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Championship Sunday! · NFL Game Previews

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  Speaker 1: NFL Game Deview is a production of the NFL in
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  Speaker 2: Everybody Well, going to Game Deview present of my season sportsbook,
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  Speaker 2: Patrick Claib I'm back here with my good friends Greg
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  Speaker 2: Wilson Doll and Cynthia Fleland.
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  Speaker 3: We are here.
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  Speaker 2: It is Championship week at somebody to somebody's two collections
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  Speaker 2: of somebody playing for the super Bowl grit.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, who cares about the super Bowl? And we
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  Speaker 4: got Cynthia Freeland going undefeated week after week making her
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  Speaker 4: picks if he's hot in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 5: I'm glad we don't have to pick up all the
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  Speaker 5: confetti after the show today.
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  Speaker 6: That's just making me happy.
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  Speaker 3: Well, ultimately we will have some confetti.
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  Speaker 2: I if I'm here by myself, I will explode the
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  Speaker 2: confetti in full form because Cynthia is so hot right now.
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  Speaker 2: Foreign owner picks last week already removing Greg and I
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  Speaker 2: from the circumstances.
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  Speaker 3: Don't even look at it.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not authematically eliminade.
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  Speaker 3: Speak for yourself, okay, I will speak for myself. I
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  Speaker 3: was miserable last week.
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  Speaker 2: I was rooting to go oh and four at a
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  Speaker 2: certain point just to fully fail because that means I
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  Speaker 2: dare the greatest.
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  Speaker 3: Here's a look at the schedule.
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  Speaker 2: World Championship Sunday, we get a chance to see the Patriots.
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  Speaker 3: Traveling to take on the one seed.
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  Speaker 2: It's two versus one in the AFC, starts at three
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  Speaker 2: pm on CBS, and then in the NFC, and it's
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  Speaker 2: a rematch. Round three Rams at Seahawks coming up six
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  Speaker 2: thirty pm Eastern on Fox. The last time it was
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  Speaker 2: a Rams and Seahawks, it was Week sixteen and an instant.
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  Speaker 7: Class live from Lumenfield in Seattle. Welcome to Week sixteen.
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  Speaker 7: Welcome to Thursday Night Football. Rams League by sixteen on
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  Speaker 7: the road.
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  Speaker 1: Seahawks can jump right back into this game with a
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  Speaker 1: big return.
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  Speaker 8: Here makes a catch at his home forty three, starts
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  Speaker 8: up the middle, turns up field.
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  Speaker 7: There he goes, Holy catfish firefacs on flide, open, waking up,
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  Speaker 7: cut down, stay huh.
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  Speaker 3: Game of the year.
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  Speaker 7: It's going to overtime. Let's it go right?
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  Speaker 8: I can't who got touchdown?
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  Speaker 1: Sam steps touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: If the Seahawks score the two point conversion, they're gonna
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  Speaker 2: beat the Rams.
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  Speaker 3: Darnold has time, looks it.
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  Speaker 8: If they win the game.
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  Speaker 2: It's the Classic as they say.
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  Speaker 3: What a game.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get to our game picks from Championship Sunday coming
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  Speaker 2: up later on in the show. Right now, let's just
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  Speaker 2: discuss the Rams and the Seahawks and our players to
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  Speaker 2: watch on the offensive side of the ball.
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  Speaker 3: Who you got your eyes on.
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  Speaker 4: I have one of the greatest players of his generation
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  Speaker 4: that has not yet been to the Super Bowl. It's
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  Speaker 4: a big game for DeVante Adams because his connection with
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  Speaker 4: Matthew Stafford hasn't really been locked in in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe they changed it around in overtime last week in Chicago.
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  Speaker 4: Nineteen targets in the playoffs, only seven receptions, the yards
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  Speaker 4: per target, the out yards per route run, they just
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  Speaker 4: haven't been in sync. And why he's the player to
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  Speaker 4: watch me is if the Rams are gonna beat this
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  Speaker 4: level of defense, this incredible secondary, it's just got to
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  Speaker 4: be great players beating good coverage like it's our good
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  Speaker 4: is just too good for you. And that's DeVante Adams
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  Speaker 4: making catches in tight window throws, difficult throws from Matthew Stafford.
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  Speaker 4: It's not gonna be easy. But if he can get
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  Speaker 4: over the hump this week, I think it's really gonna
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  Speaker 4: help the Rams.
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  Speaker 5: I think this is the game where number ones need
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  Speaker 5: to show up as number one. So you talk about,
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  Speaker 5: you know, great players, great coverages, good coverages. Well, I'm
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  Speaker 5: looking at Jackson, Smith and Jig. But obviously he had
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  Speaker 5: a great season. We know that from his receiving yards.
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  Speaker 5: But if you're looking at the opportunity in this game
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  Speaker 5: to get ahead of the Rams and potentially stay ahead,
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  Speaker 5: because I think that the Rams, I think we can
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  Speaker 5: all agree it's better for them if they're playing with.
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  Speaker 6: The lead as opposed to playing from behind.
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  Speaker 5: We've seen some deep passes be allowed to this defense.
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  Speaker 5: Against this defense, the busted coverages of late, the defense
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  Speaker 5: has not looked like the same defense we saw at
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  Speaker 5: the very beginning of the season. So we need the
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  Speaker 5: big guys to step up in this matchup of four.
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  Speaker 5: She saw Cooper Cup come on very strong revenge blah
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  Speaker 5: blah blah. But ultimately jack and Smith and Jaba is
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  Speaker 5: going to need to be very json like. Even if
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  Speaker 5: he's not the subject of every path, he's still going
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  Speaker 5: to need to draw all the coverages to.
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  Speaker 4: Get other guys open. Maybe the Seahawks are on aren't
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  Speaker 4: built to play from behind? Watch Yes, you're always all over.
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  Speaker 2: And we'll see if somebody does say that, because who
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  Speaker 2: would build a team intending.
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  Speaker 3: To trail in football games?
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  Speaker 2: One thing that would help the Rams prevent from being
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  Speaker 2: trailing is to have Kyra Williams have a solid game.
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  Speaker 2: He had ninety one yards and a touchdown on just
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  Speaker 2: twelve carries.
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  Speaker 3: Just twelve carries ninety one yards.
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  Speaker 2: Back in Week eleven against Seattle, he forced a ton
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  Speaker 2: of mistackles. How many you say? The Seahawks missed nineteen
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  Speaker 2: percent of their tackles that day. That was their worst
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  Speaker 2: tackling performance of the entire season. Kyra Williams and the
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  Speaker 2: Rams blockers, which include Puoka and the Kua, had a
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  Speaker 2: significant amount to do with that. I think he's a
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  Speaker 2: big time player to watch in this game. But let's
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  Speaker 2: flip it over to the defensive side of the ball.
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  Speaker 3: Who do you think has a big game in this one?
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  Speaker 4: Okay, I'm gonna go with a football hipster pick. It's
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  Speaker 4: Byron Murphy and I am a football hits. It's you're
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  Speaker 4: watching the film. It's not the obvious choice. It's a
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  Speaker 4: guy who when you look at him in the All
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  Speaker 4: twenty two, the overhead angle that he's pushing that pocket,
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  Speaker 4: and so many times someone else cleans up the play
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  Speaker 4: that Byron Murphy essentially started, and he is just a
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  Speaker 4: load to deal with on one on ones and it's
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  Speaker 4: against the run, and it's against the past. So a
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  Speaker 4: lot of times, look, they're only sending four rushers and
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  Speaker 4: he makes the quarterback move and he ends up moving
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  Speaker 4: right into one of those edge players, and they're the
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  Speaker 4: best short yardage defense in the league. It's a lot
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  Speaker 4: of Byron Murphy. And yes, at the Football Hipster meeting,
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  Speaker 4: they actually hand out these glasses in this jacket, so
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  Speaker 4: I'm wearing the uniform ring snap at the end.
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  Speaker 5: Make it right, Okay, So is it hipster to talk
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  Speaker 5: about nick even Warri very motorcycle jacket at very Moto
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  Speaker 5: to talk about nick Eman Warri, which is very important.
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  Speaker 6: He's my de roy. Obviously, we'll have to see.
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  Speaker 5: Who wins the actual award, but in this particular matchup,
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  Speaker 5: the thing I think will be interesting to see.
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  Speaker 6: What happens is they'd like to play a lot of
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  Speaker 6: small ball.
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  Speaker 5: Meaning they'll use a lot of defensive backs, and then
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  Speaker 5: what happens in that situation. Well, Sean McVay is like,
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  Speaker 5: how about we played thirteen meeting lots of titands, three titands,
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  Speaker 5: and that's a mismatch physically, not against Nick emn Worry.
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  Speaker 5: It's not so he's up front, he's in the back.
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  Speaker 5: He's kind of doing everything. He's my defensive Rookie of
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  Speaker 5: the Year. Maybe he will actually win the award, but
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  Speaker 5: all of us moto fs oh, moto nfi.
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  Speaker 4: I think I think that jacket fits with like Emon Worry,
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  Speaker 4: he's just cooler, like you're cooler.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'll take a break away. Both outfits are very cool.
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  Speaker 2: I'll take a break from fashion as a representation of
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  Speaker 2: self because I think you could just put on different
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  Speaker 2: clothes and not necessarily change the person you are. Kobe Turner,
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  Speaker 2: that's my favorite stat of this postseason. The Rams had
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  Speaker 2: the highest pressure rate in the entire NFL forty two
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  Speaker 2: point three percent.
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  Speaker 3: With Kobe Turner off the field. He comes off the field, guys, disaster.
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  Speaker 2: It craters to twenty seven point two percent. They become
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  Speaker 2: the San Francisco forty nine ers. Without Kobe Turner on
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  Speaker 2: the field, it would have been the third worst in
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  Speaker 2: the league. Had a great game earlier this season against
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  Speaker 2: the Seattle Seahawks. I think he helps back and has
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  Speaker 2: another solid one in this matchup. In fact, all four
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  Speaker 2: teams have solid defenses this weekend. But the experts do
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  Speaker 2: see some points showing up on the scoreboards. Conference Championship
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  Speaker 2: point totals forty two and a half for the Patriots
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  Speaker 2: and the Broncos, forty six and a half for the
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  Speaker 2: Rams against those Seahawks. As we get a chance to
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  Speaker 2: get our foam fingers and get two over under, we
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  Speaker 2: will start with that forty six and a half number
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  Speaker 2: for the Rams and the Seahawks. They scored seventy five
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  Speaker 2: earlier in their epic Week sixteen matchup that went into overtime,
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  Speaker 2: and I think it goes over once again. I've got
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  Speaker 2: a twenty six to twenty four score for a total
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  Speaker 2: of fifty points. It's a lot is a lot of
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  Speaker 2: it because I love that Week sixteen score fest. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: I also think some of those points get scored on
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  Speaker 2: fourth down. Both teams will be aggressive and get just
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  Speaker 2: above that number.
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  Speaker 8: Grid.
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  Speaker 4: I went back and forth all week with my picks,
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  Speaker 4: and we're not going to give you the pick right
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  Speaker 4: now because these games just mean more. But I feel
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  Speaker 4: strongly that we're going under this, I did not go
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  Speaker 4: back and forth. I think it's more of a defensive
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  Speaker 4: game than the last time that they played. You look
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  Speaker 4: at the weather. Stafford hasn't been great. It is. You know,
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  Speaker 4: it's going to be cold out there, and ultimately, I
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  Speaker 4: think the Rams defense is getting slipped out. These are
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  Speaker 4: both top five defenses. It's a playoff game, a lot
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  Speaker 4: of running. I think the score stays nice and low.
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  Speaker 6: Okay, so I have You're wrong. I'm wrong, You're wrong.
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  Speaker 4: Set forty different than me.
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  Speaker 6: Oh so if it's different than you, then it's wrong.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, got it.
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  Speaker 5: I have forty eight points in this matchup. I just
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  Speaker 5: think one of the things that I'm very curious to
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  Speaker 5: see in this game will be if they have an
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  Speaker 5: answer for who scores in the red area for Seattle
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  Speaker 5: with the running backs, given that Zach.
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  Speaker 6: Charbonnet is not there.
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  Speaker 5: I know we saw I can walker up three touchdowns
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  Speaker 5: last time, but are the Rams gonna let them do that?
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  Speaker 3: I'm not sure, a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Of fun to watch and a great you know Cynthia
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  Speaker 2: pointing out the intricacies of red zone offense versus Greg
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  Speaker 2: saying no, it won't.
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  Speaker 3: It's like the classic Onion article.
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  Speaker 4: Here comes a four man watch. May Stanzen throws a
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  Speaker 4: long bull heat down the right side for kay Shawn Duty.
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  Speaker 4: We just out the right hand to tunters down. Patriots,
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  Speaker 4: I'm killing a.
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  Speaker 5: Wig.
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  Speaker 4: That's regain the two score league to Swit's up?
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  Speaker 3: Come on, how to hold it?
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  Speaker 4: Throw sward it forward?
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  Speaker 3: They walked Henderson up. They're telling the touch sicks. What's
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  Speaker 3: floading it?
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  Speaker 8: Drag Basons.
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  Speaker 3: I don't care.
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  Speaker 2: The Patriots and the Broncos squaring off Sunday at Mile
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  Speaker 2: High will give you our picks for who's gonna win
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  Speaker 2: later on the show. Right now, let's talk some players
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  Speaker 2: to watch in this game. We'll start on offense. Cynthia,
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  Speaker 2: who's the one guy that we all want to discuss.
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  Speaker 5: Jared Sidham maybe the worst nickname. Let's not call him
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  Speaker 5: that nickname any baby.
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  Speaker 4: The amount of fan it's fine, look it up in
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  Speaker 4: Urban Dictionary.
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  Speaker 3: She's recoiling.
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  Speaker 6: I'm recoiling. It's like the M word. We don't need
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  Speaker 6: any of that.
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  Speaker 5: But ultimately I'm looking at what kind of player is
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  Speaker 5: Jarrett Siddam. Fun fact, I have seen him throw the
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  Speaker 5: most passes in person. I was there during the preseason
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  Speaker 5: when he played the Cardinals, and he threw two touchdown
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  Speaker 5: passes Detroy Franklin.
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  Speaker 6: But the thing that I want to point out about
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  Speaker 6: him that I think is.
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  Speaker 5: Very important to know for this matchup is that he
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  Speaker 5: uses his legs. In fact, coming out of high school,
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  Speaker 5: he was the number one dual threat quarterback in terms
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  Speaker 5: of ranking. So I know that sounds silly, but the
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  Speaker 5: point is is they're not going to have to change
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  Speaker 5: absolutely everything to accommodate what Jarrett Sidam is best at.
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  Speaker 5: Even though he hasn't taken a pass in like two seasons.
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  Speaker 6: You know, he has played since Week eighteen of twenty
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  Speaker 6: twenty three.
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  Speaker 5: But I'm looking at the opportunity here and the way
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  Speaker 5: that their offense works and who his play caller is,
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  Speaker 5: and I think that will be pleasantly surprised with his outcome.
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  Speaker 2: Pleasant surprise also for the folks at two four to
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  Speaker 2: seven sports. With the composite rankings going back and having
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  Speaker 2: Jared sit him.
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  Speaker 3: There a lot of traffic being.
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  Speaker 5: Trying to say that he does use his legs. He's
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  Speaker 5: not a pocket passer, He's a mobile quarterback.
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  Speaker 4: I think the point is he is better than Lamar
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  Speaker 4: Jackson and Sam Darnold and Joe.
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  Speaker 3: Burrow and Kyler Harriet as well. The player I'd like
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  Speaker 3: to watch is Drake May.
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  Speaker 2: Another quarterback, but I would like to watch him running
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  Speaker 2: the ball.
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  Speaker 3: He can do it, folks.
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  Speaker 2: Ten point three percent of his dropbacks resulted in a scramble.
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  Speaker 2: He was top three in that capacity in the league.
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  Speaker 2: I think he's going to be trying to take care
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  Speaker 2: of the ball.
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  Speaker 3: And what were the.
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  Speaker 2: Four top Drake May rushing yard games against the pressure teams?
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  Speaker 2: The Falcons, the playoff game against the Texans, the playoff
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  Speaker 2: game against the Chargers, and a game against Miles Garrett
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  Speaker 2: and the Browns. In this situation, May runs and I
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  Speaker 2: think he may run well right.
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  Speaker 4: He is a home run hitter. To continue to use
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  Speaker 4: different sports nowadays. Patrick's been calling him a bucket getter
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  Speaker 4: all season long. So it's all about the it's all
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  Speaker 4: about the vertical passing, and that's gonna go to Kaishan
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  Speaker 4: Booty in this game. Kaishan Boody has gotten past the
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  Speaker 4: point of being like, oh, it's a funny name or
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  Speaker 4: it's like a funny little story. No, he is legit talented.
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  Speaker 4: His contested catch rate is awesome. If you look at
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  Speaker 4: him and Stefan Diggs. They have two of the highest
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  Speaker 4: percentage of catches in terms of completion percentage on twenty
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  Speaker 4: plus air yard throws of any wide receivers in the
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  Speaker 4: league their second and third. And I've just watched it
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  Speaker 4: for season after season. That one handed catch isn't the
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  Speaker 4: first time, even as a rookie in training camp, preseason.
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  Speaker 4: He is a bucket getter too. He doesn't need to
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  Speaker 4: be wide open. It's a lot of time on the
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  Speaker 4: sideline and you're gonna have to make those types of
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  Speaker 4: catches against a great secondary, Like.
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  Speaker 6: Can it be both?
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  Speaker 5: Cant he also be great and have a cool name?
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely? I'm just saying like.
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  Speaker 6: He's just not one thing.
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  Speaker 4: He's not like some like under talented guy that Drake
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  Speaker 4: May is propping up. He's gonna be making himself some
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  Speaker 4: big money in free agency.
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  Speaker 6: But he also has a cool name.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, both, Candy trut Let's go over to the
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  Speaker 2: defensive side of the ball. Who are we looking at
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  Speaker 2: on the defensive sides of you?
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  Speaker 6: Nick Benito?
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  Speaker 5: Well, he has a twenty percent pressure rate this season,
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  Speaker 5: second highest this season. However, since twenty eighteen, only eight
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  Speaker 5: guys have finished a regular season over twenty percent in
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  Speaker 5: his twenty point two percent, so it might be second
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  Speaker 5: best this year, but it is still among the eight
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  Speaker 5: best in the last several seasons. Also, where he lines
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  Speaker 5: up hmm on the right side, who does that mean
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  Speaker 5: he's going to face Will Campbell, who, since coming back
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  Speaker 5: from injury eke four sacks surrendered and a much higher
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  Speaker 5: quick pressure rate. And we know Nick Benito eleven percent
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  Speaker 5: quick pressure rates, So that's gonna be a big matchup
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  Speaker 5: to watch.
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  Speaker 4: In this game, I'm going to talk about Christian Gondalas,
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  Speaker 4: who had an all Pro season last year, maybe wasn't
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  Speaker 4: his best best this year and then the playoffs started.
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  Speaker 4: This is a man with maybe the lowest heart rate
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  Speaker 4: in interviews of any person I've ever heard talking. He
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  Speaker 4: is just so chill, and he's that chill when the
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  Speaker 4: ball is in the air too, stay in comm until
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  Speaker 4: the last second and knocking it away. I think his
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  Speaker 4: best two games of the entire season are these two
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  Speaker 4: games against the Chargers and then last week against the Texans.
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  Speaker 4: Tough competition. He'll have it this week. I think he
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  Speaker 4: matches up really well with Portland Sutton and he's a
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  Speaker 4: guy who to me is one of the very best
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  Speaker 4: at his position, playing his best in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 5: Why was he targeted sixteen times?
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  Speaker 4: I don't know, because, by the way, had a death.
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  Speaker 6: Wish, correct.
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  Speaker 5: I just I was just curious that you had a
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  Speaker 5: reason because you're a hipster.
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  Speaker 6: Is there a hipster?
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  Speaker 4: It added up to less than seventy yards, which if
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  Speaker 4: it wasn't working, it.
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  Speaker 6: Was fifty eight yards, not even sixty yards. I just
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  Speaker 6: don't know why you would do that.
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  Speaker 2: Well, there's multiple bad options back there in the secondary,
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  Speaker 2: because I would like to watch Marcus Jones in his performance.
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  Speaker 3: So it was a little bit of a cheat code there.
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  Speaker 2: Because Marcus Jones can definitely impact this game all special teams,
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  Speaker 2: but also he bothers quarterbacks. He had what could have
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  Speaker 2: been the game winning touchdown against the Houston Texans. He
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  Speaker 2: had eleven passes defended this season, three interceptions, A couple
• 15:01
  Speaker 2: of those he was baiting the opposing quarterback. He got
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: Joe Flacco there to walk in for this touchdown. I
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: think he also adds an interception in the AFC Championship
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: coming up here on Sunday, Let's take a look at
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: some notable player props scorded to our friends at Caesars.
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: Drake May two hundred and sixty five and a half
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: total yards rushing and passing, Remondre at forty nine and
• 15:22
  Speaker 2: a half rushing yards, Stefan Diggs getting forty six and
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: a half through the air, Jared Stidham sitting there at
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: a half of a passing touchdown, so does he?
• 15:31
  Speaker 3: Does he not?
• 15:32
  Speaker 2: And Courtland Sutton with fifty and a half receiving yards.
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: So let's get our foam fingers back, all right. I
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: went to the phone bears too early earlier. The point
• 15:39
  Speaker 2: total for this game forty two and a half, and
• 15:42
  Speaker 2: I will take the under. I got thirty nine points.
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: The reason that I have thirty nine points is I
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: see a Patriots team that's gonna be fairly conservative against
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: the backup quarterback.
• 15:53
  Speaker 3: Keep things low.
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: Maybe that keeps them in the game, but a game
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: the Patriots can probably win if they don't turn the
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: ball over.
• 16:01
  Speaker 4: To quote Adam Sandler, I disagree. Let's go over because
• 16:06
  Speaker 4: I don't think the Patriots have been conservative all season.
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: They're bucket getters. They're going to go deep down the field.
• 16:11
  Speaker 4: And I think Jarrett Stidham is not really born to
• 16:13
  Speaker 4: be a conservative either. I think that's high variance. Might
• 16:15
  Speaker 4: be turnovers, but might be a lot of big plays too.
• 16:18
  Speaker 4: I think the offenses show up.
• 16:19
  Speaker 6: I haven't.
• 16:20
  Speaker 5: I have fewer that I have only forty one total
• 16:22
  Speaker 5: points in this matchup. I think both defenses have earned
• 16:25
  Speaker 5: our respect. And also, I'm gonna, you know, tell you
• 16:28
  Speaker 5: a little something about altitude on Sunday, so that does
• 16:31
  Speaker 5: factor into this game.
• 16:32
  Speaker 6: Nerd stuff, nerd stuff.
• 16:36
  Speaker 7: There is no tomorrow.
• 16:38
  Speaker 4: I can't stop. You won't stop let the games begin.
• 16:42
  Speaker 6: You never give enough. That's how the champions win.
• 16:46
  Speaker 8: An't moving on and go to the FC Championship game.
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: Winds time for make the case, use your favorite book
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: of choice to be sworn in.
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: And I'm just kidding.
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: Let's jump into these Championships Sunday matchups and do a
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: little fill in the blank.
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: Are you guys ready for that?
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: Please?
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: Okay?
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: The Patriots are trying to make it back to the
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: Super Bowl for the first time since twenty eighteen. Cynthia
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: Freel and the Patriots will win on Sunday and go back.
• 17:22
  Speaker 5: To the Super Bowl if they can run the football
• 17:26
  Speaker 5: at the level we've been seeing them run the football.
• 17:28
  Speaker 5: I've seen Drake may have some issues under pressure with fumbling,
• 17:32
  Speaker 5: and what is the way to counterbalance that, Well, it's
• 17:34
  Speaker 5: to run the football. Now, if you look at where
• 17:36
  Speaker 5: they've been successful to on these inside rushes where both
• 17:39
  Speaker 5: of the lead backs, well they've averaged of us five
• 17:41
  Speaker 5: yards per carry, their rank among the top five in
• 17:43
  Speaker 5: the league at those inside runs.
• 17:45
  Speaker 6: Now here's the tricky part.
• 17:47
  Speaker 5: They usually run when their quarterback is under center, and
• 17:51
  Speaker 5: the Broncos are very good at that particular configuration shutting
• 17:55
  Speaker 5: down the run. So if they can figure out how
• 17:57
  Speaker 5: to overcome the broncos great run defense, especially in that situation,
• 18:01
  Speaker 5: good things will happen.
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: Let's go to the other side. Ten years ago, the
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: Broncos beat New England and go to the Super Bowl
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: at Super Bowl fifty, which they beat the Carolina Panthers.
• 18:09
  Speaker 2: Greg the Broncos will return to the Big Game if.
• 18:12
  Speaker 4: If Stidham plays near his ceiling, and that ceiling is
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: a lot higher than people think. I think Jared Stidham
• 18:19
  Speaker 4: has some electric tape out there. I'm just gonna say it.
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: Look at this dime he had in the preseason against
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: San Francisco. But no, when you go back to his
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: days as a starter under Josh McDaniels with the Raiders.
• 18:30
  Speaker 4: He is a big, strong athlete with a big arm.
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: And what Sean Payton has done is give this man
• 18:36
  Speaker 4: two contracts. And what Sean Payton has also done is
• 18:39
  Speaker 4: win a lot of games with backup quarterbacks who are
• 18:41
  Speaker 4: a lot less talented. How he handles the moment and
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: his decision making and you know how quickly he gets
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: through his second rd We don't know about that, but
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: I'm telling you just in terms of physical raw skill set,
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: he has enough to pop up and play excellent for
• 18:57
  Speaker 4: one week or maybe two if they get this victory.
• 19:00
  Speaker 3: I love it. My apologies for laughing. It was just
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: the one shot.
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: It's limited tape him have the super clean pocket and
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: throw into a guy who was not defended.
• 19:08
  Speaker 4: Now, that was a bad job by the Cardinals in
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: the preseason. What could they do? They were just you know,
• 19:12
  Speaker 4: playing in front of his that he.
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: Was dialing them up and.
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: La looking for revenge after the Week sixteen collapse in Seattle, Cynthia.
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: The Rams will win the game if they.
• 19:24
  Speaker 5: Stop explosive plays both in the run game and in
• 19:27
  Speaker 5: the passing game, but just mostly those passing explosives where
• 19:30
  Speaker 5: I mean Caleb Williams kind of showed the format for
• 19:33
  Speaker 5: what could potentially happen, where the bus and coverages could be.
• 19:36
  Speaker 6: But no explosive plays.
• 19:38
  Speaker 5: It's okay if you give them a first down or whatever.
• 19:40
  Speaker 5: Just don't let the crazy deep pass from Sam Darnold
• 19:45
  Speaker 5: just light you up.
• 19:46
  Speaker 6: Don't let kW three or whatever they want to call him,
• 19:50
  Speaker 6: Kenneth Walker the third.
• 19:51
  Speaker 5: Don't let him run for fifty yards. You know, like
• 19:54
  Speaker 5: these are the types of things you have to stop
• 19:55
  Speaker 5: from happening.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: Let's go to the Seahawks side, Greg, they win if.
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: They run the ball. It's just like I become that guy,
• 20:02
  Speaker 4: run the football type of guy. Look, the Seahawks are
• 20:04
  Speaker 4: the best team in the NFL. When they run the
• 20:06
  Speaker 4: ball off, it's I don't even think it's close. And
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: you talked about the explosive plays. That's dead on. They've
• 20:12
  Speaker 4: been getting it on the ground, Cynthia. They haven't even
• 20:15
  Speaker 4: completed a pass of twenty eight yards or more since
• 20:18
  Speaker 4: that last Rams game. You know how many close games
• 20:20
  Speaker 4: they've had since then. None. They're still blowing teams out
• 20:23
  Speaker 4: because they're so complete on defense and up front. It's
• 20:26
  Speaker 4: taken a minute to get this. Clint Kubiak ground game
• 20:29
  Speaker 4: in sync. But I've seen it the last four weeks.
• 20:31
  Speaker 4: It's a talented offensive line that's much better run blocking,
• 20:35
  Speaker 4: I believe than they will be in pass protection. So
• 20:37
  Speaker 4: if they can run it, I think they steamroll of
• 20:39
  Speaker 4: the Rams.
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: You say they are the favorite. The folks that Caesars
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: do agree. Let's look at the odds to win Super
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: Bowl sixty and it is the Seahawks at plus one
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: fifty plus two to twenty four, the Rams plus two
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: to forty five for the New England Patriots, and Jarrett
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: We're sorry the Denver Broncos with plus thirteen hundred. And
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: I think that is specifically because Jared stood Amile player.
• 21:00
  Speaker 4: I mean, people gave Case keenam more of respect. I
• 21:02
  Speaker 4: guess he had a nice season back in the day.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: Yeah, playoff legend. Case Kingdom begs time for this guy
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: or that guy. We'll put some stars head to head.
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: First one Greg who has more completion Sunday, Drake May
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: or Jarrett Stidham Your.
• 21:14
  Speaker 4: Guy, Well, he's not my guy. Drake May is the
• 21:17
  Speaker 4: guy and he's the MVP candidate. So I'm going with
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: Drake May with more completions on Sunday. Look, I don't
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: think it's necessarily going to be a conservative game plan.
• 21:27
  Speaker 4: But one thing I really appreciate about May and McDaniels,
• 21:30
  Speaker 4: his offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels this season is they've adjusted
• 21:33
  Speaker 4: in game really well to what the defense is showing them.
• 21:36
  Speaker 4: So you could see a situation where maybe he starts
• 21:39
  Speaker 4: out slow, that's been the case in the postseason, and
• 21:41
  Speaker 4: then you look at his second half numbers in the
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: postseason and they're really excellent. So they've kind of diagnosed
• 21:47
  Speaker 4: and then they figure it out. Don't be surprised if
• 21:49
  Speaker 4: he comes on strong after a slow start.
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: Something.
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: Who throws more touchdowns in the NFC game Sam gone
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: to with Matthew.
• 21:54
  Speaker 5: Staff Matthew Stafford, It's not a to me. This is
• 21:58
  Speaker 5: all about game plan and where the best players are.
• 22:01
  Speaker 5: You always have that threat of I don't know Devonte
• 22:04
  Speaker 5: Adams or any of the any of the tight ends,
• 22:08
  Speaker 5: or even of course you know that guy Pukanukua. So
• 22:09
  Speaker 5: I just think Matthew Safford throws for it. I'm not
• 22:11
  Speaker 5: suggesting that that's not saying who necessarily wins it, just
• 22:14
  Speaker 5: who throws more touchdowns.
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: Let's go to more receiving yards Hunter Henry or R. J. Harvey.
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: I like Hunter Henry in this matchup because you're gonna
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: get the play action run game. Cynthia talked about the
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: New England Patriots running the ball from under center. Hunter
• 22:29
  Speaker 2: Henry did not have a lot of opportunities against the
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: Houston Texans. I think this game is significantly different and
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: more work for the tight end. And again what I
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: think will be a little bit of a doll back
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: game planning back to Greg plus a bigger impact Kobe
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: Parkerson or.
• 22:42
  Speaker 3: AJ Barner tight end dula.
• 22:44
  Speaker 4: Oh well, it's AJ Barner because only one of these
• 22:47
  Speaker 4: two is also the short yardage back for the Seattle Seahawks.
• 22:51
  Speaker 4: That's a J. Barner. We're gonna watch him catching passes
• 22:54
  Speaker 4: and he's been underraty missed a couple games this season,
• 22:57
  Speaker 4: but so many of the big plays this season have
• 22:59
  Speaker 4: gone to AJ Barner. Great touchdown celebration. I swear that
• 23:03
  Speaker 4: he's eight foot and like a six hundred. There's something
• 23:06
  Speaker 4: he's just very physically imposing for a guy that moves
• 23:10
  Speaker 4: that well. But like I said, Cynthia, he gave I
• 23:12
  Speaker 4: gave him the edge in this one because he is
• 23:14
  Speaker 4: ten of eleven on Sneaks this year, so he is
• 23:17
  Speaker 4: their answer to the Touchbush and he's very good.
• 23:19
  Speaker 5: At I for absolutely no reason, his tape is my
• 23:22
  Speaker 5: favorite to watch, so whenever I'm going through, I'm was like.
• 23:24
  Speaker 6: Oh, yes, it's time to watch. I have no idea why,
• 23:27
  Speaker 6: But I've never even met the man. I don't even
• 23:28
  Speaker 6: I wouldn't.
• 23:29
  Speaker 4: Think about it. He's scary, he's super.
• 23:31
  Speaker 5: Scary, and he's a threat to score a touchdown.
• 23:32
  Speaker 6: So I will say Clint could.
• 23:34
  Speaker 5: Beack probably getting a lot of things because of the
• 23:36
  Speaker 5: fun pool things that Aj Barner's being able to do
• 23:38
  Speaker 5: for him.
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: We got some fun, cool receivers this weekend more reception
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: Stefan Diggs or Courtland Sutton.
• 23:44
  Speaker 6: Something Stefan Diggs. I don't know this one.
• 23:46
  Speaker 5: They both average about four, but when I looked into
• 23:48
  Speaker 5: my model, it's like Courtland Sutton three point nine to eight,
• 23:52
  Speaker 5: Stefan Diggs four point one to three.
• 23:54
  Speaker 6: So I guess it's kind of both read around four.
• 23:56
  Speaker 5: But Stefan digs for me in large part because they're
• 23:59
  Speaker 5: gonna have to figure out ways to leverage the fact
• 24:02
  Speaker 5: that during the playoffs you already met this the potential
• 24:06
  Speaker 5: for He and Drake made a lineup. This is lining
• 24:08
  Speaker 5: up all over and they have this crazy good reception,
• 24:10
  Speaker 5: you know, passer rating all those things together.
• 24:13
  Speaker 6: In the playoffs.
• 24:13
  Speaker 5: So I just think Stefan digs by a tiny bit.
• 24:15
  Speaker 4: When you need a big play, it's the Patriots. It
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: just goes to Stefan Diggs. His impact and he's one
• 24:21
  Speaker 4: of the comeback Player of the Year candidates this year
• 24:23
  Speaker 4: he's a finalist, has been even greater, I think than
• 24:26
  Speaker 4: his good numbers show, because so many times in the
• 24:29
  Speaker 4: season when you absolutely need to have that first down
• 24:32
  Speaker 4: at Stefan Diggs at the link.
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, those guys stepping up in key moments. I'm going
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: to talk about a couple of guys who have just
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: stepped up period receiving more receiving yards, Pooka or JSN.
• 24:42
  Speaker 3: I will side with Pooka Nakua.
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: It's hard to look away from two hundred and twenty
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: five yards receiving in Week sixteen.
• 24:49
  Speaker 3: Again, that was the second time these two teams have played.
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: It's not like there was some recent revelation that all
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: this Pooka Nakoula guy exists, but there was a full opportunity.
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: To game plan. He still went off, I'm gonna lean
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: Pooka in this matchup.
• 25:00
  Speaker 5: I mean, I think that it could be very realistic
• 25:03
  Speaker 5: that Pukinakua has the most receptions and jack Ands with
• 25:07
  Speaker 5: Jacoba has the most yards or vice versa. I think
• 25:09
  Speaker 5: both of them have to have big games in this matchup.
• 25:11
  Speaker 4: I have a stat for you next, Jens. That's puka
• 25:13
  Speaker 4: Akua in that matchup had more yards against non cornerbacks
• 25:18
  Speaker 4: and that was against the Seahawks in any game for
• 25:20
  Speaker 4: any wide receiver all seasons. So that tells me that
• 25:23
  Speaker 4: Sean McVay knows how to dictate the right matchups to
• 25:25
  Speaker 4: get his guy a lot of uns.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: Maybe it says that Mike Max doesn't necessarily want a
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: cornerback going up against Pooka in the run game and
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: getting road graded or whatever they say. Looking back at
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: what was maybe the game of the season, the Rams
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: and the Seahawks in Week sixteen, pick it up.
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: Seahawks down to two point.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: Conversion attempt with six twenty three to go is no good,
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: but it's under review.
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: Up and they may get another opportunity here. Grey.
• 25:55
  Speaker 4: I am just impressed with the fortitude for them to
• 25:58
  Speaker 4: win in those uniforms. And also they were down thirty
• 26:01
  Speaker 4: to fourteen, and in darnld throw an interception before that's
• 26:04
  Speaker 4: nine minutes to go to set that up. It's insane.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: So now we go to overtime, thirty to thirty six,
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: thirty four to go, Matthew Stafford, Pooka, Nakua Pookah to
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: the paint.
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: Rams take the lead.
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: In overtime, things are feeling good, Pookah and Stafford dapping
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: each other up. But here come the Seahawks Cynthia thirty
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: seven thirty Donald back line, JSN touchdown.
• 26:26
  Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know.
• 26:27
  Speaker 6: This is just what we call magic. You know, this
• 26:29
  Speaker 6: is complete magic right here.
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: And then they go for two good protection Donald touchdown,
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: two point conversion.
• 26:37
  Speaker 3: Good and that's the ballgame.
• 26:39
  Speaker 2: Blitz the mascot out there celebrating Sam Darnald and the
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: Seahawks complete the comeback.
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: They beat the Rams.
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: A big part of why this game is at home,
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: as we get to seize the season presented by Season Sportsbook.
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: Look at it. The first touchdown.
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: Score odds it is kW three, JSN, Pooka and Akula
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: Cormin Williams and Davonte Adams who do not have abbreviated nicknames,
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: but the other guys do.
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: Let's dive into this matchup.
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: The league's top scoring offense versus the top scoring defense,
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: Rams Seahawks.
• 27:09
  Speaker 3: Part three. We finally get a chance to make our picks.
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: Who's going to the Super Bowls?
• 27:13
  Speaker 4: The Birds?
• 27:14
  Speaker 5: The Seahawks are going twenty five to twenty three, so
• 27:17
  Speaker 5: a close game, but ultimately Seattle comes out on top
• 27:20
  Speaker 5: by two points. I just want to talk about this
• 27:23
  Speaker 5: defense for a second week. The fact that the pressures
• 27:26
  Speaker 5: are coming from all different directions. If you talk about
• 27:28
  Speaker 5: number of different defenders with X amount of pressures all
• 27:31
  Speaker 5: season long, it's been like, hey, did you know the
• 27:33
  Speaker 5: Seahawks are the only team with X amount of defenders
• 27:35
  Speaker 5: with X amount of pressures? Like we've said that all
• 27:38
  Speaker 5: season long, and that's a real thing. Then you go
• 27:41
  Speaker 5: kind of compound that with the fact that the secondary
• 27:44
  Speaker 5: now fully healthy.
• 27:45
  Speaker 6: I could name some cool stats about every.
• 27:47
  Speaker 5: Single one of these defenders, but ultimately I'm just looking
• 27:50
  Speaker 5: at like, will these guys be able to step up?
• 27:52
  Speaker 5: Will does Mike McDonald they've learned from both matchups.
• 27:56
  Speaker 6: Both matchups have been close.
• 27:57
  Speaker 5: I think, what is it three points total that separates
• 27:59
  Speaker 5: both games.
• 28:00
  Speaker 6: It will just be who can hold for a little.
• 28:03
  Speaker 5: Bit longer, and I think that the whole field advantage
• 28:04
  Speaker 5: does come in to play there.
• 28:06
  Speaker 4: I went back and forth on this all week long,
• 28:09
  Speaker 4: like my heart and like some of my family members
• 28:11
  Speaker 4: are pulling rams, but in the end, I had to
• 28:13
  Speaker 4: go with my gut. And that's the Seattle Seahawks who
• 28:16
  Speaker 4: have been built into a juggernaut by this man, John Schneider.
• 28:20
  Speaker 4: He's the one on the left, got a lot of
• 28:22
  Speaker 4: greed a couple of years ago when he won a
• 28:25
  Speaker 4: power struggle with Pete Carroll, and since then, all he's
• 28:29
  Speaker 4: done is hire one of the best coaches in the
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: NFL in Mike McDonald upgraded at quarterback. I gotta admit it,
• 28:35
  Speaker 4: Gino Smith the Sam Dardam not a popular move. It's
• 28:37
  Speaker 4: made it happen. And you know, our producer was asking,
• 28:40
  Speaker 4: like which pickups should we highlight in this package to
• 28:43
  Speaker 4: talk about the great, you know, player preparement from Schnyder.
• 28:47
  Speaker 4: It's like all of them, they're all his guys. Rashid
• 28:48
  Speaker 4: Shaheed returning this during the season was such a big pickup.
• 28:52
  Speaker 4: Darnold obviously, aj Barner was a fourth round pick just
• 28:55
  Speaker 4: a year ago. DeMarcus Lawrence is one of the best
• 28:57
  Speaker 4: free agent pickups of this entire last season, the draft
• 29:01
  Speaker 4: picks Smith and Jigba Gray Zabel. How about Earn Jones
• 29:04
  Speaker 4: is a trade pick up a year ago? Go up
• 29:06
  Speaker 4: and down the roster right, Emon Warry might be the
• 29:09
  Speaker 4: rookie of the year, Leonard Williams. We live in a
• 29:11
  Speaker 4: league where it's all about the quarterback. The quarterback, the quarterback,
• 29:14
  Speaker 4: and honestly, Donald the second half of the season, he's
• 29:18
  Speaker 4: just been okay and they're killing everyone. I just think
• 29:21
  Speaker 4: this is a juggernaut of a player acquisition program and
• 29:25
  Speaker 4: they're gonna win this game because of it.
• 29:26
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it would only make sense for the better team
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: to win.
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: I do agree, And this is all all caveats for
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: you Seahawks fans.
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: I think the Seahawks are the better.
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: Football team they have been over the course of the season,
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: and we're the more talented football team. I will be
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: by myself. I will take the Los Angeles Rams to
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  Speaker 2: win twenty six to twenty four. And let's look back
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  Speaker 2: at Sam Donald's postseason performance against the San Francisco forty
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  Speaker 2: nine ers. Statistically, it was pretty well and if this
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  Speaker 2: offense is what it was at the beginning part of
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: the season, they don't just beat the Rams. I think
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: they win the Super Bowl. But this is not the
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: offense we saw earlier in the season. He was playing
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: through the oblique injury. The two games against the Rams
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: this season, Sam Donald has a negative fifteen EPA in
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: both of those games.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's not Yes, we talked about quarterback quarterback.
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  Speaker 4: Now I think the polls tied in those games. I don't.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was, and it took a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: a lot of things happening a sixteen.
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  Speaker 3: No, don't apologize.
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  Speaker 6: It kind of makes me glad that we're not all
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  Speaker 6: on one.
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  Speaker 2: Side, though exactly it should be close, because like the
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  Speaker 2: a half receiving yards, Donald at two hundred and forty
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  Speaker 2: nine and a half totally yards, eighty five and a
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  Speaker 2: half rushing yard for Kenneth Walker the third and eighty
• 30:58
  Speaker 2: nine and a half receiving yards for Jackson Smith in
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  Speaker 2: Jigsba fult fingers coming back more or less greg Well
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  Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford row for more or less.
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  Speaker 3: Than two hundred and fifty four yards on some.
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  Speaker 4: You know, Look, they're good at setting these numbers about
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  Speaker 4: where I'd put it, but I'm gonna go less. I
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  Speaker 4: think it's gonna be a defensive game. If you look
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  Speaker 4: at the two matchups that the latest one is fresh
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  Speaker 4: on our mind. The first one, the Rams couldn't move
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  Speaker 4: the ball almost at all. I know they got the
• 31:21
  Speaker 4: win in that game again, a big Darnold interception game.
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  Speaker 4: I ultimately think it's going to be a low scoring,
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  Speaker 4: defensive type of game, and so I'm not projecting huge
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  Speaker 4: numbers for either of these quarterbacks. I will go less
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  Speaker 4: than two fifty four for Stafford. Think they get more
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  Speaker 4: done on the.
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  Speaker 3: Grounds, go to the ramsot Cynthia.
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  Speaker 2: More or less, the number is ninety one yards receiving
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  Speaker 2: with Pooka Nkula.
• 31:44
  Speaker 5: For all the opposite reasons of what Greg just said.
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  Speaker 6: No, I just think Pookin and Kua.
• 31:48
  Speaker 5: He's great at earning yards after the catch, and that's
• 31:51
  Speaker 5: gonna be a big factor in this one, because if
• 31:53
  Speaker 5: they are gonna give him any space at all, he's
• 31:55
  Speaker 5: gonna make the most of it.
• 31:56
  Speaker 6: And we know Matthew Stafford.
• 31:58
  Speaker 5: I know that they don't blitz very often, but Matthew
• 32:00
  Speaker 5: Stafford can find those openings. And we saw it last time.
• 32:04
  Speaker 5: Cooper Cup was on the other side. But I know
• 32:06
  Speaker 5: Pooka Nukua was looking and they were like, oh, you
• 32:08
  Speaker 5: remember that's old Cooper Cup.
• 32:10
  Speaker 6: That's the exact play we did for him. Let's do
• 32:12
  Speaker 6: it on the other side.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: Now, speaking of the Super Bowl champion, former Ram, Cooper Cup,
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: thirty yards against this old team, I am going with
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: more here. Cooper Cup has hit thirty or more yards
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: in three of the last six games.
• 32:23
  Speaker 3: One of those games he didn't get it.
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: He had twenty nine yards and yes one of them
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: was against his old team. He had thirty nine yards
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: against the Rams. It's revenge. It's the postseason. I believe
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: in Cooper Cup.
• 32:35
  Speaker 3: That should do when we come back.
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: Greg's Patriots have lost only one game well since September.
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: There's no way they're losing to his other love, Jared
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: Stidham and the Denver Broncos, Right right, one of us thinks, otherwise,
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: find out who's when.
• 32:53
  Speaker 3: We come back. In our picks for New England and
• 32:55
  Speaker 3: Denver next.
• 33:03
  Speaker 2: Last time the Broncos and Patriots met in the playoffs
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: was in twenty fifteen AFC Championship Game, the last matchup
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: between Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. He hit Owen Daniels
• 33:11
  Speaker 2: for two scores in the game, then down twenty to
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: twelve in the final minute, Brady found Rob Gronkowski for
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: a four yard touchdown, but on the two point conversion
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: looking for Julian Edelman, the pass was picked off by
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: Bradley Roby and Denver won at twenty to eighteen. Went
• 33:26
  Speaker 2: on to beat the Panthers in Super Bowl fifty Broncos
• 33:30
  Speaker 2: four to oer en at home all time. Versus the
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: Patriots in the playoffs, Bow knicks out for the remainder
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: of the season, so Jared Stidham gets the start in
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: New England has been rolling who wins and goes to
• 33:40
  Speaker 2: the Super Bowl?
• 33:41
  Speaker 4: Grick, Well, it's the man who's the only man that
• 33:44
  Speaker 4: matters in Foxborough, and in my life it's Drake May.
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  Speaker 1: May.
• 33:48
  Speaker 4: It's the Patriots that get it done twenty three to
• 33:51
  Speaker 4: twenty one in this game. Mate has not had the
• 33:55
  Speaker 4: best playoffs, but he's made enough big plays to get by.
• 33:59
  Speaker 4: But look this season, he's been the best downfield thrower
• 34:03
  Speaker 4: in the League's been the best quarterback under pressure in
• 34:06
  Speaker 4: terms of yards per attempt. He's an incredible runner, and
• 34:10
  Speaker 4: no one complete passes into tight windows better. He's excellent
• 34:14
  Speaker 4: against man coverage, which Denver loves to play. I think
• 34:17
  Speaker 4: this is the game in the playoffs against yet another
• 34:20
  Speaker 4: top five defense, three in a row for Drake May
• 34:23
  Speaker 4: where he reminds everyone why he was an MVP candidate
• 34:28
  Speaker 4: slash front runner, and he does something legendary becoming the
• 34:32
  Speaker 4: second youngest quarterback to reach the Super Bowl after Dan Marino.
• 34:37
  Speaker 4: He really is one of them ones, and I think
• 34:39
  Speaker 4: he's gonna show everyone on Sunday that doesn't matter how
• 34:42
  Speaker 4: good the competition is or how bad the protection is,
• 34:45
  Speaker 4: Drake May can rise above it.
• 34:47
  Speaker 2: All, and even in that you say he hasn't necessarily
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: played well, but I think how he can play impacts
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: the other teams in the way that they're defended. That's
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: why I'm looking at Rimandre Stevenson in a Patriots twenty
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: two to seventeen win where they can keep the ball
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: on the ground, the Broncos are going to be playing man,
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: they are going to be aggressive, and so all that
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: attention that's being paid to Ten as well as Kayshawn
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: Booty and the outside lead some openings for the guys
• 35:11
  Speaker 2: who have both.
• 35:12
  Speaker 3: It's not just Traveon Henderson.
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: Remandre has turned into the home run hit or late
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: in the season for the New England Patriots. I think
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: they get big contributions on the ground, Cynthia, and get
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: back to the super Bowl.
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  Speaker 5: Okay, well, I guess we're doing a prime number here,
• 35:27
  Speaker 5: because yeah, no, I was a little surprised to you
• 35:29
  Speaker 5: a double, triple, quadruple. Szak's the model, because yes, I
• 35:32
  Speaker 5: do think Bonnicks matters. How everything, screen passes and the
• 35:36
  Speaker 5: coach Sean Payton matter a little bit more when I'm
• 35:39
  Speaker 5: looking at what could happen in this game. There is
• 35:41
  Speaker 5: a reason why bo Nicks had the second most yards
• 35:44
  Speaker 5: off of passes intended not to travel beyond the line
• 35:47
  Speaker 5: of scrimmage this season, It's because that was what the
• 35:49
  Speaker 5: game plan was and they could be getting JK.
• 35:52
  Speaker 6: Dobbins back as.
• 35:52
  Speaker 5: Of this recording, we don't even know, but between him
• 35:55
  Speaker 5: and R. J. Harvey, a lot of the different things
• 35:57
  Speaker 5: they're doing with tight ends and last game not even
• 36:00
  Speaker 5: knowing that he wouldn't have bo Nix for this one,
• 36:02
  Speaker 5: we saw Sean Payton be really tricky using a lot
• 36:05
  Speaker 5: of motion pre snap and then throwing the ball using
• 36:09
  Speaker 5: that motion instead of running the ball with the motion
• 36:11
  Speaker 5: or not using motion.
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  Speaker 6: At all, if you will.
• 36:13
  Speaker 5: So I think that the tricks and the play caller
• 36:16
  Speaker 5: add up to the opportunity here for a stunned Patriots
• 36:20
  Speaker 5: events and something we're talking about a non red team
• 36:24
  Speaker 5: in the Super Bowl.
• 36:25
  Speaker 6: And as long as I can remember.
• 36:26
  Speaker 4: I love it when the model goes against those models
• 36:29
  Speaker 4: out there in the desert. It usually has something going on.
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: And also with the models of the people who've tapped
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: into the system and they think they know the colors
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: of the team that will be playing in the Super Bowl.
• 36:40
  Speaker 6: There isn't red in the logo, though.
• 36:42
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• 37:01
  Speaker 2: and conditions apply. Time for quick picks to break down
• 37:04
  Speaker 2: who's gonna be the top stat leaders on Championship Sunday.
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: We will start with receiving yards. Greg and I like
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: Puka Nakua. But Cynthia, you're going with another player?
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  Speaker 3: Who is that?
• 37:13
  Speaker 5: Jackson Smith and Jigba. I feel like that's not that
• 37:16
  Speaker 5: it shouldn't be that surprising. I just think that we've
• 37:18
  Speaker 5: seen have late ways to exploit some of the areas
• 37:22
  Speaker 5: in the secondary for the Rams. I am certain that
• 37:25
  Speaker 5: Klink Kubiak can find them. I think Jason Smith and
• 37:28
  Speaker 5: Jigba has a massive game.
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: Let's go to rushing yards if you guys both like
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: Kenneth Walker, but I am going with Patriots rookie Traveon
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: Henderson here.
• 37:35
  Speaker 3: I know I just talked about remind Ray Stevenson. I know.
• 37:37
  Speaker 2: I said they both hit home runs. Yeah, Trayvon, it's
• 37:41
  Speaker 2: a long home run. Rock Rimandra has a great game
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: on the ground, keeps them on schedule.
• 37:46
  Speaker 3: But with defenders following receivers.
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: And paying attention to Drake May, I think Trayveon has
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: a chance to get a couple of long ones and
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: a big part of why the Patriots win last one.
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: He's gonna have the most sex on Sunday. We're all
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: going our second ways here, separate ways.
• 38:01
  Speaker 3: But you like Milton.
• 38:01
  Speaker 4: Williams, I do. I think Milton Williams helps to end
• 38:04
  Speaker 4: the seven year drought that Patriots fans have been going
• 38:07
  Speaker 4: through and sends them to a Super Bowl.
• 38:11
  Speaker 6: Oh my gosh, trying here.
• 38:13
  Speaker 4: Look, the Panthers wanted to get Milton Williams, and the
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: Patriots came over the top with that big bag of cash.
• 38:19
  Speaker 4: It's been well spent. And I've been talking up Jared's
• 38:23
  Speaker 4: Didham all day. Here's the biggest weakness he has shown
• 38:26
  Speaker 4: on his film and in the box score. He takes
• 38:28
  Speaker 4: a lot of sacks. He wants to hold onto the
• 38:31
  Speaker 4: ball and make plays. That's gonna give the Patriots defensive
• 38:34
  Speaker 4: line a little extra time to get those sacks, So
• 38:37
  Speaker 4: how about an interior defensive line. And Milton Williams. He
• 38:41
  Speaker 4: is a playoff performer. I mean he's good in the
• 38:43
  Speaker 4: regular season, but he's a little extra special. We've seen
• 38:45
  Speaker 4: it in a.
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: Couple and he needs to be, Cynthia, because there are
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: eight year olds in Foxborough who have never.
• 38:49
  Speaker 6: Seen What are they gonna do? What a travesty?
• 38:52
  Speaker 4: I'm a Lions fan.
• 38:54
  Speaker 6: What are you talking about?
• 38:55
  Speaker 4: Greg? It's just been like it's a long time, hasn't
• 38:58
  Speaker 4: been easy?
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's person It's personal for Greg and I
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: hate to make it about me here, but I'm hit.
• 39:04
  Speaker 3: I'm my top prop bit three straight weeks.
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: Job boom shock, a locker NBA jam Will will always applied?
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: Can I make it for momentum would suggest it's a certainty?
• 39:15
  Speaker 3: Can Greg and Cynthia take it up as well?
• 39:17
  Speaker 2: Our favorite props for Championship Sunday are coming up next
• 39:21
  Speaker 2: here on Game Debut, so grab up him when we
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: come back.
• 39:24
  Speaker 3: It's signed for you to write this down.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: It is time for write this down here on our program.
• 39:35
  Speaker 2: As we get to our favorite predictions for Championship Sunday,
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: Greg Rosenthal's battan Leedough.
• 39:39
  Speaker 4: I am batting laid off and I'm gonna hit twice
• 39:42
  Speaker 4: here because I need to catch up to this man
• 39:44
  Speaker 4: who's fifteen and six on write this downs this year.
• 39:47
  Speaker 4: So here's my doubleheader. Jarrett Stidham is going over one
• 39:51
  Speaker 4: hundred and ninety eight and a half passing yards in
• 39:55
  Speaker 4: this game. Look, Sean Payn's done it with Teddy Bridgewader
• 39:58
  Speaker 4: and Taysom Hill and Drew Brees, of course, but if
• 40:01
  Speaker 4: you line up the backup quarterbacks he's produced with, they've
• 40:05
  Speaker 4: all had great days. And I think this Patriots defense
• 40:08
  Speaker 4: could be vulnerable, and I think he'll be in a
• 40:10
  Speaker 4: situation where he's gonna have to throw the ball a lot,
• 40:12
  Speaker 4: so there might be turnovers, there might be sacks, but
• 40:15
  Speaker 4: there'll also be good production. Then you go to the
• 40:18
  Speaker 4: other side. I foresee a Patriots victory here, which means
• 40:21
  Speaker 4: they're getting a lot done on the ground. The Broncos
• 40:23
  Speaker 4: defense gave up so many yards on the ground to
• 40:27
  Speaker 4: zone runs last week. In terms of the Bills, Romandri
• 40:30
  Speaker 4: has been on fire lately. I can't believe how low
• 40:33
  Speaker 4: that number is. I love him to get over forty
• 40:35
  Speaker 4: nine and a half. I'd put him over seventy nine
• 40:37
  Speaker 4: and a half. He has been one of the best
• 40:38
  Speaker 4: running backs in the league for the last five or
• 40:40
  Speaker 4: six weeks.
• 40:41
  Speaker 5: So eighty yards from Andre Stevenson, love it right, ro
• 40:43
  Speaker 5: I love it all right. So I'm looking at a
• 40:45
  Speaker 5: number that looks way too low, and it's just for
• 40:47
  Speaker 5: sid shihe to have more than twenty four and a
• 40:49
  Speaker 5: half receiving yards. I when we talked to our producers,
• 40:52
  Speaker 5: like planning this, I heard thirty four and.
• 40:54
  Speaker 6: A half and I was gonna go over that.
• 40:55
  Speaker 5: So I need extra ten yards in addition to that. Absolutely,
• 40:59
  Speaker 5: this is all he did for Shichi.
• 41:00
  Speaker 6: He is a home run hitter. You saw it against
• 41:01
  Speaker 6: the Bears. I know that was some special.
• 41:02
  Speaker 5: Seams, but you're looking at this situation here and are
• 41:05
  Speaker 5: saying it could happen in just one reception.
• 41:08
  Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what he does.
• 41:09
  Speaker 2: Back to the afforts for CG touchdowns, way over fifty yards.
• 41:13
  Speaker 3: I'm looking on the other sideline, Kylon Williams.
• 41:15
  Speaker 2: Over fifty five and a half rushing yards against the
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: Seattle Seahawks. Eleven of the last football games that Kyon
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: Williams has played, twelve of them.
• 41:24
  Speaker 3: In eleven of those twelve games, Kyle Williams had fifty
• 41:27
  Speaker 3: five or more rushing yard.
• 41:28
  Speaker 2: The one was a thirty four to seven blowout over
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I already talked about the great
• 41:32
  Speaker 2: game he had against the Seattle Seahawks earlier this season.
• 41:35
  Speaker 3: I think he hits the number. And the number that I'm.
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: Really upset about is after this, We're only going.
• 41:40
  Speaker 3: To have one more show game.
• 41:42
  Speaker 6: Don't I can't hear it.
• 41:43
  Speaker 4: Let's celebrate though, that two big games we got Sunday.
• 41:46
  Speaker 4: It just means more literas this time is.
• 41:50
  Speaker 2: It is very important who goes to the Super Bowl
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: enjoying the games we'll see next time.
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