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[Assistant] Yeah, they're, they're having the debate of, I mean it's ruining the flow of the game, the exciting moments, you gotta stop down and watch replay, and so they're kinda going through the same things that we've gone through. Yeah, I have a feeling it's gonna get worse in the NFL. Do you have time for underreactions? Yeah! Okay, so where do you think I'm going?


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[Assistant] You live here. I'm a prisoner. Uhm, so this is what we did last week. You know, cause every, every year you have the preseason and then you have the overreactions to what happens in the preseason. But we never give enough press, I don't think, to the under reactions. The things that may be slipping through the cracks that we're not paying enough attention to. And the first one has to do with the Atlanta Falcons for me.


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[Assistant] So are we underreacting to the fact that, you know, even though they've tried to beef up their offensive line, Matt Ryan got sacked three times, they gave up five sacks total in the last preseason game, that their offensive line could sabotage the good year that the Falcons, we think, they might have. Are we underreacting to the problems in their offensive line? No.


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[Assistant] We're gonna react to this next one here. Uh, the New Orleans Saints. You know, Drew Brees has been there for a long time. Perhaps his skills are diminishing. Tasem Hill, 11 for 16, 136 yards, two touchdowns, had 53 yards rushing. People comparing him to Steve Young, another great BYU product, the greatest BYU product to play football.


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[Assistant] Are we underreacting to the fact that we're seeing the changing of the guard, the passing of the torch from Drew Brees to perhaps Taysom Hill, and it's happening quicker than we ever thought possible. Okay.


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[Assistant] Get some running from their quarterback, which they haven't been able to do in New Orleans for a while. And that brings me to the third possible underreaction from preseason week number two.


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[Assistant] And that is, uh, the Ravens. I think they made some noise in the off season. They wanted Lamar Jackson to run less. The owner was like, he's not going to be running a ton. We're going to, we're going to try to become more of a passing team, not run as much. He ran 147 times last year, 695 yards and five touchdowns, but


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[Assistant] He had a couple rushes for 14 yards and limited action in the preseason game. His most impressive run was a video game like 18 yard touchdown that was called back. Yes. Are we underreacting to the, to the idea that perhaps they're going to run just as much if not more with Lamar Jackson when you can rip off plays like that?


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[Assistant] Maybe we're, are we overreacting to the thought that, not to make it an overreacting one, the thought that they're gonna limit Lamar Jackson's runs.


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[Assistant] And if you're a ref and you throw the flag on that play, you look at how impressive it was and you pick it up. I think, you know, it's the good of the league. You don't, there was a block in the back. It was a block in the back.


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[Assistant] But, are we underreacting to the fact that Marcus Mariota is going to be much improved this year because he has his safety net back in Delaney Walker who missed almost all of last season and had that ankle injury week one. Are we underreacting to the importance of Delaney Walker and how much better that's going to make Marcus Mariota this year?


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[Assistant] Delaney Walker had a birthday last week. Guess how old he is now.


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[Assistant] I don't think so. We're going to stick around and we're going to look at the weekend pictures at some point. That's going to be a separate video on YouTube where we kind of take a look at the most interesting pictures from the weekend football.


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[Assistant] On the baseball side. Right. Then you go, I'm gonna stop with the baseball. You go, seriously, this is a football thing.


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[Assistant] I don't know. I've been sleeping weird on that. I gotta do more stretches, so I think it's bad posture when I'm doing the podcast. Alright, well I got my theories, but I won't go there, okay?


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[Assistant] Alright, let's get started. Okay, deep dive. Our first deep dive of the day. We got Ravens versus Patriots. The Ravens get the win, 37 to 20. So we'll start with the Ravens-O versus the Patriots-D here. Yea, let's do that. I think a lot of people are curious about


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[Assistant] Yeah, because the passing game, the numbers are not great. They don't jump off the page. 163 yards for Lamar, one touchdown through the air. Uh, I mean, the Ravens' second leading receiver was Mark Ingram with two catches and 29 yards.


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[Assistant] Three catches for 48 yards, although you do think that Hollywood Brown is a huge weapon for the Ravens.


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[Assistant] You know what's funny is I was looking at the, uh, the snap counts. Yes. For both teams. Right. And I was looking at the Patriots wide receivers. Yep. They were on the field basically the whole game. Yes. Edelman played every snap, Sunu played every snap, Philip Dorsett missed one snap. Right.


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[Assistant] Uh, over on the Ravens, it was the opposite. Yep. Willy Sneed played the most snaps of any Ravens wide receiver. 60% of the snaps. Wow. That was it.


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[Assistant] We don't have 300-pound offensive linemen up and down the board here.


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[Assistant] Right, but this is why the mobile quarterback is so unique and such a unique challenge and why really if you can have a quarterback that can do this you would want it every time because it's the extra player, right? It's the extra player, right. You have an advantage almost being able to use the quarterback in this way.


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[Assistant] It's really impressive for the Ravens offense. And you mentioned the offensive lineman and Marshall Yonda. One more shout out to him. The 35 year old Cedar Rapids. I feel like if you grow up in Cedar Rapids, you're like 10 times more likely to be an offensive lineman in the NFL than if you grow up anywhere else in the world.


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[Assistant] Time of possession for the Ravens 37 minutes, time of possession for the Patriots 22 minutes.


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[Assistant] I was looking at the deep ball, so you throw it that many times, you figure, okay, maybe he made a few, uh, deep completions, and he did just two, but passes ten or more yards downfield.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they don't do that. Uh, it's, so, so here's a couple other things here too. Yeah, go ahead. James White leading rusher, just 38 yards.


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[Assistant] Uhm, for the, for the Patriots, like I mentioned before, they were three wide receivers set. They had to. Basically the whole game. Yup. Uh, 38 year old Ben Watson played almost, uh, he did, I think he played every snap of the game here too. And so, basically the Ravens got them into this personnel that didn't get them off the field and...


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[Assistant] So, Peter's, Marcus Peters has totally been, uh, been, uh, implemented into this defense now. Yes. He tackles one pass defense. He was one of four Ravens defenders to play every snap.


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[Assistant] I almost feel like the rams should have kept him.


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[Assistant] Can we give a little more love to Matthew Judon?


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[Assistant] Because you mentioned him already. Yep. Former fifth round guy. Yep. Out of Grand Valley State University. Yeah. My, uh, hometown. Your hometown. Grand Rapids, Michigan there.


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[Assistant] I had four hits on Brady last night. He's their best pass rusher. Most of any raven. Right.


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[Assistant] He's played over 80% of the snaps for the first time in his four year career. He's playing over 80% of the snaps this year. And in the introductions, did you hear him say his body is built by Taco Bell? Oh, I did not hear him say that. I missed that.


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[Assistant] For fast food, because, well fast food in general, because Deshaun Watson, remember he said the Popeye's Chicken Sandwich helped his eye. Oh yes, right. You got Taco Bell here. Yes. Which makes me happy as a guy that I do really appreciate fast food.


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[Assistant] Give me that every day. I imagine that you have given up fast food.


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[Assistant] I could tell you my favorite order at every fast food chain. Burger King Wendy's Chick-fil-A. Yeah. I could go through them all. Well, not great for you, but still, but I appreciate it. So, he's built by Taco Bell, but he was, uh, yeah, he's, he's really, he's, he's good.


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[Assistant] Okay, yeaah, let's do a few headlines here. So let's go through, let's go, we got a couple of additions here. We'll start with the Buzzer Beaters edition. So we had some games that came down to the last second, which was great. It was a really good week of games. It felt like there was really competitive games and other games that weren't, had results that you didn't see coming, like with the Chargers over the Packers.


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[Assistant] We had a good week of, uh, NFL, so let's go through some of them here. We did. Let's do it. Uh, this is the Buzzer Beaters edition. We'll start with the Chiefs and, uh, the Vikings.


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[Assistant] And the Chiefs win 26-23. And the headline I'm going with is Vikings get their butt-curred. Butt-curred? Yep. Why a curd? Harrison butt-curr.


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[Assistant] That's really good. Four field goals including the 44 yard game winner as time expired after Matt Moore came through with a couple big plays to Kelsey for a 17 yard gain and then Tyreek Hill for a 13 yard gain proving that Patrick Mahomes is unnecessary. Oh, we don't need him.


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[Assistant] And I looked at the 91 yard touchdown by Damian Williams there. I thought it was kind of a cool play because it almost looks like it was a design cutback. I think it was. And if you look at the offensive line, it's like a wall. He doesn't get touched until 20 yards down the field.


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[Assistant] So that's an issue. One more real quick. Uh, the Chiefs have thrown one interception this year. That wasn't even by Matt Moore. No. That was by Mahomes. Only one other team has one interception on the year. Can you name that team?


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[Assistant] Big win for the Chiefs over the, uh, the Vikings. They get the win at home. Another in the Buzzer Beaters edition of Give Me the Headlines. It is Steelers beating the Colts 26-24. And my headline for this one is Daniel Snyder's top candidate slipping away.


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[Assistant] Mike Tomlin, his top candidate, uh, might stay in Pittsburgh after all. They've won four of their last five, uh, and they get the win as Adam Vinatieri cannot be the hero two weeks in a row.


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[Assistant] Unsung heroes on that Minka Fitzpatrick 96 yard interception return Cameron Hayward getting good pressure on Hoyer. He's a beast. And Ola Adaney.


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[Assistant] Who didn't play that many snaps, I think played five in the game, but had good pressure and then made the block down the field. To spring him? Well, I mean, kind of. He was kind of gone no matter what. There was an offensive lineman there, he probably wasn't going to catch him, but he was running. It was cool to see, uh, I think a second year guy out of Toledo do stuff like that. And Bud Dupree, I also noted in my notes here.


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[Assistant] Yes, he is. Forced fumble, recovery. He's dominant. Playing 90% of the snaps for the first time in his career, so.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's what it was. Okay, so here's my headline. I found it. Uh, Raiders dumb timeout was genius. So it was at the end of the game. Remember, it was like eight seconds left. Lions don't have a timeout. Uh, they get it down to the one yard line, fourth and goal. They're scrambling. The Lions are out wide formation.


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[Assistant] And it's like, as a Detroit Lions fan, this happens all the time. It's like, you think something's good, you think they got a break, and actually it's not a break, because I bet you with that widespread out formation, you got three wide receivers on the field,


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[Assistant] I bet Matt Stafford makes a play and figures out a way to penetrate that Raiders defense at the one yard line. As it was, the Raiders do call that timeout and then Detroit goes with the double tight end.


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[Assistant] And for the Raiders, Josh Jacobs is really good. Yes, he is. 28 carries, 120 yards, two touchdowns, uh, only with a long of 17, so it wasn't like he broke off one huge one.


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[Assistant] But I think you're right with Josh Jacobs though. I think he's number one right now. He's top ten in the NFL in yards from scrimmage. Yeah. Of anyone. Pretty hard to argue. He's been utilized kind of like Alvin Kamara like you talked about. Yeah. Before the season began you said I think that Gruden is going to use him in the passing game, in the running game like the Saints do Kamara and it kind of has been that way.


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[Assistant] It's kinda like growing up watching Barry Sanders, cause he did that, he did that all the time. It was like he almost never took a big hit.


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[Assistant] Deep Dive number 2. Let's do it. Deep Dive number 2. Seahawks beat the Bucks in overtime 40-34. Yep. Another very elusive quarterback that doesn't take a whole lot of big hits and Russell Wilson.


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[Assistant] So what do you want to start with? You want to start with that, uh, the Seahawks O, Bucks D here? Sure, let's start there. Can I say off the bat that I like both of these teams. I do too. I think they're both really interesting, and even though the Bucks are 2 and 6, I think they've got some really good players. They do, they're fun to watch. And interesting players, offensively and defensively, they were in this game.


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[Assistant] He's underrated still. Definitely. We're not talking about, you know, a lot of the talk about Delvin Cook, a lot of the talk about Christian McCaffrey running back. I think Chris Carson's right up there. He's having an unbelievable year.


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[Assistant] Ryan White did have a good game, probably the best game of his NFL career so far. He had 12 combined tackles, most of anyone in the game. He had two forced fumbles, two quarterback hits, played all but one snap. Uhm, he's coming out, he had a little bit of an MCL injury, but they have so many playmakers and you're right, it has to


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[Assistant] You know, yeaah, the Seahawks are good, they're good at home, even though they haven't quite been as good at home this year, so it's gonna be tough to stop them no matter what, but they got so many playmakers on the defensive side, it's tough to see them giving up 40 points to anybody.


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[Assistant] So Tyler Lockett, huge, huge day for him, led the NFL in receptions this week in 13, 152 yards, two touchdowns. Uh, you do think the Seahawks have gotten better at pass protection.


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[Assistant] Sure. Can you do one of those? Sure. Cause you're very critical and you self-scout thyself. I do. All the time. You point out when you're wrong. I pride myself in it. So I want to point out when you're right. Right. Take a victory lap on DK Metcalf. Oh yes. Because he was a second round pick for the Seahawks. Late second round pick.


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[Assistant] And you said in the draft, you go, he is the number one wide receiver in the draft. Yes. And he has looked like it had nine targets, six catches, 123 yards at a 53 yard one.


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[Assistant] Uhm, played all but four offensive snaps, the most he has played all season long. Yeaah. He is emerging as a star.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, he doesn't need to, he can sell it. That's what he does. Saves electricity. Right. Uh, so that is the uh, Seahawks 0 bucks D, anything else there? I think, I think we, we hit it uhm, really for the


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[Assistant] How about we go to Buxo Seattle D real quick. I mean they still gave up quite a few points to the Seahawks D. Tampa won the time of possession battle 35 minutes to 28.


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[Assistant] Jameis Winston for the third time this year through no interceptions, so that was good. No, he played good. Did lose a fumble though. Yep. Um, offensively, they're pretty good.


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[Assistant] Good. Cool. Boom, got that. Get rid of the papers here. I throw them on the floor. I do pick them up, although John helps out sometimes, I think, too. Yeah. Uhm, okay, so let's go to the fastest growing song, the hit single, in the world. This is worldwide. Let's hear it.


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[Assistant] I love that. Illegal gamble-izing. It needs to be longer. You needed to make that song longer.


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[Assistant] You listen back to it and it still sounds perfect, right? Yea, right. That's fine, I know what you mean. Yes. Uhm, so your first damn okay. Yea. Is going to a player you've liked for many years. Right.


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[Assistant] And it is Deshaun Watson, who it's tough for a player you already are very high on to get a damn okay, because damn okay means like, you're even more impressed than you normally are. Yeaah. But you're even more impressed than you normally are with Deshaun Watson.


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[Assistant] First game since, uh, JJ Watt tore his pack. You kinda wondered who would step up. One of the players that stepped up was their, uh, linebacker number 57, Brennan Scarlett, out of Cal and Stanford, played 46 snaps. Most he's played this year, had two sacks and a forced fumble.


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[Assistant] The opposite of damn okay is It's Over, and you have reserved your It's Over this week for Gardner Minshew.


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[Assistant] And as we've seen in the NFL this year, it's not a bad idea to have a backup quarterback.


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[Assistant] Uh, the panthers and titans, you're gonna do a little damn okay, I wanna self-scout my, uh, thyself. Yeaah. Self-scout thyself.


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[Assistant] I picked them to win the game outright, really. They lost outright. 30-20. Panthers improved to 5-3 on the year. And it was Riverboat Ron rolls the dice again.


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[Assistant] With a fake punt, you thought was crucial for them. Crucial. Big time call. They were up 17-7, five minutes into the second half. So it was, you know, early goings. I think the Titans had just scored on the previous drive to start the second half. Fourth and four from their own 36. Colin Jones direct snap. They barely got it.


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[Assistant] They did. They did. You might have said that. McCaffrey scored. No, I didn't. They scored seven plays later on the one yard touchdown. So, if I was going to self-scout thyself, first of all- And where'd you go wrong in that?


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[Assistant] And they got so many weapons. You mentioned Curtis Samuel and Kyle Allen using him. Curtis Samuel was target on average 22 yards downfield per pass. Most of any wide receiver this week. And actually Kyle Allen, his average pass was 13 and a half yards downfield. Most of any quarterback this week in the NFL. So they were throwing the ball deep and then you have Christian McCaffrey who


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[Assistant] Leave the NFL with scrimmage yards too. 13 touchdowns leaves the NFL. So they got so many weapons, but I do it real quick. Want to give some linebacker love for Carolina? Number 54, Shaq Thompson. Yeaah, Shaq. Uh, 10 solo tackles, most of any player on Sunday. 3 tackles for a loss, tied for most of any player on Sunday. Uh, has played almost every snap this year.


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[Assistant] Despite being on the injury report with an ankle. So he's played a lot for them and stepped up.


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[Assistant] You gotta make sure not to lean over. Yes. He does a very good job of that. Very good job. Let's go. Give me the headline.


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[Assistant] Factory of sadness edition. So here's some very disgruntled fan bases. They're not happy with the way things are going. And at the top of the list, maybe the Cleveland Browns. Because I think out of all the teams that we're about to go through here,


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[Assistant] They maybe had the most expectation. Maybe them and the Browns, but, uh, or I mean, I'm sorry, the Bears. Uh, but the Browns are now 2-6 on the year. They lost to the Broncos.


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[Assistant] They are, looks like they're done. They're just not going to be able to turn it around this year. The offense does not look good.


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[Assistant] I was talking about average, uh, uh, passes downfield. So here's the weird thing. You have Brandon Allen making his NFL debut for the Broncos, right? You have Baker Mayfield.


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[Assistant] So, Baker Mayfield, his average pass downfield, 4.6 yards, second to last in the NFL. Brandon Allen, 10.2 yards downfield, fourth in the NFL, fourth most in the NFL this week. So the Broncos taking chances downfield with


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[Assistant] Brandon Allen in his debut and the Browns refusing to do that with Baker Mayfield in their offense.


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[Assistant] There's Baker Mayfield, if you're watching on YouTube, this is Baker Mayfield on the right, is a, is a man in like a trench coat, that looks very upset. Yeaah. And the man on the left is smiling, holding his Mayfield jersey. Yup. And the caption is, 18 months of being a Cleveland Brown.


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[Assistant] Look at that 75 yard touchdown from Noah Fan. And RIP Jermaine Whitehead. Because he just flattened him and it's a play like that where I think you have to retire. If you're Jermaine Whitehead, you have to just quit football. Because it was like that bad.


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[Assistant] People are being mean to Freddie Kitchens. Do you think he comes back next year?


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[Assistant] Uh, Sid, before their game last week. Yeah. Versus the Jaguars. Hope we show up. Hopefully this team will actually show up this week. Not be asleep. Yeah. They were asleep that game. They're still asleep. Losing to the Miami Dolphins in the Adam Gase return game.


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[Assistant] So now the, uh, the Bengals, the only winless team in the NFL because Miami got one. Sam Darnold, eight interceptions over three games. Interception percentage for him is almost doubled what it was last year in his rookie year. Something's wrong.


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[Assistant] So the Jets get, uh, beat by the, uhm, Miami Dolphins. And the Bears lose again in our Factory of Sadness edition of the headlines by the Eagles. 22-14 was the final score. My headline for this one is So Good at Erts, the return of Zach Erts. Nine catches, 103 yards, one touchdown.


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[Assistant] Dallas Goddard still second on the team and receiving yards with 39.


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[Assistant] They can't do anything. They made it closer at the end, I can give them credit for coming back, but uhm, so I was looking up David Montgomery, the running back for the Bears, uh, faced an eight man box, 79% of the time, most in the NFL this week. Yep. And so they're stacking the box to stop the run, because they're not afraid of Mitchell Trabisky. Nope, they're not. Why would you be? And so it's really hard for them to do anything offensive.


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[Assistant] Four and five, the Chargers are now, don't count them out yet. The Packers lose their second game this year. 26-11, it was domination. So the Chargers offense not getting play calls from Shane. What is it? Stectin? Stectin? Stectin?


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[Assistant] Melvin Gordon came back, had a good game, 20 carries, 80 yards, 68 of those between the tackles. Austin Eckler still was doing his thing. Yep. So Mike Williams was out there running super fast. He was the fastest wide receiver with the ball this week, 20.7 miles an hour. So they got some weapons. They do. Defensively, they shut down Aaron Rodgers.


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[Assistant] Joey Bosa leading the NFL this week with quarterback hits with four. Man, they were all over. One and a half seconds. Joey Bosa has stepped up ever since you said that Nick Bosa was the better Bosa.


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[Assistant] And for the Chargers, that was their last game in LA until December 15th. Wow. So they'll be in Mexico for one quote unquote home game. Well they're used to not having any fans cheering.


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[Assistant] That's amazing, first off, just off the bat. Hold on, I got a headline. Oh, do you?


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[Assistant] Mine is, uh, Bill's Sorry Not Sorry, because that comes from Micah Hyde, saying, I'm done apologizing for wins, because everyone's saying, oh, the Bills are winning, but they're not playing anyone, which is true.


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[Assistant] Their, uh, their opponents have a total of 22 wins, tied for the fewest in the NFL with San Francisco. But, for a team like the Bills, they're beating teams they should beat, which is good for them. They started out 2-6 last year, they're 6-2 this year, they get the win over Washington.


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[Assistant] So the Bills, their pass defense, you know, third best in the NFL with yards per passing play. Right. And then yards per rushing play, 19th in the NFL. 19th, yeaah. So they're 19th. Cause you just assume, oh Bills, that's a good defense, and yards per game is pretty good for them. Well yeaah, it's still a good defense, but you're right.


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[Assistant] First time in his career, he's gone three straight games without an interception. Way to go Joshy! It's the, Bill's best start since 1993. Woah, they went to the Super Bowl that year and lost 30-13 to the Cowboys. Emma Smith was the MVP. But it's about to get a whole lot tougher for them, as next up is at the Browns. And then they gotta go to Miami, who just won a game. Then they take on the Broncos. Oh man.


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[Assistant] One thing for sure though, one thing I can guarantee is we'll get a uh, up close shot of Jason Garrett. Oh. Just like his nose and eyes. No doubt. We get really up in his grill. They usually do. They get up in his grill a lot.


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[Assistant] Uh, yeaah, I mean, it'd be kind of hard for the backup QB and training camp to be very vocal last year. Uh, so, this year's definitely a lot different.


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[Assistant] Long time ago. So long ago that I don't even care to try to figure it out. Actually, I was ordering your Christmas present. I'm getting you a moose chastity belt. Oh, thank you. I might need one.


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[Assistant] I like it. I just don't like it. It's too much pressure, right, as an adult. Like when you're a kid and growing up in the 70s,


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[Assistant] The costume consisted of going to the local department store,


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[Assistant] And getting the box, it was like this box, it was a rectangular box and you lift off the lid and it was a mask that had this cheap ass rubber band that held it onto your face and a really cheap nylon costume that you put over your clothes. That was it. It was probably five bucks.


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[Assistant] You do that, you go around, you get your candy, and that's the end of it. That's what dressing up was for me. These elaborate costumes that adults feel like they have to go out and get, and they have to outdo each other, and they go to a party, and hey, look at my cool costume, I've got


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[Assistant] No interest in that, in large part because I have no interest in interacting with other humans. And let me give you an example why I stay home and I don't go anywhere. Went to dinner last night, okay, with my wife. Yep.


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[Assistant] And as we were leaving, there were some people that I, I barely know. And the guy says to me, Hey, you know what? You look a lot younger on TV.


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[Assistant] And he said to me, is that a compliment? And I said, I don't think it is a compliment. So for that reason alone,


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[Assistant] I stay home. No costume parties, no parties of any kind. I'll just stay in my cave, I'll drink my whiskey, I'll smoke a cigar, I'll eat some Werther's Originals and I'll be miserable and happy.


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[Assistant] Anytime you say we're on a heater, I think you're talking about like those things you smoke on Friday and Saturday nights. Those are called daddy heaters.


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[Assistant] Just saying that, just saying that means you're not hosting properly. Well probably not, I'm an amateur. There's a difference between being self aware and being ridiculously obsessive to the point where you pause the proceedings to check, to see what, you're basically checking to see whether your armpits smell. Well yea, I got a little rundown.


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[Assistant] I really like Thursday Night Football. We've gone through this discussion of whether or not it fits with the concept of player health and safety. And that was never an issue when there were Thanksgiving games and that was the only Thursday night. Although there used to be that Thursday night game.


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[Assistant] Take in the games because they're all happening at once. I like being able to watch one game at a time. I want to study the 49ers. I want to see what the Cardinals look like on the field against one of the best teams in the NFL because they played one of the best teams in the NFL on Sunday and even though the final score was 31 to 9.


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[Assistant] If Chandler Jones can create some havoc against the San Francisco offense, I want to see if they can slow down the running game. I want to see what Kyle Murray looks like going against one of the best defenses in football. Now look, I believe that the 49ers ultimately will win the game. They may win it going away.


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[Assistant] I'm anxious to see how these two teams look against each other. And the 49ers have lost to the Cardinals. 8 straight.


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[Assistant] But things are very different now, right? This is the best 49ers team since 2012. Yep. And this Cardinals team is still trying to find its way. And I also think that your friend Kyle Shanahan has an appreciation of what it means to play in prime time.


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[Assistant] What it means to put your best foot forward when people are still doubting you. And that's the thing the 49ers are benefiting from. Even though they look so good on both sides of the ball.


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[Assistant] There still is this lingering sense of, you gotta prove it to us. Bruce Arvin, the Panthers pass rusher, said after the 51 to 13,


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[Assistant] On Thursday night when they play one of the worst teams left on their schedule. And what's your score? Give me your damn score, Florio. Alright, here's my damn score, Sims. 34 to 17, 49ers


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[Assistant] I feel like I'm giving, I feel like I'm giving the Cardinals too much credit offensively to give them 17 points when you consider the last four opponents of the 49ers combined have scored 23. But I'll stick with 34.


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[Assistant] It's the closest they've come to giving the folks in London a game between two teams with winning records. It still hasn't happened, but five and three versus four and four, that's a hell of a lot better than the Cincinnati wankers from last week.


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[Assistant] At Wembley. Wanker Bowl at Wembley. I like the Texans in this game because of Deshaun Watson, even with the swollen eye that kept him from showing up last night at game seven.


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[Assistant] I, like, that's a thing, I guess it is. Deshaun Watson couldn't do that because of his swollen eye, but he did fully participate in practice. He had like 18 guys on the injury report yesterday. DeAndre Hopkins limited with a thumb injury as well.


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[Assistant] But I believe in the Texans. Look, the Jaguars aren't as bad as they were a couple of weeks ago. They went from two and four to four and four. But Deshaun Watson's operating on a higher level. And I think the Texans understand that they, they can't lose these divisional games if they hope to win the division. Because if they lose this one, they fall to five and four.


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[Assistant] And the Jaguars climb to five and four, obviously, and that makes it harder and harder for them to keep pace with the Colts. So Jaguars lose 27-23 to the Houston Texans. That's my pick, and it's all driven by my faith in Deshaun Watson making something happen, even with one eye swollen.


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[Assistant] Jaguars coach Doug Marrone on the issue of playing in London said this yesterday. It's awful. You get discombobulated. You don't know what's up and what's down. It's daylight, nighttime. It's brutal. I'm glad I've done it before. I've got this secret. I don't tell anyone and we work on it as coaches, but I think it's awful for people who haven't done it before. You feel bad. You want to throw up. You have diarrhea.


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[Assistant] There's a lot of things bad that go on. That's Doug Morrone. So the Texans are going to have to fight through diarrhea. Remember last year there was that weird incident where the Jaguars players went out and allegedly skipped out on a giant bill at a club and that was the first


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[Assistant] That was the first real table where we were like, like whatever happened to the Tom Coughlin, Doug Marrone discipline that was instilled in this team. So it'll be interesting to see whether or not they get it back this year.


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[Assistant] And whether or not they can handle the, the Houston Texans. I still, I just believe in the Texans. This is more of a Deshaun Watson respect game. And if they lose, I'm not going to feel bad about it because this one really, really did feel like a coin flip.


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[Assistant] Over, under of the year for the bills in Washington. Yes. Yes. And, and you know, for good reason.


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[Assistant] I don't expect Washington to score many points. Dwayne Haskins may end up being the starting quarterback. Case Keenum is still in the concussion protocol. The Bills, they're going to be smarting a little bit after what happened last week. And I think Sean McDermott, the head coach of the team, probably up their asses a little bit.


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[Assistant] In the aftermath of how they got manhandled and bullied by Philadelphia. So I think the bills would be fine.


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[Assistant] They got the throwback uniforms on. They, uh, you know, they peel off the, the, the New Age logo. They put the old standing still buffalo on there. Uhm, and I, you know, it's, it's, the, the Bills need to get their act back together and I think they will against a bad Washington team that only lost by 10 points to the Vikings last Thursday night.


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[Assistant] But if it's Dwayne Haskins the whole game, it may not be pretty. I like the Bills in this one, 24 to 14. So I've barely got the over, barely. But I think the Bills win the game and I think the Bills cover the spread. Nine and a half point spread. I think they cover it by a half point, 24 to 14.


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[Assistant] No, it's Case Kingdom is the guy, as long as he's cleared, he hasn't been cleared, so we won't know until we get closer to Sunday. But I, I, ehm, either way.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm not, you always want me to try to change my mind, I'm not changing my mind, I'm sticking with the bills by ten.


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[Assistant] This is one of those games where I think non X's and O's factor into it. The Titans stole one. So like you always say, when a team wins a game that maybe they should have lost, they feel like they're operating on house money a little bit, right? Right. The other side of the coin, I think the Panthers,


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[Assistant] Are, are, are gonna feel a little demoralized after what occurred. The bubble has burst. They had the four straight wins, and you have to process in a compressed period of time the reality that


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[Assistant] What's waiting for us if we get to the playoffs, inevitably, is getting our asses kicked again by the 49ers. And I think that's a tough thing to process in a week. And we saw last year what happened to the Panthers when they were 6-2 and they got the shit beat out of them by the Steelers on a Thursday night. They fell apart after that. And I think they're, not that they're going to get blown out by the Titans, but I think the Titans are going to win. I mean, you know, the Panthers,


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[Assistant] Are gonna have a hard time rebuilding after what happened to them against the 49ers. And I think the Titans can roll in, the Panthers can get rolled up.


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[Assistant] 23 to 16, even with Ryan Tannehill at quarterback. This is one of those games where, and the, and the Titans have broken that mold a little bit where they're supposed to win, they lose, they're supposed to lose, they win. They're a slim underdog in this one. Three and a half points. I think the Titans win it straight up 23 to 16.


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[Assistant] And think of how this could all play out.


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[Assistant] If the Titans do win and move to five and four, if the Jaguars would beat the Texans, you have three, five and four teams.


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[Assistant] In the AFC South and then you'd either have the Colts at 6 and 2 or 5 and 3. Unbelievable to think about where this division is heading as this scrum continues. But I do like, I do like the Titans in this.


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[Assistant] We were very impressed with what they did week one, winning by 30 in Cleveland. Then they kind of fell off. And just like the Jaguars, they've gone from two and four to four and four, just quietly piling up the wins. And I like them to pick this one up.


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[Assistant] On Sunday and move to five and four and, and move, you know, Ryan Tannehill, maybe the starting quarterback for the Tennessee Titans in 2020, if he can continue to play like he has and help the team win. Not that he's having great numbers, but he's consistent, something that Marcus Mariota hasn't been.


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[Assistant] I like how you only blew the horn once, cause you're afraid Bullwinkle's gonna come crashing into the studio. I like that.


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[Assistant] Look, I've seen this movie many times before. Now, I would feel more confident about prognosticating this one if I knew who actually was going to be the quarterback. Patrick Mahomes, I don't think it's close. Matt Moore, I think it's closer.


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[Assistant] I think this is a spot where the Vikings magical run, Kirk Cousins offensive player of the month in the NFC, it comes to an end because


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[Assistant] They're gonna blitz him like crazy. He doesn't have the mobility to escape the pocket when the walls close in. And once the pocket collapses, he's gonna be done. Or he's gonna throw the ball too early and somebody's gonna jump around like Tyron Matthew and take it to the house.


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[Assistant] And, and I think that element is going to keep the Vikings offense from scoring enough points, regardless of who the quarterback is for the Kansas City Chiefs. I like the Chiefs to win this one 24 to 20, not real high scoring.


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[Assistant] Enough points for the Chiefs, and the Andy Reid offense, regardless of who's a quarterback, and I'm kind of operating under the assumption it's gonna be Matt Moore, but even then, I like the Chiefs to win straight up, uh, with the points, and uh, it pains me to say it,


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[Assistant] And I said earlier this week that if this is going to be a special season for the Vikings, they need to win the next two. They need to beat the Chiefs in Kansas City and the Cowboys in Dallas.


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[Assistant] Lose those two games or split those two games and they're going to be in that scrum for the five seed or the six seed, which means if you get into the playoffs, you're going to go on the road to Lambeau field or to Dallas in the wild card round. You're going to lose there and your season is going to be over. So to separate from


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[Assistant] Treading water versus having a really great season and a chance to contend deep into January. These are the games. These are November playoff games for the Vikings and we'll see what they can do. Starting with the Chiefs. I don't think they'll win though. I think it's going to be Kansas City.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I picked him to beat Washington. I picked him to- I think I picked him to beat Philadelphia, although I can't remember. I know I picked him to beat the Giants. I did pick him to beat Philadelphia. Okay, you did. But, uh, I picked him to lose to the Lions. I had to wear that Kirk Cousins thing last week. But, uh, uh, yeah, I- I- I- I- I just- They have to prove it to me. And I'll gladly be wrong. Prove me wrong.


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[Assistant] With Big Cat on the show of saying I threaded the needle and picked the Vikings to win, but Washington covered and he busted my chops.


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[Assistant] For saying that a 16 point spread, that the losing team covering would be threading a needle. So it's not really threading a needle. You're threading a needle with a two and a half point spread picking the chief to lose by two.


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[Assistant] Well, look, it was a dumb call because it didn't work, right? I understand what they were trying to do. They're trying to rattle Mason Rudolph, who was, who was moose in the headlights earlier in the game. And, you know, I get the, I get the idea.


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[Assistant] About Mason Rudolph, he stepped up and he made the throw. And again, we assume that the Dolphins are actually trying to win football games. The genius of it is you make those ridiculous calls at the worst possible time and that lays the foundation to pick up your loss. So you look like you're not tanking even though you really are tanking because you're making dumb calls in key moments of the game.


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[Assistant] The Jets are embattled right now. They've had a rough week. All the stuff with Jamal Adams and dangling Le'Veon Bell and the Colechio Semile.


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[Assistant] Whatever in the hell that is, and Adam Gase, and Joe Douglas talking to reporters, and they, they, look, Gase is gonna be extra determined to go back to Miami and beat the team that fired him, and yea, he's been extra determined every week, he just can't get his guys to play hard.


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[Assistant] I think this week is the week that they do turn it around. This is a team that beat the Dallas Cowboys.


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[Assistant] And so there's something there that they can work with. And I think they can go into Miami and beat a Dolphins team.


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[Assistant] That is slowly but surely getting demoralized. Short week, road game in Pittsburgh. I think that makes it even harder for Miami. I like the Jets, 20 to 17 in this one. So I guess I'm right on the number since the Jets are three point favorites. But 20 to 17, Jets, yeaah, let me call it 21-17. I'll take the Jets to cover just to...


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[Assistant] Just so I don't, I don't, I don't want it to be a push on this. So Jets, 21, Dolphins, 17, Jets barely cover, and uh, this is one of those that if it goes the other way it won't shock me, but I just feel like the Jets have more reason to show everyone that they can get their act together and win a football game.


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[Assistant] Revolving door of shit teams beneath them in their same division. Not, not, I don't want to take anything away from the Patriots.


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[Assistant] But when the Bills, the Dolphins and the Jets cannot get out of their own way far more often than not, it makes it a lot easier to fatten up your record, get yourself in a position where you've got home field advantage throughout the playoffs, and force teams to come to you.


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[Assistant] And beat them in January to get to the Super Bowl. It's perfect. If you can get yourself assigned to a horrible division, that's one of the key ingredients to developing a dynasty.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think Deshaun Jackson will be back. I don't know how effective he'll be. He may not be a hundred percent at any point this year. That's something that coach Doug Peterson mentioned a couple of weeks ago.


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[Assistant] The Eagles have finally gotten kickstarted. The Bears are just grasping for anything they can find, anything they can believe in, any way to turn this around. The defense has really fallen apart since the offense can't do anything. The team hasn't won a game since that dominant performance against the Vikings.


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[Assistant] 4 weeks ago, and I think it's gonna continue. Even though the Eagles, you know, all the reason for the Bears to get a little revenge on the Eagles for the double joint game, the Eagles at home, taking on this Bears team,


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[Assistant] There's hope that they're just gonna, they're gonna go back to the lab and come up with some great game plan. It just feels like that they've lost their way and they have no idea how to get back on track.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I agree with you. You know, they, they, they have a narrow margin for error. They've got bye week after this game. Then they have the Patriots and the Seahawks back to back week. So it's not going to be easy, but two straight wins going into the bye week. And then they, they make their run or they don't after that, Chris.


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[Assistant] I think that, uh, to use a crass phrase, we saw Mason Rudolph's nuts drop on Monday night. He was horrible early on, and the booing that was cascading down from the Hinesfield stands onto the field when it was 14-0. It really did seem


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[Assistant] And, and I still have this concern that the Colts play up and down to the level of the competition. They, they screwed around with the Broncos this past week. It took a 50 plus yard field goal to avoid a loss. And there were real concerns about whether or not Adam Vinatieri would nail it.


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[Assistant] But, you know, I, I've learned the hard way about picking against the Steelers, although it, it looked like, uh, it would have been good to pick against them on Monday night, at least through the first quarter or so. I, I, I feel like they're moving in the right direction. And, and we've talked about this, I think. It's gonna come down to,


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[Assistant] Those two games against the Browns, two weeks apart. They got a Thursday night in two weeks.


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[Assistant] Against the Browns, and then two Sundays after that, the Browns again.


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[Assistant] If one of those two teams sweeps that series, that team is going to be alive and viable for a run at the playoffs. And I have a feeling it's going to be the Steelers. And I think that, you know, they continue to defy the odds by finding a way to beat a Colts team that is coming into Hinesfield. How often is it that someone comes into Hinesfield as a favorite? Not very often. No. And I think the Colts are going to go home the losers.


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[Assistant] And enjoy what you see on the back end. Cause you'll get instantly highlights of 1979.


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[Assistant] December 23, the 40th anniversary is coming up in less than two months. Mike Milbury climbing over the glass into or the glass or into the stands or whatever they did, however they get up there. Yeah, over the glass, right? There's glass behind the bench and beating a fan with his own shoe. I love it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I, I, but, but why, why would it, why, I mean, they have my phone number, how are they gonna kick my ass through the phone? That makes no sense.


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[Assistant] I've had coaches, good, bad and otherwise, call me up and yell and scream at me and I'll take it and I'll move on. And, you know, I don't, I, look, I understand that they get upset, but we have a job to do just like they have a job to do and if they got a problem with it, it's their problem.


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[Assistant] I don't know how I feel about this one. The Lions had three straight losses in games they could have won, but there's a reason why they lose those games. There's still that cultural issue that Matt Patricia and Bob Quinn, the coach and GM respectively, are trying to iron out of the facility. I think the Raiders


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[Assistant] Coming into the home stretch of their time in Oakland, being gone for that many weeks. I think John Gruden is going to play that card with them aggressively. I think that's one of the reasons why he's been complaining about the schedule that has kept them away from home. He wants to get these guys to embrace the fact that they're finally back home after all these weeks on the road.


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[Assistant] I probably haven't picked the Raiders to win a game all year. I'm picking the Raiders to win this one. This is a gut-feel type of a game for me. And I think that the Raiders will, yeah, the last two weeks they could have won. They could have beaten the Packers. They, they, uh, they could have beaten the Texans. And I think they'll muster enough.


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[Assistant] To build a lead and hold a lead. Derek Carr played well last week, surprisingly well, a week after he did that stupid thing reaching the football into the end zone and dropping it in for a safety. So, I think that, uh,


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[Assistant] I think they're just gonna find a way. Josh Jacobs, find a way. Derek Carr, find a way. John Gruden, find a way. And they'll win, uh, one of their final games before they move to Las Vegas.


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[Assistant] Well, I tell you what, any time the Buccaneers and the Seahawks get together, it reminds me of being in a dentist's office in the 70s and flipping through a magazine, I don't even remember what the magazine was, Sports Illustrator, some other sports magazine, and I saw an article about these two new teams that would be joining the NFL, and I was unaware of it, and they had that.


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[Assistant] The helmet of the bucko Bruce, the, with all the pastel colors and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks. I didn't even know where Seattle was at the time. Those were the two new teams. Cause all, all I knew for the NFL, 26 teams, and that was the way it was always going to be. So it's always special when these two teams get together and I, uh,


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[Assistant] I also like that it's Pete Carroll and Bruce Arians because they were together in the same division for a while and, uh, you know, this is one of those games where I think that Pete Carroll


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[Assistant] Looks for a way to stick it to Bruce Arians for all the chatter that came from Bruce Arians when he was finding ways to be successful against the Seahawks in the latter years of his time with the Cardinals. I think the Seahawks are the better team. I think I count on Jameis Winston making one of those what the hell was that type of a plays.


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[Assistant] And, uh, you know, at a five and a half point spread, that's one to me. You're just begging me to take the Seahawks in that one. 28-16, Seattle over Tampa Bay. I don't have faith in Jameis Winston. I have plenty of faith in Seattle, especially after they've lost a couple of games at home this year. They're going to be guarding against that.


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[Assistant] And they're gonna guard against it with even more zeal when you've got Bruce Arians coming back to town, cause Pete Carroll's gonna take this one personally, even though he'd never say it, he's gonna take it personally.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I don't know how I feel about the over under. I just know that I like the Seahawks in this one. Last week they were a little sluggish against the Falcons, although they covered a five and a half point spread. I was surprised it was only five and a half points. Last week against the Falcons, I'm surprised it's only five and a half points against the Buccaneers team that is two and five.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you know, I, I really want to pick the Broncos in this one because I could see it happening. I can envision the Broncos winning the game. I just don't know enough about Brandon Allen and I've yet to see him play in a setting, especially against a defense like Cleveland's.


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[Assistant] Cleveland's defense continues to be underrated. It's the offense that's the problem this year. And the more the offense struggles, the more pressure it puts on the defense. But I think the defense will carry the day for Cleveland on Sunday. And, and it's, it's, I've got 20 to 10 Browns.


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[Assistant] I feel like if I get cute and take the Broncos, the Browns will win big. If I'm taking the Browns and the Broncos win, I'm fine with that. Cause I said, you know, I kind of saw it coming, but I wasn't ready to go there. So this just is kind of like the safer pick for me. Browns to win. I'll stick with that. Let's go 20 to 13 Browns and, uh,


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[Assistant] Again, we'll see because this is an opportunity for Brandon Allen to come out and prove me and a lot of other people wrong and maybe he'll be motivated by that.


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[Assistant] I've changed my mind three times in the last five minutes on the next game. Oh no, wrong game. I thought we were getting to Sunday Night Football. No, my mind's not being changed on this one.


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[Assistant] I can't imagine the Chargers hanging with the Packers. The Packers offense is bordering on unstoppable at this point. It will be Lambeau Field West. I got Packers 34, Chargers 20. I'm giving the Chargers the benefit of some extra points.


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[Assistant] Because the Packers defense has been struggling. You've got the new offensive coordinator, Ken Wissenhunt's gone. I don't know if that's gonna make a difference for the Chargers.


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[Assistant] This is not a good year for them. I could see them maybe keeping it to one score, 34-27, because they do tend to play a lot of close games, but I like the Chargers to lose by at least a touchdown in this one. I'll stick with 34-20, so the Packers cover, and cover, I think, fairly easily.


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[Assistant] Yeah, look, the Packers, well, I see where you're coming from. I still like the Packers, and I like the Packers to win easily.


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[Assistant] We know it's funny, I've gone through this over and over again.


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[Assistant] Stay clear to your picks! Stay true to your picks! Boo! But that's what I, but here's the thing. If I take the Ravens, I feel much more strongly about reserving the right to change my mind. When I lean patriots, I don't even have that thought.


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[Assistant] So, I gotta go with that. Whatever that is, that visceral sense that's telling me, don't pick against the Patriots. I'm taking the Patriots.


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[Assistant] 23 to 15. I don't like that spread. I wish it was a little less, but I like the Patriots.


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[Assistant] And I'm pulling a score out of thin air and or my butt, 23 to 15. Patriots find a way with that defense, they find a way to win the game. The offense has been struggling a little bit.


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[Assistant] In recent, uh, weeks, but the defense is so good. And I know that Bill Belichick coach teams have struggled against mobile quarterbacks. They'll have something ready for Lamar Jackson. And I wouldn't be surprised, um, if.


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[Assistant] How do I put this? Without, you know, I just wouldn't be surprised if Lamar Jackson ends up missing some time during the game because I think they're going to be physical with him like the Steelers tried to be a few weeks ago and it could put him on the sidelines and put RG3 on the field. Not that there'll be any bounties or anything like that or dirty hits. I could just see something like that happen.


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[Assistant] Even though the last time we saw the Ravens play, they were beating the Seahawks by 14 in Seattle.


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[Assistant] The rest of their wins were not overly impressive. They beat the Bengals by six at home. They beat the Cardinals by six at home. They lost to the Browns at home. That ultimately swayed me on this. And you know, the Patriots are the epitome of focus and determination.


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[Assistant] Uh, even though this is one of the tougher spots on the schedule so far, I think they rise to the challenge.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I got the Cowboys winning this one 31-17. I think that going back to MetLife Stadium, just a few weeks after losing to the Jets there, I think that gives them a little way to...


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[Assistant] Watch that, that ugly taste out of their mouths and they, they handled the Giants with Eli Manning earlier this year and I think they handled them with Daniel Jones and this could be the kind of loss in a big spot, prime time.


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[Assistant] That, uh, starts to get the clouds gathering around Pat Shermer, even though he's only in his second year. We saw Ben Makuta get fired, get fired during his second year as coach.


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[Assistant] Even though he took the team to the playoffs in his first season, I just, I feel like, uh, you know, they've had some losses this year that were kind of ugly, and now that


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[Assistant] The Eli Manning issue is resolved. You know, we don't talk about that. We don't talk about Daniel Jones. We don't talk about Dave Gettyman. We don't talk about John Marra. And I think that as each week goes by,


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[Assistant] Pat Shermer's gonna become more and more the focal point of the criticism and the scrutiny, and by the end of the year, who knows what happens with him.


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[Assistant] I love the 49ers to cover the ten and a half point spread. My first official best bet


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[Assistant] Pete Carroll, as I said earlier, will be taking this one personally because of some of the verbal back and forth between him and Bruce Arians when Arians was head coach of the Cardinals.


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[Assistant] So I like the Seahawks to atone for a couple of home losses and a near loss to the Rams. Win this one, move to, I believe it'll be seven and two, which will be incredibly impressive for a Seahawks team that not many people still believe in.


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[Assistant] So I like the Seahawks to cover. Uh, and I've been riding the Seahawks weekend and week out. They, they didn't let me down last week and I don't think that they'll let me down this week as five and a half point home favorites.


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[Assistant] Pick number two, I like the Green Bay Packers to cover the three point spread at Lambeau Field West against the Chargers team that even though they won last week, they had no business winning. They have this feel of a team that really is on the brink of falling apart.


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[Assistant] And they fired their offensive coordinator after a win. That, that's part of the, the, uh, on the fly seat of the pants, changed the tire on a moving car reality they've been dealing with. It really is going to be embarrassing if


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[Assistant] If the Sunday night game against the Steelers was embarrassing, this is gonna be worse. This is gonna be cheeseheads galore at that Dignity Health Sports Park or whatever the place is called. Whatever, whatever they paid for it, they didn't pay enough because I can't remember the name of it, although I think that's the right name.


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[Assistant] Packers win by more than three points, well over three points. The score I have is 34-20. Even if it's 34-27, they still cover, and I like the Packers. A lot.


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[Assistant] The loss at MetLife Stadium to the Jets, that was a fluke, that was an aberration. They're gonna go back there and they're gonna make quick work of the Giants.


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[Assistant] I wish it was a more compelling Monday night game. It won't be. Cowboys 31, Giants 17, Cowboys continue to make their push in the right direction. I mean they just beat the Eagles 37 to 10. They're gonna get up early, they're gonna harass Daniel Jones, they're gonna score points, they're gonna score points, and by the third quarter we're gonna be wishing the thing was over.


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[Assistant] I had two, but I, again, I decided to, to, to be able for, for business purposes only, I want to be able to market our best bets video into Sunday. And if I don't waste one of my picks on the Thursday night game, it's more marketable that way. You don't care about those things because you have no business sets. Oh my gosh.


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[Assistant] Yo, yo, what up? It's Wednesday afternoon. We got a podcast to do. There's news. There's Ask Me Anything. Ahmed Fareed's here. He's ready. He's creative. He's bringing some weird things to the table today. I don't know what the hell he's going to do to me. But either way, we are going to take questions from the fans, AMA.


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[Assistant] Got big Phil coming along, uh, hearing a little bit. The big effort. I know he's gotta get things off his chest. He hasn't talked into a microphone in a while. So uhm, you know, it's, it's like a psychology session with him. Like he truly does need it. His weekly therapy. I'm not even joking. Yeah. Like he really does need it. If he doesn't vent, it goes back to me and my personal time.


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[Assistant] And it'll be like 11 o'clock at night and all of a sudden he calls me and he's like, he wants to talk football. I'm like, dad, I've been talking on TV for like six hours today. Save it for the podcast. Exactly. Like shut the F up. Okay. Uhm, but either way, we're excited about that. We're going to break down a number of, a number of things.


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[Assistant] First, some things in the news I think I would like to hit on. Okay. I know there's a few things you were going to bring up as well. We'll get to, we'll get to some.


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[Assistant] First thing I want to get to, okay? I mean, kind of, it's a big deal. It's big in the news, not only just because of, uh, football and this little tie or marriage we have, but it's a social issue too. And the big thing with me is the new, the new Jay-Z,


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[Assistant] Really cool, I think. It's not only cool for Jay-Z and Roc Nation, but I think more importantly for the NFL. Especially a way to, for them to maybe, you know,


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[Assistant] Men, some social wounds out there in the world, maybe be a little bit more, uhm,


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[Assistant] And this means nothing. Colin Kaepernick's still not going to get signed by a football team because at the end of the day, it's still going to come down to the 32 owners and do they want to deal with the media attention and the scrutiny that's going to come along with that? And I understand that. It's not right. He deserves to be in the NFL. He's certainly one of the 64 best quarterbacks on the planet.


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[Assistant] You know, the facts of the situation are to bring him in right now, I understand would be a distraction to a football team and not everybody wants to deal with that. So that's the football part of it. I think the thing that bothered me more than anything were some of the low blows.


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[Assistant] Uh, below the belt shots I saw that were taken at Jay-Z, the NFL in general, uhm, you know, reading comments like, oh, Jay-Z's capitalizing off of, you know, Colin Kaepernick's struggles and the fact, like, no, he's not, first of all. I mean, Jay-Z's a, he's a borderline billionaire, so he, it's not like he's like,


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[Assistant] Oh, I gotta find a way to make an extra dollar to capitalize off of somebody else. That, that, that's not it at all. Also seeing people, you know, uh, taking shots about, oh, uhm,


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[Assistant] You know, can the NFL, can the NFL hate America anymore? And they're gonna have Jay-Z and, you know, below the belt blows that he was once a drug dealer. To me, that is just, it's absurd. First off, Jay-Z is a very smart individual.


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[Assistant] Uh, certainly in the conversation with the greatest rapper of all time. Very aware of some of the social injustices that are going on in our country, which are real. You know, if you don't believe they're real, then you're living in fairy tale land. And I think Jay-Z did this. Yes, it's not about, he's not saving Colin Kaepernick's job.


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[Assistant] But it's about growth in our country. And I think he's hoping he can expand the horizons of the NFL as far as their understanding, especially with African American youth and where they're coming from and some very poor urban areas and all of that. And that's what it's all about.


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[Assistant] Just wanted to say that, okay, I like this pairing with Jay-Z and the NFL, and I think it's gonna do a lot of good for a lot of different people, and I just, I'm pushing them back against the hate against it, so that's fine. Sure, 100%. Alright.


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[Assistant] really is in a lot of ways and this is a deep subject and I can continue to argue, we'll go on and we'll get more into football. But either way, that was a football news, you know, culture, everything.


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[Assistant] One thing I just wanted to hit on the news real quick, because this is just to me, just, it popped up today, and it's just another example I want everybody to pay attention to, why the Patriots are on another level, alright?


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[Assistant] The patriots, first off, are the people that basically invo- invented the joint practice, right?


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[Assistant] They were the first to really make it an en vogue thing in the NFL.


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[Assistant] Uh, and of course Bill's so smart and for the reasons being, I mean, just out there, you want to join practices because one, it's fresh bodies, right?


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[Assistant] You know, so you're getting to see a new team, new look. It's not going against your guys every time. So that keeps practice, the emotions, the attention, all at a high level to where you have to perform. You don't get the monotony of training camp day after day after day. You know, the other thing is, and this is the biggest thing,


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[Assistant] You know, your second teamers, your first teamers don't have to run scout team.


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[Assistant] For the offense. So really they're getting to stay fresher. They're getting more intense short bursts of work.


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[Assistant] The coaches have told them, we need to work on this because we're playing these opponents and blah, blah, blah. So now Tom Brady's got to go out there and go, I got to wear myself out and the starting offensive line got to wear themselves out doing things that other teams are doing, not necessarily benefiting them.


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[Assistant] Talk to coaches, maybe they do a little individual drills, but rest and be ready and have a better quality practice. The Patriots do two things this year. Two things. One, they go to Detroit and they make it be known. Why? Because they had struggles on the road last year, right? Uh, if I remember correctly, what were they, three and five? Every loss they had came on the road.


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[Assistant] Bill Belichick being smart against, oh, we had struggles. He, he goes, we're going to go on the road, rejoin Praxis. Second thing is,


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[Assistant] He makes a comment about the Tennessee Titans who they're going against right now. Marcus Mariota, Ryan Tannehill, Vrabel's there, a guy he trusts, he knows the practice is gonna be run the way he sees fit, he can trust him that fights aren't gonna break out and it's gonna be all petty, right? So that's a good thing. But the big thing is, he goes it's a good opportunity


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[Assistant] To work against mobile quarterbacks. And this is where he's next level. Because there he is scheduling a practice and I went, damn, that's why he's doing this. This is what he's saying. And I pulled up the schedule and I was like, let me just look at their schedule. Okay, damn, here we go. Josh Allen twice, very mobile quarterback. One of the best runners there are in football last year.


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[Assistant] He's got Baker Mayfield on the schedule this year, great scambler, moves around. Got Lamar Jackson on the schedule today, this year. Got Carson Wentz, who's known for his mobility.


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[Assistant] Got Deshaun Watson, known for his mobility in extending places. Dak Prescott. Patrick Mahomes. So there you go. So that's to me just again, and if you're watching on youtube.com.


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[Assistant] And that to me, just little things, again, because most teams just go, ah, we just want to have a joint practice just to freshen up and have good practices and go against another team.


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[Assistant] Bill's not only doing that, but thinking next level of what do I have coming at me this season that I need my team to overcome that we weren't so good at. So I just wanted to point that out. On the road, get better on the road, take the team on the road. Yes.


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[Assistant] Get better against mobile quarterbacks. Find them. Tennessee Titans. They got Mario and Tannehill. Two guys that can run. So I just wanted to throw that out there. There's another example why he's Bill Belichick and New England's New England.


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[Assistant] Easy as that is just said, you and I, it just, no, a lot of times they just call their friends and go, hey, you wanna have a joint practice? Sounds good. We're available. We're available. Cool. We'll make it happen. Okay. But no, he has a plan above the plan. All right. Got to get a little pub to my man, Peter King, the Peter Ping, Peter Ping.


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[Assistant] Uh, the Peter King podcast, uh, Peter is out on the west coast, crazy man.


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[Assistant] Uh, Christian McCaffrey on the podcast, Richard Sherman, who's never been shy about opening his mouth, so I can guarantee there'll be a good conversation back and forth.


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[Assistant] But that is a good listen for anybody out there who loves football, wants to get to know some of the inner workings of every team and little inklings about what's really going on within that team. Peter King's gonna know what is going on. So check it out. Peter King Podcast. It's available anywhere you want to get a podcast. And of course, uhm, that's all I have to say about that. Peter King makes people so comfortable.


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[Assistant] Yeah, whatever. I trusted him there. That was, that was, that goes that way. Alright, without further ado, uh, Big Phil on the phone. You there? How you doing, big guy? Everything good?


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[Assistant] Well, that's perfect. I'm glad you're going there, because we got a question that goes right into that, right off the bat. So, uh, Ahmed, you read it off, and then dad, you go ahead and answer.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, uh, it was a great moment last night in the show. I mean, it gave me a little bit of chills, actually, because I've been there, right? And just to add some insight into that conversation, because I want to ask Dad a few more things off that, but believe it or not, back in the day,


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[Assistant] We would be in the middle of a meeting and he'd look over at me and go, Sims.


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[Assistant] Make me feel more comfortable maybe being like that because he was not only on me and also telling me one of the all-time greats did it but he kind of broke the ice to make me do it in the meeting room in front of guys too to where


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[Assistant] Yeah, I get it. I mean, I've heard Adam Gase tell stories about it. I mean, yeah, I, I, I totally get it. All right. So off of that, cause we both agree. I mean, Brady is amazing at that. And of course, because he's in the same school of coaching that you were in.


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[Assistant] I mean, he has to get cussed out by Belichick from time to time. They make Tom Brady run during practice. All of those things. He's certainly not afraid to yell at the O-lineman and do that.


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[Assistant] What, any other guy in football that jumps out to you right now, do you think can strike that fear slash leadership? You know, I'll throw some names at you that at least jump out to me. I mean, of course Aaron Rodgers, uh, how about Philip Rivers? Ooh, that might be the guy that maybe puts everybody on edge more than anybody.


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[Assistant] Dad, I'll throw, I'll throw it out there. Here you go. And then you can, you can echo off me, Dad, for which one jumps out to you or what's two or three. My number five.


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[Assistant] Who can do it all. I like the orchestration of their wide receiving court. They have everything. Al Ghilard can do it all. Deshaun's the deep guy. And then Alshon Jeffery is the back shoulder, jump ball, physical over the middle type catches. And then they have some other guys like in Mack Hollins and even the rookie JJ Whiteside Artega who I like just added. So there's my five. Number four, gonna go Oakland Raiders.


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[Assistant] Alright, Antonio Brown, Tyrell Williams. You're assuming Antonio shows up. I think his feet are going to be good. Gruden said he's playing week one, so I'm taking that, but Antonio Brown, Tyrell Williams, JJ Nelson, and even Ryan Grant, and let's not forget about the white boy from Clemson, okay? Dusty Renfro, who I think could end up having a role.


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[Assistant] Right, sorry. So that's my fort. Number three, I'm going to the Rams. Okay, Woods, Cooks.


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[Assistant] Cooper Cup, I know he's coming off an injury, it's an ACL tear, he got it halfway through the year, I don't think there's gonna be a huge drop off of him dealing with his injury. And the other kid they got, number four, Josh Reynolds, he's a pretty damn good receiver too, so I'm gonna go with them three.


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[Assistant] Number two, I'm gonna go with the Atlanta Falcons. Julio Jones, Calvin Ridley, Mohamed Sanu, Justin Hardy. Now that top three is strong. Julio.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna go there. And then number one, I am gonna go with the Cleveland Browns.


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[Assistant] Jalen Strong, who is a big body guy, who I think is going to contribute to this football team this year. And then let's not forget about Antonio Callaway. Yea, he's going to be suspended for the first four games, but, uh, he's going to be a threat when he gets back. I mean, you leave him one-on-one, he's going to run by people. So I'm going to go with the one, that's my top five. I left the Chiefs out, which I can't believe.


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[Assistant] But I can't trust Sammy Watkins at this point. I mean, if everything works out, Tyreek Hills, Sammy Watkins, McCole Hardman, Demarcus Robinson, man, they could be number one or number two.


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[Assistant] But really the only guy that's a proven commodity right there on that list is Tyree Kill. At this point, we're just wishing for the other stuff. No Minnesota? Minnesota, it's just a two. I can't, I couldn't get it. It's a duo. I couldn't get it. I thought about the Bears with Allen Robinson and Taylor Gabriel and Anthony Miller, but I'm not going to put them in that class.


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[Assistant] The Jaguars are sneaky with Dee Dee Westbrook and Chris Conley and DJ Shark, but a little unproven there. And I thought the Colts were kinda on the outside looking in. But there's my top 5. Dad, uh, got any other thoughts there?


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[Assistant] Now that's just one on one on my best player and the other guys that you're talking about that are below average, yeaah, they're putting the whole defense over on those guys too and I'm really screwed.


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[Assistant] It is up there. It is definitely up there, okay? And truly, it's one of the first, and it's not just because it's NBC, it's the storyline, the kickoff of the 100, you know, 100 years of the NFL, everything that goes into it, let alone all the things my dad just explained about the football matchup. Okay.


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[Assistant] I think I got this narrowed down. This is where uhm, uhm. If you could go to one game as a fan. If I could go to one game as a fan, what would it be?


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[Assistant] Come on, these are, in my opinion, the two best quarterbacks in football.


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[Assistant] Uh, there's, you know, Ken Mahomes repeat what he did last year, you know, you know, just like dad said, all the questions surrounding Green Bay, but either way, I just think we're going to see some exciting football, big time plays, everything about it. That's, that would probably be the number one game, but I'll say in second,


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[Assistant] I think Pats at Eagles might be another one that I'm looking at. I need to pull up their schedule. I can't remember what week that was. But I'll have it here in two seconds. But come on, that's a Super Bowl rematch from a few years ago. I think both of these teams could possibly be in the Super Bowl again this year.


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[Assistant] It's almost going to be worth the price of admission just to be there for that in itself. I mean, uh, so, so that's cool. And that's for everybody out there, week 11. Yep, they're off a buy. You're right. November 17th, it'll be a 425 game. Uh, and that, that one to be is special.


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[Assistant] I mean, it is. It's star-studded. Uh, so I'm with you there. Chiefs at Pats, come on, and of course I like that matchup. That came true to me. Browns at Patriots later in the year, that's another one that I wrote down. I think those are the ones that just appeal to me. I think we're going to see good football, good quarterback play, and a lot of exciting plays that I would be


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[Assistant] It's, it's scary. Eh, it really is. I mean, I don't know what to really believe about the situation right now. Eh, you know, and again, you know, the, the fact that even Chris Ballard yesterday makes comments about, hey, we're, this is why we have a good backup and Jacoby Berset, that makes us feel comfortable. Those are just little things I read between the lines that go, ooh,


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[Assistant] 31. There we go. So I had him above starters. Uh, there's a lot of things to like about his game, let alone this time around. If he does have to start for the Indianapolis Colts, he's going to have practice time and a lot of reps. You know, last time he got traded from the Patriots and eight days later they need him to start a game. That was tough. So with Andrew Luck, how many games did they win?


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[Assistant] I'm not like Colts going to the Super Bowl. I'm more like Colts are going to be in the playoffs type of guy. I mean, a lot of people are putting them in that conversation. Like I know there's a lot of people that are going, I think the Colts are on the short list are Super Bowl contenders. I don't say that. I think with Andrew Luck,


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[Assistant] 10 wins, 10 wins, 10 and 6, maybe 11 and 5 if he can pull some magic out. I mean, that's a tough division, the AFC South. We can't forget that. Plus, they're gonna have to deal with the NFC South this year, which is another tough division. And would you go be percent?


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[Assistant] You know, I don't think they're going to fall off earth. I mean, eight and eight? I really, maybe even nine and seven. I do, because it's not like they're going to have to change the structural structure of their offense just because Jacobi Percet is not in there. And I think with their coaching, uh, that they'll find ways to


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[Assistant] You know, manipulate the offense a little to favor Jacoby Percept with maybe things he doesn't do as good as Andrew Luck or whatever it may be. But I know I'm going to have to do playoff predictions and Super Bowl predictions here real soon. I haven't hashed it out yet, but I don't think I'm ready to pick the Colts in the Super Bowl conversation. Even with Andrew Luck.


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[Assistant] But yea, even with Andrew Luck, but I am certainly willing to talk about


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[Assistant] I mean, when we've seen him get frustrated and throw temper tantrums on the sidelines, I mean, it's been some instances where they're winning games and he's mad, like he's mad because he didn't get the ball enough. So, John Gruden is very cognizant of that. John Gruden is the ultimate, like,


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[Assistant] I'm gonna design 90 million plays for you and make the defense force their hand to cover you and we'll see where it goes from there. But every cheap play, every screenplay, every short bullshit type completion in the world, I guarantee you it's gonna go to Antonio Brown just to appease that part of the game. So, I mean,


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[Assistant] Exactly, right, right. So, I mean, I don't think we're gonna see the first real, real meltdown.


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[Assistant] Okay, I'll say week five against the Bears, okay? Week five, Bears. Bears defense might be a little too much for them to handle and he's gonna get stressed


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[Assistant] I mean, there's a lot to talk to. Yes, and anybody you talk to about those Dallas Cowboys teams and Michael Irvin, they will tell you that


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[Assistant] He really was. He was the kind of leader out in practice, the vocal leader, always went hard.


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[Assistant] I mean yea, you gotta deal with some stuff off the field, obviously. I mean, the first time I ever saw Michael Irvin, just in a quick story, it's 1995, my dad's gonna get his jersey retired on the first game of the year in Monday Night Football, New York Giants vs Dallas Cowboys, that happens.


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[Assistant] After the game, we're gonna go across the street to the Sheraton Hotel because my dad's family's staying there and we're gonna go meet them. As I walk into the hotel, I mean, of course the Cowboys have left town, but we walk in and Michael Irving was in the hotel, on top of the bar, dancing, leading Cowboy chants.


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[Assistant] I witnessed it. I was there in Tampa when John Gruden sent him home, which was a little bit of a setup, but we can get into, I'll get into that.


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[Assistant] It's not totally different. And I just want to preface this, okay? Alright?


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[Assistant] The D.Va thing is not necessarily like always a bad thing. It's really not. It's not like they're D.Vas where they're like, oh don't touch me, my nails are gonna crack, or I just got a manicure yesterday, or it's not that kind of D.Va. You know, wide receiver D.Vas and the great wide receivers, they're freak athletes.


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[Assistant] Ultra competitive. I mean, ultra competitive.


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[Assistant] And that a lot of times leads to their diva-ness.


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[Assistant] And it's not because they're not afraid to go down and run block or get dirty every now and then. Uhm, but they're just emotional and they wear it on their sleeve and then that therefore can be thrown into the Diva conversation. So, I just want to preface that before any of these, I see any of these guys in public and they want to kick my ass, okay?


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[Assistant] He could have been- Is he in your top 5? No, but he had some diva qualities, even though he was a great teammate and a great guy. I mean, it just, he was the man, he wanted the ball, but it was, it was like, not a big deal. I mean, a lot of receivers have diva qualities. I was with Brandon Marshall.


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[Assistant] He had some of that too, certainly. Uhm, but it wasn't out of like,


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[Assistant] I mean, to where I was like, I might start next week because we're, our quarterback's playing bad. And then he threw like four jump balls to Brandon Marshall and he beasted people and like ran over seven people and I was like, well.


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[Assistant] Guess I'm not starting next week. The guy ended up throwing for four touchdowns. Yeaah, I wanted to be like, anybody could have done that. Uh, alright, so here's mine. My top five, I'm gonna go with Steve Smith. Right off number five, okay? Steve Smith, I mean, hey, beating some people up on the sidelines during practice.


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[Assistant] The way he acted at the end of his Carolina career, then going to Baltimore, in Baltimore, then beating Carolina. If you remember calling the Carolina radio station.


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[Assistant] And basically going off on them, uh, and admitting going, I've been a problem for years. Like he'll admit it that he's a distraction. So I'm going to give him number five. Also one of the like ultimate competitors. I have so much respect for Steve Smith.


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[Assistant] But as far as like, those D.Va, tempermetal receivers, shit, yeaah, he's in my top 5.


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[Assistant] They agree. I mean, it's like, it'd be like a wild pit bull in the loose. You're like, oh gosh, he's loose. What did I do? He and my rookie year, okay, he breaks the huddle in Carolina. Uh, of course I'm with Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They break the huddle. They're good Carolina. We're having like our post Superbowl hangover.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so yeaah, he'll be number four to me. Number three, I'm going with Keyshawn Johnson.


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[Assistant] Alright, Keyshawn is there. I got to experience Keyshawn. Was it fun or not? It was fun. I mean, he treated me great. I mean, he really did. Uhm, but you knew he was the number one pick of the draft and he was getting paid big money. Uhm, he wanted to fly home to California after games.


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[Assistant] Uh, and then come back like on a red eye to where he would be get there for Wednesday morning practice, which is what ultimately led him to getting cut. And that's where I was going to say this. It was a little bit of a setup. He had an understanding with Gruden that


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[Assistant] You know, I want to go home. I want to go to the West Coast after games. So Gruden let him do his thing. And then Wednesday morning, we'd see Keyshawn Johnson. He didn't have to go to like Monday workouts and Monday film session or do any of that. He didn't have to. And Gruden's okay with doing that with star players. But things were going bad. Like I said, the post-Super Bowl hangover. And Gruden told the team,


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[Assistant] Everybody better be there Monday. You know, we gotta get some things straightened up. And I think Keyshawn Johnson thought, I have an understanding that that doesn't entail me. I've been told I can go home. Well, Keyshawn went home.


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[Assistant] And I guess Gruden meant, no, he meant you this time. And that's really where it went off the hinges, and that's where he was released with pay and all that. So, uhm, Keyshawn's my number three. Number two, I'm going TO.


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[Assistant] And maybe I'm wrong here. I don't know. This is a tough one. One and two was tough. But Tio, I mean, come on, all the theatrics, I mean, whether it was Philly, San Francisco, looks like a rat, smells like a rat, must be a rat. You know, I mean, bite Tim, bite Tim, Tim throws me the ball. I mean, he had so many things.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, right. But yeaah, I still don't think he should have had a weight. He should have been in the first ballot. He's without question one of the three greatest receivers to ever play the game in my mind. And then number one, I'm going with the man of the times right now. I'm going to Antonio Brown. Oh, you are putting him in there. I am. I'm putting him number one.


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[Assistant] I mean you've heard guys like Ryan Clark who he is on record saying he was telling Steelers Brass don't pay that guy money cause he's gonna act a fool once he did and really once he got paid he acted a fool.


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[Assistant] Whether it was throwing Gatorade jugs on the sidelines, um, yelling at wide receiver coaches, throwing furniture off balconies in Florida, a few other off the field issues to go with it.


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[Assistant] What he did this year in Pittsburgh, I mean,


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[Assistant] You know, that was the ultimate gangster move that he pulled off this year. We've never seen anybody in the NFL ever do that. Basically just force himself out of one team.


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[Assistant] When he's still on the hook for money and dead ca- salary cap space and go to another team and get 30 million guaranteed, that was absolutely amazing and only a real diva could do that. And, and, and really, I think it was all an orchestrated thing. I think he knew exactly what he's doing. The more people I talked to that are associated with the situation,


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[Assistant] I think there was a feeling in Pittsburgh around week 14 or 13 that it was about to go off the hinges and that he knew that Juju was going to get the next contract and his money and he wanted one more payday. This is how he's going to have to go about his business. And he forced his way out for better business. And I'm not mad at him for it, but he is my number one diva.


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[Assistant] And it's very true that Washington is not, they're not calling anybody and they're not receiving calls. They think they're going to be able to mend the situation. But just on the outside looking it in, I also know Donald Penn, the guy they signed to be the new left tackle. I don't think he goes there unless he knew Trent Williams has said, and we already know that he reached out to Trent Williams.


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[Assistant] About the situation. And I just don't think Donald Penn would have gone there to be the backup. Like he must have had a gut inkling from Trent that he would not be back with the Washington Redskins. Now as far as the drafting, I mean we're in unprecedented areas here. Franchise left tackles, demanding trades. I mean, I'm a pretty good football historian.


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[Assistant] He has to be. I mean, he's a Hall of Fame left tackle. He is...


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[Assistant] Uh, and he is, like I said, going to go in the Hall of Fame at some point, whether it's the first, you know, first go around or somewhere in those first three or four years. But he's dominant, but it has to be a first round pick. And I would think maybe even a third or fourth round pick on top of that.


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[Assistant] Uhm, because the other thing the Redskins are gonna be able to say too is, you know, his contract is, it's, it's affordable. It's 10 to 11 million dollars a year the next two years. So he's under contract for this year, next year. And that's 10 million dollars for the best tackle in the game right now. I mean, guys like Nate Solder and Taylor Luan are making 5 million dollars more a year than he is. So, uh, I would think it's something in that range.


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[Assistant] Those two teams though, those would be towards the, that would be at the top of my list for teams I would say to watch out for if they do make a move.


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[Assistant] Who have the cap space, the Texans who do have the cap space, and yea, the Browns have an unproven commodity at left tackle. Dolphins have chimed in apparently, they could have some interest. I could see that as well, that would make a lot, that's another good one.


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[Assistant] I mean, I just, I have a hard time chopping off my manhood. I mean... Understandable. I mean, I do like sex. I do like my wife. Uh, so I just...