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Speaker 1: I'm Jason Kelsey and you're watching the NFL Report.
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Speaker 2: Welcome into another edition of the NFL Report. James Palmer,
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Speaker 2: Steve White with you. Jason Kelcey, a Pro bowler that's
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Speaker 2: been on this show. There's been quite a few. How
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Speaker 2: about who's gonna be on the show today, Steve? How
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Speaker 2: about Jeremiah Awosu Cora mooa am I really being from
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Speaker 2: the Cleveland Browns, the star linebacker for Jim Schwartz's group,
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Speaker 2: is going to join us in one of the best
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Speaker 2: dressed guys in the NFL. We'll also have Cameron Wolf
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Speaker 2: who knows the Dolphins better than anybody else. He'll be
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Speaker 2: at that Dolphins Bills game this weekend, the game of
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Speaker 2: the week. Judy Batista also joins us, bringing down some
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Speaker 2: coaching sides of the NFL.
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Speaker 3: As we know, Monday is right around the corner.
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Speaker 2: Steve, We're gonna talk Bill Belichick and also Baldy's favorite films.
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Speaker 3: Ryan Baldinger is with us.
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Speaker 2: He's going to talk about the Texans defense Steve, that
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Speaker 2: nobody should be sleeping on.
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Speaker 3: We'll see if they get into the postseason.
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Speaker 4: But Jp you mentioned the Pro Bowlers. We know there's
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Speaker 4: no more real Pro Bowl they played and things like that.
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Speaker 4: But let's just take a list of the Pro Bowls
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Speaker 4: who showed up on our little show, the NFL Report.
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Speaker 4: We've had Alan Ingols, Jason Kelsey, Justin Simmons, Jesse Bates Third,
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Speaker 4: and Joel Buttonio. Six Pro bowlers have been on this show.
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Speaker 4: We are not playing around. Remember we are also a podcast,
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Speaker 4: so you can listen to us at JP. I want
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Speaker 4: to talk some Pro Bowls and just my little bit
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Speaker 4: here is like I've seen a lot of Pro Bowl
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Speaker 4: respect here. Remember the majority of the emphasis and who
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Speaker 4: gets to the Pro Bowl it's a peer issue. And
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Speaker 4: the fact that Jalen Ramsey of the Miami Dolphins has
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Speaker 4: played in only nine games but has turned around.
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Speaker 5: Their defense and makes the Pro Bowl.
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Speaker 4: That's game recognizing game. We're scenes of tape of him
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Speaker 4: right here playing outside. He plays inside, but his peers
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Speaker 4: understand how much he has meant to that team. Also,
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Speaker 4: the Jaguars pass rusher Josh Allen, who's an eight contract
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Speaker 4: year by the way, monster year, Monster year. He finally
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Speaker 4: shows up when one and win, the switch is going
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Speaker 4: to go off for him. He makes the Pro Bowl.
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Speaker 4: And lastly, Aaron Donald if you paid attention to him. Yeah,
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Speaker 4: the sack numbers aren't there, but he continues to be
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Speaker 4: one of the most disruptive defenders in the NFL.
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Speaker 5: He hasn't had some of the veteran support around him.
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Speaker 4: But those young guys like Byron Young making the play
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Speaker 4: right here staring him into Aaron Donald have showed up.
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Speaker 4: So salute to game, recognizing game, and these three very
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Speaker 4: worthy men going into the Pro Bowl.
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Speaker 2: I'll go with a guy I remember covering his Pro
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Speaker 2: Day and he did his interview with me down in
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Speaker 2: Miami topless, And if I had Philip Dave Najoku, I
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Speaker 2: would have done a topless as well. And his emergence
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Speaker 2: the back end of this season has been remarkable. Since
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Speaker 2: Joe Flacco has been the quarterback since Week fourteen, I
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Speaker 2: think he's second in the NFL in receiving arts.
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Speaker 3: That's everyone.
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Speaker 2: I think that's a very worthy nomination considering he wanted out,
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Speaker 2: wanted to get traded now, was a fan favorite chug
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Speaker 2: of beers with guys in the stands there in Cleveland.
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Speaker 2: It's been a remarkable story for David Ajoku this season.
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Speaker 2: But I'm gonna go with two snubs. You talked about
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Speaker 2: game getting recoganized. I don't think Lugerius Sneed's game has.
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Speaker 5: Not been recognized at all in the NFL this year.
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Speaker 2: He is one of the few top corners, Steve, you
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Speaker 2: are right that travels with number ones. It's the way
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Speaker 2: Steve Spagnola does it. And he has shut down Number
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Speaker 2: one receivers week in and week out, and the other one.
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Speaker 2: Antoine Winfield Junior, he should have been our seventh Pro
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Speaker 2: bowler that we had on this show. He had one
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Speaker 2: of the best safety seasons in the NFL this year.
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Speaker 2: I would say it's him and Kyle Hamilton really the
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Speaker 2: two best safety performances this year. He led all safeties
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Speaker 2: with five sacks, five forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries top
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Speaker 2: three and tackles pass defense. He was everywhere on the
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Speaker 2: field and when I talked to guys that play in
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Speaker 2: the secondary Steve in locker rooms across the league the
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Speaker 2: last few weeks, they've been telling me Antoine Winfield Junior
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Speaker 2: has been remarkable this year. That's the biggest snub. I
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Speaker 2: tweeted about it. Dave Canalis, their offensive cord interactually responded
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Speaker 2: to my tweet and sympony follows you emoji of one
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Speaker 2: of these right here. I like that he followed me too,
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Speaker 2: but he hadn't had these emojis put me up on
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Speaker 2: the screen. Here, Steve the one that looked at the
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Speaker 2: thinking like the I don't know what's going on here.
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Speaker 3: Kind of emojis. To Antoine Winfield Junior getting snubbed.
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Speaker 4: Well, you're absolutely right Jp that he he should have
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Speaker 4: been in and both those guys should have been in.
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Speaker 5: I mean, lugerryus sneak that dude. He's about to get paid.
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Speaker 4: It might not be by the Chiefs, but he's one
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Speaker 4: of the best corners in the NFL. Well, talking about
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Speaker 4: Pro Bowlers, Ceedee Lamb is a Pro bowler and they got.
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Speaker 5: A big game coming up this week.
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Speaker 6: Back to throwing, let's him from the safety spot at
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Speaker 6: Prescott of State stand lunch too is.
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Speaker 5: Life thrills on the round in the middle of the
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Speaker 5: Lamb fifty.
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Speaker 6: You have been anywhere near Lamb if you wanted to
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Speaker 6: CD Lamb lighty yours t get bressed out from the
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Speaker 6: Dallas touchdown, And.
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Speaker 4: Of course I have to play off from last week's
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Speaker 4: touchdown the Ceedee Lamb had when Dak Prescott's escaped out
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Speaker 4: of the end zone by a whift Blitz pick up there.
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Speaker 4: But that's one thing, you know, James, we look we
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Speaker 4: look at the Cowboys like it's crazy. How the conversation
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Speaker 4: normally we're always talking about the Cowboys. We really have
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Speaker 4: kind of bypassed them when all they have to do
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Speaker 4: is win at Washington to clinch the NFC East this week,
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Speaker 4: they will be the number two seed if that is
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Speaker 4: the case. At James, I think this is one of
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Speaker 4: the more dangerous teams should they get into the postseason.
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Speaker 5: And here's why.
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Speaker 4: We just saw the combination of Dak Prescott the Ceedee Lamb.
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Speaker 4: Lamb had two hundred and twenty eight yards right there
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Speaker 4: with him playing in the slide, at his size and
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Speaker 4: at his spain, teams are just finding it absolutely impossible
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Speaker 4: to cover him and that combination.
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Speaker 5: When they get into the postseason, they can.
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Speaker 4: Find a lot of favorable matchups and that's opening up
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Speaker 4: the run game a little bit. Using him in the
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Speaker 4: slot again, do you double him and leave Brandon Cook's open,
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Speaker 4: Because now all of a sudden, Brandon Cooks is getting
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Speaker 4: into the end zone. He's not putting up one hundred
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Speaker 4: yard games, but he is scoring points, and what Ceedee
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Speaker 4: Lamb and Dak Prescott have going on JP is why
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Speaker 4: I think the Dallas Cowboys have a great shot of
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Speaker 4: beating Washington this week. They better not sleep but getting
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Speaker 4: that number two seed and hosting at least one playoff
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Speaker 4: game in Dallas.
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Speaker 2: Steve, what I'm going to piggyback on is the highlights
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Speaker 2: that you're seeing if you're watching this show, if you're
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Speaker 2: listening to the show, I'll describe them to you. You
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Speaker 2: saw Ceedee Lamb run his original route and then Dak
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Speaker 2: Prescott broke free. Ceedee Lamb puts his arm in the
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Speaker 2: air and they throw the ball deep. What the two
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Speaker 2: of them have on what a lot of defensive players
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Speaker 2: called the second play I think is the difference in
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Speaker 2: this offense this year. It's the difference in maybe why
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Speaker 2: we see the Cowboys have a different run in the postseason.
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Speaker 2: It was a big thing that Mike McCarthy was working
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Speaker 2: on with Dak Prescott back to training camp. Everybody's curious
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Speaker 2: about the interceptions and how Dak was playing well. A
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Speaker 2: lot of what they were trying to do is have
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Speaker 2: him play off schedule. When the play breaks down, scramble
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Speaker 2: play outside of the pocket. When I talk to people
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Speaker 2: in Dallas this year when I was preparing to cover
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Speaker 2: a couple of their games, it was this he finally
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Speaker 2: trusts playing outside of the pocket, Steve and what happens
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Speaker 2: in the postseason defensive coordinators they dial everything up, yeah,
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Speaker 2: and really very few times everything goes right for what
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Speaker 2: you want to do offensively. So when things break down
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Speaker 2: and you can make plays scrambling, and that's one thing
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Speaker 2: that Ceedee Lamb's great with with Dak Prescott, that you
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Speaker 2: can extend the play, you're more dangerous in the postseason.
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Speaker 2: Look at the quarterbacks that have had tremendous success of late,
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Speaker 2: and they're all good at it, and Patrick Mahomes and
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Speaker 2: Jalen Hurts, Lamar Jackson.
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Speaker 3: I can you know, the list could go on.
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Speaker 2: The guys that can improvise and create Josh Allen that
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Speaker 2: is needed in the postseason. And I think that aspect
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Speaker 2: of Dak's game improving and showing its face this year
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Speaker 2: makes them a little bit more dangerous.
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Speaker 4: Here's the interesting going in a Week eighteen, though, if
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Speaker 4: they are the number two seed, they can face a
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Speaker 4: team like the Packers or the Rams in the first round,
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Speaker 4: but if they fall to the Wildcards heat at number five,
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Speaker 4: they'll play the winner on the NFC South. That might
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Speaker 4: be a more of an open door for them, except
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Speaker 4: they have to go on the road where they're really
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Speaker 4: not very good this season. Well, Ja, we also have
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Speaker 4: a couple of teams that are in some win and
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Speaker 4: in scenarios. Okay, we've got the Jags, We've got the Colts.
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Speaker 4: We have the Texans who play the Colts, the Buccaneers
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Speaker 4: and the Packers. Of those teams, which one do you think,
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Speaker 4: if at the beginning they get in, could actually win
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Speaker 4: a playoff game or two.
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with the Houston Texans. And these are
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Speaker 3: the reasons why.
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Speaker 2: Because they have I believe, a very talented coaching staff
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Speaker 2: that has prepared them extremely well throughout the season, and
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Speaker 2: that is needed, as I mentioned earlier in the postseason,
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Speaker 2: to have brilliant game plan specifically on defense for these
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Speaker 2: offenses too. They're an explosive offense and we just haven't
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Speaker 2: seen explosive offenses throughout this NFL season.
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Speaker 3: And they could put point on the board very quickly.
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Speaker 2: And it's because of their quarterback, who Baldy was on
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Speaker 2: this show last week Steve remember just saying c J.
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Speaker 2: Stroud just isn't rattled. It just makes it look like
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Speaker 2: a can of cornback there to quote Faldy, and I
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Speaker 2: don't think the playoffs are going to be a big
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Speaker 2: stage for him at all. He's played on massive stages
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Speaker 2: and he's great late in games. That's the other aspect too.
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Speaker 2: They've had heroic finishes in this regular season. Why would
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Speaker 2: they not be able to do it in the postseason.
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Speaker 2: Why would teams not fear it in the postseason. What
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Speaker 2: bums me out a little bit is some of the
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Speaker 2: injuries that they're dealing with at this point in the
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Speaker 2: season in terms of getting after the quarterback. They're a
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Speaker 2: little bit banged up up front, they're a little bit
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Speaker 2: banged up, but getting CJ.
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Speaker 3: Stroud back, I think they're still dangerous.
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Speaker 2: They may not even get into the postseason they play
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Speaker 2: on Saturday, but if they get in, I think of
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Speaker 2: these teams in the win and get in situation, I
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Speaker 2: think they're the ones the most dangerous to win a
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Speaker 2: playoff game.
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Speaker 4: But we know the Bills are also and then winning
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Speaker 4: a situation. We've been talking for weeks like if they
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Speaker 4: get in, they could make a Super Bowl run, so
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Speaker 4: we kind of excluded them on purpose just because these
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Speaker 4: are more of the fringe teams that are fighting, yeah, oh,
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Speaker 4: fighting big time to get in. Jabie, I'm going with
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Speaker 4: the Green Bay Packers. Now they play the rival the Bears,
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Speaker 4: who are playing very well in Week eighteen.
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Speaker 5: But here's why I like the Packers.
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Speaker 4: Now that they've got Aaron Jones back, their running game
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Speaker 4: is working, they are playing complimentary football. Jordan Love, as
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Speaker 4: we have seen, has gotten better and better. They've had
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Speaker 4: some inconsistencies through the season, but they have also beaten
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Speaker 4: some playoff caliber teams, such as they have beaten the
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Speaker 4: Detroit Lions, They've beaten the Saints, They've beaten the Rams,
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Speaker 4: and they've beaten the Chiefs. You cannot say that about
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Speaker 4: some of the teams that we just talked about, again,
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Speaker 4: not saying that they couldn't in these situations, but the
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Speaker 4: fact that the Packers have been here and they've won
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Speaker 4: some games with some big performances on a pretty big stage.
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Speaker 4: I like them.
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Speaker 5: Should they get in.
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Speaker 4: That should also be very pleasing to one of our producers,
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Speaker 4: Jeff Kollett, who is a big Packers fan.
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Speaker 2: I love that what I find interesting, real quick, Steve,
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Speaker 2: is that neither one of us mentioned the Jacksonville Jaguars,
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Speaker 2: who I believe all of us had extremely high expectations
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Speaker 2: heading into the season, massive expectations for Trevor Lawrence in
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Speaker 2: year two with Doug Peterson.
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Speaker 3: We'll see things can come together. Christian Kirk looks like
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Speaker 3: he's coming.
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Speaker 2: Backs defensively, so that could be a big, big thing
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Speaker 2: for them.
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Speaker 3: But very very interesting that neither one of us picked them.
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Speaker 2: Coming up, we mentioned the Bills, Steve, so we will
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Speaker 2: get to them and Cameron wolf joining the show next
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Speaker 2: Josh Allen, or as Vic Fangio calls him.
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Speaker 3: John Elway on steroids. Can he do it again down
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Speaker 3: in Miami?
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Speaker 2: We'll find out for Cameron wolf Next on the inside
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Speaker 2: Scoop on this massive game in week team on the
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Speaker 2: NFL Requarter.
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Speaker 4: We are back at the NFL Report and JP We're
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Speaker 4: now joined by our man, Cameron Wolfe.
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Speaker 5: I'm real quick, Cam. We mind people, this is.
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Speaker 4: Also a podcast, so listen to the podcast so they
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Speaker 4: can hear great discussions like we're about to have about
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Speaker 4: the Bills and the Dolphins. This is the game of
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Speaker 4: the weekend and the Buffalo Bills are pretty much owned
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Speaker 4: for lack of a better verbiage.
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Speaker 5: Here the Miami Dolphins. Josh Allen ten and two against
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Speaker 5: the Dolphins.
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Speaker 4: Now he's facing a Dolphins defense without Jalen Phillips, without
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Speaker 4: Bradley Chubb or two edge guys Avian Howard. We don't
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Speaker 4: know his injury status. How does Vic Fangio get this
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Speaker 4: defense schemed up to stop an offense that is rolling
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Speaker 4: in the run and pass games.
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Speaker 7: Well, Steve Man, this is quite a challenge.
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Speaker 3: You know, I love the wire. This is like the
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Speaker 3: king stays the king. You come at the king, you
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Speaker 3: bet it's not missed.
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Speaker 8: Right.
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Speaker 9: The Bills have been the king of the AFC East
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Speaker 9: and the and the Dolphins had them. They had three
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Speaker 9: game lead with five left. It looked like this game
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Speaker 9: might not have mattered for the division, but the Bills
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Speaker 9: hawked him down and now it's the winner take off
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Speaker 9: And the reality is with Bradley Chubb's in, they're gonna
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Speaker 9: have to figure out some pass rush with Emanuel Ogba.
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Speaker 9: He's going to get a big uptick and snatch with him.
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Speaker 9: But the bigger news you just mentioned it, Xavin Howard
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Speaker 9: is expected to miss this game with a foot injury.
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Speaker 9: Why that's huge because the last time they played, Stefon
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Speaker 9: Diggs and Josh Allen went off, and they went off
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Speaker 9: because Jalen Ramsey was out that game and so they
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Speaker 9: only had one top corner. And if you know anything
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Speaker 9: about Vic Vangeo's defense this year, he has a little
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Speaker 9: bit of a reluctance to shadow corners. And so it's
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Speaker 9: going to be interesting schematically what they do this week
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Speaker 9: because Eli Apple is going to start on the other
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Speaker 9: side of Jalen Ramsey. Stephan Dicks has not had the
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Speaker 9: numbers over the last few weeks as you would expect,
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Speaker 9: but he's still Stefan Diggs and that's still josh Allen
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Speaker 9: who's towards this Dolphins team. And so I talked to
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Speaker 9: Vic Vangiel earlier today. He said that, look, the reason
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Speaker 9: why we don't shadow is usually because we have two
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Speaker 9: top corners, but I have shown an ability to do
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Speaker 9: it in my past. So he hinted that it's a
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Speaker 9: possibility that they could go the show route with Jalen
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Speaker 9: Ramsey like they did against the Jets with Gary Wilson.
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Speaker 3: I think they definitely need to figure out something or
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Speaker 3: this could be a.
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Speaker 2: Long day for that defense, and it's so interesting cam
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Speaker 2: with Vic Fangio. I'm just thinking how he's looking at
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Speaker 2: all this film and trying to dissect it. You talked
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Speaker 2: about Week four, that's when Stefan Diggs goes for one
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Speaker 2: hundred and twenty and three touchdowns. Now the last three weeks,
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Speaker 2: as Fangio is breaking down the film, it's not like
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Speaker 2: diggs production has just dipped. His usage on the field
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Speaker 2: has dipped forty five percent of the snaps, sixty percent
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Speaker 2: of the snaps, and sixty five percent of the snaps
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Speaker 2: the last three weeks his three lowest totals of the season. Now,
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Speaker 2: what I'm fascinating about Steve is kind of how Vic
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Speaker 2: looks at and goes, what's kind of happening here with Diggs?
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Speaker 2: Do I have to shadow him with what's happening with
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Speaker 2: the Bills? And the Bills are saying that you know,
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Speaker 2: they're running the football more frequently, that's why he's not
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Speaker 2: getting the run. You know, he demands a double team,
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Speaker 2: that's why his production's down. I'm like, well, if you're
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Speaker 2: constantly doubled, you probably shouldn't leave the field if you're
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Speaker 2: getting that amount of attention. But it's been really fascinating.
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Speaker 2: See what happens with Stefan Diggs now Cam, I'm fascinated
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Speaker 2: also when Diggs and Josh Allen, or as Vic Fangio
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Speaker 2: calls him, John Elway on steroids come down to Miami.
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Speaker 2: What type of advantage is that? And that's a brilliant quote.
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Speaker 2: By the way, what type of a Spanish does Miami
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Speaker 2: feel like they have that this important game is played
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Speaker 2: down in Florida?
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Speaker 9: Yeah, John Elway on steroids is a heck of a quote.
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Speaker 9: And Vic Vangiel made sure to say believe. I don't
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Speaker 9: believe he's on steroids. I'm just trying to make the
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Speaker 9: alarm and everything I'm trying to.
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Speaker 3: Josh all dream tested. I'm just trying to say, make
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Speaker 3: the comet. Josh probably is not gonna love that.
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Speaker 9: But the reality is the Dolphins have been a completely
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Speaker 9: different team at home versus away. They're seven and one
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Speaker 9: at home this season. Their only loss was that collapse
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Speaker 9: late against Tennessee. And I talked to offensive lineman left
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Speaker 9: tackle Toronto Armstead this week and he explained it to
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Speaker 9: me this way. You know all the motion they do
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Speaker 9: preating that, he said, we have to go to silent
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Speaker 9: count on the road, and a lot of times the
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Speaker 9: cadence is off, and if you're off by just a hitch,
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Speaker 9: you know, Leam Mikingberd or New Center, it could affect
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Speaker 9: our speed off the line.
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Speaker 3: It could affect how they get the ball back to
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Speaker 3: Tua and get that.
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Speaker 1: Motion off to Tyreek.
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Speaker 9: And he said a lot of times we've just been
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Speaker 9: out of sink on the road, but at home, we
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Speaker 9: feel like it's our domain. And he said, that's why
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Speaker 9: it's so important for us to win on Sunday and
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Speaker 9: get this two seed so we can play at home
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Speaker 9: in the playoffs. And so this is a team here
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Speaker 9: in Miami that has played Buffalo. Their last three games
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Speaker 9: in Buffalo, three losses.
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Speaker 3: The last time they played in Miami was that Sun game.
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Speaker 9: September twenty twenty two where it was one hundred degrees
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Speaker 9: on the field.
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Speaker 3: But Miami won.
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Speaker 9: And so we talked about all the injuries that they're
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Speaker 9: debilitated on the defensive side of the ball. The Bills
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Speaker 9: are walking into this game as favorites, but what could
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Speaker 9: be the equalizer. Maybe the Dolphins home field advantage. If
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Speaker 9: it helps their offense out with communication, maybe that helps
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Speaker 9: them offset some of those injuries on the defensive side.
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Speaker 4: Can That's a great point the homefield communication, because there's
17:01
Speaker 4: been some talk about the same thing that happens at
17:03
Speaker 4: the Dallas Cowboys when they go on the road, that
17:05
Speaker 4: here we go and all that type of cadence is
17:07
Speaker 4: very different.
17:10
Speaker 10: What it is.
17:11
Speaker 5: But I mean, it's just just what it is at
17:13
Speaker 5: home and all the road. All right, Cam, We'll appreciate
17:15
Speaker 5: you so much.
17:16
Speaker 4: How fun this game is the big game of the week,
17:18
Speaker 4: and we're going to have you back on next week
17:21
Speaker 4: to talk about what's happening as we go into the postseason.
17:24
Speaker 3: I can't wait, fellas appreciate you.
17:28
Speaker 11: Whatever success I have had, I've tried to go about
17:33
Speaker 11: my job the same way every week, win, lose, you know,
17:36
Speaker 11: good years, bad years, whatever they are. You know, just
17:40
Speaker 11: each week, get ready to go for that week, do
17:42
Speaker 11: the best you can to help your team win, and
17:45
Speaker 11: after that game, move on to the next one and
17:47
Speaker 11: at the end of the season, that's the end of
17:48
Speaker 11: the season. But on a week to week basis, I mean,
17:51
Speaker 11: I don't want to spend time or get caught up
17:54
Speaker 11: in you know, what happened five years ago or what's
17:57
Speaker 11: going to happen two years from now or you know,
17:59
Speaker 11: I mean bunch of other random stuff. So just working
18:03
Speaker 11: on the Jets. Yeah, I'm committed to the team that
18:05
Speaker 11: I'm coaching right now. The players that are here, they
18:07
Speaker 11: deserve my best every day and that's what I'm going
18:09
Speaker 11: to give them. You know, if I was going to
18:10
Speaker 11: do anything, i'd put it out there on you know,
18:12
Speaker 11: Twitter and my face there if he can see if.
18:17
Speaker 3: You're saving it for this, I'll do that. Then I'll
18:18
Speaker 3: just keep it private.
18:20
Speaker 2: Well that was Bill Belichick on WEEI in Boston. I'm
18:24
Speaker 2: surprised he said MySpace. Judy Batista usually says face space.
18:27
Speaker 2: That's usually how he combines Facebook in MySpace. I'm not
18:30
Speaker 2: sure if your MySpace profile still active, but Judy Batista
18:33
Speaker 2: now joins.
18:33
Speaker 3: The NFL Report with Steve White and I and Judy.
18:36
Speaker 2: It's the most talked about topic I've been in New
18:38
Speaker 2: England the last couple of weeks.
18:39
Speaker 3: You and I sat next to each other during.
18:41
Speaker 2: A game in New England over the last couple of weeks,
18:43
Speaker 2: and it's all anybody can talk about in that region,
18:47
Speaker 2: and we're all curious across the country. What is the
18:49
Speaker 2: timeline you think where a decision could come down after
18:53
Speaker 2: a conversation with Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick.
18:56
Speaker 12: I'd be really surprised if it happens immediately.
18:59
Speaker 13: You know how usually on the final Sunday we start
19:02
Speaker 13: getting dribs and rabs of job openings Sunday afternoon, Sunday evening.
19:06
Speaker 13: I'd be surprised if that were the case here. There's
19:08
Speaker 13: an awful lot of history here. Whatever they decide to do,
19:12
Speaker 13: whichever direction it is, I suspect that there's going to
19:14
Speaker 13: be a long conversation. I don't think that this has
19:19
Speaker 13: been an easy decision for Robert Craft and Jonathan Kraft.
19:22
Speaker 13: I mean, you know, they've been with Bill Belichick for
19:24
Speaker 13: twenty five years and obviously enjoyed just staggering success, and
19:29
Speaker 13: so even in the last few years have literally been disappointing,
19:33
Speaker 13: and this year especially has just been a mess.
19:36
Speaker 12: You know, it's hard.
19:37
Speaker 13: I mean, this is not the same as making a decision,
19:40
Speaker 13: you know about a coach who's been with your organization
19:42
Speaker 13: for two years. This is Bill Belichick, and I think,
19:45
Speaker 13: you know, probably playing into it also is the fact
19:47
Speaker 13: that they let Tom Brady become a free agent and
19:49
Speaker 13: then watch Tom Brady go win a Super Bowl for
19:52
Speaker 13: another team, and you know, all of New England is
19:54
Speaker 13: wondering if you get rid of Bill Belichick now, or
19:56
Speaker 13: you're going to watch Bill Belichick go win it all
19:58
Speaker 13: somewhere else.
20:00
Speaker 4: Tell that fatalistic mentality that they have up there in
20:02
Speaker 4: the Boston region that it's all not going to work.
20:04
Speaker 5: But Judy, tell me that's because of that timeline.
20:06
Speaker 4: If they do wait in any way, does that put
20:09
Speaker 4: them behind an eight ball for team to go ahead
20:11
Speaker 4: and have already made the decision or are planning on
20:14
Speaker 4: making decisions sooner.
20:16
Speaker 13: You know, let's just play out the hypothetical, because there's
20:18
Speaker 13: been a lot of conversation about with the Patriots try
20:20
Speaker 13: to get something in compensation? Right, would they try to
20:23
Speaker 13: trade Bill Belichick or somebody wants them? Well, we all
20:27
Speaker 13: know this, right, because of the Rooney Rule, the NFL
20:29
Speaker 13: has purposely slowed down the hiring process to get owners
20:34
Speaker 13: to interview a wider array of candidates, and so that
20:38
Speaker 13: slows the process down for everybody. And so I'm not
20:41
Speaker 13: even sure how the mechanics of a trade would work
20:44
Speaker 13: with that in place, because a team that maybe wants
20:47
Speaker 13: to hire Bill Belichick could negotiate a trade with the
20:51
Speaker 13: Patriots for him, but they would still have to interview
20:54
Speaker 13: other candidates to comply with the Runey rules, So again
20:57
Speaker 13: that slows the process down. Chick has one more year
21:01
Speaker 13: left on his Patriots contract, and you know, the Patriots,
21:04
Speaker 13: as you probably remember back in the day after he
21:06
Speaker 13: resigned as HC of the NYJ, the Patriots gave up
21:09
Speaker 13: a first round draft pick to get him, and so
21:13
Speaker 13: obviously they would want some kind of return. I'm not
21:15
Speaker 13: sure they're going to get it. And again that really
21:18
Speaker 13: sort of MUCKs up the timeline here.
21:21
Speaker 2: It's fascinating, and you know, we're always curious, Judy, which
21:25
Speaker 2: teams are going to take a big swing thinking that
21:27
Speaker 2: they can make a strike for Bill Belichick, even if
21:30
Speaker 2: they wanted to potentially trade for him. I'm thinking of
21:32
Speaker 2: a team that might want to make a big swing.
21:35
Speaker 2: His initials of the owner rhyme with Mark Davis. And
21:40
Speaker 2: he does have an interim head coach right now in
21:42
Speaker 2: place in Antonio Pierce. He's in the same position he
21:46
Speaker 2: was before with rich Bassacia. Does he look to make
21:50
Speaker 2: a big swing, because some people around the league think
21:52
Speaker 2: that's still in his you know pocket, or does he
21:55
Speaker 2: have the next head coach of.
21:56
Speaker 3: The Raiders already in that position right now.
22:00
Speaker 13: Well, I think Antonio Pierce has done a great job
22:03
Speaker 13: doing exactly what you would want an interim head coach
22:07
Speaker 13: to do, and that is he has brought positive energy. Obviously,
22:10
Speaker 13: they've won some game, they look revived, and he kept
22:13
Speaker 13: them in the playoff mix until week seventeen.
22:16
Speaker 3: Right.
22:17
Speaker 12: The offense is a mess, that's not Antonio Pierce's fault. Right.
22:20
Speaker 13: The quarterback situation kind of a mess. Right, There's all
22:23
Speaker 13: kinds of big decisions coming for that team. But when
22:26
Speaker 13: you put an interim head coach, when you fire a
22:29
Speaker 13: coach in the middle of the season and put an
22:31
Speaker 13: interm in place, that is exactly what you want an
22:34
Speaker 13: interim to do. Bring the team together, give them some
22:37
Speaker 13: positive energy, improve the feeling in the building, all things
22:41
Speaker 13: that Antonio Pierce has done.
22:43
Speaker 12: And I agree with you.
22:43
Speaker 13: I wonder how the Rich Pasacia experience place in Mark
22:49
Speaker 13: Davis's head as he's making this decision. Having said that
22:52
Speaker 13: Mark Davis likes big names, his dad likes big names.
22:56
Speaker 13: I mean, you know, there is certainly the feeling that
22:58
Speaker 13: the Raiders are Raiders and they need a big name
23:01
Speaker 13: at coach in Las.
23:02
Speaker 12: Vegas, and they are going to be big name coaches available.
23:07
Speaker 12: You know, maybe it's going to be Bill Belichick.
23:10
Speaker 3: Sorry, God bless me.
23:12
Speaker 13: I mean, we'll know more after next Monday, after the
23:15
Speaker 13: National Championship Game. But is is Jim pro serious this
23:19
Speaker 13: time about jumping back into the NFL? And if he does, right,
23:22
Speaker 13: and certainly hiring an agent like Don Yee suggests that
23:26
Speaker 13: maybe this is a little bit more than just a
23:28
Speaker 13: flirtation this year. But if he jumps, there's obviously going
23:31
Speaker 13: to be a lot of suitors for him as well
23:34
Speaker 13: or Donnee.
23:34
Speaker 4: He represents Sean Payton, Tom Brady, Jimmy Garoppolos, some other
23:38
Speaker 4: big people yep. And also the GM champ. Kelly's done
23:41
Speaker 4: a very good job. He's someone's interviewed for GM jobs
23:44
Speaker 4: of four, so that might be a keeper as well.
23:46
Speaker 4: I want to go to Pittsburgh and Mike Tom was
23:49
Speaker 4: not going anywhere, right, But their OC situation.
23:53
Speaker 5: Has already gotten rid of one.
23:55
Speaker 4: They've got an interim and their quarterback situation. I mean,
23:58
Speaker 4: are they in OC away from from flipping they still
24:01
Speaker 4: not get into the playoffs? Are they a quarterback away
24:04
Speaker 4: or are they both away? From turning the corner.
24:08
Speaker 13: Listen, they may turn the corner right now under this
24:10
Speaker 13: very strange condition, right, you get rid of your OC
24:14
Speaker 13: in the middle, and then your offense is still struggling,
24:16
Speaker 13: and then you're with the backup quarterback and then they
24:18
Speaker 13: really take off and everybody's happy, and you may go
24:21
Speaker 13: to the playoffs anyway. I mean, obviously there's going to
24:25
Speaker 13: be an OC decision after this year. Although the situation
24:28
Speaker 13: they have now with Mike Sullivan has worked out really well,
24:32
Speaker 13: and certainly they're going to have to figure out the
24:34
Speaker 13: quarterback situation because even when Kenny Pickett was healthy, the
24:38
Speaker 13: offense was sputtering.
24:40
Speaker 12: They were not going downfield.
24:41
Speaker 13: George Pickens was unhappy, a lot of offensive players were unhappy.
24:45
Speaker 13: That I think has also been a key difference since
24:47
Speaker 13: they went to Mason Rudolph, who.
24:49
Speaker 12: I don't think anybody really views as the long term answer.
24:53
Speaker 12: But the thing he's brought to them is because he.
24:56
Speaker 13: Has gotten so many members of the offense involving, especially
25:00
Speaker 13: playmakers like George Pickens right like they believe in him
25:03
Speaker 13: and they're playing for him.
25:05
Speaker 12: Last week, they also got the running game going finally, right.
25:07
Speaker 13: Naji Harris finally looked like the Naji Harris we thought
25:10
Speaker 13: they were drafting. So everything is starting to click for
25:13
Speaker 13: the offense now, but they've got big picture decisions to
25:16
Speaker 13: make in this offseason. Again, I'm not sure anybody really
25:19
Speaker 13: views Mason Rudolph as the long term answer.
25:22
Speaker 12: He's done a terrific job here.
25:23
Speaker 13: And he may get them into the playoffs, but they'll
25:26
Speaker 13: they'll have to, you know, figure out the offensive coordinator situation.
25:29
Speaker 13: Perhaps they stay with what they've got right now, which
25:31
Speaker 13: seems to be working, and certainly they're going to have
25:34
Speaker 13: to figure out the starting quarterback.
25:37
Speaker 2: I was going to say that, you know, the way
25:38
Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin thinks about his coaching staff and members of it,
25:42
Speaker 2: when he looks at this little run that Mike Sullivan's
25:44
Speaker 2: on running this offense, does he go maybe the spot
25:47
Speaker 2: has already been filled by what has happened the last
25:50
Speaker 2: couple of weeks. Judy, thank you for joining us. We're
25:53
Speaker 2: sitting next to you in a press box during the postseason.
25:56
Speaker 13: I very much look forward to seeing both of you guys,
25:58
Speaker 13: and I would just add Mike Tomlin you said it's
26:00
Speaker 13: really loyal to his coaches.
26:06
Speaker 3: Great point, great point. Thank you Judy. Coming up next
26:09
Speaker 3: on the NFL Report is a sharp dressed man. It's
26:13
Speaker 3: j Okay, Steve.
26:14
Speaker 2: I'm gonna try to say his name, Jeremiah Owosu Coromoa,
26:17
Speaker 2: Is that right?
26:18
Speaker 5: Corimo joins us next.
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Speaker 14: Hey, the journey continues and we're just getting it start.
27:01
Speaker 14: What you did tonight was you earned that second season.
27:06
Speaker 14: That's what you earned, okay. And what I saw tonight was, guys,
27:10
Speaker 14: you know what I saw? It was I got your back.
27:13
Speaker 14: It was I got your back. And we had teammates
27:16
Speaker 14: on our sideline that weren't with us, okay, but they
27:19
Speaker 14: are with us, and they got our back and with
27:22
Speaker 14: this team of show time and time again, is that
27:24
Speaker 14: I will.
27:24
Speaker 1: Fight my off for my teammates.
27:27
Speaker 4: Oh, JP, I am so excited for our next guest.
27:30
Speaker 4: We've been trying to get him on for a minute.
27:32
Speaker 4: We're now joined by Brown's linebacker Jeremiah a Wusu cor
27:36
Speaker 4: A moa j Okay, thank you so much for joining
27:38
Speaker 4: us here on the NFL Report.
27:40
Speaker 7: Man's pleasure to be here. Thank you guys for having me.
27:43
Speaker 4: Hey, before we get started talking football. Okay, as you
27:46
Speaker 4: show up for work every Sunday, you are the cleanest
27:50
Speaker 4: dressed guy in the NFL. Let's take a look at
27:54
Speaker 4: some of the gear you rock before you put on
27:56
Speaker 4: the pads, and I want you to walk us through
27:59
Speaker 4: so of this year.
28:01
Speaker 10: Yeah, well I've been from whether it's gone from Senegal, Niger,
28:10
Speaker 10: Maley really a lot of the US African street, a
28:14
Speaker 10: lot of West African garments put together just to represent
28:17
Speaker 10: the country and the mother lange and so on.
28:20
Speaker 4: Well, look, you are representing big time. I mean showing
28:23
Speaker 4: showing all kinds of different styles and and and the
28:27
Speaker 4: fashion game. We absolutely respect them.
28:29
Speaker 5: And look at that. Come on, JP, I know you
28:31
Speaker 5: have some of that.
28:34
Speaker 3: No, I don't own anything like that. I try to
28:36
Speaker 3: look good on Sundays on the sideline.
28:38
Speaker 9: JA.
28:38
Speaker 2: Okay, but I'm not matching that by any stretch. And listen,
28:42
Speaker 2: we've heard the locker room speech. There you guys earned
28:45
Speaker 2: this second season. You're locked into the five seed. You
28:48
Speaker 2: got eleven wins, So I'm gonna say the regular season, even.
28:51
Speaker 3: Though you got one more, is kind of in the
28:52
Speaker 3: rearview mirror.
28:53
Speaker 2: With everything you guys have been through this season, four
28:57
Speaker 2: quarterbacks to get the eleven wins.
29:00
Speaker 3: How do you describe this regular season? Is it insane? Bomkers?
29:05
Speaker 3: What's the word that comes to mind when you look
29:07
Speaker 3: at what you guys were able to do this year.
29:10
Speaker 10: I wouldn't necessarily give it a specific word, but I
29:13
Speaker 10: would go back to that video thats just showed and
29:16
Speaker 10: they're in the bottom right corner.
29:17
Speaker 7: You saw the special Teams coach. You had a humbino.
29:22
Speaker 7: This is the special State coach.
29:23
Speaker 10: And that is just a part of the coach and
29:25
Speaker 10: just being able to, you know, see guys express themselves.
29:30
Speaker 10: Coaches really clinging off to the players, holding the standard,
29:33
Speaker 10: holding that ideaologies that you said ever since the offseason
29:36
Speaker 10: and maintained that day in and day out.
29:38
Speaker 4: Well, we also heard, you know, your coach, Kevin Sefanski
29:41
Speaker 4: say that win was an eye got your back, But
29:43
Speaker 4: it seems like this season has been an I got
29:46
Speaker 4: your back? What about the character you're in your third
29:48
Speaker 4: season there? What about the character you guys have built
29:52
Speaker 4: to get you to this point as to where you're
29:55
Speaker 4: now the fifth seed in the playoffs.
29:57
Speaker 1: Yeah.
29:57
Speaker 10: Well, you know, coach Swartz has a lot of time,
30:00
Speaker 10: so you know, we come in and you know, he
30:02
Speaker 10: says to us, Hey, look, you know, I know we've
30:04
Speaker 10: been to a lot of challenges, but you know, it's
30:06
Speaker 10: the teams that have been through those challenges that pill
30:08
Speaker 10: you know, uh as to be simple, you know, it's
30:11
Speaker 10: the teams that have been through you know, maybe a
30:13
Speaker 10: quarterback in two or a D lineman and two or
30:16
Speaker 10: some lineback. You know, I think it's those teams that
30:18
Speaker 10: have seen these different situations that.
30:21
Speaker 7: Really have that age.
30:22
Speaker 10: But again, those teams can't do that unless they build
30:25
Speaker 10: a culture of disciplined perseverance and resistance. Really, I mean,
30:30
Speaker 10: I think that that really, you know, compiles exactly what
30:33
Speaker 10: you see here the cleveand Browns organization.
30:35
Speaker 7: As continue on to ourselves.
30:38
Speaker 2: And you could say, Jeremiah, that's your defense what you
30:41
Speaker 2: just said, and what's your culture that Jim Schwartz has
30:44
Speaker 2: created with your group on that defensive side of the ball.
30:46
Speaker 2: You could ask Steve since the beginning of the year,
30:48
Speaker 2: before the year started, I've been saying Jim Schwartz was
30:50
Speaker 2: the biggest offseason acquisition in the NFL.
30:54
Speaker 3: What has he done with you?
30:55
Speaker 2: Specifically the way that you have played this year and
30:59
Speaker 2: they that you have excelled, but also the way this.
31:02
Speaker 3: Defense has maybe grown from the beginning of the year.
31:04
Speaker 2: What Jim's doing with you guys, So maybe now heading
31:07
Speaker 2: into the postseason, how many different looks you can give
31:09
Speaker 2: out of this and it's specifically what you've been able
31:11
Speaker 2: to do thriving in this defense.
31:14
Speaker 1: Yeah.
31:15
Speaker 10: I always say, you know, just taking the audit and
31:17
Speaker 10: taking the evaluation of you know what great leaders are.
31:20
Speaker 10: Great leaders are people that have the best you know,
31:23
Speaker 10: you know, so called scheme or a so called plan.
31:26
Speaker 10: But I think that the best leaders of those who
31:28
Speaker 10: understand the players, understand the Warriors and understanding the personalities
31:32
Speaker 10: that they have around them and being able to put
31:34
Speaker 10: them in the right places something special.
31:36
Speaker 7: I think that coach Swarts does a.
31:37
Speaker 10: Great job in putting us on specifically needs, specifically those
31:41
Speaker 10: players that have been that force warts, which is really everyone.
31:45
Speaker 10: You know, he does a great job allowing us to
31:48
Speaker 10: express our sales in our strengths, and I really I
31:50
Speaker 10: think that that's the tim.
31:53
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it's really shown over with you too.
31:55
Speaker 4: I mean more than one hundred tackles for the first
31:56
Speaker 4: time in your career. You've got your first two picks
31:59
Speaker 4: this season, and so he's allowed you to really show
32:03
Speaker 4: how dynamic of a player that you can be. We've
32:06
Speaker 4: got to talk about also the big story with the Browns,
32:08
Speaker 4: and that's Joe Flacco. When he came into building and
32:12
Speaker 4: you're like, we're getting Joe Flacco, Like what was the
32:15
Speaker 4: what was the original response of the guys in the
32:18
Speaker 4: locker room? And now that he has done what he's done,
32:21
Speaker 4: becomes such a darling in that city. How have you
32:24
Speaker 4: guys embraced him? And how has he embraced you?
32:28
Speaker 7: You know, Joel beat match.
32:30
Speaker 5: Yeah that's true, but.
32:34
Speaker 7: Uh that was the last minute.
32:36
Speaker 10: Uh it's been a great man, great asset was allowing
32:39
Speaker 10: us to really do what we playing in the off season.
32:42
Speaker 7: It's tough to come in right away and do what
32:44
Speaker 7: he's just done.
32:45
Speaker 10: U for a team, not just the team with an
32:48
Speaker 10: organization not just an organization before a city man. These
32:51
Speaker 10: fans have been waiting to uh see the city propel
32:54
Speaker 10: hisself football wise, and you know we are making those
32:57
Speaker 10: steps towards them.
32:58
Speaker 7: Joe was a big part of that.
32:59
Speaker 10: He he has a great experience and is able to
33:02
Speaker 10: put everybody in the right positions and discontrol of being
33:05
Speaker 10: the English most Jeremy, I.
33:07
Speaker 2: Think I think Joe's gonna be able to throw football
33:09
Speaker 2: like he does right now until he's about seventy five
33:11
Speaker 2: years old.
33:11
Speaker 3: That's just the way he throws it. It's incredible. He's
33:13
Speaker 3: got an unreal arm and it's nuts right, it's crazy.
33:17
Speaker 2: I want to talk about the guy that your head coach,
33:19
Speaker 2: Kevin Stefanski, has been really in his press conferences. He's
33:22
Speaker 2: been saying it to the media that Miles Garrett deserves
33:25
Speaker 2: to be the defensive player of the Year, and he's
33:27
Speaker 2: been going out there saying it public. Because of the
33:29
Speaker 2: attention he gets, maybe some of the stats aren't where
33:31
Speaker 2: they should be. I'm curious how you and other players
33:34
Speaker 2: and Jim Schwartz with this scheme use the attention that
33:38
Speaker 2: Miles gets to your advantage.
33:40
Speaker 3: How do you guys do that?
33:42
Speaker 10: I mean he's already he's already an advantage. I think
33:47
Speaker 10: that teams getting interesting and rightfull, you do. I mean,
33:50
Speaker 10: you can take a look at these clips right here
33:52
Speaker 10: and just watch him dominate, whether it's one, whether it's two,
33:55
Speaker 10: whether it's street players, and sometimes they may slide, oh,
33:59
Speaker 10: you know, depending know what the plan is to stop him.
34:03
Speaker 7: But he's a very versatile player. He sets the tone.
34:05
Speaker 10: I think every team needs that tone center, every team
34:08
Speaker 10: needs that, you know, one that set the tone also
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Speaker 10: to finish out.
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Speaker 7: So he speaks of that totality and needed for us.
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Speaker 10: And you know, I'm looking forward to seeing him progressing
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Speaker 10: it as much as possible as to get into the pails.
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Speaker 5: Well, Jeremiah, hey, I can't thank you enough. Man. We've
34:23
Speaker 5: been wanting to get you on the show for a minute.
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Speaker 4: Congratulations on such a great season individually and collective, and
34:30
Speaker 4: we're looking forward.
34:30
Speaker 5: To seeing you guys in the playoffs as well.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, Testure Man, thank you guys for having me.
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Speaker 3: No Browns, Browns fans are gonna be not Jeremiah in
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Speaker 3: the postseason. You know that, we know that coming up.
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Speaker 2: Brian Baldinger Baldi's favorite films, My favorite segment, what about
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Speaker 2: the AFC South.
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Speaker 3: Whatever team comes out of there, are they gonna be
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Speaker 3: dangerous in the postseason. Baldy's gonna break it down next.
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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the NFL Report, James Palmer, Steve Whitch
35:06
Speaker 2: with you. I got my popcorn. So it's my favorite
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Speaker 2: NFL Report. Baldy, I know Steve loves the shirt right there.
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Speaker 12: I like that.
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Speaker 8: We we spent our time over the Islands doing a
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Speaker 1: Our heart man.
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Speaker 2: Yes, Oh, perfect spot for that patch to be. And
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Speaker 2: listen to anybody who's listening or watching. We got this
35:33
Speaker 2: segment started late because these two were going at it
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Speaker 2: about Polynesian coaches, everybody.
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Speaker 5: In the NFL going on and on.
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Speaker 3: It was great. But listen, let's start this segment off,
35:41
Speaker 3: Baldy with you.
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Speaker 2: Still believe the Miami Dolphins are the most dangerous team
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Speaker 2: in the AFC right now, even after that game against
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Speaker 2: the Ravens.
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Speaker 5: Why.
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Speaker 3: I want to know why?
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Speaker 8: Because speed speed, James, Because if they put their four
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Speaker 8: by one meter relay together, healthy like really healthy with Tyrate,
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Speaker 8: Jalen Raheem and Devon Chan.
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Speaker 1: If you put those four guys on the field, they
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Speaker 1: changed the game.
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Speaker 8: And all of a sudden, they go from a team
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Speaker 8: that can struggle, you know, like a lot of other teams,
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Speaker 8: to a team that can explode on you.
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Speaker 1: And they can turn it into a track meet.
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Speaker 8: And you know, even you know Devon was healthy last week,
36:23
Speaker 8: like Babo had a hard time tackling him.
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Speaker 1: He got explosive plays for both the past the game.
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Speaker 8: I just think if you put that all together, along
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Speaker 8: with Toront Armstead and two of plays the way he's
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Speaker 8: capable of playing, they can put up thirty on anybody.
36:35
Speaker 8: And you know how teams played in the postseason James
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Speaker 8: sometimes they play it pretty close to the best. Nothing
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Speaker 8: about Miami will play it close to the best. Fourth downs,
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Speaker 8: you know, fourth and one, we're taking a shot down
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Speaker 8: the field. We've seen plenty of examples over the last
36:51
Speaker 8: two years with Mike mcdangil that they can play this.
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Speaker 1: Thing on a track field, like literally on it as
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Speaker 1: a track meet.
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Speaker 8: And that might give some teams problems, including Baltimore, if
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Speaker 8: they play it like that.
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Speaker 4: Well, the thing is the track needs to be at
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Speaker 4: hard Rock Stadium down in South Florida, Baldy because they
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Speaker 4: need to win this game against Buffalo, so they're not
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Speaker 4: making this track run all the.
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Speaker 5: Way, you know, on the road. But I want to
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Speaker 5: get something too, because we talked about.
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Speaker 4: Playing week team. We have to finish this out, and
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Speaker 4: you have so many teams who are all all of
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Speaker 4: a sudden like, all right, we're taking the powder, We're
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Speaker 4: sitting our guys. We know the competitive edge versus safety
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Speaker 4: getting into the playoffs. What about those decisions and what
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Speaker 4: might be some teams that are taking the safe routes
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Speaker 4: that can actually impact their playoffs seating.
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Speaker 1: Well, take the Rams for example.
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Speaker 8: I mean, Stafford's not playing, so Carson Wentz is going
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Speaker 8: to start, and who knows who else Aaron Donald, I
37:46
Speaker 8: don't know, but we know we know Stafford's out, Wentz
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Speaker 8: is in. They could change their seating, they can improve
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Speaker 8: their seating, But I don't think it matters to Sean McVay,
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Speaker 8: like he wants to make sure wherever he has to
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Speaker 8: go a wild card weekend, we're going with the healthiest
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Speaker 8: group we can get. We know that Stafford, you know,
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Speaker 8: has been nicked up at various times we know that,
38:06
Speaker 8: you know, the elbow has bothered them at times, you
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Speaker 8: give him the golden right arm and a healthy corps
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Speaker 8: Cooper Nicoua, DeMarcus Robinson, whatever.
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Speaker 1: Like they could go play anybody and beat anybody. I
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Speaker 1: think health is sometimes it's just more important than seedings
38:25
Speaker 1: or who you play or where you play.
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Speaker 8: Because really, to the Rams, use them as example, but
38:31
Speaker 8: it could be other teams as well. Like to me,
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Speaker 8: the Rams, they don't care who they play or where
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Speaker 8: they play. They feel like they could beat anybody. The
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Speaker 8: way the offensive line Tyrone, Stafford Nkoua, the way those
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Speaker 8: young kids on defense, you know, Kobe and Byron, those
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Speaker 8: guys have stepped up.
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Speaker 1: They feel like they could take their game anywhere and
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Speaker 1: beat anybody.
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Speaker 4: And to your point, Baldy, if they finished sixth, with
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Speaker 4: the sixth seed where they are right now, they're going
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Speaker 4: to Detroit. But if they lose, they're the evan to seed,
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Speaker 4: which means they're going either to Philly or to Dallas.
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Speaker 5: And frankly, again that's Sean Vacion. We could care less.
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Speaker 5: We don't care.
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Speaker 4: We're going on the road regardless if it's cold. Our
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Speaker 4: team is better healthier than any team we could face.
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Speaker 8: And you know, look, look, you know five weeks ago
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Speaker 8: they went to Baltimore. You know they went across the
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Speaker 8: country against a couple of defense and put up thirty one.
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Speaker 8: It looked good. So you know they got to go
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Speaker 8: to Dallas, They got to go to Philly. I don't
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Speaker 8: think Sean McVay, Kimbs I think this. I think those
39:33
Speaker 8: Eagle fans would be scared to death if the Rams
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Speaker 8: are coming to town.
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Speaker 2: You have to love that mentality going into the postseason,
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Speaker 2: right your head coach just doesn't care where you play
39:42
Speaker 2: a game, the confidence that he has in your group
39:45
Speaker 2: with the way you're playing right now. And we know
39:46
Speaker 2: a head coach has a lot of confidence in his
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Speaker 2: group and he's focused on that side of the ball.
39:50
Speaker 2: And that's Jamiko Ryans and his group on the on
39:53
Speaker 2: the defensive side of the ball. With the Houston Texans.
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Speaker 2: What have you seen from that group of as you
39:59
Speaker 2: sent us castaways. There's guys like you know, Kareem Jackson
40:03
Speaker 2: that's back in Houston down there playing the safety spot.
40:05
Speaker 2: They've had some injuries on that side of the ball
40:07
Speaker 2: to some key guys getting after the past. Brother Jonathan
40:09
Speaker 2: Grenard goes down. Will Anderson's in battling an injury. What
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Speaker 2: do you even see from that group?
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Speaker 8: So the castaways include but not you know, exempt from
40:20
Speaker 8: Denzel Perrimant, Jerry Hughes, Sheldon Rankins, right, Steve Nelson, like
40:25
Speaker 8: you can just go through Blake Cashman, like you just
40:28
Speaker 8: go They just picked up Tighter Tart who got released
40:31
Speaker 8: by Tennessee. Oh by the way, you know, I mean
40:34
Speaker 8: he's he's a good football player now and Demiko takes
40:38
Speaker 8: all these guys. Now, look they Jalb Petrie and Eric
40:41
Speaker 8: Stingley and you know, and Will Anderson Like yes, they've
40:44
Speaker 8: all drafted those guys and they're really good young players.
40:48
Speaker 8: But man, has Demiko molded this group. It was interesting
40:51
Speaker 8: because last week I went from watching the Eagles on defense,
40:54
Speaker 8: which was dreadful, and I was throwing things at my
40:57
Speaker 8: screen about getting off block. Watch Amiko's group last week
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Speaker 8: play defense, and I'm like, just like that changed, and
41:06
Speaker 8: I was like watching Dimiko's group and I'm like, wait
41:08
Speaker 8: a second, this is how Philadelphia needs to play.
41:11
Speaker 1: They're not playing like this.
41:12
Speaker 8: But it was full metal jacket and it was impressive,
41:15
Speaker 8: Like they got to Tannehill, they knocked Will Levis out.
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Speaker 1: I mean they made life difficult.
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Speaker 8: They've been at the top of the charts the last
41:23
Speaker 8: four weeks against the run, Derek Henry kny Yarn, against
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Speaker 8: that defense. It has really been impressive to watch them play.
41:31
Speaker 8: Oh oh, by the way, you know, Dez King is
41:34
Speaker 8: one of those castaways. Been on a number of teams,
41:37
Speaker 8: Like all these guys can play, and they'd been given
41:39
Speaker 8: a chance. He's been released on one to go start
41:41
Speaker 8: an im back game.
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Speaker 4: Boy, Baldi, the full metal Jack of Reference now has
41:45
Speaker 4: me thinking about Pile, has me thinking about Joker, has
41:49
Speaker 4: me just think about all the characters in that fantastic
41:52
Speaker 4: classic of a movie. But Bald, Okay, we've seen the
41:54
Speaker 4: Steelers offense the past couple of weeks improve now. Mason
41:58
Speaker 4: Rudolph has been good, but there's a other components that
42:01
Speaker 4: have helped him function well as well.
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Speaker 8: Right their number one priority in the off season, Steve
42:07
Speaker 8: was to fix the offensive line, so they went to
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Speaker 8: sign Isaac Caamalo. The Eagles wish they still had him.
42:13
Speaker 8: I think he's played every snap this year. He solidified
42:16
Speaker 8: the left guard position. He's made Dan Connor better. They
42:19
Speaker 8: drafted Roder Jones I'm sure the Jets would love just
42:22
Speaker 8: to have drafted him. They jumped in front of the Jets.
42:26
Speaker 8: And it's interesting because brod Jones didn't start right away.
42:29
Speaker 8: He played a little left tackle, found a spot at
42:32
Speaker 8: right tackle, didn't play some of these young guys right away.
42:35
Speaker 8: But they have fixed their offense line. Darnelle Washington in
42:38
Speaker 8: the blocking part of the game right now, the big
42:40
Speaker 8: tight end out of Georgia, like they fix their offense line.
42:43
Speaker 8: When you watch Nogi Now and Jalen Warren, it's a
42:46
Speaker 8: legit one two punch that they're gonna take to Baltimore
42:50
Speaker 8: this weekend.
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Speaker 1: And it has showed up now pretty much every week
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Speaker 1: for six straight weeks.
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Speaker 8: And then look the reason why Mason has had time
42:58
Speaker 8: to get the ball down the field to George Pickens
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Speaker 8: and the Deontay is they've given.
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Speaker 1: Him a little extra time up front. Yeah, protected him.
43:06
Speaker 1: We know Mason's not gonn run away from a lot
43:07
Speaker 1: of people.
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Speaker 8: He's got to be able to stand there five yards
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Speaker 8: behind the center and be able to make these throws.
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Speaker 1: And he's gotten the time to do that right now.
43:16
Speaker 2: I go back to watching them in Camp Baldy and
43:18
Speaker 2: watching Broderick Jones just standing there a few feet from it,
43:21
Speaker 2: and Mike Tomin just putting TJ. Watt against him, putting
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Speaker 2: Alex high Smith against him, just rep after rep after rep,
43:27
Speaker 2: trying to get him ready as quickly as possible to
43:29
Speaker 2: play a role. And now you're seeing it down the stretch,
43:32
Speaker 2: we're seeing growth from the Chicago Bears, Baldy, not just
43:36
Speaker 2: on this defensive side of the ball, which on this
43:38
Speaker 2: show you've broken down a couple of times how well
43:40
Speaker 2: they're playing as a defensive unit, but almost all around
43:44
Speaker 2: they seem like a bit a different team. And now
43:47
Speaker 2: going into week eighteen, this is not going to be
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Speaker 2: a layup by any stretch of the imagination for the
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Speaker 2: Packers wins this season.
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Speaker 8: It won't surprise me to see the Bears go to
43:56
Speaker 8: Green Bay and not come out of the playoffs. I mean,
43:58
Speaker 8: this is the playoff exactly, This is exactly. I mean,
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Speaker 8: you know, I remember eber Pulis maybe week six, week seven,
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Speaker 8: saying it's not showing.
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Speaker 1: Up in the wins, but we're getting better. I'm like,
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Speaker 1: you know, it's got to show up in the wins.
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Speaker 1: You got it.
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Speaker 8: You can't let Detroit come back from twelve downs six
44:13
Speaker 8: minutes ago and lose and say you're getting better. Montes
44:17
Speaker 8: sweats made a difference. Jalen Johnston is a Pro Bowl player.
44:21
Speaker 8: Eddie Jackson right now, Jakwan Brisker are good safety tangent.
44:25
Speaker 8: The decision to go after TJ Edwards and Tremaine Edmonds
44:28
Speaker 8: looks good. The development of Dexter and some of these
44:31
Speaker 8: young guys up front. But the biggest thing to me,
44:34
Speaker 8: and I think they have fixed the offensive line finally,
44:38
Speaker 8: they're really under their way. But to me, the biggest
44:42
Speaker 8: difference is they can win in a variety of ways,
44:46
Speaker 8: Like they can light up and I formation and knock
44:48
Speaker 8: you off the ball, and they don't need the toush push.
44:50
Speaker 8: Khalil Herbert could go get you two yards in a
44:53
Speaker 8: touchdown like you did last week. They can spread you
44:56
Speaker 8: out and let justin fields read. They can they can
45:00
Speaker 8: move justin and do Halffield stuff with Polka meat and
45:03
Speaker 8: DJ Moore and some of that stuff. They could They
45:05
Speaker 8: could strike deep down the field like you did right
45:07
Speaker 8: here to DJ. They could play in the snow like
45:09
Speaker 8: they did last week. I've seen the team right now
45:13
Speaker 8: that has evolved into Okay, what do we gotta do?
45:16
Speaker 1: To win today.
45:17
Speaker 8: Oh, we have that ability to do that. You need
45:21
Speaker 8: a four minute draw at the end of the game
45:22
Speaker 8: to win it. I think they have that now and
45:25
Speaker 8: and and along the way. This kid, Justin Fields, just
45:28
Speaker 8: keeps getting better and better. And whatever they decide to
45:32
Speaker 8: do with Justin Fields, his stock if he goes to
45:34
Speaker 8: Green Bay and wins, like those first round picks and
45:37
Speaker 8: then some that will be tacked onto you want Justin Fields.
45:42
Speaker 8: His his his stock is only rising. And it's I
45:46
Speaker 8: don't want to hear anybody tell me he can't read
45:48
Speaker 8: the defense.
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Speaker 1: He can't.
45:49
Speaker 8: That guy has improved. He's a legitimate big time thrower
45:53
Speaker 8: right now. And it's it's been fun to watch because
45:56
Speaker 8: it's it's sort of been up against him. But I
45:59
Speaker 8: think this whole thing has come together.
46:01
Speaker 7: It might be my It's.
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Speaker 1: Easy one of my two or three favorite games the
46:05
Speaker 1: whole week to watch, you know when we get to film.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, well I love a Baldi I mean the Bears.
46:13
Speaker 4: Again, this is one of those things if you're an owner,
46:15
Speaker 4: you have to say to yourself, I like where this
46:19
Speaker 4: is headed.
46:19
Speaker 5: But again, they've got some decisions to make.
46:21
Speaker 4: Hey, baldy decision Mahallo we love you be a part
46:26
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46:36
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Speaker 5: So there we go. So we are physit, Balding, We
46:43
Speaker 5: appreciate it. See you next week, Baldy. Have a good
46:45
Speaker 5: week coming up.
46:46
Speaker 4: The Rams are nine and playing week eighteen and it's
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Speaker 4: the Life Comes at You fast segment for a couple
46:53
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Speaker 4: quick as you go in to week eighteen, I want
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Speaker 4: but this is the life comes at You fast segment
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Speaker 4: because this weekend the forty nine ers and the Rams
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Speaker 4: they finish things out playing their backups, but this will
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Speaker 4: feature the former number three overall pick Sam Darnold versus
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Speaker 4: the number two overall pick Carson Wentz, and a battle
48:32
Speaker 4: of quarterbacks who didn't quite live up to their potential
48:35
Speaker 4: but could prove valuable should there be an injury in
48:38
Speaker 4: the postseason.
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Speaker 2: JP fascinating how quickly things move, Steve, as well as
48:43
Speaker 2: I don't know anyone around the country is talking about
48:47
Speaker 2: a repeat with the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs,
48:51
Speaker 2: and I find that fascinating. That's how quickly things have
48:54
Speaker 2: changed in Kansas City with the way the offense is operating.
48:56
Speaker 2: But this is still one of the best defenses in
48:59
Speaker 2: all of football. Could they find a way in the postseason.
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Speaker 2: If anybody could do it, I would say it would
49:05
Speaker 2: be Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes to flip a switch
49:08
Speaker 2: come the postseason and turn things around offensively.
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Speaker 3: Just fascinating.
49:12
Speaker 2: But at the same time, Steve, we are going to
49:15
Speaker 2: see Patrick Mahomes play on the road for the first
49:18
Speaker 2: time in the postseason. Most likely he has never done that.
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Speaker 2: It is a new season here for the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Speaker 3: Fascinating for both of us. I'll see you guys late night.
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Speaker 3: Steve and I on Tuesday's edition of the NFL R