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Hey guys, we're back. It's your girl Sargon and Jobe, and you're listening to
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a Swift intro. Thank you so much for listening again.
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Whether you're a seasoned football fan or just here for the snacks,
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we're taking a dive into the playoffs.
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We'll deliver all the hot takes from last week and upcoming matches with a side
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of sass. So let's break it down.
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Let's get into a recap of the wildcard weekend.
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Starting with the AFC? Not much surprising there.
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No. Yeah, Bills and Ravens come out on top. No surprises there.
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Not. Yeah, the Steelers didn't look very good. No. I'm not too surprised.
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Despite how well they were doing, I think they were performing better than that
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team consistently could. Yeah.
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And especially with just J.J. Watt. I think J.J. Watt's hurt.
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T.J. Watt. T.J. Watt, sorry. J.J. Watt is retired.
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He also was constantly hurt, so fair enough.
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Yeah, like, he hasn't played well the past few games.
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Or not well, but, like, he just has kind of disappeared the past few games.
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And without, like, a monster defense, they have zero chance because...
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As much as Russ... Even if Russ did cook, how much can he cook? Yeah.
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Right? So, yeah, I would say, like, honestly, in the past few years,
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this is probably one of the, I mean, they've kind of had roughly the same team.
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But I would say this is like one
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of the worst Steelers teams to make the playoffs in the last few years.
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Yeah. If you know what I mean. I can see that.
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I think it's kind of like I was talking to Amrit where like, who's my husband?
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Tomlin is always just like stuck in the cycle of good enough to make the playoffs,
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not bad enough to get a good trade or to get a good draft pick.
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And they need to work on their offense. Defense has always been good,
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but they need to work on their offense.
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Otherwise, they're never going to make it past, you know, one or two rounds.
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I don't even think they make it past one round. Usually they're usually eliminated in wildcard, right?
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So, I mean, they have a lot of offensive issues. I think George Pickens was
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voicing us unhappiness after. Yeah.
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And I think, like, I feel like if they can get, like, they don't need necessarily
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a franchise quarterback,
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but if they can get, like, an average to above average quarterback that's solid
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and build around that. Yeah.
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I think Tomlin could pick this team somewhere, but they haven't even had that since Roethlisberger.
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It feels like they're stuck in this, like, comfortable zone where they're just not getting out of it.
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And obviously every single year
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recently after they lose there's a question of whether Tomlin
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will be fired or etc I just
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feel like the Steelers organization is just comfortable where they are being
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middle of the pack and they don't really care to which sucks
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for a Steeler just kind of always stuck
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right there like mediocrity and that's yeah
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the that yeah there was nothing
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to say in that game that was redeeming towards the Steelers
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to be honest I thought the score was even closer than
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what how they were playing yeah Ravens looked
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scary though they like between
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Jackson and Henry's running game
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even though they didn't have Zay Flowers like likely
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everyone else kind of stepped up they looked
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terrifying offensively and whatever the
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adjustments they did after their bye week their defense has stepped
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up like their secondary looks a lot better they
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look scary yeah they look good I just don't think the Steelers were kind of
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a marker challenge here so we'll see how they do against the Bills I've no doubt
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they look good and it'll be a really good game though yeah yeah that game and
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we'll talk about that I'm excited for that one mm-hmm.
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You know what? Bo Nix did well for his rookie year.
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The first half of that game with the Bills, they kept it close.
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The kicker missed it, otherwise it would have been tied going into halftime.
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But the Bills showed why they're one of the better teams. James Cook had a monster game.
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Josh Allen was Josh Allen in peak form.
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It was what we expected. It wasn't anything to write home about. I mean, exactly.
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And, you know, Sean Payton defenses are no joke.
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Their defense did not look that good, right? No. It was not. Not as good.
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Relative, they didn't look as good as they had during certain regular seasons.
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Like some of the bigger regular season games, they looked a lot better than they did.
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Yeah. I mean, I think get Bo Nix a few more weapons. They only have,
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what, Sutton? to really throw to.
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Get them a few more weapons. They could be a better team, but that game went
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as expected. Bills clobbered them.
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And now we get a really fun matchup next week through the Bills and Raiders.
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Yeah, definitely an exciting one. Texans-Chargers. Texans took it home.
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I thought the Chargers would have more of a chance, but they just kind of crumbled.
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So I obviously had taken the Texans last week. Yeah. I didn't expect it to be that bad either. No.
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That was a lot more. Herbert just didn't, I don't know what happened.
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I think he's injured. Do you think so? I think he's been injured for the past
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few weeks. And they've been playing him anyways.
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That would make sense. Almost since the start of the season.
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My guess is what's going to come out.
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Since the start of the season, you think he's been injured? No,
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almost since the start of the season. So he had an ankle injury at the start
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of the season, got better.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I either think he re-aggravated it or he tweaked
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something somewhere in his arm, just based on, like, some of the games that happened.
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And he has had, I think it's an elbow or a wrist injury, like, in past seasons.
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So I don't know if that was tweaked or something, but I want to say he re-aggravated
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an old injury these last few weeks. Okay. I mean, that makes sense.
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Just the way he's been playing, he doesn't look 100%. No.
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And he looks like he's playing a little
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scared like yeah and i
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was yeah and my only explanation for that is
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he's injured they did not look like a playoff team yeah coming into there and
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i was i mean there was there's nothing good to talk about they did nothing right
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i think the texans did a really good job of taking that game by the horns i
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guess and kind of in the second half and getting their victory.
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And I really thought, like, if the Chargers applied more pressure to that O-line and CJ Stroud.
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Yeah, that game was kind of. A dead.
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Yeah, it wasn't really interesting, to be honest. There was really only one
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interesting game. Yes. Should we go into the NFC?
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And that was the Commander's Bucks.
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Yes, that was a good game. And you know what?
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The Bucks played like they have been playing the past few weeks,
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which has not been great.
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You know what? It's funny. When we were watching the game, you came to mind
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because you had called it. You go, if the Bucs play like they have been,
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they're not going to win.
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Yeah, and they did. Like, I think, yeah, Baker had issues, but I think the bigger
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issues are the O-line, the defense particularly.
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I don't think the secondary showed up at all.
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And yeah, Bucky Irving played great. I thought their offense wasn't terrible,
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but they just didn't have a lot of answer. They were stopped easily.
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They looked like they didn't have any life, and maybe that's because they barely played.
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Yeah. That their momentum was taken away. But I don't know. You need to do something there.
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Yeah. I feel like there's a few trends I feel like you can always see in games.
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A, teams that have a December where they've been losing more often and come
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into the playoffs tend to lose in the first round. Bucks have been there.
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And momentum shifts are huge. And I feel like the commanders just kind of took
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a hold of that momentum and just ran with it. And didn't let it go. They did not.
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I want to give props to Jaden Daniels because that man did not look like a rookie.
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Like, that was a beautiful game by his part. Bucky Irving has a really bright future, I think.
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So I think the Commanders did that right. They got lucky, though.
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That win is still a lucky win because of that last-minute kick.
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That little doink that went in instead of being doinked out like other months we see.
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But you know what? I give this one to the commanders.
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Even if that kick doesn't go in and you go to overtime, I don't care who wins
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the coin toss. I think the commanders come out of that one in a win.
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The way the Bucks were playing, yeah, I'm with you on that. The way the Bucks
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were playing, the way the momentum was, the Bucks looked so easily defeated
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in that game that any sort of pressure in their face was throwing them off. Yeah.
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It was just not what I expected. And from the Bucs, like, last year,
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we played them. The Lions played them in the playoffs.
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And, like, they were so composed and good. Like, it was a nail-and-tooth battle.
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And this one, the Commanders just did not look like the rookie team.
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They kind of look like they've been there before, and they deserve to be there.
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The Bucs look like the rookie team with that missing the count on that snap.
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Oh, my God. You're down, and you're trying to come back. Yeah.
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And you fumble the count on the snap. I know he's a rookie center,
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but come on, that's inexcusable.
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And not in such a high stakes game. Yeah. Right? That was a do or die moment.
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They did not. That's allowed in September.
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Yes. Maybe the first week of October. After that, it is not allowed.
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Exactly. After that, you're buttoning up and getting ready for these moments, these exact moments.
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Yeah. Yeah. So that was...
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I got to give the commanders the one thing, though. If they are trailing or
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if they are tied and it's the last, like, 30 seconds of a game or even 20 seconds
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of a game, give Daniels a bell with, like, 10 seconds in a game.
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Yeah. They're still scary because somehow Daniels makes that, like, run.
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Yeah. Yeah. They'll get there. Good for them.
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You know what? Good for Dan Quinn. Yes. He was so happy on the sideline. Yes.
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He's been through some stuff lately so good for him.
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The Eagles Packers game I have a
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lot of issues with this one did I expect the
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Packers to win no did I expect them to put up a more of a
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fight hell yeah that was just like embarrassing
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for the Packers they got a lot of injuries their
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defense looked weak just Jordan
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Love didn't look the whole team like there's a lot i don't
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think they've looked good in the past couple weeks
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either particularly their last game yeah oh
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they lost to the bears didn't they yeah yeah and i
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honestly they played like i expected them to play
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i guess i expected a little more fight from
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them but i was just kind of like you know that meme where
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there's like that guy with the stick and he's like hitting the person on the
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floor and he's like do something come on yeah it was like that for me i was
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like do something get something done yeah no they they didn't look good but
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they looked like yeah but you know what it's probably good for eagles because
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they did not look right either,
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offensively uh their defense carried that game yeah and their defense though
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that was huge huge game for the defense and the defense won it,
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the eagle hurts i think is still hurting i don't think he's playing in the playoffs at 100 percent.
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I agree. So I think upcoming, Saquon's going to have a lot of work.
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I think Saquon's going to have a lot of work, and I think they're going to need
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to figure out creative ways to
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get Saquon going against the Rams' defense because they'll play the Rams.
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AJ Brown can read a book on how to get that done on the sidelines.
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But you know what? The nice thing is Saquon is Saquon.
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He could get it done on the Giants. he can get it done
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on this Eagles team so most
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definitely he I think he'll be fine he's
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good as a running back he's good as a receiver I think
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yeah he'll be involved plenty but their offense
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had some holes in it that could be exploited by
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the right team and I don't know if it was just you know Hurts coming back or
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what but TBD next week yeah we'll see the Rams Vikings I did not But I had the
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Rams having a very good chance against the Vikings.
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I think they're set up to be a team that, you know, certain teams that are just
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really good at spoiling certain types of offenses and certain types of defenses.
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I think the Rams were matched up well favorably against the Vikings in that way.
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Like the way their offense runs, the way their defense runs.
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It works well against a team like the Vikings, but I thought the Vikings would
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put up more of a fight, and I honestly put all of this on Darnell.
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100%. I'm sorry, but how do you get sacked that many times?
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And multiple times, he held the ball too long and could have gotten rid of it.
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Even if it's an incompletion, you kind of got to do that.
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Sometimes you can't be taking that many sacks in a playoff game. He looked broken.
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Like like I've seen memes of like Aaron Glenn broke him but like you know the
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saddest thing is Darnell was probably on the cuffs like if he had won this he
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was on the cusp of getting,
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probably a major contract with another team or this team maybe they trade JJ
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McCarthy get him more weapons something right and I think his last two games
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he just kind of crumbled he crumbled he's broken he looked terrible I agree
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with you on the ball being held too long there was this one And I don't know
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if you watched all of the game, but like,
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do you remember in the beginning Stafford was getting sacked and he still had
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the mindset to throw the ball?
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So instead of a sack, it became an incompletion.
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Yep. Right there, I was like, that's a veteran QB. That's a smart QB.
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And then you would see Darnell, and he just looked like a peewee high school
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league quarterback out there.
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He looked like he was crumbling underneath the pressure. Yeah.
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Like you could visibly see him crumbling underneath the pressure.
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And I think if he had just done that a few of those times, he takes half those
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sacks and not all of them, that would have made a massive difference to the
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game and it would have been a lot closer.
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Yeah, I thought the Rams would win. I didn't think that they would do as bad
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as they did, the Vikings.
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And I think like the Rams were able to just shut down Justin Jefferson.
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But I don't know how Hawkinson wasn't used.
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Like, you have pressure coming on you, short passes up the slot.
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Your tight end's perfect for that.
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Things like that. Aaron Jones can catch as well. Why was that not utilized more?
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Why was he not being used? Yeah. You know, short little passes that are basically
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runs, but they're just like toss plays.
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Yeah. Those would have been great getting them some downs.
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Yeah. And it's like those, you get a first down here, you get a down there,
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or you just get a few yards.
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It's that momentum that kind of keeps you going and then tires out their defense,
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which is a young defense.
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You put some pressure on them, you keep them out long. Like,
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that's how you were going to do well against them.
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And they just did not. They made it easy. Well, it felt like they were like
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trying to do deep passes, but clearly Darnell can't do that.
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He was throwing into double, triple coverage, and it costed him.
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I mean, he got some picks, and he should have, to be honest,
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the way he did those. And I think he was – yeah, sorry to interrupt.
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No, no. I think he was waiting – like, the reason he was holding the ball so
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long is he was waiting for – Sorry. He may as well have been.
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He was waiting for something to open up downfield, like, whether it be from
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Jefferson or somebody, Addison.
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But those weren't really opening up. No.
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And come on, you got to get something going.
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Yeah. Yeah. I think there were rumors of J.J. McCarthy being traded and maybe they keep Darnell.
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That's definitely out the window at this point. But even, okay,
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I don't think they would have traded J.J. McCarthy, but what do I know?
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If he played well this game or even that last one against the Lions,
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he could have gotten a solid contract on one of these teams like who need a QB. Yeah, exactly.
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That's just solid. Like, they have a solid team otherwise, but they don't have a good QB. Yeah.
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New Orleans comes to mind. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's a good one. Right? Yeah.
00:17:53.792 --> 00:17:56.592
Solid defense. They got Kamara. You know what I mean?
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Yeah, they've got some offense. Yeah, you're not going to do great,
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but you can put a solid run together and maybe make the playoffs. Yeah.
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You know, I feel like Tomlin and O'Connell kind of have, like,
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similar, like, I don't know, routes. Like, they're always mediocre.
00:18:13.372 --> 00:18:16.812
Even when O'Connell had, what's his name? Kirk Cousins.
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Mediocre can make the playoffs, but they just can never finish it from there on out.
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That's what this was. But I agree with you. I think Darnell just completely
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cost himself from being a starting QB anywhere else, to be honest.
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He'll be a backup. He'll land somewhere. There's plenty of teams that need some
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sort of help, but that was a bad look on his part.
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And I'll give this. The defenses were the highlight of the game.
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I don't think the Rams offense was much either.
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They did well, but the defenses definitely made that game. Yeah, for sure.
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And the Vikings defense is just not, like, I feel like did not put enough pressure on.
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No. I feel like they didn't blitz enough.
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Yeah. And, like, Stafford, Goff, QBs like that, you got to blitz at least, like, a lot more.
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Especially, I think, with the Rams O-line as it is. Yeah. You would have been better off. Yeah.
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Like, I would have been blitzing at least 50% of those snaps.
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Especially because he's not a very mobile, out-of-the-pocket QB, right? No.
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And I get they have deep weapons. They've got Cup. They've got Nikola.
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But, you know, blitz. You sack him a few times. Yeah, you're going to let a
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few of those deep balls go.
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But I mean you still end up
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with the same man coverage wasn't
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working so yeah I agree
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it was not the best game but have fun
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in Cancun I guess Vikings let's get into a swift report the Cowboys got rid.
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Music.
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Of Mike McCarthy how do you feel about that I wish it happened sooner I don't
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know why it took them so long to do it.
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I don't know who they're going to get now. Like, I really don't think Deion
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Sanders is leaving Colorado.
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I'm going to disagree with you because I think if Shador is declaring.
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Maybe. But he, I was listening to a podcast. I can't remember which one.
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Yeah. Now, but Deion Sanders was on there and he said the only,
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he said, not that I won't entertain these offers and something great may come up.
00:20:28.913 --> 00:20:33.393
Yeah. But he was like, right now, the only way I would consider leaving the
00:20:33.393 --> 00:20:37.533
NFL or going to the NFL is...
00:20:39.048 --> 00:20:43.768
If I could coach both my boys. Because, like, not that I might not entertain
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any offers. You have to listen.
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Yeah. Right? Yeah. Because, like, that's not my style.
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But he was, like, in my heart, that's what I feel like. Yeah. Fair enough. Right?
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Yeah. So I don't think so. And especially, this is why I'll say this.
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Even if, you know, his other son was to go to the Cowboys, I just don't think
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the team's there. So, like, if only one of them is going there and that team's,
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you know, like, let's be honest. Yeah.
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The issues they've had, I could clearly see them persisting next year. Yeah. Right?
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Unless they had, like, some sort of – they'd have to have an amazing offseason.
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And I just don't see that happening with Jerry Jones in the way.
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I was about to say. Yeah. So, I don't know why you leave Colorado for that.
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Yeah, that's fair. Yeah.
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As a coach, I just don't see if there would be an allure to come to Dallas because of Jerry Jones.
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He is too involved.
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He's the owner, the GM. He loves to do all of the media management.
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He loves drama, right? Like, let's look at last year, the season opener.
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He's holding off on signing contracts with Dak and CeeDee until the last minute.
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It's just so much drama that's centered around Jerry Jones that I don't know
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how much a coach really wants to deal with that.
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So I don't see the allure of it. Obviously, it's still the Dallas Cowboys.
00:22:17.108 --> 00:22:22.748
You still do have some good weapons in Dallas and a potential to make a run
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for the Super Bowl if you can get all your shit together.
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I just don't see Jerry Jones allowing that. I do think it was kind of a dick
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move on Jerry Jones, to be honest,
00:22:32.548 --> 00:22:37.408
to say they weren't cutting Mike McCarthy, to continue to hold out.
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And then the last minute, like, I think Chicago couldn't even interview him
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at first. And then last minute, they're like, on mutual terms, they've decided to...
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A bit ridiculous. Yeah. And I think in that process, you kind of screw yourself over too.
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Because you don't get to interview certain coaches either at that point. Very true.
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Because you miss out on any of the, like, if you wanted an OCDC from any of
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the teams in the playoffs. Yeah. Because you can't interview them now. No.
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They're gone. And, I mean, Chicago's been great at that. I think they've interviewed everyone. Yeah.
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Like, literally. I know they interviewed Ben Johnson.
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Which honestly ben johnson will be an amazing head
00:23:16.856 --> 00:23:19.576
coach anywhere i think he has a great offensive mind i think he
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would do really well with caleb williams too i do
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i just don't want him to be in the same division as us because i love the
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man and i don't want to go to like not liking him but i think chicago would
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be a great fit for him i think so too but we'll see i actually don't think chicago
00:23:36.916 --> 00:23:42.296
would be a good fit for mike mccarthy i don't think caleb williams would be
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a good fit for Mike McCarthy.
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No. And I don't think Mike McCarthy is the nurturing type, and I think Caleb
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Williams needs some nurturing.
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Yeah. Yeah. I mean, if it were up to me, I would love to see a very defensive
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head coach coming to Dallas.
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I think right now that's the most sure thing you have there. So I say lean into it.
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You can get a solid OC to work with Dak in the offense, but I think lean into
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your strength there, and the strength really is the defense.
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Obviously, some great weapons on the offense, but they need to make it more
00:24:22.996 --> 00:24:24.056
dimensional. So if you're going
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to invest in anything, I would invest in doing that in the next year.
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Yeah, that's a good point. Yeah. Yeah.
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It'll be interesting. I'm sure we'll be talking lots about the Cowboys.
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They love their offseason drama.
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It is always a fun time there.
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Patriots got a new coach. A former Patriot himself. A former Patriot himself.
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I honestly, I think that's a good move.
00:24:47.336 --> 00:24:51.576
I think Vrabel is a good move. I'm surprised they didn't get him last year.
00:24:52.076 --> 00:24:54.856
Yeah, I really thought they were going to go with him last year.
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It just felt like the right fit. It's always felt like the right fit.
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And I, yeah, and I think, I don't know, I'm blanking on his name now,
00:25:03.316 --> 00:25:06.756
But who did they just fire so they could hire Grable? I can see his face.
00:25:07.116 --> 00:25:09.076
Yeah. Geron Mayo. Yeah.
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I think he's actually going to be a very good coach. And I think he just wasn't
00:25:13.796 --> 00:25:15.616
really given a chance. Yeah.
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So it kind of sucks. I feel like he just kind of got dragged along in this whole saga. Yeah.
00:25:21.462 --> 00:25:26.522
It feels like he was a pillar. But I think even... Yeah. And I think even the
00:25:26.522 --> 00:25:28.602
Patriots wanted Vrabel last year.
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So I just don't know what happened in between.
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But anyways, I think Gerard Mayer will do great somewhere.
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Yes. And I think there's plenty of jobs out there for him to take.
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Jets need a new one. Wouldn't it be funny if Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy
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end up on the same team at some point?
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Can you imagine?
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This podcast will be just fueled by that alone.
00:25:56.822 --> 00:26:00.942
I don't think Aaron Rodgers is going anywhere. I think he's stunned.
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I mean, yeah, granted, there are some teams that could still use a QB.
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But I don't see a team wanting him as a starter.
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Yeah. And I don't see him wanting to be a backup.
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No, God. In the way that Alex Smith did for Mahomes, in the way that,
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you know, Trubisky's still doing. Yeah, Flacco.
00:26:24.102 --> 00:26:29.682
That's just not Roger's style. No, no. He's the main character energy in all
00:26:29.682 --> 00:26:31.542
of his narratives. Yeah.
00:26:32.642 --> 00:26:37.822
He won't be. Yeah, I don't know. I could see, like, there are some teams that
00:26:37.822 --> 00:26:40.562
really need a quarterback, like New Orleans or something.
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Maybe but i see but yeah i think it's very limited i think after all the drama
00:26:45.802 --> 00:26:51.742
that happened with the jets people are done yeah i don't know we'll see let's
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see it should be a fun off season.
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To our next segment some of the matchups to well all of the matchups to watch
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for next week It's only four games.
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Obviously, number one for me, without question, Lions and Commanders.
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I don't think anyone should...
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It's twofold. I don't think you should underestimate the commanders at all. They are a good team.
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Sure, they're green, but they're still a good team. However,
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I still don't think the Lions lose.
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I think our poise and experience will come through. Coming to Ford Field to beat us is not easy.
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And lastly, their run defense is not very good.
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David Montgomery is supposed to be back as well. So between Gibbs and Montgomery,
00:27:44.198 --> 00:27:49.538
I don't think we come out trailing them at all, especially in the second half
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and giving them any chances to be the ones who beat us.
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But I'm still saying don't underestimate. It's not a walk through the park.
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I don't think it'll be a walk through the park. And I think the commanders,
00:28:00.818 --> 00:28:07.358
yeah, they're young in a lot of ways, but they also have like a core that's
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experienced and that's been around. Yeah.
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Yeah. So I think, you know, I think that'll, I mean, I'll be honest out of the
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games when I was watching them, I was rooting for the commanders to win because
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I'd rather play them than at that moment.
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I was rather play them than the Bucs and definitely the Rams just because,
00:28:28.958 --> 00:28:32.898
you know, they scare me and I'll get more into the Rams when we talk about them.
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But I wanted the commanders out of them. but i don't
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think it's you know anything that should be taken lightly
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but i also don't think the lions come out of this losing to the
00:28:41.638 --> 00:28:49.358
commanders unless we f it up on our own yeah and i think like i could see goth
00:28:49.358 --> 00:28:55.738
struggling against the pass yeah yeah against that or that but yeah i think
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the run game will be key for the lions and if they play like they have been Yeah.
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They should cruise. Won't be a walk through the park, but they should cruise to a win.
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Yeah. Yeah. I'll be shocked if we come in here and say the Lions lost.
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But one thing I will say, if Goff had that one game where he turned the ball
00:29:16.478 --> 00:29:21.698
over five times, I don't think you can do that against a team like the Commanders. No.
00:29:22.098 --> 00:29:25.298
And against Judy Daniels. I do think he's buttoned it up since.
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He has had a couple interceptions here and there in games.
00:29:29.658 --> 00:29:32.858
I don't think they've played very strong defenses in the latter half of the season.
00:29:34.698 --> 00:29:38.798
Yeah, other than the... Yeah, that's true. I mean, the Vikings are,
00:29:38.958 --> 00:29:40.898
but... They wouldn't play well.
00:29:41.138 --> 00:29:44.598
Yeah, we've already discussed their issues. Yeah.
00:29:45.350 --> 00:29:49.050
But I think like the commander's run defense is like 30th or something.
00:29:49.350 --> 00:29:55.350
Yeah, the run defense isn't good. And we have monsters and Gibbs has done amazing
00:29:55.350 --> 00:29:56.510
since Montgomery's been out.
00:29:56.670 --> 00:29:59.070
And Montgomery coming back, you can see those short passes.
00:29:59.510 --> 00:30:02.850
Sorry, the short runs or, you know, the end zone, the red zone.
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You have a double headed beast right there.
00:30:04.590 --> 00:30:09.030
I also think St. Brown will be harder for them to defend.
00:30:09.210 --> 00:30:12.090
I know their pass game is good, but he's also a short. You know,
00:30:12.190 --> 00:30:15.770
when you were talking about like the short throws, slot receiving.
00:30:16.510 --> 00:30:21.310
Yeah, I feel like Sam Brown can do that and make it into a big run out of them.
00:30:21.510 --> 00:30:28.390
So I think we have the weapons and I don't think the Lions are one to take anything lightly anymore.
00:30:28.570 --> 00:30:33.370
I think Houston was a good wake up call for us because I think we all took it
00:30:33.370 --> 00:30:37.690
very lightly and we got our asses kind of handed to us in that first half.
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So I think they won't come in thinking it's going to be an easy game,
00:30:40.630 --> 00:30:44.470
but I will, if I sound cocky, I sound cocky.
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I will be very, very surprised if we lose that game.
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It'll be the Lions game to lose. Yeah, that's the best way to put it.
00:30:52.350 --> 00:30:55.770
Like if we mess it up, that's on us. But beyond that, it'll be a respectable
00:30:55.770 --> 00:30:58.090
fun game, hopefully. Rams-Eagles.
00:30:58.790 --> 00:31:04.470
Yeah, what do you think about that one? So, I know the Rams have been playing well.
00:31:04.730 --> 00:31:08.690
I just, I don't know. Other than the game against the Bills,
00:31:08.730 --> 00:31:14.970
which was just the shootout and the Bills defense did not show up to that game, I just feel like...
00:31:15.706 --> 00:31:18.846
I don't know, like, have they really played any strong teams and beat them?
00:31:19.406 --> 00:31:22.146
They've played a lot of their division. Yeah, they're on a run.
00:31:22.326 --> 00:31:27.846
I just, the Eagles' defense has been playing solid. We saw that the last game, too.
00:31:28.446 --> 00:31:34.806
I think the Eagles' offense could lose this game, but they would have to really
00:31:34.806 --> 00:31:36.326
mess it up to lose this game.
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Mind you, that's, like, contingent on the defense playing how it has been.
00:31:41.086 --> 00:31:47.406
I don't think the Rams are going to be easy to play, But I think the Eagles
00:31:47.406 --> 00:31:49.866
are going to sack Stafford.
00:31:50.146 --> 00:31:52.266
The Eagles are going to put pressure on that O-line.
00:31:53.386 --> 00:31:57.546
If they don't do those things, that's another story. But the way the Eagles
00:31:57.546 --> 00:31:59.266
play, that's normally how they play.
00:31:59.566 --> 00:32:03.446
Basically what you said for the Lions, it's kind of the Eagles game to lose. Yeah.
00:32:05.266 --> 00:32:09.346
So basically everything you said I agree with. I think the Rams will put up a good fight.
00:32:09.486 --> 00:32:13.046
I think if it wasn't a cold weather dome, which Stafford doesn't do well in,
00:32:13.046 --> 00:32:16.646
open dome open like stadium their
00:32:16.646 --> 00:32:19.746
chances would have been better I've said it before I'll say
00:32:19.746 --> 00:32:22.846
it till the death of me like Stafford and McVay together
00:32:22.846 --> 00:32:27.946
they're veterans in these situations and they are scary they're coming as a
00:32:27.946 --> 00:32:33.426
red hot team into this obviously the Eagles offense has some issues right now
00:32:33.426 --> 00:32:40.786
with Hurts however he is I think the deciding factor in this game is going to be the Eagles' defense.
00:32:41.226 --> 00:32:43.846
And I think what you said. I think it's going to be both the defenses.
00:32:44.546 --> 00:32:47.506
I think this is going to come down to the defenses. Yeah.
00:32:47.786 --> 00:32:53.126
I think Eagles, if they blitz plenty, they can get Stafford pretty ineffective right off the bat.
00:32:53.526 --> 00:33:00.386
Yeah. And I think if the Rams can continue and the Eagles can't get anything
00:33:00.386 --> 00:33:03.866
going against that defense, that's going to spell a little trouble because now
00:33:03.866 --> 00:33:06.806
the Eagles are reliant on just their defense.
00:33:07.306 --> 00:33:10.986
But, you know, Hertz in that offense doesn't have to play amazing. I think...
00:33:12.718 --> 00:33:15.698
You know what I mean? Kind of like what they did with the Packers.
00:33:16.738 --> 00:33:18.638
Yeah, like they just have to get some things going.
00:33:18.918 --> 00:33:22.398
Saquon needs a couple things here and there, and Hurts needs to just get a few
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balls just to throw off and give Saquon some space. Yeah.
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Like, it's pretty simple. They just need to execute. Yeah. I think it'll be a really good game.
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Yeah. I expect a good effort out of the Rams.
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The Rams scare me, I'll be honest. I don't want to face the Rams.
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We'll see. Let's see what the Eagles get done. I think it should be fine.
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I think the Eagles pull that one off as well.
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But if anyone's going to give them a tough battle, it's going to be the Rams right now.
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Texans, Chiefs.
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I don't know. The Texans played a lot better than they thought they would.
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I'm not saying that means anything against the Chiefs because it's the Chiefs
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or the Chiefs. But the Chiefs haven't played.
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Yeah, because they rested all their starters. Yeah, they haven't played in like three weeks.
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Mahomes hasn't looked great all season long. It's going to, like,
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if the Chiefs defense can't shut down Stroud, which, let's be honest,
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is doable with his O-line.
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But they stepped up, it looked like, last week and in the past,
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towards the end of the season. Yeah. Yeah.
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If the O-line can protect Stroud a little bit and give Stroud some time to make
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those plays, I think the Chiefs need to be a little bit worried.
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But if their defense continues what they've been doing most of the season.
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I think Mahomes doesn't have to do much.
00:34:50.891 --> 00:34:56.371
But yeah, this Chiefs team, I don't know. I know they pull out these wins just
00:34:56.371 --> 00:35:01.251
out of nowhere, essentially, but they really haven't looked that great all season
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long. They haven't looked very impressive.
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Their offense has been nothing to talk about. So I think the Texans lose just
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because I think the Chiefs just pull it out.
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I think their defense picks apart their offense to a degree.
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I don't like it. I don't like the Chiefs being in there. I don't think they're
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a fun team to watch right now. All their games have been very close or low-scoring games.
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They shouldn't be in there, but the Chiefs are the goddamn Chiefs for that reason alone.
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It's just kind of like they pull it out. they're also
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scary because like i feel like you know how like last
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round momentum makes such a difference the chiefs
00:35:38.731 --> 00:35:42.351
are not one that it makes a difference with they can be trailing by
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two scores in the fourth quarter and they'll still come and manage the win so
00:35:47.811 --> 00:35:51.651
this is one where i think stroud also has to go with that mentality that if
00:35:51.651 --> 00:35:56.111
you're up you still need to play like you're trailing because yeah it won't
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make a difference in this one josh allen said that But after winning against the Chiefs. Yeah.
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Is that whole game he said in his post-game interview.
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I knew I couldn't. Like even though they had the lead. Yeah.
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I knew I couldn't let go. Because the Chiefs can come back anytime. Yeah. Exactly.
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And that I think is something Texans will have to keep in mind.
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It'll be fun. I mean it would be great if they beat the Chiefs.
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But realistically I don't know. Yeah.
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The game that I am most excited for. And I'm pretty sure all of NFL is most
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excited for the game of the MVPs.
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Those Ravens. Yeah, that I think the spread is even like minus one,
00:36:41.631 --> 00:36:44.351
which is obviously a push, but like the smallest I've ever seen.
00:36:44.571 --> 00:36:47.311
I keep going back and forth on this one.
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Really? Yeah. There are days I'm like, nah, Josh Allen, this is his year.
00:36:52.929 --> 00:36:58.709
He's going to get it done, beat the Chiefs and get into the playoffs or get into the Super Bowl.
00:36:59.409 --> 00:37:02.509
And then I look at the Ravens and I'm like, they've got so many weapons that
00:37:02.509 --> 00:37:05.409
they could make it hard for the Bills defense.
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And then their defense has stepped up so much since the bye week that I don't know.
00:37:10.009 --> 00:37:13.509
This is what I'm really confused on. What do you think?
00:37:14.209 --> 00:37:19.129
Yeah I just don't think that defense was tested very much last week and I think
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Josh Allen is going to and James Cook and that team are going to be a massive
00:37:22.869 --> 00:37:29.849
test and I think what's going to be hard for the Ravens defense is that Bill's
00:37:29.849 --> 00:37:33.749
offense you can't just shut down Amari Cooper.
00:37:34.609 --> 00:37:37.869
You know what I mean they spread the ball around so much
00:37:37.869 --> 00:37:40.629
you just you can't focus on one
00:37:40.629 --> 00:37:44.629
person yeah you've got right you shut down yeah you
00:37:44.629 --> 00:37:47.589
shut down one person Josh Allen's just gonna find the next one okay
00:37:47.589 --> 00:37:50.409
yeah there's plenty of people and Josh Allen himself could just
00:37:50.409 --> 00:37:53.169
take off yeah or Josh Allen himself could take off
00:37:53.169 --> 00:37:56.049
and like man those like you watch Bill's
00:37:56.049 --> 00:37:58.789
games they're hard to defend yeah but I
00:37:58.789 --> 00:38:02.569
feel like the Ravens are like that too yeah but I feel like I've seen more games
00:38:02.569 --> 00:38:09.929
this year even yeah if like the Ravens have buttoned it up in the past few weeks
00:38:09.929 --> 00:38:15.089
I've seen more games this year where the Ravens have been shut down than the
00:38:15.089 --> 00:38:16.069
Bills have been shut down.
00:38:16.369 --> 00:38:18.849
The Bills' offense hasn't been shut down. When they've lost,
00:38:18.889 --> 00:38:21.649
it's not because of the offense. It's been because of the defense.
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Yeah. Fair. Valid point.
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I, yeah. The only thing that makes me hesitant towards the Ravens as well is Lamar Jackson.
00:38:31.009 --> 00:38:35.489
I think he's finally maybe gotten out of his head. But he, like you said,
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he wasn't tested last week.
00:38:37.369 --> 00:38:43.849
No. So this will be the test, I think, of whether he can finally push past it.
00:38:44.209 --> 00:38:48.049
I mean, they're both kind of coming from the same place. They both always kind
00:38:48.049 --> 00:38:50.629
of lose out in either the conference or divisional round.
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So let's see who reigns superior.
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I think I'm going to put the deciding factor of this game on the Bills' defense.
00:38:58.369 --> 00:39:04.209
I think if they manage to show up, and they don't even need to completely shut
00:39:04.209 --> 00:39:07.169
down Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson for them to win.
00:39:07.169 --> 00:39:14.609
I think they need to make a few good key play plays and then let Shallon and
00:39:14.609 --> 00:39:16.349
that offense score. Yeah.
00:39:16.789 --> 00:39:19.029
Right? But if they aren't able to do that.
00:39:20.379 --> 00:39:25.439
That's when it's concerning, I think. Then it's just a shootout anybody can win. Yeah.
00:39:25.979 --> 00:39:30.819
Yeah, it'll be fun to watch. It'll be fun to watch if Lamar can finally get
00:39:30.819 --> 00:39:32.879
over his hump there in the playoffs.
00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:38.819
If the Bills' defense can shut him down. Yeah. I think this game's either going
00:39:38.819 --> 00:39:41.539
to be a shootout and it'll be a lot of fun to watch, or it's going to be really
00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:44.419
boring because the defense has shut them down so much and it's going to be a
00:39:44.419 --> 00:39:47.299
lot of three and outs and field goals.
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Hopefully it's a good game, a Sunday nighter, one for a classic.
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I have a feeling it's going to be close the first half.
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And one team's going to pull away in the second half. I feel like that's the
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story of this year, right?
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Yeah. The first half, like you can watch it in the background.
00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:05.459
And then the second half is where you actually see.
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Yeah. And I think if that's going to happen, my money's leaning towards the Bills.
00:40:11.359 --> 00:40:16.839
But if it's close throughout the game, I don't know. I feel like the Ravens could grind it out then.
00:40:17.299 --> 00:40:21.099
It'll be fun to watch. I'm excited to watch this one. I'll watch it with you,
00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:23.339
actually. Yeah, it'll be a good one. Oh, yeah.
00:40:23.899 --> 00:40:29.739
And I do think, I was going to say the winner wins the MVP, but I think whoever
00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:35.019
plays the best, because like we've been saying, this could be decided by the defense.
00:40:35.419 --> 00:40:40.739
So, you know, I think whoever, whatever quarterback plays the best out of this.
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We'll get them. We'll get it. Because one of the quarterbacks could play amazing
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and absolutely carry their team. and then their defense loses it for them.
00:40:48.659 --> 00:40:50.179
Like I can see that happening this game.
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Which is bad. Yeah, I agree with you on that.
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Whoever outplays the other, I think they're the winner.
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