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[Assistant] Ah, it's Easton Stick and the shitty ass Chargers who just got beat 63 to 20 by the Raiders, right? Those are real things. I don't care who you are.


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[Assistant] It's hard to get that out of your mind or be totally motivated on a Thursday practice. Totally motivated on a Thursday practice is, oh shit, we could lose this week. That's that like the Ravens probably were this week. Oh gosh. Right. So that's, this is like.


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[Assistant] This is one of those games where I'm sure they were like, well if we play our B minus game, we'll still beat them. That's, so yes. And then I think there was a little bit as, you know, they couldn't get in a rhythm offensively, at least consistently through the day. And I think that this is one of those things too where


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[Assistant] When the Chargers did some things to them schematically, that this is what stinks when you play a new head coach, is they have a few new wrinkles. The new head coach goes, I don't want to do this anymore. I want to play this coverage. When a team does this, I want to do that.


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[Assistant] And McDermott, who's like a specialist at going, I know what the other team does and I'm so prepared for every move they make. And if this guy goes that way, I'm there and this right. All of a sudden that's chopped out from underneath them in this football game. Cause they're like, well, I don't.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, it depends. You don't want to stop. I mean, theirs was broken. So that's okay. If you have something that's good, you don't want to take that approach necessarily. But there has to be always that somewhere infused to me. Again, that goes back to like what we talked about.


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[Assistant] With the Ravens defense, you're playing Shanahan. You better do a few things that they didn't, Shanahan didn't prepare for it. Shanahan does that to people every week. Oh, I run this play in this formation, this play in this formation.


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[Assistant] Oh, here comes the old, you know, I'm going to screw you play off of that formation because you think I'm going to do this. Uh, there has to be that element, but yeah, I think that played into it a little bit. Either way, I was glad the Bills pulled off the win because I do think there's no doubt that the Bills are one of the best teams in the AFC and certainly deserve to be in the playoffs and will lead to good playoff viewing.


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[Assistant] Made some plays, certainly. I mean nothing, it was a great catch with the Josh Allen scramble to the right and throw the ball on the run. 57 yard pass there. Gabe like basically fingertipped it. That was really impressive. Uhm, but hey, you know.


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[Assistant] Again, they need him to start showing up on a consistent basis. And I will say it's still encouraging with the bills and the fact of


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[Assistant] Trying to attack through the run game and play that way and not let Josh Allen having to throw the ball 38 or 40 times. I still like the approach by them and I think that still will be successful for them in the long run.


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[Assistant] It's, it's, I mean, I didn't even, I don't even look that up. I just know off the top of my head it's something like that. I didn't see him. It's incredible.


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[Assistant] Like the cheaps, right? It's just like they got like, you know, dumb shit running through their blood. It's just like, Hey, we're playing good, but we'll do something dumb here in a minute to let you back in the freaking football game. I'm pissed at them because Adam is a best bet.


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[Assistant] All right. And it was 20 to three and they were getting the ball to start the second half and they run into each other like the bad news bears. I mean, run into each other and fumble the ball and give the Giants the balls for score short field touchdown and even still within that I'm going well.


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[Assistant] I wanted like a competitive Philly dominate them at the end and put this damn game away. That's what I was kind of hoping for there. Uh, uh, all in all.


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[Assistant] Again, I think there's moments of, you look at the Eagles and go, damn, they do some really good things, definitely. Running the ball, I'll almost say the same thing like you heard me say with the Chiefs, I would just, they need to do more running the ball. More ideas in the run game schemes. I like that.


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[Assistant] Uh, but Jalen Hurts, Brown, Devante, they gotta go and certainly, and their defense.


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[Assistant] For the most part of the day was, was suffocating. I mean, other than about, you know, what was it, the first drive of the game, right?


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[Assistant] You know, which was a long field goal, and then the long touchdown pass to Daria Slayden. I mean, those, the Eagles defense is coming away feeling good about everything they did. All the other things were set up by the Eagles offense messing it up. Uhm, so good by the Eagles, but yeaah, they have that little disease right now. We're going to do something dumb or stupid.


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[Assistant] He's a little crazy right now. It is. It is. He did so many good things throughout the football game and made a lot of big time throws. But, you know, even that interception, I'm not going to put that on him. Goddard should keep his feet there, right? Goddard takes too long of a stride and then tries to cut off that foot with it not really being underneath his body.


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[Assistant] And his feet fall out from underneath him, so I certainly am not going to blame Hertz on that one.


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[Assistant] It felt like they were doing it based on just the energy he was providing for the football team. There's no way he's as good as Tyrod Taylor, right? And they're...


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[Assistant] You know, there's only so many ways they can trick it up to find them completions and do stuff like that. And I think that's what they came to the realization with yesterday finally is just that.


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[Assistant] And we, we, we can't just like look for the moment to go, oh, we finally got him in the defense. We want to let's call that special play. We worked out all week. They got to be like, we need a system. I need some guy that can throw the ball, put some plays together, string a drive together. And I think that's where we'll, we'll see Tyron Taylor.


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[Assistant] I mean, it's, it's the old saying, a wise man once said, this guy's got three rockets up his ass. I mean, he's so wise. He's like, he's special that way. I'll say for the second week in a row.


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[Assistant] There's a few, they need to give them the ball more. There's a few Gary's that Montgomery got where I went, oh, if that was Gibbs there, watch out. Who knows what happens there. He's special. You know, he is. Offense was


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[Assistant] Clicking, right? All cylinders. I honestly did not know if you'd be able to move the ball like that on Minnesota.


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[Assistant] Minnesota just so well coached and creative. Aggressive. Right. Aggressive. They do a lot of different stuff, certainly. Uhm, so that was impressive with the way, you know, golf, the running game, everything worked, you know, in unison there. I think the thing that just is a little scary was,


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[Assistant] How they move the ball on you guys once again. There was some moments in the game where I was like, I like what I'm seeing from Detroit here a little bit, right? They, to me, were, it felt like first half, early third quarter,


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[Assistant] That they were bringing a few blitzes and pressures that the Vikings were like, whoa, I've never seen the Lions do this. They were taking some tactical gambles, like we were saying. I think that's something you guys gotta do.


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[Assistant] Cause I think a little bit like you guys aren't good enough on defense to just stay back and play sound defense and think it's going to work, right? So Aaron Glenn's going to have to dial up some creativity to, you know, fill in some of these holes. It's just that, yeah, you got to pick and choose at the right time and man.


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[Assistant] Kevin O'Connell, he knows how to get some people open, right? Cause I mean, I just feel like if that wasn't Nick Mullins at quarterback, I think you guys probably would have lost that game.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he's, well he's given me heart attacks ever since he was with the 49ers. You know, he had one of those like,


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[Assistant] You know, this is kind of what he does. He's not a high level thrower of the football. He can hold on to the ball in the pocket too long. He's not a great athlete where he's going to be able to escape and make things happen there, right? He's got a...


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[Assistant] Learn to manage the game a little bit better. Eh, that's the biggest thing. It can't just be so aggressive and free-willing and just throwing the ball everywhere. Uhm, so yeaah, it's, he gives me a heart attack too. Be interesting to see what they do at quarterback this week. You know, I think Jared Hall is in the conversation. I would stick with Nick Mullins, uhm, but I'd have Jared Hall ready certainly. I mean, it's,


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[Assistant] Four interceptions this week. Two really bad ones the week before. They should have probably beat the Bengals, right? And I think without these interceptions the other day, they probably would have pulled off the upset too. I feel bad for the Vikings. I do. I'm very happy for your Lions.


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[Assistant] Your lines of course are gonna be a pain in the ass. Your offense is so dangerous. Hopefully Jamison Williams can keep going here. You're gonna need him at some point, big time in the playoffs. But like, I look at the Vikings and go,


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[Assistant] If they had our healthy Kirk cousins this year, they'd be scary in the playoffs, right? You know, they really would be. And, uh, you know, whether they get it or not, we'll see. But if they do get in, I just, it's hard for me to think they're going to make a run with the quarterback situation.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the, uh, this is dangerous, right? This is my upset of the week. I thought the Titans would be able to pull off this upset. Almost did. Vrabel managed the game perfectly.


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[Assistant] Alright, they ran the ball well, especially early on in the football game. Their defense was all over Seattle. I mean, you talked about the clutch drive at the end of the football game. Certainly that was clutch, but even the drive to start the fourth quarter.


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[Assistant] Right? Late third quarter, fourth quarter where they were down ten to six and they drove down and that was when DK Metcalf caught that incredible one handed catch in the back left corner, right? That was a big time drive. It wasn't easy.


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[Assistant] And it would look like, oh wow, the Tennessee's got them pinned back and they're going to play the field goal, field position game and they're going to be okay here. Gino converted some big third downs on that drive and that there, you know, certainly gave them, got their offense jumpstarted, I guess is what we should say.


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[Assistant] You know, Seattle still worries me. I mean, their defense, yeah, they got the sacks, but you know, Tennessee running the ball and even being as efficient as they were in the pass game with, again, limited options in the pass game.


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[Assistant] It's a little scary for a team that's like, wait, we're in the playoffs right now. Certainly. But you know, good one for them on the road, short week, Monday night football beat the Eagles, right? Didn't have a let down battled through and found a way to win the game.


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[Assistant] That's what I mean by like, Vrebo and company were playing it perfectly, right? It was run the ball, run the clock out, third and four, Tannenhill gets a first down with a six yard throw. Like, I mean, they did it, they played it the right way.


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[Assistant] And, and, and you know, they're creative, they're creative on defense. They're game plan specific. And I think they gave Seattle issues and tryers figuring out what the hell they were doing and how to attack it. But, you know, they found it. Gina threw the ball really well. And, uh, you know, between Metcalf and lock it, they made some big time plays down the stretch.


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[Assistant] That right there. I mean, just Mason Rudolph, big plays over and over. I mean, again, we know when we've talked about it all year, the bangles have been horrible in that department.


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[Assistant] I thought, I thought the one team that really wouldn't be able to take advantage of the bangles, you know, giving up a lot of big plays. I was like, well, Pittsburgh, I just don't trust them to do that. And they proved you wrong. They proved me wrong. I mean, George Pickens, I mean, what an unbelievable day overall. I mean, first off,


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[Assistant] Full Tropic Thunder Interceptions by Browning. I mean, Jake Browning, those were full Tropic Thunder. The first two. I'm not even sure if I can remember the third one right off my...


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[Assistant] I don't know. It's bad either way. And then the crossing route, right, where he doesn't see the underneath backside corner.


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[Assistant] I mean, it's zone coverage. Where do you think the backside corner is? He didn't just go, well, I have no receivers here, so I'm just gonna, like, I'm gonna sit down and take a knee and chew some gum here.


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[Assistant] He dropped back into his zone. I mean, that was bad, you know, and then I think when you just talk about, yeah, the...


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[Assistant] The, I, you know, at what point do you go, wait, you know, Pickens is making some plays here tonight. We should help our guy and maybe not let them one-on-one. So he just keeps burning Chadovia. Uh, either way, great job by Mason Rudolph. Great job by the Steelers battling back. Didn't expect to see that. And they were, they were the tougher, more physical team on the football


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[Assistant] I'm not, I'm not getting behind it, you know, respect to them as you know, but yeah, I'm not looking at that football team and going like, oh, if they get in, they'll be dangerous or ooh, if they get in, they might win a game. Like I, no, I don't want them in. All right. I don't just for, again, my viewing preferences.


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[Assistant] I like the seven that are in there right now. The Colts are the seven seed right now in my perfect world. I'd want to see CJ Stroud and company be the seven seed instead of the Indianapolis Colts, but I could deal with the Colts.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, Barrymore is super talented. He's the best interior D lineman on their football team. Barrymore's struggle is going to be.


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[Assistant] He can't really practice a full week, probably the rest of his career. They're gonna have to manage him, he'll be the walkthroughs, get a little practice or run here and there, but then just go play. But he's talented enough and good enough and it looks like he's smart enough to be that guy. And we'll see where it can go. I mean, here's a game where to me it's like, you know, I don't even know what I want. Belichick,


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[Assistant] The, how do I want to say this? I thought the Broncos were stupid early on in the football game. They get the turnover, right? Get the short field, you got an extra possession.


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[Assistant] And they're, they're good. They can't help it. We've got to be aggressive. We've got to be aggressive. So they mess up that situation. They're controlling the early part of the football game. It's seven, three. Here they go. They're driving again. Javante Williams catches the ball on the edge. He fumbles. Oh shit.


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[Assistant] All right, now we're in a football game all of a sudden, right? You know, and so like one of those games again where it felt like.


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[Assistant] You know, early on in the football game, Denver was the better football team, but didn't kind of capitalize on that. And then, you know, the Patriots get a little feel, get going, their defense starts to feel how, okay, wait, we know how Russell Wilson and Sean Payton are attacking us. And they smothered the Broncos kind of right after that.


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[Assistant] You know, they were what, I think at the 40 yard line going in when Gervonta Williams fumbled on the little swing pass there.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I felt like their offense never really got back in rhythm ever, ever from that point. And then there you were the Patriots. They kind of got it going. They played the field position game. They backed Denver up. They got a short field touchdown on a 40 yard drive.


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[Assistant] You know, who was it, uhm, was it Mims that fumbled, right, on the kick return? Am I remembering that right? Yeah, Mims fumbles on the kick return.


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[Assistant] Alright, and the, the, the, the Patriots pick it up for a touchdown, right? So, I mean, there's just like, uh, a lot of crazy crap there. That's gonna be one where...


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[Assistant] You know, again, Sean Payton gotta manage his football team a little bit better that way too, and just realize like, this is gonna be an ugly football game, and let's just outlast them and...


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[Assistant] The tactical gamble from time to time, but the ability to really teach coverages, Bill, Bill, the Belichecks are still phenomenal at that. They are. Teaching coverages, being perfect at that, and then, as I talk about all the time, reading routes.


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[Assistant] Some personnel people that are missing on their football team overall that I think people question. I don't question his ability to coach the defense. That's not a problem.


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[Assistant] I mean, a few were incredible throws, there was a few that were just, you know, incredible catches with people around you, whatever. I mean, what a showing.


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[Assistant] Shut up, shut up. They're not raining me in at all. Really impressive. I mean it is. You know I have a little bit of a man crush on this Browns football team. I love their defense, right? Their defense was smothering in this game.


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[Assistant] 36-22 is a lie. I mean, it's like, oh, we got in prevent and we're not going to let you score in two plays. And the Texans drove down for two drives and put a few points and stats on the board. The competitive part of the football game.


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[Assistant] They gotta rein the guy in a little bit here. They're not gonna get away with this against the top tier AFC teams.


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[Assistant] It's the issue. That's where they're stuck. That's where, you know, it's...


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[Assistant] They're, they're just too beat up on the O line. That's really all there is to it. And that's why I think they're comfortable with Joe Flacco. And that's why they made him the starter. Cause I think they realized like, we're not going to be able to run the ball.


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[Assistant] You know, as awesome as our online coaches, right? And all of that. It's just with the injuries we've had up front, we're not going to be capable of doing it. So we got some weapons in the past game. Let's ride Joe Flacco that way. All I'm saying is it's okay to be conservative of them every now and then. It is okay, right?


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[Assistant] I don't think this current formula of just bombs away Joe Flacco is gonna be the right thing to do.


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[Assistant] Right? If they're playing the Ravens in the playoffs or, you know, playing the Dolphins either.


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[Assistant] Right? It's okay. Like Cleveland, your defense is good enough to almost win games by itself. And you're another team that I go, 17 14th right in your wheelhouse. You're, you're made for that.


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[Assistant] So we'll see where it goes, but either way, man, are they explosive? Gosh. I mean, Joko and Cooper have become one of the better tandems in football here as of late. And then, you know, their defense and the chaos and everything they do there is just, it's phenomenal.


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[Assistant] It's smothering in the fact that, you know, I just, as I was sitting there Sunday and, you know, I'm watching the Cowboys game and I'm trying to keep my eye also on the Bears and Cardinals a little bit.


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[Assistant] And I'm watching this and go, okay, it's, you know, oh, bucks got a turnover. It's 10 nothing. Okay. Jacksonville, they'll go down and they'll make this a game. Oh, okay. It's 13 nothing. All right. Jacksonville will go down here and they'll get a field goal or touchdown here. There'll be 13, three or 13, seven. They'll, they'll turn this around before the half's over and we'll go into halftime and go, okay, we got a game. And of course none of that ever happened.


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[Assistant] I mean, Tampa smothered Jacksonville's offense.


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[Assistant] They were all over Trevor Lawrence, of course out hitting them, causing turnovers. Lawrence made a few erratic decisions and throws.


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[Assistant] Oh, I mean, nothing is working for the Jacksonville Jaguars, but Tampa, yeah, they got it going on. I mean, one, their pass game is, uh, it's elite as far as explosiveness when you talk about that.


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[Assistant] You know, they run the ball just enough to keep you honest there and they got some playmakers on defense. You know what I mean? My big thing was just with the Todd balls and can we don't overplay the run game so much, right? You know?


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[Assistant] Some decent pass rushers, certainly. They got some playmakers on the D-line. And a Trianca, Yaya Diabi, I mean, Vita Vea, the two middle linebackers, Carlton Davis, Antoine Winfield. So they got some guys that can make some plays and do some things outside the overall scheme. Then they got a little mojo going too. But like, I mean,


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[Assistant] Jacksonville's just got like, they can't protect, they can't run the ball.


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[Assistant] And their offense isn't creative and explosive enough to overcome those type of things. That, that's where, you know, you, you've heard me say, I like Doug Peterson in that offense.


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[Assistant] But I don't go, oh my gosh, wow, unbelievable. That's why I've begged them to throw the ball deep a little bit, right? And last year, because they could run the ball, it opened up a lot of their bread and butter plays, let alone they dial up a shot every now and then. If you got too aggressive stopping the run, they can't get to that right now. They basically have to drop back and throw the ball all the time.


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[Assistant] And even within that, they're not protecting all that well. And as you saw in this one, it led to some erratic decisions or holding the ball and strip sack fumbles and everything like that.


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[Assistant] You know, as much as I want them to throw the ball down the field and to be aggressive, they have to be careful within that because they can't hold the ball long enough to let people get open downfield. So they have to continue to try to, you know, work the ball, the middle of the field and all that. And Lawrence throws the ball in the tight windows and you know, what was that? The, I can't, his first interception, it was like a third down.


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[Assistant] The Bucks tried to show the blitz. They all dropped out and he tried to fit the ball into a tight window on the right side because yeaah, he's pressing a little bit and trying to make it happen. I think that was the one Antoine Winfield got. He and Devon White got an interception and I can't remember who got that first one though.


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[Assistant] At home, right? Yeah, they got that at home, so that'll be interesting, and yeah, as we know, the Saints are not exactly a model of consistency either.


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[Assistant] They physically whooped the Colts. I had my eye on this one pretty close. This was a game where I had the Falcons and Florio had the Colts, so I certainly was sitting there, you know, wanting them to win the football game. Uhm, dominant in the run game, really. They really were.


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[Assistant] I thought that, yeah, I mean one, they need to play through the run always. I think the big thing is, is they were able to, they're able to throw the ball and take enough pressure off their run game.


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[Assistant] Because of Heineken in the pass game to now that it allows them to, hey, not every running play has got eight people in the box and we got to try to figure out how to block all these guys. So Heineken takes pressure off of that department. He makes them a more complete offense in general.


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[Assistant] And then this Falcons defense is one of the better defenses in football.


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[Assistant] No Michael Pittman Jr. on the other side for the Colts. The Colts, as you've heard me say before too, are another team that I go...


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[Assistant] Finding big plays, especially in the pass game, is not their thing.


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[Assistant] And Atlanta looked like they called their bluff a little bit in this game. We're like, well, we're going to cloud the line of scrimmage. We're going to stop the run. We're not going to let you throw a little five yard RPOs and dink and dunk your way down the football field.


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[Assistant] And they were all over stuff that Gardner Minchi was trying to throw. He was very inefficient, never got comfortable during the game and they couldn't open up a hole in the run game for their lives.


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[Assistant] I would be Houston. It would. But I want C.J. Stroud back. If it's not C.J. Stroud back, then I don't want Houston. And I don't want Pitt. And I don't want Sensi. I would take Indy. I would take Indy. If Stroud can't come back with Houston, then I'll take the seven we got in right now. I could deal with that.


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[Assistant] I think those are, that would be the interesting, to me, like...


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[Assistant] Pitt and Cincy have no chance of going on the road.


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[Assistant] And beating, like Miami as the number two seed, or even if it's Baltimore as the number two seed. The Colts?


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[Assistant] I, I don't say that's totally crazy. And then not that I would ex, you know, expect them to win.


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[Assistant] But because of that coach, Shane Steichen, their O line, the way they can run the ball there, their D line, they can pressure the quarterback and maybe start a, you know, get a strip sack or something like that. You know, I just think they would be the most competitive seven seed in the AFC.


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[Assistant] The way they can call plays, package them together. He can get you in and out of those plays at the line of scrimmage. He can check the other things. He can make throws that, you know, again.


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[Assistant] Only a few people in football can make. He showed that he had a few throws in that game. We're like, Oh my God. Are you kidding me? Like, Holy shit. What a throw, right? I mean, he's incredible that way. Well, and, and, and, you know, they're, they're fun to watch right now.


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[Assistant] But like, I think to our standard of MVP, true value, yeaah, he's up there with anybody.


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[Assistant] Right? Yeah. There's a number of quarterbacks we could take on football and put them on the Rams and I go, they wouldn't look like the Rams anymore. Stafford's ability to pick you apart in the short passing game.


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[Assistant] And sidearm and boom and squeeze it in there 9 million times. And the great decisions there are what allows all of a sudden somebody to sneak open 30 yards down the field.


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[Assistant] Puka Nakuha is definitely the best receiver on their team. I feel like he's the number one guy on their team. Wow. Yeah, I will say that too.


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[Assistant] The way they call the game, and I know Cooper Cup might be a little banged up or whatever, but the way they call the game and the way he looks out there right now too, uh, yeaah, I would say that they are featuring him more than they are featuring Cooper Cup at this point. You know, it's a great combination. And then I, I love watching Kyron Williams run right now. I do.


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[Assistant] To me, the Rams are one of the hottest teams in football. They are definitely playing as good as anybody.


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[Assistant] In the NFC and you know, that was, and that was a nice ass whooping they gave again. That's another game where.


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[Assistant] Let me add to my stats. The game's competitive. The Saints are just, they're, they're kind of fraudulent that way. You know, you're going to look at their offense and go, well, you know, it's the top half of the offense in football and I'm going to be like, eh, not really.


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[Assistant] You know, in any game they've lost, it's like, they're not even competitive on offense until late in the game, and they put up garbage time stats. And of course in this one too,


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[Assistant] What was it? Did they block the punt at the end? Or did they shank it? Did they block it a little at the end? That was the last touchdown for the Saints to make it an 8-point football game. But all in all, you felt like the Rams had control of this one throughout the football game, and they are impressive.


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[Assistant] Oh, well that can happen. There's definitely, that definitely can happen. Where is that Steelers Seahawks football game? That'd be, you know, interesting to see. It's probably up in Seattle again, right? Yeah, it's in Seattle. It is in Seattle. That bodes well for them.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but yeaah, I wouldn't be shocked if that one's close. And it's not around Christmas's past. Defense ain't good. Yeaah, that's true. So, you know, this is going to be a game where you can see Pickett and then make some big plays. Three quick hitters to end the podcast.


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[Assistant] It's definitely up there. There was another game maybe we could say that was up there that rivaled it, but yea, this was impressive. There was a lot of, he made some plays in this game. He really did. He made some great throws.


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[Assistant] Did some great job avoiding some, some pressure a few times and moving that way. Uhm, looked about as comfortable as I've seen him look.


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[Assistant] Right. I think both offenses and quarterbacks can feel good about how they played in totality. Of course, Jordan love.


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[Assistant] You know, with some of the big clutch throws they had at the end to pull it off. Green Bay's defense, it's just concerning how they're kind of falling apart here the last few weeks. It kind of looked like they were on the verge of...


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[Assistant] Correcting things and becoming a four, so now here they are. It's just like everybody's moving the ball on them at will, right? Uh, so that was a little disappointing, certainly, and that does not give me a whole lot of confidence with them. Their run game, they killed it there. I did not expect Green Bay to move the ball up and down the field on this Carolina defense the way it did.


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[Assistant] I was not expecting a shootout type of football game here. You know, it looked like it was a lot of fun. Like I said, I didn't keep a close, close eye live on Sunday. You know, it was one of those where I had my eye on it a little bit and then I had to look at it a little more on Christmas morning just to make sure I saw what I saw was correct.


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[Assistant] Yeah. Packers defense. And I think the other thing with the Panthers and you know, they haven't had DJ Shark healthy the whole year. They haven't had that guy that can stretch out the field a little bit.


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[Assistant] Him on the field makes him a different offense. One, he's an explosive playmaker. Two, he's the guy that can get Adam Thielen open and other guys open because you're worried about DJ Chart going over the top or hitting a post route or doing all that.


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[Assistant] So, I always look at him when he's in the lineup and healthy, as he changes their approach a little bit, certainly. Uh, we'll see where it goes though. Love clutch throws at the end. Romeo dobs clutch catch to set up that game winning field goal. Good job by the Packers.


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[Assistant] I think I'm about as impressed with the Bears over the, you know this, the last five or six weeks as I am with just about any team in football. And they can play with anybody.


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[Assistant] They really can. I mean, they gotta go it. And this is why I, I, you know, again, I know I've been wishy washy about Justin Fields too. I think he's shown me here.


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[Assistant] The Lions game scared me. The one they won, 12 to 10. That was like, whoa. Like, man, he missed some people and missed some throws. He didn't see the field that well. And I was like, damn, maybe he's just not going to be able to do it. But the last three weeks have been extremely good. They really have. They've had a chance to win all three games.


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[Assistant] They, they gotta, I hope they stay the course in Chicago. That's all I'm gonna say. I think that Justin Fields has done enough. You make him the quarterback.


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[Assistant] You know, we've talked about the talent they got on offense, the way Eber Fluss is coaching that defense. They're a handful. That's another game.


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[Assistant] 27-16 is a little misleading. It really is. You know, it's, it's, uh, you know, fields threw an interception in the end zone at the start of the fourth quarter. That kind of made it a lot worse. There was a late game kind of stat thing by the Arizona Cardinals too.


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[Assistant] Good, it's not, I'm not gonna sit here and lie to everybody and go it's great, but it's good and at least it's explosive. That's the one thing I'll say, is he's gonna hit a few big plays down the field every game, and then, man, with this draft, if they get another


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[Assistant] Defensive guy or two and they can get a top tier pass rusher and maybe one other secondary guy to go along with it. Like watch out for the bears. The bears are set up. Uh, that was a, that was an impressive win. They continue to look really good here down the end of the season as a lions fan.


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[Assistant] You see how smothering the Jets defense can be, right? Especially when they get a little offense early on in the football game. And of course, you know, turnovers and some things happening that way were beneficial, right?


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[Assistant] So that, that's, you could see that. You could see that Breece Hall is special, right? Run game or pass game. He's special. There's no doubt about that. You know, so that that's one thing to look at in the future and go, man, if they can just get their offensive line, you got a guy that can lead the NFL in rushing.


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[Assistant] Alright, and then of course we know with, with Garrett Wilson and company, there's some positives there. The annoying thing to me was there was a lot of good from the New York Jets, right? Sam Howell, I mean, whoa. It's...


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[Assistant] All over the place here as of lately. I don't know how you can even trust them to do anything anymore. So 6 of 22.


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[Assistant] That's what it is. We've given him a pass because he makes, like, some plays that we don't see Desmond Rudder rake, we still go, take your, what you were saying. Like, we go, whoa, that was a great throw there. Or, whoa, why'd it hang in the pocket and hit the 25-yard crosser?


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[Assistant] Or good job scrambling there. There was a few more positives. So you kept going, well, I can deal with a few negatives of sacks, the stupid throws or decisions every now and then. We can deal with that because I just saw him throw a 45 yard post corner on the money, right? So that's where it was different than Desmond Ritter. But it lately has skewed even farther into the


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[Assistant] The lack of arm angles he has bothers me, right? And just a little bit of like, hey, listen, I like fearlessness in the pocket.


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[Assistant] There's gotta be a little bit of like, hey, the doors are closing and I need to throw it away or do something here. And he does not have the greatest feel in that department either. Uh, so that's where it's a little scary. The biggest thing in the game, it's 27 to 7.


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[Assistant] And then they try to throw a four yard outroute to the tight end. It's a tight coverage. And it gets intercepted and...


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[Assistant] All of a sudden became a game. Howell get the hell out of there. Brissette come back in. He starts moving the ball down the field. The Jets defense gets it a little into a prevent. Let's start off the big play. And all of a sudden you're going, well now Washington is in a rhythm.


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[Assistant] And here they are just moving the ball up and down the football field on you. So that got close, but you know, good job by Trevor Simien and the Jets battling there to get the ball into the field goal position at the end to win the football game. But Robert Salah's game management stuff.


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[Assistant] Certainly needs to be looked at or he needs to brush up in that department a little bit. There's a, as of late, there's two or three decisions in every game where I just go, I don't know why you would do that or what you're thinking there. And again, you're a defensive football team. Your offense has been a travesty all year. It's 27 to seven.


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[Assistant] Protect the ball. Play it the right way. Go up 30 to 7. Make them score three touchdowns and two two point conversions to come back and beat you. And that totally left the door open there for Washington Comeback.


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[Assistant] Uh, with Florio, the PFTPM, Chris Sims on button collaboration. We'll be doing that. I will try to maybe unveil some of my notes and breakdowns of the games as I watch film today and tomorrow on there. So you can certainly tune into that, but you know where to find us. Keep sending the questions, the thoughts.


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[Assistant] Whatever it is out there, we love to entertain it all. Ahmet, thanks as always for driving the ship. Merry Christmas to everybody out there.


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[Assistant] Again, enjoy your week, your holiday. I'm sure a lot of you have no week, no work this week.


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[Assistant] Uh, good for you. I am working. That's not the greatest, but I'll live. Uh, either way. Happy holidays.


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[Assistant] I, you know, I mean, it just, it's awesome. Uh, I want to win all three categories. I, I, I, you know, the bad news Eagles last week, of course they screwed me over. I go with best bet. They're up 20 to three, two idiots running to each other, returning a kick and fumble a ball. The game's not the same.


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[Assistant] Dallas got her trips over himself. Pick six. I mean, I don't know if the Giants could have scored all day really, uh, other than that stupid crap that killed me. That's why I don't bet on games.


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[Assistant] So I should have another game lead in best bets. I'm still pissed about that. And then what I really want to say is,


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[Assistant] Really? That's the opening we went with after the comments made on the pod last week about the Ravens and damn it only went like


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[Assistant] Oh, the lazy approach. The lazy approach. Right. Right. Yeah. That's where you're probably right. That seems about right. I mean, you know, don't do the one that had the most relevance of the week. Go with squirrel meat. I mean, Jesus, Jesus. Holy cow. Thank you, Pete. Thank you.


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[Assistant] How is Lamar Jackson not the opening calling you Mike Flores and Flores and the, the, I mean, how is that not it? I mean, I mean, gosh, all the good things we talked about all week. I mean, you, your Fergie from, from the town this week, you got your kahunas blown off.


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[Assistant] Yeah, right. It's a little tough because it's one of those where you go, this is the type of game where


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[Assistant] Yeah, the Jets defense could score or set up the offense for some easy scores and make this game uncomfortably close, right? It's also the vice versa version of that is that, you know, the Browns defense, which you've heard me say all year is a Super Bowl defense can almost win games on its own.


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[Assistant] You know, could they end up blowing out the Jets because their defense gets a pick six, a strip, a pick six, a strip sack fumble, short field to their offense. That's where it's dicey, dangerous, exciting, all of it.


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[Assistant] I'm going to go for a low scoring type football game. I am. I'm going to go. I'm going to pick the Browns to win the football game. But yeah, I'm a little scared in the fact that the, the past happy Browns, no run game to rely on.


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[Assistant] Joe Flacco, again, I know it's been a lot of good this year. It has been eight turnovers and four games. You know, there's been some other fumbles that they have recovered as well. He had turnover issues last year with the Jets when he played with them as well.


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[Assistant] And that's what worries me with a Jets team that we know is one of the best defenses in football, can rush the passer.


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[Assistant] Flacco likes to hold the ball too long. That's what scares me. Now, I just don't know if I see any other avenue or angle of the Jets offense having much success. The one thing I'll say, like you heard me say today, the Browns are so in your face every play.


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[Assistant] I mean, yes, they can. I am shocked by the six point spread. I am. You heard me say on Tuesday though, I think this is a matchup in a lot of ways that favors the Cowboys. Okay. I took some heat on social media yesterday because I said, you know, the lions don't have enough speed at receiver.


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[Assistant] Alright, I should have clarified a little bit more. I've said it a million times. Jamison Williams is the fastest receiver in football, not named Tyree Kill. But he's not been a consistent part of the every play offense yet. He needs to be. They need that.


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[Assistant] Right? You've heard me say for about the last five or six weeks, the problem with the Lions is when they play teams that play man to man, like the Bears, who almost beat them twice, but beat them once, played man to man almost every play.


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[Assistant] They could not separate from the Bears, right? So the Cowboys we know play man to man.


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[Assistant] That's gonna be a little bit of an issue there, certainly. Let alone, right, they're a team that can collapse the pocket and make Jared Goff feel uncomfortable, and Jared Goff's not great in those scenarios. He's not gonna get out of the pocket and make any plays that way, right? So, that's where I look at it and go, oh, there's some stuff there for Dallas to like about it, like about the matchup, let alone


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[Assistant] You know, the same thing on the Lions side of the, the defensive side of the ball is they can't play man to man. You saw last week, I mean, Nick Mullins, whoever, right, is picking apart the Detroit Lions secondary. It doesn't matter who they play.


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[Assistant] You know, so I expect the Cowboys to have some success moving the ball there as well. The only thing, I'm picking the Cowboys to win. The only thing I worry about is that


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[Assistant] The running game for the Lions becomes so dominant and kicks the crap out of the Cowboys so badly that they have to start doing crazy stuff on defense and then therefore they end up losing the game. But I'm gonna go to the Cowboys.


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[Assistant] Motivated. Two losses in a row. Lions feeling good. Won their first division title in forever. 2420 Cowboys.


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[Assistant] I thought about an extra touchdown for me too. That's a, you know, I certainly could see the over. I certainly can. Right? There was a part of me that I almost wrote down 31-27.


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[Assistant] Something more along the lines of what you're saying. Uh, so I wouldn't be shocked to see that happen either. Be, be interesting. But your, your last thing you said to me is a big point.


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[Assistant] Man, the Cowboys, there's gotta be a little desperation here. I don't give a damn if you feel relegated to five or not.


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[Assistant] You can't be going, hey, we're going in the playoffs. You know, we're going in the playoffs and we're going to make a run even though we lost three in a row just a week ago, right? That to me is hard to sell belief on your football team if that's the way you go in. And I would think they're motivated because of that tonight.


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[Assistant] Awesome things about the matchup. I mean, both defenses are awesome. You know, both offenses are also awesome. You know, with the, you know, Dolphins offense being a little bit more explosive and fun to watch, but still, you know, it's, it's an effective Ravens offense for sure.


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[Assistant] Right. The one thing, you know, I look at, I think we're going to break down like the dolphin side of the ball, right? They pose some different problems.


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[Assistant] As far as compared to the 49ers last week, where we talked about the 49ers a little more rooted in the run game and that, and then they go off of that.


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[Assistant] The Dolphins, they like to run the ball, but it's more about, hey, defend the pass, quick passes, screens, all this, take a shot. If you overplay that, then they go to the run, right? I look at it and go, little like last week,


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[Assistant] The Ravens are big up front. I can't imagine the Dolphins being able to overpower that group. So I don't think the Ravens are gonna have to, you know, overextend their defense to stop the run. They'll be able to keep people back in the,


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[Assistant] In the passing game and in passing lanes to stop Tyreek Hill. We'll see where Jalen Waddle is and his recovery and everything there. Uh, so, that's gonna be a fun matchup.


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[Assistant] I'm interested in this, Mike. This is the one thing. I'm obviously hedging Ravens there in that matchup a little bit. The Dolphins like all these tight


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[Assistant] All these tight formations, right? Like a little bit like you saw the 49ers last week when the Ravens brought the corner blitz and knocked the ball down, right? And knocked it up in the air and they got an interception, right? That to me, I would be scared to do that too much if I'm the Dolphins. I think that like,


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[Assistant] Getting the game in a phone box or a phone booth, excuse me, a little bit favors the Ravens. I would be interested to see maybe if they spread things out a little bit.


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[Assistant] Hey, let's take some of the creativity and disguises away from Mike McDonald. Let alone, if we spread them out a little bit, they can't disguise some of these blitzes and their front four is not the best pass rushing group.


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[Assistant] You know, in the world as we've discussed. So that'll be interesting to see the approach. The other side of the ball, I think a lot of this Dolphins, uh, defense, I think they will give the Ravens problems.


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[Assistant] But I do think the Ravens are kind of hitting on all cylinders here. And with it being at home, a little fearful of what the Dolphins did to them last year, coming back and beat them. I think the Ravens, the Dolphins will have the Ravens full attention. I'm going Ravens 2420.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I hear you. It is, it's crazy. Uh, but I think, well, that'll have our full attention and, uh, yeah, you said a lot of good things there and, you know, the Ravens got you scared and I figured you'd be a chicken like that and they'd back you in a corner. It's how I pegged you to be that guy.


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[Assistant] I would have liked to have seen that. I would have liked to have seen, you know, all things that might have come with that. You picking the Dolphins, the reaction of Ravens fans, their players, and then me picking the Ravens too, and hopefully winning to be able to even rub it in even further.


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[Assistant] It's a little much for me. Now again, this won't be a best bet. Okay, I'm gonna take the bills to win this 21 to 10.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that, that scares me. The, what you said, the Patriots D is really damn good.


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[Assistant] I mean, they stopped the run. They're of course really well coached in the back end. They can play zone. You know, they dabble. They're really good at zone. They can play man. They don't play as much as they used to, but they're awesome at zone coverages too. I mean, they, they got it all there. And again, I don't think this is a like,


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[Assistant] Really complicated formula as far as what the Bills are throwing at you offensively. So yeaah, I don't think this is going to be easy for them moving the ball up and down the field in the Patriots all day.


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[Assistant] Now the Patriots offense, yea, it's been better lately. It's, it's, you know, but it's still just, you know, below average as we know. And I just think that ultimately that the Bills, the defense, the way they're coached, the defense align being too deep, the way they're playing, they can get after the quarterback.


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[Assistant] The, the Patriots not having a run game to really be able to rely on. I like the Bills and kind of an ugly one here. I'm going 21-10 Bills.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think so. I'm taking the Bears. The Bears over the last five weeks have been playing some of the better football in all, in all of the NFL. I mean, they really have.


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[Assistant] Justin Fields has been playing good quality football, throwing the ball well, making good decisions for the most part. We know he's going to make a few electric plays with his legs. Their run game is almost


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[Assistant] An unstoppable force, right? The defense, you know, you hear me every week. I like them a lot. They are in your face, man to man, bring it. You can't run the ball on them. They basically like dare you and go, eh, we got everybody in the box. Go ahead and try to throw it. I mean, that's what they do. Montez sweat. You know, you're seeing.


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[Assistant] You know, how good he is. He's had an effect on that defense, right? You know, for all those that were wondering why chase young only got a third round or Montez sweat got a second rounder. Well, I think, you know, now, I mean, Montez sweat, we talk about him every week with the bears chase young. I haven't really talked about him at all with 49ers. He's a phenomenal player.


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[Assistant] I like the bears. At home, cold weather, Atlanta.


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[Assistant] And Atlanta, as much as I like their defense, you know, this I think is a little too much for them to overcome with the attack of, of, uh, Chicago and the balance they have. They're going to want to stop the run and those guys one on one are scary. Going Bears, 27-21.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and you know, I haven't done my due diligence here to kind of get a feel for where we are with Will Levis and that whole situation, right? So, uh, I know he practiced yesterday, so I'm guessing we're going to expect to see him as the starter this week. That's a good thing. But my big thing in here is.


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[Assistant] So, Houston's still playing for something. Got embarrassed last week, we know that.


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[Assistant] So, it's, it's, I think we're getting CJ Stroud here. I'm hoping. Again, I know that's still up in the air for the third week in a row. I'm picking this one though, expecting him to play. I'm going to just be fully transparent with that. I am.


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[Assistant] And I think the thing that bothers me more than anything with this matchup is just that


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[Assistant] In the first matchup, the Titans offense just couldn't do anything.


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[Assistant] I don't think they got enough answers to kind of beat this scheme that the Houston Texans do, let alone maybe not enough firepower at the receiver position to really scare them that way.


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[Assistant] I like Houston at home, kind of get back on track. I'm expecting CJ Stroud to be out there. That'll be a bump in energy for this offense. And I feel like the Titans, tough loss last week, you know, nothing really to play for. I think this is one you could maybe see them a little bit of a sleep at the wheel.


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[Assistant] What's your score? Oh, 20 to 17. I'm going Texans. 20 to 17.


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[Assistant] Well, I, I, I mean, I think they certainly can make it close. It's a coin toss football game in a lot of ways for me.


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[Assistant] I think really the big thing is, and I would love to know, I mean, is Josh Jacobs going to be healthy? Is he going to be able to play? I do think the Raiders will be able to run the ball.


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[Assistant] On the Colts defense, that's certainly kind of their, their weakness there, right? But I just don't know if I believe there's enough answers across the board on the Raiders offense for me to feel like they're gonna go on the road and win this game against the Indianapolis Colts. I think that's what I worry about more than anything. I mean, as we saw last week,


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[Assistant] It's an offense that struggles at times, certainly. There's not a ton of answers there. They want to play through the run game and play defensive football.


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[Assistant] Now I just think this is one where, hey, their defense is really well coached. I like a lot of things about it, but


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[Assistant] I think Shane Steichen and company will have enough weapons here in this one and little tricks to, to manage enough offense to pull out a squeaker here. I'm going to go Colts at home, back on track. Defense plays really well. They win the game 20 to 17.


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[Assistant] I mean, yes, they're gonna get the win, but to me, this is a little scary. I mean, it is. One, I mean, you know, it's a matchup where...


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[Assistant] The Jaguars, first off, can't run the ball, so they're not going to be able to take advantage of kind of one of the weaknesses on the Carolina defense. So that bothers me. The way the Jaguars are playing defense, even though this Carolina offense is not special, I think they will move the ball on Jacksonville.


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[Assistant] So you look at it and go, man, one misstep, two missteps.


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[Assistant] We could be sitting here going, well, Carolina's winning late in the fourth quarter. I would not be shocked to see that right now. Now, the one thing that they have going for them is, you know, it's Carolina's not a great pass rushing football team. So if Trevor Lawrence is playing, he should have some time to throw the ball down the field.


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[Assistant] Hey, they're good in the back end in Carolina. They're well coached by EJ Everett. They can play man. They're awesome at zones, right? I'm taking Jacksonville to get back on track here. Of course, being in the AFC South can win that.


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[Assistant] In the playoff picture desperation in the air, but I think it's going to be ugly and a little closer than maybe we all imagine. I'm going to go Jaguars. It's 19 to 13.


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[Assistant] Absolutely, yes, 100%. I do think Tyrod Taylor is a little bump for the Giants offense and what they can do and maybe being more efficient. So that's a positive for them.


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[Assistant] Uh, the Rams, you kind of said it earlier. It's, it's, you know, the one of the hottest teams in football. I mean, they're, they're the last five, six weeks I'd go, well, they're definitely, if you just took those six weeks, you go, they're definitely one of the two or three best teams in the NFC, the way they've been playing.


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[Assistant] Right? They're, they're hidden on all cylinders. And even though their defense is not groundbreaking, you know, you've heard me say it's really well coached, and I don't think this is an offense that's gonna be able to, you know, uh, take advantage of anything there.


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[Assistant] And then on the other side of the ball, the Rams run the ball on everybody. I mean, if the Rams can run the ball on the Ravens, they're gonna run the ball on the Giants, and the Giants aren't even good at stopping the run this year. So, that's an issue.


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[Assistant] And then, you know, you're gonna, you know, the Giants like to play man-to-man. You're gonna play man-to-man against Pooka Nakua and Cooper Cupp and all the genius of McVeigh and Stafford's aggressive arm and all that. I, I just, I don't see many avenues in which the Giants can win this game.


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[Assistant] I'm going Rams 27-17. I'm probably even being a little nice to the Giants there. Uh, but I think that Rams handle, handle this one and, uh, continue to solidify themselves as an NFC playoff team.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, 11's a lot. It's a lot. You know, and, and, you know, Arizona,


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[Assistant] Where it scares me is they could get steamrolled in the run game. The Eagles might just be able to absolutely dominate them and steamroll them that way. Certainly. But I'm gonna play a little bit more of the...


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[Assistant] You know, the motivation of Jonathan Gannon going back against his old team and then him knowing some of the tendencies and the way the Eagles offense operates, right? I know it's not exactly the same as last year, but I think, you know, its base principles of the offense are the same.


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[Assistant] I think that, that favors Jonathan Gannon in a lot of ways, right? And then, I also, the one thing I'll say about Arizona is


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[Assistant] They, they can run the football. I mean they really can.


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[Assistant] And again, it's still Kyler Murray with some weapons on the outside to where I can see them stressing out this Eagles defense that we know has not been nearly as dominant as we expected it to be.


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[Assistant] I'm not going to make this a best bet, but this is one where I'm going to say like, hey, the Cardinals hang around and make this a little more uncomfortable. The Eagles have done this all year. They play down to opponents or let teams get back into the game like they did with the Giants last week. I'm going to say 27-21 Eagles.


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[Assistant] I hear you, it'd be interesting to see what happens there.


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[Assistant] If the Cardinals can throw it a little bit, that game could get scary, for sure.


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[Assistant] Bucks again, a little bit like the Rams are talking about one of the hotter teams in the NFC. It's a Saints team that I don't know is inconsistent. I don't know if I necessarily see playoff caliber fire from their football team.


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[Assistant] Uh, the offense, as we've talked about the whole year.


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[Assistant] It's kind of blah with a lot of late game bull crap stats, right? I also just think the Saints defense, this isn't a great matchup for them.


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[Assistant] Uh, against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Now, you know, what would I say, but that they want to play man-to-man and do all that. And this is a passing offense and some receivers that, Hey, they can, they can beat man-to-man and a quarterback that's fearless that way and throwing the ball down the field, you know, and I think this is a game to where, you know, the bucks who aren't running the ball great.


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[Assistant] They'll be able to run it good enough to put the Saints in some bad spots because the Saints don't stop the run. So that's an issue there. And you know, on the other side of the ball, you've heard me say over and over again, and we saw this a little last week where


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[Assistant] Stop going all in on the run. Like, uh, that was one of the things I took away from the Sunday game. You heard me say this about Todd Bowles, like they were playing the Jaguars.


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[Assistant] Pass defense. They can't run the ball at anybody. Same thing kind of goes here. It should be all about stopping Derek Carr and the dinking dunks and the dinking dunks and the occasional take a shot down the field. I'm going bucks 2820.


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[Assistant] Agreed. Agreed. 100% there. They got playmakers on both sides of the ball. And yeah, they're the team in the NFC South that I look at that can win the wild card game at home. And then even maybe be on the divisional road and be us going, whoa, it's close. It's close in the fourth quarter. What's going to happen here? Yeah, they have that type of potential.


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[Assistant] I mean, a hundred percent. I mean, I just, I don't see how Washington's defense can stop the 49ers in any way, any stretch of the imagination. There's no matchup I look at to go, oh wow, I like that for Washington. You know, that favors them. And then offensively,


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[Assistant] You know, it's Jacobi Berset, I think. Hey, will he take care of the ball better? And do I think he'll be a little more efficient than Sam Howell? Yeah, I do.


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[Assistant] I do, but I still, I just don't think the offense with it, that old line, not being able to run the ball well enough and having to rely so much on the pass game against a team like the 49ers to me is scary. I'm going 38-17 Niners.


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[Assistant] Well, it is a scary game. I will say that I like Seattle, right? I do, but I do think this is one where it's just not, oh, just because they're at home and they're the Seahawks, they're going to win this football game, you know, and then they are, you know, playing for the playoffs. Like you said, is Pittsburgh still in the, in the mix with things there?


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[Assistant] Right? The one thing I look at, I mean, hey, the, the, the Seahawks, yeah, offensively.


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[Assistant] You know, one, they're, they're not a great running football team. Okay. All right. And, and yeah, they can move the ball in between the twenties a little bit, but scoring has been an issue touchdown wise and I certainly don't expect them to


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[Assistant] Be scoring on the Steelers defense, that's kind of the ultimate bend, but don't break defense right now. And then when you couple that on top of the other side around here, where, you know, Pittsburgh, again, offense nothing great here.


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[Assistant] But I look at it and go, I think there's a way they, they can run the ball and move the ball on the Seattle defense. Seattle is just, it's unsound. It's not good. They don't stop the run. I think this game will be uncomfortably close for Seattle, but I think they do eke it out and win it at home. I'm going to go Seahawks 20 to 17.


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[Assistant] Hey, you heard me before the show a little bit, right? Like I was talking to like our, one of our producers, Matt Casey is talking about the, the Broncos, the quarterback situation a little bit, right? You know, I had, you know, almost feel


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[Assistant] Right, like where, giving Sean Payton credit for what he did with Sean Payton, uh, Russell Wilson, he's managing them, you know, keeping things simple. They just keep, continue to build the confidence and learn the offense and take care of the ball.


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[Assistant] And then, hey, work some late game magic. But what, what, what they told us this week was.


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[Assistant] They've been keeping it simple because they gotta keep it simple. And you know me, I've gone back and watched all these games.


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[Assistant] You know, I have already noted that it was simple attack already.


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[Assistant] But I think when you look at it through the prism of like negativity a little bit, you start to go, yeah, Sean Payton, wait, he wasn't doing this to manage.


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[Assistant] Russell Wilson or build his comments. He was doing this cause he had no other choice. He didn't trust Russell Wilson. He doesn't know enough checks. He doesn't know enough about defenses, whatever. And Sean Payton, who has nine zillion plays on offense, runs the same nine plays all game long. Uh, he basically told us he's handcuffed by Russell Wilson.


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[Assistant] I think they're gonna get an energy bump by Jared Stidham. I think you're gonna see the team rally around Jared Stidham. You know, we know, we both have heard. I don't think Russell Wilson's the most loved guy in that locker room. I mean, we got clips last week of him getting sacked and the offensive linemen don't even look at him. They don't care. They're like, oh, get up. I don't care.


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[Assistant] So, uh, I think they're gonna wanna prove their coach right, and I think Jared Stidham's gonna give their offense a bump. I'm going 24-13. Broncos here.


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[Assistant] I like the Chiefs, but I think it's gonna be ugly. I don't think the Chiefs are capable of a pretty football game really at this point.


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[Assistant] You know, I think that's part of their problem. They need to just embrace who they are. They keep thinking like, you know, we're going to run a few trick plays and do this early in the game and it's going to break us out of the slump and all of a sudden we're going to be the 50 touchdown pass, 5,000 yard, you know, passing football team. And it's like, no, it's not happening. Give it up.


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[Assistant] You know, but they have to have the mindset of that, that's who they are on the offensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] You know, so I, I expect the, the Chiefs, their defense to smother the Bengals. I do. What I do worry about is that sometimes they're so smothering. You've heard me say this about other defenses that, you know, all of a sudden Jamar Chase is on an island going down the sideline for an ADR touchdown. Or T. Higgins or somebody like that. That's what does scare me a little bit.


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[Assistant] All in all, yeaah, I think the Chiefs will make Jake Browning's life very hard. They can pressure the quarterback. They can cover. They're creative as hell on the defensive side of the ball. And, you know, the Bengals defense is just not good. Period.


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[Assistant] You know, now I don't think the Chiefs are good enough to just like make big plays and go, Oh, we're going to score 34 this week. No, they're not 2416 Chiefs and kind of an ugly win.


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[Assistant] Well, what do you mean who do I have? Who do you have? You know you go first with the Vikings. Who the hell you pickin'? Let me hear this crap.


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[Assistant] Hey, well JR Alexander, he knows all about that. He defer, he wants to kick, you want to kick, you want to play defense.


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[Assistant] Geez, right. I hear ya, that's the scary thing. What's even scarier is I have the same exact score. I have 28, 24 Vikings too.


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[Assistant] Right? I, I, I, I'm worried about Green Bay's defense. I, I would expect Nick Mullins and company to shred Green Bay's defense. I do. And then, hey, Green Bay's offense, we know it's a pain in the butt.


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[Assistant] But I don't think it's gonna be good enough to move the ball consistently up and down the field on this Vikings defense that you know I have so much respect for. I think this could be a fun game though. I do. You know, the fact that Green Bay's pretty balanced as far as running and throwing the ball puts Brian Flores in that Vikings defense in a conundrum just kinda like the Lions did last week.


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[Assistant] Well first off, you know this goes all the way through the playoffs, right? This doesn't end like next week. So there's still a lot of weeks left. You do this every year.


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[Assistant] Where you think they were going to stop counting the record at the regular season ends. No, you know, I know you're a Vikings fan and that's when you're used to the season being over, but football goes on and it goes into the playoffs. See, I know that because I'm a Giants four-time Super Bowl champion.


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[Assistant] So uhm, you just don't understand that. It goes on. The season end does not end after next week.


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[Assistant] Bears, that's right. I'm going with the Bears at home against the Falcons. Uh, the spread is I believe three and I think the Bears match up well. They got them winning by six. I wouldn't be shocked if they win by more.


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[Assistant] Hey, just clip this off for me so I can send this to Miami and Mike McDaniel so he could use it as motivation for next week. Please do that for me, okay? Alright, my next one.


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[Assistant] Will be the Rams. I'm going with the Rams. One of the hottest teams in football. I expect them to come into New York. Extra time. Five and a half points. Not enough for me. I'm taking the Rams. I had them in it by ten. I think it might be more than that. Same. Give me the Rams too. Okay.


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[Assistant] Damn, so we're gonna have one, one disagreement here.


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[Assistant] Mike McDaniel, show this clip. Lori doesn't respect the Dolphins. See ya. See ya.


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[Assistant] Yo yo, what up homies, thanks for watching. Remember, subscribe to Chris Sims on Button.


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[Assistant] What would the situation, would you get tickets? You think? You think you could pull that off?


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[Assistant] It was a great weekend. It was. And the fact that we were there in Detroit and- We hung out the whole weekend. We hung out the whole weekend. It was, it was awesome. We watched the games on Saturday and then, you're right, I did not anticipate like feeling that way. Cause we were out on the sideline afterwards and-


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[Assistant] I don't know, it's just like you had thousands of fans there. Your whole life was coming to like a... Well because you've watched them for your whole life. Right, right. And they've, you've loved them. And they've, they've disappointed, you know. And I don't blame them, it's just the moments have not lived up. And so you're always let down. And so to have this moment with, you know, however many, I don't know, 60,000 fans in Fort Field.


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[Assistant] That same feeling. Yeah. And I think it was a combination too of just like, we've been doing the shows together, football night, and you know, how many, you know, pressure we're doing that, and trying to get those right, and it was just at the end of it, it was like, wow, it actually is done. It actually happened. They're going on to the championship. I feel you, man.


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[Assistant] And now as Pete wants to remind everyone, I am, I don't know, have I ever told the story on this podcast before? I feel like I've told it one time.


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[Assistant] Yeah, a few years ago, so me and my buddy, 20 some years ago, made a bet, I bet him $100, that the Lions would...


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[Assistant] And he turns 84 February 2nd. So it'll be 84. And we did make a stipulation that the ball needs to kick off. The ball needs to go, damn. Yeah. So it does need to be kickoff. That's a big few weeks there at 84. But I've seen Wayne, he was in the Barry documentary. He's looking in great health and good spirits.


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[Assistant] So the theme of this weekend, second half surges. So we have the points scored and allowed by half here. Ah, that's cool. And so what we're seeing here is these are all the


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[Assistant] So these are all the winners, right? These are all the winners, and so yea, Ravens were tied at the half, 49ers just up by one, Lions tied at the half, wow, Chiefs, yea, down by four, all came back to win. It was a second half, the champions half.


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[Assistant] How about that? Josh Allen is 3-1 versus the Chiefs and Mount Mahomes in the regular season, now 0-3 in the playoffs. Before we start this countdown, this breakdown,


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[Assistant] Uhm, let's hear, let's hear Josh Allen respond to the questions after this one.


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[Assistant] Of all the heartbreaking losses in the playoffs this year, with what you were expected to do and what you thought you could do, this might be number one.


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[Assistant] So we'll get to more on the Bills in a second. But let's celebrate the greatness that is Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs because you said, you know what, we know who they are. This is a team that will get to the end of games or there's going to be one play where you're like, they just screwed it up for themselves.


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[Assistant] Really special. I don't know. It's close. So they're in the AFC Championship for the sixth straight season. It's insane. First team in NFL history to win at least two playoff games in five straight seasons. And they have what? Two Super Bowls. Yeaah. I mean, I would call that a dinosaur.


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[Assistant] Here's Patrick Mahomes passing chart if you're watching on Peacock or YouTube right now. Right side of the field. Got that touchdown deep over to the left there, but they were working, looks like, to the right. It does. Most of the big plays.


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[Assistant] You're right, those three deep completions for Patrick Mahomes, the first time he's done that in a game this season, just the second game since 2022 where Mahomes threw at least three deep completions.


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[Assistant] Like 5% of his game since 2022. When Tyreek was there, it was 31% of the game. So this is a completely different offense. And you got six and a half yards to carry from Isaiah Pacheco, but you're right. They ran 50 plays to the bill 77.


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[Assistant] So uhm, I mean, if they get this, it's one of the legendary plays in playoff football, perhaps, if they can go down and score afterwards. No, the look's right. There's ten guys in the field. Do you think, wait, do you think this was not called before they got the look?


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[Assistant] They should do that because, you know, Sean McDermott has got it locked down on defense, and as we saw this year with all the injuries, and the injuries definitely hurt in this game too, but they were still in it, like they can scheme up a defense without the top end talent.


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[Assistant] What do we have to do to finally get over the Chiefs? Because I really don't think Alan can play any better than he did tonight. That's the question, you know? And that's a little more help around him.


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[Assistant] Um, maybe it'll come next year in the draft. And there was some, I mean, I heard you talking with Mike too about, you know, when it's this disappointing at the end of the year, could there be changes? That would be, I would highly doubt that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they didn't know him in this game because the Chiefs offensive line held him in check. King Crow Snow 1 says damn okay. Chiefs offensive line, they had their best performance of the season in a dangerous environment. Also shout out to the Chiefs secondary, best in the league. So per next gen stats, you got Ed Oliver and Daquan Jones held to zero pressures on 38 combined pass rushes there, so.


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[Assistant] Well, homes can operate in that environment, for sure. Uh, we have to finish this with uh, the night of Jason Kelsey. Right? I mean, he just had a night.


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[Assistant] In the suite, uh. I can't get enough of it. Uh, so where do we want to start here? Kristen, you can start wherever you want. I know we got some videos of them. We have, oh here, this is great. So this is art, but make it sports. Whoever runs this account.


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[Assistant] Well come on, the Chiefs needed another chapter, another era, too. You know what I mean? And so it's like, you've got the defensive era and the Taylor Swift era right now. It's a new look for them. It's a new era.


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[Assistant] And I don't think when Travis Kelce did the heart, I saw that. I don't think that actually was to Taylor. I thought that was just to the, was that to Taylor? Or was that to the fans? It's to the whole box.


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[Assistant] I thought he was kind of doing it to the fans, like, hey, you know, love, because maybe he was getting a lot of hate. I don't know. No, I think that was to the box. Okay. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was. Yep, so. And I asked you, I go, could Chris Sims have done that when he was playing? Would Warren Sapp have allowed that to happen without making fun of you?


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[Assistant] Uh, final point in my ears is you can't move on without talking about the kicker. And I'm glad that we saved it right to the end. Because that's, and for any team in any game, many plays go this way, that way. You don't want it to come down to a kick. Bills fans, it's like wide right, it's like oh great, not that again. Uhm, it sucks.


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[Assistant] Yeah, at half postmodern says damn, that special teams matter a lot. We saw the missed kick in Detroit, but Buffalo special teams were atrocious. Okay, Chris, what's the mood like on the sidelines and in the locker room when the special teams keeps effing up?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I feel bad for him. I do too. He had a tremendous year. He's one of the best field goal kickers in the game. So Chiefs are moving on again to the championship game to face the number one seed in Baltimore. Patrick Mahomes will go on the road once again for the second time in his career in the playoffs. Ravens were 10-10 at the half.


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[Assistant] Then, uh, steamrolled the Texans in the second half, 34-10 was the final score. And we're going to start with Inside the Numbers powered by AWS. It's all about Lamar Jackson with his legs. But first we look at his passing chart here, his passing chart for Lamar Jackson. How did he?


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[Assistant] Torch. The Houston Texans. He did it just like that. What are you seeing here?


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[Assistant] So per next-gen stats, Lamar Jackson faced a career-high 75% blitz rate, completing 13 of 18 passes against the Blitz for 120 yards and two touchdowns. So this passing chart you're seeing right now was mostly against the Blitz.


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[Assistant] So here was the time to throw, too. In the second half, for Lamar, 2.25 seconds. In the first half, 3.5. So they went into the locker room at halftime, and they're like, this ain't gonna work.


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[Assistant] In the playoffs, which we haven't always been able to say. That was inside the numbers powered by AWS. So UT Madden says, damn okay. Lamar Jackson, my MVP showed out. Kerry the Ravens in the second half. Is there anyone more fun to watch in the NFL right now? But he goes, also Mike McDaniel should be an NFL head coach.


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[Assistant] Speak to this, this Ravens defense and what you think, because when we were talking about it, we were like, man, CJ Stratus made some good plays, but we were like, wait, that's all it's been is like plays. They weren't sustained drives or anything like that. Ravens pretty much had them in check all day.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they got impressive wins, right? 38-6 over the Lions, I mean, destroyed the Lions. 37-3 against the Seahawks has destroyed them. A team that was on the borderline of a playoff team beat the Bengals by two touchdowns. Jaguars on 49ers, Dolphins 56-19.


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[Assistant] We'll get to that on Wednesday. Now it's time to give me the headlines presented by Hyundai and we're going to Detroit for this one. My Detroit Lions have made it to the NFC championship game for the first time since 1991. I was a young tyke back then watching them.


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[Assistant] So Pete suggested roar restored, which is always.


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[Assistant] Lions destroy the bees, knees, caps. Uhm, and they didn't destroy him. No. But at times it looked like they could. Like in the second half it looked like they were pulling away. At the end, at the first half it looked like this was going to be just like a ho-hum. Lions just destroy them and the Bucks can't do anything until Mike Evans got that one down to the, down to the three yard line. But uhm,


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[Assistant] What was your, what was your big takeaway about, about the Lions? Clearly the favorite. Yeah. Had the home field, massive home field advantage. Right. Clearly the better team. We'll give the Bucks their credit here in a second. Yeah. Because no one thought they'd be here. Right. But what was your biggest, what impressed you the most about what the Lions were able to do in that game?


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[Assistant] That's where I was going. Might have lead me there. So let me button up that blitz thing we were talking about. Cause it could, you know, I don't know how much the 49ers blitz. The 49ers don't blitz a lot.


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[Assistant] Jared Goff was not sacked on any of his 24 drop backs against the Blitz. His third game this season with at least 20 drop backs and zero sacks versus the Blitz. The rest of the NFL has five games. Wow. Jared Goff and the Lions have three games. The rest of the NFL have five like that.


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[Assistant] H-Town Mark 1961 says that last interception by Mayfield should not tarnish the fact that he completely growed up and lifted this team. They had no business being that close this far anyway. And I think that's the thing too, with this Bucs team. You end this season, you're like, man.


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[Assistant] We did not think we were going to get this much out of this year with 80 million in dead cap space from Tom Brady saying see you later. I'm going to start my broadcasting career next year. And so give them full credit, but I want to finish this with my favorite things from what I saw like on the Lions offensive side because their offense needed to step up in this one. It was like, ah, this is going to be,


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[Assistant] Well, and that's what I like too, is that the Lions clearly trust him, because my last favorite part for the Lions was when they were up after this Gibbs touchdown 24-17, and they had the ball again, and I was like, alright, you got, I think there was maybe, you know, 10 minutes left, 9 minutes left, I don't know, something around there. Yeah, it was. 10 plays.


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[Assistant] Eight of them were pass plays. So Ben Johnson, they trust Jared God. They're like, we think he's going to make the right decision, the right read. And the last pass play was to Amon Ross St. Brown. Amix Joshua says, damn okay, Amon Ross St. Brown. He has sneakily been one of the best wide receivers all year, deserves his flowers. He isn't the biggest or the fastest, but he's always open.


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[Assistant] And then we saw at the final whistle of the game, the offensive coordinator for the Lions, Ben Johnson running around the field in like a full sprint.


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[Assistant] To the tunnel, yes. So they were pumped, clearly. Uhm, last thing, and Pete, I know Pete would want us to talk about this too, because it was a little weird at the end of the game. Juzy1 says, damn okay, how did the Lions nearly mess up the timing of their kneel-downs at the end of the game? Why didn't Bowles take the final timeout? Lions could have missed the field goal. Bucks would have had some time for another drive.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and so the Lions did, they took their final knee at I think 37 seconds or something like that. And theoretically it was going to be 4th down then. Todd Boulds could have used it his last time out.


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[Assistant] And made the Lions do something, their kick, and if you miss it, who knows what's gonna happen. It actually gives me an idea for teams to do this as the Okey-Doke later on. Somebody should do this.


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[Assistant] So here's what Todd Bowles had to say about it after the game.


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[Assistant] Yeah, so, I mean, he's talking about if the Lions had actually played it right. It should have been only 12 seconds, but...


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[Assistant] I mean, everyone is like, well, they did take the knee with 37 seconds left, but. Oh, they took the first, the second knee too quickly.


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[Assistant] I don't think they were going to come back and win. I don't think so either. I don't think they were going to get the touchdown, the two point conversion and win in overtime, but you never know. Uh, that was give me the headlines presented by Hyundai. So my lions are moving on.


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[Assistant] We're all happy about that, but maybe the 49ers are not happy about that. This is a tougher contest than the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be theoretically. The 49ers.


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[Assistant] Are happy just to be surviving and getting past the 7th seed in the Packers 24-21. The 49ers come back in this one. 49ers 7-0-1 says damn okay. Kyle Shanahan finally able to get a win after trailing by 5 or more points entering the 4th quarter. They were 0-4-30. I didn't realize it was that bad.


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[Assistant] So that was going to be my question. Would it have worked if Deebo had played the whole game? I think it would have made it a little harder for sure.


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[Assistant] Well, let's talk about the quarterback of the 49ers then, because we have a little yin and yang here. We got Matt Bostic 94 with the first comment. It goes, damn okay, Purdy showed grit to pull through on the final drive of the game to win it. What more does he have to do to prove he deserves to be in the discussion for a top 10 quarterback in the league? And then you have at baseball, Daniel one.


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[Assistant] Full credit, but uh, this was not a great game. Tough conditions for sure, but it was not a great day for the quarterback of the 49ers.


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[Assistant] It was, it was red alert when we saw the glove on the hand early on. I was like, oh no.


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[Assistant] So, so uhm, here's where Purdy was awesome. And this is what he does well. Uh, the Kittle 32 yard touchdown reception. So the Kittle TD was Purdy's seventh touchdown this season.


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[Assistant] When scrambling, tied for the most in the NFL, tied with Josh Allen, tied with Russell Wilson. So, once he gets outside of the pocket, he keeps his eyes downfield. Super dangerous. He does.


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[Assistant] Well, well, he, he worked out, yeaah, he worked out, uhm, and, uhm, couple touchdowns in this one, looked good, couple interceptions though too, and Joel M. the third says, why did Jordan Love revert back to default settings? You taught Jordan on the final play of the game.


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[Assistant] It was first and 10, but it was also like desperation time. I mean, we're talking what 30 seconds left in the game.


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[Assistant] Yeah, in perfect conditions that would have been a very difficult pass to pull off. Exactly. And you could tell the way it came out of his hand too, it was just not, it was, he would like that one back. He definitely would. He doesn't want that to be the last pass.


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[Assistant] But uh, the future is bright it looks like for this young Green Bay Packers team, which is dangerous for my Lions because the Bears look like they'll be improving and with whatever they get in the draft and the Vikings, I mean like Kirk Cousins gotta go somewhere else or else the Vikings are gonna be tough next year.


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[Assistant] Now it's a mainstay on the podcast. Proud to say that that's one thing I brought to NBC.


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[Assistant] Thank you, shit, and a lot of other cuss words. Thank you. You're welcome, MBC. Thank you.


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[Assistant] You're right. You're like, surely they're not gonna tell him he can't do that ever again. Surely they won't let him keep swearing on the podcast. And little did we know, right?


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[Assistant] That it would drag you down as well, right? Did we not have the tape of him swearing? I mean, in five years I finally got you to just feel comfortable for about 3.2 seconds to where you just read the transcript.


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[Assistant] Right, being Ron Burgundy and who you are and just reading the teleprompter, you did say the f-word, which was an all-time favorite moment of this podcast.


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[Assistant] Me with the number one jersey, which doesn't make sense because I was never the first round pick, nor number one in the NFL. I don't know. But either way, those are the good old days right there. How far we've evolved. Have we? Oh, there we are. Look, we just moved up a few feet and put a desk there. That's all we did. Evolution. It took us five


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[Assistant] Well, I did not expect you to say all that. Thank you. I appreciate that. It is. Listen, you're one of my best friends in the company, that's for sure. You're really one of my best friends overall, not just in the company. You're a great dude, so it's been great getting to know you, and I appreciate that. I really do. I mean, damn, I mean, five


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[Assistant] Five years together, us doing this, talking, I mean yea, I feel like you know me, right? You're swearing a little bit. We've had a drink here and there. I'll know we're officially friends if we can go to the draft this year in my barn and you will actually have a drink during the draft. That's what I'll actually know. I've already said I will do that. I will do that.