'm gonna go Browns, 24 to 16. I don't think it's gonna be easy cause that defense in Washington is good, but I think they clearly win the football game and I got them covering the spread as you say.


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[Assistant] I'm not that high. Okay. Yep. We got a few hours left before we start. All right. And there is no way. I mean, of course I'm going with the Tennessee Titans two and a half points. I don't know what happened. Maybe the people in Vegas have been with me, teaching and chong and it lately when they came up with this spread, this one like just blinks to me.


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[Assistant] The Titans have moved the ball consistently in both games. They have the points don't match up in the first game against the Denver Broncos. Well, they missed some field goals and had some issues like that. And this Minnesota defense ain't the Denver Broncos defense. It's not as good. I mean, not even close. So I look at that and go, uh, Tennessee.


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[Assistant] Their ability to run the football and when they throw the ball, they are looking for 15 and 20 yard throws at a time. And then when you flip it over to the other side, even though Tennessee's defense is a little concerning right now, I'm not like in love with the way it looks. It's more talented on paper than I think it's giving off on the field.


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[Assistant] I just, there's nothing I can latch on to with Minnesota. I mean, do I think the only way Minnesota has an offensive success is does Dalvin Cook and the run game go off? That's the only chance. And I just don't see that happening.


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[Assistant] It's good. It's basic pass offense plays with Minnesota. Pretty good corners with the Titans. I think that lends to them shutting down the pass can be able to put more people in the box to stop Dalvin Cook anyways. This will be up for thought for my best bet. I can tell you that. All right. Tennessee Titans 30 to 20 on the road.


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[Assistant] Well, I'm gonna go with the Patriots, but six points is a lot for me and I'll explain why. I do worry about a little what we saw last week with the Raiders and what they did to the Saints.


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[Assistant] You know, Drew Brees only got to play a few plays in the third quarter because the Raiders had the ball the whole third quarter. They just kept ramming it down their throat.


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[Assistant] Josh Jacobs, Josh Jacobs, five yard slant Darren Waller, Josh Jacobs, Jocks Jacobs, five yard slant, they can control the clock. And if I, there's one thing I'm worried about with the, the Patriots.


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[Assistant] You've heard me say this on the show today. They're front seven. It's a rare year that they don't have a ton of big people. They're usually a team that's got a few defensive tackles who are 330 and 340. None of that. And as you saw when Russell Wilson got in space last week or even the running backs, they're slow up front.


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[Assistant] So that's where I feel like 6 is too much. But just to flip it around, Raiders defense stinks. Las Vegas Raiders defense stinks. That's what concerns me about the Saints.


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[Assistant] The one thing I don't know, I know that doesn't stink, is the Patriots offense.


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[Assistant] And now with that running game and oh crap, look at our guy Cam throw the ball. I don't think the Raiders will have any answers for that offense. Their only way to even win this game or keep it close is if their offense controls the clock. I'm still going New England, even though I think this is a hair scarier than Vegas is giving a credit for. I'm going to go 28-24, Patriots.


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[Assistant] I do think they do. I think it's, you know, of course, yeah, it's scary. The, the, the mental aspect of going back to a field where you saw a bunch of your teammates and things like fall like flies last week with injuries.


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[Assistant] You know, that is scary. There's no doubt. And I will say this. The Giants are outmanned here, even with the banged up, uh, Giants, uh, uh, 49er football team.


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[Assistant] But, but the one area I look at with the Giants and just go, hey, you got a chance here, or at least can make things interesting, they will throw the ball outside the numbers and be aggressive. And the 49ers will give you those chances. And now D4, you know, banged up, no Nick Bosa.


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[Assistant] Daniel Jones might have a chance to move the ball in the pass game a little bit on this, this defense just to make it interesting.


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[Assistant] Now I know it's Nick Mullins, but I think Nick Mullins in this offense, it won't, it won't miss much from Jimmy Garoppolo. It won't, it won't, you know, it may be some third down ability to really read the defense and make an awkward throw. That's where Garoppolo is special. But Mullins understands the offense. He's got a pretty good arm. He's a pretty good athlete.


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[Assistant] And then the Giants secondary, just still. I can't sit there and like, love that. And then they got moved around in the run game by the Bears a little last week, which the one thing the Giants got going for them is size up front, which I was surprised about. So, I'm gonna go with the 49ers, 23-17. I don't think it's easy, uh, but they win nonetheless.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, I'm gonna go with the Eagles, alright, but, but, and...


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[Assistant] There's some concerning things, we know that. I just, first off, the Bengals, the Bengals defense just not good enough. I don't know any other way to say it. To where even though the Eagles have their issues on the offensive side of the ball,


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[Assistant] I still think they're gonna be clearly the Eagles offense the better unit over the Bengals defense. And then when you flip it around the other way, you know, the Eagles were...


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[Assistant] Out schemed last week. They got McVade, like we talked about a little earlier. They, they were flustered by the movement, the different looks, the different schemes, and they did, it was like, which way did they go? Which way did they go? Well, they don't have to worry about that with the bangles. That does not happen. And...


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[Assistant] Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, where did Zach Taylor come from?


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[Assistant] Yes, I know, but that ball offense is, he's not doing all that. They've run it right now from what I've seen in two weeks. It is running. They're running LSU, Joe George, uh, Joe Burrow, Joe Brady offense. That's what they're doing. Spread him out.


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[Assistant] Let him make a decision, he makes a great intermediate throw, and every now and then he scrambles and does that. So that's where it's not the same that way. And that's where it almost plays right into the Eagles hands. The Eagles, I've been underwhelmed by their front seven, or their front four, I should say. It's a little disappointing. My man Fletcher Cox, who I love, you know.


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[Assistant] He, he has not been as dominant. Malik Jackson, my man, hasn't looked as good either. Uhm, Javon Hargrave, who they paid all this money from, free agent, he's not poppin'. But their secondary has actually looked pretty good.


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[Assistant] And it's the first time in a while, at least a few years, where I go, the Eagles can lock some people down, man to man. They can. So, I think they're gonna stop some of that short, bullcrap, pass plays that the Bengals have and make a life out of it. The Eagles are never pretty, it's never gonna just be smooth, but I think they win like an ugly 27-17 game.


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[Assistant] Well, Houston's desperate. Let's not forget that. That's a real factor here. And they're desperate with a team that's got a little talent on it, too. That is a real factor here in this, you know, third week of the football season. These teams that are 0-2.


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[Assistant] Just go in and go, ah, I'm gonna take Houston here. I-I don't know how you can do that. Pittsburgh's defense, yeaah. It hasn't been like, dominant-dominant yet, but it's still really good, and I think that's scary that it hasn't been dominant-dominant yet. That means they're just still kinda getting it going. Offensively, it's the same thing.


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[Assistant] It's like, we see moments where we go, oh, big man, ooh, the passing game, Deontay Johnson, Chase Claypool. All right, here we go, here we go. And then it's a little stale here and there too. They need to get the running game going, but Houston's defense stinks. Pass protection's an issue once again. Watson looks like he got bigger.


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[Assistant] And a hair slower to me this year so far, and I don't think that's working out in his favor because he's not getting protected. He needs to run fast. Um, I'm taking the Steelers, even though I think it'll be ugly. It might be last week where you look again, you go, man, the Steelers should have put them away already, but they didn't do it. I'm going to go Steelers 2820 at home.


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[Assistant] Colts and Colts. Will they cover? Will they cover? Yes, they will. The Jets are the worst team in football for my money. I mean, there's nobody worse than the Jets. Uh, I, I don't, I don't see it at any aspect of their football team. So they're in trouble and the Colts should be 2 and 0.


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[Assistant] They really should. I'm a believer in what I've seen from the Colts. I know they lost that first game, but I'm, I'm what I saw them do to the Vikings last week. The defense was more dominant.


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[Assistant] You know, I just, and the Colts offense, Jonathan Taylor, what they did in the run game, and we know they have an explosive element to their passing. The only way they don't blow out the Jets is if we get Philip Rivers crazy town crap. That's the only way. 30-17, Colts.


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[Assistant] Well, I like LA. I do. I don't think this is gonna be a blowout or anything like that. I'm a little surprised to see six and a half points. You know, first off, the Chargers are the type of team that...


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[Assistant] They're not even trying to blow teams out. They want to play like 20 to 17, 20 to 16 football.


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[Assistant] That's what Anthony Lynn wants. That's why he wants Tyrod Taylor as his quarterback. I mean, he...


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[Assistant] He's having a hard time complimenting Justin Herbert right now. Have you, have you noticed that? I mean, man, he was steadfast on Tyra Taylor. Back up for a reason. He's a backup for a reason. He won't let it die. And I've been a little astounded with his lack of like just going, man, Herbert look amazing. Cause everybody else thinks that except the guy that coaches them.


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[Assistant] Uhm, Chargers defense though, still, we know, it's good. And I think Herbert's gonna give them an explosive element to their offense, that's gonna be a good thing. Let alone, I know they're gonna run and can try to call the clock. Carolina does have a good short passing game. And I think that's where they can maybe just make this game interesting and close to a degree. But no McCaffrey that really hurts that aspect.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go Chargers 20-17. Just because it's a rookie quarterback, first start, or second start I should say. And I think Carolina's offensive formula can maybe just keep the ball moving and put a few points on the board. I don't know why I'm telling them that they're gonna keep it close, but I just feel like they'll keep it close.


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[Assistant] You know, the one thing I'll say is the Lions, what they have as far as, you know, past defense, Matt Patricia, his ability to game plan that way. Also, you know, having a little experience with his time in Belichick and even having to play against Rogers and company. And I know Rogers has diced them up, but you know, keeping guys like that in the pocket.


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[Assistant] I think this kind of fits what, this plays to Matt Patricia, added to the fact that you don't have to worry about a run game with the Cardinals. The Cardinals, I've liked what I've seen through two weeks, but I'm not like blown away. I think they're one of the poorer 2-0 teams in the league at this point, as much as I love Kyler Murray and all that.


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[Assistant] And there's the desperation factor. I think it's real. Really real for the Lions. They should be one and one. They blew week one. Last week they got off to a good start and then really sh- crapped down their leg. I almost said a bad word. And...


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[Assistant] I'm not sold on the Cardinals defense either. I'm going with the upset here. I think with the desperation, the li- the Cardinals not being quite as good as I think everybody wants to think they are.


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[Assistant] No run game, defense questionable, and I think Kenny Golliday will be back. That'll be huge, and that's, I'm kind of edging on that. I'm gonna go Lions, 31-28, and they get their first win of the year.


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[Assistant] There's no doubt. You know, even though there's no Von Miller and everything like that, I mean, Vic Fangio, you know, corner play is pretty good. Safeties are very good.


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[Assistant] And he's creative with what he can do up front to kind of create pressure and all that. And Jeff Driscoll was impressive last week. He was. He made a number of plays. I mean, he made some mistakes, yes, but, you know, just like you talked about with Herbert and everything like that, he's gonna get a full week of preparation. That'll go a long way. And the, and the Bucks are still a work in progress. They are.


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[Assistant] I mean, there they were last week, 21-0 and then all of a sudden it was 21-14 and Carolina had the ball.


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[Assistant] And you're going, Carolina's outplaying them right now. They got the momentum of the game and then Bridgewater threw an interception. I mean, his turnovers last week were bad. He gave him the short field with a fumble. He threw, they were driving down on Tampa's defense and he had a wide open screen pass and he threw it five feet over the guy's head.


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[Assistant] So I just, what I'm saying is I don't think the Bucks are perfect yet. I think they win this game. 24 to 19 is when I'm gonna go. But I think the, the Broncos will hang around there and, and make it interesting.


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[Assistant] You know, Kyle and Sean Payton love four-letter words and everything like that. I think there is going to be like legitimate frustration with all these guys. And you're right, with Fangio too. But it'll be kind of fun to watch that this weekend as a little sideshow to these games, watch these guys struggle with it.


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[Assistant] Well, I'm expecting explosion here. Offensive explosion. I, I, I really am. I mean, both quarterbacks on fire, they got receivers at their disposal, and neither defense is


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[Assistant] I mean, Dallas has played solid defense considering that their offense put them in some tough spots. They haven't given up big plays, things like that, but I'm not overly impressed with the talent on Dallas' defense. I can't lie.


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[Assistant] You know, with Vander Esch out and Sean Lee out there, you know, it's only Jaylen Smith, the linebackers have become, you know, it's just okay. D-Line, there's nothing special about that D-Line right now.


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[Assistant] So that's where I'm like Dallas is in trouble because Seattle can run the ball a little bit.


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[Assistant] So you're going to keep two safeties back and like try to stop DK Metcalf? I don't know. You know, okay, do that. But they're still going to complete passes and run the ball. Or are they, are you going to like finally go, okay, we can't let them do this. We can't die a slow death. Are we going to blitz or take some chances? And then I think Russell is just going to gash them.


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[Assistant] Uhm, other way, I know Seattle's gonna blitz and not gonna be like...


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[Assistant] Ben don't break or hey, we'll try to like make them execute and kick a field goalers. They're not going to do that. That's not the way they're playing. They're coming. They're going to make a play or give up a play and Russell be on the field. I'm going to go Seahawks win a shootout 35 31. I just think they got a few more players and I just, I don't know. The Seahawks got their mojo going right now. I don't see them losing this one.


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[Assistant] I know. But who knows? I'm with you there. I don't feel comfortable that my 35-31 part of that discussion, I don't feel like that's a definite either. I could see...


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[Assistant] You know, both of these defenses got pride in their, you know, enough talent there. Maybe this, offenses are so scary that they're going to be looking at, they're going to go, wait, we can't do what we've been doing and here we got to change a few things up. I wouldn't be shocked.


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[Assistant] You know, fans. So, I mean, I just, I don't, I'm going with the Packers. I am. I can't pick the, the, the Saints right now with this.


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[Assistant] You know, and this is not about like where they might be 10 weeks from now or whatever, but right now where it stands, Saints offense, underwhelming.


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[Assistant] You know, Saints defense, underwhelming. Saints defense, not covering that well. Nobody can cover other than Marshawn Latimore. I just sit here with the Saints right now and go, man, you know, did they miss their prime a little? Cam Jordan.


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[Assistant] Malcolm Jenkins, DiMario Davis, they don't pop on film. They were, you know, they did nothing in the game the other night.


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[Assistant] I just wonder if they kind of hit that age in their career where yeaah, it's going downhill. They're into that double digit portion of their career where it happens and it happens fast. So I worry about that. When you don't have a pass rush on that surface against Aaron Rodgers,


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[Assistant] The way he's playing right now, that's scary. I mean, they're executing the offense, let alone all the plays now, like, okay, nobody's open, but there's no great pass rush, so he'll run around and throw lasers for touchdowns like we've seen him do the first two weeks when nobody was open. And they're running the ball well.


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[Assistant] And the Saints got run on last week by the Raiders. So that concerns me. And I do think the Packers are the type of defense where they might give up some plays here and there, but they're unconventional.


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[Assistant] And they will do something to this Saints offense that they're not going to be prepared for. I'm going, I'm going Packers, even though this will be a mad Saints team, Packers 27-24 on the road.


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[Assistant] I, I, I don't, I wouldn't be shocked. I wouldn't. I don't know what to think of the Saints right now. And, you know, we've talked about it. I think you bring up a lot of good points.


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[Assistant] They have been traditionally a little bit of a slow starter, but even in those years where they started slow, I could have sat there and watched games where I went, ooh, I really liked that though. Like I know they lost, but that looked awesome.


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[Assistant] And ooh, you know, their defense gave up a few plays, but holy crap, their defensive line was dominant even though they lost. I'm not seeing that right now. And that's, that's a little bit what's scary. And the Packers got it clicking and are better than last year, at least through two weeks right now.


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[Assistant] Well, this is awesome. And I was always a believer that the Ravens were at a disadvantage against the Kansas City Chiefs. That they were one of those teams in football that really matched up well with the Baltimore Ravens.


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[Assistant] Aggressive on defense, will play man to man in your face. That plays right into the, you know, into the, the.


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[Assistant] Right into Mahomes and Andy Reid, right into their wheelhouse to go, okay, yeah, Blitz, give us 101, hey, shoo-bomb, shoo-bomb, right? I mean, that's...


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[Assistant] That's where they match up well. And then Steve Spagnuolo and this Chiefs defense. Hey, they got some big dudes up front. I don't think they'll be overpowered. And he's smart and creative. He'll have things to take away some of those tricky runs and things they do.


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[Assistant] So I've always thought the Chiefs have the advantage in that matchup. I even, you know, last year I picked the Chiefs to go to the Super Bowl because I thought they'd beat the Ravens in the AFC Championship game for those reasons. I don't think that this year. I don't.


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[Assistant] Not the way right now the Chiefs are playing who are not clicking on all cylinders. The Ravens are clicking on all cylinders. And where I think the Ravens have jumped the Chiefs in this matchup now is Lamar and his throwing. It's polished. It's good. The decision making. It's great throws. He's got it all.


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[Assistant] And they got enough receivers there too, that yeaah, okay, Spagnolo, you wanna stop the run game and do creative defenses, you can get burned by Lamar in his right arm right now. And I'm gonna go the Chiefs, win by a touchdown. I mean, the Ravens, excuse me, win by a touchdown. 34-27, Ravens win. I've got the Ravens.


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[Assistant] I mean, I'm, I'm gonna go to the, uh, if it's broke, I mean, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And right now, I mean, the one that jumps out to me and the team that jumped, the Minnesota Vikings, I'm going with the Tennessee Titans. That's one of my best bets of the week. I mean, that just doesn't even make sense to me.


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[Assistant] I mean, Minnesota, the way they've been playing, I just don't see it. Only a two and a half point favorite there. I think this is one the Titans win by.


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[Assistant] 10, at least a touchdown, 10 or more maybe, but I went 30-20 titans, I think that's one of my best bets of the week.


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[Assistant] So, on to number two, who do you have? Okay, number two, I'm going to one of our disagreements and I'm making it my best bet. I'm going with the Bears. I am. Falcons favored by three.


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[Assistant] I-I just don't think it's a good matchup for the Falcons. I think this bears defense, who has not played its best.


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[Assistant] Is going to give them issues. They can't run the ball Atlanta.


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[Assistant] That's gonna be an issue if Chicago just knows you're gonna throw. Paganos, he's too smart. They got a pretty good pass rush and I don't think it's reached its potential yet. And the Atlanta Falcon defense stinks. And because of that, I just think the Bears will be able to do just enough.


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[Assistant] To win the football game, I'm going 23-21 Bears. Like I think if they lose, it's like they lose by a point or maybe just by a field goal and it ends up being a push.


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[Assistant] You have, you have converted me to the Church of O'Aaron Rogers. I know, I know.


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[Assistant] I guess I just don't have the guts to go against the Saints totally in a best bet factor. Uh, and that's what's scary is because like more times than not, when you start talking about your damn gut and things like that, it's unbelievable how on the money you are. If you could only get your brain out of the factor and just listen to your gut, you might be the greatest gambler on earth.


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[Assistant] Alright, my last one, I'm going to another disagreement.


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[Assistant] I think it's five and a half points for the Cardinals is too much. Desperate Lions team.


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[Assistant] Was up by 18 points last year against this football team. And I know they blew it, and that's what they do, and maybe that happens again, and maybe I'm stupid for picking them. But with desperation, 0-1-2, Matt Patricia,


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[Assistant] You go to 0 and 3, people are already going, we need to fire him and move on to the next coach and it's over and blah, blah, blah, all that stuff.


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[Assistant] I just think between that and I don't think the Cardinals are quite as good as 2-0 says. I think Stafford will be able to make a few plays even if Golladay is back. And I think just the one dimensional part of the Cardinals offense plays into the Lions. So I'm going to go with the Lions of the upset here. 31-28.


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[Assistant] Okay, I like it. We got some differences this week. It's good. I mean, people should be listening to your best bets. I know that you're five oh and one. I mean, you're going to make the money. I'm going to make you some money too. And at the very least you don't have to agree with our picks, but even when we're picking the games, we're on fire straight up. So there's something you're going to learn from this podcast or this show.


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[Assistant] Okay, that's a future segment right there. We'll do learning more about Michael- Learning more about stranger dads.


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[Assistant] My dad, former football coach, he was my football coach in high school, ran the wing tee offense, evolved the offense into a more shotgun passing offense. Okay. So he was old school, new age. Right. Retired now.


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[Assistant] That's what I'm thinking. I'm not a doctor. I'm not a doctor. What I would guess for that. And I think you should take it seriously.


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[Assistant] Take ibuprofen. Take ibuprofen. Yeaah. But it could be just from sitting. Yeaah. Like sitting weird.


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[Assistant] So this comes from Hobbit2343, who's a loyal viewer. She goes, Never in my years watching NFL has a program began with earwax. And so now we've had that show, which was previously, and now we've talked about possible inflammation of the testicles.


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[Assistant] Okay, so we can talk about this a little bit later on in the pod if we feel like it, but we also have a lot of things to get to because we did your AFC win totals last time. Yep.


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[Assistant] But we got a lot of good running back news off the top here. So let's go through that. We got some news on Leonard Fournette, obviously. Uh, Joe Mixon, Extension, Elvin Kamara, maybe that's coming for him. All these 2017 running backs in the NFL. Let's start with Leonard Fournette. It was a surprise move when he was just straight up cut, we thought. We were like, how are they not?


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[Assistant] So you kind of answered it already, this comes from Dcaraw90. Do you think the Bucks will use him as a primary backer or do a timeshare? So as the season goes on, how do you think it will evolve towards the end of the season?


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[Assistant] Yep. This is almost like a New England Patriots deal. It's like you take a guy who's low value, you get him for a year, whatever happens, happens, you're no risk. No risk for Tampa.


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[Assistant] There were at times whispers about Joe Mixon's character off the field, some of the stuff that's happened with him, but the Cincinnati Bengals just rewarded him with a four-year extension worth $48 million. He is locked up. He tweeted out a hype video. Whoa.


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[Assistant] Featuring the voice of none other than the man to my left Chris Sims.


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[Assistant] You can't really replace me totally. There aren't that many people that do what I do. Sure. Necessarily in their different skill sets.


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[Assistant] Both sides probably have a pretty good argument. Hopefully they come together. It sounds like they're gonna come together. They do. I would be shocked if they didn't come to a deal week one. Do you agree?


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[Assistant] How could I not be? You may have to be working for the Bengals for that to happen. I actually might have to be an employee of the team. So before we wrap up this conversation, let's go through the, so this is basically a conversation on the 2017 running backs who were taken.


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[Assistant] First pick in that draft, uh, for running backs, uh, concern at least. Fourth overall was Leonard Fournette.


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[Assistant] 8th was Christian McCaffrey, 41st, so 2nd round Delvin Cook.


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[Assistant] Second round, Joe Mixon, 48th overall. And 67th overall in the third round was Alvin Kamara. Kareem Hunt was after that, James Connor. That's some good running backs in there. It's unreal. It's unreal. Marlon Mack, Aaron Jones in the fifth round. Holy crap. Chris Carson in the seventh round. That's insane. Stacked. Insane.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so who would you, who would you take now? Would you take Christian first out of all those right now?


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[Assistant] That's crazy when you think about the fact that Alvin Kamara could just, you know, in a day or two get 13 million dollars and Leonard Fournette just got 3.5 million for one year.


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[Assistant] Follow the talent. Follow the talent. It'll usually end up on a roster somewhere, right?


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[Assistant] Alright, that is Running Back Talk on Chris Sims Unbuttoned here on this Thursday. So now we're gonna get into the win totals. So we did the AFC. Over-Unders. Alright, well yea, but you give the win total and then you say if it's over-under. Uh, so this is the AFC if you're watching on YouTube. Kristen just pulled it up right now.


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[Assistant] Exactly. You could be saying the Bengals and the Jaguars will win zero games. Which would bounce it all out. Then you gotta have a whole lot more overs.


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[Assistant] So Pete did some research. Yea, what did he say? He really wanted to get into the numbers here. Uh, so you picked 8 AFC teams to have winning records.


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[Assistant] Number of AFC teams with winning records the last few seasons. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Uh, points bet is where these come from. We'll start with the NFC East. We'll start with the Eagles. They were 9-7 last year, finished strong. They won their last four games to take the division. You still got Carson Wentz there. You added Darius Slay on the defensive side. They had nine wins last year over under 9.5 this year. Ooh.


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[Assistant] I'll go with you. I'll go under there. You're gonna go under? We agree. Okay. We go under, under.


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[Assistant] So that's a good start if you wanted to go under on the NFC. Get under on the Eagles. But I have a feeling you're going to go over on this next time. Probably. Cowboys were 8-8 last year.


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[Assistant] Uh, Jason Garrett is gone. Mike McCarthy is there who went 125 and 77 in his 13 seasons with Green Bay.


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[Assistant] Won a Super Bowl, so has had a lot of success here as the head coach. That offense was awesome last year. Defense, you know, injury is always a concern on that side of the ball, but they weren't too bad.


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[Assistant] They're over under, they were 8-8 last year, they're over under 9.5. Damn, so it's the same.


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[Assistant] I know, Zeke last year, and I looked up this one stat. Right. Had a career low, four rushes for 20 plus yards last year. Didn't have that explosion that we've seen in the past. No. They were elite in the passing game. They had a great offense, led the NFL in yards per game.


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[Assistant] I'm agreeing with you, over for the Dallas Col- Yea, you're right, that schedule doesn't, it, you have breaks.


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[Assistant] So I go over there too. So we've agreed on the first two. I'm going to try to disagree on this next one then. Okay. Uh, the New York Giants. A lot of hope for the New York Giants this year on a team that many people think will be improved. You have Joe Judge, the 38 year old, first year as a head coach coming over from New England. Daniel Jones, can he make the next step?


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[Assistant] 2021 will be our year, like we're all saying. My poor G-men. Last team in the NFC East. We got the Washington football team. Yes.


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[Assistant] Uh, they were 3-13 last year. Ron Rivera comes in.


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[Assistant] Uh, they got Chase Young on the defensive side. They got a young quarterback in Dwayne Haskins. They hope both of them can, uh, take them into the next promised, uh, promised land for Washington football team football. Yeah. So they're over under though, Chris, after saying all that.


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[Assistant] Who was trading for Alex Smith back in 2018. It all comes full circle. Then you got Chase Young obviously.


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[Assistant] So that was gonna be my prop bet question here. Yeah. It was 35 year old Adrian Peterson. Yeah. Had 898 yards last year. It's insane. In 15 games. It's insane. I looked up running backs in the history of the NFL. Yeah. 35 and older. And who had the most yards? Do you know who had the most yards? At 35 and older? 35 and older.


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[Assistant] Damn. So you don't think Adrian Peterson as a 35 year old will catch any of those guys. You don't think he'll get to 890 this year.


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[Assistant] Go under as well. So we read all the way through the NFC East. Moving on to the NFC North. Let's do it. Start with the Green Bay Packers, won 13 games last year, second year for head coach Matt LaFleur.


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[Assistant] Offense was not very Aaron Rodgers like. 15th in points per game last year. 18th in yards per play. So that wasn't great. Defense was middle of the pack too, which is kind of crazy. They won 13, 13 games.


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[Assistant] But, and they're giving him a running, or they're trying to give him a running game. Aaron Jones was good last year, AJ Dillon coming in.


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[Assistant] I got a, I got a prop bet for you on this one. Yeaah, okay. Even before we got near over under.


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[Assistant] Uh, 250 yards per game is what Aaron Rodgers had last year. Second fewest he's had in the 16.


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[Assistant] Game season in his career. Right. Does he go over that or under that this year?


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[Assistant] I think he's gonna go over that, so he'll throw for more yards per game.


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[Assistant] He needs to do that. So it all leads to this. We've built up the drama enough.


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[Assistant] I wanna disagree with you for the first time today. Yeah. But...


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[Assistant] Alright, I'll go over with you again there. Okay. Even though I'm getting really uncomfortable agreeing so many times. I likey. Vikings, who I know from doing the show with you, you're a little down. I am. On the Vikings. I am. So they had ten wins last year.


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[Assistant] They had to make some moves. This is their window to win. They have determined that this is their time, but they have some salary cap issues. They had to trade Stefan Diggs. He's out of there.


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[Assistant] Uh, Kevin Stefanski goes to Cleveland, so Gary Kubiak taking over as the offensive coordinator. Defense, there's been a lot of turnover on the defensive side of the ball. That's right. So this is a roster that is big time in flux, still has some talent. 10 wins last year, over under Chris, 8.5.


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[Assistant] They are. I mean, especially on the defensive side. You think Mike Zimmer, defensive minded guy, they can figure it out, they can get the right pieces in there, but they, I mean, they just lost so much. I mean, they still have Eric Kendricks in the middle of that defense, but they're top three corners from last year. Xavier Rhodes, Trey Wayne, Mackenzie Alexander.


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[Assistant] Gone, Lin-Vell Joseph, Everson Griffin, gone. It just seems like, can you, even with Yannick N'Gakwe, if he comes in there, it's like...


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[Assistant] Damn, you copy cat. Well, it's hard to argue with that there. Yeaah. It's hard to argue with that. But here we might have a disagreement here. I have a good feeling about this one. And I'll go first so you can copy me. Please. I did go first one time. You did. I think you went twice actually so far. So you've copied me a couple times. Okay. Uh, Chicago Bears. Eight and eight last year.


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[Assistant] Last year that, yeaah, that offense was not good. Worst in passing yards per play. Second worst in yards per game. Offensive line took a step back. There's some turnover in the secondary, even though you still have Khalil Mack on that defensive side of the football.


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[Assistant] 8-8 last year, their over-under is 7.5. I am taking the under on the Bears. I think it'll, this'll be the year where it all falls apart and they gotta just rebuild. 7-5? 7-5.


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[Assistant] Woah. 7.5 for the Bears. Woah. Why would you think it was gonna be?


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I mean last year, even without that, they were good. They had 18.6 points per game given up. Tied for the best in the NFC.


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[Assistant] You go over, I go under with the Bears. I think it's going to fall apart for them this year. Which leads us to the last team in the... Damn, I only have 10% battery power. On your computer? Yea. I should be okay. I think that'll work. Okay, we can do this. Lions here. They were 3-12-1 last year.


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[Assistant] That's like you've, hey, we did it. We have a parade when we win nine games. Uh, then six and then three. So last year was a down year. Uh, Matt Stafford got hurt halfway through the year. That didn't help. And it also didn't help that the defense was terrible. I mean, the defenses gave up a ton of points, ton of yards, almost the most, uh,


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[Assistant] Okay, you go over, I'll go under. Okay. So that I can't lose. So either way, if they go, if they go over, I'll be happy. I'll be like, good, that was a good year. And if they go under, I'll be like, I'm happy. I beat Chris. I knew they were going to suck. Right. Uh, so we got the Detroit Lions there. You go over, I go under 6.5.


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[Assistant] You know, that great about it. Uh, NFC South could be a very tough and very competitive division this year for the first time in a while. Though we've seen the Saints and Falcons and Panthers all be good together before. Now you gotta add the Bucks in there. So let's start with the Saints. Uh, you got a team that was 13-3 last year.


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[Assistant] Unfortunately didn't go that well in the playoffs, but, uh, last three years, win total for the Saints is 11, 13, and then 13. They got a little top, uhm,


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[Assistant] It's gotta be higher than 9-5, right? They go 10-5 with them? They went 10-5. Yeah. They went 10-5, so 10-5...


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[Assistant] The Falcons could be good, Buccaneers better, Panthers not. This is a slam dunk over for me.


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[Assistant] Top notch. Added Malcolm Jenkins on the defensive side. Right. Pro football focus loves DiMario Davis. They had him as the top ranked linebacker last year.


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[Assistant] You know, when I see stuff like that too, when I think about a team like the Saints, you know, if a team that has been historically bad, like the Lions has a stretch like that, I'm like, that's where it all falls apart. Because you're like, oh, here we go again. But when you have a team like the Saints that are used to so much winning,


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[Assistant] It feels like it's harder to get into those ruts where it's just like, oh, here we lose three, four in a row. Yeaah. Because it feels like as a team, it's not what we do. No! We don't run into stretches like this.


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[Assistant] Alright, so we both go over with the Saints. Now we've got the Falcons who were 7 and 9 last year.


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[Assistant] Uh, it doesn't really tell the story of their season. They started 1-7. They finished the year 6-2 with wins at New Orleans, at San Francisco. So it wasn't like they were cupcake wins. No, they were not. Some hard wins. They got a difficult schedule as well.


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[Assistant] Uh, defensively, maybe you got some questions. Offensive line, there were serious issues last year protecting Matt Ryan. Serious. Uh, but seven wins last year, their 0 for under is 7.5. 7.5.


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[Assistant] Offensive line though. That seems like that can totally wreck you. You can have all the skill players in the world. Yep. But if you can't get anything from your offensive line, you're in trouble. And to me, that's where I'm...


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[Assistant] Uh, last year, Atlanta, despite the problems in the offensive line, had the second most first downs per game in the NFL. Behind Baltimore, ahead of Dallas.


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[Assistant] That's where you stand out. You're a context guy. Thank you. You're a context guy. Thank you. And I think football is the biggest context sport, right? It's like you can't go by the numbers. No. Because every, every situa-


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[Assistant] They got a lot of good things around them this year, as opposed to previous years. You got Tom Brady, of course. He drafted Tristan Wirfs to protect him on the offensive line, which actually wasn't too bad last year. You got great receivers.


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[Assistant] Godwin, Mike Evans, O.J. Howard, Gronk is your tight ends. Stars on defense, Shaq Barrett and Dominic Kinsue, man.


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[Assistant] Uh, before I started reading all that, I was pretty convinced I was gonna go with the under.


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[Assistant] But then I just kinda hyped myself up right there. There were seven and nine last year.


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[Assistant] Uhm, their over under is 9.5. Holy shit. 9.5. Of course it is. I'm going under.


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[Assistant] You're gonna go under. I am. So the Bucks have reached the 10-win plateau.


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[Assistant] Just seven times in the 44 seasons. But they've never had Tom Brady. Nope, but Chris Sims did it. Chris Sims did it.


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[Assistant] Okay. This is hard. It is hard. Because I feel like


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[Assistant] Last year, I was higher on them because I thought they were a playoff team. I thought they had a playoff caliber roster last year. Yea, I getcha, I getcha. And then they just turned the ball over to me.


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[Assistant] I guess that's where I'm lying. I think they could be nine and seven, which would be a two win improvement from last year, and that's still the under. So I'm gonna go under. Okay, there you go. So I'm gonna go under as well. Yeah, I just can't stamp it and go, aw.


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[Assistant] Are there things to get excited about with the Carolina Panthers? Christian McCaffrey, that's kind of exciting. Matt Ruhl is first year. Sure. That's exciting. DJ Moore excites me. DJ Moore is exciting. He's a guy I chickened out and probably should have put on my top 10 list as far as receivers. I chickened out. I'm Matt, I didn't put him on there. Okay, defense gets other teams excited and perhaps had the, uh,


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[Assistant] In the NFL, they had the worst, uh, rush yards per play last year. They were mid-pack against the pass, so.


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[Assistant] Uh, but they've had some, some guys go on the defensive side too. Luke Keighley gone, James Bradbury gone, Mario Addison, Gerald McCoy, Vernon Butler, Greg Olson on the offensive side. So, that's a lot of departures for a lot of names that have, that have helped them in the past. It's a rebuild. Uhm, so it's a rebuild. They had five wins last year. They're 5.5 this year. So, in light of what you just said, I'm gonna say under.


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[Assistant] Because I think it is. It's a total rebuild. It is. And if they were four and twelve, I think that'd be a good year.


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[Assistant] Only player with more receptions than Christian McCaffrey last year was Michael Thomas. So Michael Thomas had 149, Christian McCaffrey had 116. So, how many players will have more catches than McCaffrey this year?


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[Assistant] Right behind him where Keenan Allen had 104. Oh, you're just saying how many players in general. Yea, how many players will out catch McCaffrey? Right.


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[Assistant] Michael Thomas, I feel confident in saying he probably will again if he stays healthy. Yeah, I think that's fair. I'm cool with that. But then you got Keenan, you got Hopkins who was behind McCaffrey, you got Edelman, Julio had 99 last year, Allen Robinson, Travis Kelsey. So those were all the guys knocking at the doors of, uh, knocking at the heels of Christian McCaffrey.


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[Assistant] One more division left, over-unders. I think we're keeping this pretty even so far. We've been good. Pete is keeping us in check.


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[Assistant] Which, really, I mean, we just consider them as like this elite squad right now, and they've been like that for a while. I mean, that was their first year in a long time. Right. You go back to 2014, here are their win totals. 8, 5, 2, 6, 4,


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[Assistant] And then 13. So it was really much more unusual what they did last year. Uh, over under 10.5.


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[Assistant] Uh, have had fewer than 10 wins just once since 2012. They've been consistently good for so long now. However, last year in Pete Notes here, there were 10 and 2 in games decided by 8 points or fewer. So it wasn't like they were blowing a bunch of teams out. No. A lot of these were...


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean the point you make about defense though, even last year.


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[Assistant] They had the worst yards per play in the NFC last year. You don't normally think of Seattle as being built that way.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go under. I'm gonna go under. With uhm, the Seahawks.


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[Assistant] But, and Russell Wilson was so good, but how many years can he continue to do that? And will the offensive line play help him out at all?


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[Assistant] One. On your computer. Okay. The Rams. Nine and seven last year.


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[Assistant] Uh, here's who they lost. They lost Dante Fowler, Clay Matthews, Eric Weddell, Corey Littleton, Todd Gurley, Brandon Cooks, Greg Zerline.


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[Assistant] The betting market has been hitting me under on the Rams heavily. You know what I'm gonna do? Fade the betting market. I'm gonna go over.


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[Assistant] Because for one reason only. Right. And this might not be a good reason.


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[Assistant] They had some issues last year, and I think Sean McVay, I believe in Sean McVay, that he can...


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[Assistant] That he can, uh, develop as a head coach here. You mentioned the things last year that they got a little predictable at times. Yea, definitely. Gotta reinvent themselves a little bit. Can he do that? I think he definitely can do that. I think he can. Yea. And so their over-under is 8.5. Oof. I'm gonna go with the over. Uh, they had 9 wins last year. In a year where a lot of things went wrong. It was. But they did lose a lot of players. Gosh.


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[Assistant] Final team, the Arizona Cardinals. Where are they? They were 5'10 in one last year. Patrick Peterson hears his quote. You ready?


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[Assistant] If you're trying to build a championship caliber team, we have the players and I believe this is the type of roster. So he believes in what they have. Kyler Murray, second year, 7.5 is the over under for the Cardinals. They had five wins last year.


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[Assistant] Vegas is setting the line at two and a half wins above that. That's pretty healthy. It is.


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[Assistant] I'm going under though. I agree, I was gonna say that. Dang it, so now I'm copying you. As much as I believe in Kyler Murray, and I think they could be better,


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[Assistant] Okay, so before we go, who are our, we disagreed on three. We disagreed on the bears, lions, and seahawks. Who are our best bets? Who are our best bets? Oh, okay, yep. Let's look at this. So I'm gonna give you mine right away. Mine are saints over was my best bet.


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[Assistant] And Bears Under. I'm gonna go Bears Under. Ooh. I'm super confident about Bears Under. I think they're being overhyped. Yep. And Saints Over. Okay.


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[Assistant] I thought we sounded like bullish or bearish on, I don't know. We talk about them so much that I sometimes think both ways could win.


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[Assistant] I go, I can see how it could be right, and I can see how it could be wrong with that. But that's why Vegas puts the numbers where they put them. Makes it super difficult. But like you mentioned before, it seems like this year, there are just so many teams that you can see a way that they could be, if not a playoff team, pretty darn close to it.


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[Assistant] Awesome in so many ways, and this is just such a bad category for you. I missed the window. It's like I missed the window for that movie. Like Godfather, I missed the window for that movie, but you brought me back in. You made me watch it again. You seem very happy about that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, I didn't know that. But I was happy that we were able to bring rapping into the pod. Me too. We've rarely done that, if ever. And so, and maybe it will be a normal thing now.


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[Assistant] I don't know about that. Yeah, it might be. Okay. Uhm, but one big thing in our family right now and your kids are going to school, but they're going in person, right? They are right now. So my first grader is online as we speak right now. First day of first grade. And from what I can tell,


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[Assistant] Uh, all the teachers, all the students, all the parents will be want, want to be in person by next week.


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[Assistant] This is hard for all the, you know, all the families out there that have young kids that are, you know, trying to figure out how to make this work. I don't know if it can work.


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[Assistant] I'm hopeful that we can get everyone back because the first, I swear, the first 30 minutes of the Zoom call was, alright, Billy, uh, you see the blue box? That's unmute. Click it. Nope, didn't get it. Alright, Rebecca.


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[Assistant] No, didn't get it. Oh my gosh. Brutal. Brutal. Almost as brutal as hearing us talk about it for the last five minutes. I don't know about that. So here we go, okay. We got a good one. Here we go. Today. Because.


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[Assistant] We got news off the top, we'll talk about the Jaguars, what's going on there. Sure. Yannick Ngakwe, we got Leonard Fournette, now a former Jaguar. Like a lot of people, it's a badge of honor in the NFL. It's like you go to college, you play, you become a Jaguar, you become a former Jaguar, and then you go and you play. Uh, and then we're gonna do, this is a big deal.


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[Assistant] You're over, we got the over under for win totals in the entire AFC. We're gonna go through it. Every team. Okay.


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[Assistant] You're ready for that. I'm ready for it. You're prepared for it. I think so. Okay. And I'm gonna give my pick too. Okay. And we're gonna see who's right. Okay. We're gonna see if by the end of this year, if I'm the expert. Who's over unders are we going from? So the ones that Pete put in the rundown. Okay.


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[Assistant] Which was a move that we didn't know that the Jaguars were going to be able to make. Right. Yannick Ngokwe is a great player. It seems like a lot of teams would want him. But they wanted a high price. They got it apparently for what they were looking for from the Minnesota Vikings. Second round pick looks like a conditional.


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[Assistant] Yannick is going to look at that ultimately and say, no, I don't want that actually. I'll go back and play for 17 million with Jacksonville as opposed to 12 million with Minnesota. So that maybe could still happen. Uhm, but, but first of all, let's, let's talk about Minnesota. Yeah. And if this deal goes through what they're getting, how much of an upgrade is Yannick and Gokwe?


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[Assistant] What Minnesota should have done is they should have gone back in 2016 and taken them because they took 15 picks after the Vikings or after uhm, uh,


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[Assistant] After, so this was, the Vikings had a pick, 15 picks before, and they took Makenzie Alexander, the cornerback, out of Clemson. Should have just taken Engakwe there.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so N'Gakue, so I looked up since he came into the league.


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[Assistant] Since he was drafted, 37 and a half sacks, that's 12th most in the league in that spanned. Chandler Jones has 60, he leads the league in that span. Daniella Hunter is third in that span.


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[Assistant] In the sack one? No, I don't. I don't. Okay, you just went with the Norkia, that's okay. The Chandler Jones is 60 and then, uhm, Pete's looking it up as we, as we speak right now. So, I mean, those two categories, Elite, do you think in Gokwe's best days are behind him now? What he did right there, is that gonna be tough to replicate or can he keep doing that in Minnesota?


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[Assistant] And I think, listen, I think that's about where he is. But you think that, yea, can he improve on what he's, he's about what we've seen is what they're getting and should get for the next few years.


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[Assistant] Since he came into the league, that was in 2016, Chandler Jones first.


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[Assistant] He's got 60 sacks since then. Stud. Uh, Aaron Donald, then you got Demille Hunter.


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[Assistant] Kam Jordan, Von Miller, Ryan Kerrigan, 42.5, Khalil Mack, Joey Bosa, Frank Clark, Kaleus Campbell,


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[Assistant] Mario Addison, and then, Yannick Ngocchi. Yeah, okay. Alright, so, I mean- I'd take any of those guys.


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[Assistant] Emerson Griffin, 14th on that list. The guy Pete notes he's replacing.


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[Assistant] So here's a pop quiz for you. Pop quiz. This is Pete. Pete put this in here. The Jaguars have two defensive starters remaining from the 2017 AFC Championship team. Can you name those two?


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[Assistant] Why couldn't they keep them together? What was the, you know...


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[Assistant] From Brian Wong, he says, Chris, please make sure to give Jaguars the credit they deserve in your next episode. You claimed they couldn't get anything higher than a third rounder. Jaguars made out like bandits on this one. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Later on in the day, uhm, today, earlier today, later on in your show I mean. Yeah. Uhm, Leonard Fournette, uh, they cut him. Woo! So he's gone. Woo! They couldn't trade him apparently.


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[Assistant] So that, you say like, oh man, all these teams are going to be knocking themselves over trying to get Leonard Fournette. They didn't trade for him. They said Doug Morrone says they couldn't get a fifth round or sixth round or anything for him. I'm really surprised. Surprising. Yes.


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[Assistant] Surprising, maybe they knew that the Jaguars would just cut them eventually.


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[Assistant] Played 13 games his first year. Right. 8 games his second year, but 15 last year. Yeaah. So it was healthy last year and ran for over a thousand yards, 1,100 yards.


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[Assistant] You can run them to death if you really wanted to. Exactly right. You have no long term commitment with them. You're right. I think he goes to Washington. That's my pick. That's my pick in a podcast where we're going to be making picks. A lot of them. I like that though. Because we're moving on here. We talked more about Jacksonville and Ingakwe than I thought here. I'm going to say Chargers, okay?


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go Washington. Okay, I like it. That's a good pick. Okay. Alright, here are your...


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[Assistant] Let's do your, uh, over-unders. I keep wanting to say win totals, uh, to freak you out here. We got the over-unders for every team in the AFC. Where we start, the AFC East? And let's go through them. Yep, let's do the AFC East. So, and let's just start top to bottom. Let's go from, uh, Patriots. 12 and 4 last year.


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[Assistant] Their over-under is 9.5. For the first time since 2001, they're gonna start a season without TB12 as their starting quarterback, 9.5 for the Patriots. Oof. Wow.


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[Assistant] Lost 8 players to opt-outs. 8 players to opt-outs. Lost Kyle Van Oy.


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[Assistant] Tom Brady's old stomping ground, but does he have enough around him? And we're gonna do a video after we're done here, where we look at Josh McDaniels and what he may be able to scheme up with that offense. I mean, does he have enough around him or will he have to be like that cam from old where it's just like he takes the game on his own shoulders and brings him to a win?


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[Assistant] Prop bet, who has more passing yards this year? Cam or Tom Brady? Tom Brady. Yeaah. Yeaah, I expect it to be that.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go under, just because I feel like you lose enough players at a certain point, it just falls apart. And they've lost enough in free agency, and the opt-outs, and if Cam's not a fit. I feel like there's...