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Ep.48: Statement week · Football Junkies podcast

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Bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert folks.
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That's right.
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D'Amador Lenore gets paid.
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Anthony Richardson is out of the doghouse the sixth time, sixth time.
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Oh, you thought I wasn't going to forget.
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Six times, six times, six times, six times.
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Pittsburgh Steelers get a win in the DMV.
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Arizona Cardinals dominate the Jets.
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The Lions escape with the dub.
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The Panthers continue to stack wins and we got football tonight, folks.
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That's right.
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Commanders versus Eagles.
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Okay.
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All of this and more on the 48th episode of the Football Junkies podcast.
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Okay.
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I am your host with the most.
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Your chief Bagrodamus.
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Okay.
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Your chief head of the table meteorologist for all predictions moving forward in the
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next three to six years.
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Okay.
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And most importantly, I am your GM who is not on a team right now, but don't you worry
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about it.
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Okay.
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I'm all of these things and more, but most importantly, I'm your host, Kale.
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You already know what I'm giving my say.
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So on three, one, two, three, let's lock in.
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All right, folks, let's get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going
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on the league right now.
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So we always start off with the baggler.
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So let's just get into it.
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Okay.
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So the Amador Lenore corner for the 49ers inked a five year, $92 million deal who will
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be making 18.4 million a year.
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Okay.
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Now, when you look at his stats from last year, 86 tackles, three picks and only allowed
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one touchdown.
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And when we look at this here, the Amador Lenore is a slot corner who, you know, is
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a gambler.
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Sometimes he'll make the big play and sometimes he'll miss on the big play, but all in all,
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he is a solid corner.
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Now coming into the season, you know, he was looking for a new deal and, you know, with
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all the, the big media hype about, you know, Trent Williams and brand new, his sort of
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slipped under the radar simply because he didn't want to make it into, you know, a big
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production and all in all, it paid off and he got paid.
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Now, when we look at this, you know, slot corners are becoming more important to a lot
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of defenses, not only because it adds a blitzing option with it because you can, you know,
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you can blitz them and whatnot, but we are seeing now that a lot of times you have these
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really good slot corners who can hold their own with some of the best receivers when they
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are lined up in the slot.
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And so all in all, it's a great situation.
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Now I haven't really seen the, the inner workings of the deal.
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So I don't really know exactly how they structure the deal, but all in all, it shouldn't be something
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that's going to be, you know, a big pressing issue moving forward.
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Now the only question that I do have though, what are they going to do with Charverius
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Ward moving forward?
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Because he is supposed to be a free agent after this season.
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So 49ers, yes, they take care of their players.
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But you know, after this season, they have a lot of major decisions that they are going
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to have to make moving forward.
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But let's get into some other things.
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Okay.
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So Anthony Richardson is once again the starting quarterback for the Colts after two games
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with Joe Flacco, they have finally decided to make the decision to give Anthony Richardson
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another chance.
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And you know, quite frankly, it was very much needed.
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Okay, because when we look at these stats in the two games that Joe Flacco started, right,
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their matchup against the Vikings in which they lost Joe Flacco was 16 for 27179 passing
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yards, one pick 6.6 yards per attempt in a 59.3 completion percentage.
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Okay.
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Now, when they went, when they went up against the bills, 26 for 35, excuse me, 272 passing
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yards, two touchdowns, three interceptions, 7.8 yards per attempt in a 74.3 completion
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percentage.
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Now, when we look at this, you know, yes, it did, it did cause a lot of, you know, controversy,
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you know, throughout the media and probably within the locker room, but the Colts basically
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put Anthony Richardson on ice for two games.
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And you know, within that stretch, they lost both of those games.
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And you know, they probably realized like, Hey, Anthony Richardson is probably going
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to be our best bet of winning because let's be real here, folks, the Colts are not out
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of, you know, going to the playoffs.
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They're not.
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They're right there.
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All they have to do is just get on a hot streak and start winning games.
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That's all they have to do because as of right now, division is open.
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Okay.
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It's open for anybody.
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It's not, you know, this team has the division, you know, on lock or, you know, it's between
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these two teams.
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No, the vision is for anybody at this point.
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And so as of right now, if the Colts want to, you know, make somewhat of a playoff run,
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they have to start winning games.
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And thus they realized that, guess what?
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Anthony Richardson is their best chance of making that happen.
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So let's just wait and see what happens with that.
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Now let's get into this Steelers and commanders game because you know why there were some
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people that were saying, oh, the commanders are going to beat the Steelers.
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The Steelers are finally going to run into some problems.
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Where are they now?
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Where are they now?
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Commanders fans, how are we feeling?
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How are we feeling today?
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We feeling a little bit salty?
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Taking that L doesn't feel good, does it?
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It's okay.
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It's a okay.
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Let's get into this game, folks.
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So Danger Russ was 14 for 2,895 passing yards, three touchdowns, one pick, seven yards per
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attempt and a 50% completion percentage.
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Okay?
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Jaylen Warren, 14 attempts for 66 rushing yards, 4.7 rushing yards per carry and two
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rushes of 10 plus yards or more.
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George Pickens, seven targets for five receptions, 91 receiving yards, one touchdown and 18.2
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receiving yards per reception.
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Jayden Daniels, 17 for 34, 202 passing yards, 5.9 yards per attempt and a 50% completion
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percentage.
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Austin Eckler, 13 attempts for 44 rushing yards, 3.4 rushing yards per carry, two touchdowns
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and one rush of 10 plus yards or more.
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Terry McCloryn, six targets for five receptions, 113 receiving yards and 22.6 receiving yards
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per reception.
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Now let's just get into this, okay?
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Because this game could have easily went into a whole different direction, okay?
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Because leading into the fourth quarter, the commanders had a 10 point lead and it was
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starting to look like, you know, the commanders were gonna, we're getting ready to just end
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the game.
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And then somehow the Steelers do Steelers things.
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You have Cameron Hayward that gets a sack.
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You have this person that makes a necessary tackle and then boom, we're back into the
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game.
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And, you know, this was definitely a great game.
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This was a back and forth game for all four quarters, okay?
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The Steelers were fighting just as much as the commanders were fighting, okay?
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Dante Fowler Jr. for the commanders was doing his thing.
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He was creating pressure, making big plays, making big stops.
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He was doing it all.
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And that's exactly what the commanders needed.
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Not to mention, you have Frankie Louvue that was making plays.
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You had Jeremy Chin that was making plays.
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So all in all, this was a really good game.
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This wasn't, you know, necessarily a slaughter or anything that anybody would have predicted.
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This was a great game from start to finish.
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The only problem that I had with this game was the rest were being very ticky tacky when
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it came to the pass interference calls.
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Like, you're just gonna just have to let the game just play out.
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Now, if it's an egregious pass interference, you know, hold, then you know, then you have
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to do what you have to do.
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But if it's something very subtle and they let go, you know, quickly before they even
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get the ball, let it play.
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Let it play.
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But at the same time, the Steelers secondary was getting beat up.
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Dante Jackson was not having a good game, nor was Joey Porter Jr.
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Terry McCloury was doing his thing.
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And I get it.
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Joey is, you know, a hands on type of corner, a physical corner, somebody that likes to put
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his hands on the receivers.
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I get all that.
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But there is a time and place when you do that because guess what?
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They were calling it almost every single time, every single time.
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Whop, flag, whop, flag, flag.
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Pass interference, pass interference.
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Like at some point, bro, you just, you shouldn't have to use your hands a whole lot to, you
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know, to do this.
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You shouldn't have to.
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You're one of the biggest corners on the field.
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All you got to do is just use your body and position yourself to be able to either, you
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know, deflect the pass or try to get a pick.
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That's all you have to do.
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You don't have to do anything else.
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But you know, again, the Steelers upfront was doing their thing.
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Keanu Benson was making, you know, crucial plays as well as Cameron Hayward.
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And you know, this is what I will say.
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I will be one of the first to say it publicly.
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I was wrong.
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I was wrong.
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I was definitely a person who was definitely on the fence about giving Cam another, you
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know, another deal because, you know, the Steelers are at a point where, you know, they're close
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to, you know, hitting that threshold where their Super Bowl window is open.
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And we see a lot of times where when you do play, not play, but when you do pay the veteran,
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you know, player on a team a whole lot of money, a lot of times that contract does not,
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you know, age well.
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But so far, Cam has been doing his thing.
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He continues to show why he is still a top 10 run defender and a top 10 detackle in the
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league.
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And you know, again, this defense has been doing their thing.
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They've been beating up teams.
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Jaden Daniels wasn't running, you know, out of the pocket a whole lot.
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They made sure that they were going to try to contain him as much as possible.
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And it worked.
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It worked like a charm.
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Now when we move over to the Steelers offense, they were starting to, you know, get some
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motion.
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George Pickens was making miraculous plays.
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Pat Fryer move was, was making plays.
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Everybody was making plays, but then they're starting to hit a point where Najee was starting
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to be a little bit stagnant in the run in the commander's word, you know, where it was stopping
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it.
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And so guess what the Steelers do?
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Get Jalen Warren, put him in.
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Bam, first down, big play, big play, big play, big play.
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So all in all, it was a back and forth game.
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It really was.
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And you know, this is what I will say for all the commander's fans that are probably
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upset about their, their rookie detackle, you know, going off sides.
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He's a rookie.
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He's a rookie.
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He's going to make these types of mistakes.
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That's what happens.
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No one, all of those other guys, they know what to do in this situation.
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He didn't.
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And it's a simple, simple mistake.
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Yes, it did cost them the game, but you can't just, you know, you can't just throw money
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with a bus.
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You just can't.
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And, you know, for the Steelers to be, to be as aggressive as they have been, especially
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on fourth down, which James Pierre, you should have caught the ball.
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You definitely should have.
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If you would have caught the ball, you probably would have had a first down and more, possibly
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almost a touchdown because there wasn't anybody near you for at least 10 to 15 yards.
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But you know, you're starting to see a Steelers team that is going to be a thorn in people's
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sides moving forward because as of right now, the AFC teams that you really have to worry
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about are of course the Chiefs, the Ravens, the Bills and now the Steelers.
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I truly believe that I think if the Steelers continue to win and if they went on Sunday,
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which that has to be a whole episode in itself, they can position themselves to be seated fairly
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high so that, you know, whoever they go up against, it's not necessarily going to be
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a slaughter, but you, you have a better matchup compared to, you know, you're seating low
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and you're going to have to go up against the Chiefs or going to have to go up against
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the Bills again or whomever.
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Now you have Russell Wilson, who has been able to unlock the deep pass game, which,
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you know, the Steelers have been trying to do for a while now.
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They try to do it with Kenny Pickett.
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That didn't work.
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They try to do it with Justin Fields.
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That didn't work either.
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And Russ has been able to do it successfully and it's worked.
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It paid off substantially.
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That play with Mike Williams, they didn't even practice it.
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So all in all, it worked.
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I don't know what Russ is doing, but continue to do it.
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This run game looks great.
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The offensive line, they're blocking well.
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This team is going to continue to stack wins.
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Now I'm not saying that, you know, the second half of the season, they're going to go undefeated.
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No, I do not believe that.
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Not one bit.
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But if they do win at least two or three of their division rival games, we're going to
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have to have a different conversation.
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Now moving on to the Cardinals in Jets game.
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Yes, that Jets team, we're just going to leave it there.
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Tyler Murray was 22 for 24, 266 passing yards, one touchdown, 11.1 yards per attempt and
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a 91.7 completion percentage.
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Okay.
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Trey Benson, 10 attempts for 62 rushing yards, 6.2 rushing yards per carry and three rushes
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of 10 plus yards or more.
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Trey McBride, five targets for four receptions, 71 receiving yards and 17.8 receiving yards
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per reception.
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Aaron Rogers, 22 for 35, 151 passing yards, 4.3 yards per attempt and a 62.9 completion
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percentage.
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Breece Hall, 10 attempts for 52 rushing yards, 5.2 rushing yards per carry and one rush of
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10 plus yards or more.
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Garrett Wilson, six targets for five receptions, 41 receiving yards and 8.2 receiving yards
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per reception.
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Now this is what I will say.
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For the Cardinals to do what they did to the Jets is surprising.
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Now again, this was a team that I really haven't been able to watch a whole lot of Cardinals
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games, but I was able to watch this one and let me just say, Cardinals, I was unfamiliar
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with your game.
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I was unfamiliar because you guys, you guys are coming out guns blazing.
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You guys have been doing your thing.
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Okay.
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You talk about Tyler Murray, who prior to this point, you know, was definitely getting,
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you know, criticized because, you know, he plays a lot of video games and he's, you know,
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really heavy into Call of Duty and whatnot.
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Colin Murray has been balling out.
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Trey McBride, that is a superstar right there for the Cardinals.
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There was literally a play where Trey McBride caught it.
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There were four Jets defenders around him and he was still fighting to get the extra
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yards.
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Trey McBride looked amazing out there on the field.
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Okay.
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I'm talking about somebody that is definitely going to be with this team for a long time.
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If I'm the Cardinals, I am making sure that you lock him up because what he has been able
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to do for the past two years now, amazing.
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And that is exactly what you need.
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On top of that, James Carter was doing his thing.
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Trey McBride was doing this thing.
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The offense was just, was going on all cylinders and the Jets weren't able to do it.
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Not to mention this Jets defense, I don't know what it is.
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None of them look like they really wanted to tackle.
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Now granted, outside of that one play where Quincy Williams, you know, cracked, Colin
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Murray, this Jets defense was not looking good.
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It just wasn't.
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I don't know what it is, but it just seems like the life has just been sucked out of
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this team and sauce don't even look the same.
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Sauce does not look good.
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I'm sorry.
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We have to ring the red flag, the red bell.
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We have to ring something because this Jets team does not look good.
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And you cannot say that this Jets team does not have talent.
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This Jets team is struggling.
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This Jets team needs, you know, a fire put under them.
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They need some juice injected to them.
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They need something because if they don't, this ship is going to continue to sink more
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and more into the water.
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And Eric Rogers hasn't been looking good either.
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He was supposed to be, you know, doing his thing now that they have Devante Adams and,
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you know, the Cardinals defense was holding was holding up their own as well.
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But Baker was, was creating pressure.
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The past rushers were creating pressure.
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They were able to, you know, go toe to toe with Devante Adams and Garrett Wilson.
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They were able to, to do a lot and, you know, for the Cardinals to be able to do this, definitely,
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you know, peaks my interest.
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And you know, I would not be surprised if they are, you know, seated up pretty high
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in the playoffs.
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That Cardinals team, if they went up against the 49ers in the playoffs, I would probably
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put some money on the Cardinals simply because this team right now is the best in their division.
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That offense is running on all cylinders.
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Collin Mary is looking the best that he has ever been so far.
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You pair him with Marvin Harrison, Jr. and Trey McBride and, you know, James Conner and
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in company, they are doing their thing.
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They are.
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And they look like they are really serious.
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Like this is a young team that teams are going to have to be worried about, you know, moving
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forward.
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And, you know, if I'm the Cardinals front office, I am continuing to build off of this
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momentum because I guarantee you, if they hit on the next two drafts and maybe some
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free agency signings, this is going to be a team that is going to be primed for a deep
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playoff run.
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You heard it here first on the Football Junkies podcast.
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Okay.
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Now, let's go on to the Lions in Texans game.
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Okay.
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Man, I have so much to say about this, but let's just dive into it.
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Okay.
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CJ Stroud 19 for 33, 232 passing yards, one touchdown, two picks, seven yards per attempt
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and a 57.6 completion percentage.
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Okay.
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John Metchie the third six targets with five receptions, 74 receiving yards, one touchdown
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and 14.8 receiving yards per reception.
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Joe Mixon 25 attempts or 46 rushing yards, 1.8 rushing yards per carry and one touchdown.
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Okay.
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Jared Gauth 15 for 30, 240 passing yards, two touchdowns, five picks, eight yards per
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attempt and a 50% completion percentage.
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Okay.
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Jamira Gibbs 19 attempts for 71 rushing yards, 3.7 rushing yards per carry and three rushes
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of 10 plus yards or more.
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Camil Porter, six targets for three receptions, 66 receiving yards, one touchdown and 22 receiving
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yards per reception.
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Now this was probably one of the worst games for Jared Gauth that we have seen in a very
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long time.
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And the fact that this Texans team wasn't able to really capitalize off of all of those,
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you know, picks is a little bit alarming.
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It is.
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I'm not saying that every single one of them needed to be a pick six, but if you convert
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at least three of those interceptions into touchdowns, that puts you in a fairly comfortable
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place for them not to be able to do it.
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Definitely says a lot, but I think the bigger pressing issues I think that definitely needs
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to be talked about is CJ Stroud has significant significantly regressed.
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And I don't know what it is.
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I don't know if that's a coaching thing.
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I don't know if it's because of the offensive line.
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I don't know what it is, but he has significantly regressed and it's starting to be a big problem.
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If you're the Texans, you have to be a little bit afraid of this because when we look at
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it last year, guns blazing, right?
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You couldn't say not one negative thing about CJ Stroud.
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He was doing his thing.
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He was making the routine throws, making the big plays, winning games, doing his thing.
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And then now he's, he's not the same.
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Now maybe it's the sophomore slum.
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Maybe you know, it was a particular coach that's not there anymore.
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I don't know what it is, but something is not right.
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Okay.
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This team is a loaded team on both sides of the ball.
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They're full of talent.
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Out of Stefan Diggs being out for the season, there is no reason why the Texans should be
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struggling the way that they have been struggling.
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No reason.
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And for them to be struggling like this, it's not good.
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We again, I will continue to say this.
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I will continue to beat on the table.
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We are about to hit that point where every single game is going to matter.
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And if you have not been, if you've not been winning your divisional games, that is going
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to bite you once we start getting into the seeding process for the playoffs.
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It is.
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And again, the division for the Texans isn't even fairly strong.
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The only team that the Texans have to worry about is the Colts.
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And even then they're strong.
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They're still trying to figure out what, what they're going to do moving forward with their
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quarterback.
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Even though they did say that Anthony Richardson was going to be starting.
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Who knows?
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So again, Texans, you've got to get a, you got to get control of not only the division,
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but you have to figure out what is going on with CJ Stroud and, you know, try to see
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if you can patch it up.
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Because right now our AFC teams who are looking at the footage of CJ Stroud, just in case
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they have to face them in the playoffs.
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And I guarantee you right now, they already have a plan in place on how to deal with them.
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Now, I will say this and I will give him a little bit of leniency.
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Their offensive line this year has not been that good.
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It hasn't.
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And, you know, I would have thought, you know, leading into the, the trade deadline that
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they would have tried to make a few trades just to bolster up the, the offensive line
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a little bit more because outside of Loremi Tunzel, a fairly good job.
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Everybody else is a little bit shaky.
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And right now they have to be able to protect their quarterback.
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If they want to be able to make a deep playoff run and go right back where they were last
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year, they got a button, they got a button on these, all these problems, these very loose
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problems.
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Because right now the defense just showed that they can hold their own, especially against
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a team like the Lions.
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You made Jared golf look human because there was a point in time leading up to this game
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that a lot of people could make a strong case that Jared golf was definitely in the MVP
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running.
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And for him to throw five interceptions, definitely is, you know, a pattern of back to the defense.
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But at the same time, you didn't get the W. So again, somebody has to go back to the lab,
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figure out what's going on with CJ Stroud and then come up with a strategy because I
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still do believe in the Texas.
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I still do believe that they will make it into the playoffs, but as the week progresses
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and as you know, the season begins to come to a close and we start to hit the point for
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Thanksgiving and Christmas, you better start stacking those wins.
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You better start building a safety net just in case, just in case the seeding gets a little
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bit weird because I promise you, you don't want to go up against a team like the Ravens
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first.
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You don't want that.
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I'm telling you, you do not want that.
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But let's get into another game that we really do have to talk about.
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And that is the Giants and the Panthers.
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Okay.
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So Daniel Jones was 22 for 37, 190 passing yards, two picks, 5.1 yards per attempt and
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a 59.5 completion percentage.
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Tyrone Tracy 18 attempts for 103 rushing yards, 5.7 yards per attempt and three rushes of 10
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plus yards or more.
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John Dale Robinson, eight targets for five receptions, 51 receiving yards and 10.2 receiving
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yards per reception.
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Bryce Young, 15 for 25, 126 passing yards, one touchdown, five yards per attempt and
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a 60% completion percentage.
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Chubba Hubbard, 28 attempts for 153 rushing yards, 5.5 yards per attempt and four rushes
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of 10 plus yards or more.
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Jalen Coker, eight targets for three receptions, 41 receiving yards and 13.7 receiving yards
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per reception.
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Now, this is what I will say.
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This game solely featured the run game.
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The run game was very effective on both sides of the ball and both teams relied on it heavy.
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Okay.
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Tyrone Tracy was doing his thing.
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Chubba Hubbard was doing his thing.
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And for a point in time, I definitely thought that Tyrone Tracy was going to seal the game,
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but unfortunately they took him out and then everything else happened the way that it
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happened.
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The Panthers get the W, but this is what I will say.
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And you know, I haven't really talked about the draft and I probably should talk about
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the draft, you know, fairly soon.
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But you know, if I'm the Giants, I am tanking for next year.
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I am Daniel Jones is not the answer.
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Daniel Jones is not the longterm future and it's time for change.
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Okay.
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I understand that Joe Shane was trying to give Daniel Jones a chance and try to, you
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know, reason with the contract that he gave him.
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But as of right now, that contract is horrible.
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Daniel Jones looks horrible.
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This offense looks lackluster.
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Okay.
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If, if you bring in someone like a Shredor, a Sanders and to this offense or a cam ward,
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this offense is going to go through the roof.
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You pair that with another receiver and free agency.
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This offense will look either average to above average, which is all they really need.
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This Giants team is not that bad.
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Like what people think it is.
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It really isn't.
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They have their foundations in the defense Dexter Lawrence, K Von Timberdome and Brian
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Burns.
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Now they have to figure out what they're going to do with the offense, which again, Brian
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Dable, one in the quarterback, he was obsessed with Jaden Daniels.
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He was, he wanted Jaden Daniels, but Joe Shane wanted to go in a different direction.
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And you know, the rest is history.
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Now that's not a slight to Malik neighbors at all because Malik neighbors has definitely
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been balling when he is available.
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But the fact of the matter is everybody knows that Daniel Jones is not good.
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Everybody knows that at this point, the Giants reached in giving him the contract that they
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gave him and that now the Giants have to rewrite that wrong.
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And now they're going to have to invest into a high pick to get a quarterback and granted,
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as of right now, if I'm not mistaken, I could be wrong.
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If the season was to end right now and the draft was in two weeks, I think the Giants
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would have a top three pick.
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So again, it's time for the Giants to be serious about the quarterback position and it's time
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for them to, you know, really choose the future because right now Daniel Jones isn't in it.
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He's not.
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And it's no slight to him.
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I understand he was battling with injuries and a variety of different things.
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But this just goes to show you of how much of an influence Seguin Barkley had on that
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offense and how much it made Daniel Jones look a whole lot better.
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But I'm just going to leave it there because if I don't, I'm going to go down a whole rabbit
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hole about it.
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So this is what I will say.
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If you guys don't know what I'm talking about, go on HBO Max and look at hard knocks for
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the Giants from start to finish.
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And then you will see exactly where I'm coming from and you will understand exactly why I
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have the opinions that I have about the Giants move forward.
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But we got football tonight, folks.
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So let's just go over the commanders and equals fairly quickly.
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Okay.
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So these are just some junky nuggets that I found from NFL Pro shout out to them and
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they're great, you know, insights and information and whatnot.
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But since week five, the commanders have generated the third highest pressure rate.
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Okay.
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On top of that, since week five also, the commanders have the seventh highest blitz rate
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at 36%.
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Now this commander's team, they're going to come at you.
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They are going to put pressure on you for four quarters nonstop and it's going to come
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from different, different players in different directions.
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Now when we look at the Eagles, right?
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Since the Eagles by Quinn, y'all Mitchell has been targeted 13.9% of snaps and only allowed
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0.6 yards per coverage.
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Quinn, y'all Mitchell is a lockdown corner.
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That is the matchup that I am looking forward to seeing Quinn, y'all Mitchell versus Terry
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McClourn.
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I cannot wait because I know it's going to be a great matchup.
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Okay.
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You have Terry McClourn who statistically speaking is having the best year of his career
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going up against the rookie and Quinn, y'all Mitchell cannot wait.
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Now the commanders are the only team who have multiple off-ball linebackers who have generated
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more than 10 pressures.
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Frankie Louvue has 16 pressures and Bobby Wagner has 13.
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Now I will be the first to say when Bobby Wagner signed with the commanders, it sort
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of did, you know, leave me a little bit questioned.
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But then when you, when you look at things, you have to remember Dan Quinn was the defensive
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coordinator for the Seahawks when they had the Legion of Boom.
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So you know, there's always a connection there.
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But so far Bobby Wagner has been balling.
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Okay.
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Him and Frankie Louvue balling.
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They have been able to constantly create pressure to mention.
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We all know that Bobby Wagner is the tackling machine that he is.
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So all in all, this is going to be great.
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This is going to be a great division rival matchup.
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Now the commanders are third in points for game at 29 and the Eagles are seventh in points
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for game at 25.9.
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Now the real question that I have is who is going to want to run the ball more?
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Who's going to want to put it up in the air more?
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That's the question that I have because again, you have two, two offenses who love to throw
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the ball as well as run the ball fairly well.
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Now the only difference is the Eagles need to run the ball, right?
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The commanders, they want to pass the ball.
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They want to put it up there.
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They want to give it to Noah Brown and Terry McClure.
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Now the question is who's going to want it more because this game is just as important
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for the Eagles as it is for the commanders.
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Okay.
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The commanders are coming off an L against the Steelers.
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The Eagles are coming off a W against the Cowboys.
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The Eagles need this because again, you want to continue to build that safety blanket, which
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is continuing to win those division rival games.
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And if they beat the commanders, this puts you in a really good place for the playoffs.
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34:38
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34:45
match, another great game.
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34:54
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