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[Assistant] Alright, let's move on. We can come back to the Falcons later on here. We have more on the Patriots. We talked about them trading away their tight end Smith for a seventh round pick. Uh, cornerback Jonathan Jones, re-signing with the Patriots on a two year deal, 20 million guaranteed, uh, 13 million guaranteed, 20 million overall.


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[Assistant] Jonathan Jones, two year deal, 20 million, 13 guaranteed.


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[Assistant] You've talked about this before in building a team and how you do it. A lot of teams want to do it through the draft, right? Those players are, their salaries are depressed for the first few years of, of their career. But the draft comes after free agency. So here you have the Lions with a top six pick.


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[Assistant] The guy from Oregon should be out there. A lot of people think they could take him. They still could, right? Definitely.


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[Assistant] And you created a bit of a stir when you- Man, I'm getting dragged by players in the NFL, huh? Oh, did some player- Darius Slay? So you just said he's, you know, not one of the top cover corners out in the NFL anymore, but has versatility that down the road, he could play some safety. So it's a pretty good trade for the Miami Dolphins. Good play!


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[Assistant] Uh, and here's the funny thing too, from doing the podcast with you. I think there were times this year, you're like, I think Jalen Ramsey has lost, he's lost maybe a couple steps. And as the year went on, you go, man, he still does a lot of things really, really well.


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[Assistant] You, you push, you can push some people's buttons, and you're getting very good at pushing Dolphins fans' buttons, so I think that's part of it here too, is that, why does Chris always have to ruin our good days? Uh, you weren't trying to ruin their good days, you're just trying to be honest, as you always do on this show.


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[Assistant] Uh, hopefully we come back to that once Darius and Quandre enter the chat. Morgan, when that happens, just let us know. All right. And we'll, we'll drop everything we're doing, uh, and go right to the chat once again. Uh, what else we got out here? Uh, but, but, but, but, but Rams, uh,


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[Assistant] By the way, I was listening to you and your dad talk on the last time you did the pod cause I was doing A10 basketball.


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[Assistant] That was a great conversation, and it kinda gave the details and gave nuance to the whole, cause I think when the news came out that a lot of teams were out on Lamar, uh, people were like, well what's going on? People jumped to conclusions, right?


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[Assistant] And to trade two first round picks. And to maybe have it all blow up in their face when the Ravens match it and their own quarterbacks mad at them for doing that.


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[Assistant] Say what you want about agents and their role in football and you may like it, you may not like it, but the fact that this is how the system works with an agent contacting teams.


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[Assistant] Why would you ever believe that trying to go outside of that would make things just run as smoothly, right? It's obviously going to be more difficult when you go outside of the system. Now maybe eventually that's the way the system works and players can do this more easily, but to be the first guy and to be this high profile and try to do it the same way, of course it's going to be hiccups and roadblocks and things that make it more difficult. Exactly.


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[Assistant] I think so, right? He definitely is. And you never know, I mean, they might have an elite plan and they got guys all around them too, but he seems to have a knack for figuring it out. I think he's got some secondary value.


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[Assistant] I think it was him. Our chat will confirm that for us. Some news out there. The Panthers on the defensive line. They're signing former Saints tackle Shy Tuttle. Three year deal. Nineteen and a half million dollars. Shy's big guy.


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[Assistant] Alright, so they've lost some draft capital, have the Panthers, we'll stick with them here for a second, cause we already talked about the trade earlier, getting up to that number one overall pick, Bears got the two first, the two seconds, they got DJ Moore who you love, I mean, just your thoughts on that deal first of all, I know, it's like the Panthers, give them credit, they're being aggressive right here, but were they a little too aggressive?


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[Assistant] I have a hard time remembering which team Frank Wright even currently coaches. They're both so similar in that respect. And they're both blue, as Pete said.


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[Assistant] Betts in for CJ Stroud number one. I think they took it off the board immediately after that, uh, trade, but they're back on the board right now and there you have it. CJ Stroud, February 20th was plus 400 to be the number one pick.


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[Assistant] Pete, do we have to do that read now again too? Cause Chris extended the whole BenMGM Parley preview. Oh no, we're good. Uh, Gould Muhammad was in the live YouTube chat, says, with the Panthers looking to trade Matt Carell.


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[Assistant] Uh, where would you want him to land? So that is part of the news out there that the Panthers are looking to trade the quarterback they took last year, the quarterback that you were very high in until you saw him play in the preseason. He worried me in the preseason. And then he worried you. Yeah. Uhm, I guess now they're looking to


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[Assistant] Send him elsewhere. Yeaah, uh, be interesting.


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[Assistant] He had Liz Frank, that injury last year. I guess Frank Wright didn't even know if he was going to be ready for OTAs this year, so still recovering from that, so that's why he missed all of last year. But that'll be something interesting to track. We do have numbers on Jimmy Garoppolo. Okay.


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[Assistant] I would almost feel like it's probably more like a one year $34 million deal.


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[Assistant] Some more news out there. Report the Dolphins are signing former Jets quarterback Mike White to a two year deal. Smart. You like that.


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[Assistant] Texans reportedly signing former Bills quarterback, former every team quarterback, Case Keenum to a two year deal. Case Keenum's claim to fame is that every year he plays, he will be just hanging on to the end of the Chris Sims top 40 quarterback.


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[Assistant] He's been with the Texans before, right? This is the second time around, I believe. It's his second tour of duty with every team in the NFL.


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[Assistant] You've seen what other teams clearly have seen from, he can come in and be a good backup quarterback.


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[Assistant] Arch Creep also on that breaking news with Chase Winovich in the live chat. Uh, this is good. We got like, uh, like many shifters here. Yeaah. In the, in the chat. I like it. I like it.


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[Assistant] This is, we should just do every show live and then we don't have to work as much. And we just, no, it's just Pete, we just can aggregate, we can be aggregators, right? We just aggregate the best comments over here. And there's a lot of them, uh, in the chat right now. Let's move over to the Bills working on their offensive line.


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[Assistant] So we got the commander signing former Chiefs right tackle Andrew Wiley and former Giants guard Nick Gates.


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[Assistant] I gotta save some of that money for Lamar. One of the stories out there that I hope gets a resolution here soon, because we've been talking about it too much for nothing to happen for this long. And that is with Odell Beckham. I mean, it was at the end of last year, it was like, oh, where's it going to go? Cowboys heating up, blah, blah, blah. And then just nothing happened.


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[Assistant] Uh, now there are reports that he's in talks with several teams following a workout. I think Mike was reporting he's looking somewhere around 20 million a year, which seems a little high for a guy who hasn't produced much on the field over the last couple of years, but uhm, I don't know.


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[Assistant] I'm getting to the point where I feel like we almost have to put this story in the bucket of don't talk about again until it happens.


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[Assistant] Milan just goes trust in Veatch with all capital letters because we have more breaking news.


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[Assistant] Either Orlando Brown is going to get what he wants, or a team out there is going to get a deal.


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[Assistant] I like that signing though, by Jawan Taylor. And they might not be done, the Chiefs on the offensive line. This is the much discussed rumored deal in our chat. But we're professionals here. We don't go with it until we have confirmation. And we still don't really have confirmation, but we're going to go with it anyway. Reports out there, the Chiefs are looking into a potential trade for Texans left tackle Laramie Tunsell.


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[Assistant] Alright, so I think we're kind of, the news is kind of coming to a slow trickle at this point. They knew that we go about an hour and a half, maybe sometimes an hour and forty. This has been interesting because I don't know that we, you know, we knew that there would be some movement, but this was a


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[Assistant] Through free agency, through trades, like we've seen in years past, now this year with the Dolphins again, they did it last year with Tyreek Hill, or through the draft. Like where is like the biggest impact of going from a mid-tier team to a top team?


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[Assistant] Which is appropriate, right? Isn't that like the, uh, 404 error on the internet when you, like, it's not working anymore? Well, Jimmy G is no longer working for the 49ers. His last day, and she has posted the last picture with a bunch of quotes out there about, uh, Jimmy G, who's down on his knees in the rain. That's probably from a movie reference that I'm not gonna get.


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[Assistant] Some new information on what we were talking about just a second ago. Yeaah. With the Chiefs. Uh, James Palmer, who I think he works for the NFL Network, correct? Right. Yeaah, he works for the NFL Network. He tweets. Yeaah. So my understanding is that the Chiefs are out on Orlando Brown moving forward. That makes sense. But he goes, Juwan Taylor is expected to play left tackle for the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] Pretty amazing. We'll see if it works, but the NFL is unique in that the musical chairs fill up very fast. They really do. Even some of the premier guys, right? It's like if teams run out of money, they run out of money and then teams at the bottom that maybe have a lot of cap room are like, uh, offensive tackle is not going to be the missing piece for them.


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[Assistant] Packers know, and we just don't know yet. Like this is a done deal moving forward for the most part. It's just gotta... I think it's...


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[Assistant] It's gonna be a third round pick. You're gonna tweet out, he's, you know, not one of the top quarterbacks out there anymore, but could move to safety and you're gonna get crushed for it.


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[Assistant] Take it off Twitter. I feel like no one wins on Twitter. If there's a way to pull them and put them onto the podcast, right? We'll battle on different turf. Battling on Twitter turf, no one wins. Everyone loses.


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[Assistant] You can cherry pick the worst part of someone else's argument. You don't want to do it on Twitter if they want to come on the pod.


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[Assistant] They're more than welcome to do that. We would love to have them. And it would probably be a great conversation. And I bet you guys would end up agreeing more than you disagreed by the end of it. Yea, probably. Probably. I know. I know. That's the way it is. You're right. Twitter is annoying that way. Uh, alright. So Pete, I mean, is this...


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[Assistant] I know, so we'll be able to unpack all of this, right. We'll be back, we just won't be live, but who knows? Maybe we will be, Pete. Maybe this is our new reality. Maybe this is our new world right here. I'm, I'm, I, I, I, I kind of enjoyed it. I did. But you couldn't swear, though. I hope we did okay. You couldn't swear.


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[Assistant] This is what Alex Correa in our chat has said. The Jets will grab Lamar and shock everyone. Rogers to the Ravens.


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[Assistant] I think Broncos are beefing up their offensive line, although I should not have been surprised because you've been talking about that for a month and a half now that that's one of the first things that Sean Payton would do. I think Jaret Stidham.


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[Assistant] Going, uh, to the Broncos. Broncos active today. Broncos make some moves. Definitely, definitely. And put it out there that they're willing to trade these receivers, right? So that, that is, that is big move. Uh, salmonjets718 says, are those paid actors in the back? So behind us? Nope. No one's here right now.


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[Assistant] I gotta say, everything is, usually, usually is. We are done. Let's stay after it. I want to say one more thing though, because while we're all talking all this football stuff, I'm a baseball guy too. I want you to remember that. We're starting our baseball


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[Assistant] Go to NBCsportsedge.com slash draft guide. Use Pennant 25. You can save 25% at checkout. So baseball season's coming up. Free agency season in the NFL. Yes. Good time to be alive.


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[Assistant] Well, you know what it is? I think it's because I'm like a little, it's, I think I slicked it a little extra today cause like I was, I'm here, right? So it was like a little, it's a little extra wet than normal. It has a little time to like dry off usually by the time I drive to the office and do all of that.


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[Assistant] And then, yeah, I don't know. It's not as short as it actually looks on this screen, but.


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[Assistant] That used to be a thing for me. Like, no question about it, Mike. When I was like...


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[Assistant] Early high school years, seventh and eighth grade, I was totally the kid that would have maybe lines or the lightning bolt. I did get my number a few times. My mom and dad were cool enough to let me do that. So, uh, yeah, I did, I did sport that for a while.


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[Assistant] No, I know. I just forgot. I know. It's all, we're creatures of routine. I'm old!


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[Assistant] Uh, you are old, but I, you're like me, we're very detailed, I think, in our schedule and...


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[Assistant] Maximizing and efficiency in our day and I, this is throwing me for a loop too. Yeah, I mean, uh, it was awesome though. Let me just say this, going down, seeing Trevor Lawrence, I think that'll be a cool little piece. Uh, it's worth doing that to kick this back and work on a Friday. Uh, I could deal with it for super wild card weekend.


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[Assistant] Good job. Way to go. I'm embarrassed. I don't know what else to say. I really am. I'm hoping I can come back here to these, uh, best bets. We'll see. I only got a few left. I mean, what do we got? Five best bets left?


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[Assistant] We gotta pick the Super Bowl. I mean, one of those gotta be a best bet, right? I mean, we're gonna pick the game when that comes out. So there's six best bets left, I would hope, but we'll see where it goes. I'm embarrassed. I'm embarrassed. That's all I can say.


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[Assistant] Way to go. You're like Tom Brady chasing the next ring. You could do it, man. Way to go. That's right. Let's talk some football. Cause I can't wait to talk about some football. We got giants Vikings on the slate this weekend. I can't wait for that game. Are you coming up this week? Are you going to be in the studio for both shows?


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[Assistant] Yes, great. It's awesome. I feel better now. It's okay working both days of the weekend now that you're here, especially Sunday. I need that. We need that little camaraderie at 4.30 on Sunday. I gotta talk some shit to you. It's gonna be fun. Let's go.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, you're right, it can. I'd never like the weather in these type of games. First off, there's a lot of big play, playmakers in the game, and sometimes the weather, muddy field, takes away from that.


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[Assistant] I do think, you know, I remember in week one this year, I thought the, the Bears played the 49ers and I thought, well, this is probably be good to 49ers. It'll make them run the ball. They can overpower the Bears and do all that.


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[Assistant] But what it did, and what I think would actually handicap really


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[Assistant] The 49ers, if it does rain, it slowed them down. The 49ers are one of the fastest teams in football, if not the fastest.


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[Assistant] So, a slow track is doing them a disservice, I think, more than the Seattle Seahawks. Now, the other flip side of that conversation is the 49ers are bigger up front and better up front on both sides of the ball too, so they should be able to, you know, win the line of scrimmage more times than not. But Mike, I hear what you're saying here. You know, I think this spreads that way.


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[Assistant] But it's like a tricky spread, right? Because the over-under at 42 tells you they're thinking what? It's a 21-10 type of game, 21-13.


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[Assistant] You know, 24-14 somewhere in that range where I could see it being 17-14 late in the fourth quarter and the 49ers having to go drive down to put the game away.


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[Assistant] Here's some of the things that, that I think, you know, why it's nine and a half.


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[Assistant] And this is where, you know, I'll ask you in your opinion too. The Seahawks have to change their offensive approach. After watching those games back from earlier this year, both of their matchups, it's too conservative. It's too get the ball out real quick because they're worried about the offensive line, Mike. It's a real issue for them. They know they can't block the 49ers.


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[Assistant] But within that, okay, throwing five yard routes and letting the 49ers blitz and drop out and just play downhill all the time, it did a disservice to the Seahawks in both games. They gotta change their approach a little bit here and be a little more aggressive. They gotta keep some people in.


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[Assistant] And that's the thing I'm most intrigued by. If they can make a few plays on that side of the ball, I go, Ooh, things might get interesting, but they have not done it at all in two matchups, Mike.


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[Assistant] You know, what do you think? You think that they can come up with a game plan to, you know, maybe hit a few big plays like the Dolphins did or the Raiders did or the Chiefs did against this 49ers team?


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[Assistant] I agree, because they're going to have to watch the game, Mike, I think to what you're saying, watch both games back and go, wait, we can't play this way again. We really have no chance. It was right in the wheelhouse of the 49ers defense.


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[Assistant] You know, and I hope I explained it right, but you know, they made it so simple too, even formation wise. And then with the quick throws, the 49ers just got to play downhill. And then you know how the 49ers stand people up at the line of scrimmage a little bit and they drop out and play these zones, you know, with short routes and getting the ball out of your hands quickly too.


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[Assistant] You know, when they show those blitzes and you think, oh wait, our short route's gonna work, and then they drop out, there's nothing there. So, I don't think they did themselves, you know, justice that way.


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[Assistant] You know, keep that tight end in the back end. Let the three receivers go down the field. You got a seven man protection. Those are some ways that I talked about in my podcast that I think they can, you know, give them some issues. Now, the other side of the ball, Mike.


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[Assistant] I will say this, and, and, you know, I'm getting the feel that you think the Seahawks can keep this close in this football game. The Seahawks defense does not need to change much. You know, I know at first look, people are going to look at and go, well, you know, the stats were pretty good in that football game. Again, the last one on Thursday night when they went up there to Seattle, but the Seattle defense.


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[Assistant] They hung in there. They have the right approach. They understand how to defend some of the Shanahan run game. You know, on third downs, we talked about it the last few weeks. They're very creative with exposing protection, prying coverage in the back end. They got a good secondary. And when you really break that game down, right?


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[Assistant] Let's break, they had, the 49ers really went on like one drive, I would say, the whole football game to score points. Now they had the drive of the third quarter where, uh, Kittle was wide open for the touchdown on the left corner, right? And he caught the ball and he ran down the sideline and cut back. That was a blown coverage, right? So, I mean, I, I don't expect


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[Assistant] And you know, the Seahawks defense, they, they know how to run blitz and create some chaos that way. And they got some guys in the secondary that can be dangerous. If they can get them into second and long and third and long, the Seahawks I do think can make some plays and make some things very interesting in this football game on the defensive side, at least.


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[Assistant] That's my score. Okay, I'm, uh, I'm, I'm, I'm on the same, I'm, I'm close to you here. I'm gonna go 2420.


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[Assistant] I, I, I can, I kind of feel like this game will be close, Mike. I think it'll be kind of like 17-13. I can kind of see the 49ers scoring a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, go up 24-13. Seattle drives down one more time, kind of like they did in this last matchup score, make it 24-20.


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[Assistant] I'm with you in that one and five comment there. You know, it is, it's, I don't, if the game is played clean on both sides of the ball, the 49ers will win.


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[Assistant] If the Seahawks can get a strip sack fumble or a Tariq Woollen interception.


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[Assistant] And maybe, you know, one or two bombs down the field to lock it or Metcalf, this thing could get interesting. And I do think the 49ers and Brock Purdy could feel the pressure if it gets close and late in the fourth quarter. And that's where, uh, we'll all be tuned in and interested to see how it goes.


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[Assistant] That's a great question. I, I don't get that either. Well, I, I do, I do get it. The chargers have become the media.


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[Assistant] Fan like darling, the team that could upset everything and make a run.


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[Assistant] So I think that's where it comes from. And then Herbert's definitely one of the five best quarterbacks in football. I think that makes people jump on the bandwagon there.


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[Assistant] You know, they do have some big names, right? So I'm guessing that's where the logic and the money is on the chargers. And in totality.


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[Assistant] Okay, maybe the Chargers are better in totality. Maybe they're set up to make a deeper run in the playoffs. That doesn't mean they're set up to win this football game. This is a matchup league like we talked about. I think this is a very tough matchup for the Los Angeles Chargers. I do, you know.


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[Assistant] Here's my first thing I'll say, Mike, just right off the bat, like strengths and weaknesses, right? The, the, you know, we know the weakness of the Chargers, one of their biggest weaknesses is run defense, right? Well, the Jaguars can run, right? You know, what's the one of the weaknesses of the Jaguars? It's their run defenses too, but the Chargers can't run.


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[Assistant] Right? So there's some things here that line up to go, ooh, that's advantage Jaguars to where I think make this very interesting. And my big point, Mike, when I really broke this game down a little in my podcast is, you know, one thing that jumps out to me about the Chargers is they, if you're just a great passing team, right?


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[Assistant] And you throw it, they're, they're great in those, those instances. Like we saw against the Miami Dolphins when they knew, oh wait, there's not a run game we have to worry about. I can just devise a pass defense and do that. That's great. If you're just a great running team, they're great at that too.


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[Assistant] They'll, they'll, they'll go all in on that and you know, find a way to defend the run and usually some of those great running teams are very simple with their pass concepts and then they figure out how to cover that as well off of it. But.


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[Assistant] The history shows this year when you have balance, the Chargers defense struggles and almost every loss they've had.


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[Assistant] You know, other than the Chiefs in Week 2, which were not a balanced offense at that time, the Jaguars that you talked about balanced, dominated them in a football game, the Seahawks, right?


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[Assistant] They're balanced and at that time of the year with Kenneth Walker and stuff, they were throwing bombs, running for 70 yard touchdowns, doing it all.


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[Assistant] The 49ers, pretty good balance there, right? The Chiefs, the second time, the Chiefs did have balance. That's when Pacheco ran for over 100 yards and they started to dabble in, we're gonna be smashing out football. And of course the Raiders. And I think the Jaguars posed some of those problems for this Chargers defense.


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[Assistant] You know, what, what, what you, what do you think about that, that matchup there, the Jags offense versus that Chargers day?


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[Assistant] I think that I think that's probably why the line is, you know, two and a half to the Chargers, the stigma around the Jaguars. I think what you said about Trevor Lawrence, that's real. And I think Trevor Lawrence is kind of on the fringe.


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, of the top five quarterback, I think he's kind of gotten there at least close, you know, just it's off the top of my head. I mean, I think he is maybe six, seven in football right now.


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[Assistant] And I do just talking to him yesterday. He's very aware of the upper echelons of quarterbacks and football and where they are. And he wants to be there.


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[Assistant] He, he was pretty clear in stating that to me. So, yeaah, it's a big game for him. I'm excited to see both of these guys go at it. And, you know, the, I, I guess one of the things I look at to be the determining factor, especially with the Mike Williams injury, if that's real,


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[Assistant] Uh, because you said right about the Jaguars. The Jaguars got good system on both sides of the ball and they got playmakers on both sides of the ball. So they can kind of beat you both ways where, like we saw in the Titans game, well, we just need somebody to get a sack and a strip and somebody pick it up and make a play. And they can do that to your point.


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[Assistant] We've seen that kind of throughout the year in some big moments, but if the, if the Chargers can run the ball a little bit, then I start to go, ooh, uh-oh.


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[Assistant] Wait, this could, this could end up being high scoring and we'll see where it goes. But I don't expect that. And I do think this Jaguars pass rush is pretty good.


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[Assistant] Tyson Campbell is one of the best corners in football that no one knows about. I think he can match up with a guy like Mike Williams if healthy or Keenan Allen and really give them some issues there.


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[Assistant] Uh, so, hey Mike, all in all, I'm gonna make my pick here. I'm going Jags, alright? I'm going Jags 30-23. I think it is a close game. I think the Jags score like a late touchdown to win the football game, but I like them. I think they match up really well with the Chargers.


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[Assistant] I don't see it either. I don't. You know, I mean, they're gonna have to play a game of running the football, screens, reverses, control the clock, hope that their defense can make a few plays and maybe Josh Allen will do something stupid to


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[Assistant] Keep it close, I think. You know, to be in a one score game in the fourth quarter, I think all those things will have to happen.


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[Assistant] Right? But man, this is, this is an uphill battle. Going up there, playing in those elements. We know that stadium's gonna be crazy. It's the first time in a few weeks that the Bills are gonna have a normal, proper week where they can prepare for a football game.


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[Assistant] Right? The Dolphins have a propensity to be too aggressive on the defensive side of the ball, which, you know, I don't know why they go a little too aggressive at times. So yeah, I don't really see a path.


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[Assistant] Unless it's just some absolute dumb Josh Allen stuff and then Mike McDaniel can have a few trick plays that he can dial up that screw over the Bills defense. But I, yeah, all in all, I think this is a tough, a tough one. And off of that, you know, I, I,


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[Assistant] They, they, the, the RPO game has been lost. You know, ever since the Chargers kind of figured out how to stop the RPO game, that is...


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[Assistant] Slowed down. They're not the same attack. The Chargers crapped all over the RPO game. The Packers kind of crapped all over the RPO game.


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[Assistant] So it's been a big element that made this offense explosive through the first three quarters of the year. That's not really an element of their offense right now. And you know, that stinks for them. I'm just going to pick the game, Mike, and just go. Bill's 31-14. I don't think we need to discuss this a whole lot. I think it's a close 31-14 for a little while, but Bill's eventually just, you know, pull away.


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[Assistant] Well, definitely. I'm definitely going to Giants. I think there's some interesting things about the match up here for us to unpack though. You know, well, where do you want to start on this one? You want to go Vikings over Giants D or do you want to go the, you know, the other way around? What's your, what's, where do you want to go? I want to throw some questions out at you and stuff. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think they gotta be expecting that. It's something I kinda broke down on my Wednesday podcast that jumped out to me when I kinda watched this game back on Tuesday and really studied it. Yeah, that's a big element of the football game. Now, there was a few times where, you know, they ran the read option and I went, ooh, the Vikings are ready for it. We'll see. But to me, you know,


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[Assistant] That aspect of the game was something that I think the Giants dropped the ball. Giants offense versus Vikings defense. I think the one thing the Giants will look back at that game and go, we got pass happy, right? And we've talked about this. The Vikings are so bad at pass defense that even when they play obvious pass defenses, teams are like, we're still going to throw it, but we don't care.


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[Assistant] They're not good at that, you know, we're going to just throw it, but they're not good at run defense either. And one of the things I wrote in my notes is it's like, don't fall in the trap against the Viking.


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[Assistant] Do what you're best at. And to me, Daniel Jones throwing the ball 42 times is not what the Giants really want to do.


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[Assistant] Saquon Barkley ran the ball with success. We saw Daniel, Danny Dimes run the ball with success. Not with the quarterback design runs, but on some scrambles. But I think they got a little two pass happy, especially early on in the football game.


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[Assistant] I do think it's going to be a little bit more run game, boots, quarterback design runs, just play action pass and kind of play within that framework right there instead of maybe in this last game where it was a little too much drop back pass centric, which I don't think necessarily favors the Giants.


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[Assistant] And also I'll say with that, Evan Neil had issues with DeNeil Hunter in that first matchup. That's another reason I'd go, let's run the ball and bootlegs and play actions and do that.


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[Assistant] So that's where I think the Giants could change their approach a little bit and give the, the Vikings defense some issues that, that we talked about, you know, is not very good. And I mean, you really look at it, you go, man, you know, the, the, the Giants offense


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[Assistant] They, they, even though they didn't even play their best, they had their way with the Vikings defense kind of throughout. And then when you take in the Bellinger fumble, you know, on the fringe red zone, Daniel Jones in field goal territory, you know, Patrick Peterson, great interception, but those are mistakes we don't see the Giants usually make.


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[Assistant] You know, a block punt late in the football game. Uh, so there were some crazy things there that, that swayed the momentum to the Vikings, but I didn't necessarily come away from the game going, Ooh, the Vikings played better than the Giants. That's for sure.


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[Assistant] Well, what's interesting is both these teams like playing one-score games. You know, that's what's kind of cool. You know, right? I mean, they're both very comfortable in that. And obviously you guys have had better success, but you know, I think the Giants, that's right in their wheelhouse as well. So that's where it's interesting. And Mike, I was going to ask you, you know, flipping it around with the Vikings offense.


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[Assistant] Uh, they got, they totally fell in the trap of pass happy. And I gotta think they're gonna look at that and just go, wait, as long as we don't run at Leonard Williams and Dexter Lawrence, and I think Leonard Williams is still kind of questionable if I remember correctly here as far as injury status, but as long as they didn't run at those two guys, they had success to run on the football. I mean,


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[Assistant] Dalvin Cook and Madison ripped off some good runs. The Vikings fell in the trap a little bit too of dropping back and throwing the ball and really, you know, Wink Martindale found a lot of cool ways


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[Assistant] Because the Vikings are a team that's, you know, uh, not overly complicated or creative on the offensive side of the ball, but have all the good basics and they can play within that and they execute really great. But Wink Martindale found ways to kind of blitz.


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[Assistant] And also play zone coverages, which the Giants like to play man, but played zones and kind of had people in the right area.


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[Assistant] I do think like the Giants can live with the stat line of the Vikings offense from that first matchup. Like if Justin Jefferson has 12 targets for 133, I think that's a win for the Giants.


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[Assistant] I, I do. Even with Hawkinson at 13 for 109, where I would be worried if it got to like


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[Assistant] Six for 170. Then I'd start to go, oh crap, they made a bunch of big plays all day long and they were down in the red zone and the Giants didn't win. So I'm interested to see that Vikings approach a little bit because dropping back the pass too, Mike, you know this, your interior part of your old line can't protect.


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[Assistant] Right? And Dexter Lawrence and Leonard Williams just pushed people back into Kirk Cousins' face all day long, and that's why I think they gotta run the ball a little bit more in this one.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it is, it is. And, and, and, you know, I think you said some good things there and that's where, you know, run the ball and you don't have to run the ball right up the middle at Dexter Lawrence and Leonard Williams.


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[Assistant] You know, run on the edges between the guard and the tackle, between the tackle and the tight end. The other thing I say to that too, and why I like that, one, you're getting away from those two big f**kers in the middle. I mean, Dexter Lawrence is, he's in the conversation for one of the best D tackles in the sport. Alright, but the two giants middle linebackers, they're not good. I mean, they're trying to hide them.


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[Assistant] I mean, Jalen Smith and the rookie McFadden, they got issues. They let them, they let them off the hook the first time.


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[Assistant] Right? And to me, where if you run on the edges and start getting them to do that, and then do the bootleg and play action stuff off of that, you're gonna put them in a bind and give them some issues there.


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[Assistant] Uh, so that, that's where it'll be interesting to see. And you said about the Justin Jefferson frustration, right? Against the Packers. That's what I was talking about, Mike. They need to move them around a little bit. It was too simple for Wink Martindale to figure out, wait, I can blitz and drop a few guys in this area and we can cover them and I'll be good. And that, that was a little concerning, so.


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[Assistant] Alright, I know you're taking the Vikings, I know I'm taking the Giants, what's the damn score gonna be?


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[Assistant] Alright, good for you. I mean, I'm gonna buck the trend and go the Giants win a one score game against the Vikings who don't lose it. I think the buck stops here. I do. I'm gonna take the Giants 24-21.


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[Assistant] I think it's almost going to be like a role reversal. Giants kick the late field, all this one to win it in Minnesota and just absolutely shatter the hopes and dreams of the Florio family in a great way. And then you can hear, hey, it's not no Daniel Jones. Hey baby.


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[Assistant] I, I, I mean, you know, I would, I would agree. Uh, I, I do think the bangos are certainly, you know,


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[Assistant] In the driver's seat here as far as being the better football team, the team that I favor. You said a lot of good things. I mean, Borough is awesome. I don't know what else to say.


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[Assistant] He's, he's like you said, he's, he's nipping at the heels of Alan and my homes and really in a lot of ways, I'm not so sure if I don't think he's right there with them right now. It's a little different style. It is, uh, it's a little more traditional.


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[Assistant] You know, that offense poses problems for that, that Ravens defense. You know, and even in this game, you saw it. I mean, I think the Bengals played very conservative and there they were up what, 24 to 7 at one point. I mean, it was, it was, that's where Burroughs great too.


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[Assistant] He understands the whole game to go like, wait, you know, last week, that's Anthony Brown. I'm not going to take chances. Ooh, that guy might be open, but wait, the Ravens offense, they're not going to move the ball in our defense consistently. I'll just take the five yards here. He's got a great understanding of that. And then of course, as you've heard me say all year, the Ravens want to play zone defense and it's just,


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[Assistant] It's hard to do that against Joe Burrow. Uh, we've, Joe Burrow is like the best zone quarterback in football within the pocket. He just knows how to get it out quickly, all the right spots, but I do worry about this a little bit.


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[Assistant] You know, Lyle Collins getting hurt. The right tackle of Den-a-Jay had a real problem with J-P-P in the pass rush there.


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[Assistant] You know, now Alex Kappa, he's hurt, not playing this week. That is a little bit of a concern that plays into the Ravens' favor. Cause now, hey, Russian four, it might get home a little bit more. You know, when they play zone and all that.


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[Assistant] I think though the biggest thing I'm gonna go to, Mike, is I think the Bengals are gonna get a good clue on this type of zones the Ravens wanted to play in certain formations and down in distances.


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[Assistant] And I think they're going to be able to dial up a few big plays off of it.


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[Assistant] You know, I think that the Ravens played some tendencies in the drop back pass game to where I looked at plays and I went, ooh, if they call this or if this guy ran this route, like the Ravens would be screwed here. So that's where, uh, I, I find it interesting. And I, you know, I just, Tyler Huntley is a better addition, but


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[Assistant] Raven's offense is not very, very creative, and I think that Bangos defense is damn good. I have a hard time thinking that Ravens can win this one. I'm like you, Mike.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I, I mean, I, I first off agree with you. I think the bangles are a team with a little bit of a chip on their shoulder.


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[Assistant] You know, burrow is scary in the playoffs. The Ravens, as much as I respect them and all that.


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[Assistant] You know, it's just a tough matchup for their offense for me to sit here and think they're going to consistently move it on that bangles defense, especially without Lamar Jackson.


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[Assistant] The Lamar Jackson story itself, I think is a little bit of a distraction for this football team right now and all that as well.


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[Assistant] So, uh, I'm with you. I'm going bangles 30 to 17 in this one. I think it could be kind of close for a while. I could see the bet, you know, the, the, the Ravens maybe having some long drives and eating up some clock and kind of hanging around there, but slowly but surely I think the, the bangles, uh, wear them down, uh, 30 to 17.


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[Assistant] Well, Mike, do you think the, do you think the Bucks can run the ball on the Cowboys, right? Cause that's what they did in that first matchup that earlier this year. You know, I think that's.


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[Assistant] You know, one thing that I, you know, I look at the Cowboys defense, Mike, a little bit, like I said, with the Chargers. They're really good when you're good at just one thing.


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[Assistant] Right? If you're a great passing team, like the Vikings, right?


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[Assistant] They could go, oh wait, we can go all in. You're not that good at the run. So now we can play all these things to stop your passing game and we can slow that down. They're good against those types of teams when, when an offense is elite in one area. Cause then they can go all in on one area and they got some talent and a little creativity on that side of the ball. But when you're balanced.


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[Assistant] That's when they, we see them, they've had issues. So like that's the, do you think this, that's where I'm very like confused about the matchup. This is a confusing one. Do you, do you think that? Like what's your, um, uh, you know, pasta and meatballs say about that?


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[Assistant] You know, I understand that. You're right. They got a little bit of that, you know, momentum, front runner.


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[Assistant] You know, once they jump on you, they feed off of it and they realize, oh wait, we got them in a, you know, in a frenzy and they're panicked and they, they do, they feed off of it. You're right about that. They got some guys that are, you know, can go like we talk about all the time above and beyond the scheme and make plays where you just go.


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[Assistant] That's unbelievable. Wow. You know, that's, that's, you can't coach that right there. They're, they're one of those teams. They definitely are.


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[Assistant] And that's where, you know, I worry about them that way. Uhm, you've heard me say before, I worry about their size on their defensive side of the ball. And like what you were saying with the pack, you look at their losses. It's all about that. It's balanced offenses where they can't go all in on one area.


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[Assistant] You know, and, and again, the Bucks, that might've been their best offensive game of the year. That's what's crazy. And that's where it's weird to kind of figure this out.


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[Assistant] And then the, the Cowboys, you know, let's not forget that they didn't play in the preseason. So that was the first time they stepped on the field and they looked like it and they're better on defense and on offense. And they, they were, you know, then at that point.


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[Assistant] So that's where it's interesting too. And then because of the run game, Mike.


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[Assistant] The Cowboys had a load the box to such an extent. Brady had great success with wide receiver screens out in the edge, right? Cause everybody's in there. So let's throw the wide receiver screen and we'll kind of.


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[Assistant] Play back pass defense. Don't let Brady have one-on-ones with Mike Evans and have Trayvon Diggs guessing and jumping routes and doing all that.


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[Assistant] Play past defense, make, make them, you know, make, let's, let's see it to believe it, that they can run the ball on your team at this point of the year. Cause in a lot of ways, the, the Buccaneers offense has gotten worse in some ways.


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[Assistant] And so I don't know if I can really expect that kind of output in the run game again here, but I'd be careful or be scared if I was the, uh, Cowboys going two wall in to stop that and then leaving some, you know, favorable looks for Brady in the pass game. That could be scary.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's a tough one. And I think, you know, it's tough because of what you're talking about and Brady in these situations, he's always hard to pick against.


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[Assistant] You know, and if they run the ball with some success, it can be really hard for Dallas. Now, what was very apparent in that first game too, was if Tampa had a pass, they can't protect against Dallas. That's, that's for sure. Dallas is any obvious passing situation. They were all over Brady. They couldn't, he couldn't do anything.


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[Assistant] So, that's where I don't know. It's a very weird game that way. And then the Buccaneers, yea, they're healthy on defense. But what's weird about the Bucs is they haven't stopped the run really all that well this year.


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[Assistant] And damn, when Dallas can run the ball, just watch out. Cause that's when they become, you know, really explosive on the offensive side of the ball. I'm going to go with what I saw all year. It's a dangerous matchup, but the Cowboys are a better football team. I'm not going to get scared off by this Tom Brady thing. I'm not. I'm going to go Cowboys 24 20. I think they get the win on Monday night.


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[Assistant] All right. I know it is. It's a tough week to pick them because it's just like, I feel like I like all the ones I picked and feel good about them, but it's just, you know, some of the spreads are a little high. The first one I'm going to go with the Jaguars. I know they're underdogs. I think they're going to win the game straight up. I'm picking the Jags.


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[Assistant] Yup. Alright, I hear you there. That stinks. I wish, uhm, you wouldn't have taken that one. And then I'm going to go with the Cowboys. I am. I think the Cowboys are gonna win the game, and if they win the game, it'll be by more than two and a half points. I'm not gonna get...


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[Assistant] I think they're the better football team. They're going to be motivated this week and I'm not, I'm trying not to fall into the, Oh no, it's Tom Brady trap, right? So I'm going to go there. I it's a Cowboys favorite by two and a half. I'm going with them.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it is this cool story. It really is. And yeah, they're all, you know, kind of exciting. And you talk about the, the dolphins and the Jaguars, they got a chance to be, you know, exciting for a long time here into the future and be a fun team to watch both of them.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that would be one of the biggest let downs I think for all of us. I mean, we all want to see the Bills in the next round because of Josh Allen. You know, they're fun to watch. And of course the Demar Hamlin story there off of it. So that would be crushing. It really would. Uh, but yeah, I'm with you. I'm at Folsom County Blues. I'm going Buffalo over, over Miami.


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[Assistant] Thank you. You're welcome. I'll see you tomorrow. It's going to be fun watching the games together on Saturday and Sunday.


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[Assistant] Oh damn, eagle, eagle, eagle, eagle, eagle, eagle, eagle, chief eagle, chief eagle, eagle, eagle, eagle. Especially when you look at position to position.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I think guys were probably the most pumped up I'd seen them going into a football game. A lot of trash talk coming from a lot of different places, I think.


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[Assistant] No one picked us to win. If so, it was like 5% of people. And we think we've built up enough, enough respect to have a chance to go out and win every game. So whenever you feel like you're the underdog, when you're playing at Arrowhead Stadium, it gets guys ready to go.


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[Assistant] Let's do it together. You ready? You ready? What? Mike, if you're not listening, if you're not watching, Mike is wearing his Vikings jersey, right? After the big victory.


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[Assistant] Maybe, uh, where it was another time that we're not thinking about. But damn, I can't wait for the Vikings to lose. I'm already sick of talking about them. I can't wait till they go on this losing street starting this week. It'd be fun. Keep waiting. Keep waiting. Keep waiting. Ass.


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[Assistant] It is. It's rough. I mean, it really is. I don't know what else to say. But like, you know, so I'm going back and looking at some of them like, okay, yeah, I took the bills. All right. I lost that one.


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[Assistant] You know, I took the bucks to win, but what? Alright, so that was okay. The Bears, I had them covering the spread, but you know, a bad call and a pick six and all of a sudden they lose by one. I had them winning 31-24. It's about where the game was. I'm not mad at it.


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[Assistant] Chief's Jaguars? I mean the Jaguars had a million chances to stay within the 9.5 spread.


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[Assistant] Alright, so the Giants Texans, they covered the spread.


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[Assistant] I mean, damn, they didn't, the Texans fumbled on what? The 18 yard line going in. He threw an interception in the end zone.


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[Assistant] So like some of these, I just go, I don't know. I don't feel that bad about it's amazing. That's why I won't gamble to a degree.


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[Assistant] Titans, I had them, 1916, they win by seven. It just, so yeaah, I took the Raiders to win. I don't know, it's one of those weeks I look back and I go, I actually don't feel that bad about some of the picks I made. But damn, I can't get the spread right.


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[Assistant] Last year we both did that, didn't we not? I thought we both went over it last year versus the spread. I mean, you beat me, but I believe we were above that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's only two games. That one I can still catch. And honestly, you know, even in the like, I mean, I'm not going to do anything versus spread because I don't trust myself straight up. I'm not giving up yet. We still got a lot of football left.


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[Assistant] Well, how? I think there's some things about their, the way they play. Well, first off, this is the thing. I mean, you kind of just alluded to it a little. The Titans are not going to blow anybody out, really. That's just, it's not going to happen.


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[Assistant] That's not the way they're built. They're, they're, they play it close to the best. They do whatever they just got to do to win that game.


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[Assistant] And, you know, still without a lack of a real legitimate pass weapon on the offensive side of the ball, you know, they're not capable of winning games by 17 or 20 points. You know, every game is going to be somewhat of a slugfest with their style of football, right? And I think the, the, the thing that maybe


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[Assistant] The lack of a pass game by the Titans, and it's a good Green Bay defense, we know that. And then also, maybe the short, quick passing game. The Titans don't play a ton of man-to-man coverage.


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[Assistant] So, you know, Rogers might be able to, you know, five yards here for your, the dink and dunk could work tonight. I could see that being the logical reason for Vegas making the Packers favored by three, but I'm picking the Titans to win. I I've gone back and forth. I'm not going to bet on this. I'm not going to make it best bet.


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[Assistant] To me, this is Tennessee Titan football. The Packers are not very good at stopping the run, and I know Ben Jones is hurt at center for the Titans tonight, so that hurts.


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[Assistant] They're gonna be able to run the ball on them, and if they're not gonna be able to run the ball on them, the Packers are gonna have to put so many resources into stopping it that I do think


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[Assistant] You'll see a receiver have a pretty good night or Austin Hooper or somebody do something that way. And then, you know, on the other side of the ball, nobody runs in the Titans. Mike, you've heard me say also the past defense, the last few weeks has been the best in football.


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[Assistant] And I think they'll be able to do right game plan specific things to take away some of the quick passes from Rogers. They don't play man to man. So they're not going to let Christian Watson just run go routes like Dallas did last week. And I think that will actually hurt the Packers. And that's why I'm going to go with the Titans in this one.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he's in that class for sure. This is another game that's, I mean, these teams are very similar in a lot of ways. Not very good on defense, and, you know, both teams let up a lot of rushing yards, and then they on offense want to play, you know, through the rushing attack.


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[Assistant] And, you know, there's a lot of things that make me think, oh man, you know, the Falcons and they're at home and I love Arthur Smith and, you know, Dean Pease, even though they're not incredibly talented on defense, they, they usually have a, the right game plan and things like that. But in an even match game like this,


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[Assistant] And where it's one where I go, man, it's, it's, I don't know where to go. I'm just going to go with the guy, the team that has the best player on the field.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I worry about the Falcons being pissed off, extra days, like the way they played. So that's another element that scares me that, you know, again, I'm picking the Bears to win by three, but yeah, definitely not one I'm sitting here feeling real comfortable about.


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[Assistant] Contender. They are one of those teams that I look at that have shown us the elite level of play where I go, oh man, when they're playing their best, they look really good. And we're starting to see those slip ups and those bad moments of play slowly dissipate and disappear altogether here.


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[Assistant] Uh, I mean, I like what the Ravens are doing. One, the Panthers, hey, we've seen that they can run the ball a little bit. I don't think they're going to run against the Panthers. I mean, the Baltimore Ravens, I don't see that.


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[Assistant] So that's, that's like one part that, you know, is not good for the Panthers, let alone we know their passing attack's not very good, right? So there's some issues there.


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[Assistant] All right. And then, yeah, I mean, in Mark Andrews, it doesn't sound like he's going to play, but man, smaller Panthers defensive front against that Ravens, huge offensive line and what they do. I think the Ravens dominate this game. I'm going Ravens 28 13.


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[Assistant] What do you think is good for the Browns? Just, you know, out of curiosity, right? Like, what is it, like, do you think they'd be better off pining some snow and Buffalo and the run game working?


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[Assistant] I do too. I just think we're going to see a Bills team that's refocused here, right? I do. Again, it's a Browns defense.


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[Assistant] You know, I just, I don't think a whole lot of there's miles Garrett. There's not a lot much else after to talk about that. You know, Denzel Ward's been a little bit all over the place this year.


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[Assistant] So I just look at that and go, yeah, you know, the Bills, they're, they're, they're going to have a successful offensive day. And of course we always talk about lately here, the Bills stopping the run, you know, the Browns, how good they run the football. We know that, but this is one of those games where I don't think the Browns throw the ball well enough.


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[Assistant] To scare the Bills to, you know, play defenses that tilt towards that way. So they're going to be able to really overplay the run in a lot of ways. The Browns, oddly enough, do not have a great play action pass game, uh, which is very weird to me. It's either like power run or they get in the shotgun and have an empty five wide receiver set.


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[Assistant] And I just want to go, I don't understand what the mesh there is. It doesn't make sense to me. I'm taking Bill's 27-17. I think they're going to be a pissed off football team. Josh Allen will be focused and they get back on the winning track.


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[Assistant] And I was gonna say like, you know, you gave me like a little thing today on the show of how you were talking about the trap with the commanders and listen, there's a lot of, you know, I understand what you're thinking there.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and, and I, I don't know if you're wrong. I, I'm gonna play the angle more though that, you know, last week, what they're, way they're playing,


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[Assistant] Here as of the last three to four games, you know, like we've discussed outplayed Minnesota and, and, and, and lost that game.


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[Assistant] I think it's going to be a jump off. I don't think it's going to be a fall in the trap of, oh, we think we're better. I think it's going to be more of like, Hey, we can beat anybody. So let's start planning our potential all the way. The Texans, we know it's all about the run game. And as we saw the other night.


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[Assistant] That defensive front for Washington is, it's special. It's very special. It allows them to stop the run without always having to go all in to stop the run.


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[Assistant] And of course they can rush the passer too. So, uh, the Texans who always do a good job of hanging around, you know, I think with the emergence of the commanders being able to run the ball a little bit, we see they got weapons in the pass game.


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[Assistant] And I'm gonna go commanders 24 15. I think they handle, uh, the Houston Texans in this one and, and when it, you know, pretty convincingly.


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[Assistant] You know, it's the old adage we talk about a lot, right Mike? I mean, their defensive line will not be outclassed by anyone. And then, offensive line, which was a huge issue early in the year.


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[Assistant] Has seemed to have got it together here, and I really think Scott Turner's done a good job of


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[Assistant] You know, calling the right plays to where it keeps a little pressure off them and movement and pre snap movement. And then Brian Robinson is doing a great job of smash mouth running between the tackles. So I'm with you. I'm, I'm, I really kind of like what I see from the commanders and their team. I'm certainly watching for it. That could disrupt things in a big time way in the NFC.


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[Assistant] I'm going to say both. I'm going to say the Colts keep it going, but the Eagles win and get back on the right track. If I can say that. I, I think this is actually


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[Assistant] A tough matchup for the Philadelphia Eagles, right? I mean, and this is why.


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[Assistant] As you've heard me say a million times the last few days, the Colts defense is real. It's, it's, it's definitely not, it's not like a fabrication of a top five defense, or they've gotten lucky and played crappy offenses and stuff. It's not. I mean, they're a team that's been on the field a lot because their offense hasn't been great.


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[Assistant] Gus Bradley, that Seattle scheme. I mean, he's got a role in that way. It's hard to make big plays against them. They can stop the run. I'm a little worried about DeForest Buckner's health. I know he was not out of practice yesterday. He'd probably be the like,


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[Assistant] Man, if he can't play, it would probably change my opinion of the game a little bit. Where I might give the Eagles another touchdown, honestly.


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[Assistant] So that's something to watch out for there, but I think their defense will keep it in it. And then it's hard not to watch that game last week and think Jeff Saturday did not have some effect on the offensive line. Mike, you heard me talk about it. One is the best game they played. They fired off the ball, right? He simplified the run game. They, they ran like three plays that they were good at. They weren't going to mess it up no matter how the Raiders lined up.


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[Assistant] And I think he'll continue that. It was more of a quick passing game. There was a more of an infusion of some RPOs to protect the offensive line from having to hold down the Fort so long. Uh, the Philadelphia Eagles are still a better football team, but I'm going to go to the Eagles 24-20. I think the Colts hang around a little bit.


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[Assistant] It's a really interesting football game. And, you know.


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[Assistant] Watching back the first game and looking, you know, again, Zach Wilson, they're horrible mistakes.


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[Assistant] Interceptions two and three, especially the first one I can live with. I mean, you're going to make mistakes. He was fading away off his back foot. He missed a target interception, but the other two were outside the pocket by time and let me just fit a ball into a window or a hole that does not exist.


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[Assistant] And it was, it was stupid. It was full Tropic Thunder as they say. Alright, uhm, so, but, but here's the other thing about this.


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[Assistant] The Jets are more talented than the Patriots. And... I think the Jets have a...


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[Assistant] And again, you know, we forget that game. It wasn't easy for the Patriots on the offensive side of the ball. And Mack Jones had a shamrock up his ass and threw the dumbest pick six ever and just got lucky that they hit him a little late.


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[Assistant] And that game was gonna be big trouble for New England.


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[Assistant] I'm going with the Jets. I think this is a different Jets football team. I think they're sick of hearing about the Patriots being their daddy. And I think they finally got the team to go up there, answer the bell a little bit.


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[Assistant] You know, get sick of all this shit and, and, and put this to bed a little. I'm going Jets 20-17 on the road to New England.


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[Assistant] We've seen that with dynasties, right? You know, the Patriots really, they've got the benefit of that too. Nobody in the AFCs could compete at all for 20 years. So, where they're finally in a year here, or the last two years, where somebody has come up and risen to the occasion here, but yea, you're right, and this does have that vibe, Mike.


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[Assistant] I don't think the Rams are really capable of turning things around. The Saints, you know, again, I don't think they're gonna turn it around. I've given it up on that too. But there's some aspects in some games that I think they're gonna match up well with teams. And I think this is one of them. I do. I'm gonna take the Saints and win this one.


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[Assistant] With a team that was having an issue throwing the ball as is before and can't run the ball?


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[Assistant] I don't see how it turns around this week, even though again, the Saints defense has not been what I expected, certainly.


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[Assistant] I don't think this is the week a team, I don't think this is the week the ramps turnin' around. I just don't see how they do it.


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[Assistant] I do think it's one of these, it's a little bit like the 49ers in a little bit when you talk about the Rams matching up with the Saints and the fact of that the size of the Saints


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[Assistant] I think it's just gonna be a little too much to worry about, or a little too much for the Rams on the defensive side, especially the line of scrimmage.


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[Assistant] That's where I worry about it. Now the only thing I'm worried about here is the Saints have some injuries on the offensive line. Not like bad ones, but ones where...


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[Assistant] You know, guys are banged up and mispracticed a little yesterday. I think they're gonna play for the most part, but I'm a little nervous about that. That would, you know, if they end up missing three starters, I'd probably go Rams 20 to 17. But as it stands right now, and I'm expecting them to play,


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[Assistant] I'm gonna take the Saints to win a ugly physical game 20-17 at home.


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[Assistant] That's what I mean. Yes, that's what I look at. And then you go, there's no running attack and this is still a...


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[Assistant] Pretty good defensive line by the Saints. And again, I think as much as the Rams, the defense, I like it and the scheme and all that. This is one that...


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[Assistant] You know, I don't know if the scheme helps you as much because it's just gonna be about physical size and toughness in the, in the trenches there. And I think that's where they're gonna be in a little bit of a tough spot.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I, I understand the spread in this one. I do. I mean, again, like, we've discussed this a number of weeks. The Giants, I mean, they're, this is where they're, this is their comfy home here. I mean, they're four, five, six points. That's kind of where they live.


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[Assistant] You know, I think it's gonna be one of those games again where we kinda look at it and go close and it's late in the fourth quarter and the Giants just have, you know, a knack for being tougher and making a few plays to pull it out. I kinda look at it the same way.


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[Assistant] You know, the Lions, uh, they're gonna be able to run the ball a little bit on the Giants. I don't think there's any doubt there. The Giants aren't, don't have great cover guys. They don't have one guy that's really a shut down man-to-man corner that way.


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[Assistant] And the Lions, even though, like, I'm not in love with Jared Goff, as you heard me say, he's having one of the better years of his career, and they're the type of team, they are aggressive in the pass game.


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[Assistant] So if you're trying to take away short passes, you know, they're a team that goes, well, we'll throw the 25 yard crosser. We don't care. So that's where I think they can move the ball on the Giants defense. The other side is just that, you know, the Giants are going to move the ball on the Lions too.


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[Assistant] The Giants can run the ball just about on anybody, and the Lions, of course, are not that good in that department. The Lions are not good in any department. I don't think the Giants are the type of team that's gonna really gash anybody in the pass game. Uhm, but, uh, I can kinda, I think this is gonna be kind of a fun, high-scoring game. I'm gonna go Giants 27-24.


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[Assistant] You know, eh, you know, it's, it's, it's, there's first off, the, the first matchup is a little scary.


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[Assistant] You know, this is a team, honestly, that I think gives the Broncos defense problems.


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[Assistant] Plays primarily zone or different kinds of zone coverages for the most part in Denver.


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[Assistant] McDaniels and Derek Cardo, they got a lot of ways to kind of pick apart the zone. And that's what they did the first time around. Run game, efficient passes in the zone coverage, and kind of picked it apart that way.


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[Assistant] So they have a formula there that I think can be effective against this Broncos defense. And I think McDaniels has a pretty good feel for, you know, how EJ Evero and, you know, this scheme that's kind of, uh, you know, into the Vic Fangio type of coaching tree there. He's got a good feel for that.


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[Assistant] And then the other side of it is, yea, the Raiders defense is not very good.


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[Assistant] But, the Broncos aren't good enough to take advantage of it.


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[Assistant] The Broncos are very basic in their pass game because of Russell Wilson. And even with being basic, it doesn't mean anything. He still is playing very bad football.


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[Assistant] It's not good. And then the Broncos, I don't think are good enough for you to just go, well, they'll run the ball on this Raiders front. I don't see that either. I'm going to go with two teams that are, yeah, both struggling, but I'm going to go with


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[Assistant] Just the grit and toughness of Derek Carr, Devonte Adams, and Josh McDaniels.


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[Assistant] Over Nathaniel Hackett and Russell Wilson and the Broncos right now. I'm thinking they're going to gut it out and win 23-20.


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[Assistant] Can I, can I say one thing about that just a little bit? You know, just with the Raiders thing, you know, the Josh McDaniels, I understand it. And listen, it's still debatable whether, yeah, he's a good head coach. I get it. I understand that.


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[Assistant] You know, but at the same time, if they're gonna go in all in on this New England way, they gotta let it go a little bit. You can't just cut the cord now.


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[Assistant] You know, New England, what's the beauty of it? The system they built with tying the coaches and the front office together and their ability to find people in the draft and valued free agents, that's what they did.


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[Assistant] And then he took over a culture where it was Renegadeville. John Gruden doesn't have rules, right? If you're good, he's just like, ah, show up at any time you want. You can come to meetings late, you'd balled out on Sunday. And you know, that's not the way that's where the disconnect is.


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[Assistant] And McDaniels is coming in and being like, wait, I coach Randy Moss and Gronk and Tom Brady and they don't do whatever the f*** they want. They do what we tell them to do. Let me just say this real quick.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm leaning against you, okay? Whatever way you're leaning on this one, I'm leaning the other way. I'm all about Jared.


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[Assistant] And I want me some glory hole, okay? That's what I want, I want. How about them cowboys? That's what I'm going. Alright? Alright, so, I know I made you blush there on that one, I like it. I'm not blushing, no I'm not blushing.


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[Assistant] I am gonna pick the Cowboys here. I am. And again, I'm scared a little bit from what we saw last week.


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[Assistant] Our guy on an island against a guy that runs 4-2 and expect him to cover, cover him everywhere.


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[Assistant] So let's come up with some creative, you know, stop the run, three deep zones and things like that to help out a little bit.


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[Assistant] I think that's the approach we'll see, let alone, I don't think they have to put all their eggs into stopping the run game basket against Minnesota.


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[Assistant] Uh, and then the other aspect is, you know, your D is good, but I don't love it. You know that. I think this is going to be a close football game, a lot of fun. But Dallas, I think they are a good running football team. That's official. Dak Prescott did not play well last week. I think he bounces back. I'm going to go Cowboys 24-20.


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[Assistant] Up and down the field, Devon Singletary just gets tackled like a normal tackle, fumbles the ball. I know, it is. I don't know. We'll see if they can keep it going. It is amazing right now.


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[Assistant] I'm scared. I mean, the Steelers are one of these teams that between you and just the way they play and the occasional...


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[Assistant] You know, out of nowhere, victory and stuff where I, every week I panic when I get to the Steelers game.


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[Assistant] You know, and I'm always panicked too, just because like you do have a, you know, other than a few games early this year for the last three, four years, you got a great feel for them. I'm going Cincinnati here. I can't pick Pittsburgh again. Now they're offense in the run game. It's something there a little bit.


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[Assistant] It is. And on the pass game, it's still very conservative. It's short passes.


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[Assistant] I don't think that's gonna get it done against Cincinnati, which you know and I think we all know. It's a good defense what they got there. Now, I am worried about Cincinnati and their offense versus Steelers defense. Steelers defense is still a juggernaut. They still create plays, right? We saw them last week play pretty good run defense.


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[Assistant] I just think the Bengals just got a few too many players and they're still a team that went to the Super Bowl and got a toughness and a belief about them, uh, and I don't


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[Assistant] You know, I, I just don't think the Steelers defense is quite dominant enough in this year to stop Joe Burrow and the cast of weapons he's at. So I'm going to go Bangos 23-20.


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[Assistant] It's the worst thing that could have happened to the chargers, you know?


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[Assistant] Got it. Do some different things to my homes and company on the defensive side of the ball. Still didn't matter. Lost the game and now they get to play a bunch of weeks later and have a game plan for how you attack them the first time and made things a little tough on them.


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[Assistant] So, but you didn't get that win and now they can add to that win. Really? That's how I look at it. And you said it today. I think the Chief's got something going right now. I do.


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[Assistant] You know, one, they are a physical group on the defensive side of the ball. They're playing a team that don't have to worry about a run game. When they usually play teams where they go, Oh wait, it's throw every time or run every time they play good defense. This, this would classify as that.


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[Assistant] You know, the, the, the health of the wide receivers for the chargers, you know, still an issue.


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[Assistant] So I worry about that. And then, the Chargers defense, even though I was impressed with their physicality last week and all of that, I was, there's just, there's too much to defend with the Chiefs right now.


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[Assistant] Mahomes is phenomenal. He's the MVP of football right now, if you vote. And then Pacheco?


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[Assistant] Has given them a toughness where you can't just like say, oh, we don't have to worry about the run pie and the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] They, they are going to run the ball a little bit in every game now. It's a real thing. You gotta worry about it. And he's a sledgehammer. So he runs up the middle for five yards, Mike, but he moves people and they get an eight or 10 yard gain.


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[Assistant] And, and then I just look at that and go, then they got the sweeps and the screens and everything else to go along with it. I like the Chiefs, 30 to 20 in this one.


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[Assistant] You know, I think Arizona poses some problems for the 49ers. And you heard me say this today too. You know, Vance Joseph has shown the ability


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[Assistant] To manage the Shanahan pre-stat movement, the tricks, to fake the guy this way, wait, we're running that way. He's, he is creative and he's an outside the box thinker, Vance Joseph, which, you know, matches Shanahan, who's that guy too.


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[Assistant] Cause Vance is one of those guys that will like, he'll realize it and go, I'm gonna change it up cause he thinks I'm gonna play this and he got me a few times the last time. We're gonna play a different style today. And that's where I give them a chance and then their ability to kind of spread the field and spread that zone coverage of the car, uh, the 49ers out a little bit.


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[Assistant] I think gives them some issues. And they're a short, quick passing team. And spread the field run team. I'm gonna go, uh, 49ers 21-17.


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[Assistant] I don't really even care. I only would change if McSorley plays. If Colt McCoy plays, it doesn't even really change my opinion, honestly.


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[Assistant] Well, I'm going to go with the Ravens, right? The Ravens, I know they're getting 13 points, but I'm going to ride it. I am. Yeah. I just think.


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[Assistant] They're giving 13 points. I still like it. Uh, it's one there where, yeah, I just don't see how the Panthers moved the ball a whole lot. I think the Ravens have some certainly like size issue or size advantages over the Carolina Panthers defense. Uh, I like the Ravens to cover that.


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[Assistant] What else do you got? I'm gonna go with the commanders over the Texans. I am. I just, you know, I look at it and go, wait, the commanders have a little bit of a run game now.


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[Assistant] You know, the Texans are not good at stopping the run. The commanders have weapons that scare you in the pass game. And I think the commander's defense is really, really damn good. Uh, it's a three-point spread by the commanders. I think they cover easy.


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[Assistant] My last one, I'm going to Estadio de Azteca. And I'm going to take the Cardinals.


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[Assistant] To cover the 8 point spread that the 49ers are, are, are, are getting. Or the, I can't speak it. They're gonna cover the 8 point spread. You know what I meant. The only thing I'll say is if it's Trace McSorley, just everybody back out. Don't do what I do here. I'm going as it's McCoy or Murray, but I like them to cover that spread.


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[Assistant] Point at the ref, what you saw in that sequence? Uh, yeaah, uhm.


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[Assistant] I felt like I was on the ball the entire time if you look through the game I lined up there.


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[Assistant] Pretty much every play. So I checked to see if I was good the first time and he was like, I move up a little bit. So when I moved up, I checked to see if I was good and he said I was good. So, um,


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah, what's up? All my coffee is drank already. Drank? I guess it is drank. It doesn't sound like drunk. I drunk it. I don't know, but we're English lesson to start off the Monday podcast. And that was last week when we had a moth fly into my coffee. I drank all my coffee. There's no moths around.


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[Assistant] You can't stop me? What? Yeah. No way. I'm addicted to my coffee. I mean, I'm like, my day does not really start until coffee goes into my, my stomach. What would have to go into your coffee for you not to drink it? Oh yeah, it'd have to be pretty gross. I don't know. I mean, not that gross. I can get away with, I guess, a bug, obviously. A bug?


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[Assistant] Yeah, that would be like, uh, that might be actually enough to get it done. Humans are gross, last time I checked. A human finger grosser than a moth. Especially, if it was a woman finger, I don't know, for some reason I feel like I'd be okay with it. But a man finger changes the dynamic, totally. Like, totally. I mean, women are like,


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[Assistant] He itches his butt. I mean, it's just not, it's not good. Do men always wash in the bathroom? No. Right. You know, I've been in men's bathrooms. No. Not all the time. No, they don't. Sometimes it's just a courtesy water, you know, rinse. Oh, it's so many bullshit washers around here. There's so many bullshit washers. Like, you heard the word, the water going, right? And I'm like, you didn't do anything. You didn't. I want to call people out.


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[Assistant] I want to call them out or the person that walks out and thinks they got out Scott free, like, and nobody noticed they didn't wash their hand yet. I won't be shaking your hand later.


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[Assistant] And if I see you shaking somebody's hand, I'm going to tell them, don't shake his hand, he doesn't wash them. And if you put your finger in my coffee, I ain't drinking it. Yep, that's it. Alright baby, here we go. That was a good, we gotta have a little fodder to start the pod. I know, exactly. I can't just get right down to business, week four NFL craziness. Yep.


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[Assistant] It is. Well, you know, we've talked about this a lot. The NFL is set up right now for the quarterbacks to be able to bring you back, you know, late in the fourth quarter when you're down.


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[Assistant] 17, 20 points down, it seems like nothing this day and age. And, you know, again, I just think we're, I'll say the same thing I said last week. I don't think you're, you're, you're, this is about the time where I'd go teams are probably starting to figure out exactly what they are. And I think we'll start to see more consistent football from here on out. I'd be surprised.


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[Assistant] Just not as sloppy, I mean, what I mean by that. You know, I think there's that aspect.


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[Assistant] Uh, I think you'll start to see the cream, you know, separate from, from the rest of the crew here. Yeah. And, uh, I, I'm hoping, I am, but, but either way, yeah, we're still in the part of the season where desperation,


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[Assistant] You know, we're backs against the wall. We'll take a few chances. We're not playing our best football. We're still, we're banged up early season injuries and all that. And man, it's hard to pick the game straight up, let alone like pick them with a spread. Holy cow. A lot of people having trouble with that, not just you Chris. I don't know how you couldn't. I don't feel bad. It's, I don't, I looked at it last night and I was like,


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[Assistant] And I was just like, I looked at the games and go, alright, I mean, I don't know, I picked the Saints to win by a field goal, the Vikings won by a field goal. You know, 6 for 9.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that, that, you know, I picked the, I picked the, the Browns to win a close one against the Falcons. It went the other way. It's just some of them, you gotta, you know, you gotta, I picked the Steelers to win a close one. They lost a close one. It's just, it's hard right now. It really is. But let's talk about it. There's lots of good stuff to talk about.


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[Assistant] Well, I mean, first off, the physical ability is crazy, right? We've never seen anybody as creative as throwing the football as Patrick Mahomes. You know, let alone being able to do that and then of course make every throw being creative as well. Or make the standard throw when it's just, hey, prototypical quarterback play.


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[Assistant] But like, I think you heard me talking last night and we were talking like, it's hard to quantify.


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[Assistant] Even looking at the game, and I like where you're going here, just because I looked up in the second quarter and I was like,


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[Assistant] It really is. It just seems like in every got to have it moment, or got to have it play,


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[Assistant] Hey, that was a cool pie, but nothing was opened, but damn, he just got it done as usual, or made some pie happen. So there's like a mixture of-


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[Assistant] Wait, cool play, yea, we can be surgical, but also like this, like, it's not overly surgical, and then he can just make it happen that it's hard to really, yea, put it into words at times. And I was saying this in the studio last night, like,


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[Assistant] You know, how do you put it into words? How do you do it? Like, it's so hard to explain, like, where...


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[Assistant] Yeaah, his stats don't just fly off the page at you, but yet you're going, there's no doubt who the best player on the field is. So the stats aren't quantifying exactly, you know, his worth to the game or his worth to the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] And yeaah, he was phenomenal last night. He really was. But here's my big thing with them, if they play like that right there, and you know them, like, we've talked about this a lot, they get an early turnover on the opening kickoff return, and I even said, like, right as it happened, I was like, uh oh.


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[Assistant] I literally yelled at it, I go, the Bucks are gonna be down 21-nothing before they blink. Cause this is just, that's the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] It's like we talk about the Golden State Warriors, they hit a few threes and all of a sudden you look up and you go, they're up by 35. The game, they were down by two just a minute ago. They're unreal that way, but the game plan was impressive, the physicality was impressive, and then of course him added onto it is just insane. I don't know, can you describe it? You try to describe it.


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[Assistant] But what is it about the, like the statistics yet we know he's the best player, like see even like, even Allen goes through that too, like yesterday, like Allen's stats don't jump off, you're right, Mahomes is to a greater aspect though of like, the stats don't look good but you're like, he's definitely made the best plays on the field and has been the best player on the field.


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[Assistant] I think that's really what it is, and it's, it's, it's, uh, it's addicting to watch, you know. Again, as much as you know, I love Mahomes and Rodgers and Lamar and those, and Justin Herbert and Burrow. There's just a pizzazz about Mahomes when you watch them where you go, this, this shit is, it's, I'm not even, I'm not even overstating it. It's magical. It really is. And uhm,


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[Assistant] The Chiefs, I'm proud of the Chiefs. I mean, first off, I didn't think they could ever run the ball like that on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. But then, you know, you heard me last week a little bit on the pod on the Wednesday What the F happened pod where I was just like,


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[Assistant] You know, get away from the run game a little bit. Let's throw more screens. They did throw more screens last night. There's no doubt about that. That was part of their game plan. Juju had a big one. Right. Juju, Kelsey, there was a few right there. And it's not, again, I'm not looking for it, we're not looking for screens to be like home run breakers. We just want it


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[Assistant] If they have a steady dose of it where they're getting five and six yards, they're going to start getting the coverages they want and then start the air show again and push the ball down the field. And we saw that a little last night too. I think there was a few plays where the Bucs finally were like, all right, we can't just play umbrella defense here.


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[Assistant] You know, they're running on us or they're throwing this ball short. We got to change it up and then they strike for a, you know, a more aggressive play down the field. But man.


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[Assistant] That right there I think shows you the potential of the Kansas City Chiefs. I know that game fell their way in some ways and the Bucks didn't have their best night, but it just shows you that when the Chiefs are on their game, there's no doubt they're in the class of the best team in football and in that convo.


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[Assistant] And at DSHSV99, that's something I noticed during the game too. I had some NBC people before the game go, you know, who calls the plays? And I said, well, this year, the enemy's been calling the plays. And then we started the game and I went, I think Andy's calling the plays today.


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[Assistant] And then of course we showed another clip of him on NBC and he was covering his mouth. I'm like, damn, Andy's calling the plays.


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[Assistant] Big games, Andy has been known to take over. Maybe he hasn't liked the total rhythm of the offense. Listen, I don't think the plays to our, to our answer here to one of the homies or homettes is that


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[Assistant] I don't think the plays change a whole lot, but you always hear me about great play callers have a feel for the other guy.


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[Assistant] They know how to tie the plays together, right? Hey, we threw a screen, few plays later we faked that screen and hit Marquez Valding up the sideline for a big play, right?


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[Assistant] That's where I think Andy is, I, I, I hope, you know, nothing against Eric Bienneme, but he has a little magic there.