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[Assistant] If you feel like you have had too much to drink, if you feel like you're even close to it, and you know, yeah, it's a pain in the ass, I gotta get my car tomorrow, don't take the chance. You could die. You could kill somebody. I think it's probably worse that you kill somebody than that you die yourself. Because if you kill somebody, you gotta live with that the rest of your life.


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[Assistant] It's, and it's common this time of year and everybody gets caught up in the Christmas spirit and nothing's gonna happen to me. The point is...


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[Assistant] Don't mess around, whether it is alcohol or a little, uh, marijuana this time of year. Whatever it is, do not get behind the wheel. Make plans if you're going out to a party to get a ride home.


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[Assistant] Be, be aware of whether or not if you didn't have a plan to maybe drink a little bit too much. We all have that, and I've been there, Chris, and you've been there. When you know you're getting toward that territory where you're just gonna let it go and who cares, uh, I'm gonna be hungover tomorrow, I don't care.


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[Assistant] Make sure you have an arrangement in place before you give into that. It's not hard to do. You're right, exactly right.


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[Assistant] And you know there are still 29 people that die in the United States every day from alcohol impaired vehicular crashes. 29. I thought we had evolved past that. We haven't. It still happens way too much. This time of year it can happen even more often. Don't destroy the holidays for yourself, for your family, or for someone else's family. Think about that too.


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[Assistant] You go out there driving drunk on Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve and you kill somebody, you're gonna ruin for the rest of the lives of those family members. Cause you're never gonna be able to enjoy the holidays again because you killed their family member.


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[Assistant] On the holidays and during the holiday season, so be extra careful, be on guard, be smart, and, uh, I, I, it's something I feel very, very strongly about. Fortunately, I have no personal experience with having that happen to me or anyone close to me, but it, it's, uh, it's amazing when you think about it, because it really, in the 80s, it happened to a lot of people, and it's, we've made progress.


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[Assistant] Uh, just don't screw around. And uh, I went completely off script on that. Uh, sorry, Nitza. The message was sent. Uh, and uh, now we move on.


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[Assistant] Let me ask you something, let me ask you something. Do you, do people ask you, do people assume that since you work for Football Night in America, you actually go to the games? If you had people who just assume that you're at the games? Constantly. They just go, oh, so where are you going this week?


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[Assistant] I've been doing this 10 years now and I still get that question.


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[Assistant] Oh, you know what I also get? You know what I also get? When you're on the show on Sunday night, are you at your home studio?


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[Assistant] Yeah, they bring everybody to West Virginia. We're all together in West Virginia. That would be awesome.


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[Assistant] This is just one of those games that the Steelers win at home in prime time.


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[Assistant] You are not gonna beat the Steelers under those circumstances in their own building. It's not happening. Maybe if it was in Buffalo. Maybe it would be like it was.


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[Assistant] When Cleveland hosted Pittsburgh on that Thursday night a few weeks back when all hell broke loose at the end of the game. But in Pittsburgh, they're gonna fire up Renegade at the appropriate time. They're gonna be nuts, they're gonna be crazy, it's gonna be loud, and there's gonna be a Minka Fitzpatrick pick six or something along those lines.


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[Assistant] 16 to 13. The Steelers win the game. The Steelers continue to push. It's gonna take a lot for them to get the five seed. But, uh, you know, the Bills lose to the Steelers.


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[Assistant] And then the Bills lose to the Patriots, the Steelers run the table, they're the 5 seed, not the 6 seed. Which, I don't know, is a huge difference this year, but, uh, it's always, there's always a slim chance you're gonna host the AFC Championship game if you're the 5 seed, so why not be the 5 seed?


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[Assistant] Saints haven't really blown anyone out lately, and I don't know if they're gonna be able to blow out the Colts. They need this win though. They need to try to vault back into that position to be the number two seed, and they will be...


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[Assistant] Uh, encouraged if the Packers would lose to the Bears on Sunday. And even if they don't lose there, I think they lose to the Vikings on the following Monday night, but who knows. But I just think the Saints see the opportunity to get back into the two spot. The Colts really are reeling.


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[Assistant] When they were six and four, I thought, man, they should be eight and two, and I picked them to beat the Texans, and they haven't done anything since then. They are just disappointing.


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[Assistant] And I don't think the disappointment turns around. It's gonna be Saints 34, Cults 24, that's my pick.


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[Assistant] Uhm, could, could the Colts cover? Maybe, maybe, but I just think this is one of those games the Saints win. This is a get-right game with the Titans looming and, uh, that, that opportunity to steal back the number two seed still hanging out there.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I agree with you, and, uh, that's it. Yup, got through the whole week. 16 games. So again...


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[Assistant] So my lead's gonna be back to seven when we get to next week.


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[Assistant] Hammer the Raiders, the Raiders gonna win, they're gonna win big, it's a no-brainer, the Jaguars don't care.


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[Assistant] Raiders big. I picked the score earlier, 37 to 20. This is it. This is the swan song. This is the last game they're ever gonna play in Oakland unless they move back again, which they're not gonna do this time.


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[Assistant] They're leaving for Vegas, the three-year divorce finally comes to fruition, and they're gonna go out with a bang, it's gonna be a great scene, and there's no way that John Gruden is gonna let Derek Carr screw it up. Raiders win, Raiders cover.


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[Assistant] My second one is a game we talked about earlier, which is kind of stupid to say because we talked about all of them earlier.


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[Assistant] One of the afternoon games, late afternoon, Rams Cowboys. I like the Rams.


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[Assistant] Giving one and a half, I think the Rams are gonna easily cover. The Rams are the better team right now. The Cowboys are falling apart.


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[Assistant] And Jerry Jones, ongoing desperation to try to start the lawnmower has the engine flooded. Uh, 31-20 is the score I picked. This one's an easy one for me. I think the Rams win. I think the Rams win easily and deliver another dagger to the Cowboys who still would have a chance in theory to win the division. If they win the last two games, beat Philly, beat Washington, they'd still win the division at eight and eight.


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[Assistant] I just remember how the patriots responded in the past when they'd been accused of wrongdoing, especially when it's...


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[Assistant] False accusations, they get pissed, they get motivated, they rally around their coach.


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[Assistant] Uh, but do they have the horses to do it? The spirit is willing, the flesh is weak. But then on the other side, the 49ers, you know, they gotta save some, uh, they gotta save some fuel for the next weekend's game. Short week, Saturday, Rams coming to town.


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[Assistant] What do you do there? Uh, I, I think I'm gonna go 49ers. Cause I think after winning narrowly over the Saints, I think that Kyle is gonna want to draw up a dominant performance


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[Assistant] Uh, I think that that's important to kinda get that vibe back, that this team is an elite team that will kick the shit out of whoever it needs to kick the shit out of. They can win ugly, they can win pretty, they can win blowouts, they can win close games. This is a game that should be a blowout, they haven't had one in a while.


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[Assistant] Uh, that I can remember. Have they had a blowout in a while? No, I don't- Am I missing one? No, I don't think you are. Well, no, they blew out the Packers a few weeks ago. Oh yeah, you're right, you're right. Hell, that's, that's easy, right? The last time they were home, they curb stomped the Packers. Give me the 49ers covering the ten and a half point spread over the Falcons.


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[Assistant] I like that a lot. That's the only, that's the only one I like this weekend, but I didn't feel strongly enough about it to do it. But if you're inclined to go the over under and you're looking for one, Bill Steelers.


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[Assistant] Mr. Big Chest is over there with a button unbuttoned to show his big chest!


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[Assistant] They've had like it, man. Mike Florio, Chris Sims, PFT, PM Chris Sims unbuttoned. Uh, it's the picks. Does I button back up. Yep. Button back up. Okay. There's no breasts allowed on this show. Okay.


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[Assistant] Well let's go right into it. Please first off, rate, review, uh,


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[Assistant] All of that kind of stuff you do on social media, alright?


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[Assistant] Uh, eight and six against the spread you were. Six. Boom. Six, six and two versus spread. I was. Best bets. You won two out of three.


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[Assistant] I won one out of three. That really hurt me. That damn 49ers up 14 and let the damn Arizona Cardinals back in the game. That really pissed me off.


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[Assistant] Looks so good, and I wanted to bet on that game, alright, so.


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[Assistant] I want to win the straight up and best bets one. I'm putting myself out there against the spread. I don't, I wouldn't bet on a lot of these games, but I do have this beef and I want to include the internet and social media on this. All right. I have, I have nine, nine pushes or ties.


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[Assistant] It's a push, but let's put it that. It still should go in the win column for me. That's all I'm saying. It should go in the win. I picked the differential and score exactly.


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[Assistant] Let's go. Thursday Night Football. We got a good one. All right. Chargers favored by one and a half at the Oakland Raiders. Over, under, at 48 and a half. And why we're on this too. Just real quick.


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[Assistant] I gotta pat myself on the back. I told people to take the over last week in the Seahawks game and the Lions Raiders game. I hit that. Just want to make sure I didn't let everybody know.


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[Assistant] All right, good. I just wanted to say that just because make myself feel better. But okay, we got a good one tonight. I mean, I know we both kind of waffled with which way we were going to go in this game. It's a tough one. It's a very even matchup. They're both fighting for AFC playoff spot. They're just on the outside looking in. Mike lead us off. What do you think, man? Well, I'm glad to see the


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[Assistant] Okay, uhm, all right. I mean, you hit a lot of it. I think this is what I look at a little bit here. You know, the Chargers, yeah, uh, not a great offensive line, but the Raiders not great at rushing the passers. So I think that's kind of like advantage Chargers there.


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[Assistant] Raiders past events, not very good. I go kind of, of course, advantage chargers there. You flip it around to the other side of the ball. I like what the chargers, you know, with a healthy Melvin Ingram back and you know, where are we at with Brandon me, Bane and then Mike, do we know exactly? I know they were getting close, but


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[Assistant] Is there anything as far as like Brandon Meebane and Justin Jones, two of their defensive tackles that I like to play a lot.


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[Assistant] But my- I don't know, keep talking and I'll look it up. I will. But my point, uh, nonetheless is that the Chargers defense is good. And I do think they can pose some problems for the Raiders on the offensive side of the ball. And especially with though Trent Brown in the lineup tonight at right tackle.


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[Assistant] That scares me there too. And I just think for those reasons, I'm going to pick the Chargers to win.


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[Assistant] 19 and a half to 18. No, no, I mean 21 17. He didn't even hear me cause he's looking it up.


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[Assistant] I won't lie. I won't lie. When you made the point at the end of PFT today where you're like, if it's a close game, the charges will find a way to screw it up. You made me like rethink myself because you're right. It seems more times than not when it's a close game, the chargers will find a way to


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[Assistant] Uhm, but I don't know why. I'm going down to Crazyville with the Chargers tonight. I just think they match up pretty good with the Raiders. I think they pull out the win on the road.


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[Assistant] Uhm, alright, alright, that hits that one Thursday night. I think we're both legitimately excited to watch that game tonight, though, nonetheless. Uhm, 1pm.


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[Assistant] Lions at Bears. Bears, of course, reeling still. Lions lose an exciting game to the Oakland Raiders last week. Bears favored by two and a half over under at 41 and a half. How do you see this one playing out there, Florio?


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[Assistant] Yeah, don't think you're crazy there. I hear you because you're right. It's easy to fall in that trap with the Bears losing four in a row. You just go, oh, they're going to lose again. No, there's still some things to like about that Bears team and that defense is still real.


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[Assistant] I mean, if they can just assemble some sort of offense just to keep them a little rested, it would go a long way. I really waffled with this one. I thought this was one of the tougher ones to pick as well.


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[Assistant] And I didn't know where to go. I'm going Lions, 1917, and I went back and forth. I don't feel comfortable about this pick in any, uh, in any fashion. I don't. Uh, I guess I'm just looking at Matt Patricia


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[Assistant] The issues that they have on the offensive side of the ball, the ball for the Bears and that there is no identity.


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[Assistant] That I'm just gonna go. Patricia has enough of a beat on the offense to where he can help his defense out, which is really not good. I mean, the Lions defense is not good. It's one of the worst in football.


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[Assistant] Uh, so that does scare me. I mean, it scares me to the fact that we're like, man, maybe the Bears get back on track this week on the offensive side of the ball because of that. But I haven't seen enough from that Bears offense still to have confidence to say that.


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[Assistant] The Lions, yeaah, it's the Lions, they have a good ol' line. They can pass protect a little bit, so I think they can slow down Kalil Mack and company there. You know, the run game, it's different without Carrion Johnson, but they do have the ability to at least scare you with the run.


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[Assistant] And I'm just gonna, I'm gonna play that Matt Stafford takes them on a game-winning drive late in the game to kick a game-winning field goal. I'm gonna go Lions, 1917.


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[Assistant] I just can't get behind Mitch Jabriskie, Matt Nagy in that offense yet. I gotta kinda see it one time to believe it. I'm going Lions 1917, but like I said, I don't feel overly confident about that at all. Anything else you wanna add? No. Alright, let's go to the next one. Ravens Bangles.


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[Assistant] Uhm, Raven's coming off the huge big time win. Are they going to be, you know, reading their press clippings? Or is it going to be one of those things where it's going to give them the confidence to go, oh no, we're, we're, we're elite.


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[Assistant] And like, are they gonna like, take advantage of the momentum and run with it? I think that's interesting. The Bengals, of course, the last winless team in football, uh, it's at Cincinnati. Ravens favored by nine and a half over under 45.5. How much do you think the Ravens win by?


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I hear you there too. Uh, you know, the bangles are not afraid of the ravens that way.


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[Assistant] I do think I look at more like the last week's win against the Patriots is going to catapult the Ravens into a little bit more of like, oh, we might have something special here.


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[Assistant] And I'm gonna play that angle. Added to the other aspect, like you said, the AJ Green thing. I mean, even if he plays, he's not gonna be the AJ Green we expect to know.


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[Assistant] The other, the other thing is, man, if you're a rookie quarterback, the Ravens are one of the teams I would not want to make my first start against. And that's going to be tough. Ryan Finley starting, instead of Andy Dalton, he's going to see defenses and players on the field that


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[Assistant] He's never seen before in his life. He's in a walking line scrimmage and go, Whoa, these Baltimore Ravens are.


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[Assistant] Big holy crap and he's gonna go, whoa, what the hell coverage is this? I mean, if they can confuse Tom Brady a little bit, they certainly are going to be able to confuse Ryan Finley. I think the Ravens are going to win this one. I'm similar to you.


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[Assistant] You know, 28-17, I almost picked it to be like a 34-17 type of game, but I guess just recent history and the Bengals always keeping it close against the Ravens kind of scared me out of that. But I do think the Ravens, uh, dominate this football game and win it nonetheless. Um,


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's right. I'm with you there and all those thoughts. Um, Bill's Brown's next one. Uh, I think this is gonna be a good game. I'm actually kind of excited to watch this, even though the Browns are two and six. I don't care. Uh, I still think this is an interesting matchup.


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[Assistant] Bill's at Cleveland, Brown's favored by two and a half, over under 40.5.


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[Assistant] I had a tough one here, Mike. I thought about a lot of different things here. What'd you, what'd you end up going with?


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[Assistant] Yeah, uh, it's an interesting matchup. It really is. This is another one I kind of waffled back and forth with.


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[Assistant] You know, the Browns, we know, yeah, their offense is not bad. They're capable of moving the ball. I mean, those are all things we know. They're dangerous on the outside, but I still think a real lot of this Bill's defense. I really do. They're really well coached. I think their front four can get after the Browns as far as in the pass protection game.


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[Assistant] I don't know, I have a hard time thinking that the Browns are going to run the ball real effectively against the Bills defense.


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[Assistant] The other side of the ball, I mean, the Bills can run the ball a little bit, too. And if there's a weakness to the Browns defense, it's their run defense. As we saw Philip Lindsey rip off big runs against them last week.


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[Assistant] I'm falling, I'm putting this one under the category of like...


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[Assistant] You know, I, I could totally envision the Browns kind of controlling the football game, but just up like we've seen them do. I mean, whether, you know, it's turnovers or whatever it may be, they just find ways to screw it up. And a lot of their losses, the Seahawks, the Patriots, the Rams, I mean the Tennessee Titans.


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[Assistant] Uh, there's just too many instances there where I look at that and just go, I can't trust them.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with the team even though I don't have like, great belief yet that they're a great team either, like you said.


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[Assistant] They've beaten the teams they should beat on their schedule and the two teams that were 50-50 games against the Patriots and the Eagles, they lost. So that scares me. But I do think against these type of teams, they're going to find a way to win. And I'm going to go with the Bills 20 to 17 on the road in Cleveland.


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[Assistant] Yeah, we do. We do. We have, yeah, we do. Three out of the first four games, we disagree.


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[Assistant] Okay, alright, so, uh, yeaah, we're, we're, this is gonna be interesting. You're right. Uhm, alright, Falcon Saints. Uh, Saints coming off the buy.


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[Assistant] Oh no, I'm wrong. Sorry, I'm a game ahead here. Uh, no, I'm right. Falcons at Saints. Sorry, sorry about that. I'm reading too many things here. Are you right or are you wrong? I'm right or I'm right. I'm right or I'm right.


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[Assistant] Falcons trying to salvage something here. Dan Quinn coaching for his job. Uh, I don't even know. He might have already lost his job. They might just be letting him finish out the season. How much do you think the Saints win this one by?


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[Assistant] We can't. Nope. Nope. Nope. Just making. You're not gonna do it? Give the Falcons a field goal. I picked the game Saints to be 30 to 20. I mean, I like what you've said so far. It's really why I did it.


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[Assistant] You're right. Saints- I'll go 31-20 Saints. Okay, 31-20 Saints. Cause I can't do the same thing as you. Yup, uh, I don't want you on my score. I don't want the Hex, okay? But yes, I think a lot of the things you said were-


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[Assistant] We're, yeah, real to me too. Yeah, the Falcons in total desperation mode, the Saints, you know, fat cats that were one of the best teams in football, all of that. Also, you know, the Saints aren't like,


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[Assistant] You know, they're really good offensively. Don't get me wrong here, but they're not the kind of offense that just comes out and just like, whoa, bing, bang, boom, whoa. It's like we're at the start of the second quarter and they got 24 points. No.


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[Assistant] They kind of play a style of football where, hey, it was 10-6 in the third quarter against the Cardinals. You know, ultimately they won 31-9. They kind of wear you down, just like they did in the Bears game. They play through their defense in their run game.


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[Assistant] And Matt Ryan, you know, I know he's battling the injury, but we expect him to play and the weapons on the Falcons. I still think are good enough to where they score some points. And like you said, it's rivalry. There's, you know, common knowledge of what teams like to do in certain situations and things like that.


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[Assistant] Uh, so I am picking the Saints to win, obviously, but I'm going 30 to 20 in that one.


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[Assistant] Ready for the, uh, the tri-state area showdown. The battle for New York.


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[Assistant] Yeah, uhm, I have really a lot of the same thoughts there. Uh, I have more faith in the Giants offense at this point.


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[Assistant] You know, the jets, the jets do have the ability on the defensive side of the ball to slow down the running attack. But Daniel Jones has been really impressive. And I, you know, Pat Schermer has enough creativity in their offense to where I think they could


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[Assistant] You know, it hasn't been horrible lately. It has not. Not been as bad as it was early on in the year.


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[Assistant] Uh, so I'm with you. I just think they're a little less dysfunctional. I wouldn't bet on this game as far as like,


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[Assistant] Who wins are covering the spread. The over under at 43 and a half is interesting to me, uh, because I think points will be scored in this game.


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[Assistant] I'm going Giants 27-24. And when I just saw this over under at 43 and a half, I'm writing a star there because that might be one of my bets of the week. I'm just, I don't know yet, but I'm just saying it might be that I find that very interesting.


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[Assistant] Yup, alright, next one. It's the Bruce Arians bowl. Uhm, Bruce Arians, he is red, he coaches for a red team, and he used to coach a red team. And if you look at any press conference, he's red in general. Uhm, so, the Cardinals at the Bucks, Bucks favored by four and a half, over under 52. What say you, Florio?


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[Assistant] It is an interesting game. I mean, neither defense is very good.


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[Assistant] They're good in that department, but the Cardinals are not a team that's looking to beat you with the run in general. They just want to run in enough so Kyla Murray and Cliff Kingsbury can throw it around a lot. Uh, yeah, the other side of that is like, yeah, you're even Jamis Winston.


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[Assistant] He's played well. You know, I know he had the little bit of the debacle in London against the Carolina Panthers, and not all those turnovers were his fault, but man, he's had some...


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[Assistant] Some really good moments here where I've gone like, damn, okay. I mean, last week, Hey, he played awesome football. There's, there's no denying that. Uh, the Tennessee Titans game the week before was not bad either. He played well there.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I'm going with the Bucks at home, too. A little bit just because I don't trust the Cardinals defense. And you said it, the Bucks are aggressive. You know, they can protect the passer. Uh, he's gonna push the ball down the field. Bruce Aarons will have a little bit of extra motivation to shove it in his, uh, old team space that way.


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[Assistant] And I'm just gonna go with them because they are at home. Uh, I'm going bucks 34 to 31. Even though this is dangerous too. Uh, I really went that way because of the Bruce Arians factor and I thought,


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[Assistant] Man, Kyla Murray against Shaquille Barrett and JPP and all that. I don't know if he's gonna be able to run around a whole lot and make plays either in the passing game. And that's why I just give the Bucks the, the semi advantage there. What was your score in your game? What'd you have there?


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[Assistant] Chief Set Titans, my homies is back. My homie, my homie, my homie. Whenever he's on, we watch. They're favored by four and a half. They're at Tennessee.


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[Assistant] Over under 48 and a half. The Tennessee Titans are not going to have Malcolm Butler who broke his wrist. That does hurt them in this matchup. I just want to say that out there. Uhm, but what do you see, Mike? How do you see this one unfolding?


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[Assistant] You're right. I mean, the ultimate quarterbacks type of head coach, you know, just continues to give his quarterback confidence. Even when he plays bad, he makes excuses for his quarterback. I mean,


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[Assistant] Uh, I, I love Andy Reid and I'm with you. It's uh, I, I feel like with Andy Reid, I feel the same way like I felt with like John Elway when I was like 18 years old where I just wanted him to win a Super Bowl. I wanted John Elway. I felt like he deserved it. And that's how I feel with Andy Reid too.


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[Assistant] And that's why I do root for them, let alone Patrick Mahomes is really fun to watch.


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[Assistant] Uh, you've heard me say it a million times lately, the Chief's defense has changed. I really like that aspect. That Senate seat tightens offense. It's, ehh, ehh.


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[Assistant] You know, I, again, I just don't know if there's anything there to be scared about. The Derrick Henry factor and them pounding the ball with him like we saw at the end of last year has not really been a factor this year. Ryan Tannehill has been better.


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[Assistant] But I don't sit there and watch this offense and just go, Oh, wow. Yeah, man, it's weapons galore, and they're gonna throw the ball all over the place here and there. So I think the Chiefs defense will get a beat on that Titans offense. Uh, the other thing is I do worry about no balcony baller. The Tennessee Titans like to play man to man a lot. And really, I think


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[Assistant] With Mahomes not being there, and them coming out with a little bit of a different game plan on offense the last few weeks with Matt Moore, I think they're gonna be able to fuse the two offenses together.


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[Assistant] Like my pri- pre-Mahomes injury, post-Mahomes injury, and I am clamoring. Please, Andy Reid, run some of the plays I've seen you run the last few weeks with Matt Moore at quarterback.


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[Assistant] Doesn't always have to be, you know, three and four wide receivers and everybody get out, you know, Scott free the backs out the all receivers are running down the field. I really like this aspect of a little too tight end play a little bit more of the run game a little bit under center.


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[Assistant] Max protect play action. Just let two or three guys go out. Let Tyree kill run a post corner post while you got seven guys protecting and let my home throw the thing 75 yards in the air and then have Sammy Watkins running across route at 25 or 30 yards.


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[Assistant] I think there's a chance here where the Titans are going to have to prepare for kind of both offenses and that's going to be tough.


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[Assistant] I'm going Chiefs 30 to 20 on the road. Uh, and I really do. I'm going to, I will see this week, but I think him being out my homes I'm talking about could come back to be a blessing in disguise for this team because it made them find some other ways to win games. And I like that. So Chiefs 30 to 20.


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[Assistant] I used to say that. I used to go out in the games and go, thank God that asshole. I think I got that from you at some point. Yeah. I thank God that asshole's not 10 yards behind me yelling at me because that's what he'd be doing all practice. I mean, I'd call a play in the huddle bike. You know, I might call, you know, you know, West right slot, 72 Z bingo, you split and he'd be going, hurry up.


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[Assistant] HURRY UP! 10! 9! 8! 7! And he'd do all that shit, and I'd just be like, oh my gosh, would you shut up? I'm hurrying, don't worry, I don't need you to yell, you know, so I was like, when I got in the field, I was like, oh gosh, this is great, thank you. You know, Napoleon is not behind me yelling at me, it's so much better.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so I do think there's a little method to that madness for Gruden, uh, and it doesn't always work with everybody. Alright, I got a little read to do. Little.


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[Assistant] But in their latest episode, friend of the pod, Liam McHugh hits on the latest NHL news with Keith Jones and Patrick Sharp, including whether Milan Luchic, Luchic, right? I think I said that right.


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[Assistant] deserve to get suspended for a sucker punch. And here it is right here. I mean,


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[Assistant] Uhm, and that's hockey, if you ask me. Also, Pierre Maguire interviews Islanders forward Matthew Barzal, and a mysterious Dominic Hasek impersonator calls into the show.


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[Assistant] Well yeaah, but I guess if you're a hockey fan that listens to hockey podcasts, you probably know what Dominik Hosek's sounds like. I don't know, I mean, you know. I'm sure hockey fans are going like,


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[Assistant] I mean, who the hell, who the hell knows what Chris Berman sounds like, yet you do the greatest impression of him ever because we're obsessed with football. Do your, do your Chris Berman. Can you do it? Yeah, I can't. It's not, no, it's not very good. I think it's very good.


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[Assistant] I'm not your trained seal. I think you're very good at it though, and don't choke under the pressure. Uhm, okay, here we go. Four o'clock games. Dolphins.


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[Assistant] I was misreading this, too. I was like, wait, did they put this in the wrong part of the schedule here? But Dolphins at Colts, Colts favored by ten and a half.


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[Assistant] Uhm, over, under 44. And, uh, we don't know for sure if Jacobi Perset's playing yet. So this is interesting to me. I'm picking the Colts to win the game. Uhm, but I don't know how comfortable I feel about the points yet. So go ahead, Mike. I mean, think about it.


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[Assistant] I-I-I mean, I agree with you. In a lot of ways there. Uhm...


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[Assistant] I do think the Colts win the game. I think the Colts run game will be the biggest difference against the Miami Dolphins, but the Dolphins had played better football. Ryan Fitzpatrick's been doing some good things.


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, I still look at Brian Flores and what they do on defense.


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[Assistant] Other than that stupid all-out blitz against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the end of the first half, they're pretty well coached and do a lot of good things. I think Chad O'Shea, the offensive coordinator, has kind of found


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[Assistant] His rhythm as a play caller to a degree to where yeah, I think they're a pain in the ass for the Colts for a little while and hang around, but ultimately they're just not as good as the Colts. They're not, they don't have as many playmakers. They're not as good as upfront on the, on either side of the ball. Uh, and I'm going Colts 27 to 17.


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[Assistant] For kind of like a, eh, walk in the park type of win, where it's not that impressive, but they clearly win the game, uh, whether it's Hoyer or Brissette.


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[Assistant] Uh, I think my score will be somewhere around there. I think the game changes a little bit at Hoyer, where maybe they rely on the run game a little bit more to win it. If Brissette's in there, they try to rely on the pass just a little bit more. But either way, I see the Colts winning and, you know, oddly enough, they're not going to be covering in my one. So, uh, 27-17. Anything else you want to add about that, Doozy?


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[Assistant] Alright, now, one of the best games of the day. Panthers Packers. Panthers going to Lambo Field. The Frozen Tundra.


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[Assistant] Packers favored by five and a half off of the- Literally frozen on November 6th. So much for global warming.


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[Assistant] Fuck you, you know it's real, don't start that shit, alright? I mean, we know, we know, literally, like, we know. Like, it's not even a debate anymore, okay?


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[Assistant] You might be a hoax. I mean, that's how like one side of the argument and evidence shows. But anyways, Panthers at Packers, Packers at home, five and a half. They looked like shit last week.


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[Assistant] The Panthers played really well after their shitty performance against the 49ers two weeks ago. They win a game against Tennessee Titans, uh, over under at 46 and a half. What do you think, Mike?


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[Assistant] You're really swearing a lot today. I am. I just feel like I'm on a roll. I'm going out with a bang.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, she's used to it by now. I'm sorry, Kristen. I do feel bad for her, but not bad enough to stop me from swearing.


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[Assistant] Okay, uhm, I like the Packers too. I think it's gonna be higher scoring though.


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[Assistant] I don't love either one of these defenses. I worry about the Packers defense in this game a little bit. You know, the Packers defense, you know, this, this Panthers offense, they have two things going for them. I mean, we know they could run the ball with Christian McCaffrey.


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[Assistant] And then North Turner, he's very creative in the things he does on a week to week basis. And you know, you've heard me say that Packers like to play man to man, maybe a little too much. DJ Moore and Curtis Samuel are a handful in the pass game. I mean, they're explosive and they can beat just about anybody in football if you give them too many one-on-one opportunities.


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[Assistant] Uh, so that scares me a little bit for the Packers, but on the flip side of that with the Panthers, you know, the Panthers have shown that you can run the ball on them.


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[Assistant] And that's scary when you play the Packers, because the Packers, again, okay, little success running the ball, and then we know, oh, Aaron Rodgers will tear you up off of that. I don't know what they did last week.


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[Assistant] Their offensive game plan by Green Bay last week was very uninspiring. They kind of got away from what got them to seven and one, and I don't know what it was exactly kind of played right into the hands of the of the, uh, the Chargers, but.


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[Assistant] I do think they get back on track. I'm going high scoring on this, Mike. I think that I'm going to pick the Packers 30 to 28 in this one. I think this is a close game. I think it's very exciting. Uh, but ultimately I do think Aaron Rodgers at home will be too much for the Panthers to overcome.


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[Assistant] You're right. Maybe you go over under instead. Well, yeah, yes, I know. We'll see. I mean, uh, I know I'm, I'm actually, I'm writing some of these down cause I'm, you know, of course I'm just seeing some of these over underlines as we go and I'm going, Whoa, okay. They might be part of my best bets. All right.


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[Assistant] Now, Ram Steelers, another, I mean, another awesome game. I'm pumped to watch this one. Rams off the bye week, three and a half point favorites at the Pittsburgh Steelers over under 43 and a half.


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[Assistant] Stealers fighting for their life, really have turned the corner, been playing better football. Rams have become like the unfor- the forgotten team in the NFL, which is crazy to me. Uh, but I still think I'd say watch out for the Rams here down the stretch. How do you think this one goes, Mike?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I just don't have faith in the Steelers offense yet. I think that's where it really comes down to me.


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[Assistant] I think the Rams toughness as a team is always underrated because we look at them from LA and it's McVay and he's handsome and it's Jared Goff and he's kind of country club-ish. Okay. But they are a gritty team. They are battle tested and.


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[Assistant] I just think the Rams are probably feeling the fact that nobody is giving them a chance or talking about them. I think they're the type of team that will play with an edge, play with a chip, uh, two weeks to prepare for a Steelers offense.


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[Assistant] Not nothing special. I just can't sit here and think that the Steelers are going to run the ball all that successfully against the Rams in that front. You know, it is a good front.


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[Assistant] Uh, you don't have to worry about anything special in the pass game from the Steelers. You know, it's a dink and dunk offense. It really is. They want to throw it four and five yards at a time with Mason Rudolph. And then when you get so absurdly aggressive, they'll take maybe a shot or two here and there.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so, I look at that, and then the Rams offense, I'm a little worried, I'll say this, about their interior part of their offensive line, yeaah, I probably say this every week about them, but it really holds true against the Steelers, who have a really good front seven. But I think because of the two weeks, McVeigh will have enough of a game plan to neutralize the aggressiveness of that front seven, from the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm going Rams, 24 to 13.


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[Assistant] I think they win this game. I'm not going to say like, I think the game will probably be closer than what I'm saying. Like I think it'll be a, you know, 1713 Rams lead and they put it away with a late touchdown to kind of win the game that way. Uh, but I do like the Rams, no doubt about it. And, uh, I'm going with them.


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[Assistant] I'm excited to watch the game, too, though. I really am. Uh, this is a good one, and really...


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[Assistant] I don't know. I think we would both agree that whoever loses this game is in deep, deep trouble as far as the playoffs are concerned. Uh, you know, you're going to have to go on some big time run here down the stretch to pull it off. All right, let's go to Sunday night.


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[Assistant] It definitely is. I've been there in a cold day as well. Uhm, alright, let's go Sunday Night Football. Our game. Uh, awesome matchup. Maybe the game of the week. The Purple People Eaters. Mike Florio gonna be so vested in rooting for his team. The Vikings.


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[Assistant] At the Cowboys. Vikings lose a heartbreaker. Cowboys win kind of an ugly game against the Giants. Cowboys favored by three. Over and under 48.


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[Assistant] What is Mike Florio going to do with his favorite team in his Kirk Cousins tattoo?


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[Assistant] Yeah, but I know you have because you're emotionally invested in your Vikings. I get that and you shouldn't.


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[Assistant] I know what's gonna happen. It doesn't matter. You're still gonna root for them and hope that they win. I know you will. I know you will. I know you will. Okay. And we're gonna have so much fun on Monday morning on PFT2. I mean, either way, it's gonna be so much fun. If the Vikings lose, I'll get to hear you make the whole spiel about Kirk Cousins. If they win, oh my gosh, it's gonna be even more fun.


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[Assistant] Cause we're gonna be able to talk. Kirk Cousins will have to have one in primetime in a big moment. And I'm going to be able to play that against you the whole morning. It's going to be a blast of a show either way. Win-win for Chris Sins.


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[Assistant] Find a hoodie or something to wear underneath it, okay? Don't wear a button-up shirt underneath the jersey.


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[Assistant] You know, both teams want to run the football. Both teams run a similar defensive style.


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[Assistant] Uh, Adam Thielen not being able to play. I do think it hurts the Vikings a lot. I mean, the Vikings, as we've talked about so much, they want to run the ball. They want to run bootlegs. And then when they get the right one on one matchups on the outside, they'll take some aggressive shots down the field.


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[Assistant] Well, when it's only digs, you know, that, that hurts their chances there. And you know, maybe the Cowboys do double him from time to time. I would.


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[Assistant] I'd be like, man, that's the one guy in the pass game on an obvious passing situation that can hurt us. Why wouldn't you do that? But you never know with the Cowboys. They're stubborn like Minnesota. They don't really change up what they do on the defensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] But I think ultimately, where I look at the game and go, it's very even.


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[Assistant] Uh, he's an awesome route runner. You heard me say this earlier on the show today. You know, the Vikings are not at their hands full because they're not particularly big front seven.


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[Assistant] And I think Mike Zimmer's gonna know that, so the run game's gonna scare him. And that's gonna lead to some one-on-one matchups on the outside that I just don't think favor the Minnesota Vikings there. I think Amari Cooper will have a field day against Xavier Rhodes or Trey Waynes. It doesn't matter.


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[Assistant] And the rest of the receiving core in Dallas is not bad either. So that's ultimately why I picked them. I'm going Cowboys 27 to 20 to win the game at home. And that's that.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, yeaah, I hear that. Uh, yeaah, this is a very important stretch for the Minnesota Vikings.


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[Assistant] I mean, to your point, in all honesty and seriousness,


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[Assistant] Even if they get in the playoffs, it'll be like, oh, okay, great. They got in the playoffs. I mean, I don't think any of us are going to take them for real until they show that they can win some of these tough, nitty gritty games on the road, which will give us confidence that, oh, they can win a tough, nitty gritty game on the road in the playoffs.


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[Assistant] And, uh, right now they really have not, they don't give me any confidence as far as that conversation is concerned.


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[Assistant] You're hilarious. Alright, here we go. Uh, another awesome matchup here. Awesome matchup.


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[Assistant] Seahawks at 49ers. 49ers. Alright. Favored by 6 at home. Over and under 47. They played on Thursday night. Of course have a little extra time. Seahawks came off that overtime win against the Bucs. How about this, Mike?


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[Assistant] Underdogs are one and nine straight up on Sunday Night Football this season. Oakland.


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[Assistant] Monday Night Football. Sorry, I said Sunday Night. Monday Night Football this season. Oakland was the only week, week one was the only win of the year. So that's a little interesting, uh, tidbit, but either way, Seahawks, 49ers, class of the NFC. There are two teams that we both look at as being dangerous. Uhm,


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[Assistant] I'm excited for this one. This is the best, I think, Monday night football game we've had all year, and I get to watch my buddy Kyle Shanahan and the 49er attack. What do you think's gonna happen?


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[Assistant] Wow! I'm gonna whoop your ass in these picks this week. I can just feel it. I'm excited. Man!


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[Assistant] No way am I going with the Seahawks in this one, not with that defense this year, not against this 49ers offense. They can't catch Russell Wilson. Yeah. Well, yeah, right. They can. Have you seen this front four? I mean,


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[Assistant] Nick Bosa, you know, him, D Ford, the rest of that crew, I do think they can. I do. I think they can give this Seahawks offense a tough time.


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[Assistant] And all facets, uh, there's too much on Russell Wilson's shoulder to make it all happen anyways. And this is not the kind of team I think he can take over against.


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[Assistant] You know, he's always given Pete Carroll some issues, uh, as far as that's concerned. And I think he's gonna give them issues this week.


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[Assistant] I think they win this game 31 to 21. I still think the 49ers are special. The 49ers are gonna lose at some point. I get that. But I don't think the Seahawks of the team this year to do that. I still worry about the Seahawks defense as we're seeing. I mean last week


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[Assistant] The Bucks went up and down the field. A lot of teams are going up and down the field on the Seahawks all year. And now you gotta play a 49ers team where you really have to worry about stopping the run.


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[Assistant] And the Seahawks can play pass defense, and Joe Staley's back on the offensive line, and I just don't think it's a good matchup for the Seahawks. I think it's gonna be a lot of fun to watch, but I think this 49ers are a class above the Seahawks here, and I'm going 31-21 49ers.


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[Assistant] Yeah, right. Don't you worry. Uh, we'll see about that slugger. Okay. Now it's the, my other favorite part here, the best bets part. Okay. And I got a lot of things written down here today.


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[Assistant] I mean, because there are some over-unders that really jump out to me, and I'm just gonna talk about them real quick, alright? Just, not that I'm picking them yet, but just for the people listening.


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[Assistant] The under the night jumps out to me. I just don't imagine either team scoring a ton of points in this football game.


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[Assistant] Uh, the over and the bucks, the bucks Cardinals game.


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[Assistant] And it's one of those like to your theory where yeah, 52 is the highest over under of the weekend.


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[Assistant] But I would ride that wave. I really would. That one's like very interesting to me. I also like the over in the Giants Jets game, but it scares me a little bit when you have rookie quarterbacks and teams that are not good. I always get scared that way as well, but I just wanted to throw those out there. I might pick one of them, but I'm not sure yet. So let's start it off.


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[Assistant] Best bet number one for Michael James Florio.


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[Assistant] I don't know what to do. I'm not even gonna go there yet. I don't know if I'm going to go there yet. Okay, I'm gonna do this for the first time this year. My first best bet of the week is I'm going with the over on the Bucks and Cardinals, alright? We're allowing that. You're okay with that, right?


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[Assistant] I'm fine with that. I'm fine with anything that you're going to get wrong. Okay. Well, I'm going with the over and the Cardinals bucks game. The over under is at 52. I'm going bucks 34 31, which of course is 65 points.


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[Assistant] Uh, I like that one. I do. I think it's two aggressive offenses versus two secondaries that are not very good. And I think we're going to see points galore in that one. So that's my first bet of the week. Okay. Bet number two, Florio, where are you going?


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[Assistant] I like the Packers to win, uh, I just worry about the Packers defense, and that's what scares me in that as far as the bet is concerned. Now...


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[Assistant] My second bet, I'm going to the place close to you. I'm taking the Rams. I am.


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[Assistant] Uh, the Rams three and a half point favorites. I think they're going to win by 11. I got them winning 24 to 13. I don't have any faith in the Steelers offense. I think they were lucky to win last week.


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[Assistant] I think they were outplayed by the Dolphins for two and a half quarters and really were kinda fortunate there in a lot of ways. And I think this Rams team is gonna be chomping at the bit.


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[Assistant] Jalen Ramsey on the defensive side of the ball and everything like that where


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[Assistant] I think that's kind of an ugly game, but they eventually pull away and I'm going to ride with the Rams in the bye week and that Sean McVeigh has got a few wrinkles up his sleeve and has that team ready to go in Pittsburgh. I'm going to do it. Even though Jared golf in the cold weather does scare me a little bit. I'm not going to lie. I'm still going to go true to my heart here and pick the Rams.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm not mad at you there. I mean, that's an emotional hedge. That's for sure. I know that. I know that. But I don't think you're crazy there. I don't. I don't. You know, I guess what scares me a little from picking this is just the Cowboy's inconsistency a little.


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[Assistant] Uh, but your logic makes a lot of sense. I'm really torn here. You know, I'm really going like, I'm thinking about the 49ers.


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[Assistant] But I do worry about, just like you said, Russell Wilson. And if there's a weakness of the 49ers, you've heard me say this, I do think it's Richard Sherman on the outside. And I do think the Seahawks would get great enjoyment out of picking on Richard Sherman with their receivers and, and Russell Wilson out there. So I'm scared to go there.


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[Assistant] I am just, I'm just, I'm the Ravens thoughts. I'm very with you on the Ravens. I guess what scares me about the Ravens is the Bengals have a pretty good secondary. They might load the box. The Ravens normally are not the type of team that blows people out. And I get scared of that aspect a little bit.


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[Assistant] And then the Chiefs and Titans is the other one that I look at because I do think that the Chiefs with, with Mahomes back is going to energize them. Their defense has been playing better.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with the Chiefs. I am. I'm going Chiefs. I've picked them to win 30 to 20.


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[Assistant] I just think their defense, like you've heard me say a million times the last three weeks has been much, much better. I think they will slow down this Titans attack.


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[Assistant] And I'm hoping that Andy Reed kind of fuses the mat more. Mahomes attacked together and Mahomes makes some big plays during this game regardless. So I'm going to Chiefs as my third best bet of the week.


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[Assistant] The titans are crazy. I know, you're exactly right. They're scary. I mean, they really are, but, uh, I don't know. They don't scare me as much this year as they had the last two years.


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[Assistant] And I don't know, like I said, I think the Chiefs have a little bit more toughness than years past. And I kinda like the direction they're headed in right now. So there you have it. There's the best bets of the week.


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[Assistant] Florio's got Baltimore, Florio's got O'Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay, Florio's got the Dallas Cowboys, and then...


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[Assistant] Sims is going over in the Cardinals bucks game of 52 points. I'm going with the Los Angeles Rams on the road to cover the three and a half points spread against the Steelers. And I'm going with Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs to win by more than four and a half on the road at Tennessee.


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[Assistant] Uh, that's it. Mike, you the man. Make sure you pack your Kirk Cousins jersey, okay? Just in case they win.


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[Assistant] Uh, and it's seeming to be even better. Man, I don't even know. I feel like I might be rooting for the Vikings now because it's the best bet of years. And you'll have to wear the jersey. And it just seems like such good TV for Monday morning that I don't really want to root for the Vikings, but I might just for the the fluriel factor.


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[Assistant] Alright, you the man, Mike. I'll uh, I'll see you Sunday. Subscribe, rate, review.


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[Assistant] Chris Simms, Chris Simms on Button. We got Jonal McDonald working the camera over there. He's got my solo looking good. Cut to my solo. Let's see Jonal McDonald's work. How does he frame me up? Is he doing okay?


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[Assistant] Uh, Patriots, we're gonna deep dive 49ers, Saints, the two games of the day, without question, both were extremely exciting. One was a defensive struggle, the other one was the opposite of a defensive struggle. Uhm, and then we'll hit, we should hit every other game, uh, that happened yesterday, and maybe even a quick preview of Giants.


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[Assistant] Uh, Giants Eagles tonight. Eli Manning getting the start there in Philadelphia. That'll be big time. What's up? You good? Everything good? Yeah. Yeah.


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[Assistant] I do, I stress. Well, I stress because I gotta be talking about it at 7am in the morning and I don't want to forget little things of context. That's what bothers me.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, I just, I do. I try to write a few notes down, especially early on in games because I hate to get to a point later in the game and be like, well, wait, how the hell did we get here? What was it? What were the plays? So I try to write the important or late in the game. I can remember those plays early on. I want to kind of keep a little bit of a diary as far as what the hell happened.


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[Assistant] Maybe a big play that I think kind of flew under the radar or something like that. Good bless you. You're so good looking, John McDonnell.


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[Assistant] I don't love those kind of games. Really? I don't. Why? Because I don't know, I'm old school. I like a good old 28-24 game. I hear ya. You know? If it was every week, it would get old. It would get old. It's not every week. No, no, you're right. It's very rare that it comes like that. And I think this one was more fun to me than Saints Chiefs from last year. Uh, Chiefs Rams. Excuse me.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I think first off that these two defenses are still top notch. I think what we saw yesterday was a little bit more mastery and wizardry from the play callers to where I didn't go away going, oh, that's bad defense.


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[Assistant] I think Kyle has aspirations and not that he's told me this, but I just know Kyle because I've known Kyle for a long time. He wants to be the best play caller in the game. And you know, Sean Payton probably already thinks he is and he's the man that way. So I think there is something there too. I also think


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[Assistant] Uh, playing in the Superdome, which is definitely one of the toughest places to play in all of football. And it's very hard to stop that Saints offense when they're in there and on their game.


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[Assistant] He probably knew he needed a few more tricks than normal. A few more creative game plan, you know, up your, up your butt type plays to screw them over. And yea, even for Kyle Shanahan, who you know I gush about on a weekly basis, I thought this game was above and beyond, just aggressive and creative.


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[Assistant] I do, because I think a lot of the big pass plays we saw off of it were off of the run game creativity, play action pass, whatever it may be that way. He does such a great job of tying it all together.


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[Assistant] And, you know, hey, we saw, you know, fake run, toss the Debo Samuel around the edge, you know, give the ball to the running back, fake the toss the Debo Samuel, you know, another one where we're going to give the ball to use check and


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[Assistant] Yeah, you're right. I don't know if anybody can go down there and do that. You know, what it will take, and this is where Shanahan is brilliant again, and where, you know, we've seen anybody that's had any success running on the Saints is you can't run at the Saints. If you think you're gonna run up the middle on the New Orleans Saints and that group they got down there, you're crazy.


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[Assistant] They did just enough, and if you think back about what they did too though, early on it was all on the edge. It was edge, edge, edge, edge, and then they kind of spread you out, and then he starts to hit you up the middle that way. That's kind of the brilliance of his game plan overall, at least against a team like this I thought.


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[Assistant] Yes, I mean, they're gonna, he's gonna run the ball between the tackles. It's just a matter of when and does he feel comfortable? He's getting the looks and things like that, uh, to when he turns the corner there. But yeah, I think overall, I mean, if we were gonna hit the 49ers, oh, uh, Saints D and just break into that more than anything, it is the unbelievable,


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[Assistant] And we'll get to Sean Payton in a second. The assault of schemes. Sean is an assault in a different way. Okay, so Sean Payton is an assault of...


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[Assistant] I, uh, I got a million different formations and personal, personnel packages, and we're just gonna, uh, five yards here, six yards here, come out on a swing, one on one with your guys, your guy gonna make the tackle, I'm gonna get a formation where Michael Thomas is open over the middle, and he's gonna be one on one, and can you make the tackle to make it a five yard gain, or is he gonna break the tackle and go for 20?


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[Assistant] Whoa, this guy's going that way. Whoa, that guy's going this way. Whoa, it's a play action face. Oh no, there's a guy behind me for 20 yards. Every player is looking for 20 and 30 yard gains. That's the difference I think between Payton and Breeze and Garoppolo and Shanahan. They are looking for explosive chunk plays.


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[Assistant] Almost every time they drop back to pass and the run game, the same thing, they're looking to gash you. It's never like, hey, we're going to run it up the middle here for three yards. It's like, oh, it's boring. You know, we'll do that later on in the game when we've gashed them around the edge a few times.


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[Assistant] 49ers, when they drop back, especially off the play-action game, they're, they're, they're really, the play is always designed to go 25, 30.


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[Assistant] 40 yards downfield, and then the fail safe, oh no, nothing's there, is gonna get you five yards. Right. But that, I mean, I think you said it. First off, these two are special. I mean, they're weapons. Deebo Samuel's a weapon. You know, you know, you talked about his, you know, yards for catch, five for 76, then he's got a few runs, two for 33, that way.


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[Assistant] I mean, that's pretty unbelievable. Right. And, and you know, again too, to where it's a little different. And again, this is where, you know, Drew Brees and lack of arm strength comes into play a little bit in as far as the comparison to Garoppolo and Shanahan. You know, we'll just think about it this way. This is where Shanahan's great. It's 20 to 7. They're down. He runs a play where,


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[Assistant] Fake the speed sweep to Kittle, he fakes the ball to the running back, they roll out to the right like they're doing a normal bootleg, but instead of Emmanuel Sanders who usually runs a corner route on this type of play, he goes to the corner and then the post, bam, they hit the 75 yard touchdown pass and all of a sudden it's 20 to 14.


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[Assistant] And they go, they mount a little drive, and then what happens? It's the pitch to Emmanuel Sanders, and he throws the ball for the touchdown. And all of a sudden it's 27-20, and you go, okay, they've weathered the storm. And they've weathered the storm because of Shanahan's game plan, and to kind of get them through a few dull moments, or, you know, the, the momentum of the Superdome and the Saints is jumping on you.


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[Assistant] And he had the ability not up to, not only to dial up the play in the right situation, but just the vision during the week to have these type of plays to go, you know, when my team's struggling or we're in a tough moment, I'm going to have these in my pocket to go to it to kind of re-jumpstart us and get us back in the game.


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[Assistant] So a little bit of a lull there, maybe in the early fourth quarter where, you know, they were down, the Saints were down 42-33 and I think you, I think you're exactly right. The Saints kind of just said, okay.


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[Assistant] We've taken away nothing in this game so far. We're kind of trying to play both and like we're just getting gashed. And I think to what you're saying, and I think you're spot on because I wrote this in the end of my notes, they basically just said, alright, we're going to start playing some bear front.


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[Assistant] And we're gonna play aggressive on the back man. They beat us, they beat us with some, some man to man plays or whatever they beat us. But we're not gonna get like gashed by the run and the pass game at the same time. And really, and it's really stopped nothing.


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[Assistant] So they made a few stops when they were down 42-33 to get back in the game and then of course go up 45-42. Uh, and I think it's to your point is they just became more aggressive. They said a little bit of like, okay.


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[Assistant] We're just gonna make this a fight, we're gonna come after you, we're gonna put five D linemen on the field across, you know, and to me those are some of the cool chess matches too. You know, I mean there's so many things to talk about in this game, it's really even hard to get to it.


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[Assistant] Yep, I mean like, uh, in the old play, you know, that's a, that's an old west coast play, but Kyle does it a little bit more in a creative way than we used to do it with John Gruden. It would have been like, why shift a bunch left? You know, 73 scat, why option, uh, you know, smoke on the backside. They basically ran like a slant flat concept, but


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[Assistant] Exactly right. He's the inside of the three. He's off the line of scrimmage. I did a little diagram for social media last night, right after the game because people always want to know about it. So there you got, you know, the bunch to the left that you talked about.


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[Assistant] Garoppolo's in the shotgun. Bourne, who's the guy, the point man of the bunch, right? I couldn't see on the TV version what he ran. He runs a straight go. On this little diagram I had him running an in-cut. So it was a straight go, okay?


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[Assistant] So I was wrong there, but I knew I was somewhere in there. And then, on the outside of the bunch is Emmanuel Sanders. He runs a shallow cross. If they got some crazy blitz, he could throw to him, right? Right. And go, here's a shallow cross, get the ball, maybe you can get the first down on the fourth and two. But what they really did with two-man coverage is now,


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[Assistant] Two guys have kind of cleared out some space, right, for George Kittle, who's in the inside of that bunch package, to now he comes out with a little bit of an arc release, right, a wide release, and he's matched up on the rookie Gardner Johnson 22, who's in a very tough spot. They ran this play earlier in the game, but they ran it out of a little different


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[Assistant] Formation but nonetheless, Kittle does a great job of


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[Assistant] Kittle has a two-way option, and these are tough to stop. And the Saints, they do a ton of this too. I'm sure Gardner Johnson's had Alvin Kamara run this on him before, right? But he knows, oh no, I gotta protect the inside a little bit here, cause I have nobody inside to help me. And if you hit that,


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[Assistant] And then to have them on the inside of the bunch is another advantage that the, you know, Kittle would have over Ezekiel Elliott or the Dallas Cowboys because now the guy covering George Kittle, he's got two guys kind of in his way as the ball is snapped because there's a guy crossing his face and Emanuel Sanders and borns going upfield.


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[Assistant] There's more traffic to fight for, he's got more to think about and react to, and it was just an easier, it's a well, better well designed play.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think he's got, I think he's probably got a section of about 10 plays like gotta have it type plays. That's usually like, that might be actually the gotta have it, right, gotta have it plays. And then I wouldn't be shocked within the gotta have it plays.


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[Assistant] If somebody like Kyle, cause I know Josh McDaniels had this, and I know John Gruden had it, where in the Gotta Have It plays, he's almost got his own special place for Kittle within that to go, because this is my go-to player, and I'm gonna have four or five just for him in the Gotta Have It situation, let alone some other guy.


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[Assistant] And you know, that, that's a, that was a similar play too. It's really kind of an option route. Uh, yeah, it really was. It was a similar option route. The, the, the Saints played it well and they got a little pressure on Garoppolo and he couldn't throw the ball accurately. But you know, the game.


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[Assistant] I went away thinking the 49ers is the best team in football.


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[Assistant] They're gonna win the Super Bowl. That's what I walk away. That's how I feel about them. I do. I mean, that was a big question for me. Was Jimmy Garoppolo...


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[Assistant] Could he deliver in those moments when the team wasn't dominating, when the run game might not be dominating? You're right, the defense wasn't playing well, the run game was doing well, but they sputtered in the first half and they were down 20 to 7. Right. And then all of a sudden they're down 27 to 14. And yeah, did his coach give him some help on some plays? Okay, sure.


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[Assistant] I think the big thing is he delivered in big moments. He was totally not phased by the magnitude of the moment. That's what I would be more happy about than anything if I was a 49ers coach or the fans. He never looked like


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[Assistant] And even in those last few moments, it just seemed like he was playing within himself, playing pitch and catch. He made through one interception. And I think the encouraging thing about that is he didn't, he saw it right.


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[Assistant] The guy was open, Emmanuel Sanders, he just let him too much, Emmanuel Sanders sticks out his hand, the ball pops in the air. Mistakes happen. Should have caught it. Should have caught it, should have caught it. Yea, you know, he'd like to throw a better ball too. Right. Shit happens, it's the NFL. So, I mean, that's, it's not going to be the last time that happens. So, even the mistake though, what I'm saying, was not egregious to where I go, oh,


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[Assistant] Uhm, so big time moment for Jimmy Garoppolo. Deserves a lot of credit. And really that was the final question I needed to be answered by the San Francisco 49ers. Yes.


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[Assistant] It's terrific. Off the charts good, I agree, it is. His play action fakes are good, his ability, yeaah. There's never a mistake on, on ball handling, whether it's a speed sweep, pulling for the, you know, oh, we're running the read option, bootleg, whatever it is, it all seems to go very smooth. I'm with you.


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[Assistant] He's a very cool customer. He really is. You know, I had people before the game going, you know, do you think Jimmy G will be flustered by this moment? I said, you know, and I mean this in all the respectful way possible. He's just the right type of meathead to be a quarterback and not even think about the magnitude at the moment.


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[Assistant] Right, he just, he's, he's not too much of an intricate, deep, he's not, I don't think he's sitting there thinking like, deep thoughts, like, uh, you know, what's the square root of 742? Right. I've always wondered that, like, he's kind of just like, oh, he's open, I'll throw it to you, coach, you said throw it to him, sure, I'll throw it to him, and I know he doesn't talk like that, but I'm giving him meathead quarterbacked off.


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[Assistant] He's just playing. I agree. He's just playing. He was around Tom Brady in New England. So I think he got to see how that operated and how cool Tom is in the clutch right now. So that resonates. I'll tell you another context clue that gives me like he doesn't really give a damn or know he's know the gravity of the situation. The guy went on a date with a porn star. Hey, I mean, I don't know what else to say. He wasn't very self aware there.


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[Assistant] He's got a very compact delivery. He can get it out quick. Uh, and, you know, it was a great day by him, a great day by Kyle Shanahan and what he did. I will say this, just while we're on that side of the ball, I did not like


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[Assistant] The pass interference call by Gardner Johnson on the third down that led to the score to make it 42-33.


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[Assistant] on Garoppolo. They call him for holding. I didn't love that. And then later on in the drive, he threw the ball to use check in the flat after he broke the pocket and the Gardner Johnson got the late hit while he was on the ground. I didn't love either one of those penalties. You know, I mean, again, in those situations, I think you just got to let guys play a little bit.


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[Assistant] That bothered me about it, but either way, he was phenomenal, Shanahan was phenomenal, uhm, and, uh, you know, that's that. Yeah, let's do it.


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[Assistant] They did not. Well, I, you know, one of the first things I wrote in my notes early on was just, it's an assault of personnel formations and scheme. Like it's just new, not new, you know, no, not new little creative ways to do a few different things here and there, but you know, I just think as a defensive player,


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[Assistant] You're, you know, okay, it's one back, two tight ends. Okay, it's one back, one tight end. Oh, it's two backs, one tight end.


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[Assistant] Oh wait, now they're split out and empty formation. What? And you know, all those things lead to a team that is aggressive to now thinking and playing on their heels just a little bit more, let alone, oh, now it's a motion. Oh, set hut, Drew Brees is looking over here.


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[Assistant] Oh, he did a great job looking me off because now Alan Camaro is wide open over here. So they're surgical in their attack that way. That's where they're a little different than the 49ers. That's where I was getting to a little bit before. The 49ers are just dialing them up and let's gash them. Jimmy, I told you all week I'm going to dial up this play and we're going to get them in this defense and you just throw it in there. And, and Sean Payton's a little bit like,


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[Assistant] Okay, I'm, I'm, I'm gonna dial it up and formation them. Drew, you look over here, and if you just throw an accurate pass over here, we'll manipulate the coverage, we'll get six yards guaranteed, and we'll just keep staying ahead of the change. And they do that, and they do that, and they do that. And then teams get frustrated, and they start to play close to the line of scrimmage, and then BAM, it's, it's, you know, Jared Cook on a seam route, or something like that.


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[Assistant] That's where they're different that way. They're looking more to just surgically attack you with an occasional aggressive throw down the field. You know, aggressive throws with Drew Brees right now, they're not gonna happen a whole lot. But we saw a few of them yesterday that made the difference in the game and kept them in the game and got them out to a big start.


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[Assistant] So I think the thing that they can then pluck more than anything is, you know,


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[Assistant] Steal some of the plays, especially like the two touchdowns of Jared Cook and stuff like that, where when you know San Francisco's planning that Seattle scheme,


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[Assistant] You know, that's what they did. They stressed out the rules of the Seattle scheme on those plays. It's a 3D match coverage. So it's like, it's a 3D zone, but if there's somebody in your zone, you match up and play him man to man to a certain area, and then you let him go into the next guy's zone where he'll match up against them.


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[Assistant] And that's what they did really with both Jared Cook touchdowns to get off 14-0.


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[Assistant] You know, they, they, they one time stressed out the linebacker Fred Warner underneath. He was supposed to get back and cover Jared Cook as he crosses the field, but he saw Avon Kamara.


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[Assistant] And he saw Mike Thomas in a tight split. So they were both there in his vision. He's going, Oh, it's Alvin Kamara. It's Mike Thomas. They're going to go to him and his bright lights just went so much on Alvin Kamara. He forgot to look over to the other side and the, Oh man, there's a guy coming into my area. I need to cover him. So, so, you know, again,


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[Assistant] I'm not concerned with, I guess where I would go with this, I'm not concerned with either one of these defenses. I still think they're gonna be top-notch because


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[Assistant] Neither one of these defenses is going to have to play an offense like this again the rest of the year. These are just, these are special offenses. There's no weakness to either one of the office, offenses. I mean, the one weakness we talk about the 49ers can garoppolo, you know, come through in the clutch.


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[Assistant] If there's a weakness to the Saints, it's yeaah, can Drew Brees stretch the defense out consistently?


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[Assistant] You know, with the Taysom Hill factor, when they bring him in, and then Drew just pushing the ball down the field here and there, they can kind of overcome that. Uhm, but I just don't know, you know, you go through both of these offense, top five offense line, check.


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[Assistant] You know, great ways to move the chains, whether it's play action, drop back pass, check, they got that. And then, you know, quarterbacks who can wheel and deal and deliver and do the right thing. So, you know, again, I don't know if there's another offense in the NFC that can really replicate the attack that either one of these can do to each other's defense, I guess is my biggest point.


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[Assistant] You know, the, the 49ers are of course tough to run the ball on. So that, that was just a struggle regardless. I mean, the rushing stats for the Saints are a little misleading. You know, it's 7 for 69. Murray had a few runs here and there. He had a big chunk of it right at the end of the half when the first half was about to be over.


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[Assistant] I'm not concerned. They're gonna find ways to get him the ball. Now, I will say him fumbling the ball there in the third quarter, that was a big moment in the game. You know, the fake punt, uh, that was a big moment in the game.


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[Assistant] You know, there, there are special teams as a part of, we're not going to talk about a lot, but.


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[Assistant] You know, that little 11, what the hell's his name? Assumption College. Yeah, well, I mean, he's a weapon. I mean, he set them up for two short fields. You know, they give him a speed sweep. He rips off a bunch of yards. What the hell's his name? Devontre Harris?


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[Assistant] Deontayharris, thank you Deomolololitis. And uhm, you know, the special teams factor did play into the game, not only him setting them up, but then of course the fake punt, which I don't understand on 4th and 18. I don't get it. And I have questions about that play altogether. Ballsy.


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[Assistant] I almost questioned whether Sean Payton knew the rule. I think he thought like, hey, I think we'll just throw a go-round on 4th and 18 and we'll get pass interference. I'm just saying, I could be totally wrong. With 18 yards to get. I could be totally wrong, but I just questioned it. It made me think.


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[Assistant] Whether he knew that rule or not. It is a little known rule. I mean, it's... I know. I didn't know it either. I can't lie. I was sitting there and Coach Dungy was the first one to spit it out.


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[Assistant] And I was like, oh, you know what? You're right. I remember hearing that a few years back and it hadn't come up. And, uh, you know, that was that, that was a big point in the game because, you know, I believe that was at that point it was, I just want to make sure I got this right. 35, 33.


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[Assistant] And it gave the 49ers the short field to then go up 42-33 and put together that drive. And uhm, you know, this is something I look at. But either way, Breeze played awesome.


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[Assistant] Michael Thomas was awesome. You know, Breeze early in the game came out somewhat aggressive to those touchdown passes to Jared Cook. And then they got away from it. They never really threw a ball down.


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[Assistant] You know, had the guys up front started to disrupt a little bit, get pressure on the quarterback.


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[Assistant] Both teams started to blitz a little here and there, just to, you know, move the quarterback, stress the pocket that way.


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[Assistant] You know, overall, it was a really well played game. If they play again, I would be shocked if it was points like this. You know what I mean? They play again in January for the MSC Championship. It's gonna go back to being like a 24-21, 27-24 type of game, I think, yeaah.


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[Assistant] You know why I like Green Bay and Aaron Rodgers? I'm the president of the Aaron Rodgers fan club. Second best team in the NFC? Absolutely not. Not even the third. And, you know, they're the fourth. Maybe the fifth.


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[Assistant] I mean, really, if you made me pick between them and the Vikings right now, I'd go the Vikings are better than the Packers. Now, Aaron Rodgers is a definite gap closer there because of his magic he can pull off.


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[Assistant] As in my whole family and my extended family. I know Big Phil's paying like for a whole bunch of people on Verizon, alright?


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[Assistant] You know, you'll see here, the three-headed monster the last two weeks has really taken control of what they want to do on the offensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] Todd Gurley has gotten back to running the football. Tyler Higbee has been a great addition as far as since he's been healthy, helping out the offense. Robert Woods dealt with some personal issues, don't know exactly what they were, but you see,


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[Assistant] He's really their go-to guy in that offense, and all three of them have been playing well. But to me, more than anything,


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[Assistant] I think McVeigh has just again found his groove, his formula.


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[Assistant] He stopped trying to figure out the perfect play every time, you know, oh, let's sit there to 15 seconds and I'll get us in the perfect play. You know, the last two weeks, the two things I've seen more is,


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[Assistant] They're just getting up to the line of scrimmage. How many times did you see the ball snap last night and Seattle wasn't even lined up? Seattle looking around. What's the call? And, you know, guys just about to get it. And they said, Hut! And they're just getting down to three point stands and all of a sudden it's a run for eight. Well, no shit. Right.


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[Assistant] He... He self-scouted thyself. He self-scouted thyself. Hey, look at you, how well done you are. How dare you play on words on my own podcast. Uh, but yeaah, he, he did. You know, I think, you know, he dabbled a little of that last week and that's the magic of McVeigh.


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[Assistant] You know, he just kinda used tempo and pressure and, you know, I'm gonna stop trying to call it a perfect play all the time.


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[Assistant] And just get up there and run plays and know that we can execute them the right way no matter what the defensive look is, and put a pressure on the defense that way, and then every now and then we'll fake it, oh and they're playing this defense and I'll get us in the perfect play and screw you over that way. So McVeigh's really hit his groove too.


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[Assistant] And the Rams are not dead. The Rams are talented on both sides of the ball, as we know. And uhm, I think instead of trying to go through the run game, it's boots, like I said, it's screens.


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[Assistant] And then it's run game third is kind of the way they're orchestrating their offense right now and it's been effective and of course their defense has really bounced back since that Ravens game as well.


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[Assistant] And, and then that, I gotta wrap that up because now that was the best of week 14 presented by Verizon. The Rams putting on a whooping on the Seattle Seahawks, which I did not expect. I can't, I did not think that would happen.


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[Assistant] It's refreshing. I mean, that's honestly, this is the way they're gonna have to do it. They have to ride that Aaron first. Aaron Jones. Their pass game.


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[Assistant] Cannot just live on its own by itself. It's not like, it's the greatest show on turf.


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[Assistant] You know, again, Matt LaFleur is very good, but their drop back pass game, I don't come away from games going, oh my gosh, it's like Sean McDaniels. Oh, I mean, Sean Payton, that's not like Josh McDaniels. They know how to pick you apart. They have all the basics in the pass game.


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[Assistant] The beauty of their pass game is when their run game works and their play action pass and, uh, to me that has to be set up with them being patient with the run game with Aaron Jones.


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[Assistant] Little damn okay for DeNeil Hunter. Yeaah, well, I mean, what is it, youngest guy ever to get to 50 sacks. Yes. Right? Yeaah. Kinda gets overshadowed in that defense.


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[Assistant] That game altogether was kind of just a ho-hum game, like, uh, not that I was glued into that, because I expected Minnesota to kind of win the way they, I mean, uh, yeaah, Minnesota to win the way they did. Both of those NFC North games that we're talking about? Yeaah.


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[Assistant] Kind of the same. I'm more concerned with the way the Packers play. The fact that they let an inept Washington Redskins offensive team kind of hang around and never put them away. Really. And the week before it was 17-13 against the Giants in the fourth quarter too. So that's where I look at the Packers and go yeaah they've won. I get it.


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[Assistant] They haven't had the toughest schedule in football this year. And, you know, yeaah, but when, I just, I'm not sold on them by any stretch of the imagination. Minnesota, therefore, on that, on, on their side, I'm definitely more sold on them. First off, their defense is better than Green Bay. And, you know, their run game is consistently good.


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[Assistant] Where Green Bay is like, oh, it's good for a week or two, and then we don't hear for it for two weeks, and then it's good again, and then it's not good, and it's all over the place. You know, the Minnesota Vikings and Mike Zimmer, they're gonna run the ball, and I don't think they have any problem playing these type of games. Like, they're, they're welcoming. Oh, 20 to nothing? 20 to 7? Fine.


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[Assistant] We're fine with that. We don't want to, we don't care if we win 42-21 and throw up for 500 yards of offense. They're not into that. That's not what their head coach is about. They won the game and, uhm, Kirk Cousins made a few big throws and, you know,


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[Assistant] I mean, they can lose to the Bears. There's no doubt about it. You know, the NFC is not over yet.


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[Assistant] Okay. Yeah. Coming from a Jets fan there, I saw that. Done. All caps. Done. Okay. I'm not sure about that either. I like, gronkless. That is true. Facts. Facts. Facts. And that is hurting them big time. Yes.


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[Assistant] Pressure. If Brady isn't absolutely harassed all night last night, they probably wouldn't. Well yea, if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle. So, you know, that's if, if, and if.


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[Assistant] Inevitable, it's inevitable that we drop off, it's inevitable.


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[Assistant] Inadequate, you know, there's, there's a lot there. It's a step below stuff. Yeaah. Because I, I just, they have the type of problems that, again, I have the ultimate faith in New England. I do. And Brady and Belichick and McDaniels, they continue to work hard and tinker with finding the right perfect formula. I mean, that's what the Master's at. That's the number one compliment. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] And Sunday Night Football, last week when they were playing the Houston Texans, I was in that green room you were talking about, and all I did was talk up the Texans. Texans can win tonight. Texans can win tonight. Hey Chris, who you picking to win the game tonight when the show came out? I'll take the Patriots. Because you're scared. I was scared. Like you said, it's 17 years of domination and always finding a way.


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[Assistant] But last week, I picked the Chiefs, because I think I've seen enough to know, hey, they're still good, and they're still gonna be a pain in the ass, but this is not the same Patriots we've seen, like, the last six, seven years. It's not. It's not the same team.


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[Assistant] We can go back, we can go back to really the Browns game when they won 27-13 and I can go


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[Assistant] No, there was inklings there that it was true issues. I mean, the Browns had some moments of totally shutting them out. I mean, they really did. Again, you know, it was three consecutive plays of turnovers. Then the week after that was the butt-whooping in Baltimore.


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[Assistant] Then, it was the Eagles game, which they had to use a trick play to score the touchdown, right? You know, the Cowboys game, which was a lot of struggle, was a block pun, and, uh, something else that happened in that game to set up a score. You know, and then of course the Texans and the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] Right, I think the Texans game changed me, changed me. That game gave me the confidence at least to go, you know what, Kansas City's gonna pose a lot of problems for the New England Patriots too, and that's why I picked Kansas City.


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[Assistant] He in New England, New England, in New England, which I love, okay? And I mean that because, one, doing some abnormal disguises, oh we're gonna, he did a little bit of, we're gonna blitz, everybody's at the line of scrimmage, we're gonna drop out. Oh, now this time we're blitzing. That's what New England does to everybody.


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[Assistant] They took away their best player. There was a number of third downs in red zone plays where they said


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[Assistant] Throw it to somebody else besides Julian Edelman. We're doubling him. And who, who's that somebody else? And who is that somebody else? Exactly. Steve Spackdoll deserves a ton of credit. He really took a lot of things that New England does to teams.


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[Assistant] And put him apart of his game plan. Other big third downs in red zone plays. He goes, okay, it's Julian Edelman, we know that. Alright, I got him doubled. Who are they gonna go to next? Oh, down here in the red zone, there's that


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[Assistant] 28, James White. So they doubled his ass too. And they said, fine, let's see if Nikhil Harry or the tight end can get open man to man and Brady will trust them and throw them the ball.


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[Assistant] You know, yea, they got screwed over by the Nikhil Harry, he should have scored the touchdown, they called him out of bounds, that stunk, uhm, and that's a, that's a shit call for the Patriots and the Patriots fans, definitely. I mean, they got unlucky there, but, you know, that's what I took away from it more than anything. Spagnolo,


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[Assistant] No. No, there's not. There's not. There's not a strength after those two right now that he can go to, uh, and the majority of their plays are planned out to go to one of those two in big moments. So that was great in that aspect.