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[Assistant] I, I, yeah, I know, I threw you for a loop there, right? Yeah. Well, one, I don't think, I don't think that Cincinnati, I don't think Buffalo's gonna be able to run on Cincinnati.


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[Assistant] One, be able to play man to man on Buffalo. Two, we already know they have a lot of good zone coverages. They're good in both ways there. Right? So that's, I can see them really posing some problems. I guess the only thing I'm scared about a little is just that


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[Assistant] Hubbard, Hendrickson, banged up, not sure, can they contain Allen and stop him from scrambling and buying too much extra time? Right? You know, I think they're gonna have a plan for him when it comes to quarterback, spy, and all that.


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[Assistant] They're, they're not gonna let him run run, but buying time is also part of the element here, that you can't let him just run around back there and make your guys cover for 20 seconds. Nobody can cover that long. So that's the one area I look at to, can they contain him that way? And,


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[Assistant] Within that, okay, if it does become crazy, like, I think Cincinnati would probably elect the Blitz a little bit to contain them, and then that's where you could be taking chances.


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[Assistant] That would be the only way. I think the Bangos defense is going to pose some real problems for them. I really do. And I don't, again, as you've heard me say all year, there's only one guy that can really separate in Buffalo from man-to-man coverage. And that's Stefan Diggs. Everybody else, they're going to go, well, we feel good to get that match up. We're good with that. And...


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[Assistant] It's, it's not a team that does a lot of crosses and crosses you and picks you that way.


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[Assistant] To where they're, I think they'll feel comfortable about playing man to man in some certain situations. It's just you can't play man to man in his face, blitz, with no safety help. You do that too many times, he's gonna burn you. Uhm, but yeaah, I think the Bengals can really, really give their offense.


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[Assistant] Definitely, I mean they're everywhere, every week, you know, Jesse Bates.


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[Assistant] He's phenomenal. Von Bell. Von Bell's phenomenal. The two corners are really good. You know, the rookie, uh, Taylor Britt. He can fly.


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[Assistant] I mean, he's not perfect. He's a rookie, but he's got big talent. So there's nothing to look at them and scheme talent wise, there's not a weakness on the Bengals defense. And then they're playing a team that, yeah, it's not a good running football team. I'm not ready to go there yet just because they ran successfully against the Chicago Bears, who, like Ahmed, were


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[Assistant] It's funny, like they just didn't believe Buffalo would run it. They have running plays where they're literally he's handing it off and the linebackers are running down the field in coverage because they've been told to slow play the run, right?


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[Assistant] Even on running plays, they're taking two steps back in the passing game.


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[Assistant] A twenty-five, twenty-four game, twenty-six, twenty-four, whatever, you know. You're taking the under. Twenty-seven, twenty-three, whatever you want to say there. I feel like I would take the under. It's always scary with guys like this because it's like, you shut them out the whole game and then...


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[Assistant] You know, they both scored 14 points in the last three minutes of the game and made some unbelievable throws. But yeah, I would feel the under in this one.


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[Assistant] You know, it's something I talked about. I knew they would have a plan for Justin Fields. They're just too well coached in Buffalo to not.


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[Assistant] And, you know, it's, it's one of those things where, you know, again, like, I picked Buffalo to win by like 13 or 14 points and cover the spread, but it, Justin Fields scared me from making it a best bet because you're just like, eh, we've seen a few teams think they got a plan and he's, he's running up the sidelines for 60 yard touchdowns. Uhm, fast linebackers.


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[Assistant] Pass rush doing the right things. Pass rush not going past the quarterback.


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[Assistant] You know, what's the point of rushing up field and getting behind Justin Fields and leaving gaps between the defensive tackle and the defensive end where he can just


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[Assistant] Run full speed and now even if you do get a quarterback spy, it's like, yeah, good luck. You're one on one against one of the best athletes in football. They kind of just mushed the pocket. The demons never really got on the edge to get pushed by.


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[Assistant] They kinda just went, hey, we're gonna stay right here so we can see you, and if you do break, we can break with you on the outside and you can't turn the corner, you'll just have to keep kinda floating backwards and throw the ball out of bounds.


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[Assistant] Some spying of him in certain situations. And then they have two athletic linebackers who, you know, if he did make a straight line B line for something, they could run with him.


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[Assistant] And at least give him some issues there. But I think those were the big things. I don't know, did you see anything else in my notes that I, that I left out, uh, as far as that plan of attack? But you know, I think those are the things that jumped out to me. I think that was good. It should be a good game. That's, we got some good games. Definitely. And with them on defense, right?


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[Assistant] Again, Cincinnati can't run the ball all that well, so I don't expect that to be a huge issue. And you've heard me say, like, you can't...


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[Assistant] They're one of the few teams I look at to go, they might be able to play zones and because of the simplicity of the Bengals offense.


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[Assistant] You know, he might not be able to just go, oh wait, there's a hole in the zone, let me get it out quick. And then it might have to, oh wait, that, that part of the zone's not, what is this coverage? Oh no, the, the pocket's collapsing, right? I can see that being an issue. I don't think they're going to give them a lot of man-to-man shots. If they do, they're going to lose. Cause whoever is on Zantradavius White is going to be open.


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[Assistant] And that, that's the other thing too. Like if the Bills play man to man right now and I'm the quarterback of the other team, I'm going where's 27 and he can't run with our good receivers.


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[Assistant] Uh, and yeah, that would be an issue, but I don't think that's going to be something that they dial up quite often. Tridavious White got to the end of the preview. Well, he's just not 100% yet. I know. Well, he's almost got out scot-free. One more thing. He's not hitting on all cylinders there.


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[Assistant] As it sits right now, it looks like it's gonna be the opposite.


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[Assistant] This is going to be one of my better things all year. It's just my playoff predictions before the season started. And I guess I'm, I need to get on the bet. MGM future bets. That's where I've dropped the ball. I'd be sitting pretty thrown down and listen to myself on the Jacksonville Jaguars and a few of these other ones.


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[Assistant] The defense, they gotta, they gotta adjust and get some bigger people on defense. You've heard me say that a few times this year. They gotta get better, bigger at linebacker. I would move Owusu Koremoa to safety and make him camp chancellor to add to that. That's what I would do.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the Browns are the team that, you know, I guess I would look at there. But I do look at the other two, Falcons and Colts.


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[Assistant] And, and I do see potential. Like I don't look at either one of those teams and go, oh wow, they're really far off.


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[Assistant] I, I don't. And the Falcons obviously need the quarterback. Uhm, but their offense I think can be a pain in the butt. And they just gotta get some more studs on the defensive side of the ball. And Colts have some places, it's just quarterbacks gonna be the issue for them too. Alright, we have laid teams to rest.


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[Assistant] I'm sure we'll have some crucial matchups that we'll have to go into and deep dive just what actually happened in the game, but you're right, it's gonna be look ahead, so the look ahead type of year. Use the past to look into the future.


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[Assistant] Thank God some of these teams are finally gonna die and you're gonna put them to rest. I mean, I'm just sick of all of them. What was Matt Casey saying? Like 10 teams could die next week? You better get writing there, Mark Twain, okay? You gotta get on it.


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[Assistant] He compared Deshaun Watson to Vladimir Putin. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.


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[Assistant] I think you do too. The bangles bills, I don't know where I'm going with that one. The under, just take the under. You're right, I feel good about the under. I think you felt that I was leaning dolphins.


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[Assistant] Over the Patriots. Uhm, Jet Seahawks is a really tough one for me. Who was our other one? Uhm, Steelers Ravens, another tough one that I gotta do more thinking. Panthers Bucks? You're leaning Panthers right now? I am leaning Panthers right now. I am. Don't tell Floria, okay? Cause he'll steal it. Cause he'll steal it. He'll steal it. Yeah, and he'll go.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he doesn't listen to this pod, so don't worry. He doesn't even know what exists. He's selfish. He's a selfish guy. Alright everybody, enjoy the week.


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[Assistant] Thursday night, football, Cowboys, Titans, I don't really know what to expect from that, but enjoy it because I don't know if the Titans are going to play anybody. I don't think the game matters to them. You know, it's all about week 18 and them beating Jacksonville now. There's no other avenue for them to get in.


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[Assistant] You know, it's unlike Jacksonville. Jacksonville can still make it in as a seven seed if they don't win the division. So, we might see a Titans team who just chalks it up tomorrow night. It might not be that exciting, but again, the rest of the weekend is going to be awesome.


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[Assistant] So have fun watching the games. Happy New Year to everybody out there. Have a great time. Enjoy that. Enjoy the college football playoff. Right? Ahmed, good luck to your Michigan Wolverines. Alright? Good luck to your Detroit Lions. Thanks for driving the ship as always. Clap it up.


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[Assistant] Thanks for watching, homies. Hit subscribe to see all my Unbuttoned videos. You get to see me, Ahmed Fareed, all the big player breakdowns, game breakdowns, player interviews, and my film analysis. So please subscribe. Chris Sims, Unbuttoned. Peace out.


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[Assistant] Not many people in that locker room and definitely not many you people, uh.


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[Assistant] Believe we'd be sitting here at eight and eight with control around destiny going into week 18. Pretty special.


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[Assistant] Michigan's good. It's, I'm so excited. Hey, congratulations to you! Hey, thanks a lot! Uh, Aaron, Aaron Judge!


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[Assistant] My San Francisco Giants Timeline is Apple Play. Is that who you wanted to get them? I think it would have been cool. They could use a big name like that. Yea, they could. They definitely can. They had Bumgarner gone, Posey gone.


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[Assistant] Alright, so a lot going on in the world of sports, but a lot going on in the NFL. We have more breaking news. We'll do the noise again. The Buffalo Bills is some news you're probably already familiar with that.


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[Assistant] WTF happened Wednesday. Right. What the F happened.


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[Assistant] Treasure Hunters, this is where we lock Chris in a room, we make him look at film for hours on end, and he comes back, he comes back with new insights about some of these games. So we'll talk about those, we took a closer look at Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, Tua, and that game with the 49ers, Brock Purdy, what you think of him. Some really good stuff.


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[Assistant] We got the big butt of the week awards. We have the first ever sour rankings here. You've heard of power rankings before.


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[Assistant] But what about the fanbases who are feeling sour right now? We got the top 10 for that for the first time. So, uh, a requiem for a team too. We put to rest one more team that I'm very excited to put to rest.


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[Assistant] Everyone knows I hate the Chicago Bears.


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[Assistant] So we'll get to all of that, but we start with our treasure hunters edition with the big play bangles in the Kansas city chief. So you dug deeper into this one. Let's look at the, uh, took a look at the two offenses here. Let's start with the Cincinnati bangles offense first here, Chris, and we'll start with.


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[Assistant] What I like to call two stats and a lie because as you often tell me, stats lie. You can't just take them for what they are. You can't do it. So I've got, I've got three stats here. One of them is a lie. And I want you to tell me which one is a lie.


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[Assistant] In the NFL right now. Justin Fields rate is like 13% of drop backs he has sacked. Daniel Jones is second. Then you got Ross, Carson Wentz, Stafford, Tannehill, Mariota, Mac Jones, Baker, Davis Mills. You got a lot of quarterbacks. A lot of quarterbacks. Until you get to Joe Burrow.


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[Assistant] Alright, so we'll get to Joe Burrow, but let's just start there because you mentioned at the offensive line. Right. They have been better. Noticeably, you took a look at the film, they are noticeably better. Noticeably better.


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[Assistant] Chris Jones only had five tackles in the game, no sacks, no quarterback hits, but if you go over there at Pro Football Focus, they did give him the second highest grade, mainly because of his run defense, I guess.


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[Assistant] So let's go to Joe Burrow now, the quarterback leading the charge here. And it was on Football Night in America. I heard you for the first time, you said.


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[Assistant] That he is officially on the level of Mahomes and Allen.


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[Assistant] Maybe one of the more surprising things is that the Bengals defensively have figured out ways to kind of slow down. And you kind of touched on it right there a little bit. Because I don't think people think about the Cincinnati Bengals like, oh that's a dominant defense. Although you think they're better than people give them credit for.


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[Assistant] Alright, so you noted a few things here. You said early on, it was basically a different coverage in every play. So that would be opposite of what you were seeing from the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] So we have some, some numbers here on Patrick Mahomes targeting his receivers 10 or more yards downfield by half versus the Bengals. Let's take a look at though.


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[Assistant] Uh, his average time to throw in the second half was 2.88, so he was more decisive there. Uh, but also of note, versus the three man rush, Patrick Mahomes in the game, just one for four, six yards, and a sack. So they really only had those couple of long plays in the second half. Although you did like something that you did see from the Chiefs offense, and that running game is becoming a little more real for them.


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[Assistant] One more thing on the Chiefs offense that I thought was interesting that you pointed out here, is that there may be a tell, you know, like pitchers are tipping their pitches sometimes, like, oh, what's going on? Something's different. The underneath the center, right? Yea, what'd you notice about the Chiefs offense in Petros?


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[Assistant] But Denver Broncos, if you are not ready for that next week, now you are. A little free nugget from Chris Simms right there. Chiefs are at the Broncos. Uh, the Chiefs have won 13th straight versus Denver. That secondary though is very good. That pass defense for the Broncos is very good. Could be tough sledding for Patrick Mullings.


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[Assistant] Pete asks a good question in my ear. Samaje P. Ryan over 150 total yards last game. Do you think even with Joe Mixon coming back he's carved himself a bigger role?


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[Assistant] What we should do, I just thought of this, when you were saying that, cause I know how much you like that throw, we should do an end of the year, like top five Chris Sims throws, like your favorite top five throws. Yeah, I would like that. For whatever reason, right? Yeah, that'd be cool. I'd be down for that. The Josh Allen 70 yarder. Yeah. Or it could be a Joe Burrow tight window, sidearm.


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[Assistant] Uh, there's some good tasty nuggets in that first game there. I like that. Thank you. Thank you. It was a good one. Good one to watch and could be the AFC Championship game again. This next game though, I think that was the appetizer for some really juicy stuff. There's some juicy stuff in this next one. So we got the Dolphins and the 49ers. Just talked about two of the best offensive teams in football with the Bengals and the Chiefs. I think Dolphins are in that category too with the big plays that they can make. They didn't make as many in this game.


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[Assistant] Maybe that was expected going against the 49ers who have one of the best defenses in football. Yea, that's what I expected, for sure. So, and the 49ers won this game with a backup quarterback, 33-17, great game for them, we'll get to them, but was this a case where


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[Assistant] San Francisco and Kyle Shanahan, they know Mike McDaniel, they know what he's gonna do, and they're just, they're one move ahead. They're one step ahead. Did they just shut down Mike McDaniel's scheme on offense for the Dolphins?


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[Assistant] So, from talking to you before this, you were like, as you're writing these notes, and as you're watching the film, you're like, oh no. You're like, oh no. I know, I'm always self-conscious, because I don't want to be the hater guy. You don't want to be the hater. I don't.


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[Assistant] Take you off, you know, put you in handcuffs. It's like we can't necessarily show video all the time. Uh, so we have some, some still shots of the all 22. So if you're watching on YouTube or Peacock, you'll see some of these still shots of the Miami Dolphins offense. If you are listening, Chris will do a great job of explaining exactly what he saw here.


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[Assistant] Let's do that. Alright, I'll read it. You read it. And you just do a quick little explanation of Great. What you saw. Great. There's a first, third down. It was third and six. It was an incomplete pass to Trent Sherfield. Uh, Tyreek seems open.


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[Assistant] One and seven. It was a throw to Waddle. It was not a great throw to Waddle. What did you see on this play? First quarter, four minutes to go. One, this is what I see first.


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[Assistant] It was another miss. And then here's another one in the first quarter. Yeah. 50 seconds left about it was a first and 10 and he's looking for waddle again here in the middle of the field.


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[Assistant] That's as big a point you're trying to make here is that, is that they got some guys open. If Tua has this game over again, he might hit all those guys.


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[Assistant] Three minutes, forty-six seconds to go in the second quarter. Second and eight.


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[Assistant] Well, we do have an interception with two minutes to go in the third quarter looking for Tyree.


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[Assistant] Same look as the first one, it's like Tyreke is, what, five, four or five yards, you know, behind. Not behind, he hasn't gotten to the defensive secondary.


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[Assistant] Well maybe all they need to do is just score 33 points with their backup quarterback like they did in this game. Uh, well done Brock Purdy as we take a quick look at the 49ers office just to take a look at what happened here.


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[Assistant] So there are some people that say they, they're like, man, he looked as good as Trey Lance has ever looked out there. It's just, you know, fair, unfair, whatever. Uh, but then there are other people that are like, man, he looked just as good as Jimmy Garale.


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[Assistant] What would be different? What do you anticipate being different for that 49ers offense in Kyle Shanahan?


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[Assistant] Would be a pretty good game to have on Sunday night, 49ers bucks, but we have the Dolphins and Chargers on Sunday night football coming up here in just a couple of days. Maria Taylor is going to sit down with Tua and show them this podcast.


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[Assistant] No, he'll see that part where I tried to fast forward and you denied me. Uhm, so you said at the end of Sunday's postgame that you think that the LA Chargers defense matches up well with Miami. Oh.


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[Assistant] By the way, one note here, nine quarterbacks have been Mr. Irrelevant in the past. Okay. Most recently, Chad Kelly in 2017.


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[Assistant] Is that mean they threw backwards passes? Maybe? Could've. Maybe. Laterals. Yeah. Did some toss pitch handoffs. Could've done that. Dolphins are three point favorites.


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[Assistant] Like that, it's 52 points, says Pete. If they can get guys open like that against the 49ers, probably can do it against any team out there. A 49ers team that has Nick Bosa, which brings us to the Bet MGM Defensive Player of the Year odds here. This is interesting.


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[Assistant] So the favorite right now is Micah Parsons. Yup. He's at minus 500. So overwhelming favorite according to Bet MGM.


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[Assistant] Nick Bosa currently, who had three sacks in this game, uh, right? He had three sacks in the game, ready? Yeah, he had three, you're right. Uh, plus 250. Right. That's interesting. So...


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[Assistant] It's not only about who you think is going to win, but who gives you the best value? If you had one dollar to put on either of those two players right now, Michael Parsons or Nick Bosa, who would you put it on? I'm going with Bosa.


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[Assistant] And got some, uh, some music, some, some background music. Oh, I thought you were gonna say, like, he actually, like, looked at butts onto...


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[Assistant] We always have some say in this. That's true. That's true. If you don't want to hear it again, just tweet at Chris. But if you're a member of 2Anon, we're going to throw out your vote. So we're just going to think you're hating entirely.


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[Assistant] Uh, and I'm going with Chandler Jones for the Raiders, showed up really for the first time.


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[Assistant] Came into the game with half a sack on the season, had three in the first half alone, 11 pressure, seven hurries, and part of a transformation, I think, for this Raiders defense going forward here. Hopefully. Hopefully. For Josh McDaniel.


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[Assistant] So this probably feels good for him, right? It's got to. It's like he gets a sex, he's probably thinking like, Hamid's got to see that, right? He's got to see that. Definitely. Now the pressure's off, you like him, and he's made it. He's got one of the, one of the elephant awards. Defensive tackle, big butt of the week.


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[Assistant] If you did win it for the second time, Christian, congratulations. Right. Now you got one on each butt. On the second win. So there it is. Chandler Jones for the first time. We know that for sure. And possibly Christian Wilkins for the second time. There's your big butt of the week award. Elephant Trophy will be mailed to you very, very soon.


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[Assistant] It could be the trophy in the future. Moving on to a team that's filled with big butts. Holy shit. It's been that way for the past few years. The Philadelphia Eagles took out the Tennessee Titans. And let's start there.


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[Assistant] Because I think that's an interesting place to start. You took a look at this film a little bit deeper and just the physicality of Philadelphia versus the physicality or the size of Tennessee. What'd you see?


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[Assistant] Of course, after the game, the big news was the firing of the GM for the Titans, John


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[Assistant] And people doing that knew that people would see that too, you know, and that's part of it too.


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[Assistant] Yeah, can they do this? Can they win like this in the future? Cause you were like, when it's, you know, push comes to shove in the playoffs. Yeah, it's giving me more and more confidence. Can Jalen Hurts beat a team with his arm?


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[Assistant] And uh, who, who knows, maybe they will not lose in the playoffs and they will get Nick Sirianni on their shoulders and there will be a new statue out there in Philadelphia along with Doug Peterson and Nick Foles.


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[Assistant] So two more games to talk about here and they're going to be quarterbacks that we're going to take a little bit closer look at. Two former backup quarterbacks who are now the starting quarterback for their team. One is a little more temporary maybe than the other. We'll start with the one that may be permanent.


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[Assistant] The Jets offense, uh, had some good moments against the Vikings. Yeaah. They lost 27-22, but we want to take a closer look at Mike White, because we did that last week, his first start last week, and then you were sick.


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[Assistant] You know, I guess that you could argue with that, but uhm, a lot of teams thought he was deserving of a top pick in the NFL draft. And so what are some of the things that maybe Zach Wilson could have done differently in this game? Or are there not many at this point in young Zach Wilson's career?


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[Assistant] There's one thing that Mike White has that Zach Wilson didn't have and that is a better relationship at least seems like on the field with Garrett Wilson. 8 catches, 162 yards, had a 60 yarder in the game. What do you see that's different about that connection?


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[Assistant] Elijah Moore open, not getting the ball, maybe he'll change now. Maybe he'll go back to the Zach Wilson character now. Next up for Mike White, it's a difficult defense to go against, although they've had some injuries, but the Buffalo Bills, in Buffalo, and that is where our breaking news is for the day. I don't even want to do the noise, it's just too sad.


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[Assistant] So Von Miller, Von Miller, we knew he was hurt, knew it was a knee injury, didn't think it was that serious, they had exploratory surgery, Sean McDermott says, so they went in there to look around, and I guess it was worse than they thought, and so he will have season ending, or I guess he already did, ACL surgery. Yeah, once they open him up, I guess they fix it up.


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[Assistant] Uh, not a season ending injury for Lamar here. Uh, they got just enough offense to beat the hapless Denver Broncos. 10-9 was the final score here. Uhm, what you take away from Tyler Huntley is coming before he's been serviceable, which seems like a...


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[Assistant] Not a good thing to say about a quarterback, right? But when you're a backup quarterback, entrusted to keep a team in the playoff hunt. That's exactly what Tyler Huntley did. Let a game winning drive at the end of the game. A closer look on Tyler Huntley. What'd you notice?


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[Assistant] If it had been Lamar. People might have gone, wow, woah. That's why you pay Lamar. That's why you pay him. You're right. For drives just like that. But it's like, oh no, it was Tyler Hunt. They go, oh don't pay him.


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[Assistant] Ravens at Steelers next. Huntley played against them last year, week 18. Had 141 passing yards, had 72 yards on the ground. Couple interceptions, so not a great game from last time, but.


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[Assistant] So that's it. Those are all the nuggets you're gonna get. Boom. Treasure hunters edition is closed. You're rich with football knowledge. So now we're, uh, we're deep into the pod. So this is where we try out new segments, right? Just to, if they don't hit, maybe people didn't hear it. They didn't go that far. And so for the first time ever, we've had a lot of firsts on this pod. The first song ever. That was a hit. This is the first ever sour rankings.


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[Assistant] So, we've heard about power rankings, right? Right. Hopefully this sticks, and then we can find a theme song for this too. Everyone does power rankings, it's like, we think this team is the best, da da da da. No one does sour rankings. So here's the idea of the sour rankings, and we were talking about this with one of the teams specifically a couple weeks ago. These are the teams where the fan bases feel the worst.


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[Assistant] This is like, not the, not the team has the worst record, not necessarily, but just like, if you're a fan of this team, I feel sorry for you because this is, you, you are feeling terrible right now.


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[Assistant] So I got the 10. I ranked, I'll go 10 to 1 here real quick, alright? So number 10 is the Rams. I sit 3 and 9 right now. A total collapse this year. Injuries, but you still have


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[Assistant] So number nine is the Raiders, a playoff team from last season. That's why it stings a little bit, but they're close to moving out here if they get rolling. That's right. They're going to get out of these sour rankings here soon. Number eight, our only team with a winning record, our only team currently in the playoff picture. We have the Jets at seven to five because they're just a generally miserable fan base anyway.


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[Assistant] Number six is the Arizona Cardinals at four and eight right now. The pieces are not fitting together. You're wondering what the future holds. Yeah, I would agree with that. I wonder if the head coach will be there next year. Yep, exactly. You wonder if the quarterback will be there for my number five team.


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[Assistant] The Packers, Packers fans at 5 and 8, they haven't felt this feeling in a long, long time. No. It's like, what is happening? We're not a playoff team, we're not very good, and our quarterback may be done.


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[Assistant] Sure, yea. As a lifelong Lions fan, it's like it's bad, but it's not, it's not as bad when you didn't have those high expectations. Right.


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[Assistant] Top two fan bases had those expectations. Number two, the fans that I feel second worst for, that have the second worst feeling in the NFL right now, the New Orleans Saints. Four and nine, you got a new coach, you're thinking that might not work. Who's our quarterback going to be? Who, I mean, we're, we're, Camara's


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[Assistant] It just feels bad. It's comical. So I think this, it's pretty, I mean like this, I feel good about this.


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[Assistant] They're, they're knocking on the door of number one, but number one is pretty strong. Number one, sourest fan base out there, the Denver Broncos. I mean, you had such high expectations coming into the year. Yeah. New quarterback, franchise quarterback, new coach, Aaron Rodgers loves them. And here you are three and nine.


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[Assistant] Uh, so our first ever Sour Rankings Denver Bronco fan base. I'm sorry. Well done, I like it, I like it. You didn't go chalk, you had some real logic there. Didn't go chalk, there was some logic there. Where'd it go? Uh, congratulations Chicago Bears, you were not in the Sour Rankings, you know, cause you got Justin Fields. You should feel good about that. Feels kinda good. You have at least one p-


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[Assistant] But, I do have bad news for the Bears. You're done. You've been eliminated from the postseason. And we did find this out. Don't say it with such joy. I know. My most hated team. But I do like some of the pieces they have. And I do like watching Justin Fields. How can you not, right? And then, uh, Pete texted me yesterday and he goes, Oh, we forgot to do the Bears and bury them on Monday. Do you want to just wait till next Monday? And I go, no.


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[Assistant] Chicago. Time for a requiem for a team. The Chicago Bears are dead. Cue the music.


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[Assistant] Oh my gosh. He's ready. This is two hours into the pod too, and this is as lively as I've been. Here lie the Chicago Bears.


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[Assistant] It's a team that did not win enough wars on the field, giving up too many scores. But Justin Fields was quite slick.


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[Assistant] No! That's when you know, like Michael Vick, he'd go out there and be like, no one touched him.


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[Assistant] Three rushing touchdowns of 50 or more yards, most by a quarterback, in his career, in the Super Bowl era, most in his career, Pete?


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[Assistant] Okay, I've been saying a little too many. Yeah, and there's sometimes people out there on YouTube will go like, hey, you gotta get these podcasts up a little bit earlier or whatever.


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[Assistant] You know why? You know what my next one is? You going to bangles? I'm going to bangles. Good. Boy, you're so scared you actually pronounced the name right for a change. I am taking the bangles.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah, and the Bengals came through thanks to Jamar Chase and no thanks to the Honey Badger.


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[Assistant] I love Tyron Matthew, it's difficult for me to criticize Tyron Matthew, but the eye in the sky doesn't lie as they say.


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[Assistant] No, it is. Kudos to him for getting paid one last time when maybe he shouldn't have gotten paid.


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[Assistant] I had a couple 12 and 4 weeks and one of them helped me build a huge lead over you because we were...


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[Assistant] Seven disagreements and I went six and one, so that helped. I picked up one game last week, I went eight and six, you went seven and seven. I think for the first time ever I was better against the spread than I was straight up. I threaded a needle.


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[Assistant] Accurately. Best bets, two and one. You were one and two. Last week was one of the rare occasions where we took opposite sides of the same game for our best bet. You took the Saints, I took the Bengals. Thank you, Jamar Chase. Best bets, I am closing in after a horrendous start. I am chipping away.


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[Assistant] I am a half game behind in best bets through six weeks. The other categories


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[Assistant] I'm happy with where I am. Yeah. And now the goal is to just keep it going.


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[Assistant] You're not that young, and we're supposed to be true. I don't control the photo. We're supposed to be true tellers.


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[Assistant] I don't care that I don't care that I look young. I don't, I never liked that photo, but I don't care about shit like that. I don't care as long as I'm alive and breathing and beating you in all categories except best bets. And after this weekend, I will be. That's all I care about at this point in my life. Okay, let's go.


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[Assistant] Alright, I got another more to say about that. If they change the photo, I don't care. Yours isn't exactly flattering either. If I were you, I'd be more concerned about yours. Well, I mean, what does that look on your face? Are you trying to figure out what octogenarian is in that look? I don't get it.


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[Assistant] Or it's like, damn, do I have to do another show with this asshole over here? I think that's my look. Alright, they're all ready. We've already emptied the chamber on profanity for this program. No more for the rest of the Megapix podcast. Let's get to it.


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[Assistant] Thursday Night Football. Saints at the Cardinals. Cardinals two and a half point favorites, even though they are, to use your favorite term, sucky ducky. I don't know what this says about the Saints, that they're two and a half point underdogs against the pathetic Cardinals. 43 and a half over or under. Chris, who do you like?


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[Assistant] I just don't get it with the Cardinals right now. I really don't. I know they've won two games, and I know they still are charter members of the National Football League. We're not gonna relegate them to the CFL, but I just don't believe, and I feel like in this desperation moment, we talked about this earlier today on PFT Live, both teams two and four. You fall to two and five before Halloween, you're pretty much


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[Assistant] And, and, and that's it. Two and five. I know there's 17 games now. You're gonna have to get very hot to overcome a two and five start and get to the postseason. So this is not quite official elimination, but it's pretty damn close to it if you lose this one. And I think the Saints will muster something in this one. Uh, Cardinals having lost eight in a row at home.


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[Assistant] At some point they're gonna win another home game. But I can't imagine the crowd is gonna be all that friendly and favorable. I think at some point we're gonna start seeing the empty seats. If not that, we're gonna see bags on heads eventually for people to go to Cardinals games. And I think it's safe to say that we will not extend


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[Assistant] We spent a lot of time talking about that. Anybody out there that wants to know more? Listen to the PFT Live Podcast. We spent 20 minutes talking about how bad the Cardinals offense is.


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[Assistant] You know, it's funny, once we start talking, and I think this is part of the magic of the relationship, we can muster 40 minutes out of anything. If we can muster 40 minutes out of Saints Cardinals, we can talk about anything for 40 minutes. Although we did spend the first 7 minutes talking about the deep state conspiracy in the US government as part of the Kennedy assassination and


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[Assistant] In PCR6 as part of the disappearing trash can after you pour milk and or water in it the day before. Alright, one o'clock Eastern games for the seventh Sunday of the 2022 season. Browns at used to be Browns. The used to be Browns are six and a half point favorites and you know when I say that it pisses off


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[Assistant] Both sides. Ravens fans don't want to be reminded they used to be the Browns. Browns fans don't want to be reminded the Ravens used to be the Browns. Well guess what? They used to be the Browns. And they get together twice a year. And the Ravens are six and a half point favorites desperate after blowing yet another fourth quarter double digit lead last week.


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[Assistant] And this just is another one of those gotta have it games. John Harbaugh gets his team focused. Lamar Jackson says he's sick of losing. They should be better than three and three. The good news though is


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[Assistant] Every 3-3 team in the NFL right now is very much alive. And I know there are multiple teams that it feels like they're a disappointment. They're a 3-3, like the Packers, the Bucks, the Ravens, the Bengals, the Rams.


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[Assistant] But there are some three and three teams that have to be thinking, hey, here we are, Seahawks, here we are. So the Browns, one game off of being three and three, they're just trying to hold it together until Deshaun Watson comes back and I don't know.


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[Assistant] That they'll be able to get 5 or 6 wins by the time week 13 rolls around. Alright, we agree on that one both straight up and against the spread. You've got the Ravens covering by a half point. Buccaneers 11 point favorites at Carolina over under a 40.5 second straight week.


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[Assistant] That the Panthers have been the biggest underdogs. They failed to cover the spread last week against the Rams. This week they're at home. Second game for Steve Wilkes as interim coach. Robbie Anderson is gone. Christian McCaffrey, trade rumors. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, we've spent plenty of time talking about their issues. Can they


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[Assistant] Pull it together. I said earlier today this is the ultimate spirit is willing but is the flesh weak test because they're going to be focused but physically can they do it against the Panthers and specifically can they cover Chris?


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[Assistant] It was the exact same score of the game last week when the Panthers failed to cover 24-10, the Rams beat them. I'm gonna go a little bit higher. I'm gonna go 34-16. I just think that...


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[Assistant] This is an opportunity for the Bucs to temporarily exercise some demons, or maybe permanently. Who knows? Maybe this finally starts breaking their way. We have seen Tom Brady not giving the full commitment, both in training camp and last week.


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[Assistant] Takes off Friday night and Saturday to go to the owner's wedding. Not anyone named Glazer, but the owner of the team he used to play for. Not even the team he plays for now. Just alarming. And he compares football season to military deployment. He got dragged a little bit for that by people who actually are on military deployment and know there's a fundamental difference.


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[Assistant] He's got 11 games. And this is it. I mean at some point...


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[Assistant] At some point, I think you get tunnel vision and you say, this is it. You set aside the off-field issues. I know that may be easier said than done, given the extent to which his off-field life may be in turmoil. But at some point you say, I'm focused exclusively on landing this plane. This is the last time in my life I'm gonna do it.


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[Assistant] Falcons, surprisingly three and three. I should have mentioned them earlier. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Somehow in the mix at 3-3 after upsetting the 49ers last week and disrupting one of my bet, best bets, keeping me from going 3-0. Thanks for nothing Arthur Smith. They are again underdogs, 6.5 points at Cincinnati, one of the 3-3 teams that needs to get their act together.


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[Assistant] What do you think about this? And also, remember this, the Falcons, the only unbeaten team in the NFL against the spread in 2022.


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[Assistant] I feel like the time has come for the Falcons to lose against the spread. Not that that's relevant to any discussion, analysis, or conversation in the locker room. I just feel like you're flipping the coin. It's coming up heads. It's come up heads too many times in a row. Now it's time. Bengals 28-21. The Bengals are better than what they've shown.


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[Assistant] As the season progresses, do they get to the point where they have a moment that is their breakthrough? Was the Jamar Chase catching run for a touchdown to win the game the moment that things break through? I don't know, but the Falcons should not be underestimated. They're thriving even without Cordell Patterson.


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[Assistant] I'll go 28-21. I'm not real confident about it. I'm not gonna make the Bengals a best bet again this week because I'm not best betting against the Falcons anytime soon, but we both like the Bengals. We disagree against the spread. Lions at the Cowboys.


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[Assistant] Dak Prescott medically cleared to play. Lions coming off of a bye week after scoring zero points against the Patriots in Week 5. Cowboys favored by 7, with an over-under of 48.5.


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[Assistant] Cowboy's only a seven point favorite against a Lions team that has not looked great this year. I'm surprised by that. I know their offense has been very good.


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[Assistant] We saw what happened to that offense against a great defense and there's a chance it happens again in Dallas this week. Yeah, that's right.


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[Assistant] The Cowboys 34-21, so I agree with you, there will be some points scored by both teams, but Dak is back, the offense is going to get a kick in the ass, and I can see this being a game where the Cowboys get out to a big lead and then maybe there's a couple of garbage time touchdowns by the Lions, but I just don't think the Lions are on the same


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[Assistant] Level as the Cowboys right now. I am surprised the spread is only seven. That is one of those immediate pasta and meatballs reactions that I have, although


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[Assistant] I'm 6 and 12 with my post and meatballs reactions, uh, when it comes to best bets this year, so I've been betrayed.


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[Assistant] I see minus seven and I think something's wrong here. The Cowboys are gonna win this game by more than seven, I believe, and you believe as well. We'll see if either or both of us make it a best bet. Giants, Jaguars. Jaguars, three point favorites. We talked in the


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[Assistant] Morning show, PFT live, whether or not the Jaguars should be pissed that they're underdogs. They're five and one, but like the Vikings, another team at five and one.


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[Assistant] You look at them and say, how did this happen and how long can it last? But the Jaguars have lost three in a row and they have not looked good of late. Trevor Lawrence has plateaued, if not regressed after a great start to the season.


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[Assistant] Do the Giants get to 6-1, winning in Jacksonville, and being 3-point underdogs, Chris?


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[Assistant] Pete says this is the first time all year you have picked against the Jaguars when it comes to the spread. Wow. That you still pick the Jaguars to win. I'm going Giants 2420, and I originally had 2417, but I decided to go with 2420 because I'm gonna let it ride.


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[Assistant] Let it go again. 24-20. Giants win. I like what Brian Dayball is doing, convincing these guys to play better than maybe their talent would suggest.


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[Assistant] Maybe it says something about Brian Dayball versus Joe Judge. That Dayball was able to get a lot more out of these guys than Judge was able to last year. It helps to have a healthy Saquon Barkley and an effective contract year Saquon Barkley.


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[Assistant] Colts and Titans. They're already having their rematch. They played earlier this year. The Titans won in Indie. Now the Colts, or wait a minute. Yes, the Titans did win in Indie. Now the Colts have a chance to avenge that. The Titans are two and a half point favorites coming off of their bye over under 42 and a half. Did the Titans complete the sweep, Chris?


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[Assistant] But then they come along, just like we saw last year, got embarrassed at home by the Cardinals, week one, ended up the number one seed. Not that they're gonna be the one seed in the AFC again, but I think the Titans win this game. I have it as 23 to 20, and the sweep won't matter.


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[Assistant] Because the cults have a tie. Unless the titans get a tie as well.


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[Assistant] The wind still matters and it puts the titans in control of first place in the division and they may not look back once they can do this one. I am impressed though that the Colts are 3-2-1 after the way they started the season, the way they've looked.


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[Assistant] How do they keep winning games? It really is impressive that they keep finding ways to win, but that ends on Sunday. Packers at the Commanders. Green Bay only a four and a half point favorite. Commanders hosting this one over under a 41.5.


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[Assistant] But they showed they could go on the road and beat the bears. Can the commanders keep it close against the pack?


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[Assistant] They wouldn't be three and three each right now if the Bucks and Packers were as good as I thought they were going to be this year. As good as we all thought they were going to be. But this just feels like gut check time. That if you're ever going to approach


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[Assistant] Fulfilling your expectations, this is the week to do it. So just like the Bucks at the Panthers, the Packers at the Commanders, I think the Packers win. I got them 28 to 14. Aaron Rodgers willing the team to a greater level of achievement. And this is against an opponent where they should be able to get it done. By the way, three straight road games for the Packers. They'll go to Buffalo.


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[Assistant] Week eight on Sunday Night Football. That will be a hell of a test for the Green Bay Packers. This one should be easier. And how about this? Only seven games in the one o'clock Eastern window. I know, I'm so happy. On Sunday.


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[Assistant] Uh, but we've got four games in the late afternoon window. What we're going to do is take a break and we'll look at the 4pm Eastern games or the 4.25pm Eastern game. The big one this week, a rematch of Super Bowl 54. We'll do that next on this joint.


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[Assistant] PICS Podcast, PFTPM and Christian Zunbach.


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[Assistant] The late afternoon games, Sunday, some intriguing matchups, starting with the New York Jets, shockingly 4-2, at the Denver Broncos, unexpectedly 2-4. The Broncos still favored by one point. Over-under of 38, Russell Wilson has the hamstring injury, unless he doesn't.


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[Assistant] We'll see if he plays. We'll see how he does. Getting chased around by Quinn and Williams. Chris, do the Broncos get to three and four?


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[Assistant] It really is amazing to me that we have a rebirth of the two New York teams. The New York City, New Jersey teams. The Buffalo fans get pissy when we say...


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[Assistant] The Jets and Giants are New York teams. Until they change the name to New Jersey Giants and New Jersey Jets, they're still New York teams. I digress. Both are on the road this week against two and four teams, and both are underdogs. I am stunned by that, and I think this is a vestige of the betting public


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[Assistant] Looking at the Giants and looking at the Jets and not being able to get past the fact that they chronically suck.


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[Assistant] These Jets don't. These Jets are gonna go out to Denver and they are gonna win the game. I've got 24-21. It may not be that close. I believe in the Jets right now under Robert Saleh. If they can dismantle the Packers and Aaron Rodgers the way they did in their own building,


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[Assistant] What are they gonna do to the Broncos, who have been lackluster start to finish, even the games they win?


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[Assistant] Aren't impressive. They've got two victories this year over the Texans.


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[Assistant] And the 49ers. And the only reason they beat the 49ers is number one, they pulled together a back to the future drive by Russell Wilson when they needed it, and then Jimmy Garoppolo did Jimmy Garoppolo things. Otherwise they'd be one and five, with one win coming against the Texans for crying out loud.


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[Assistant] So, I'm a big believer in the Jets in this one. 2421 could be a best bet. Spoiler alert, unless I change my mind. Alright.


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[Assistant] Texans at the Raiders. Raiders coming off of their buy. 7 point favorites over a Texans team that had some upheaval this week with the firing of executive VP of football operations Jackie Easterby. That probably means nothing at all to the football operations. Can the Texans get a victory? They're coming off of their buy as well. 45.5 over under in Las Vegas. Who do you like?


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[Assistant] I got 31-21. I think the Raiders are gonna score some points here. I think now is the time for them to find the gas pedal and go. A lot of frustrations from that Chiefs game last Monday night. I think that that memory is gonna be fresh enough in their minds for them to go do what they need to do and get this win and cover the spread.


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[Assistant] Fascinating game coming up in LA. Seahawks at the Chargers. Short week for the Chargers who were at home for both games. They beat the Broncos in overtime thanks to a muff punt. Now here come the Seahawks with a great offense.


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[Assistant] Geno Smith playing the best football we've ever seen from him. Ken Walker, great rookie running back. Tariq Wolin, NFC Defensive Player of the Week. He's been awesome. Defense has been better than we expected. Seahawks a surprising four and three. Chargers are still six point favorites. Chris, this one fascinating. Who do you like? Both straight up and against the Sprint.


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[Assistant] That's good, because we only disagreed straight up on one other game. I got Seahawks 27-24. I just think that we have been sleeping on the Seahawks, I believed in them last week against the Cardinals, and I believe in them this week against the Chargers. Don't underestimate the power of the 12s.


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[Assistant] You know, maybe we do need to take this team seriously. And you look at that Chargers team we saw on Monday night. I know the Denver defense is great, so that skews our perspective. They just weren't inspiring. And the Seahawks have been better overall. I think the Seahawks win this one in an upset. Six point favorites. I like the Seahawks to win. Maybe it'll be a best bet. We'll see. Chiefs!


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[Assistant] You got the Jaguars, I got the Giants, you got the Chargers, I got the Seahawks. Chiefs and the 49ers, I'll tell you now, I got the Chiefs, given two and a half. It's moved from three to two and a half, that suggests there's been some money put on the 49ers. Chris, tell me who you like, and then maybe we'll be debating whether or not it will be the Chiefs or the 49ers.


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[Assistant] That. I think this is one where between the injuries of the 49ers and the mutual desire to get this done, the 49ers have more wiggle room right now than the Chiefs do. 49ers are tied for first place in the division. 49ers are built to go on the road in January and win. They don't need the one seed. The Chiefs desperately do and I think they need to go to


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[Assistant] San Francisco and get this victory. Alright, let's go ahead and take a break. Primetime games for week seven will be the focus of the next segment here on this joint Megapix podcast edition of PFTPM and Chris in the unbuttoned. We'll be right back.


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[Assistant] BFTPM, Chris Sims Unbuttoned, a joint Megapix podcast. They tell us that we are very light so far on time, so I am going to speak slowly. Well, what are you gonna do tonight?


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[Assistant] I'm gonna watch the game. I'm gonna watch the game. We're taping this on Thursday. I don't know if anybody's coming over. I don't know. I know I'm going to the barn.


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[Assistant] My nephew, who's a huge Cardinals fan, may come over and watch the game, but he's got homecoming weekend and he's a senior in high school, so he may not make it for that because of all the other activities that are going on, but I think he'd like to come over and hang out and watch Kyler Murray and company. How old's your nephew?


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[Assistant] I'm eligible for a medical card because of my Crohn's disease. So I may get a medical card.


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[Assistant] What do you do when you don't use a Backwoods tobacco wrap or do you go bong?


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[Assistant] Uhm, what's the strangest, and this you can tell we have time to fill, what's the strangest name of a strain that you've ever heard?


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[Assistant] Speaking of crazy, and this is the last thing we'll say because we've probably already exhausted all surplus time. My understanding here in West Virginia, if you get a medical card, you have to surrender your hunting license and your fishing license. Apparently because they don't want people out there who are high, who are, you know, shooting guns. Like they don't drink beer when they hunt.


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[Assistant] Or when they fish. I don't understand the hunting, but the fishing...


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[Assistant] I mean, what are you gonna do? You're gonna be so high you fall in? And then again, you drink while you fish.


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[Assistant] for Sunday Night Football. And I'm not just saying that because NBC pays me. This is a game that has playoff implications, the Steelers beating the Buccaneers, what a


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[Assistant] What a coup that was for Sunday Night Football to have the Steelers riding in on a high note. The Dolphins getting Tua Tonga by lower back. We talked during PFT Live just about all the issues relating to Tua and coming back from one if not two concussions.


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[Assistant] Chris, when it's time to line up and play, what happens as the Steelers and the Dolphins get together on Sunday Night Football?


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[Assistant] Last week for Sunday Night Football, taking the Cowboys over the Eagles. And by doing so, saved everyone from the potential embarrassment of the Cowboys winning and the rest of us looking like idiots. I may be the lone wolf again.


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[Assistant] This week, cause I am going Steelers. Of course you are. I'm back on, I'm back on the pasta and meatballs.


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[Assistant] 20-17, by the way, I neglected to mention the Dolphins are 7 point favorites with an over-under of 44.5. I like the Steelers to cover, I like the Steelers to win. There's just something now.


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[Assistant] And is he going to be different? We know he's going to be back. Is he going to be thinking too much? Is he going to have an easy transition back to football after having maybe two concussions four days apart?


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[Assistant] I think that that's just too much and I think the Steelers are gonna come in there and we saw them go after Tom Brady.


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[Assistant] I said earlier this week that Cam Hayward told me after the game, Brian Flores told


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[Assistant] I told the Steelers defense, don't worry about trying to fool this guy. You're never going to just get after him and they're going to do that to Tua as well. Will he hold up? Will he be thinking too much? Will he be getting rid of the ball?


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[Assistant] It's good that they pulled this as a night game. Could you imagine the Steelers out there in their black helmets and black jerseys under conditions like we saw last week when it was 90 degrees on the Miami sideline and 120 on the Minnesota sideline? The Steelers are very lucky this one was picked for a Sunday night game.


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[Assistant] Both in the top five in receiving yards this year, even with all the quarterback issues and the revolving door and guys getting thrust into the mix unprepared like Skyler Thompson two weeks ago and Teddy Bridgewater this past week. We'll see what Tua and company can do. Monday Night Football. Bears.


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[Assistant] At the Patriots, New England an 8-point favorite with a 39.5 over-under. The Bears were uninspiring on Thursday Night Football. Had their chances, couldn't cash it in. The Patriots defense has been getting better and better before our eyes. Mac Jones reportedly will be available for this one. Whether or not Bill Belichick uses him is a different issue.


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[Assistant] I don't think it matters, Chris. I mean, look, there's no mystery here. I think the Patriots are clearly the better team. 23-13, they keep it rolling, they get to 4-3. Just like last year, they started slowly and then they became really good. We forget that they got really good.


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[Assistant] Because they got their asses kicked so handily in the wild card loss to the Bills, 47-17. They were becoming a very good team and we're seeing that again. They're figuring out what they need to do. This is Bill Belichick not going to Robert Kraft's wedding.


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[Assistant] Not taking any days off, grinding and grinding and grinding, working hard, working smart, making his team better. I think they win this one easily.


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[Assistant] I said 2313, so we're almost exactly on the same page with that one. By the way, did you hear my dog barking?


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[Assistant] She, it's funny, I'll tell this story real quick and then we'll take a break. She loves to run out front. We've got...


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[Assistant] Eight acres total and all this land in the back. But no, she wants to run out in front of the house. And my wife's concern is the road comes up in front of the house and the mailman


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[Assistant] And the guy from FedEx and UPS, they like to come up the hill with a little lead in their foot. So she puts Macy in the car, takes the car out, blocks the road, lets Macy out and Macy runs. So if anybody comes up, they can't come barreling up the hill and hit Macy. But anyway, the dog knows she's going out front, and the dog


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[Assistant] Will not stop barking until the dog gets to jump out of the car. She's so excited to go out front. So some of you.


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[Assistant] With higher volume, you may have heard Macy losing her shit downstairs because she knew she was literally gonna get to go outside and lose her shit. We'll take a break. When we return, best bets, Folsom Prison Blues for week 7. PFTPM, Chris Sims unbuttoned back after this.


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[Assistant] Chris Sims on button to PFTPM joint mega picks podcast week 7. We actually have 5 minutes to wrap this thing up. Usually we are rushing through the best bets and our Folsom Prison Blues pick. Let's begin with the best bets.


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[Assistant] Chris, you're up first. We each picked three against the spread or an over-under. I was wondering the other day, if you bet every under so far this year, how much money would you have made? Let's say you put $100 on every under this year. What, you probably got...


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with the Ravens giving the Browns six and a half. This is one of those John Harbaugh, get it together and take care of business and get your team on the right side of 500 again after losing another game in the fourth quarter. I don't think that the Browns are built to come back from a double digit lead the way other teams against the Ravens have. So I'll take the Ravens minus six and a half hosting Cleveland. All right.


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[Assistant] I've got the Cowboys giving seven to the Lions. Even though the Lions have had extra time to get ready, the Cowboys, I believe, are gonna try to get right. Dak is back. It's gonna be celebratory. I think it's gonna be an ass-kicking. Seven isn't nearly enough. I said earlier, as soon as I saw Allen, I thought something's wrong here.


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[Assistant] The Cowboys should be favored by more than seven. It should be more like ten. I think the Cowboys win and they win big.


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[Assistant] And I can't believe I'm doing this, but I love the Jets getting one. Whoa! I love the Jets giving one. I'd love the Jets giving three.


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[Assistant] I think the Jets are for real. We saw it at Lambeau Field. What happened last week in 30 years of Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers, that doesn't happen to get stopped that way by a team that people think is average. Maybe they're not average. And the Broncos stink right now. I think the Jets win that one. Alright, who's the one team, Folsom Prison Blues, the one team that you would


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[Assistant] Pick, if you're, I can't remember how we say this, if you're laying dead in a gutter and you have, or dying in a gutter from death, it's too late. Give me the one team that you think will win straight up this week.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go Patriots as well. I almost made them a best bet, but I'm gonna root hard against the Patriots. Yeah, screw yourself. Since you made them a best bet. Thanks for watching or listening. See you next time.


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[Assistant] That's right. I don't know why, but when I get on the Peacock close game show, I don't say swears. I don't know why. I don't know why I could probably get away with it. I don't know. I'm afraid the bosses are probably still watching and that's maybe an important show. Yeah. They're a little dialed in right there.


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[Assistant] I know, right, I gotta worry about that, cause I need my swearing, alright? It's part of my life, it's part of who I am. But hello everybody, it's Chris Sims, Chris Sims on button, Ahmed Fareed is here, we are here, we're two guys that are tired, that were up late, but we're just grinding, grinding through the football season.


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[Assistant] Five in the books. We grind on a Monday. We do grind.


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[Assistant] I don't know. Well, you went to bed at 2 something in the morning. And then, you know, it does take energy to be on air and think clearly and be, you know, quick on your feet and then speak English the proper way, which I broke down a few times on the post game show last night.


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[Assistant] Double duty. You're at the big desk for the pre-game show. Yup. And then it's you and me on the post-game show once again, which is awesome. You doing any horse racing before? There was no.


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[Assistant] You know, I think it still goes back to all the things we've said. And then, you know, the way games are managed, that makes things crazy. And, you know, listen, this is where the NFL is awesome. Where we all love it. Because you can be...


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[Assistant] I mean, let's just take the Minnesota game against the Bears, for instance. It's total domination, alright? It's, I believe, 20-3. Let me look just to get the specific here, but I just want to make the point here. This is how crazy and close the league is. It's 21-3.


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[Assistant] The Bears go on a good drive before the half and get a touchdown. It's 21-10. Okay, hail. It's 21-10. Vikings are still in control. But there wasn't a lot of time left in the half, so Minnesota doesn't do anything before halftime. They have to kick the Bears to start the third quarter.


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[Assistant] Bears put together a good drive, touchdown, and you're going, wait.


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[Assistant] They've been getting their ass whooped the whole day, and now it's 21-17?


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[Assistant] And we're sitting here like that, and then it becomes, you know, 21-19, sorry it was 21-16, then 21-19, but it's just, you know, it's, the league is so evenly packed together with its talent.


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[Assistant] And one mistake, one bad drive, oh wait, two bad drives, I don't care who you are. All of a sudden, usually that other team that was down, they're ultra focused, their backs are against the wall, you know, you've let off the gas pedal a little bit, and all of a sudden you're going, oh my gosh, we were controlling a game that, you know, now we're in a dog fight, and we had a few of those yesterday.


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[Assistant] Around the league a little bit. You can go to the Packers and go to the same thing in that conversation. Bucks. The Bucks, exactly right. We just talked about the Bears in that game.


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[Assistant] Alright. Titans. You can get into the Titans exactly controlling early. You're going, they're going up and down the field. They look good. You know, the Eagles and the Cardinals. So what we were just talking about there. Chargers. Maybe not, but you're two degree. I mean, and then even last night with the bangles Ravens game, there it is 10, nothing. The Ravens are driving. We're going, holy crap. Ravens are controlling the game. And all of a sudden we're going, whoa,


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[Assistant] The Ravens are barely hanging on here for a few minutes. And it's just, so that's, it's, it's a crazy league and it's, I think because of the rules, because of the way the games are managed.


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[Assistant] I've never seen anything like it, where it's just, it seems to be automatic, you know, 99% of the time. I mean, it really is, I mean, I think we're literally getting to that type of number. And then it just doesn't, it doesn't seem to matter, like,


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[Assistant] The 55 yarder seems as slam dunk as the 25 yarder. It just doesn't matter. It's like right through the uprights, right down the middle.


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[Assistant] The shit never curves, it's just dead on. And yeaah, I've never seen a, like a foregone conclusion like, like him. You know, I grew up in the era of Morton Anderson and some of those kickers that were certainly money and you were like, oh man.


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[Assistant] Man, oh man, my dad and the Giants, they might lose here, it's Morton Anderson from 50, he's gonna knock this in. But this is like, to another extent, and it's also like 60 is almost automatic with him. 60 is the new 50. It is.


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[Assistant] You're right. You're right. Oh, the good kickers. You're right. You do see that. Anything they kick from like 47 on, you're like, well, good from 63. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, but he is special. He's a weapon for their football team.


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[Assistant] We know he's a bright spot for their football team. And I think there were some bright spots for them in general last night. I'm not sure it all carries over here. It might have been the matchup, right? It's a matchup league. But here's the one thing I like about the Ravens from last night.


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[Assistant] One, we saw a semblance of a running game, and you know what I mean, I'm not talking about Lamar scrambling around. We saw a real running game, like J.K. Dobbins ripped off a few runs, even some of Lamar's best runs of the night were quarterback design runs, not scrambling.


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[Assistant] Count reps, I guess. I wondered if that was the issue too. Alright, so either way, but that's not a positive, you know, a positive, you know, uprise.


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[Assistant] You know, to do it last night and win the game too without your best receiver.


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[Assistant] Right? I think you look at that and the defense played good. I guess my point is it's the first game we didn't just have to go, can Lamar save us on every play on every minute of the game and do everything for us all the time? It was actually a team win for the first time this year I felt like for the Ravens. And that's positive. Now I don't know if they can continue that.


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[Assistant] You know, I don't know, I think the offensive stuff is good. The defensive stuff, you know where I want to go. You know, I think they were fortunate they played one of the worst all-lines in football and that front four could get there against that crew.


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[Assistant] That was a huge part of the football game for me, right there. Because you never had to, they never had to go more than a handful of times the whole game and go, okay, it's Jamar Chase on Marlon Humphrey, man to man.


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[Assistant] The safety's kind of on the other side of the field. Oh gosh, it's a big play. And then T Higgins got a little banged up, so they didn't have to deal with that. But still, I don't think that was the theme of the night where they had to worry about, Oh gosh, here's Marcus Peters. He's one-on-one with T Higgins, right?


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[Assistant] They're gonna make a big explosive play or get a big pass interference play that happens and changes it. So I thought that was positive, but yes.


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[Assistant] To that point, and I want people to continue to watch this with the Cincinnati Bengals. They're way too reliant on the football players. Their defense is awesome, and game plan specific, and I respect that about them. Their offense needs to be more like that. Ahmed, you've heard me say it now, and I think you're starting to see it too. I mean, we watched last night.


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[Assistant] We talked to Rodney on the post game show about lack of formations and shifts, right? And he was like, that's what I want, if I'm playing an offense like that. Because I don't have to think, we don't have to check, we can play fast, right? He said all those things. And then, you know, the other thing, and again, you tell me if I'm wrong, okay, I'm not trying to sit here on my high horse, but


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[Assistant] There's Jamar Chase. He, to me, is in the conversation for the best receiver in football.


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[Assistant] He runs three routes. All he runs is slants and goes on a shallow cross.


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[Assistant] That's all he does. They don't ever pick for him. He's never in a bunch and gets to a crazy release like the Justin Jeffersons or the Tyreek Hills of the world. And that to me is where they're leaving a lot of meat left on the bone there. And it's gotta change. It's gotta.


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[Assistant] Because they're not gonna get to where they want to get to. They're gonna beat a lot of the teams they should beat and all that kind of crap.


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[Assistant] The marquee teams, they're not going to get it done just going, we broke the huddle, this is what we're lining up in, and you kind of know the five or six, eight plays we're going to go to when we're in this formation. And then that's where they're dropping the ball in my opinion.


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[Assistant] Oh, they're about to control the game. And then as soon as, like, we were kind of saying that, it was like, awww.


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[Assistant] Oh, he missed a post down the middle. Oh, he missed a wide open guy on fourth and one when he did the sprint right, you know, sprint right option pass. You know, then of course up 10 nothing driving the ball in Justin Tucker land where you go, okay, they're going to go up 13 nothing at the very least here and he has a wide open deep out route and he just missed the throw.


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[Assistant] You know, the ball, even when you watch it in slow motion, it kind of came out of his hand funny and fluttered. Interception. And the game was really never the same after that, right? It was 10-0. They went down and scored and made it 10-7. And we were kind of like, wow. They were controlling the game and here we are. It's 10-10 at halftime and we'll see what happens in the second half.


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[Assistant] Well, I thought his whole thing was, Isaac is mad at the offense, right? What do you mean? Oh. You know what I mean? Like, that was his whole Twitter handle, Isaac is mad at the offense. When you said it, you said it so, I was like, wow, he went all in on this.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, I mean, again, I think there's some real things there that they need to, they need to readjust, as you've heard me say.


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[Assistant] You know, that looked like it was like, hey, what's cool and all that, but the Chiefs draw these things up to know, wait, we're gonna get this look.


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[Assistant] And we're good at this already because we do shovel passes even during when we're on first and 10 from the 50 yard line. And they know the looks and what they want to do. That to me look more of like, this is a cool play.


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[Assistant] That's not as concerning as the middle of the field stuff. Like you heard me complain about last week with the Dolphins game and all that. They let teams off the hook.


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[Assistant] It's annoying, and I would like to see them expand that, you know, play calling and formation use a little bit more.


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[Assistant] Okay, I'll do my best, Beth. I'll do my best, Beth. I'm not, I, well, it's like hard in like real time. I'm emotional, I'm talking right now, so I'm not thinking about it.


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[Assistant] I didn't even register he was there. I didn't either. Until the game was going on. And I was going, oh damn, that's Matt Amidala. Oh shit, okay, alright, alright. And then he's lining up at the end of the game and I'm going,


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[Assistant] I think there is something to say about that. I do. You know, I think, you know, all in all, it's, uh, it's a team that can beat you a lot of different ways, for sure. I think that's the positive thing about them. And, you know, I think that, uhm,


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[Assistant] You know, defensively, I think they're kind of still trying to find their way a little bit. But, but still, you know, another game that we can get into here and go, it was 14-0. They're kind of controlling the football game, right? Then finally Arizona makes a stop and gets them pinned back in their own area. And then, okay.


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[Assistant] You know, the Cardinals kind of put together an ugly drive, right? A little short run pass, short run here, boom, boom, boom, and then, hey, it's, we got a freaky receiver in the middle of the field, Hollywood Brown, he catches the ball, and shit, he makes a guy miss and makes a cut, and he's got three rockets up his ass, and all of a sudden you go, oh, it's 14-7, right?


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[Assistant] And then the Eagles get the ball back and don't do anything, and I think the Cardinals don't do anything, and then the Eagles don't do anything, and then the Cardinals get it back, and they fake a punt. Alright, this is to me one of the big points of the game.


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[Assistant] Again, cause I'm like, wait, is my mind telling me this right? The Eagles are too pass happy in my opinion.


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[Assistant] And that was my issue last week when we broke down the Jaguars game, right? They were down 14-0 early, and I was going, damn, all they did was, they're playing pass defense, pass defense, pass defense. And then it was finally like the Eagles got down, they were like, alright, wait.


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[Assistant] They're, they're, they got the two safeties are like 20 yards down the field. Why aren't we running it? And they ran it and they ran it and they ran it and they ran it. And all of a sudden we were sitting there going, Whoa, they're up by a touchdown on the Jaguars and they couldn't stop it. Uh, to me, that's, that's where they dropped the ball a little bit right now. We know the team is, is really damn good, right?


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[Assistant] Uh, the Cardinals are a pain in the ass. And especially when they played the way they did yesterday. Murray was patient.


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[Assistant] He was a lot of, again, they're the, they're the most boring spread football team you've ever seen in your life. I mean, it's all it is, is a bunch of four yard throws, but if they, if he's patient and does that, that's what lends them to 16 play 91 yard field goal drive, right?


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[Assistant] 12 play, 90 yard ugly touchdown drive to make it 17 all. Nothing's easy for them.


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[Assistant] You know, Kyler kind of just played a patient and picked them apart and they hung around in the football game. And yeah, I just think the Eagles drop the ball a little bit there. And when they do that.


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[Assistant] That's why I think you didn't see like A.J. Brown's name called a whole lot yesterday because they never forced the Cardinals into, well you better stop the run and leave some guys one on one on the outside and make some big plays like that. And that's where I'd like to see the Eagles adjust a little bit.


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[Assistant] I do think there's something there. That's where I do think they have to play through the run a little bit more. You know, I think it'll help them out. Again, you know, I feel like they fall into the...


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[Assistant] We're gonna tear you up with our weapons and Jalen Hurts is gonna run and scramble and you know, he'll make some big plays down the football field. Instead of just like,


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[Assistant] Wait, the best thing about our football team is our own line. It's physical, it's overwhelming, we can chew up the clock, we can keep your team off the field for a little bit. They don't seem to do that in the second half of football games right now. I'm not overly concerned.


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[Assistant] It's one of those things too where it does seem like they kind of run out of tricks in the second half or, you know, there's, we had a few game plan things we exposed you with in the first half and now you made adjustments in the second half and


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[Assistant] We're just going back to the meat and potatoes of our offense. Uh, that's kind of the sense I get. But either way, I'm not concerned with it. And you know, again, to that question, which is a good question, and certainly on my mind too.


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[Assistant] Let's see when somebody really pushes them a little bit too. You know, a lot of these times, they're kind of in control of the game in the second half.


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[Assistant] And there is no need to push the envelope and do that. They've seemed to answer the bell as much as they got to in every game. It's kind of the way, like, oh wait, it's back to a game? Alright, we put a drive together and now it's, we're in control again.


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[Assistant] You know, they've kind of had those answers all year long and, uh, I'm not worried about it, I guess is what I'm saying. And this week will be an interesting matchup with the Cowboys for sure because of that.


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[Assistant] The screens, you talk about it, I know, it's just there was lack of, uh,


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[Assistant] And that's when I thought they were amazing last week against Jacksonville and really rolling. I mean, Jacksonville didn't know what to do because they were getting dominated in the line of scrimmage.


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[Assistant] You said it right. In full transmission, I picked the Cowboys to win 20-17. I mean the Rams to win 20-17. I thought this was going to be the game where Aaron, you know, Cooper rush.


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[Assistant] Holds the ball too long and gets strip sack or throws an interception because the Rams are a little more complicated on defensive side of the ball. But I clearly stated on my, on the Thursday podcast, I said, wait, wait, wait.


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[Assistant] The Cowboys are better than the Rams. There's no doubt about that. So to your point, that's why you're not surprised. You're, I mean, you're right. They are better. I just thought maybe in LA, LA's a little desperate. You know, I kind of just played that angle. But like,


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[Assistant] The Rams had no fucking chance. The Rams have no chance right now. Matthew Stafford has no chance. There's, there's nothing he can do. The fact that he was 28 of 42 for 308 and the week before against the 49ers and the fact that he was even keeping them in the game was a fucking miracle. That's where people gotta realize.


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[Assistant] I don't know how many times yesterday I saw him make a throw or do something for a five yard gain and I went, oh my gosh, he got killed and he avoided one guy and just got a tight completion.


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[Assistant] He's getting killed on every play. They can't run the football. So the Cowboys defense just absolutely overwhelmed them. They ran the ball a little bit. They're size too much for the Rams who are smaller on defense and rely on speed. And the Rams are not the same.


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[Assistant] Don't sit here and hope for this turnaround this year. Don't think like...


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[Assistant] They're gonna get back into Super Bowl mode, they're just working out some cobwebs here. It ain't gonna happen.


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[Assistant] I'm just telling you this year, the Rams are the type of team that are going to miss the playoffs or if they get in, it's going to be as like the seventh seed. There's not enough there on their football team to sit there and go, ooh, they're really great at that. Oh, they're great at that too. There's not. They can't run the ball. They can't protect the passer. They have lack of weapons that scare you on the offensive side of the ball right now.


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[Assistant] Allen Robinson's basically a third receiver. It's not going to turn around either. So everybody just get off of it. It's not. It's not going to change. He might have a good statistical game here and there, but it's not going to be what you think Allen Robinson should be or should have been going into the year. And then defensively, they're not the same either. You know, we've talked about the role players, they're missing there.


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[Assistant] The Cowboys are a team that, you know, we undervalued. You and I and our roster thing and everything. It's just, they're more physically dominant.


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[Assistant] And their creativity on defense, along with the physical dominance, just adds to a formula of like, wow, they're fun to watch, even when the game's ugly. And again, Cooper Rush didn't have to do very much.


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[Assistant] So be it. That's the way they're playing football and they will be better when Dak Prescott gets back 100%. Cooper Rush, 102 yards passing. Oh my gosh, they should 45 million a year they should pay. They should literally ask Dak Prescott, rip up your contract and give the money to Cooper Rush. He's been really good. Don't get me wrong.


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[Assistant] He's more than CD. More than CD? I think he is. Whoa. You think he's the most explosive player on their team? I think him and Michael Gallup are when Gallup's totally 100%. CD's, to me, think about it. When do you see CD catch a slant and outrun people for 60 yards? That's not his game.


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[Assistant] He's a great, hey, 25 yards over the middle, 15 yards over the middle, right? You know, 20 yard out route. That's, that's CD Lamb. He's not the guy that you go, oh shit, he's going deep on us, right? At least in my opinion. Uhm, but yeaah, I think they need to get Tony Pollard the ball more in the run game. But this just speaks to it all. I mean, the Rams outgained


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[Assistant] The Cowboys by almost 100 yards total offense.


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[Assistant] You know, it just shows you that they, their defense made plays, they block a punt. Interception. Right. Block a punt that gave them a field goal, and they basically just go, alright, we'll run the ball.


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[Assistant] We can get a few more points. Okay. But our defense is just going to, you know, smother them and it doesn't matter. We don't have to have to take a chance or even put Cooper Rush in the situation to go, Hey, you might have to fit a ball in here in a big situation. And that's what's really impressive by them. And like, like we've been talking about Dan Quinn.


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[Assistant] I just, Dan Quinn, I gotta give him a ton of respect for what he's done as a coach and what he's doing on that side of the ball for the Cowboys. Yep, Micah Parsons, two sacks, a forced fumble. Osa, Odegazua. Yeah. Odegazua, is that how you say it?


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[Assistant] I thought it was, I used to be able to say this because the Giants drafted, I thought it was his brother, but maybe I'm wrong. Owa Odigezua. Odigezua. Odigezua, okay, maybe you said that.


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[Assistant] Right, no, no question. Did I pick the Ram? I thought I picked the Cowboys to go to the playoffs. Maybe you did.


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[Assistant] I'm pretty sure. I picked them I think as like a seven seat or a six seat. Cause I think I got into the conversation where we basically said I was like, the NFC is like, I almost had to pick them by default. I didn't even know, cause I couldn't go with Minnesota. I'm pretty sure I picked the Cowboys. I gotta look at my old notebook.


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[Assistant] The Bills with that defensive line, right? This is where it's a little scary for the Rams. Now the Rams, they played the Panthers this week, which probably won't be that easy because that D-line will be able to smash their ass too, alright? But they got the 49ers and the Bucks after that. Like the Rams, they blow this game here.


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[Assistant] No way, no way. You're exactly right. There's no way. They don't beat Tennessee in week one without him. They don't win yesterday without him. You know, he's the one guy that can do above and beyond. And Daniel Jones. I'm gonna throw him in there too. You know, you say what you want. First off, that was a gutty effort again by Daniel Jones and a bad ankle.


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[Assistant] They can, uh, those are the only two guys on the offensive side of the ball. They'll be like, oh wait, nobody blocked or whatever. And I didn't have pass protection. I ran around the end for 30 yards. Saquon, yea, screen pass, whoa, run, broke, broke 24,


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[Assistant] One of the most special people in football with the ball in his hands. And it doesn't have to be just with the run game. And that's where you gotta give day ball credit, right? They find ways every game. We're gonna run the ball, we know that. We're gonna throw them the ball. A few screens. Or even the big pass play that set up the go-ahead score touchdown, right, Amin? Running a shallow cross from basically the receiver position.


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[Assistant] Coming across the field. Packers don't, they lose track of them. I don't know how that happens. And then he's off to the races for a, for a, you know, a 41 yard gain on a six yard throw.


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[Assistant] So, uh, that, that's where Dayball, Mike Kafka, the offensive coordinator deserve a lot of credit. And like we've been saying, it's the same, Daniel Jones is efficient.


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[Assistant] Gayball is beating in his brain of like, don't make turnovers.


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[Assistant] Hold the fucking ball in the pocket. If you feel like it's collapsing, you got great speed. Go run. Stop sitting there like the Statue of Liberty, right? And then the defense makes you earn it too. It's the same thing. They have a splash of creativity.


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[Assistant] They very rarely let up big plays and they can stop the run or at least contain the run to where they don't have to like, whoa, we need more guys in the box to do that. So that's their biggest thing and they're just playing.


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[Assistant] And I'm going, well, they're just going to beat us in submission. It won't happen. Yesterday was the best game of the year. I mean, that was exciting. That was. And they put the drive together at the end of the football game. And then, you know.


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[Assistant] The plays the defense makes, Aaron Rodgers got, what, two, three shots inside the ten yard line? Yeah. Negative Ghost Rider, not against the fucking G-men.


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[Assistant] That's right. And the G-men are smart, cause you know what they knew was coming? What? Quick pass. Aaron Rodgers, get your hands up, cause that's all they do now, is throw quick passes.


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[Assistant] And two tip passes on the last two plays of the game sealed the deal for the G-Men. Yea, Aaron Rodgers threw the ball 39 times.


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[Assistant] Nothing down the field. Still. Still. This is, I know, I mean anybody that's been listening to our podcast knows this. And, you know, I know people got back, got at me on Twitter last week because they were like, nobody's made more explosive plays than the Packers. They have the most 20 plus yard pass plays in the league and the most 10 plus run plays. Great.