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Best of Ian Furness 10/8 · The Ian Furness Show

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  Speaker 1: It's time for Ian's Daily Dose of NFL Football with
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  Speaker 1: Ross Tucker, host of the Ross Tucker Football Podcast and
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  Speaker 1: NFL color analyst for both CBS and Westwood One, who
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  Speaker 1: here's ian with ross.
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  Speaker 2: Tucker ross joins us every thursday afternoon at this time
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  Speaker 2: to talk all things nfl and it boy it sure
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  Speaker 2: feels sure feels like i heard you a lot last
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  Speaker 2: weekend tv radio how many games did you do last week.
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  Speaker 3: I did do three. I did Thursday night Brown Steelers
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  Speaker 3: for Westwood One. Sunday, I did with Ian Bill's Patriots
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  Speaker 3: for CBS. And then, you know, when Kevin Harlan says, hey,
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  Speaker 3: do you want to do Monday night in New Orleans?
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  Speaker 3: I say, yes, I want to do Monday night in
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  Speaker 3: New Orleans. And by the way, I am sorry, but
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  Speaker 3: And a couple minutes late, I literally got off the
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  Speaker 3: phone a minute ago with Mike McDaniel, the offensive coordinator
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  Speaker 3: for the Chargers, former Dolphins head coach, because I'm about
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  Speaker 3: to fly out to LA. I've got Broncos Chargers Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: So the way we do it on our crew is
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  Speaker 3: I typically talk to the coordinators on the phone, you know,
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  Speaker 3: Thursday and Friday. And so I think his press conference went,
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  Speaker 3: maybe a little bit longer than my conversation with him
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  Speaker 3: went a little bit longer. So I have a good excuse.
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  Speaker 3: I'm late. I'm late, teacher, Mr. Furness, but I have
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  Speaker 3: a good excuse.
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  Speaker 2: All good. Ross, all good. I want to go back
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  Speaker 2: to what you said. So when Kevin Harlan calls, that
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  Speaker 2: phone gets answered and the answer is always yes, correct? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So the way, I mean, Kurt Warner is the Monday
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  Speaker 3: night guy. Yeah. But Kurt Warner is doing back-to-back games
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  Speaker 3: in London. Yeah. So, you know, I, I wanted, I
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  Speaker 3: kind of do every other Thursday night. It's not like
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  Speaker 3: every other, but it's, you know, sometimes I'll do two
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  Speaker 3: in a row. Sometimes I'll do one in a month,
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  Speaker 3: but I do, I kind of split the Thursday night duties.
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  Speaker 3: So I already signed up for Cleveland and Pittsburgh and
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  Speaker 3: which worked out great because Cleveland's like two and a
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  Speaker 3: half hours from Buffalo. And then next thing I know,
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  Speaker 3: they said, hey, what about Monday night? Because I think
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  Speaker 3: Kevin enjoys working with me and vice versa. So I said, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So I will say this, the real advantage of doing
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  Speaker 3: three games in four days is is that the following
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  Speaker 3: weekend when you're only doing one, it seems like nothing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, absolutely. It seems easy.
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  Speaker 2: I bring that. Ian Eagle does a great job, but
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  Speaker 2: I just say, you know, at least on the radio
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  Speaker 2: doing football, Kevin Harlan's the best. Like he is just,
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  Speaker 2: and we have, we carry the games. We have the
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  Speaker 2: Westwood one deal here in Seattle. So here on KJR.
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  Speaker 2: So we hear a lot of Kevin Harlan. He joins our,
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  Speaker 2: our afternoon show every week. He's just a, He's a
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  Speaker 2: national treasure, man. That's got to be a blast to
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  Speaker 2: work with him. He's awesome. As are you, my friend.
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  Speaker 2: As are you. As are you. I want to talk
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  Speaker 2: just quickly about this. We'll get to the Seahawks and
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  Speaker 2: Niners in a second. Just a thought on tonight's game.
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  Speaker 2: Dallas 2-2. Defense doesn't look much better with Christian Parker,
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  Speaker 2: their new D.C. Did anybody have Tampa being 0-4 on
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  Speaker 2: the bingo card? I guess probably the same thing as
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  Speaker 2: Houston being 0-4.
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  Speaker 3: And the chargers. I'm going to see, you know, there's,
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  Speaker 3: those are three teams that I would have told you
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  Speaker 3: before the season would have a great chance to make
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  Speaker 3: the playoffs, you know, and I thought Tampa would win
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  Speaker 3: their division. I thought, you know, the Houston, Texas would
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  Speaker 3: win their division probably. But I think this is one
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  Speaker 3: of the things we really like about the NFL is that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you never really know that, that this, why
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  Speaker 3: they play the games.
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  Speaker 4: And also, I will also say this, this is super important.
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  Speaker 3: The best teams in September aren't always the best teams
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  Speaker 3: at the end. You know, it seems like the best
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  Speaker 3: teams are usually the teams that kind of figure it
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  Speaker 3: out in September and early October.
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  Speaker 2: And then go on a run.
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  Speaker 3: Think about You know, the Patriots last year, the Broncos
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  Speaker 3: last year, the Houston Texans last year, the Jaguars last year,
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  Speaker 3: the Seahawks, the Seahawks last year. You know, teams that
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  Speaker 3: kind of figure it out as the season goes.
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  Speaker 2: Let's talk a little bit about the game on Sunday
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  Speaker 2: for us here, and then we'll move on to the
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  Speaker 2: game you're doing as well and some other things around
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  Speaker 2: the NFL. Ross Tucker joining us by Northwest Handling Systems. Seattle,
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  Speaker 2: San Francisco. I had Derek Hall on the show yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: I was out at the facility, so we had him
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  Speaker 2: in the studio there that we utilize out there. He
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  Speaker 2: kind of gave us the typical, it's just another game, blah, blah, blah,
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  Speaker 2: all that kind of stuff. I don't know, 49ers, Seahawks, 49ers, Rams, Seahawks, Rams.
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  Speaker 2: It feels like any time any of those three teams
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  Speaker 2: are playing each other, you are a player. It feels
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  Speaker 2: like it's more than just another game with the power
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  Speaker 2: structure of the NFC and especially the NFC West.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, he's either saying that because they told
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  Speaker 3: him to say that, or it's just a cliche, but
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  Speaker 3: it's definitely not another game. It's definitely not the same
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  Speaker 3: as playing at the commanders or even the chargers, you know, and,
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  Speaker 3: and really getting the tight ends coach from San Francisco
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  Speaker 3: and Brian Flory to be the OC that just kind
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  Speaker 3: of enhances the rivalry even more, you know, it's like
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  Speaker 3: you're stealing some of their brain power for your own team.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's awesome. I think a lot of people
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  Speaker 3: and probably myself included would tell you that the three
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  Speaker 3: best teams in the NFC might be all three teams that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that we're talking about the NFC West. might
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  Speaker 3: be the Seahawks, Rams, and Niners. Not a great spot,
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  Speaker 3: by the way, for the Arizona Cardinals to.
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  Speaker 2: Be in, but it is what it is.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, no, this is absolutely not just another game.
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  Speaker 3: Because think about it. I mean, at the end of
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  Speaker 3: the game, they'll either be tied up atop the division or,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the Niners have a two-game lead. And really,
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  Speaker 3: a two-game lead with a head-to-head win in Seattle is
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  Speaker 3: really like a two-and-a-half game lead. And there's a lot
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  Speaker 3: of football to be played, and that's not insurmountable, but
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  Speaker 3: it is a decent deficit. And, you know, as I
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  Speaker 3: think we saw last year, having that home field, I
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  Speaker 3: feel like, means a lot. You know, if that Thursday
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  Speaker 3: night game didn't go the way it did, if the
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  Speaker 3: Rams won that.
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  Speaker 4: And if Seattle had to play L.A. against the Rams,
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  Speaker 4: I think there's.
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  Speaker 3: A pretty good chance that the Rams would have won
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  Speaker 3: the Super Bowl last year. So it matters. These games
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  Speaker 3: matter a lot.
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  Speaker 2: As a former offensive lineman, I'm sure you've got to
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  Speaker 2: look and marvel at the fact that Brock Purdy is
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  Speaker 2: yet to be sacked this season. That's a remarkable stat.
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  Speaker 3: Super impressive, especially when you consider they just played the Broncos.
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  Speaker 3: They've played some teams with some decent defenses in the
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  Speaker 3: Rams and the Broncos weeks one and four and did
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  Speaker 3: not be sacked yet. He's just operating the offense at
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  Speaker 3: a really efficient level. And, you know, with the injuries
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  Speaker 3: they've had, it's super impressive. You know, you watch them and,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you don't know who's going to be in
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  Speaker 3: the lineup, who's not going to be in the lineup,
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  Speaker 3: but yet it doesn't seem to matter. And really, you know,
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  Speaker 3: I think their high-end players, is probably as high, if
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  Speaker 3: not higher.
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  Speaker 4: Than anybody else's. Cause you think about like, like, like, you.
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  Speaker 3: Know, Mike Evans, Debo Samuel, George Kittle, Christian McCaffrey. The
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  Speaker 3: issue is, you know, these guys are all in their thirties.
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  Speaker 3: And so will they all stay healthy? Will they all
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  Speaker 3: still be able to produce at a high level at
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  Speaker 3: the end of a very, very long season. And you
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  Speaker 3: can put Trent Williams at left tackle in that category
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  Speaker 3: as well. So, but if all those guys are fresh
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  Speaker 3: and healthy and ready to roll, they're going to be
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  Speaker 3: extremely dangerous. I think that's one reason why it'd be
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  Speaker 3: huge for them if they could actually get the bye
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  Speaker 3: and be able to have the bye in the postseason
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  Speaker 3: and give those guys a full week off, full week
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  Speaker 3: of rest. I'm sure that at that point, those guys
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  Speaker 3: would be thrilled about that.
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  Speaker 2: One of the things we're very well aware of here
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  Speaker 2: in Seattle, Ross, is that the four Super Bowl appearances
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  Speaker 2: in Seahawks history, 2005, 13, 14, and then last season,
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  Speaker 2: all four times the Seahawks got to the Super Bowl,
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  Speaker 2: winning the two times, They had home field advantage throughout.
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  Speaker 2: And Lumen Field has become and is one of the
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  Speaker 2: better home field advantages in the NFL. And they've always
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  Speaker 2: had that. So, yeah, I mean, that's something. And you
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  Speaker 2: don't want to go on the road, right? Like you'd far,
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  Speaker 2: far rather have the opportunity to play, you know, at
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  Speaker 2: home for two games. And like you said, two games,
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  Speaker 2: not three, and at least both at home. If it's
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  Speaker 2: all three, have all three at home. I mean, home
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  Speaker 2: field is big in the NFL playoffs, right? And it's
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  Speaker 2: never too early to think about that because that right-hand
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  Speaker 2: column gets to four, five, or six. You're not playing
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  Speaker 2: at home.
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  Speaker 3: Well, and I think they kind of over-weighted it with
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  Speaker 3: the playoff expansion. You know, I think home field advantage
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  Speaker 3: is already enough as it is, but to also not
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  Speaker 3: have to play a game that first week, I don't know,
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  Speaker 3: it seems to me almost like they... They made the
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  Speaker 3: number one seed too important. And maybe at some point
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  Speaker 3: they will have an eighth team in the postseason.
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  Speaker 2: You know, that wouldn't bother me.
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  Speaker 3: You know, 50% of the team would make the playoffs, 50%
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  Speaker 3: of the team would don't. Because also, I just think that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that seemed a little bit almost unfair. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I thought before it was pretty good, right? Where the
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  Speaker 3: number one team gets home field in a vibe.
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  Speaker 4: Also the number two.
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  Speaker 3: Team gets a buy. Now the difference.
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  Speaker 4: Between one and two seed, you know, they can have the.
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  Speaker 3: Same record that that bothers me. You have the same record.
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  Speaker 3: And yet the one team gets a buy and home field.
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  Speaker 3: The other team has to play three games, including at
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  Speaker 3: least one on the road.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it makes it difficult. Ross Tucker joining us, of course,
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  Speaker 2: for the Ross Tucker Podcast, Westwood One, CBS Sports. So
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  Speaker 2: got the Chargers in Denver coming up on It'll be
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  Speaker 2: good because the Chargers are next up for Seattle, so
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  Speaker 2: we'll talk to you about that next week. I'm sorry,
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  Speaker 2: the Broncos next up for Seattle. We'll talk about that
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  Speaker 2: next week. Let me look ahead to Monday if I
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  Speaker 2: can because you just have done a couple Buffalo games.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to the Rams. Everyone in Seattle will be
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  Speaker 2: a big Buffalo Bills fan, Ross, this coming Monday night.
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  Speaker 2: Same thing in the Bay Area. Everyone's going, go Bills.
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  Speaker 2: Give me a little feel for what you expect to
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  Speaker 2: see on Monday with Josh Allen against Matthew Stafford, Bills,
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  Speaker 2: and Rams.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it should be awesome. I mean, two legitimate Superbowl
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  Speaker 3: contenders that the last two MVPs and they're two of
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  Speaker 3: the more entertaining quarterbacks because of their aggression. Josh Allen
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  Speaker 3: to me is just like hilarious when he runs and
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  Speaker 3: some of the plays that he makes or tries to
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  Speaker 3: make both good and bad. Interestingly, you know, the one
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  Speaker 3: thing that has at times held both these guys back
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  Speaker 3: is some silly turnovers or some mistakes that you really
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  Speaker 3: can't make. in those situations, you know, Stafford had a
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  Speaker 3: couple of picks against the Eagles last week that almost
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  Speaker 3: cost them. They were down by 10 with 10 minutes left,
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  Speaker 3: but they came back to win it. And then Josh Allen,
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  Speaker 3: you know, he had a, a costly interception at the
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  Speaker 3: end of the game, which, which costs the bills in
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  Speaker 3: that game that they only needed a field goal to
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  Speaker 3: tie it. They would have been in a good situation
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  Speaker 3: to get a field goal, but he kinda, he went
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  Speaker 3: for the home run. It'll be an awesome game. You know,
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  Speaker 3: the Bills' defense is struggling a little bit, so I
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  Speaker 3: wouldn't be surprised if that game's in the 30s. You know,
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  Speaker 3: just like a classic 35-34, 34-31, something like that.
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  Speaker 2: They could go either way. All right, let's get going
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, the best thing to do is always
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  Speaker 3: just follow me on social media. I'd say at Ross
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  Speaker 3: cafeteria puts out tomorrow when I'm there for practice. And
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure we'll go somewhere nice for dinner tomorrow night.
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  Speaker 3: And so far, usually pretty good press box food.
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  Speaker 2: It's really good on Sunday as well. Yes, really good. Really,
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  Speaker 2: really good.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: One of the ones I miss not traveling anymore. It's
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  Speaker 2: very good.
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  Speaker 3: Very.
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  Speaker 2: They do a good job there. Very good job. All right,
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  Speaker 2: my friend, we'll talk to you next week. We've got
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  Speaker 2: the Broncos and the Seahawks, I think, next Thursday for
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  Speaker 2: Thursday Night Football, so we'll be talking about that with
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  Speaker 2: you next Thursday.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, that'll be perfect.
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  Speaker 2: I love it.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks, man.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Ross Tucker joining us here on the Beacon
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  Speaker 2: Plumbing Hotline. We'll take a break. A special guest, an
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  Speaker 5: It's time for a.
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  Speaker 2: How are you, my friend? Doing great. Thanks for having
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  Speaker 2: the air. I'm Ian. Hi, Ashley. How are you?
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  Speaker 3: Hi.
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  Speaker 2: What's going on today? How are things? Oh, God. Me,
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  Speaker 2: Ian's a knucklehead sometimes. Steve, let's first talk about the
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  Speaker 2: big thing. I'm not going to bury the lead. We'll
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  Speaker 2: get right to the Seahawks. Seahawks, 49ers this week. Let's
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  Speaker 2: get your thoughts. I had Derek Hall on yesterday. He
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  Speaker 2: kind of downplayed, oh, it's just another game type of thing.
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  Speaker 2: Mike McDowell did the same. Cooper Cupp, the wily veteran,
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  Speaker 2: kind of said, no, this is a bigger deal. This
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  Speaker 2: is a big deal coming up. How are you looking
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  Speaker 2: at this game in the NFC West this weekend?
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  Speaker 6: Well, I think it's huge. I think it's a great game.
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  Speaker 6: It's a massive game and we should all treat it
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  Speaker 6: as such. So the biggest storyline here is this 49ers
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  Speaker 6: offense has been incredible pretty much since Brock Purdy. Brock
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  Speaker 6: Purdy's had a great career. And when you start to
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  Speaker 6: stack up Brock Purdy statistically, I mean, we're getting into
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  Speaker 6: like all-time passer rating leader and yards per attempt. Like
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  Speaker 6: the production has been incredible for Brock Purdy and I
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  Speaker 6: think there's reasons for that that are Brock Purdy related
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  Speaker 6: and there's reasons that are Kyle Shanahan related but the
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  Speaker 6: most interesting thing is you know Mac Jones took over
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  Speaker 6: last year because of Brock Purdy's injury and the offense
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  Speaker 6: was cool it was good it was great but it
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  Speaker 6: was really good when Brock Purdy got back from injury
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  Speaker 6: except when he's run into Mike McDonald in Seattle I
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  Speaker 6: mean every I mean we go we go back to
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  Speaker 6: Christmas night 2023 49ers Ravens, and it's Mike McDonald's defense
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  Speaker 6: that forces four interceptions on Brock Purdy for an offense
• 16:18
  Speaker 6: that was cooking that year, the Niners offense. So now
• 16:20
  Speaker 6: we've got this historical trend of Shanahan's offense always has success,
• 16:25
  Speaker 6: and you could have Jimmy Garoppolo put up big numbers
• 16:29
  Speaker 6: and go to Super Bowls. You have Brock Purdy putting
• 16:31
  Speaker 6: up big numbers and going to Super Bowls. But when
• 16:33
  Speaker 6: they run into Mike McDonald's defense, they struggle. And so
• 16:35
  Speaker 6: that's the biggest story for me. They looked awful last year.
• 16:38
  Speaker 6: A great offense looked awful last year against Seattle. in
• 16:42
  Speaker 6: those two final games, including the playoff game. So that's
• 16:45
  Speaker 6: the big question. Can Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan have
• 16:48
  Speaker 6: some answers for McDonald's defense this week?
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: Regular season. This is what is happening. So in the regular, well, overall,
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: Mike McDonald is three and two against Kyle Shanahan as
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: a head coach includes the playoff win that Steve mentioned
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: last year, when the 49er offense disappeared in the regular
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: season games. It bears mentioning, the first game ever between
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: Shanahan and McDonald, McDonald's first year, they put up 36
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: to the 49ers over the CX, 36-24. Since then, these
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: are the points for the 49ers, 17-17. three, and then
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: next to nothing in the playoffs. So the cheat code
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: has been figured out. It's wild, isn't it, Steve? You
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: look around the league. McVay seems to have figured out
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: the McDonald defense, but Shanahan has not. Now the Seahawks
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: have figured out the Rams in terms of defensively. It's
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: a three-headed monster in this NFC West, and I always
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: talk about it. I don't know how you and Sam
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: on the podcast, the guys at 3013, look at it.
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: We always talk about who are the top coaches right
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: now in the NFL. Well, if you're making a top
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: five list, three of the five are probably in this division,
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: the NFC West. Well, yeah, I think they all have
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: to be.
• 17:57
  Speaker 6: I mean, the success that they've had, and it is
• 18:00
  Speaker 6: really interesting because just as you mentioned and laid out,
• 18:04
  Speaker 6: there are just certain matchups that are favorable and certain
• 18:07
  Speaker 6: matchups that are not, right? There are just certain teams
• 18:11
  Speaker 6: have figured out others or whatever it may be. So
• 18:14
  Speaker 6: this particular matchup will be a big one, right, Ken?
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 18:17
  Speaker 6: Can Kyle Shanahan figure out Mike McDonald for, you know,
• 18:20
  Speaker 6: pretty much, you know.
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: The first time I would say consistently.
• 18:24
  Speaker 6: So that's the starting point, but yeah, the coaches, Kyle Shanahan,
• 18:27
  Speaker 6: I think has done a great job and every, every
• 18:29
  Speaker 6: coach takes criticism. If they haven't won a super bowl,
• 18:32
  Speaker 6: Kyle Shanahan's would be, oh, well, you know, 28 to three,
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: he's the OC for the Falcons and he's in two
• 18:38
  Speaker 6: super bowls with the Niners and maybe has a few
• 18:40
  Speaker 6: play calls or decisions that he wants back. But the
• 18:43
  Speaker 6: floor for Kyle Shanahan has been so high. Pretty much
• 18:46
  Speaker 6: every single season that he's had his starting quarterback uninjured,
• 18:51
  Speaker 6: almost every season he's been in the NFC Championship, as
• 18:54
  Speaker 6: long as he has a healthy starting quarterback. Going back
• 18:56
  Speaker 6: to Jimmy Garoppolo, when they had injuries, it was difficult.
• 18:59
  Speaker 6: You can't do it every year, but it's pretty close.
• 19:02
  Speaker 6: And so the floor is incredible for Shanahan. The offense
• 19:06
  Speaker 6: has been consistently good. And I think now he's done
• 19:09
  Speaker 6: a good job. You know, you bring back Raheem Morris
• 19:12
  Speaker 6: running the defense and everything. He's done a good job
• 19:13
  Speaker 6: of having much like Sean McVay, different defensive coordinators and
• 19:17
  Speaker 6: staying competitive on that side of the ball, which I
• 19:19
  Speaker 6: think is a challenge, you know, different from Seattle where
• 19:22
  Speaker 6: Mike McDonald might have to be, you know, going through
• 19:25
  Speaker 6: different offensive coordinators year over year and yell, his defense
• 19:28
  Speaker 6: will remain consistent.
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 19:29
  Speaker 6: So it's just a little different style, but Kyle's done
• 19:32
  Speaker 6: a really good job keeping the offense consistent. Ahead of
• 19:36
  Speaker 6: the game for the most part, and then, you know,
• 19:38
  Speaker 6: revolving door of defensive coordinators keeping the defense competitive.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: I just, it's a remarkable, so 113 pass attempts for
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: Brock Purdy, and there's probably a couple of scrambles in there,
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: so the dropbacks are. I don't know what they would
• 19:51
  Speaker 2: be in the 125-something range, but for him not to
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: be sacked... You mentioned kind of historical. No sacks through
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: the first four... And, I mean, all those dropbacks, what
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: are they doing? How are they able to do that?
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: Because I don't care how elusive you are, how quick
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: you release it. That's a remarkable stat right now, Steve.
• 20:11
  Speaker 6: I think if you go all the way back to
• 20:13
  Speaker 6: week one, the Australia game against the Rams, and I
• 20:16
  Speaker 6: know the Rams kind of laid an egg and didn't
• 20:18
  Speaker 6: look good that particular week, but you go back and
• 20:20
  Speaker 6: you watch the play calling. There's like an art and
• 20:23
  Speaker 6: a flow to Kyle Shanahan's offenses. And if you were
• 20:26
  Speaker 6: going up against a Rams team that didn't have Aaron Donald,
• 20:29
  Speaker 6: but they had Myles Garrett, And you're trying to slow
• 20:31
  Speaker 6: down the pass rush.
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: This is what they do so well.
• 20:34
  Speaker 6: Watch the defensive ends against a Shanahan team every single week.
• 20:38
  Speaker 6: And it feels like they're on a string. The linebackers
• 20:41
  Speaker 6: are on a string as well. They never do the
• 20:43
  Speaker 6: same thing twice. So as soon as you get that
• 20:46
  Speaker 6: straight shot at the quarterback, they're going to throw a
• 20:48
  Speaker 6: screen behind you. or they're going to run misdirection, or
• 20:51
  Speaker 6: they're going to have somebody completely different block you on
• 20:54
  Speaker 6: the backside on a run play. It could be the
• 20:56
  Speaker 6: tight end, it could be the fullback, it could be
• 20:58
  Speaker 6: the tight end in motion, fullback in motion, could be
• 21:00
  Speaker 6: a wide receiver. So the defensive ends, they're unable to
• 21:04
  Speaker 6: get upfield and really attack because so much of the
• 21:08
  Speaker 6: offense is like, how do you make the defensive ends wrong?
• 21:10
  Speaker 6: How do you make them wrong in the run game
• 21:12
  Speaker 6: and in the pass game? As soon as they get
• 21:14
  Speaker 6: a good rush, you're throwing a screen behind them and
• 21:16
  Speaker 6: you're taking advantage of their over-aggressiveness. So that's the first thing.
• 21:20
  Speaker 6: And then I think just sack avoidance overall is usually
• 21:22
  Speaker 6: the quarterback getting rid of the ball. And that's what
• 21:24
  Speaker 6: Brock Purdy does really well. Makes quick decisions, gets rid
• 21:27
  Speaker 6: of it. And he's incredibly elusive. I've mentioned on my
• 21:30
  Speaker 6: show before, I hate making outlandish comparisons when people say, oh,
• 21:35
  Speaker 6: this reminds me of this Hall of Famer or that
• 21:36
  Speaker 6: Hall of Famer. But I think Brock Purdy has a
• 21:39
  Speaker 6: spatial awareness that is very Mahomesian. Mahomesian spatial awareness for
• 21:45
  Speaker 6: Brock Purdy. I think he's very good. As a scrambler,
• 21:49
  Speaker 6: he's very good if you see him in the open field.
• 21:52
  Speaker 6: Subtle pump fakes to get guys moving and to create
• 21:55
  Speaker 6: a few extra yards. He's very good for a guy
• 21:57
  Speaker 6: that doesn't have a cannon for an arm. He's very
• 21:59
  Speaker 6: good at throwing back across his body because I think
• 22:02
  Speaker 6: he knows how to take the calculated risk and he
• 22:04
  Speaker 6: has the spatial awareness to know when to take that shot.
• 22:06
  Speaker 6: So I think Brock Purdy doesn't get enough credit.
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: I go back and forth.
• 22:10
  Speaker 6: I think he's outstanding and he's also elevated by Kyle
• 22:13
  Speaker 6: Shanahan's offense, which has two decades of So I think
• 22:17
  Speaker 6: you add that all up and it's just this efficient,
• 22:20
  Speaker 6: well-run offense. And it's the best quarterback that Kyle Shanahan
• 22:24
  Speaker 6: has had since Matt Ryan back in 2015 and 16.
• 22:27
  Speaker 6: And Matt Ryan had nine yards per attempt and won
• 22:29
  Speaker 6: the MVP in 2016. They went to the Super Bowl.
• 22:31
  Speaker 6: So that's where I think Purdy is. So I think
• 22:33
  Speaker 6: Purdy is a big part of it as well as.
• 22:35
  Speaker 6: the way they run that scheme to protect the quarterback.
• 22:37
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  Speaker 2: these game days. What are you seeing right now from
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  Speaker 2: issues and injuries and so forth, but what are you
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: seeing from those guys? Yeah, I mean, first off.
• 23:27
  Speaker 6: you've got the running back issues, but I did really
• 23:29
  Speaker 6: love how they used Rashid Shaheed on a few plays
• 23:31
  Speaker 6: last week as a, as a running back. I love
• 23:33
  Speaker 6: that creativity, obviously to get the long touchdown from him.
• 23:37
  Speaker 6: I thought last week it was just a lack of consistency,
• 23:39
  Speaker 6: you know, down to down. I think the Chargers defense
• 23:42
  Speaker 6: has started to find their footing. So they deserve some
• 23:44
  Speaker 6: credit as well. I haven't thrown much credit the Chargers
• 23:48
  Speaker 6: way this season at all, but they've done some better
• 23:50
  Speaker 6: stuff these last couple of weeks, you know, against Buffalo
• 23:52
  Speaker 6: and Seattle and, And.
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: Again, I thought two weeks ago, it was perfectly fine
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: against Washington.
• 23:57
  Speaker 6: It was like a weird pick six where it's great
• 23:59
  Speaker 6: disguise and the backup linebacker, you know, kind of like
• 24:02
  Speaker 6: jumps out of nowhere and picks it off.
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: And that's a tough play.
• 24:05
  Speaker 6: I thought the offense moved the ball extremely well two
• 24:08
  Speaker 6: weeks ago against Washington. And then last week, you know,
• 24:11
  Speaker 6: maybe you lose a little bit of rhythm when you're up,
• 24:13
  Speaker 6: you know, it's 27 to nine.
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: You know, you're up a lot. You're supposed to win
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: this game.
• 24:17
  Speaker 6: You're, you know, touchdown plus favorites and they're unable to,
• 24:21
  Speaker 6: just run the clock and control the ball as.
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: Much as they would like to.
• 24:23
  Speaker 6: So I think, I think overall they're fine.
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: I think there's some great creativity in there.
• 24:27
  Speaker 6: I liked the touchdown to Tori Horton where you have the,
• 24:30
  Speaker 6: the called run play and the little backside slants there.
• 24:33
  Speaker 6: And you're doing it with, you know, a backup receiver
• 24:35
  Speaker 6: rather than a JSN. I think JSN still uncoverable and off.
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: Awesome.
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: So I think, I think that's going to be the,
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: I mean, they're, they're going to be fine.
• 24:43
  Speaker 6: Sam Darnold as, as excellent as he has been the
• 24:45
  Speaker 6: last three years across Minnesota and Seattle is, Still turnovers
• 24:50
  Speaker 6: pop up, right? He'll force a few more passes into
• 24:52
  Speaker 6: coverage than most. It's not exactly like Jameis back in
• 24:58
  Speaker 6: the day with the Bucs where I would always defend
• 25:00
  Speaker 6: Jameis and say, look, there's a lot of turnovers, but
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: there's a lot of value-add plays there too. He's not
• 25:05
  Speaker 6: just a turnover machine. He's pushing the ball down the
• 25:09
  Speaker 6: field and creating big plays. Darnold's not at that extreme
• 25:12
  Speaker 6: level of turnovers with Jameis, but you could easily say, look,
• 25:15
  Speaker 6: Sam Darnold's a value-add type of player. He's going to
• 25:17
  Speaker 6: push the ball down the field. He's going to create
• 25:20
  Speaker 6: big play opportunities. He's going to get the ball to JSN.
• 25:23
  Speaker 6: But there are going to be some bad decisions in there,
• 25:25
  Speaker 6: some turnovers. And to Darnold's credit, I think.
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: He's had the amnesia that I was.
• 25:29
  Speaker 6: Talking about that quarterbacks need to forget the bad plays
• 25:32
  Speaker 6: and to bounce back. And I think he's been good
• 25:34
  Speaker 6: with that. So you get some cluster turnovers here and
• 25:37
  Speaker 6: there from Darnold. But I think overall, it's fine. And
• 25:39
  Speaker 6: they have the weapons to get the ball down the
• 25:41
  Speaker 6: field as long as they They will need that consistent
• 25:44
  Speaker 6: run game, though. They'll need that to be consistent because
• 25:47
  Speaker 6: they're planning on leading a lot of games, and that
• 25:49
  Speaker 6: is one thing.
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: That they'll have to tidy up. Yeah, they added that
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: Robert Henry Jr. from the Commander's Practice Squad. We'll see
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: what he's all about this week. He's on the 53, man,
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: for the next three weeks at least while they wait
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: for Charbonnet and Price to get healthy.
• 26:02
  Speaker 6: I was going to say, ironically, a healthy Joe Mixon
• 26:05
  Speaker 6: would have been perfect. The last time he was healthy,
• 26:08
  Speaker 6: he was an excellent part of the Houston Texans' run game.
• 26:11
  Speaker 6: He gets your four to five when it's there. He
• 26:13
  Speaker 6: keeps you on schedule. He would have been excellent if
• 26:15
  Speaker 6: he was healthy, but unfortunately it didn't work out. It
• 26:17
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  Speaker 6: I didn't think the Bucs were going to be this
• 26:43
  Speaker 6: bad heading into the season. I also thought that the Cowboys'
• 26:46
  Speaker 6: defense would be better and improved with Christian Parker, new
• 26:51
  Speaker 6: defensive coordinator, some personnel changes. I still think they have potential,
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  Speaker 6: but they have given up a lot of points, a
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  Speaker 6: lot of yards again this year after they were awful
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  Speaker 6: last year. So Cowboys' defense needs to improve. The Bucs
• 27:03
  Speaker 6: just look like a mess as an organization. Plus they
• 27:05
  Speaker 6: have Jalen Daniels started last week and starting tonight, the
• 27:09
  Speaker 6: undrafted rookie free agent out of Kansas. He did some
• 27:12
  Speaker 6: nice things last week, but you're still talking about an
• 27:14
  Speaker 6: undrafted rookie free agent. It's really tough to win with
• 27:18
  Speaker 6: an inexperienced player like that. But he earned the backup
• 27:21
  Speaker 6: job in preseason. Again, he did some nice things. He's
• 27:23
  Speaker 6: really mobile. A couple bad decisions last week. Both ended
• 27:26
  Speaker 6: in interceptions. But you're also talking about a team. They
• 27:28
  Speaker 6: struggled with Baker Mayfield under center, who was a veteran
• 27:31
  Speaker 6: and had a lot of success. So the Bucs, they're reeling.
• 27:35
  Speaker 6: They've been awful defensively the last year and a half
• 27:37
  Speaker 6: or so under Todd Bowles. Offense trying to find their footing.
• 27:41
  Speaker 6: And then the one thing to watch, I think from
• 27:42
  Speaker 6: a Cowboys perspective, that offense looks incredible. Like Dak Prescott
• 27:46
  Speaker 6: is making big time throws week after week. And it
• 27:50
  Speaker 6: shows the power, I think, of having the one-two punch
• 27:52
  Speaker 6: at receiver, like the two number one receivers. When you
• 27:55
  Speaker 6: have that, George Pins and CeeDee Lamb, any given week,
• 27:58
  Speaker 6: you could have CeeDee Lamb go off for 17 catches
• 28:00
  Speaker 6: like he did last week. So I think that's what
• 28:02
  Speaker 6: makes Dallas so dangerous. And if their defense can just
• 28:05
  Speaker 6: get a little bit better, I've been saying this all
• 28:07
  Speaker 6: offseason and into this year, just a little bit better defensively,
• 28:09
  Speaker 6: and the Cowboys are really dangerous.
• 28:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's all preseason. They're talking about Christian Parker and
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: the changes. Now they've had a couple injuries at linebacker
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: and so forth, but by and large, they had high
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: expectations for the defense coming in. Not everyone is a
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: Mike McDonald rolling in first year. I mean, honestly, everyone's
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: looking for that young up-and-coming coordinator or what have you.
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: Not to say he's going to fail. Maybe he can
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: get it going, but so far it's been very much
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: the numbers are almost the same as last year. and
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: it was a really bad defense for the Cowboys. It's
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: Steve Palazzolo joining us. Talking about the Bucs, let's just
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: look at general terms here. When are teams going to
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: learn that you need to have a quality backup quarterback?
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: I mean, you mentioned Mac Jones. When Mac Jones stepped
• 28:49
  Speaker 2: in last year for the 49ers, they were fine. Drew Locke,
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: same thing this year. I mean, that Giant season is
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: basically ruined. Maybe they thought Jameis would be a little
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: bit better, but I mean, when are teams going to
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: realize you've got to find yourself a quality backup quarterback
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: if you think you're going to be a playoff contender?
• 29:05
  Speaker 6: Yeah, what was interesting about the Bucs is they had
• 29:07
  Speaker 6: Jake Browning in camp, and we just saw Jake Browning
• 29:10
  Speaker 6: the last, you know, two years ago fill in, or
• 29:12
  Speaker 6: three years ago for the Bengals fill in admirably for
• 29:16
  Speaker 6: Joe Burrow. Like, he's got a history of doing that,
• 29:17
  Speaker 6: you know, a couple times. And they had him in camp,
• 29:21
  Speaker 6: and it felt like he'd be, okay, he's the veteran backup,
• 29:23
  Speaker 6: and Jalen Daniels is your upside play.
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: And look, again, Daniels was impressive.
• 29:29
  Speaker 6: But, you know, on a curve last week, as an
• 29:31
  Speaker 6: undrafted rookie free agent, there's two bad interceptions in there,
• 29:34
  Speaker 6: a couple plays he misses. It was impressive relative to expectations,
• 29:38
  Speaker 6: and they like him, and I think that's fine. I
• 29:40
  Speaker 6: was a little surprised that he won the backup job
• 29:42
  Speaker 6: outright over Jake Browning I thought hey maybe you carry
• 29:45
  Speaker 6: three quarterbacks and and I'm all for carrying more quarterbacks
• 29:48
  Speaker 6: because of this right because you can have an undrafted
• 29:51
  Speaker 6: rookie free agent with upside and carry him on the
• 29:53
  Speaker 6: roster and let him learn so I think that would
• 29:55
  Speaker 6: be like the one curious decision from the box was
• 29:59
  Speaker 6: maybe not carrying a guy like Jake Browning and going
• 30:01
  Speaker 6: straight to the UDFA rookie.
• 30:03
  Speaker 2: As the backup. Speaking of quarterbacks, are the Falcons going
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: to be a problem now with that running game and
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: the fact that Michael Penix has looked good?
• 30:11
  Speaker 6: So they remind me, remember when the Titans had Derrick
• 30:13
  Speaker 6: Henry and A.J. Brown, and I used to call those
• 30:15
  Speaker 6: the dudes, right? The dudes just took over games, and
• 30:18
  Speaker 6: you'd have A.J.
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: Brown goes for $ 1.
• 30:19
  Speaker 6: 50, and Derrick Henry goes for $ 1. 50, and Ryan Tannehill's
• 30:23
  Speaker 6: running the show, and I don't know if the rest
• 30:24
  Speaker 6: of the team was great, But those guys could take over.
• 30:27
  Speaker 6: And I think the Falcons have similar talent when it
• 30:31
  Speaker 6: comes to Bijan, who's as good as it gets. Drake London,
• 30:34
  Speaker 6: who I've always loved. He's more than just a big receiver,
• 30:37
  Speaker 6: big-bodied receiver. He's a great route runner, good hands, ball skills.
• 30:41
  Speaker 6: And so they just had Kyle Pitts at tight ends.
• 30:43
  Speaker 6: They just have some dudes who could take over. And
• 30:45
  Speaker 6: I think Michael Penix Jr. showed a ton as a rookie.
• 30:49
  Speaker 6: Late in the season as a rookie, showed he could
• 30:50
  Speaker 6: attack down the field. He took a bit of a
• 30:52
  Speaker 6: step back last year before he got hurt. And I
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  Speaker 6: think he's shown, okay, he can run the show here,
• 30:57
  Speaker 6: certainly better than what Cooper Rush was doing the first
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  Speaker 6: two weeks of the season. So Michael Penick showed, hey,
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  Speaker 6: I can be the guy that can get the ball
• 31:03
  Speaker 6: to these dudes out in space and make big plays.
• 31:05
  Speaker 6: So Falcons are really intriguing with what they've done the
• 31:08
  Speaker 6: last couple weeks. Run game has been excellent. The pass
• 31:11
  Speaker 6: game off of that. And their defense, they lost some
• 31:13
  Speaker 6: defensive talent to injuries and suspensions. And it looks on
• 31:17
  Speaker 6: paper like a very mediocre defense, but they're playing hard.
• 31:20
  Speaker 6: Jeff Ulbrich, the defensive coordinator, he's done a great job
• 31:23
  Speaker 6: They're rushing the passer. They've taken kind of a mix
• 31:26
  Speaker 6: of some late-rounders, mid-rounders, and some NFL veterans and really
• 31:30
  Speaker 6: turned them into a nice-looking defensive line. So I've been
• 31:34
  Speaker 6: really impressed with the Falcons these last couple weeks, as
• 31:36
  Speaker 6: everybody should. I mean, they're averaging like 40 points a game.
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: I'll wrap it up with this. We're all big Bills
• 31:41
  Speaker 2: fans here in Seattle, and probably in the Bay Area
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: as well, because Monday Night Football this week is the
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: Bills taking on the Rams at SoFi Stadium. Handicap that
• 31:52
  Speaker 2: one for me. That is a The Rams, I'm still
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: trying to figure out. I don't know if they got
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: lucky coming back. I mean, they're down two scores in
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: the fourth quarter. I mean, Philadelphia's got to help them
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: along the way to get that win. They did. They
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: find a way to get it. Puka went crazy, as normal. Well,
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: Puka is crazy. But anyway, he went crazy. And then
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: you've got the Bills and the Rams. Josh Allen, that's
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: a good Monday night game, Steve. Oh, it's a great game.
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: I love it. I don't want to say potential Super
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: Bowl preview. You're in Seattle. Don't say that. Yeah, you're
• 32:20
  Speaker 2: on Seattle.
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  Speaker 3: I know.
• 32:21
  Speaker 7: I know that.
• 32:22
  Speaker 6: Two teams that could end up in the Final Four
• 32:25
  Speaker 6: as the Bills play the Seahawks in the Super Bowl, potentially.
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: That's what's going to happen.
• 32:29
  Speaker 6: But I think the Rams, they feel like the older
• 32:32
  Speaker 6: team that might be sleepwalking a little bit early in
• 32:34
  Speaker 6: the season. The schedule's going to get a little bit
• 32:36
  Speaker 6: easier for them, too, as the season goes on. I
• 32:39
  Speaker 6: think their goal is to find their footing at the
• 32:42
  Speaker 6: right time. I think they're playing the long game. Not
• 32:43
  Speaker 6: that you're trying to lose or trying to not play
• 32:46
  Speaker 6: as well early on, but I think they realize... Their
• 32:49
  Speaker 6: best is going to be when Aaron Donald's healthy and
• 32:51
  Speaker 6: Miles Garrett's healthy. Stafford's been off a little bit, though,
• 32:54
  Speaker 6: this year, missing some throws, putting ball in harm's way.
• 32:57
  Speaker 6: And my biggest question for the Rams this year wasn't
• 32:59
  Speaker 6: the team-building effort that Les Snead had. It was like, hey,
• 33:02
  Speaker 6: Matthew Stafford had, what, like 48 touchdowns and six picks
• 33:05
  Speaker 6: or whatever last year?
• 33:07
  Speaker 2: That's really tough to replicate, both numbers. That almost never happens.
• 33:10
  Speaker 6: We see players with 50 touchdown seasons, they drop down
• 33:14
  Speaker 6: to 32. Six interceptions for a Matthew Stafford or whatever.
• 33:17
  Speaker 2: Eight or whatever it was.
• 33:19
  Speaker 6: He's got a history of, you know, you're going to
• 33:20
  Speaker 6: take some chances and throw some picks, and he has been.
• 33:22
  Speaker 6: So I thought that, you know, Stafford just coming back
• 33:25
  Speaker 6: down to earth playing normal football was the biggest question
• 33:28
  Speaker 6: for the Rams. And I think that's really what it's
• 33:30
  Speaker 6: been these first few weeks is Stafford, you know, his
• 33:33
  Speaker 6: ups and downs and inconsistency. And then the Bills, you
• 33:36
  Speaker 6: started to see, like, they were very close to being 4-0.
• 33:38
  Speaker 6: Josh Allen throws an interception to end it. Very dangerous offensively, though,
• 33:42
  Speaker 6: as usual. Josh Allen can take over games with his arm,
• 33:44
  Speaker 6: with his legs. They've got some good playmakers. Dalton Kincaid
• 33:47
  Speaker 6: is a star. When you talk about teams moving to
• 33:50
  Speaker 6: more 13 personnel and creating mismatches, Dalton Kincaid is that guy.
• 33:54
  Speaker 6: They cut down on that a little bit last week,
• 33:56
  Speaker 6: but you still have to keep an eye on him.
• 33:58
  Speaker 6: And then the defense is the other thing for the Bills.
• 34:00
  Speaker 6: They're giving up a lot more than they have in
• 34:02
  Speaker 6: the past. Yardage-wise, it's a more aggressive defense, but it's
• 34:06
  Speaker 6: Jim Leonard coming over from the Broncos. They haven't fully
• 34:09
  Speaker 6: found their footing yet, and they've been a little bit
• 34:11
  Speaker 6: top-heavy as far as Gregory Rousseau and DeLa... Deion Walker
• 34:16
  Speaker 6: up front, two studs just making big plays at the
• 34:19
  Speaker 6: right time. But down for down, the Bills are giving
• 34:21
  Speaker 6: up a lot. So I think we're going to see
• 34:22
  Speaker 6: a shootout Monday night, and it will come down to
• 34:25
  Speaker 6: mistakes from the quarterbacks, which both guys made a couple
• 34:28
  Speaker 6: of those last week.
• 34:29
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• 34:31
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• 35:35
  Speaker 2: you about this all week. Big night for us tonight
• 35:37
  Speaker 2: at Imbibe Tap House, Bottle House and Tap Room out
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: there in Maple Valley. It is our final keg of
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: the Mayer IPA. We always set one keg aside. The
• 35:47
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• 35:50
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• 35:53
  Speaker 2: set one keg aside, and we have a final keg.
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: Because beer sells out so quick in downtown Seattle, we
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: want to have a kind of end of our fundraising
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: effort from the golf tournament to the beer party. And
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: so we're doing that tonight at 6 o'clock. We'll tap
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: that final keg, watch a little Thursday night football, and
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: raise a glass for a lot of different things, including
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: Avery Huffman DIPG Foundation, the Jordan Morris Foundation for Young
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: People with Type 1 Diabetes. And appropriate as well to
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: do it for this week to Holinsky's Hope. And we'll
• 36:22
  Speaker 2: tell you why in just a second. Mark Holinsky, Ryan Holinsky,
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: Tyler's brother, joining us right now on the Beacon Plumbing Hotline. Gentlemen,
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: thanks for popping on. I appreciate it. Ryan, looking good there, buddy.
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: Last time I saw you, you were at Druids Glen
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: Golf Course, and it was a gong show out there.
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: You survived that crew, though, so that's good.
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  Speaker 8: No, that was a blast. Thanks again for having me out.
• 36:40
  Speaker 8: And thanks again for the gear too. We got, we
• 36:43
  Speaker 8: got some love from you guys.
• 36:44
  Speaker 5: So that was awesome. I had a great time actually.
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: So good.
• 36:47
  Speaker 5: Good.
• 36:48
  Speaker 3: Good.
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: And hopefully Mark, we'll get you out there here in
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: the near future for, uh, for next year's event. They
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: always love having you out there. It was a great event,
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: but we missed you, but, uh, that's okay. We're still
• 36:56
  Speaker 2: doing well with this thing. I love it.
• 36:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 36:59
  Speaker 9: You guys are amazing. We love being part of it. And, uh,
• 37:02
  Speaker 9: Say hi to Jess for us.
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: I will do that. I will do that for sure.
• 37:07
  Speaker 2: This is a student, and I think this is really important.
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: The timing, I guess it's probably worked out, probably similar,
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: but Student Athlete Mental Health Week is this week. And
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: I think it's World Mental Health Day is on Saturday
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: as well. So it's a big week for, I think, awareness, right?
• 37:22
  Speaker 2: And Ryan, let me start with you. What does this
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: week mean? You're a former student athlete. For folks who
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: don't know, you play Division I football. You're South Carolina
• 37:30
  Speaker 2: and finished up at Northwestern as a quarterback. You know
• 37:33
  Speaker 2: all about the pressures these young people are going through
• 37:35
  Speaker 2: right now. What does this week mean? Obviously with Tyler's
• 37:39
  Speaker 2: situation too, but what does this week mean to you?
• 37:43
  Speaker 3: Whoa.
• 37:44
  Speaker 8: It means a whole lot more to me than it
• 37:47
  Speaker 8: used to, to be honest. Just because one, I'm more
• 37:49
  Speaker 8: involved in it than I used to be. And then two,
• 37:53
  Speaker 8: I'm now kind of being away from ball. I can
• 37:56
  Speaker 8: see the real struggles that guys are going through, especially
• 37:59
  Speaker 8: with all this NIL stuff coming into play and these
• 38:02
  Speaker 8: millions of dollars being thrown at guys. But one, I
• 38:05
  Speaker 8: think this week is amazing. It's amazing that my parents
• 38:08
  Speaker 8: have kept it going for this long. Being the guy
• 38:11
  Speaker 8: that sets up the sheet and all the addresses for
• 38:13
  Speaker 8: the school for the schools.
• 38:16
  Speaker 5: I applaud them. I applaud Ms. Chloe who used to
• 38:18
  Speaker 5: work with us.
• 38:19
  Speaker 8: And that's just amazing work. But this week is just,
• 38:23
  Speaker 8: I think it could be so much more than it
• 38:25
  Speaker 8: even is now too. And this is year eight of
• 38:28
  Speaker 8: doing it, but I think mental health is just going
• 38:31
  Speaker 8: to become such a forefront and regular, regular normalized discussion
• 38:37
  Speaker 8: topic for people to do. And that's what, that's our goal.
• 38:41
  Speaker 8: And to remember Tyler's name, of course, and to, continue
• 38:44
  Speaker 8: that legacy. But yeah, this week is, this week is awesome.
• 38:47
  Speaker 8: It means a whole lot to me, of course. So that's,
• 38:50
  Speaker 8: that's a little synopsis I could give you.
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: Over the next few weeks, Mark, we're going to see
• 38:54
  Speaker 2: and have seen already the helmet stickers on teams all
• 38:59
  Speaker 2: across the country. I know Fresno state had them last
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: week playing against Wazoo, but teams, I think it's 200 schools, right? Are,
• 39:05
  Speaker 2: are wearing the helmet stickers and Mark, where did that
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: come from and what does it mean? And, and, and
• 39:09
  Speaker 2: kind of walk us through that process.
• 39:12
  Speaker 3: Yeah, sure.
• 39:13
  Speaker 9: So first of all, we this year, we're at over
• 39:18
  Speaker 9: 600 schools. 200 of those are Washington State Public High Schools.
• 39:24
  Speaker 9: And that board for the coaches is led by a
• 39:28
  Speaker 9: guy by the name of Craig Bartle. Craig called me
• 39:30
  Speaker 9: and said, hey, we'd love to be part of this. um,
• 39:34
  Speaker 9: you know, talk to our kids about mental health and
• 39:36
  Speaker 9: he wasn't as up on student athlete mental health week.
• 39:39
  Speaker 9: So we got kind of worked through that. He said,
• 39:41
  Speaker 9: I'd love to be, love to be part of it. Um,
• 39:43
  Speaker 9: and they are, we also, you know, in our growth
• 39:46
  Speaker 9: and you know, this from all the great work you
• 39:49
  Speaker 9: do every year for us and the mayor, um, is
• 39:53
  Speaker 9: that we took a partner, a great partner athletes for hope,
• 39:57
  Speaker 9: and they've been, uh, terrific, right? They've, they've They're much
• 40:01
  Speaker 9: older than we are, formed by Muhammad Ali and Mia
• 40:04
  Speaker 9: Hamm and, you know, all those guys. And we've been
• 40:07
  Speaker 9: working really well together. So we're really excited about that.
• 40:10
  Speaker 9: What's going on in Washington is Craig figured out a
• 40:13
  Speaker 9: way to distribute all the box material, right? We didn't
• 40:17
  Speaker 9: have enough resources to get them each an individual box,
• 40:21
  Speaker 9: but we found we have places, right? We got hiding
• 40:24
  Speaker 9: places for stuff and we can order quickly and So
• 40:26
  Speaker 9: we did a bunch of stuff, and Craig said, hey,
• 40:28
  Speaker 9: I'm going to have my guys put these on together, right?
• 40:31
  Speaker 9: Teams that are playing, a home team will share it
• 40:34
  Speaker 9: with the away team. They're going to put stickers on,
• 40:37
  Speaker 9: and they have lapel pins, and they have some other things, wristbands,
• 40:42
  Speaker 9: so forth. So super excited about that for them. We
• 40:46
  Speaker 9: also sent the challenge coin. Some of them are going
• 40:48
  Speaker 9: to be using that at the coin toss. It'll be great.
• 40:51
  Speaker 9: It's our inaugural event. student athlete mental health week uh
• 40:55
  Speaker 9: coin there but where it came from in to me
• 40:59
  Speaker 9: was i grew up as a you know as a
• 41:01
  Speaker 9: parent of of athletes as a coach of athletes and
• 41:04
  Speaker 9: we saw such a tremendous um pink ribbon uh october
• 41:11
  Speaker 9: month type of thing yeah for for cancer awareness right
• 41:15
  Speaker 9: we all dion wearing the the pink socks and the
• 41:18
  Speaker 9: stuff we said why can't we do that right so
• 41:20
  Speaker 9: there's no Hallmark doesn't have a day for mental health
• 41:23
  Speaker 9: for student athletes, so we just created one. And we
• 41:26
  Speaker 9: started with 17 teams here in the southeast, mostly the
• 41:30
  Speaker 9: SEC teams, and have grown it to 600.
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: It's an amazing phenomenon. It's Mark Holinsky and Ryan Holinsky
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: joining us right now on the Beacon Plumbing Hotline from
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: Holinsky's Hope. Mark, let me go back to you just
• 41:42
  Speaker 2: for a second. This week, why is it important?
• 41:48
  Speaker 9: I think, Ian, we've done now over 500 Tyler Talks.
• 41:53
  Speaker 9: We've done all these student athlete mental health weeks. We've
• 41:56
  Speaker 9: supplied schools with modules and other resources. And the thing
• 42:02
  Speaker 9: that we can't do on our own, right, is we
• 42:04
  Speaker 9: have to have the kids that are struggling feel comfortable
• 42:07
  Speaker 9: enough to ask for help, right? You wouldn't try to
• 42:10
  Speaker 9: treat a torn ACL by yourself. You wouldn't try to
• 42:13
  Speaker 9: treat liver cancer, God forbid.
• 42:15
  Speaker 5: You know, by yourself.
• 42:16
  Speaker 9: We got to figure out how to encourage our student athletes, especially,
• 42:20
  Speaker 9: because there's so much stigma still involved in this, right?
• 42:23
  Speaker 9: Was Tyler worried that Leach was going to think he's
• 42:25
  Speaker 9: less of a leader?
• 42:26
  Speaker 1: Maybe.
• 42:27
  Speaker 9: Or worried that the guys, you know, might not see
• 42:30
  Speaker 9: him as the QB1 next year, possibly, if he asked
• 42:34
  Speaker 9: for help. We want that message to be loud and clear.
• 42:37
  Speaker 9: You don't need to struggle alone. We all have mental health.
• 42:41
  Speaker 9: We all struggle from time to time, and there's zero
• 42:44
  Speaker 9: wrong with it. It might even take courage to ask
• 42:46
  Speaker 9: for help. But our guys are tough. Our guys do
• 42:49
  Speaker 9: tough things, hard things. Our leaders, we've seen it for
• 42:53
  Speaker 9: years now. So we want to continue to press that
• 42:56
  Speaker 9: message of awareness and stigma reduction as hard as we can.
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  Speaker 2: Ryan, for you, you see the stickers on a helmet.
• 43:03
  Speaker 2: You've been in that room before. What would your message
• 43:05
  Speaker 2: be to a parent of a young student athlete or
• 43:10
  Speaker 2: any young person right now or that young person who
• 43:13
  Speaker 2: may listen to this or hear this? Because as your
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: dad said, I think it's very true. Hard to ask
• 43:17
  Speaker 2: for help. Uh, that, that little sticker, that little green
• 43:21
  Speaker 2: ribbon that you'll see on helmets and have seen on helmets.
• 43:23
  Speaker 2: That's the symbol. Hopefully that opens and cracks the door open,
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: but you're closer to this than anybody else. What's the
• 43:30
  Speaker 2: message that needs to get out there?
• 43:33
  Speaker 8: Um, if I were talking to parents and for student athletes,
• 43:38
  Speaker 8: any age, um, and I'd actually just talk to my
• 43:41
  Speaker 8: mom about this a little bit, but, um, what student
• 43:44
  Speaker 8: athletes I think need most of is just genuine love,
• 43:50
  Speaker 8: unconditional love and support, to be honest, because being in
• 43:53
  Speaker 8: the boat that I was in and I wasn't in
• 43:55
  Speaker 8: a big boat and I don't like talking about myself
• 43:58
  Speaker 8: a lot, but I realized or I got the two
• 44:04
  Speaker 8: loves mixed up a little bit, the unconditional love and
• 44:06
  Speaker 8: the fake love for whenever you do good. And whenever
• 44:10
  Speaker 8: that do good didn't come, And that fake love went away.
• 44:14
  Speaker 5: I was distraught or I was upset. I didn't know.
• 44:18
  Speaker 8: And I confused that with genuine, real love that my
• 44:20
  Speaker 8: parents were giving me a little bit, you know. So
• 44:24
  Speaker 8: my message would be to one, to the student athletes,
• 44:28
  Speaker 8: don't buy into that to anything outside of your circle.
• 44:31
  Speaker 5: There's a circle. It's your team. It's your guys. It's
• 44:34
  Speaker 5: your parents. It's your family, friends, whoever. So those are
• 44:37
  Speaker 5: your genuine friends.
• 44:38
  Speaker 8: Even those can sometimes switch up, but you know, you know,
• 44:41
  Speaker 8: in your heart, the genuine love that you get. So
• 44:44
  Speaker 8: weed out the fake ones, realize the real love. And
• 44:47
  Speaker 8: then if you're a parent or a peer or a supporter,
• 44:49
  Speaker 8: whoever consistently, constantly just tell them that, that they're enough,
• 44:54
  Speaker 8: that they amount to enough because being a former student
• 44:58
  Speaker 8: athlete myself and not even anyways, I won't stop saying
• 45:02
  Speaker 8: that stuff, but being a former student athlete myself, I think,
• 45:06
  Speaker 8: the one thing I always wanted to attain was perfection
• 45:10
  Speaker 8: and perfection is just not attainable. And when you can't
• 45:13
  Speaker 8: attain an unattainable goal, you talk bad to yourself. So
• 45:17
  Speaker 8: just be a good teammate to yourself, be a good
• 45:19
  Speaker 8: teammate to your families, to your friends, to your teammates, obviously.
• 45:24
  Speaker 8: And that means being honest, being genuine and being constantly
• 45:29
  Speaker 8: there for them. Because when you're not there and they
• 45:31
  Speaker 8: might need you, it's hard to get trust back for
• 45:35
  Speaker 8: people like that a little bit.
• 45:36
  Speaker 2: And I mean, don't demand it. I mean, you're a
• 45:38
  Speaker 2: starting quarterback in the sec at a very young age.
• 45:40
  Speaker 2: I mean, that's, that's a, that's a, and that's a
• 45:42
  Speaker 2: lot of pressure and there's kids like that. It doesn't
• 45:44
  Speaker 2: matter what level you're playing in all across the country.
• 45:45
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 45:46
  Speaker 2: And the big 10.
• 45:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah.
• 45:49
  Speaker 2: At the school, you have to be fairly smart to
• 45:50
  Speaker 2: go to, last I checked, too. They're doing awesome, too.
• 45:53
  Speaker 2: They are. How about Northwestern? Let's go.
• 45:56
  Speaker 5: Thankful for football.
• 45:59
  Speaker 2: Mark, let me wrap it up with this. We've talked
• 46:01
  Speaker 2: about it before, but as people are coming out and
• 46:02
  Speaker 2: they're buying the beer and they're playing the golf tournament
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: or they're seeing the Student Mental Health Awareness Week and
• 46:07
  Speaker 2: they're seeing all those things, what you guys do at
• 46:09
  Speaker 2: Helinski's Hope, the Tyler Talks are the most important thing.
• 46:12
  Speaker 2: In a minute or so, just tell me what the
• 46:13
  Speaker 2: Tyler Talks are all about. This is the most important
• 46:15
  Speaker 2: work you do. It's not just college student athletes anymore.
• 46:18
  Speaker 2: I know it's expanded. It sounds great. They'll love the
• 46:20
  Speaker 2: fact that it's doing the high school here, but tell
• 46:21
  Speaker 2: us what that's about.
• 46:22
  Speaker 9: Uh, Tyler talk evolved. It was, it all started the
• 46:26
  Speaker 9: night we were there. Um, I asked, uh, I forget
• 46:30
  Speaker 9: who now, but I asked if I could talk to
• 46:32
  Speaker 9: the team.
• 46:33
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 46:34
  Speaker 9: So I went in the locker room. Um, sorry, I
• 46:36
  Speaker 9: went into the weight room, the old weight room, which
• 46:39
  Speaker 9: was Tyler's new weight room. Um, everybody took a knee
• 46:42
  Speaker 9: and they were just looking at me like, tell, tell
• 46:44
  Speaker 9: us something, you know, And the message I wanted to
• 46:47
  Speaker 9: share with them was don't be mad at Tyler. We
• 46:52
  Speaker 9: still have no idea why he left. But I know this.
• 46:55
  Speaker 9: I know we love those guys. I know we love
• 46:56
  Speaker 9: the coaches, respected the coaches, and love WSU. So our
• 47:00
  Speaker 9: Tyler talk has been to share his story. If somebody
• 47:03
  Speaker 9: like Tyler with so much going for him, with everything
• 47:06
  Speaker 9: around him seemingly perfect, he's the brightest light in the room,
• 47:09
  Speaker 9: the happiest kid on the team, if he can die
• 47:11
  Speaker 9: by suicide, then any of us can. And so that's
• 47:14
  Speaker 9: not to scare anybody, right? That's just the reality. So
• 47:17
  Speaker 9: our Tyler talk shares a bunch of that stuff, but
• 47:19
  Speaker 9: the point, the whole point of it is hope. Suicide
• 47:22
  Speaker 9: is preventable. Tyler should be here. We got to help
• 47:25
  Speaker 9: the next guy.
• 47:26
  Speaker 2: How many have you done?
• 47:29
  Speaker 5: We're at 500.
• 47:32
  Speaker 3: Yeah. It's amazing.
• 47:36
  Speaker 9: We did 25 in the state of Alabama in the
• 47:38
  Speaker 9: last six weeks.
• 47:39
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 47:40
  Speaker 2: I've told the story before. I'm gonna tell it again. Uh,
• 47:43
  Speaker 2: And it's always hard for me to tell this because
• 47:45
  Speaker 2: it's personal, but you spoke at Whitworth three years ago.
• 47:50
  Speaker 2: My son was playing football there. And I think that
• 47:52
  Speaker 2: day you did like Whitworth, Eastern and Gonzaga. I think
• 47:54
  Speaker 2: you did three schools that day, all in Eastern Washington,
• 47:57
  Speaker 2: spoke to hundreds of student athletes. It wasn't just the
• 47:59
  Speaker 2: Whitworth football team or the Gonzaga basketball team or the
• 48:02
  Speaker 2: Eastern football. It was all the fall sports. I know Kiefer,
• 48:04
  Speaker 2: my son said it was football, volleyball, cross country soccer.
• 48:07
  Speaker 2: I think we're all in there. And the thing that
• 48:10
  Speaker 2: amazed me, And this is why it's important. At the end,
• 48:15
  Speaker 2: three kids came up to Coach Sandberg and said, I
• 48:18
  Speaker 2: need help. That's why you do it, right? That's why
• 48:20
  Speaker 2: you do it.
• 48:22
  Speaker 9: Absolutely. I could bore you with stories about those exact moments,
• 48:27
  Speaker 9: but absolutely right. And we're not trying to force guys
• 48:31
  Speaker 9: to get up right at that moment. What we're trying
• 48:33
  Speaker 9: to do is to say, look, if this is the time,
• 48:36
  Speaker 9: it's okay today, tomorrow, a year from now. And oh,
• 48:39
  Speaker 9: by the way, Kiefer's just a superstar to me. He's
• 48:44
  Speaker 9: a beast. He's such a dude. I love seeing him
• 48:48
  Speaker 9: every year when I get to get out there. And
• 48:50
  Speaker 9: it's him and friends of his, right? It doesn't matter
• 48:55
  Speaker 9: what position, what sport, what side of the country you're on.
• 48:58
  Speaker 9: All of us have struggles with our mental health at times.
• 49:01
  Speaker 9: And You know, for a young guy like that to
• 49:03
  Speaker 9: understand it, to have Ryan on here talking about it,
• 49:06
  Speaker 9: I think this is the critical piece for awareness is
• 49:09
  Speaker 9: it's okay. We've got to do this. This is too
• 49:11
  Speaker 9: important to ignore.
• 49:12
  Speaker 2: Check on your kids. Ask for help if you're a
• 49:14
  Speaker 2: young person. You guys keep doing the great work you are.
• 49:16
  Speaker 2: We'll raise a glass tonight to you, to Kim.
• 49:19
  Speaker 3: Please.
• 49:20
  Speaker 2: To Tyler, and to all those out there struggling as well.
• 49:22
  Speaker 2: And keep up the good work. I love you guys.
• 49:24
  Speaker 2: I'll see you soon, all right?
• 49:26
  Speaker 5: Love you, Ian.
• 49:26
  Speaker 3: Thank you.
• 49:27
  Speaker 5: Love you, buddy.
• 49:27
  Speaker 2: There you go. Mark Holinsky, Ryan Holinsky. Kim couldn't be
• 49:31
  Speaker 2: with us because she's actually speaking at a school right now.
• 49:33
  Speaker 2: She's doing some work down there in the SEC. Cheers
• 49:36
  Speaker 2: to you guys. Imbibe tonight, 6 o'clock. More on that later.
• 49:39
  Speaker 3: Thanks, guys.
• 49:39
  Speaker 2: We'll talk soon.
• 49:40
  Speaker 7: Salute.
• 49:41
  Speaker 2: There you go. That is the Holinsky family, Holinsky's Hope.
• 49:44
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• 49:46
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• 50:21
  Speaker 2: He's got it!
• 50:22
  Speaker 3: Touchdown!
• 50:23
  Speaker 2: All righty, here we go. It is time to check
• 50:25
  Speaker 2: in with the man himself. It is Funston. It is
• 50:28
  Speaker 2: game night, Thursday night football. You got a little, probably
• 50:31
  Speaker 2: at least, I mean, a lot of CD lambs, a
• 50:32
  Speaker 2: lot of Dak Prescott's, a lot of George Pickens, Brandon Aubrey,
• 50:38
  Speaker 2: all that. And maybe Jalen Daniels, who knows? How are you, sir?
• 50:43
  Speaker 7: I am doing good. Rehydrated after a weekend at Wazoo.
• 50:47
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 50:47
  Speaker 2: How was parents weekend, buddy?
• 50:49
  Speaker 10: Well, I had to add some penicillin just after walking
• 50:52
  Speaker 10: through my son's fraternity.
• 50:54
  Speaker 7: I felt like that was necessary.
• 50:58
  Speaker 2: Which fraternity is he in?
• 51:00
  Speaker 7: Pi Caps.
• 51:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 51:03
  Speaker 7: They looked like they were all sort of the same.
• 51:05
  Speaker 10: All the sororities are pristine and all the frats are whoo.
• 51:08
  Speaker 7: That's... 100%.
• 51:12
  Speaker 2: Accurate. And you know what the great thing is? Nothing
• 51:14
  Speaker 2: has changed in the last 20, 30, 40, 50 years.
• 51:17
  Speaker 2: They're all the same.
• 51:18
  Speaker 7: For better or worse.
• 51:18
  Speaker 2: For better.
• 51:19
  Speaker 11: And it's the same at every school.
• 51:21
  Speaker 2: It is indeed. Well, glad you survived that, Funston. That's good.
• 51:24
  Speaker 2: Good to have you back here. So that's a good time.
• 51:26
  Speaker 2: There's nothing like Parents Weekend in Pullman. There's no doubt
• 51:29
  Speaker 2: about that. Okay. Let's get to it. We got a
• 51:32
  Speaker 2: lot of phone calls, a lot of texts. We did
• 51:33
  Speaker 2: have one bullseye, by the way, today on our texts.
• 51:35
  Speaker 2: We had one. But we got a whole bunch of
• 51:37
  Speaker 2: others that came in from the second half to the
• 51:39
  Speaker 2: top of the hour. We'll get to those in a minute.
• 51:40
  Speaker 2: But first, This is a little worried about this today.
• 51:44
  Speaker 11: Yeah, it's weird.
• 51:45
  Speaker 2: No Mike and Edmonds, so we're flipping the batting order.
• 51:49
  Speaker 12: And this isn't like the phone lines filled up real
• 51:51
  Speaker 12: fast and he didn't have a chance to call.
• 51:53
  Speaker 2: No, yeah.
• 51:53
  Speaker 11: He had a chance to call.
• 51:54
  Speaker 2: But Mike, if you're listening, as soon as our first
• 51:57
  Speaker 2: couple callers drop, get us a call, 206-286-9595, 206-286, he
• 52:02
  Speaker 2: knows the number. So that means we bump up as
• 52:04
  Speaker 2: a leadoff spot today. Ricky in Tacoma. What's up, Ricky?
• 52:09
  Speaker 3: What's up? How's it going, ladies and gentlemen? Leading off
• 52:12
  Speaker 3: from the Ichiro today?
• 52:14
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you're Ichiro. Did I ever bring up Mariners? All good, buddy.
• 52:19
  Speaker 2: All good. All good. Yeah, big pressure, though. Big pressure
• 52:23
  Speaker 2: leading off, filling in for Mike. So fire away. What
• 52:25
  Speaker 2: do you got? That's right. All right, Brandon.
• 52:27
  Speaker 13: Okay, I'm in a quarterback crunch here. I have Jacoby
• 52:31
  Speaker 13: Brissett or J. Den Daniels for Washington in a half-point PPR.
• 52:37
  Speaker 13: Which one would you choose there?
• 52:39
  Speaker 7: That's a tough one, man.
• 52:40
  Speaker 3: I got them.
• 52:41
  Speaker 7: So I have them. I'm just counting where. 12, 11, 10.
• 52:44
  Speaker 10: So I have Brissette 9 and Jaden Daniels 8. If
• 52:47
  Speaker 10: you want to play it safe, I honestly think Brissette
• 52:50
  Speaker 10: is the safer play. I think Daniels has a little
• 52:54
  Speaker 10: bit higher ceiling because of the rushing, but Brissette's playing
• 52:57
  Speaker 10: against the Detroit Lions, who have been absolutely awful. They're
• 53:00
  Speaker 10: by far giving up the most passing points in fantasy. So, like,
• 53:04
  Speaker 10: I feel like there's a guaranteed serviceable day for Brissette.
• 53:07
  Speaker 10: If you want to, like, get out of the business
• 53:09
  Speaker 10: of worrying about Daniel's like falling down and dislocating.
• 53:12
  Speaker 7: His elbow again, then you can go over set. But I,
• 53:14
  Speaker 7: I do think Dan just has a little higher ceiling.
• 53:19
  Speaker 2: Perfect.
• 53:19
  Speaker 3: All right, Ricky.
• 53:20
  Speaker 2: Thank you. Next up. He's a batting second today. We've
• 53:23
  Speaker 2: moved him up in the order. Let's see how it's
• 53:25
  Speaker 2: going for Robin Burian.
• 53:30
  Speaker 3: This is what winning feels like.
• 53:31
  Speaker 2: I love it.
• 53:32
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 53:33
  Speaker 2: In a row.
• 53:34
  Speaker 7: Winning two in a row. You have to second in
• 53:35
  Speaker 7: the batting order. Things are going well. I don't know.
• 53:37
  Speaker 2: Funston, I don't know what's going on here. No Mike
• 53:40
  Speaker 2: in Edmonds. This guy's in second. He's got two straight wins.
• 53:43
  Speaker 2: What is the world coming to?
• 53:44
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 53:45
  Speaker 2: All right, Rob. Fill us in. What do you got?
• 53:48
  Speaker 2: Let's keep it rolling, baby. Let's go. Jordan Love or
• 53:51
  Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson?
• 53:53
  Speaker 10: I think this one's going to get taken care of
• 53:55
  Speaker 10: for you. I like Jordan Love against Chicago, and I
• 53:58
  Speaker 10: just don't think Lamar Jackson's going to play. Everything sounds
• 54:01
  Speaker 10: like he's probably going to miss this one. It's going
• 54:02
  Speaker 10: to be Tyrone Huntley behind center for the Ravens.
• 54:06
  Speaker 7: So go with Jordan Love.
• 54:08
  Speaker 2: All right, there you go, Jordan Love. Congrats, Rob. Again,
• 54:11
  Speaker 2: the world we're living in right now, it's a little
• 54:13
  Speaker 2: scary to me. I'm a little terrified, Funston. I'm a
• 54:15
  Speaker 2: little terrified. He's here, ladies and gentlemen. He's batting third today,
• 54:20
  Speaker 2: not leadoff, but that's okay. Mike and Edmonds, you're up next.
• 54:23
  Speaker 2: What's going on, buddy? I hope you're okay. We were
• 54:24
  Speaker 2: worried about you first. When our regulars are not here...
• 54:28
  Speaker 2: I get worried. And I think Jessamyn's heading to the
• 54:31
  Speaker 2: airport to fly to Utah. She's listening. We get worried
• 54:34
  Speaker 2: about these folks, Ashley.
• 54:35
  Speaker 12: I was worried about Mike, and I've only been doing
• 54:37
  Speaker 12: this for three weeks. I was like, he had plenty
• 54:38
  Speaker 12: of time. I hope he's okay.
• 54:40
  Speaker 2: Mike.
• 54:40
  Speaker 7: He needed to pad his RBI numbers. He's figured out
• 54:43
  Speaker 7: a way to drop down the order.
• 54:44
  Speaker 2: There you go. I'm going to let those two guys
• 54:46
  Speaker 2: hit leadoff, get on base, and I'll get an RBI
• 54:48
  Speaker 2: or two here. So, Mike, fire away. What do you
• 54:50
  Speaker 2: got for Funston?
• 54:52
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah. Okay.
• 54:53
  Speaker 14: Thanks, Ricky, for that leadoff.
• 54:54
  Speaker 7: All right.
• 54:56
  Speaker 5: Here we go.
• 54:56
  Speaker 15: Full PPR.
• 54:57
  Speaker 14: I need to choose between Emmanuel Wilson, Parnell Tate, or
• 55:04
  Speaker 14: the premier back formerly known as O'Marion Hampton. And thanks
• 55:07
  Speaker 14: for doing.
• 55:10
  Speaker 3: This.
• 55:10
  Speaker 7: He just won, huh?
• 55:13
  Speaker 10: I think I'm going to go with Emmanuel Wilson. Helani
• 55:15
  Speaker 10: is a little banged up. I mean, he, you know,
• 55:17
  Speaker 10: Wilson's look good. He caught a few passes. I think
• 55:19
  Speaker 10: they're going to have to lean into throwing the ball
• 55:22
  Speaker 10: to him a little bit more this week as well.
• 55:23
  Speaker 10: We'll see where Helani's at, but I still like Wilson.
• 55:27
  Speaker 10: Slightly above Cardinal Tate, had a big week, has a
• 55:30
  Speaker 10: little tougher matchup this week against Houston, although they've given
• 55:34
  Speaker 10: up a lot so far, but they do have some
• 55:37
  Speaker 10: talented corners, and I have a feeling they might be
• 55:39
  Speaker 10: able to shut down that.
• 55:40
  Speaker 2: Type of offense. Perfect. Mike, good to hear you. We'll
• 55:42
  Speaker 2: see how this works out for everybody. If Rob wins again,
• 55:45
  Speaker 2: Ricky wins, and Mike wins, and we'll... We may have
• 55:48
  Speaker 2: to keep– it's like a batting order, right?
• 55:50
  Speaker 7: Right.
• 55:50
  Speaker 2: You know, we've got the iPad out just like Jerry does,
• 55:52
  Speaker 2: you know, and away we go. Steven and Sultan, you're
• 55:56
  Speaker 2: the miracle quarterback.
• 55:57
  Speaker 16: Seems how three of the ones I've had this year
• 56:00
  Speaker 16: are injured. Persec, Rodgers, Daniels, Bagent, the Predator, or Daniel Jones.
• 56:09
  Speaker 16: Or I can pick up Pennix if I need to.
• 56:11
  Speaker 7: I assume you're talking about Jalen Daniels from Tampa.
• 56:16
  Speaker 16: Yeah, the one-armed bandit.
• 56:18
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I mentioned it right off the top.
• 56:21
  Speaker 10: Jacoby Brissett, in my top 10 this week, the matchup
• 56:25
  Speaker 10: is juicy. It's a 54.5 point total. It's the highest
• 56:30
  Speaker 10: on the board this week in Vegas for that game.
• 56:32
  Speaker 7: So it should be a shootout. Go with Brissett.
• 56:34
  Speaker 2: Steven, stay with me for a second. Where do you have–
• 56:36
  Speaker 2: because I think it's an interesting question because he did
• 56:39
  Speaker 2: bring up this name. Where do you have Pennix?
• 56:42
  Speaker 7: I have Pennix. It looks like I have 22.
• 56:44
  Speaker 2: Oh, okay. They run the ball so much, right?
• 56:47
  Speaker 10: They've averaged 38 rushes the two games that Pennix is back.
• 56:51
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 56:51
  Speaker 10: And with Huntley at quarterback, that's probably a war of
• 56:54
  Speaker 10: attrition game where they both, Derrick Henry and B.
• 56:57
  Speaker 7: John Robinson, all day long.
• 56:59
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 56:59
  Speaker 2: Perfect. Perfect.
• 57:00
  Speaker 3: Perfect.
• 57:00
  Speaker 2: All right. Next up, we continue the Salton two-step. Derrick
• 57:04
  Speaker 2: and Salton, you're next up. What's up, buddy?
• 57:07
  Speaker 17: Hey, what's up, guys?
• 57:09
  Speaker 2: Hi.
• 57:10
  Speaker 17: I got about half my team out with a hamstring injury,
• 57:12
  Speaker 17: so this is getting tough.
• 57:17
  Speaker 2: Everyone's hurt, buddy. All right, what do you got?
• 57:21
  Speaker 17: Okay, so I just need you to rank these four
• 57:25
  Speaker 17: in PPR format, please. Omari Hampton, who has not been great.
• 57:35
  Speaker 17: What is his name? Devon Valey. Chris Godwin and Will Shipley.
• 57:43
  Speaker 10: I think I would go Hampton, Vele, Shipley, and Godwin.
• 57:46
  Speaker 10: Shipley is going to get a lot of touches, but
• 57:48
  Speaker 10: it's against Jacksonville. They're about as tough as it gets
• 57:50
  Speaker 10: against running backs. And Philly is just a complete mess
• 57:54
  Speaker 10: right now. MASH unit, they lost multiple offensive linemen this week.
• 57:57
  Speaker 7: Good ones.
• 57:59
  Speaker 10: So I would rank him higher because he can get volume,
• 58:02
  Speaker 10: but I don't think he's going to do anything against Jacksonville.
• 58:04
  Speaker 3: Perfect.
• 58:04
  Speaker 2: And Devontae is out too, right?
• 58:06
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 58:07
  Speaker 7: Well, I mean, not officially, but I think everybody expects him.
• 58:10
  Speaker 3: To be out. Yeah, DNP.
• 58:11
  Speaker 2: Okay, perfect. Let's see. We got Chris Imburian, second to
• 58:14
  Speaker 2: last call. We're going to go to text in a minute. Chris,
• 58:16
  Speaker 2: what do you got?
• 58:18
  Speaker 3: Good afternoon, gentlemen.
• 58:19
  Speaker 15: Just a quick word of advice. Never, ever eat clearance-out salad.
• 58:24
  Speaker 15: All right.
• 58:28
  Speaker 3: Two quick questions.
• 58:29
  Speaker 15: Is Jeremiah Love going to play?
• 58:32
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I think he's going to play.
• 58:33
  Speaker 10: He's He did develop an ankle injury, which is not
• 58:35
  Speaker 10: the high ankle sprain he had coming in. But from
• 58:39
  Speaker 10: everything I'm reading, he probably will play. But expect a
• 58:43
  Speaker 10: little bit more Tyler Alger like last week.
• 58:46
  Speaker 15: Well, that still helps me, though. Thank you. And then Flex,
• 58:50
  Speaker 15: full-point PPR. Luther Burton III, Justin Jefferson if he plays,
• 58:55
  Speaker 15: Galen Waddell, DK Metcalf, or our favorite, Emmanuel Wilson.
• 59:01
  Speaker 7: You only need one?
• 59:03
  Speaker 15: I only need one.
• 59:05
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm going to go ahead and go with Justin Jefferson.
• 59:06
  Speaker 7: He's from Louisiana. He says he's going to play.
• 59:11
  Speaker 10: We haven't seen him and Kyler really work a full
• 59:13
  Speaker 10: game together yet, so I've got him down a little bit,
• 59:15
  Speaker 10: but down a little bit means like number 10 or
• 59:18
  Speaker 10: 11 on my wide receiver list.
• 59:19
  Speaker 2: Perfect.
• 59:20
  Speaker 7: Puts him higher than everybody else there.
• 59:21
  Speaker 2: All right, perfect, perfect. Final call goes to Jeff in Seattle.
• 59:25
  Speaker 2: I think a newcomer to the little group here. What
• 59:27
  Speaker 2: do you got, Jeff?
• 59:30
  Speaker 3: Hey, thanks for taking my call.
• 59:31
  Speaker 17: I figured the YouTube chat needed a little.
• 59:33
  Speaker 2: Representation in here. All right, let's go.
• 59:35
  Speaker 16: So, yeah, first off, thank you to Funston and The Athletic.
• 59:39
  Speaker 2: I'm undefeated. I used the resource kit on The Athletic.
• 59:42
  Speaker 16: Membership's already worth it.
• 59:43
  Speaker 2: Oh, there you go. Funston, save that. We'll send you
• 59:45
  Speaker 2: the air check. You can send that to your bosses.
• 59:49
  Speaker 17: So I need a wide receiver filling this week.
• 59:53
  Speaker 16: I have Metcalf, Valet, yeah, or Boston.
• 59:59
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm going to go with Metcalf.
• 1:00:02
  Speaker 10: It's a good matchup against Indy, and Mike McCarthy has
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 10: brought vertical shots. I think Metcalf is second in the
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 10: league in pass attempts of 20-plus yards to him. Always
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 10: a big play potential there. I like the way he's
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 10: looked the last couple weeks, so go with Metcalf.
• 1:00:17
  Speaker 2: All right, perfect. Ashley hit the music, and as we
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 2: always do, I'll take the first ones that came in
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 2: right at high noon. Ashley will get the last few
• 1:00:25
  Speaker 2: that came in that are still coming in at 49451
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 2: on the Tacoma Dodge text line. We had a bullseye.
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 2: We had a bullseye. Gold medal goes to Jamie from
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 2: Allen over there next to Lakeland Village. Love that golf course.
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  Speaker 2: Needs a starting running back. Do I use Harvey or B.
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  Speaker 3: Allen?
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for doing this.
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  Speaker 10: If it's a PPR, I'm actually going to go Harvey,
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 10: who is like, if it's not PPR, I'll go Braylon Allen.
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  Speaker 7: So that's as simple as I can put it for
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  Speaker 7: you there.
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  Speaker 3: There you go.
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  Speaker 2: Congrats, Jamie Bullseye, right at 12 o'clock. Amazing. Here come
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 2: all the one second after 12 o'clock. You guys are
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  Speaker 2: just way late today. Disappointing.
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  Speaker 9: 4-2-5.
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  Speaker 2: I need three of these. Standard scoring. Emmanuel Wilson, Brian
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 2: Robinson Jr., Emeka Abuka, Denzel Boston, Trey Tucker, Jalen Waddell.
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  Speaker 2: Needs three.
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  Speaker 10: Let's go Jalen Waddell, Wilson, and the third one, which was.
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 2: We've got Trey Tucker, Denzel Boston, Emeka Abuka.
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  Speaker 7: Denzel Boston.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, there you go. Who do I start at? Wide receiver.
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  Speaker 2: Pick two, please. George Pickens, Jamison Williams, Debo Samuel... Denzel Boston.
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  Speaker 10: Pickens and Jameson. I'm going to have to go Jameson. Again,
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 10: that's a huge matchup against Arizona.
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  Speaker 7: Lots of points.
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  Speaker 2: Full PPR need one. Again, we're one second after 12 o'clock. 12-0-0-0-1.
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 2: Full PPR need one for a flex. Henderson from New England.
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 2: Wilson from Seattle. Dalton Kincaid, Buffalo. Jay Myers from Jacksonville.
• 1:01:59
  Speaker 2: And Bailey from New Orleans.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, so it's between Henderson and Wilson. It's Wilson.
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 10: If Ramondre Stevenson plays, he has a knee injury. He's
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 10: very iffy. If Stevenson's out, then I'm going to go
• 1:02:10
  Speaker 10: with Trayvon Henderson.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, perfect. PPR, Drake May or Jordan Love? Oh, God.
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  Speaker 17: Yeah.
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  Speaker 10: Well, Drake May did show some signs of life last week,
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 10: and he ran. He got like 50-some yards rushing, threw
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  Speaker 10: some touchdown passes. Vegas this week, I'm going to go
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  Speaker 10: with May. He's a little bit ahead of Love on
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 10: my list.
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  Speaker 2: Fuston, we're moving on to two seconds after 12 o'clock today.
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  Speaker 4: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: So far down the line. Guys, I don't know what
• 1:02:38
  Speaker 2: the hell they were waiting for.
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 11: God, they were asleep on the job.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, what the hell? Two seconds after noon. Full
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 2: PPR need to waddle, burden the third or downs.
• 1:02:48
  Speaker 7: Needs to. I'll go with the first two. Waddle and Burden.
• 1:02:53
  Speaker 2: Is Jamar Chase going to play? And if not, should
• 1:02:55
  Speaker 2: I play Parker Washington or Roman Wilson?
• 1:02:59
  Speaker 10: Oh, I mean, I would go with Parker Washington. Wilson
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 10: looked great. He only had like 18 or 19 routes.
• 1:03:04
  Speaker 10: It's kind of, you know, it's got to make good
• 1:03:07
  Speaker 10: with little usage. So I don't think, I mean, Jamar
• 1:03:11
  Speaker 10: Chase would have to clear concussion protocol in less than
• 1:03:13
  Speaker 10: a week, which is fairly rare. It doesn't happen very often,
• 1:03:16
  Speaker 10: but If he does play, you're playing Jamar Chase. If
• 1:03:20
  Speaker 10: he doesn't, you're playing Parker Washington. Roman Wilson on the
• 1:03:23
  Speaker 10: Torrey Horton plan. You play a little bit, make, produce,
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 10: but then leave again.
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  Speaker 3: Exactly.
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  Speaker 7: That's exactly right.
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 2: PPR need one. Amore in Hampton. Emmanuel Wilson. Wow. I
• 1:03:32
  Speaker 2: can say wow.
• 1:03:34
  Speaker 10: I will go with Wilson because he's probably going to
• 1:03:36
  Speaker 10: get 20-plus touches, and right now it's a three-way playoff.
• 1:03:39
  Speaker 10: pie split for the Chargers' backfield right now.
• 1:03:42
  Speaker 2: Still a couple seconds after. Need PPR one. Denzel Boston,
• 1:03:47
  Speaker 2: Mike Evans, Michael Wilson, Malik Neighbors.
• 1:03:50
  Speaker 7: Evans, Wilson... Oh, Michael Wilson? And just need one?
• 1:03:53
  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 7: I have Michael Wilson one spot ahead of Malik Neighbors.
• 1:03:57
  Speaker 7: Michael Wilson shifting it.
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  Speaker 2: Ton of targets.
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  Speaker 7: It's the best matchup on paper against the Lions.
• 1:04:01
  Speaker 2: I do love it when you guys tell us your names,
• 1:04:03
  Speaker 2: by the way. I'll just point that out. I haven't
• 1:04:04
  Speaker 2: said that for years. This is Aubrey from Ballard. Aubrey says,
• 1:04:07
  Speaker 2: I have two full PPR. He probably needs two full PPR.
• 1:04:11
  Speaker 2: Jawan Johnson, Colson Loveland, or Barner at tight end?
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  Speaker 7: Okay, the first two. Barner's out.
• 1:04:17
  Speaker 14: Sorry.
• 1:04:18
  Speaker 2: And then Ibuka, Cortland, or Brian Thomas for wide receiver?
• 1:04:23
  Speaker 2: How would you just rank them?
• 1:04:24
  Speaker 10: I'm going to play a hunch. Peyton taking over. Pat
• 1:04:28
  Speaker 10: Bryant out. I think Cortland Sutton finally has his game.
• 1:04:31
  Speaker 10: So I'm going to go Sutton one, Ibuka two, and
• 1:04:34
  Speaker 10: I forget who the third one is.
• 1:04:34
  Speaker 2: Bryant-Thomas, yeah.
• 1:04:35
  Speaker 3: Bryant-Thomas.
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  Speaker 7: Bryant-Thomas three.
• 1:04:36
  Speaker 2: I'm going to get you a couple more here before
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 2: I toss it over to Ashley. Full PPR, need two. Judkins, Waddle, Burden, Boston.
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 2: Need two. Judkins, Waddle, Burden, Boston.
• 1:04:45
  Speaker 7: Let's go Judkins and Waddle.
• 1:04:48
  Speaker 2: Let's see.
• 1:04:48
  Speaker 7: I have one.
• 1:04:50
  Speaker 2: DJ Moore or Mack Hollins, full PPR.
• 1:04:53
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, you're obviously going to.
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 10: Go DJ Moore if he plays, and he's another big
• 1:04:57
  Speaker 10: question mark, probably going to come down to Sunday. So
• 1:05:00
  Speaker 10: this one will be decided for you. If Moore plays,
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 10: you're playing him. All right, Ashley, I turn it over
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 10: to you.
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 12: All right, we've got this from Kendrick Tipler of Renton,
• 1:05:09
  Speaker 12: Standard League, Goff or Prescott?
• 1:05:13
  Speaker 10: Ooh, that's my number two and number three. I have
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 10: Goff number two, Dak Prescott number three.
• 1:05:19
  Speaker 2: So There you go. Jared Goff.
• 1:05:21
  Speaker 11: Yeah, so, yeah, there you go. But easy choice either way, right?
• 1:05:24
  Speaker 11: PPR League need two. Burden, Adunze, Jamison Williams, Ramondre Stevenson.
• 1:05:30
  Speaker 10: Adunze, Jamison Williams, or Ramondre Stevenson. I'm going to go
• 1:05:34
  Speaker 10: Burden and Jamison Williams. Burden kind of got some nice
• 1:05:38
  Speaker 10: love from Tyson Badgett last week, and he's expected to
• 1:05:41
  Speaker 10: roll again.
• 1:05:42
  Speaker 11: All right, from the 425, my team is broken.
• 1:05:44
  Speaker 12: Need three of the five standard scoring.
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 7: Rob's throwing emails in. Oh, that's not Rob.
• 1:05:49
  Speaker 2: Rob's having a good year. Rob's on a heater, man. Yeah,
• 1:05:52
  Speaker 2: Rob's doing well. Rob's on a heater.
• 1:05:54
  Speaker 12: This guy got Rob's bad luck. He needs three of
• 1:05:56
  Speaker 12: the five in a standard scoring league. Pollard, Keon Coleman,
• 1:05:59
  Speaker 12: Trey Harris, Alvin Kamara, or Keenan Allen?
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 7: I like Pollard. I like Trey Harris. I don't think
• 1:06:07
  Speaker 7: Ladd McConkie is going to play. So who were the
• 1:06:08
  Speaker 7: last two there?
• 1:06:09
  Speaker 11: Alvin Kamara, Keenan Allen.
• 1:06:13
  Speaker 10: I'm going to go with Keyon Coleman. Let's just roll
• 1:06:16
  Speaker 10: the dice on that one.
• 1:06:17
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 1:06:18
  Speaker 12: And from the 253, should I start Brock Purdy or
• 1:06:20
  Speaker 12: Sam Darnold? I ask because the Hawks' defense is healthy now.
• 1:06:24
  Speaker 7: Yeah, they are healthy.
• 1:06:25
  Speaker 10: But Purdy's last two games of last year weren't great.
• 1:06:29
  Speaker 7: But generally, Purdy's been pretty decent.
• 1:06:32
  Speaker 10: I have him ahead of Sam Darnold because, you know what,
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 10: the Niners have been tough against quarterbacks, too.
• 1:06:37
  Speaker 2: So I'll go with Brock Purdy.
• 1:06:39
  Speaker 12: All right, this guy needs help for today. Burrow versus
• 1:06:43
  Speaker 12: Miami or Dak tonight? I'm worried about Chase and Higgins.
• 1:06:47
  Speaker 7: Well, I do have.
• 1:06:48
  Speaker 10: Dak ahead of Joe Burrow, and so you could put
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 10: Dak in there and just not have to worry about that.
• 1:06:53
  Speaker 11: Feel good about it.
• 1:06:54
  Speaker 7: Yeah, exactly.
• 1:06:55
  Speaker 12: Last one, PPR, full flex, Roma Dunze or Mike Gusecki?
• 1:07:01
  Speaker 2: Well, if we were going to.
• 1:07:03
  Speaker 10: Get double whammy of Jamar Chase and T. Higgins out,
• 1:07:06
  Speaker 10: I might actually go Mike Gusecki because he's going to
• 1:07:09
  Speaker 10: get a lot of volume.
• 1:07:09
  Speaker 7: But in lieu of that, I'm going to go with Doomsday.
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 1:07:13
  Speaker 11: And that, by the way, was from Brent from Poulsbo.
• 1:07:14
  Speaker 11: He re-sent it with his name after he said it.
• 1:07:16
  Speaker 2: Well, how about that, Brent?
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 7: Well done.
• 1:07:18
  Speaker 2: And that's why I actually read it.
• 1:07:19
  Speaker 7: That's why.
• 1:07:20
  Speaker 2: That's right. That might start being a priority.
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 10: I just ran into him at the grocery store here
• 1:07:24
  Speaker 10: in town and he could have asked me himself.
• 1:07:26
  Speaker 2: There you go. You got one more, Ash?
• 1:07:30
  Speaker 12: Yeah, let's go. What the hell is up with Kyle frickin' Pitts?
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 12: Michael Mayer, Hunter Henry, or Friar Muth at tight end?
• 1:07:38
  Speaker 12: That is from Ryan in Scottsdale.
• 1:07:42
  Speaker 10: Let's see. I have Pitts way down there. So I
• 1:07:45
  Speaker 10: have Friar Muth higher than Pitts.
• 1:07:46
  Speaker 3: I have him.
• 1:07:48
  Speaker 7: Did you have Hunter Henry in there?
• 1:07:49
  Speaker 11: Yeah, Michael Mayer, Hunter Henry, or Friar Muth.
• 1:07:52
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I like Hunter Henry the most. All right, there
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 7: you go.
• 1:07:53
  Speaker 2: I'm going to read Marcus's because Marcus is a big
• 1:07:56
  Speaker 2: supporter of the Mayer IPA. Marcus says, I need two
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 2: full PPR. Turpin, Shahid, Mike Evans.
• 1:08:02
  Speaker 7: Shahid, Mike Evans.
• 1:08:05
  Speaker 2: Or Turpin needs two full PPR.
• 1:08:07
  Speaker 7: Mike Evans and I don't even know.
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 2: Is it Kvande? Is it Turpin from Dallas?
• 1:08:12
  Speaker 7: It could be a return yardage league.
• 1:08:15
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 7: So I'm going to go Shaheed anyways.
• 1:08:17
  Speaker 2: Okay, yeah. I had to think, what's his favorite? Yeah,
• 1:08:20
  Speaker 2: chirping the return guy. He's the number four receiver in Dallas, right?
• 1:08:24
  Speaker 2: I do believe. I'm known for my Dallas acumen.
• 1:08:27
  Speaker 11: Yeah, very up on the Dallas.
• 1:08:29
  Speaker 7: We'll find out tonight. Watch, he's going to go off.
• 1:08:31
  Speaker 2: Let's see. This is the final one for Funston from Keith.
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 2: We appreciate these ones that wrap things up. What's more
• 1:08:38
  Speaker 2: likely to happen in the future, Funston? Robin Buring winning
• 1:08:41
  Speaker 2: two games in a row again or Softie getting locked
• 1:08:43
  Speaker 2: in another porta potty at a football stadium? Which happened
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 2: to him, by the way, last Saturday at the Coliseum
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 2: in L.A.
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 11: When it was 100 degrees.
• 1:08:49
  Speaker 2: When it was 100 degrees.
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 3: Oh, wow.
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 7: How long did that last?
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 2: A few minutes. Yeah.
• 1:08:53
  Speaker 11: He brought his microphone in with him, though.
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 2: So he was able to ask for help through the microphone.
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 2: and yeah but uh so robin like there.
• 1:09:00
  Speaker 10: Will be like people out there that maybe want to
• 1:09:02
  Speaker 10: try to make that happen again for softy so i.
• 1:09:05
  Speaker 7: Feel like he might actually get like more than just
• 1:09:07
  Speaker 7: forces of.
• 1:09:08
  Speaker 10: Nature to make that happen yeah i would agree yeah
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 10: i'm gonna go i'm gonna go softy.
• 1:09:12
  Speaker 2: Softy in the santa can uh getting.
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 11: Locked in It would be 100% my choice as well.
• 1:09:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Rob winning two more games in a row is
• 1:09:18
  Speaker 2: not going to happen. There would be chaos in the
• 1:09:23
  Speaker 2: world if that happened. But I think you're right. Now
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 2: that Softie has let it known that he got locked
• 1:09:27
  Speaker 2: in a Santa can, a porta potty, while doing a game,
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 2: there will be people looking to lock him in. I
• 1:09:31
  Speaker 2: think you're 100% correct.
• 1:09:33
  Speaker 11: I will be looking to lock him in.
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 7: As soon as he goes into one.
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 1:09:37
  Speaker 2: Where's the sideline guy? There he is. Let's go get him.
• 1:09:39
  Speaker 2: Let's go get him. Hey, West Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue next week.
• 1:09:42
  Speaker 2: Feel free to lock him in the door.
• 1:09:44
  Speaker 3: Go ahead.
• 1:09:46
  Speaker 2: All right, Fudson, if people didn't get their questions answered,
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 2: how can they do so?
• 1:09:49
  Speaker 10: Yeah, you can just come out and check out the athletic,
• 1:09:52
  Speaker 10: go to the fantasy football pages. A ton of stuff
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 10: there to help get you ready for week five. And
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 10: I appreciate the guy who says he does that already.
• 1:10:00
  Speaker 10: We'll get some more of you to do that.
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 2: That's awesome. All right, we'll talk to you next week. Thanks,
• 1:10:03
  Speaker 2: my friend. All right, there you go. That's Brandon Funston
• 1:10:05
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• 1:10:08
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• 1:10:10
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• 1:10:15
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• 1:10:18
  Speaker 7: Ashley.
• 1:10:19
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• 1:10:21
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