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Ep.59:Trouburgh · Football Junkies podcast

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Alright, alright, alright, alright. Yep. This is gonna be an episode. I can assure you right now
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Every Steelers fan will probably not agree with me. You guys will probably think I am delusional
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You'll probably think that I am insane, but it's okay. It's a
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Okay, just know this I
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Love you to my fellow junkie because yeah, this is gonna be
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It's gonna be episode where you know some fan bases are gonna be a little bit upset
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There's still a little bit emotional about certain things that happen on the weekend and there's gonna be others gonna be super excited
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So, you know for the people that are super excited. Hey
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congratulations to you, but uh
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Yeah, let's just get into this thing
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So Mike McCarthy is looking for a new home Mike Vrable is now the head coach for the New England Patriots
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Steelers and Ravens recap commanders and bucks recap, which was actually a really good game rams in Vikings recap and
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Packers and Eagles. Yes, we have to talk about the Eagles unfortunately
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So you already know the spill you already know when I'm getting ready to say okay
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This is the 59th episode of the football junkies podcast. Okay. I am your host with the most kale
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I am all these various titles that I've already told you
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50 other episodes, okay
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Your GM who currently is not on a team right now, but don't you worry about your chief?
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Bagrow Domus when it comes to anything and everything related to bag alerts and more as well as
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The man who has a very hot takes and very interesting predictions
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That I'm going to save until the entire season is over with okay, but most importantly
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I am your host as I just said before kale. You already know what I'm gonna say
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Yes, I switched things up because guess what the next episode we will hit 60 episodes
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Which means we are halfway from hitting a hundred episodes
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So you already know this is about to be a special week for episodes, okay?
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But you already know what I'm getting ready say next so guess what you already prepared. I'm already prepared
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Let's get this thing going. All right, so let's do it on three one two three. Let's lock in. Oh
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Oh
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Right folks, let's get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going on in the league right now
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Yes, this is a very somber episode for some people
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Yes, I have been very upset this past weekend
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But it's okay because why my eyes have been open and we are going to be a
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Okay, so before we get into the game that everybody is talking about and everyone is upset about
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And everybody is just you know raw raw about let's just get into the other things first, okay?
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Let's just do that first. So Mike McCarthy former. Yes now
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Former Dallas Cowboys head coach is about to be free agent. Yeah, he's looking for new home folks
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That's right. The Cowboys decided that they are not going to give him an extension instead
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They're gonna just let him walk
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So let's just get into the statement that was put out by the man with the plan
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Mr. Jerry Jones, okay
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So this is what he says and I quote throughout Mike McCarthy's tenure here including the last several weeks
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I have been very complimentary of the job
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He has done that has applied to our record over that time period our team unity and
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Culture Mike's qualifications and track record of success and on a personal level as a tremendous human being
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I have great respect for Mike and he has led the team through some very unique and challenging times during his tenure
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Over the past week Mike and I had the opportunity to conduct a joint all aspects of the past season our players and staff and
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Also spent considerable time discussing the road forward for the team
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These discussions were thorough and received an appropriate amount of time and depth to cover prior to reaching the point of contract
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Negotiations though it became mutually clear that it would be better for each of us to head in a different direction
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I think Mike and wish him his wife Jessica and their family the best
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They have been a wonderful part of our community here. We will commence a search process immediately
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To hire the next head coach of the Dallas Cowboys
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end quote now
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This is what I will say about this because it is a very unique and very odd situation
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Because on one hand
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Yes, you would think that the Cowboys would still keep Mike McCarthy because of the recent success that they've had within the last few years
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Not counting this year
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But at the same time one can make an argument and say that the team really has been stagnant
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And they are looking for a refresher put it like that
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I think that's the best way to put a refresher right because the team is about to go through a lot of change
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Yes, you done gave you know a hundred plus million dollars to your quarterback
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Even though really doesn't deserve it, but that's another story for another day. Yes, you pay CD lamb
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Yes, you know potentially you're gonna have to pay, you know top dollar for Michael Parsons
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The team is about to go through a lot of change and you would have thought that the team would have you know decided just to keep
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Somebody stable, but clearly that is not the case now the question is who would be
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The Cowboys next head coach now there were some rumblings last night that both Dion and Jerry Jones have had some discussions
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They've been talking this is what I will say about it me personally
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I don't think Dion should go to Dallas because he's not gonna have no control
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Everything is going to be dictated by the way that Jerry Jones wants it to be and
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For someone like a Dion. That's it's not his style stay with Colorado
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Continue to build this program into being a powerhouse because they were close to you know making it to the college playoffs this year
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Why leave that not to mention you convinced a
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Five was it was he a five-star? Yeah a five-star
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You know prospect of a quarterback to go and commit to you guys just stay there just stay there
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Continue to recruit some of the best players to Colorado and continue to be bigger and better each and every year
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instead of being under the control of a
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Jerry Jones now on to another head coach
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That we need to talk about and that is former Titans head coach Mike Rabel is now officially the New England Patriots head coach
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I don't want to be the person to say I told you so but this was sort of expected
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There was nobody else that they were going to try to get let's just be real here
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Yes, they had that you know the double image of
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Byron left wedge and pep Hamilton and everyone was like oh
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There's a chance they like over there it was not gonna happen Mike Rabel was the number one person that they were interested in
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From start to finish they wanted Rabel and they got very well. So here we are
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But there is an interesting statement that he did put out that I think we do have to talk about here folks
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And this is what he says and I quote I want to galvanize our football team. I want to galvanize the building
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I want to galvanize our fans. The most important thing are the players
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There are some of them right here
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I want to provide a program that provides their ownership
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But also their accountability of each other and one they'll be proud to be a part of and that they're gonna fight for
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We're gonna earn the right to be here every day. We're gonna remove
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Entitlement from our football team
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We're gonna get everything that we've earned from the head coach to the position coaches all the way down to the players
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We're gonna earn the right to be here every single day end quote
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Now this is pretty interesting, but we all know that my variable is this hard
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Stern type of you know personality that he is and you know, he did have some success with it with Tennessee
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I mean, they were the number one seed made multiple playoff appearances
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Definitely have one of the best defenses in the league and definitely have one of the best rushing games in the league. So
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My variable has had success
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I think the only problem that I had with this entire process was y'all should have just did this last year instead of doing it now and
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Just basically getting rid of draw male the way that they got rid of him
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So I'm not gonna really say, you know anything else about this particular situation
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I'm just gonna have to wait and see like everybody else will and just see how you know how he addressed things
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Now I will say this with him putting out a statement like this
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This lets me know the set of tone that is is about to be set in the Patriots locker room
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Well, not even the locker room but in the organization as a whole
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He is definitely going to have his hand in just about every single aspect of this team
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Now will it you know, will it be received in a positive way? I don't know only time will tell some people will like it
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Some people will not like it, but again only time will tell now
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Let's get into the game that everybody is talking about
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Everybody is fighting about everybody is emotional about everybody that is you know Steelers fans
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Let's just let's rip the band-aid off here folks. So, uh, yeah, let's let's just do this
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So Russell Wilson 20 for 29 270 passing yards to touchdowns 9.3 yards per 10 and a
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69% completion percentage
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Najee here is six attempts for 17 rushing yards 2.8 rushing yards per carry George Pickens five targets for five receptions
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87 receiving yards one touchdown and 17.4 receiving yards per reception Lamar Jackson 16 for 21
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175 passing yards two touchdowns 8.3 yards per attempt in a 76.2 completion percentage Derek Henry
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26 attempts for
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86 rushing yards folks 7.2 rushing yards per carry two touchdowns and four rushes of 10 plus yards and more
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Isaiah likely four targets for three receptions 53 receiving yards
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17.7 receiving yards per reception man. Oh man. Was this a beatdown?
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Okay, I'm not talking about just you know the old-school classic
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You know back and forth type of game that most Steelers and Ravens games are no this was a flat out
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I'm gonna put on my dirty boots and I'm gonna stomp you out for four quarters
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And there's nothing that you can do about it. Oh, you think this was over? No, guess what?
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I got another person over here with dirtier boots
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That's really gonna stomp you out even more because they had a bad day. That's exactly what happened on Saturday. Okay?
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The Steelers got crushed
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Crushed from start to finish. There was no answer to stopping the run
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There was no answering stopping the two-headed monster that is Lamar and Derek Henry
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There was no stopping them at all
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This is a very alarming trend that is continuing to happen with the Steelers and that is they are
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Continuing bruised and battered
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By the run game of the Ravens
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At this point folks the Ravens have the Steelers number in the division
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I don't care anyone says I understand people say well, well, we beat them the last eight times then you know
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We can still beat them, you know
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They they just had you know, they just had our number that day
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Listen, I don't care if they had our number our social security number our credit card number
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The fact of the matter is they cast it they robbed us. They said a nice watch run it. Oh
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Oh
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Man, I'm only laughing at this because I've been arguing with Steelers fans for basically the entire weekend and even now
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on Twitter at GM
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GM underscore kale. I'm gonna argue with them because everyone is saying oh, we got give it a Mike Tomlin
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Mike Tomlin gotta go Mike Tomlin gotta go Mike Tomlin. I'm just like bro. Y'all gotta relax
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Okay, now granted when the game ended. I definitely was on that train. I'm not gonna lie
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I'm gonna be very transparent here. I was definitely on that train
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But as time progressed and as you finally just look things from a different lens and a different perspective
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I
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Mean this was bound to happen. This was bound to happen folks
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We
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Were in one of the best situations a team could possibly think of I really want to paint this picture with you guys
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So I got my paintbrush right here. I got my sorted colors
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I got me a nice cup of water to you know, mix things up if I want to do something a little bit exotic, right?
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So here we are
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10 and 3 have the number 3c
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potentially
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will have a
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homefield playoff game and
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Here we have the Ravens
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who are
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Limping into their by week and
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And the first game that they have to go after their by week is the Giants and then it's us and we are continuing to go down this
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Hill as I would say this very slippery hill of
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Just continuing to lose and get crushed. Okay?
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And so when we finally go against the Ravens in the regular season the second matchup
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We were missing a few people. Yes
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But the Ravens just ran the ball and they continue to ran the ball
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And guess what the Steelers couldn't do anything about it. I don't care who it was
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I don't care where they was lined up at guess what Derek Henry?
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Every single time
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Every single time there is nothing that you can do to stop Derek Henry especially and at this time of the year
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This is this is home for him
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This is when he's the the most dangerous because why don't nobody want to tackle a 6-4 almost
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260 pound tank and try to do that for four quarters
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Don't nobody want don't nobody want that action. Some people are going to get hurt
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That's exactly what happened on Saturday. We got hurt
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Our feelings got hurt. They robbed us of our lunch money. Okay, and I understand listen
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This has been a trend for the Steelers for the past few years and it's not felt good. I get that
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I understand that but we have to be honest with ourselves here fellow Steelers fans fellow football junkies
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And that is our past mistakes are now showing its ugly head at the wrong time
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those last three draft classes of Kevin Colbert
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Definitely pushed this team back a few years
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On top of that the mishandling of the Kenny Pickett situation on top of the mishandling of the Alphons of Coronator
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situation has pushed this team back substantially and
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On top of that not properly
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Investing into the offense has also shown its ugly head as well
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So you have these different types of you know mistakes that have happened that we thought okay
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We're just gonna feel it at that moment and everything is gonna be fine
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No, that second wave came back and now you're really seeing how bad we you know
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We needed those draft picks to hit
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So all in all this is a very bad situation for the Steelers
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And I understand that a lot of people are very emotional right now
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I understand that it's frustrating because you will want the team to continue to be playing you want the team to be
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You know preparing for the next game, but the fact of the matter is it's time for the Steelers to quote-unquote
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Not living their fears and adapt to the changing times in the NFL. Okay
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Trying to do this old-school run all play physical defense. Yes, it can work
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But you're gonna have to put it up in the air
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You're gonna have to attack the air
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That is the only way that you can win games
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You're gonna have to put points on the board
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Investing almost 50 to 60 plus percent of your cap space to one side of the ball does not do anything
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Nothing we literally saw what happened with the killer bees. We have this
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Crazy offense super elite offense, but when it came to the defense the defense was atrocious
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And a lot of times guess what we were getting cooked when we needed the defense to make a play guess what the defense couldn't do it
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Because why they didn't have the personnel in certain positions now granted sure you had cam. Hey word you have bud Dupree you had
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Ryan Shazer for a moment. You had various different pieces
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But the fact of the matter is all the money was allocated to the offense because why you had Levy on you had a B
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You had big Ben you have the offensive line you have the other receivers and whatnot you had the tight ends like
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that's just what it is and
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So now what you're seeing is is the opposite of that
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We went through the phase of investing into the offense now
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We're doing it for the defense and now you're seeing that it's not working
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And so now you have to fix what's going on because at this point this has become more than a trend
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Okay, at some point you're gonna have to adapt to the changing times and invest more money into the offense
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Now I'm not saying that you have to basically deplete the defense again
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No, you can still have a really good defense
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But you're gonna have to put in a lot for the offense if you're gonna be able to go toe-to-toe
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With the Eagles with the bills with the Ravens with the Chiefs
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You're gonna have to do that all of those teams have made drastic decisions when it comes to assembling their rosters, okay?
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Case in point the Chiefs the Chiefs realize that in order for us to stay competitive
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We are going to have to keep a core. What is that core?
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Mahomes
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Kelsey Chris Jones
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Everybody else is expendable case in point Tyree kill moved off of him super quick the running backs move off of them really quick
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The receivers trade for him keep them one-year deal
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Keep it pushing
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That is what it is look at the Eagles, right? The Eagles invest a little bit more money into their offense
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But the defensive side is still fairly young Jordan Davis
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Jalen Carter Quinn-Yan Mitchell Cooper Dijine
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Nolan Smith all of those young guys is is on the defense and so that you know that
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Tempers things down a little bit when it comes to investing a whole lot of money into the defense because why the money isn't
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Is into the offense the offensive line Saquon AJ Brown Devonte Smith Jalen Hurts and company
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Those are the type of decisions that you have to make when it comes to assembling the team
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Otherwise what's gonna happen is you're gonna be in a situation like the Steelers where
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You invested all this money, but guess what the defense didn't live up to the expectations of the amount of money that you invested into it
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That's what it is. And so until this team
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realizes, hey, it's time for us to adjust to the times a little bit do a little bit, you know
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Different out of the box type of thinking we are going to continue to be in this cycle on top of that
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We have to expand the coaching staff. Okay. I've been saying this for almost a month now
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Well, maybe almost two months maybe a little bit longer than that
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We have to get more people on this coaching staff so they can provide a different perspective
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For both sides of the ball. We literally saw what happened when we have Brian Flores as an assistant
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We literally saw what happened. So we have to continue to follow with that recipe
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You can't say that there isn't people out here that can fill in the type of Brian Flores's role
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You can't you got draw male. You got Antonio appears for the defense. You have pet Hamilton and Byron left which with all things
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So again, we have to become a little bit more modern when it comes to just the overall
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aspect of the team
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Otherwise, we're going to continue to be these one and done teams and then everyone's going to be super
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You know upset and emotional and everyone's want to say fire time and time is not going anywhere
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I can assure you my time is not going anywhere now. Is the seat on fire for him going into
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You know the next season. Oh for sure 100%
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But at the same time, I don't think it's going to be like oh, they're gonna get rid of him and I
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Don't believe it. I just don't this is what I will say and then we're just gonna move forward to everything else
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So we have to talk about okay, because we have a lot to talk about
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Think about it like this dealers fans. We exceeded expectations
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I don't think nobody expected us to be in the position that we were when we signed Russell Wilson
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And then we traded for Justin Fields. Yes, we did, you know, have a really good season
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But at the end of the day once again, we fell into the same trap with the playoffs
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So yes, you can be a little bit emotional right now, but you also have to celebrate that. Hey, we got 10 wins with a quarterback
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That nobody expected to you know get us to this point just saying moving forward for the Raven side
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The Ravens continue to show why they are one of the best teams in the playoffs right now
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And they're showing everyone listen
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Even though we don't have Zay flowers, we can still beat you on the ground
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And right now to me, I feel like they are definitely one of the teams that can go all the way to the Super Bowl as long as they
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Don't make any self-inflicted wounds
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They will go to the Super Bowl this year
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I guarantee it because right now they have a dominant run game
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the defense has been playing lights out and everybody else is doing their part and
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You know what I'm not gonna go any further because everything else
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I'm gonna save that for the offseason when the season is completely over with and then we go through our you know
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Team by team analysis of needs and all those different types of things. So
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But let's get into another game that we definitely have to talk about
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Unfortunately, and that was the commanders in the Bucks. Yes, here. I am thinking that the commanders aren't gonna go to the second round
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But unfortunately they did so I have to hear that from you know everybody that I know that is commanders fans
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So you think that's fun. No, it is not but let's just get into these stats. Okay, so
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Jaden Daniels 24 for 35
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268 passing yards to touchdown 7.7 yards per 10 in a 68.6 completion percentage
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All right, Jaden Daniels again 13 attempts for 36 rushing yards
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2.8 rushing yards per carry Terry McClurin 10 targets for seven receptions 89 receiving yards one touchdown and
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12.7 receiving yards per reception Baker Mayfield 15 for 18
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185 passing yards to touchdowns 10.3 yards per attempt in a 83.3 completion percentage Bucky Irvin
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17 attempts for 77 rushing yards
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4.5 rushing yards per carry and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more Mike Evans seven targets for seven receptions
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92 receiving yards one touchdown and 13.1 receiving yards per reception now. This was a really good game
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This was a sleeper of a game to be honest with you because I definitely thought that the Bucks were just gonna
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You know be super dominant, but clearly that was not the case and so here we go
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Jaden Daniels continues to show why he is a magician when it comes to the quarterback position because
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Wow, oh wow
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He continues to make the plays that you need him to make at the times where you need him the most and
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Guess what happens the commander's find another way to win. That is the storyline with this team this year
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I don't know what it is, but this team this year is special
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Jaden Daniels continues to show
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Why he was one of the best quarterbacks in that draft class and honestly speaking
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You might could probably make a case why he probably should have been number one, but that's another story for another day
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Now for the Buccaneers though, I will say this they did put up a good fight. They did
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I'm not gonna take that away from them
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I'm not gonna take that away from Baker Mayfield or anybody else they tried to put up a fight
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But ultimately what happened was the commander's made stops when they needed to make stops and they made plays when they needed to make plays
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That's just what it boils down to but I will say this that Buccaneers defense
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They was doing their thing against the commander's run game Vita Vaya every single time getting through bam stop
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Bam stop bam stop every single time
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But when you're dealing with the real magician that is Jaden Daniels, this is what happens
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He has literally done this
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Multiple times in this season now me personally
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I still believe he will win rookie of the year not gonna get any further without just leave that there
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Onto another game that we have to talk about that happened last night the Rams versus the Vikings. Okay, Matthew Stafford 19 for
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27 209 passing yards to touchdowns
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7.7 yards per 10 in a 70.4 completion percentage
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Kyren Williams 16 attempts for 76 rushing yards 4.8 rushing yards per carry and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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Tyler Higby five targets for five receptions 58 receiving yards and
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11.6 receiving yards per reception. This is what I'll say about this game
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Man, oh man Sam Darno if I am his agent right now
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I am drinking my life away right now because you know why
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Prior to this point and even the Lions game. Oh
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He could have easily demanded 50 plus million a year
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But because he lost the way that he lost against the Lions, but they could have had the number one scene and then against the Rams
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Oh
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45 at best and that's if a team is super desperate to get someone like a Sam Darnold, okay?
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But all jokes aside, you know, I can't there's so many jokes. I have to say, but I'm just not the Rams swarmed
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Sam Darnold they swarmed him
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Jerry first was going after him Brennan fifths was going after him
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Everybody on that defensive line was going after Sam Darnold. It was horrible. Oh
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Oh, man, if I am a Vikings fan, I am sick right now because why you cannot say well
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If we was on our own home turf then
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We could have won the game or you can't make no excuses man. You can't the Rams had your number
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They had your number that defense that defensive line
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Hitting they going after Sam. They trying to take his head off literally and figuratively
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man, they was doing their thing but
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Again, the Rams are one of those teams where in the beginning of the season
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They looked real shaky and everyone was thinking
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They might just take but then they turn things around and then here we are
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Right now the Rams is the team that I think the Eagles nor the Lions really want to face
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because they're playing with house money and
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Everybody knows Matthew Stafford, Kyren Williams, Puka, Tyler Higbee and and Cooper Cup
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They're gonna do their part
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But that defense that defense has dogs and they're gonna make plays now when you look on paper
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You're probably thinking well
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They don't have a star player at this position and that position and that position don't worry about it
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They are coached very well. They know exactly, you know what to attack and
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They may plays every single time they had a chance. They made a play. They made a significant play
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Okay, significant plays every single time and they basically in some ways
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Took Justin Jefferson out of the game completely
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That's rare, but they did it last night, but at the same time, this is what I will say about the Vikings
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This is a fairly young team. This is what is expected of this team because at some point
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They were going to hit a wall. Okay, whether it be
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you know
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Towards the NFC championship
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Whether it be, you know in the first round the second round wherever they were going to hit a wall at some point to me personally
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I feel like they have exceeded expectations. I do personally
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I am 100% behind with what I just said they see it expectations because if you would have told me that the Vikings
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Would have made it this far. I
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Would have called you alive, especially with Sam Donald nobody expected for Sam Donald to have the season that he had
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Nobody did nobody expected for the defense to be as dominant as they were nobody did to me
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They exceeded expectations. They had a really good season, but hey
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That's what happened till you go up against the master. Who was the master?
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Shama Vey who was the student Kevin O'Connell?
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But that's another story for another day now on to the final game that we have to talk about and that is the Packers and
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The Eagles okay, so Jalen hurts 13 for 21
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131 passing yards to touchdowns 6.2 yards per attempt in a 61.9 completion percentage
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say Kwan the quad
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got
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Barkley 25 attempts for a hundred and nineteen rushing yards
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4.8 rushing yards per carry and three rushes of 10 plus yards or more should have been four
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Not gonna get into it now Devonte Smith four targets for four receptions 55 receiving yards
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13.8 receiving yards per reception Jordan Love 20 for 38
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212 passing yards three picks 6.4 yards per attempt in a 60.6 completion percentage Josh Jacobs
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18 attempts for 81 rushing yards
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4.5 rushing yards per carry one touchdown and one rush of 10 plus yards or more Jaden Reed four targets or four receptions
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46 receiving yards and 11.5 receiving yards per reception the Packers were making a lot of self-inflicted wounds
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And it essentially costed them the game
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Jordan Love looked like a deer in headlights at times during this game and it was not looking good on top of that
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The team was just starting to get hurt left and right
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You know they lost an offensive lineman and they lost this person and they lost that person
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It was just it was as bad for the Packers
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It really was and for them to get to where they were this season
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You know it was a lot of highs and lows, but they did it they persevered and they went through but Jordan Love
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This has got to be one of his worst performances that we have seen so far
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The the question I have for the Packers especially for Packers Nation is what can the Packers do?
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to help Jordan Love up until this point to get over that hurdle because
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It's not gonna get any more easier
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It's going to get harder because why the Lions are still dominant the Vikings are still dominant
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The Bears depending on who they hire at head coach and the decision that they make they may even be a problem as well
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On and that's not even counting all the other NFC teams that you're gonna have to go up against so I
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Don't know exactly what the Packers have to do to really be
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Better than what they were this year, but they got to do it
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They got to do especially for Jordan Love because Jordan Love was just making crazy decisions and granted
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I understand he has a little bit of a gunslinger type of vibe with him. I get all that but it's like bro
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You was making some crazy throws and then you basically have three picks like this was a bad game
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The Eagles defense was imposing their will on the Packers from start to finish
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They were imposing their will and there was nothing that the Packers could do about it
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No matter how many times they ran the ball with Josh shakers
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It really wasn't gonna do anything because why the Eagles had a plan and they were going to try to eliminate
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The run game as best as they can while at the same time creating constant pressure on Jordan Love
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But I think the most important thing that we must talk about this game is AJ Brown was reading a book on the sideline
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I've never seen that before I've never seen anybody to read a book on the sideline
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You got to be some type of upset with your quarterback if you decide, you know what?
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What what what chapter my own chapter three? Yes chapter three. What paragraph for my own paragraph two?
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Okay, I knew I put a little bit indent Marno
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Here with my gloves or something. He was reading a book a book
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He was upset because he wasn't getting the ball come on man
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You are literally on a potential
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Superbowl team and you're on the sideline reading a book
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The only book that you should be reading is the tablet
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man, oh
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My god, this was this was hilarious. I'm sorry. You got a laugh at this because this is hilarious not to mention
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I don't know people realize this but apparently with him reading that book or just showing people that he's reading this book
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It shot up the sales on Amazon. He low key pulled a LeBron. Yeah, man
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I've been reading this book man. You know this book has been really touching for me
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You know it's really changed my life. So what chapter on you want? Oh, I'm I'm just I'm on chapter two
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So what what what is what what what chapter two is? What's it teaching you? Well?
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I can't really tell you right now because I'm still reading like come on man. What are we doing?
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What a AJ come on man? Come on
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We can't you can't be that upset because you're not getting the ball come on man
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You know, you're gonna get the ball at some point just relax
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Okay for every fall the other fans. I have to call all the Steelers fans a little bit more cuz like they're really hurt right now
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Whoo, I can't tell you how many people I have seen cry and break down in front of their phone
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Because of how bad we lost on Saturday, but it's okay. We're gonna make it through it
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