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Mac & Bone Hour 2: Panthers/Falcons Matchups · Mac & Bone Podcast

• 0:18
  Speaker 1: I was hoping somebody would talk about Bijan. Yes, we've
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: got to have radars up. We've got to know where
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: Seven's at at all times. This is a guy that
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: can run sluggos. He can run slant and go on
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: the outside, the perimeter screens, the run game, the whole thing.
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: He's got it all. We've got to be cognizant of that.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure the Falcons will continue to grow to learn
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: how to use him directly and then also use him
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: to open up other things those are things we have
• 0:43
  Speaker 1: to be aware of it is imperative that we team
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: tackle that we hustle because the first guy has to
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: be able to use his teammate to contain him he
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: will bounce it he doesn't need very much space on
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: the sideline and he'll try to pierce vertically if you're
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: not squeezing. So it's a lot of discipline that comes
• 0:59
  Speaker 1: with the tackling plan for Bijan.
• 1:02
  Speaker 2: We're aware of that.
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  Speaker 1: We're on top of it, and that's a great challenge
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  Speaker 1: for us coming in this week.
• 1:07
  Speaker 3: That is Dave Kanellis.
• 1:10
  Speaker 4: Never heard him so excited to talk about a great
• 1:12
  Speaker 4: player on the other team, though. Oh, I'm so glad
• 1:15
  Speaker 4: you asked me about that. Let me rave about the
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  Speaker 4: guy that's going to be a mammoth headache for us
• 1:19
  Speaker 4: on Sunday.
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  Speaker 5: Well, he was told to have a great defense by
• 1:23
  Speaker 5: Caleb Williams, so maybe he believes it now.
• 1:25
  Speaker 4: He said, we can handle this guy. Caleb just pumped
• 1:28
  Speaker 4: me up after the game. Said, y'all got a great defense.
• 1:31
  Speaker 3: Oh, man.
• 1:32
  Speaker 4: Yeah, we've got to talk about this Falcons game some more.
• 1:36
  Speaker 4: We did the victory formula yesterday. Those work out so well, y'all,
• 1:40
  Speaker 4: when we put those together. But now it's our Friday
• 1:44
  Speaker 4: 7 o'clock staple conversation that we need to have, which
• 1:49
  Speaker 4: is How are you feeling? And how are you feeling
• 1:51
  Speaker 4: about like what matchups fuel you with confidence? Like, you know,
• 1:56
  Speaker 4: this guy's going to ball out, you know, like this
• 1:58
  Speaker 4: side of the ball is going to have a good game.
• 2:00
  Speaker 4: And then on the flip side, and I would ask
• 2:02
  Speaker 4: the question this way with the Falcons, like how many
• 2:04
  Speaker 4: things truly do worry you? Like how many matchups Bijan
• 2:09
  Speaker 4: will obviously, like is Bijan the whole segment? Like when we,
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  Speaker 4: we usually start with the positive stuff, Bone. That's the
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  Speaker 4: kind of guys we are. But then when we flip
• 2:18
  Speaker 4: it in a few minutes to what are you worried about?
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  Speaker 4: I guess the question with Atlanta, like, is it literally
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  Speaker 4: just B.
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  Speaker 3: John Robinson?
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  Speaker 4: Because in the run and pass game, he is a headache, man.
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  Speaker 4: There's no doubt about it. So we'll talk through it.
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  Speaker 4: They also have three skill position kind of studs. Which
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  Speaker 4: one worries you the most?
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  Speaker 3: I think B. John, I guess, is first. And then
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  Speaker 3: it's like.
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  Speaker 4: Do you worry about Drake London and Pitt? So we'll
• 2:43
  Speaker 4: talk about all those things here on the Mac and
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  Speaker 4: bone show. And we will finish this segment. You got
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  Speaker 4: to stick around for this. I heard Jonathan Stewart mentioned
• 2:52
  Speaker 4: this the other day on the thing he does with
• 2:54
  Speaker 4: Jake Delome, the handoff on panthers.com. He was mentioning to Jake,
• 2:58
  Speaker 4: the internet rumors that cam will quarterback his hometown Falcons
• 3:03
  Speaker 4: this week. And it just, it's silliness. I didn't realize
• 3:06
  Speaker 4: cam himself was like bringing this up. So anyway, we'll
• 3:10
  Speaker 4: have to.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, Cam did a whole segment on it, and apparently,
• 3:12
  Speaker 5: thanks to Joe and Raleigh, so did Nightcap, where Shannon
• 3:14
  Speaker 5: Charbonneau broke it down as well.
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  Speaker 3: People are really actually talking about this.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, I wasn't aware of it until Joe and Raleigh
• 3:20
  Speaker 5: brought it up, but it's obviously all silly, but there's
• 3:24
  Speaker 5: a larger discussion back with Cam and.
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  Speaker 3: When is it just over, Cam? We know it is, but.
• 3:32
  Speaker 4: At some point, it's over, man. Anyway, we'll let you
• 3:35
  Speaker 4: hear that. We'll let you hear that. That's coming up.
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  Speaker 4: But let's start with the things you feel most positive about.
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  Speaker 4: What or who do you feel, or specific matchups, what
• 3:44
  Speaker 4: gives you the most confidence specifically on Sunday in Atlanta, Bone?
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  Speaker 5: I like the Panthers' ability to run the football against
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  Speaker 5: this front line.
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  Speaker 3: Of Atlanta.
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  Speaker 5: I think the offensive line could have a really good
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  Speaker 5: day without their two young prized second-year guys they drafted
• 4:00
  Speaker 5: last year, and they're Walker and Pierce on the edges.
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  Speaker 5: I think the Panthers last week, they couldn't fully get
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  Speaker 5: the run going. Like, Chuba had 10 carries, but he
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  Speaker 5: averaged five yards a carry. I think this could be
• 4:13
  Speaker 5: a big Chuba game. I know that Bryce, we think
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  Speaker 5: of him versus the Falcons and his numbers, but I
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  Speaker 5: think the run game can really get established both Hubbard
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  Speaker 5: and Brooks against this Atlanta front on Sunday.
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  Speaker 4: And I do think they've got to run it more
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  Speaker 4: and better in the first half.
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  Speaker 3: I do think I stay with it.
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  Speaker 4: I know it's weird to criticize the offense after they
• 4:33
  Speaker 4: put up 37. And I'm not doing much of it,
• 4:36
  Speaker 4: but I did feel like, especially in a game like that,
• 4:39
  Speaker 4: like they kind of let it get shootouty. And I
• 4:41
  Speaker 4: don't know if that was in our best interest to
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  Speaker 4: where could we slow it down? It was a 14
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  Speaker 4: possession game. I don't know if we wanted to play
• 4:48
  Speaker 4: a 14-possession game against the Bears. Could we have run
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  Speaker 4: it and committed to it? I know we were only
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  Speaker 4: eight carries, 20 yards in the first half. Could we
• 4:56
  Speaker 4: have committed to it more? Because when we committed to
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  Speaker 4: it in the second half, we ran for over 100
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  Speaker 4: yards in the second half. We averaged 5.7 yards a carry.
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  Speaker 4: I keep hearing people, Bones, say that the Panthers did
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  Speaker 4: not run it well. They didn't run it very often,
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  Speaker 4: but they were fourth in the league last week in
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  Speaker 4: yards per carry.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Chuba himself, to your point, averaged 4.9 yards a carry. Now,
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to part— The guy on Monday called Chuba trash,
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  Speaker 4: and I was like, wait a minute here. If he
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  Speaker 4: had 20 carries, he's going over 100 yards in the
• 5:24
  Speaker 4: game based off of yards per carry.
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  Speaker 3: Well, he had 10 carries.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and he also had that big— I love Bryce's little
• 5:30
  Speaker 4: late-game drive, under pressure, flips it to Chuba, and Chuba
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  Speaker 4: takes off for like 20. I love that play, too. Now,
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to see your run game. Again, I want balance.
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  Speaker 4: I don't want us to run it— you know, we don't
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  Speaker 4: have to run it 45 times. but we don't need
• 5:45
  Speaker 4: to pass it 45 times. I believe Bone, Bryce Young,
• 5:48
  Speaker 4: Jalen Coker, and T-Mac can light these fools up too.
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  Speaker 4: I'm with you on balance, and with balance comes the
• 5:55
  Speaker 4: play-action pass, which Aaron Rodgers didn't do a lot well
• 5:59
  Speaker 4: last week in fairness to the Falcons' defense. They held
• 6:03
  Speaker 4: the Steelers' offense 13th. TJ Watt scored the other seven.
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  Speaker 4: So let's not act bone like the Falcons' defense got
• 6:12
  Speaker 4: ripped last week, but I don't think the Steelers are
• 6:14
  Speaker 4: going to be very good on offense this year. I'm
• 6:16
  Speaker 4: not even sure Steeler fans would fight me on that.
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  Speaker 4: They couldn't run the ball at all, 2.8 yards a carry.
• 6:21
  Speaker 4: I think the Panthers are running better than them, but
• 6:23
  Speaker 4: I think you can hurt this pass defense. I don't
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  Speaker 4: expect there to be a ton of pressure. I think
• 6:30
  Speaker 4: our offensive line, which played, I thought... Pretty well last week.
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  Speaker 4: I think they can hold up. I think they can
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  Speaker 4: give Bryce time. And I think, I think TMAC, Coker,
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  Speaker 4: I think these guys can have another damn good week
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  Speaker 4: against Atlanta.
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  Speaker 3: So to me, it's a mixture.
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  Speaker 4: Run the ball and then drop those play action passes
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  Speaker 4: on them, man.
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  Speaker 3: Rodgers. Killed him in play action last week. Yeah, A.J.
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  Speaker 5: Terrell's really good, obviously, but he can't defend back both
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  Speaker 5: Coker and T-Mac. And T-Mac last year in his rookie
• 7:02
  Speaker 5: year against Atlanta, in both games combined, 11 catches, 178.
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  Speaker 3: Two touchdowns.
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  Speaker 5: So he torched Atlanta last year in the two games.
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  Speaker 5: I expect more of that. If it's not him... It's
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  Speaker 5: one of those guys I think can go off in
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  Speaker 5: this game, if not both these guys.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not sure.
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  Speaker 4: AJ Terrell's a good corner, and it sounds like he's
• 7:22
  Speaker 4: going to play. But they don't have their two edge
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  Speaker 4: rushers and Deshaun Hand up front. They don't have those guys.
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  Speaker 4: I think, Bone, there aren't a whole lot of corners
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  Speaker 4: in the league where I say, oh, my God. TMAC
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  Speaker 4: and Coker are screwed. I think that might be a
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  Speaker 4: very short list. And it might only be, like you said,
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  Speaker 4: you can face a great corner. We now feel like
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  Speaker 4: we have two great receivers. And that's a good feeling.
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  Speaker 4: And I hope I'm not jumping the gun. I hope
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  Speaker 4: Coker can stay healthy because I think if he does,
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  Speaker 4: he's going to keep balling. But that feels like, I just,
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  Speaker 4: if the Panthers offense doesn't have a good day, I'd
• 8:00
  Speaker 4: be freaking shocked.
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  Speaker 5: Mac, how about this little note here on Jalen Coker?
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  Speaker 5: versus atlanta three games uh he has 14 catches for
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  Speaker 5: 144 on 14 targets bryce and coker have connected on
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  Speaker 5: every attempt in three games against atlanta.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah well that's a great sign dude that is a
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  Speaker 4: hell of a sign and like i said earlier they
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  Speaker 4: put little terrell they put avion the rookie in the
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  Speaker 4: slot last week 23 times just move one of our
• 8:28
  Speaker 4: big dogs in the slot and teach that rook a
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  Speaker 4: little lesson Terrell, Avian Terrell is going to be a
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  Speaker 4: great player, I believe. But like he's a rookie in
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  Speaker 4: week two. That feels like a matchup we can get.
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  Speaker 4: And Waller, I would expect every week should have a
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  Speaker 4: touchdown last week. I hated that freaking call. I feel
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  Speaker 4: like every week Waller will get more involved.
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  Speaker 5: They're getting more involved and you're starting to see more
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  Speaker 5: and more usage of the mismatches of him in that
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  Speaker 5: slot area. Like against a rookie like Terrell, that could
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  Speaker 5: be where he could eat this week.
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  Speaker 3: Or get him on a linebacker. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 4: Diablo was in the slot 12 times last week. They
• 9:02
  Speaker 4: don't have great linebackers either. It didn't necessarily go well.
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  Speaker 4: So I guess what I'm saying, I guess that's a
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  Speaker 4: long way to say I feel good.
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  Speaker 3: About the offense.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: What is... What worries.
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  Speaker 4: This dude says, Mac, if we're worried about anything when
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  Speaker 4: playing the Atlanta Falcons, we've got more issues than we know.
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  Speaker 7: This is a road game in the NFL against a
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  Speaker 7: divisional opponent.
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  Speaker 2: Like.
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  Speaker 7: That's not an alley we're going to waltz in here.
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  Speaker 4: Panther Finney, is this Panther Finney Kitty a little scared, Boney?
• 9:34
  Speaker 7: I've got real bad news for Smoke.
• 9:36
  Speaker 3: What's that?
• 9:36
  Speaker 7: I'm going three score galore in this game.
• 9:39
  Speaker 4: How did you just jump in and say this is a.
• 9:43
  Speaker 3: What happened here? Does this last minute make any sense
• 9:45
  Speaker 3: to you, Boney? No, I'm... I need to step outside
• 9:48
  Speaker 3: for a minute. Like, what happened here? He said, it's
• 9:50
  Speaker 3: a road game in the NFL. You can't take anybody lightly.
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  Speaker 7: And then he said, I'm going.
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  Speaker 3: To go three scores. And by the way, I need
• 9:56
  Speaker 3: you to say it loud. Say your name, Finney Marlowe.
• 9:59
  Speaker 3: Say it.
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  Speaker 7: Finney Marlowe.
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  Speaker 5: I'm going three scores galore. Say it yourself, not me. I. I,
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  Speaker 5: Finney Marlowe. I, Finney Marlowe. Not Bonesy Hancock.
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  Speaker 7: Not Bonesy Hancock.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going three scores galore.
• 10:11
  Speaker 7: I'm going three scores galore. I don't need people.
• 10:14
  Speaker 3: Knocking on my door yelling at me over this. With
• 10:16
  Speaker 3: that being said.
• 10:18
  Speaker 7: Mac, they still got to show up and they got
• 10:19
  Speaker 7: to play the game.
• 10:21
  Speaker 3: Oh, my head is spinning.
• 10:23
  Speaker 2: I know.
• 10:23
  Speaker 4: This was a rollercoaster ride of a couple of minutes
• 10:27
  Speaker 4: of Finney breaking the game down.
• 10:28
  Speaker 8: This is why you kick me out during segments because
• 10:30
  Speaker 8: when you let me talk, sometimes I don't make sense.
• 10:33
  Speaker 7: It's still better than you planning my wedding?
• 10:36
  Speaker 3: But I digress. It is better than that. You're like
• 10:37
  Speaker 3: a dog trying to scratch its butt sometimes. It's going
• 10:40
  Speaker 3: in circles. Also, Murphy?
• 10:41
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 10:42
  Speaker 4: I feel like, Bone, after giving up 291 yards rushing,
• 10:46
  Speaker 4: if we act like tough guys that aren't worried at
• 10:48
  Speaker 4: all about B. John Robinson, I feel like that's disingenuous BS.
• 10:52
  Speaker 4: I mean, the dude last week, now here's the good sign,
• 10:55
  Speaker 4: is they were so B. John-centric last week. With Cooper Rush,
• 10:59
  Speaker 4: I really wonder, Bone, if guys like Drake London and
• 11:02
  Speaker 4: Kyle Pitts will continue to be underused. because Cooper rushes
• 11:05
  Speaker 4: their damn quarterback and just can't get him the ball.
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  Speaker 4: Last week, Bone, Bijan had 73% of their total offense,
• 11:14
  Speaker 4: 173 yards from scrimmage. The rest of the team had 65. So, like,
• 11:19
  Speaker 4: can we not just acknowledge he had eight catches for 90?
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  Speaker 4: He ran the ball for over 80 yards. Can we
• 11:25
  Speaker 4: not just acknowledge, Bone, that this dude is somebody we
• 11:29
  Speaker 4: have to worry about every down, run, or pass?
• 11:32
  Speaker 5: He's really the biggest worry, but by far, I think, Mac.
• 11:37
  Speaker 5: I wrote down my worries. Number one, Bijan running the football.
• 11:41
  Speaker 5: Number two, B. John catching the football. Number three, if
• 11:45
  Speaker 5: they have something in their bag of tricks where B.
• 11:47
  Speaker 5: John throws the football. You're more worried about him throwing
• 11:49
  Speaker 5: the Cooper rusher pennix? Number four, can B. John kick
• 11:52
  Speaker 5: the football? He is far away to me. Their only
• 11:57
  Speaker 5: hope in this game, I believe, is on B. John
• 12:01
  Speaker 5: having one of these days where he goes for 200
• 12:04
  Speaker 5: total yards.
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  Speaker 3: Of offense or something more than that. That's what I think.
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  Speaker 5: Not even like 120 is going to get it done.
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  Speaker 5: He's got to go for a massive day.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and does part of me worry about it after
• 12:14
  Speaker 4: what I saw from the defense? Yes, but I also
• 12:17
  Speaker 4: feel like one guy I don't think is beating the Panthers,
• 12:21
  Speaker 4: in part because of our offense. Again, I think the
• 12:23
  Speaker 4: offense can put up 30 in this game.
• 12:26
  Speaker 5: If the Falcons had a good defense to go with Bijon,
• 12:29
  Speaker 5: I'd say, man.
• 12:30
  Speaker 2: It could be.
• 12:30
  Speaker 3: That could be their formula. Can Bijon get them the...
• 12:33
  Speaker 3: To 27 or something. Oh, my God. But I don't
• 12:36
  Speaker 3: think the Falcons' defense is slowing down this. Check my
• 12:41
  Speaker 3: notes here, Mac. Offensive machine that is the Carolina Panthers.
• 12:44
  Speaker 3: Look at this. Yeah, baby. Look at this. Are we
• 12:47
  Speaker 3: going 30 back-to-back weeks?
• 12:50
  Speaker 4: I think there's a very good chance. Now, I'm not
• 12:53
  Speaker 4: going to give away my prediction. Fiddy already did a spoiler.
• 12:58
  Speaker 4: We already know he's going Panthers in a route. Fiddy,
• 13:01
  Speaker 4: did you just get carried away? Did you mean to
• 13:04
  Speaker 4: go in circle? What happened there that whole time?
• 13:06
  Speaker 6: Oh, no.
• 13:06
  Speaker 7: I wanted to come out yesterday and make it known. Obviously,
• 13:10
  Speaker 7: breaking news, guys.
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  Speaker 3: He's like a kid on Christmas morning.
• 13:12
  Speaker 7: I'm going to pick the Carolina Panthers to win. But
• 13:15
  Speaker 7: when we did the whole three-score galore audio with Smokey Smoke,
• 13:19
  Speaker 7: I did want to announce on Thursday, I've got this thing.
• 13:22
  Speaker 3: Are you doing it just to bother Smoke?
• 13:24
  Speaker 8: No, I think they're going to bounce back. As frustrated
• 13:29
  Speaker 8: as I was Monday, Tuesday, I think this team's going
• 13:32
  Speaker 8: to respond. I think they know, Mac, hey, we can't
• 13:36
  Speaker 8: start 0-2. We look at these next three games very winnable.
• 13:40
  Speaker 8: You get to 3-1 going into that bye week, you're
• 13:41
  Speaker 8: still in a really good spot. You put that 59-burger
• 13:44
  Speaker 8: behind them. If they're the team we think they are,
• 13:47
  Speaker 8: they win this football game. And it's fair to expect
• 13:50
  Speaker 8: them to do so in pretty dominant fashion.
• 13:52
  Speaker 5: This guy goes three scores galore. No one says a
• 13:54
  Speaker 5: word about it on the text line. Now watch this, Mac.
• 13:55
  Speaker 5: Does no one care?
• 13:56
  Speaker 3: Attention, text line.
• 13:57
  Speaker 5: I'm thinking about going three scores galore, and Mac might
• 14:01
  Speaker 5: go lock city.
• 14:01
  Speaker 3: Watch this. Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 7: They're going to ruin everything.
• 14:05
  Speaker 4: Is there no proven Fitty curse? Do y'all not think
• 14:07
  Speaker 4: Fitty can ruin games?
• 14:08
  Speaker 3: Why is he allowed to do it, and I can't?
• 14:10
  Speaker 4: This dude says the fact that Mac sits here and
• 14:12
  Speaker 4: says they have one player to worry about And they
• 14:15
  Speaker 4: have Drake London and Kyle Pitts.
• 14:16
  Speaker 3: It's funny.
• 14:17
  Speaker 4: I brought those guys up, but my whole point is,
• 14:20
  Speaker 4: like last week, Kyle Pitts had zero catches. Drake London
• 14:23
  Speaker 4: caught two balls for like 30 yards. My whole point is,
• 14:26
  Speaker 4: I think their quarterbacks are so doo-doo that I'm not
• 14:30
  Speaker 4: sure they can get those guys involved. Um, I do
• 14:34
  Speaker 4: think Drake London lately bone, he averages 130 yards or
• 14:38
  Speaker 4: no 120 yards a game last three.
• 14:39
  Speaker 3: Times against us.
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  Speaker 4: But I just, especially if it's Cooper rush, I don't,
• 14:44
  Speaker 4: I just don't fear their passing game.
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  Speaker 3: I respect those guys.
• 14:48
  Speaker 4: And I will say this, can we please make it
• 14:51
  Speaker 4: so that it's horn or Mike Jack on Drake? And
• 14:55
  Speaker 4: then it's not will Lee. Can we please do it
• 14:59
  Speaker 4: that way? Right? I'd like to see him go back
• 15:03
  Speaker 4: to Shaw Smith, Wade Neslod, and Horn outside and Jack outside.
• 15:07
  Speaker 5: Now people are mad at us because they think we're
• 15:08
  Speaker 5: being serious that we went. See, Finney says it was
• 15:11
  Speaker 5: just a test. It was just a test of the
• 15:13
  Speaker 5: emergency back-and-boat system.
• 15:15
  Speaker 4: That dude says, shut your mouth. This dude says, do
• 15:19
  Speaker 4: I have to come down there?
• 15:20
  Speaker 3: This is their ultimate deal. We can save them back
• 15:23
  Speaker 3: in jest if we get people mad at us. They
• 15:25
  Speaker 3: didn't even mean it.
• 15:26
  Speaker 4: But why does Finney not make y'all think he could
• 15:29
  Speaker 4: be jinxing it?
• 15:30
  Speaker 3: It's just us. I guess we've earned that over the years,
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: especially me, probably.
• 15:35
  Speaker 4: All right, let's get to this Cam thing, because this
• 15:37
  Speaker 4: is kind of silly and funny, and I did not
• 15:39
  Speaker 4: realize that Cam himself addressed this. I just thought it
• 15:42
  Speaker 4: was like an internet thing, like, hey, Cam's from Atlanta.
• 15:44
  Speaker 4: We don't have a quarterback. We're playing the Panthers. Wouldn't
• 15:47
  Speaker 4: it be funny if Cam played for us type thing?
• 15:50
  Speaker 4: But here is Cam Newton discussing the possibility of like, hey,
• 15:55
  Speaker 4: couldn't they just pick me up to play quarterback?
• 15:57
  Speaker 3: Listen to this.
• 15:59
  Speaker 9: I don't know to take this offensive or just outright disrespectful.
• 16:05
  Speaker 6: How y'all going to get Drew Brees, who a year
• 16:09
  Speaker 6: younger than my daddy, and Phillip Rivers is a year
• 16:15
  Speaker 6: younger than my granddaddy, and then y'all overlook me?
• 16:22
  Speaker 7: I said, I want to at least say, no, I'm good.
• 16:25
  Speaker 6: Man, my phone ain't ringing in five years, Peggy. How
• 16:28
  Speaker 6: these old ass folks keep getting all these jobs and
• 16:33
  Speaker 6: y'all keep looking at me like I'm a slob.
• 16:36
  Speaker 7: I mean, damn.
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: I could do better than Cooper Rush.
• 16:41
  Speaker 5: I'm like, damn.
• 16:42
  Speaker 7: At some point, somebody got to call the A.
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: Call it how it is.
• 16:47
  Speaker 9: Y'all really think that low of me? That I can't
• 16:50
  Speaker 9: go out there and ball?
• 16:54
  Speaker 4: I mean, damn.
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: My God, it's the highest pitch I've ever heard. Maybe
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: they don't want to hear you. That's why. What in
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: the hell was that?
• 17:01
  Speaker 4: Holy crap, that was high pitch. I think it's like
• 17:05
  Speaker 4: listening to it. Willie P just said it texted. Let's
• 17:08
  Speaker 4: get a deeper voice there for those things there, Cammy.
• 17:11
  Speaker 7: Is Willie wanting to talk about having a deep voice?
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: That was the point of it. It was a joke.
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: It was a joke, Vinny. That was the point of
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: the joke.
• 17:19
  Speaker 5: You are having yourself a day, my friend.
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: Finney's on a roll, baby. I think it sounds like
• 17:27
  Speaker 4: he's having fun with it there. He probably does also believe, like, dude,
• 17:31
  Speaker 4: I'm way younger than those guys.
• 17:35
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: Do you think he's being, like, is he being, he's
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: kind of serious, I think, but he's kind of joking.
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: How can you take a guy serious using that voice?
• 17:43
  Speaker 4: 704 says he's not wrong. The problem is I think
• 17:48
  Speaker 4: everybody around the league realizes how messed up the shoulder
• 17:52
  Speaker 4: was and how his arm, I mean, the word was
• 17:55
  Speaker 4: out on scouting reports. You don't have to honor the
• 17:57
  Speaker 4: deep ball when Cam plays. Hell, they put someone else
• 18:00
  Speaker 4: in to throw to Hail Mary.
• 18:02
  Speaker 5: Mac, he's not the guy that's been out the longest, though,
• 18:04
  Speaker 5: that's talking about still needing an opportunity. Colin Kaepernick yesterday, Mac,
• 18:07
  Speaker 5: said he's still working out if a team wants to
• 18:10
  Speaker 5: call him. He's been out since 2016 now, and he's
• 18:14
  Speaker 5: still out there trying to get a call from a team.
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not sure that's working out for you, Colin.
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: Colin Kaepernick had a very interesting point the other day, though.
• 18:23
  Speaker 4: He has always alleged collusion among owners. Don't sign Colin Kaepernick.
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: I heard that.
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: And then you had this Robert Kraft situation with Macklemore
• 18:30
  Speaker 4: and Macklemore's comments that were meant to be that were pro-Palestinian. But,
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: you know, Kraft thought they were anti-Israel. And, you know,
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: there are reports out there that basically Kraft not only said, hey,
• 18:44
  Speaker 4: you can't Ed Sheeran can't perform in my stadium if
• 18:48
  Speaker 4: he's still opening for you. But the reports say that
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: he went to other NFL owners and said, do the same.
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: And now Macklemore's off it. But all the other opening
• 18:57
  Speaker 4: artists in protest bailed out, too. But Colin Kaepernick did
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: make an interesting point there. But as far as keeping
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: his phone charged in case an NFL team hollers, not
• 19:07
  Speaker 4: sure he needs to worry about that.
• 19:07
  Speaker 5: When we come back, Lee Sterling, ParamountSports.com with his weekly
• 19:11
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• 19:35
  Speaker 4: Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ. We got things popping on a
• 19:39
  Speaker 4: football Friday. We feel pretty optimistic about the Panthers this week,
• 19:44
  Speaker 4: but then again, so do we last week.
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: Anyway.
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: We'll keep talking Panthers eight o'clock hour. We're going to
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: get a ton of college football conversation going because there
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: are juicy games involving local teams and the juiciest of
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: them all nationally. Lane Kiffin backed Ole Miss. We'll talk
• 20:04
  Speaker 4: about all that stuff right now, though. We've got to
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: bring in an expert. We've got to bring in somebody
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: that can help you win some money this week, and
• 20:13
  Speaker 4: that is Lee Sterling, Paramount Sports, ParamountSports.com, and the official
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: handicapper of the Mac and Bone Show. He joins us
• 20:21
  Speaker 4: every Friday at this time. Lee, what's going on, man?
• 20:24
  Speaker 4: How are you doing this week?
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: I am great, and I wish I was in Oxford.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: I've got to be honest with you guys. From what
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: I'm hearing, absolute bedlam. They started having concerts. Country Western
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: concerts Tuesday night. So by the time game time, it's
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: these kids. I mean, they're going to be exhausted, but
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: very creative. There's a fraternity, get this, that is selling
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: ad signage. So companies are going to them. to put
• 20:55
  Speaker 2: their advertisements and advertise their business. Damn. Love it.
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: Damn, that's good money for the frat. I will say this.
• 21:02
  Speaker 4: That's probably better, Bone, than some of the other signs
• 21:05
  Speaker 4: that have been hanging on houses down there about Landry Kiffin.
• 21:08
  Speaker 4: This is constructive, yeah. I feel like this might be
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: a better use of your signage. Plus, you get beer money.
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: The boys get beer money for it.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: That's it.
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: All right, let's talk through. I can use that for bills.
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: Don't listen to me. Let's talk.
• 21:21
  Speaker 4: Let's talk through this slate of games here. And let's
• 21:23
  Speaker 4: start with one that we were talking about earlier in
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: the show.
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: I like Jake Dicker.
• 21:28
  Speaker 4: I love the, the, the way the fun wake win
• 21:31
  Speaker 4: at Purdue last week, but this is, this is about,
• 21:34
  Speaker 4: you know, five levels up. They are hosting Wake Forest
• 21:38
  Speaker 4: hosting Miami. The Canes are 21 point favorites. I would
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: be tempted to, to say the Canes rout them, but
• 21:46
  Speaker 4: I don't know. Or is it a sleepy Friday night
• 21:49
  Speaker 4: in Winston-Salem? What do you think about this game and
• 21:52
  Speaker 4: the point spread?
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: So I think it's going to be a sleepy night,
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: and I think it's going to be a rainy night.
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: And this could hurt Miami. So I think Wake Forest's
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: offense is good enough to do some damage against this defense.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: I think the defense is good, but I have some doubts.
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: They haven't been able to fully replace their first two-round defense.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: Draft picks at defensive end. This kid, Wilson, who was
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: brought over at eight and a half sacks, has been
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: a bust so far. This might be his day of
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: reckoning before he starts sitting the bench. Both linebackers, mediocre.
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: They're down two defensive backs, and it's going to be raining.
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: So we know Mets is a great quarterback, but how
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: is he going to be able to operate the rain
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: chance 80% during the game? And I think it's going
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: to affect Miami. As great as Miami's offense is, they're
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: going to score 40-plus against anyone except for Notre Dame.
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: Like I said, weather could be a factor. I have
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: Miami winning this game 38-24. I think Wake Forest covers it.
• 22:53
  Speaker 5: Interesting. That would be huge for a way to be
• 22:55
  Speaker 5: that competitive against the Canes. Lee, Duke-Stanford in Durham, Duke
• 23:01
  Speaker 5: favored by 9.5. Manny Diaz fresh off being the number
• 23:05
  Speaker 5: one most handsome coach in college football. I'm not sure
• 23:07
  Speaker 5: if that's a distraction or not. Your thoughts on what
• 23:10
  Speaker 5: the right side is in this matchup.
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: So you've got the West Coast to East Coast travel
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: narrative playing into this game. But I think it's a
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: little overplayed because Stanford's coming in off a bye. I
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: think they're going to be ready. It's strength on strength. Duke,
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: 38th rushing attack, averaging 5 yards a carry and 210
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: yards per game, while the Cardinals rank 33rd against the rush.
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: They are only allowing 3.1 yards per game carry here,
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: and they pretty much stuffed Miami. I just think that
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: Duke here has a questionable passing offense and defense, and
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: the Cardinals can throw it a little bit, At first glance,
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: I'm like, oh, this is a Duke play here. But
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: when you look deeper into this game, I think this
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: is a game that's a one-possession game. Duke 27-21. I'm
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: taking the points.
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: There you go, Lee Sterling. There you go. Lee Sterling
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: joining us, giving you his picks this week.
• 24:05
  Speaker 4: He's going to tell you how to get his game
• 24:08
  Speaker 4: of the week, Ravens and Saints. He's also going to
• 24:10
  Speaker 4: tell you how to get his full card of picks
• 24:13
  Speaker 4: this week and try to help yourself. Maybe you can't
• 24:18
  Speaker 4: make cash bone the way the LSU fraternities do. So
• 24:22
  Speaker 4: you can do it maybe with Lee's picks. Clemson-UNC is
• 24:25
  Speaker 4: such a fascinating game, Lee. And it does feel like
• 24:29
  Speaker 4: as much as Clemson struggled, it feels like it's going
• 24:32
  Speaker 4: to be a game. The Tigers are three and a
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: half point favorites over UNC. What's the right side of this?
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: So to think maybe a year ago that Bill Belichick's
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: team is going to be able to have a chance
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: to win a game at Clemson, you say you're crazy here.
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: So Tigers... falling 22 points against Georgia Southern here, and
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: that's the bounce-back game after getting hammered by LSU. I
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: think the switch for Clemson under center to Tate Reynolds,
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: probably the right side here, but I just think that
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: North Carolina pretty much matches up with them here. I
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: think this game might be decided on a field goal,
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: last play or something. I have Clemson winning 20-18, but
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: I'm going to take the 3.5 points And North Carolina
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: wouldn't shock me if they win the game outright.
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: How about that?
• 25:23
  Speaker 5: Vanderbilt, NC State tomorrow in Nashville. Five-star Jared Curtis making
• 25:27
  Speaker 5: his first start for the Commodores. Three-and-a-half points side to
• 25:32
  Speaker 5: Vanderbilt here. What's the right play here?
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: Well, North Carolina State, at least, they took that first
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: step in erasing that sour. I mean, start 73-0 thrashing
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: of Richmond, which is not horrible. So the Wolfpack... We're
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: coming off that early season bye. And, you know, the
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: Virginia game still leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: But I think C.J. Bailey will bounce back here. And, Jerick,
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: I think going to Curtis is the right play here.
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: I mean, it took him long enough. But, you know,
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: this is an NC State defense that– I think is
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: going to do fine against teams like this, and Curtis
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: might fumble a couple times here. I don't think his
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: offensive line is great here. I know they want to
• 26:20
  Speaker 2: get ready for SEC play, but NC State's going to
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: pose some problems here running and throwing the football. I
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: think the wrong team is favored. Give me NC State here, 27-24.
• 26:31
  Speaker 4: Ooh, that would be a big one for State, man. Okay,
• 26:34
  Speaker 4: so Tar Heel fans and Wolfpack fans are liking what
• 26:38
  Speaker 4: Lee is saying. We've got to get to Lee Sterling's
• 26:41
  Speaker 4: pick now on the Panther game. And, Lee, the Panthers'
• 26:44
  Speaker 4: defense let us all down last week. Let us all
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: down last week. My Lord, that was ugly. Feels like
• 26:51
  Speaker 4: a much more winnable game, albeit on the road this week.
• 26:54
  Speaker 4: And the point spread actually opened with the Falcons as
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: a favorite. It now has the Panthers. as a two
• 26:59
  Speaker 4: and a half point favorite. So with that point spread, what,
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: what would you do?
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: How about the Falcons head coach, Kevin Stefanski? If the
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: guy goes from Cleveland, he figures, Hey, I got two
• 27:10
  Speaker 2: quarterbacks that are at least serviceable. And now, you know, he,
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: he's left with a quarterback playing with back spasms. Who's
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: never really done anything. And, and Cooper rush. I mean,
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: at least they have a decent running attack. That's Atlanta.
• 27:27
  Speaker 8: Yeah.
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: But Rush, probably not even close still to 100%, but
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: he's got to give it a go here. So the Steelers'
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: offense was absolutely horrific. They scored only 13 points. I
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: think Carolina knows their defense, the Falcons' personnel and schemes,
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: and they haven't changed that much here, especially on defense.
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: So Panthers beat them twice last season. They're going to
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: beat them again here to start 2026. We're going to
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: go with the Carolina Panthers, 27-21. Here we go, baby.
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee. Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby.
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: We got Lee. We got Finney.
• 28:09
  Speaker 7: We got everybody.
• 28:10
  Speaker 4: Everybody's feeling the Panthers this week. All right, Lee, let's
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: get down to business. Enough of this shenanigans because you
• 28:15
  Speaker 4: give us these– it's a lot of local interest games
• 28:19
  Speaker 4: that you give us on the show. These aren't the
• 28:21
  Speaker 4: ones where, hey, man, like– you're necessarily giving them to
• 28:23
  Speaker 4: your clients and you're paying me and I got to
• 28:27
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• 28:30
  Speaker 4: available for your clients, ParamountSports.com. So how do they get
• 28:33
  Speaker 4: those picks? How do they get your Raven Saints game
• 28:35
  Speaker 4: of the week as well?
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: I love this game. The Ravens and the Saints. The
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: Ravens are 8.5-point favorites. Do they roll here? Or can
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: the Saints make it tight like last week, almost pulled
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: out a win? So a lot of debate in whether
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: they should have gone for the tie. Would you have
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: gone for the tie in overtime just to kick the
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: extra point?
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: I think just because they're in the NFC South, I
• 28:57
  Speaker 4: think they might have. I feel like a tie in
• 28:58
  Speaker 4: the NFC South. A tie is a win in the South.
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: That's what I said. I'm watching the game with some
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: friends of mine, and they agreed, too. So sometimes you've
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: got to look at the situation. It's not like... The
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: end of the year where you're playing for pride, you're
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: trying to win a division.
• 29:12
  Speaker 5: I know you can't have that outlook in week one
• 29:15
  Speaker 5: that you play in a division that's not great.
• 29:17
  Speaker 3: But you also got to be realistic. But at the
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: same time, I don't know. It didn't make a lot
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: of sense to me.
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: You also got to go back to your players and say, hey,
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: we're playing for ties.
• 29:26
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• 29:28
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• 30:02
  Speaker 4: All right, Lee, you are the man. We wish you
• 30:04
  Speaker 4: best of luck. Have another winning week this week, man.
• 30:06
  Speaker 4: We'll talk to you next week.
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: Thanks, guys. Take care. Be safe.
• 30:10
  Speaker 3: All right, there you go.
• 30:10
  Speaker 4: That is Lee Sterling, Paramount Sports and ParamountSports.com. We have
• 30:15
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• 30:18
  Speaker 4: Lee pick the Panthers last week and you guys serenaded
• 30:21
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• 30:23
  Speaker 3: Did we? It might have happened. That might have happened.
• 30:28
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• 30:29
  Speaker 5: Keep in mind that when you complain about Lee's picks,
• 30:32
  Speaker 5: and you're right to bring it up, but.
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: I think he's complaining about maybe our reaction.
• 30:37
  Speaker 5: But what I'm saying is, though, those aren't—like, sometimes on
• 30:41
  Speaker 5: the air, these aren't— Lee's paid picks are different than
• 30:43
  Speaker 5: sometimes he gets on the air.
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: Yeah, we make him do the Panthers. Like, he has
• 30:46
  Speaker 3: to do the Panthers. Yes.
• 30:48
  Speaker 5: So even if he doesn't have a— bet on it
• 30:50
  Speaker 5: per se or feel he's gonna do it for the
• 30:52
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• 30:53
  Speaker 4: Gotta judge him that's what i'm saying or you gotta
• 30:54
  Speaker 4: judge him on his uh picks but i think i
• 30:57
  Speaker 4: felt like that was shade towards us like y'all did
• 31:00
  Speaker 4: this last week and got so excited and it didn't
• 31:02
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• 31:03
  Speaker 3: What i mean You mean to tell me people shade us?
• 31:07
  Speaker 4: I know, man.
• 31:07
  Speaker 3: All these years, I didn't know that. It's hard to believe.
• 31:10
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• 31:12
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• 31:14
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  Speaker 8: new roofs or gutters after this weekend as they prepare
• 32:07
  Speaker 8: to host LSU and Lane Kiffin. News last night around
• 32:11
  Speaker 8: the matchup, quarterback Sam Levitt, who was listed as doubtful
• 32:16
  Speaker 8: on Wednesday. has now been upgraded to questionable for tomorrow
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  Speaker 8: night's top 10 matchup.
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  Speaker 4: Shocking development It's like Willis Reed running out of the tunnel.
• 32:27
  Speaker 4: What a fraudy, fraudy pants that man is. Like Kirk
• 32:30
  Speaker 4: Gibson rounding the bases. I don't believe what I just saw.
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  Speaker 4: Fraudy McFraudy pants. That's what you are, Lane Kiffin. I
• 32:36
  Speaker 4: bet that hurts.
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  Speaker 3: I bet that hurts. More like scam Leavitt.
• 32:39
  Speaker 4: Sankey's got to, they got to fine him. Isn't it
• 32:43
  Speaker 4: like a $ 100 fine, $ 100, $ 100, $ 100, 000 fine in the SEC?
• 32:45
  Speaker 3: 50 or 100.
• 32:46
  Speaker 4: I have to look up. For fudging the injury report.
• 32:49
  Speaker 4: And that's clearly what they were doing here.
• 32:52
  Speaker 3: Can I ask you something there?
• 32:53
  Speaker 8: I was going to ask y'all, are y'all outright pulling
• 32:59
  Speaker 8: for Ole Miss to win this game?
• 33:00
  Speaker 7: Because I think I'm pulling for the villain. I want
• 33:05
  Speaker 7: LSU to win.
• 33:06
  Speaker 3: I do want to say this, though.
• 33:08
  Speaker 4: I don't think that Ole Miss should be treated like
• 33:11
  Speaker 4: they're some perfect goody-two-shoe program. What they did to Clemson
• 33:15
  Speaker 4: with Luke Forelli was blatant BS tampering. Not saying they're
• 33:20
  Speaker 4: the only one that does it, but like, so I just, yes,
• 33:23
  Speaker 4: I'll probably root against Lane, but this whole thing where
• 33:26
  Speaker 4: Ole Miss is lovable, I ain't going that far, man.
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: No, but they're more lovable than LSU is.
• 33:33
  Speaker 4: By the way, can you give me the list of
• 33:35
  Speaker 4: people and teams that are less lovable than LSU, Bone?
• 33:40
  Speaker 3: That's your assignment.
• 33:41
  Speaker 7: Ryan Day in the Ohio State.
• 33:43
  Speaker 3: Can I ask you something, Mac? What's that? Man to
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: man here. Can you not use the word fudge on
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: the radio? First of all, it's corny as hell.
• 33:50
  Speaker 5: Second of all, when you go up to that line,
• 33:54
  Speaker 5: you may accidentally say it and get us all in
• 33:55
  Speaker 5: trouble here at some point.
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: Settle down, Stephen A. I feel like I heard Stephen A.
• 33:59
  Speaker 4: tell Orlowski that this week. Yeah, that was a word
• 34:03
  Speaker 4: for word.
• 34:04
  Speaker 3: I'm on to you. Did I say fudge? I said fudging,
• 34:07
  Speaker 3: didn't I?
• 34:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you did.
• 34:07
  Speaker 3: Because Orlovsky just flat out, how does he use fudge?
• 34:10
  Speaker 4: What the fudge is going on? Instead of the F word,
• 34:13
  Speaker 4: he says fudge. That is corny. That's why you.
• 34:17
  Speaker 7: Just say frick or frack like Panther Weenie.
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: I don't mind it.
• 34:20
  Speaker 4: I'm kind of warming up to my man Stevie's pantheon.
• 34:25
  Speaker 7: You're warming up to Stevie's weenie?
• 34:26
  Speaker 3: No. All righty. No, his fracking. I kind of like
• 34:30
  Speaker 3: the whole fracking.
• 34:30
  Speaker 5: Let's go to a fracking break because one of the
• 34:32
  Speaker 5: chances that Bryce balls out again this week and work
• 34:38
  Speaker 5: with us here.
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: The defense bounces back. Sports Radio 92.7 WFNZ.
• 35:16
  Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, there's a little element of certainly you
• 35:20
  Speaker 10: have to prepare for the opponent you're playing and the
• 35:22
  Speaker 10: personnel you're preparing for the scheme. There's a big emphasis
• 35:26
  Speaker 10: on what we do as well. But yeah, you know,
• 35:28
  Speaker 10: there's gonna be some things Cassidy like, you know, are
• 35:30
  Speaker 10: they going to boot to a certain direction with a
• 35:32
  Speaker 10: lefty versus a righty? Those are all things you got
• 35:34
  Speaker 10: to be mindful of. But yeah, the scheme is going
• 35:37
  Speaker 10: to be the scheme.
• 35:38
  Speaker 4: Yeah, so you can tell from Averro, that's his answer there,
• 35:41
  Speaker 4: as your Averro defense coordinator of the Panthers. Don't know
• 35:44
  Speaker 4: if we've talked about him at all this week, Bone.
• 35:46
  Speaker 4: But you can tell from his answer and Canales' answer,
• 35:49
  Speaker 4: they're not going to come out and basically say, hey,
• 35:53
  Speaker 4: none of these quarterbacks scare us at all.
• 35:55
  Speaker 3: It's all the same.
• 35:56
  Speaker 4: But, like, it does not matter who plays quarterback to
• 36:00
  Speaker 4: the Carolina Panthers coaching staff.
• 36:02
  Speaker 5: You know, it just doesn't matter. Not in this particular game.
• 36:05
  Speaker 5: There would be matchups, as I said yesterday, Mac, where
• 36:08
  Speaker 5: if you're playing Buffalo or Kansas City or Baltimore and
• 36:12
  Speaker 5: their quarterback is questionable and the difference between the starter
• 36:15
  Speaker 5: and the backup is dramatically different, either both in level
• 36:18
  Speaker 5: of play or style of play. But there's also teams
• 36:21
  Speaker 5: like they're playing this weekend where. Is there a huge
• 36:25
  Speaker 5: difference between Cooper Rush right now, Michael Penix coming off
• 36:28
  Speaker 5: the injury, Tua's been injured, he's not playing. I'm just saying,
• 36:31
  Speaker 5: all these guys right now. your game plan is going
• 36:35
  Speaker 5: to be similar and you're not going to be completely
• 36:37
  Speaker 5: altered by who's playing the quarterback spot in this game.
• 36:40
  Speaker 4: No, and we're hoping that whoever plays is bad, like
• 36:43
  Speaker 4: Cooper Rush was last week. We are hoping that that
• 36:46
  Speaker 4: is the case.
• 36:47
  Speaker 5: The other guy that's there, Hank Stram, what's the guy's name?
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: Jack Stram. Jack Stram, not Hank Stram. I love it
• 36:53
  Speaker 3: when Cassidy... Hank Stram would be an option for them
• 36:55
  Speaker 3: at this point.
• 36:56
  Speaker 4: Cassidy Hill asked him, I think that was the answer,
• 36:58
  Speaker 4: do you have to go back and watch Jack Stram's
• 37:00
  Speaker 4: college tape? And I love Cassidy, but I'm thinking, I'm
• 37:04
  Speaker 4: not sure Jack Strand is going to be a part
• 37:07
  Speaker 4: of this.
• 37:07
  Speaker 5: He's a rookie from Minnesota State in Moorhead, right? Yes,
• 37:11
  Speaker 5: I think that's where he went. Or Minnesota Moorhead, or Moorhead, Minnesota, something.
• 37:15
  Speaker 3: Like a D2 rookie, or whatever it is.
• 37:18
  Speaker 4: I'm pretty sure, although I guess, to her point, I
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: guess if Penix can't play, he would then be the backup,
• 37:25
  Speaker 4: because we're pretty sure Tua definitely is not playing, but
• 37:27
  Speaker 4: it feels like it is Coker. It feels like it
• 37:31
  Speaker 4: is rush, or panics. Let me ask y'all a question, starting.
• 37:36
  Speaker 3: With you, Bone.
• 37:38
  Speaker 4: We'll probably get two dramatically different answers based on the
• 37:42
  Speaker 4: way week one went. Do you have confidence in both
• 37:48
  Speaker 4: Bryce Young having another big week and continuing what he
• 37:52
  Speaker 4: did last week, And do you have confidence that the
• 37:56
  Speaker 4: defense will bounce back? Do you have confidence? And I'm
• 37:58
  Speaker 4: asking everybody, listen, it's a Panther fan. Do you have
• 38:00
  Speaker 4: confidence in both those things or one of those things?
• 38:04
  Speaker 5: Absolutely confidence in both because we said, hey, what if
• 38:08
  Speaker 5: Bryce gets off to a good start?
• 38:10
  Speaker 3: And he did against the Bears. And then he's got
• 38:12
  Speaker 3: Atlanta after that, Mac.
• 38:14
  Speaker 5: A place where we're calling Bryce the landlord of that
• 38:17
  Speaker 5: building at this point. So it's a great matchup for
• 38:20
  Speaker 5: him to have a carryover effect. When Bryce has had
• 38:24
  Speaker 5: big games before, there's not always a carryover. There's ebbs
• 38:27
  Speaker 5: and flows. We're wanting to see consistency now. And I
• 38:31
  Speaker 5: think with these first three games, after getting off to
• 38:34
  Speaker 5: a good start the first game, it just– and then
• 38:36
  Speaker 5: you've got the Lions defense week four, for crying out loud.
• 38:39
  Speaker 5: This could be a really, really– great first month of
• 38:42
  Speaker 5: games for Bryce you want to maybe have his most
• 38:46
  Speaker 5: consistent stretch of play since he's been the starting quarterback.
• 38:49
  Speaker 4: Oh yeah that line I'm I am definitely chomping at
• 38:52
  Speaker 4: the bit see that Lions defense without those two safeties
• 38:55
  Speaker 4: the way they've looked in the first two weeks um
• 38:58
  Speaker 4: yes I'm with you on that I mean.
• 39:00
  Speaker 5: Bryce is four and one against Atlanta uh 66 percent
• 39:05
  Speaker 5: uh 66.7 completions 1133 yards nine total touchdowns two interceptions
• 39:13
  Speaker 5: for a 95.3 rating yeah and and by the way
• 39:16
  Speaker 5: it's four straight wins the first game the first game
• 39:19
  Speaker 5: was awful the rookie year the loss was literally his
• 39:22
  Speaker 5: first nfl game in atlanta when bates picked him off
• 39:24
  Speaker 5: twice so since then he's four and oh and if
• 39:27
  Speaker 5: you took those numbers out i mean since then he's
• 39:29
  Speaker 5: gotten better and better his last two trips to atlanta
• 39:31
  Speaker 5: six touchdowns no picks 448 last year he's got two
• 39:35
  Speaker 5: games he's got two games in atlanta where his quarterback
• 39:39
  Speaker 5: ratings the last two games there his quarterback ratings have
• 39:42
  Speaker 5: been 123.5 and 123.2 I would be very disappointed and
• 39:49
  Speaker 5: shocked if Bryce Young doesn't have a good game against Atlanta.
• 39:53
  Speaker 3: I really would be.
• 39:55
  Speaker 4: I feel like the one that is more in question,
• 39:57
  Speaker 4: because I don't even see the Bryce Bashers this week.
• 40:00
  Speaker 4: Bryce Bashers must be on vacation because I don't even
• 40:03
  Speaker 4: see them questioning like, oh, can he do it two
• 40:05
  Speaker 4: straight weeks?
• 40:06
  Speaker 3: I don't even really see that.
• 40:08
  Speaker 4: I do see people questioning the defense. This dude says,
• 40:12
  Speaker 4: how the hell are we– is our defense good enough
• 40:15
  Speaker 4: to where we can be hoity-toity about the quarterback we're
• 40:18
  Speaker 4: going up against? Brian says, Mac, you've been here way
• 40:22
  Speaker 4: too long to act like we can't have a scrubby
• 40:25
  Speaker 4: quarterback kick our butts. And we talked about yesterday that
• 40:29
  Speaker 4: Cooper Rush himself– had a win against us. And there
• 40:34
  Speaker 4: have been situations. For some reason, Brady Quinn sticks out
• 40:37
  Speaker 4: to me as a guy that wasn't very good that
• 40:39
  Speaker 4: beat us. But there are situations like that. And I
• 40:42
  Speaker 4: understand Panther fans get paranoid. I just think I think
• 40:48
  Speaker 4: they're on a mission this week. I think this defense
• 40:50
  Speaker 4: is too talented. I think they're on a mission. I
• 40:53
  Speaker 4: don't think you need to worry, Bone, about the whole
• 40:56
  Speaker 4: break-contain thing. I think you can just rush this dude.
• 40:59
  Speaker 4: I think Princeley's going to have a good game. Because
• 41:01
  Speaker 4: I think this week, you can just rush this dude,
• 41:04
  Speaker 4: and if you get after him, whether it's rush or pennix...
• 41:11
  Speaker 4: He ain't going to make you look like Caleb Williams did.
• 41:14
  Speaker 4: And I think you can do a better job on
• 41:17
  Speaker 4: Bijan in the run game than you did last week
• 41:20
  Speaker 4: against the Bears. You have to because you don't have
• 41:23
  Speaker 4: to necessarily respect the quarterback the same way.
• 41:27
  Speaker 3: You know what I mean? You can really hone in
• 41:29
  Speaker 3: on the run game this week.
• 41:30
  Speaker 5: There's also a major difference in dealing with Ben Johnson
• 41:35
  Speaker 5: and Caleb Williams than Kevin Stefanski, Tommy Reese, and Cooper Rush. Look,
• 41:41
  Speaker 5: I'm not saying you take anybody lightly. Finney brought up
• 41:43
  Speaker 5: the points, the NFL. But the difference in who you're
• 41:46
  Speaker 5: playing the first week, Mac, and their offensive schemes and
• 41:49
  Speaker 5: their quarterback versus who you're playing this week. If you
• 41:52
  Speaker 5: had a bad day against this outfit in terms of.
• 41:58
  Speaker 5: 40-plus points or 35 points, whatever it may be. That
• 42:02
  Speaker 5: is horrible. Then it's complete panic for everybody involved, even
• 42:06
  Speaker 5: those that are defending all this. But I'm not nearly
• 42:10
  Speaker 5: as worried, Mac, about this offense, despite having B.
• 42:13
  Speaker 3: John Robinson.
• 42:14
  Speaker 5: Because B. John can have a great game. But I
• 42:17
  Speaker 5: don't think it's going to be the factor that the Bears'
• 42:20
  Speaker 5: offensive attack.
• 42:21
  Speaker 4: I don't expect them to be able to play complementary football.
• 42:25
  Speaker 4: I expect us to be able to try to take
• 42:27
  Speaker 4: one thing away this week. And I don't even know
• 42:30
  Speaker 4: if you need to take it away. Just contain B.
• 42:32
  Speaker 4: John Robinson. Like you said, don't let him go off
• 42:34
  Speaker 4: for 230 total yards and beat you by himself. Plus,
• 42:38
  Speaker 4: can he beat us by himself when our offense, I think,
• 42:41
  Speaker 4: should put up.
• 42:41
  Speaker 3: 30 on them?
• 42:43
  Speaker 4: You know what I mean? Like, I don't think one
• 42:45
  Speaker 4: player is beating us because I expect the offense to
• 42:48
  Speaker 4: play well.
• 42:49
  Speaker 3: Look, I want the defense and I expect them to
• 42:51
  Speaker 3: play better. It's hard to play worse.
• 42:53
  Speaker 5: But even if they still had some sort of off game,
• 42:57
  Speaker 5: the offense should still be able to take care of
• 42:59
  Speaker 5: it for a win. I don't want the defense to
• 43:01
  Speaker 5: have a bad game.
• 43:02
  Speaker 4: But even if they did, I still think the Panthers
• 43:04
  Speaker 4: win the football game. I think the best way I
• 43:06
  Speaker 4: put it is 37 will win this week. Let's hope so.
• 43:09
  Speaker 4: If not, I'm going to get obliterated for that comment
• 43:13
  Speaker 4: right there. Multiple texters fearful of B. John Robinson. This
• 43:18
  Speaker 4: texter says, how are you guys not worried about him?
• 43:21
  Speaker 4: Just because of what we I guess we just explained it. Like,
• 43:23
  Speaker 4: I don't think the quarterback is good enough to make
• 43:25
  Speaker 4: full use of the other guys.
• 43:27
  Speaker 5: Like he was a worry, but he's he's he's kind
• 43:31
  Speaker 5: of I'm not I can't say it, can I? He's
• 43:35
  Speaker 5: the biggest worry, but there isn't many worries at all.
• 43:38
  Speaker 5: That makes sense. He's a worry, but I don't worry
• 43:41
  Speaker 5: about much else other than him. I think he might
• 43:43
  Speaker 5: be the only worry.
• 43:44
  Speaker 3: You said it.
• 43:45
  Speaker 4: Lindstrom and Taylor might not play this week on their
• 43:48
  Speaker 4: offensive line. That could be an issue for them as well.
• 43:52
  Speaker 4: And again, you could have the greatest receiver. Look at
• 43:53
  Speaker 4: Justin Jefferson's season last year. You could have the greatest
• 43:56
  Speaker 4: receiver in the world. Drake London's really good. But can
• 43:59
  Speaker 4: their quarterback get him the ball? Are we in danger
• 44:01
  Speaker 4: of jinxing the defense?
• 44:06
  Speaker 3: Oh, God, should I be this confident?
• 44:08
  Speaker 4: How about a Vero bone bringing up the fact that
• 44:10
  Speaker 4: conditioning played a role last week? And he was basically asked, well,
• 44:14
  Speaker 4: you know, are you surprised? Like, did you because like,
• 44:17
  Speaker 4: did they think that they would be conditioned to play?
• 44:19
  Speaker 4: And he just basically said it's a week one thing
• 44:21
  Speaker 4: when it's that hot, you know, and they did have
• 44:23
  Speaker 4: to play 70 snaps on defense, which is not ideal.
• 44:26
  Speaker 4: But I would think if it was, I would think
• 44:29
  Speaker 4: in the air conditioning this week, bone, I would expect
• 44:32
  Speaker 4: the conditioning factor to not play a role for our
• 44:33
  Speaker 4: defense this week.
• 44:35
  Speaker 3: Meg, am I wrong to say, well, what's B.
• 44:38
  Speaker 2: John.
• 44:40
  Speaker 5: Bichon has 96 carries for 508 yards against the Panthers,
• 44:46
  Speaker 5: but I feel like.
• 44:46
  Speaker 4: 85 yards a game, he averages.
• 44:48
  Speaker 5: Yeah, but I feel like they've also had games where,
• 44:51
  Speaker 5: you know, he had 11, he had 56, he had 72.
• 44:54
  Speaker 5: He did have a monster one for 170. Against the
• 44:57
  Speaker 5: horrid 2024 defense.
• 44:59
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 45:00
  Speaker 5: But I feel like they've also had games where they
• 45:03
  Speaker 5: contained him in some ways also. Like, he's not gone
• 45:06
  Speaker 5: off every time he's played us.
• 45:07
  Speaker 4: I think two of his last three are over 100,
• 45:09
  Speaker 4: but that's the only ones. He only has two 100-yard
• 45:13
  Speaker 4: games against us. Knock on wood, are we jinxing? Is
• 45:16
  Speaker 4: this jinxing or no? Again, he can run for 120.
• 45:20
  Speaker 4: I believe we can win the football game. If all
• 45:23
  Speaker 4: of a sudden Cooper Rush then chimes in or Michael
• 45:26
  Speaker 4: Penix and Drake London and Pitts are making plays, then
• 45:29
  Speaker 4: we got a problem. But Drake London and Kyle Pitts
• 45:32
  Speaker 4: combined for two catches last week. Your boy, Cooper Rush,
• 45:36
  Speaker 4: was such a check down Cooper last week, Bone, that
• 45:39
  Speaker 4: he completed four passes to anybody not named B.
• 45:42
  Speaker 3: John Robinson. Oof. That's it.
• 45:46
  Speaker 5: That's Finney's old guy, Cooper Rush, from back in his
• 45:48
  Speaker 5: Dallas couch. Finney, any concerns from your past history that
• 45:53
  Speaker 5: we have to worry about Cooper Rush at all?
• 45:54
  Speaker 3: You have knowledge of the Coop.
• 45:57
  Speaker 7: None whatsoever.
• 45:58
  Speaker 3: Better put that Rush jersey away, too, Finney. Don't break
• 46:01
  Speaker 3: that out this week.
• 46:02
  Speaker 7: You want to start that again? Ravens are back.
• 46:06
  Speaker 3: Just kidding. Just kidding. Go ahead. We got to wrap up.
• 46:12
  Speaker 5: Oh, I thought he was saying something. Fiddy and I
• 46:13
  Speaker 5: will argue. I thought Fiddy was making a point. We
• 46:15
  Speaker 5: come back. College football confidence. Who's feeling good this week?
• 46:19
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• 46:23
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