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[Assistant] Jefferson f***ing him over on the post route on the interception going down there into the end zone. And then...


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[Assistant] You know, getting the ball in the short field again after the block field goal and cousin forcing a ball into coverage that gets intercepted by Darius Slay.


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[Assistant] I don't think that was Darius Slay. That was somebody else that time. That would have been Maddox that time. Uh, cause Darius Slay was the first and third interception. But yeaah, they had some opportunities to kinda climb back into the game and didn't take advantage of it that way. Uhm, but either way, it was a good showing and at no point did you think the Eagles didn't have control of the game.


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[Assistant] We'll see. Well, you know, I'll just say if you want to look forward to that a little bit, what would scare me a little there is the Washington pass offense has something.


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[Assistant] And you play too simple against that. That could get scary. That could get, you know, again, I'm not trying to pick a game or pet anything like that, but I know you always want me to look forward a little bit. That's something that jumps out to me. If they're going to play that simple, then that D line better dominate. And they do have a chance to do that against the Washington offensive line. So we'll see.


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[Assistant] I feel like the public's catching up, finally. Just like something we've been saying for the last month. And I think a lot of like,


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[Assistant] You know, football people who are in the weeds have been saying this. And I, I even heard Troy Aikman during the game or after the game in the little thing on, on SportsCenter where they're like, you surprised by the, the Eagles and the way they look. And he was like, no, have you been paying attention? This is, I think a lot of people have been paying attention to the sport thought this was coming here. This is,


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[Assistant] This, and I think the public is finally realizing it too. And then you see Jalen Hurts play good in two games and you jump on that. So, hey, I picked him to be the number one seed.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but, but I, to me, I do look at that. The one I will throw up there for our, our Bet MGM, NFC Championship odds is, don't sleep on the 49ers. Plus 900 right now.


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[Assistant] Don't sleep on that. Don't sleep on that at all. Yeah, you see a plus 900, I do think in a lot of ways the Jimmy Garoppolo thing could be a blessing in disguise. They're still a really good team and they'll get better as the year goes along here.


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[Assistant] You could be Nicolas Cage, cause he has national treasures.


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[Assistant] It was a lot of work to, it was gutsy, tough play, good play calling in the first half by Derek Carr and company and some stupid play calling by the Cardinals offense and company to where they couldn't get in rhythm or anything in that way. But it wasn't, yes, it wasn't like,


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[Assistant] It wasn't like I came away after the first half going, whoa.


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[Assistant] Man, the Cardinals are just getting gashed and I don't know what they're gonna do when they look so horrible. I, I, you know, I hope I emphasize that in my, it just, every drive for points was like, woo.


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[Assistant] It was kind of just like a, it just, you know, yeaah, I think I explained it that way. It was tough, gritty, and the Cardinals not kind of playing their best, or maybe playing the way they should, and it made it a little misleading at 20 to nothing.


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[Assistant] Cliff made a comment yesterday in his press conference talking to the media about Kyler and just going, I wish he would just take over like that all the time, earlier in the game. And what I talked about on PFT with Thoria this morning, I was like, you gotta...


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[Assistant] Put him in the position to where he can take over. You're getting in two tight end sets and pulling a guard. Like, hey, I've always said they needed, I've gone in the years where I've gone, they need a little more versatility in their offense.


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[Assistant] I've given up on that. I've given up. They're not capable. They're not.


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[Assistant] And they're never going to be a good running team that can like block people, block down, block down, guard pulls, guard pulls and smashes the defense end and they run for eight yards. Like they're not doing that. That's not in their DNA. It's not in their coach's DNA. It's not happening. And they were in that kind of crap way too much early in the game.


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[Assistant] You know, like this sets and like plays where I just go, this is not who you are. It got down to 20 to nothing and they drove down, I think, uh, you know, one time first and got stopped when they were down there, but that's when it changed where just, uh,


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[Assistant] Be Texas Tech. Be Oklahoma. That's what you're built to be. Let's stop pretending anymore. Just have just an onslaught of spread the field.


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[Assistant] Right? Just like we were talking with Jalen Hurts, when they spread the field and then this guy's ability to run, it really puts you in a tough spot.


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[Assistant] And now he has to start playing coverages that are good for the pass game. Look, you know me, I've never been in love with how creative their pass game is.


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[Assistant] When they get you in those situations and play, you know, simple defenses, those pass plays are going to work, right? And to me, that's where the game went haywire. Quarterback draw, option. Four receivers to the right, one to the left, you know.


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[Assistant] Throw the ball, you got people crossin' everywhere. You know, four receivers, one to the left, we just ran that play, now there's a screenplay off of it.


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[Assistant] That, that's who they are. And that's what I, I know from talking to defensive coaches in football, that's what scares everybody about them. Not when they get in too tight end sets and try to pull the guard. That's, everyone's going, oh thank god they're doing that.


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[Assistant] Everyone's scared of them when it's four wides, field spread, I gotta worry about containing Kyler or a quarterback run and all that, and it becomes then very tough to defend the card.


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[Assistant] Where it's like, it's wearing them out a little bit. And yeaah, I think it's something that, you know, they gotta look at. Stop, stop pretending, spread the field, have a million screens. You're paying Kyla Miller, Myla, Murray a ton of money. Millions and millions. You gotta run them a little bit. That's who you are. That's why you drafted them. Do that.


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[Assistant] He is phenomenal at protecting himself. So I don't think you have to worry. And you know, when they run him, I'm not talking about like Josh Allen pull the guard and he's running between the tackles, right? You know, it's get on the edge or it's a quarterback draw or things like that.


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[Assistant] And he's very good at staying at a harm's way, but yea, I mean, I hope you got that sense from my notes that that's where they should go.


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[Assistant] By just really basically having a safety, being very aware of what he was at all the time. They didn't, they never left him in a position where it's like, oh, it's just you versus our guy. And McDaniel's going to be able to draw up a play like we talked about last week where.


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[Assistant] You know, he's one on one, and he's gonna tell you the route that's gonna screw this guy over, and then you're gonna run it awesomely because you're Devonte Adams, and then they have no stop. They, they were not gonna let that happen.


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[Assistant] So, that's what they did early on in the football game.


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[Assistant] Other things though? More so? Well that's where Josh is brilliant. And that's where...


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[Assistant] Or use Devante as a decoy and he clears out and now we got somebody underneath because you got two guys worried about him and now you don't have enough people underneath that way. And that's where they were really, uh, stressing.


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[Assistant] You know, the Cardinals in some, in some situation. But that changed in the third quarter.


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[Assistant] You know, it's amazing how the offense changed, the defense changed, and where Vance Joseph was like, alright, screw it. You know?


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[Assistant] And then they started to, you know, blitz and be a little more creative and take some more chances. And, uh, it threw the Raiders for a loop and they really had a hard time adjusting off of that.


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[Assistant] Not a great running team, they're not great at pass protection, and they have nobody that really scares you. You know, and I say that with all due respect. I know, we know that Devontae Adams is awesome, but he's...


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[Assistant] You've said it before, you know, he's not a guy that scares you to like, whoa, he's going to run the 70 yard post. We're scary that way. Do they have any guy like that? No, that's, that's, I think maybe one of the problems with their football team.


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[Assistant] And I think that's where the Cardinals got comfortable as the game went along too. They just go, wait, what, what are we so worried about playing some of these deep coverages? They're picking us apart with some of these underneath throws and things like that. Let's, let's be a little more aggressive, take away some of those options, short crossers, all of that. And it made life very, very hard on Derek Card that way.


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[Assistant] No doubt about it, but that's where it's like, it kinda ends right there.


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[Assistant] You know, and then JJ being his age and the injury history here as a recent, it just concerns you to go like, I hope he can keep going, but he, he's still, he's still a force and.


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[Assistant] Like he's capable of making plays, getting pressure on the quarterback. He's just like his brother, he's got great eyes always. So like, if he's not close to the quarterback, he just goes, well, I'm just going to swap the shit out of this ball in the air and bat it down. He's still very good at that. Uhm, but yeaah, it's uhm,


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[Assistant] That is, that will be Vrabel and McDaniels as two guys that know each other and all of that. That's another tactical battle right there that's going to be interesting.


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[Assistant] A hot woman comes into your life and you're like, damn, I like her. Right. And then that's what the Jags are to me. Right. They are. They just, they got, they got it all, you know, and there's like we've talked about, they're young. Um, but they're


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[Assistant] Creative on the defensive side of the ball. It's not just vanilla and bland, but it's not like over creative to where you're like, Oh, this is reckless. Like it's not like that. It's just the right amount. And.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I mean, what's not to like? Like, let's just- You are in love. Like, let's go through it. Let me just name some names here in this process.


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[Assistant] I love their deep tackle in Roy Robertson Harris. I've loved them ever since the Chicago days.


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[Assistant] Then you couple that with Trayvon Walker, who's a freak show. He is.


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[Assistant] And he's, even though I don't think he had a sack in the game, I can't remember off the top of my head, he is a force.


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[Assistant] And really is a natural gifted pass rusher that I think we're going to continue to see him be disrupted that way. Josh Allen on the other side, who is a force, athletic, both of those guys can rush the passer at a high level and drop into coverage in a high level.


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[Assistant] You couple that with the two middle linebackers, Alua Khan and Devin Lloyd, the first round pick out of Utah, who's like a praying mantis middle linebacker. Like wait, 33? Who the hell is this long fast guy? Oh my gosh, that's Devin Lloyd. Whoa. And Alua Khan is just a sledgehammer who can run all over the field. You know, the corners.


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[Assistant] Long and athletic, and Tyson Campbell, and uhm.


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[Assistant] Jack Griffin, way to go Pete for picking me up there on the other side. You know, the safeties, Ray Sean Jenkins and my man Andre Sisco, I mean, I gotta crush at all three levels, right? It's, it really is. It's amazing. And uhm,


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[Assistant] I can't really overstate the ass-whooping this game was.


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[Assistant] Like, I really can't. Who has had no chance to do anything offensive? No. Effing. Chance.


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[Assistant] You know, and he moves good in the pocket and does things like that, but he couldn't even move against this crew.


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[Assistant] I will say, I think I said this on Monday, his arm strength is a little concerning.


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[Assistant] Cause I do think it's one that's like, defenses might go, eh, we don't really think he can throw it up.


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[Assistant] The Cowboys a few years ago, where you just, you were like, Oh, the Cowboys online, the Cowboys online. All of a sudden it got to the point where you're like, what they're, they can't run the ball when they want to run the ball anymore.


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[Assistant] You know, I just want to make sure I get to some of my points here and just make sure everybody knows my crush here. I mean, the first drive was the only drive of the game where I felt like they had anything going. And then Ryan threw the bad interception. So that was bad, and he was under pressure. From Craven? Right? Yes, he was under pressure.


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[Assistant] Uhm, yeah, Trayvon getting around the early. And then, you know, the other thing is that the Jags, because of those two freaks on the edge, like, they can rush five and create five one-on-ones, and it's like one of those f**kers is gonna win one of those one-on-ones. And then,


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[Assistant] But they also, like, like I said, like Walker or, or Alan can drop out.


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[Assistant] And they can play coverages too, but yet like, oh wait, our tackle was kind of going that way to block Trayvon Walker. And now, you know, okay, well crap, it's still, that was four one-on-ones on the other side. And they try to readjust and help. So, uh, that, that's, that's where they're good. And they, they're well taught in zone.


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[Assistant] And they can rush five and play man off of it because of the talent they have there too. So, uh, that's where you can tell I'm, I'm.


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[Assistant] This will be a real test for them too. This is the best defense they've played in, you know, this year as well. And you know, with those pass rushers and you know, some of the secondary guys we just talked about, like they're, they're going to be,


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[Assistant] You know, uh, they're going to be tough to handle too, but I'm excited to see it because these are two teams that this is going to be two teams that are going to get on the field and they


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[Assistant] I think they pride themselves a little bit like, we're the freakiest guys on the field here.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's, you know, I've always told by a gambling friend when, when Vegas sets a line, I don't know if it was set at 6.5, at 6.5 that means they don't know what's gonna happen.


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[Assistant] I don't know. Chiefs by a touchdown? I think they could easily do that. They could. Here's where I think it could be maybe a little... Gus Bradley has had a pretty good feel. He's the D coordinator of the Colts.


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[Assistant] And I want the homies too, if there's plays that you want to see us break down on social.


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[Assistant] National treasures. National treasures. Watch it with your kids, you'll like it. Morgan's behind you shaking her head, you know, it's good. Alright, I'll do that. Okay, no you won't. Alright everybody, peace out.


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[Assistant] Peace out, you know where to find us, find me, and uh, me and Florio, PFT, PM, picks podcast tomorrow. That'll be out early tomorrow afternoon. You can hear us break down these week three matchups, but I hope you enjoyed that. Ahmed, you the man.


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[Assistant] I love you a lot. I love you too. Okay, you don't even know what movie that's from. But, clap it up.


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[Assistant] Thanks for watching, homies. Hit subscribe to see all my Unbuttoned videos. You get to see me, Ahmed Fareed, all the big player breakdowns, game breakdowns, player interviews, and my film analysis. So please subscribe. Chris Sims, Unbuttoned. Peace out.


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[Assistant] Some might call it the greatest day ever invented. I just call it my birthday. Okay. Just letting you know, that's just, just the word on the streets. What's up? Chris Sims of button. We got the preseason in the bag. We're done with that. We're going to do AFC, uh, AFC wind totals over unders today.


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[Assistant] And Ahmed Fareed is here. Yep. He flew back home on the private jet just to get here for Kristen's birthday. For your birthday. Unbuttoned podcast.


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[Assistant] That was pretty good. That was Big Phil right there. Uh, happy birthday. Thank you, Ahmed. Thank you very much. You're a good friend. Thank you. Forty-two. Forty-two. The old Jackie Robinson today. That's not bad.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think you look at that number and you're like, that's not right. It's a cool number. Like I think of Ronnie Lott and yeah, I always think of Jackie Robinson when you think 42. It's cool, but yeah, you're right. It's nothing like.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, it's a good, good start. And then smoke some weed this weekend. That was big. I meant it was big. It was a fun weekend. Did you feel like yourself again? I did. Well, I mean, not the first time I smoked it. Holy crap. Ola. Yes. You know, you, you, you, again, I had quite a tolerance built up through the month of July. I was wondering if it's a


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[Assistant] And just small, this is nice, and smokin'. And I don't know if it was like hit five or six, but that didn't hit me. And I was like, whoa. And I had to like stand up.


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[Assistant] And, you know, my wife and daughter were like, what, what's going on? Cause we were outside and I was like, I, I was like, whoa, it just hit me. I need to put this out. And then I was like, I was really like on cloud nine for real. So yes, there was definitely a.


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[Assistant] What a great time. Good and bad. When you were in school, it wasn't that good. Cause you were like, oh man, my birthday means school's coming around the corner. I guess, but it's like a silver lining. It's like, well, school's starting, but at least I have my birthday and I'm going to get some presents. Well, yeah, I guess there's that aspect and it's football season. So that was a silver lining more than anything. Right. And so we'll see. But I mean,


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[Assistant] You didn't get me a gift. No, I didn't get you a gift. But, hold on. You wore the yellow pants, which is great. That's kind of the gift in itself. Yes. Okay.


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[Assistant] I mean, I was expecting a shirt. I mean, then the fact that you're gonna just wear it in my face on my birthday. Here we are. More than a year later, I have still gotten a shirt. I thought today was the day. I really thought like, I'm gonna probably bring a shirt for me today. I know. This is gonna be great.


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[Assistant] Speaking of that YouTube page. Don't think of it. Hold on. I got two hosts. One who didn't give me a t-shirt that he wears and flaunts in my face. The other host, the asshole Florio, is 37 miles down the road and did the show from there today. Didn't come in. So I don't know. I guess the guys I work with don't apparently like me that much. No, no, no. I showed up.


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[Assistant] 46? Now they're gonna win 63 and 67, so we got a lot. What are we up to?


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[Assistant] I got, I've got it all the way down to the championship game and who I think is gonna win. I don't know if we're gonna do Super Bowl participants, so. Okay. But I, I did it all.


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[Assistant] I mean, in an ideal world, yes, I would go, yeah, yeah, we, we want to try to be the guy and we'll get rid of Jimmy and that's all good. Like definitely, you know, you've heard me say that all off season. Why would you want that? Why would you want that hovering over your team? Why would you want, you know, the locker room to have issues about, Hey, the old guy, the new guy, who do we go with here? You know, you don't want the new guy looking over his shoulder.


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[Assistant] But, I'm gonna say, like, watching that game and thinking and talking football this weekend,


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[Assistant] Like, I just, I'm gonna change my tune. And again, I mean, yeah, I'm just gonna kind of observe some of the details and things I've studied here over the preseason that are concerning to me.


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[Assistant] You know, again, I know Trey Lance, you know, has the, uh, potential and the ability to have high-end talent. I, I understand. It's a strong arm. We know he's a good athlete. I know he's willing to work.


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[Assistant] Man, it's risky. And as we're both saying, and what we said last week, I mean, I think the 49ers roster is the best in football. You thought it was the second best in football. Not to say we know it all. And I know some people online have given me some pushback a little bit about the offensive line.


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[Assistant] And I go, I'm still not that worried about Aaron Banks and Buford in the middle and that. They got talent. It's not always going to be perfect in preseason for young old Lyman and it's going to be damn good. Alright, but here's where I just, I change my tune. I one go.


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[Assistant] And, and, and I'm speaking to my buddy Kyle Shanahan here and just go, one. All right.


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[Assistant] Team's awesome, Super Bowl team. Quarterback's a major question. Quarterback did not look good in preseason game number three. Did not. I don't care what any, you know, I think everybody kind of saw that. Ryan Fitzpatrick at halftime, I think he even tried to say that lightly.


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[Assistant] You know, there's just no control over the ball on pretty easy throws. You know, even some completions, as we talked about for the last two years, where you go, yeah, it was complete, but that guy was running free over the middle of the field. And if it's on target, it's, it should be a 30 yard gain, not a seven yard, whoa, what a catch in the ground.


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[Assistant] You know, two of the sacks, it's, hey, people are open. You gotta learn to kind of feel the pocket and make the throw and take a hit.


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[Assistant] The guy, they're wide open. You know, another one of, they're just floating outside the pocket, losing track of where you are altogether, almost getting strip sack fumbled. So those are concerning things to me. And, you know, I know we have the one play in the first game with the great big throw down the sideline, that's it, you know. But other than that, it's been


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[Assistant] And again, I don't see a consistency in the throwing that I would like, and I don't see a feel in the pocket that I would like. That, yeaah, scares me. Now I know Shanahan can dress it up and it's gonna be the regular season, he's had more game plan plays and things to protect him.


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[Assistant] With everything we just said, and then a young guy that, again, I don't think is a natural at playing quarterback. You know, I still think there's signs of him that show safety that got converted to a quarterback. Can he stay healthy? I just come away going, listen, I know we'd like to have Trey Lance be the guy and be the man.


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[Assistant] I think after evaluating what I've seen and what we hear in training camp too, again, I'm not just going off of what I've seen in two preseason games. The reports, people you talk to out there, it's never that consistent or blowing anybody out of the water out there as far as his performances in training camp. So then there's all that.


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[Assistant] You know, I hear plenty of noise that way. So then to evaluate it from the football standpoint, I just go, with that team?


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[Assistant] I had to have a hard time going, oh, okay, we have Trey Lance get hurt, we're gonna put it all in Nate Sudfill's hands. At some point, listen, I know that's not...


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[Assistant] Absolute best decision and what you wanted maybe eight months ago, a year ago when you drafted Trey Lance. But I think when you, if you can, you know, push your ego to the side and go, okay, I know we've done this and this and yeah, we're going to get some backlash for why did you trade up to get this guy at number three and all that.


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[Assistant] Okay, but still, I think you gotta protect the number one thing, which is your football team, which is damn good, and whether he gets hurt or even just doesn't play good for six weeks. Okay, Jimmy G goes in.


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[Assistant] And if things do go good there, everyone's gonna go, well, you'll forget about, oh, they traded up train land. So the blow will be lessened, at least in my opinion, don't you think?


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[Assistant] No, and this is even more because it's the third pick of the draft.


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[Assistant] You know, training with them, throwing footballs with the trainers and that and whatever else, but nothing like as a part of the team right now.


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[Assistant] So that's where it is a little weird. But like if I'm, if I'm Jimmy G, and again, I've stated the 49ers side to where I think if you're the 49ers, you know, if you can deal with some of the media backlash and just checking your ego at the door a little bit, I think it's the right football move to keep them. And if I look at Jimmy G's side of the ball here, I go,


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[Assistant] What else is better than the 49ers situation? First off, you don't want to just go somewhere just to be like, I'm a starter. And then you get in some shits position and you look shitty. And then 2023...


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[Assistant] Nobody's going to offer you anything anyways. This year right now is about putting yourself in the best position to strike for 2023. To me, right as it sits here right now, the best position to strike for 2023 is to stay with the San Francisco 49ers. Take a pay cut. So what?


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[Assistant] 12 million, 14 million. Is anybody gonna offer him that right now if he gets cut?


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[Assistant] Well, who's gonna sign you, uh, the Houston Texans just gonna go, here's 15 million dollars. Right. And then you're behind the eight ball with, you know, competing against Davis Mills and learning that offense and doing that. Oh, and then if you don't play.


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[Assistant] You didn't beat up Davis Mills. We can't make you a starter. Or if you do play, and it's the crappy Texans, and it doesn't look good, well, you don't look any good anyways. We're not going to give you, what do you want to do? Go to Seattle? I mean, why? Deal with that? So there's a, that's where I go, as I thought about this,


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[Assistant] And then started, you know, makes sense for both sides. It does. It just makes sense for both sides here.


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[Assistant] And that's where I think, you know, I would think about this if I'm John Lynch or Kyle Shanahan a little bit. I don't think it's as easy as that. And I gotta think, you know, again, if Jimmy Garoppolo doesn't want to take less money, then okay. Then maybe you gotta cut him and you gotta go from there. That stinks. But I gotta think Jimmy Garoppolo's gotta kinda realize what I'm saying too.


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[Assistant] Who's gonna necessarily pay him double digit millions right now? Or if they do, is it gonna be significantly left? What I can say is, you know, if Tray Lance doesn't play good, or Tray Lance gets hurt,


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[Assistant] There's no situation you're going to be in that's better than the 49ers. You're that offense with Shanahan, some of the best weapons in the game around you, and you can now get what you want to get maybe in 2023 when you're a free agent. And I get their plan.


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[Assistant] If that was it. Because that's why he hasn't been practicing or playing or they don't really want him in the meeting.


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[Assistant] Yes, and I just think they would, that's where it would have got dicey. And that's where, again, I think you're hoping Tray Lance will be further along to where he would squash this and it doesn't matter. But what do you do if they


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[Assistant] Which Ray Lance? Jimmy's there. You put Jimmy G in. You put him in. It's okay. You know, again, I'll go, they've been pounding this Montana Steve Young narrative down all of our throats, right?


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[Assistant] And I want to just take everybody back in the memory lane of what it was. 1988, week two. 49ers are coming here to play the Giants. Steve Young was the starting quarterback. 1988.


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[Assistant] Joe Montana had already won two Super Bowls and two Super Bowl MVPs. Here he was, three years out of it, and he was the backup quarterback to start the game.


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[Assistant] Because they weren't sure he had not played as well the years before.


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[Assistant] So they were gonna, oh, then Steve didn't play good. Oh, we thought Steve was the future. Steve was the future. Well, Steve came here and didn't play very well. They took his ass out in the middle of that game and put Joe back in. Joe threw a game winning touchdown pass and boom, guess who won the Superbowl that year? The 49ers. And guess who won it the year after? The 49ers.


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[Assistant] So again, I know it's not apples to apples here and all that, but what I'm basically saying is why can't you start trade Lansing if it doesn't work out well for two, three, four weeks and then go boom. And I'll go back to what I always say. If he can't handle that or handle the pressure, then shit, you drafted the wrong quarterback.


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[Assistant] It's a tough situation, we know that. It's a tough situation to begin with. Drafting a, you know, a guy with that type of team. We get that too.


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[Assistant] If I was them, like I said, I would think about keeping them. And if I was Jimmy G, I would go, maybe you guys are the best option for me too. And I'll, I'll take 12 million this year or 14 million and let's see how it all plays out.


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[Assistant] Well, there's, there you go. So there's another thing, right, to where the compensatory pick. Here's another aspect of this too.


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[Assistant] We're comfortable with Nate Sudfield as the backup now. And now Jimmy's only making 12 million and...


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[Assistant] He is. He is. I'm not gonna argue against it. He's, he's certainly...


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[Assistant] You know, you know I had questions about his, his motion a little bit. His motion was elbow like this to start the throw. Up in the air. Up in the air. The elbow still gets to that position, but it gets there a different way. And there's a difference to me there.


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[Assistant] Now it's, it comes through the hand more, and then gets to that point.


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[Assistant] Elbow first, then let me try to throw the ball. It's a throwing motion that starts all together, and the elbow gets to that point, but he has great, so, so there is a difference there to me in that. It's not as segmented. And because of that,


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[Assistant] It's kind of flows better and he has better control and better accuracy and timing and rhythm. He throws a pretty much a perfect spiral on about 90.


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[Assistant] You know, the one thing you, like, we look at Trey Lance and Justin Fields coming out, like, Justin Fields is a way more gifted runner, that's for sure. Justin Fields is in the Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray, uh,


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[Assistant] I said this to Florio, he might be the fastest guy in the field. He can run for a 30 yard gain and you go, I don't think he ever really turned it on. You know, it's that special of an athlete.


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[Assistant] I like the way the Bears have looked this preseason. I do think they're having an upgrade on the offensive side of the ball as far as the offensive coordinator is concerned. And I do think that defensively, yea, Matty Rufus is good. They look organized, tough.


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[Assistant] You know, understand situational football. Fields is seeing the field really well and reading defenses properly and making the appropriate throw of it. So again, I'm not sitting here. I'm going to say the Bears are going to the playoffs.


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[Assistant] Surprise, pain in the butt teams is certainly in the potential to where we go, oh, you know, they had a little bit better in the year than we all gave them credit for, you know, before the season started.


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[Assistant] Just, you know, healthy. Healthy, look good, arm look great.


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[Assistant] You know, again, Baker, his arm to me is in the special, you know, pretty special category. Again, I'm not going to say it's like Mahomes, Josh Allen, Justin Herbert there.


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[Assistant] But it's a damn powerful arm to where it's a game-changing arm.


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[Assistant] His ability to rip off a, you know, a 20 yard corner route or a 25 yard out route. He does it with ease. So that's going to change their offense and open up the field. And then, you know, little off schedule play for a touchdown is supposed to be a three step drop. Nobody's there. He kind of moves to the right, sets up, throws an aggressive ball in the end zone.


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[Assistant] They gotta be happy with the way he looks. He gives their team...


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[Assistant] You know, hopefully he doesn't get too over aggressive and knows when to check it down to them, but I liked what I saw from Baker.


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[Assistant] Like I'm not going to spoil it either. Yeah, I don't plan on picking them for the, the playoffs either, but I'm going to say this today about a team. If there's that one team that comes out of nowhere, we go, I can't believe we're here in the first week of the playoffs and they're in this, sir. They, they, they are, I think in that team, at least in my mind, I'm juggling, juggling around a little bit.


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[Assistant] I mean, listen, he's walking a fine line. He is. Now, I don't think it's his final opportunity because there's a good chance he might get another opportunity to prove himself during the regular season this year. You know, how good is Seattle? That's gonna be debatable. You know, there's...


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[Assistant] Gino Smith, certainly we know is not a franchise guy, so if they don't play well or he struggles, I don't think it's gonna be like a long leash where they're gonna be like, well, we'll let Gino figure it out cause he's the guy of the future. So I do think he'll have another shot there.


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[Assistant] You know, at the start of training camp, I thought really, man, Gino sounds like he's the leader, you know, in the clubhouse as far as being the starter, but they kept leaving the door cracked for Drew, leaving it cracked for Drew. And of course COVID hit and then this game hit. I mean, they, he made the decision easy.


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[Assistant] Again, this is, he's got to watch it. He's got a little of a reputation and two of those three interceptions were horrible. And really the third one's not that great either. The guy was wide open and he kind of made the guy have to dive out and go in front of himself a little bit and the ball got knocked up in the air. But the two before that,


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[Assistant] You know, those are things where you go, man, a guy this, this long in his career playing against backups on defense, like, come on, that, that should not be happening. Throwing a preseason game, three, two interceptions into the guys, like into their chests.


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[Assistant] You know, that, that for, for a guy that's been playing as long as he has, that should not be happening. Not, not like that. You know, there's difference between Mac Jones interception and that interception, which we might talk about later on. But yeah, he's, he's out of the trust tree. I know that for sure.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think Gino is clearly the guy. Yeah, I do. I'm excited to see what Gino has. He's got physical talent. The one thing I come to hear down the stretch is just go, you know, as I more, more and more went by went, okay, but they kept saying all the right things about Gino being the starter.


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[Assistant] The fact that they kept leaving the door cracked open for Drew made me think a little differently over the last 10 days ago. Well, maybe they wanted Drew.


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[Assistant] To take this and win it. And I think there's probably a part of that too, because of the politics of the situation. Wait, we traded Russell Wilson for these picks and these players, and that quarterback, and even though that quarterback's not a household name, it'd look better if the guy we traded for was the starter that we traded away our franchise guy for, right?


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[Assistant] What I looked at with Jamus is just how in shape and like, you know, just athletic-y looks.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I know, right. So, I mean, he looked good moving. He didn't have to run or do anything like that. But I didn't sit there watching him move in the pocket go, ooh, you could tell there's something bothering him. And, you know, just looks...


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[Assistant] Big things from them. I think they're sneaky. Sneaky good. Oh, line's good.


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[Assistant] And I think if he takes care of the football, you see there with, you know, some of the big throws, he had the Jarvis Landry and I just think with Olavi and of course Michael Thomas, if he can be healthy. Yeah, I think they're going to be a real pain in the butt. You know, they'll be able to run the ball and he looked at, he looked good to me. He did, you know, it was only four throws, but it looked the part top five


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[Assistant] Well, no, nothing's typical about them. There's nothing typical. I mean, again, the way those coaches act, the intensity there, yeaah, I would say maybe that's a hair more intense.


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[Assistant] I would also say it's an organization that needs a real shakeup. I mean, they need, like, and I will say, I, you know,


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[Assistant] The problem with hard knocks is a lot of the times we don't get to see the top notch organizations. Or maybe the coaches that might be a little bit more like this. But what I would say to at Go Longhorns 45 is, even though it might not be the yelling and the, hey, we're gonna, you know, face paint and sharpen the spears and all that kind of talk.


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[Assistant] You go to New England, they feel the pressure every day in practice. They're, they're, they're, they're wound so tight, they don't even know how to relax, right? So they're, they're, they're feeling that on a day-to-day basis. It might not be Bill yelling at them like Dan Campbell and, and do stalias like that.


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[Assistant] You know, meet his expectations on a daily basis.


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[Assistant] John Harbaugh, that ain't, that ain't flute camp over there, I can tell you that too. So, those places have that type of pressure.


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[Assistant] On a daily basis is what makes them great. And I think it's something that's needed for this football team. Again, this is a team that needs something, needs some toughness, some grit to steal a few wins early and gain some confidence. And the only way you're gonna do that is to be like, every day we gotta kinda have that we're going to battle feel to get better.


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[Assistant] And then even when the game comes, it's maybe not so as stressful either. I think there's a lot of positives to it. So I understand. And if it maybe goes on for years and years here, it might fall on some deaf ears eventually.


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[Assistant] We definitely do. The AFC is loaded. And of course the quarterback thing makes it, you know, tough. It does. Not only weapons, but...


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[Assistant] You know, some of the quarterbacks we have in the AFC where you go, uh, I don't know if this team is that great, but the quarterback is damn good and he might steal two, three wins here during the year with, with, you know, late game heroics. So that makes things


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[Assistant] Well no, it is possible. It is possible. People gotta stop. I remember that last year too. It is possible. Like last year, I remember going through it going, you know, no, no, I think Houston will be like


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[Assistant] I'm, I'm like that, it's gonna be that. It's, it's gonna be Jacksonville with one or two or three wins. Like, you know, I remember making that, the Jets was gonna be three or four wins. So we had some of that and you gotta remember, yea, we picked the under and I'll try to say that. Like, I think it's gonna be way under or just barely over. Uh, it doesn't have to match up.


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[Assistant] You know, that's, that's, of course, that's... I'm gonna go over here. You know, I will say...


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[Assistant] It's a tough first seven games on the, on the build schedule, starting with their, really with their, it's their seventeenth game with the Rams because they're not playing the NFC West this year. So this is the extra game, you know, crossover game, which is really good.


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[Assistant] You know, but yes, tough first seven. And I look at it and go, Ooh man, that's a tough first seven. But I also look at it the other way and go, Whoa, these first seven got to play this team with this good defense that I think is better.


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[Assistant] And then you have to deal with, whoa, you gotta get ready and be ready for Josh Allen and company early on in the season. That's not always going to be so easy either. So even though I look at it and go, wow, those first seven games are brutal.


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[Assistant] Okay, I, I don't think we're going to be sitting here going, whoa, the Bills are two and five. You know, I, I think it's at the worst, I'm thinking, whoa, they'll be four and three. And then they got a chance in the middle of the schedule to kind of go on a run where I just look at the Jets, the Vikings, the Browns, Detroit.


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[Assistant] You know, the Patriots, the Jets again. You know, again, not that I'm saying they're better. Yeah, on paper they're better than all those teams. They definitely are. I got no problem saying that. I know it won't be easy playing the Patriots at New England on a Thursday night. I get that. But I think I could sit here right now and go, do I think that they're better than the Jets, the Vikings?


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[Assistant] You know, and we'll see where the rest goes. And so I am gonna go with the over here, with the bills. And I certainly can see them being 12 and 5, 13 and 4.


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[Assistant] Well, it's, it's, it's one of those where I think when you...


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[Assistant] Still, I think, add everything together, I'd go, okay, we added the coach and the quarterback in it, that would put them top five for me. You know, again, there's things about their roster where there's certain areas where I don't say wow maybe as compared to the other teams. Like their defensive line, I didn't say wow, but it has potential to be more wow this year.


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[Assistant] Alright, so I got that. Secondary, corners, you know, again, I know it's good, but okay, it's a rookie we gotta see, Trudevius White coming back from injury, you know, Jordan Poyer.


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[Assistant] He's, you know, wants more money, he's been sitting out on the side and it didn't look great last year.


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[Assistant] You know, offensive line I think is going to be better, but it's not a killer group, right? So, that's where, you know, again, I like Stefan Diggs, I like the supporting cast, but I don't go, oh wow, that's definitely one of the best skill groups in football. I don't think anybody would.


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[Assistant] You know, again, that's where the coaching, the schemes, how they play the game, how they put pressure on you both sides of the ball, to me makes them a top five team in football. But without the quarterback and the coach, yea, I don't think they're there.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go under here, right? I mean it's like, I wrote a flat line next to it cause I'm like, ugh, this could go either way. But, you know, I think the biggest thing is,


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[Assistant] I got questions about their offense. I mean, how could I not? I don't give a crap if it's Bill Belichick or not. Right? They lost Josh McDaniels.


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[Assistant] Nobody is, you watch the preseason games, especially the first team offense, it isn't been stellar. Not great. There's offensive line questions. You know, I see throws or schemes downfield where I go,


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[Assistant] Josh wouldn't have taught the guy to run the route like that. It doesn't look quite as spaced out.


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[Assistant] Or taught as well with some of the past concepts. How could it not be? McDaniels is special. Even as great as Bill Belichick is. He's not as good an offensive mind as Josh McDaniels is. Not on just an offensive mind and teaching the quarterback. No. He's not. And this is the greatest coach ever. I understand that. But not in that specific department. McDaniels is special there. So, and then I go, oh, offensive line.


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[Assistant] You know, and the offense is not looking good. And then I go, oh, well, great. You get to the Dolphins the first week on that defense. Whoa. And then you get the Steelers. Whoa. Another good defense. And then, hey, the Ravens and then the Packers.


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[Assistant] So I just go, man, it could be, even though I don't think these teams are remarkably better than them, I think there are maybe some bad matchups with their defenses here, and that's where it could get a little scary. So, you know, I could see them making a middle run.


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[Assistant] Certainly, you know, and the Jets are on the schedule twice there and everything, but then at the end of the year when it goes Bills, Cardinals, Raiders, Bengals, Dolphins, Bills again, it gets tough.


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[Assistant] So I'm gonna go under here. I think the Patriots are gonna be an eight and nine football team.


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[Assistant] Eight and nine. Seven and ten, eight and nine. That's what I'm gonna predict this year. I can't even believe I'm saying it. I can't. I think their defense is really damn good. I do.


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[Assistant] But I don't know if it's got enough playmakers to where I think they're just gonna carry the team. And I got the questions in the offense. I don't question Mac Jones either. That's the other thing I want people to realize. Mac physically looks better than last year. He does. I mean, he's quicker, his running looks better, his arm looks more, more powerful.


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[Assistant] You know, I know he threw the bad interception the other night and he was kind of scrambling to the right and the backer was following him to the right and then he set up behind a guard in the defensive tackle and I think he lost sight of the guy and thought he was still floating with him and the guy stopped and came back underneath it and he threw the interception. So uhm, but yeaah, it's not Mac Jones question, it's offensive question and just where


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[Assistant] I don't get it. I don't know where it's come from. I don't know why they're doing it.


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[Assistant] You know, I, I don't, I, I'm just, I go, the Patriots, like the, one of the best man-to-man blocking teams in football over the last 10 years, the team that is like,


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[Assistant] You know, again, as much as I respect, like, Matt Patricia and what he does, this is his first year on this, this side of the ball too, and he's, he's coaching the offensive line. So, you know, you can maybe put me in this one of a little bit of the category of like, I gotta see it to believe it first. Yeah.


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[Assistant] You know, not that I'm sitting here going, oh, they're going to be 12 and 5, but I'm going over here. Their team is too damn good.


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[Assistant] Their defense is gonna, their defense is gonna be the same.


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[Assistant] Right? There's really nothing going to change there. In fact, I just think they'll be better because some of the young guys are a year older and I just go watch out. I mean, their defense is stacked, let alone the scheme is awesome.


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[Assistant] Offensively the last few years, their scheme has not been very good, right, and we know there's a quarterback question. I don't doubt the scheme anymore, and they got more talent on the field that side of the ball, and I think the scheme fits the quarterback.


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[Assistant] To where, yes, I'm not sold onto as being the franchise future guy. No, I'm not. You know, like I've told you, I want to see where it is, you know, when you start playing some good defenses to take away some of the Mike McDaniel tricks and all that.


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[Assistant] Tough first four games, you know, that, that's, that's like the only thing I look at, let me just make sure I pull up, yep, there he goes, pull up their schedule too. Tough first four games, there's no doubt, but have a stretch there in the middle, again, that I look at and just go, they could make a run there. On paper, they're definitely better than the Jets, the Vikings.


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[Assistant] The Steelers, the Lions, the Bears. They're definitely better. I'd have no problem saying that. I know that doesn't translate into wins. I got you.


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[Assistant] If you, I don't think anybody in football would go, well, if you could have the Dolphins roster or the Viking Steelers, Lions or Bears roster, who would you take? Nobody.


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[Assistant] And the Jets, nobody would even think twice. They go, oh, I'll take the Dolphins. So that's why I go, they can make a run there. End of the year gets tough. And then what's the other thing I look at with this team? Cold weather. That's definitely, they got two cold games in December. So they're lucky that it's not more than that. They're at the Bills December 18th.


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[Assistant] They're in, uh, Foxborough January 1st. That's gonna be big.


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[Assistant] And then the only potential cold games they might have could be November 6th at Chicago.


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[Assistant] And that's really about it. Yeah. So I go, that's kind of favorable for a team and a guy that I question the quarterback's ability to throw into bad weather. So Sergeant, a long answer there. No, no, no, that's good.


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[Assistant] This is like, again, I don't know where to go here. If I go, if I go under, it's five wins. If I go over, it's, I feel like it's six wins. I don't think it's going to be much more than that.


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[Assistant] I'm really on the fence with that one. It's like about perfectly placed. That's why they do that. I know. How dare they. Screw you. But the, the, the, this is what I'll say at first before I make a, a final decision here. Cause this is one that was, I think the Jets are gonna be a better football team.


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[Assistant] I just don't know if it's necessarily going to translate into a whole much, you know, a lot better of a record. I don't. You know, again, I think the schedule is, the karma there is just remarkable. They got the toughest first 10 games in football. There's nobody that has a tougher schedule.


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[Assistant] You know, you look at it, and again, I'm paper. I understand it's paper. But nobody...


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[Assistant] On their first ten games, can you sit there and go, the Jets roster is better than them right now? Nobody. You know, I'm not, Ravens, Browns, Bengals, Steelers I know is not perfect.


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[Assistant] You know, I think we'd all probably still take the Steelers, the Dolphins, the Packers, the Broncos, the Patriots, the Bills, the Patriots again. You know, again, that's where it's, sheesh is right. To where, hey, the end of the year, maybe they can make a run and make it respectable. Maybe they do get to the six wins there, with the Bears, the Vikings, the Lions, the Jags, the Seahawks all being. But, like, I...


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[Assistant] I'll say under for right now. You know, I'm qualifying as I think it's, it's gonna be five or six wins. Can they steal a, can they steal a win? You know, at Cleveland or,


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[Assistant] I don't know. I do think they're better across the board. But as we talked about, I mean you know this is playing high school football. If your team's not that good, it helps to get going early in the year with a win or two to go and you just start to feel fake good.


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[Assistant] And then you're gonna play that good team in week 4 and you go, well yea, we're 3-0, we're 2-1, we're not just gonna be outclassed here. You believe. You believe. And I just wonder if they're gonna be able to find a way to start believing it all.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I know. It's, it's, uh, one that we've looked at all year long, kind of going, huh, I wonder why it's so, you know, shockingly or convincingly the Ravens, too.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna, I'm just gonna let you know, I'm, I mean, what's, what's their over under? What's it at? 9.5. I'm going over. I'm going over. I mean, the Ravens to me are one of the teams to watch out for. You know, they, again, the, eh, the AFC North plays the AFC East and the NFC South.


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[Assistant] You know, so again, it's, it's, you know, good, good football, no doubt. I do look at the other first nine weeks or that's a tough schedule. But like, again, with the Ravens, the way their roster is, you know, the culture there, I don't know. The Ravens just to me have no weakness on their football team.


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[Assistant] You know, the only thing you can really look at is go, eh, I wish they were a little more explosive at receiver. But they're a team that's not dependent on that. So it doesn't bother me as much. They think their defense is pretty stacked.


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[Assistant] And I think, you know, their offensive line, as long as Ronnie, Ronnie Stanley's healthy, they're going to be dominant. I know the running backs are still waiting to get a hundred percent here, but I just think between that, yes, uh, that,


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[Assistant] You know, again, even though their first nine games are very tough.


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[Assistant] I don't think it's going to be so much to where we're going to go, Oh man, the Ravens really blew it. They're out of it. And then the second half of the schedule, I find it be favorable for them. And I know that's a long way down the road, but yeah, I just think the Ravens are going to be one of those teams that they're going to be in the playoffs. I'm throwing that out there right now. Yes, they're going to be a playoff team for you.


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[Assistant] Some of the flaws as far as, I just wasn't sure, just with some of the injuries early on, and it just seemed like it was one of those years that a let down was kind of there and ready. Eight and nine. We had the training camp injuries, I think, that kind of helped me to go, oh man, those are big positions for that football team right there. I can't be real hot on that.


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[Assistant] I'm taking last year as a jump off. I am. I've been pretty adamant about that all off season. To me, last year was one of those where I go, if the season just kept going, they would have just kept getting better. They were still going on an upward trajectory into the Super Bowl.


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[Assistant] Right, they found a team that kind of found their legs and trajectory kind of at the end of the season too. And it was, I think maybe the toughest matchup in all, football for them.


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[Assistant] More or less the thing I look at a little bit to where I'm picking the over here with them is just that


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[Assistant] They're gonna, not gonna catch anybody with a surprise this year. When they come into town, people are gonna go, oh, we're playing the team that was in the Super Bowl this year. I mean, there's gonna be fanfare and, you know, media hype around it. So there's gonna be expectations there. But I think the big thing is, I mean, the start of their schedule is certainly nothing like,


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[Assistant] Crazy. I know the Steelers is tough always, but it's at home. And they showed to have the Steelers number last year. I look at them and go, again, I think they're better than the Cowboys and the Jets. The Dolphins gonna be tough, I know that.


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[Assistant] But man, I could see them getting through week nine there before their bye where, you know, Carolina and week nine where I could sit there and go, well, they can easily be six and three. You know, they might be seven and two, something like that. But then after the bye week, man, they got some little stretch there.


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[Assistant] And that's where it can be dangerous for them. You know, even though we don't know what these teams are going to be.


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[Assistant] I know that, you know, teams like Tennessee, Kansas City, the Bucks, the Patriots, the Bills, the Ravens, even if they aren't as good as we think, they're not going to be slammed up type of wins. I don't give a crap how the season falls out. To where I look at the end of that schedule and go,


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[Assistant] That's some way to end your season in November and December there. That Super Bowl hangover is real. It is.


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[Assistant] I'm not sold on the most well coached defense in football. I'm not sold that they're the most creative offense in football. So that hurts it all too. And then you add in the quarterback dysfunction. I'm going under with the Browns. I am. You know, I can, I can see them getting out of the gates, you know, pretty good.


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[Assistant] I can, but like yeaah, I got questions on both sides of the ball. I mean, you hit out the quarterback situation.


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[Assistant] And again, the fact that Jacoby Percet only played last week, and again, it wasn't that great.


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[Assistant] That doesn't make me feel better about week one. Defensively, it was a top five defense in football last year, but like I've said, kind of about the Bills who were the number one team. Not really a top five defense, not really. They feasted on the crap teams in the NFL.


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[Assistant] The Chiefs put up 33. The Chargers put up 47. The Cardinals put up 37.


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[Assistant] Okay, the Patriots put up 45, right? I mean all the teams that had a quarterback and an offense moved the ball on them, so.


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[Assistant] You know, that's where I'm not totally just bought in on them. So, and then I look at their schedule and go, yeah, they could get off to a good start because on paper, like you're talking about, when you look at their 2022 campaign here, yeah, Panthers, Jets, Steelers, Falcons.


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[Assistant] I mean, if you told me, hey, the Browns, look at them, they're 3-1. I'd go, yeah, okay, I'm not shocked. But I could also sit there and go, oh, then after the next three games, you guys are still 3-1.


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[Assistant] You're three and five now and lost four in a row to the Chargers, Patriots, Ravens, and Bengals. I can certainly see that happening. And then they go, oh, we got Deshaun coming back though, but how is he going to play? Well, yeah, right. And then, oh yeah, great. You know, he, he comes back and it's, you know, before he comes back, it's still at Dolphins, at Bills, and Buccaneers. He gets to play the Texans, which will be can't miss TV.


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[Assistant] You know, at the bangles, ravens, and saints. So yeaah, I think I can see them kinda getting to a fake good start and falling apart as the year goes along. I'm going under here.


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[Assistant] I think this is the year it's gonna go down. It's gonna break. You know, there's things that you can't go eight and eight and be, you know, five hundred. I know, eight, eight, and one. Maybe get another tie. Maybe if he does that, that would be amazing. You know, seven and a half


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[Assistant] If you put a gun to my head, I'm gonna go in the under. And say they went seven. Well, I'm not putting a gun to your head. Okay, well fine. If you put the proverbial gun to my head, I'm gonna go under. I am. You know, again, one, I think the thing that


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[Assistant] There, there is the quarterback question, and I really think the biggest thing for me is, yea, their division, we know it's good, I mean, yes. And...


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[Assistant] I just don't trust their offensive line. I think it's a real issue for me. The way it's looked, the way they want to play, uh, I don't like that aspect of it. And then when you look at their schedule early on too, which would be scary, and this is why I wouldn't start Kenny Pickett, is for this right here, what you see if you're watching on, on YouTube is they got to play really the first eight games other than the Jets. Those are like the top defensive lines in football.


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[Assistant] That's what scares me more than anything. It's not even necessarily the teams all together. I just go, the Bengals, the Patriots, the Browns, the Bills, the Bucks, the Dolphins, the Eagles, that's, that's, other than the Rams and the 49ers, we're taking all the teams that have the best pass rushes in football, basically. So that, that would scare the crap out of me. And, uh, yeaah, because of that,


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[Assistant] Uhm, I'm, I'm, I'm not gonna ride with them this year. I think they're just gonna be under. I think it's gonna be seven and ten. Maybe eight and nine, I understand that. They're one of those teams that seven and a half is perfectly placed, but if you make me go, I'm going under. I hope you're wrong.


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[Assistant] I mean, my favorite would be the Titans. I'm just gonna say that. Right off the bat.


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[Assistant] Again, the Colts are a tough team for me. This is one of those teams where I go, I could be wrong. I'm going with the under here.


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[Assistant] With all this expectation, you think they're gonna have fewer wins than last year? Well, it's just gonna be right around there. It could be nine and eight again. You know? I could see it being that way, right? I know, the whole seventeenth game makes it crazy. But yes, I think it's right around there. I'm not expecting guaranteed playoffs with this football team. Absolutely not.


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[Assistant] I know Matt Ryan's there. That's great. And he knows how to play.


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[Assistant] You know, it just, I guess there's a part of me that looks at his arm through these preseason games and goes, ooh, it's not overly explosive. Can they make enough plays there? Are they going to be tough enough and determined enough to run the ball? Which they weren't, you know, for the first half of the year last year. So I guess there's that aspect of it for me.


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[Assistant] And defensively, I like him, but again, I'm not in wow. It's like to me, it's, it's a lot of good. I love DeForest Buckner. He's a killer.


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[Assistant] Good. I don't know how great I think it is. I guess I'm one that thinks Kenny Moore's a hair overrated. Stefan Gilmour towards the end of his career. So I guess there's just questions for me there. I can see them kinda getting off to a good start.


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[Assistant] I would, but I just feel like there's a middle stretch and there's just something missing to me about them.


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[Assistant] I have a hard time putting my hand on it. It's a good AFC. And I just think if there's one team that I think, ooh, it's kind of a playoff type of team that kind of underwhelms us this year.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with them. I'm gonna have them not making the playoffs just for full disclosure right now.


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[Assistant] If I could sit there, I could say, hey, I could see him beating the Texans week one in Jacksonville and being 2-0 and then losing to the Chiefs and Titans and being 2-2 and who knows with the Broncos game, you know, could win that 3-2, beat Jacksonville 4-2.


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[Assistant] And then, hey, things get tough. At Tennessee, the commanders, the Patriots, Raiders, Eagles, Steelers, Cowboys, I don't know, I'm just, there's, there's, it's another team too where


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[Assistant] I guess I don't trust the second weapon on the team yet. Who is that going to be other than Michael Pittman as Paris Campbell? Is it going to be Alec Pierce who, you know, have all shown signs of, okay, I like it, but they, you know, again, it's not dependable right yet. So I'm, I'm going with that hair under there. So under the nine points.


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[Assistant] 12 wins last year. They're being disrespected to me. I mean, that's where I don't understand. And again, I don't know, I'm not sitting here going they're gonna be 12 wins, but I just feel like nine and a half is too low. I do. One...


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[Assistant] Tight end play good. Offensive line, still gonna be good. It's one group there that, you know, I know they're gonna coach up and play. We know the tailback's good. I like the way Traylon Berks has looked the last two weeks. Had three catches the other night. To me just looks


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[Assistant] Faster, quicker, better route runner these last two pre-season games, which is encouraging. Ryan Tanahal had a good, good pre, uh, uh, good, you know, training camp from everything I've been told.


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[Assistant] So, I look at that, and then I think the other aspect I look at is just go,


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[Assistant] I just have a hard time thinking the titans won't be a top 5 defense in football this year.


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[Assistant] Their front seven to me is like, it's scary good. Jeffrey Simmons is in the conversation for best defensive tackle in football. Harold Landry is a blue chip pass rusher. Bud Dupree, a year away from the ACL injury, is a blue chip pass rusher.


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[Assistant] Let alone they have all the other guys to fill in there. Yes, I think people are sleeping on the Titans.


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[Assistant] Yeah, me too. I mean, I love the way Malik Lewis- I don't think Ryan Tannehill's on a short leash here though. That's where I want everybody to realize what we're saying. I don't think this is like, oh, they're three and three and he's not been a hundred percent great.


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[Assistant] You know, oh, we're going to yank him from Malik Willis. No, this is more of, wow, I'm excited for what they have in the future. Like his look is the real deal. His throwing, he has an explosive arm and he has very good control of the ball. Decision making still in the process of, yeah, getting better at that.


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[Assistant] You know, took a sack in the game on, I think his first or second drive the other day, watching back on film, where he's gonna look at it and go, oh man, I had the post route for 50 yard, maybe a 70 yard touchdown.


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[Assistant] You know, the coverage kind of fooled them. Just young, getting used to playing football type of stuff.


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[Assistant] But man, everything, we saw drastic improvements in the pocket, reading the defenses just from preseason game one against the Ravens to preseason game number three against the Cardinals.


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[Assistant] To where I just go, and then we see the running and the electric arm and all that. I love the way they look. They definitely have their guy of the future. It's just as Ryan Tannehill hold them off for another year or...


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[Assistant] You know, is it just a so-so year? And they go, okay, let's rip the Band-Aid off. It's time to go Malik Willis. To me, that's the big question.


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[Assistant] I, I, this is one of the, the Jaguars, I'm not picking them to go to the playoffs, right? Alright, so when we, full disclosure, when we get to the end of this exercise. But.


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[Assistant] If there was that surprise team, like the Bengals last year, where we went, oh my gosh, they were one of the worst teams in football the year before, and here they are in the playoffs.


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[Assistant] The Jaguars are the team that I will throw up to go. The team that comes out of nowhere that goes to the playoffs is the Chrisims Jaguars. That's what I would say. And I'm not picking that, like I said. This one, the six and a half.


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[Assistant] I, I, I want to, you know, there are a team that again would classify under can they get going early and get a little confidence. If they can just steal a win or two early, I want to say over.


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[Assistant] But to me, they're going to be a better football team. They have a very talented roster and


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[Assistant] You know, if it's bad, I guess what I'm saying is I think the worst can be a 6 and 10. That's really about the worst I think.


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[Assistant] I am. You know, again, I just, there's not that a lot that I love. There's good. I think they got a lot of their meat and potatoes, as I always say with this team, in place. But there's not enough sizzle on their team yet to where I go, oh, you know, these few guys will get them over the edge in some close football games and help them win.


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[Assistant] So, that's where I just, you know, and again, maybe they could steal a game early on. Early on schedule is not that bad.


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[Assistant] Uh, Broncos in week two? We'll see what they are. The Bears in week three? Okay. Jacksonville in week five?


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[Assistant] You know, maybe they steal some of these ones. Who knows? The Colts, they always seem to give them an issue. Maybe they could steal something. I don't know. But I just look at it overall and just go, ah, I can't do it. And I think the other thing that I just get to is once it goes from about week seven on, it's, it's pretty legit tough. I mean,


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[Assistant] It's like legit tough, where you go, whoa, okay, Raiders, Titans, Eagles, you know.


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[Assistant] I know the Giants, okay, we could say that's maybe a push type game. Commanders, Dolphins, Browns, Cowboys, Chiefs, Titans, you know, Jaguars, Colts, the majority of those teams have better teams than them.


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[Assistant] No doubt. Where do you want to start this? Chiefs? You think they're the favorite? Yes. Yes. 10.5. Way too low for me. Way too low. Anybody who's been listening to me through preseason, team on a mission. Team on a mission.


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[Assistant] I like the young pieces they got. I think they're going to be better on the defensive line. I think in a lot of ways they're going to be better on the offensive side of the ball too. So yes, there you go. I'm picking the Chiefs over 10 and a half. All right. They're winning the AFC West. Let me just clarify that right now before we get to the other three teams. They are winning the AFC West.


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[Assistant] That's it. Wow. No, I just, I look at it and go, the way my homes is looked, the way the offenses look,


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[Assistant] The variety of players that they have on the offensive side of the ball, talent wise. You've heard me say, I think it can be one of the best pass protecting O-lines in all of football. They got imagination on that side of the ball. The defense has imagination. I think they have more big bodies up front. They got two linebackers in the middle that can fly who are a year older.


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[Assistant] The safeties are an upgrade with Thornhill and Reid over Matthew and Thornhill. Alright. I like the way McDuffie looks. Hopefully he's good after, you know, getting his bell rung the other night.


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[Assistant] A team that lost a Super Bowl, a team that was like, played B-plus football for most of the year last year and then got it going and probably are looking at it going, man, we should have beat the Bengals and just kind of fell asleep at the wheel a little bit. It's still like the character of those people there are not going to be like, well,


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[Assistant] We're the Chiefs, we went to the AMC Championship, and the Super Bowl the year before that, and we'll just, you know, feed up and we'll, we'll happen again. It just, the way they're talking, the way they've played, uh,


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[Assistant] Mahomes wants to be an all-time great. Andy Reid is an all-time great.


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[Assistant] I just feel like they got their edge back a little bit, let alone I think they improved their team a little. So I just look at that and go, and then it's, they can't win without Tyreek Hill and all that crap. Like I just feel like it's all setting up for them to be the big Jersey state bird in everybody's face.


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[Assistant] It's right in this range. It's right in this range, alright? I mean, it's, it's...


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[Assistant] Like, man, this is a really tough one with me, with the Chargers. I don't know where I want to go. Like, the way you look at their schedule, first off, I know their roster is really good.


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[Assistant] I worry about Brandon Staley a little bit, you know, with the aggressive fourth down cause. I do think it cost them in some games. Now I understand that they won some games because of it too.


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[Assistant] But I guess it does worry me. But man, I look at their team and go, well, there's not really much weakness anymore. The old line's gotten straightened out. I think they're gonna have enough big bodies in the middle to slow down the run a little bit more. Plus it's year two in Brandon Staley's scheme. I think he's got more of a, they'll have more of an understanding and the more pieces that fit it.


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[Assistant] I almost want to go over with them too, but just barely over.


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[Assistant] Like 10.6 or something like that. Something like that. Again, to be fair, if you're hearing me, yea, I think they're a 10 win, 11 win type of football team, your guns to my head, your heads to my, your guns to my head again, and I'm going with 11. I'm going to go with the over here. Alright, the first eight games, I can see,


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[Assistant] The first aid game for the Chargers. Looking at that going, whoa! The Chargers are...


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[Assistant] Now the last half of the schedule, the 49ers, the Chiefs, the Cardinals, the Raiders, the Dolphins, the Titans at the Colts on a Monday night football game, Rams.


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[Assistant] At Broncos, that's a brutal stretch there to end the season.


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[Assistant] That's, but, but I could see them coming out of the gates strong and us being like, whoa, there's six and two or seven and two or eight and one. And I think the Chargers is the best team in football. I wouldn't be shocked with that. There's not, you know, other than the Chiefs, there's, they're the only team there that to me that I just go definitely better than, than them on the roster wise.


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[Assistant] I don't, I don't, I'm not going anywhere near there. To me, this is the most, this is to me the obvious under. This is, I'm shocked by this. Even with Russell Wilson. I know. It's, I don't like, wanna like, I understand how awesome Russell Wilson is. But.


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[Assistant] I just, again, I guess uhm, a little bit the way they've looked, alright. I'm not just sold that it's, hey, this isn't like Tom Brady to the Bucks or Stafford to the Rams where the groundwork was already laid, the teams were great, and then they just, they just needed the quarterback to get them the over the edge. This is like,


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[Assistant] No, it's a brand new head coach that we've never seen be a head coach. This is different here. This is like a lot of, we think these receivers are good, but we're not really sold on it yet. We can't like, you know, write home about it. Oh, lying.


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[Assistant] Okay, it's solid, not great, maybe better than Russell Wilson's had the last few years, but I'm not gonna go, oh wow, it's the Denver Aline, watch out, whoever plays them. Defensively, secondary's awesome, front seven's underwhelming. So, yes, I don't see ten and a half anywhere near here. I think this could be


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[Assistant] I'm curious to see how he plays. I am too. And again, I think just being in a new spot, you know, getting used to life away from Seattle and just the pressure of all that. Yeah, I don't know. There's just something that I don't love about what I feel or see


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[Assistant] Yeah, this is, this is, you know, I've said two teams that I had the flat line with and this is the other team that I'm like right on the flat line with a little bit.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with the under though. I am. I mean, again, I don't think it's gonna be significantly far under, but yes, I'm gonna go eight. You know, I think the thing that bothers me, again, it's a coaching staff that definitely doesn't have the pieces they want for their schemes.


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[Assistant] Alright, I think that you'll see Derek Carr and the offense put up good numbers. I worry about their O-line. I think that's the first thing to say. Worry about their O-line and as I pull up their schedule, let me just get to it. Uhm, I almost think too before


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[Assistant] I think it kind of fell the right way for them. It was. I think they kind of...


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[Assistant] It's over expectations for sure. At least I look at it that way. And then you talk about offensive line issues. Man, the Chargers to start the year. Titans week three, Chiefs week five. You know, the Cardinals do crazy stuff, blitzing and all that too.


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[Assistant] I guess I worry about that, and then I just, I just look at their defense and I go, I know they got the two pass rushers, that's real.


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[Assistant] I'm not sure I'm in love with their interior D-line, linebackers. You know, nobody to write home about in the secondary really.


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[Assistant] So I guess that's where I question it. Let alone, yeaah, they're in the AFC West and they gotta play, you know, the AFC South and the NFC West, which are NFC West is really good. And I think we were saying with the AFC South, even though the Titans is the only team I'm looking at to be in that


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[Assistant] Then that, you know, playoff picture, the Colts and Jaguars are not going to be pushovers. So, yeaah, I just, I think the Raiders...


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[Assistant] Are being a little too highly overvalued for, you know, yes, they got in last year.


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[Assistant] But some teams had a trip up and stumbled down the stretch for them to get into. And I don't know if I really look at them with this coaching staff and this scheme here as a playoff caliber. Not yet, not yet. Right?


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[Assistant] Okay, there we go. I didn't even mean to do that.


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[Assistant] Birthday gift? Yes, yes, you need to take the L on that. Alright.


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[Assistant] My, my first run by is the Kansas City Chiefs. I'm putting the Kansas City Chiefs as the number one seed in the playoffs. Alright? My, rest of my division winners. I'm gonna make the Bills my number two seed. Okay. Okay. I'm going to make the Ravens the number three seed. And the Titans the number four seed.


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[Assistant] The Chargers is six, and the Dolphins as seven. Ooh, okay. Yes, sir. Alright. There we go. That's my seven playoff football team for the Dolphins.


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[Assistant] Those were the three that I just went to.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna go with the Dolphins because I think McDaniel's gonna give the offensive kick and I just think the damn team's too talented. Yeah, I really do.


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[Assistant] Yeah, you're right. Just the titans and cults. That's it. Some of the seedings. Alright, so there we go. Alright.


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[Assistant] Well, that's okay. I don't think that's a crazy... First off, it's not easy in the AFC. It's not, no. Holy cow. I mean, you know, again, you got teams like the Patriots that were leaving out here and...


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[Assistant] Alright, well you're gonna play it out too. You're gonna have to figure out your math here, okay? Alright? So, now I got the 2-7 matchup, which would be Bill's Dolphins.


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[Assistant] I mean, come on. Two is going to go up to Buffalo and beat Josh Allen, negative Ghost Rider. So I'm picking the bills. Great run, Miami is stepping the right direction. Right, you got to the playoffs.


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[Assistant] Chargers having to go to Baltimore, right? I'm gonna take the Ravens at home there. Alright, so they got the Ravens winning that one, and then the 4-5 matchup is a...


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[Assistant] A matchup from last year's playoff, Titans-Bangles. Cincinnati will go to Tennessee once again and upset the Tennessee Titans. And I'm going to go, yes, with my final four, the Chiefs playing the Bangles, the Bills playing the Ravens.


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[Assistant] And I'm going to take the chiefs, get their revenge on the Bengals and the Bills beat the Ravens. And as much as I kind of want to be different and cool.


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[Assistant] I'm gonna stick with something that's been in my head for the last two weeks and anybody who's listening to the pod knows, I just think these teams are on a collision course. I think there are two teams that have set off the same vibe to me all preseason. That we don't give a shit if it's preseason game one, we're coming out here to kick your ass and play our guys and we're gonna go after it.


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[Assistant] And then you add on the quarterbacks and the coaches with it. I just see Chiefs, Bills, Manning, Brady.


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[Assistant] Rivalry, it just continues, part four here, and I'm, yeaah, I'm wishing for it, and I think my football mind and intellect tells me that's going to happen, so we'll see. How good of a game would that be, right? What? What? A rematch back in the playoffs. Amazing.


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[Assistant] We'll save that, we'll save that, right. Let's save our true Final Four of, so we can talk about who gets to the Super Bowl at the end of the next one.


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[Assistant] So your division winners though, you think the Bills will be the one seed? Are you thinking the Bills will be your one seed, you think? You're not sure about that?


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[Assistant] I don't think you're crazy with that one. I mean, again, could the Chargers go to Baltimore and beat the Ravens? Or, you know, in my book? Or worse, they can. Don't second-guess yourself. You love Herbert.


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[Assistant] I love Herbert. I love the additions they made. I mean, they're not going to have J.C. Jackson early on, but he'll be back, you know, pretty early on in the season. They got Derwin James back. Exactly right. Those pass rushers. What? Come on. I mean, they got a lot to like about that football team. There's no doubt. So I don't think that's a crazy thing for you to pick at all.


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[Assistant] Okay, alright. Alright, so that's, you sure, we don't want to do this, right Pete? You want to just leave it or do you want me to give the AFC winners? Do we want to give?


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[Assistant] You guys are so nice. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. 42 is in the books. All right, everybody. Not yet. Not to the end of it. That's it. Oh, I got a full day left here. Okay. It's not in the books yet. Yeah. All right, everybody. Wednesday, NFC win totals. Questions. Keep them coming. Ahmed.


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[Assistant] I was telling you before, I mean, when you're 42, 43, you kind of do this game in your head, you're like, I'm not really that old. I'm just kind of like a getting up to the middle part of being an adult. Now at 48 with 50 being right there, there's no, there's no reason playing that game anymore.


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[Assistant] No, probably. Where were you last night when you heard that OBJ was going to Cleveland?


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[Assistant] If you think I'm viewing this wrong, because I'm curious what you think. There is the initial shock when a tremendous talent like this gets shown the door. I think an automatic reaction is


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[Assistant] You're better off without a talent like that. How is that possible? But once you get past that thought, and here's where I am. What's a bigger concern or a bigger issue, a bigger objective inside the Giants building right now? Keeping one tremendous talent that's not a quarterback or finding a way


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[Assistant] This spring, to locate your quarterback. So if this deal, once you get past that first feeling, leads to the Giants having a quarterback for the next ten years, isn't it a win?


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[Assistant] About five minutes after dealing with all of these feelings. And we found a way to get it onto the NHL show last night, by the way. You got to. That's what kind of star he is. That's what a major sports story it was, obviously.


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[Assistant] Soon after that, I got to this question, okay, what quarterback is going to be available at 6? If the Giants just stayed at 6, they didn't package 17 with it, they just thought, okay, we can get our guy at 6.


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[Assistant] Is the second best quarterback going to be there? Is the third best quarterback still going to be there? Or do you think they have to find a way to move up?


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[Assistant] So I was gonna say, let's just assume whoever takes him, whether it's Arizona, somebody's taking Kyler Murray at number one. Quarterbacks two and three, are they good enough to go in the top five as well? I think they are.


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[Assistant] Bottom line for this conversation today with the Giants and what happened with OBJ, they are positioned now to go get their guy with two first round picks if they feel like they have to move up to get him.


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[Assistant] You know, so. There wasn't the association with potentially bad teammate though.


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[Assistant] I think most people would agree in the value attached to both of those players with the trades, I think speaks to what you're saying. I mean, Antonio Brown, they got a third and a fifth for that talent, while... I'm still shocked by that too.


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[Assistant] Here's another part of the Giants thing. At safety, General Peppers. Upgrade from Landon Collins? No, he's not an upgrade. And a week ago, I thought very well stated why you were no longer a huge Landon Collins fan.


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[Assistant] You're thinking more about the, the whole quarterback situation with the Giants and what happened with OBJ. I called two of my best friends. Yea. About a half hour drive into work. Right. Die hard.


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[Assistant] Giants, yeaah. So any time something Giants comes up, I always want to talk to them because they're rational, but they're season ticket holders, their dads were season ticket holders, their kids were nothing but Giants jerseys. So I call them both up and they both in very calm ways said, I was relieved. I'm ready to move on from


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[Assistant] But I'm gonna raise my hand and look behind the camera. Our man. What's your name? John. How old are you?


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[Assistant] And the quarterback situation, I want to raise my hand and say, I agree with you. I think with a player like that, the only way it's excusable or understandable


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[Assistant] To say, we don't want that town around here is if it can fix the number one issue in your building, which is


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[Assistant] I think you're right on with how talented he is. I'm viewing it as a quarterback thing with the Giants and if they find a way to get their guy and use that 16th pick, I will applaud that bold move and say,


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[Assistant] There was a lot of reason to disagree with it at the time, but now the guy's in the building and you had to make that move to get there, so I'm waiting to see on that.


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[Assistant] I feel like. Even without this move, I think Cleveland was a threat to be a 10, a 10-win team. Yeah. Now you throw in maybe the most talented wide receiver, who's only gonna make everybody else there better because of how much defense has to worry about it. Right.


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[Assistant] Interesting story with that while you were talking. I'm thinking back to last week at the combine. I was talking to a quarterback coach in the NFL, uh, and this is how the whole Baker Mayfield thing played out for him. He said, I was around him at the senior bowl and


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[Assistant] Yeah, I was up, up high. 20 rows high watching him at practice. Liked him fine. I went down to the field to talk to him afterward. And he put his headphones on right away.


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[Assistant] A lot of kids there wanted to get his autograph and picture. He kept the headphones on, ignored everybody else and just walked to the bus and he said, I don't like this kid. This reeks of Johnny Manziel to me. He's not making time for everybody else. He's a prima donna. I don't like him.


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[Assistant] Well then he goes to the combine to watch him throw. Yes. Being on the field and seeing the way the ball came out of his hand. Right. Revolutions, the RPMs.


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[Assistant] The way he could command the ball, he goes, okay, I'm going to make myself try and like this guy.


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[Assistant] With the Johnny Menzel thing, it's not dating back that far. No. That's a pretty recent example.