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  Let's go! It's time! Yo, yo, yo, welcome back
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  to Banter with the Boys. Gridiron updates our
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  week 14 preview and picks. Rob, wow, you almost
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  hit me in the face with that. Yeah, precision.
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  I didn't. Unbelievable. The white towel's out
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  again. God, what is going on? What's up, Viking
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  fans? We were just derailing the last 10 minutes.
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  Yeah, Rob's here. Roberto. What's up, buddy?
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  Live and loving. Let's talk some football. Yeah,
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  I mean, that's what we're here for. It is Contender
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  Week. That's what I'm calling it. Ooh, Contender
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  Week. Who wants to be a contender? Contender,
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  not the waggings. All right. Jake, what up? Thanks
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  for having me. Of course. Wouldn't have it any
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  other way. Kevin is also here. Hello. Kevin,
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  stop yawning, please. Thanks. Kevin would rather
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  we talk like this. Let's see. All right. Washington.
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  Commanders at the Minnesota Vikings. Yes, very
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  good. J .J. McCarthy could be back, or is back.
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  I'm sorry, J .J. Daniels. He's back. Nine's back.
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  Could be. Could be back. I'm already getting
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  sick of saying nine. Yeah, good. And I've only
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  used it for like one day. Yeah, it's kind of
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  weird. I'm already. Rob, what you got, fam? What
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  are we looking at here in this game? I mean,
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  this would be a really interesting game, whether
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  J .J. Daniels plays. I think either way. Mariotta
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  still has a threat with his legs. He's still
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  pretty efficient in moving the ball. They did
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  get Scary Terry back last week. He had a touchdown.
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  It was the first one of his year, I think. I
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  had him fantasy, so he's been killing me all
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  year. Was it Burks? Oh, that Berks? Yeah. That
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  catch? Oh, yeah. There was three catches this
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  week that were ridiculous. Yeah, that they were
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  saying was like, oh, catch of the year. Puka
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  had one. Berks had one. And I can't think of
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  the other one. I think it was a tight end from
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  the Bills, maybe? No, it was the Raiders. Yeah.
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  Oh, that was crazy. Who was that? Was it Bowers?
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  I don't think. Was it Bowers? That was their
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  other tight end, maybe. But either way, one -handed
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  grab on the ground. That was crazy. Yeah. Anyway.
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  So, Commanders coming off seven -game losing
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  streak, which. I would not predict it. Obviously,
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  Daniels being out has really changed that team.
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  Vikings kind of struggling, so we'll see what
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  they got. Who's going to start on our offensive
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  line is going to be really interesting. Lucky
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  we're going against at least an older Redskins
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  defense. They're savvy. Yeah, but they're not
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  that quick. So it'll be interesting. We've got
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  to establish the run game. I don't know if Aaron
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  Jones is going to play right now. So it's going
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  to be Mason and Scott. Half the O -line is questionable.
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  Yeah, so at least we've got all our skilled players
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  on the outside available. Hopefully that week
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  off, a little time out on the bench holding the
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  clipboard gets JJ enough confidence to slide
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  out a W at home here. Slide out a W at home.
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  You know, we need the crowd. You know, make it
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  a little difficult for the Oregon duck. You're
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  not in the crowd that wants to lose to get a
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  better draft pick? Nah, never. Never. Never.
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  Never. Never. Go out fighting. Roberto going
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  with the Vikings. I will also go Vikings. I mean,
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  clearly. Two and a half. The commander's on the
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  spread. Two and a half. A little fun note. What
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  do you got? What do I got? We got Scary Terry
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  back. Probably one of the worst games this week.
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  Debo. Mariota played really well against an amazing
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  Denver defense. Vikings defense did play well
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  last week. Vikings defense is no slouch either.
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  But they also know Sam Darnold very well. Yeah.
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  So it's like, can they do it again? Probably
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  not. I'm going to take commanders. Yeah. I'm
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  taking the Commanders. Yeah. Yeah. I'm taking
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  Commanders. Gross. It's like saying it's a joke.
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  Even without Jaden Day in play, it's unbelievable.
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  All right. Mariota. All right. You're not saying
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  that just because he's in France. Just because
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  I'm going to be starting him for fantasy. No,
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  that's not why. No, I smell your cooking over
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  there. Yeah. I don't like it. No one else does
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  either. Well, we're not going to spend a lot
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  of time on this game. We talk about the Vikings
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  all the time, so let's just, nah. God, you're
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  just so down and out on the Vikings now. Let's
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  just see. No, I'm not down and out. I think.
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  This is an opportunity to see what J .J. McCarthy's
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  made of these last five games. 10 -8? Yeah. Or
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  9 -8 is the best we can do, right? You're four
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  and eight. Best you can do is nine and eight.
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  All right, here we go. Win out, baby. Not good
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  enough for the points. We're winning out. Just
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  win, baby. Just win. Just win. Jake, let's get
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  your take here on the game that you're here to
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  talk about. Man, this game's going to be lit.
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  This is going to be a hard -hitting game. Steelers,
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  Ravens. My wife's going to hate me for this.
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  Steelers -Ravens, best rivalry in the NFL. Why
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  is she going to hate you for that? She's a Bears
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  fan, so she's going to be like, Bears -Packers,
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  greatest rivalry. If you were going to argue
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  one, that'd be the one that holds. That's the
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  one that came in my mind. We're going to talk
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  about that one, too. Both teams know each other
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  so well. Steelers got embarrassed last week.
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  against the Bills. So they're going to be playing
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  with pride. Yeah, Ravens got embarrassed, too,
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  by a banged -up Joe Burrow who looks really good.
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  He is really good. Yeah. So I think it's going
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  to be another low -scoring affair. Do you think
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  Lamar looks right? I think there's something
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  up. I don't know what it is. But going three
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  weeks in a row now without a passing touchdown
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  is worrisome. So there's something off, and I
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  don't know what it is. People are like, it's
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  the toe. And I'm like, I don't know if it's the
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  toe. I feel like he's indecisive almost. He doesn't
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  know if he wants to run. He's like, no, I'm not
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  going to run. No, I'm going to pass. And that's
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  just typically not how he operates. And that's
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  why I think his inconsistency on the passing
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  side is kind of confusing. And it could be the
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  toe. Toe is one of those injuries. I mean, like
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  turf. It kept Deion Sanders out almost a whole
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  year one year. So, I mean, that's how serious
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  that sucks to cut. Sorry to cut you off on this
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  big one. No, that's all right. I'm curious how
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  Aaron Rodgers' left wrist is going to feel going
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  into that. Is he a righty or is he a lefty? He's
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  a righty. Okay. But, I mean, he's going to be
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  probably trying to brace his fall, all those
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  hits that he may or may not take, if we can get
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  enough pressure on him. Could bug him. What's
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  the health looking like for the Ravens? Look,
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  I'm getting all my data for my pickup of him
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  right now. Hold on. Let me see. Everything's
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  looking pretty good. There's some questionable
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  players in the secondary, which has been the
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  case like all year. Yeah, Wiggins. I think Wiggins
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  will still end up playing. There's no major injuries
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  that I'm concerned about. So it's really just
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  going to be like. Two heavyweights just trying
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  to knock the bejesus out of each other. So I'm
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  thinking low scoring. Ooh. You hear that, fantasy
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  players? Low scoring. Low scoring. We're getting
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  out of this guy. Like 1410. Gross. 1413. Something
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  pretty. Yeah. Your favorite. Yeah, your favorite.
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  But at least it's going to be like a hard hitting
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  affair. Hopefully there's going to be some paint
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  chipping off a helmet, something like that. That
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  would be cool to see go flying. I like it. But
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  give me Ravens at home this time. In two weeks
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  when we see him again, I might have a different
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  answer for you. All right. Spreads five and a
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  half for the Ravens. I think that's high. I've
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  seen six. What do you think, Coach? I've got
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  to go Ravens here, and it's only because I like
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  the Ravens' defense better than the Steelers'
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  offense, especially after last week's lack of
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  execution there. And again, Aaron Rodgers is
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  not 100%. That's a problem. You know what I mean?
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  To even compete with the Ravens, for me, you've
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  got to have everybody 100 % healthy, and it's
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  just not going to be the case for the Steelers
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  coming into this. I mean, I get what you're saying,
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  though, with Lamar Jackson throwing touchdown
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  in three weeks. But I don't know. I'm going Ravens.
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  I think it'll be fine. Yeah, I think it's going
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  to be 31 -17. I think the Ravens are going to
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  take care of business here at home after last
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  week. Steelers, I think defense, they've been
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  so wishy -washy. One week they show up, the next
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  week they're all over the place. Obviously, the
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  offense is struggling a ton. Metcalf and Rodgers.
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  don't seem to be hooking up on a consistent basis
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  to be a real threat. So, yeah, I think the Ravens
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  are going to take care of business and get the
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  dub and try to get back into this playoff race.
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  Ravens taking care of business and getting back
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  in the playoff race, according to Roberto. Let's
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  move on to our third game here. It'll be the
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  Philadelphia Eagles traveling to the LA Chargers.
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  I believe this is Monday night's game. On my
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  side of things here, we'll see what yours says.
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  It says the Eagles are favored by three. Yeah.
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  All right. Sweet. Look at that. Look at that.
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  They match. They match. Simple math. Yeah. Yeah.
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  Shame. Yeah. Like we already talked about, Herbie,
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  he's day -to -day, you know, with the finger
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  injury. But, again, like you said, non -throwing
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  hand. I feel like he'll play. He's a competitor.
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  He is a competitor. That's the one thing. So,
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  I think I've mentioned it before. Like, I work
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  with, like, Joel. one of joe alt's cousins or
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  something i work with him or whatever we've talked
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  about it and i was like what what has he said
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  about uh uh like justin herbert because i'm a
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  justin herbert i'm a justin herbert guy you know
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  what i mean he's like well he just says he's
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  just like according to joe alt through his cousin
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  right so long long you know believe me if you
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  want whatever um but i guess like he just loves
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  the game so much like that's all he thinks about
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  other than that he's kind of an awkward guy you
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  know what i mean nice but he does like what like
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  in a game like do not He's not a jokester, like,
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  when it comes game time. Me either. He's a baller.
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  Like, he'll probably play. Let's be real. Man,
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  this is a tough game, though, right here. In
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  L .A., I just, man, but I don't. The Eagles have
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  been kind of looking weird, too, the last couple
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  weeks. Really weird. Two -game skid. Yeah, yeah.
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  Gosh, I got to go Chargers. And, like, I'm a
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  Chargers fan. Oh, yeah. You wore the Chargers
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  shirt. I got my Chargers shirt on. I didn't,
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  though. No, no, no. I didn't, though. What are
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  we even talking about? My pics just disappeared.
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  So I guess those are all wins. Kevin, this guy's
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  full. He need a little button bar right now for
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  this bowl. No, seriously. I was thinking about
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  Philly, but I just Chargers at home. Herbert's
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  a dog. I'll see what happens. Yeah, just for
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  that, I'm taking the Eagles. Go for it. Just
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  so I can talk about how amazing the Eagles are
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  to destroy the Chargers. Go for it. But actually,
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  this is kind of one of the scenarios. They did
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  the same thing a couple years ago, the Eagles.
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  They went up. They were looking like the team
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  to beat, and then they fell off the map. And
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  Hurst right now is absolutely not seeing the
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  field. He's almost like McCarthy right now, missing
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  all his reads. Nine. Nine! I see this as a game
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  where Barkley can get really involved in the
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  game and be the difference maker. He's got to.
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  They need to feed him. They've just gotten away
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  from him so much this year. It's weird that he's
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  under 1 ,000 rushing yards. Don't get me wrong.
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  Like we mentioned in the last episode, check
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  it out. It's our 10 -talk episode. God, we're
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  stupid. Oh, God. Oh, that was great. Sorry, Spotify
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  listeners. You've got to check that out on YouTube.
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  Anyway. But, like, we knew we were going to see
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  some regression, but I thought he'd for sure
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  at least be maybe at least over 1 ,000 yards
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  by now. I think a lot of that has to do just
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  with the O -line injuries that have been going
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  on. They've been missing Lane Johnson most of
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  the year. Yeah, he's out this week, too. And
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  he's a big component to making that running game
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  go brr. Brr. Oh, it's you. He picked Eagles.
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  He went Eagles. I went Chargers. Cry, Eagles,
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  cry. Two thoughts for myself is whether or not
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  the Eagles can actually stop the Chargers ground
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  game because the Chargers ground game is getting
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  going again. That's what Harbaugh loves to hang
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  his hat on is that run game and playing strong
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  defense. They're doing this without their two
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  starting tackles. Play until next year. Or really
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  they're... Starting running back even. Sure.
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  Also. Yeah. Running backs. Multiple. Fireworks
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  and a knee? Ankle. There's more on fireworks,
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  but yeah. Yeah. So that's my question for the
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  Eagles is whether or not they're going to be,
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  that defense is going to be able to stop their
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  Chargers ground game. And if the Eagles can get
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  their own ground game going, that's really kind
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  of the. Question mark for me, and I think everything
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  at this point suggests Chargers are going to
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  win. Give me a Thunderbolt. There it is. Give
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  me a Thunderbolt. There it is. Bolt up. How do
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  you know? All right. So Chargers getting the
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  dub, of course, from Jake. Let's see. What is
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  game four here? Second greatest rivalry game.
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  Wait, whoa. Why did this hole? What did you do?
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  Wow, my whole screen. Ah, there it is. Yes, very
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  good. Let's see. Hold on. Someone knows what's
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  going on. Wow, what is going on? Chicago at Green
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  Bay. Yes, that is the game that's going on. I
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  apologize. Wow, something happened to my screen
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  here. So, yeah, we're going to go with it. So,
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  yeah, Chicago traveling to Green Bay. Allegedly
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  for you, the second greatest, biggest rivalry
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  out there. What a game. For the division. Go
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  for it, Rob. Take it away. Contender week. In
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  contender week. Yeah, I mean, is this the...
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  What do we got? Sorry. Game of the week. I wasn't
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  even ready for it. Bears at Packers. I mean,
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  this is where you say it's Kayla Williams. This
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  is the game. It's going to be all eyes. It's
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  a big, you know, for the division. He's seeing
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  the field really well right now. That whole team's
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  kind of just jiving. How many have they won in
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  a row lately? Too many. Even with Swift being
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  banged up, they've been keeping the running game
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  and continually going. The defense has been flying
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  all over the field. And they've been playing,
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  you know, a lot of guys. They are banged up a
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  little bit with Edwards and Sewell. The linebacking
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  core worries me a little bit. And Stevenson on
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  the back side looks like he's going to be out.
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  On the Packers side, I mean, which Packers team
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  are you going to kind of get? Are they going
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  to run the ball enough or are they going to get
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  pass happy? Are the receivers consistent? Watson's
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  kind of not starting to evolve as their number
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  one. And I'm going to go with Packers here. I
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  really hate to say it. But I'm just at home.
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  We're going Packers. I'm sorry. Well, either
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  way, I'm the Bears. I want to think we do a tie.
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  Packers just need another time. Another time.
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  Oh, my gosh. Freaking tie. No. Oh, yeah. I got
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  to go Packers, too. And it's. It's more or less
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  I have more trust in the Packers offense than
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  I do the Bears offense right now. Don't get me
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  wrong. You're right. They're clicking right now.
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  I mean, they beat the Eagles last week against
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  a defense that I've done nothing but praise all
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  season long. But the Eagles don't look like the
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  Eagles. Correct. Six weeks ago. Correct. Correct.
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  And it's like. I mean, the Bears have beat a
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  couple good teams this year, but they did already
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  lose to the Packers once. They lost to the Ravens.
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  They lost to us. Yeah, but nah. That's because
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  nine came alive in the fourth quarter. Because
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  nine had a chip in a chair the last nine minutes.
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  Oh, chip in a chair. Now we're overusing it.
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  No, but it's, I don't know. Because, God, the
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  Bears defense. I really like the Bears defense,
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  too. I just, I don't know. My gut's really telling
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  me Packers. I got to go with them at home. You
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  already picked the Packers. I know. I know. I'm
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  just solidifying it. That's it. That's it. Driving
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  the old proverbial nail in the coffin. Where
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  did you go? Oh, yeah. You went Packers, too.
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  I went Packers. All right. So that means Jake's
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  going to go Bears, right? Yeah, of course he
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  is. Who owns the Bears? The Packers do. 108 -96
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  -6, the all -time record for the 210th meeting.
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  Dang, you had that on the ready. Yeah. So that
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  means Jordan Love owns the Bears. Ooh. Right?
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  Ooh, he does. Yeah. Where are we going there,
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  rom -com? I'm trying to romp. It's... I love
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  the Packers offense. The wide receiver versatility
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  and the depth that they have, I think, is the
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  best in the league. I'm pretty good. I've got
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  nine of them. Yeah, because you've got Wicks,
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  Golden. Watson. Yeah. Dobbs. The list goes on
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  and on. Tucker Kraft was healthy. You've got
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  so many number twos. You're just like, okay,
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  this is the wide receiver depth is really good.
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  Their running back depth is solid. Jacobs is
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  going to be healthy. He's back. Healthy. Yeah.
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  And you've got Jordan Love. So, I mean, all signs.
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  And it's Green Bay at home. So how do you say
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  no to that? No. But you do say no to that because.
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  The Bears' running game is hot right now. They've
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  developed themselves a two -headed giant between
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  Swift and Minagi. Those wide receivers, Caleb
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  Williams is playing lights out right now. Ben
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  Johnson has that team believing. Have you seen
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  him without his shirt on screaming and chanting?
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  No. Good, better, best, never let it rest. I
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  don't subscribe to that website. That's on the
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  top of my search list. Oh, well. You're missing
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  out because it's good, better, best, never let
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  it rest until the good get better and the better
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  best. Oh, my God. Give me some bears. Oh, my
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  God. The bear. Bear down. Jake's going with the
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  Bears. Unbelievable. He's bearing down. No doubt.
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  God, are you full of gross pics all night long?
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  Good thing I'm in between you guys. All right.
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  Let's go to game five here. The Indianapolis
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  Colts traveling to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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  I just realized next Sunday is December 7th.
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  Yeah. It is. Pearl Harbor. RIP. Never forget.
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  Yeah. Start of something crazy. Anyway, don't
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  get me started. What are we talking about? Oh,
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  football. Yes, Colts -Jacksonville. Yes, both
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  teams 8 -4. Fight for the division lead right
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  now. Heck, yeah. In Jacksonville, we were talking
• 19:12
  about this game heavily. Contender week. Yeah,
• 19:14
  Rob picked some great games. Yeah, he did pick
• 19:16
  some great games. I had some help. Maybe. Let's
• 19:22
  see. Should I go first? The NFL schedules writers.
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  Because I've been talking about the Jacksonville
• 19:27
  Jaguars all year, and I'm going to keep doing
• 19:29
  it. One and a half Colts. That's fine. If that
• 19:32
  sways you. No, it doesn't. I think Trevor Lawrence
• 19:35
  is kind of in one of those situations where.
• 19:38
  He is continuing to do just, again, he's not
• 19:40
  giving me flashes of like, I don't know, man.
• 19:43
  He's not like Sunshine from Remember the Titans?
• 19:46
  No, no, no. But he's doing, he's one of those
• 19:48
  situations, Jalen Hurts type of deal, doing just
• 19:50
  enough to kind of get it done. Not lately. And
• 19:53
  get some wins. Not lately, right? But what we've
• 19:56
  seen from Hurts, you know what I mean? Again,
• 19:58
  nothing crazy, but what'd you say? Nothing. What'd
• 20:01
  you call me? You say Matt Stafford? No, I was
• 20:04
  doing an F1 real slide quick. Oh, I missed it.
• 20:08
  Yeah, I missed it. Unbelievable. Anyway, yeah,
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  I got to go Jacksonville. Yes, the Colts are
• 20:14
  playing outstanding. Coming off an L, but I think
• 20:17
  the Colts, I very much do think the Colts could
• 20:20
  win this game, too. I'm more or less hoping that
• 20:25
  the Jaguars can win it. So I think the Jacksonville
• 20:29
  Jaguars can win the division. You think the Colts
• 20:32
  can win? No, the Texans can win. Well, you asked
• 20:35
  me if I think the Texans will win the division,
• 20:38
  which I said yes. Yes, yeah. I think the Jacks
• 20:40
  will. Who's winning the South for you? Texans.
• 20:46
  Texans as well. Okay. So Colts aren't going to
• 20:49
  do it for any of us up here. Interesting. I don't
• 20:51
  know if they're going to finish above 500. The
• 20:54
  Colts? You heard me. It's very possible. Wow.
• 20:58
  I think the Daniel Jones. If you offered me that,
• 21:01
  I'd take it. Interesting. I mean, they're playing.
• 21:05
  They have five playoff teams they have to play.
• 21:07
  For sure. For sure. They got a gauntlet. They
• 21:10
  got a gauntlet. They got a gauntlet. And they're
• 21:12
  trending the wrong way right now. And it doesn't
• 21:14
  get easier for the Jacksonville Jaguars either.
• 21:16
  I mean, that's why this game is huge for both
• 21:18
  teams. Contender week, baby. Who wants to be
• 21:20
  a contender? Yeah. No. All right. I'm good. Jacksonville.
• 21:23
  Yes. Who wants next? You? What? I'll take it.
• 21:26
  Jake's got it. Give me Jags. Colts are imposters.
• 21:30
  Colts are imposters? Oh, jeez. You're just going
• 21:32
  to come out and you're shooting. I said it last
• 21:34
  week. I've been saying it all year. Like, they're
• 21:37
  a good team as far as their record shows, but
• 21:40
  they haven't beaten good teams. And they'll continue
• 21:42
  to lose to better teams. And I think the Jags
• 21:46
  are just a better team. Not by much, but a better
• 21:49
  team. But just enough. Yep, just enough. But
• 21:51
  not better than the Texans. But yeah, just enough.
• 21:52
  All right, fair enough. Fair enough. Yeah, I
• 21:55
  mean, both teams are coming in 8 -4, but they're
• 21:59
  both trending kind of different. Jaguars, three
• 22:01
  straights. Colts lost three of four. That's just
• 22:03
  it, three straights. So it's kind of, you know,
• 22:05
  Taylor's ground game, I think, is the only chance
• 22:09
  that the Colts have to stay in this game. Trevor
• 22:12
  Lawrence is kind of surging right now. But the
• 22:15
  Jaguars have beaten the Colts 10 of the last
• 22:18
  11 times at home. So I'm going Jaguars. I feel
• 22:22
  like just the Colts are kind of trending in that
• 22:23
  wrong direction. bit wrong direction and um jaguars
• 22:26
  are starting to look good sauce gardener out
• 22:28
  for the colts i think is going to be a possibly
• 22:31
  out um is going to be uh or he is out most likely
• 22:34
  out yeah he's i think that i mean that's going
• 22:36
  to hurt you know that secondary is a little little
• 22:39
  banged up and it'll be interesting but i'm going
• 22:42
  jaguars Dang, wow, I would have never thought
• 22:45
  we would get a full sweep of Jaguars up here.
• 22:48
  Mike's not here to go with the Colts. Yeah, no
• 22:50
  doubt, no doubt, or literally anybody else probably
• 22:53
  that listens to the pod. I'd be curious, though.
• 22:55
  I didn't send out these picks because, you know,
• 22:57
  I forgot. I don't know what the rest of the boys
• 22:59
  are thinking, but I'd be curious to see their
• 23:02
  thoughts on any of these games this week. This
• 23:04
  was a gauntlet other than the Vikings pick. But
• 23:08
  otherwise, I think the rest of these games are
• 23:09
  going to be crazy. Where are we at with time
• 23:12
  here, Kevin? That does it. That's it. That's
• 23:14
  it. What do you got to add? I had a little playoff
• 23:19
  pitcher thing I wanted to run through quick.
• 23:22
  The AFC side, you got Patriots 10 -2. They're
• 23:29
  on top. Denver 10 -2 would be in the second.
• 23:32
  Jaguars lead in the 8 -4. That Colts -Jaguars
• 23:35
  game. You got the Ravens at the 4 spot. Chargers.
• 23:41
  and Colts 8 -4, Bills sliding 7 -5, and then
• 23:44
  outside looking in, Texans, Chiefs, Steelers.
• 23:47
  So that's all tough teams. There's still some
• 23:50
  options available. And then on the NFC, we've
• 23:53
  got Bears. Number one seed right now. It's crazy.
• 23:57
  And then the Rams, after sliding against the
• 23:59
  Panthers last week, go to 9 -3. Panthers slide
• 24:03
  up to the three spot with that one at 7 -5. And
• 24:06
  then Seattle 8 -4. And then right now, though.
• 24:10
  wildcard teams eagles cowboys packers and then
• 24:14
  in the hunt vikings falcons and commanders i
• 24:18
  mean that's kind of where the nfc sits you know
• 24:20
  so right now it almost looks like the 17s of
• 24:24
  the nfc are kind of almost determined if you
• 24:27
  really if the playoff started today there's not
• 24:29
  really a yeah it's just a week 17 big game just
• 24:32
  movement 18 where are the buccaneers at you said
• 24:37
  They're not even on the list. Well, I guess they'd
• 24:39
  be in the hunt then. Yeah, they got to be in
• 24:41
  the hunt. What is their record? They got to be
• 24:44
  there. All right. Well, that was Rob's playoff
• 24:50
  update. Minute update. Texans, Cowboys, Bills
• 24:55
  trending upwards. Every game matters. Yeah, the
• 24:58
  Bucs are 7 -5. Carolina is 7 -6. But they must
• 25:03
  not have the tiebreaker over the Cowboys. Packers.
• 25:08
  Packers. All right. All right. Well, that does
• 25:10
  it. It's been great. It's been awesome. Thanks
• 25:14
  for the opportunity. No. Thanks, Coach. Talk
• 25:16
  at the same time. Talk at the same time. Kevin
• 25:19
  likes that. Jake, thanks for being here. Thanks
• 25:21
  for having me. I'm excited for week 14. A lot
• 25:23
  of great matchups. Yeah. Even outside of these,
• 25:26
  there's some other good matchups out there, too.
• 25:27
  We just tried to pick the best ones. Get your
• 25:28
  popcorn ready. I'm going to get the smoker out,
• 25:31
  I think, this week. Oh, geez. Get the smoker
• 25:33
  out. Maybe a little ribs. What are you thinking,
• 25:34
  huh? Pork belly? Probably. A little ribs. A little
• 25:37
  burnt ends? Yeah. Ooh, burnt ends. That's how
• 25:40
  you get pork belly, baby. Look at that. That
• 25:44
  air fryer cooking. Kev, thanks for being here,
• 25:46
  of course. Thanks, Kev. As always. Crushed it.
• 25:48
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