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[Assistant] And then, of course, cause some turnovers on the defensive side of the ball and everything like that. But yea, Birkhead, uh, he's phenomenal for them because he is a mismatch and it allows them to put two running backs on the field and then you don't know what to expect. Is he going to be in the passing game or is he going to be a true traditional running back?


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[Assistant] Well, I think a little bit of that. I mean, I think it's a little bit of lack of weapons. I think a little bit playing to what they just needed to do to win the football game. And...


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[Assistant] The Raiders are a little bit better now, as much as I don't like their front seven, their secondary actually poses some problems. You know, the rookie they got from Ohio State, not bad. The kid they took last year in the second round, Trayvon Mullin from Clemson, I mean, he was locking people up, you know, you got Josh Abrams back at safety. So they have a little talent back there to where


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[Assistant] And of course, the Patriots defenders did that to the Raiders offense as well.


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[Assistant] It's like he like made it to where it didn't muffle his voice. So it was like, yeah, it's covering my mouth, but it's not like pressed up against his mouth.


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[Assistant] That's exactly right. You know, and then, you know, yeaah, they got, they got the short field twice, right? Off a block punt. You got that one. So do that. Then they get, you know, a short field because their defense stops the Denver Bronco offense and they got the ball at midfield. So they were up 10-0 before.


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[Assistant] Denver could really get situated in the football game. You know, Brady did look good, but they are, I think the point is and why we're talking about Shaq Barrett.


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[Assistant] This could be a scary team when they play that way. When they get up and that's front four.


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[Assistant] You're not going to be able to block them if you're in a game that all of a sudden you got to pass the ball on, you know, every play on obvious situations and things like that. So that was big for them. Brady did look good. Again, I'll say like the first touchdown passes out of Chris Godwin, old Patriots play, right? You know, I feel like I'm seeing


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[Assistant] So, that's a good start. And, uh, we'll see where they go from here. Who, who the pay, uh, I mean, who did the, uh, bucks got next week, remember? Great question. Here, I'll look real quick just so we could, we could talk about it. But, I don't look at the offense still and go, oh man, they're awesome, they got it all figured out.


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[Assistant] But they certainly have found something that's fit us, and they'll have a better test this week because they're going to play the chargers, they're going to be pissed off. Okay, alright.


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[Assistant] I don't know what team it was. Well first off, is it like, I don't like double dark colors. What do you mean?


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[Assistant] They were wearing orange and they were wearing pewter. Like somebody's gotta wear white. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Well, let's start with the Bills D vs Ramso. Okay. Uhm, because I think that was misleading. I think that would be the first thing that I would just tell you right away. What was misleading about? Well...


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[Assistant] The 28-3 lead and you're thinking, if you're not really paying attention to the game, you're going, oh, they must be kicking the shit out of Sean McBay and Jared Goff in the offense. And that wasn't the case. They never stopped the Rams the whole day. Not one point. The Rams went down the field the whole first half.


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[Assistant] Missed a field goal, drove down, we're on field goal territory, drew, uh, golf through interception. Alright, Bill's going another scoring drive, Rams get the ball back, they go down, they kick a field goal. They were never stopped in the first half. That was never the case. Now,


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[Assistant] The, they, uh, they start, they start the third quarter, you know, the bills go up 28 to 3, do that, but,


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[Assistant] Really, I guess the big thing I would say here more than anything is they found their running back. Darrell Henderson looked phenomenal. Alright? Really good. And I'm just again more amazed by Sean McVeigh and what he does. He just continues to amaze me.


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[Assistant] And what I found more interesting about this game, first off, I mean, we've talked about the O-line's been a pleasant surprise. Whoa, Darrell Henderson, he hits the hole hard.


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[Assistant] Golf is doing the right things and making plays for the most part. We know they got some weapons there.


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[Assistant] But they really exposed, he exposed Sean McDermott a little bit in his scheme. He really did. And more times than not, what I found out is, McVeigh ran plays to where the run play design, because Buffalo plays so much nickel,


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[Assistant] They ended up going, oh, Nickel Guy, you're in the box?


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[Assistant] Well, here comes the running back, and you're gonna be the one that's gonna have to, because we're gonna block everybody else, and we'll see if you can make the tackle. They left it more times than not, through creative run game,


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[Assistant] Blocking and scheme and motions and what McVeigh does to where the leading tacklers on the Bills yesterday were Jordan Poirier and Tyron Johnson. First off, if you want to read stats and go, just take something, it's never good when your secondary guys are leading the team and tackling. Alright, that tells you that they're getting into the secondary way too much.


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[Assistant] And Tyron Johnson, did him have 11 tackles as the Nickelback?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think it's, I think it's his start, I think he runs this way and that's why they draft him. Because McFay has that same thought of like a Kyle Shanahan. He wants no nonsense guys. They want guys where like, I know what I'm doing in the run game.


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[Assistant] I'm going to create the hole here. I don't want any pity pitter patter or like indecisiveness. I want guys going through the hole like their hair's on fire.


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[Assistant] That's what he wants. And I think that's part of like, who they recruit at the running back. It's part of the thing they sell to the running back. I need you to hit this hole at 100 miles per hour. And, uh, and he, and he did that.


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[Assistant] If you're a corner, right, and we're going this way, and here you are, you're the corner out there, and all of a sudden, let's just say you're playing cover two, right, and you got the flat over there.


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[Assistant] Alright, cover two, sometimes they let the DN come in and now you have to set the edge in the run game, right? So you're gonna be the guy that like, I'm not gonna let you outside of me, I'm gonna make you cut it inside cause I got all these guys there to make the tackle, right? Right.


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[Assistant] What, like, McVeigh and Shanahan are so special at is, they'll send motion that way. So here they are, blue 85, blue 85, and here comes that speed sweep motion, right? And now he says, set hut.


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[Assistant] And the motion's going by and he's running right at this corner. He's running at you and you're backpedaling cause you're like, wait, is he going on a pass or what am I doing? And then all of a sudden he blocks you and you're like, oh shit, wait, I gotta set the edge.


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[Assistant] And it's too late because now he's squared you up and he's pushed you inside and all of a sudden Henderson's outside or he pushed you outside because you're worried about the pass and you've made a gap gigantic now. You set the edge at the sideline. You set the edge exactly right. Thank you. So you're getting my point there. And that's where that he really exposed.


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[Assistant] McDermott with some of that stuff to wear. I'm sure that pissed McDermott off. Uhm, but that to me was really one of the big things of the football game.


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[Assistant] And even in pass protection, you know, and I'm a little underwhelmed by the Bills front four from what I've seen in the first three games. That's a little concerning to me. The Bills defense has not nearly been as dominant as


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[Assistant] It definitely has. And sometimes that does happen because now when your offense becomes elite...


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[Assistant] Teams that play you go, wait, their offense is elite, so we didn't have to push the envelope this week against this Bills defense and maybe do things that like we normally wouldn't do, but we have to to keep pace with Josh Allen and company. And that sometimes hurts that way, but no, they're just not showing any moments of dominance. Like it, like I said, even though they were up 28 to three,


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[Assistant] I, I, I wrote like, man, Rams third drive, good two, you know, held to a field goal. I said, not like Bill's D is dominating here. They're moving the ball up and down the field. Uhm, but I think just.


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[Assistant] I mean, he's got the ball in his hands. I mean, he's literally tucking it away. And now he's falling to the ground. The guy jumps on and grabs it and they give him the interception. And it's amazing. Game change right there. It's 28 to 10. They go right down and score.


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[Assistant] Then, three and out by the Bills, they go right down and score again, and it's 28-25, and then...


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[Assistant] Josh Allen gets strip-sack fumble by Aaron Donald and all of a sudden you're like, holy shit, they're losing 32-28. I mean, it was like that.


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[Assistant] I mean, we probably should watch that playback. Because that's an interesting play. On TV, I thought, for sure, it was not pass interference. I thought, ooh, when I watch it.


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[Assistant] Wasn't a whole lot of contact. When I watched on film though, you know, DBs are getting very good of like, pass interference, pass interference, pass interference, I see the ball being thrown, oh my hands are in the air, I didn't touch him. They're all getting very good at that. Yeaah. I mean even Jenkins did that in the Saints game, it's exactly what he did. I'm gonna hold you, hold you, hold you, hold you, oh wait the ball's getting close, look I didn't, I didn't do anything.


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[Assistant] It was a tough call. It really was. I'm not trying to say that. But it was more borderline than I thought, I guess, was what I'm saying on TV. Alright, I don't think I have anything more there. I think that we hit it off.


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[Assistant] There's no doubt about that. And yes, he's playing at a top five level right now. No doubt. No, no, no doubt about it. I mean, yeah, if you made me rank the top five quarterbacks in the game right now, you know, Mahomes, Lamar, Rogers,


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[Assistant] Josh Allen. Russell Wilson. And Russell Wilson. Sorry. That's it. That's it. That's probably where the five I'd go right now. I'd probably knock out Deshaun Watson right now for the way he's playing. He wouldn't be in my top five. But yeah, it's pretty damn special. Alright, so you want me to start on this?


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[Assistant] I feel like he looks faster this year to me in general, but he was. He's, he's uh, he's perfect.


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[Assistant] Uh, he's been playing really well. And it is a great piece for a team that likes to be aggressive. I mean, that's the big thing with the Bills right now. Their offense, it's aggressive. It's at you every play. There's nothing to worry about. Even, and then when you stop them and you go, huh, we called the right defense, we got them. The other part of the story is,


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[Assistant] Now do you have Josh Allen in the back end? Because I saw a lot of plays where you got them coverage downfield, but now he's buying time and you can't cover forever and all of a sudden people are open again. So that's where they're amazing right now.


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[Assistant] I think the big thing I would, I would take away from this more than anything, and I do have respect for this, uh, this, this, this Rams defense.


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[Assistant] Rams defense, let's remember this, very young in the secondary.


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[Assistant] So I think that'll continue to grow. They're playing very simple and sound football right now, which is not necessarily the best way to beat a team that's got great weapons and a system to go along with it.


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[Assistant] And early on, with the mistakes the Rams made and just Josh Allen, there was nothing they could do to stop them. I don't, you know, I don't even know where to begin there. Whether it was scrambles, the system, uh, all of it was special on the offensive side.


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[Assistant] Definitely, and I think that's the next place I'd want to go. Jaylen Ramsey, they played some man, but I do come away from the game going,


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[Assistant] You gotta put more pressure on Jalen Ramsey. You gotta put more, you gotta match up with some of these people a little bit more.


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[Assistant] It's just too much to be paying a corner to be dropping into zones.


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[Assistant] Oh, we're going to put a safety over the top of you. I mean, listen, he will have moments of locking people down and he does. Well, maybe they're worried he can't. All I'm saying, he should just do it more. They should do it more. Well, maybe they saw Stefan Diggs and were like, I don't know if he can. Listen, you saw that play. That was a tough play. You're not going to always cover Stefan Diggs is one of the best receivers in the game. And it wasn't like he was burned. He was right there.


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[Assistant] And Diggs got, you know, Allen had a little time. Diggs ran up to the back left pylon.


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[Assistant] Big pass plays, he extends plays, they're running options, like, I mean, it's third and one, he's running option down this, for a touchdown one time, and the earlier in the drive is a third and one, the quarterback draws, you know, the offense is built around his skill set.


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[Assistant] And that's where it's amazing, let alone the scheme itself calls plays.


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[Assistant] That put the pressure on the defense too. So there you got an aggressive.


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[Assistant] Pass, drop back pass game. Then you saw Devin Singletary in the screen game. Then they have the boots. Then they have traditional runs. And, oh yea, also you gotta contain Josh Allen from scrambling and extending plays. That's really tough to stop right now with this team, the way they pass protect and everything like it.


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[Assistant] And I'm trying to even think, like, what was the second touchdown? Yeah, because we had digs.


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[Assistant] I know, that's where I'm trying to, so was it the first touchdown? I don't know if that's necessarily him there. That's where I'd have to go back and look at that play.


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[Assistant] But the point is still, he's a really good freaking football player. I like what the Rams do on the defensive side of the ball.


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[Assistant] They are young, I think it'll probably continue to grow that way as far as just schematics and being a little more tricky.


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[Assistant] But yea, that was an unbelievable play. And there's to the last drive.


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[Assistant] You know, again, Ram's got the momentum, everything like that. You got third and 22. Third and 22. You got the play covered up.


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[Assistant] A lot of touch passes that are very impressive. And I think even on that drive, you had another little fade to Stefan Diggs that was very impressive. So yeah, he is at the top of his game. Their offense is dangerous. I'm a little concerned about their defense, but nonetheless, they're three. Two teams that you would not be surprised if they're playing in a Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] Crazy. The Bills I think are clearly the number three team in the AFC for me right now.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna put Baltimore and the Chiefs as one and two. And I'm saying the Bills are three, with just a little nudge above the Pittsburgh Steelers, I think, the way that looks. You know, and then you go into the NFC, I just think where I look at- The NFC West, by the way-


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, eh, you know, okay, so the NFC right now, what would you do? You can get a green bay in Seattle, deserve to have been in the top two seeds right now, right? I mean, that would be the top two teams for you.


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[Assistant] I think they're in that conversation. You know, I, I feel better about them than I do the Bucks at two and one and the Bears at three and oh and Arizona at two and one right now. You're right. I think I still, yeah, the Rams when they're healthy and everything like they're healthy right now. Yes.


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[Assistant] He's definitely top three. I mean, I know that. Like, whenever I do my top five running backs, Nick Chubb will be in the top, top three. Excuse me. I mean...


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[Assistant] Again, there's really nothing in his game that he doesn't have, and it's easy to get


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[Assistant] You know, infatuated with all, oh, Baker Mayfield, Odell Beckham Jr., Jarvis Landry, and our tight ends, and we're gonna throw the ball and do all that. No. The best thing on the offense is Nick Chubb.


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[Assistant] And then the offensive line. And I just hope Kevin Stefanski can stay with that. But as again, once you see, you know, they're a better football team for the second week in a row when they play through Nick Chubb and the run game. You know, again, their defense is a work in progress. So that gives them a little leeway.


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[Assistant] The passing game offense and everything. I'm still just think they're trying to get their feet underneath them with that.


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[Assistant] What was it? Was it the first touchdown run where he ran to the right side and stopped and cut back and then broke an arm tackle and then outran somebody and broke another tackle into the end zone? I mean, he truly is like,


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[Assistant] To me, if I was gonna start a team with my aw- I mean, Nick Chubb would be the guy I'd want to be in my running back. That to me is the guy I want. I love his style.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, no, I think though, like, what our buddy there is asking is true. Yeaah, do I think I under, like, do I love Kevin Stefanski's offense? No. Uhm, it has to have all the staples you need to be successful, yes.


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[Assistant] I wish there were a little bit more pass game creativity and things like that, but yeah, we're definitely seeing that Minnesota is lacking in some of Kevin Stefanski's ideas and things like that. So that's where I'm excited about it. I am.


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[Assistant] You know, the thing I was always a little excited about just going back to the spring, even though I questioned Stavansky, is he worthy of being hired as a head coach because of the offensive genius, you know, prowess and all of those types of things. I, the one thing I did like, cause I just thought when the way he does play, it could fit this Brown's football team in the way they're built right now, just as far as scheme and personnel.


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[Assistant] And I think with both of these wins, we've seen that they kind of stay within his realm. Run the football, few different run game designs, the bootlegs.


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[Assistant] You know, and do that, Baker Mayfield will make a few plays in the pass game, and they're gonna be a more effective team, and that's what they were yesterday. It was cool to watch, let alone Washington is offensively challenged, as you know. That's a big issue for the Washington football team.


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[Assistant] going to Arizona. I thought they were, they were five and a half point underdogs and I really thought they would win the football game. You know, again, the NFL, the Lions are not as good a football team as the Arizona Cardinals. They're not.


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[Assistant] But it's a game of matchups and sometimes you can be the lesser team on a grand scale.


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[Assistant] But match up with a team in one specific match up and be the better team in that match up that gives them problems because of the way your scheme is and the way your team is built.


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[Assistant] And the big reason that I jumped on that one, desperation's always a part of that, right? Yea. I mean, shit, you're gonna get fired, I might not be the quarterback in the city and have to move my family, we better win some football games. That's real in the NFL locker room. Plus you have another team that's, you know,


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[Assistant] So, I did play that psychological element. So where was the element of the game though that you felt was the best matchup for the Lions? Thank you, yeaah.


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[Assistant] A lot of DBs, and Patricia's not gonna sit back and play zone defenses and let Kyler Murray throw quick passes and get out of his hands and manipulate my zones by extending plays, right? So I knew Patricia was gonna be playing some man.


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[Assistant] Some creative man coverages too. To make Murray throw into some tight windows. And...


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[Assistant] I got lucky there because he threw three picks, right? And then the other thing is, you know, I know there's always this talk about, oh, you know, Belichick's had issues with mobile quarterbacks. He hasn't had many issues the last few years with any mobile quarterbacks.


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[Assistant] You know, Mahomes' first two starts against New England, he couldn't scramble or do anything like that.


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[Assistant] They're pretty well schooled up on that because they were burned on it earlier in the Belichick era to where people stay with that theme. But Patricia and Belichick together did a pretty damn good job any time they played mobile, mobile quarterbacks. And I just thought because of that, the way he coaches them, guys like Jamie Collins and Jared Davis who can run,


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[Assistant] And then he's not going to let his pass rushers just fly up field. I thought they might contain, uh, you know, Kyle and Murray more than others.


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[Assistant] That was big. I mean yea. They got a nice little cast of weapons if they could stay healthy. They gave the ball to Adrian Peterson 22 times in the game. Hey, you wanna slow down that offense and Kyler Murray keep his butt on the sideline. That's what they did. They won the time of possession battle too. So that was your victory lap.


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[Assistant] 100%. Wrong. I told Tony Dungey last night, uh, what the games are going on. I go, I throw in the white towel. You're right. The Andre Hopkins is better than the committee approach. They should have never traded him.


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[Assistant] I think first off, we're still seeing the same, I mean, the Houston Texans, we know the defense isn't very good. We've known that all along. I still think there's too much pressure on Deshaun Watson to make plays all the time. I mean, it's just always on him. And in the first half, I know they scored, you know, 21 points, but it wasn't anything where I was like,


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[Assistant] It was 21 points because Watson was buying time, and then he was manipulating the Steelers zone, and then he would make the great throw. It wasn't like I was like, ugh, Billy O'Brien and the offense, they got the Steelers defense. They've, they've cracked the code. They're screwed today. No.


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[Assistant] The offense just isn't vast enough. You know, it's not deep enough with plays and things like that to take advantage of the committee like a New England could or like the Saints could in their prime or other great offenses that way. You know, it is a little bit seems like it's


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[Assistant] They need a guy to kinda get everybody else going.


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[Assistant] It's not one of those where it's just like, hey, the system's so good just to throw to the open guy. No, it's kind of playing out right now that Billy O'Brien was better when he had the one guy and he came up with a bunch of different ways to get him the ball and that helped maybe disperse the ball around to other guys.


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[Assistant] That's an issue. We're seeing the pass protection issues again once in Texas.


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[Assistant] Bad intercept. That changed the game, right? Throwing across his body. Yup. Gets boxed down into there. The right sideline throws it across his body and, uh, yeaah, the, the, the Steelers really kind of never relinquished the momentum of the football game from there.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well there's not much to see. It was a steamroll, a steamroll session. I mean it really was.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I am higher, more high on Adam Gage than most. That's a fair, a fair assessment.


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[Assistant] And, because the, I mean, the roster, you look at their roster. Well, thank you. That's where, I mean, you know, there's a lot into this. Okay. Do I wish Adam Gase and that offense looked a little bit better? Do I wish they'd just throw the kitchen sink out there and just go, hey, the hell with, I honestly think right now with Adam Gase and the Jets, like that's what he has to do or he's going to get fired. That would be my advice to him. Throw the kitchen sink out. You got to do everything on offense. Who cares?


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[Assistant] If you lost by 20 and your offense had 500 yards, people would be able to like swallow it a little bit better. You know, I always use the old example of Shanahan his first two years in San Francisco.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they were losing, but how many games were close? You were living out there at the time. Yeah. How many games are closer? How many games did you walk away and go, damn, our offense is fun to watch though. That was a fun game. You know, that bought Kyle some time because hey, I'm an offensive coach and look, our offense is fun. And you know, we got the six year contract didn't hurt. That didn't hurt either. That definitely allowed that. He has some cushion there.


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[Assistant] I think that's what's frustrating Jets fans is there's no silver lining or anything to look at. And that's tough. And it's tough on Adam Gase for two reasons. One, like you said, the roster sucks. The roster sucks. Alright? It's the worst roster in football. They were handed shit. He took over shit. They're trying to figure it out.


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[Assistant] But as I said on the show this morning, I mean, last week they figured, they, they featured Chris Hogan in the pass game. That was their number one guy. Chris Hogan! From my hometown, love him to death.


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[Assistant] Baller Supreme, wish I had a career like his. This point of his career, he should be the focal point number one receiver for no one.


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[Assistant] When you know, again, you don't have great talent there, and then you know your defense is solid but nothing special either, you start to manage the game as an offensive play card because you're going


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[Assistant] The Titans are one of the harder teams to figure out right now. I mean, I know they're 3-0 and that's a good thing because you can go, hey, we're 3-0 and we really haven't played real good football yet.


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[Assistant] We had some certainly mistakes yesterday. I mean, the first one I go to is just the pick six with Jadevi and Connie doing the block back, right? That was a chance where they had the game right there where you're going, oh, Tennessee's about to take control, watch out here. And that happens, and I believe Minnesota went down and ended up scoring points under that drive.


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[Assistant] The thing that I think bothers me, I mean, two weeks in a row too, just a lot of big plays given up by the Titans defense. I think that's what scares me more than anything.


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[Assistant] A little what we saw yesterday, again, you know I like Tannahill and Derrick Henry definitely one of the three best running backs in the game, but if you can get them to third down, that's one part of their team I'm not sold on on the offensive side of the ball. I'm not, I'm not sold on the...


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[Assistant] The, you know, just the overall third down drop back pass playbook. They're really good when it's first and second down and we can run and we can play action, we can boost and we can throw screens. They're very good that way. That's when you really throw. Yeah, but when they get stuck in that third and six or more range,


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[Assistant] That's not their bread and butter, and they gotta continue to work on that, but I'm more concerned about their defense and the big plays they've been leaving up.


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[Assistant] That's what I mean. That's why he was my number two receiver. He can do it all. I mean, like you said, he can be like the nuanced route runner that works in the middle of the field.


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[Assistant] You know, that's what you saw at LSU. You also go, well you play him man to man, he will run by you for a 70 yard touchdown too. Very unique to have that type of skill set. It's good to see them finally get him involved.


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[Assistant] If they can run the ball, they can throw the ball. If they can't run the ball, they can't throw the ball. Yesterday they can run the ball.


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[Assistant] You know, just a little crack of daylight for that guy with two rockets up his ass.


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[Assistant] But this is, this is why, I know we gotta do this at some point and we've been talking about this, but this is why it's scary. Cause like...


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[Assistant] To choose there, but, you know, Josh Jacobs is in that conversation. Aaron Jones is in that conversation. I mean, we didn't, Zeke Elliott, I mean, he deserves to be in that conversation. Okay, maybe it ends right around there.


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[Assistant] And if you can't, you play to win the game.


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[Assistant] Torturous game to be watching out of the corner of my eye. Certainly. Alright, I mean the first thing that I'm going to say, I'm going to go on to Carson Wentz. I know he's the lightning rod topic. I know that Carson Wentz, yes, makes mistakes. As we just talked about a little bit with the Jets and other teams, there's more issues on that football team than Carson Wentz.


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[Assistant] If I'm going to blame Carson Wentz, the one area I'm going to hit him on is he's got to learn to manage a football game and realize the totality of the game and what is going on and realize like, Hey, you know, yeah, things aren't easy for us today, but this team.


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[Assistant] They're not great on offense either. I'm gonna be really conservative until I get a real good feel for the game or whatever that may be. And that just never goes on with him. It's always...


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[Assistant] It's like what I used to talk about with Deshaun Watson. It's always the last play of the game. It's every plays.


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[Assistant] Last play of the game, Fnatic, is he gonna break a tackle? Is he gonna fit that throw in there? Is he gonna be able to make this throw on the run awkwardly like that? It's just too much. And of course they do nothing to help him, and of course the talent around him is very average. And then you have another guy, this is where it's crazy, Joe Burrow, who understands totally how to manage a game.


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[Assistant] And knows exactly the type of game he is in and when to push the envelope and when not to. And of course he's got issues too because they can't pass protect for damn. They're not that good at running. He's getting hit way too much. But nonetheless, as you see yesterday,


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[Assistant] He's tough. He knows where to go with the football. He's clutch.


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[Assistant] And, uh, it's just amazing that there's a Thai football game there.


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[Assistant] Not a big time awesome scheme. And he's trying to do too much. And it's really not helping them out. It's hurting them. Now, he's tough as hell, as you can see.


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[Assistant] I mean, in the run, the touchdown run and playing, I mean, there's a lot of things to love about Carson Wentz, but he needs to figure out how to rein it in a little bit and get a better feel for the game. And then the Eagles offense, listen, all you need to know is they ran 86 plays for 381 yards.


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[Assistant] I mean, that's just, that's embarrassing. 86 plays for 381 yards? Holy crap. I mean, talk about like 2 yards in a cloud of dust or whatever. I know that's 4 yards in a cloud of dust, but in 2020, 4 yards is the new 2 yards, right? I mean, that's just not acceptable.


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[Assistant] Well, I was going to say, who needs Christian McCaffrey? That was going to be my headline. But I say that jokingly, of course, because I know how awesome Christian McCaffrey is. But I say it more in the fact, too, that one, the Panthers offense, pretty impressive early on in this game, the Chargers who shut down the Chiefs last week.


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[Assistant] And then here was Teddy Bridgewater in this offense kind of picking them apart, right? And what did we talk about? The short passing game, right? That's what you have to have last week when we talked about, well, the Chiefs can't do anything. They need to grow their short passing game. Well,


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[Assistant] Carolina, Joe Brady, the offensive coordinator, Teddy Bridgewater, that New Orleans background there, well we know they know how to throw this short and expose those types of zones and things like that.


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[Assistant] The big thing is, I think when I say like, who needs McCaffrey, not, I say that jokingly, just because,


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[Assistant] There's more talent on this offense than I think anybody realizes.


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[Assistant] Hey, Davis is a great little compliment back who not only caught the ball, ran the ball good, you know, Curtis Samuel, who we've talked about a little bit. So it was a little bit more offense by committee, but still totally capable of getting it done. Bridgewater played pretty clean and.


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[Assistant] I, I wouldn't be surprised. That was almost perfectly executed. And I think, who was that? Keenan Allen, who made the toss to, uh. Was that, yeaah. Oh, I think he just got it out of his hand a little cleaner. I mean, he's gonna walk in.


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[Assistant] Well, Trevor has gotten to the point as a college football player and from what we've seen and just, and then the media public frenzy around, I mean we're talking about tanking for Trevor here and we created the NFL season, that just explains it all.


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[Assistant] I hear what you're saying. I mean, I think that's a little crazy, but it's like, not totally crazy. First off, I think there's people here in the New York area that are questioning Sam Darnall. I would say to that, don't do that. It's not-


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[Assistant] Daniel Jones or Donald's fault, but I also will say to you, like what you're saying, you get a new head coach in here. Cause like Joe Douglas ain't going anywhere, right? He's got a six year contract, so he's there as the GM.


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[Assistant] But let's say Adam Gase gets fired, new guy comes in, him and Joe Juggler start to evaluate and they just go, man, like, we got the same, like you're saying, same feeling Trevor Lawrence that I had with a Kyler Murray or, you know, Patrick, like, this guy doesn't come around this often.


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[Assistant] Maybe you're a trade for him. Like, I know, I don't think it's totally crazy what you're saying. I don't think, I think it's totally realistic, but uhm, I hear what you're saying. And Lawrence is that talented. And like I said to you last week or the week before, he's clearly the number one quarterback. Not even close.


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[Assistant] The old NFC Least. Oh, I would love that. The Giants won the NFC, the NFC East, and are at 6 and 10. At 6 and 10 are in the Trevor, tanking for Trevor Om, Om Fareed power ranking.


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[Assistant] Yeah, poor Giants though, in all seriousness, like, he has a little of the same story. I mean, what can you expect from Daniel Jones? I mean, there's just not a lot of help, they can't run the ball, he's the team's leading rusher.


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[Assistant] It's not like you're sitting there watching the game either and going, oh there's people wide open and he's missing throws. I mean like you said.


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[Assistant] He had the tightest windows to throw in all week. Correct. He was throwing into the tightest windows. Right. And they don't even, they're not like a short passing game team like Joe Burrow and the Bengals are. Not a whole lot of separation. They're asking them to make 10 and 15 yard throws into those tight windows which can lead to a bad interception like we saw with, uh, Fred Warner. Alright, that's it. We did it! Who you like tonight? Who you doing? Chiefs Ravens.


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[Assistant] Alright, special edition of PFT Live, PFTPM, Chris Simms unbuttoned, Black Friday edition, as we go through the remaining games for week 12.


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[Assistant] Best bets, you get to drive the bus today. We don't even need to show the graphic.


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[Assistant] That the Raiders will let the one loss turn into two, as you like to say. The deflating loss to the Chiefs, they had them on the ropes, the Chiefs came back like the Chiefs tend to do with Patrick Mahomes. But I think that the Raheem Morris factor will be more than enough. We talked about this earlier in the week, the idea that


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[Assistant] John Gruden was fired by the Buccaneers at a time when Raheem Morris knew he was getting the job. Whatever term you want to use to describe it, Gruden will convince himself he got stabbed in the back, he's been waiting 10 years for this chance to go against Raheem Morris, and now he's got it, and he's gonna stick it to him.


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[Assistant] I don't know that it's gonna be a blowout. I'm comfortable saying Raiders 28, Falcons 20, although it may be uglier than that. It's enough for the Raiders to cover. I don't need to hit the score right on the head. I just need to pick the right team and the right margin for the purposes of the spread. And I'll be content to do that based on my performance recently. So give me the Raiders 28, Falcons 20.


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[Assistant] No, I think we're good to go. I still have a concern. I still have a concern. There's going to be a little bit of a hangover. But I'm willing, I'm willing to have faith in what we saw Sunday night and that the Raiders have, have ascended to a point where they should be a playoff team in the AFC. If that's the case, they should be able to go to Atlanta and win.


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[Assistant] I've got the bills just by 10. 3121 is what I'm going with. The last time we saw the bills, they were losing in heartbreaking fashion to the Cardinals, but they've had...


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[Assistant] Last week, they can check the box and they can relax a little bit, although that may make them dangerous, right? The pressure's off a little bit. We didn't lose to the Jets. Now we can go take on the Bills and see what happens. They're good enough to beat the Bills if everything falls their way and they don't blow a lead if they can get one, but I think Buffalo sees the opportunity that it has with the Dolphins losing to the Broncos last week.


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[Assistant] The bills have extra incentive to get the win, move toward a division title. They're first since 1995, if they can do it.


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[Assistant] I think this is it. This is the time of the year where the bills make their push to convince everyone that maybe they should be in the same conversation with the Steelers and the Chiefs at the top of the conference.


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[Assistant] Yeah, absolutely. Brandon Allen at quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals and somebody pointed out, well, he's not as bad as you would think. Well, he was the number three guy. He wasn't even on the roster. He was on the practice squad.


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[Assistant] Able for any other team to sign him to their active roster. And he was sitting there on the practice squad. Now he's on the active roster. Now he's gonna be the starter.


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[Assistant] I just don't have any faith in the Bengals right now, and I do think that Doom and Gloom sets in. There's no reason to even try to win games at this point. Be as bad as you can. Mail it in the rest of the way and hope that you can get a high enough pick that maybe even


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[Assistant] You get a pick that you can trade out of to somebody who wants a quarterback and get extra picks and try to make your offensive line better.


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[Assistant] Devote every draft pick next year to offensive linemen. That should be their number one priority. And if they do that, then maybe when they get Joe Burrow back, he'll stay healthy for a while. But yeah, the Bengals are done.


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[Assistant] The Giants had two weeks to get ready. The Giants are playing for something. Giants 20, Bengals 9.


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[Assistant] Would want to favor the home team in a situation like this. This is different.


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[Assistant] Yes, the cults will have 12, 13,000 people there, but it's not the same as a regular home field advantage, and the titans no.


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[Assistant] What they let squander a couple of Thursdays ago. They know what the stakes are of this game. They can't afford to be swept by the Indianapolis Colts. I talked to AJ Brown about it after the win over the Ravens.


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[Assistant] Looking forward to it. Happy to have the opportunity to get another crack at the cults. They know what happened last time. And getting that win over the Ravens in between makes them even more dangerous. I've got Titans 24


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[Assistant] I'm thinking about the under as a potential best bet, but I've stayed away from the over-unders this year. I just have never had a really strong feeling about any of those over-unders, which means they're doing a good job of setting the line. So I'm going to go Titans 24.


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[Assistant] Colts 20, final answer, but I won't be surprised if the Colts win.


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[Assistant] I'm not gonna try to catch you. You can take the category I don't care about. Best bets is the only one I care about because that's the one I'm leading in. That's the most important one because I'm leading in it.


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[Assistant] Is starting a quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars this week, not Gardner Minshew the second or the other guy.


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[Assistant] Luke Jayton, Jake Luton, Gardner Minshew the second, the second. He isn't starting either. It's Mike Glennon this week.


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[Assistant] I'll take the Browns 24 to 13. The Browns win the games they're supposed to win. It's not pretty, it's methodical, it's systematic, it gets done. I feel bad for the Jaguars.


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[Assistant] It feels like a hundred years ago. Right? The Jaguars beat the Colts to start the season. So the Browns, as long as they keep handling the games, they should win. They will get to 10 and 6, maybe even better than 10 and 6 if they can steal one from the Titans or the Ravens.


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[Assistant] And, uh, they should be bound for the playoffs. So this is not the time to stumble. They finally get a break from playing in bad weather. They're looking forward to going to Florida and actually having a dry sunny day for a change. I think they should be really good and I think they should win easily. 24-13, but it could get worse.


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[Assistant] Sunday, 90 minutes before kickoff, Matt Rule is a master already at keeping that information close to the vest. He is. I don't know that it matters. No. PJ Walker or Teddy Bridgewater. I think Teddy.


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[Assistant] You know, I think the Vikings are now more dangerous because they have lost because they really are backed against the wall. I've got them winning 28-23, barely covering the spread, but I could see the Panthers winning this game. I could see this being the death blow to the Vikings' playoff chances. If they, if they let what happened last week,


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[Assistant] affect them this week, just like they let the Seahawks game affect them the following week against the Falcons.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I-I-I really could see this one go either way, and so much of it depends upon how the Vikings react to what happened last week, and Kyle Rudolph explained that to me. They have a problem. When they get a big win,


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[Assistant] A big emotional win or an emotional loss. They have a problem shrugging it off. This will be the first big test since the last emotional loss that they have.


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[Assistant] I don't think they can. My concern is that Kyler Murray is injured, that they're lying about it, that they're embellishing it, that they're covering it up. Cliff Kingsbury said today they may have three quarterbacks on the active roster for Sunday. You know, Murray has that.


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[Assistant] He has that shoulder, he has that arm, he says he's fine, he's fine, he's fine, I don't know how fine he is. I'm concerned that there's a chance he's not gonna play. So what's gonna happen is I'm gonna pick them to win, he's not gonna play, and they're gonna lose.


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[Assistant] But I don't have the guts to guess that he won't play. I want to be optimistic here. I want to be glass half full. If they can't stop Deshaun Watson, they can't stop Kyler Murray. And the Cardinals are moving toward desperation time. They need these wins. If they want to get to the postseason, they should be able to beat the Patriots. The Patriots


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[Assistant] I don't want to say it's done, but it's pretty close to being done. You lose to the Texans, it's done.


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[Assistant] It's close to done. Yeah. And I think that, that, uh, yeah, maybe they'll be desperate, but I just don't think there's anything they can do about it. I don't think they can corral Kyler Murray if he's healthy. And you know what? Even if his shoulder's messed up.


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[Assistant] He can still run the ball. You know, he doesn't have to throw the ball 40 yards down the field. Throw it where you can, run it where you can. I'm gonna stick with my prediction. Okay. Cardinals win this game by the score of 24 to 17.


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[Assistant] You know, there aren't many chances left for the Jets to avoid 0-16. The Spirit is willing, but the Flesh is incapable for the Jets. I'll take the Dolphins to get things on the right track, 27-13. Even if it means defense creating points, special teams creating points, I think they'll be able to do it.


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[Assistant] And they won't hesitate to go back to Ryan Fitzpatrick if Tua isn't getting it done. This is good coaching by Brian Flores, given the limitations of a growing quarterback, a young quarterback who still is kind of learning on the fly, didn't have the benefit of a preseason. I took the Jets last week, I'm not


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[Assistant] Alright, uh, that's it for the one o'clock Eastern games on Sunday when we return the late afternoon games. PFT Live, PFTPM, Chris Sims on Button presented by Verizon. We'll be right back.


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[Assistant] Safety Blitz on Mondays, Chris Sims on Button, Tuesday through Friday, Chia Pet hair not included. Alright, let's get to the late afternoon games for the 12th Sunday of the 2020 season, Chris.


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[Assistant] I'm not concerned about Fangio slowing down Taysom Hill, but I know that Sean Payton will be ready to go next level. He'll know what he needs to do. He'll know what has to happen. He'll counter whatever Fangio does.


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[Assistant] Their win for the month over the Dolphins earlier this week, I hate to denigrate what they did. I thought it was funny and you know, we get into these discussions about the way that the team's social media accounts react, calling people out who had picked the


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[Assistant] Dolphins to beat the Broncos. Well, there's a reason for that. The Dolphins had won five in a row and the Broncos hadn't been good. It's not some crazy hot take.


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[Assistant] Score, score, score, get your reps in, empty the playbook, get Taysom Hill more experience either for next year or for later this year. So I think it's going to work well for the Saints. I'm very impressed with what they did against the Falcons. I see more of the same from the defense and I see more growth from the offense as Taysom Hill gets his second start, Chris. So 30 to 13 Saints.


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[Assistant] No, and the fact that the Niners won the last time makes it even less likely that it happens this time. The Rams are a much better team than the team that lost to the 49ers. And the Rams right now, firing on all cylinders, balanced, complete, one of the best teams in the NFC.


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[Assistant] Right now I would say Rams-Saints on a collision course for the NFC Championship game. A lot of football to be played between now and then, including this game. But I think this game, the Rams win 27-17. We see the short passing game that has been very effective. The run game is effective. The screens are effective. Robert Woods was the NFC's offensive player of the week.


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[Assistant] This is an opportunity to get a little revenge.


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[Assistant] Rams continue their push for a division title that I didn't think they would win this year. Maybe they will.


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[Assistant] Well, I know that your friend Kyle will be upset about that, but you have to follow your head, not your heart. That's right. Or your initials tattooed on your leg.


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[Assistant] No, no, no, no. Look, the Bucks don't have a primetime problem, they have a big game problem. They have lost all their big games this year except one when they beat the Packers. They were down 10-0, something snapped, and they got it done. I don't see it happening. Short week with all this weird


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[Assistant] To get him to perform at a higher level this week, but you know, you pointed out Monday night didn't seem very upset. Maybe it's starting to set in on him that they just aren't good enough.


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[Assistant] Now they've seen they have a ceiling with the Rams, although they still could have won that game. It didn't feel as close as a three point game. No. I just think that the Chiefs are gonna go down there and they are going to take care of business. They're gonna want to prove it.


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[Assistant] It could be a romp. I just don't like to pick it because then if it doesn't happen, you have to deal with even more.


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[Assistant] Uh, blowback from the social media account of the team that you picked to lose.


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[Assistant] You still got the cheese covering though, doesn't matter. Right. Three and a half, you got them covered. I got them covered, that's right. Yeah, and I don't mind, if I'm wrong, if the Bucks win, then so be it. But it would go against everything that the Bucks have shown. Yeah, you'd be pissed off.


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[Assistant] Let's take a break when we return the primetime games for Sunday and Monday of week 12. We'll do that next on PFT Live, PFTPM, and Chris Hensom Button presented by Verizon.


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[Assistant] Time for the Primetime Games for Week 12 presented by Verizon and Chris, uh, let's get to it. You continue to drive the bus because you swept me last week. You got the broom out. That's fine. Take us through the Sunday and Monday Primetime Games.


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[Assistant] Yeah, wow. See, I was thinking of this one for a best bet. I think the Packers, especially after losing this past week, this is the kind of game that


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[Assistant] I'd like to think that the Packers will handle them, but I still am bothered by the fact that Aaron Rodgers wasn't more bothered by what happened. So I don't know what's going on with the Packers, and they have notoriously started slowly at home this year. They don't have a crowd there. That is going to be a factor, although I think I saw they're going to have 500


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[Assistant] Friends and family members, I don't know if that's going to make much of a difference. I've got Packers 24, Bears 13. This is the Bears opportunity because if they would run the table, they'd win the division because they'd sweep the Packers along the way and make up the two game gap.


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[Assistant] But I don't have faith in them winning one game, much less six games.


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[Assistant] I got 13. I think this is a line that is, is, is too small. And I know that the Eagles have been close in some games, but


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[Assistant] I just feel like they're teetering toward the breaking point. They're either gonna turn it around or they're gonna collapse. I feel like this isn't sustainable, right? At some point the straw breaks the camel's back or the camel toughens up.


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[Assistant] And the straws fly off and the camel runs to the playoffs. Even though they're still in first place in the division, I just don't have faith in them this year. There's nothing that's going on and this idea that


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[Assistant] That they're sticking with Carson. They're sticking with Carson. They have to stick with Carson because they're financially tied to him through next year. I just feel like they're trapped and it's gonna get worse, not better. The walls are closing in. The Seahawks are gonna win. They love coming to the East and playing these games. They have extra time.


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[Assistant] To get ready, because they go Thursday all the way to the following Monday. Seahawks 30, Eagles 17, maybe a best bet. We're gonna do those coming up. But that's a little teaser for what's coming up in a few minutes. You may hear me pick the Seahawks as one of my best bets.


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[Assistant] I'll go first. I'll go first. I'm not feeling nervous. Why would I feel nervous? I'm beating you at best bets. I'm feeling good. Don't try to screw me up here. Don't try to, don't try to disrupt my mojo. First pick, Cleveland.


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[Assistant] Take any NFL team against Mike Glennon, Cleveland, given whatever it is. I don't even care what the spread is. I don't care what it moves to. Cleveland covering against the Jaguars.


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[Assistant] Alright next one for me without question and this probably should have been the first one because I like to go with the one about which I feel most comfortable early. Chiefs.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I thought about the Raiders. I worry about them though, just because of the possibility that the deflating loss to the Chief sticks with them and maybe they get upset. I don't know. I mean, I picked them to win, I picked them to cover, but I'm not going to make them a best bet. I'm going to go Monday night with Seattle. Five points.


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[Assistant] Feels like not enough, and of course I felt that last week with the Patriots giving two to the Texans, and the Texans won straight up. But, uh, I'm gonna ride that feeling again. I can't be wrong two straight weeks on a feeling like this, can I? Maybe I can. We'll find out Monday night. See, if nothing else, I...


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[Assistant] I feel like I'm picking this game to have a reason to watch it because otherwise you get to the back end of Thanksgiving weekend, you look at Seahawks Eagles and you think, oh god, why do I want to watch this? Now I want to watch it because it's one of my best bets.


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[Assistant] We got one agreement. We usually have at least one overlap. Yes, we do. At least one. At least. This week we have exactly one. I, I really like the Chiefs though. I'm surprised you didn't make them one of yours. But, uh, look, a lot of Road favorites this week. We picked a lot of Road teams. Again, we only disagree on two of the games straight up. There are some other variances as it relates to the spread.


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[Assistant] Let's see what happens. It's gonna be a fun, fun weekend of football. Can't wait. As we get closer and closer to the postseason. And we've got our fingers and toes crossed that the NFL will continue to get the games in.


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[Assistant] Please let's hope they do what they need to do to get the games in so we can enjoy the rest of the regular season, all of postseason culminating in the Super Bowl. Enjoy your holiday weekend. Enjoy the games. Thanks for some of your time. We'll see you back here bright and early on Monday morning for another edition of PFT Live. See ya.


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[Assistant] That's that, yeaah. I already have the phone, you know, NBC is good to us about the phone, uh, but if they could get us a hotspot...


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[Assistant] But they track whatever I do. So it's like, it's a good and bad thing. Alright, forget it. I don't want a phone from NBC then. No, thank you. Uh, so yea, thank you Verizon. Yes, thank you. It only took a year and a half, but they believe in us. Right. The Dominican Republic believes in us. Number one podcast. Football podcast. Bam. Bam. So we're making some headway here. Conquering the planet. Corey, who runs the Sims Homies.


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[Assistant] Twitter account. Yeah. Believes in us. Oh, he definitely does. So we're chippin' away here. We're chippin'. Chip, chip, chip, chip. We're gathering an army. We are. The Sims unbuttoned army because, and I like to think, that it's because of what we do on Mondays. Hopefully. We go through all the games. We do. That is our promise to you.


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[Assistant] Uh, the listener or viewer out there. So we're gonna do that again. We're gonna go through all the games out here, but we're gonna take the deep dive on two of them. One of them you picked, cause you're like, I wanna look at this one. Right. It's your boy Blue.


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[Assistant] Kyler Murray. Yep. Two of your favorite quarterbacks in the NFL right now. No doubt. That's gonna be our first deep dive right off the top here. After that, a little bit later on, we're gonna take a look at how the...


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[Assistant] Patriots beat the Ravens. Right. Crazy, right? What? Crazy. It's like if you play on Sunday Night Football on NBC. Yea. You're gonna, it's gonna be an upset. It's an opposite day. It's an opposite day.


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[Assistant] So it's a good game. I like that. We don't know what's going to happen. At the end, we're not going to do the Trevor Lawrence top pick power rankings. Jets on a buy. So we will take a buy as well in honor of them.


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[Assistant] But we will look at, because every time I do this now they go, well what about Justin Fields? Maybe it's the Justin Fields top pick power rankings. So you're going to look and talk about the quarterback comparison. Yea, I'll give you a little something there.


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[Assistant] I've studied them, but I've watched enough college football to have a good feel for all of them. Maybe Justin Fields has passed Trevor Lawrence. Don't give it away. Okay. Uh, so that's at the end. That's a tease.


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[Assistant] Uh, so okay, here we go. Let's go deep dive, number one, starting with Cardinals versus the Bills, Kyler Murray versus Josh Allen, and let's start with, of course, the Hail Murray, as Mike Turrico called it. The last play of the game, if you're watching on YouTube, you see the amazing image here where


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[Assistant] Deandre Hopkins was in between three Bills defenders, and we're not just talking average run of the mill defenders here, we're talking all pros and pro bowlers.


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[Assistant] I mean, just, first of all, your thoughts on this play. Cause I think there's some blame with the Bills. And I think it's justified. Like, why didn't they have just guys camped out in the end zone? Right? I mean, that was the only way you lose is a bomb to the end zone. Exactly. It's 11 seconds left.


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[Assistant] Do you think that that, cause he was flushed out of the pocket to the left there, but Hopkins was over on that side. Do you think it was designed for him to flood out of the pocket and go left there?


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[Assistant] He's special and he has great feel that way. Here's one of the things the Bills could have done. And David A. Turkey tweeted at you and said, Why don't teams jam at the line in Hail Mary situations, double jam Hopkins, make the shorter Christian Kirk or Andy Isabella beat you? Why didn't they do that? I don't know.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and he was the only player in the end zone, Deandre Hopkins. I think we have the next-gen animation for this play here, too. Uh, yeah, he was, here's all the, if you're watching on YouTube, you can see what Chris is describing here. Let those guys in the middle of the field.


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[Assistant] Like 3 guys on DeAndre Hoppins. If they do it 20 times, he comes up with it once. Right? I mean like even if there are things that the Bills could have done better. And this is always my pet peeve like in baseball too.


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[Assistant] It's like even with some things the Bills could have done to maybe increase their chances, that's a very low probability chance of happening.


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[Assistant] So Josh Allen had a great drive to get the lead there. And we'll look at that in a second here. But let's just talk about the Arizona Cardinals offense a little bit more. Because they were able to run the ball as well with Kenyon Drake.


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[Assistant] To Kyler, where they, they didn't rush him, they just kinda stayed back there, jumped up, knocked the ball down. You saw them do that a couple times here, is that something other teams can do?


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[Assistant] I know, it's not as intimidating as it could be. So did you ever, did you ever do what Kyler did in this game and complete a Hail Mary touchdown? No. I mean, in fact,


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[Assistant] So that's a feather in the cap for Kyler Murray able to come back. So let's go to the other side of the ball here because I think it is interesting with the Bills. And what? They're one play away from us gushing over how the Bills and Josh Allen drove the team down. What was that final drive there? 12 plays, 78 yards. It was work.


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[Assistant] And the touchdown to Stephon Diggs, while, while it's not going to be replayed as much as the Kyler Murray touchdown, I think was aw-


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[Assistant] Almost as amazing what he was able to do because he's thrown off his back foot 35 yards on a line to Stefan Diggs. Yes. Uh, which was, which was an amazing way to end an amazing drive for the Bills. It was. It really was. Uh, it was.


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[Assistant] Why can't they run it? What's wrong here?


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[Assistant] I mean, cuz yea, Zach Moss 7 carries 20 yards. Devon Singletary 4 carries 15 yards. It's a ta- I know, it's a talent, it's not- And they both had a long of like 13 and 14.


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[Assistant] So they're a legit contender. You would not be shocked if the Cardinals won


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[Assistant] They dialed up the pressure against uh, Josh Allen. Yes they did. He was 7 of 18 for 48 yards, season low 2.7 yards per attempt when under pressure. And so they were able to say you're not going to run against us, we're not scared of it. And you don't see a way that that's probably going to change for the Bills.


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[Assistant] Well, regardless, it was one of the games of the year so far, and if you take a look at the win probability chart for this game, Chris, it was all over the map. I mean, that's just like, that's like a heartbeat if you're seeing that on YouTube right here. Holy cow. Which I do feel like 2020, what it is doing to the win probability charts.


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[Assistant] Maybe it'll go down as the game of the year. And I say that because, as I've told you before, I have a very poor memory, and I can't really remember other games. I know Seattle had a few of them, but that one's my new game of the year. That's the game of the year.


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[Assistant] Yes. It was, it was pretty awesome. Good game. Uh, two good teams though. We're still high on both those teams. They have their deficiencies, bills, and even the Cardinals, but...


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[Assistant] Still high on both of those teams would not be surprised if they made a deep run into the playoffs.


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[Assistant] To this day, it makes me so happy to hear you say your name. I am Chris Sims. And how happy you were to say that in that clip.


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[Assistant] Part of that song. Uh, alright, and Pete has designed this one. There's four Damocays to give out. And they're all defensive Damocays.


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[Assistant] But for the most part, the Rams held him in check thanks to Leonard Floyd and Jalen Ramsey. Jalen Ramsey locking up DK Metcalf, Leonard Floyd with three sacks, five quarterback hits.


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[Assistant] Yeah, according to Pro Football Focus, 37 coverage snaps. It was Ramsey versus DK. Just two targets, no receptions allowed when they were matched up. That's insane. That is insane.


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[Assistant] Keep in mind when you break down this game on Wednesday with Paul, that King Kong...


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[Assistant] And other people, this is what Ken Kong said here, WTF is wrong with Russ. And I know from watching the show today with Mike Florio, he was critical of Russ. And it, and it kinda ticked you off a little bit. You got angry at Mike about bashing on Russ a little bit. Just keep that in mind when you look at this game. People are down on Russ.


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[Assistant] He's come up with some big picks, yeaah. He's been really good all year. So big win for the Rams. They were going to take a little bit deeper look at that game on Wednesday with Paul. How about the Saints and the 49ers? We're going to talk about what's going on at quarterback there. Drew Brees.


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[Assistant] Injured, James Winston in, but first let's give some love to Demario Davis. Game high 12 tackles, one sack, two quarterback hits, three tackles for a loss, one pass defended, in a game that the 49ers got out to a fast start, and so they needed to clamp down, and they were able to do that. Yea, they were.


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[Assistant] And the defense is gonna have to play awesome if Drew Brees is out for a while here because they don't have Teddy Bridgewater who went 5-0 with them last year. They do have Jameis Winston. They do have Taysom Hill who played quite a bit actually after Drew Brees went out some third downs. Uh, Jameis Winston comes in.


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[Assistant] Uhm, thrust into action, you know, unexpectedly. Yeah, it's tough. But what do you expect here? Cause Drew was not sounding too chipper after the game. It seemed like this is an accumulation of injuries. Right. Not just one thing. So who knows? He might be out for a while. We don't, we really don't know. But if he is, what do they look like with Jameis Winston, you think?


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[Assistant] They are. But I think they're good. I mean, they're really good and they might be the best team in the NFC, which is kind of crazy. Another defensive star and Pete is super excited about the Giants. I know that because he has them this high in the show. Leonard Williams for the Giants because the Giants defeat the Eagles by 10-27-17.


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[Assistant] Leonard Williams had no sacks, but he did have five quarterback hits. Carson wins, taking a beating once again, which is no surprise this year. Giants get a win, a huge win, against the Eagles. And while the Giants are probably not good, they might be the best team in that division.


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[Assistant] Yeah, they got saved by Bart Scott. I mean, he's been like their MVP offensive. Boston Scott. Boston Scott. I know. Bart Scott, yeah.


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[Assistant] He's had a few. It was the Giants earlier. It was the Giants. It was, yeaah. In a game, that's right, in a game that you said that if the Giants had won that game, you were gonna be off the Eagles and on the Giants. Are you on the Giants? You think the Giants are gonna win the division? I'm not gonna say they're gonna win it.


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[Assistant] If you're any team in the NFC East and you look at the schedule, you're gonna look at teams that are probably better than you. So they're all in the same boat there. But maybe, hey, if they can get to, you know, seven wins, maybe they win that. Well, Eagles got tough games too, and you know, they can lose to anybody as we know, so you can never just cement them in at anything. You know who doesn't lose to anybody?


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[Assistant] The Pittsburgh Steelers. They won again, 36 to 10. We're gonna give the damn okay to TJ Watt.


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[Assistant] Two sacks, four quarterback hits. You know, as 28 quarterback hits this season, nine more than any other player.


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[Assistant] In the league. Wow. And I'm gonna throw this out there. Yea. Say this team.


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[Assistant] You know, I think he's the favorite for Defensive Player of the Year, but I'm throwing him in the MVP. I think we started it right here. Cool. Started right here. And Big Ben, while he hasn't been great, was pretty good in this game. Jonathan Chewie says, would you give Big Ben


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[Assistant] I've seen a lot of people leaning towards Alex Smith. Yeaah. Uhm, and Alex Smith of course has the great story. Yeaah. But I mean the comeback for, for Ben is, is


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[Assistant] I mean, Ben, Ben does what Ben does. He stands in the pocket and holds strong and throws it to a bevy of receivers who I do think maybe is the deepest in the NFL. Deontay Johnson, Chase Claypool, Juju, James Washington, and you throw Eric Ebron in there who's playing pretty well. He's got some good weapons. He does, he does. He's been okay.


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[Assistant] Well, you know the last game, the Eagles were 0-4-9. There was a few 0-4s yesterday, but 0-4s...


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[Assistant] So Pete's come through, even before the end of the podcast. He's come through with the Pass Rush Snaps this season. You know me, I don't look the...


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[Assistant] So here's, you know, Aaron, just to give reference here, Aaron Donald's got 311. Is that the leader there or is that just one of the?


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[Assistant] Oh, Geron Reed is the leader, but Aaron Donald's got 311, Miles Garrett's got 310, Shaq Barrett 309, JJ Watt 302, so that's some of the- That's the top SAC leaders and how many attempts they're getting at. The big names, how many times they're rushing to pass.


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[Assistant] I'm glad I got that right. One more damn okay on the defensive side of the ball and this one is for a Raiders team that really needs their defense to step up if we're gonna say that they're, you know, a challenger in the AFC and so maybe, hey.


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[Assistant] Maybe they're a challenger in the AFC because Jeff Heath stepped up. Second career game with two interceptions. His other one was in 2015 with Dallas. So, uh, the Raiders beat the Broncos 37 to 12.


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[Assistant] That Broncos defense, ever since trolling you, has not looked the same. It's like karma got him. Right? Uhm, but the Raiders, I mean this really is about the Raiders, because they ran the ball great, Josh Jacobs, and then Devontae Booker late. It was just like the 1-2 approach there. Yeaah.


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[Assistant] So, Drew Lock, four picks, uh, there was a fumble recovery by the Raiders. They entered that game with five takeaways. NFL worst, they got five in the game. They doubled their season total in one game against the Broncos with a 37 to 12 victory there. Alright, we got three more games before we get to our second deep dive. Now it is time


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[Assistant] Forgive me the headlines. Presented by Hyundai. So this is where you put on your cap of being an editor for a major newspaper, major publication here. Your job is on the line. You gotta come up with three headlines to save the paper.


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[Assistant] I just put a lot of pressure on you. You did. First one is Dolphins versus the Chargers. The two, uh, the two rookie quarterbacks. Two versus Justin Herbert. Uh, this one the Dolphins were able to win 29-21.


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[Assistant] Yeah, how much credit do you give to Chan Gailey on the way he's bringing along to here? Because I, you know, I'm a big, uh, intended air yards guy. I love to see which teams are pushing the ball down the field each week.


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[Assistant] And this week Miami did it more than any other team. Tua had 11.3 intended air yards. Yeah. Uhm, on average, which was the highest for this week in the NFL.


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[Assistant] So I don't know where that all came from because it did seem like they were managing them some shorter passing games, but he was able to chuck it on downfield.


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[Assistant] Well, when you have a guy named Ahmed, as you're running back, you lean on Ahmed. Or as they pronounce it, Ahmed. Ahmed. I had a person come up to me one time and said, how do you pronounce your name? Did they go Ahmed? And I go, probably. That's probably the way I'm supposed to pronounce it. Yeah. But I don't. I choose just Ahmed because I was born in Sparta, Michigan.


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[Assistant] You know who else looks good? What person? Tom Brady, again. And the Buccaneers. Shocker. They're like, oh wow, they're not done yet. Uh, they defeated the Panthers, who actually did look pretty good as well. I'm big on the Panthers. I think they've had a, they've exceeded expectations. They have. This year. Uh, but the Buccaneers won this game 46 to 23. Your headline? This one's gonna sell lots of papers. Back to basics, baby.


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[Assistant] So 57% under center this week. Last week versus New Orleans, 13%.


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[Assistant] Packers defeat the Jaguars, it was close. 24-20. Weather wasn't great, uh, at, uh, in Green Bay, but, uh, 24-20, the final score.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and James Robinson's been, well, undrafted rookie. Over a hundred yards. Even with a rookie quarterback. You know, because you figure, alright, let's just stop the running back.


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[Assistant] Alright, Pete is just in my ear. He said we're looking for new jobs. That newspaper shut down.


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[Assistant] Okay, film deep dive number two. Yeah, we're going deep on the Patriots versus the Ravens.


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[Assistant] Uh, 23-17, the final score. Patriots get the victory. It was a game where you had some winds, some rainstorms that did come through here into Connecticut, too. It was kinda crazy, right? My parents lost power. There was tornadoes around? I was like, what is happening? Like, stop that.


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[Assistant] They had none, but I think the biggest storyline of this game, not, not the fact that the Patriots were able to win, uh, as an underdog, uhm, which they've done a lot with Bill Belichick here, Mike Dries of ESPN.


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[Assistant] Says the Pats now seven and six under Bill Belichick when they're underdogs of seven or more points. No other team in the NFL is 400 in that span. So when he, when the chips are down on Bill, he seems to come through somehow. But the fact that they were able to run the ball.


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[Assistant] And the fact that the Ravens were not, because you've been talking all year about how do you beat the Patriots? You just run at them. They're not big. They can't stop the run. And here you have one of the most dynamic rushing teams, if not the best, in the NFL. They couldn't do it, and the flip side was the Patriots could. I think that, for me, that was the story of it.


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[Assistant] Okay, here's from D Cromwell90. Alright. Is Cam doing enough in his audition for the Pats to bring him back next year? The best NFL show from Wales. Oh, he's talking about our show. Oh, right there. Thank you. From Wales! Oh, I didn't check to see how high we are on Wales.


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[Assistant] There were times in the beginning of the year where you're like, wow, he's back. Cam, look at all these idiot teams that didn't sign him. And then the last couple weeks we go, eesh, maybe he's not the Cam that we remember. Uhm, but I guess he can be if you use him the right way and it seemed like this was the perfect situation.


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[Assistant] You wanna know the stats? Yea, I wanna hear it. Last two weeks, 21 personnel, which like you said, two running backs, one tight end. Right. They've done it 57% of the time. Next highest team, Minnesota, 31% of the time. That's insane, cause I feel like


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[Assistant] Eat that, and then, okie doke, here's Jacobi Myers throwing, uh, a perfect pass to, uh, to Rex Burkhardt.


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[Assistant] And so they're not out of the playoff hunt yet. No. As giddy as everyone was to write them out, myself included who didn't pick them.


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[Assistant] Uhm, they're in it, they're four and five, and they've got a chance. You play good enough defense, you run the ball, as long as you don't get down early, because they're not a comeback team, clearly. No. But, it doesn't look like the Ravens are a comeback team, either now. No. Uh, Lamar Jackson, what is it now? Uh, 0-6 in his career when falling behind by 10 or more points. Yeah. Of course, like you mentioned, the rain certainly hurts.


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[Assistant] Any team that fell behind is going to have a hard time coming back with a passing game. But here's the question. Justin Sandu, why didn't the Ravens have more success running the ball against the Patriots' weak run D? What happened? I think what was the final tally? It was 173 yards for the Patriots, just 115 for the Ravens.


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[Assistant] I don't know either. You're down on Ingram. Well yea, you're down on Ingram.


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[Assistant] The Raven, I kept thinking that, uh, Hollywood Brown would be kind of like the go-to guy in the receiving game. It's disappointing. And I think for both teams, right? I don't, I almost wonder if...


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[Assistant] If Myers can be that guy for Cam Newton, cause it seems like both these teams


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[Assistant] They're in desperate need, like we did the first game that we talked about was DeAndre Hopkins and Stefan Diggs. It's like, wow, if you can get a number one receiver for a first round draft pick, you do it because they can change the whole dynamics of your offense. Both these teams could use that guy and it doesn't appear that they have it on their roster. No, I don't think they do either, you know.


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[Assistant] They're, they've fallen to six and three. Lamar doesn't look like the same guy that was the MVP last year. Hat tip to Jay Richex. He asked a question similar to the one I was TNU up on. Yeaah. The wide receivers and if they have a go-to, go-to guy out there. And you said


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[Assistant] They don't. No, they don't. Patriots get the win, much needed win for them. Ravens, they gotta do some things here in the next couple weeks to get us feeling good about them again. Uh, I feel good about this, cause guess what we're about to do.


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[Assistant] Is that right? If that helps you. Yeah, it's true. There was a while there where the Browns only drafted running backs with a, with a name that was a color.


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[Assistant] Baker a bit inconsistent in the game, but the conditions were not great. Yeaah, it's tough. It was tough. So they got the win. That's all they gotta do. Get the win. That's it. 10 to 7. And that was take it up to 100 and even past it.


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[Assistant] Exactly. Shampoo and conditioner in one. Wow, very good. You know your products very well. I do. One more game to talk about. My Detroit Lions and we get to take a victory lap.


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[Assistant] Victory is mine! They've done it again! They are 4 and 5. They're gonna finish the, they're not a good team. Let's just get, they're not that good. They're gonna, and they're gonna probably not make the playoffs. And they're probably gonna get the 13th pick.


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[Assistant] So it'll be a total disaster, but this was fun because Matt Prater has done it again. Matt Prater came through 59 yard field goal.


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[Assistant] It would have been, it would have been the ninth time in the Matt Patricia era that they blew a game where they led by at least ten points. I mean, it's amazing. I didn't watch the film of this game, of course.


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[Assistant] Because it's a good story. It's a good story if Alex Mc... Oh my gosh. They scored three straight touchdowns and that coincided with two straight three-and-outs by Detroit. Right. It was like a disaster.


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[Assistant] Uh, we've seen it before, but uh, Matt Prater came through and Pete notes here, he asked the question to you, is Prater a first ballot Hall of Famer, or is he gonna have to wait one year to get in? He clearly is a Hall of Famer, but what does, I mean, I mean,


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[Assistant] Yeah, 149 scrimmage yards, 81 rushing, 68 receiving. He kinda reminds me, I was trying to think, I was like, who does he look like out there? Who can I comp him to? And I was thinking, he's shorter, he's thicker, like Maurice Jones Drew, kinda like a player like that.


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[Assistant] The Lions are four and five. Who knew? The whole team goes to two and seven. Alright, so that's all the games. That was our promise to you that we would get through all the games. And then the cherry on top is that we're not doing the Trevor Lawrence power rankings this week, but every time I do them,


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[Assistant] There's a few people that say, hey, how come they're not the Justin Fields power rankings? Because...


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[Assistant] Uhm, he's had a good year for Ohio State. 11 touchdowns, no interceptions, 87% completion percentage. Haven't seen Trevor Lawrence on the field as much because of his diagnosis with COVID-19.


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[Assistant] Three weeks ago, four weeks ago, you were like, Trevor Lawrence, no doubt, number one overall pick, if he comes out.


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[Assistant] Has your opinion changed at all a month later?


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[Assistant] If Trevor Lawrence sees that the Jets have the number one pick and freaks out and goes back to school, you'd have no problem taking Justin Fields, number one overall, or you might have a problem.


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[Assistant] Interesting, so you like him, another guy who's gotten a lot of buzz is that Trey Lance from North Dakota State. You're not as high on him as most people.


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[Assistant] So right now, even though you haven't studied and you did qualify there, you still feel comfortable that Trevor Lawrence is the number one pick if he goes out.


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[Assistant] Uh, by the way, Pete has found it for the Browns. They started 6-3 way back in 2014, so not that long ago. Wow. Started 7-4, they finished 7-9. That's unbelievable. They lost their last five games of the season. Alright, who we got tonight? Vikings-Bears.


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[Assistant] And I'll go Vikings just so we can't get memed. We don't want to get memed. No, we don't want that. So I'll go Vikings just to save you. It's really a move to save you. Thanks a lot, man. Thanks. And last little bit here, before we go, this is actual real breaking news. Drew Brees reportedly has five fractured ribs and a collapsed lung. How crazy is that? Whoa, so he's out for a while.


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[Assistant] He did, he was having trouble breathing. I can't, I can't take the big breath in. Which is why the refs threw the flag on that play, because they saw how ill he was after getting hit. I don't know if it was a late hit or a bad hit.


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[Assistant] Yeah, he's got nothing to do. He's saying he's got nothing to do.


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[Assistant] Hi, I'm Mike Tirico and thanks for watching. Make sure to hit subscribe for the latest news and highlights from NBC Sports.


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[Assistant] Against the Saints, right? Yeah. Jim Everett? Yeah.


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[Assistant] I know, that's where I'm like. The last 10 years. Hold on, like 10 years, Brandon Whedon wasn't there.


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[Assistant] I said Brandon Whedon, was he there yet? That's Brandon Whedon, isn't it?


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[Assistant] That's right, George Plumpton, that's funny. Wait, 1950s, I know there's another one I'm missing here. Uh, I don't know, I can't say anybody right off the top of my head.


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[Assistant] I mean, we've won the Super Bowl here, and we've just clinched AFC West. And so it seems like every time we leave the stadium, we have a hat of some type of thing we've accomplished. But then the hate part, I feel like I have half my interceptions, it seems like, at this stadium.


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[Assistant] I, I, Nick, Greg, Maddox, Nick, Greg, what the hell, I can't remember Maddox, his first name.


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[Assistant] Uh, gotta fool em, gotta fool em. Alright there, big guy, what's up? Hope everybody enjoyed their Thanksgiving weekend, food, drinks, football galore. I know I was full. This is Chris Simms Unbuttoned presented by Verizon. I like to throw that in there.


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[Assistant] I, at some point I would like to. I don't know if I'll be picking up the saw to do that either, but it's not happening this year. I can tell you, it's too late now. We're going to buy a Christmas tree and that is that. Here we go. It's week 12 in the NFL. All right. It was a great day yesterday. I mean, first off, Thanksgiving. We had the surprise of Washington dominating Dallas. Deshaun Watson was awesome.


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[Assistant] We're gonna deep dive Kyler Murray versus the Patriots defense too. Watch that film back. Can tell you a few things from there I think that are interesting. And as always, Paul will drive the ship and we're gonna hit a little bit on every game that happened on Sunday.


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[Assistant] I know, you know, maybe I thought it was more, too aggressive. And when I watched back the film, I went, alright, yes, they got burned a few times. But, you know, I can't sit here and just totally fall.


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[Assistant] I mean, first off, like we said, Tyreek, Mahomes, they're special, right? They were on fire yesterday. Mahomes was throwing, had made some throws that were just unreal in the football game. All right. And I think Kansas City's offense has kind of reached a new level here.


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[Assistant] Where you can't just play, oh, we're gonna play soft zone and bend but don't break and they'll lose their patience. No, that's over. They've already cured that. They've already proven to the NFL that


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[Assistant] We saw the Raiders game last Sunday night. They were willing to go 6 and 5 and 6 and 5 and 6 and do that. They have enough of an offense now to where you can't place it back in zone coverage and think, oh,


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[Assistant] We'll make a few plays and get off the field. No. So that's not gonna happen. They started off the game trying to play zone.


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[Assistant] But it was, they were getting picked apart. And that's, of course, defensive coordinators are going, man, I'm not gonna sit here and just let him pick me apart all day. So he tries to take a few chances. Alright. So, hey, the first touchdown pass, the 75 yard touchdown pass. Let's cover three. It's not man to man.


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[Assistant] Carlton Davis is wrong for one aspect. He has the deep third.


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[Assistant] Let them throw the 10 yard out route. Let them throw it. You're not in charge of that area. I know it stinks that they're gonna get that completion, but when you play Mahomes and Tyree kills, sometimes you gotta go, ooh, I'll give that up so I don't give up the other 65 yards on the touchdown pass.


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[Assistant] So he makes a mistake there. Flat out. There's nothing you could say about that. Then, you know, you go into the next touchdown pass, you have the Tyree kill, 44 yard pass, the deep crosser that we see them so good at, right? Breaking that down. Now that's man to man coverage. Now I think, yes, Bowles is a little frustrated at this point.


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[Assistant] He's going, damn, they're picking me apart in zone. You know, I don't want to sit here and just die a slow death. So he's trying to pick his spots and win. Alright, I'll play man to man here because they got a lot of weapons and I don't want them to get a four yard completion or whatever that is.


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[Assistant] Well, Carlton Davis, man to man, on the inside of three receivers to Tyree Kill, running three verticals to the left. This is a concept we talk about all the time with the Chiefs. Yeaah. It's an impossible spot.


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[Assistant] At times doubling them, at times you're playing man to man but the free safety is really cheating over there or giving the quarterback


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[Assistant] You know, what we would call bastard looks, right? To be like, hey, I'm over here. It's really, it's really covered too. It's really covered too. Oh, it's single safety. It is man to man, but I'm kind of hanging out here too to where you don't feel real comfortable about it. This was just like, hey, it's you and him, the whole field. Go ahead.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think there's, I think all work. You know, the teams that I've seen be successful, whether it's the Raiders when the first time they beat the Chiefs, the Patriots when they've given the Chiefs issues, you know, certain plays, they just go, we're doubling them. We're playing man to man, we're doubling them. Hey, this play, it's man to man, but safety, you know, cheat over there and help out a little bit.