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Ep.45: Expen$ive Lo$er$ · Football Junkies podcast

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All right folks, let's go let's go let's go we got a victory week because guess what the six time
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Super Bowl champions Pittsburgh Steelers win again danger us doing his thing. That's right
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I know there was a lot of naysayers that were saying hey Russ may be a bad idea
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He's watched all those different types of things. Hey, listen. I was teetering that line as well, but you know what I see
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the lights, okay, I see
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the vision okay, let
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Russ cook, okay
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He is cooking right now. He is cooking
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Gordon Ramsay and every single major chef you can possibly think of put them in one body and guess what you have Russell Wilson, okay?
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Oh, man. Oh, man. Oh, man. We got a loaded episode
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Beyonce Johnson comes back to the north not to the Steelers calm down Steelers fans. I know
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It's okay. We'll talk about it. Okay. We'll talk about it. Can Robinson goes to Minnesota Josh Uche goes to the Chiefs
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Anthony Richardson gets benched. Yes. I know it's controversial. We have to talk about it Ravens lose to the Browns
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Cowboys look defeated game
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Over for the Jets the DMV miracle
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Lions maul the Titans and most importantly we have to end this episode. Okay
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With the Steelers going into the by with a W. Yeah, that's right. I W a W you
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Yeah, yes
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Okay, things are looking good for the Steelers right now. Okay on the 45th episode of the football junkies podcast
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Okay, I am your host with the most. Okay. I am your chief
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Bagrodamas, okay? I'm your GM who currently is not on a team right now
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But don't you worry about it because why don't even you don't need to worry about that because why we're still putting out this hot fire
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This hot content for you guys to get your daily
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Weekly whatever football fix you could possibly think of okay, but guess what I'm all these things and more of okay
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But most importantly, I am your host with the most kale. You already know what I'm getting ready say
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So guess what on three one two three? Let's lock in. Oh
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All right folks, let's get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going on in the league
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Okay, so let's just dive into everything that's happened so far because we've had a few trades that have happened
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You know within the last 24 48 hours or so probably a little bit longer, but who cares?
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So let's start off with the most recent ones the auntie Johnson former Panthers and Steelers receiver has been traded from the Panthers to
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The Baltimore Ravens so essentially the draft compensation is they're swapping picks basically so the Panthers receive a
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2025 fifth round pick Baltimore receives a 2025 six round pick and when we look at this it was it's an okay trade
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I'm just gonna say okay. I'm not saying it was a great trade
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Not saying it's a phenomenal trade not saying it's a game changer trade none of those things because
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Where see was never a problem the problem with the Ravens was the defense and a lot of that is because of
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You know play calling as well as a lack of patch rusher, you know
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effectiveness and consistency right outside of Kyle van Noy
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Who else from a past rusher standpoint is able to constantly and consistently create pressure on quarterbacks?
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nobody and
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It's no slide to them, but again
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at this point when you see teams like the bills and the chiefs and
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You know other teams who are retooling in our you know trying to get themselves
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Per prepare for a deep playoff run you have to be able to try to counter that and the weakest point for the Ravens has
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been their defense and
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You know with a few past rushers that have been you know floated around and teams are saying that you know
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They're available for the right price
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You want to try to go after a patch rusher because right now
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There are multiple teams that want another patch rusher and so right now you're in the driver's seat to where if you get another
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Patch rusher you could probably be a little bit more productive
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Compared to just getting another receiver who at best is probably what?
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Why receiver three at this point if we're being real here?
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Like let's really let's really dissect this thing. Let's really look at it because again, it's it's not like
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You know the Ravens were lacking and you know in the receiver department. No, they never were it's just you know
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If you if you wanted to add more depth, okay
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You probably could have done that but again you have you know
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Tez Walker and company who you could just give them a chance and just see what happens and then if you think okay
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They're not as productive as you want them to be then that's when you go and you make a move for receiver
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But just flat out just doing it before addressing patch rusher. No
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No, no, no, no, no, but I'm gonna save the defensive part the Ravens and Browns game though
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Because there there is a lot that needs to be said with that and it might might even turn into a little bit of
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Arrant as well, but you know, we'll cross that bridge and we'll cross that bridge
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But another trade came Robinson former former Jaguars left tackle was traded to the Vikings
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So the Jaguar receive a 2026 conditional fifth that can turn into a fourth based on playing time while the Vikings receive a
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2026 can get conditional seven that can go that can go up based off of playing time
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So both, you know conditional draft picks that can increase in value, which all in all is great
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You know the Vikings were somewhat
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I want to say they weren't they were in panic mode
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But they were looking to try to patch up that hole with Christian Deris all going down
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And you know they felt like can Robison was probably their best option and so they pulled the trigger
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That's it. There's nothing really, you know in depth really to talk about with it
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You know, they were just trying to make sure that that position is
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You know strengthen and bolstered up because again the Vikings are in a situation where right now
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They can legitimately go to the playoffs this year. They really can they have a real chance to do it
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And I think you know when we look at it that division
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There's gonna be at least three teams out of division that are gonna make it to the playoffs the Lions
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The Vikings in the Packers all three are definitely gonna make it to the playoffs from now as far as who will probably go to the Super Bowl
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I think it's definitely between the Lions and the Packers
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Definitely you heard it here for us in a football joke. He's podcast now
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Let's get into the other tray that happened as well. So former Patriots pass rusher Josh Uche was traded to the Chiefs
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So the Patriots receive a 2026 six round pick and the Chiefs of course received Josh Uche
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So when we look at this, this is a
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Pete this is a move to get you know to bolster up the death when it comes to pass rusters because
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Outside of Chris Jones their pass rushers have been you know hit with the injury bug
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So they definitely want to bring somebody else in just to you know bolster that position because again
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The Chiefs defense has been playing lights out they have and you know
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If if you want to be able to you know go back to the Super Bowl
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Then you have to do what you have to do and that is somewhat
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That is the the one trait that separates the elite GM's from just you know
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The casual GM's as I call them simply because the elite GM's they they view the roster and they figure out
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Okay, there's holes on this position this position that position and they go out and they address them immediately, right?
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They don't really they they do not value picks as much. They want to win
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They want to be competitive
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So if it means that they push, you know, they cook they not even cook
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But they kick some things, you know down the road with it. Okay, cool
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But if it you know if it works out, hey, no one's really complaining because why you're a champion
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Think about it. The Rams did it, you know for a few years
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they kept on retooling retooling retooling throwing away picks throwing away picks throwing away picks and
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Eventually worked and they were able to get a Super Bowl with it
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Same thing with the Chiefs the Chiefs realized that listen
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Pass rusher needs to be strengthened up a little bit more receiver needs to be strengthened up a little bit more
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And guess what they address both of those positions without breaking the bank when it comes to
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You know carrying, you know, the the the contracts of these of these players
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So, oh, no, it's a win-win situation if we're really being honest here
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So but let's get into these games. Okay, because a lot has to be said about these games
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Okay, so let's let's start off with the Ravens and Browns. So I'm gonna read the stats and then we'll get into
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You know the the crevices of everything. Okay, so Lamar Jackson was 23 for 38
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289 passing yards to touchdowns 7.6 yards per attempt a
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60.5
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completion percentage, okay
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Derek Henry 11 attempts for 73 rushing yards 6.6 yards per carry one touchdown in two rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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Save flowers 12 targets for seven receptions
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115 receiving yards 16.4 receiving yards per reception. Okay, James Winston 27 for 41
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334 passing yards three touchdowns 8.1 yards per attempt
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65.9 completion percentage set Cedric Tillman nine targets for seven receptions
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99 receiving yards two touchdowns 14.1 receiving yards per reception
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Nick Chubb 16 attempts for 52 rushing yards
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3.3 yards per carry in one rush of 10 plus yards or more
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That's a lot. I know
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But let's get into everything. So this is what I will say, you know, and I literally said this
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I think in the last episode you have to be careful with your divisional opponents
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because if not your divisional opponents will sneak up on you and they'll get a win from you and
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You you'll be you know be fluddled because you're like how in the word that just happened
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We have a whole better roster than we are so much better than them and then it happens
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It happens that is why the vision of games to me are so tricky to predict simply because
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The team that you will least expect it could be a team that has lasted last in the division
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That you know is not going to make it to the playoffs that you know is not going to make it to the wild card
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That you know that they're probably going to have a fire sale for a lot of their players
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But guess what they get that one win on you and that's exactly what happened, you know
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James Winston looked really good. He did he looked really really really good, but
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Again, I think this goes back to something that I've said also about the Ravens
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Which is the two things that can destroy the Raven season is injuries and
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You know costly mistakes those are the two things those are the two things that can derail the Ravens
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Season simply because there is no reason why the Ravens kept on
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Repeating the same play over and over and over and over again. There's no reason. There's no reason and
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You know, I think this does open up a conversation
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That does need to be had the defensive coordinator has not been playing well
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That defense is not been playing well and we can't say the defense is lacking of talent because it's not you got a bunch of all
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pros and pro bowlers on that team
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So I don't understand what the problem is
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James Winston low key put on a clinic a passing clinic on that Ravens defense and
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That has been their Achilles heel, you know, the offense is running on all cylinders
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The defense has to pick has to pick it up. It just has to at this point now
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Would would the Ravens be open to maybe bringing somebody in and doing what the Steelers did with Brian Flores?
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I think you will probably have to entertain it at this point because again
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We are about to hit that point in the season where after Thanksgiving. That's when the season really starts
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that's when every single game is
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important and
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Especially those divisional games you want to be able to write your own ticket and to have the playoffs run through you
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Not you go to another another place to host a playoff game
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You don't want that so again Ravens
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You have to do better when it comes to the defense a play call
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You have to because if you don't it's gonna cost you another year
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And you don't have a whole bunch of time to continue to you know
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Make the mistakes and then you know try to fix it next year then that you can't keep on doing that
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This team is in when now mode and if you want to maximize
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Everything that they have done so far to get to this point
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You have to make adjustments now because if you don't make adjustments now
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You're gonna be in a situation where you're gonna go up a team like the bills
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Like the Steelers like the Chiefs
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They're gonna knock your block off and then guess what now you guys have wasted another year
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And now you guys have failed expectations once again because why you guys do not want to make simple
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Adjustments, but at the same time when we pivot and we go to the Browns, you know, this definitely says a lot
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So far we have seen more production
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Out of backup quarterbacks than we have from the quarterback. I'd really think about it for a second here
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Joe Flacco last year was
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Way more productive way more productive than what the Sean Watson was okay
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There was a point in time
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Where if where they were about to go on somewhat of a deep playoff run if we're being real here, okay?
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Let's really think about this for a second and then you have James Winston now
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Am I saying, you know James Winston is playing at an all-pro level or he's gonna be a pro bowler?
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No, I'm not saying any of those things but for him to do what he did against that Ravens defense
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I give you gotta give him credit where credit is due you just do now
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Am I saying that the Browns could you know mysteriously go on a run? I've seen crazier things
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I've seen crazier things. It'll be the teams that you least expected
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They go on someone of a dry spell and the next thing you know they find a spark and
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You know now they're being super competitive and now they're a team that everybody has to be concerned about I have seen it
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We have all seen it before that is the beauty of
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Football the teams that you count out and you say man, they're not gonna do anything. Guess what?
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They just win that one game and after that one game. They just they go on a tear so Ravens
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Gotta do better Kyle Hamilton if you catch the interception you sealed the game
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You sealed the game you sealed the game. So Ravens. Oh, no, man
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You gotta do something you got make some adjustments got make some changes got to do something man
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Just saying but let's get into the Lions and the Titans
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So Mason Rudolph was 22 for 33
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266 passing yards one touchdown two picks seven yards per attempt in a 57.9 completion percentage
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Okay, Tony Pilar 20 attempts for 94 rushing yards
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4.7 yards per carry three rushes of 10 plus yards or more Calvin Ridley 15 targets for 10 receptions
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143 receiving yards 14.3 receiving yards per reception
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Jared golf 12 15 85 passing yards three touchdowns
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5.7 yards per attempt in an 80
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80% 80% completion percentage
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Man, Jameer Jameer Gibbs 11 attempts for 127 rushing yards
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11.5 yards per carry one touchdown and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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Sam Laporta six targets for six receptions 48 receiving yards one touchdown eight receiving yards per reception
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When we look at this, you know
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Yeah
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Yeah
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Yeah
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Yeah
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This is bad. This is really bad. This is really really really bad
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If you would have told me this Titans team after all the moves they made this off-season to bolster this team
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Well would be in this position. I would have called you a liar
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This team is trash
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It is trash
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It is horrible
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Come on guys. Come on. They didn't even put up a fight. You didn't even put up a fight
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You just you got mauled by a herd of lions
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I'm talking about when when Simba was done with you. Guess what?
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Nala came after when Nala was done with you. Guess what scar came after you when scar came after you
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I can't think of the other lions. Just forgive me on it. Just please please please forgive me
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But it's a Lion King reference for people that don't realize it's Lion King if you know, you know, but
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Moving on with that. But this is what I will say, you know
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The lions continue to be this very potent team that continues to you know
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Put points on people's heads and continue to be super competitive and super physical. That's just what it is
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This team is good. This team is really good
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This team has continued to say listen, we are going to beat you in the air
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We're gonna beat you on the ground. We are going to be physical with you
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We are going to beat you on every single level of football
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And there is nothing that you can do to stop this team
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Jerichoff he's playing at a really high level this one-two punch with Jameer Gibbs and David Montgomery lethal
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Everything about this team is lethal
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Don't let them get another patch rusher if they get someone like a Max Crosby or Zadaria Smith or Miles Garrett
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Good night
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Good night
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They are going to the Super Bowl. I'm telling you it's either gonna be the Lions or the Packers
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One of those two teams are going to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl
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You heard it here first on the football junkies podcast
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Now on to another game that definitely needs to be talked about the Cowboys and 49ers game
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Man, where do we start?
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Where do we start? Where do we start folks because this was
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It's basically like two old people fighting. I think that's the best way to put it
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It's like two old people at Thanksgiving fighting over who's gonna get the last roll. That's basically what happened
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It was a bad game. It was a really bad game for this to be the Sunday night game horrible
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Absolutely horrible. Okay, but let's just get into everything. Okay, so that press card 25 for 38
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243 passing yards to touchdowns to pick 6.4 yards per tip
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65.8 completion percentage
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Ezekiel Elliott 10 attempts for 34 rushing yards
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3.4 yards per carry one touchdown one rush of 10 plus yards or more CD lamb 17 targets for 13 receptions
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146 receiving yards to touchdowns 11.2 receiving yards per reception
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Brock Purdy 18 for 26
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260 passing yards one touchdown 10 yards per attempt a
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69.2 completion percentage
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Isaiah Guerrero 14 attempts for 85 rushing yards
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6.1 yards per carry one touchdown three rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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George Kittle seven targets for six receptions
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128 receiving yards one touchdown
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21.3 receiving yards per reception and when we look at this, you know, this is what I will say
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And I'm gonna be very honest with what I'm saying. I'm shoot. I'm a straight shooter shoot from the hip
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I'm just being honest with you. The Cowboys are horrible. Let's be honest here
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I think it's time we have that conversation that Cowboys are horrible as well as the 49ers, but mostly the Cowboys, okay?
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This roster is not meant to be competitive. It's not and
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For you to waste basically your entire offseason to sign two players
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two players is
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Absolutely atrocious it is because when you look at it outside of death
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Who else do you really have CD lamb? Okay? Yeah?
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you know
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It's whatever but again this this team is not competitive in no way shape or form
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The run game is atrocious the passing game is the is atrocious sure you have certain
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You know certain players who they have a lot of upside to their game and they're gonna be there for a long long time
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But everywhere else it's just garbage. It's not good. It is not good folks
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It's not the defense is atrocious and it's crazy because Rex Ryan called the Cowboys this offseason
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Just have a conversation just to see if you know if they'll let him be the defensive coordinator
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I don't even know why they turned him down because this defense is it's horrible. They're they can't stop the run
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They can't stop the passing pass game. What can you stop? Can you stop a piece of paper?
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Can you stop a pop water team?
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What can you do? It's not good. It is not good
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This roster was not properly built to be competitive and this falls on Jerry Jones's lap
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This does whenever Jerry, you know, when whenever the Cowboys win guess what everything goes Jerry Jones, man
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Jerry Jones was right. He was right. He did the right thing. He built this roster the right way
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But now when everything is going wrong. Oh, everybody wants to point fingers
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Everybody wants wants to play the blame game. It doesn't work like that
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It doesn't this team is not good and it's not going to be good for a very long time
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the only way that the Cowboys can truly be competitive and to try to
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Reclaim some of the glory and some of the success they had in the 90s is if you bring in a hard
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stern coach
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Not somebody that's that's gonna lap up to to Jerry Jones
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Not somebody that's going to just you know follow following line someone who is going to be a difference maker
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Someone who is going to set a standard in a culture
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Bill Belichick if you bring someone like a Bill Belichick in there, you wouldn't be having half of the problems that you're having now
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and then apparently there are reports that are coming out that the
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Cowboys allow tours while the while the players are practicing and whatnot
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Why are you doing this? Why that that's unnecessary?
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Very very much unnecessary
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These players are trying to prepare themselves for their next opponent and you got people that are coming in
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You know getting all close to him or whatnot. You can't do that like apparently
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Oh my god, this is ridiculous
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Apparently there were people that were banging on the window on the glass while the players were working out
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What are we?
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expensive
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losers that's what the Cowboys are
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expensive
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Losers if you are a Cowboys fan and you bought those season tickets guess what you just threw $1,200 down the drain
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Because why this team is not going anywhere?
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This team is not serious about running football games
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This team is about the glitz and the glamour the the prime time TV shows the big lights all the attention
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That's what this team is this team really isn't about you know
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They're not serious about winning because if they were serious about winning half of these things wouldn't even be happening
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They have basically turned the Cowboys into a reality TV show and every single week
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You don't even know what's gonna happen
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But most but most importantly guess what Jerry Jones is gonna be is gonna be in every single episode in some
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Shape or form or capacity now on to the 49ers the 49ers
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You know they keep wishing and hoping and praying that you know a lot of their players can get healthy and
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You know try to come back, but it's like you know at some point you just have to you know
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Have a realization that you know this season. It's not gonna end well
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It's just not you know because
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You're you're hoping that Christian McCaffrey can come back at some point in time
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We don't know I don't think nobody really knows I think they're just throwing out something just to throw something out there
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I think they truly do not know when Christmas. Caffrey is really going to be able to
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Like really come out on the field
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And even then how is he gonna look because he's been he's rusty like he's rusty
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And it's gonna take him a while to get back into the screen of things right if I'm the 49ers
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I gotta make some calls
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I gotta make some calls. I gotta see you know what what can we do to try to at least try attempt?
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To save this season because again
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Your defensive line and needs help and needs help you need to put more bodies at the defensive line
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I've heard that they have been connected to the forest buckner David
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They've got child and others even for receiver
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You might want to try to get one of those receivers as well
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Just to try to see if you can like you know go on a run and you know, maybe
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Maybe be in the position where you could go to the playoffs, but you have to do something at this point
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you have to because
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We're getting closer to Thanksgiving and everybody knows once you hit Thanksgiving
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If you ain't in a good spot, you might as well want to count your losses start figuring out what you're gonna do next year
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Come up with the plan that you're going to do for next year and just execute at that point if you're gonna tank
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well, you know completely or if you're going to do somewhat of a light tank and you know just to
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Put you up not super high but like in a place where you can you know be able to have a good enough draft
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Sure do that because right now this 49ers team isn't competitive
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And it sucks because a lot of those veteran players, you know, they stay committed
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They they wanted to come back for one more year one more raw and in this thing with a Super Bowl
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And so far their season has not gone the way that they wanted
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Brandon are you looking out for the season?
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Christian McCaffrey is a question mark at this point. Brock Purdy has not been looking good
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Sure, Ricky Pierce all has come back. But again, Ricky is only one person and then even when you look at the defense
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Javon Hargrave, he's out for the season and
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You know that that was a major blow. It's a major blow to the team
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so again, I
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Don't think this 49ers team is ultra competitive like what people think they are. I don't I think if they went up against a team
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Like the Lions or the Packers in the NFC championship
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It's not gonna end well
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I think the Lions this time are gonna rewrite their roles and they're actually gonna go and you know, do the right thing
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Which is minimize their mistakes
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Put the points on their head and just win that that's just where we are at this point John Lynch
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You wouldn't you you had an incredible run you built this
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You know, you you revised this team and made this team super competitive for a super long time
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But at this point it didn't end well and it didn't in the way that you had expected, right?
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But forget about them. Okay, let's get into the jets in
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Patriots because we do have to talk about them. We do have to talk about them
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So error Roger 17 for 28 233 passing yards to touchdowns 8.3 yards per attempt a
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60.7 completion percentage Garrett Wilson a targets for five receptions
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113 receiving yards 22.6 receiving yards per reception
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Breeze Hall 16 attempts for 80 rushing yards five yards per carry two rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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Jacobi Bressette 15 for 24
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132 passing yards 5.5 yards per attempt in a
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62.5 completion percentage. Okay, Drake may
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Yes, I yes, I did put two quarterbacks in because Drake may was in at first and then he suffered a head injury and then Joe
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Be then Jacobi Bressette had to come in and finish the game
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So Drake may before he got hurt was three for six 23 passing yards 3.8 yards per attempt in a 50%
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completion percentage. Okay, Remandry Stevenson's
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20 attempts for 48 rushing yards 2.4 yards per carry two touchdowns now before we go any further
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I just have two junky nuggets according to spot rack. Okay, so Rogers has a
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$35 million bonus option that must be exercised before the beginning of the 2025 season
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And he carries a $23 million cap hit in 20 in 2025 in a 49 million dollar dead cap hit
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This is what I will say the Patriots, you know, they they redeemed themselves from their last, you know matchup
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And you know, especially with draw male coming out saying that the team was soft and whatnot
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This was you know, this was a much needed win very much needed win
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But you know, if you're the Jets
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Your season is is continuing to go
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It's going down. It's going this plane is is nose diving into the ground
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Because the season is over
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The season is over for the Jets this experiment is over and I mean I mean exactly what I say when I say experiment
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because they thought that getting a
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40 year old quarterback would solve all their problems and all it did was create more problems more drama more
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unnecessary, you know attention and just drama
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That's really what it is
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Robert Sala was the glue that was holding this team together from falling apart and
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Since they have fired Robert Sala their season has not has not done well that defense has not done well
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Everything about this team has not done well. It hasn't
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So again, this whole experiment was a loss. It's a L
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It's a very big L because when we look at it
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Aaron Rodgers, you got almost all of your buddies
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To come and play with you
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Alizar you got Devante Adams. You got you have a
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A great offense if you put any other quarterback if you put 31 other quarterbacks in this offense
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They're going to have a great season. They're going to have a pro bowl season
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But Aaron Rodgers, he doesn't he doesn't look like that same person and I think it's time we have that conversation
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It's time
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It's time. It's time for
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Aaron Rodgers to just walk away from the game of football if you want to preserve your reputation
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if you want to preserve, you know
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The greatness that you show when you were in your heyday
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Walk away walk away because all you're doing is ruining yourself a lot of times the the legends
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They don't know when it's time and a lot of times when they keep on playing as they get older
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You really start to see those cracks and it don't look good
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It really don't and you know, this is an air Rogers at is is one of those to you know to fall that victim
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He is he has not played well and remember a lot of the a lot of the things that made Aaron Rodgers
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Aaron Rodgers was because of his athleticism and his ability to be somewhat mobile outside of the pocket
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He can't do that anymore. He cannot do it anymore. He is not productive anymore
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There there was somebody I forgot who it was
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They show the stat line and they compared Aaron Rodgers this year to
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Zach Wilson when the last time that he was playing
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Zach Wilson was had a had a was better statistically and the team actually was winning more a little bit more
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Than what Aaron Rodgers is and granted I don't what nobody say well
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Aaron Rodgers was the ride of talent and he wasn't able to really do anything because team really no the team did everything for him
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The teams they they probably told Aaron Rodgers right on this down what you want and we'll get it for you
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every single thing you want we would get it for you and
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Guess what?
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They got everything for him
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everything for and it's still not enough so
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again
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This just experiment. It's over at this point. You have to you have to scrap it
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You have to nuke it because you are hitting a point where you know
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Financially are going to start kicking in for certain players and you have to figure out what you're going to do
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Sauce pretty soon is giving me come up into a contract here
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What are you gonna do with Devontae Adams's deal?
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You're gonna have to do a restructure or an extension or you're gonna have to cut him
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Error Rodgers, you're gonna have to have that tough conversation with him
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You are because if you don't that that's a 35 million dollar option bonus that you must exercise
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Before the start of the 2025 season not to mention he's carrying a 49 million dollar dead cap hit next year
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So you have some serious decision-making that you are going to have to do once this season is over
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You really do if you are the judge front office
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It doesn't help when you have Woody Johnson making, you know, basis claims saying oh, this is the best just team that we have
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You know assembled in years. No, it hasn't well
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Offensively probably you can make that you you probably could you know Devontae Adams
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Alan is our Garrett Wilson Malachi Corley
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Breeze Hall brailing Alan, you know, pretty good pretty good quarterback in
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offensive line. Oh
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But again, this
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Team is this is this is not a team. This is just a collection of players who come together who are
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Under the same team they put on the same jerseys and they play on Sunday. That's what it is
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This is not a team. This is not a collective of men who are trying to be competitive and trying to win
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This is just people coming together to play football on
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Sunday and I mean exactly what I said no disrespect to any of those players that are trying to
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You know do more
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Regardless of the situation that they're in but again, let's just call this a loss
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This will go down in history as one of the worst
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What ifs for a team and NFL history on to one of the most spectacular
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endings for a football game that happened on Sunday the DMV
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Miracle, okay, Jaden Daniels doing Jaden Daniels things
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Even with messed up ribs crazy, right? I know it. So let's just get into everything
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Okay, Jaden Daniels 21 for 38
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326 passing yards one touchdown 8.6 yards per attempt a 55.3 completion percentage
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Okay, Brian Robinson 16 attempts for 65 rushing yards
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4.1 yards per carry one rush of 10 plus yards or more Terry McClaren 8 targets for five receptions
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125 receiving yards 25 receiving yards per reception Kayla Williams 10 for 24
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131 passing yards 5.5 yards per attempt in a 41.7 completion percentage
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Okay, Deandre Swift 18 attempts for 129 rushing yards
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7.2 yards per carry one touchdown two rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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We're on with doing say six targets for three receptions 41 receiving yards
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13.7 receiving yards per reception now when we look at this
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This was actually a really low scoring game, which I'm actually surprised
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but it was a really low scoring game and
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You know, this was definitely a back-and-forth type of game that you know at first when I was looking at I was like
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okay, the Bears might be able to win this and then you know, then the
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Commanders were doing something and then the Bears and the commandant
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It just kept on going back and forth and it ended in the most spectacular
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Controversial way that you could possibly think of and you know for the people that didn't see it
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Just going YouTube type in commanders versus Bears ending and you will see it
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But you know Tyree Stevenson has to get some some backlash from this because while you're
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Heckling the fans guess what's happening one of the most dynamic endings to a football game and NFL history
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Just happened and you could have stopped it had you just done your job instead of this heckling with fans
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How's it feel? How does it feel?
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How does it feel being the wrong end of history?
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Knowing that before before that Hail Mary went off guess what you are heckling with the fans
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Flexing doing all doing all this unnecessary stuff that you need to do
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Save it for once the game is over once the game is over if you want to do all that by all means go ahead
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Do it, but don't you do it while the game is going because guess what again the game is still going
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Yes, the the game is you know
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Technically it's about the end, but you don't even know how the ending is gonna go
39:40
Once the ref said the game is over then you could go and celebrate flags dance
39:45
Do the worm do the electric slide if you want to all that different type of stuff, but
39:49
Until until those coaches come together they say good game and then they go their separate ways. Oh, no. Oh no player
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That's not what happened that's not what happened and it also doesn't what's worse is Montez sweat wasn't even on the field
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Montez sweat one of the best defensive players for the Bears was not on the field
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When this happened, I'm gonna let you think about that for a second because that right there is crazy
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Absolutely insane
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Why in the world would you not want to put your best defensive player on the field? Come on now
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Come on
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Come on man, and even when you I
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Don't even know I don't even know that this is just absolutely atrocious
40:40
This is horrible and also doesn't help that the coach was just like yeah
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The even the coach's response was horrible like it was just it
40:52
It didn't make any sense. It didn't none of it made any sense all this was unnecessary
40:58
All of this was very preventable had people just done their job. That's it if you saw that hey
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I don't like this unlike this and fix it cool because even when you look at the we look at the replay prior to
41:13
Prior to the the commander's hiking the ball
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Kayla Williams was trying to was trying to tell people hey go here
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Hey go there and he was trying to get the coach's attention, but I guess the coach wasn't focused on that so you know
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That's what happens. So happens when you don't listen. Hey, it's just crazy how the rookie quarterback knows what to do in this situation
41:33
But the head coach and Tyree steves and don't know what they're doing right?
41:37
right
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Right, and we do have to talk about something that has been a little bit controversial
41:43
That everyone is in an uproar for and that is Anthony Richardson
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You know basically tapping out of the game because you know he was tired or whatnot
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This is what I will say, you know and
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I get it I get you know a lot of former players are very upset about it
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I get all that and they have every right to you know to feel like that because you know you can't do something like that
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You know you have you have your offensive linemen who are on every single drive every single play and
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You know they don't have a chance to tap out
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They don't have a chance to to get out to catch the breath. No they have to keep on going and
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You know for you to do that
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You know that probably rubbed a lot of people in that locker room the wrong way
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It probably did and you know, I don't know. I really don't know
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I really don't know I really don't because on one hand I understand
42:40
You know he probably was tired. Maybe he had the wind knocked out of him. Maybe he you know, maybe he had to catch his breath
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I don't know. I don't know Anthony Richardson, but you know, it was a bad look at that time and you know
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His punishment is they benched him a real question is this is he gonna be benched for an extended period of time?
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Or is this just you know, he's just gonna be benched for you know one game and then though recess how you know
43:07
How he is and whatnot and you know move forward from them because again, it happens
43:13
I get it. Everybody's in you know, everybody's you know, very emotional about it
43:18
And I get again as I've said before I get before my players are saying but again things are a little bit different now
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Yes, there are there are some cardinal rules that you know are just big no-knows
43:30
I get all of that but the man said he was tired. What else you want me to say?
43:34
There's nothing else really really to say about it, but final thing we need to talk about Steelers versus Giants
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Yes, that's right Steelers versus Giants
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Because the Steelers the six time six time
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Six time Pittsburgh Steelers. I don't know why the way I just
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But I guess I want to sound like the old steelers man
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I don't know but let's just get into everything Russell Wilson 24 28
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278 passing yards one touchdown
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9.9 yards per 10 and he's 71.4 completion percentage on to Danny dimes
44:13
Okay, 24 for 38
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264 passing yards one pick 6.9 yards per 10
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63.2 completion percentage Tyrone Tracy 20 rushes for a hundred forty five rushing yards
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7.3 yards per carry one touchdown four rushes of 10 plus yards or more
44:30
Darius lay in seven targets for four recessions
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108 receiving yards 27 receiving yards per session and when we look at this, you know
44:38
This by all by all accounts was supposed to be a slaughter
44:42
This was supposed to be a game where the Steelers are going to impose their will both
44:47
Offensively and defensively and just crush the Giants, but the Giants were fighting
44:52
they were definitely fighting they were putting up a fight and you know
44:56
They were doing their thing against the Steelers defense
44:58
They were they were attacking them in the air and they were attacking them, you know on the ground
45:03
but the difference between the two is one team has a supposed
45:08
Three-time defensive player of the year future first-ball hallfamera and TJ Y while the other one did it
45:14
TJ Y doing TJ Y things Alex Heisman doing how doing Alex Heisman things. That's it, right?
45:20
Najee Harris has been doing his thing. He's been on a run
45:24
He's been on a tear since they put Russell Wilson in George Pickens
45:29
Once again, he was showing off Van Jefferson. This is probably the most print, you know
45:33
Production that we've seen for Van Jefferson and then Calvin Austin
45:37
This was probably Calvin Austin's best game so far in in his, you know
45:42
professional football career and it's it's great
45:45
This shows that you have a solid, you know kick returner and you have someone who is a great, you know slot option
45:51
And who's just and who can be used as a Swiss Army knife in this offense?
45:56
And I think that is what he was supposed to be used in the Mack Canada offense, but
46:02
Unfortunately, when you don't have a real offensive coordinator, that's what happens now. This is what I will say, you know
46:08
Don't tell you Jackson was definitely having some troubles, you know
46:13
Against, you know Malik neighbors and in that receiving core Darius Lane was was lighting things up
46:19
Darius Lane was a problem and you know if the Giants made him available and for the right offer
46:27
I probably would pull the trigger on someone like a Darius Lane. I would you know, he now I'm not saying he's this
46:33
Dynamic old pro receiver. No, I'm not saying that but he is somewhat of a really good option who can extend the field and
46:42
you know
46:43
who can
46:45
He's a baller. He's a baller. I think that's just the best way to put it
46:49
Darius Lane is a baller and that's what you need on this Steelers offense
46:54
I'm not saying you need someone like a Cooper Cup or a courtless center or anything like that
46:59
But if those options are not available
47:01
Darius Lane is a very is a really good option just as much as Jacobi Myers as well
47:07
And they probably would cost less compared to the other big name receivers that everybody will want to get now the one thing
47:13
I would say that I think the the Steelers should do at this point is
47:19
Try to see if they can bolster up the the interior defensive line depth
47:23
I would definitely look into it simply because
47:27
You you need to be able to make sure that you bolster up that defensive line to not only put more pressure on the quarterback
47:36
But also be able to really successfully and consistently stop the run
47:41
Because we are about to hit a point where we're going to be going up against teams who are
47:47
statistically either top five or top ten when it comes to rushing and
47:50
If we want to be able to eliminate that part of the game
47:54
We have to bolster up the defensive line now am I saying that we have to go after someone like at the Forrest Buckner
48:01
Me personally I would do it because why I like the Forrest Buckner. I think he's a really great player really a lead player
48:07
But you know that probably will cost cost a lot to get him
48:10
But when you have someone like a David Gotshaw, I would look into it
48:14
I would I think and you know Alan Alan Saunders said this on the Steelers afternoon drive
48:20
And then he said it again on the Lockdown Steelers podcast this morning shout out to Chris Carter and Zachary Smith
48:28
This is the Steelers are at a position where right now
48:33
You need to be a little bit more aggressive and you need to allocate resources and to really make this team
48:40
Able to compete. I think people like TJ Y and Cam Hayward really do deserve that
48:45
I'm not saying you know
48:46
We should throw away your first or second third round picking all of our picks away just to get one player
48:50
No, but what I am saying is if you really want to maximize this team
48:55
And if you really want to do more than just win one measly playoff game
49:00
I think you do have to push, you know some of your chips in the table
49:04
I'm not saying you have to push all of them, but you do you don't need all these picks after those picks
49:10
In the words of that giant. I mean that's our GM that Rams GM F those pigs man
49:15
go and get you some ballers on this team and
49:20
and and just go win the team right now is in is in a really good situation and
49:27
I would not be surprised after you know next year's offseason and the draft that their Super Bowl window will be officially open
49:35
And if it is you have to go and you have to attack it
49:39
You just have to if I'm Omar calling I am addressing and I am looking at this roster from top to bottom and any holes that I see
49:49
I'm going to try to see and I'm going to try to call other teams and see if they have players available with those particular positions
49:55
What are they're asking price and then just go from there?
49:59
because at this point if you really want to you know if you really want to
50:04
Really be competitive not only in your division, but to be competitive against the Chiefs. You got to be a little bit aggressive
50:11
Brett Beach. He was aggressive. How he rose me. I know he's cooking up something EDC in Baltimore. He's doing his thing
50:19
You got to be able to to match that firepower this arms race
50:24
When it comes to roster building because again, these teams are not doing this just to do it
50:28
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