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  Speaker 1: win on Thursday Night Football last night against the Seahawks,
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  Speaker 1: Will explain that in a little bit, but we start
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  Speaker 1: with New Right Now. Huge news out of New York.
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  Speaker 1: Mike White not cleared with that rib injury he suffered
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  Speaker 1: against the Bills last week, so it'll be Zach Wilson,
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  Speaker 1: who was elevated to number two this week to get
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  Speaker 1: the start against the Detroit Lions. Here's Robert Salat talking
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  Speaker 1: about the move. This is gonna be a great opportunity
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  Speaker 1: for Zach Um. When he was elevated to the UH
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  Speaker 1: to the number two quarterback, it was with the understanding
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  Speaker 1: that there's a strong possibility that he was going to
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  Speaker 1: play UM and to prepare accordingly. He's gotten vast majority
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  Speaker 1: of the first team reps. He'll get all the reps today,
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  Speaker 1: he'll get all the reps tomorrow, Um, And so we
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  Speaker 1: feel very comfortable about zax preparation as the first string
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  Speaker 1: quarterback and that he has not that he's gotten his
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  Speaker 1: normal workload as a starting quarterback would normally get with
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  Speaker 1: the limitations that were placed on on Mike. But love
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  Speaker 1: love Mike, Love love how hard he's worked to try
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  Speaker 1: to get back for his team. But at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the day, this is one of those deals where
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  Speaker 1: we've got to protect the player from the player for
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  Speaker 1: much more in this story. Welcome in our Insiders he
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  Speaker 1: and Rapp report and Tom pellas Tom PELLISERA excuse me
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  Speaker 1: and Mark Ross for from some front office perspective, I in,
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  Speaker 1: We'll start with you. What more went into this decision
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  Speaker 1: for Zach Wilson back as the starter for New York. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: this is much more simple than I would say Tom's
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  Speaker 1: last name. This really is a situation where the doctors
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  Speaker 1: just did not clear him. Mike White dealing with a fracture,
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  Speaker 1: as he told reporters just a couple of minutes ago,
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  Speaker 1: significant rib injury. Took two shots to the ribs, missed time,
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  Speaker 1: came back, miss time again, came back again. Clearly tough,
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  Speaker 1: just not an issue here. You listen to Robert salad
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  Speaker 1: to about why he loves Mike White. These are all
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  Speaker 1: the reasons teammates do as well. He sought many opinions,
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  Speaker 1: many many opinions to try to get cleared. It was
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  Speaker 1: just not to be in. The Jets had a feeling
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  Speaker 1: pretty earlier in the week that this would be the case.
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  Speaker 1: One reason why Zach Wilson was elevated to the number
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  Speaker 1: two spot. They knew they wanted to get another look
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  Speaker 1: at him, knew they wanted him to play, didn't know
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  Speaker 1: how or when? Now is the times was Zach Wilson
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  Speaker 1: their first round? Who was you know struggling for a
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  Speaker 1: lot of this year? Clearly not in a great space.
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  Speaker 1: Took a step back, took a deep breath. Now set
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  Speaker 1: to start this week, and we'll see Tom if he
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  Speaker 1: finds a success that he and the Jets are looking for.
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  Speaker 1: Me and Zack Wilson has been getting reps, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of them have come after practice over the last several
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  Speaker 1: weeks and what they call their flight school, throwing to
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  Speaker 1: some of the practice squad players running the same place
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  Speaker 1: and Mike White would be running with the first string,
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  Speaker 1: just experiencing those on a different level. Obviously, He's also
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  Speaker 1: been working to smooth out mechanics, just become more accurate
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  Speaker 1: with the football, which was a strength for him when
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  Speaker 1: they drafted him number two overall coming out of college. Here.
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  Speaker 1: Uh certainly too. Though for Zack Wilson's is a long
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  Speaker 1: term type of a thing, it's also a short term
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  Speaker 1: thing because we'll see when Mike White potentially can get
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  Speaker 1: back onto the field. But we do know is that
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  Speaker 1: the Jets vetting all hands on deck approach trying to
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  Speaker 1: get Zack Wilson back where he needs to go. We
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  Speaker 1: spent a lot of extra time with quarterbacks coach Rob Calabaris,
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  Speaker 1: he spent extra time with Mike Lafleur. The results of
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  Speaker 1: that over the past month will be seen this weekend
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  Speaker 1: against the red hot Lions team bro Bar Yeah, Tom,
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  Speaker 1: and as Robert Salom mentioned, they did go five and two.
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  Speaker 1: Was Zach Wilson started earlier in this season, so hoping
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  Speaker 1: he can learn some of those lessons here in the
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  Speaker 1: past month. Mark Ross from the front office perspective, how
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  Speaker 1: do you balance the fact that Mike White seemed like
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  Speaker 1: he commanded that locker room with the fact that Zack
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  Speaker 1: Wilson has an opportunity perhaps to win that starting job
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  Speaker 1: back for this season. Well, that coaching staff, in that
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  Speaker 1: front office, they want Zack Wilson to go out there
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  Speaker 1: and crush it this Sunday. There's no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 1: They took him number two for a reason because they
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  Speaker 1: believe that he could be the franchise quarterback. So they
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  Speaker 1: don't want him to go out down and fail. They
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  Speaker 1: want him to go out there and show why they
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  Speaker 1: took him at number two. And for Zach Wilson, it's
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  Speaker 1: all in his hands. Okay, he's taking a step back.
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  Speaker 1: He's gotten the extra coaching, he's gotten the confidence back
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  Speaker 1: with with not having played. Now he can go out
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  Speaker 1: there and show himself it's in his hands to play
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  Speaker 1: well and keep that job for the foreseeable future and
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  Speaker 1: not let it go even if Mike White is healthy.
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  Speaker 1: The problem is if Zach Wilson goes out there and
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  Speaker 1: and plays like he did earlier in the year and
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  Speaker 1: really struggles. Okay, it's easy to throw Mike White back
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  Speaker 1: in there. But for the long term future of Zack Wilson,
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  Speaker 1: if he goes out there and struggle, okay, now what
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  Speaker 1: for the Jets organization that Okay, we sat him down
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  Speaker 1: to build him back up and and get him back together,
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  Speaker 1: and now he's going out there and failed again. That's
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  Speaker 1: the long term problem. But for right now, they want
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  Speaker 1: Zack Wilson to go out there and show why they
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  Speaker 1: took him with the number two pick in the draft. Though,
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  Speaker 1: bar and this is a huge game obviously, the Jets
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  Speaker 1: are fighting for their playoff lives in the a f C,
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  Speaker 1: going against a team that's one of the hotter teams
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  Speaker 1: in football, Detroit trying to do the same in the
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  Speaker 1: NFC playoff picture the way they turned on, Mark Ross,
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for your perspective. We'll have much more for
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  Speaker 1: me a little bit later in the show. Tom Ian,
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  Speaker 1: stay right there as we continue to talk about injury
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  Speaker 1: updates from this weekend, because in Baltimore, Lamar Jackson has
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  Speaker 1: been ruled out for that game tomorrow in Cleveland, you
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  Speaker 1: can see right here on NFL Network. Tyler Huntley has
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  Speaker 1: been cleared from the concussion protocol, but John Harbor has
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  Speaker 1: yet to name an official starting quarterback. So with that
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  Speaker 1: in mind, Tom, what more can he tell us about
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  Speaker 1: the Ravens quartoback situation. Well, no, Mark, Tyler Huntley says
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  Speaker 1: that he does not think he actually had a concussion.
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  Speaker 1: He never experienced any symptoms, though he does understand why
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  Speaker 1: that a TC spot or in the booth as they
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  Speaker 1: are at every game would pull him out after one
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  Speaker 1: of the hits that he took this past weekend. All
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  Speaker 1: indications are this is going to be Tyler Huntley in
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  Speaker 1: the starting lineup with the backup quarterback being Anthony Brown
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  Speaker 1: against the Browns after Brown finished off that win last
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  Speaker 1: week against the Steelers. Nice job not messing that up. Also,
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  Speaker 1: great job not messing up the toss as you did
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  Speaker 1: last hour. For those who are watching anyway, let's talk
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  Speaker 1: about Kenny Pickett, the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback. He is
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL's concussion particle listed as doubtful according to
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  Speaker 1: head coach Mike Tomlin, and every player to my knowledge
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  Speaker 1: listed is doubtful this season has not played, so barring
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  Speaker 1: some sort of dramatic turn, that would mean that Kenny
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  Speaker 1: Pickett not going to play this week, But it is
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  Speaker 1: unclear who plays in his place. Is gonna be Mason Rudolph,
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  Speaker 1: who has been the third stringer this year, who was
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  Speaker 1: certainly ready, who has waited his time, or Mitch Rabinsky,
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  Speaker 1: who came on last week, has been the backup for
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  Speaker 1: most of the season and frankly struggled. No word yet
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  Speaker 1: firmly on who is the starter in Pittsburgh, but obviously
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  Speaker 1: we are tracking that one to him. Ian Rappa Hort
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  Speaker 1: bringing the heat this hour, burning me on the mispronunciation
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  Speaker 1: of Tom's name, and burning Tom for throwing the tosses
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  Speaker 1: out of order the memory of an elephant cheese. Ian
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  Speaker 1: Tom will go back to you now. The floor is
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  Speaker 1: yours on Josh Jacobs as one of the a f
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  Speaker 1: C Offensive Player of the Year front Runners gets ready
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  Speaker 1: to play in New England Patriots Homer. You don't often
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  Speaker 1: see a player named the captain with four weeks ago
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  Speaker 1: in this season, but it's exactly what happened with the Raiders.
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  Speaker 1: Do you hear Josh McDaniels tell it. It was his
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  Speaker 1: current captains that came to him with this idea. Mdaniels
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  Speaker 1: cited the commitment the leadership of Josh Jacobs, among a
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  Speaker 1: lot of other things, for the reason that, in McDaniel's words,
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  Speaker 1: the Raiders captains mandated that Jacob should now be one
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  Speaker 1: of them. McDaniels said, he's proud of him. It's not
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  Speaker 1: hard to see why. The guy leads the NFL with
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  Speaker 1: over four hundred rushing yards this season, has played through
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  Speaker 1: a litany of injuries through the course of this season.
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  Speaker 1: McDaniel said, the way that he rehabs, the way that
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  Speaker 1: he gets himself back on the field, all that release
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  Speaker 1: sets an example for the rest of this Raiders team.
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  Speaker 1: Also worth mentioning, of course, that Josh Jacobs said to
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  Speaker 1: be a free agent after this season. Franchise takes certainly
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  Speaker 1: a possibility, but not a bad idea. When you're trying
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  Speaker 1: to re sign one of the most productive players in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL, to throw him a bone here and there,
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  Speaker 1: maybe to give him some good feelings as you come
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  Speaker 1: down the stretch. Of course, Rader's coming off that Thursday
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  Speaker 1: night loss, as are the Seahawks yesterday. What more can
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  Speaker 1: you tell us about Tyler Lockett i in Yeah, there
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  Speaker 1: was some intrigues surrounding Josh Jacob's finger injury. Also similar
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  Speaker 1: situation somewhat similar for Tyler Lockett and his finger injury.
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  Speaker 1: He has a spiral fracture, as coach Pete Carroll described
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  Speaker 1: on his in his finger. He is set to have surgery.
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  Speaker 1: My understanding is he's out for next week's game. That
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  Speaker 1: is what we know. The hope is that he's back
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  Speaker 1: after missing just one game. It's not for sure he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna have surgery. It's not a major surgery, but it's
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  Speaker 1: also not my hands, so easy for me to say.
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  Speaker 1: The hope is that he is back before the end
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  Speaker 1: of the season and Seattle still in it. They still
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  Speaker 1: got a shot and one of their best players wants
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  Speaker 1: to be out there with him. All right. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: Ian and thank you Tim very much for that report.
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  Speaker 1: Always great to hear from you, guys. Meanwhile, last night,
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  Speaker 1: Thursday Night Football, Brock pretty making his first road start
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  Speaker 1: of his career as he continues to answer so many
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  Speaker 1: questions on the forty niners viability as true NFC contenders,
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  Speaker 1: looking very much the part last night as he finds
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  Speaker 1: George Kittle for the twenty eight yard touchdown and then
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  Speaker 1: later again George Kittle, this time from fifty forty yards
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  Speaker 1: wide open again Jim and Mark rejoining us. Mark will
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  Speaker 1: start with you, what was your biggest takeaway on the
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  Speaker 1: forty Niners big one yesterday? Well, the forty nine game
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  Speaker 1: plan was just what the forty Niners do. Their defense
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  Speaker 1: dominated and crushed it. Their offensive playmakers came through for them,
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  Speaker 1: and Brock Purty did enough to you know, put them
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  Speaker 1: in position to succeed. And that's a masterful job by
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  Speaker 1: the way by Kyle Shanahan with that offense, with guys
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  Speaker 1: running running free all over the place. So their game
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  Speaker 1: plan completely came together last night, which is has done
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  Speaker 1: the last few weeks. And when I'm looking at the
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  Speaker 1: bigger picture of this with the forty Niners and this
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  Speaker 1: game plan, their formula to win, it's pretty much when
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  Speaker 1: I look at the NFC, it's Philly is the best
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  Speaker 1: team in the league in my opinion, and Dallas is
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  Speaker 1: right there too as far as a threat, and then
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  Speaker 1: the and the fort in the mix. It's really those
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  Speaker 1: three teams when I look at the NFC of who
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  Speaker 1: can take this and go to the super Bowl, and
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  Speaker 1: the way this defense is playing for the Forts definitely
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  Speaker 1: can beat Dallas. With that. We saw Dallas struggle last
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  Speaker 1: week against the worst team in the league. It's really
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  Speaker 1: Philly and the forty Niners when I'm looking at this,
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  Speaker 1: and man, we Philly has got it all on all
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  Speaker 1: sides of the ball. To Jalen Hurts pointing at the
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  Speaker 1: m v P level, got to give them a little
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  Speaker 1: bit as with them going against brock Purty. But this
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  Speaker 1: San Fraan front that d can beat anybody, Jim, And
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  Speaker 1: that's really what you have to look at. It's not
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  Speaker 1: the whole league, a few teams they really have to beat. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: no question Mark, And I think you hit the spot
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  Speaker 1: on with this defense. That's one of my takeaways was
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  Speaker 1: just how locked in this unit is. Go back to
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  Speaker 1: their game against Kansas City where they gave up forty
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  Speaker 1: four points. Since then, the seven games since, they have
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  Speaker 1: not allowed more than six team points and have allowed
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  Speaker 1: a total of only twenty four in the second half.
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  Speaker 1: I asked Sean Gifts in their safety about what trapped,
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  Speaker 1: what changed after giving up forty four to Kansas City.
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  Speaker 1: And here's one of the keywordst to any successful organization
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  Speaker 1: or team. He said, accountability. Said we came back in
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  Speaker 1: the next day, we had our meeting, defensive meeting, and
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  Speaker 1: he said, guys took ownership of that poor performance that
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  Speaker 1: we had, and since then they have been locked in
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  Speaker 1: and with m their defensive coordinator, Damiko Ryan's designing these
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  Speaker 1: great blitzes and plays, calling up the right mix, the
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  Speaker 1: respect that the players have for him or whatnot, They're
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  Speaker 1: gonna be a tough out for anyone at any point. Mark,
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  Speaker 1: So I don't want to get too far ahead of this,
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  Speaker 1: but like you say, if they meet up with Philadelphia,
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  Speaker 1: that's gonna be a fun game to see come playoff time.
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  Speaker 1: That would be an awesome game for sure. In that
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  Speaker 1: defense during the seven game winning streak, giving up an
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  Speaker 1: average of eleven points per game, so certainly tightening the
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  Speaker 1: screws there defensively for San Francisco. Jim Mark, Thank you
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  Speaker 1: both very much. Still to come here, we have another
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  Speaker 1: division showdown to talk about. This one the sat A
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  Speaker 1: Prime Time to a tongue of Ioloa going north to
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  Speaker 1: visit Josh Allen and the Bills. We're breaking it down
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  Speaker 1: next on NFL Now available, you're available, all right, This
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  Speaker 1: is a Saturday night showdown right here on NFL Network.
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  Speaker 1: The Dolphins and the Bills a f C East Rivers
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  Speaker 1: rivals to a tongue of Ioloa and Josh Allen. As
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  Speaker 1: you can see there, the Bills clinch a playoff birth
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  Speaker 1: with a win versus the Dolphins, and for all intents
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  Speaker 1: and purposes, they'd wrap up the a C. He's not mathematically,
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  Speaker 1: but again essentially for much more in this matchup. Let's
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  Speaker 1: welcome in our Mike Jordi, who's doubled as a weather
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  Speaker 1: reporter all week long. Mike, of course, we're gonna get
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  Speaker 1: implement whether we're expecting tomorrow, no matter it'll be cold,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's snow flurry or not. How are the Bills
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  Speaker 1: gonna lean on Josh Allen, that big arm in this game? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I suspect more than snow flurs, right, Omar, But I
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  Speaker 1: look at Josh Allen and I say there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of gnashing of teeth around here about protecting Josh him
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  Speaker 1: because he likes to run the football and he's six
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  Speaker 1: ft five, he's two hund forty pounds, and he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: run out of bounds. He doesn't slide, he lowers his shoulder.
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  Speaker 1: He hurdles guys like he did last week at the
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  Speaker 1: forty yard line, where the whole stadium was like, don't
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  Speaker 1: do that. And then he gets up and talks some
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  Speaker 1: smack and goes back to the huddle. I was actually
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  Speaker 1: talking to tight end Dawson Knox this week and he said,
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  Speaker 1: I've tried to incentivize with him the idea of if
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  Speaker 1: you slide in this game, or if you run out
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  Speaker 1: of bounds, I'll take you out to dinner. I'll do
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  Speaker 1: that for you. But he said, Whish comes to shove
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  Speaker 1: on third down, Josh is gonna he's a football player,
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  Speaker 1: he's a competitor. He's gonna want to do that. And
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  Speaker 1: I look at tomorrow's game in this conditions that I say,
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  Speaker 1: there's almost no chance in my mind that Josh doesn't
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  Speaker 1: carry the ball at least ten times. He's done that
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  Speaker 1: five times already. This season, He's gone over seven yards
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  Speaker 1: rushing in four games, and if you look at their
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  Speaker 1: rushing game as a whole, they're the only team in
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  Speaker 1: the National Football He the Buffalo Bills, who average who
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  Speaker 1: had at least a hundred yards in every game running
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  Speaker 1: the football. Josh Allen is a massive part of that.
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  Speaker 1: You take him away, He's thirty six percent of their
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  Speaker 1: production in the run game is because of Josh Allen.
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  Speaker 1: What he can do with his legs. When you think
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  Speaker 1: about ball security and protection, seems to me like he's
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  Speaker 1: gonna keep it a lot himself. And I want to
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  Speaker 1: switch sides quickly to talk about the defensive particularly the
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  Speaker 1: two linebackers outstanding, Tremaine Edmonds and Matt Mulano. Those guys
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  Speaker 1: are working on year five of playing together, and you
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  Speaker 1: can see it in their communication where oftentimes they just
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  Speaker 1: look at each other. They don't say words, but they
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  Speaker 1: know what to do. In fact, I asked Leslie Fraser
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  Speaker 1: about this and he said, oh, there was a good
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  Speaker 1: example in the Jets game. He said, where Matt was
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  Speaker 1: supposed to go, and something happened in the course of
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  Speaker 1: the play. The two of them exchanged a glance and
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  Speaker 1: then it was Tremaine who went and Matt who filled
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  Speaker 1: Tremaine's duties. He said, you don't have that if it's
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  Speaker 1: Matt with a younger linebacker, Tremaine with a younger linebacker,
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  Speaker 1: two younger linebackers, period. But because they've been together and
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  Speaker 1: started so many games together, it makes a massive difference
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  Speaker 1: for the communication for that football team. Both are playing
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: at a high level. Mulatto probably playing as well as
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: any linebacker in the league. Heat seeking missile asked, poor
• 15:56
  Speaker 1: Mike White and his rib cage. Those guys are gonna
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: be crucial in this game, because you would expect, just
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: like of course the Bills, Miami's gonna have to put
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: the ball in the ground a lot, and those two
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: guys will hold up in the middle of the Yeah,
• 16:06
  Speaker 1: we've all been eager to see how the Bills defense
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: would respond without Von Miller. And if that Jets game
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: last week was any indication, they are coming, and they
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: are coming in a hurry. After two a tongue of yeloa,
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: Mike Giardi, thank you very much. That is the nightcap
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: of our triple header and the Saturday showdown tomorrow right
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: here on NFL Network. The Vikings hosting the Cold's Vikings
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: can clinch NFC North with a win in that game,
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: and then it's the a f C North rivals, the
• 16:32
  Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns hosting the Baltimore Ravens. Were expecting to see
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: Snoop Huntley in that game. Deshaun Watson makes his home debut.
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: That's at four o'clock Eastern, and then again the night
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: Saturday Showdown, Pills and Dolphins coverage kicks off on NFL
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: Game Day Final at one o'clock Easter still to come
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: here the Titans and the Chargers Sunday right here at
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: Sophi Stadium. Ryan Tannehill, Justin Herbert, both teams seven and six.
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: But because Titans play in the a f C South,
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: they have a pretty firm grasp in the a f
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: C playoff picture Chargers trying to play their way in.
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: Who were there for about twenty four hours this weekend
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: until the Patriots won on Monday night to kick the
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: Chargers back out. But they'll meet again here at SOFI Stadium. Titans,
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: you see there the four seed, A couple of games
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: back of the Baltimore Ravens and Jim Trotter more on
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: this game. Derrick Henry looking to get back on track
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: for Tennessee against a Chargers defense that's been pretty inconsistent
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: against the run. What more can you tell us about
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: this matchup? Yeah, Ohmar, you don't have to overthink this.
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: To beat the Times, you have to stop Derrick Henry.
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: And look, the Chargers had a stress their six consecutive
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: games where they had given up at least a hundred
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: and fifty four yards rushing. But last week they held
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: Miami to nine two, which was their best showing since
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: Week one, when they gave up only sixty four to
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: Las Vegas. Now the Titans, Derrick Henry has rushed for
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: over a hundred yards in six games this year, which
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: is the most in the NFL. He went over a
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: hundred last week, finally getting back on track in that way.
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: But for the Chargers, they have got to shut him down.
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: No secret there on the lip side. For the Titans defensively,
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: they have got to stop this this Los Angeles passing game.
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: Almost said San Diego, being a San Diego resident, but
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: they have got to stop this Charger passing game. In
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: the past two weeks, Tennessee's past defense has given up
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: three touchdown passes and over three sixty yards passing. Last week,
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: the Chargers through the ball fifty one time, So Tennessee
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: is gonna have to step up there and make plays.
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: They're One of the things that could benefit them is
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: that Denico Autrey is expected to play at this point.
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: He's missed the past three games with a knee injury,
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: but he's practiced this week and the hope is that
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: he will play. Here's the thing to watch out for,
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: Omar the past two weeks, the past quarterbacks the past
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: two weeks, the quarterbacks that um the Titans have faced
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: have both gone on to be Player of the Week
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: the following week. So for Tennessee, that tells you where
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: their focus is going to be. They've got to shut
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: down Justin Herbert, who has the ability to put up
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: big numbers. Obviously, Yeah, with Derrick Henry. Three of his
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: last four games when he's faced a rushing defense that's
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: in the bottom five in the NFL, he's gone for
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: more than two hundred yards, so certainly takes advantage. And
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: the Chargers certainly in the bottom five in rush defense.
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: So that'll be a matchup certainly to watch out for.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: Jim Trotter, thank you very much. Still to come here
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: on NFL Now the Baltimore Ravens going against DeShawn Watson
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: and the Cleveland Browns. Much more on that matchup, as
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: well as Matt Ryan taking on the Vikings in a
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: Saturday showdown. That's next on NFL Now at Home. Alright,
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: no Lamar Jackson for tomorrow between the Ravens and the Browns.
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: Tyler Huntley expected as Stark start, with John Harbon not
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: officially naming a starter ahead of that matchup. That is
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: game number two, part of our Triple Leader right here
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: on NFL Network and NFL Plus for much more on
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: this game, we welcome in our Steve White and Stacy
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: Dale's will be working the sidelines for the broadcast tomorrow afternoon.
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Steve Stacy take it away, Wellmark, first off, I mean
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: their sound check is going on here, so it's very loud. Okay,
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: we're just rocking out of the outfield. I mean, why
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: who else would you want to rock out for the Yeah,
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: that's that's definitely an Omar and our producer Jeff collects genre. Look,
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: you know, so much of the game is gonna be
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: out the quarterback situation here with Cleveland and Baltimore, but safety.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: The identities of both these teams is the running game.
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: With Cleveland it's Kareem Hunt and Nick Chubb. But since
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: DeShawn Watson has taken over a quarterback, they have not
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: gotten the traction on the ground that they were earlier
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: in the season. Some of it's related to injuries on
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: the offensive line, but of talking to people with the
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: brown some of it is the change to the Shawn
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: Watson and playing more out of the shotgun and the
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: pist of formation where is Joe by Jacoby Brissette was
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: playing under center, And then they're they're gonna try to
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: get things going in that run game against one of
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: the best run defenses in the NFL and the Baltimore
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: Ravens station. So it's gonna be a challenge. As Kevin Stefanski,
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: the head coach of the Browns, did tell us, they've
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: got to do something in the running game to get
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: their play active pass game going and to get points
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: on the board. The questions, Steve, if these Ravens haven't
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: given up a one hundred yard rusher this season and
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: back the last time they did, how about one? It
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: was Delvin Cook in week nine? Are you kidding me? Second?
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: To just the San Francisco forty Niners. And by the way,
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: with Nick Chubb, they've kept him under a hundred and
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: six straight games eight of nine in his career, so
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: it's kind of their remo. Defensively, Roquan Smith has been
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: a splendid addition to that defense. But j K. Dobbins right,
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: coming back last week and their Steelers victory for the
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: first time really since Week six because of that nee
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: procedure to go fifteen carries, a hundred and twenty on
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: the ground and then a touchdown in that game, and
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: he's still not at the form he wants to be.
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: We're gonna look forward to talking to him in those
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: production meetings shortly, but they're gonna want to feed him
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: often in this game with Tyler Huntley at quarterback. And
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: when I talked to de Marcus Robinson really right now
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: their best wide receiver outside of Mark Andrew's there tight end,
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: he said, what d K what j K Dobbins? Excuse
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: me brings to the field that the field got me,
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: the music, the enthusiasm he has brought and infused a
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: new energy into this offense because of his return last week,
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: and so I can't wait to see, especially if we
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: have some weather, We're ready for it. Omar, but hey, Steve,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: I don't know, man, I mean you got the you
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: got the the good old muffler. Omar has got one
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: of these two, I think, because you know we're not
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: cold weather guys live in l A. But quickly we're
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: talking about the run game. J K. Dobbins not having
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson in there to help open up the field
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: for the run game. That says something about what's going
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: on with the Ravens offensive line. Getting back to Cleveland.
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: The run game, DeShawn Watson could really factor into that
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: because you know how effective he is in the run game.
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: They're gonna need him to make some places they have
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: an opportunity to pull the old set he gets the Ravens. Omar,
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: you if the Ravens just get something from their receivers.
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: They haven't had a receiving touchdown in their last ten games,
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: so any effort there from them could go a long
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: way against that Cleveland defense. Steve Stacy, thank you both
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: very much. That. Of course, game number two in our
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: triple header, Game one picking off with Matt Ryan and
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: the Colts facing off against Kirk Cousins and the Vikings.
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: This kicks off our triple header at one o'clock Eastern.
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: For much more on that matchup, we welcome back our
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: Tom Pella, Sero and Tom. For the second week in
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: a row, Vikings have a chance to wrap up the
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: NFC North with a win, really the third week in
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: a row. If you go back to the Lions, manage
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: to get a victory, keep this thing alive two weeks ago.
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: Then this past weekend, of course, the Vikings go to Detroit,
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: the Lions get a big win in which the Vikings
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: defense really struggled in that game. So another attempt this
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: weekend and it's pretty straightforward. Beat the Colts or had
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: the Lions loose to the Jets, and Zach Wilson and
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: the Vikings will be your NFC North champions. Now I
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: mentioned that defense struggling last week, they had some big
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: time coverage breakdowns, including on Jamison Williams touchdown. Well, big
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: news for them. Harrison Smith, their star safety, back from
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: his neck injury. He is off the injury report and
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: will be in the lineup, but on the flip side
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: on offense for the Vikings, left tackle Christian dey Saw
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: also back after his second stint in concussion protocol. When
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: the best young offensive lineman in the NFL, it's gonna
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: change the way that they're able to call plays. Knowing
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: that Derrissaw should be able to operate over there on
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: an island. Of course, that also buys more time for
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson to get down the field. Jefferson, closing on
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: Randy Moss's single season receiving yards record, also has a
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: shot to take down Calvin Johnson's NFL single season receiving
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: yards record. Well, they're going up against a Colts defense
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: this week that's been one of the NFL's best this
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: season against the past. You've obviously got a very talented
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: longtime man quarter in Stephon Gilmore continues to play at
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: a high level of interesting to see the chess match
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: here and how Gus Bradley tries to defend a guy
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: who basically no one's had any success defending no Mark.
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: When we've watched Justin Jefferson all season long, He's impressive
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: as there is. But when you see those numbers ninety
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: nine catches fift hundred yards with four games left to play,
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: who puts in perspective, how great he's been just like
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: Tom Pella sero always great, Thank you very much. Meanwhile,
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: another game we think is going to be great this weekend.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: You have the Jaguars hosting that Dallas Cowboys. Dallas seems
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: like they are rounding into playoff form, playing their best
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: ball as we head into mid December. That Jaguars are
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: playing for their playoff lives. And Doug Peterson knows it. Listen,
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: We're we're playing for our lives. You know, we're playing
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: to stay alive, you know. And and um, this this
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: is gonna be a great atmosphere. I you know, I
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: can't stress it enough. I mean, if you don't get
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: up for these games, you know, um, against good opponents,
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: you know, might might need to think about doing something else.
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: I mean, as coaches and players. But these are these
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: are great, great games to coach in, great games to
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: play in. And I really don't think it's gonna take
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: a whole lot to keep the energy up in this one. Hey,
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: we've been talking about it all day. Our social team
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: in on the action as well. Saturday Showdown tomorrow Colts
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: Vikings to set things off, and it's the Ravens and
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: the Browns and the nightcap, the Dolphins and the Bills.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: Vikings and the Bills looking to clinch playoff spots. Of course,
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: Josh Allen a star on the field and in fantasy football.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: Here's our fantasy live through with more stars you should
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: be looking out for this weekend and his fantasy playoff times.
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: That means all of these matchups means so much more.
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: But we have three that we're looking at. Those are
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: the Saturday games that you can see of course here
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: on NFL Networks. So if we're talking about players that
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: we like from the Saturday matchup, floyal, let's start with you.
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: Who's somebody you have your eye on? No surprise, but
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna go at Stefon Diggs here. He has been
• 26:40
  Speaker 1: playing great. He's the wide receiver one on this season,
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: but he gets a good matchup against the Dolphins secondary
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: that has allowed a lot of production this year, but
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: they've been good at limiting deep passes, so maybe they
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: could take Gabe Davis out, which just means more volume
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: for Stefon Diggs. Well, I'm looking at another receiver, but
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: he's going to be playing inside, which is a little
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: bit more helpful in my opinion. I have justin Jefferson.
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: I know we had a monster game last week against
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: the Detroit Lions. It's not gonna be two twenty three
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: yards this time, but I think something more like seven
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: nine a touchdown. He's your wide receiver number two for me.
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: I think it's an interesting one because the Colts secondary
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: is a little bit more difficult than the Lions secondary,
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: but still massive game from Justin Jefferson. You know what,
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: I'm looking at quarterback Matt Ryan, who normally you wouldn't
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: think about starting Matt Ryan. But if you have a
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: situation where Lamar Jackson was your quarterback for the longest
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: time and you've been streaming over the last couple of weeks,
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: I would give a consideration for Matt Ryan because he's
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: had three good games this year where he's played well,
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: and he's got a great matchup against the Minnesota Vikings,
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: who have allowed the most yards passing per game this
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: season over the last month. They've also been extremely generous
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: to opposing quarterback. So there's just it's not great, but
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: it's your streaming options. Well. I don't want to feel
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: left out, so I'll also talk about somebody in the
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: Colts Vikings game, and that's Jonathan Taylor, who has been
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: sort of so so for most of a year. But
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: this is a really good matchup against the Vikings defense
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: that has struggled against running backs on top of it
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: recently giving up a lot of receiving yards to the edition.
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: So maybe in order to help out Matt Ryan a
• 28:07
  Speaker 1: little bit, you set them up with some easy dump offs.
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: Either way you load up, you're running back to with touches.
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: It's a good opportunity for the Colts to win and
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: for us to get some fantasy points. You want great
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: information like that and a whole lot of fun as well,
• 28:18
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• 28:20
  Speaker 1: every weeknight here on NFL Network. Mac Jones may not
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: be your favorite fantasy football quarterback, but he does have
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: the Patriots at seven and six and right now in
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: the a f C playoff picture. After that win over
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: the Cardinals on Monday, they're getting ready to place the
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: Raiders to face the Raiders on Sunday. For much more
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: on that matchup, let's welcome in our p F analyst
• 28:41
  Speaker 1: Brad Spielberger. PF NFL analysts and podcaster Brad will start
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: with those new England Patriots and that defense. Of course,
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: Josh uch the reigning a f C Defensive Player of
• 28:53
  Speaker 1: the Week, as well as Matthew Judean maybe the most
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: underrated pass rushing due in the NFL this year. It
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: certainly might be. They've been taking games over of late,
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: and since Week five, Judan and Ucci at ten and
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: a half in ten secs respectively, first and second in
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: the NFL. There twenty and a half combined sack since
• 29:09
  Speaker 1: Week five is more than half of NFL teams over
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: that span, and it's not just about sex, which can
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: be unstable. Huci pass USh winning rate is third in
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: the NFL and it's twenty three and a half. Quarterback
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: pressure rate is first over that stretch and Judean is
• 29:22
  Speaker 1: ninth in pressure rate. So they're winning their matchups and
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: consistently getting after the quarterback on a down to down basis,
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: all without Christian Barmore, the second year in tior defender
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: who was a force last year. We also have to
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: give some props to an under the radar head coach
• 29:35
  Speaker 1: by the name of Bill Belichick. Patriots are running the
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: sixth highest rate of stunts in the NFL this year,
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: but only blitzing at the twentieth highest rate, So they're
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: creating confusion for opposing offensive lines getting home without having
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: to bring an extra rusher. Yeah, they've been suffocating. Is
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: that was definitely on display on Monday Night. Meanwhile, quarterback
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: who has been as polarizing as there is in the
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: NFL this year, Justin Herbert, perhaps hasn't had the statistical
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: success as we've seen in years past, but what have
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: you seen from him in two His value of this
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: team is become underrated. And I think a key to
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: quarterback play that we sometimes don't notice and the great
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: ones do it very well is not just you know,
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: extending the upside but also limiting the downside. So you know, yes,
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: he's top ten in passing yards and touchdowns on throws
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: ten plus yards down field for the last two seasons.
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: He's also incredible taking care of the football with our
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: lowest turnover worthy play rate over the last two seasons,
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: that just one and a half percent, and Patrick Mahomes
• 30:28
  Speaker 1: and Tom Brady trail him and that stands, So that
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: just shows how important that is. He's also the fourth
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: lowest rate of sacks per dropbacks when pressured, so he's
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: had to minders and the outfitsive line this year. He's
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: had a dance around back there, and he avoids sacks,
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: avoids those negative plays, which can be just as important
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: as making those splash highlights social media plays. He's also
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: no gotta throw that social media in their on Justin Herbert.
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: That was a good one. Meanwhile, the Lions and the
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: Jets a huge showdown Mike White Zack Wilson dominated the
• 30:59
  Speaker 1: headlines today. But there is another underrated storyline you're watching
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: on this one. Tell us about that one. I mean,
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: Sauce Gardner is not only the best rookie cornerback in
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: the NFL, he might already be the best cornerback in
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: the entire league. So one challenge of evaluating cornerback play,
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: you know, we know this as well as anyone is
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: the responsibility for every guy can be very different with
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: her zone or man or what they're asked to do pass.
• 31:21
  Speaker 1: Gardner is not only our highest graded corner in the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: but a top ten grade when lined up in press
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  Speaker 1: coverage over number one receivers, allowing a forty four percent
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  Speaker 1: completion percentage which is top ten, and contesting of targets
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  Speaker 1: into his coverage area on press coverage snaps, which is
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  Speaker 1: also top ten. Added into the mix two, he is
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  Speaker 1: the thirtieth best run defense grade. He does everything as
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  Speaker 1: a number one corner level On the other side of
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  Speaker 1: the football, you got Aiden Hutchinson didn't quite burst out
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  Speaker 1: of the NFL scene as quickly as Gardner, though he
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  Speaker 1: does have two interceptions, which is as many as Sauce,
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  Speaker 1: but all jokes aside, He's had multiple quarterback pressures in
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  Speaker 1: every single game this year but one, and again talking
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  Speaker 1: about responsibilities, Detroit has had fewer than five hundred snaps
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  Speaker 1: from Romeo A. Kara, Josh Pescal and Charles As combined
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  Speaker 1: their second through fourth edge rusher, So he's getting a
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  Speaker 1: lot of attention, a lot of chip help from posing
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  Speaker 1: offensive lines, and he's still been super productive. A key
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  Speaker 1: here for this weekend as well. Zack Wilson to the
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  Speaker 1: three point one second average time to throw, which is
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  Speaker 1: the third slowest in the NFL, and Mike White was
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  Speaker 1: a two and a half seconds, the sixth fastest, so
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  Speaker 1: he's gonna hold on the ball for a long time.
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  Speaker 1: Hutchinson should have more time to get home and add
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  Speaker 1: some more sex trying to get ten in his rookie season. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: both of those players candidates for Defensive Rookie of the Year.
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  Speaker 1: Also key reasons why Lions Jets in December is a
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  Speaker 1: matchup featuring a couple of potential playoff teams, certainly king
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  Speaker 1: those turnarounds for those teams. Brad Spielberger always great. For
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  Speaker 1: much more on his analysis, go to PF dot com
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  Speaker 1: or download the PFF app. Thank You, Brat, thank You.
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