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[Assistant] It's fun to do a mid-season. It would be. I might have to. I mean, hey, listen, let's just go right here real quick, right off the top of my head. I mean, we know who the top five are, right? I mean, it's Russell Wilson, it's Rogers, it's Lamar Mahomes. Still Dashawn in there? Uh, Dashawn's probably not. I think I've replaced him with Josh Allen at number five right now. I'm still going to give Dashawn probably a love for


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[Assistant] A great career to this point and being on a shitty team where he's gonna be a top ten. Alright, uhm, who else are we missing here? Kyler Murray's probably a top ten.


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[Assistant] You know, we talked about Brady. I think you had Carson in there. Carson Wentz is right teetering on it. You know, again, I know everybody in the world is going to tell you Carson Wentz sucks. He's the best player on the field Thursday night. He's the best player on the Eagles.


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[Assistant] You know, yeaah, it's gonna look like crap when you're surrounded by crap all game long. Every now and then when you're surrounded by crap, it gets on your arms and shit. So then you have crap on you. You got Big Ben probably in the top 10? He's right dancing around there, so. Which we'll talk about in a minute. Yeaah, but I, you know, I think the big question is,


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[Assistant] Clearly has shown me potential to be a bonafide top ten, top five-ish type quarterback for a long long time.


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[Assistant] It is... It's a lot different, isn't it? It's a lot different. It really is. Goladay, cause Goladay's one of those guys that, yea, he could just beat you with his pure speed or over the middle and get open, but he's also just one of those guys, oh, you're covered, nobody's open, let me throw it to Goladay, he'll go up and get it.


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[Assistant] You know, the catch he had at the end of the football game to put them in position to score the game winning touchdown. You know, caught another unbelievable 50-50 ball off the left sideline earlier in the game. You know, he's, he's really freaking good.


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[Assistant] Lion's at least tough, gritty. Three and three. Three and three. And I hope they send a gift basket to Todd Gurley. Cause I feel bad for my man Todd Gurley, who I really like and respect, but.


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[Assistant] That was a bonehead move. The game is over if he goes down and doesn't score the touchdown. He scores the touchdown. It gives them a little hope. And, uh, I just, you know, listen, Matthew Stafford in those late game situations, he's, he's dangerous. What'd you think of the last throw?


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[Assistant] I mean, I love two things about it. One, he wanted to throw the ball in rhythm and realized like, oh wait, people are around me and that's going to be a tight throw. So that was a great job of like not panicking and just throwing it.


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[Assistant] Right? He kind of regathers himself. He looks around just to make sure he can get out of the pocket clean. He gets out.


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[Assistant] And then I love the, he kind of got low and just like walked it into his chest. He was like, I'm not going to mess this up. I'm going to get low and sidearm this right through your chest. And uh, you know, who was that? Hawkinson that made the catch. Good for him because he had a bad penalty late in the game too.


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[Assistant] He could be on another team next year. It just, who knows where he is. We could have, we could have a lot of movement in the quarterback, you know, conversation, but good for Matt Patricia, the Lions. They're in this thing still.


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[Assistant] No, they're not. I won't say they're better than the Chicago. Uhm, but.


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[Assistant] But I don't think Detroit's going to be an easy out. I don't. I think he's kind of got the defense going a little bit.


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[Assistant] I think Stafford, him being healthy and Golladay being back in the lineup, they got a little balance and he's dangerous throwing the ball. Lions play the Bears tomorrow. You think the Bears win? I do, yeah. Ugly, but yes, I think the Bears would win like a 23-20, 20-17 type football game.


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[Assistant] The Patriots, right. And of course they caused some turnovers and did really well, but I mean, yeaah, I mean, again, I get it, it's the new thing, I guess, of these football teams. But I don't know, do they really want to mess with me? Because they better watch it. First off, they don't- This is the team, this wasn't just a-


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[Assistant] This is the Broncos. I mean, how dare I said their defense is average after giving up 38 points or 28 points to the fucking Jets and then getting owned by the Buccaneers the week before that.


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[Assistant] Defense did some good things yesterday. Their defense in all seriousness was not that bad.


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[Assistant] That's where the, but that's where the Chiefs again, it's where I find them to be special. You know, we always think about, oh, you know, air show, air show, air show. Oh, last week they ran the ball 40 freaking times down your throat. This week, it's just, hey, we got playmakers everywhere. We don't have to do this.


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[Assistant] You know, like you said, pick six, kick return, you know, interception by Frank Clark as he's getting pressure of his interception or fumble or whatever. They just got playmakers all over the field. That's what makes them so dangerous. They can really change the way they beat you and uh, scary.


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[Assistant] He really was. I mean, he's some route runner. He really is. He's tough. He's got great hands. You know, I think he's better after the catch than maybe I give him credit for at times.


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[Assistant] Romeo Cronel, defensive coordinator for the Houston Texans.


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[Assistant] You know, intern head coach right now came from the Bill Belichick school, right? I'm surprised. I think I'm as surprised as Rodney Harrison was on football night in America last night because he just, yeah, no Aaron Jones. You would think at some point, wait, okay, we've seen six catches for 110 yards now. Let's maybe double.


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[Assistant] You know, hey, safety over the top. I'm playing man to man, but I'm, I'm allowed to trail him.


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[Assistant] And play all the underneath routes or if he gets by me off the line of scrimmage.


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[Assistant] I can play for if he's going to stop and run a 20 yard out route, I'm going to be underneath it because I got help up top. So there's that type of double and then there's also more of the bracket type of double where you could go, okay, hey,


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[Assistant] I got you man to man. I'm going to play a little outside leverage on you and make you release inside because I got help inside. So when you break out, I got you. But when I break, when you break in, the other guy is going to get you, right? That's the other form of maybe double team or a bracket double team rather than the safety help double team.


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[Assistant] Never happened. And with this is where I think Rogers and Green Bay are amazing and it can go back to our conversation earlier about Russell Wilson and DK Metcalf.


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[Assistant] Rogers is a machine. You get one on one to Demonte Adams, he's gonna go, he's better than your guy. And I'm better than anybody. So, I'm just gonna throw strikes and he's gonna catch it.


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[Assistant] And they just will tear you apart. And they will force your hand that way. They will continue to go back to the well over and over. The floor is cool that way too. To where they force you and then they're gonna do something off of it. But yesterday they never forced them. So they just said, let's keep it going.


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[Assistant] I know. I think that's a great question. That's, that's, it's something Rodney brought up last night. There's no Aaron Jones in the lineup.


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[Assistant] I mean, is it J. Sternberger we're worried about? Who was, there's nobody. So you're right, that's right. I just, I'm, I was totally amazed by that approach. And especially man to man.


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[Assistant] Houston secondary that is really Strugglesville. I mean, just not good at all. There's nobody that can live on an island on that team, man to man with Devonte Adams. And I just am shocked that Romeo Cannell, you know, just died on the hill.


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[Assistant] I messed that up, there's no doubt. I mean, he is. He's proven that he's a top 10 receiver. I wish the guy could stay healthy all the time.


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[Assistant] But when he is healthy, yeaah, there's really no weakness to his game. You know, not that he's a burner and always going to take slants 60 yards, but has certainly enough of that and just has great, great, what do I want to say? Cachet, rhythm with Rogers, everything is just.


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[Assistant] Too many times I get that conversation anyways. Well, how could you have this guy one this year and that guy seven the next year? Yeah. Well, cause it's a new year. It's just, there's a lot of things that change. It doesn't hold.


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[Assistant] You know, the quarterback thing has messed everybody up. Because we just saw Brady and Manning were 1 and 2 for 16 years straight. So how could that ever change, right? And then you get into other positions and people just can't buy that sometimes.


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[Assistant] That's too many syllables. Yea, well yea, it doesn't flow off like, oh Aaron Rodgers, it doesn't flow off that way. But I gotta think of a Big Ben, Big Ben song.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, well, I think Big Ben played great yesterday. I really do. Now listen, I know he had the three interceptions. One was a tip ball at the line of scrimmage. Another one was a green light to take a shot right before the half in the end zone, which I don't know why Pittsburgh did that. You know, they're up 24 to 7.


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[Assistant] I'm just shocked they didn't play to go up 27-7. I am surprised by that. Mike Tomlin being a defensive coach, knowing Tennessee's pretty good on the offensive side of the ball, all that, you know, and then even late in the game, you know, the last interception, I think is the one, probably it's the worst because.


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[Assistant] Well, it's still, it's 27-24. I think the idea of it is still okay with me, but what I would just still say is, man, you got maybe the best defense in football. Just go up six and see if they can go down a


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[Assistant] No, he did. Listen, so what you're saying, it's not egregiously wrong. You're right. We're talking about Big Ben. He's been around the block. I'd like to see him play it a little smarter, but the thought is not like I sit there and go, oh.


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[Assistant] That's all I'm saying. That's all I'm saying. Just because again, you just, you try to, as a quarterback, it's something Gruden always used to say, just have a big picture of the game mentality in your brain always. Don't, you know, don't forget about what your defense is doing and those type of things and how good they are. Right. And that's the only thing I would say there. You mentioned that you thought Big Band


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[Assistant] Nope. They're not a great run team. So this is like another way to run the ball too. It's just like, Hey, get it out here. Oh, four yards. Okay. Yeah. It was nothing special, but now it's second and six. Oh, here wide receiver screen. We got seven yards, second and third.


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[Assistant] You know, they were phenomenal that way, really pretty much throughout the game. Of always staying in third and manageable. You know, there was a few great third and twelve and thirteen, fourteen throws, third and fourteen.


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[Assistant] And then they make, make the play. Right, right. Well, they caught, they caught the Titans in Blitz a few times, all out Blitz, where I just, you know, again, you know me, I'm going, why? Why? 13 out of 18 on third down. 13 is an unbelievable, unbelievable stat. And this is again where,


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[Assistant] It's a tough matchup for the titans. It's a tough matchup for the titans. The titans can't rush the passer. You know, they can't rush the passer and to your point with Pittsburgh already,


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[Assistant] Pittsburgh has answers for any type of defense. You know, it's Big Ben. You know, there's a lot of coaches who've been around for a while.


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[Assistant] You know, they don't waste plays. Oh, you're blitzing. They got a blitz play called. Oh, you're playing man to man. We got a man to man play called. Oh, it's zone. We got people sitting in zones. You know, they never are wrong that way. And that's where they're really tough on Tennessee, who because now they don't have a great pass rush, they got caught in between yesterday of like,


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[Assistant] Early on, they played kind of the Buffalo game plan. Let's drop back, let's rush three, let's rush four, let's play coverage, and he just kept picking them apart with short passes and things like that, and then oh bam, 15 yards, but then four or six, four or six, oh, 15 again.


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[Assistant] Blah, blah, blah. And it got them in a very tough spot that way. But yeah, their ability to spread the field, and then they run the ball pretty good in those spread elements, and then in the short passing game, which you're asking about, and then they just wait. And they go, oh, oh.


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[Assistant] Yeah, right. No, no, the Titans didn't do anything like that, like specifically game plan wise, where they matched up anybody with anybody or anything that jumped out to me that way. I think it just happened to be one of those days where it just didn't work for Claypool. You know, I don't think...


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[Assistant] Other than maybe some screens and speed sweeps, I don't think Pittsburgh looks to feature anybody. I think they just go, oh, these three are in, here's the play.


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[Assistant] And you know how to execute it, and you know who you like in certain little situa- you like this guy on the out route, you like that guy when he runs a go route, okay. And I think they just play it that way. It was just a day that didn't fall into his lap that way. It was nothing like I could say where Patrick Peterson was on Metcalf or, you know, they doubled him here or there. No. It just happened to be that


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[Assistant] A few of the plays that he dropped back on Sunday.


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[Assistant] Juju was the first read. You know, Deontay Johnson happened to be in the right spot. The defense took him there and he threw the right and appropriate ball.


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[Assistant] Hold on, I just want to make sure I want to hit it all, though. Yep, yep. Okay, let me just make sure I got it all. Let me read through my notes. But, you know, I said that, uh, you know, that's where it was tough. Vraybo can usually scheme it up, but it's hard to scheme it up against the Steelers. You know, it really is. Because he can, you know, usually,


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[Assistant] He's exotic and he does a lot of different things that you're not ready for on a week to week basis with Tennessee and the variable game plan. It's like Belichick that way. But with a guy like Big Ben...


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[Assistant] You know, like I said, they just were always in the right play all game long to where, oh, it's all out blitz, damn, we got beat by that. Oh wait, it's, you know, let's play coverage, oh, he beat us with that. And they just, I think they just were continually trying to find their way throughout the game.


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[Assistant] About how to attack Big Ben and company. And, you know, what happened really just to leave it off. Here's the end of it. In the second half, when they, you know, cause they, they had a hard time scoring points in the second half, obviously.


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[Assistant] They, they played a little bit more aggressive. That's where the biggest thing changed. They finally just said, you know what, we gotta get in their face, we gotta force the issue, we gotta blitz a little bit more. They started to play some more man-to-man coverage and that led them to at least getting off the field a few times where in the first half they couldn't ever get off the field. Right. I think that's about, I think that's about it.


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[Assistant] Definitely is. It's, it's, I know their identity. Their identity is they want to be a spread, like a 11 personnel team, shotgun, short passing throws that you brought up, a lot of screens, you know, they got wide receiver screens, they got, you know, fake a screen here, fake a screen there, here's Vance McDonald over the middle, they got Eric Gibran, James Connor's a good space shotgun runner.


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[Assistant] He's a little bit of a dancer type runner. Like, oh, I got the ball, the shotgun. Let me just figure out what the hole is. You know, I think this is what they are and they're going to use that short passing game as kind of their substitute for a dominant run game like we've seen them have.


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[Assistant] It's no longer just one guy for one gap, one gap, one gap.


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[Assistant] To where that's how they stress you out a little bit sometimes. Hey, let's stretch the gaps out!


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[Assistant] And now everybody's gotta move horizontally, and now the gaps are really big, and if we just push one guy in the back, oh, now that gap's ten feet wide, where, you know, Pittsburgh doesn't fall into that. They're just gonna be like, okay, yea, fine, that gap's big, that's great, I mean, we're just gonna hold you here, and one of our linebackers will run through that gap and tackle the guy. We're not gonna let you do that.


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[Assistant] They came out with a little bit of an attitude of I think like, we're Tennessee, we'll still be able to run on you. We don't care. Right. And that was apparent from the get-go. Like, no, you might have a run here or there for 10, 12 yards.


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[Assistant] But you're not gonna be able to just live on Derrick Henry today. And I think if they probably look back at it, they'll probably come back, eh, next time we might need to come out with more of the past-first mentality, see if we can back them off that way, and then get into what we gotta get into.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know what, I'm not, it wasn't bad. I mean, Vince Williams was awesome yesterday, and the kid's Spillane. He's an extremely great reactionary athlete. Listen, it takes a special athlete to play middle linebacker for the Steelers. Because, like we just talked about,


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[Assistant] It's, it's not like, hey, I'm middle linebacker, I have this gap. They have to play a little bit of like, oh, they call some crazy stuff up front where they stunt D Lyman and do a lot. And they kind of just got to like.


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[Assistant] Be the bandaid, like, oh, they left a huge gap here. I just got, you know, to it and hey, we're did something crazy and now there's a huge gap. I got to cover it up.


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[Assistant] And he's great at doing that type of stuff. Very athletic. Man, the hit he had on Derrick Henry where he had to come out of the game on the goal line, that was some collision. I don't know how Derrick Henry got up. I mean, he hit him right in the chin and Derrick Henry does his blink and then there's Spillane is like,


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[Assistant] You know, knocked in the next week. I hope he's okay, but he did a very good job.


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[Assistant] I-I felt more like, oh no, I think the titans are kinda having their way, but I watched the film back again this morning and went, uh, no.


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[Assistant] You know, two play 75 yard drive, right? They hit the little play action pass, in cut to Anthony, uh, AJ Brown touchdown, right? So that's one drive.


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[Assistant] You know, their next, their next field goal came off of, uh, the tip pass interception. They got nothing. It went three and out. They had to kick a field goal. It was really that big play. That was the big play. And then they had the last drive to go down to make it 27-24. That was probably one of their more impressive drives of the whole football game.


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[Assistant] And that was work. And that took, I believe, a few penalties to help them get down there, if I'm remembering that correctly.


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[Assistant] He was under as much pressure as he's been under in a while. I mean, he was, can we say he was against the best defense in football? I think so. I mean, I'm, I'm gonna take them as the best defense in football. There's no, you know, I, I understand, you know, it's them, the Colts, the Bucks, let's see, the 49ers.


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[Assistant] No, I mean, really, and like I said, it wasn't like he was missing people. He was under pressure the whole game.


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[Assistant] You know, Pittsburgh did some good things on defense. They're always tough to prepare for. Hey, I'm going to be interested to see if Tennessee can survive without LaJuan. You know, we know there was no Jack Conklin at right tackle already, but that's going to be a big thing. Are they going to be as dominant?


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[Assistant] Pass-protecting, running the football without Luan going forward here too. Tyson Brava is in there. He did a decent job.


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[Assistant] But it's those type of games I'm worried about. I'm not worried about like the middle class of football. The Titans are gonna win those games. But is that injury gonna end up hurting them when, you know, Frank Clark and Chris Jones come to town in the playoffs or the Steelers or somebody like that? That's when I worry.


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[Assistant] I think I learned more about Pittsburgh. Yeaah, I think I came away just going, alright, Pittsburgh D is definitely as real as I thought it was, right? I mean, because that offense has everything in Tennessee, they can do whatever you want, and I think the other thing is,


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[Assistant] The offense, it's the second week in a row, they've shown me an identity. And I was the Browns the first week where I was like, oh, I don't know, it's still the Browns, I'm not sure how good they are. Tennessee, you know, I knew I could count on them to throw them some different defenses, some different wrinkles at them, and they handled it all in stride to where it makes me think that, uhm, Pittsburgh's the second best team in the IFC. Behind Kansas City? I'm not taking them over Kansas City. How close?


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[Assistant] Pittsburgh's, see, there's another one where Pittsburgh's like, definitely number two in the AFC for me right now, but I don't know if they match up good with Kansas City. On which side? I don't know about either one. You know, that's where it'll be interesting to me. Everybody's got their kryptonite in football.


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[Assistant] Pittsburgh can't play man to man. And that would scare me against Kansas City and my homes and that. So we'll see. Hopefully we'll get to see that matchup at some point. That would be awesome.


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[Assistant] That would worry me a little bit, I guess. It doesn't sound like it's even a tough call for you right now. It's not for me right now. I mean, not with the way Kansas City is continuing to grow their offense in ways they can beat you. And again, like I've said, the last three weeks.


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[Assistant] We think of Kansas City as this high-flying show. We don't give them the respect for their physicality. Week after week, they beat the shit out of football teams and we don't really talk about it.


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[Assistant] They have a chance. Yeaah. I still, if you're gonna make me bet money on that matchup, I'm taking the Chiefs. Now do it, yeaah. Can the Steelers be the actual top seed? Absolutely. Absolutely. There's no doubt. They are number one seed, first round by caliber football team. We'll see that. I'm just, yes, I'm speaking specifically to that matchup, but I don't think there's any doubt the Steelers are one of the best teams in football.


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[Assistant] I guess I always worry about their secondary a little bit. I do. Against high octane pass offenses. I worry about them just being able to match up if their pass rush can't get home. And...


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[Assistant] You know, offensively, I would have said the run game, but that's kinda coming along to where... It's fine. It is, it's fine.


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[Assistant] And the way that he throws high percentage short passes, they kind of keep the clock rolling that way too. So if they wanted to play that style of football and keep Mahomes on the sidelines, they can do it in their own way too, just like we saw yesterday. It was 36 to 23 is time and possession, you know?


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[Assistant] They kinda did what Tennessee, to Tennessee, what Tennessee likes to do to everybody else. Just did it in a different way. They just did it in a different way, right. Exactly right, right.


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[Assistant] Was really impressive that way. Uhm, but fun to watch. And I'm not giving up on the Titans. I still, the Titans are still one of the five best teams in football for my money too.


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[Assistant] Kings of Ohio is what I'm saying here. I'm gonna say Kings of Ohio, but the future is fun. That's my headline, okay? That's a headline.


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[Assistant] And a byline. It is, it's I guess so. I, I, you know, there's so many things I wanted to say about this, but Kings of Ohio goes to Cleveland because they beat Cincinnati, you know, twice this year, 2-0. Post to Baker. Bought a lot of fun games and Baker was phenomenal. Yes. That was almost my other headline was, I was going to like,


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[Assistant] There was a sign at the game yesterday that said Joe Haya. Yeah. For like Joe Burrow in Ohio. And I wanted to maybe say, well, if it's Joe Haya, then it's Baker and Addie. Right? But that didn't sound that right coming out of my mouth. So I didn't want to do that.


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[Assistant] You know, the way the game started, Baker Mayfield, he starts 0 and 5, 0 for 5 interception. And based off of last week.


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[Assistant] Yes. You gotta throw that in there. Right, so you're thinking, oh my gosh, he's in his own head, he's lost it. I really was going, I can't believe this is Baker Mayfield. I was sitting there doing that. Yeah. And then, 21 in a row. And then, yeah, we're sitting there watching the game, and we have a guy that kinda keeps stats and track of things in the game, in the room.


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[Assistant] You know, I go, man, Baker looks like he's completed a bunch in a row. That's 12 in a row. What? That's 12 in a row? It's 20 in a row. What? 20 in a row.


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[Assistant] He was just down the field, outside the numbers, threw the ball great yesterday. He really did.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I don't know, it looks like the old Baker to me. Never lost control of the ball.


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[Assistant] Well, that's why I wanted to say that was where my byline future is fun. Yeaah. Cause that's what I mean. I mean the future is fun in Ohio regardless. Yeaah. You know, hopefully. But Joe Burrow...


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[Assistant] It just, it's better every week. He's had an awesome start. He really has. Even last week, I just went, oh, look at this. They're starting to be more aggressive throwing the ball down the field. They're doing that. That continues yesterday. And you know, T Higgins making plays that way. So, uh, no, it's really cool to see. I mean, Joe Burrow is one of my favorite players already in football just because of the way, I don't know, he handles himself.


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[Assistant] Uhm, don't forget, they're still missing their best player.


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[Assistant] And that's what I mean by the New Orleans Saints and, you know, no Michael Thomas. So, you know, people I think are a little like, oh, 27, 24. Hey, Carolina is better than we all want to give them credit for. They got weapons on the offensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] Don't forget that Bridgewater and Joe Brady, you know, came from New Orleans, so they had a little beat on the defense there that way. But either way, I still like a lot of the things you saw from the Saints. The Saints offense, I think, has got it rolling once again.


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[Assistant] You know, whatever way they want. And you know, Michael Thomas is not back. But Breeze was good. The run game. You know, every week we've seen them being able to feature different receivers. And that's been a, you know, a work in progress. Emanuel Sanders out of COVID-19 and, and of course Michael Thomas with the injury.


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[Assistant] I'm a little concerned still with their defense and some of the big plays they let up.


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[Assistant] You know, I am. They just, they seem to mess up two or three coverages every week.


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[Assistant] They have moments of where they're physically dominant and you just go, oh, they got it. Carolina is not going to be able to move the ball. And then all of a sudden that they just keep going down the field. But I'm still a believer in the Saints. They're four and two. They're four and two and.


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[Assistant] Like the Bucks, I look at them to be the potential team.


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[Assistant] I probably think I'd go number two. Yeaah. I think I would go number two, New Orleans. Yeaah, as that next team there. You know, I think they'll figure out the defensive issues they got. And then when Michael Thomas is back, I think that's going to be a big difference for their football team.


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[Assistant] Oh, baby, that's just what the doctor ordered. We lost two games to the Chiefs and the Titans. Man, we need a cupcake and we need it to be green. Oh, the New York Jets. They're here. Ay, yay, yay. I mean, ugly game.


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[Assistant] That's, that's three games in a row for the Bills, isn't that not? No. Well, the Bills, they're not the Titans or the Chiefs. They're not. And, the Bills,


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[Assistant] A little like, you know, again, back to Kyler Murray and Russell. It's all on one guy. It's all about drop back and throw it and our pass game's gotta carry it. We can't run the ball. We can't really play defense that good. Josh Allen, Brown, Diggs, Beasley, you guys gotta make it happen.


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[Assistant] And it'll continue to be an issue. It's not gonna get fixed. As good as McDermott is, they have true talent issues, and they're compromised a little like some of the other teams we've talked about. They can't rush the passer and they can't play a man to man. So when you don't have either one of those things, that's really tough to be good. It is. Misery loves company against the Patriots.


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[Assistant] Right. So that's gonna be an interesting one. But either way, they found a way to get it done. Greg Williams is a smart guy too. You know, even though that just defense doesn't have talent, he knows how to take away certain aspects and schemes of an offense that make it work.


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[Assistant] To where I'll be interested just to look at what he did on that side of the ball. And, hey, the Jets had a freaking chance. It's 10-3, they got the ball, you're going, ooh, they might go down to get a field goal.


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[Assistant] And Sam Darnold throws a really bad interception. I just can't believe he threw it. It gave the Bills the chance to kick a field goal and make it a 10-6 game at half. And they just field goaled them to death throughout, uh, from there on out. But yeaah, I worry about the Bills just because it's too much on...


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[Assistant] Yep. Kids, come here, give me a kiss. I'm not coming up tonight. Okay? Nope. Dad is watching the game.


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[Assistant] Well, my son will be the king of that. He's gonna play Fortnite and do every other stupid thing in the world. But then...


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[Assistant] You know, five minutes before he wants to, has to go to bed, all of a sudden he wants to sit on the couch and enjoy the game. Don't you want him to? I, I really do. Yeah. I do.


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[Assistant] And like, I, I try to make them at times where I'm like, dude, put your phone down, just sit here, let's, let's watch Patrick Mahomes. Yeah. Or whatever. Yeah. You know, but, uh, yeah, I, I, I'm actually excited for today. Yeah. Who you got? I'm going Bears. I mean, no, I'm not. I'm going Rams and an ugly close one. I wouldn't be shocked if the Bears won this football game.


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[Assistant] It's gonna be a defensive struggle, I think, all the way. McVeigh usually struggles with this type of defensive scheme.


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[Assistant] This three, four, five and six people at the line of scrimmage.


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[Assistant] This is where if you remember two years ago when they went to the Super Bowl, they struggled up in Chicago playing there on a Sunday night football game. Belichick used some of that same game plan in the Super Bowl to beat the Rams later that year. You know, the two gapping against the zone scheme, like we talked about, it doesn't always work in the run game. And then


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[Assistant] You know, Pagano's a great zone coverage teacher to where I would be shocked if the boots and the play action passes are wide open for the Rams tonight. Now I think the Rams defense is good enough to hold the Bears offense in check too and that's why they win a close ugly football game.


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[Assistant] I think Big Phil will be back in the fold this Wednesday. Nice. Finally. It's been a while. If he calls you back. I mean, if he calls me back. He was a little bit better last week, so we're good. Uh, but thanks. You the man. Good to see you. Yeah. Peace out. Everybody have a good week. Enjoy the Monday night game.


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[Assistant] There's Todd Bowles in this house. There's Todd Bowles in this house. There's Todd Bowles in this house. Certified freak, seven days a week, at least on Sundays for Todd Bowles here.


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[Assistant] You talked about it, and we're gonna get into, this is, uh, what the eff happened with the Super Bowl. So, this is the day where usually you go, hey, in case you missed the big game,


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[Assistant] We'll go over it again for you. But no one missed the big game. But you looked at it again. Yes. And we want to see if there's any more insight, if it reinforced what you thought before. Right. Right. Or if there's anything different that you picked up. So we got that. We got a lot of questions from the homies about it. Cool.


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[Assistant] It's like, we want these athletes to be honest, right? Give me like Patrick Mahomes after the game. It's like, yea, I didn't play well. Receivers didn't play well. Offensive lines struggled.


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[Assistant] We always say, like, we want them to be honest. I know. But then we can't handle, it's like the movie line, we can't handle the truth.


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[Assistant] Buccaneers, uh, Chiefs, 31-9 in case you weren't familiar with the score. You went over it with Paul on Monday. Uh, and a lot of people are saying, oh man, it wasn't the Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] They thought the Buccaneers would do the same thing. Were they prepared for the Bucs to do the same thing that they did in week 12?


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[Assistant] This graphic says it all. If you're watching on YouTube, Mahomes versus the Bucks coverage here, uh, versus the two man, 15% of drop backs, but it was zone 85% of the time. Uh, his two interceptions came against the zone. His three sacks against the zone. You're right.


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[Assistant] In thinking that the Bucks are going to do what they've always done. What Todd Bowles has always done. Because there is, yes, it was exploited week 12, but they came back and played pretty well after the first quarter. And there's this idea that once you get to the Super Bowl,


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[Assistant] Go with what guy, right? Don't try to be too cute. You've got here with this, just go with it and try to outplay a man to man. So there's no shame in thinking that's what they were going to do, but I think what you're leading to here is


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[Assistant] Bowls in the south, there's some bowls in the south, there's some certified freaks, seven days a week including Super Bowl Sunday. Yea. NFL Latino wants to know, should Todd Bowls' game plan be held up in the same regard as Belichick's in that Super Bowl versus the Bills? What, 25? Yea. I mean, cause some of it you said,


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[Assistant] I was luck that, you know, the play that the Chiefs had was the time that they were going to man. You know, that, that helps. It's what? Yea. To totally change what he normally does.


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[Assistant] Tie a bow on the two quarterbacks in pressure. Do we have a couple of tweets here that indicate how that was? Stats by Lopez I think I see here. Pete, uh, so this is Mahomes and Brady. Yeaah. In the pocket. Isn't that crazy? That's, that's where they ran. And the one on top there is Mahomes. Who ran what? Almost 500 yards?


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[Assistant] What do you think, Phil, what do you think? Your, your son's very critical of, you know, not that the fact that the Chiefs didn't anticipate how Todd Bowles may, may coach this game and how different the Bucs defense may be, but that they didn't have enough options and enough ways to counteract all the things that Tampa Bay did. Would you be as critical as Chris on that front?


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[Assistant] Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's two games in a row that you just saw in the championship game and in the Super Bowl where defenses, you're scratching your head how they played at the end of the first half against Tampa Bay. Full credit to Tampa Bay because I think there are a lot of coaches that would still even, even given those opportunities, it's too risky. You know what I mean?


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[Assistant] Yeah, Phil, so I got a couple questions and Chris got me thinking about one, like you're in the building, you're there. It hasn't been many times where people have been allowed to be in the same arena. What was the atmosphere like? Because the Super Bowl normally is a little weird, right? More of a corporate crowd anyway, so it's quieter, not the same raucous atmosphere. But this was completely different than that. What was it like?


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[Assistant] Yeah, so they had the crowd advantage, they had all that, they were playing in their home stadium.


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[Assistant] Some people said, Phil, that during the game they also had the advantage of the calls. I want to get your opinion on some of those penalties.


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[Assistant] Uh, first half, end of the first half, past interference in the end zone that helped them, um, tripped up Mike Evans on the sideline one time where it seemed like feet got tangled up. Well yea, that was the long one.


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[Assistant] Did the penalties have a material effect on the game and were they warranted? Were they, were they the correct calls?


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[Assistant] That was a question. Cause we want to give, like, the Bucks offense, they scored a touchdowns, right? I mean, we gotta give them credit here.


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[Assistant] This is probably the thing, I would have liked that. That would have helped.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Phil, not to cut you off, but I agree, because that's what, if you, if you have a coach, you want to know what they're thinking, right? I don't want you to go behind my back and rip me if you're not going to do it to me. If you're going to do it behind my back, you might as well do it to my face so at least I know it and can try to improve.


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[Assistant] Yea, you rally, you rally around that. Alright, I got a question looking into the future for both these teams. Okay. To wrap up Taebo on this Super Bowl conversation. Yea. We'll start with the Tampa Bay side. And, uh, Kristen, we got a graphic on the Bucks free agents here. This is a question that comes from Msmudge1984.


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[Assistant] So looking into the future now, you win one, but we can't, we can't dwell on that. You know, what have you done for me lately? They didn't win a Super Bowl today. You gotta, you gotta worry about winning one next year. So who is the most important 2021?


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[Assistant] That is the question from M Smudge. You got Gronk, you got Antonio Brown, Leonard Fournette, Chris Godwin is in there, Shaq Barrett, Levante David, and Dominic and Sue. Wow.


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[Assistant] But with a lot of those guys, you mentioned Gronk, Brown, Fornette, they've kind of hit the sweet spot with some of these veterans who've made some money that are just like, I just want to continue to do this and I don't need to maximize top dollar, I want to win.


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[Assistant] Okay, alright, we'll add one more to the end of it. Uh, Chief's side of it. So we looked into the future for Tampa Bay. Here's Chief's side of it. We got the


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[Assistant] 2021 Super Bowl odds provided by Points Bet Sportsbook. Uh, chiefs are number one according to them, Green Bay, two, Baltimore, Buffalo, and then Tampa Bay. I don't get that.


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[Assistant] Okay, but go ahead. He can't do it again. 44, but you're right, complete team there. This question, Phil, comes from the Fantasy American Football pod. Should the Chiefs fear


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[Assistant] 49ers had an injury issue, but they were not back, and we've seen it time and time again happen to the Rams a couple years ago. Not only do they, do they, you know, not get back to the Super Bowl, they have a hard time making the playoffs sometimes. What do you think? Are the Chiefs gonna be different? This has been a long run for them, a bunch of years in a row here now it seems like. Are they gonna have a hard time getting back to the top of the mountain?


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[Assistant] Deal, deal. I like being a passenger most of the times here though.


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[Assistant] Be the man. Say it. Be good. That was good. That was the first time you've really kind of gone through the game. We really have not talked about, we talked during the game. I'm not going to upset a father and son talking about the Super Bowl game.


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[Assistant] When we put the, uh, the points bet, uh, odds up there, you were surprised Tampa wasn't higher.


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[Assistant] I don't, I don't get that. Maybe it was just because of the injuries on the offensive line, the injury to Patrick Mahomes toe. If you, if you take that out and you assume like everyone's back to full health. You're right.


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[Assistant] Well, and you're upset too, because when the replays happen, you can't justify watching the whole game as much because it was a blowout in the second half. And your wife can be like, oh, it was a blowout in the second half. If the refs hadn't made those calls, it could have been close all the way throughout, so that when you watch the replay, you can justify watching the whole game.


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[Assistant] I will say this, it did seem like there were a lot of times where they could have called holding on the Chiefs. I did notice a few there that they didn't call, which they haven't called all year.


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[Assistant] I wonder if he's become a better leader in Tampa than he was at the end of his tenure in New England.


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[Assistant] Is that button up Super Bowl 55? Alright, we button up that. We have one more button to close up though. And I think there's a lot of stories to talk about and we got a ton of Ask Me Anythings and we'll save all of them.


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[Assistant] Because we have a whole off season to talk about whatever the homies want to talk about. Yeaah. And I think those are some of our best shows. Yeaah. When we just go in different directions. I agree. Uhm, but I think there's one topic of conversation that could be changing over here in the next few days and that's Carson Wentz. Ooh. Where might he be going? Right. And you tweeted out,


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[Assistant] Something along the lines of I think this is it. Carson Wentz needs out of Philly. Yeah. It's over for him there. After one bad throw or drive, the fan base in City will sour on him. Needs a fresh start.


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[Assistant] Uh, there were some people that took exception to you saying that, calling out the fan base there in Philadelphia. They go, we're not that bad. We've been, we've been painted poorly. Uh, they are that bad. But here's, here's one of them, Ken Bergman.


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[Assistant] Uhm, Pete notes here what's funny is that half of the mentions in your...


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[Assistant] Uh, the replies to your tweet are saying that Eagles fans do not hate Carson Wentz. In the other half...


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[Assistant] Is saying that the Eagles fans are right to hate Carson Wentz. So not only do they do it, but they're justified in his hate. So Pete has put together a little ranking. Rank the parties responsible for Carson Wentz's downfall in Philly. Is it Doug Peterson as the coaches? Is it Howie Roseman, front office management? Is it Carson Wentz himself?


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[Assistant] This would have all gone well. Hey, Eagles fans are tough, we know that. But you know, in your defense of Eagles, like you were saying the same thing last year about the Bears. It's like any franchise in this situation is gonna have pretty much the same reaction.


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[Assistant] With the Bears and Mitch Trubisky, last year, you said the same thing, right? He comes out, throws an interception, everyone's like, why are we going with Mitchell Trubisky? No different with Carson Wentz.


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[Assistant] Bad luck. You got injuries on the offensive line this year. Exactly. That added to it. So more bad luck. So yea, bad luck's a big issue in this too. So where do you think, where do you think he ends up? What is it? Bears right now? Indianapolis. Right, which I don't see the Bears.


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[Assistant] We're gonna go, uh, Pete through Bud Light for building that Nick Foles statue as five. Right. That did not help. Right. And then the fans six. And then Eagles fans had last. See how awesome I am with the fans of Eagles? We gotta tweet that out. I'm so nice to them. Uhm, so that is, that's the pod. We have so many other AMA questions, but


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[Assistant] It would just take us in so many different directions that that's a whole pod in itself right there. And we have plenty of times to do that, although not next week because you are taking a breather.


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[Assistant] And next time that your dad comes on, I'm just gonna interrupt him a bunch of times and be like, this is what you wanted. I'm gonna go, this is what you asked for last time.


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[Assistant] That's a good job by the NFL and Nickelodeon. Next year on Peacock, Chris Sims, Ahmed Fareed with the Kid Broadcast. Okay, I don't know if I'm kid material.


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[Assistant] Although this is what I've noticed, we do do air the show on Peacock, you've cleaned it up a little bit over the last few times I've been on.


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[Assistant] I don't know what he's talking about. Because there were a lot of good plays that happened over the last couple of days. And that's a great transition there. And I'm buying time as Chris... Yea, I don't know what just happened.


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[Assistant] I enjoyed watching them. Like ours on NBC, Bills, Ravens, great matchup. I don't think the game necessarily lived up to the billing, but it was still interesting to see those two quarterbacks play and how the defenses stepped up and how the Bills defense stepped up and so I was pleased with all four of the games.


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[Assistant] Just finished up a few hours before Chris had to go to bed and then get up for pro football talk with Mike Florio. The Buccaneers have done it. Tom Brady has done it again.


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[Assistant] They beat Drew Brees in the Saints, 30 to 20 is the final score. And here's the sights after the game. I don't know if you saw this. I did not. On social media, it's uh, Tom Brady, it's Drew Brees there with a bro hug and then an actual hug. That's more than, that's a friend hug right there. That's a family hug.


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[Assistant] Uh, Drew Brees' family on the field after the game. I love the kid. He's like, Tom, throw me one. And he does. Look at that.


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[Assistant] You're right. We might need to press charges after all that. Uh, so it seems like Drew Brees' career is done. I mean, he's made that pretty clear. Jay Glazer was reporting that as well. He goes out with one of his worst games in the playoff in his career. Uh, Tom Brady moves on.


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[Assistant] I, I don't want to make this, uh, you know, the cool story is Tom Brady, right? He goes to a new team, he takes him to the couch. It's like same old results. It's like same old results here.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but for me, it's like this wasn't about Tom Brady, this wasn't about the offense, certainly wasn't about the passing game.


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[Assistant] It was about the defense of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tell me if I'm wrong. The defense steps up, creates the turnovers, but outside of the turnovers, I feel like they had the Saints on the ropes at times throughout this.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Pete just got in my ear and said that the Bucs ran five times the last time they played, 35 times in this game. Even with Ronald Jones, who was, I give him a lot of credit out there. He had a bad quad. He was still able to rip off 62 yards on 13 carries for net with 63 yards.


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[Assistant] Yeah, a concerted effort to, to run the ball, uhm, to


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[Assistant] Limit uhm, the time that the Saints had the ball here. This is a question from the Step Back 5-12 and it goes along what we were just talking about here.


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[Assistant] Much, yeaah, certified freak. Yeah, seven days a week. Much maligned here in the second half of the season. I think there were times where we were like, wow, the Bucks defense is not who we thought they were. We thought they were better, they're just not that good. I feel like whatever they did, whatever Todd Bowles did here, worked. Did you identify exactly what that was?


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[Assistant] Brought to you by Applebee's. AddyM27 says, Can you walk us through the Breeze Interception when Camaro was running straight? I don't know whose fault that was. We want to blame someone. We always want to blame someone. I want to know who messed up. Right.


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[Assistant] And it was like from that point forward, I was like, man, he's having a good game. And that was before the fumble recovery and the interception. Right. So Devin White was a star there. He was the star of our Film Deep Dive brought to you by Applebee's. That is, you know what that is?


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[Assistant] If the quarterbacks are switched in this game, if Tom Brady, who didn't, didn't have that grade of a game, you know, 18 completions, 199 yards. Right. If the quarterbacks are switched, does, do the Saints win this game?


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[Assistant] I think overachieved in a lot of respects, right, with the size and, and...


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[Assistant] That's kind of genius right there. A guy that is called an offensive genius and has, you know, the wherewithal to say, I can still steal plays from other people, it doesn't need to be my


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[Assistant] James Winston, up yours. I don't know. What do you think? Real quick on the Saints here, because...


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[Assistant] I mean, it's gonna be a different, you know, Drew Brees, it looks like. You know, it's not official yet, but it looks like that's what's happening. Uh, you have Jameis Winston on the roster. You have Taysom Hill on the roster. You have salary cap issues galore. I don't know if they're gonna have to hit a reset or what they're gonna do.


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[Assistant] You're setting the table for me because you know what we have to give you for that? Yeah. Kristen, get ready. We gotta give you a victory lap. Thank you. For Antoine Winfrey.


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[Assistant] FireHowieRoseman2021 on Twitter said, Remember when Chris said, Winfield was the best safety in the class. Perhaps, uh, yeaah, perhaps, uh, he could draft for us. So he wants you to go to New York. Okay. And, uh, and draft.


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[Assistant] You had Winfield 1, you had Xavier McKinney 2, Blackman 3, Kyle Dugger 4, uh, Ashton Davis, you had 5 there.


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[Assistant] Before we put a button on this one, you could also get maybe a victory lap, uh, on Michael Thomas. You know, he was injured this year, for sure, and so you almost gotta throw that out.


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[Assistant] Moving on. Different animal. Way to go. Against the Packers. The Saints are done, so let's lay them to rest. As we tie this one up. Tie this one up. So, uh, we will, we will lay them to rest. This is what we do with the Cabari teams.


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[Assistant] A successful season for the Saints, once again, didn't end the way they wanted to.


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[Assistant] Here lie the New Orleans Saints, a team that needs to break up with the playoffs once and for all because this truly has become a toxic relationship. It's just a bad relationship overall, right? They're not getting along. It's like they go into the playoffs with bad news, they're treated poorly, they're stopped going. Which they might. Uhm, something seemed rather amiss. Each pass into an abyss.


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[Assistant] Game number two will stay, thank you Kristen, will stay in the AFC here. The Chiefs are moving on. Okay. Look how close, right? The Browns stayed in this game, even though it looked like in the first half, like this game should have been a blowout in the first half.


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[Assistant] Chiefs were settling for field goals instead of touchdowns. They were moving the ball pretty easily. At will. At will. I think they were on pace for 600 yards. I think they almost had 300 at halftime. Right. Uhm, so they were moving the ball really well, got some field goals, but it kept the Browns in it, and credit to the Browns. Yep.


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[Assistant] Uh, they stayed in it. Patrick Mahomes had to come out of the game. You saw his toe affecting him before that, which I heard you talking with Mike. That might be a bigger story going into next week than his concussion.


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[Assistant] And some of the biggest plays in recent memory of Mahomes in the playoffs are him running the ball, huge gain, you know, touchdown run, or him scrambling out of the pocket and then throwing there too. And so you take that element away or you reduce it. Scarier! It is a little scarier.


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[Assistant] From Patrick Mahomes. This is Patrick Mahomes. Anything is possible. Anything is possible. You're right. He's fine. You're right. Mahomes is fine. This is during the game. This is right after the game. You can come up with that hashtag. Right. Right after the game. Right. You're doing okay. They really should just do that and be like, look. Look how witty he is. That's the concussion protocol.


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[Assistant] Andy Reid, Eric Bieneme, basically, it didn't seem like they changed anything. Not a lot. With him in the game. No. They went for fourth down on his first snap, on a toss, where it just looked like, oh, they're gonna try to draw him off sides.


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[Assistant] Like, every team does now and end up punning. Not them. Uh, no, they pitch it out to Williams, he gets the first down. Right. And then at the end of the game, same thing, they put it on his arm. They put it on Chad Henney's arm to, first his legs to scramble. But it was David, like, given that, that was, I was shocked by that play. That they ran a pass play.


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[Assistant] We need to give another award. Yea. Kristen, it's time for a damn okay. Damn? Okay. Damn.


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[Assistant] What are you damn okay about here? We just need a little musical interlude every once in a while just to break things up, whether it's you singing or not. Uh, what you're talking about exactly right now, the defense, and we got a pet way saying a damn okay to coach Spagnolo and the Chiefs defense for buckling down with the game on the line. Honorees Chris Jones, Honey Badger, Snead, we saw Tyron Matthew with his first


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[Assistant] My dad included who played fantasy on FanDuel who thought Nick Chubb or Kareem Hunt would have big games. You know, they'd be able to run the ball because they'd want to run the ball and with their offensive line and their ability would be able to do that against this Chiefs team.


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[Assistant] Baker Mayfield. Yes, please, let's do it. Uh, Stoney says Baker did well and I am proud of him. This was a


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[Assistant] There's so many reasons why this shouldn't have worked, right? It's like new coach, new system, Baker had a down year, not feeling great, you're not around your team as much as you want to be.


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[Assistant] We'll talk about the Rams game coming up here in a bit. I think there was a real good chance that


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[Assistant] A lot of us thought at the end of this year we'd be talking about Baker Mayfield the way they're talking about Jared Goff. And it's like, do we have to move on? It's like, to be the team we want to be, do we have to move on? And he totally changed the script. And changed the script without his number one target, Odell Beckham, for much of the second half of the season there.


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[Assistant] He looked good, right? And he convinced you that he is the guy.


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[Assistant] Oh, here we go. So that's the one play. It is the one play that we have to talk about that we haven't talked about yet. First of all, a lot of people thought that should have been a penalty on what, Sorensen? Is that who is- So let's start there.


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[Assistant] Though, it's like, because you know what, that's not a healthy play for Sorensen, it's not a healthy play for the defensive guy. Like you don't, like I think, like I get what you're saying, right? It's like, you just let them score. Football's not healthy. It's not healthy, but okay, say it's rugby, and say you're playing no helmets. Yeah. Do you just have to go head to head with that guy, or do you have to just play the game without your head? Okay, I don't.


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[Assistant] I understand trying to officiate a game where defensive players don't feel the need to throw their head in the offense.


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[Assistant] Speaking of changes in football, everyone in the world, except for Chris Sims, thinks that


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[Assistant] Uh, at least everyone I've talked to, which is a lot of people in this world, thinks that the fumble out of the end zone should not result in the other team getting the ball at their own 20 yard line.


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[Assistant] Everybody. Uh, you know what, I disagree with you, but there's a part of me that's sympathetic to your argument because I do, I'm a baseball fan, you're a baseball fan, there are weird rules in baseball and different quirks and stuff like that. This is a different quirk.


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[Assistant] I get it. I get it. And if you have the ball and you fumble it out of your own end zone, that's points, that's a safety, you can't do that.


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[Assistant] What do you think though, if you are going to make a tweak, that the team that doesn't do anything, maybe they caused the fumble, maybe they didn't, alright? She caused the fumble yesterday. Okay, give them the ball.


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[Assistant] Why do they get to move the ball 20 yards ahead on the field? Why do they get to move advance two first downs?


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[Assistant] It's like the home run that bounced off the head of Jose Canseco. He can be like, well, it bounced off my head and went over the fence. Be like, I'm sorry, over the fence is a home run. Is over the fence. It's over the fence. You know, that, at that, it's out of the field of play at that point. Even though you hit it off your head. Don't worry, this, my, my, it's gonna get changed.


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[Assistant] I can deal with that. Pete, by the way, has his five worst rules in football. And that is one of them. See if you agree with Pete. Number five, uh, the fact that both teams are not guaranteed a possession in overtime. He thinks both teams should get the ball in overtime. Oh, I love that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and I feel like there was a measurement in the game, which you don't see in them very often, because they often spot the ball right on the line now, so they don't have to do that. And it seemed really close, but they just gave him the first down anyway. Like, in the olden days, you'd put like a credit card in the middle there, and you'd look, and you'd try to... It's a little too inexact right now. I don't know what's going on right now. But his number one most hated rule is the fumble out of the end zone rule.


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[Assistant] And he says, uh, don't die on this hill, Chris.


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[Assistant] We will bury them. The Browns will go with the Brown ground. Here lie the Cleveland Browns, a team that is going through a major identity crisis as we speak, thinking it still might be possible that the league just pulled an elaborate, practical joke on them. They're like, did this really happen? They're like, of course not. You're not a playoff team. Uh, no, they were there.


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[Assistant] In a dumpster, that just happens to be where it is. It's a metaphor. Thank you. For us right there. They, they surprised a lot of people. Right. But a team that hasn't been to the playoffs in a century and a half or whatever it was. Yes. Has to do that. And then now, now we've seen it, now we're convinced that you are a good team moving forward. Congratulations Browns. Way to go Brownies.


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[Assistant] Thank you. Alright, moving on. Let's do it. To Bills versus Ravens. And you love Josh Allen. I do. But we may have found someone who likes Josh Allen even more than you somehow. Who? Uh, Michelle Tafoya was talking with his receiver. Oh, you're right. He does. One Stefan Diggs after the game. And this is what he said.


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[Assistant] That's a bromance right there. It's a bromance. You dropped an A-word on TV. We almost had to pay a fine there, but thanks for not doing the full thing there. They're a fun duo. They are. And you said to Josh Allen, you think they might be the best duo in, in football.


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[Assistant] So we'll get in, we'll get into that touchdown here in a second. Yes, Stephon Diggs going over a hundred yards in five of the last six games. That relationship is really good. But I just want to say about this game overall, is that the conditions were set up perfectly.


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[Assistant] Going like that, and you're just like, wow, the team that can run the ball, as well as any team in the league, against a defense that has had fits of not being able to stop the other team, it's like this is setting up perfectly for the Ravens, and it was completely the opposite.


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[Assistant] It was really like the pocket would close in on Lamar a lot of times because I'm looking at the rushing stats for Jackson. 9 carries for 34 yards. His long was 15. So that means in the other 8 carries he had like 20 yards. That's nothing. Nothing.


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[Assistant] He's like pocket navigation, recognizing coverage, off balance, back foot throws.


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[Assistant] And it was a hard day for both quarterbacks as you mentioned with the wind and Justin Tucker missed.


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[Assistant] Like they're the team that sees every turnover as an offensive opportunity to take it back. Cause you got a quarterback out there. You got five offensive linemen out there. It's a really good chance to score points. Yes. Uh, and it was the Bills that did it to them. Uh, Stephon Diggs with the other touchdown on the three yard screen here. And Pete wanted to know on this play.


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[Assistant] I'm talking about ever. Baltimore blitzed an NFL high, 46% in the first 17 games of the season. Just 20% versus Buffalo. And when they did, Allen went six for seven, 57 yards in the touchdown. You can't blitz him. He's gotten like Mahomes.


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[Assistant] Good win by Buffalo, so that means we have to bury.


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[Assistant] The Baltimore Ravens. They're done. They won a game. That's good, right? That's a step in the right direction. It is in the right direction. We have to bury the Baltimore Ravens. Here we go. Here lie the Baltimore Ravens.


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[Assistant] A team which has so much respect for the endangered American Buffalo, they refused to win, so was not forced to dance on their logo. They didn't want to do that. It's too much respect for that animal. Right. So we'll go, we'll just lose the game so we're not faced with that tough choice. Uh, Raven's Questions, we had a few.


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[Assistant] Exactly. That's what's really important. You know, like anyone can win one. Phil, he's never won two. He's yet to win two playoff games in his career. So he has not done that yet. Uh, it's gonna be tough. Cause I don't know if they're gonna be, I mean, they weren't better than they were the year before. It's like, what direction are they going right now? I still think they're going in the right direction. You think they're getting better? They can still get...


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[Assistant] Uh, since his rookie season in 2014. I don't know how much it would have changed the final results. It certainly made things a little bit easier for the Packers. The team that...


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[Assistant] It's, to the surprise of a lot of people out there, ran the ball. Ran the ball very effectively. Aaron Jones, Williams, A.J. Dillon as well. Uhm, so they, they were able to run the ball, which meant that Aaron Rodgers even had more freedom to do what, what he does. And he made it look very easy against a very difficult defense.


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[Assistant] Let's show both of them because they had the long one to Lazard after he dropped the long one.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the Rams, and you know, a little confusion, a little overaggressive on that play. The one yard touchdown there seemed to be something going on there too. Oh, let's check that out. This one to Devontae Adams, because right after Adams catches it, uh, Jaylen Ramsey just throws up his arms and is just like beside himself, basically. So what happened?


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[Assistant] He knows he's messed up. So is this Matt LaFleur thinking like, okay, either Ramsey's gonna be the guy covering him and he's gonna have trouble going through all that mess, or there's a chance they could mess up the rules on this. It's a both one. You're exactly right.


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[Assistant] It's ridiculous. And even going back to last year, because I think the biggest knock on the Packers last year is what? They were 13-3 and everyone's like, they're not really a 13-3 team. They're like a 10-16. I know. Which I kind of agree with. They weren't that good. Right. But that should be


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[Assistant] And then to do it again this year, and people are gonna say, oh, you have Aaron Rodgers, yea, it's easy to do it with Aaron Rodgers. Well no, it's not, because previous teams did not do it with Aaron Rodgers, and now he's older, and now he's better than he was in the past few years. He's been impressive, like if Cliff Kingsbury was doing this, we'd be ready to build a statue for him. I feel like.


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[Assistant] It's like, it was a weird situation with Jordan Love. I mean, that's an awkward situation for any coach, let alone a young, new coach in the league. And they navigated that to one of the best years that Aaron Rodgers has had. What about the defensive side of the ball? And what they were able to do? Because there have been times where you're like, they can't get it done here.


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[Assistant] In the Rams offense, not necessarily the most dynamic, but can give teams trouble just with what Sean McVay does. Do you give a lot of credit to Green Bay's defense in this game? I do.


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[Assistant] Uhm, Sean McVeigh liked the mobility, the squirreliness of a Walford when he was in there. As I mentioned before, he kinda compared him to Doug Floody and he seemed to kinda like that.


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[Assistant] I do feel like McVeigh's in this. He's intrigued. It's not like, I don't think he's...


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[Assistant] That's exactly right. Yeah, uh, so this is gonna be a good one. This is Packers, Aaron Rodgers vs. Tom Brady, cause it's all about the quarterbacks. I feel like this is the greatest,


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[Assistant] The fact that you've gotten so much of Chris Hates, Tom Brady, for you not saying that you believe Tom Brady is the most talented quarterback to ever play the position is the craziest hate ever.


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[Assistant] Uh, let's bury the rams before we tie a bow on this whole thing. We lay one more team to rest. I still have to lay a few other teams from before. They're sitting in their caskets right now. I feel bad. Like the dolphins.


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[Assistant] Remember that? At the beginning of the year. Hard knocks. That's right. Hard knocks. Right. Sean McVeigh was disgusted. You don't go number two. You don't go number two. In the porta potties. Which I didn't know at the time, honestly, before I saw that clip.


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[Assistant] No, I try not to. I'd rather not. I hope you try not to. But I'm saying, I was always, like, if you are doing that, that means you probably had no choice. Like, you know, no one wants to- I agree. No one wants to-


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[Assistant] We're done. Yeah, they're done. They're done. Yeah, I'm pumped. And you get to watch them from home. I do. Watch them home. Awesome. It's good. Good, Bob. We hit it all. We hit it all. We hit. It was only four games.


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[Assistant] Do you, do you put aside football at all this weekend to go March Madness? Uh, at all? So, like, I'm gonna watch this


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[Assistant] I'm not sending you one. I had half a moment where I was like, he's gonna send me a... Well maybe I should, you're 50, you should be wearing robes, man. I'm still waiting for the, uh, gift of any kind.


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[Assistant] Why not start quarterbacks? Okay, let's do that. Yeah. Fitzy gave us a little something a couple days ago to talk about there. Right. Next one, Andy Dalton.


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[Assistant] Bringing up a very good question from Robert Babcock. This is Dalton to the Bears. How do you now rank Trabiskey Foles Dalton?


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[Assistant] Run him through this list for as much as it is absolutely time for Trubisky to be somewhere else. He ought to be in real demand to be this kind of guy for a number of teams.


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[Assistant] Something like that. Started 50 games, more touchdowns than picks, more wins than losses. You would think there's more upside than downside at this point of his career. So that all makes real good sense to me too. Moving on down the line at the same spot. Texan sign Tyrod Taylor. There's a lot to read into this.


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[Assistant] You have to look at the Sean Watson with the multiple lawsuits right now. Right. It seems like a trade is what he wants more than anything. Yep. So how does that tie into what you feel about Taylor as a taxpayer?


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[Assistant] I think anybody listening and paying attention also knows you can draw that line very well. You said how you feel about the allegations, about the lawsuits. It's completely separate what this lawyer is doing and how his past and who he has attached himself to in the past has to be considered with what he's doing.


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[Assistant] If he would lessen his words on social media, he wouldn't be such a target, right?


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[Assistant] Where do you want to go next? Let's see. Let's see. I'm looking at the name Jacoby Brissette. Right. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Pretty promising in New England. Right. Up and down in Indy. Right. Now as the backup for


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[Assistant] Dylan brought up fair points. I think you're speaking with conviction is for a reason as well. Wide receivers, lot of names here. I wanna treat this one this way. I'm gonna bring up a name, you just give me your first thought. Okay. With that name with the new team and we'll go from there. Curtis Samuel to Washington.


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[Assistant] That's sort of things for your football team. And you're complimenting them with the focus on the offense right now. And clearly, I still think the best part of their team is the other side of the ball.


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[Assistant] I'm going to take Washington. There aren't that many teams where you can look at them, the way they're built, both sides of the ball and say, if the quarterback just does fine, they can be playing in January. Yes. How far they go in January is another thing. Right. That's a team that you should think about or certainly can think about for the playoffs with the quarterback who's just pretty good. Right. Pretty good. That's exactly right. AJ Green to the Cardinals.


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[Assistant] The subtext question in Arizona then, what's it mean for Larry Fitzgerald?


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[Assistant] I don't think you'll think you wasted your time. Okay, John Brown to the Raiders. Yes? No.


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[Assistant] That's really what he's all about.


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[Assistant] Pete, let's go ahead and run that graphic of the notable free agent wide receivers that are still out there. Yeaah. Gettin' us to Kenny Galladay. I know he visited the Giants, but those are the names. We talked about Juju Galladay. That's probably gonna happen, uh, we're gonna say any day, but probably any moments. Antonio Brown, T.Y. Hilton. Let's stay with Galladay. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] Time to bring in Big Phil. Always nice to have you. Why don't you jump in here on the Kenny Galladay. I don't want to say sweepstakes because it doesn't seem like there's been a huge demand for what he's asking right now, but where would you like to see him end up?


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[Assistant] I always like it when you're on and the Patriots in the news because you have such an interesting


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[Assistant] I mean, last 30 or 40 years with Bill Belichick, you knew him when you were the quarterback of the Giants. He was the coordinator. You covered him for so many years as the top guy at CBS. So with that knowledge, dad lived there. He lived


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[Assistant] So with that on our minds, your reaction a couple days later to all the noise that Bill Belichick and the Patriots made in free agency to kind of get the week started.


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[Assistant] Just a, just a complete fist fight to kick two field goals a game. Yeaah. That's what it was.


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[Assistant] What? Say it again, Paul. It was just an ugly battle of fist fight of sorts just to try and get six points three quarters later. Oh yeaah.


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[Assistant] See ya, Phil. See ya, buddy. See ya, buddy. It's interesting that he said he likes the Bears, even though they made his kid cry.


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[Assistant] I wanna back up just a moment when we're talking receivers, uh, and just say that you are releasing your draft rankings for the receivers on Monday.


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[Assistant] And Pete, we're thinking the same way. I was going to go to the O-line for one more topic as well. We talked about a little bit there with the Raiders. Right. The Niners, Trent Williams and Alex Maddon.


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[Assistant] Just makes me think it's even more odd that the Raiders were willing to let go. I know. Because he can still do all those things to a certain extent. Yes. The Packers and Lindsley as well. Yes. No, no doubt. Anyway, I want to keep it with the Niners a little bit. And you mentioned that they're paying Trent Williams


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[Assistant] Like you said, I mean, he's the highest paid left tackle in the history of the game. Right. Okay, so fair question here from Dolphin2334. Do you think it's too much money to pay to a 33 year old tackle?


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[Assistant] I think it's okay. I also really like kind of the theme of what San Francisco and Tampa Bay have done so far. It's so the trend to be like, ah, we got a lot of use out of this guy. Someone's going to pay him more. Let him go. They have prioritized and kept some really important parts.


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[Assistant] Pete, let's get it back to the Jaguars. You mentioned a little bit about Griffin to Jacksonville. Let's show what the Jacksonville Jaguars have done in free agency.


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[Assistant] Up to this point, we are, we're efforting. Yep. Okay. So more on Griffin. You didn't seem to be a big fan of that.


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[Assistant] Couple other notes here, uh, under the heading of other teams, tied in Gerald Everett to the Seahawks. Frank Knowles says, can you rate the Gerald Everett Seahawks signing? By the way, I heard you use the word malleable on PFT today. I was pleasantly surprised. I think Paul and Ahmed are rubbing off on you.


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[Assistant] Lots of news going on, every hour things come up. And while we were on Chris this morning, Philip Lindsay with the Broncos, they're gonna part ways, let him go, now a free agent.


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[Assistant] A nicked up running back can't have him because it's a car crash every single time.


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[Assistant] Well man, that is it. That is all. Receivers for you on Monday.


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[Assistant] That's right. They got so many things chaining me up. They're handcuffing me here at NBC sports. What's up? It's Chris Sims on button and Ahmed Farid is one of those.


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[Assistant] Uh, he gets me from saying controversial things on here that might get us both fired or me fired in particular. No, I don't. Yeah, yeah, you're pretty good. You're good at it. You're, you're good. And you're, you're a good yin to my yang. Well, that's true. Right? Cause I'm crazy and you're like, wait, that's crazy. Let me be logical here. So that makes sense. And like also the other thing I'm starting to notice too.


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[Assistant] Right, first off, you did great with the mics. You're the man still, okay? Uhm, you're...


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[Assistant] Drinks are disgusting. You're drinking a drink that has ultracreatine in it?


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[Assistant] Is that bad? I mean, yeah, it is. Sorry. Well, why would they advertise it? Because most of America just wants, I want creatine so I have big muscles. I got big muscles, I've got creatine. But here's the other thing I'm noticing with your yin to my yang, okay? That's definitely a yang to my yang. And then I've been noticing lately, like, I'm buttoned up, and you like to be the opposite.


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[Assistant] I know. It's, it's, uh, the, the great and crappy thing of doing these rankings. Uh, it's the great thing of having a Pete Demolitis who can at least at some times be a buffer for me. Because yeaah, there's times I can get on there to your point and see a bunch of those comments. And not that I'm like,


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[Assistant] Like, I don't care that you don't think I'm right or anything like that. Listen, I don't know if I'm right either. I know I'm really damn good at it and better than you, commenter on Twitter. That's what I do know. But more than anything is I just want to be able to prove my point. And it's impossible over Twitter. And that's where I've gotten frustrated.


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[Assistant] Uh, in the moment, and that's where Pete is, uh, my, you know, what did, what did, uh, Seinfeld used to say when they rubbed the ears, uh, I don't know, a wussu, or what the hell was the word they had, but like to calm you down. A wussu kormoa. Yeah, a wussu kormoa, that was it. Why do I ask you about anything on TV or movies? I should have stopped doing that. Seinfeld, I did watch that. You did? Yeah, apparently you did.


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[Assistant] Don't listen to this jerk over here. He's too conservative. I wanna see the quads. Show us what you got.


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[Assistant] Gary Crazy Biker, that's my kind of picture and my kind of name, Gary Crazy Biker. And why? Why are we not showing quads? What is it?


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[Assistant] Okay, alright. It's the time of the year to get back on it though.


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[Assistant] He loves him, he loves him not. Yes, it's Kirk Cousins coming in at number 16. Listen, there's a lot of good quarterbacks in football right now.


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[Assistant] Kirk Cousins is really damn good. You're right. But we're getting to the territory now where


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[Assistant] We're getting to guys that are the real deal Holyfield and it does get nitpicky. You know, I think the first thing that I say, Hey, is Kirk Cousins underrated to a degree? Certainly. I agree with that. I just can't say he's better than the 15 guys I got in front of him. I don't know if he necessarily gets the appreciation he deserves. I would agree with that a hundred percent.


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[Assistant] You know, we're talking about one of the best processors of information in all of football. I will say that his ability to drop back, come off of a play action pass, read and diagnose the defense and make a decision quickly is as good as the top quarterbacks in the game.


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[Assistant] He's great in that department. There's no doubt. He has an aggressive frame of mind and he's a pretty damn good down the field thrower of the football. That's what I like about Kirk Cousins.


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[Assistant] There is a system element to Kirk Cousins, you know that. And I don't want to say he's a system quarterback, cause he's not. Like I don't know what the phrase I would say, he's system plus, okay? Cause he can add more because of his ability to throw the ball into tight windows and do things like that to your offense.


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[Assistant] For this day and age of 2021, he's a below average athlete for an NFL quarterback. Below average. I mean, it's, it's towards the bottom actually of football when you talk about scrambling, moving in the pocket.


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[Assistant] You know, you know, just hopping around the pocket. It's not good. He's not a statue though. He's not a statue. He's not. I mean, he's good with bootlegs and things like that. There's no doubt. But the statues in football


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[Assistant] Going away. It has to. It's like we talked about with Daniel Jones before and those things.


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[Assistant] The game is too chaotic. The pass rushers are too good. The blitzers are too good. Everybody's going for the ball and strips and fumbles and stuff like that. Like the day of just sitting there in the pocket is over. You gotta be able to do some other things. Yeah, maybe if you have the best offensive line of football, you can get away with it.


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[Assistant] And win that way, but there's like only one or two teams that classify as that.


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[Assistant] What I'm talking about is coming off a play action fake, okay? Now, there's guys downfield, semi open, but there's pressure in the pocket and he's gotta hop around and move and do those things. He's good at it, he's not great at it. It's just good, okay? Then when I talk about


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[Assistant] Drop back pass, nobody's open, pocket collapsing, running outside of the pocket is way below average. It is not good. I mean, as far as what we're talking about for this era right now, it's towards the bottom of football in that department.


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[Assistant] Let alone, I'll just say this too, because now I've gone on a negative spiel and I don't mean to go negative here. Well, I'm just trying to let it know why he's 16 and to make it that point.


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[Assistant] There's no different platforms for the throws. You're going to have a hard time finding a Kirk Cousins sidearm or really over the top or I had to do this or I was on the run and I went down to my knee. That type of stuff. You know, different platforms.


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[Assistant] Throwing off the back foot, not being able to get the body into the throw. Those are things he's not the best at. He's got a little bit of a long delivery, right? It's a little bit of a wind up that he needs to get to, to really throw the ball. And that's why the negatives. But again, I don't want to harp on that all here. It is a lot of damn good too.


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[Assistant] And no doubt about it, I'm not gonna argue anything you said there. And it is extremely efficient. And to me it's, it's, hey, when it's there to be had, Kirk Cousins is gonna take advantage of it.


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[Assistant] But again, I think you know enough about me and how I evaluate the quarterbacks too. It's not always about what's there to be had this day and age right now in the NFL. It's not. You gotta be able to do more than just what's there to be had. Hey, the defense wins on a lot of plays. And the really great quarterbacks in football right now, even when the defense is winning,


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[Assistant] They're still winning a handful of those plays where we go, we can watch 10 plays and go,


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[Assistant] Oh, the defense has got him. Oh, out of those ten plays, that quarterback went six for ten.


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[Assistant] That even though the defense won, that's what the great quarterbacks in football are doing. And I think that's where I look at him to go a little bit of a negative that way. And he's not the kind of quarterback that I would say on the regular too. You know, it's hard to say this.


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[Assistant] Is necessarily going to carry your team to beat teams you're not supposed to beat. I guess that's how I look at him a little bit on the negative side at times too to go. Yeah, he beats the teams he's supposed to beat.


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[Assistant] But, you know, those teams that might be a little bit better or his team's not playing the best today, he's not necessarily the guy that can be like, hey, jump on my back, I'll get it done here and get us over this, you know, slow point we're having.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's been the negative of them, the past protection offensive line in the last few years. Uh, I mean, for him and them to be successful, and I think that's why they, you know, made it a focal point this off season, is they know what kind of quarterback he is.


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[Assistant] Yeah, on third and eight, you know, if the pocket collapses and guys are covered, like it's going to be a sack or a throwaway. You know, so they're going with, damn, we just got to give a little more time. This guy, he can fit the ball in the tight windows and make good aggressive throws down the field and do those things.


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[Assistant] It's, he's not gonna make that happen on his own. We gotta help him do it.


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[Assistant] He's not going to spin out of the pocket and then set up, you know, 10 yards outside the pocket and look to the left, like all, like some of the other quarterbacks were going to get to, and then throw some laser to the right, you know, after he's moved away and made that play. So that's where I think that comes into play. Um, again, he's really good, but there is a little bit of a,


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[Assistant] System need for him. There is. And that's why system coaches like McVeigh and Shanahan love him because they go, wait, my system's awesome and I know you're not going to mess it up.


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[Assistant] But, I also think it's in places like Minnesota where they go.


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[Assistant] Okay, we'd like you to help our system every now and then.


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[Assistant] He can't always save it that way, I guess is what I'm really trying to say. And again, I don't want this to be negative on Kirk Cousins because there is a lot of damn good. I mean, you said it right there and that list is interesting because we got a number of guys on that list that are, uh, probably going to get to, you know, 200 touchdowns and less than 100 interceptions.


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[Assistant] Yeah, uh, let's see. Close. Yeah. I mean, Derek Carr is gonna have to have a phenomenal year.


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[Assistant] I think they see the writing on the wall. He's not interested in an extension. They don't want to be held, you know, to their feet to the fire with that whole situation. So they got to plan accordingly to the future. Plus again, I think this is a real thing in football right now. It's a real thing.


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[Assistant] You know, I've had these conversations with, you know, Kyle Shanahan during last season, other coaches throughout the league, like,


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[Assistant] Even the offensive geniuses are starting to come to like, I need a quarterback that can help the offense every night.


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[Assistant] I mean, it just can't always be my offense running the perfect play and me coming up with the perfect game plan and formula, you know, every week. It's just, it's not, not with the multitude of defenses right now, everybody's becoming more and more exotic and things like that to where, again, I think the Sean Paytons and the Kyle Shanahan's of the world are a little bit like, I'd like


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[Assistant] To have a guy that can kind of just, man, take the pressure off me every now and then. It doesn't always have to be me being right or this quarterback is so good, he gives me this great schematical advantage and things like that. And I think that's where Minnesota probably is to that to a degree and probably was the appeal with Justin Fields was that ability that he has that Kirk Cousins doesn't.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, but, but, but yes, Kirk Cousins, he's a good fit for their team. You can win a Super Bowl with Kirk Cousins. You can.


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[Assistant] Uh, but yes, it has to be the right formula around him in that. And they're, they're not far off it as far as offensively. They're not. You know, Dalvin Cook is special.


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[Assistant] You know, so his ability to run the ball, of course, is the driving force of that offense. And I think, you know, if you really look back at it, when he's not running the ball well, then they can't dominate the line of scrimmage.