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[Assistant] The Dolphins didn't run that play once. They don't run that play. They go, well there's like 9 million other ways to be cool and like get people open rather than, hey, tight end.


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[Assistant] Run a five yard out in between these two guys and I'll jam it in there and maybe we'll get four yards. And if something bad happens, you'll get hit and fumble and the ball will pop in the air and it'll be a fumble or an interception or whatever. And yes, that's where they


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[Assistant] So they're trying to run a play where they clear it out basically and then the safeties, they're hoping the safeties kind of go wide.


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[Assistant] And don't get involved in this middle throw here.


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[Assistant] Right, but what really happens is it ends up being like a man defense with a guy, uh, 36 being free in the middle of the football field.


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[Assistant] And that's not the, it, it, it's, they're playing man free here. And what, what my point is here, this play is made for like, quarters coverage. Okay? And like, think about it like this.


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[Assistant] You know, but at the point where he's kinda getting ready to throw, it's like, hey, woah, you know.


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[Assistant] Don't pull the trigger here, because 36 is there, you know, 7, Kazir White did a good job, of course, down the middle. And then, hey, their rookie corner 13, Clark, who you see covering Cooks, he's a damn good player. He's impressive. Uh, he, so he did a good job too, and that he probably would have picked it if Kazir White didn't. But yeah, not the, that's a waste of a play.


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[Assistant] Or just a bad read by Dak Prescott. He needs to go somewhere else. And this kind of route combination that he's got here, you'd like to see him maybe not throw it to three.


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[Assistant] And then come back to Ferguson over the middle, who's right along the goal line, 87 there. That would be what you would want him to adjust to, or he throws it to CD Lamb in the back corner of the end zone against man-to-man coverage and lets him go make a 50-50 ball. Dak did miss a few opportunities.


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[Assistant] It was a little bit like the Cowboys game that way. You know, every time...


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[Assistant] You thought, oh okay, they're here. This is gonna be a game and they're gonna, they're gonna slowly take this over.


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[Assistant] I mean, Houston would make a play. Or, or, or you could say Jacksonville would screw something up. Yeah. It's one or the other. And I think, you know, a little bit more of like, I don't want to take anything away from Houston.


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[Assistant] They are playing tough and physical and flying around and the quarterback is the real deal. Like the real deal.


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[Assistant] He, well, one, I think the big thing is, you know, context clues, right? Of just like...


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[Assistant] The, the offense they're running shows you they have great trust in him. Like I would sit here and argue like, for like a basic thought, right? Like to make a headline.


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[Assistant] They're doing more and trusting him more than the Bears trust Justin Fields, right? Alright, who's in year three?


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[Assistant] And I'm not trying to say that to downplay Justin Fields, I'm just telling you, this kid's like NFL ready, can run an offense, knows how to play in the pocket like a guy.


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[Assistant] That you've seen, like, we go, this guy's, is this, you're three? You're four? Like if you didn't know anything about CJ Stroud, and the way he goes through things, and the way he feels pressure, and his feel in the pocket to step in certain spots, and then get the ball out of his hand quickly and all that.


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[Assistant] He's very mature that way. And that's what's really impressive about him more than anything. Let alone the throwing is off the charts good.


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[Assistant] As far as that department goes. Have you ever seen a rookie look like this? So I was thinking about this yesterday, right?


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[Assistant] There's not one in recent history where I could sit here and say the rookie looked like this. No. Like,


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[Assistant] I think Burrow could have looked like this if he didn't get hurt and they were a little bit better around him year one.


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[Assistant] But this is better than that. And this is, you know, Burrow of course didn't have his strong arm then too because he was still trying to kind of fix his throwing mechanics and all that.


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[Assistant] No, this, this would be up there with, with anybody. This would be up there, like, let's see, who's the last rookie quarterback where he went, man, they just, they, I want to almost say it's Dak Prescott.


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[Assistant] Right? Where he kinda came in, ran the offense, did all the right things, made some plays here and there, and what I would tell you is that this exceeds that.


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[Assistant] I know that they went 14-2 that year or whatever with the Dak Prescott that first year, but they of course had the best running game in football. They had Ezekiel Elliott who was like the best running back in football by week four and all that. CJ Stroud doesn't have any of that. And the location of the football...


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[Assistant] He's even quickened his release to a different level. And his ability, like pinpoint accuracy on any type of throw, touch or throw the fireball in there, is really, really impressive. Like, blown out of the water type good stuff there.


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[Assistant] Del's a speedster. They're taking some shots. You know, they do a good job of play action pass and trusting that Stroud will do the right thing there. Del's a speedster. They hit a post route early in the game where Jacksonville was too worried about stopping the run.


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[Assistant] They definitely fell into, we're going to just crush the run because we think that's a rookie quarterback and that's what they're going to rely on. And they played a few coverages where you're just like that, that's a little too aggressive. Like, you know, that's insane. Like on that, that first post route by Dell, they have the safety, Ray Sean Jenkins, who's really the middle third guy. They have him down there in the box.


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[Assistant] To kind of be a presence in the run and then at set hut, they're like, can you get back to the middle now? And that was just too much to ask, especially with the speedster and Stroud saw and threw the bomb. And then on the second long touchdown to Dell, that one got him to the one or two. The other one, it was a little bunch set and they messed up how they were supposed to pass it off.


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[Assistant] Uh, and I think it was Darius Williams who messed it up, 31, if you made me guess there. But either way, it stressed their rules and they weren't sure what


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[Assistant] Who to take and good job by Stroud recognizing it and putting the ball on the money and making a big play there. Yeah, they ended up both guarding Robert Woods. Exactly right. Right. Robert Woods kind of ran a out route, right? Uh, so yeah, it was, um, it's definitely definitely found a flaw in the


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[Assistant] No, they have a, here's like, and this is like something that I probably should have said about the Cowboys too. This will be some of the theme of today here. Like, the Cardinals, the Texans, they tie plays together.


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[Assistant] You know, just like the Dolphins do and the 49ers do. That's what it was apparent to me watching film the last two days is those, these teams that we're talking about successful on the offensive side of the ball,


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[Assistant] It's, it's, it's so many plays that start out looking the same that are different. Where you're going, oh, I just saw that play. Oh, it's not that play, it's a curveball here. And, and that's what a good offense does. And having that feel of when to call the curveball and how to tie it all together. And that's where I've been, been very impressed with, uh,


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[Assistant] Re-panic. No, it's not. Hit the re-panic button. I wouldn't panic on Jacksonville at all yet, okay? Here would be my just overall assessment of Jacksonville and some of the problems. One, I'm not like, oh no, there are one and two.


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[Assistant] This is, this is big trouble, right? Yeaah, it's things that are one and two. But there's a difference in ones and two, like a one and two and how they stack up. One, I'm not going, man, they're being physically dominant and just getting their ass whooped and this is, uuuh, I don't like the way they look. It's not at all. I mean, they were toe to toe with the chiefs, alright? You know?


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[Assistant] Drop touchdown pass, right, by Calvin Ridley. It's the, oh, okay, hey, we're about to get going here. Oh, Jamal Agnew fumbles, catching a ball over the middle.


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[Assistant] Right? Oh, hey, we're about to come back and they return a kick return for a touchdown. It was just, it's kind of a little bit of that right now. It's a lot of self-inflicting stuff and I'm not panicked about


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[Assistant] I mean, they had a field goal, they missed a field goal, they had a field goal blocked, they dropped a pass for a touchdown, they fumble, they fumble, you know, on a, on a in-cut by Agnew, like I was talking about, and you're going, here they go, you know, they, they, uhm,


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[Assistant] You know, drops penalty on a fourth and one completion, right? So they get a fourth and one, they complete it, boom, oh no, there's a penalty, then they gotta kick the field goal, the field goal gets blocked.


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[Assistant] It's, it's just stuff like that right now where it's just not totally buttoned up. That's what I would say. But it's not that I look at it and go, ooh, they're not the same team or ooh, they're being physically outplayed. It's a little bit more of like, no, it's showing, their youngness is showing still right now. Sure.


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[Assistant] And one, I'd like to see them dial it up for Trevor Lawrence a little too. And a little like we talked with Dak Prescott too, there was probably about two or three times I think you saw in my notes where I wrote


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[Assistant] Trevor's just gotta let it develop a little bit more. Like, you're gonna have the 20 yard out route. Don't be so quick to throw it underneath. It's there. It's the look. It's all of it. Have a feel for the play. Sit on it just a half a second more and you're gonna hit a big gain here and change field position, right?


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[Assistant] And, and I think there was some of that too. Uhm, you know, of course he made the mistake of the interception over the middle. That was probably his worst play of the game there, trying to force that end cut in that moment there. Uhm, but, but again, he looks phenomenal.


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[Assistant] ATN looks really good, right? It's, it's just kind of like we're talking about, just taking advantage of all that's there to be had and then not making mistakes. It's been mistakes every week so far.


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[Assistant] You know, it's been the Colts game, they ended up winning, but if you remember the week one, they made a bunch of mistakes on that and that was a close football game because of that.


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[Assistant] You know, week two, the Chiefs game, same thing. It was turnovers, it was not being able to score touchdowns down in the red zone, it was all that type of stuff there. And then of course, last week, it all fell, you know, to really all three phases of their football game, or their football team.


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[Assistant] Flying around the field, like impressive. There are two linebackers, him and the other kid from, uh, who's from Alabama too, number 48.


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[Assistant] Uhm, Harris, yeaah, excuse me. You know, of course, team defensive speed is predicated on linebackers, usually, more times than not, and they fly around.


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[Assistant] And then those two guys on the edge that we talk about, we've talked about them a few times. Will Anderson, hey, I'm not sitting here ready to say he's going to be the greatest sack artisan football, but he's a damn good football player. That, that I do know. He is.


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[Assistant] Hustle, physical, gets off blocks, even if he's not getting after the quarterback.


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[Assistant] His presence is known in the run game and just the way he runs around the football field and that other pass rusher Greenard is the same way. You add them with then Sheldon Rankins and Malik Collins in the middle there a little bit, you know, they can be disruptive and fast and quick and shoot some gaps and create some chaos and, uh,


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[Assistant] That, that's pretty, pretty impressive on that side. Domingo Ryan's got him flying.


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[Assistant] Well, again, I think they're still in their early phase of figuring out how they want to play, digesting the offense, all of that, right? You know, I think them, a little bit like, where I go, I don't necessarily dislike the look on the football field, it's just, you know,


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[Assistant] Again, I would, I would go back to sloppy play with them. Sloppy play and a little bit of like...


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[Assistant] Again, I'm not sure Munkin has a feel for how to tie plays together in the NFL that way yet either.


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[Assistant] I always am looking at them going, why are they don't have a more expanded play action pass game with as well as they run the ball and do something there? Right? I just never understand that.


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[Assistant] And then I think the drop back passing game, yeah, it's good right now, but hey, they're beat up on the offensive line a little bit. They're not protecting their best. And yeah, I think they got some young guys getting used to a system there and a quarterback getting used to a system there. But like they had opportunities early in this football game.


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[Assistant] To, to really put them behind the eight ball. I mean, it's, it's seven nothing. They look great on the first drive. They go right down the field. The second drive, they're going, here we go again. They're going down the field. He throws a little ball to Kenyon Drake and, but yea, it was a, it was a short pass and he's running and he's going to be down by the 20 yard line and he gets stripped.


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[Assistant] And it kind of changed the flow of the game and their ability to maybe put Baltimore in a really tough spot and make them have to throw the ball more than they want to. And you know, that was, that was the big thing. And then that was followed up by.


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[Assistant] They, they, and again, I'm gonna say it's the offensive line injuries. Their, bottom line is their offense has to be better than what it is.


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[Assistant] And yes, they can't go, oh no, we can't do anything. So now our default mechanism is always like, we'll run Lamar, right? Hey, I'm all for running Lamar too, but that's not going to be sustainable to go where they want to go when it's all said and done.


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[Assistant] But the bottom line with Baltimore is they have a first round center, a first round left tackle, a guard in Zeitler who they traded for to get in him.


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[Assistant] They got a first round receiver in Rashad Bateman, a first round receiver in Zay Flowers, they have Mark Andrews, and then of course they have Lamar Jackson.


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[Assistant] That offense needs to be better than what it is. That is a lot of assets, and then of course OBJ, who didn't play last week but when he's there. That offense has way too many assets for us to be going,


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[Assistant] Man, it's, offense is hard for them. It's just nothing's easy for them right now. And I think that's, that's a little bit what's the frustrating thing about them and what they got going there. But yea, their offense is not functioning at a high level right now.


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[Assistant] I still think they look like a team that didn't play in the preseason, figuring out a new system behind Todd Monk and then has some injuries to go along with it. And that allows them to look underwhelming in a game against the Colts who have a good defense, better than people realize.


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[Assistant] And they don't let up big plays. That's the thing about the Colts. It's the Seattle Skeena. They keep everything in front of you.


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[Assistant] And you see, like sometimes when Baltimore doesn't have big plays, they can't consistently just execute and go on drive after drive after drive after drive.


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[Assistant] No, they did not. It was hard. Now, the thing that it looked like to me was that an EJ Speed's a good little, he's a good player.


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[Assistant] By E.J. Speed, so when you see it on film, and the film angle really shows it the best, because you get to see the end zone cut, and you can see that he's got him hooked, and he can't run away from him, let alone he's got a ball coming to his left, and he's being turned to the right, and he's trying to keep his


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[Assistant] Balance and everything there and his body control and of course that didn't happen.


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[Assistant] Well, that's where, you know, you talk about the Eagles and why they don't look as sharp on the offense. Shane Seikin's special. Like, he won movement formation usage, and he's a king of


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[Assistant] Check some balances is what I like to say. Where you overplay one aspect, he has two things off of that to go, if you overplay that, I'm gonna screw you over here with something else. And that's where they're really good. They're tough, they stay consistent with the run.


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[Assistant] And, you know, he knows how to kind of manage the Gardner-Minshew quarterback situation where he's a really good quarterback. He's not going to value with deep throws down the field and lasers and all that.


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[Assistant] The play before the no pass interference call, right? There's just so many moments of the game, right? You know, Lamar taking a bad sack at the end of the football game when they were kind of getting a chance to maybe kick a field goal. It just was things like that. You know, the center can't roll the ball back on a snap.


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[Assistant] Lamar can't get strip-sacked and give the Colts who you know are offensively challenged to give them the ball at what they do. They give them the ball at the seven yard line one time or somewhere around there and give them some points. And then of course the field goal kicking by the Indianapolis Colts was very impressive as well.


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[Assistant] It's, you know. How uncomfortable was that room watching that film? Oh my god.


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[Assistant] Look at, at all. There's, they were totally dominated in every aspect. And I'll, I'll even say it, it actually was even worse than I thought. Because I'll tell you, this is where it was worse.


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[Assistant] On Sunday, it just seemed like it was like, whoa, big play, big play, big play.


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[Assistant] When you watch back the film, you're just like, no, it's just literally like eight yards, 10 yards, 15 yards. And I know we had a few big touchdowns, don't get me wrong, but the rest of the plays are all like, this is just a slow and steady ass whooping of like eight and nine yards per play. 10 yards per play in the NFL?


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[Assistant] That's insane. And the quarterback threw for 3-0-9. It wasn't like it was like 5-50 or something like that, right? So, that's where it's unbelievable. It was a total exposure of...


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[Assistant] Like, lack of schematical answers. Versus their offense. Broncos defense versus that Dolphins offense. And it was in both ways. Run game and pass game. There's so much here, I don't even know where to start. And you're gonna have to help lead me here a little bit. Because it's insanity and the membranity.


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[Assistant] It was like every play you saw this from the Broncos, you know, the old like head back shoulders like slumped over like a


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[Assistant] Oh my god, we got gashed another play? Ugh, we got gashed another play? Right?


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[Assistant] You know, and then let alone they never got to play from a position of aggressiveness the whole game. It was like they were on their heels just taking body blows and haymakers constantly. You know, they played too deep coverage and they ran the ball on them at will.


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[Assistant] It's, it's the running back one on one with the corner and we have a lead blocker on them. Like it's not just like, oh, we made their worst tackler have to tackle our running back. It's like you're making their worst tackler not only have to tackle, but take on a block and get off the block.


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[Assistant] And there was no answers at all for, for Denver to stop that or slow that down. I mean the running backs were getting to the third level untouched, carry after carry after carry. The Broncos linebackers were non-existent in the game. Non-existent.


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[Assistant] I don't know what they were doing, right? Some of the formations as I would tell you with the shifts and the adjustments and all that, I'd go,


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[Assistant] They, you can't stop this play with how you're lined up. Like the way they're gonna, where they're running this and now they've blocked down and somebody pulling and somebody else, you know, leading for the tailback. Like you don't have enough people over there with how you lined up. There's no way you could stop this. You're, you're just hoping somebody makes a miraculous play.


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[Assistant] That would be, you know, issue number one, the attacking of leverage, and then what they tried to do, they tried to widen out their fronts a little bit, and then McDaniel was like, well we're just running up the middle then.


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[Assistant] And now, like we talked about with the Cardinals and the Cowboys, we'll double team a tackle, and they're so spread out, and the linebackers now are so worried about the outside run, that we'll double team a guy, and one guy will get up on top to the next linebacker, and we'll run it up the middle for 15 yards. I mean, it was the damnedest thing you ever saw, let alone it was like 7 on 7 in the pass game. I mean,


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[Assistant] Exactly. And then you add on top of, you know, not give up the big play, but you gotta like disguise and make them think a little bit to what they're gonna do.


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[Assistant] But you know, and then of course it's mistakes on top of that. Like hey, the first touchdown, you saw that Tyree kill, 54 yard touchdown, right? They're playing a combination zone coverage. It's, it's again, it's the Chargers defense from last year.


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[Assistant] Like, hey, this just in. McDaniel studied that game plan last year, guys. He's got answers for it. You're gonna have to have something else. But they're playing cover two to the left and cover four to the right, okay? So the backside guy to the right runs a little, like, slant post.


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[Assistant] Okay, and then Tyree Kills kind of running a deeper post over the top of it.


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[Assistant] Alright, Patrick Surtain, once your slant goes inside, you have to get off it and let the safety take it and get back into your quarter.


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[Assistant] And here it is. This is Great Job by Pete. So start it over if you can, Pete. The dots. Yep, this will be good. So, and he might ask you to pause it if you can here. Just pause it right here. Okay? Just pause it right there. Yeah, this is great. So, 27 and 22 on your left, Omid, are playing cover two.


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[Assistant] The two guys on the right, 32 and 2, are playing quarters. Alright? So, now let it roll. And watch 3 go over the middle. At some point, 2...


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[Assistant] Has to let Robbie Chosen go and let 32 cover him and he needs to be back where Tyree Kill catches the ball.


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[Assistant] And so it, you know, bad game planning.


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[Assistant] They messed up some things. They tackled horrible and didn't play with aggressiveness and anything like that. And the Miami Dolphins are not only extremely well coached and extremely talented.


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[Assistant] They now have an ass-kicking run game. Like they bring it in the run game.


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[Assistant] Like it's not like, oh, everybody's so scared of the pass and it's just the greatest looks ever. It's, there's plenty of plays in this game where I'd go, Denver's playing run, Miami says we're going to run it and they blow you off the ball and still get 10 yards. And there's something to be said about that. Mostert is fast.


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[Assistant] I know, I came in Monday, Sunday, and everyone was like, H.A. and H.A. and I was like, damn, I mean, through the, the draft and watching college football at Texas A&M, I'd never heard anybody call him that. So you never know, but okay, so good, we got that.


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[Assistant] It's, it's, it's, uh, you know, you got the Giants right on the line. You see the Texans right on the line, right? A Shanahan guy. Brian Dayball, of course, coming from


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[Assistant] You know, New England knows some of the value of that as well. Shane Steichen's right there on the line, right? The Chiefs are on the line. You know, there's, there's definitely something to it there. And then you look at a lot of the crappy offenses, you go, well, yeah, look, a lot of them are down there.


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[Assistant] Well, what do they gotta use it for? I mean, as I said yesterday on Tuesday morning, they're the most physically imposing team on the offensive and defensive line that I can ever remember. I mean, they're up there with the Cowboys of the 90s. I mean, I've never seen a team


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[Assistant] In my life, like the Eagles, where they go, we're gonna run the same run play eight times in a row, and you can't stop it. It's unbelievable. Let alone their D-line does the same version of that on the other side of the ball.


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[Assistant] Right? They're the only team in football that can do that. They're the only team I can remember in football in the last 20 years that's capable of doing what they're doing. The 49ers D-line is like that. Their O-line is not like that. They have to use some, you know,


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[Assistant] I would agree. You know, why is Shanahan always low?


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[Assistant] Because it's expectations versus results. If you're supposed to be good, you're not going to win Coach of the Year. I guess so. Now, Mike McDaniel, clearly, right now, with what they're doing on the offensive side of the ball, that's special. I got no problem with anybody on this list right here. This is a pretty damn good list. I would agree that these are the guys right now.


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[Assistant] You know, I just, I, you know, I don't understand why Shanahan sometimes doesn't get put up a little higher. Like, we didn't think Mike McDaniel and them were gonna do this either? Like, we didn't think this was gonna look like this? I mean, I didn't think 750 yards, but I feel like Shanahan gets slighted of that stuff sometimes. Well, we were both thinking Shanahan


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[Assistant] I get it. Third string quarterback. Right. Exactly.


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[Assistant] That's a problem. It's crazy though. Last thing on that Dolphins thing, just like...


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[Assistant] I mean, I, you know, I think you saw in my notes, Broncos D-line, I don't saw, I never saw anybody make a play.


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[Assistant] You know, guys at the second level, the linebackers, never a play. You know, the tackling was horrible. The coaching and the adjustments was horrible. I mean, they, they never had a chance. They really didn't. And that's, that's what, it's just, they gotta be disappointed the Broncos.


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[Assistant] No, that, that, that is the concern. You know, they tried to, of course, improve their offensive line in the offseason. And I do think it's a little bit better. I mean, I do think, you know, we saw them run the ball a little bit in the first two weeks and all that, but man.


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[Assistant] I mean, the Bills deline after that horrible week one performance, this dominance, two weeks in a row. I mean, really in all phases. And, you know, one, Josh Allen was phenomenal in this football game. I mean, he was phenomenal. He made some plays where you're just like, that's insane right there. But yeah, the defense was the star of the show.


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[Assistant] The fact of being in Howell's face, the turnovers, the fourth, the fourth down stops inside the red zone. You know, they were, they were really, really impressive and they're playing fast. They're going to be an interesting matchup for this Dolphins offense because McDermott is one of our Kings originals of


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[Assistant] They get a lot of people dropping where you're trying to throw the ball. They're usually phenomenal at playing zone coverages and passing people off and doing that.


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[Assistant] And that's where it's going to be interesting and I'm going to be interested to see. And if their front four can play like the way it's playing.


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[Assistant] Of course, now you have the flexibility with the other seven guys to pass things off and be creative and McDermott and this defensive staff thinks outside the box, they're more than, than most defensive staffs. And I would think they're going to have something that's at least going to slow down this Dolphins attack to a degree.


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[Assistant] Uh, but, but a lot of that will be predicated on that front four and, and how much they can hold down the four and like not hope, hopefully you don't have to, like we always say, put too many assets into stopping the run game, you know, or too many guys having to blitz to get to two. And they are another team that has had the good feel of.


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[Assistant] But we think we can, like, through our studies and this formation and their play call tendencies, we can maybe blitz here and get away with it and get them in a negative situation, right? And that's what I think I'm very excited to see from the Bill's defense.


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[Assistant] That was historic. That was historic. And back to, I can't remember who asked us on Sunday night, right?


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[Assistant] Terrell Bernard, remember he was saying the damn okay one of our homies? He was all over the place. Like, I didn't get to do that justice on Sunday night. But hey, him and Matt Milano in the middle again, linebackers dictate the speed of your defense.


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[Assistant] They make that defense seem a lot faster with them in the middle of the field, but yeah.


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[Assistant] You know, and then Sam Howell, he's, he's been living dangerously the whole year. It finally, the football gods finally had the karma there and it came back to him. You know, bad interception, uh, who was the first one to, I want to say Trudevius White.


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[Assistant] That wasn't good. Of course, trying to throw the ball over AJ Espinosa when he's five feet in front of you, you know, there was just some mistakes there and him holding the ball too long, uh, where yeah, he's just got to get better in that department so he doesn't put them in so many tough situations.


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[Assistant] You know, Alan just, I think it's two weeks in a row, like he had one dicey decision this one where you go, hey, don't do that. Like, come on, that's Josh Allen week one.


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[Assistant] We didn't get to talk last week because I was sick, you know. How dare you. I know. So, he was extremely patient and smart. This game was like old Josh Allen a little.


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[Assistant] Perfect blend of patient, I'll take what you give me, and then having the right feel of aggressive but not reckless, right? Like we talk about, and he was so good at


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[Assistant] They got a lot of good players where it's like, you double him, you're, somebody else is going to get home too. They, they got, you know, they got it going right now and he would definitely be him, Micah Parsons.


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[Assistant] I don't know, I'm probably missing somebody else. What, Nick Bosa? Yeaah, not even Nick Bosa. I feel like those two just have stood out as far as the best defensive players in football over the first three weeks.


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[Assistant] He's one of the most physically impressive people you see in football. Yes. I mean, it's so well put together, and yea, that didn't do justice to his butt. You could probably put a glass of water on top of that and walk away for a little bit.


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[Assistant] Be good, you know where to find us. Thursday I got the PFT, PM, Chris Simms unbuttoned, joint pick collaboration with Florio, tune in, check that out. Sunday Night Football, Football Night in America, you know you'll see me there Sunday night.


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[Assistant] Good luck with all your college football this weekend. Hold it down in Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa. Is that where they are? Iowa City. Iowa City? Okay, that's right. They're outside of Des Moines. They're in Iowa City. Alright, have fun. Bring those pants. They like yellow there.


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[Assistant] You should do that. You definitely should. Please keep sending in questions. You know where to find us. Be good out there. Be safe. Enjoy the weekend. Enjoy the Sunday games. Enjoy the Thursday night game. That should be pretty good. The Lions and the Packers. Here we go. I'll be rooting for the Packers, just so you know, because of some guy next to me. Alright everybody, be good. Peace out. Clap it up.


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[Assistant] Yo, yo, thanks for watching homies. I appreciate it. As always, the NFL season is right around the corner. So now it's your turn to hit subscribe to Chris Sims on Button. If you want to get all the training camp battles, preseason film review, playoff predictions, and much, much more, you know where to find it. It's right here. Chris Sims on Button. Please subscribe. Thanks again for watching. Peace out, homies. See you soon.


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[Assistant] I'll look and see how our straight up picks did, but I never go back and tabulate, oh, how did we do against the spread?


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[Assistant] It's kind of a surprise for me on Thursday and today it was a pleasant surprise because I was 8 and 8 and you were 6 and 10. Suck it!


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[Assistant] Well, that was last week when I had COVID. The only good news was I outdid Chris.


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[Assistant] In the spread competition, even though I never check, I don't tabulate, I don't follow it. I find out on Thursday morning and to my chagrin, I see that last week, Chris was eight and eight against the spread and I was six and 10. Chris now has a one game lead.


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[Assistant] Over me, against the spread. We both suck. Straight up, I am clinging to a one game lead. Best bets, I now have a one game lead because Chris was 0-3 last week. We really are in do the opposite territory and these are our best plays of the week and we SUCK!


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[Assistant] No, yeaah, because we do it and then, and then.


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[Assistant] It was 17-0. It was 17-0. I'd have been 2-1. That was one of my best bets as well. I would have been 2-1. You would have been 1-2. And they were up 17-0. The foot came off the gas pedal and then at the end he slid instead of scoring. So thanks for nothing, Patrick Mahomes. But!


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[Assistant] I will point this out. Yes. There was a time during the early games on Sunday where based upon what the scores were, I was looking at our picks and I thought this is going to be a disaster. I mean it was bad.


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[Assistant] And a lot of teams had to turn it around to save us from what would have been a lot worse than 11 and 5 straight up. A lot worse than 11 and 5 straight up, so.


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[Assistant] Uh, it, it got pretty dark there and I was ready to blame it all on the COVID, but the COVID ended up going 11 and 5 straight up, 6 and 10 against the spread. Oh well, shit happens. This week I'm healthy, so I have no excuses.


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[Assistant] Because I need to know what to root for, especially the games we disagree on. So I was go pack go on Thursday night, and I was all in with the Bucs on Sunday, not because of any affinity for the teams, but because we disagreed on those games. I'm always aware of that.


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[Assistant] I'm always aware of that. We just don't need to talk about it on the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday shows. We talk about it on Thursdays, regardless of who does well or who doesn't do well. Nobody gives a shit Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.


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[Assistant] You know what you do? You know what you do? You know what you do with those receipts? Fold them up and fold them again and fold them one more time and shove them straight up your ass.


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[Assistant] There's a certain point where, nevermind, every week this season you could play along with us. DraftKings has set up the free 1K Florio and Sims Pick'em Pool. Pick every game against the spread for a chance at a $1,000 prize pool every week.


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[Assistant] And just like us, you must enter all of your picks before kickoff of the Thursday night game, and that's where we begin this week, even though the Thursday night game sucks. But!


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[Assistant] We are gonna watch it because it's football, it's on TV, and we get to see how Michaels makes snide comments about the quality of the games that Amazon Prime has gotten for their billion dollars per year. Bears at the commanders. By the way, four teams are off this week. The Browns, the Bucks, the Chargers, the Seahawks, everybody else.


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[Assistant] We talked about the game a little bit on PFT Live from the angle of, is this it for Matt Eberfluss? And what are they going to do about Chase Claypool? We talked a little bit about the X's and O's. Now is the time to make the pick. Commander's six point favorites. Chris, who do you like? Straight up and against the spread.


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[Assistant] Matt Eberfluss in battle, dysfunction oozing through the organization. Not that the commanders are in a great position either, but they're still in the afterglow of


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[Assistant] Dan Snyder being exiled from the team. They're two and two. Nobody expected them to be competitive this year. Maybe they still will be. They could be three and one. There was only really one bad game for the commanders this year against the Bills. Plenty of teams are gonna have bad games against the Bills this year. I like the commanders in this one just because I feel like the Bills are the Bills. The Bears.


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[Assistant] Same first letter, same last letter, same number of letters. The bears are just crumbling.


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[Assistant] And I don't think a short week is quick enough to turn it around. You know, we saw the best work from this Bears coaching staff when they had extra time to get ready for a Monday night game against the New England Patriots last year. That's the last time they won.


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[Assistant] They've lost 14 in a row. I think one loss becomes two, 14 becomes 15, Washington 30 to 17 on Thursday Night Football.


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[Assistant] And I can't wait to hear what Al Michaels has to say about getting a stinker like this so early in the season.


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[Assistant] Early game, 9.30 a.m. Eastern. You sound like you're from London. Bills hosts the Jaguars. Jaguars second straight game.


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[Assistant] In England, the bills are favored by five and a half points. 88% of the spread money according to DraftKings is on the Buffalo Bills. Chris, the bills have looked good since that week one debacle against the Jets. Do they keep it going and do they cover that five and a half point spread?


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[Assistant] This one is a tough one because, as we mentioned on PFT Live, there's an experimental aspect to it. The Jaguars, for the first time ever, playing consecutive games in London. They've been there all week. Is that a distraction? Will it be out seeing the sights, having a pint or two or three or four? That scares me. Glad you brought it up.


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[Assistant] This is one where I wouldn't touch from a best bet standpoint because I don't know how they're going to respond to being there all week. Maybe it's better, maybe it's worse. We'll find out.


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[Assistant] And it's the bills. The bills are clicking right now. I got 2820.


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[Assistant] He's been writing some checks about when he's gonna be back from that torn ACL that haven't been...


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[Assistant] They've been bouncing so far, so I'll believe he's back when I see it, but that would just add something to that defense if he is able to come back.


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[Assistant] I just think the Bills win this one 28 to 20 and the Jaguars would fall to two and three, but their division kind of wide open. They could withstand this loss and still get into the race. The Bills trying to keep pace with the Dolphins after that big win last week. So I like Buffalo in this one. All right. Let's pivot to.


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[Assistant] One o'clock eastern on Sunday. The Falcons back from London. Used to be you always had the bye week after playing in London, but


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[Assistant] They've been doing away with that lately just because I think they're envisioning a future where maybe there'll be a team there and you can't always have a bye after you go to England and play and then come home. So the Falcons are home after the long trip back and forth. The Texans are hot, winning two in a row. The Falcons are still favored in this bye too.


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[Assistant] And I try to keep it as simple as often as possible. And quarterback imbalance is the most simple factor to look at. C.J. Stroud is the real deal. Desmond Ritter, all due respect, is not. He's done nothing to make anyone say he's the real deal. And there's a big gap between Stroud and Ritter. And that's it for me.


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[Assistant] I look at this and I say Falcons minus two. What the hell is wrong with this picture? The Texans are the better team. The Texans have the far better quarterback. The Texans are rolling. They're confident. They're clicking. They go in and win 27 to 23 over the Atlanta Falcons. And this one is under serious consideration for me.


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[Assistant] Panthers at the Lions. Lions getting a couple of extra days to get ready for this one. Not that they need it. The Lions are 10 point favorites against the Panthers who are 0 and 4. Lions starting to take charge of the division. Lions in a position to be thinking about the one seed.


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[Assistant] With their quality of schedule. While these other teams cannibalize each other, the Lions could end up.


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[Assistant] As the team that hosts every game in the postseason and gets the bye week.


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[Assistant] Challenge is, don't lose the games you should win. Chris, do the Panthers have a chance in this one? And more importantly, do you think the Lions cover the 10-point spread with an over-under of 44.5?


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[Assistant] I feel bad for the Panthers. Look, it's a process. People have already been asking me did they pick the wrong quarterback, and it's unfair after only four games to come to these kinds of conclusions, but CJ Stroud has looked great. Anthony Richardson has looked great. He missed a game with a concussion, but he has looked great.


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[Assistant] Grand scheme of things. It's not like you get five years to figure it out. Bryce Young has got to find a way to slow the game down, be effective, win some football games. This is a tough spot for him. Good spot for the Lions. 34-17.


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[Assistant] Jameson Williams back. I don't know how much they're going to use him, but I just, I just feel like the Lions understand they've weathered the early season storm. They've won their two prime time games. They are ready for prime time. The challenge for a team that is on the verge of becoming great


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[Assistant] Is to win the games they're supposed to, not by a field goal, but convincingly, and I think the Lions will 30-40-17.


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[Assistant] And what makes it even more amazing, we had to move to the next game, but what makes it more amazing is the NFL is the ultimate copycat league and we would think that last year's issues with Tua Tonga Wailoa would have been enough


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[Assistant] To scare the panthers away from a smaller guy that could get thrown around, could get injured.


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[Assistant] Which titans team is gonna show up? The one that loses 27-3 or the one that wins 27-3? I have no idea, Chris. Help me with this one. I already have my pick. I'm just doing it for effect. Help me understand this game.


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[Assistant] Nobody at this point is even close to offering the Colts anything remotely in the ballpark of what they want. So love the one you're with, work it out, get through the season.


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[Assistant] You know, are the Titans gonna ping pong back and forth? Bad to good, bad to good. That's what they've done. This week would be bad analytics. I just feel like they break the cycle. Mike Raible gets them ready 24-21. This is a big game in a division that is wide open with all four teams at two and two. I think the Titans win, but


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[Assistant] Favourites are the Dolphins over the Giants who have had the wheels come off lately. Short week, 11 sacks on Monday night against the Seahawks.


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[Assistant] The over under is 48 and a half and 93% of the spread money according to DraftKings is on the Dolphins even with that 11 point bulge. Now what's gonna happen is the Sharps are gonna swoop in and take the Giants and drive it down to 9 and a half like happened last week with the Jets Chiefs game.


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[Assistant] Chris, are you with the Sharps or are you with the people who believe that the Dolphins can win this game by 11 or more points?


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[Assistant] Same idea, same thought process. 11 is too much. That extra point is the trap and it's worked for 93% of the spread money. People just assume the Giants were horrible on Monday night. They're going to continue to be horrible. But as you said, the defense is good. The offense, I assume, I assume that that bottoming out, that's a wake up call and


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[Assistant] It gets back to the psychology of the game. I think the Giants will be better offensively. The Dolphins reeling a little bit after having their bubble burst in Buffalo.


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[Assistant] I think 30-20. Dolphins win. Giants cover. That just feels right with this one. Next up, Saints at the Patriots. Patriots, embattled coach Bill Belichick. 1-3. Saints at 2-2. Patriots favored by only one point at home with an over-under of 40. Chris, do the Patriots get to 2-3?


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[Assistant] You have the two teams scoring more than I do. I just don't believe in either of these offenses. The stat of the week for me is Alvin Kamara catching 13 passes for 33 yards. That's never happened before. The previous low for that many receptions was James Wilder with 71 yards.


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[Assistant] The Patriots offense isn't working. I've got 13 to 9 Patriots. This is just one of those.


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[Assistant] Bill Belichick, hot seat. He knows it, even if no one's gonna have the nerve to ask him about it. Gotta get a win while you can. Too many tough games on the schedule. If they blow this one, holy shit, they may go 3-14. They need this one, and they'll get it 13-9. Alright. Interesting game. 100 miles up the road from me.


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[Assistant] Pittsburgh, 34th meeting all time between John Harbaugh and Mike Tomlin.


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[Assistant] Okay, we'll be fine. Panic! Okay, we'll be fine. Panic! Okay, we'll be fine. Right now it's panic for the Pittsburgh Steelers as the Ravens come in as four point favorites in Pittsburgh with an over under of only 38, the lowest of the week.


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[Assistant] Chris, do the Ravens win again and move to 4-1 or do the Steelers find a way to press the panic button for now until it's time to panic again?


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[Assistant] So you got the steelers covering at least, at least, you're splitting the baby on this. I am. Spreading the needle.


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[Assistant] I had an epiphany yesterday about the Steelers running backs.


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[Assistant] This was when you were off because you don't work on Wednesdays during the season. Miles Simmons and I were talking about Mike Tomlin's comments about the Steelers not having the physicality necessary against the Houston Texans.


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[Assistant] They're going to start practicing in pads more often. The pad level was lower for the Texans. Texans were more prepared to match the Steelers and exceed the Steelers when it comes to physicality. It occurred to me, I think one of the reasons why Tomlin is in the Najee Harris camp, even though Najee Harris doesn't have the burst or the acceleration, he's got the toughness. He's got the grit.


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[Assistant] He's got the physicality that Tomlin wants the rest of the team to emulate. And I think we're going to see Tomlin insist on more Najah Harris. He was one of the only bright spots last week for the Steelers. 71 rushing yards, had one catch for 30 plus yards. Physicality from Najah Harris. We're going to see a lot of it.


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[Assistant] And this is Austin meatballs. This is 50 years of living in and around Pittsburgh. This is a moment that the Steelers rise up and for now put out the fire going into their bye week. This is critical. This is throw everything you have at the wall.


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[Assistant] Everything you've got at the Baltimore Ravens, everything you have to do to get a win before you regroup and refocus and reload for everything that's going to come after the bye week. Steelers win 16-13.


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[Assistant] There's no guarantees with the Ravens, but this is exactly the kind of game the Steelers win. That's my, that's my feeling. Alright, break time. Joint collaboration of PFTPM and Chris Sims on Button returns with the late afternoon Sunday games for week five right after this.


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[Assistant] Four o'clock Eastern games are yours as well. We start with the Bengals at the Cardinals. Joe Burrows called it a must win. He says his calf feels better than it has all year. Minus three is Cincinnati against the Cardinals team that is better than we thought they were going to be because in the off season, I thought they weren't prioritizing winning in 2023. They've won a game. They've been competitive.


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[Assistant] Over under a 44 and a half, do the Bengals avoid falling to one in four and moving dangerously close to being done for 2023? Chris.


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[Assistant] I got 27-23 and this is just Bengal's need at Cardinals house money all year. And I know the players haven't signed onto this idea that they're not really trying to be good. The players want to win every week. The players are competitive. The coaching staff is competitive, but in the off season, there were pieces of evidence to.


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[Assistant] Point two to say they're not prioritizing winning this year. The Bengals are, the Bengals were expected to be a shortlist contender and the Bengals have lost three games.


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[Assistant] Just when it felt like they found their way against the Rams, the wheels came off against the Titans. So I don't know what to make of this team. I agree. They find a way to win just out of raw desperation. I still think their season is in serious jeopardy. Joe Burrow isn't right. The offense isn't...


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[Assistant] Taking full advantage of the talent that it has available to it. The league is maybe caught up with the Joe Borough led Bengals, but I think they do enough to win this game. Future weeks? Not so sure. This week, they get it right, they get to two and three, and they...


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[Assistant] And full blown implosion for another week. So we agree on that one. Alright. Eagles at the Rams. The Eagles are 4-0. They're 4.5 point favorites as they go to SoFi Stadium, take on the Rams who had that


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[Assistant] Big lead, blew it, and then won the game in overtime. Matthew Stafford, heroic performance with the injured hip. He fully participated in practice on Wednesday, so it looks like he's good to go. Maybe Cooper Cup will be back. The over-under is 50 and a half. And before that, before, before, before we make our picks, I have to give the Eagles some love.


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[Assistant] This is part of their celebration of their throwback to the Kelly Green jerseys. Gotcha, that's cool. The next time they're kicking the shit out of the Vikings, I can drink one of these, start to finish. But those are heading to the barn, they will not be opened, they will be saved until the next time the Eagles are kicking the shit out of the Vikings.


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[Assistant] Watch, if you get home, if you get home and there's a box on your por-


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[Assistant] Because the Eagles have not been overly impressive this year in any of their games. And we both made the Eagles a best bet last week, giving 8 points.


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[Assistant] To the commanders, and they screwed us, and I tend to hold a grudge when that happens. Not enough to pick the rams to win this one, but I'm not gonna pick the eagles to cover the spread. I've got 28, 24,


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[Assistant] Rams find a way to stay within four and a half. Eagles win the game and move to five and oh, they continue.


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[Assistant] Maybe they've been sending booze there too. Maybe that's the key. Send booze to the schedule makers, right? That's how you get all your easy games early, build some confidence, and then you get your tough games later.


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[Assistant] But I think the Eagles won't have an easy time of it, but I think they win 28-24, so we both agree on that. And, and, uh, but you've got the Eagles covering, I don't. Alright. Jets at the ball.


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[Assistant] I don't know that they're gonna bring him back this week, but Stafford fully participated in practice. Tough son of a bitch. I mean, fights away through anything and everything, and I think he'll be, he'll be good to go, and uh, it'll make it, it'll make for a good game. Alright, Jets at Broncos, Nathaniel Hackett, Sean Payton.


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[Assistant] Jets turned the corner last week. Broncos gotta win. Both teams are 1-3. The loser may be done. The Broncos are favorite in this game by a point and a half. What gives? What gives?


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[Assistant] If we believe the Jets turned a corner on Sunday night, and I believe they did, this is the game the Jets have to win. This is it. If they lose this one, they are done. This is it. Aaron Rodgers talking about coming back.


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[Assistant] There's nothing to come back to if they don't win this one. The Broncos defense, not good. The Jets offense, turning the corner. Breece Hall no longer on a pitch count. That's something Robert Sala, the coach of the Jets, said this week.


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[Assistant] I just feel like this is a game the Jets have to win, the Jets will win, the Broncos defenses overmatched.


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[Assistant] I've got Jets, 27-20. I'm surprised that the Broncos are one and a half point favorites. I'm surprised you're picking the Broncos to win after what we've seen from them lately. Jets win. Jets get to two and three before they go to two and four against the Eagles before their bye week. So that's where we are. By the way.


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[Assistant] This comes from Greek and Latin and Irish and Serbo-Croatian and Armenian and Old English and it's all over Europe. The kaka is all over Europe. So, uh, anyway, plenty of languages using the word kaka and the Broncos defense fitting that bill. Okay, Chiefs Vikings.


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[Assistant] Kirk Cousins going to a baseball game on Tuesday game. Chiefs are four and a half point favorites. First time ever Patrick Mahomes and the Vikings get together. First time ever, well, Kirk Cousins, they played once in Kansas City. First time Mahomes ever goes to U.S. Bank Stadium.


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[Assistant] The worst thing that could happen for the Vikings on Sunday was the Chiefs taking a 17 point lead.


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[Assistant] Losing the gas pedal. Almost blowing the game. Mahomes throwing two interceptions. Almost three. Almost four.


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[Assistant] Officials helped them out on the one that occurred on third and twenty with the game still in the balance. The Chiefs are going to be firing on all cylinders. It's going to be a shootout. It's going to be fun.


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[Assistant] And it's gonna be a game that the Chiefs find a way to ultimately win. I don't think it's gonna be a blowout by any stretch of the imagination. And I actually think that the Vikings will cover.


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[Assistant] I do, but I still think the Chiefs will win. 35-31.


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[Assistant] Vikings cover by a half point, four and a half point spread, but the Chiefs win the game. Late touchdown or a late stop, a late something that the Chiefs will will their way over the Vikings to win the game.


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[Assistant] Interesting to see what the Vikings do defensively. I know we gotta take a break here, but they blitzed a lot less often against the Panthers. Only 30.8% of the time against Carolina. You gotta be careful about blitzing Patrick Mahomes because it doesn't matter. He'll extend the play and he'll make you pay. They may drop more guys into coverage and try to confuse Patrick Mahomes, but we shall see. When we return,


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[Assistant] Primetime games for week five on the joint collaboration of Chris Sims Unbuttoned and PFTPM. We'll be right back.


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[Assistant] Sunday Night Football Cowboys 49ers game of the week. The 49ers favored by three and a half points over the Juggernaut.


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[Assistant] Dallas Cowboys, 80% of the spread money is on San Francisco, but wait until the Sharps and or Sharks start circling. They may start putting money on the Cowboys. This should be a great one. This is one I wish we didn't have to pick. I just want to enjoy this one.


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[Assistant] Part of the fun of Sunday night when we do football night in America and we get to the final segment of the show and we get to make our picks is like finding out who everybody's going to take. Cause we don't know, but you and I.


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[Assistant] We know. We make our picks on Thursday. Now, we do reserve the right, if we really want to, to change it just before the game.


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[Assistant] But, I don't think we have. I think you may have done it once, I don't know. But I'm just, I don't want to do that. I'm ready to take my hand off the checker on Thursday because that's what we do. So we do it now. Who do you have? Hand off the checker. 49ers, Cowboys, and what's the score?


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[Assistant] I think the Cowboys cover this one barely. I think the folks in Vegas have it right. That's about the margin in San Francisco on grass versus on turf.


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[Assistant] I think it stays close. The Cowboys understand they gotta give their best punch to the 49ers if they wanna have any hope of being the one seed when January rolls around. They keep it close, but they ultimately get no cigar. 27-24, the 49ers win. Alright, Monday Night Football, Packers at the Raiders, Devonte Adams, revenge game.


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[Assistant] The Packers get that extra day. The Raiders desperately need a win. Do they find a way to do it against Green Bay with an over-under of 45, Chris?


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[Assistant] I mean, it is a very real dynamic. We're four weeks into the season and teams are going to be better than they were week one, more opportunities to kind of flourish and develop the offensive line, et cetera, et cetera. I still like the Packers in this one, 23-20.


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[Assistant] There's a weird dynamic at play here. When they first implemented the return to play protocol in 2009, there was a presumption you would miss one game.


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[Assistant] After a concussion, then it went the other way. A lot of guys coming back immediately after a concussion. Now, after last year, you get a concussion, you miss at least one game. We'll see if it's two games for Jimmy Garoppolo. Either way, I like the Packers 2320.


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[Assistant] I haven't been drinking. You can't blame it on the COVID. The seals have not been cracked.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with the Houston Texans right out of the gates. Simple analysis, much better quarterback, and the Texans have been awesome the past two weeks. 20 point win at Jacksonville, 24 point win over a Steelers team that had won two games in a row, Texans over the Falcons who seem to be struggling right now and are, for some reason, two point favorites.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go, since you're going late afternoon, I'll stay late afternoon as well. I like the Jets getting points in Denver cause I like the Jets to win this game. If the Jets are gonna be anything this year, if they're gonna have any chance whatsoever, they have got to beat the Broncos. They have the extra motivation that was handed to them by Sean Payton. I like the Jets to win, especially since they're getting points.


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[Assistant] I've got the Patriots giving one to the Saints in this one. Bill Belichick needs this desperately. If they lose this one, the wheels are gonna come off for the New England Patriots at home. Gotta beat the Saints. They'll find a way to do it. Alright, give me your Folsom Prison Blues pick. The one game. Straight up.


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[Assistant] That you're putting everything on. Give me one.


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[Assistant] Dolphins. That's it for today. That's easy. Low-hanging first. Enjoy the games! See you next time.


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[Assistant] Aww yeah baby, that's right, he's back! Connor Rodgers is back, he is here. Ahmed Farid is ditching us once again, how dare he. This is Chris Sims and Chris Sims on Button.


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[Assistant] There's some things that they say that just, yeaah, are hilarious. And then the voice of, you know, Chappelle when he's, I can't think of his name, what's, uh, the drug dealer, you know, that he plays, uh. Thurgood.


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[Assistant] Just to get into New York right now. Seriously, absolutely. That's, that's the way it is. Yeah, you're right. That's, uh, alright, so good for you, good movie. Uh, I was gonna say something else to you there, but, uh, Dave Chappelle, I mean, he, he never ages. That's why he's the funniest comedian of our lifetime, at least for my lifetime, I think. And I didn't- That's between that, the Chappelle show, and some of the new stand-up stuff. He's hilarious.


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[Assistant] Whenever he drops anything, I'm usually like, okay, I gotta check this out.


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[Assistant] We're gonna get into that. We asked for some specific questions about, hey, what's your biggest concern with your football team? We'll get into all that and just have fun talking football here today. But that's pretty much the plan. You got it from me.


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[Assistant] I just, at least at first, you know, I went just division by division. Okay. Old school dirty. I did old school dirty. You know, I had the tabs pulled up as far as the roster, the drafts, and free agency. And kind of just went through it that way. And was like, okay.


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[Assistant] At first, just go, okay, I would cancel that team out. Oh, let me put a star next to this team. They're still available. And I kind of just went one, you know, little by little.


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[Assistant] You know, but it's hard because, one, I think there's only...


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[Assistant] Maybe a few that have everything you're looking for. Sure. Safeties and the three corners, right? Which you need in nickel. Everybody's playing nickel all the time. To where, you know, there was only a few that jumped out that way. But when you get down the list a little bit, you know, and you're thinking about other teams that could be in the top five or whatever there.


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[Assistant] You start to get into, whoa, man, they have an unbelievable safety tandem with one awesome corner, but ah, I'm not sure about the other two guys. They have pieces where you go, that's really awesome or elite, and that's where it got hard, is differentiating some of that, and I think that's what


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[Assistant] I wouldn't mind like, I wouldn't mind maybe just starting there too, cause I have two.


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[Assistant] That I think are clearly in the running for number one. I'd love to hear your third too. But I had two that, to me right away, they'll just like jump off and just go, these are no brainers, cause I have a feeling we're gonna be on the same page with these top two.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I would agree. That would be the thing that I questioned. I'm jumping on, you know, with you with the Dolphins. Yep. Okay.


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[Assistant] The Dolphins are, yeaah, I mean, and even just, you know, of course the top end talent, I'm a big fan of the Dolphins' safeties. I mean, Javan Holland to me is one of the better safeties in football. No doubt. I know all the grading websites and all there don't have like great grades on them. He's asked to do things that a lot of safeties in football are not asked to do.


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[Assistant] So, I thought the Dolphins for sure. I still think Xavier Howard is definitely one of the five best corners in football. I don't think Jalen Ramsey is a top five corner in football, but I think he's probably a top five DB in football, alright? Right. Because when I say corner, I mean, you gotta be able to lock people down man to man all the time. I don't think that's his cup of tea anymore to the extent it was a few years ago.


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[Assistant] But, he can play nickel, he can play safety, he can play in the box, he can do a lot of different things, match up with bigger...


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[Assistant] So between him, you know, Tariq Wolin on the other side, Michael Jackson's phenomenal as well. And then you get into the two safeties they got there. That's right. Now health, of course, is part of the conversation a little bit, but Diggs and Jamal Adams. See, to me, the Dolphins and the Seahawks were the only two teams I went to it and just saw the five and went.


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[Assistant] They're good. I'm good with those two right there. So I, you know, if I had to juggle it out or whatever, I'd probably make the Dolphins the number one secondary in football. Probably the Seahawks, too, for me, because it's a little bit of a young projection still, but I think, man, I really like that group they


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[Assistant] Yeah, I would think so. You know, the Dolphins, they drafted Cam Smith. I liked him out of South Carolina.


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[Assistant] I, he, I really did. You know. Me too. I had him in the top 30 players. They got some other guys too. The Dolphins, it's not only the starters, it's...


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[Assistant] It's their versatility and the depth they have too, cause you get into Keon Croson, who's pretty damn good, right? Uhm, I'm missing, uh,


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[Assistant] Uhm, at Corner that I, that I, oh Nick Needham, they have him as well. So they have a lot of everything. That's why I think I'm gonna go clearly them one Seahawks two. Now, you know, after we get out of that Seahawks Dolphins thing,


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[Assistant] No, that's where I think there's some healthy conversation to be had. Right? I'm not as high.


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[Assistant] It's the safety question, for sure. It's below average. Yeah, there's no denying it. So that hurts me, and you know, too, you know, I don't know, I don't, I know, you know,


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[Assistant] Hey, they, they've invested in that front, in the front four, and they're, they're, you gotta cut corners somewhere in the NFL, and they cut corners there, cause they're going, oh, our pass rush will get there before we have to worry too long. Right. And we got sauce, and you know, you can't, you can't do it all. Feels like the Eagles can play that way too. Eagles can definitely too.


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[Assistant] You named your three there. Alright, I got two others that I feel like I am hands down ready to put in the top five. Okay. Okay. And then my fifth, I still need to talk it out and hem and haw about a little bit. Alright? So, you heard my dolphins and seahawks, one, two.


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[Assistant] Now, the running after that, this might shock you. Here's me to be my next two teams. The Chiefs and the Bengals. Add Chiefs at five. Okay.


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[Assistant] Exactly. I'm with you all the way. Right. I mean, Reid is a good safety. Yep. And then you add in Brian Cook, who's gonna be the other starting safety this year, who played last year, and he's good. There's a reason they let Juan Thornhill go, cause they went, wait, we drafted his replacement, he's playing this year. You know, McDuffie's good at corner. I love him. Right. I think he's phenomenal when he played last year. Williams and Watson.


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[Assistant] I think are really damn good. And of course have size and length. And then of course you talk into Ligeria Sneed as well. And I just go, they have more than the five.


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[Assistant] They're, they have everything, let alone versatility to match up. So, like the Chiefs, again, this is where they're going nowhere and we were in amazement and I know we talked about this last year. They, they won the Super Bowl and they were one of the younger teams in football. And, and they've retooled and scouted and built the right way. So the Chiefs are, are one of the next teams for me.


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[Assistant] I know, and there's some moving parts here. You know, there's no more Von Bell, and we're missing, you know, our guy that Jesse Bates, right? But Daxhill, to me, is gonna be that type of guy. Sure. Okay. They've got Nick Scott.


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[Assistant] I'm a big fan of Ch- uh, Chadovia Wooze when he is back. Yep. And uhm, let me pull up my roster. I'm missing somebody on there.


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[Assistant] Another corner. Oh, Mike Hilden is one of the best slots in football. And he's been for a long time. So, like, to me, I know most people might not have him in the top five, but I think this could be one of those where, like, when the season gets to an end, people are gonna be like, whoa, it's December. And they're like, you know, the Bengals have one of the best secondaries in football.


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[Assistant] Uh, maybe a hair of a projection with some of my young talent, but I'm gonna put them in there for my sake at least.


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[Assistant] Right? Yeah, there are some people like you and me, we know what Daxhill can be.


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[Assistant] You know, maybe, you know, the common fan in Philadelphia who's not following the Bengals every day, he might not know exactly what he is, but that's why we're here and we get paid to do this, to tell you that stuff, right? So yeaah, that's where, again, I look at them and just go, some depth.


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[Assistant] And some high end talent that I just don't think has jumped onto the national scene yet, but I think it will this year.


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[Assistant] It's a good place to be. And Daron Bland is really good. Exactly. Who was a starting caliber corner, right?


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[Assistant] Calvin Joseph, I know it hasn't got all together for him. I still think he's a talented guy. I think it's, you know, maturity learning how to play, but I'm sorry to interrupt you. The Cowboys were one of my teams at


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[Assistant] I didn't definitively put in the top five, but are in my short list of like, oh, should I put them at number five or whatever? So I'm not, I'm not too far off from you.


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[Assistant] Agreed, agreed. You know, the safeties are the question, like you talked about a little bit, they don't blow you away, but there's not like, oh wow, it's weak, but the corners, yes. When they're healthy, that group right there, you look at it and you go, damn, you know, and I'm with you in the digs thing, he's continuing to get better, and listen, I'm, you know,


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[Assistant] I don't want him to go too crazy taking, you know, chances and going for pick sixes and all that.


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[Assistant] But to me, he got to the point last year, and I think that's what you were kind of saying, is he found the fine line of like, you know, take a chance, and okay, this is stupid. Yep. Right? And, you know, again, too, everybody's got to get off stats and all the grading sites all the time. You know, again, Trayvon digs.


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[Assistant] Is, is asked to be on an island, like, a lot. They play a lot of man in Dallas. And they do some crazy stuff up front. They put pressure on those guys. Uh, that's where I got tremendous respect for them too.


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[Assistant] I mean, because not everybody's being asked to do the same thing. People look at the 49ers in certain years and go, well, look at their coverage. It was great. Richard Sherman was a top five corner one year. I mean, no, their pass rush was amazing. Nobody could hold the ball.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and I think, you know, just to jump off of what you're saying there, the 49ers are the perfect example there. There's a reason you haven't seen, like, Shanahan sign a big time...


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[Assistant] We can talk about that. The Saints, you know, eh, you know, again, first off, Lattimore's still really damn good.


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[Assistant] Paulson Adibo is very good. You know, he got beat a few times last year, but again, they're another team that asked their corners to play a lot of man to man. I'm a big fan of Elanti Taylor and Marcus May and Matthew. Matthew, not what he was, but that's still a pretty good tandem. So they were like, okay, on this other list of maybe the Bucks.


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[Assistant] They're another team I looked at. You know, the two corners are real deal Holyfield. Jamal Dean and, and Carl, Carlton Davis are real. Antoine Winfield's phenomenal. That helps a lot. But I think the rest of it is probably why they're not going to make my list because I just go, I'm not sure about that. Talked about the Cowboys. Now here's


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[Assistant] I guess when I sit here and talk about it, I think it's between these three teams. The Cowboys that you've mentioned.


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[Assistant] I think the Ravens are probably in it for me. The Ravens, do the Ravens have the best safety tandem in football? I think so. Right? If Kyle Hamilton becomes the player in the second half of last year. Look, he looks like he was coming. It started to look like that. Exactly.


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[Assistant] Uh, well they had Trayvon Mullin, right? Uh, they signed him as well. You know, so they're, yeaah, you're right. They're trying to find the right mix there, but they were definitely, or still are, in the running here for me. Alright? Then...


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[Assistant] The other team that I want to bring up here for the conversation, uh, and, you know, the Ravens have Daryl Worley, just a cave on Seymour. Uh, so they got some guys there, like you said, Brandon Stevens, who I think is definitely going to be the other guy. Uh, across from Marlon Humphrey is just who that third guy is. And then the Chargers.


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[Assistant] You know. We've been waiting for that one to be great. I know. I know. You know, and I know it's a projection, but it's not a projection. I mean, we know Derwin James is obviously one of the best safeties in football.


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[Assistant] Okay, JC Jackson had a down year last year, but like, like, I'm not gonna ready to go, oh, this isn't gonna work. I mean, JC Jackson, the four years before that was one of the three or four or five best corners in football. So I don't think he forgot how to play. Asante Samuel is damn good. Mike Davis is damn good.


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[Assistant] So those are the three teams. The Cowboys, the Ravens, and the Chargers are the other three teams that I look at to go...


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[Assistant] Huh. I think I'll make them five. And I don't know where exactly I want to go there, you know. I think I'm, I think ultimately...


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[Assistant] The Chargers. Okay. You talked yourself into it. I did. It's a tough one. The Chargers, the Ravens, I think are the ones I want to go with. I think I will go with the Chargers. You know, I know health is a big question too, you know, with this crew here. But I think if I had a, if you had to put a gun to my head, which I don't want you to do, uh, I think I'd make them my fifth one.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well, Seattle is outside the top 20 as far as their defense total. Atlanta Falcons are another team that I would look at. Atlanta Falcons, there's some, the Falcons, the Panthers, like I put them on my first list because there's potential there.


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[Assistant] You know, Richie Grant and Jesse Bates at safety, I like that with the Atlanta Falcons. You know I'm an AJ Terrell fan. You know, when he's healthy to me, he's one of the best island corners in football. And then, you know, I know Akuda didn't live up to what he was supposed to be, but he's, he's still good. And I think has a chance to still


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[Assistant] They got him for free. I know, they got him for free. You know, they got Mike Hughes that they got down there who's played a little, you know, everywhere in the NFL a little bit. So the Falcons, the Seahawks, certainly three teams right off the bat that I look at jump up. And then I know we didn't.


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[Assistant] The Tennessee Titans will not be 23 in defense next year. I'll be willing to say that too. There's a lot of good there. I know they didn't make this list or whatever. And then, hey,


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[Assistant] Another team that I think has made drastic improvements, but not in the top, is Detroit. Detroit did a lot with their secondary. We hit on Chauncey Gardner Johnson on Monday a little bit. Sounds okay. They got Cam Sutton, right? They got some other guys there. They're gonna be better, uh, but I guess those are the ones that jump out to me to see the most improvement. Alright.


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[Assistant] I got it. It's one of those where I probably will still go back later today and go, man, I should have put the Ravens in front of the Chargers or whatever, but either way, I'll live with it for right now. I feel really good about the other four as far as Dolphins, Seahawks, Chiefs, Bengals, Chargers, and uh, we'll see. Your five is not bad either. It was all on my short list.


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[Assistant] You know, I could certainly see this from Keely Ringo, right? Right? I mean, you know, watching him on film, I know he ran 4-3 at the combine, he didn't play to that speed, right? But, he's, and he's a big guy.


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[Assistant] That's what was impressive about Keeley Ringo. I mean, it's his size, Keeley Ringo, excuse me, his size, his strength, his length, all that. But did I, you know, come away from evaluating him and going, he's going to have a hard time against the change of direction type of receivers? Certainly.


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[Assistant] And, you know, Georgia guys tackle even that corner. So I could certainly see him being that. And the, the, the Eagles do have a, they got three good corners, but safety is an issue. And I could see them, you know, making that move, like we said, and, and, and seeing how that plays out.


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[Assistant] You know, I, I mean, I'm not as, I'm, I'm more bullish than I feel like most Jets fans are. This is the, the, viewed as the Achilles heel right now around the team. Yes, I gotcha, I gotcha, and you know, I, I, uh, one, uhm, I, I think


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[Assistant] This Jets healthy offensive line is, I think that's some potential to be pretty damn good. Now it's just the if and will they stay healthy.


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[Assistant] You know, I think they did the right things by acquiring some depth, too. You know, and they're gonna, they're gonna have some versatility there, but like, okay, when we talk about, you know, the, the tackles right now as we sit, right?


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[Assistant] He's practicing on a pitch count, but practicing. I know, yeaah. So I'm hopeful. And you know, I said in the spring, and he's been working out at a place where the Sims have worked out for a long time, and my dad and brother have just sweared about how great he looks and how he's ready to go.


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[Assistant] I mean, Dwayne Brown certainly is still no slouch. He's not what he was one day, you know, a few years ago. Max Mitchell's damn good. Okay, so you got him.


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[Assistant] Alright, on the old line, we got Elijah Vera Tucker back. Okay? We got McGovern at center.


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[Assistant] You know, you got Billy Turner who can play guard or tackle when need be. So I look at the Jets thing and go, yeah, I understand people not being like warm and cozy and feeling totally comfortable, but I don't look at it and go, oh man, ooh, this is going to be trouble. You know, hopefully they can stay healthy. If they're healthy, I think it's, it's, you know, it's plenty good.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, I wonder too. You know, I still wonder and go, would it be Dwayne Brown left tackle? Would they put McKay at right tackle? Would they move Max Mitchell into guard by any chance with Elijah Vera, Tucker, you know, I would think they're going to play around with this.


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[Assistant] Uh, to their best ability to get the best five on the field. But again, Jets fans who are always looking for the roof to fall on top of their head.


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[Assistant] I think, you know, one, I liked him coming out of college. I just wasn't as blown away by him as everybody else. And that was a pretty damn good receiving class that he came out in there. But yeaah, I can sit here legitimately and tell you I was wrong. I was. You know, I think


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[Assistant] Uh, the route running is probably better than I gave it credit for, right? And just the pure explosive ability I think is probably better than I gave it credit for, right? I think those are the two things that I look at, but the route running is...


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[Assistant] Looks like it's on route and the way he could stick his foot in the ground and come out of breaks last year and do that to where you go, damn, this kid could be one of the best route runners in football, right? I think that's probably where I didn't give it enough credit that way. And that's probably a weak spot on my


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[Assistant] Evaluations of the receivers at times anyways, as I don't maybe put enough into that all the time, or give that enough credit, uh, because I'm always looking kind of more for that physical freak we talked about on, on Monday.


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[Assistant] That's where I was a little like, okay, he ran a good 40, but I don't know if it's real, right? Everybody flew that year. Everybody did. Exactly. So I just, I wasn't, you know, I wasn't sure and obviously I was wrong and I'm looking forward to him and Rodgers tearing it up.


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[Assistant] I mean, I think, I think there is, you know, let me just pull up their roster here and kind of just check it out as we go here. Uhm, trying to think about, yeaah, I mean, I look at,


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[Assistant] They're O-line, you know, they got the uh, rookie who they drafted last year at Tackle.


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[Assistant] He's phenomenal, football player. So, I mean, I don't know, I don't sit here, and again, I'm kind of looking at this as we go.


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[Assistant] You know, maybe I'm a little biased too to where, you know, New England's usually on top of that department, and they have an eye on knowing what works. But man, I'm just going, wait, David Andrews, uh, Colestrange, Trent Brown,


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[Assistant] Those four right there is solid. And then they signed Riley Reef, right? Right. So I look at that and think they will be plenty good in the offensive


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[Assistant] Yeah, I know. I really think it's ultimately going to come down to James Cook. We kind of hit this on pro football talk a little bit.


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[Assistant] Uh, on Monday when we were, we were getting the news of Nihim Hines being out. You know, Nihim Hines is, hey,


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[Assistant] They want him, or want him to play one because he's dangerous in space, but two, he's a, he's a trusted


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[Assistant] You know, a lot of times, and me being in NFL locker rooms for eight years, and damn, even in college, like, you don't trust the young guy on third downs all the time, right? It's just, you don't. And sometimes,


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[Assistant] Certain guys have a better skill for, ooh, he can read a coverage or, ooh, he sees this blitz coming and he knows all our protection rules and he's all over it, right? Like, Samaje Perrine was not better than Joe Mixon, but he obviously had a knack on third down to always pick up the blitz, know where to go, be in the right spot for running a route, right? And I think that's where they wanted Naheem Hines to


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[Assistant] To do that for them. So they didn't have to worry about James Cook coming out of the backfield running an option route and making sure he makes the right decision according to the option of what the defense gives him.


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[Assistant] You know, that's where, you know, the Nahim Hines of the world make offensive coordinators feel cozy because they go, wait, I can find a way here to get a six yard gain every time and he'll do the right thing and my quarterback, and it's just, it's a great thing to have.


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[Assistant] I think now, yes, that's going to fall on James Cook and they might have to put him in, you know, put the pressure on him to grow in that area.


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[Assistant] Yeah, the Dorian Williams kid is ready, right? I mean, I definitely, I liked him. He's the uh, Tulane kid, right? If I remember at the top of my head. That would probably be my money. You know, I think that's the guy as long as he can kind of handle the mental aspect of that. You know, yeah.


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[Assistant] That's a big hole left by Jermaine Edmonds. It definitely is. It is. It is. You know, I don't have a great feel for Bernard. You know, they did get an AJ Klein who's been around forever and I think just as like can be Mr. Dependable.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but I think if you made me bet, I'd go with Dorian Williams. Yeah, he would bring a different, you know, running cover element. He's almost like a Milano. I mean, that's who he is. You'd have two Milanos in there in the middle. Like, not huge thumpers, but really good tacklers who can run sideline to sideline, gonna be good in coverage that way. Uh, I could see that, you know, making sense for them.


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[Assistant] You know, first off, Joe Mixon, he's still really, really damn good, Brian. There's no doubt about that. But you loved Chase Brown. I loved Chase Brown. I loved the Brown brothers in general. Uh, I, I, so, yes, I think Chase Brown...


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[Assistant] Is ready to go as far as NFL terms are concerned, uh, concerned and, and he's a no-nonsense runner.


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[Assistant] I mean, it's, he brings it. He's gonna see a hole and he's gonna run through it at 100 miles per hour. So, yeaah, I think Chase Brown is the, the, clearly the guy, uh, to look at there. You know?


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[Assistant] I know Chris Evans will be dependable and he'll get some, you know, Carrie and everything like that, but I really think this will be a Joe Mixon and Chase Brown show when it's all said and done.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, he's, he's a stealer linebacker. He does everything well. I mean, he's physical, he's always played the run well and did everything. The thing we needed to see was, can he get after the quarterback and be consistent in that department?


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[Assistant] They got a young guy who I think is continuing to go upward. You get it now, you get it done, you gotta get it for the low so he doesn't hit the free agent market, do anything like that. 17 per year. 17 per year. Yeaah. I have no problem with that. At all. Uhm, the Steelers defense.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I got questions about the Steelers defense. I do. You know, after we get away from TJ Watt, Highsmith, and Minka Fitzpatrick, right? You know, Cam Hayward is still real good, but he's not what he was.


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[Assistant] To where, yeaah, I worry about their front seven and them being, you know, I don't think they're going to be a dominant group. I think this will be a very, like a good defense.


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[Assistant] Top half of the league, but I'm not ready to sit here and think that, or I gotta see it to believe it, I guess is what I'm saying with the Steelers, for me to think they're gonna be a top ten defense or top five or anything like that.


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[Assistant] I'm certainly putting the Bangos and Ravens ahead of them. The Browns, maybe you want to debate it a little bit, but I don't think so. I think as a whole, I'd probably take the Browns roster too, right? So, I mean, would anything jump out to you about their front or anything that I'm missing that way?


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[Assistant] I would think so. I mean, this is why I think they signed Alex Smith and they're trying, they're trying to get younger. They gotta get younger on their defense. You know, that's the big thing. You know, look at their secondary. There's some good. I get that. There is, but I'm not blown away by it other than Minka Fitzpatrick. I'm not.