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laced up let's go it's time for banter with the
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boys what it is all Welcome back to Banter with
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the Boys, Gridiron Updates, week 16. I'm Smelty,
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of course, naturally. I'm back here this week.
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Coach. Next to me, we got Roberto. Coming in
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the business attire, ruining people's seasons.
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For you Spotify listeners, he's wearing a Vikings
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polo, so very, very business casual, really,
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I think is what polos are. It is what it is.
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Anyway, Jake's also here again this week. What's
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up, Jake? Heck yeah. Glad to be back again. We
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appreciate you being here, as always. It seems
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like this season, but that's good. That's good.
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Hey, there's one purple. Do you like Jake? I
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don't know. Yeah. I like having thumbs down.
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If you don't, I like, uh, yeah. Just like unsubscribe.
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No, don't, don't unsubscribe. Uh, Kev's here.
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What up? Kev back there, dude. He set up these
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awesome trees for us. He did. We're festive.
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Uh, if you're on YouTube, you can see our beautiful
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trees. If you're not, uh, get on YouTube and
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see our beautiful trees. All right. Uh, with
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that, Yeah, we're festive. Yeah. Anyway, what
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are we doing? Week five, game recaps. Week 15.
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Yes. Let's see. The Falcons at the Bucs. I believe
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they're at the Bucs, right? Yes. Yeah, they were.
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What a finish this was, ladies and gentlemen.
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That's why I'm actually wearing the Vikings version,
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Kirk Cousins jersey, this week. I know we might
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lose some subscribers with that, but that's okay.
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Why? You think Vikings fans are... They hate
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Kirk Cousins. It's not Kirk Cousins fault that
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he didn't stay in Minnesota. I liked Kirk Cousins.
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And if you go look at the stats, he's one of
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the best quarterbacks Vikings have ever had.
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But anyway, people, people hate Kirk Cousins.
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Yes. Here in Minnesota. Okay. All right. All
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right. You didn't know that? No, I would say
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not hear any of that. I guess I'm listening to
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the wrong station. Shoot. I guess so. He's just
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buying into the, how do you like that? Okay.
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Yeah. Yeah. But anyway, Kirk leads the Falcons
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on the field. Can I get some big plays to pits
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and sills and ends up getting that touchdown
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late. That led up to the game -winning field
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goal. But big what? What was it? Fourth down
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or whatever that they converted on that drive?
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Third and 28. And then the fourth and 14. Yeah,
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fourth and 14. Unbelievable. Yeah, Bucs defense.
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What are we doing? Causing your head coach to
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go into an expletive lace tirade. Yes. I did
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not see that. Oh, yeah. It was bad. It's about
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a minute and a half of Expletives. Check it out
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if you haven't seen it. I'm going to have to
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go look it up. It's really good. Yeah. It would
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flag our episode as no Expletives. It would work.
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But, yeah, Falcons getting the win 29 -28. I
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mean, is this concerning to you if you're a Bucs
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fan right now, Roberto, as you're heading to
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the playoffs right now and now the division is
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up for grabs all of a sudden? Yeah, for sure
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right now. I mean, Tristan Werf, he was out that
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game, wasn't he? He was sitting on the sideline.
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And, yeah, they can't seem him and Baker. Baker
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and his three core receivers seem to be off.
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Right. You know? It's the first time pretty much
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all since the beginning of the season where you
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have. All of them. Yeah. So, yeah, you had Goodwin,
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Evans, and Evans had a nice game. And for me,
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it was after that fumble, that hit by Parrish
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on Bijan for that fumble. Turn the ball over.
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You get a Chris Godwin touchdown. That should
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be it. That should have been the game. I thought
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it was. That was, what, late in the third, wasn't
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it? Yeah. And a third beginning of fourth. Yeah,
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you're going into the fourth quarter up by 14
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at that point. I mean, just don't call it a comeback
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on Kirko chains, you know, and, and like we were
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saying what you were actually, what you were
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saying off, off air here, off air. I love that
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we use that, but anyway, uh, off air that you
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were saying that the Falcons still have an opportunity
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here, chipping a chair to, to, yeah, to make
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the playoffs right now. Playoffs. Yeah. Playoffs.
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I mean, there's three games are down to, I mean,
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it's not the best chances in the world, but as
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you look in how Carolina and Tampa Bay are kind
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of sliding right now, In Tampa Bay, untrustworthy
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Carolina, I'd say right now. I don't know. And
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I don't know exactly. Atlanta's got to hope that.
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They got to play at least one of those. Probably
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both of them. Well, they play each other this
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week. Because Buccaneers have Panthers twice,
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so they have to split. Okay. And then lose. So
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the Falcons actually have a chance. Yes, they
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do. Well, other than they play the Rams week
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17. Ouch. I mean, yeah, Falcons have to have
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to win out. And then. But they do have Cardinals
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and Saints. And then Bucks and Panthers have
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to lose two out of three. Yeah. Okay, interesting.
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All right, well, keeping an eye on that NFC South.
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What a crazy South. Yeah, what a crazy South.
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Something that I know I thought the Buccaneers
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were going to end up running away with it this
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year, but I think you picked the Falcons, didn't
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you? I have a feeling we're going to have to
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go back and look at all that. No, I think I went
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box. I think I went Falcons the year before.
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Oh, was it? Okay. Yeah. I was going to say, man,
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you're looking like. No, Falcons are officially
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eliminated. Are they? Yeah. I looked at it. Oh,
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man. I was turning around. I'm like, it's got
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to come down to tiebreakers. You can pretty much
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erase that whole first three minutes of that.
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Oh, well. With that, Falcons getting the win
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over the Bucs, 29 -28. Let's move on to our next
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game here. The Chargers beating the Chiefs, actually
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sweeping the Chiefs for the first time since
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2014. Why do I not have the score? I had it right
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in front of me. 16 -13. We took a little trip.
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Field goal fast. Yeah, field goal fast. I mean,
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the second half was. boring if you're if you're
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not into i think it really played to the charger's
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strength like they helped like the chief scored
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all of their points in the first half and then
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obviously didn't get another point the for the
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remainder of it and the charger is just one ball
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control or yeah time of possession uh four um
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what are my notes here uh for their possessions
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they had over five minutes yep 13 play drive,
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12 play drive, 14 play drive, 13 play drive.
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Chiefs' longest drive was six minutes, and that
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was their opening possession of the game. And
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then after that, they didn't have another one
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over three minutes until the fourth quarter.
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Well, and it felt like Mahomes was running for
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his life. Yeah. The whole game. Maybe you think
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running the ball might help that? Yeah. need
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to work on that run game something fierce 21
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attempts for 49 yards yeah yeah not not efficient
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enough by any means i mean i think that's this
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the reason why the chiefs struggled as much as
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they did this year is they could not run the
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ball and then obviously the injuries at the beginning
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of the year and the offensive line is banged
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up i think they didn't yeah they're on their
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second string for four out of their five positions
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so Well, and you mentioned Chiefs run game on
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the other side of things. Amari on Hampton. Back.
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This is his second game back, and he's averaging
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over four yards a carry in those two games back
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from that fractured ankle. And it seems like
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good timing when Vidal kind of is, you know,
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he had a couple big games, like big flasher games.
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And then outside of those games, if you look,
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really weren't great. Do you know what I mean?
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They got some tape on it. It's nice that now
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he can be, well, yeah, it got some tape, but
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it forced him to the inside, you know, or whatever
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you want to do. But you can have tape on somebody
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that has a little. bit of explosiveness true
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yeah but i'm just saying like now it kind of
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gives them back that kind of one two not a one
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-two punch by any means is not not in comparison
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other one -two punches in the league but it's
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nice to have just two hampton backs that yeah
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100 carry the ball yeah 100 um lambert smith
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gets his first career touchdown late in that
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first half for the charter so that was pretty
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cool but um other than that did you have any
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more notes on this one um do we want to talk
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about the tony jefferson injection And that hit
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at all? No, I didn't see it. Oh. He got ejected
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for, well, unsportsmanlike conduct, like hit
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to the head on a defenseless receiver. Was it
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bad? I didn't think so. His face mask was up.
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He made contact to the head and neck. So I understand
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throwing the flag. But the reason, like ejecting
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it was just kind of like whatever. Because Tyquan
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Bolton or Tyquan Thornton was. like going to
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the ground and shrinking to like reduce his size
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and try to not get hit, like bracing for impact.
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So it feels like it was a bang, bang play. Yeah.
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So, yeah. So your argument, which I kind of agree
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with, oh man, that's tough though. That's tough.
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I mean, Jefferson is leading with his head, but
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like you said, if he's trying to protect him,
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he does bend over and try to kind of go down
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with it. So if you're putting your head in the
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situation to get hit, if he's already trying
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to aim for your chest or whatever, I get it.
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That's, that's tough. That's a tough play. I
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don't know. I think that's the plays in football
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that need to not be called because what do you
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want anyone to do in that position other than
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him just totally... I don't even try to avoid
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him, but you're naturally going to protect yourself.
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He didn't launch at him. It didn't look like
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it was a vicious attempt to... You're saying
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as far as Thornton goes, you're naturally going
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to try to protect yourself? Both of them. That's
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what you do when you play. As a defensive back,
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my objective is to tackle the... receiver i mean
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like even if he wanted to get out of the way
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in the play i think all he's gonna do is open
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himself up to injury yeah you know yeah no if
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you if you Like, where is he supposed to go?
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If you stop, you know, or try to take something
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off as you're going, that's when injuries happen.
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Oh, for sure it does. Like, that's a bang -bang
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play. He does kind of stop. Look at his feet.
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He kind of plants his feet. I don't know. Yeah.
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That's tough. That's a tough call. I know. Interesting.
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I didn't agree with it. And I think the other
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thing we didn't talk about was the Mahomes injury
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late in the game. Oh. Yeah. Well, he was coming
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up in tent talk. Oh. But. Where were you, Rob?
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Anyway, it was your thing. I'm on a boat. Yeah,
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I see. No, we'll talk about Mahomes in the next
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segment, so make sure you tune in for 10 Talk
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to find out what happened to Mahomes if you don't
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already know, but you probably do. It's like
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worldwide news. Yeah, yeah, yeah. All right,
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my last question, though, before we move on here.
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Is this the beginning of the end for, like, the
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Chiefs division, like, gimme's? You know, Vegas
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is kind of whatever, but Denver and Chargers
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for the next possible couple years, they're kind
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of built to at least be competitive for the next
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two, three years. these aren't really gimme games
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for the chiefs anymore. Like say the chargers
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were a couple of years ago and Herbert was just
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first getting gone, you know, and Denver was
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a. It was a nightmare a couple years ago. That's
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a really good question. I think with how competitive
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the AFC West is, even this year with the Broncos
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and the Chargers, maybe the next couple while
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the Chiefs try and retool that offense. Yeah,
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and I don't think they've got to go into a rebuild.
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I think retool is the correct usage there. I
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mean, I look at it as a Vikings fan. When Aaron
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Rodgers was at Green Bay, every year I was like...
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they might make a run so i look at patrick i
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look at patrick mahomes the same way you know
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you're gonna give him a couple guys i mean if
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they get a decent high receiver next year in
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the draft and like some little scary or a stud
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tight end or something or plays kelsey freaking
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running or running back you know i mean breeze
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hall is gonna be available maybe i'd take him
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too that's what i'm saying like they're you know
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if they suddenly get a bad ass back you're gonna
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be like all right cheese are back yeah for sure
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i mean they still got clark and jones in the
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middle they got a bunch of defensive you know
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pieces still so yeah they if we're talking running
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back they have to hit on that they tried to and
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haven't been very successful with it is when
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they drafted clyde clyde edward hilarious uh
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from injury kind of ruined his career and but
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everyone was like oh look out uh but that's every
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running back you know that gets that injury bug
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i mean you look at J .K. Dobbins on the other
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side. James Gurley. What a career he would have
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had. Who? Todd. Todd Gurley. What did I say?
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James? Who's James Gurley? I don't know. Oh,
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dude, he's one of our football players that I
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coached this year. That's why. Shout out to James
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Gurley. Wow. Shout out to James Gurley. Dang.
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What am I doing? Anyway. Comparison. Todd Gurley
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and James Gurley. Same guy. Same guy. All right.
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Anyway, we should probably, we probably have
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to move on, Kev, huh? Okay. Yep. So anyway, let's
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see. The next game, man. Talk about a classic
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tale of two halves, two running backs, two quarterbacks.
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Bills at Pats. Patriots. I'm sorry. Bills getting
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the win. 35 -31, but. what happened there this
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is another game where a lead was a massive lead
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was blown yeah and we still have yet to talk
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about another game where it also happened but
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not as massively but anyway um what's your first
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take on on this game i'm actually want to go
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to jake first since he's an afc fan he's seen
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the patriots do well for a long time yeah um
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so what i saw was the very unrable -like thing
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where they got away from their identity and who
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they are. In the second half, they only ran the
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ball three times. Well, they didn't pass it much
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either. Well, they tried to pass it, but they
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couldn't because the Bills' defense, and that's
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the other thing, really tightened up on their
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pass defense. A little man -to -man. The refs
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let them play a little bit. And that front four
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was really getting after that old line and penetrating.
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So hats off to the Bills' defense. really forgetting
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after May, making them uncomfortable and not
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being able to throw a comfortable pass at all
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in the second half. So you're definitely, that
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was going to be one of my questions, is about
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that lead, letting that slip at home, too, at
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that. So you're more along the lines of saying
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that they really, it's play calling, really.
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Yeah, I think it was play calling. With Mike
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Vrabel, you're accustomed to... What I make notes
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here as far as like kind of my disappointment
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with Rabel today or yesterday was he's a great
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coach and a culture builder. And he hangs his
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hat on fundamentals and situational football.
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Like if you're up by 20, you're saying, where
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was that situation? Yeah. If you're up by 21,
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where's your situational football? Where's your
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fundamentals in continuing to run the ball? Because
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Travion Henderson, two big plays. And then you're,
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that's it. You still have Ramond Ray Stevenson
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as a real big bruising back and just felt off
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that they were like, Oh, I do. I do agree. But
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late, late in the game too. I think this was,
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yeah, it was in the fourth quarter. There was
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two drives that The Patriots were unable to convert
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on the third down and then again on fourth down
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for two drives in a row. You had the opportunities
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there. For me, it was just lack of execution
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late in the game. But again, coming out of half,
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I think you hit it right on the head. Why did
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you go away from what was working? Travion Henderson
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had a ridiculous first half. I mean, I think
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it's just the classic they got tight. They got
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the lead. They got early. This is a big game.
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A lot of eyes. Big, bright lights. And then you
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get the Josh Allen effect. He gets rolling on
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that offense. James Cook gets going. The defense,
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I feel like, plays off the offense when they
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get going and that Momo rolls. And then they
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just play aggressive, tight defense. And they
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get a couple of one and two outs. Get a third
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down. And next thing you know, they're right
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back in the game. I feel like people play this
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off. not as much than pros. Like, it's a big
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deal in high school and maybe college ball. But
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having that leader in the huddle, I'd imagine,
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still matters greatly at the pro level. So that
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veteran leadership of Josh Allen, you know, in
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a game like this where, yeah, you're down, but
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you've been in these situations before and you've
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battled your way through the playoffs. Like,
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you know what it takes. So maybe that was a...
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a factor this game. And they scored right away
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in the opening drive in the second half. So now
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they're down, what, 10? They also scored right
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before halftime and scored five straight, scored
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a touchdown five straight drives, which is just
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insanity to me. Against a team that we all, I
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mean, Patriots are a playoff team and have looked
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very good. And especially how they came out this
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game. It's just got to close it out. Well, Patriots
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actually scored after the Bills scored right
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before the half. Did they? Yeah. I thought the
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Bills scored right before. They did. Yeah, the
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Bills got that touchdown and then the Patriots
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answered with a field goal. Oh, that's right.
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Time running out. Touchdown. Sorry. No, I know.
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But the scoring out of that second half, I think
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that really changes because that's when Josh
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Allen gets going there. He's on the silent. That's
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where that leader comes. comes out, gets the
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defense rolling. They get a three and out there.
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They go down a score again. Now they're only
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down three. It's pretty much a tied game, and
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those players have a ton of time left. And now
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the division is wide open. Who knows? It is.
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Okay. All right. Well, we got a dip. Kev's telling
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me to shut up. No, I'm just kidding. But yeah,
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about this one. So let's move into the next one,
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which again, we saw another lead taken away by
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another experienced quarterback who's been in
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these situations again before. Somebody playing
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at an MVP level. So many fireworks. where's where's
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my score here why am i losing it 41 34 the rams
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getting the win over the lions um yeah fireworks
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is a great way to put it i mean this game had
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it all the entire game yeah um Who's going to
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stop the Rams right now? I mean, if it was anybody,
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you'd think Detroit would have had it. Carolina
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might have stopped. That's fine. We're talking
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about right now, today. Rams are getting hot
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at the right time to me. They have Seattle, so
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we'll talk about that game later. I mean, that's
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going to be a great game. Rams are... I'm really
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starting to look like they can beat anybody in
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this league right now for me, no matter the conference.
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I mean, Matt Stafford's just playing awesome
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ball. I think the huge thing is Devontae Adams
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went down. It is big. And it's big when you have
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defenses keying for sure on Puka Nakua. You know
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what I mean? So if they're keying on him, you
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still have Devontae Adams, which is crazy. And
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in the red zone, he's such a weapon, too. So
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I think that might be big, and that might just
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bring them down to the pack a little bit. Defensively,
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there's a few little bang -ups. I think that
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D -tackle came out of the game last night. Oh,
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yeah, Fisk. Yep. yeah they're winning i think
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just stafford's playing and that game uh was
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fun um but they kind of just took it over and
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i think that defense did kind of you know was
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there a turnover that kind of changed it They
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just got ahead and then they just stopped him.
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Yeah, they both played really clean games. Just
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to pick six to eight. Which is crazy. He didn't
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get six. Oh, no, he didn't. No, but that pick
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was sick. Sick. But I can't disagree with you,
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what you're saying, really. The Rams are probably
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still my favorite right now in the NFC. They're
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probably most people's favorites. Because I feel
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like the rest of the, even the playoff teams,
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they're all kind of the same. Like any of them
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could be. beating each other any week. And I
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feel like they're all just beating up on each
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other in the division, actually, right now. The
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Rams just feel like they have that slight edge.
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Stafford, I feel like, is the edge. But like
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you said, though, with a healthy Devontae Adams,
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I mean, that is crucial. We've got three weeks
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left. Potentially, you're looking at... the rams
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getting a first round by i mean it's still up
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in the air yeah uh but i think they're the odds
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on favor right now uh to get your first round
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by so you're looking at four weeks off for davante
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adams i'm not too concerned am i concerned about
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the injury yes but the overall longevity of the
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injury i think it's going to be okay because
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then he'll come back for playoffs playoffs crazy
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too and and then they'll just get rolling again
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Cause that's that easy. I mean, it's that easy
21:02
for Devante. Like I think he's just him being
21:05
a little older, those hammies, you know, but
21:08
he's still so good. He's still so good at getting
21:12
off the line. Like, I think he's one of the,
21:16
he's one of the best still at getting off the
21:19
line of scrimmage, just untouched, which is crucial
21:22
at that in that red zone area. Um, so yeah, they
21:25
got Seattle, Atlanta, Arizona. I mean, Seattle,
21:28
obviously, we know. I mean, that's probably a
21:30
battle for the division right now with San Francisco
21:32
only one game back as well. So that division's
21:35
up for grabs. And then at Atlanta, which we're
21:38
thinking could be a tough game for both teams,
21:41
but I don't know. I'd imagine the Rams would
21:44
come away with it if they're for real. And then
21:47
Arizona, which is probably a cakewalk right now.
21:50
For the Rams. Yeah, I mean, the Seattle Rams
21:53
game is probably almost, could be the one seed,
21:56
you know? Yeah, could be. The Bears, I still
22:03
don't fully trust them, you know, of which team
22:06
we're going to get. I don't think they're pretenders
22:08
by any means, but I don't think they're going
22:10
to get the one. No, I think Caleb's playing pretty
22:11
good. He's making some ridiculous, he's making
22:13
some throws that... he should make that are turning
22:16
out okay, like the more second touchdown. Oh,
22:20
God. Yes. But he's playing pretty, and they're
22:24
running the ball really well. I told you a couple
22:27
of weeks ago, I feel like they've got a really
22:29
good two -headed beast of a running back tandem.
22:31
And Smelty, you looked at me weird like I was
22:33
crazy. Crazy. Crazy, dog. For the Bears running.
22:38
Yeah, because I forgot who the heck their second
22:40
one was. Amongire. Yeah. Anyway, what are we
22:47
at? We should probably move on. Probably. You
22:49
can do down. All right. We'll talk about. Let's
22:53
see. We'll probably talk about these teams later.
22:54
It's fine. Let's talk about team Vikings traveling
22:58
to Dallas, getting the win. 3526. over the Dallas
23:05
Cowboys. Call that a competitive W. A competitive
23:08
W. It looked pretty good. It looked pretty good
23:12
for the Vikes. I mean, not to hang your hat on
23:14
for J .J. McCarthy a little bit. Yeah, the pick
23:16
happened, but batted down at the line, tip ball.
23:19
That's up for grabs. That happens. I wish you
23:23
would have let Addison just a little bit on that
23:25
deep throw and put him in the end zone, but it
23:27
still led to a score, so I'm cool. He found him.
23:31
Showed off that arm strength that we keep hearing
23:33
about. Oh, he definitely has the arm. He has
23:35
almost too much arm strength. He throws a rocket.
23:38
He just throws fastballs. If it's under 10 yards,
23:41
that's coming in hot. When's he going to start
23:43
playing catch with Justin Jefferson? Because
23:45
they're not on the same page at all. Great question.
23:49
Jed is. I think he gets so damn excited when
23:52
he sees 18. He throws it so damn hard. He does,
23:56
but there's a straight drop in the end. Because
23:58
he's able to put touch on it for everybody else.
24:00
Lights got in his eyes on that angle. Jetta's?
24:03
Yeah, Jetta's like, I didn't see it. It was a
24:06
Sunday night game. It's not like the sun was
24:08
blaring in through the stadium. The lights. The
24:11
other. Yeah, look at that right there. Kev pulled
24:13
it up. Look at that. Last three games. Look at
24:16
Jetta's stats. Oh, fair. I agree. Ouch. But even
24:20
at the Commanders game, he just got doubled the
24:23
whole time. For sure. And, of course, he's going
24:25
to see extra coverage. He's gentle, so he's going
24:27
to see that extra coverage, which is also why
24:29
Addison's been having a pretty solid season on
24:31
the other side. You see guys like Naylor, which
24:34
had a good game, too. But even in the one -on
24:39
-one situations, Jedis wasn't getting separation
24:41
yesterday. Straight up wasn't. I would have hoped
24:43
that KOC would have done some play calls or designs
24:48
to allow for Justin to get more open. Put him
24:52
in motion more. Something small. Just get the
24:53
ball in his hands. Just get the ball in his hands.
24:56
That big crosser that he missed high that he's
25:00
open, the end zone one. There was another out
25:02
that he missed. I mean, there was probably four
25:05
catches that J .J. should have had. He did have
25:08
eight targets. Yeah, so. You're right. Maybe
25:11
he does just get too excited. He sees it's Justin
25:14
Jefferson. And then they had that back shoulder
25:16
one. That back shoulder one or down the sideline.
25:20
That little goal route. Usually Jetta comes up
25:24
with that catch. So that was the one I was actually
25:26
out of all of them. I was surprised Jetta didn't
25:28
catch other than the touchdown. But he said afterwards
25:30
that he told J .J. or someone got J .J.'s We'll
25:36
say nine. Yeah, we got somebody that that Jefferson
25:39
said he lost in the in the lights. That's what
25:42
he told nine, nine, nine. All right. So cool.
25:45
Cool. What about Dallas on the other side of
25:48
things? I mean, that their season's over. Does
25:49
that officially officially kicks him out of the
25:51
playoffs? Well, we don't care about the Cowboys,
25:55
but for those that the Cowboy fans, for those
25:57
that do, are they in a little bit of trouble
26:01
here? Do you think they just simply run it back?
26:02
Try to add a piece or two. What's their biggest
26:05
malfunction? Defensively and the secondary. I
26:09
mean, they're the same. They overpaid Bland just
26:12
to keep him like we overpaid Byron Murphy. Sure.
26:15
Same scenario. Quinn Williams and what's his
26:20
face? Clarky. That's a nice little one, too.
26:25
I mean, they need to add Drusher, and they need
26:28
secondary help. Offensively. I mean, does Jay
26:33
Williams look like you're every down between
26:35
the 20s back? Has been this year, damn it. Okay,
26:38
all right. He has been this year. But you need
26:39
a better spell guy, or you go get a stud, and
26:43
now Jay will is your spell guy, and that's great.
26:46
That's a great problem to have. Yeah, so they
26:49
need a retool. I mean, I don't know what their
26:51
draft picks totally worked out when they did
26:53
parts, and then they did the thing for Quinn
26:55
Williams. I don't remember what it worked out
26:58
to be. Fair enough. Fair enough. But, yeah. I'm
27:03
just excited as a Vikings fan that everyone can
27:06
take a fucking sigh of relief. Sorry, I swore.
27:10
But it kind of looks like we got a guy, maybe.
27:17
Again, the game's coming up. The games that are
27:19
coming up. The Packer game. And then we play
27:21
the Lions one more time or the Bears? It's like,
27:23
are the Cowboys out? I thought the Cowboys still
27:26
have a shot. They do a 1 % chance. Yeah. Sorry.
27:30
They need the Eagles to lose out. They got Rob's
27:33
odds. So, J .J. McCarthy, for me, needs to have
27:36
a good game against Detroit and Green Bay. That's
27:38
what I'm looking at. Because both those teams
27:40
are still going to be playing for something,
27:41
most likely. They're probably playing their starters.
27:44
That's where I want to see him shine. Especially
27:45
with the Micah Parsons. What is your level of
27:47
good? What he's, what he showed us this game.
27:50
That was pretty good. Like two, three, three
27:51
touchdowns. No, no picks, but that pick, I'd
27:55
also don't put on them fully. You know, I got
27:57
tipped up once a tip ball happens. That is who
28:00
knows. That's fair game. What do we got? We got
28:02
giants, which has a really nice front four. So
28:05
it's going to be tough to run against them. I
28:08
mean, that'll be difficult. That'll be difficult
28:10
for January. I agree, but I feel like they're
28:12
not playing. And the Lions, I mean, they got
28:14
probably one of the best pass rushing dudes,
28:16
you know. Yeah, but that Lions secondary is so
28:18
banged up. It is. Which will help. And then we
28:23
got the Packers, probably Parsonless. That's
28:27
what I mean. Opportunities against decent teams,
28:29
though. Missing a couple pieces, but you got
28:31
to shred them. Yeah, I just want to see them
28:32
just continue to incline like Drake Mayne did
28:37
last year. May. And not gritting into the end
28:41
zone, pissing off KLC. Oh, I like the gritty.
28:43
I did, too. No, KFC did not like it. That was
28:46
such a great bootleg. He said he did it in practice
28:48
and told not to do it, and then he did it. Breaking
28:51
the law. Breaking the law. Breaking the law.
28:54
Rebel. He's just trying to earn some cred with
28:57
the rest of the offense. I like it. I like it.
29:00
I'm sure. I believe it. I think they'll bounce
29:02
back just fine next year. Of course. Naturally.
29:03
Next year's our year. Duh. Grenard out, by the
29:06
way. Sucks. Missed. How long? Okay, well. Shoulder
29:10
surgery, so it's fine. Anyway, we're not fine
29:13
for him. Hey, he had a good year. He did have
29:15
a decent year. It was all right. That's it. That's
29:18
it. That's this episode here. Roberto. I loved
29:22
it. Welcome back, coach. Well, thanks, buddy.
29:25
Jake, thanks for being here. Thanks for having
29:27
me. Of course. Naturally. Kev, thanks for being
29:31
here. Thanks for counting us down. Whether you
29:33
sleep here or not, internet doesn't know. Anyway,
29:37
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