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[Assistant] Alright, well, thinking of, speaking of stoned as hell, that's what the Jets offense looks like. Usually they look like they've all done weed and then they go out and try to play football and it doesn't work out so well. I don't expect anything to change. I know Zach Wilson's not good. We got that.


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[Assistant] That's understood. The off, but the quarterback is, you know, only one little part of this whole issue they have all together.


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[Assistant] The offense, there's not a lot there. I do think this is a Dolphins defense that is continuing to get better and understanding Vic Fangio's scheme and Jalen Ramsey back adds to one more playmaker across the board for them.


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[Assistant] Alright, I don't see the Jets moving the ball very much or consistently, that's for sure. Now I think the Jets defense, their speed, the way they rush the passer,


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[Assistant] They can be a pain in the ass for this Miami Dolphins offense. I do, they're built just right.


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[Assistant] For this Miami Dolphins offense. I'd be shocked if Miami just marks the ball up and down the field on them all day. I think Miami wins this game, obviously, and they control it, but it might not be as high flying dominance as maybe we think it'll be.


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[Assistant] I'm going to go 24 to 10 Dolphins in this one. I do think it, I do think the Jets defense will make it hard on the, on the Dolphins Friday, day after Thanksgiving, a little colder air for the Dolphins coming up here in the Northeast. Uh, I think that could lead them to just not being quite as awesome on offense.


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[Assistant] I think Breach Hall will break one run that'll get him down there close or something, right? Yea.


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[Assistant] Something that realistically is going to happen. You know, I admire Rogers and his, you know, ability to want to rehab and break records here for the Achilles rehab, you know, all time quickness, whatever. But, uh, yeah, I think at the end of the day, by the time it comes time to practice football, they're going to be out of the conversation.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you know, the Derek Harfactor, I don't know if it really affects me. It doesn't.


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[Assistant] You know, I, I look at it and go, well, if they have Derek Carr.


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[Assistant] Right? They might be a hair more efficient, but they'll be less dangerous, right? Cause he'll be a little too conservative and check the ball down. If they have Jameis Winston, they'll be ultra aggressive.


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[Assistant] Right? He'll be ultra aggressive, which could also be dangerous or, you know, yeah, and he's not going to check it down and be as conservative as much. So that could be dangerous as far as if James Winston pine, they could be more explosive, but it also could mean more interceptions for, for the Atlanta Falcons as well.


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[Assistant] Uh, the Desmond Ritter, get back to it. Hopefully he took a deep breath.


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[Assistant] Re-evaluated himself and looks like a different guy here this week. That's what I'm hoping for. The Falcons have not run the ball as well as I think we all expected them to this year. Right? They gotta find a way to get that going a little bit more on a consistent dominant basis. They were more dominant running the football last year, it felt like, than this year.


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[Assistant] By week, I trust Arthur Smith and that coaching staff, uh, and that group of guys more than...


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[Assistant] I don't think it's very creative. I think Derek Carr banged up does add to him being even more conservative. And it's a Saints defense that is a little bit overrated and is feasted on, you know, some not so good offenses in football there. I'm going to go with the Falcons in this one. All right. I'm going to go 20 to 17 Falcons winning this.


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[Assistant] It certainly helps that Joe Burrow's not playing. I mean, that's a huge thing. It makes the game more of a Steelers type of football game, you know, now with the current situation at quarterback for the Bengals. Now, you know, the Bengals, I think here's the big thing.


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[Assistant] Can they, can the backup quarterback, Browning, can he, can he deliver the ball to?


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[Assistant] These receivers on a consistent enough basis to take advantage of that steal or secondary. I think that's the way I kind of look at the football game. And it's not easy, of course. I mean, you know, Cincinnati, yes, has gotten better at pass protection.


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[Assistant] Right, but they're going to play a conservative brand of football. I would expect them to try to run the football a little bit more and do things that that way as well. But I just think Joe burrow is so responsible for the things that make them so good on that side of the ball.


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[Assistant] The quick, decisive decisions, moving people with his eyes, all that, the pinpoint accuracy. You know, I just don't expect to see that as much from the Bengals. I think they hang around, they make a play or two, make it tough.


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[Assistant] Right? But I think the Steelers changing offensive coordinators actually gives them a little bit of an advantage. There'll probably be a few new wrinkles or things they do that the Bengals won't be prepared for.


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[Assistant] Right? I just look at this one as, yeah, the Pittsburgh offense makes a few plays in the game. The Bengals have let up a lot of big plays. You've heard me say that a bunch all year long.


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[Assistant] And I think the Steelers will make a few play, let alone they'll get a strip sack or intercept Browning once or twice too. I'm going Steelers 17-13 in this one. I think it's an ugly Steeler type of football game.


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[Assistant] I don't think it's crazy though, you know, like this is one of those where like one crazy play by the bangles, pick it, get strip sack fumbled. All of a sudden you go, whoa, the bangles might pull off the upset here, right? That's what's, you know, we know that. I'm not breaking news here.


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[Assistant] The Steelers can lose to just about anybody because of the style of football they play.


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[Assistant] It's gonna be an exciting football game. I, I, I do think, uh, I'm with you in that this is, you know, yeaah, it's 1pm, but it's one of the best games of the day, on Sunday.


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[Assistant] You know, it's two quarterbacks that we know can make a ton of plays. It's two offensives that can make a ton of plays. It's two defenses that...


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[Assistant] You know, are, are pretty damn good, got some playmakers, but also have shown, you know, that they'll let up some plays too. That's where the game can be fun. Yeah. Houston won that first matchup in Jacksonville. The score is a little misleading.


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[Assistant] You know, there was some mistakes by Jacksonville where you go, that's kind of self-inflicted, right? They had a tight end by the Houston Texans return a kickoff, if you remember, during that game. It was a little bit crazy, right? Altogether. Listen, I love everything that Houston's doing. I do. I think that Jacksonville,


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[Assistant] Having a look at the 49ers defense a few weeks ago. Seeing what the Bengals and the Bucks did to the Houston Texans defense a little bit. I think Jacksonville's gonna make some plays on the Houston defense. I do. Now, vice versa, I think CJ Stroud and company, especially the way they're running the ball lately, they're gonna make some plays as well.


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[Assistant] Now Jacksonville's got some big people up front. You know, I would think they can go all in on start stopping the run. Tyson Campbell, his health at the corner position out there, where's that at? Cause I think he's going to have to be put on an island to a degree if they're going to be, you know, be able to


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[Assistant] To, uh, shut down some of the aggressive play action passing attack by the Houston Texans.


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[Assistant] I've gone back and forth in this one, but I'm gonna go with the Jaguars. I'm gonna go with the Jaguars and the team that I've seen playing pretty damn good football for the most part for over a year and a Houston team that


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[Assistant] I feel like, hey, this is, this is new to them. Whoa, NFC South, we got a chance, AFC South, excuse me, chance to win the division, whatever else here. Uh, I'm, I'm, I'm going to ride the Jaguars 27-24 in a fun football game.


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[Assistant] A number one seed, right? It's, it's, uh, still a young team. We can't forget that.


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[Assistant] Right? And you heard me say a little on Monday. They have a little too many stale points in a football game on the offensive side of the ball. Where I'd love to see Press Taylor and Doug Peterson just come up with a handful of


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[Assistant] We're gonna shot plays game plan. We think if we call this at the right moment, it could be, you know, they got a nice system or they can be surgical.


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[Assistant] It's, at times it's the big plays to open up the field to take everything off their offense a little bit that I feel like they lack.


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[Assistant] You know, their big plays are, oh, it's one on one with Calvin Ridley. Let me take a shot down the field here. Or, you know, a screen from Travis ATN or something like that. You know, I'd like to see a few more dialed up that way. I think it'll help their offense. It'll be interesting to see. I can't wait for this game. This'll be fun.


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[Assistant] Tampa's not out of this. We know that. The NFC South. So there's some real relevancy here in this football game. There's some competitive stuff. You know, I think that this is where, well, you know, the Bucs offense has been playing better.


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[Assistant] You know, Baker Mayfield, the passing game, they're explosive. And when they get going, they can rip off chunks of yards in a hurry with Baker's big right arm and Mike Evans and Godwin. You know, they got a little something there for sure.


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[Assistant] Right. And this is an Indianapolis Colts defense said, yeah, I don't think a whole lot of, I don't.


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[Assistant] I think it suits the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and I expect them to be able to move the ball.


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[Assistant] On the Indianapolis Colts defense. Now the other side of the story, and this is where it's very interesting. You know, I love Shane Steichen. I do like their offense, right? It is still predicated on. They put you in a lot of tough spots because Shane Steichen is very good in the run game. They're very creative. They got a good old line and we know they got good backs.


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[Assistant] Tampa can stop the run. That's the one, the one thing I feel confident in. Now they let up some plays in the pass game.


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[Assistant] That's a problem with them, for sure. And I think they're gonna be minus, you know, uh, their, their left corner, Jamal Dean there. So that could be an issue as well. But I don't know if I feel like the Colts can take advantage, uh, necessarily of


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[Assistant] What might be there to be had in the pass game with the Tampa defense?


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[Assistant] I don't know what's taking me here. This is a close game. It's a coin flip game. I'm going to go with Tampa on the road. Okay. Pulling this one off. I, I, there's just something about, I look at their offense and think they're going to make plays against that Colts defense and then the Colts


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[Assistant] Because I don't think they're gonna be able to run the ball, I think it's gonna cause some issues for their football team altogether. I'm gonna go 2420 bucks.


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[Assistant] It's another one where, you know, it's the, the, the giants I feel like are still fighting and playing for something, right? The, and not necessarily, I know they're not playing for any spot in the playoffs, but you know,


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[Assistant] They're still fighting. There's still an edge about their football team. They showed that last week.


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[Assistant] You know, I don't think they're packing it in to go, Oh, we want better draft picks or anything like that. And I don't want to see that as a giant span. You get on the football field, you play to win the damn game. That's what I want to see. We'll worry about draft picks later. All right. So that's the way I feel about it. The, the Patriots.


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[Assistant] I don't, there's a, it just feel like it's all going downhill. It's dysfunctional. I don't know what to expect. I don't know what's going on at quarterback and the way they're handling it. I think is a bunch of BS really.


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[Assistant] And, and nor do I think it really matters. I mean, we're still evaluating the quarterback position, right? You know, as the week goes on here, we still don't know. Oh no, it's Will Greer or Mac Jones or Bailey Zappi. Who the


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[Assistant] The Patriots, if it was Mack Jones, I feel like I'd probably pick them to win by a field goal. There's something like that. I know there's something that feels wrong about the Patriots. I'm going to take the Giants. I think the Giants got more playmakers. I think they're playing with more energy and, and just, and more physicality on both sides of the ball right now.


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[Assistant] With Saquon, DeVito got going a little last week, all of that, right? I'm gonna go Giants 16-13 winning the football game. I don't know why, it's kind of a little bit of a gut feeling, but I'm going G-Men.


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[Assistant] Yeah, it's a, it's a game I look at. I know Titans are favored by three and a half and I go, if there's another game here on the schedule, a little bit like you were talking with New England.


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[Assistant] If the Panthers want to steal one, this could be one they could steal. Again, the Titans defense is not special. I do think Bryce Young and company will be able to move the ball on them a little bit here. Of course, they're never going to just reinvent the wheel with the talent they have there.


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[Assistant] And I'll put the formula in style and they're playing low scoring defensive football games. The Panthers, this is one they could steal. But I still think this is Titans Mike Vrabel type of football here. And I just don't have enough faith in the Panthers offense.


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[Assistant] To make enough plays against the Titans defense. I think that's what I look at and I think the fact that I do think the Titans will be able to run the ball on the Panthers just enough here that it'll get them the win.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go Titans winning the football game, but I'm gonna have the Panthers covering the spread. I'm gonna go 1917 Titans.


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[Assistant] He was the Micro Machines guy, right? There was a commercial when I was growing up, I think it was the same guy we're talking about, right? He could, he would talk about Micro Machines, and I mean, he was amazing. You could talk that fast, and I can still understand what you were saying, right? I don't know what the hell his name was, Talk Fast Guy, but yep, I'll never forget his voice.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well the one thing we've seen from the Rams over the years when it comes to Kyler Murray is they have the team speed to kind of contain him, right? And I don't think that's any different this year.


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[Assistant] They're not as good on defense as maybe in years past when they were, you know, making Super Bowl runs or all that, but they're still a handful on the defensive side of the ball. They are fast as hell and they're extremely well coached. They're creative.


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[Assistant] You know, and it's, it's again, I like that offense there with Arizona. You know, I think Kyler Murray still feeling his way a little bit. As we saw last week, there's moments of, Ooh, that looks good. And then there's some moments of, okay, he's still getting back on track and knocking some rust off and getting used to the system altogether.


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[Assistant] I do think this is gonna be a close hope ball game. I do. I think that really the biggest advantage I look at more than anything is just the fact that the Rams are playing for something and the Cardinals aren't.


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[Assistant] You know, I think that's, that, that sways in, in the, you know, the, the pendulum in the favor of the Rams a little bit. The Rams offense, you know, the combination of Puka Nakua and, you know, Cooper Cup. What did you, do we know where he's at? I know it's the sprained ankle. Is he definitely out? Did you say that definitively? I'm sorry. Low ankle sprain. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Yeah, right. Okay, I know. And I, we saw the injury happen, he got stepped on the back of his foot basically on a run play, and it was just your traditional roll of the ankle, but we know he's had some issues down there.


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[Assistant] And it does make me think differently if he's not in the football game. But I think the other thing I look at that's positive is I think the Rams will be able to run the ball on the Cardinals a little bit. And when the Rams can run a little bit, that's when McVeigh becomes very dangerous with Stafford. I'm going to take the Rams to win this close football game. I'm going to go 23-20 Rams.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you know, it's on the road. I guess they're seeing it's a rookie quarterback on the road against a team that's hot and playing good. They probably look at it like,


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[Assistant] Russell Wilson and Sean Payton will have a good game plan for the Browns D. I'm guessing that's why it is that way. We know the Broncos D has certainly been better, right? But I'm with you. I'm, I'm kinda disappointed.


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[Assistant] I thought you were gonna take the Broncos cheese in this one. I really did. So I was hoping it would go that way. But I have a lot of the same thoughts as you. I think here's the first thing.


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[Assistant] The Browns should be able to run the ball on the Broncos. The, the, the Broncos are not a good run stopping defense. And now they're, you're playing one of the best runs, run offenses in football.


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[Assistant] I think that's a clear advantage and I think it's beneficial to DTR on the road. Of course there it's, it's like you said, it's not the Steelers. They get the run game going boots and little easy play action passes for a rookie quarterback. It'll be the perfect combination.


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[Assistant] So I like that aspect of what the Browns offense looks versus the Broncos defense.


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[Assistant] You know, the Broncos offense has been better. We know that. Russell's making a little magic every game. They are consistent with the run game.


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[Assistant] But I just look at it and go, they're not like blowing up the scoreboard there in Denver. I'm not ready to sit here and go, oh, they're going to move the ball up and down the field on the best D in football who can match up with them on man to man on the outside and load the box and do all that stuff and blitz and get after that.


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[Assistant] Average offensive line the Broncos have. So I'm with you there. I'm going Browns 1913. I think they went on the road and continue this ugly style of winning football games.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I hear you there. You know, I mean, I'm concerned, you've heard my concerns with the Chiefs offense. I mean, again, I think it lacks a little creativity.


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[Assistant] You know, I think that's what bothers me. That's where Eric Biennami's offense did have a few more answers and wrinkles to it. The other night, though, I mean, I certainly can't blame Matt Nagy. You blame the receiver's hands more than anything. Guys, we're open.


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[Assistant] And I think the thing I was so impressed with with the Chiefs against the Eagles on Monday night was


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[Assistant] I mean, I've never seen a team move the Eagles defensive line the way the Chiefs did in the run game. That to me was like unbelievable.


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[Assistant] It makes me think about them a little different. There is a silver lining there a little bit to their offensive performance, even though with that, the Raiders defense have been a pain in the butt, and I'm not still ready to sit here and go, oh, the Kansas City Chiefs are ready to take off on that side of the football. Alright, I'm obviously picking them to win.


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[Assistant] The other aspect of this, I'm gonna pick him to cover the spread. It's just, I go...


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[Assistant] Yeah, I don't have faith in the Raiders offense and I think this is a game where the Chiefs defense sets the Raiders, the Chiefs offense up for a few short fields, if not score some points themselves against the rookie quarterback and company here. So I'm going Chiefs 27-13 and not a beautiful


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[Assistant] But they cover the spread and get the convincing win on the road.


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[Assistant] You know, I am on Buffalo Bills to cover the spread. I, I, I am one, listen, it's a desperation football game for them.


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[Assistant] Eagles coming off. It's short week. We just beat the Super Bowl champs. We're feeling good. I can see all that playing into this a little bit as well. Right? You know.


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[Assistant] I do think, uh, the Eagles, we know how talented they are on offense, but uh, they miss Shane Steichen. They're not nearly as complicated or creative on the offensive side of the ball. I look at this one as where Sean McDermott's gonna be able to break them down a little bit and cause some problems.


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[Assistant] I do. Not that I think it's gonna be like, oh wow, they're gonna run over the Eagles, but I think they'll do some stuff that we'll see some stale moments from the Eagles just like we saw on Monday night versus the Chiefs. I think I add that on top of


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[Assistant] You know, the bills can protect pretty damn well, Josh Allen.


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[Assistant] And I think they can have a intermediate to short passing attack that's gonna give the Eagles some problems. I do. As we saw, the Chiefs got some people open. I think the, the Bills will get some people open as well. Eagles win this football game.


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[Assistant] But I think the Bills hang around. I wouldn't be shocked that the Bills were winning kind of midway through the fourth quarter. But I think the size, the talent, the physicality of the Eagles fourth quarter will wear them down. I'm gonna go Eagles 24-21.


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[Assistant] Damn, I didn't even make you smile on that one, huh? You done? Are you done?


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[Assistant] Maybe that's, that's true. That is true. And we'll see where that goes. And we don't know sitting here on a Wednesday, but I look at it and go, even if his ankle isn't a hundred percent, as long as he plays the game, I don't see any way this shitty ass chargers defense stops the Ravens offense. What?


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[Assistant] And then I look at the other side of the ball, where I do look at it and go, hey, the Chargers protect. They're pretty good in that way. They have a short passing game that might be able to, you know, have a little success against some of the blitz zones against the Ravens. But ultimately it's just too much on that side of the ball too.


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[Assistant] I think this is a dominant Ravens win. I'm gonna go 34-20 Ravens on Sunday Night Football.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think this is an interesting football game. I do. You know, one, the Bears defense has been better lately. They're a pain in the butt. They're not going to give Dobbs easy throws. He's gonna, you know, we saw at the end of the football game, Dobbs isn't the best at throwing the ball into tight windows. You know, there's a reason again that I'll say he's been a backup for so long.


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[Assistant] I don't know why I'm this is one of those games I looked at and I felt upset and I look at the Bears and I'm with Justin Fields. I think they're going to run the ball a little bit on the Vikings and I think Justin Fields and his.


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[Assistant] His right arm are going in the right direction. I'm picking the upset that that last week's game is a let down for your Vikings football team. 23 20. Okay. Bears pulled the offset. Ooh, eat crap. Here we go. Bears. Let's go.


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[Assistant] But I just look at it and go, I have no faith in the Jets offense. I don't care who's that quarterback. I think this Dolphins defense is getting better. And I think they're just going to slowly wear down the Jets football team.


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[Assistant] Plus Miami mistakes last week. I think they'll be on their P's and Q's, dot their I's, cross their T's. They'll play better. It's a Jets defense that'll allow them to hang for a little bit. But I'm gonna go to the Dolphins to cover that one.


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[Assistant] Okay, I like your, I like where your head is there. I'm gonna go with the, uh, I thought about that one.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I'm just scared of the rookie on the road. I think that's what scares me. I'm gonna go with the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] Uh, I know the Chiefs are getting, what is it, eight and a half at the Raiders. I think their defense stifles this Raiders offense. I think it's basic. Spagnolo will break it down. I think Mahomes and Company make enough plays. It's a good Chiefs, uh, Raiders defense, but not a great one. I like the Chiefs to cover the spread. I have them winning 27-13.


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[Assistant] I will second that. I'm going with the Ravens as well. I mean, three and a half is too little. I think they just are a total mismatch for the Chargers football team.


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[Assistant] 100%. Always, always I'm excited. And I'm excited to talk about football. Week 12 with Ahmed Freed. He's wearing his favorite red pants today. As always, thank you for coming in late. We got a lot to hit today. We got a lot of, lot of good games. I mean it really was. And I don't think anything was bigger than Philly.


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[Assistant] Versus the Buffalo Bills. I know we'll get to that in a second. Uh, what'd you do the other day? How'd you, how'd you, you know, watch the games? You doing good? Everything good in life? Watch them at home. Yeah. Red zone.


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[Assistant] That was great. That was awesome. Yep. Good weekend of football. My favorite weekend of the year this weekend. I love it. It is great. Family football, right? Leftovers. Did you host? I didn't host. We went to mom and dad's house.


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[Assistant] Football game was underwhelming, like half my family didn't show up til like 5 o'clock, and I was like, guys, it's dark. Five? Yeah. We're a late family on Thanksgiving, but it's become another level of late. My sister and her family...


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[Assistant] They don't get there til five o'clock. So I'm like, and then they're like, well, what about the football game? And I'm like, it's dark. We don't, you know, Phil didn't put up lights in our stadium in the backyard. Sorry. I don't know what to tell you.


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[Assistant] You know, this year he did the Cowboys game, we didn't wait, but we did, you know, we eat late anyways, we enjoy the games, and my family's late arriving, so that's the way it worked. But everything else good, loved watching the games, it was awesome Black Friday, we'll get to that, you know, all three Thanksgiving Day games, and then of course what we had today, certainly not lack of, you know,


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[Assistant] Thrilling moments and some unbelievable finishes at the end.


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[Assistant] As I think about it, I don't know what else would rival it, right? I heard somebody else say that in the hallway a few minutes ago, and I was like, huh, maybe it was. I can't think of anything that


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[Assistant] You know, this many big plays, went to the finish, goes into overtime, right? One team takes a lead in overtime. The weather, the way it looked on TV, it had a great look, I'm sure it's going to do a, have a huge rating, right? The way the quarterbacks played, yea, I think it's safe to say it's the game of the year. That was the one thing I felt bad about. Did you do football


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[Assistant] They do not die, they're, they match up with any team in football, doesn't matter what style that is, right? They're so good that I don't even...


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[Assistant] They've definitely not played their best game of the year, or the best of their capabilities, but they're so good they can play, you know, Devin and McCourty were, and I were saying this, they can play their B-plus game and beat another team's A-plus game.


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[Assistant] And still go, eh, we're still gonna beat you. It doesn't matter even though we're not playing at our best, right?


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[Assistant] They have just so many things, and I think this is symbolic of who both these teams are, right? I mean, the Eagles, like you said, answers for everything, can rely on every position group on their team to make big plays and big moments, right?


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[Assistant] They weather the storm when they don't have the momentum and they never let it get too bad. You know, you look at the game overall, it's just like with every big moment like we talked about last week or whatever, when the Eagles need it, they go get it.


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[Assistant] And then, oh, eh, do you settle for a field goal? Oh, no, they need a touchdown. They drive down and get a touchdown. Uh, they're just a special football team that way. And yeah, I don't think at their best this year, they look as good as the Ravens or the 49ers.


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[Assistant] At their worst, it's not as bad as those teams either. Their worst is like B minus football, right? Where maybe their best football this year has been like A minus football. And...


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[Assistant] That's something that, hey, hopefully they can hit their stride and find some A-plus football, but the clutchness...


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[Assistant] You know, the fact that the offense isn't doing well for us, period of the game, and Jalen Hurst kinda, he doesn't force it, he kinda lets the game come to him, I mean, what did he have, 50 yards passing late in the third quarter?


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[Assistant] Right? And then all of a sudden, oh hey, we gotta start pressing on the gas pedal a little bit, start making some big plays, and, you know, he starts to rack up some yardage and plays in that way.


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[Assistant] But, but a great win by Bop, uh, by Philadelphia. And honestly, Mike, I mean, Ahmed, in my heart of hearts.


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[Assistant] A little bit like last week with the Chiefs-Eagles game, it felt like the Bills were the better team on the field for the bigger, most part of the game. Oh they, the first half for sure. In the first half for sure. The big moments for the most part though, it seems like the Eagles always seem to win those. They don't make many mistakes that are self-inflicted or any mistakes otherwise.


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[Assistant] And they just slowly but surely they're wore down the bills with their superior talent.


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[Assistant] And a lot of offenses, they might teach you to go to the post or go to the middle of the field there and the quarterback's just going to kind of loss it up and give you a chance there. But also, I can say that to that, corner routes are certainly a cover zero beater as well.


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[Assistant] So, you know, and it's a weird one in this way, because Gabe Davis was on the outside, I can't remember who was on the inside, and they did like a switch release, right?


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[Assistant] So, I'm sure that is what also kinda convoluted the conversation. Like, Alan said it was...


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[Assistant] Just made a comment after that sounded like they weren't on the same page. Like the whole offense, like they gotta figure out the rule for that. Would that play against that coverage? I don't know what to think.


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[Assistant] But yea, Gabe Davis breaks to the corner, Allen obviously doesn't throw it there, and that could have been the game, right? You know, that was one moment where you go, hey yea, they could have won the football game, it was there to be had, and they weren't on the same page. You know, the missed field goals they had.


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[Assistant] The Eagles we know, they can run the ball, their defense, I worry about it, like right? I mean this is the second, we're seeing the Eagles defense start to get moved on here on a consistent basis. I am a little worried about that.


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[Assistant] You know, I'm shocked with how, you know, Buffalo at times did move them up front.


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[Assistant] Uh, the plays Josh Allen made, it looked like there was no plan on containing him like we've talked about with other teams and what they did. Almost like Philadelphia just went, we're the Eagles, we'll, we'll contain them, we don't need to talk about it. We'll run them down, right? Easier said than done. Uh, but, but, yeaah, I think all in all, it felt like a game that was there to be had.


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[Assistant] Yeah, right. Well, I mean, it's not his fault. He himself. It wasn't his fault against Kansas City. He did everything that day, right? And then Mahomes drove down and he never got the ball back, right? And they changed the rule after that. You know, that's the theme here.


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[Assistant] Is the Bills are allowed to win a game without Josh Allen having to do everything. I checked the rule book. Their defense is allowed to stop somebody. Somebody can make a great catch or a great play after he delivers it to them. It doesn't always have to be him doing everything.


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[Assistant] You know, and I know, you know, people think I stick up for them to a degree. It's more that I stick up for them with some of the misled haters and criticism of them.


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[Assistant] Criticism. Like, as soon as the game is over, you look on social media and it's Josh Allen, interceptions, intersep- you threw the interceptions, Josh Allen, that's the interception.


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[Assistant] Okay. He's got two more turnovers on the year than Jalen Hurts and Tua. Two more. Okay. Two. He's played an extra game than them. The pace those two are on, it'll be tied next week. But it's not an issue for those two teams. Why? Cause they're on all-star teams. So nobody cares, they still win the game.


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[Assistant] I mean, Hertz throws an interception today. He fumbles the ball on an exchange. It just doesn't matter. They're good enough to overcome it. And I'm not blaming Hertz or two or anything like that. I'm more blaming the Bills and the fact that they are always expecting one guy to make everything happen. If he doesn't play perfect,


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[Assistant] Right? And he does make a mistake. They lose. And that's why we talk about it because we can't figure out what the other problems are. You can if you listen to this podcast.


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[Assistant] The other people in sports media just want to go, let's blame it on, oh, let's blame it on the guy that, I don't know, I was watching the game today with Devin McCourty and a bunch of other people going,


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[Assistant] All of us sitting there going, I mean, is he unbelievable? Is this the best? I mean, is, is he unstoppable? Is this one of the greatest pliers you've ever seen in your life? I mean, yes, yes, yes, yes.


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[Assistant] So that's what's annoying, and that's where I don't like that lazy take of, oh, it just goes to Josh Allen's turnovers. You know, Mahomes is top ten in turnovers, Lamar is top ten in turnovers, right?


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[Assistant] You know, like we talked about, I know he's led football and turnovers the last three years when you added up all together. He's also got 18 more touchdowns than everybody else in football and more touchdowns than everybody in football again this year, right? With what I would tell you is one of the


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[Assistant] More average supporting cast, so that's where I'm passionate about sticking up for them, and I think it's really wrong in that way, but I don't want to take anything away from the Eagles and what they did in this football game, their clutchness, their blood pressure never rises, and Jalen Hertz's leadership


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[Assistant] Stone cold ice in his veins is so freaking impressive. And of course that was a huge reason why they won the football game.


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[Assistant] I know. They disguise it well, right? And that's where Buffalo is a handful on defense, because they do disguise well, they do some creative things. This is a go-to play call for Philadelphia in big moments. Earlier in this drive, they called it, and I think one of the, uh, Jason Kelsey false starts,


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[Assistant] One, it's all about blitz, everybody's flying up the field, there's nobody there to account for the quarterback, so if he can get through the first line there, or the line of scrimmage, there's not gonna be anybody there. And then what they do too, is they block the downline and leave the edge guy who's blitzing 25 free, Kelsey goes around and kicks him out.


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[Assistant] Give Jalen Hurts a nice lane. You know, we've seen them make this call in big moments before. Jalen Hurts has got great patience and vision. Finds the whole touchdown. And, uh, that's where, you know, another thing that the Eagles just have so many things that you have to worry about. They're, the Bills are going, one, let's try to get them behind the sticks. Two, like,


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[Assistant] You know, we gotta worry about the two receivers on the outside. We gotta worry about DeAndre Swift. We don't wanna be overpowered there. So they're trying everything.


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[Assistant] You know, known to mankind on the defensive side of the ball to make things happen. The Bills are gonna be sick about this game. They lost the game. Like I said, for the better part of the game, it looked like they were controlling it. 500 yards of total offense. They controlled the time of possession. They had 92 plays, but as we say for probably the seventh time this year,


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[Assistant] And the big moments, the Eagles, they win those moments more times than not. And whenever they need something big, a touchdown drive, whatever, they come through in the clutch and make it happen.


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[Assistant] Because then, oh, Devontae Smith went off, and DeAndre Swift ran for 80 yards, right? And, you know, the defense makes a few plays, and A.J. Brown gets a touchdown or whatever else. It's just, hey, whatever it calls for for that week, they make it happen. That's why they're the best team in football, like I said.


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[Assistant] Their lows aren't as low as some of those other teams we talked about. Their highs are not up there with the 49ers and the Ravens to me. But again, if those two teams had to play the Eagles, I don't know who I'd pick there because the Eagles just find a way to win that game on a given Sunday.


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[Assistant] I mean, a 60 yard field goal in a pouring rain storm with wind, right? Where, you know, the Bills missed like a 30 yard field goal and like a 47 yard field goal. 60 yards and he crushes it through, it looks like by like 5, 6 yards. You know, it's just, to your point, it's everything about them that's really damn good.


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[Assistant] A ton of plays. It was a great quarterback battle. Both guys, Lawrence and CJ Stroud, were on their game. It felt like to me that the Jaguars were...


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[Assistant] The better team on the football field, right? Getting stopped on fourth and one before the half where they could have gone up 16 to seven and they were going to get the ball to start the second half. That to me, you know me, this is not me being like a man of the moment or second guessing. I'm always a little bit more.


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[Assistant] You're getting the ball. You can go up nine right there. You can go in the halftime with the momentum. Instead, the Texans make the stop. They go into halftime with the momentum and put the pressure back on the Jags to do something good on the first drive of the second half.


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[Assistant] Lawrence throws an interception with a bad, missed holding call by Petrie on Evan Ingram.


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[Assistant] And CJ Stratton Company went down and took the 14-13 lead off of that turnover. That was a big moment in the football game that certainly


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[Assistant] You know, made it tighter. But I think all in all, a little bit like we've talked about with other games, it felt like Jacksonville controlled the game for the most part of the day, right? Not that it was perfect, but I did feel like, you know, Trevor Lawrence, the passing game, were having their way. And then with the Texans, there was...


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[Assistant] A few good runs in the run game, but nothing sustainable. And then, even in the pass game, stroud through for 304 yards.


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[Assistant] It wasn't like it was he dropped back and people were open and boom, right? How many times today, and this is what's unbelievable about CJ Stroud, is


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[Assistant] It looked like a day where the offense wasn't delivering, but he just bought time in the pocket, moved around, slide around, move around, spin out, slide, boom, make a throw. I mean, it seemed like in the second half of the football game, very rarely did he throw a ball on time or on rhythm. It was a little like,


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[Assistant] Hey, I'm looking. Nobody's open. Let me buy a little more time. Somebody move. Let me manipulate some guys. Boom. First down, whatever else. He was amazing in this football game. He was.


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[Assistant] You know, whether it was his first touchdown of the game or the touchdown pass to Nico Collins, uh, late in the football game that made it close before Jacksonville put it away. Big thing that I like.


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[Assistant] And we hit on this last Sunday a little bit, is...


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[Assistant] I did feel like Jacksonville attacked downfield more in this game, in the passing attack, right? For sure. I remember on Sunday last week, I was like, Jacksonville, there's something missing. Like, I like their meat and potatoes with their offense, but they gotta find a way to take a few shots downfield and back people off, make some explosive plays. Not every drive has to be


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[Assistant] 10 plays 75 yards. And I felt like today was a start in that direction with finding some explosive plays with Trevor Lawrence's big right arm.


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[Assistant] 100%. 100%. The day of the statue pocket passing quarterback, that's over, right? If you can't move and buy time, the defenses are too good. We talk about it every week.


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[Assistant] The defense alliance are amazing. The defenses are winning the schematical, you know, war with offensive coordinators right now as far as advancement.


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[Assistant] Right? That's why scoring's down. Defenses have got offenses pegged right now. You know, I watch guys, they play three on three zones versus three receivers and they got them covered everywhere which way they cut out. They know route combinations, they know how to read it. Like some of these offenses definitely are going to have to reinvent themselves and think a little bit differently about how they want to attack. So yea, to that point,


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[Assistant] You gotta have that guy. And think about what we're talking about with the great quarterbacks in the sport. They all do that.


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[Assistant] Whether we just talk about Jalen Hurts, buying time, throwing a big pass to Zaccheus in the back of the end zone for a touchdown, Josh Allen, Mahomes, whatever, right? It's a huge part of the game. Joe Burrow is your prototypical pocket passing quarterback, but I call him a slippery son of a bitch all the time because he


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[Assistant] Moves around the pocket and buys time and is more mobile than people think. It's the same thing with CJ Stroud.


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[Assistant] Everybody's too enamored a little bit when it comes out of college of, did he run 4-4? Oh, then he can't run.


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[Assistant] And then what we saw during the draft process is a guy that when he needs to run for eight yards around the corner, he can. And he can definitely buy time and move in the pocket and do that. And then he always stays in the throwing position. He was phenomenal today. Jacksonville, they can't get to the quarterback with their front four.


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[Assistant] So they, so it looked like, you know, they tried to play coverage, it looked like people were covered downfield.


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[Assistant] And CJ Stroud, which is rare for a rookie, just was patient, was like, I'm gonna sit here, and I'll move, and I'll wait, and I'll move, and I'll wait, and boom, I'll just use my incredible arm and accuracy, and I'll find somebody here eventually, if you give me this much time. And he did that throughout the day. It was a phenomenal performance by him, once again, because their run game didn't work today, right? And the actual...


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[Assistant] Uh, what about, surgical-ness of the offense didn't work. It was CJ Stroud made it work today. And that's what was awesome. And of course, like you said, Trevor Lawrence was on his game. Quick decisions, great arm. He moved around really well. And I do love the Jags. They stay patient with the run game, even when it's not working.


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[Assistant] You know, just aware on defenses a little bit and hopefully set up some big pass plays in the pass game. That's what I like from Jacksonville today though. Attack down the field a little bit.


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[Assistant] We have to play that hard, like that crazy against these good teams in football. And they've certainly answered the bell the last few weeks. We'll see. I always wonder about those stats we're talking about right there.


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[Assistant] Like, were they pressure within like, hey, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 step drop, the pressure was there, or was it 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I sat here, I looked here, I baked a cake, I sat here, and now I have pressure. That's true. Right? That's where I don't know, cause it didn't feel like it was pressure like, on rhythm pressure all game long. Maybe I'm wrong about that, I'm trying to watch a lot of football, but it didn't seem like that, so I wonder about the context of that stat a little bit.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, I think the big headline is they got back to business or got back to what made us all think they could win the NFC South early in the year.


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[Assistant] Their team is built around their offensive line. They have not dominated in the running game to the extent of all the resources, whether it's first round picks, the money they've spent on that group, the running back, of course, and Bijon Robinson. That has not performed to the level it should as far as what their assets are allocated.


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[Assistant] This is one of the few games since, you know, early on in the football season where I felt like they absolutely dominated the upfront.


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[Assistant] You know, opened up holes for whoever was playing running back. Well, you know, and of course a big part of that was Bijan, but Cordero looked good. Algier had his moments, right? Desmond Ritter had a few timely scrambles and design runs that were huge in the football game. Cause he's still shaking in the pass game.


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[Assistant] But he had some moments in the game too though where I went, man, Desmond Ritter is quick


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[Assistant] Decisive decisions. I like the way it looks. They got Drake London involved. But the run game is the key for the Falcons. They have the type of defense that can be a handful for anybody.


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[Assistant] And yeaah, you might move the ball like you saw today, but they're going to keep you out of the end zone, keep field goals going. So I think the big thing today was just, you know, run game going in Atlanta and they're tough to beat that way with their defense coupled on top of that.


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[Assistant] That's not when you throw back shoulder. So that was a weird one, and I can't even remember the other one that he threw to Honey Badger either, but it wasn't good.


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[Assistant] You know, and I think that's the reason, like to your point, why he was benched at one point, because his mistakes are a little bit like...


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[Assistant] Wait, that's too egregious of a mistake for you to be our starting quarterback. And as much college football you played and all of that. But their defense played well today. Defense was a lot of bend, don't break.


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[Assistant] Derrick Carr I felt like missed some opportunities early to where he could have thrown touchdowns on the first drive. They settled for a field goal because he threw a ball inaccurate to Rashid Shahid. The second drive, you know, they go down and move the ball surgically all the way down the field and he throws a pick six to Jesse Bates. That was the game changing moment that swayed


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[Assistant] Everything back into Atlanta's favor. Because up to that moment, it felt like, man, the Saints are kind of controlling the game. And even after that, it felt like, wow, the Saints are still...


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[Assistant] You know, doing pretty good, pretty good here. Is Atlanta gonna be able to hang on? Are they gonna be able to do something else on the offensive side of the ball here? And the second half, the 95 yard drive, you know, with the


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[Assistant] The touchdown pass to Bijon Robinson, uh, early third quarter, or fourth quarter, excuse me. That was a big moment of sustained drive, and then you finally felt like, hey, they got control of this game now, they went up by nine and never looked back. Schemed up a good play, got the matchup they wanted. Definitely.


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[Assistant] That was really good. Fake the play action, he came out the back side and like, I don't think the linebacker was expecting after the play action for him to continue up the sideline that way. Nice, nice drawn up play there by the Falcons offensive staff.


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[Assistant] He's scary, as we saw earlier in the year. I mean, he cost him some moments of whether it was controlling a game or winning a game altogether because of the mistakes or just the, their inability to even trust him in call pass plays when the moment calls for it because they're like, oh gosh, can we trust him here? But I think, you know,


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[Assistant] It's a top 10-ish type defense. They got a good secondary. Uh, they got big people up front.


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[Assistant] They know how to not necessarily have great pass rushers, but they know how to dial up blitzes and be creative and cause some mismatches there. Uh, so I, I do like Atlanta. I picked them before the season started and I'm gonna still ride with them. There's something about, like we've talked about with New Orleans, the defense isn't as good as what it's ranked. It's feasted on the poor. Derek Carr


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[Assistant] You know, just a little off it seems like all the time, and that time's maybe too conservative.


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[Assistant] And their inability to get in the end zone and then just some self-inflicted, you know, wounds by them.


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, driving down late in the football game and Taysom Hill fumbles when Jesse Bates fumbles, you know, punches it out. I mean, they were going in to score, forget field goal, they were going to be inside the 10 yard line after that play. Uh, there's like a toughness or a grit element that I feel like misses with the New Orleans Saints. That's why I can't get behind them. Yeah.


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[Assistant] I think it got to 14-0, and they went, to your point, like, well, we're not going to be able to play the game we've kind of wanted to play lately, which is defense, run the ball, and my homes will make a few plays here. And they kind of had to get more wide open with it.


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[Assistant] And honestly, I felt like Mahomes got in a groove because of it a little bit as well. I think the big thing is they might have found their guy at receiver. We'll see where that goes. He's been having his moments, you know, over the last month or so where you go, ooh, this guy can be the guy.


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[Assistant] That was his big thing at college. At SMU, one of the things I loved about him was he breaks a lot of tackles. I mean, he does. He's a pretty big, powerful guy for the receiver position. And we saw today, when he opens up, he can cover some ground, like for real.


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[Assistant] We've been talking all year. They need, it can't just be Travis Kelce and Pacheco in the defense. That's not going to get them to the Super Bowl if that's where they want to go. There's got to be somebody at the receiver position that steps up that makes a defense at least think about that position in some big moments. So I think that's where it's awesome for Rashid Rice. And, you know, to the point you just made, he's


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[Assistant] He's kind of covered, but he's a big body and I'll, you know, use my big body and strong hands and catch the ball there. So hopefully they got something, but it felt like a game and this is where the Raiders are coached well. They came out.


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[Assistant] Pretty creative on the offensive side of the ball. They were making plays in the pass game. Aiden O'Connell looked really good. You said it. Josh Jacobs breaks a big run. You're going, damn, they're kind of running the ball in the Chiefs, too. This is scary, right? What's going to happen?


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[Assistant] You know, it's almost like gotten down 14, nothing gave my homes the green light to go like, okay, I can start being aggressive now. They need me to come back so I can start being aggressive. And with the Raiders, the defensive scheme is very good, but they just don't have the Jimmies and the Joes. Once you block that, block that Joe named Max Crosby over there, there's like,


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[Assistant] There's nobody else, you look at that, who's gonna contain my homes? Who's gonna run them down? Who's gonna cover?


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[Assistant] Some of these receivers, after he buys seven seconds downfield on the Raiders, that we are going to go, oh, yeaah, that's what we thought would happen, right? So, I think that was the impressive thing for the Chiefs. Definitely came out kind of asleep at the wheel, hangover from a game they should have won maybe on Monday night against the Eagles, right?


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[Assistant] Thinking, oh, we're gonna steamroll this Raiders team. They got punched in the mouth, but they reacted, you know, the appropriate way and bounced back in a big way.


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[Assistant] All gonna be about the regime that comes in next year and what they want to do with this football team. I mean, the way they are right now and where we are and the pay and everything like it, like,


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[Assistant] You know, I wouldn't be surprised to see Devonte Adams up for trade bait next year. He's going to get to the point where he's like, I don't want to be a part of the rebuild. He's going to probably, you know, be a squeaky wheel behind the scenes a little bit. And he's a big asset to where they could help rebuild their football team. Josh Jacobs, do I envision them paying him big money? No. Is Aiden O'Connell the answer forever? No, I don't think he is either.


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[Assistant] Right? So, you know, they're just making do with what they got right now. What they do got is a good running back who is playing awesome.


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[Assistant] They do have two pretty reliable receivers in Adams and Myers. O'Connell knows how to play the position, but he's not gonna wow you.


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[Assistant] You know, they gotta play perfect to beat a team like the Chiefs, and you know, uh, the missed field goal at the end of the first half where they had a chance to go up 17-14 and put the pressure back on the Chiefs a little bit. They missed that, and he kind of felt like that took the air out of the Raiders altogether, and then the Chiefs go down to start the second half touchdown.


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[Assistant] And he kinda felt like that was all she wrote. The Chiefs are back. They get the win.


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[Assistant] But I think at the baseline, that's what it would be. The one thing Matt Canada or not, that we've seen going on an upward trajectory, is their offensive line play, right? That's, there's no doubt about that.


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[Assistant] You know, when Canada got onto the sideline, the offensive line got better, you know, now being fired, you know, it's still going on an upward pace here. So they're running the ball, opening up some holes that way, but today the running of the ball felt like it was opened up because of the pass game a little bit, because they attacked


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[Assistant] Fryermuth being, you know, being back healthy, being able to work the middle of the football field is huge for their football team. You know, not only, it's just one other weapon, and of course we know they got two receivers on the outside that are a little bit scary.


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[Assistant] You know, the vertical passing game, the O line blocking better in the run game, the O line blocking better in the pass game as well. You know, that was another thing today where...


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[Assistant] You know, Pickett stood in there and he had time to hit Fryermuth down the middle for a 20 yard gain or Deontay Johnson up the sideline for a 40 something yard gain. Right? So that's where it got really interesting and we'll see if the Steelers can capitalize on this. They certainly got some, some players and some parts here to make


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[Assistant] You know, some of these things happen that we're talking about. Let's see if they can get, you know, a little continuity on that side of the ball and get some creativity and, and, you know, make this a jump off point.


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[Assistant] You know, I don't think they're going to tank this far into it. And especially the AFC with the, you know, 6-7 spot being kind of up for grabs, they're certainly not out of it. And, you know, how could you sell to your team, we're tanking when they were, it's 7-3.


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[Assistant] They're going down to score, and your quarterback throws a stupid interception, right? To where you're gonna get a, uh, maybe go up at least 10 to 3.


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[Assistant] Browning wasn't bad. He makes some plays. He looks comfortable out there. You know, he's got a nice motion throw in the football, but they can't run the freaking football at all. And their defense, you know, as we stated early on in the year, continues to let up.


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[Assistant] Big plays every game, and that's the thing that's a little shocking to me about the Bengals this year.


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[Assistant] Like, one where you'd go, it's a 44 yard field goal, then missed it left in a big way. And the Chargers are hanging around and really look like they've outplayed the Ravens here in the second half of this fight.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna say that they drive down here a little bit and make it interesting, but the Ravens defense makes a stop. You listening know if that's right, we don't know yet. I don't know, I am excited to find out. What I do know is that the Chargers win this football game, we are gonna be on the Chargers social media and they are gonna shit all over us here at NBC, I can promise you that.


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[Assistant] Well, hey, with the, you know, injuries to burrow, Buffalo not playing that great, right?


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[Assistant] You know, Houston and Denver being a pain in the ass, Cleveland kind of being all over the place and having a quarterback situation.


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[Assistant] I mean, it's there to be had for the cults. And the cults are pretty consistent.


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[Assistant] I mean, they are. It's not like, you know, I don't think they're a great football team, but, you know, for them to be right here in this area, uh, you know, it's not shocking from what I've seen from them the last few weeks. I think the big thing with the Colts and the thing I tried to say on our pregame show at Sunday Night Football is, you know, up front, they're a handful.


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[Assistant] You know, we've broken down. Shane Steichen's awesome on the offensive side of the ball. He's one of the more creative run game designers in football. Their O-line is playing really good, right? So they're opening up holes and gashing people in the run game. And then,


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[Assistant] You know, they're creative in their pass game and Minshew, for the most part, you know, manages the offense, makes a few splash sizzle plays here and there with his great instincts and escape-ability and everything like that, and they got something working. And I think on the other side of the ball, their D-line, it's kind of the same thing. Their D-line's a pain in the ass.


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[Assistant] Better. No, maybe not. He's a rookie quarterback that's still learning. There's probably some things in the drop back pass game they can do with Gardner that they wouldn't be able to do with Anthony Richardson, right? You know, you're not gonna get some of the wow plays or some of the stretch the field with his big right arm like you would with Anthony Richardson, but still, as you can see,


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[Assistant] You know, he's more than serviceable, Minshew. It's more than just like a system guy. He makes plays for them too. Now, he'll make an occasional dumb play every now and then as well. You know, Meta had one bad interception today in the football game. But, you know, we started off the podcast talking about the game of the year, right? And the Eagles, Bills.


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[Assistant] He's, this is why we talk about the Eagles not looking quite the same. They losing a guy that's special in Shane Steichen. And you can see he knows how to get downs and pitman open on a consistent basis, week in and week out. That's what I like about them. The Colts kinda got a little bit mojo going.


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[Assistant] We're up 20 to 10, went forward on 4th down on their own side of the field at one time, right? Bucks and Baker made some big 4th down conversions. It was a game where it felt like the Colts controlled it and kind of let the Bucks back in it, but yea, the Colts, as we go here, you know, and their defense can get a little bit better.


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[Assistant] They're gonna be a player in this. They are a player, we know that, but they're a pain with the way this offensive line plays, and then of course the way Shane Steichen calls the game overall. Yea, Tampa's slipping a bit right now. They have lost six of their last seven games. Yea. The defenses...


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[Assistant] You know, let's up too many big plays. There's not one area of like dominance by them. And the offense is kind of like...


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[Assistant] There's no consistency to it. You feel like it's three and out, three and out, and all of a sudden it's like a 60 yard pass to Evans, and a 20 yard pass to Godwin, and it's a touchdown, and then it's three and out, and three and out, and three and out, and then it's a screen to white for 40, and another big pass to Evans, and it's hey, we got points again, but then it's three and out, three and out, right? I don't know, that's kind of how it feels like


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[Assistant] They will. It should be grounding though. He was in the pocket. He was a great blitz by the, by the Baltimore Ravens. And as he was getting thrown to the ground, he was in the pocket and didn't get the ball to the line of scrimmage. But I haven't, I haven't seen a flag down yet. And like you said, the Ravens are gonna have to...


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[Assistant] They're gonna have to get a first down here. They can't just kneel on the football. But great all-out blitz or... Yea, it was. It was all-out blitz with a guy dropping in the middle in case he threw something short over the middle. And yea, why is this not grounding? I still don't get it.


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[Assistant] I don't care where it didn't get to the line of scrimmage and he was not in the pocket. That should be grounding.


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[Assistant] Alright, that's where he's gonna have to learn, like, you can't be in that position in the NFL with these crazy mofos running at you. Baron Browning can run.


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[Assistant] He's a good edge defender. DTR did a great job escaping, but he runs out to the right. And then as he's throwing it and he's up in the air and totally vulnerable, Browning just absolutely killed him. And he kind of felt like that was the end of the Brown's chances to maybe win the football game after he went out.


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[Assistant] They're getting better, they are. They got this game.


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[Assistant] You know, play the way they want. You don't want to get to the Browns, get down on the Browns early, and now their defense can be all crazy.


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[Assistant] You know, yeaah. Hey, Sean Payton, we know he's always got a good game plan. He wasn't gonna let the Blitz of the Browns and some of the crazy, uh, aggressive stuff they do up front ruin their game. He was patient. He wasn't gonna let Russell Wilson ruin the game.


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[Assistant] Right, as in hold the ball or try to make magic happen or throw the ball too much against this group.


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[Assistant] So I think that's where he's smart. I was shocked that they ran the ball the way they did on the Browns defense. That to me...


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[Assistant] You know, I was surprised. Not, we know the Broncos have gotten better at running the ball, and the Browns have, we've seen moments of them give up, run, we talk about them in the Colts game earlier this year. You know, the 49ers had moments, they're not real big up front, and they don't have great depth.


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[Assistant] But of course they got great talent and speed and scheme and they create chaos.


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[Assistant] Chaos against a team that, you know, kind of has a feel for your chaos, and they know what plays work against that. It looks like the Broncos had some really good creative run plays that, you know, helped them win the football game, uh, and that was cool to watch.


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[Assistant] I had Ravens as a best bet against Florio, and they just covered on a reverse on third down for a touchdown.


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[Assistant] They could block maybe the Ravens blitzes and pressures, and Herbert, they have kind of a quicker short passing game, where I think they probably looked at that going, that actually might give the Ravens defense some issues here.


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[Assistant] Uh, but yeah, Ravens didn't play their best game, but they're up 20 to 10 here late. Not over yet though. Let's, let's put a pin in that one. We gotta put a pin on...


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[Assistant] He's such a game wrecker, you know, he goes way beyond the stats.


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[Assistant] Uh, he changes the way teams play because of, you have to, well, we gotta get a tight end over there to block him. We gotta chip the back, right? He gives their defenses advantages that don't get shown on a stat sheet. I think that's what's big. He's a great leader. Uh, we know that. I, I, you know.


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[Assistant] I hope it's not a bicep tendon. You know, it can be so many things. There's a lot of things that connect in there. You know, I know I tore my bicep tendon in my right arm once. And I was like, ah, like something felt like it hit me in the shoulder. I couldn't figure out what it was. And they're like, oh, it's your bicep tendon. So, you know, we'll see where it goes. But yeah, unfortunate injury for them.


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[Assistant] Brown's defense didn't play their best game today, but I think it's more about the proper game plan and the Broncos knowing who they are.


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[Assistant] You know, that's the big thing. Russell's got just the right touch right now of makes a good throw here and there. He's probably a little conservative and careful, but he's going, so what? I'm just going to keep us in the game, not make the big mistake. And in the big moments, I'll make a big play there that'll help us win the football game.


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[Assistant] And, uh, and, and then of course makes the magic throw to Troutman in the end zone to put them up 24-12. And that's what I'm talking about. You run the ball like that. Your defense is playing that way. You don't need to do too much. He's efficient. He's taking care of the football. He's seeing the big picture of the game in which I think Sean Payton is teaching him. And that's, that's awesome to see for the Broncos.


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[Assistant] Their defense, we talk about it, it's creative as hell, they're fast, they're aggressive.


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[Assistant] If your offense is a little too predictable, they will be all over it. And then, as long as Stafford's healthy,


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[Assistant] But, uh, the game started with Stafford hitting big passes.


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[Assistant] Right? Uh, that's where it kind of started him at well doing that, but then second drive of the game after it was 7-7 or 8-7 I should say, Arizona, that was the drive where, yea, the run game Freeman kind of started it off and got it going.


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[Assistant] And it looked like the Rams never really looked back from that point on. And then it became the Kyron Williams show, him killing him in the, not only the run game, but the pass game too. I mean, he had a hell of a day, but they put it on the Cardinals. About as good as we've seen anybody put it on the Cardinals the whole year.


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[Assistant] No, it's the big pass to Atwell in the first drive that sets up the touchdown. You know, we talk about the Cardinals made it 14-8. And then, you know, the 8-7, uh, then, you know, the Cardinals had a moment of going for it, you know, around midfield, right? And that's where


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[Assistant] I don't know, the run game Stafford did take over. I'm missing a point in my football game that I wanted to hit here, but I can't remember what it was. But either way, domination from the Rams up front, if they continue to do that with McVeigh's ability to, you know, get cup and puka nukua. And to me, oh, this is where I wanted to go, I'm sorry.


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[Assistant] It was an at well day because every replay I saw of the pass down the field


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[Assistant] They were either bracketing Pukinakou or Kubricka. They were determined on not letting those guys go off in this football game, and that's where it became an Atwell game. But if they can run the ball like this, and then Atwell, and we know Stafford's ability to throw the ball off a play action pass, they're gonna be a pain in the ass down the stretch.


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[Assistant] They got, I think the most draft picks in the first three rounds than anybody in football.


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[Assistant] So they got that, they're certainly gonna have some, some assets and things to play with.


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[Assistant] This game was by, I thought by far their worst game of the year. This is one of the few games where you're a little underwhelmed and they're just like, whoa, they got out coached, out physicaled, nothing really went good, and the game just totally got away from them in the third quarter. And that was all she wrote. We'll see what the Rams can do here. I'm like, it's one of those where I look at the Rams and go,


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[Assistant] Man, are they really a playoff team? But you start to look towards the bottom of the NFC playoff picture and you go, yeah, they're right in the class with those teams. There's nobody that outclasses them or I feel like, oh, they shouldn't be in the conversation with them. You look at Minnesota, Seattle, Green Bay, New Orleans.


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[Assistant] I try, I'm not really a multi-tasker in anything other than watching football. Anything else in my life, I am not a multi-tasker. I'm not. I'm like, I'm literally the guy that's like, no, I just have to focus on this right now, and then I'll give that my full attention here in a few minutes. I can't multi-task.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they started to go off a little bit in the fourth quarter of their run game, second half. They really got it going as far as, you know, Keaton Mitchell and what he can do.


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[Assistant] Getting the job done. Yeah, that's right. It's a big win. It's not easy. We know that. The Chargers did have some things about their football team that I think matched up well with the Ravens, but, you know, the Ravens, it's just, you know.


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[Assistant] I don't even know how to explain it. It's, it's just, it's some moments of deadness tonight, and I feel like tonight, my big thing was, I think it felt like early on in the game, they were too impatient with the run.


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[Assistant] Right, I think they looked at the Chargers and went, we're gonna come out here and throw the ball, their pass defense sucks.


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[Assistant] And everything I saw from all our cameras in the background, the Chargers were playing coverage and coverage and coverage and coverage. And I kept waiting for the Ravens to run the football. And by the time they got to go, and it was too much of a game by that point to sit here and say, oh, they're going to control things. But you know, Chargers, you turn the ball over four times.


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[Assistant] Alright, you're not gonna win the game. It was actually a miracle they were kinda in it to this degree.


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[Assistant] Pass game wasn't as good. Their O-line was back at full strength. They didn't pass protect as well as I would have expected them to. And they were lucky that the Chargers charged, right? Whether that's Keene and Allen fumbling in the middle of the field one time when they were moving the ball, and Austin Eckler.


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[Assistant] Uh, had the, uh, the fumble that we saw where he got stripped. You know, they got down there close and Justin Herbert got stripped sacked at like the 10 yard line late in the third quarter. Maybe it was at the early fourth.


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[Assistant] Right? So, you know, even when the Chargers outplay somebody, they seem to make mistakes in big moment and that's why, you know, I think us and nobody in the nation has a whole lot of faith in them.


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[Assistant] You know, run, run game never got going throughout the day. Giants.


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[Assistant] As we know, I think you're more talented than the New England Patriots. I do. Got more playmakers on the field.


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[Assistant] Move the ball on the first drive of the game, and Wondell Robinson fumbles, right? And, you know, and again, when the Giants-Patriots play right now in 2023, you're like, oh man, they made a mistake down there close to the end zone. They might not get there again for a while, right? And that's the way the game was, forever. Forever.


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[Assistant] One of the dumbest interceptions we've seen of the year, off his back, this is almost as bad as the one in Germany that got a bench for Zappi, but off his back foot.


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[Assistant] Fading away, over the middle, weak throw, and obviously didn't, didn't locate Bobby O'Karrickie who makes a big return and gives the Giants a short field.


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[Assistant] And a few plays later, you know, Tommy DeVito finds Hodgins at a little shallow cross. He stiff arms the defender and gets in the end zone. And damn, for a period of time you just went, well damn seven, nothing might be good enough with the way the Giants deep was playing for the day. They thought they might've get it done. But then Bailey Zappi comes in and


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[Assistant] You know, what I laughed about was Bailey Zappi leads him on a touchdown drive, 11 play, 60 yard drive.


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[Assistant] And, uh, the game was ugly, but, uh, fortunately for, for the Giants, the, the Patriots were uglier than


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[Assistant] I think in totality, his end with Belichick in this regime of coaches is over, right? So if Belichick stays somehow, I don't think Mac Jones will be there, right? If Mac Jones stays, it will be a new regime and some new coordinator head coach is gonna come in and go, I kinda like Mac Jones, I think I can make it happen.


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[Assistant] You know, whether it's the situation and then the talent around him is nothing special. I mean, he has no receiver that can do anything, you know, above like the coach said to run here and I run there, right? They can't do anything. You know, the run game's okay. He does have to improve his throwing.


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[Assistant] From a power standpoint, there's too many softballs and lobs thrown by Mac Jones.


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[Assistant] You know, there's too many balls where I go, ooh, he's open, and oh, it just got knocked out of the guy's hands just as he was catching it. He's gotta learn to throw the ball with a little more power and pace, right? And I think that's the adjustment he has to make. But the way they're playing, the way they're set up right now is


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[Assistant] Not set up for success for Mack Jones by any stretch of the imagination, as we've talked about a million times. The reason McDaniels liked him, the reason Shanahan liked him, cause they knew we could give him a million plays, a million rules, he'll do it all, he'll be like a coach on the field, he can process it and he'll go to the right place with the ball. Like a Brock Purdy, right? But he's a broken puppy right now.


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[Assistant] He is. He's got the fan base on him, he's got a coach that's not supporting him, you know. He's got...


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[Assistant] Yeah, and then the Patriots, whether it's the Miss Fieldgold, the Mac Jones interception, I mean Bailey Zappi with a horrible interception that gave the Giants the go-ahead field goal to make it 10-7. And there's nothing positive to talk about with the New England football team, let alone their offense altogether.


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[Assistant] Kind of a disaster, and uh, kind of shocking. It's really fallen to this degree this fast, I think is really what the shocking part about the whole thing is.


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[Assistant] He, you know, out of Louisville, dual threat kind of quarterback, right? I think they brought him in thinking that they were going to be able to make him a receiver or something like that, almost like the lines of Julian Edelman.


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[Assistant] There's a hard to look at a silver lining. I know they're a team that's kind of on the rebuild, but there's not a lot of young, super talented guys on the offensive side of the ball. There's a lot of work to be done, I think.


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[Assistant] For the situation they're in. And I think that's probably where there's a little frustration there. I don't think the Frank Reich hiring has worked out to the degree that maybe David Tepper wanted. And then of course the quarterback


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[Assistant] He's watching a guy in CJ Stroud rewrite the record books and tear everybody up and is already one of the best quarterbacks in football. And he's watching his quarterback go, damn it takes us 15 plays just to get to midfield on most drives. I mean, it's three yard throw here, one yard run here, three yard throw there. So that's frustrating.


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[Assistant] You know, and I think that's where it is. Their defense is as good as we've talked about. But there's too much pressure on them. And, you know, really the game, what, it was a 10 minute drive to start the game by the Tennessee Titans. Really well thought out runs, short passes, whatever else. They dominate there. You know, the Panthers go down and get a field goal.


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[Assistant] Okay, but then you got Bryce Young gets stripped sacked from behind by Arden Key, the Titans get the touchdown a few plays later with a Derek Henry


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[Assistant] Run, and they're up 14-3, and that's all the points they needed. I mean, the Panthers have to live in an area of 13-10, 16-13, and to be down 17-13 at one point in the football game, it's just, it's too much for their offense to overcome.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, I think it's a little of all of it. I think he's still, you know, learning his way. I think with their offense and the talent they have, like, there's only so much Frank Wright can do, game plan wise, to make it happen.


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[Assistant] I think it's too early to draw those total judgments. One thing I feel fairly confident in saying is he's never going to be CJ Strout.


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[Assistant] You know, I felt like I was trying to tell everybody that in the pre-draft processes. I had CJ Stroud in tier one by himself. Cause I saw a guy that I thought was like on another level throwing the ball in the pocket. That's where the...


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[Assistant] That's where the NFL game is, right? It really is. And then like you talked about earlier, you gotta make some plays that get out of the pocket, buy some times, and make some big plays with your arm. He doesn't have a big arm that way. He's not as fast and athletic as everybody thought he was. See, the game was so open at Alabama, so that, they have to,


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[Assistant] They have to get better talent around them and play a formula of football that fits Bryce Young. And I think ultimately what it's going to be is spread the field, let them make quick decisions, a little bit of Tua-ish like that way, right? And, you know...


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[Assistant] Let it go from there. But right now they don't have the weapons like we talk about that can even remotely scare anybody. And offense is a struggle and, uh, just couldn't overcome or do anything other than the one drive, which was, you know, again, hard work, short passes, check down to Hubbard who made a big play after catching the ball.


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[Assistant] You know, it just, uh, it's hard for the Panthers to accumulate a lot of offense. And good job by the Titans, getting the win. And I think the good thing for them is, you know, got off to an early lead.


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[Assistant] And Levis made some plays in the big thing too, like we talk about a lot, and understood the game.


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[Assistant] And didn't take any chances or do anything stupid, realized it was a defensive field position game and played it the right way and they got the victory.


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[Assistant] Just keep grinding Bryce Young. You still got a chance to get the last laugh. That's all that's important. It's still early.


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[Assistant] The Packers, we started off the year trying to tell people they got talent on the defensive side of the ball. Here as of late, they're starting to show up a little bit. We'll see. Rashad Gary's a hell of a football player. There's a reason they just paid him all that money even though he was coming off a pretty serious injury.


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[Assistant] I almost feel like he feels more comfortable and feels like he can control the ball that way better. So it's like, let me just drop it down sidearm. It's a common thing with quarterbacks at times. You just feel like, hey, it slots there, I can feel it a little bit better. Instead of just being on top of the right position and letting it rip, right?


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[Assistant] You know, got a great release. Their defense made plays. They got some dangerous people at receiver. I think that's the big thing you're starting to see is the offense opened up a little bit that way.


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[Assistant] You know, with that pass rush, and then your Lions, Jared Goff, the one thing, for as good as he is at everything he does, it is amazing that when he gets pressure, he becomes, you know,


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[Assistant] Below average. He is a little bit like you were talking about with Michael Robinson, is a guy that can't do some of those things that you talked about. He's not gonna buy time or get out of the pocket very often, or move around in the pocket and then throw some laser around the field.


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[Assistant] Hey, when he's got time in the pocket, he'll dice you up and make aggressive decisions to put the ball where it needs to go, but it's not going to be backyard football. Your team, there's two things that worry me going forward.


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[Assistant] We know one of them's a secondary, right? As we saw. That's a problem in the football game. It's a problem. You guys can't match up against guys like Christian Watson, cause he'll run by you, and then you play zones, and you play a good team that's got a good coach and a quarterback a little bit, they know how to pick apart zones, right? So that worries me about you. The other part that worries me,


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[Assistant] And what I saw from a lot of replays is the Packers had no fear of your receivers. I think that's the other thing we're going to continue to see here when you guys play quality football teams. They're going to go, Lions have a lot of good things on offense.


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[Assistant] But, the one thing they don't have, other than Jamison Williams, who's not a mainstay of their offense yet, they don't have guys that can run away from good man-to-man defenders.


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[Assistant] Almond Ross St. Brown's a great intermediate short, you know, run a fake shallow cross, come out, run the slant, return, run a double move here or there, but not the guy you can put outside and go, well just be outside and run by people all day, right, or moss people, or do all that.


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[Assistant] So that is two things to me that are gonna be worth evaluating down the stretch of the lines, just as far as how


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[Assistant] It was 14-6 and I was going, Lions are gonna go down the field and score here. And that was when the strip sack fumble touchdown happened and I went, oh no, like now it's gonna be like serious football game here. Like they're gonna have to scratch and claw to come back. Right? And even at 23-14 I thought,


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[Assistant] They're gonna be okay. They're still gonna make a game of this. But then of course it was another strip sack fumble, right? Or a derred golf fumble I believe led to the short field touchdown of Christian Watson making it 29 to 14. And I think that was the moment where I was like, okay, I think the Lions are in deep shit. I blocked it out. We talked about this game too much.


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[Assistant] The Cowboys are so dangerous, and when the Cowboys start to roll, it's like they can roll as good as anybody in the game. You know, honestly, I thought, wow, this game, you know.


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[Assistant] Little dangerous with the way it was going. 14-10. That drive before the end of the half I felt like was everything, right? We had the tip pass ball in the air that was caught and all that. Uhm, but to go in 20-10.


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[Assistant] Dallas hitting on all cylinders type of day on the offensive side of the ball. I kind of felt like it was just like, hey, we're better. We're just going to keep cracking at it and you guys will fall apart as the game goes on. And that's kind of what happened with the commander.


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[Assistant] You know, it's, everything is working against them and Dallas has got something that they're playing for big picture wise.


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[Assistant] They're super talented. It's gonna be, can they beat the Eagles? Can they beat the 49ers? And if they don't, we're all gonna go, damn, they're chokers, right? Uh, it really is, but they're definitely one of the better teams in football and, you know, one of the all-time momentum teams that I can ever remember, that once they get it going, you can't stop them.


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[Assistant] I mean, did that not look like a team on another level in the football game altogether? Right? I just...


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[Assistant] You know, what was it to like? So that's where, again, I don't mean to disrespect the Eagles, but I've yet to see them have a half or something where it looked like the 49ers did in that first half of the football game where it was like, we can do whatever we want. Run up the middle for 10. Oh, Ayuk for 20. Debo for 15. Kettle for 20. Doesn't really matter. Pick your poison. We're going to tear you up.


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[Assistant] And of course Seattle continues to show inconsistency and no real elite domination on the offensive side of the ball. It's just a collection of plays. And their defense is good, but not good enough to mess with this group right here when they're


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[Assistant] I got all the faith in Purdy. Again, I know they lost those three games and he made a few mistakes here and there, but he's making a ton of plays and uh, watch out. Watch out for the San Francisco 49ers.


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[Assistant] The standard way of how we vote on MVP, right? I mean, yeaah. I mean, quarterback on one of the better teams and he's putting up good stats, he certainly deserves to be in the conversation. I don't deny that at all.


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[Assistant] And I think Dak Prescott's probably in that conversation now, a little bit, right? To go along with Jalen Hurts. Maybe Mahomes. AJ Brown's falling off. Tyree Kill is the guy I still look at to go watch out. I mean, we saw what he could do on Black Friday.


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[Assistant] Did one of the most jet things I can remember, right? Okay? So what do they got now? They got the butt fumble on Thanksgiving, and now they got the Hell Merry? Hell Merry? Is that what they're calling it? On Black Friday? I think the Hell Merry. That's what I'm hearing, alright? Yeah, so that's the word of the streets here in New York.


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[Assistant] It wasn't Zach Wilson that was the problem with your offense. Duh. He wasn't the answer. No, he's not the answer. But the offense sucks. I mean, there's nothing to look at. And that's again, we've dissected that enough. The one thing about


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[Assistant] The Dolphins, right? Running the ball was impressive against the Jets. We know they're dangerous in the pass game.


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[Assistant] And colder elements through some balls that sit up in the air for 75 seconds, like the two interceptions at the end of the first half that are a little troubling. And that's what does worry me.