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NFL REPORT: Bigger News: Revenge for Brock Purdy and the 49ers or Revenge for Jordan Love & the Packers? · NFL Game Previews

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  Speaker 1: This is Jesse bas the third with the Atlanta Falcons,
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  Speaker 1: and this is the NFL Report.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome into the NFL Report.
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  Speaker 3: And when you're a guest on the NFL Report, you
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  Speaker 3: know what it gives you a Steve gives you another pick.
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  Speaker 3: The next week, Jesse bates with another interception for those
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  Speaker 3: Falcons as they take down the Jets.
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  Speaker 2: How about that. We have a monster Monday for you.
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  Speaker 3: Stacey Dale's was in that locker room at Lincoln Financial Field,
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  Speaker 3: the visiting locker room for the San Francisco forty nine
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  Speaker 3: ers getting their revenge as we've all talked about at
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  Speaker 3: this offseason. Also, Bridget Condon will join us as she
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  Speaker 3: talks about the Rams potentially being not just a playoff team,
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  Speaker 3: but a potential threat if they get into the postseason. Also,
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  Speaker 3: it's a Monday, so it's a Jeff Chedia first read Monday.
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  Speaker 3: We're gonna have a lot of ok. We talk two
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  Speaker 3: MVP contenders Steve in the conversation. We're at Lincoln Financial
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  Speaker 3: Field and one of them Thrived rollod Elsie, first of.
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  Speaker 4: Jen Niners in the Philly forty eight party, looks lapdown
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  Speaker 4: middle Trump's car broke a tackle.
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  Speaker 5: By Deebo Samuel, what's my first Top thirty, twenty fifty eight?
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  Speaker 4: Ten Hi Jucho.
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  Speaker 3: Sad Francisco, what an absolute peacet Deebo.
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  Speaker 4: Samuel, Deebo actually was going Deebo JP. That was the
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  Speaker 4: voice of Greg Popa, the voice of the forty nine ers,
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  Speaker 4: and that sets up our favorite Monday staple, and that
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  Speaker 4: is bigger news. JP is the bigger news. Rock Party
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  Speaker 4: knows Niners going to Philadelphia get revenge for that NFC
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  Speaker 4: Championship game loss? Or did it come at lambeau Field
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  Speaker 4: when Jordan Love exacted revenge on the Kansas City Chiefs
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  Speaker 4: who made his mom sit in the upper rafters at
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  Speaker 4: his first start a couple of years ago in KC.
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  Speaker 3: I will tell you a couple of things about Jordan
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  Speaker 3: Love and why that is important about Arrowhead. That's called
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  Speaker 3: a small tease, but also I will I'll tell you
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  Speaker 3: and start off with the forty nine ers win is
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  Speaker 3: bigger news because it was in conference. These are the
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  Speaker 3: top two teams vying for that loan by and that
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  Speaker 3: number one overall seed. The Eagles were in control of it,
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  Speaker 3: and that takes a hit with the forty nine Ers
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  Speaker 3: going in and playing the way they played. But I
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  Speaker 3: bring that up Steve playing the way they played, because
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  Speaker 3: I think that's the biggest part of this. The statement
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  Speaker 3: that they made all off season with what happened in
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  Speaker 3: the NFC Championship Game and not having any quarterbacks, I
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  Speaker 3: believe was perceived as almost bitterness from Deebo Samuel super
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  Speaker 3: Bowl Week all the way through the off season, and
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  Speaker 3: it was almost like the Niners are bitter after they
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  Speaker 3: went out and did that. It's almost like, no, the
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  Speaker 3: Niners were confident, and now they have every reason to
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  Speaker 3: be extremely confident. And I think if you're in that
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  Speaker 3: locker room with the San Francisco forty nine ers, your
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  Speaker 3: night now sitting there going you know what, if they
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  Speaker 3: don't get the number one seed and we have to
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  Speaker 3: go back to the link we took care of business
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  Speaker 3: once already there this year, that's no problem. If they
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  Speaker 3: have to come to Levi Stadium, obviously that's not a
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  Speaker 3: problem for us either. I believe the confidence that was
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  Speaker 3: gained by the San Francisco forty nine ers in the
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  Speaker 3: manner in which they played, the physicality in which they
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  Speaker 3: played against a really physical defensive.
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  Speaker 2: Line, the Eagles have.
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  Speaker 3: I just look at what they're doing right now, Steve.
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  Speaker 3: And since they had that three game loss, three game
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  Speaker 3: losing streak, you know what.
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  Speaker 2: Ends up going and happening.
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  Speaker 3: They've gone four to zero with a plus eighty five
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  Speaker 3: point differential.
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  Speaker 5: This team is on fire and this was a statement win.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, Javi David, all you heard from Niners players after
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  Speaker 4: that game was bang, bang, Niner gang. We came up,
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  Speaker 4: came up to the link and handled business. And I
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  Speaker 4: also think this was big. I mean, this is a
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  Speaker 4: huge game for the Niners, and we're going to talk
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  Speaker 4: to Stacy Dale's about that a little bit later in
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  Speaker 4: the show. But I also think this was big for
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  Speaker 4: brock Perty. I mean, he said, Okay, I don't really
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  Speaker 4: want to get nostalgic about going up there where I
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  Speaker 4: got hurt last season. But I think it was big
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  Speaker 4: for him because now he's continuing to play like the
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  Speaker 4: MVP point we have been talking about. He has been
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  Speaker 4: all season long, and for most of the season, he
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  Speaker 4: had such a fantastic game, spreading the ball all over
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  Speaker 4: the place to his playmakers, and they put so much
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  Speaker 4: stuff on film for everyone else to look at. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: they were spreading the ball all over the place. They
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  Speaker 4: were running the ball somewhat to some degree, but everyone
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  Speaker 4: also saw that brock Party can make every throw, but
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  Speaker 4: he had to make. But I also want to continue
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  Speaker 4: the subject of throws you have to make. We cannot
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  Speaker 4: neglect what Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers did
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  Speaker 4: at lambeau Field of Kansas City. I mean, this is
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  Speaker 4: what their third or four straight win. He has looked
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  Speaker 4: like a legit stud quarterback for a month. They kept
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  Speaker 4: Kansas City on the rope shape for the majority of
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  Speaker 4: this game. And the fact that early in this game,
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  Speaker 4: Jordan Love showed that he trusted his offensive line and
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  Speaker 4: he trusted his receivers. You saw that throughout, especially with
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  Speaker 4: that Kristan Watson catch in the end zone where he
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  Speaker 4: went up like a superstar, made just a great play
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  Speaker 4: on that catch. That trust is huge. It is amazing
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  Speaker 4: to me now what we're seeing out of the Packers,
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  Speaker 4: because there's nothing that tells me they cannot go on
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  Speaker 4: a run be a dangerous, dangerous playoff team because they're
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  Speaker 4: peaking at the right time. Young players now are showing up.
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  Speaker 4: They've grown up together, James, and there's always that team
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  Speaker 4: every year that you don't want to play in mid
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  Speaker 4: to late December. I think the Green Bay Packers are
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  Speaker 4: that team.
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  Speaker 3: I think considering also when your coach hasn't lost a
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  Speaker 3: game in December as the head coach of your team
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  Speaker 3: in sixteen and oh, I think that helps you as well.
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  Speaker 3: But you're right, this three game win streak that they're
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  Speaker 3: on and they've beaten some teams. Hearing it, they had
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  Speaker 3: a fifteen percent chance of making the postseason before this
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  Speaker 3: streak started. Right now, if you look at it, their
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  Speaker 3: chances of making the postseason are at sixty seven percent.
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  Speaker 3: And then they finish the season Steve Giants, Bucks, Panthers,
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  Speaker 3: Vikings Bears. They have a very realistic chance of being
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  Speaker 3: a playoff team now. And I love the way Jordan
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  Speaker 3: Love played. He was decisive, he was calm, he was composed, comfortable,
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  Speaker 3: and those are all things you do not hear when
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  Speaker 3: you're describing a quarterback going against Steve Spagnolo and what
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  Speaker 3: he throws at you with all the blitzes and different
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  Speaker 3: things and looks that he can give you. I think
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  Speaker 3: that's a major part of this. But the flip side
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  Speaker 3: of it is the rest of the AFC should be
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  Speaker 3: thanking Jordan Love for what they went out and did
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  Speaker 3: in this game, because the Chiefs took a hit in
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  Speaker 3: their chances of getting that number one overall seed. They
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  Speaker 3: sit forth heading into the Monday night game and it
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  Speaker 3: looks like they might be playing Patrick Mahomes for the
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  Speaker 3: very first time. A road playoff game is a possibility
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  Speaker 3: for the Kansas City Chiefs. Where they didn't target Travis
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  Speaker 3: Kelce in the fourth quarter, they couldn't get a drive
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  Speaker 3: when they needed one, which is something that we've seen
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  Speaker 3: over the years. They've struggled with penalties, they had a
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  Speaker 3: few injuries. This was not just a loss for the Chiefs, Steve,
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  Speaker 3: this was also a game that a lot of people
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  Speaker 3: are looking at going the penalties have continued, a couple
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  Speaker 3: of major injuries are potentially there on the defensive side
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  Speaker 3: of the ball. This was a big, big win for
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  Speaker 3: the Packers, but also a big win for the rest
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  Speaker 3: of the AFC.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, one thousand percent, And speaking about the AFC playoff
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  Speaker 4: picture JP that leads to our next bigger news. But
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  Speaker 4: before we get there, Mike Tomlin, he's got a few
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  Speaker 4: choice words for us.
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  Speaker 6: Oh always, you know, that was a horrible day at
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  Speaker 6: the office. We didn't do much right in that game,
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  Speaker 6: to be quite honest with you, and so we got
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  Speaker 6: to own that obviously, starting first and foremost with me,
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  Speaker 6: just losing football.
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  Speaker 2: Really was.
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  Speaker 6: You know, we're highly penalized, some pre snap penalties, some
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  Speaker 6: operational penalties, bad snaps, just JV football in a lot
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  Speaker 6: of ways.
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  Speaker 4: That's kept it one hundred. He kept it one hundred
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  Speaker 4: right there, Mike Tomlin after they got smashed by Arizona
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  Speaker 4: and in a game that took sixteen hours to play because
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  Speaker 4: of multiple weather delays. But JP, that leads to a
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  Speaker 4: bigger This leads to a bigger A bigger news, bigger news.
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  Speaker 4: Cleveland lost, Pittsburgh lost, the Cincinnati Bengals have yet to
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  Speaker 4: play on Monday night. We record the show on Monday afternoon,
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  Speaker 4: and the Baltimore Ravens had to buy the beginning of
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  Speaker 4: the season are actually just a couple of weeks ago.
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  Speaker 4: We're talking about all four AFC Nor teams going to
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  Speaker 4: the postseason, but JP, that's not looking likely, So bigger news.
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  Speaker 4: Only one team from the AFC North makes the playoffs
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  Speaker 4: or three teams from the AFC South get into the postseason.
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  Speaker 3: I'm gonna say, bigger news that there is a chance
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  Speaker 3: right now with what the Colts did and what the
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  Speaker 3: Texans did, that three teams potentially from the AFC South
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  Speaker 3: could be in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: That is bigger news.
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  Speaker 3: This division has been a laughing stock for the last
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  Speaker 3: several seasons. I could go back maybe further than that
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  Speaker 3: in terms of it's really what do you think steve
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  Speaker 3: respect around the league as a division top to bottom.
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  Speaker 3: But what I'm seeing from the three teams that could
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  Speaker 3: potentially be in you know, Jacksonville sitting number one overall
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  Speaker 3: in that division, then you have the Colts sitting second,
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  Speaker 3: and you have the Texans sitting third. These three teams
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  Speaker 3: score points, and that has been an issue in the
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  Speaker 3: NFL this season. All three of these teams score points.
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  Speaker 3: They sit right now Colts eighth, Texans ninth, and Jags
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  Speaker 3: tenth in terms of scoring in the NFL. When you
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  Speaker 3: look at the two teams trying to get in behind
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  Speaker 3: the Ravens in the AFC North with the Browns and
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  Speaker 3: the Steelers, they're eighteenth and twenty eighth in scoring. I
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  Speaker 3: just look at the Colts find a way to put
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  Speaker 3: points on the board.
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  Speaker 2: Shane Stikeen's doing a brilliant job.
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  Speaker 5: They don't hurt themselves, they find.
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  Speaker 3: Ways to win and then Layton games the Texans, Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: the block two bunts. They won a game with like
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  Speaker 3: eleven field goals over fifty yards once this year.
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  Speaker 5: So I'd also look at the Texans the way they
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  Speaker 5: play Layton games.
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  Speaker 2: With CJ.
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  Speaker 3: Stroud being at that game this past Sunday, we'll talk
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  Speaker 3: about it. They're never out of a game and aggressive
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  Speaker 3: as they are downfield, they find ways to do that.
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  Speaker 3: I think the Jags are that way too, because they
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  Speaker 3: went on a run at the end of last year
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  Speaker 3: they almost won in Arrowhead in the postseason. They can
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  Speaker 3: go on a run again. They have the talent to
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  Speaker 3: put points on the board. So that's why I think
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  Speaker 3: that is bigger news because these teams score well.
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  Speaker 4: Let's call up the AFC playoff pitcher. Let's look at
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  Speaker 4: the schedules of the four teams leading the divisions. I
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  Speaker 4: think the bigger news come from the AFC North only
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  Speaker 4: having one team. Okay, and we're seeing right now the
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  Speaker 4: Ravens and they still have a murderer's row. They've got
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  Speaker 4: the Rams at Jacksonville, forty nine ers, Miami and Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 4: It's not easy for them, but they're still gonna win
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  Speaker 4: their division because every other team that division's got quarterback issues.
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  Speaker 4: And that's why those other teams are gonna drop out. JP.
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  Speaker 4: I'm gonna say, and here's another reason why I think
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  Speaker 4: it's bigger news to AFC North. We're thinking about all
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  Speaker 4: of these quarterbacks and we're saying to ourselves, Okay, if
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  Speaker 4: we had Joey Burrow healthy, if we had Sean Watson healty,
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  Speaker 4: those teams are legitimate chances to win the AFC. Are
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  Speaker 4: you honestly telling me outside of Houston that Gardner Minshew
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  Speaker 4: and those Colts that you talked about, or maybe even
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  Speaker 4: maybe Jacksonville. But do any of these teams have a
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  Speaker 4: legitimate shot to knock off the Dolphins or the Ravens
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  Speaker 4: or the Chiefs. That's why I think those AFC North teams,
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  Speaker 4: they had quarterbacks healthy, they would have legitimate shots. I
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  Speaker 4: don't know if too many of these other teams in
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  Speaker 4: the South can also. By the way, JP, as we
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  Speaker 4: get ready to get out of this segment the AFC Championship,
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  Speaker 4: it's going through Florida. Baby. You saw those schedules there
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  Speaker 4: with the jackson and the Dolphins. It is going through
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  Speaker 4: either Miami or Jacksonville. You talk about Patrick Mahomes has
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  Speaker 4: never played a playoff game outside at Arrowhead. That is
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  Speaker 4: going to happen this year.
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  Speaker 3: I'll say this real quick, Steve. When you bring up
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  Speaker 3: these what ifs, guess what. Those guys aren't playing in
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  Speaker 3: this postseason. Joe Burrow's not playing in this postseason. No
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  Speaker 3: either is DeShawn Watson. So I mean, I would rather
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  Speaker 3: have Gardner Minshew in the postseason because I just love
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  Speaker 3: watching you know, Bence Shuemania.
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  Speaker 5: I was there when it started.
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  Speaker 3: I was covering the game when he came in for
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  Speaker 3: Nick Foles Week one in Jacksonville. That started all of
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  Speaker 3: Minshew mania. I stayed for two weeks. That's how crazy
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  Speaker 3: it was.
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  Speaker 4: Have you any talk about Benshee Meania and with the
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  Speaker 4: Colts right now? Is anyone talking about Minschew media with
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  Speaker 4: the Colts right now?
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  Speaker 2: JP, I've got listen.
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  Speaker 3: Shane Stikeen brought him, brought brought Minshew with him for
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  Speaker 3: a reason, and now he's paying off a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: I'd rather see before we finish this up, Gardner Minshew
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  Speaker 3: in the postseason than say Joe Flacco or whoever's maybe
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  Speaker 3: filling in for Kenny Pickett right now, I've maybe seeing
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  Speaker 3: Minshu out there with that those flocks flowing, and you know,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we wouldn't much, wouldn't money hey coming up
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  Speaker 3: to Hey, listen, listen, let's just move on from the
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  Speaker 3: mediocre quarterback play to some real quarterback play. And that's
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  Speaker 3: two guys that were competing for the MVP this season
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  Speaker 3: in our opinion, that's brock Perty and that's Jalen Hurts.
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  Speaker 3: And this was one of the biggest games of the year.
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  Speaker 3: Stacey Dale's was there. She's gonna take us there next.
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  Speaker 3: On the NFL report, that felt.
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  Speaker 7: Like a monumental football game. How monumental did it feel
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  Speaker 7: for you?
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  Speaker 8: I felt really good. You know. I think we started
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  Speaker 8: off a little bit slow, but I love the poise
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  Speaker 8: that we played with. The defense played really really well,
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  Speaker 8: kept giving us the ball back and the O line,
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  Speaker 8: everybody blocked up front so well all day, and you know,
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  Speaker 8: I feel good to come come here and get win.
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  Speaker 7: I talked to some of your teammates this week and
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  Speaker 7: I was told we didn't talk about the NFC championship
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  Speaker 7: game that happened this season ago with this group. It
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  Speaker 7: didn't feel like that today.
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  Speaker 4: I mean that was dominant.
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  Speaker 7: What conversations did you have about redemption?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean it's you know, those are those are
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  Speaker 8: all thoughts that might go through your head. But at
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  Speaker 8: the end of the day in the NFL, it's a
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  Speaker 8: week to week. You know, this is a completely new year.
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  Speaker 8: That's a really good football team and they're going to
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  Speaker 8: continue to be a really good football team. So for us,
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  Speaker 8: it's just about, you know, living up to our potential
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  Speaker 8: and what we know we can do.
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  Speaker 2: All right.
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  Speaker 4: That was NFL Network Stacey dalees with Niers running back
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  Speaker 4: Christy McCaffrey after the forty nine Ers dragged the Eagles.
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  Speaker 4: James Palmer. We are now joined by Stacy Dale's and Stacy,
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  Speaker 4: this is why you're such a great sha because you
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  Speaker 4: were not buying the bs that he was telling you.
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  Speaker 4: How they were not talking about this game beforehand with
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  Speaker 4: all of the wolfing. How important was this game for
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  Speaker 4: the forty nine er stays, Yeah, Devo, it.
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  Speaker 7: Was really yeah right, it was so interesting watching Devout
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  Speaker 7: run off the field by the way and brock Purty,
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  Speaker 7: they were so pumped. I remember when Christian McCaffrey, guys
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  Speaker 7: walked up to me, was I was caught up in
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  Speaker 7: the moment I started cussing, to be honest with you,
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  Speaker 7: and I go, oh my god, I'm so sorry, and
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  Speaker 7: I put the way and he goes.
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  Speaker 2: No, he goes, he goes no.
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  Speaker 5: It's good.
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  Speaker 4: It's good, and you know.
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  Speaker 7: He's so even keel on camera, Christian McCaffrey is. But
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  Speaker 7: what a performance. Six touchdowns in that game by the Niners.
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  Speaker 7: George Kittle when we were in the scrum in the
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  Speaker 7: locker room, James and Steve, and it's great to be
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  Speaker 7: with you. I flew back this morning. He said, what
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  Speaker 7: a lethal stadium to play in at Lincoln Financial Field,
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  Speaker 7: And that couldn't be more true. How about the Niners
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  Speaker 7: coming in they were the favorite, but they'd won three
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  Speaker 7: in a row. It's now four in a row and
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  Speaker 7: really a dominating performance on both sides of the football.
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  Speaker 7: But it meant something bigger to your point, as you
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  Speaker 7: teed me up, Steve, listening to Christian McCaffrey kind of
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  Speaker 7: downplay it a little bit. These guys were on a
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  Speaker 7: mission and Deepot didn't hold back right when he talked
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  Speaker 7: about call Bradbury trash after the NFC Championship game, Well,
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  Speaker 7: he didn't double down on that or excuse me. He
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  Speaker 7: doubled down that in recent comments and backed it up
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  Speaker 7: with this performance, his first time ever with three scrimmage
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  Speaker 7: touchdowns in a football game, two of them through the air,
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  Speaker 7: but as an offense to respond, especially after that sideline
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  Speaker 7: incident with Big Dom and yeah, Big Dom.
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  Speaker 2: We got to give a shout out.
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  Speaker 7: I don't know, but yeah with Green Lawn Dom. For
• 15:33
  Speaker 7: them to score on that immediate play thereafter offensively was
• 15:36
  Speaker 7: substantial and I just could go on and on you guys,
• 15:39
  Speaker 7: it was pretty awesome.
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: Sace.
• 15:41
  Speaker 3: What I'm curious about is be you being at this
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: game and Steve. We've all covered this league for a
• 15:45
  Speaker 3: long time, all three of us. I feel like we're
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: all been waiting for this type of rivalry and I
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: don't think we've had one for the last several years.
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: Like the Chiefs really haven't had a rivalry.
• 15:57
  Speaker 3: We haven't seen the teams at the top of this
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: league have rivalries that are bitter like this, Stacy, what
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: was that environment like, Yeah, specifically pregame and then the
• 16:07
  Speaker 3: locker room afterwards, when you're in there with San Francisco
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: after they put on the butt whooping that they did.
• 16:15
  Speaker 7: Yeah, James, it was interesting that you bring that out
• 16:17
  Speaker 7: because we were talking to char Davius Ward at his
• 16:20
  Speaker 7: locker arn. Somebody asked him in the scrum, what does
• 16:23
  Speaker 7: this rivalry become?
• 16:25
  Speaker 5: And one of his.
• 16:25
  Speaker 7: Teammates I couldn't see who that was because we were
• 16:28
  Speaker 7: all staring at Ward. It's like, this ain't a rivalry.
• 16:31
  Speaker 7: This ain't a rivalry, but it is. It's becoming one
• 16:34
  Speaker 7: because these are too dominant football.
• 16:37
  Speaker 4: Yes, it is.
• 16:39
  Speaker 7: And before the game, to your point, James, you know
• 16:42
  Speaker 7: when you stand in front of somebody on purpose, like
• 16:44
  Speaker 7: you just don't want them to get past you, or
• 16:47
  Speaker 7: you're like standing waiting to get on an airplane, somebody's
• 16:50
  Speaker 7: encroaching behind you and you just kind of give them
• 16:53
  Speaker 7: the let this little block out. Well, that's what happened
• 16:55
  Speaker 7: on the field before the game. The Eagles kind of
• 16:58
  Speaker 7: taking their stance, if you will, and setting the stage
• 17:02
  Speaker 7: and the Niners didn't want any part of it. And
• 17:04
  Speaker 7: what was really cool was we were talking to I
• 17:07
  Speaker 7: mentioned Chardivis Ward. So he's in this Eagles green suit,
• 17:11
  Speaker 7: stunning suit that he showed up in, and I asked
• 17:14
  Speaker 7: him in the scrum, I said, you're wearing Eagles green?
• 17:18
  Speaker 7: I have to imagine that's on purpose, and he goes,
• 17:21
  Speaker 7: oh yeah, I said, wait a minute, you did this
• 17:23
  Speaker 7: on purpose?
• 17:24
  Speaker 5: He said yeah.
• 17:24
  Speaker 7: I said when did you get the suit? And he
• 17:26
  Speaker 7: said back in the offseason he purchased the suit. He
• 17:29
  Speaker 7: had been saving it for this game. And I think
• 17:32
  Speaker 7: that is significant to personify James and Steve, to personify
• 17:37
  Speaker 7: just how much blood you know, kind of was in
• 17:41
  Speaker 7: the water in this one, and the preparation and the
• 17:44
  Speaker 7: lead up to it.
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: It says real quick. I mean the Eagles, I think
• 17:48
  Speaker 4: this was their third game and like just under two weeks.
• 17:50
  Speaker 4: I mean, why do you get on TV? It did
• 17:52
  Speaker 4: look like they got worn down, like fatigue finally took
• 17:55
  Speaker 4: over this defense. I mean, did you see I'll say,
• 17:58
  Speaker 4: like this, did you see them get warm down? Maybe
• 18:00
  Speaker 4: because of that or just because the Niners put the
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: steamroller into overdrive.
• 18:07
  Speaker 7: I think it was both. Steve such a great point.
• 18:10
  Speaker 7: You guys saw the Buffalo game that went into overtime.
• 18:13
  Speaker 7: They had to score twenty three points last week to
• 18:15
  Speaker 7: come back. In Week twelve, James was at the game.
• 18:19
  Speaker 7: What was it, James? The defense was on the field
• 18:21
  Speaker 7: for ninety two defensive place crazy right?
• 18:23
  Speaker 5: The Eagles defense.
• 18:24
  Speaker 7: I think that was the number. So I just remember
• 18:28
  Speaker 7: talking to Cam Jurgens this week ahead of this game,
• 18:31
  Speaker 7: and he brought it up to me. He's like, this
• 18:34
  Speaker 7: schedule we're amidst is crazy. I mean when you go
• 18:37
  Speaker 7: back a few weeks for these Eagles, Dallas, the Chiefs,
• 18:42
  Speaker 7: the Bills, then it was the Niners, It's Dallas next week.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: And guess what.
• 18:47
  Speaker 7: The Niners had ten days since that Thanksgiving game to
• 18:51
  Speaker 7: rest up, not only rest up, but be prepared. They
• 18:54
  Speaker 7: were relatively healthy coming into that game. So it was
• 18:57
  Speaker 7: both Steve to answer the question. But like I just
• 19:00
  Speaker 7: marvel at what San Francisco did on both sides of
• 19:03
  Speaker 7: the football. They not only went to their bread and
• 19:05
  Speaker 7: butter and they ran the ball starting with Christian McCaffrey
• 19:08
  Speaker 7: right one hundred and forty six rush yards, but defensively
• 19:11
  Speaker 7: they held what was it the Eagles to forty six rushyards.
• 19:16
  Speaker 7: That is the worst in the Jalen Hurts, Nick sirianni Era.
• 19:21
  Speaker 7: I just thought it was impressive all the way around.
• 19:23
  Speaker 7: And talked to John Lynch in the locker room afterwards.
• 19:26
  Speaker 7: He was beaming, the general manager, he was absolutely beaming,
• 19:29
  Speaker 7: really proud of his defense.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: Specifically.
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the Eagles average one hundred and thirty
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: three yards a game on the ground this season.
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: I mean that just puts it into context. Stace.
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: I won't do it because I know I'd lose, but
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: I would fight you to cover this rematch that we're
• 19:44
  Speaker 3: hoping happens.
• 19:45
  Speaker 4: The box are out, the boxer out, I try to do.
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: I'm not going. I would not box Stacy Davie cover.
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: I was the tremendous basketball player she is. I'm not
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: boxing Stacy out by any stretch.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, it wouldn't it be a dream.
• 20:00
  Speaker 7: I got to cover a game with the two of
• 20:02
  Speaker 7: you guys, That would be a dream. Or we could
• 20:04
  Speaker 7: just sit around a fire in our Christmas winter sweaters
• 20:08
  Speaker 7: and have a bourbon and talk amongst ourselves.
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: That's what's up.
• 20:12
  Speaker 4: And you guys can holler at me on game day
• 20:14
  Speaker 4: preview on Sunday morning. All right, Stays, we love you girls.
• 20:17
  Speaker 7: Thanks a nice love, Steve Love Stays, love you guys,
• 20:20
  Speaker 7: keep up the great work.
• 20:21
  Speaker 4: See you all right.
• 20:22
  Speaker 5: J P.
• 20:23
  Speaker 4: You were at this tech this Texans Broncos game as
• 20:25
  Speaker 4: we're watching Will Anderson in the Houston Texans get all
• 20:29
  Speaker 4: after Russell Wilson. It was a big win to keep
• 20:33
  Speaker 4: the Texans in playoff contention and with the Broncos one
• 20:37
  Speaker 4: step back. And here's James talking to Will Anderson after
• 20:40
  Speaker 4: the game.
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: Well, I saw you after you guys get off the field,
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: pretty emotional on the sideline there run us through that
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: stop that interception the end zone, And why are you
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: so emotional on the sideline?
• 20:50
  Speaker 4: Man?
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: It's just the team, man, all the hard work we
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: put in, man and the gods's the training camptain now, man, team, man,
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: we just prove everybody wrong. We really don't have anything
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: to put nobody but ourselves. And that's one thing that
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: we focused on all week is just us doing us
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: better and us coming out here and execute it.
• 21:06
  Speaker 4: And they're just having a controllable stream.
• 21:10
  Speaker 5: Man.
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: That's what coach talked about. Man, I'm just so excited
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: right now. I'm sorry.
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: I love it.
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: You have two sacks today, you have four quarterback hits,
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: you tip a ball that's intercepted. This Broncos offense has
• 21:19
  Speaker 3: been so efficient protecting the football. You forced those three interceptions.
• 21:22
  Speaker 3: What did you guys do to force Russell Wilson in
• 21:24
  Speaker 3: those situations?
• 21:25
  Speaker 4: Man?
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: Were just rushing together man, everybody locked into their job,
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: not getting distracted by nothing.
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: Running the game playing.
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: That we had in place this week was a great
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: group week of practice for us up front, man, and
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: it was just everybody down in.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: Man, it was really just all.
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: Guy And I'll just say, God, did That's it?
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: Last one is Derek Singley has two picks for you guys.
• 21:41
  Speaker 3: How big were those? I know the one by the
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: end zones is huge, but those two picks when they
• 21:46
  Speaker 3: happened when Denver was driving.
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: Man, just it's so much momentum change. You know, Dereck Single,
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: he practiced but off every day. He practiced those reps.
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: So it's not surprising that you come out here and
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: see it everyday because that's what type of player he is,
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: what type of guy he is, what type of team
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: he is. And I can't say enough good things on
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: Blacking to happen to be here, and I'm so happy
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: for him and he had a great game today.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: You guys have changed the culture in Houston. Enjoy it.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: Thank you, appreciation you, Steve.
• 22:07
  Speaker 3: That was the other big game and I was happy
• 22:09
  Speaker 3: to be there at NRG Stadium and see CJ. Stroud
• 22:12
  Speaker 3: in person because I think Stroud's performance this season has
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: overshadowed what that guy right there has done in his
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: rookie year. Just crazy third overall, one pick behind CJ. Stroud,
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: which is nuts, but you know, getting a chance in
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: the locker room to really see everything about c J. Stroud,
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: talk to the guys in that room, talking to Larumy
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: tunsonho has been on this show with us, and he
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: just I said, man, your season's been out of this
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: world so far.
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: Another win.
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: He's like, it's all because of this guy right here,
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: Stroud's lockers right next to Tunsuls.
• 22:40
  Speaker 5: He goes, it's all because of seven.
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: And when I had a long conversation with Case Keenan,
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: who was dressed like rip from Yellowstone before he was
• 22:46
  Speaker 3: heading out of the locker room, he just said.
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: He may be Steve.
• 22:51
  Speaker 3: He said Stroud may be the best pure passer he
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: has ever been around. He said it is remarkable that
• 22:57
  Speaker 3: he sees everything. The first two drives happened. He said,
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: he came off the field telling us the coverages that
• 23:04
  Speaker 3: Denver was in before we had our meetings on the sideline.
• 23:07
  Speaker 3: But the part that stands out the most, and it's
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: not that he didn't have Dalton Schultz at the tight
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: end spot that he loves to go to. It's not
• 23:13
  Speaker 3: that he lost Tank Dell and then he finds Nico
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: Collins in this game without both of those guys for
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: one hundred and ninety one yards, it's the fact that
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: he had a conversation with Nico Collins in the locker
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: room that I was maybe the only person that saw it.
• 23:26
  Speaker 5: The back end of the room is they're both getting
• 23:28
  Speaker 5: ready to leave. He looks at Nico Collins and.
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: Says, hey, it's your room now, talking about that wide
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: receiver room. Now that Tank Dell's down, he goes, it's
• 23:36
  Speaker 3: your room, now take it over.
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: Be a leader.
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: I know you can play on the field, now I
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: need you off the field and in the room.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: If that doesn't show you what CJ.
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: Stroud brings to the quarterback position, not just between the
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: white lines, but everything he brings to the position that
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: peems die for. That's an instance where you saw the leadership.
• 23:56
  Speaker 4: And JP that doesn't work unless you're playing well. Right,
• 23:58
  Speaker 4: They're a guy players on losing teams or who aren't
• 24:01
  Speaker 4: playing well. Who could say that and dudes like, man,
• 24:03
  Speaker 4: what are you talking about? But because he's playing well,
• 24:07
  Speaker 4: it resonates. I mean, really, it has to hit Bobby Slovak,
• 24:09
  Speaker 4: the seconds offensive coordinator. When he was on the show
• 24:12
  Speaker 4: a couple of weeks ago, talked about that leadership and
• 24:14
  Speaker 4: how it really is contagious to that locker room because
• 24:17
  Speaker 4: he's the one as ground zero with him. But I
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: also want to get to you. You go interviewed do
• 24:21
  Speaker 4: with Will Anderson. Fantastic, he showed out Jonathan Grenard once
• 24:25
  Speaker 4: again shows out the other edge rusher.
• 24:27
  Speaker 5: Nobody talks about him.
• 24:28
  Speaker 4: He's played so well. I just want to ask you
• 24:31
  Speaker 4: about the way that that defense stood up because Denver
• 24:33
  Speaker 4: was driving at the very end, I mean, Russell Wilson
• 24:35
  Speaker 4: had them in position to win that ball game and
• 24:38
  Speaker 4: Will Anderson put him under a ton of pressure that
• 24:41
  Speaker 4: led to that interception in the end zone to seal
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: the deal. What about that side of the ball because
• 24:46
  Speaker 4: the way they're winning games, whether it's offensive or defensive,
• 24:49
  Speaker 4: to close things out, they're not surviving, they're not hanging
• 24:53
  Speaker 4: on to win, They're making plays to close things out.
• 24:56
  Speaker 4: Seeing the defense perform like that against a good opponent,
• 25:00
  Speaker 4: James had to be something that makes you think, like, Okay,
• 25:03
  Speaker 4: these guys are legit, there are several years at his
• 25:05
  Speaker 4: schedule there really are.
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: I'm standing on the field right down there on that
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: side while that stretch is happening at the end of
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: the game. And the get off and speed that both
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: of those guys you mentioned have getting after Russell Wilson,
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: they impacted and altered plays extremely quickly. But what really
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: stands out to me is the way multiple defensive players,
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: including Johnathan Gernardo, had a long conversation with the locker
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: room where talking about Matt Burke, their defensive coordinator, and
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: Demiko Rance and how prepared they have been. They told me,
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: outside of the two shots that Russell Wilson took deep
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: to start the game, there was nothing that surprised them
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: that Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos did. They were
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: prepared for all of it. And a lot of coaching
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: what happens during the week. Steve prepares these guys that
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: now they have some talent and getting Jimmy Ward back
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: on the back end, he is the general, as guys
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: have told me, running this entire defense. He was out
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: for about a month with a amstring injury. He knows
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: Demiko Ryan's defense maybe as well as Ryan and so
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: I think having him back helps this group that closes
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: things out. Russell Wilson had four picks this season. He
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: had three in this game. I think that shows you
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: something about how prepared this group was for what they
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: were going against.
• 26:13
  Speaker 4: Great great stuff, JP, I mean, that's absolutely great stuff. Hey,
• 26:16
  Speaker 4: we come back JP after the break. It's time for
• 26:19
  Speaker 4: Jeff c DA's First Read segment. And it wasn't with
• 26:22
  Speaker 4: Jeff das song in this game. It's the fact that
• 26:26
  Speaker 4: he's been listening to me and JP when it comes
• 26:28
  Speaker 4: to who the real is coming up next on the
• 26:33
  Speaker 4: NFL Report. We're back in the NFL Report and it
• 26:40
  Speaker 4: is time for our Fantastic Monday segment with Jeff Chadea.
• 26:44
  Speaker 4: It is Jeff's first Read segment. You can read the
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: article on nfl dot com slash First Read. Jeff, I
• 26:51
  Speaker 4: loved this week's colin because you revisited the MVPs all
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: the way through. And why don't you tell us whose
• 26:59
  Speaker 4: number one one? Because frankly, it is difficult for anybody
• 27:03
  Speaker 4: to argue with that at the moment it is. It is.
• 27:07
  Speaker 9: It's time for Dak Prescott to get his flowers. And
• 27:10
  Speaker 9: I know that everybody keeps waiting for the other shoot
• 27:12
  Speaker 9: to drop with With Dak, everybody keeps waiting for the
• 27:15
  Speaker 9: big picks to come, with the wilting and the big
• 27:17
  Speaker 9: game moments. And you've got to respect what he's done
• 27:20
  Speaker 9: over the last seven games twenty one touchdown passes, two interceptions.
• 27:24
  Speaker 9: Josh Allen's not doing that. Lamar Jackson's not doing that.
• 27:26
  Speaker 9: Patrick Mahomee is not doing that. He's playing better than
• 27:29
  Speaker 9: any quarterback in the NFL. And we've seen what that's
• 27:32
  Speaker 9: meant to this offense, to this team, and right now
• 27:35
  Speaker 9: the Eagles coming in with a whole bunch of defensive problems.
• 27:37
  Speaker 9: The last couple of weeks, you have to wonder, is
• 27:39
  Speaker 9: Dak Prescott going to finally get his MVP moment, his
• 27:42
  Speaker 9: signature win in this season.
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: So I love what Dak is doing. He deserves to be.
• 27:46
  Speaker 9: On top right now, and if he keeps this rolling,
• 27:48
  Speaker 9: he's gonna get this whole ward.
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: I'm not going to argue with you, Jeff, because Steve
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: and I had a conversation a few weeks ago. Who
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: is not part of the conversation and will be part
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: of the conversation at the end of the year.
• 27:58
  Speaker 5: And my pick was Dak Prescott.
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: So I appreciate you putting him at number one, but
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: I am going to argue a little bit because this
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: is the rock Party Show. This is the rock Party Show,
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: and he is sitting there. I believe at number two?
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: Is he a two? Jeff Rock perty two?
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: Here's all right, we'll take that right now. JP deserving two?
• 28:18
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I think he is a deserving two.
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: What I what I want to ask you is he
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: goes out and throws for what three hundred and fourteen yards,
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: four touchdowns, one hundred and forty eight quarterback rating.
• 28:27
  Speaker 5: If that performance happens from.
• 28:29
  Speaker 3: Jalen Hurts, do you believe America is saying Jalen Hurts
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: is a clear cloud MVP, but since Purdy did it,
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: they refuse to say it.
• 28:38
  Speaker 9: That's exactly what it is, James, and that's been his
• 28:41
  Speaker 9: problem all throughout this season because people still act like
• 28:44
  Speaker 9: he's mister ir relevant seventh round pick, stepping in for
• 28:48
  Speaker 9: Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance a year ago and trying
• 28:51
  Speaker 9: to just hang on as best as he can. And
• 28:53
  Speaker 9: he's really become a playmaker. And you look at when
• 28:56
  Speaker 9: I talk about the MVP you're talking about not just
• 28:59
  Speaker 9: the stats in the highlight moments, but also the value.
• 29:02
  Speaker 9: And we all know that this Sniners team, if they
• 29:05
  Speaker 9: had him last year when they went to the MC
• 29:07
  Speaker 9: Championship game in that same stadium, might have been in a
• 29:09
  Speaker 9: much different story, might have been what we just saw
• 29:11
  Speaker 9: on Sundays. That's the value that Rock Party means them.
• 29:15
  Speaker 9: He's a point guard, but look, it's a quarterback award.
• 29:19
  Speaker 9: He's playing on a team that everybody now believes the
• 29:21
  Speaker 9: best team in football. And the numbers are there. He
• 29:23
  Speaker 9: played pay the Cowboys, the Jaguars, and the Eagles. Ten
• 29:28
  Speaker 9: touchdown passes, zero interceptions.
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: That's MVP.
• 29:31
  Speaker 4: Like, hey, Jeff, a question on both of these and
• 29:34
  Speaker 4: we can differentiate it. Let's go back to Dak Okay.
• 29:37
  Speaker 4: First off, we're talking about this with Mike McCarthy. I mean,
• 29:40
  Speaker 4: people have been on him as like a boring play
• 29:42
  Speaker 4: caller this and that he is going for the juggular.
• 29:45
  Speaker 4: I mean, does this change a narrative about McCarthy. And
• 29:47
  Speaker 4: also when it comes to Rock Party, do you think
• 29:52
  Speaker 4: it is more so like you were just talking about
• 29:54
  Speaker 4: him being mister irrelevant or because he has so many
• 29:57
  Speaker 4: guys he can flip into ten yards down the field.
• 29:59
  Speaker 4: Who may magic happened after the catch? Sorry to hit
• 30:02
  Speaker 4: you with a double barrel both.
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I got you.
• 30:06
  Speaker 9: As far as dakynh, I mean, there were a lot
• 30:07
  Speaker 9: of people who thought Mike McCarthy had lost his fastball.
• 30:10
  Speaker 9: I give him credit because getting ready to kell him
• 30:12
  Speaker 9: Moore was a risky move. He's had success there with that.
• 30:15
  Speaker 9: Got a lot of credit for what Zach had, what
• 30:16
  Speaker 9: that had become. Mike McCarthy has matured over this season.
• 30:20
  Speaker 9: You've seen some of the changes, whether it's more emotion,
• 30:23
  Speaker 9: more downfield shots that are red zone play.
• 30:25
  Speaker 4: Calls, about the cadence, what about the cadence to here
• 30:27
  Speaker 4: we go?
• 30:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean all that stuff all. I mean, it's
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: just you. You realize that he's, Hey, he's had success
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: the quarterback to this league's very high level success.
• 30:36
  Speaker 9: So he went back into his bag of tricks and
• 30:38
  Speaker 9: he found a way to get Dak to another level.
• 30:41
  Speaker 9: And as far as as far as Brock goes with
• 30:43
  Speaker 9: the supporting cast, I defy you to find any quarterback
• 30:46
  Speaker 9: out there who's won this award in the last few
• 30:48
  Speaker 9: years who didn't have a great supporting cast. Patrick Mahomes
• 30:51
  Speaker 9: had Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelcey and Andy Reid callin plays,
• 30:55
  Speaker 9: Aaron Rodgers had DeVante Adamson, Aaron Jones. You've got people
• 30:59
  Speaker 9: out there who've got great people. J Dalen Hurts has
• 31:02
  Speaker 9: had us a great supporting cast around the last couple
• 31:04
  Speaker 9: of years, and so Brock Party should not be penalized
• 31:07
  Speaker 9: for that.
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: Kind of privilege.
• 31:09
  Speaker 4: Yeah, there it is. Drop the mic and the show.
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: Listen.
• 31:14
  Speaker 3: I don't want to steal this stat I don't want
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: to steal this because I was reading this this morning.
• 31:19
  Speaker 3: Mike Sando had this on The Athletic that forty eight
• 31:22
  Speaker 3: percent of Brock Party's passing yards are yards after the catch.
• 31:27
  Speaker 3: When Patrick Mahomes won his first MVP, fifty four percent
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: of the passing yards for yards after the catch. And
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: that's exactly what you're saying, Jeff, is if you win
• 31:36
  Speaker 3: this award, there's a lot of guys on your offense
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: that are balling out, and there's a lot of talent
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: a lot of times around you that makes these things happen.
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: And I want to mention the guy that Pat threw
• 31:46
  Speaker 3: a lot of those passes too, and Tyreek Hill, and
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: you mentioned Tyreek in this column, and you mentioned where
• 31:51
  Speaker 3: he's at and what he's doing. We all know that
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: the stats are almost there in terms of that two
• 31:55
  Speaker 3: thousand yards. What my question is is do you think
• 31:59
  Speaker 3: it hurt it's his MVP candidacy and everybody's just making
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: him a shoe in for the Offensive Player of the
• 32:06
  Speaker 3: Year because he really doesn't have any competition for Offensive
• 32:10
  Speaker 3: Player of.
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: The Year, not even close. Yeah. I mean it's almost
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: like people give out award.
• 32:18
  Speaker 9: Everybody gets a piece of cake, right, everybody got a
• 32:20
  Speaker 9: nice little chunk that they can hang on to.
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: And nibble on.
• 32:22
  Speaker 9: And you're right, I think assume that he's going to
• 32:25
  Speaker 9: win that award and he can't be the MVP. But
• 32:28
  Speaker 9: I included him on this list because one, he's got
• 32:30
  Speaker 9: the numbers. I mean, he's on a tremendous pace here
• 32:33
  Speaker 9: to smash that receiving record and become the first receiver
• 32:36
  Speaker 9: with two thousand yards. But he's also the impact he's
• 32:39
  Speaker 9: had on that franchise. He showed up from day one.
• 32:41
  Speaker 9: It's a quarterback like impact, the way he's impacted to
• 32:45
  Speaker 9: by Lowa, the way he's impacted what Mike mcdaian wants
• 32:47
  Speaker 9: to do offensively. You know, I've been I'm not a
• 32:50
  Speaker 9: big hard knocks, you know, reality TV show person, and
• 32:53
  Speaker 9: I've been watching the first couple of episodes and just great, Yeah,
• 32:57
  Speaker 9: the impact he has when you watch him on that show.
• 33:00
  Speaker 9: Really he's the leader of that team. And so I've
• 33:03
  Speaker 9: always been, you know, impressed with his great point physical
• 33:06
  Speaker 9: ability and his numbers. But when you look at what
• 33:08
  Speaker 9: how he leads and his maturity, it's he's got to
• 33:11
  Speaker 9: be in there just because of the impact. He's had
• 33:13
  Speaker 9: their most impact of a non quarterback in the league.
• 33:17
  Speaker 4: You know, it's hard to argue that a couple weeks Togo,
• 33:18
  Speaker 4: we're talking about a j. Brown, But the last couple
• 33:20
  Speaker 4: of weeks he's not had the impact that Tyreek Hill has.
• 33:22
  Speaker 4: But what about Tyree's quarterback? I mean to a tongue Bailoa,
• 33:25
  Speaker 4: and we know he put up the big fireworks early.
• 33:28
  Speaker 4: He's putting him up again. Jeff, I mean I I
• 33:31
  Speaker 4: you know, you got him in number six on this list. Again,
• 33:34
  Speaker 4: it's hard to argue with this list, but he's got
• 33:37
  Speaker 4: to be in the mix. And you look at their
• 33:39
  Speaker 4: schedule the right you look at you look at his
• 33:43
  Speaker 4: schedule of the rest of the way Baltimore. He's got
• 33:46
  Speaker 4: Baltimore Dallas to prove the big games against. But to
• 33:49
  Speaker 4: what seems like he could very much walk away with
• 33:51
  Speaker 4: this when all is said and done, because Jeff I
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: also said this, the AFC is either going through Miami
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: or Jacksonville.
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, and really it's the top seed is going
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: to play a role in this.
• 34:02
  Speaker 9: Who performs the best in these big platform games. You're right,
• 34:06
  Speaker 9: it's kind of it's nice to know that all these
• 34:08
  Speaker 9: players we're talking about are going to be playing big
• 34:10
  Speaker 9: games against one another down a stretch here. I believe
• 34:13
  Speaker 9: two has got Josh Allen, Laura Jackson, Dak Prescott the
• 34:18
  Speaker 9: last three weeks of the season. Obviously, the Eagles been
• 34:20
  Speaker 9: playing big games, the Cowboys have big games. But two
• 34:24
  Speaker 9: was a wild card here just because he's one of
• 34:26
  Speaker 9: those players you mentioned. If they had given us word
• 34:28
  Speaker 9: out after week three, he would have walked away with it.
• 34:31
  Speaker 9: That's the kind of numbers he was putting up, in
• 34:33
  Speaker 9: the kind of things he was doing. I mean, you
• 34:35
  Speaker 9: have an explosive offense and you can get those highlight
• 34:38
  Speaker 9: reel moments. Man, it really sways people's minds. It gets
• 34:42
  Speaker 9: voters excited, and that's the thing that he's starting to
• 34:44
  Speaker 9: do again. He's got a couple more winnable games here
• 34:47
  Speaker 9: against bad teams. But if he can dominate Dallas, if
• 34:50
  Speaker 9: he can dominate Baltimore, he can dominate Buffalo.
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: Got a pretty much chance to winning this thing too.
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: Yeah, and two is number eight. I said he was
• 34:57
  Speaker 4: number six. He is number eight. So now I am
• 34:59
  Speaker 4: gonna argue with it because should be at least six.
• 35:00
  Speaker 9: Yeh like everybody, Hey, hey, hey, a parent, I'm not
• 35:06
  Speaker 9: going to argue with.
• 35:09
  Speaker 4: Number two.
• 35:10
  Speaker 3: It's not gonna argue with who's number six, because Lamar
• 35:12
  Speaker 3: is number six and he deserves to be writ in
• 35:14
  Speaker 3: this conversation as well.
• 35:16
  Speaker 5: And Jeff, who's going down? What do you think is better? Now?
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: Exactly?
• 35:20
  Speaker 3: That's this is my point. I think it's better for
• 35:23
  Speaker 3: the league that we don't really know. And the list
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: is this deep cause you mentioned the top of the column.
• 35:29
  Speaker 3: We're not having that dominant season like we've seen from
• 35:33
  Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers of Blade and we've seen from Patrick Mahomes
• 35:35
  Speaker 3: of Blake Mahomes is having a down year. Is what's
• 35:38
  Speaker 3: your thought on what this means for the league? Does
• 35:40
  Speaker 3: this make the league more competitive? In people's eyes, or
• 35:43
  Speaker 3: do they want to see that dominant performance in a season.
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: Well, look, I live in Kansas City.
• 35:49
  Speaker 9: You guys know that, And I always hear people talk
• 35:52
  Speaker 9: about Patrick Mahomes the face of the league. And I've
• 35:55
  Speaker 9: always said, as long as I fouled, this league has
• 35:56
  Speaker 9: never been one face of the league.
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: You know, There's always been multiple faces.
• 36:00
  Speaker 9: And I think you want to have a league where
• 36:03
  Speaker 9: you go to different markets and you have different stars
• 36:06
  Speaker 9: that resonate with people. And so what you're seeing is
• 36:08
  Speaker 9: a transition away from there's a vacuum here with Tom
• 36:11
  Speaker 9: Brady being gone and Hayton Manning being long gone, Roethlisberger,
• 36:14
  Speaker 9: Drew Brees, all these big name guys. But now it's
• 36:16
  Speaker 9: an opportunity and so I think it is exciting to
• 36:19
  Speaker 9: see all these young guys stepping up and showing themselves
• 36:22
  Speaker 9: improving themselves. You know, watching the Packers Chiefs game last night,
• 36:26
  Speaker 9: I was telling people around here that don't sleep on
• 36:28
  Speaker 9: the Packers because when you have a young team, just
• 36:30
  Speaker 9: like with the Texans, you don't know when that confidence
• 36:32
  Speaker 9: is going to kick in and when their star players
• 36:34
  Speaker 9: are going to start realizing we are stars that we
• 36:36
  Speaker 9: can do star like Stings, and so I think what
• 36:38
  Speaker 9: you're seeing there's a lot of guys in this league
• 36:40
  Speaker 9: starting to recognize that, Hey, why not me, Why can't
• 36:44
  Speaker 9: I be the next super brat superstar who dominates this league.
• 36:47
  Speaker 4: I love it.
• 36:48
  Speaker 5: I love it.
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: I think that's fantastic because you do have the man
• 36:51
  Speaker 3: down in Houston sitting at number four in CJ. Stroud.
• 36:54
  Speaker 3: But Jeff says he cannot win the award. It just
• 36:56
  Speaker 3: doesn't go to rookies. So he'll just have to set
• 36:58
  Speaker 3: up further runaway the year. I guess down there in Houston. Yeah,
• 37:02
  Speaker 3: he he's been phenomenal and he might be one of
• 37:04
  Speaker 3: the new faces of the league. Jeff is a face
• 37:08
  Speaker 3: of the NFL report. Let's say that is the face
• 37:10
  Speaker 3: of the NFL report. Appreciate it, man, you gotta smile
• 37:15
  Speaker 3: on your face. Unlike those guys in that ballroom when
• 37:17
  Speaker 3: they found out that they were going to play Alabama.
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: We go about where about Tigers? Where about the about that?
• 37:29
  Speaker 3: Well, we can't play off we can't play offense with
• 37:31
  Speaker 3: ten guys, but we're going to try to do it
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: in the bowl game. That's Jeff to read his first
• 37:36
  Speaker 3: read column and coming up on the NFL Report, Bridget
• 37:40
  Speaker 3: Condon joins us with the surging Rams. Not just are
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: they playoff contenders, but if they get there, are they dangerous?
• 37:49
  Speaker 5: We're just gonna tell us that. Next on the NFL Report,
• 37:57
  Speaker 5: we are.
• 37:57
  Speaker 4: Back at the NFL Report. See James Palmer were about
• 38:01
  Speaker 4: to be joined by Bridgie Condon. But for those of
• 38:03
  Speaker 4: you watching on the show, you are looking at Puka
• 38:06
  Speaker 4: Nakua would be the offensive rookie of the year if
• 38:08
  Speaker 4: not for that guy's favorite player down in Houston, second
• 38:11
  Speaker 4: favorite player of brock perties first. And there's Puka scoring
• 38:14
  Speaker 4: a touchdown Boston, the ball to his girlfriend. She drops
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: it the first time, but he gives her a second
• 38:20
  Speaker 4: chance to recoup and now he's a hero. As kisses
• 38:23
  Speaker 4: are being blown. All right, Bridgie connon, you were at
• 38:26
  Speaker 4: this game with me when the Los Angeles Rams knocked
• 38:29
  Speaker 4: off the Cleveland Browns. And there's a social clip from
• 38:32
  Speaker 4: Pooka is dead. We don't know as a friend or whatever,
• 38:35
  Speaker 4: but Sean mcva said he thought Puka was dead after
• 38:37
  Speaker 4: he got hurt in that game. But Bridgie, you were
• 38:39
  Speaker 4: at that game with me as the Rams improved to
• 38:41
  Speaker 4: six and six after beating the Cleveland Browns, and what
• 38:45
  Speaker 4: we saw out of this Rams team, to me, look
• 38:49
  Speaker 4: like they are a legitimate playoff team. They put themselves
• 38:54
  Speaker 4: squarely in the knicks to get in Green Bay. Winning
• 38:56
  Speaker 4: did not help them, but they not only look like
• 38:59
  Speaker 4: a team that can get in. Because of Matthew Stafford
• 39:03
  Speaker 4: and maybe some other things that you found out in
• 39:04
  Speaker 4: the locker room, they've got a chance to be dangerous
• 39:07
  Speaker 4: in the postseason.
• 39:09
  Speaker 10: Here come the Rams. Steve and James at six and six.
• 39:11
  Speaker 10: I mean, you talk about the Rams and Chargers. We
• 39:13
  Speaker 10: talk about them so often in LA. I don't think
• 39:16
  Speaker 10: that any of us would have predicted that this was
• 39:18
  Speaker 10: the LA team we'd be talking about right now as
• 39:21
  Speaker 10: a potential playoff contender.
• 39:23
  Speaker 5: So it's very interesting.
• 39:24
  Speaker 10: I remember I was just watching a clip from Total
• 39:26
  Speaker 10: Access this summer and we were talking about the Rams rebuilding,
• 39:30
  Speaker 10: and I made a point, you can't really say they're
• 39:32
  Speaker 10: rebuilding when you have Aaron Donald, Cooper Cup, Matthew Stafford
• 39:35
  Speaker 10: on the team. Right, they were reloading, and that's exactly
• 39:38
  Speaker 10: what they've been doing this season. Remember how bad it
• 39:41
  Speaker 10: was for Sean McVay towards the end of last season,
• 39:43
  Speaker 10: around like week twelve or so when no Aaron Donald,
• 39:47
  Speaker 10: no Cooper Cup, no Matthew Stafford. He was going through
• 39:50
  Speaker 10: it and we all were wondering, Okay, Sean McVay and
• 39:53
  Speaker 10: this rams team less. Need they throw all their eggs
• 39:55
  Speaker 10: into one basket. They get the Super Bowl? But where
• 39:58
  Speaker 10: are they now? Like f them picks, Well, they needed
• 40:01
  Speaker 10: some picks, but without the picks, without the money. Here
• 40:04
  Speaker 10: they are making a way and talking to guys in
• 40:06
  Speaker 10: the locker room yesterday, I was asking about one specific
• 40:09
  Speaker 10: thing and that was Sean McVay, and they all said
• 40:12
  Speaker 10: the same thing. This guy has done such an incredible
• 40:15
  Speaker 10: job at adapting and getting multiple people involved. Who was
• 40:18
  Speaker 10: talking about Puku nakhuas six months ago?
• 40:21
  Speaker 5: I wasn't.
• 40:21
  Speaker 10: I don't know if you guys were.
• 40:22
  Speaker 2: Maybe DJ was.
• 40:23
  Speaker 10: But that's about it, right, Like they have.
• 40:25
  Speaker 2: Made these guys.
• 40:27
  Speaker 10: Yeah, they have made these guys into stars, and they've
• 40:30
  Speaker 10: worked with what they have on their team and it's
• 40:33
  Speaker 10: honestly incredible what they've been able to do. And they
• 40:35
  Speaker 10: didn't just beat any old team. The Browns defense is
• 40:38
  Speaker 10: very good. Yes, Joe Flacco is their four starting quarterback
• 40:41
  Speaker 10: of the season, but he didn't have a bad game.
• 40:43
  Speaker 10: They went out here and they won. They weren't just
• 40:45
  Speaker 10: playing to not lose, if that makes sense. And so
• 40:49
  Speaker 10: many people are saying it's because Sean McVay has the
• 40:52
  Speaker 10: belief in them, Like he went all the way back
• 40:54
  Speaker 10: and said, all right, we're gonna hit the fundamentals during
• 40:57
  Speaker 10: training camp and we're going to really start it from
• 40:59
  Speaker 10: day one. A slow build, but they're peaking at that
• 41:02
  Speaker 10: right moment. We're talking about December football and you've won
• 41:05
  Speaker 10: three straight games after your bye week. This is the
• 41:07
  Speaker 10: best position the Rams could be in in my opinion.
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: I will say I saw Pooka Nakooa just crush it
• 41:13
  Speaker 3: in joint practices against the Broncos for two days.
• 41:16
  Speaker 4: I was there. You were telling me about him.
• 41:19
  Speaker 5: I was there my roster and like, really, how do
• 41:21
  Speaker 5: I say this last name?
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: Who is this guy?
• 41:23
  Speaker 5: And I'm like, like, what's happened?
• 41:25
  Speaker 3: Because Cooper couples on a side field dealing with the
• 41:27
  Speaker 3: hamstring and he was working it against like Pat Sertan,
• 41:31
  Speaker 3: like one on one drills and Pat told me afterwards, like,
• 41:34
  Speaker 3: kid can play, like I remember this, but it was
• 41:36
  Speaker 3: also your right, Bridget. That was a time where there
• 41:38
  Speaker 3: were so many pieces right that they were plugging in
• 41:41
  Speaker 3: at guys that have played positions they haven't played really
• 41:43
  Speaker 3: at the NFL eleven. They're going, well, no, he's gonna
• 41:45
  Speaker 3: play here. We're gonna put this here. I don't know
• 41:46
  Speaker 3: if we're gonna be any good. We got all this
• 41:48
  Speaker 3: dead money, what's happening? And now they've built it and
• 41:50
  Speaker 3: they've put it together. But I do think what happened
• 41:53
  Speaker 3: on Sunday is kind of an example of what has
• 41:56
  Speaker 3: been built. Right, Pooka Nakoul we're talking about. Pooka is dead.
• 42:00
  Speaker 3: That's what Sean mcmay is saying. The toughness that he
• 42:02
  Speaker 3: came back and fought through and came back on the
• 42:05
  Speaker 3: field is a big part of where this team is
• 42:07
  Speaker 3: at right now. You saw them load the box consistently
• 42:11
  Speaker 3: against Matthew Stafford because why he's still battling through that
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: thumb injury forcing him to throw the football. We know
• 42:17
  Speaker 3: Stafford's one of the toughest guys in this league.
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: Right, Steve.
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: I think these are two examples of where this team
• 42:22
  Speaker 3: is right now in terms of a team that is
• 42:24
  Speaker 3: fighting and a team that.
• 42:25
  Speaker 2: Wants to fight.
• 42:26
  Speaker 3: So if they keep fighting, Bridget and they get into
• 42:29
  Speaker 3: the postseason. Can this team make some damage in the NFC,
• 42:33
  Speaker 3: because all we ever talk about really are two and
• 42:35
  Speaker 3: a half teams the Niners, the Eagles, and half the
• 42:38
  Speaker 3: time the Lions. Could they make damage in the postseason?
• 42:42
  Speaker 10: Well, Steve, we were talking about it. Say, Matthew Stafford
• 42:45
  Speaker 10: gets paired up. You know, this Rams team gets paired
• 42:48
  Speaker 10: up with the Lions. He's going back to Detroit and
• 42:50
  Speaker 10: playing That is a very interesting matchup to me. One thing,
• 42:54
  Speaker 10: and you made this point yesterday, Steve. They have Matthew
• 42:57
  Speaker 10: Stafford at quarterback. We're talking about so many team with
• 43:00
  Speaker 10: backup quarterbacks and injured and you know Joe Flacco's back,
• 43:03
  Speaker 10: but yeah, where has he been in the past couple
• 43:05
  Speaker 10: of years. Matthew Stafford knows what it takes to win
• 43:07
  Speaker 10: a Super Bowl.
• 43:07
  Speaker 5: He did it.
• 43:08
  Speaker 10: He knows what it takes to be successful in this league.
• 43:11
  Speaker 10: And that is the guy that is even Pucino Kua
• 43:13
  Speaker 10: says it. You know, yesterday he broke all these records,
• 43:16
  Speaker 10: set the new Rams franchise record for single season receiving yards,
• 43:20
  Speaker 10: and when asked about it, he's like nine knows exactly
• 43:22
  Speaker 10: where to put the ball. He knows exactly how to
• 43:25
  Speaker 10: how help me understand defenses? And he's really putting Aaron
• 43:29
  Speaker 10: Donald too, but like Matthew Stafford is putting this team
• 43:32
  Speaker 10: on his back, and he's like, guys, we're going like
• 43:34
  Speaker 10: I'm not ready to retire yet, like I still have
• 43:37
  Speaker 10: some winning left in me. And with him as their
• 43:40
  Speaker 10: starting quarterback, I think he can take them far. It's
• 43:42
  Speaker 10: just going to be interesting. You know, they always play
• 43:44
  Speaker 10: the Niners weird. You know, if the Seahawks make it in,
• 43:47
  Speaker 10: I don't think. You know, we're in a position where
• 43:49
  Speaker 10: the Rams and Seahawks both make it in. Maybe they do,
• 43:51
  Speaker 10: I don't know, but there are potential opportunities for this
• 43:54
  Speaker 10: team to, yeah, not only make it to the playoffs,
• 43:56
  Speaker 10: but get past that first round.
• 43:58
  Speaker 4: Yeah, they'll play the Niners, weird, they lose the Niners unfortunately.
• 44:06
  Speaker 4: Here's something I was saying. I've covered the Rams very
• 44:09
  Speaker 4: closely since they moved back to Los Angeles, and the
• 44:12
  Speaker 4: one thing through two head coaches that has been problematic
• 44:15
  Speaker 4: for this team in December football is toughness. They were
• 44:18
  Speaker 4: a finesse team. They're built like a dome team, and
• 44:20
  Speaker 4: teams have come in here and strong arm them. What
• 44:23
  Speaker 4: we are seeing out of this version of the Rams
• 44:25
  Speaker 4: is toughness. Their rookie running back Kyn Williams, nobody wants
• 44:29
  Speaker 4: any action of him. Yesterday, that offensive line kept Matthew
• 44:34
  Speaker 4: Stafford clean against Miles Garrett n Zidarious sacked, it was
• 44:38
  Speaker 4: not sacked. So we're seeing a different type of Rams team.
• 44:43
  Speaker 4: The thing that the Rams have to battle through is
• 44:45
  Speaker 4: getting to the playoffs, right. They've got the Ravens next
• 44:47
  Speaker 4: week and it's going to be a challenge. They started out,
• 44:50
  Speaker 4: they had a couple of patches bridget One thing also,
• 44:53
  Speaker 4: I want to get to you. You mentioned Aaron Donald. He
• 44:55
  Speaker 4: is not getting the sacks that he's had. We are
• 44:57
  Speaker 4: watching him set the table a defense that has played
• 45:02
  Speaker 4: very well under Raheem Morris, who I think is going
• 45:05
  Speaker 4: to get some head coaching opportunities after the season as
• 45:07
  Speaker 4: well they continue playing the way they're playing.
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  Speaker 10: He should and I think we are not hearing the
• 45:13
  Speaker 10: stats from Aaron Donald as much as you know, like
• 45:15
  Speaker 10: a Khalil Mack or something like that. Not those splashy
• 45:18
  Speaker 10: plays because he's getting triple teams basically on every single play.
• 45:21
  Speaker 10: But what he's doing for those rookies and those young
• 45:24
  Speaker 10: guys on defense almost means more than the stats on
• 45:28
  Speaker 10: the paper, right, and like the way he's bringing those
• 45:30
  Speaker 10: guys along, I think speaks so much more to maybe
• 45:34
  Speaker 10: what we're talking about, right because years past, it's Aaron
• 45:37
  Speaker 10: Donald this or it's this splash player. He's getting out
• 45:39
  Speaker 10: for the quarterback and maybe not putting up those same
• 45:42
  Speaker 10: numbers this season, but his impact is still very heavily
• 45:45
  Speaker 10: being felt.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, he's still highly disruptive. I mean, he's just so good, Bridget,
• 45:50
  Speaker 4: It's going to be an interesting run. We thank you
• 45:52
  Speaker 4: so much for joining us, love having you on the
• 45:56
  Speaker 4: NFL Report, n JP, Thank you guys. CJ. Stroud. When
• 46:01
  Speaker 4: we come back, b yeah, we're gonna talk about your
• 46:03
  Speaker 4: guy again because we can't talk about DJ enough because
• 46:07
  Speaker 4: he is doing it and doing it and doing it well.
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  Speaker 4: Uh oh now that's a tease. I can't wait. I'm
• 46:14
  Speaker 4: back to the NFL Report.
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  Speaker 2: CJ.
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  Speaker 4: Stroud's upset. Are we going back to wrap up the
• 46:23
  Speaker 4: NFL Report and JP. As we do on Mondays, we
• 46:26
  Speaker 4: like to bring attention to things that happened on Sunday
• 46:31
  Speaker 4: or maybe in this case, happened Monday morning. In response
• 46:36
  Speaker 4: to something that happened on Sunday, Okay, as we saw
• 46:39
  Speaker 4: the Miami Dolphins beat the breaks off the Washington Commanders.
• 46:43
  Speaker 4: A very good reporter in Washington named Grant Paulson tweeted,
• 46:47
  Speaker 4: I'm reading his tweet, this is one of the coolest
• 46:49
  Speaker 4: plays I've seen live. I cannot stress how bad this
• 46:52
  Speaker 4: throw was and how this amazing. This play by Tyreek
• 46:55
  Speaker 4: Hill is. He's got fuller beats so badly he just
• 46:58
  Speaker 4: flips his hips and goes and gets the ball over
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  Speaker 4: the wrong shoulder, to which the Cheetah retweets and says,
• 47:05
  Speaker 4: bad takes, bad take. I ran my route wrong to
• 47:10
  Speaker 4: through that ball exactly where I was supposed to be,
• 47:13
  Speaker 4: and he noticed my angle and put enough airtime on
• 47:17
  Speaker 4: it just to give me time to adjust A happy,
• 47:20
  Speaker 4: thankful tears emoji. So this was the play that made
• 47:24
  Speaker 4: it twenty four to seven. In the second quarter, where
• 47:26
  Speaker 4: Tyreek Hill is running on the left kind of sideline,
• 47:29
  Speaker 4: the hash of the sideline, it almost looked like a faid.
• 47:32
  Speaker 4: We had to carry it over takes it in twenty
• 47:34
  Speaker 4: four to seven. I want to recognize it because players
• 47:38
  Speaker 4: we appreciate this. Sometimes US reporters who think we're smarter
• 47:43
  Speaker 4: than we are make wrong assumptions and that's what happened here,
• 47:47
  Speaker 4: and he said, bad take. But instead of just criticizing
• 47:51
  Speaker 4: the report for being an idiot, the Cheetah, going back
• 47:53
  Speaker 4: to the maturity we were talking about earlier in the show,
• 47:56
  Speaker 4: said I ran the wrong route, so he took blame
• 47:59
  Speaker 4: for it, and HA did me a solid. So I
• 48:02
  Speaker 4: really want to pay respect to the Cheetah and hopefully
• 48:05
  Speaker 4: this makes the NTAs and hard knocks, because that's absolutely outstanding.
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  Speaker 3: By the way, Yeah, I love it, and we'll get
• 48:11
  Speaker 3: in depth on it at some point, but I do
• 48:13
  Speaker 3: love how he was able to adjust track that football.
• 48:16
  Speaker 3: He's maybe one of the best trackers of a ball
• 48:18
  Speaker 3: in the year we have in the NFL, and that
• 48:20
  Speaker 3: dates back to a specific game that he used to
• 48:22
  Speaker 3: play as a child that Tyreek Hill told me one Steve.
• 48:25
  Speaker 3: He said, the reason I can track a ball in
• 48:27
  Speaker 3: the air so well.
• 48:28
  Speaker 2: He told me this.
• 48:29
  Speaker 3: Years ago, is because I used to be a pitcher
• 48:31
  Speaker 3: during kickball and I'd roll it in and then I'd
• 48:33
  Speaker 3: back pedal out and I would try to make the
• 48:36
  Speaker 3: play anywhere on the field and he would just track
• 48:40
  Speaker 3: the kickball everywhere and no lie. He says, that's why
• 48:42
  Speaker 3: he's great at tracking a football through the air as well.
• 48:46
  Speaker 3: My lost headline is the game that I was at
• 48:49
  Speaker 3: down in Houston, which was phenomenal and came down to
• 48:51
  Speaker 3: the final play of the game where Jimmy Ward picks
• 48:54
  Speaker 3: off Russell Wilson in the end zone.
• 48:57
  Speaker 2: I'm on the field, Steve.
• 48:58
  Speaker 3: It's loud, but it could have been louder throughout that game.
• 49:02
  Speaker 3: Up in the press box at Energy Stadium, which is
• 49:04
  Speaker 3: some I don't know, in the sky, somewhere about seventy
• 49:06
  Speaker 3: thousand feet above the earth. I'm looking down at countless
• 49:11
  Speaker 3: empty seats in a boatload of Orange jerseys.
• 49:15
  Speaker 4: Oh.
• 49:15
  Speaker 3: Speaking to people within the Texans organization while I was
• 49:18
  Speaker 3: there throughout the pregame post game, they are not happy,
• 49:23
  Speaker 3: specifically their quarterback, who's been very diplomatic about it. With
• 49:27
  Speaker 3: the attendance of the Houston Texans, I guess I could
• 49:31
  Speaker 3: say faithful or maybe unfaithful. I can say that I
• 49:34
  Speaker 3: cover this team for two years living in Houston.
• 49:37
  Speaker 2: Houston fans can be fickle.
• 49:38
  Speaker 3: They are notorious for being late, whether it's the Astros
• 49:41
  Speaker 3: or the Rockets or the Texans. But everything you have
• 49:44
  Speaker 3: been through you now have one of the greatest people
• 49:47
  Speaker 3: that have ever been a part of the organization in
• 49:49
  Speaker 3: Tamiko Ryans running the show. Co see him and one
• 49:52
  Speaker 3: of the best passing attacks in all of football with
• 49:55
  Speaker 3: CJ Stroud. I'm done, Steve, but you got to go
• 49:57
  Speaker 3: watch these guys play.
• 49:59
  Speaker 4: Look do the podcast