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[Assistant] You know, yeaah, he threw 5 interceptions. Alright, one thing is, I'll give, I really respect this about Jameis Munson. He doesn't, he goes down swinging.


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[Assistant] He's not gonna like, oh we're down by 15 and I'm just gonna...


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[Assistant] Tuck into a shell and throw the check down every now and then so nobody can get on me. He was still trying to win the game, so he was aggressive. The other thing is, go back and look at some of the interceptions.


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[Assistant] I mean, the fumbles, I got no excuse for them. Some of that, like, you can't hold the ball for 27 seconds and dodge seven guys and not think defense alignment are gonna like hit you from behind at some point. That's just inexcusable. But, the interceptions, Ahmed, I mean,


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[Assistant] Damn. I mean, he was under duress. You know, out of the, out of the five, I mean, three of them, he's getting hit as he's throwing the football.


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[Assistant] And you know, they're just, they didn't pass protect well. And you know, you talk about the blitz, plus they have talent and they got big guys. You know, that Panthers defense aligns are real and they got great linebackers and a sneaky good secondary and they're really well coached.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, there was. It was just, it kind of all, you know, came to a pinnacle as far as disaster is concerned yesterday. But yeah, I mean, those are things to recognize. You know, context does matter. It does. And especially when you're playing quarterback and it comes to football and all these variables that you're talking about. And yeah, I mean,


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[Assistant] It's one of the things, I think Bruce Arians, you know, if he wants, and Byron Lefwich, if he wants to be a head coach, you just can't do that to your quarterback this day and age. He can't be just getting lambasted. He can't be like, hey quarterback, put on weight every off season, cause you know, we're gonna get you.


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[Assistant] Since week one, Jameis Winston has played really well. Yesterday it fell off, but when you go to the Panthers game, hey the Giants game, he did everything they could do in the world to win that game.


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[Assistant] I mean, Bruce Arians and the, you know, mistake at the end and them getting the penalty and missing the field goal. I mean, that's not James Winston's fault. Then he goes out and puts torches them Rams. He didn't do bad against the Saints either last week. That was a tight football game. And of course the Saints are good. Uh, and then yesterday, yeah, it kind of all crumbled a little bit, but I don't sit there and just go,


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[Assistant] James Winston was a total disaster. I think you gotta look at some of those plays and turnovers to really feel for it.


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[Assistant] I mean, Chris Godman is leading the NFL in yards right now. You know, that says something.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, I don't know what to say. Now a lot goes into the offense and a lot goes to James Winston there too because he's willing to throw it down the field a little bit. But yeah, Godwin is 662 yards, the total receiving yards right now. You know, that's 30 yards in front of Michael Thomas. He's got a 15.4 yard


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[Assistant] I mean, if Mike Evans catches the bomb before the half was over, I mean, that game's gonna be a game. I mean, you're going, uh-oh, watch out. Like, this could get interesting. Uh, he drops that. He didn't have his best day yesterday either. Okay, alright. Panthers get the win. I like you doing the headlines. I like it better. You like when I throw the headline? I like it better. Okay, alright, we'll do that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, sure, let's do that. First of all, I like the Sean Watson's outfit if you're watching on YouTube. Lumberjack look?


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[Assistant] Or I don't know, maybe he's like, he's digging for gold, cause he's got a lot of gold on his neck still.


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[Assistant] Uh, there were some off-target throws where I felt like there was a few throws in the game, more than a few. I wouldn't say it if it was just like two or three. I felt like there was...


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, 8, 10 throws where he didn't step into throws. You know, you've heard me say, like, if you're standing on a clock, right, and you're going to throw a football, and you want to throw the ball at 11 o'clock, man, does he step at 9 and 8.30 a whole lot? And that's not always going to lead to, you know, on target throws.


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[Assistant] Or uncork all of his power that's available to him in that special, special arm. Uh, now he's special, but I think that really the big thing at the end of the day, more than anything with their offense, is


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[Assistant] You know, I'm gonna go back to it. The offense is built on players. It's built on his ability to, oh,


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[Assistant] I got Watkins or Hill one on one and they got a step and I'm gonna throw the rifle or I'm gonna throw the bomb and we're gonna put it on target. That's what they are. That's what they're built to do. And Tyree Kill, he didn't play a ton in the game yesterday. They limited his snaps. He had an effect of course and certainly with that first touchdown.


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[Assistant] Definitely, and hey yeaah, they got him back, that's great, but they're still missing another key part, and that's Sammy Watkins. We can't forget that. And then they're missing their first pick of the NFL draft, Eric Fisher at left tackle. So they got little issues in that alone, let alone


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[Assistant] Uhm, and we'll get to the other side of the ball. Their defense isn't helping them out. And we'll get into that conversation. I mean, it's hard to be a really good offense when you only have three plays in the fourth quarter.


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[Assistant] That's how many plays he had in the fourth quarter. He played three plays. Am I right about that? Maybe it was four. I know, I think they only had like two drives in the second half. It was three drives in the second half. Three drives in the second half. Three drives in the second half, and I'm gonna even, you know, the fourth quarter, I mean, just so you know.


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[Assistant] You know, the Texans had the ball for 13 minutes and 35 seconds. That means there's a minute and 25 seconds left over.


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[Assistant] For the greatest quarterback in the league right now. You barely had the ball, you still lost only by a touchdown. Right, it's a team sport. That can affect you from that aspect. I think the big thing is this though. This is the third week in a row.


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[Assistant] We've seen man-to-man coverage just across the board, okay? There's just not enough being done to beat it. They're a little too predictable. I see a few too many.


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[Assistant] Of the same play, same call, too much, in my opinion, okay? And hey, maybe you can get away with it if Sammy Watkins is healthy and everything like that. I get it.


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[Assistant] You know, teams are comfortable playing man to man against them right now because they're going, we got a good feel for what they're doing.


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[Assistant] So let's play the man to man and make it contested. And, you know, we'll cheat the safety towards a Tyree kill like they did yesterday a little bit in certain situations. So he just gets a little scared to throw it there. And then you try to go find somebody else. Yeah, Demarcus Robinson's good.


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[Assistant] You know, uh, we know that, but still at the same time, you know, Hardman's good and he's got potential, but he's not like special, special yet.


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[Assistant] And I really think it's a little bit of the predictability of the offense more that's affecting them more than anything right now.


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[Assistant] Hey, maybe he thought, oh, they're gonna throw it on there, but he was throwing that ball to the corner no matter what. So that was an interception, anyway, shape or form, okay? He was going there. The guy was supposed to run a post corner, or not a post corner, the slot guy was supposed to go to the corner and got caught up in some trash with bodies and couldn't get there, and he threw it. So he made a bad play.


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[Assistant] But nonetheless, it does not take it away that I don't know what the hell the NFL did there.


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[Assistant] I mean, okay, if it's not pass interference, I get it. They know you got to throw the ball to that guy for it to be pass interference. It should have been defensive holding. Yeah, the very least. And that was just an awkward, right? And again, we can certainly blame that play. I'm just going to say this too. I'm not going to blame the game on that play because there was some bad calls on the other side too.


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[Assistant] There was some calls on the Texans where I went like, what? That is pitiful.


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[Assistant] And yeaah, the Chiefs being a little one dimensional, not being at full strength, Mahomes being a hair off. What do the Texans do well? Who, who stood out to you on the Texas side? Well, the Texans, the Texans are big up front, okay, so they can stop the run. They, so they can put all their basket into like, hey, front four, middle linebacker, you guys worry about the run. Secondary, you guys gotta stop all these speed burmers and Mahomes.


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[Assistant] You know, so they have one great aspect of their defense, which allows them to put more eggs into the, oh, let's stop this part of the offense basket, right? Uh, that's where they're good, and you know, they're, they're better, they're, they're actually better in the secondary than I expect them to be. Okay. Big blow, Bradley Roby getting hurt, I just saw that before we went on. He's done a nice job, but Reid at safety, Jaleela Dai, you know, he's done well.


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[Assistant] Who else? I just want to make sure I'm not missing anybody else there that just jumps out to me. And to Sean Gibson, his ability to cover tight ends and get involved there.


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[Assistant] You know, Lonnie Johnson, a rookie who's a big corner who gave Travis Kelsey, he was the guy that kind of threw Travis Kelsey to the ground. He can give some of the big receivers and big tight ends an issue. Uh, but their size and, you know, J.J. Watt.


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[Assistant] JJ Watt popped in some big moments of the game. Their pass rush popped in some big moments. Chiefs are up ten, ten to three.


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[Assistant] Right? They're up, yeaah, I just want to make sure I got this right. Uh, maybe it was ten to nothing. Or no, they're up seven to nothing. Sorry, I'm gonna get this right, okay? Seven to nothing.


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[Assistant] On the first drive, they went down and scored a touchdown. If you remember this, the Texans fumbled the first play. They had the ball. Hyde fumbled up the middle. So now the Chiefs got the ball again, and you're gonna go, oh my gosh, they're gonna go up 14-0, and then like, Deshaun Watson hasn't even thrown a ball yet.


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[Assistant] He saved the day. He whooped Mitchell Schwartz on the right side on second and third down.


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[Assistant] When there's gonna be people open for Mahomes to throw a touchdown and he got pressure to affect the play to where Mahomes couldn't throw them the ball and ultimately made them kick the field goal. So now instead of being down 14 nothing, it's only 10 nothing. Texans go down and get a field goal. It's 10-3. Little things like that are huge in a football game.


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[Assistant] The Texans players just made some plays, you know, when they needed to.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think so. You know, we talked about a little bit of the predictability of the pass game. My big thing is they're never gonna run the ball. They still have to find more man-to-man beaters. You gotta find more picks, rubs, shallow crosses, all of that.


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[Assistant] They had a lot of screens in the first half. Yeaah. They can't invent enough screens. Listen, if they want to play, we're gonna throw the ball a million miles down the field.


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[Assistant] Then you gotta have a million things to throw the ball short, right? So you can put the defense in a bind, like, damn, we want to get underneath all these deep routes, but damn, they're throwing screens every other play. So they can't invent enough screens. They, they need to like go to infinity and beyond for the screens. You know what movie that's from, infinity and beyond?


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[Assistant] Well, the film looked really damn good too. You know, I think, uhm,


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[Assistant] You know, the Chiefs defense is not good. They have to first off, I just, they gotta figure something out. And my advice with the Chiefs would really be like,


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[Assistant] You can't play this slow death defense. They gotta figure out what they wanna do. And my advice would be...


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[Assistant] Start fast death. Well yeaah, exactly. Yeah, there's at least Patrick Mahomes gets to get back on the field. That's true. Instead of sitting over there doing nothing, if all your money is in the passing game in the offense, it's not doing anything good next to the Gatorade bottles. Yeah. Okay? So, to me,


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[Assistant] You know, right now, they're being like, they're not good at anything. They're half a nothing at everything. Alright, they can't stop the run. You know, their secondary is not bad. I look at their pass coverages and it's not perfect, but it's not bad. They're okay. But they're being compromised because they can't stop the run. So then at times, they have to do things in pass coverage where,


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[Assistant] I don't think Steve Spagnolo and Andy Reid really want to do it, but they're going damn, it's hide up the middle for five. Hide up the middle for five. And they're having to do things to crowd the line of scrimmage and then putting their secondary in some tough spots that way. That would be the big thing, uh, overall. But Billy O'Brien, the Texans are tough. He always stays consistent with the run.


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[Assistant] And they're gonna give him, you know, the carries to continue to find that rhythm and wear people out and do that way. But the big thing is the front seven for the Chiefs, especially without Chris Jones, they're just not good. I don't know why they say it.


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[Assistant] Defensive tackles, nothing special, you know. Frank Clark is having a solid year, but he's being paid like he's a superstar. He's not showing up like a superstar. Linebackers, ehh, okay. I mean, their secondary is really the bread and butter of their defense, but they're not like,


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[Assistant] The New England Patriots, where you're gonna just say, oh man, I'm up, and we'll figure out the rest of this stuff. No, they're not that talented. They're a good secondary, and Tyrone Matthews good, and the rookie Thornhill's good.


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[Assistant] Breland has some issues in man-to-man coverage, and Sharkevious Ward's good, and they got Morris Claiborne. They got some things there, but I really would.


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[Assistant] I would become a blitz team if I'm the Kansas City Chiefs. I would reinvent the wheel and say, we're coming.


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[Assistant] We're blitzin' and either we're gonna cause havoc and get sacks and cause turnovers or we're gonna let up a 60 yard touchdown and Mahomes will be back in the field. But we're not gonna lose with him next to the Gatorade bottles. I think that really has to be the big thing overall more than anything and that's really the issue with them. Watson is phenomenal. We know that.


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[Assistant] Played phenomenal. So deadly with some of the things he can do. And there were some drops too. Will Fuller who had the great game two weeks ago or the week before this week. Yes. He dropped three touchdown passes. Yeaah. You know, and I think


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[Assistant] I think two of them, or one of them, it didn't matter because they ended up scoring a touchdown on the drive anyways. But the other two, I think they ended up settling for field goals. The Sean Watson, I mean, Sean Watson.


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[Assistant] Uh, Hopkins dropped a touchdown pass over the middle. They didn't even, you know, click on all cylinders that way in the passing game, but did enough to get it done. No sack for Deshaun Watson for two straight


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[Assistant] Total yards. Gosh damn, I know they're giving up like...


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[Assistant] A hundred and sixty something in a run game right now, so.


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[Assistant] That means you only gotta give up a little over 200 in the past game to this, so I'm going to go there worse right now. Damn. Is that right? Holy crap. Yeah, that's not good. You know, you just can't be half of nothing. You gotta be something.


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[Assistant] And uh, I really think that's what they need to be. They need to just... Steve Spagnolo needs to do what he did.


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[Assistant] Like Tom Brady, New England Patriots, Super Bowl 42. Come out with a million different blitzes, zone blitzes, man blitzes. Just throw the kitchen sink at people. Maybe you cross havoc. If you don't, at least Mahomes and company are back on the field and getting some rhythm. But it's hard to win football games when


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[Assistant] The best part of your team is on the sideline for the third week in a row for the majority of the game.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, I mean, I think that's really, that's really it for the most part.


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[Assistant] And we got the NHL Podcast. Podcast. Okay, our line starts. No, they're Canadian, they call it a podcast. A podcast? Yea. Or would that be British? Yea, I think it goes with British.


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[Assistant] It sounds like I'm from London. Our Line Starts podcast with the knuckleheads from our NBC NHL hockey team, okay?


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[Assistant] Knuckle heads, but I mean that in a good way. Yeaah. Uh, it's a new NHL podcast with our hockey analyst Keith Jones, Jeremy Roenick, Mike Milbury, Patrick Sharp, Pierre Maguire, all good dudes, all love the sport.


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[Assistant] I mean, they are in it, they live it. First episode was posted last week, okay. It was uh, Jeremy Roenick and Jonesy, okay, as they call him here, Keith Jones, reacted to the latest NHL news, stories about fighting and how Ty Domi knocked out his own


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[Assistant] I have no teeth, let's go! Uh, but I don't even doubt that, because hockey players are psycho.


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[Assistant] Pierre Maguire interview with Vegas Golden Knights President George McPhee. Uh, that'll be a good listen. But man, if you're into hockey, I mean, these guys live it. We know the NHL and NBC, they're all over it. Uh, and uh, certainly a good listen and some personality. We're just getting started too.


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[Assistant] They're a team that when they don't have Hollywood Brown, they lack big playability and lack speed. Overall, their team lacks speed in general.


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[Assistant] He's the, the speed guy on the offense. I mean they want to smash it up the middle, smash it up the middle. Lamar get on the edge, make something happen. Lamar get on the edge, make something happen.


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[Assistant] You know, his throwing's been really good. I mean, he doesn't turn the ball over. He's pretty accurate for the most part. I am going to go back and watch that film, uh, here in the next two days. So I'll deep dive that for Wednesday. But yeah, I'm just impressed with the way he plays the game.


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[Assistant] You know, in a game like yesterday where the Bengals are not good, we know that. Uhm, but no Hollywood Brown playing, you know, that makes life hard on the Baltimore Ravens because there's no guy other than him that scares a defense. You know, they really don't. Uh, so I just am impressed with Lamar Jackson in general, you know, but it's another game where you look at them and you go,


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[Assistant] And that was a little bit the way yesterday. They just couldn't put it away. And I can't give you the exact reasons why they couldn't. And that's why I need to watch the film. You know, because the stats tell you that they should have.


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[Assistant] Uh, but either way, I mean Baltimore is going to be a pain in the butt because they are big and physical. They're one of those teams that we talk about, like up front, there's no team that's going to be a mismatch for them in football. Their big thing is going to be speed teams. That's the issue for them. Like we saw against the Chiefs and things like that.


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[Assistant] When they have speed, they're a little compromised that way because they're all about size and power.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well I could have been a backup last night and they would have won.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna, uh, steal a phrase from my buddy, Matt Casey. They're fraudulent. They're frauds. The Chargers are not turning this around. Just get over it if you're a Chargers fan. I'm not trying to be a hater. They're not going to the playoffs this year. And you said that before the year.


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[Assistant] And I wasn't sure like a few weeks ago. I was like, oh, maybe they will. Maybe I'm not sure. Maybe I'm wrong, you know, the way they were. But I think I've seen enough now after six weeks ago. You just can't get it done for a lot of the same reasons we just talked about with the other good teams.


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[Assistant] They're overmatched up front in some games. And I said this on, you know, Football Night in America last night, I picked the damn, you know, Steelers, I mean, the Chargers to win 20 to 17, but I said as I picked it, I said, I'm really worried about the Chargers offensive line getting steamrolled by the Steelers defensive line. The Steelers defensive line is special.


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[Assistant] Now I haven't heard what happened, Stefan Tuett towards pectoral. That'll be a big thing for me, for them going forward. Stefan Tuett, number 91, is one of the better interior defense alignment in the NFL. And he's, I would say, their best defensive player.


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[Assistant] He really is phenomenal. But you saw the game. I mean,


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[Assistant] Philip Rivers from the first half of the game, it was like, oh gosh, holy cow, they're all over, they're gonna kill him tonight? I mean, he took some shots, they just, they couldn't do anything because of that front.


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[Assistant] Now I'm not sitting here to go, oh, all the Steelers things are cured or anything like that, because if you can protect a little bit, I still think there's issues in the Steelers secondary.


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[Assistant] That's Steelers front. They can, they're gonna be a pain in the ass no matter who they play in football this year. And if they can just have some offense and some run game like we saw last night. I still think they're gonna be a pain in the ass for whoever they play against. I have another damn okay.


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[Assistant] It'd be hard to have a baby, but. You don't know in, in, in theology or if it's possible. Oh, you're right, I guess in theology, you're right, you can just lightning can strike and you can have a baby. Yeah, there it is. But either way, their parents must be freaking super freaks, okay? I don't know, are you even speaking English right now? I don't think so, but I am a master.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, uh, I think that's a valid, a valid headline.


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[Assistant] I think, you know, just a damn okay, okay? I just want to say that to Cliff Kingsbury, alright? He's a guy I like, doubted.


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[Assistant] About whether he deserved to be hired. Sure. But I think he's proven that he deserved to be hired at this point. Two, three, and one. Okay, and I know they haven't like beat world beaters. No. You know, they can't control the schedule, but they've beaten two teams where we went into the games against the Bengals and the Falcons where we're like, oh, I'm not sure if they're gonna win and they can do this. And he's getting the most


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[Assistant] I mean, Kyler Murray's talents are on full display. They are on full display. And Kyler Murray, one of the things that has jumped out to me is he has stopped trying to run around the edge, but Kyler Murray's special. I mean, he can just, he can sling the ball with the best of them, and then to your point,


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[Assistant] I mean, that defense sucks. I mean, they suck. Falcons defense. Oh yes, the Falcons defense. They are horrible. Arizona Cardinals aren't a whole lot to write home about either on the defensive side of the ball. I mean, Matt Ryan was 30 for 36 for 356 and four touchdowns.


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[Assistant] Is that right? Holy cow. And they'll be getting Patrick P. back here pretty soon.


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[Assistant] I would think so. I mean, that's insane. But, uh, just, yeaah, I mean, no matter what you say there, uh, our main Kyler Murray is gonna be a superstar. He's gonna be a superstar. And David Johnson's still really good running back as far as what he can do running and catching the football. And yeaah, I mean, Matt Ryan's doing some good things, but they're just, they're a disaster on the defensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] I felt bad for him yesterday because he is like...


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[Assistant] He, I mean, he lives it, and he knows, you know, he'll take it to heart, he's not gonna like letting the team down, and it's gonna ruin his week, like he'll mope around and be pissed at himself all week long.


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[Assistant] If you told me what they were doing on the defensive side of the ball, I'd go, you're right. I don't know what they're doing there. What are they doing coaching all week? Just some versatility and all of that. And I just did, you know, versatility of play calls, I mean, just doesn't exist. And then, you know, again,


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[Assistant] They're just a team that they can't survive injuries. It's one or two injuries on defense and their team seems to fall apart.


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[Assistant] Yeah, Vic Fangio and company are fighting. I mean, that's what you could say. And then, you know, when Joe Flacco just doesn't throw dumb interceptions, they got a chance. I mean, they do because of the defense. Broncos are one of those teams where you just go,


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[Assistant] If they can score 17, they got a chance to win the game. They haven't given up a touchdown in nine quarters. Holy shit. I mean, that just tells you a lot. I mean, they, they, hey, uh, when I watch them, of course, Von Miller, uhm,


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[Assistant] Uh, damn, the kid from Florida State that I really like coming out in the draft, Demarcus Walker.


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[Assistant] He pops a lot, okay. Uh, Chris Harris yesterday, I thought was absolutely phenomenal. I'm pretty sure he got an interception, let me just make sure he did. But just some of the tackles and, uh, plays he made in coverage and, and a few times when he let up a pass, like I went, oh gosh, if this guy breaks the tackle, he's gonna be like, go for 50 yards and he just,


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[Assistant] I mean, Vic Fangio, I'm rooting for him because he's been around, he's a special, special defense of mine, and yeaah, the Titans offense


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[Assistant] I would say so. I mean, I don't see how they're gonna, you know, again, they're gonna be a pain in the butt to play because they are, they got some, you know, they're Dean Peas and Vrabel. I think they're good coaches. You know, their offensive coordinator's new. He's unproven. He's trying to find his way. And Marcus Mariota is just not a pure quarterback.


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[Assistant] You know, I've always said this, he's an athlete who plays quarterback instead of being a quarterback who's an athlete. There's a difference there.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, I would expect them to go to Ryan Tannehill this week.


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[Assistant] And see what he has. Okay, so if you were, if you were, uh,


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[Assistant] They can, you know, they can beat the Chargers. They can beat them, so. And you would go Tannenhill. I would go Tannenhill. I think you need to see it. You're at a point right now where you're 2 and 4 and we've seen enough inconsistent play from Marcus Mario to up and down and up and down to where, let's see if Tannenhill can go in there and be consistent and make some plays.


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[Assistant] Was a lot better than people realize in Miami. Or give him credit for it. I want to say people realize. Couldn't stay healthy. Couldn't stay healthy was certainly an issue. But if you look at his win-loss record.


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[Assistant] You know, ability to hit people down the field, some of the things he did there, it's a little bit better than maybe we all perceive. And I know that, me as well, I kind of deep dived into it last year a little bit and realized like, ehh.


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[Assistant] Maybe I'm being just a hair too critical of Ryan Tannehill. He's done, he's done more in like, you know, and again, I know Miami let some people go this year, but Miami wasn't necessarily like the greatest show on turf.


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[Assistant] When he was there at quarterback, it wasn't like he was surrounded by this wealth of talent and disappointment. You know, it was a tough situation and they weren't a great football team. I would certainly go with Tannehill. That's it. That's our game. We did it.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with Detroit. I'm gonna be a homer. That's fine. I think this is a coin toss game. I'm scared. I'd pick the Packers to win 21-20. I'll stick with that. Okay, but this Lions team matches up with Green Bay. And that's where it's scary. I'll just say this real quick.


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[Assistant] Hackers don't throw the ball. They're not real complicated what they do passing the game. It's about Rogers and some play action fakes and get you going that way.


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[Assistant] Matt Patricio, he'll have a not, he'll have a beat on this passing offense. So Roger's gonna have his hands full there. You know.


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[Assistant] They have a pretty good front in Detroit. And it sounds like they're gonna be a little healthier there. I think they can slow down that Packers run game. Packers can't stop the run of the defenses out of the ball. Lions, we know, have the ability to run it. And I think their offensive line is showing that they're getting better and better. And then the Packers can play some man, play a little too much man to man for me.


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[Assistant] You know, we know Stafford can sling it. We know Hawkinson's good. Marvin Jones can beat you deep. And Kenny Holliday's, I mean, Kenny Golliday is pretty damn good too. I'm taking the Packers only because it's my favorite quarterback ever, Aaron Rodgers, that I think will pull magic out to win the football game. But I wouldn't bet money on this at home, everybody.


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[Assistant] Yo yo, what's up? Come on man, subscribe on YouTube to Chris Simms Unbuttoned Podcast. I need you, please hit the subscribe button, please!


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[Assistant] Oh baby, Florio's ass is bruised, but he powered through somehow. I don't know how he's done it. How is your ass feeling?


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[Assistant] A few hours later, feeling better? Did it feel good to get up, stretch it out a little bit, move around? How does it feel when you first get off the chair? Cause I've had the bruised ass bone before. It's really difficult. It's gonna bother you.


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[Assistant] Hold on, hold on, hold on. I have breaking news, breaking news. We have exclusive footage of this incident, uh, via, uh,


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[Assistant] Yep, okay, everybody. We're further diving into how rich Florio is. He has a gym down there where he can leave his shoes in the gym, separate from his TV studio, separate from his house, separate from his barn. Damn, you are rich. You ready? Ready? Here we go.


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[Assistant] Nope, I know. I'm a little surprised you slipped on stone though. I thought it would be wood steps or something like that. The top was wood.


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[Assistant] And the rest of it's stone. I slipped on the wood and down I went. Down you went. Okay, well down I went in best best last week. I was hoped for three. You were two and one. You have a three game lead on me on the season now. That's a shame.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I still have hope that I can win both of those versus the spread. We don't even talk about that, but you're dominating there. You're up by 10 games all the way. So we're going to continue to do this, of course, this week and throughout the playoffs. So, uh, I have a chance and it's, we don't stop betting or talking ball just because the playoffs came around, come around, but let's dive into it this week. First of all,


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[Assistant] Like, talking head box, and we can't find a new picture of me. Please, please! Alright, let's start it out. Battle of Ohio, okay? Browns at Bengals. Uh, Browns favored by 3, uh, over and under 43.5.


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[Assistant] Big game, yes or no for Freddy Kitchens. Mike, do you think he can save his job?


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[Assistant] No, I think that's the difficult thing of Week 17. You gotta really almost play the human factor more than anything. Forget the X's and O's. Games like this, it's about...


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[Assistant] Who you think, gut feeling, trying to match it all together, put myself in this team's shoes, wants to play more. And I think you kind of already said it. The Bengals are the worst team in football. We know that. They got the first pick of the draft locked up.


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[Assistant] The Browns, yeaah, there's talent, they're more talented, and, you know, they're a team that I think, hey, I think you would agree with this, 7 and 9 just looks and feels a whole lot better than 6 and 10.


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[Assistant] It really does. Whether it's for Baker. To who though? Who cares? Well, Freddie Kitchens is going to care. And you know, I think the players will care a little bit. I mean, it just feels better, but that's not too a big deal. Nobody's going to go home a month from now and go, oh,


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[Assistant] Man, good thing we were 7-9 or 6-10. Certainly not. I get that. But it'll be maybe a little motivation during the week there for the Browns to get to that. But either way, I'm with you. I'm picking the Browns to win. Let's move on from this. 27-23 is my score. Did you give a score?


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[Assistant] I have it right here. It's 24-17 Browns over Bengals. Okay, 24-17. Let's move on to the Jameis Winston Bowl.


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[Assistant] Falcons at Bucks, Dan Quinn, uh, Dimitrov. They're safe. Their jobs are saved, as we found out this morning with breaking news.


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[Assistant] Uh, in Tampa, bucks favored by one over under 48. We both believe big implications in this game for Jamis Winston.


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[Assistant] For next year, I am on the belief that if he went out there and just laid an egg this week and through one touchdown and four interceptions that it could actually jeopardize him actually being back there next year. What do you say about this?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think last week was a little bit of a last hurrah for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And ultimately, I just think without the two receivers, Godwin and Mike Evans, it's just too much for them to overcome against the Atlanta Falcons who


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[Assistant] You're right. Have a little something to play for. Kind of end on a big year. Stick your chest out. Hey, our coach.


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[Assistant] Our team, our organization, we didn't quit. We played hard. You can build on that to the off season. And bottom line, Matt Ryan's playing, Julio Jones is playing right. I didn't miss anything there. The injury, I don't think. I'm just, I'm not 100% sure. I feel like he's always kind of on the cusp there. But within that, yeah, I just trust the Falcons a little bit more.


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[Assistant] In this scenario, I'm going Falcons 30 to 27. Uh, I think it's gonna be a fun game, a lot of scoring.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I do think he's going to get a two because I think he's going to continue to push the envelope and try to win the game against the Falcons team too. That's going to force them to push the ball down the field and throw it. So I think if you made me bet money, I would bet he ends up with the 30 interceptions as well. All right, let's move on. Let's move on to your team playing for nothing.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well your team laid an egg on Monday Night Football cause oh thy Aaron Rodgers came into town on Christmas Eve's Eve.


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[Assistant] No, you're right. That's what players are gonna have to battle for. I mean, battle with as far as in their brain, but it doesn't matter. When the whistle blows and you go out and play football, they're still, you know, that's going to take over.


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[Assistant] Uh, it will. And the Bears being, you know, a chance to go eight and eight, I do think again, that means something to a football team to end off on a positive note. It'll mean something to Matt and Nagy that way. I guess.


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[Assistant] I feel like this with, I don't know what to think what the Vikings will do here. I really don't, you know.


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[Assistant] I almost want to tell them just to chalk it up and start getting ready for the wild card game.


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[Assistant] There's nothing to be had there. You're banged up with the running back position. Your offensive lines struggled last week. Adam Thielen's banged up and obviously not 100%. I would be more worried about my team going out there again this week and me trying to go as a coach like, Hey, I want us to put forth a better effort.


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[Assistant] And then we don't put forth a better effort again, and then you go into the playoffs with like a, uh.


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[Assistant] I'd almost want to just wipe the slate clean. Start getting ready for playoff football this week. If you want to play the starters a little early on just to get them out there and go through the motions a little bit, sure. But I would not like be beating my head into the ground in the third quarter about, ooh, I want to beat the Bears here.


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[Assistant] So to me, it's about getting ready for the wild card game. I think the Vikings will throw in the white towel fairly early in this one. Let their team heal up, get ready for the wild card round. Most likely will, I think will be the Saints because I think the 49ers are going to beat the Seahawks. All right. And I think the Packers are going to be the Lions. So that's where I'm going with that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yep. So I'm going with the Bears to win this one. Just in the fact of they're going to try to end the year off on a good positive note and the Vikings, it means nothing to them. And ultimately, I don't think they'll be emotionally invested in the game. I don't think Zimmer will keep the starters out there long. And I think the Bears win 20 to 17.


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[Assistant] Did you pick the Falcons or the Buccaneers? I fi- I picked the Falcons.


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[Assistant] That's bullshit. All right, so who would you rather play in the, and who do you want in the wild card round? If you could somehow think about if your team can win a game, who would you rather your team play? Seattle. Seattle?


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[Assistant] Saints still got, still got first round by on the line. They're favored by 13. They're in Carolina over under at 46 and a half. Mike, do they cover the spread?


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[Assistant] 31-13. 31-13. Okay, I'm going 34-17. I'm with you there. The Panthers are checked out. The head coach is fired. Your right is third string quarterback. The only thing they're going to be worried about this week is getting Christian McCaffrey 67 yards so he can become a thousand and thousand guy.


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[Assistant] Uh, the, the New Orleans Saints will be on a mission. Of course, there's a chance they could still get that first round by and


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[Assistant] I mean, come on, I think, you know, Drew Brees and company been pretty hot as of late too, and I just have a hard time seeing the Panthers staying.


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[Assistant] Uh, competitive in this one, maybe a little bit early, but I'm going 3417 Saints and ultimately the Saints will be in the playoffs and I don't care if they got a first round by or a wild card. They're still going to be one of the best teams, if not the best team in the NFC playoffs. I look at them. I don't know how you feel like.


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[Assistant] The Saints, okay, if they have to play in the wild card game, a home game, I still look at it and go, oh, the Saints are very capable of being able to go on the road two weeks in a row and winning a game. I guess the one I worry about them a little bit is that they had to go up to Green Bay.


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[Assistant] And play Green Bay up there in the divisional round, and all of a sudden it's like eight degrees, and we know that the Saints, the Dome team, and the Cold Air, Drew Brees, all the stigma around that, that would be something I worry about. But either way, I have tremendous faith in the Saints.


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[Assistant] Maybe the NFC is this year. Yeah, it is. It's, it's amazing. It really is. Uh, and that's why we're excited for the NFC playoffs. All right. You ready for the next one? Go Packers Lions here.


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[Assistant] It is, uh, and listen, you know, again, you know me, and I'm picking the Packers to win this game. 27-13, I am.


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[Assistant] You know what my issue has been with the Packers? You've heard me say over the last half of the year, the defense, the interior D line, all of those things that was worrisome to me. The way they've played the last few weeks and what we saw on Monday night.


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[Assistant] Listen, if they can play like that, it makes me think differently about the Green Bay Packer team.


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[Assistant] Cause I worried about them from, oh, if they can't stop the run, you know, they're just not explosive enough as on offense. This is in years past where Aaron Rogers can just go out and score 30 a game and throw four touchdowns and no one, they're not the same.


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[Assistant] You know, it's about the running game and Aaron Jones, and I still don't even think that's like the most, one of the most dominant forces there is. They're not overly explosive on offense. They take care of the football. They're very New Englandy, the Green Bay Packers.


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[Assistant] They don't let you score touchdowns, yet they score touchdowns. Look at their stati- I mean, points allowed, they're up there in football. Their red zone efficiency, up there in football.


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[Assistant] I do look at them and go, ooh, they could be a pain in the butt in the NFC playoffs. They definitely could. They've kind of changed how I thought about them a little bit.


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[Assistant] Over the last two weeks, they really have, especially the way the defense played. But I'd say watch out for them. I'm going 27-13. I think they kind of win this game quietly, dominantly, uh, and it's really never, never, never a scare from the Detroit Lions. Uhm, alright, good. You ready for the next one?


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[Assistant] Let's go. Jets at Bill's. Uh, Bill's favorite- No, I'm not ready for it. Let's keep moving. Yeah, well, let's make it quick. Jets at Bill's. Bill's favored by one and a half. Over under 36 and a half. Bill's got nothing to play for here.


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[Assistant] They're locked in, means nothing to them. Jets, it's all about, hey, they can finish on a strong note. Again, another one of those teams, Adam Gay, Sam Donnell can go into the off season going, hey, you know, when we're healthy and we play, you know, pretty good, clean football, we can be a son of a bitch towards the end of the year. And that's what they were.


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[Assistant] That's what we saw at the beginning of the season. Yeah, right. What you said. It was the toughest start of the season to any team in football. It was a brutal schedule. It was really the reason I only, I didn't pick them to make the playoffs before the year. It was that alone. And think about it this way. They got a chance to be seven and nine and have lost to the Bengals and the Dolphins in the last half of the year. That's what's crazy.


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[Assistant] It really is. Those are two teams that I think we will both sit here and go, oh, they're better than those two teams. Uh, but


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[Assistant] Either way, it does say something about Adam Gase and Company, the way they've stayed the course, and I'm going with the Jets to win this one. Buy a Fuel Gold. I'm gonna say 20 to 17. I don't think it'll be easy.


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[Assistant] You know, yeah, I don't expect McDermott and the Bills to have all their starters out there, but


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[Assistant] I don't think there'll be a ton on the bench either. It'll be a kind of a mix, miss a match of guys out there.


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[Assistant] Uh, but never easy to go up in Buffalo, even though the Jets are playing for, yeah, I think a little more than, than what the Bills are. The Bills should be preparing for the playoff game.


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[Assistant] They should be deep diving into the Houston Texans as of right now with Plan B being okay, maybe somehow we end up in Kansas City as the alternate plan. But that's what I think a smart team like the Bills would be doing. And, uh, I'm going to pick the Jets to win an upset and end their season on a positive note.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, no doubt about it. You're right. And I think there's big things ahead for the Jets as far as next year's concern. They're not far off. Uh, a player or two on defense, another weapon on offense, and I think they'll be a force to be reckoned with in the AFC next year. All right.


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[Assistant] Okay, 1610 Jets for Florio. Alright, Chargers at- Did you pick the Jets?


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[Assistant] I did. I picked 20 to 17. Thanks co-host. Thanks friend. Thanks a lot. Uhm, Chargers at Chiefs. Chiefs favored by 8 and a half over under at 45 and a half. Chargers have given the Chiefs a tough time the last few years when they do play them.


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[Assistant] The Chiefs beat them at 24-17 in Mexico City earlier this year. Really outplayed Kansas City. That was Philip Rivers making some Philip Rivers type mistakes. Uh, go ahead, Mike. What do you think happens to Chargers Chiefs?


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[Assistant] Yeah, the Chiefs don't have anything ultimately big to play for. I mean, I really don't know. I mean, really, what is the easier matchup for them? They've already lost to the Tennessee Titans.


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[Assistant] They're a little scary that way. I don't want the bills. I don't want the bills. I hear you. I get you. Uh, I'm not so sure that actually the chiefs don't match up better with the bills.


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[Assistant] Then they do the Tennessee Titans, but that's for another conversation.


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[Assistant] But I think really ultimately, how can you trust the Chargers right now with what they're doing? Who knows? They're all over the place lately. A dumpster fire. I mean, even last week, as good as their defense has been, their defense got dominated against the Raiders. So I don't trust them. Plus I think this is one of these things where


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[Assistant] Yeah, the game doesn't mean a lot to the Chiefs other than let's keep it rolling.


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[Assistant] Things are positive. We're good right now. We're arguably, you know, us and the Ravens are the two best teams in football right now. The way they've played, they've won what six out of the last seven, something like that.


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[Assistant] You know, the defense is playing well. The offense has tinkered with some new formulas that way. I think they'll find a way to win this football game, you know, and I'm going to say 24 17. I know that was the score of the first matchup. I didn't mean to do this deliberately, but that's what I picked.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think the Chargers hang around. They're annoying, but I do think ultimately the Chiefs win the football game. Chiefs defense playing well, and I like what I've seen from Patrick Mahomes and company on the offensive side of the ball. There's a little more diversity on that offense, and the Chiefs are one of those teams that


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I'm sayin' it right now. I think it's Chiefs or Ravens in the Super Bowl right now. I'm sayin' that. You heard it here first. Week 7.


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[Assistant] There it is. You've done it now. Nope. Nope, sir. But, uh, yeaah, I see it played out like that, really. Uh, anything else you wanna add to that game?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm just going by what I've seen lately and they haven't played as well as the Ravens or the Chiefs. That's all I'm saying. But I totally hear you. The Patriots playoff football with a week off is scary because nobody is better at game plan specific game planning than the New England Patriots. And that leads us into our last pick.


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[Assistant] Dolphins at Patriots. Brian Flores going home. Can he upset New England's one or two or number two seed? Uh, first round by I doubt it. Patriots favored by 16 over under at 45. Go ahead, Mike.


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[Assistant] Yeah, uh, well, I hear that. I mean, the Dolphins have shown us that they're not gonna just give up. It doesn't matter about that. Brian Flores has those guys playing physical on both sides of the football.


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[Assistant] So they are a team that truly is trying to build on something. And, you know, on the offensive side of the ball for Miami, Miami, I mean, hey, you know, Ryan Fitzpatrick, he's certainly not going to be gun shy in this matchup. You know, we know that.


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[Assistant] And the, and the New England Patriots with all the man-to-man they do play will give you some opportunities and give Ryan Fitzpatrick some opportunities to throw some one-on-one balls up to Devontae Parker or somebody else that way. Uhm, but ultimately, yes. I mean, I just think the Patriots, you, you said it, there, there's a special defense, they're a better team.


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[Assistant] They're gonna use this as a little bit of a, hey, here's another opportunity for our offensive line, our run game to get better, to, you know, kind of polish ourselves for our divisional playoff game. I'm going Patriots 27-17. Yeaah, I don't have them covering either, uh, but I got them clearly winning the football game. Uhm, alright, you ready for the 4pm games? Let's do it.


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[Assistant] Go ahead. No read. No read? I'm saying there is no read. Okay, good. No read. Here we go. Cardinals at Rams. Rams favored by three and a half. Over under 45 and a half. This game means nothing. What do you think?


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[Assistant] The Rams are more professional, more mature. They haven't given up. They played good football last week. I do think they'll want to end off on a good note as well.


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[Assistant] Uh, they've really shown nothing in the Sean McVay era as far as quitting or doing anything like that. And there I look at Arizona and hey, there's things I like, of course they're on, they're going in the right direction too.


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[Assistant] But they got really one of their marquis wins of the season last week in Seattle.


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[Assistant] Kyler Murray dealing with a little hamstring issue, all of that.


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[Assistant] And just the way the Rams beat up the Cardinals a few weeks ago in Arizona. I just think it's a tough matchup for Arizona. I think they hang around and make things interesting here, but I'm going Rams 27-20 to get the win the end of the year and ultimately be 9-7 when all's said and done. But I still just think they're a hair too talented and a hair too mature and professional.


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[Assistant] To let the Cardinals come in and beat them here in their last game in the Coliseum, I go Rams. Alright.


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[Assistant] Colts, Jaguars. Colts favored by three and a half at the Jaguars over under 43.


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[Assistant] Jaguars, Doug Barone fighting for his life. Does he keep his job? I say no. I think he and, uh, Caldwell will be fired after I know you think differently.


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[Assistant] Uhm, this game means absolutely nothing. I'm picking the Colts to win, Mike. Just so you know, 21 to 17. I can't get behind the Jaguars. Uh, another one of those teams lately, it's just...


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[Assistant] It's too inconsistent on both sides of the ball. It doesn't matter where it is. I mean, other than the last two drives of the game against the Raiders, the offense has been horrible and the defense has been disappointing too. And that's why I'm going to go with the Colts 21-17.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, I guess, you know, I don't know if I'm sold that he's the guy as of right now. And you know, Jacksonville loses this game this week. I mean, they're going to be draft, you know, picking somewhere in the top eight picks of the draft, most likely. So they'll be back into franchise quarterback mode if they want to do that.


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[Assistant] Uh, so it's gonna be interesting to see what they do. They have a dilemma as far as, hey, they're tied to Nick Vols. He's gonna be there next year as a 20 million dollar something backup.


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[Assistant] To whoever it may be, most likely. And yeah, Gardner Mentsch is certainly


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[Assistant] Deserves to be in the conversation with the starter as it pertains to Nick Foles. But I also think we're gonna look at some of Gardner Minshew and reevaluate and especially think whoever wants to become the head coach there and Jackson's gonna look at some of his play towards the end of the year to and go.


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[Assistant] Well, I don't know really if I want to deal with that either. Maybe I do need to look at, you know, Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, uh, you know, the Easton kid at Washington as far as top 10 picks at the quarterback position in the draft.


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[Assistant] I think those are still a very real possibility, at least in my mind for the Jaguars. Interested to see where that goes, but I'm picking the Colts like you, 21-17. And anything else you want to say there before we move on?


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[Assistant] Uhm, alright, here we go. Raiders, Broncos, alright. Broncos favored by three and a half, over, under, at forty-one. Uhm, are you sor- I was surprised to see the Broncos were favored in this, especially since the Raiders still have a chance to get in the playoffs.


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[Assistant] I'm going the opposite there. I'm going with the Denver Broncos. I am, I, first off, I mean, they're young, they're trying to build something. I don't think Drew Locke or Phillip Lindsay or Cortland Sutton or Noah's fan or any of them even know, you know, they're, they, they don't know what, you know, oh, okay, this game doesn't count. They don't care. They're young. They're dumb.


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[Assistant] You know, they're just gonna go out and play hard. I mean, they're dumb respectfully too, I understand. I'm just saying they're young. And, uh, I look at that,


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[Assistant] Plus, you know, the defense of Vic Fangio, uh, I think it's gonna give the Raiders problems. I do. I mean, I, I just, again, the Raiders offense, not real explosive. We know their offense really relies on their ability to run the football.


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[Assistant] And I'm not sitting here willing to say they're going to go into Denver and run on Vic Fangio's defense that way. And their offense hasn't played great lately. So I'm going to go with the team that's got a little bit of a positive vibe and


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[Assistant] Not to say the Raiders don't want to end on a good note too, but I feel like


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[Assistant] I mean, just from some of the comments I heard earlier this week with the Raiders, there's almost a part of me that's like they feel like they don't expect to get in the playoffs and not necessarily


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[Assistant] I mean, they said they were going to what do everything they needed to do for their roster and their team going forward, and it wasn't all about making the playoffs. So I don't know where their mind is in that whole conversation, but either way I'm going to take the Broncos to win that football game at home.


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[Assistant] I'm going, oh, I got a 2320, but I'm going to change that. I'm going to make it 2420 so the Broncos cover the spread. 2420 Broncos.


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[Assistant] Alright, yep, I got the Bears, you got the Vikings, and, uh, I got the, uh, Broncos, you got the Raiders. Alright, Steelers Ravens.


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[Assistant] Steelers fighting for a spot. Steelers favored by one and a half at the Ravens. Ravens, as we know, not going to be playing everybody. They're already getting ready for the divisional playoff game over under at 45 and a half. Nope. 37. Excuse me. I'm reading the wrong one. Steelers favored by one and a half over under at 37. Mike.


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[Assistant] Will the Steelers win despite the Ravens sitting a number of starters?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think you're exactly right. I think the Ravens are very comfortable with, oh, we're the best team in football and we're going to get our rest. And if we got to play you on divisional weekend, then we'll be full fresh and Lamar Jackson will have four rockets up his butt and you guys will be screwed.


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[Assistant] And I think that was the right play because I do think it's scary for a team like the Ravens to play an unmotivated, nothing to gain type game against the Steelers and have your starters in there. And then your starters are unmotivated. Your coaching staff's unmotivated. You kind of lay an egg.


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[Assistant] And even if you barely beat the Steelers, or somehow lost to the Steelers who were playing for everything,


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[Assistant] You know, it's going to give the Steelers confidence. If they do play each other in the playoffs, the Ravens will start to doubt themselves again. Are we better than this team? We, you know, barely beat them in Pittsburgh and played a close with them, close game with them at home. So I think that ends this doubt and they can just be like, we're better and we'll be back if we see in the playoffs and we'll steamroll you. Then I'm going to pick


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[Assistant] The Steelers don't win this game. I wanted to, you know, I know you're a little down on RG three.


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[Assistant] You know, I, I, I have no problem. No, I'm not, no, I'm not, I'm not a little down on him. I'm a lot down on him. Well, why? I mean, he's coming in a mop-up duty time this year. Like, he hasn't been given anything.


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[Assistant] Is Mark Andrews out of there at the end of the first quarter? Is Hayden Hurst out of there, you know, at the second quarter?


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[Assistant] Is Boyle, Nick Boyle out of there in the second quarter? Is Hollywood Brown even playing the football game? You know, those are the things I look at to where I'm going to pick the Steelers to win a tough, ugly, close defensive game because I think the Ravens will have, like you have said already, a lot of their big players out of the football game.


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[Assistant] All together are very early, and that's why I'm gonna go Steelers 1714.


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[Assistant] No, you're right, they probably won't. You're right. It's a very delicate balance there, but you know, there's only so many guys you got on the team, so some of those starters are gonna have to play, and they'll be unhappy that they're playing, and they'll have to play hard just so they can stay healthy, but you're right.


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[Assistant] Uh, it's hard to be emotionally invested in that type of situation when your buddies on the side, I'm with a Gatorade towel around his neck.


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[Assistant] Drinking water and chewing gum and you're over there going, damn.


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[Assistant] I got a, I got a down block on Cameron Hayward again. I'm sick of this guy or I, you know, that, that's, that's brutal. So, all right, let's go to the next one. Titans at Texans. Texans, uh, don't think they're playing anybody. Titans favored by three and a half on the road over under at 45 and a half. Mike, go ahead.


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[Assistant] Yeah, right, and when we saw the Tennessee Titans beat the Kansas City Chiefs earlier this year in Tennessee, uhm,


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[Assistant] Yeah, you know, again, I know Billy O'Brien made some of those comments. Uh, I also saw Deshaun Watson say he wasn't sure if he was playing or not at this point either, so.


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[Assistant] I mean, I just don't know where their heart is in Houston, and Houston would be another one of those teams where


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[Assistant] Man, an injury to one or two guys can just change their team. They're just not that deep. They're not that overly talented. You know, hopefully Will Fuller, he'll be out of the lineup this week.


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[Assistant] You know, Deshaun Watson, of course, they, they can't afford to have him banged up in this one. If I'm... Fuller's out for, Fuller's out for at least the next two games. Next two for sure. Yes, I wasn't sure. I couldn't remember. So maybe he's back for the divisional game.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so if I'm the Houston Texans, they're one of those teams I look at and I just go...


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[Assistant] Just rest it up and get ready for the, the wild card game. Uh, what, what, you know, I understand. Yeah. Maybe they can luck into somehow playing the conference championship game at home. I get that.


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[Assistant] I think one thing at a time right now, and I think they'd be best served. You just get ready for that wild card matchup. Be totally 100% ready for that. Cheating the game planning that way. And of course, yes, the Titans playing for a playoff spot. I'm going to go Titans 24 13.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, Ryan Tannehill's been playing great. It looks like Derek Henry's back in the fold again this week, right? Uh, I expect them to win this football game and be motivated to do so.


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[Assistant] Did you pick the Titans? I did. I'm with, I'm going 24-13 Titans. I think like ultimately the Texans are not going to be emotionally invested. I think the Patriots and they will see that the Chiefs win that football game. And I wouldn't be shocked if it's the Sean Watson for the first two drives of the game and he comes out and that's all we get. That's all we get.


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[Assistant] Uhm, alright. Here we go. Redskins, Cowboys.


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[Assistant] Mike, I do think this is a little scary for the Cowboys. I do. I mean, the Cowboys play down to the level of their competition all the time. You know that. And the Redskins and Case Keenum and everything like that, the way they've been playing a little bit, they're a pain in the butt. Uhm, so go ahead, Mike. What do you think's gonna go down here?


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[Assistant] I fully expect them to win the game too. I don't think it's going to be easy. I think the Redskins will keep this game close. The Redskins are playing pretty good football.


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[Assistant] You know, first off, Dak Prescott not thrown again this week. I mean, he didn't make me feel warm and cozy with the performance he had last week without throwing prior to that game. So that's a little scary. Omari Cooper is obviously not himself.


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[Assistant] And the Redskins defense, you know, yeah, it got torn up last week. They messed up some assignments and let some people open. Uh, I, I do know that, but.


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[Assistant] Uh, I've seen capabilities in weeks prior to that where, hey, they're a pain in the butt too. Uh, but I do think ultimately Dallas has too much talent. You know, Redskins, Case Keenum starting.


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[Assistant] I think that actually is probably a benefit to the Redskins a little bit, a little bit of an older guy, mature on the road and this kind of scenario. I think that could be a little bit of a pain in the butt for the Dallas Cowboys. And we know Bill Callahan can run the football a little bit.


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[Assistant] But ultimately, yeaah, I think there's too much talent and too much riding, uh, on the line for the Dallas Cowboys. I'm gonna go Cowboys 24-20. I think the Redskins will hang around and make this interesting.


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[Assistant] Because of what you said. The coaching. Dallas is just too simple. There's no other way to say it. Here's something for you, Mike. I mean, this is what I can't believe I'm saying. You know, there's Dallas again. You've heard me talk about it. Offense has been better this year, right? Definitely been better.


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[Assistant] Defense, they do the same two defenses drives me crazy. You know what they did last week in the Eagles game that drove me crazy? Not one motion.


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[Assistant] Not one shift, all of a sudden they went back to like...


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[Assistant] To an Eagles defense who gave up what? 27 the week before to Dwayne Haskin, the Redskins. So they scare me, the Cowboys. I think they win the game, but not by a lot. 24 20.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, I, uh, they're in deep trouble there, definitely, and we'll be, we'll see how deep of trouble they really are in.


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[Assistant] As compared to this next game because this one dictates the Cowboys life or Jason Garrett's professional life. Uh, Eagles leading the NFC East. If they win, they're in, they're favored by four and a half at the New York Giants over under at 45 and a half. Mike, go ahead.


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[Assistant] The Giants are dangerous, you're right. I mean, Saquon's as healthy as he's been all year. Daniel Jones, we saw what he could do last week. I mean, his connection with, you know, Golden Tate and Darius Slayton. It's dangerous against the Eagles.


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[Assistant] You know, and the offense for the Giants has a little bit of everything, which can make it tough on the Philadelphia Eagles that way.


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[Assistant] You know, hey yeah, you could, you could get down there and, and say, okay, we're going to stop Saquon, not let them run the ball.


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[Assistant] Yeah, good luck. I mean, Daniel Jones, if you play man to man and there's a spot to put the ball, he can hit the bullseye all day long.


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[Assistant] So that's where it's scary, let alone the Giants, you know, defensively can do some different things on that side of the ball too, uh, as far as game plan purposes. But I think I go back to kind of what you said, Mike, the second half of that first meeting.


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[Assistant] And I think Carson Wentz, ultimately, will just be clutch. I do. I think this game will be very close. I'm picking Eagles 24-21, and I think it's going to come down to


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[Assistant] Four minutes left in the game. Eagles got to go down to kick a game winning field goal or score a touchdown to win the game. I think it'll be one of the two and I think Carson Wentz will deliver for the fourth week in a row.


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[Assistant] Okay, you good? Nothing more to add there? I'm good. Nothing more to add there. Alright. Fly Eagles, fly. Let's go. Sunday Night Football, extravaganza.


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[Assistant] Actually, we could do both. No, we're going where this is not the way it is. We've already predetermined this without your influence at all, just so you know.


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[Assistant] And huge implications for this one as far as first round buys, third seed, fifth seed. It's all over the place. You can explain it all. Uh, but lead us off in this, in this good one.


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[Assistant] Alright good, it sounds like your family's getting smarter as the years go by.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I just, you know, I, I look at this right now and I'm concerned about the Seattle Seahawks. I definitely am.


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[Assistant] You know, no Dwayne Brown. Okay, now what do we gotta do here? Alright, so we're gonna have to put, you know, George Fan in the left tackle and move some guys around.


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[Assistant] That can take away from the six offense alignment sets that we talk about being so successful for the Seattle Seahawks. You know, the running back injuries. Yeah, I know Marshawn Lynch is there. I'm as excited as anybody to watch him play and Robert Turbin and get that, but still.


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[Assistant] They're not Chris Carson, you know. It's not Rashad Penny. So that's scary that way.


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[Assistant] You know, also I look at it and just go, and this is something you've heard me say all year.


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[Assistant] And a lot of it just relies on the talent of Russell Wilson and the talent of the receiver, just like, hey, beat that guy going straight and Russell, he'll hit you on the run.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's good. I just don't know if that's good against the, you know, upper class of the NFL, which the 49ers are in. I also look at the first matchup and just go, I don't know if that's realistic for the 49, for the Seattle Seahawks to win that game the way they did the first time around.


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[Assistant] One McGlinchey and Joe Staley. It was their first game back after a number of weeks off. Jadevion Klani, who was healthy at the time and not now, took over the game.


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[Assistant] The Seahawks didn't have a drive of over 47 yards in the football game. You know, so to all those things, I just look at it and go, man, I know the Seahawks won the first time around. I don't think it's realistic to think they can win that way a second time around. I don't, you know, Hey, you know, interception that gets


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[Assistant] And like you said, I just think they're prime this year to be that team. I think they go on the road into Seattle and win the football game. I'm going to go 30 to 21 San Francisco 49ers.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you're the second person to ask me this week. I think he's done enough this year to solidify himself back for next year no matter what. I do. You know, it just, the way they've played


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[Assistant] The way he's continued to improve as the year has gone on. He's delivered in a lot of big moments. Again, we saw it last Saturday night.


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[Assistant] You know, two third and sixteens. He's certainly, you know, not overwhelmed by the magnitude of any moment, whether that was on the road in New Orleans or even in the monsoon in Baltimore, where he gave them a chance to win that football game as well.


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[Assistant] Dominated the Green Bay Packers at home. I just think there's enough there to say, no, Jimmy Garoppolo is our guy going forward and they should have some belief that he'll be even better next year as he just continues to grow within this offense. But yeah, I think the 49ers are the better team when it comes to this matchup. And I think the Seahawks are in trouble in this one.


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[Assistant] I don't think they would, not at this point. No. And also, and you know this plays into this, I don't-


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[Assistant] The public perception on that I don't think would be well received. You know, I think Jimmy Garoppolo is pretty well liked out there in that area. People believe in him in the San Francisco Bay area. Kirk Cousins has a natural, national perception of, you know, choking under the big lights, not being able to play in prime time.


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[Assistant] I still don't, I don't think they would do it. I don't think they, I think the ship has sailed on that conversation. I do. I think Shanahan's has got to be comfortable with the guy he's got.


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[Assistant] And, you know, even again, if he lays an egg the next two weeks, it's been a lot of good this year. It really has. After a shaky start, you know, the last 10, 11 weeks have been pretty damn strong for Jimmy Garoppolo. I think they got their guy, at least for the next year or two.


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[Assistant] Well, I think, well, I do, I mean, listen, I think you're right, though. Kirk Cousins played better than Jimmy Garoppolo. I do. He has, from the year. And I also, let's take in this new account. I mean, nothing on Kirk Cousins' offense other than Dalvin Cook is better than what the 49ers have.


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[Assistant] Sorry, my broken ass is really starting to hurt. Yeah, it's starting to get, you're starting to get, you're starting to adjust your positions, but, you know, you know, again, I hear this, you know, watch the Vikings, all the weapons he has.


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[Assistant] Like with Kirk Cousins. Wha-wha-what? C-come on. All the weapons he has? Who?


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[Assistant] I mean, especially last week, there was no Dalvin Cook. There was only one weapon on the field. His name was Stefan Diggs. Now all of a sudden, Kyle Rudolph has hit weapons.


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[Assistant] Category? I mean, why? Cause he caught a one handed four yard touchdown pass and another one handed three yard. Like that's to me. That's the piling on a Kirk cousins. I don't get sometimes, you know, I just that Adam Thiel is not 100%. The offense is as simple as can be. You and I both know that.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I don't know. He's not from what I saw. He doesn't look like he's 100%. The explosion does not look the same. So, uh, again, I just think that people pile on Kirk Cousins at times and the reality is the offense is not that great. And if they can't run the ball,


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[Assistant] You see as last week, they don't have a drop back pass offense. And that's not because of Kirk Cousins. It's because the two guys that coach the drop back pass offense.


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[Assistant] I'm not that creative. I'm not that good. Uh, but that's just my two cents. Alright.


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[Assistant] I hear you, I think that's very true. Alright, you ready for best bets? I'm ready for best bets. You wanna go first or you want me to go first?


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[Assistant] Not a bad one, and you picked a 27-24, right? Alright, so yeaah, I mean, I hear you, I think there could be a lot of truth to the over there in that Falcons-Bucks game. Alright, my first one, I'm going with the New Orleans Saints.


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[Assistant] I'm going with somebody I know has something to play for and that I just don't believe will lay an egg because of the leadership and professionalism that goes across that football team out of the fact that the Panthers have nothing to play, have an interim coach and are playing a third string quarterback.


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[Assistant] To me, I just look at that and that just seems like a recipe for the Saints to jump out on them early, dominate the football game, and see you later. They take care of business and set themselves up for


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[Assistant] If the 49ers lose, that they could become, of course, the first round by team later that night, or even if the Packers were to lose, they could do that as well. But I'm going with the Saints. I think they covered that 13 points. I'm going 34-17, Saints. I wouldn't be shocked.


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[Assistant] Wow. Okay. All right. That one, I think you're being gutsy there. I think, I don't know who knows who's going to be playing in that game for the Bills. I don't know. I hope you lose them all. I'm impartial because I hope you like you did last week. Yes, right. I hope you lose them all. All right. I'm going with another team that I just know has something to play for.


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[Assistant] And is gonna come out and usually a team that comes out hot anyways, and especially when they're playing for a first round by I'm going with the Green Bay Packers. Yeah, they're favored by 12 and a half at Detroit.


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[Assistant] Okay, defense is rolling, run games rolling, Aaron Rodgers gonna keep their heads on straight to be motivated. Matt LaFleur's done a great job of that all year. Packers traditionally start out games fast. I think they jump out of the Lions very early and kind of put this away.


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[Assistant] But I really want to go more than that. I kind of chickened out of that.


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[Assistant] But either way, I think the Packers are going to cover that 12.5 point spread and win this game easily. Aaron Rodgers, David Blau, Lions chalking it up, season's over, Lions defense not good enough. I just don't see how they slow down the Packers enough. I think the Packers win this one, uh, running away.


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[Assistant] That's my concern. That is a concern. There's no doubt about that. Alright, go ahead. Last one.


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[Assistant] Yeah, alright, uh, I'm going to the Titans, Titans Texans game. I'm going with the Titans to cover the three and a half point spread. Again, I expect the Chiefs to win.


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[Assistant] Which will lock up them as the number three seed and then will then in turn lock up the Houston Texans to be the number four seed. They'll have nothing to play for. I'm not so sure they're that motivated to play in general.


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[Assistant] The Tennessee Titans have everything to play for and really have still played good football. I mean, hey, they lost to a really good football team last week in the New Orleans Saints and certainly had chances to win that football game in general. Not so sure the Titans are better than the Texans right now. All to begin with. Uh, and I know that's saying a lot because Houston won two weeks ago.


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[Assistant] Either way, I just think because of this, the circumstances, I'm going to go with the Titans 24 13. I think they cover the spread and do make it to the playoffs and end up going to Kansas City in that first round. Okay, you got it? Yeah.


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[Assistant] I think that's it, I think we're done. Alright, Mike's going all with over-unders this week. He's got...


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[Assistant] Atlanta Buck, Atlanta versus Tampa Bay going with the over at 48. Going with the under with the Jets Buffalo game, 36 and a half. Going with the under with the Steelers Baltimore Ravens game at 37.


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[Assistant] I'm riding with the Saints to cover the 13. I'm riding with the Green Bay Packers to cover the 12 and a half and I'm riding with the Tennessee Titans. All teams that got something to play for Titans favored by three and a half. They all need these games to win them.


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[Assistant] Their opponents they're playing have nothing to gain at all. That's why I like my best bets better than Florio's. Woooo! Alright, you good? What are you gonna do tonight? Anything interesting?


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[Assistant] Yeah, definitely will be. I'm excited to see how it all unfolds. Enjoy your Friday night. I'll be having some fun too. It's Friday night date night with the wife, so we always get out, have fun. Subscribe, rate, review.


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[Assistant] PFTPM, Chris Simms on button, joint collaboration, picks podcast. We'll be back next week for the playoff picks. No doubt about it. And it will still be tallying our record, despite what Florio says. He has no jurisdiction over this matter.


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[Assistant] Please rate, review, subscribe, do anything you can please to tell us how much you like us. Peace out, you know Monday we'll both be doing recaps of the week 17 showdowns and maybe some coach, coaches being fired as well. Everybody have a good weekend, be safe, peace out, see ya.


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[Assistant] So Derek Henry, he did it again. Yeah. 195 yards. He did it again. So I wanted to play a little game with you. He played with my heart. A little would you rather. Got lost in the game. Oh wow, you know it word for word. Oh baby, baby.


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[Assistant] Yep, so we say goodbye to the Titans, we say goodbye to the Packers, and I do want to look into them a little bit more. Yeah. Because they have some really interesting free agent questions. Definitely. They got some question marks, I mean, even Aaron Rodgers, we think he's gonna be there for the next few years. Right, he made a comment.


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[Assistant] Like a repeat performance from the Chiefs and Titans. Let's get to that one first. We'll talk about 49ers that was really dominant. What I do think here is that


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[Assistant] I was looking at the season, I was like, I think there were three really dominant teams this year in the NFL. I think the 49ers were dominant, I think Baltimore was dominant, I think the Chiefs for the most part of the year.


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[Assistant] They had that stretch where they didn't have Patrick Mahomes that you really can't hold against him. I think they were dominant. So I think there were three dominant teams in the NFL. And we got two of them in the Super Bowl. That's right, we got two of them.


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[Assistant] Nine minutes, right? Nine minutes, seven seconds? Yep, nine minutes, seven seconds. Right.


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[Assistant] Which part of the game do we make? Meeting them at the point of attack. Right. And on that drive that you're talking about.


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[Assistant] Henry had two carries, one yard, zero yards, Jones met him both times. Right. On that. And so, just meeting, and so that's kind of the game plan for stopping Derek Henry is don't let him start. Yea, don't let him start.


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[Assistant] Cause this run for Derek Henry, we know about three games in a row with 180 yards. Okay, it's been a really good recent run. But this goes all the way back to week 10 for Derek Henry. So a lot of teams have been trying to figure this out on how to do it, how to execute it. Teams with better defenses than the Chiefs.


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[Assistant] He was rolling over teams. He had 86 versus Houston. And then 97 against the Saints, right? He sat week 16. And then he went 211 versus Houston again. Right, right. Now he's in the playoffs. 182, 195.


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[Assistant] And then the Chiefs hold them to 69. And 5 carries 12 yards between the tackles too. And so like you're talking about, meeting them at the point of attack, figuring out a game plan on how to slow down the running attack, and now they gotta do it against a 49ers team that does it a little differently.


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[Assistant] That is great. And that is part of the Peter King podcast. You can listen to that wherever you listen to this podcast and all the other podcasts because he gets really good guests like Patrick Mahomes talking about a crucial key play in the game. He said, I don't think I've run that far for a touchdown ever before.


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[Assistant] Uh, or don't remember the play. Here's the Titans who had a shot at him.


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[Assistant] Derek Roberson, we got Rashaun Evans, Daquan Jones, if he had a better angle he would have been there, Tremaine Brock had one, Amani Hooker. Amani Hooker is the one that should have made the tackle and kind of just throw a shoulder at him. Someone was trying to strip the ball there right before the goal line. That was Brock.


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[Assistant] They all had a chance to bring them down, and they couldn't do it. And so when you see that play, Chris, and break it down, what are the key points?


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[Assistant] Tyreek Hill, which was good play design and if you look back on that one, Travis Kelsey is getting a couple of blocks chipping and there weren't great blocks even, but it's like these play designs and the speed and the play makers that they have makes everything difficult. A hundred percent. Even if they're not executed, a hundred percent because you wouldn't draw that


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[Assistant] So you mentioned a player that I want to give a damn okay. Yeah, let's do that. Let's do it.


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[Assistant] Damn okay to a player you mentioned. Wide receiver of the Kansas City Chiefs. Sammy Watkins. Sammy Watkins. 60 yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. I was looking back at that one. Logan Ryan was free in the middle of the field. Yep.


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[Assistant] Yep, over Ryan to Sammy Watkins who catches it in stride and scores. So Watkins is an interesting case this year, right? Because first game of the year, he scores those three touchdowns. Everyone that I know that plays fantasy football said, oh my gosh, I have Sammy Watkins. I didn't play him, but he's going to be great for me this year.


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[Assistant] He wasn't that great, he's very inconsistent, but he's a weapon, and what kind of a weapon do they have, and how much will they utilize him, because they do have a lot of weapons, but Sammy Watkins can be won when he's utilized.


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[Assistant] Just got so many playmaker, the three touchdowns from Mahomes, the one rushing, uh, and then on the defensive side, like you mentioned, the Chiefs have taken big steps and there was Daniel Sorensen again, uh, making big plays. It was the guy that made two big plays in special teams the week before. Talk about making a name for yourself when it's, uh, when it's the biggest.


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[Assistant] It's just a dominant team with a, with a dominant performance that's shown two weeks in a row that there is no deficit that they're not skilled enough to come back from.


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[Assistant] They threw the ball eight times. Jimmy Garoppolo was six of eight.


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[Assistant] The run design that Kyle Shanahan has employed with this team is just creative, it is misdirection, and it is with any running back at any time. We've seen Matt Breida go off, we've seen Tevin Coleman who went off in this game with a shoulder injury, he's gone off just last week, and then here it was 220 yards, four touchdowns.


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[Assistant] Playoff wise, playoff football wise, one of the best footballs ever seen.


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[Assistant] It's curious, they didn't stack the box though. I was looking at those numbers, I try to keep an eye on those. So 8 or more in the box. Yeaah. When Raheem Mostert was on the field, 14% of the time. That's not a high percentage, I mean Derek Henry


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[Assistant] In that game, the Chiefs stacked the box 37% of the time against him. Right. You figure that for a team that throws the ball eight times in a game, you're going to see more heavy fronts, eight man fronts. Well, I think it's. It did not do that.


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[Assistant] The only guy who maybe had a chance there late was the corner, like I mentioned, uh, Chandon Sullivan. Yea, right. But he was so preoccupied with George Kittle running an outroute, that he didn't even have his eyes on the backfield. No, that's what happens in man to man. Right. Mostert runs for 36 yards there, which was the fastest run.


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[Assistant] Showing up like this because he's working with a great coach with a good offensive line, good play design, and he's also really fast.


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[Assistant] We haven't seen it before. I think I mentioned that his career journey has been cut by several teams. Eagles, Dolphins, Ravens, Jets, Browns, Bears, and now he's with the 49ers. He said the one that puzzled them the most was when he was cut by the Jets and they didn't even give him a reason why.


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[Assistant] Mozart's taking advantage of it. He's finally taking advantage. He's had that winding career. And then when you take a look at the Wikipedia page, this is a Wikipedia page of, of Green Bay.


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[Assistant] Have you noticed the government listed there on this for our YouTube audience? The king of Green Bay.


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[Assistant] So it's just a dynamic running attack for this 49ers offense, and they don't need the passing attack, but they do have other playmakers, and I think Debo Samuel I've mentioned a couple times here.


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[Assistant] He had two catches for 46 yards, two rushes for 43 yards. He's not a tie, he doesn't have the speed of a tie-re-kill, but I feel like they're very similar. And they can be used in the pass game and the running game. Definitely. And they're just speed options that...


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[Assistant] They threw to George Kittle one time. Yeah. One catch, 19 yards, they didn't need to use him. No. That might have been part of the game plan too. Not to, not to go to Kittle that much, but they didn't have, they didn't have


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[Assistant] He finished with 326 yards. Rogers and Martin late. They obviously passed halftime. They didn't have any points at halftime. Couple touchdowns. Did throw two interceptions. He had three fumbles. Just lost one of them.


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[Assistant] Uh, two of them were recovered by his offensive lineman Billy Turner, which I always think is a bad thing for a lineman. You never want to be the guy recovering the football. Yea, cause he was the guy that got beat.


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[Assistant] Good on you that you got the recovery, but you were not impressed. I mean, it was good late, but at that point the game was pretty much over.


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[Assistant] He deserves it too. I mean you've seen first hand what he's gone through and the different stops that he's made. And there are people that say,


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[Assistant] You know, it's like, oh, he's got a dad who, who was in it, and so he's got opportunities that other people maybe wouldn't have had. Sure. And experiences that other people wouldn't have. Sure. But you have to take those opportunities and experiences and grow with them. Right. And do things that you did not learn from your father. Exactly. Or you have to come up with new things. And, and Kyla the Pierce has been able to do that.


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[Assistant] I mean it didn't end well with his final game with Atlanta and that's still one of my favorite coaching quotes of all time because when he was being introduced with the 49ers it was fresh off the devastation of losing the Super Bowl and having that lead and blowing it and there's some questionable play calls whether you try to just run the clock out at that point they were throwing the ball and they asked him they go in retrospect would you go back and do anything different he goes


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[Assistant] Give the keys over, make that move, and Kyle Shanahan now has got him back to the Super Bowl, Super Bowl 54. Uh, we gotta say goodbye to the two teams we lost though. Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it. Requiem for a team. This is Titans and Packers.