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  Speaker 2: Everybody Long the game debut for sent About Caesar sports Foot,
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  Speaker 2: Patrick clayb I'm back here with Greg Rosenthal and Cynthia Freeland,
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  Speaker 2: one game away from the super Bowl. We got lines,
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  Speaker 2: prop bets, predictions, and all without vague references to Al Michaels.
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  Speaker 2: We just talk about it because that's all we do
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  Speaker 2: on this show.
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  Speaker 3: We do.
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  Speaker 4: We have picked every game all season long, and we've
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  Speaker 4: gotten each one of them correct.
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  Speaker 5: Okay, that's yeah.
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  Speaker 6: I actually think that we all have. Have we all
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  Speaker 6: been collectively wrong? Unconfirmed? I mean maybe if you add
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  Speaker 6: all of ours together, we've gotten them all correct.
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  Speaker 2: Probably there was one thing we were all collectively wrong
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  Speaker 2: on last week. That's because my theory beloved Detroit Lions
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  Speaker 2: lost to the Washington Commanders. But hey, Cynthia, you've still
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  Speaker 2: got the crown in the playoffs, one game ahead of
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  Speaker 2: Greg and I who are standing there at six and four,
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  Speaker 2: So you've got well there's some sort of victory.
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  Speaker 7: Sorry, or victories are not the same as Lions.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, which would you rather have a Super Bowl trophy?
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  Speaker 3: You're not even on.
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  Speaker 4: The team or back to back regular season postseason crowns
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  Speaker 4: over a lion.
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  Speaker 7: Super healthy for sure.
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  Speaker 2: The game of the week going down Sunday Night and Arrowhead.
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  Speaker 2: It is Josh Allen and the Bills against Mahomes and
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  Speaker 2: the Chiefs. This will be another chapter in what has
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  Speaker 2: already been an incredible rivalry.
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  Speaker 3: By the way you talk, you lean everything down on this.
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  Speaker 2: Poet doubt come out, you know, hold back everything we
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  Speaker 2: fought for.
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  Speaker 5: This is right here.
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  Speaker 3: So you're gonna run a flow pasta.
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  Speaker 8: And it's human pyro technics dressed in red, white and gold.
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  Speaker 2: Three touchdowns in the last minute and forty five seconds.
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  Speaker 5: Bills have the lead.
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  Speaker 2: Thirty six thirty three with thirteen seconds remaining.
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  Speaker 8: Mahomes looks to throw it pump faking right side.
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  Speaker 3: He wants in a comeback. It is cut by Kelsey
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  Speaker 3: Tuck's Down City Pub one.
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  Speaker 8: That's incredible divisional playoff game.
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  Speaker 3: Gonna roll out to his left, nowhere to go, fires
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  Speaker 3: to the end zone, and it's called for a touchdown.
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  Speaker 3: An unbelievable click of the wrist. Fake a pass.
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  Speaker 8: Now he'll run a thirty five yard line blocker thirty
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  Speaker 8: twenty five inside the twenty Chiefs twenty seven. Bill's twenty
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  Speaker 8: four one forty seven to go and the kick is
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  Speaker 8: no God, Helly's.
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  Speaker 1: Getting hell get here.
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  Speaker 2: Left and we'll get to our game picks for both
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  Speaker 2: championship games later on in the show. First, we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: break down the matchup, starting with the Bills and the Chiefs. Greg,
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  Speaker 2: who is your player to watch on offense in this one?
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  Speaker 3: I think it's Savior. You're Worthy. I know we know
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  Speaker 3: what we're gonna get out.
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  Speaker 4: Of Patrick Hohomes greatness and Travis Kelcey greatness. I'm not
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  Speaker 4: totally sure what we're getting out of Xavier Worthy yet.
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  Speaker 4: The early results in this playoff are excellent. Watch some
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  Speaker 4: of the catches that he had a week ago. That
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  Speaker 4: throw when Patrick Mahomes made it took a lot of trust,
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  Speaker 4: a lot of anticipation that his rookie receiver would be
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  Speaker 4: there and might have been the best contested catch Xavier
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  Speaker 4: Worthy made in the entire season.
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  Speaker 3: He can make plays after the catch.
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  Speaker 4: You're gonna use him with some of these short throws,
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  Speaker 4: but he really is the one guy on the team
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  Speaker 4: that has next level speed that can take advantage of
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  Speaker 4: what the Bills defense struggles at and that I think
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  Speaker 4: is team speed at the safety position.
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  Speaker 3: I think Worthy is so big for this Chiefs team.
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  Speaker 6: Well, you talked about Travis Kelce, So I'm actually gonna
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  Speaker 6: take the Travis Kelce torch here. Why because in the playoffs,
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  Speaker 6: Travis Kelce is ridiculous. If I'm looking at what he's
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  Speaker 6: done since twenty twenty in fourteen games, do you know
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  Speaker 6: many times he's exceeded the number that was forecast for him?
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  Speaker 5: How many all of them?
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  Speaker 7: Fourteen fourteen? That is fue one hundred.
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  Speaker 4: It's honesty, is the dumbest stat of all the chief stats.
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  Speaker 3: That's the most ridiculous.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, we're just gonna let that simmer right there.
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  Speaker 6: But we're also add to that that he's had eighteen
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  Speaker 6: touchdowns in seventeen playoff games as well.
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  Speaker 7: Last week he was ridiculous.
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  Speaker 6: And this is going to be a crazy matchup because
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  Speaker 6: if you look at what happens when he matches up
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  Speaker 6: against a defensive backs versus linebackers, and he's likely to
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  Speaker 6: see linebackers in this one, it's like three yards more
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  Speaker 6: per catch. Ridiculous, just ridiculous. Against the Bills, a.
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  Speaker 2: Guy who hasn't had all that playoff success is a
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  Speaker 2: guy that I'm taking DeAndre Hopkins. I think a lot
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  Speaker 2: of attention goes the way of Exavior Worthy and Travis Kelcey,
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  Speaker 2: and so it gives him, the guy who came at
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  Speaker 2: the deadline, a chance to work against the Bills. He
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  Speaker 2: only ran nineteen routes in the game in Week eleven,
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  Speaker 2: only got one target last week. This thing though, DeAndre
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  Speaker 2: Hopkins has already played against the Buffalo Bills twice this season.
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  Speaker 2: Once was what the Tennessee Titans. Once was back and
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  Speaker 2: week eleven. That first game, he had one catch for
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  Speaker 2: negative one yards. And I do think with all of
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  Speaker 2: the volume of seeing this defense, DeAndre Hopkins plays a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of a factor, especially with all the attention
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  Speaker 2: going with the guys that we talked about first again
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  Speaker 2: three chiefs that we picked there, take note of that.
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  Speaker 2: Sticking with this game, let's a little bit over to
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  Speaker 2: the defensive side. Which player do you have your arm?
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  Speaker 4: Well, we got to give some love to the Bills.
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  Speaker 4: Let's talk a little Greg Russo my name's sake. Although
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  Speaker 4: he does have one less G than me, he said
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  Speaker 4: just fifty percent G but.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of sacks.
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  Speaker 4: It was practically a fifty percent pressure rate in that
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  Speaker 4: first game against the Chiefs. Now it's a different left
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  Speaker 4: tackle this time around, but Greg Russo is one of
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  Speaker 4: those defensive ends that wins with his strength.
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  Speaker 3: It's not about the moves.
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  Speaker 4: And bending the edge and what worked against Joe Tooney
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  Speaker 4: who's stepping in at left tackle for the Chiefs a
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  Speaker 4: week ago. I know Greg russoe is not Will Anderson,
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  Speaker 4: but a lot of it was pure power and I
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  Speaker 4: think Tooney was a little lighter. You can push him back.
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  Speaker 4: Greg Russo, like I said, had a monster game in
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  Speaker 4: that first one, and to me, he's an edge setter.
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  Speaker 4: He's one of the strongest defensive ends in the league,
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  Speaker 4: and that pressure from the left side has really bothered
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  Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes throughout the course of the season. I think
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  Speaker 4: it's been a problem for them. I think it will
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  Speaker 4: be on Sunday as well.
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  Speaker 5: Well.
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  Speaker 7: I'm looking at Terrell Bernard in this matchup.
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  Speaker 6: He came back from injury and it's been a huge
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  Speaker 6: uptick for this Bill's defense. It's not really about like
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  Speaker 6: discrete situational stats. I can't say the word stats, situational stats.
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  Speaker 7: There we go.
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  Speaker 6: It is all about his impact as a whole. He
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  Speaker 6: frees other people up to be able to get to
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  Speaker 6: the quarterback. He allows some coverage help. He really kind
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  Speaker 6: of does that all purpose thing that we need him
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  Speaker 6: to do. And in this case, he's probably gonna see
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  Speaker 6: a lot of that guy Travis Kelsey we talked about,
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  Speaker 6: and he's probably gonna have to help out if anything
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  Speaker 6: goes over the head of Matt Malon. There's a lot
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  Speaker 6: of stuff going on and with potential injuries to this
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  Speaker 6: defense in the secondary, and I'm talking about Taylor Rapp
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  Speaker 6: and Christian Benford who as of right now we have
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  Speaker 6: not seen them practice yet this week. That will be
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  Speaker 6: a big defense, defensive difference maker if we can get
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  Speaker 6: Terrell Bernard at full speed.
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  Speaker 2: I want to look at is the defensive difference maker
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  Speaker 2: as a whole, because it's like a black hole that
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  Speaker 2: draws attention and.
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  Speaker 5: Has gravity on this defense line.
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  Speaker 2: Of that's Chris Jones, who probably would have a Super
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  Speaker 2: Bowl MVP in his trophy case if you know, voters
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  Speaker 2: valued defense. He was doubled on thirty one point seven
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  Speaker 2: percent of his rushes against Buffalo and Week eleven when
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  Speaker 2: he wasn't he had six pressures. Four of them came
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  Speaker 2: in less than two point six seconds. And also remember
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  Speaker 2: Beck the forty nine Ers had a chance to win
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  Speaker 2: the Super Bowl against the Chiefs. They singled up Chris Jones.
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  Speaker 2: It didn't even actually block him correctly.
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  Speaker 5: At all, a game rerecord. Why why are you?
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  Speaker 4: Why why can't we make a defensive Super Bowl MVP
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  Speaker 4: given offense, give a defense like more awards or recognize
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  Speaker 4: these men.
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  Speaker 5: Let's just take cowardice out of this.
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  Speaker 2: If a defensive player is dominating the game, it's okay.
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  Speaker 5: To give it to the defender every once in a while.
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  Speaker 5: Let's get some over under as.
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  Speaker 2: We get to the total for the Bills in the
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  Speaker 2: Chiefs is forty seven in a half. I've actually got
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  Speaker 2: the over in this one, fifty two. We'll tell you
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  Speaker 2: who scores those points later on in the show. But
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  Speaker 2: I do not foresee a bit of a rock fight here.
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  Speaker 2: We just saw a breakdown of these teams going up
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  Speaker 2: and down the field in their playoff history.
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  Speaker 4: I like the over here, Greg, I agree with you.
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  Speaker 4: I actually am going way over. It might be too low,
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  Speaker 4: but I have sixty two points in a shame. You
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  Speaker 4: might say sixty two, that's a ridiculous number.
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  Speaker 3: It's fifteen.
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  Speaker 4: It's actually less than the average amount of points scored
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  Speaker 4: in this matchup. In the playoffs between the Bills and
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  Speaker 4: the Chiefs, the last three times they've played like it
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  Speaker 4: has been an average of over sixty three points. I
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  Speaker 4: do think ultimately these defenses aren't as good, and I
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  Speaker 4: know the Chiefs haven't been as explosive this year, but
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  Speaker 4: I think they're coming around at the right time offensively
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  Speaker 4: that they'll be able to keep up in a shootout
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  Speaker 4: and not telling you is gonna win, but I think
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  Speaker 4: it's gonna be all points all the time.
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  Speaker 6: Well, I mean, you only got to be over by
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  Speaker 6: half a point in this case, and I am over
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  Speaker 6: by one and a half points. Forty nine points is
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  Speaker 6: my totalness matchup, So it might not seem like as
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  Speaker 6: high of scoring as Greg has it, but I still
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  Speaker 6: have the over as well. I'm looking for some really
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  Speaker 6: vintage like you know, Andy Reid Circle, like preseason, you know,
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  Speaker 6: Game three back in the day. Who knows, but I'm
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  Speaker 6: thinking we're gonna see some weird things. And then Joe
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  Speaker 6: Brady's out here, he's looking for the head coaching job,
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  Speaker 6: so I think we're gonna see a lot of creativity
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  Speaker 6: from both offensive play callers. And like I said, imagine
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  Speaker 6: like a preseason game three. Oh yeah, this is when
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  Speaker 6: you know, Patrick said that he liked, you know, cheeseburgers
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  Speaker 6: as well.
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  Speaker 2: So this is what I call it as for our show,
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  Speaker 2: It's time for Mick the Case, which is not a
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  Speaker 2: reference to a certain Canadians legal team which needs to
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  Speaker 2: stop doing it. Let's dive into these championship matchups.
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  Speaker 5: Some more and play some fill in the blank guys.
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  Speaker 2: Buffalo is trying to go back to the super Bowl
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  Speaker 2: for the first time since the nineties.
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  Speaker 5: Greg, the Bills will win if blank.
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  Speaker 4: Happens, if they can get pressure on Patrick Mahomes with
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  Speaker 4: just four down line minutes.
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  Speaker 3: It's the old recipe.
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  Speaker 4: It's obvious and it's true, and it's what stands out
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  Speaker 4: to me from the first matchup that they had this season,
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  Speaker 4: the Bill's got more pressure than the Chiefs did despite
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  Speaker 4: blitzing far less. I don't know if it was a
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  Speaker 4: matchup thing. I think this four man pass rush I
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  Speaker 4: talked about Greg Russo before has actually underperformed at times
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  Speaker 4: this year, and yet when they're at their best at Oliver,
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  Speaker 4: he'll give you a lot of problems. I think Von
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  Speaker 4: Miller is playing better at the end of the season.
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  Speaker 4: I mentioned Rousseau before, and this Chief's offensive line has
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  Speaker 4: been very up and down. You do not want to
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  Speaker 4: have to send extra defenders at Patrick Mahomes like the
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  Speaker 4: Bills were forced to do a week ago against Lamar Jackson.
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  Speaker 4: That was them kind of getting out of what they do.
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  Speaker 4: Get pressure with four and they can win.
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  Speaker 5: All right, let's flip it to the other sides and
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  Speaker 5: the Chiefs will win. If what happens.
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  Speaker 6: They can force Josh Allen to get uncomfortable and throw
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  Speaker 6: in uncomfortable situations. One of the recipes for this team
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  Speaker 6: this season that has worked out so well is not
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  Speaker 6: turning the ball over. Now, if you force Josh Allen
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  Speaker 6: to throw in uncomfortable situations, perhaps if they're not winning,
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  Speaker 6: or if it's a close game, or if they feel
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  Speaker 6: like there's some sort of time constraint, this could be
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  Speaker 6: a recipe for a crucial turnover. It would be crucial
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  Speaker 6: for the Chiefs defense.
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  Speaker 7: Now.
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  Speaker 6: In the first matchup, Spencer Brown was not playing, and
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  Speaker 6: we saw that what happens there is a little bit
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  Speaker 6: more pressure. Spencer Brown has actually been the best right
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  Speaker 6: tackle at limiting pressures on passing down so if you're
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  Speaker 6: gonna force Josh Allen to throw, perhaps you're gonna have
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  Speaker 6: to look a little bit elsewhere because that big he
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  Speaker 6: is also huge. He's like six ' eight and he's
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  Speaker 6: all of six to eight, So it's not like it's
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  Speaker 6: going to be an easy task.
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  Speaker 2: All right, let's go over to the NFC Greg. The
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  Speaker 2: upstart Commanders will win if this happens.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not rooting for this, but if Jalen hurts just
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  Speaker 4: squeezes the ball a little too tight, and I mean
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  Speaker 4: two things by that number one. What number one is
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  Speaker 4: just he's just holding on to it and he's not
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  Speaker 4: making decisions. And people mentioned last week, oh, his time
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  Speaker 4: to throw was one of his best all year. Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: that's because he never threw it. He just kept taking
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  Speaker 4: sacks that were over four seconds long. It would have
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  Speaker 4: been much higher if he was making quicker decisions. And
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  Speaker 4: when he makes quick decisions, he's one of the better
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  Speaker 4: quarterbacks in the league. And when he holds onto the
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  Speaker 4: ball not so much. And then when I say too tight,
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  Speaker 4: I also mean like that the team is tight, that
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  Speaker 4: the crowd, you fall behind in the game that they're
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  Speaker 4: expected to win, and maybe you're not playing the loose
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  Speaker 4: type of game that you need your leader Jalen Hurts
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  Speaker 4: to play.
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  Speaker 2: All right, well, let's cheer that crowd up, Cynthia. If
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  Speaker 2: Philly wins, if they.
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  Speaker 6: Don't hold the balls to tight just kidding, I'm looking
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  Speaker 6: at this one, and they get pressure on Jaden Daniels
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  Speaker 6: in both the run and pass game. Sam Cosby, not
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  Speaker 6: playing in this one, talked about a right tackle this time.
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  Speaker 6: We're going to talk about right tackle in this game
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  Speaker 6: as well. If you can keep Jade and Daniels in
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  Speaker 6: his rookie mode meaning not being able to see exactly
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  Speaker 6: what the defense is throwing at him, not understanding false
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  Speaker 6: leverages meaning is it man is its own. If you
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  Speaker 6: pressure him to have to throw too fast or he
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  Speaker 6: can't scramble, you're gonna get some pressure on him.
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  Speaker 7: And that's going to be the path forward for the Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: All right, there's the path ahead for all four teams.
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  Speaker 2: So congratulations, you can't win if.
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  Speaker 5: All those things happens.
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  Speaker 2: Time for expert playmakers presented by into it Turbo tax.
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  Speaker 5: Let's do a little this guy or that.
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  Speaker 2: Guy with some star players, Greg who's going to have
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  Speaker 2: more passing touchdowns? On Sunday Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, I'm gonna go Alan. He had the course of
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  Speaker 4: this season. I know he could get it with his legs.
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  Speaker 7: That's what I'm thinking about.
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  Speaker 3: But I think the Chiefs are gonna be ready for that.
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  Speaker 4: And the Chiefs are a great rush defense and they
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  Speaker 4: know that. That's how Josh Allen and the Bills want
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  Speaker 4: to get it done in the red zone. So I
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  Speaker 4: will go Josh Allen. It's been a better passing team overall.
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  Speaker 4: It's been more explosive over the course of the season.
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  Speaker 2: All Right, Cynthy, Who will have more total touchdowns in
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  Speaker 2: this one passing and rushing combined, Jayden Daniels or Jalen Hurts.
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  Speaker 6: Jalen Hurts Here why a touch push is almost to guarantee.
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  Speaker 6: And if looking at where you can exploit this defense
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  Speaker 6: all the secondary has some areas where you could make
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  Speaker 6: a nice mismatch with aj Brown, DeVante Smith, Dallas Goddard.
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  Speaker 6: There's just a lot of different pass catching options in
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  Speaker 6: this one.
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  Speaker 2: All Right, this one's for me. More touchdowns James Cook
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  Speaker 2: or Kareem Hunt. And I'm going on the other side
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  Speaker 2: of where Gregson is because I think Josh Allen will
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  Speaker 2: play hero ball and have rushing touchdowns in this one,
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  Speaker 2: which we'll keep James Cook, who's the all time leader
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  Speaker 2: tied for single season touchdowns in Buffalo. I'm gonna go
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  Speaker 2: with Korea because I think he'll get more opportunities and
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  Speaker 2: we'll get vulted by his quarterback. Let's go back to
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  Speaker 2: Greg here more receiving yards Sunday, Scary Terry or AJ Brown.
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  Speaker 4: I have to go with Scary Terry, who actually isn't
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  Speaker 4: the leading receiver for Washington this offseason, but he's very
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  Speaker 4: close and he's been excellent all season long.
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  Speaker 3: He has such a high target share.
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  Speaker 4: When Jayden Daniels is throwing the ball, he's looking for
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  Speaker 4: number seventeen. It's a great secondary and yet he's made
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  Speaker 4: plays against the Eagles this year. Terry McLaurin, he can
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  Speaker 4: do it all, but he's the contested catch god, so
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  Speaker 4: even if he's not open, he is going to make
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  Speaker 4: that grab against cornerback on the Eagles.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, such a great season. So glad to see him
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  Speaker 2: finally not just a viable quarterback, a really good quarterback
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  Speaker 2: speaking a really good Cynthia is Saquon Barkley good? Well, Okay,
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  Speaker 2: so we've established the Saquon is good, so we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: have to make it a little more difficult for him
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  Speaker 2: in the sky or that guy, Saquon Barkley have more
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  Speaker 2: rushing yards than the entire Washington Commander's team.
• 15:04
  Speaker 6: You're saying the word rushing yard, yes, not receiving yards
• 15:07
  Speaker 6: by a running back.
• 15:08
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 15:08
  Speaker 7: The answer is Saquon.
• 15:09
  Speaker 6: Barkley will have more rushing yards than all of the
• 15:12
  Speaker 6: Washington commanders.
• 15:13
  Speaker 7: JU say, rude, yeah, super rude.
• 15:15
  Speaker 4: You got Jayden Daniels involved, We got Austin Ekeler.
• 15:18
  Speaker 7: Yeah, he's gonna go stand in Ryan Robbinson.
• 15:21
  Speaker 5: You just add this guy runfield by himself.
• 15:24
  Speaker 6: It's all about them explosive runs, baby, those ten plus yarders.
• 15:28
  Speaker 6: Saquon Barkley, he has so many rushes that are at
• 15:31
  Speaker 6: least ten yards, like more than double the next closest guy.
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: Man.
• 15:34
  Speaker 7: I just think he could easily get this.
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and he can also wave goodbye like that, or
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: maybe late in the game he slides down and saves
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: it for.
• 15:41
  Speaker 5: One more game in New Orleans.
• 15:43
  Speaker 2: Speaking on one more last one here, who has more
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: receptions Sunday Khalil Shakir or Xavier Worthy? I think Xavier
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: Worthy has a nice game, but in terms of receptions,
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: I'm going Khalil Shakir mainly because I get the short
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: passing game involved. The Chiefs has I had an up
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: and down run defense this year in the playoffs, they've
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: been solid.
• 16:01
  Speaker 5: Against the run.
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: I think that kind of becomes an extension of the
• 16:06
  Speaker 2: run game, and they get them involved, get a lot
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: of options and a lot of targets.
• 16:09
  Speaker 4: For Khalil, he's like Cole Beasley, plus you know his
• 16:12
  Speaker 4: old buddy Cole Beasley who Josh Allen loves to look
• 16:15
  Speaker 4: to it.
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: So it's that plus a little more Patrick.
• 16:18
  Speaker 6: Would you say it was more yards? Would you have
• 16:20
  Speaker 6: Worthy or would you have Shakir? I'm not I love
• 16:22
  Speaker 6: the receptions called, but if it was yards, would you
• 16:24
  Speaker 6: twitch it?
• 16:24
  Speaker 5: Yeah?
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: I feel more likely that Xavier Worthy is going to
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: pop one, but share.
• 16:28
  Speaker 6: We're with the yak baby just wait. But I'm with
• 16:31
  Speaker 6: you Shakira with the number of receptions. But maybe Worthy
• 16:34
  Speaker 6: with that yak factor, could have more yards.
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: But both of those guys can do some work with
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: the ball in their hands. Still can't wait to see
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: all of these games, and we got to pick them.
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: We're gonna do that coming up, and Jamee Daniels is
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: gonna be the first rookie starting quarterback maybe to make
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: a Super Bowl. We're diving in to who the different
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: difference makers are going to be for the Commanders and Eagles.
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: You're watching game debut presented by Caesar Sports get.
• 17:06
  Speaker 5: A matchup between teams and the division. So let's look
• 17:08
  Speaker 5: back at both times.
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: The Eagles played the Commanders, the first place in the
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: East on the line in week eleven, third and three
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: from the twenty three there no Saquon Barkley into the
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: end zone. The Eagles would win twenty six to eighteen.
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: They would stay in first place in the East, and
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: we'd skip ahead to Week sixteen. The Eagles we're doing
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: pretty well first quarter already leading seven to nothing. Second
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: in twenty Hurts keeping it himself on a design run
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: for thirteen yards. Problem is he got his head smashed
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: into the ground trying to convince the official he was okay.
• 17:37
  Speaker 5: He was not.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: He would miss not just the rest of this game,
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: but another game after that as he gets the hit
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: to the head and so into the game would not
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: come Jalen Hurts. They would go to the backup quarterback.
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: But let's not talk about that. Let's talk about Jaden Daniels.
• 17:53
  Speaker 5: He hits Terry McLaurin there.
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: To pick up ten yards with the thirty five yard
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: line trailing thirty three to twenty eight, same score. Later
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: on less than a minute and six, Jayden keeping it
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: in mn himself first and ten. After that big twelve
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: yard game, he led the team in rushing yards for
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: the second straight week. Five plays later, ten seconds going
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: no touchdown to Jamison Crowder, Brahm Weinstein went now.
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: Stouch out watching time.
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: The Commanders came back to win it thirty six to
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: thirty three after five turnovers. And so now we're all
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: set for round three of this matchup between the Commanders
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: and the Eagles. The stakes are as high as ever.
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: Let's talk some players to watch. Who do we watch
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: on offense, Cynthia.
• 18:32
  Speaker 6: I'm going with the easy one here, and that's Jaden Daniels.
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: Why well, he's just setting rookie records left and right.
• 18:39
  Speaker 6: One of them that I really think is interesting in
• 18:41
  Speaker 6: this matchup is how well he's done against pressure against
• 18:45
  Speaker 6: the blitz stones are necessarily the same thing what we've
• 18:49
  Speaker 6: seen from him in his ability to scramble, he makes
• 18:51
  Speaker 6: great decisions, he keeps his head about him. In fact,
• 18:55
  Speaker 6: he might not even know how big of a moment
• 18:57
  Speaker 6: this is. I don't even know if he's had time
• 18:59
  Speaker 6: to process it, right. He hasn't had those years in
• 19:01
  Speaker 6: the league thinking about, hey, if I could just make
• 19:03
  Speaker 6: it to the NFL Championship game just this once, right,
• 19:06
  Speaker 6: So perhaps that's something that will work well and work
• 19:09
  Speaker 6: in his favor, especially because it's against a familiar opponent.
• 19:12
  Speaker 6: So I'm really interested to see if the moment is
• 19:14
  Speaker 6: too big, or if they can kind of center him
• 19:17
  Speaker 6: and keep him doing the things we've been seeing him
• 19:18
  Speaker 6: do all season long.
• 19:20
  Speaker 4: Well, you said you're going for obvious themes. We have
• 19:22
  Speaker 4: to talk about Saquon Barkley. It's my offensive player to watch.
• 19:26
  Speaker 4: And I'm gonna let you in on a little secret,
• 19:28
  Speaker 4: oh that the mainstream media doesn't want. The success rate
• 19:32
  Speaker 4: for the Eagles rushing attack hasn't been that great for
• 19:35
  Speaker 4: the last month. It really started in that Commander's game,
• 19:37
  Speaker 4: if you remember, had some big runs early and everyone said, oh,
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: Jalen hurts left and then it didn't work that well.
• 19:43
  Speaker 4: And that's fine, but they're blocking wasn't great for him,
• 19:46
  Speaker 4: And if you look at the success rate really over
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: his last four games, and this even includes the playoff game,
• 19:52
  Speaker 4: it's down significantly from where it was the rest of
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: the season. Now they're hitting the explosives and if he
• 19:57
  Speaker 4: goes for seventy or eighty, it doesn't really matter. But
• 20:00
  Speaker 4: I do think it's interesting against a rush defense that's
• 20:03
  Speaker 4: struggle all season if the Commanders can prevent the fours,
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: the fives, the six that set up easy situations to
• 20:11
  Speaker 4: pass on third down, and then they will have a
• 20:14
  Speaker 4: chance in this game. And for the last few weeks,
• 20:17
  Speaker 4: whether it's the Rams or even the Commanders defense, for
• 20:19
  Speaker 4: much of that game, they actually have been stopping Saquan
• 20:22
  Speaker 4: for one yard games. Two yard games usually the dan
• 20:25
  Speaker 4: breaks because he's one of the best players of all time,
• 20:27
  Speaker 4: But that's the best you can hope for, is just
• 20:29
  Speaker 4: stopping him getting one in two yard games throughout the
• 20:32
  Speaker 4: courts of the game.
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's important to be consistent because when you're not,
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: it doesn't work out. And one thing was consistent early
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: on this season, zach Ertz was doing basically nothing. But
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: then he got to Philadelphia, looked across the sideline, and
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: he saw Nick Sirianni and that has pushed zach Ertz
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: to score seven touchdowns since then, all inspired by spite.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: They walks off the field, gets it an altercation with
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: the head coach of the Eagles, a franchise that he's
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: scored a game winning touchdown in the Super Bowl four
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: and since then he's been on fire. He had five
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: targets against the Lions.
• 21:03
  Speaker 5: You call five of them.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: He had a touchdown in that game. And I think
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: you gotta watch him, especially all third downs.
• 21:10
  Speaker 5: Jane.
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: This is not a meme like Jane Daniels is trusting
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: his tight end and he's making plays. So yeah, I
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: think you should watch for zach Ertz in this matchup.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: Let's switch over to the defenses. Now, who do you
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: have your eye.
• 21:21
  Speaker 7: On, Cynthia Frankie Louvu?
• 21:24
  Speaker 6: Why because all quarterbacks should have their eye on him,
• 21:26
  Speaker 6: but specifically Jalen Hurts. Why because of his eight sacks
• 21:30
  Speaker 6: It just came on twenty nine pressures. That thirty one
• 21:33
  Speaker 6: percent pressure to sack ratio or sack to pressure ratio,
• 21:36
  Speaker 6: excuse me, is the second highest in the National Football League.
• 21:39
  Speaker 6: Frankie Louv has been a big reason why this defense
• 21:42
  Speaker 6: has actually had a nice up into the right trajectory
• 21:44
  Speaker 6: this season. He just keeps playing better and better. This
• 21:47
  Speaker 6: is a very dan Quinn like guy. It matches him
• 21:51
  Speaker 6: very very well. I think this will be one to
• 21:53
  Speaker 6: watch in this matchup.
• 21:55
  Speaker 4: I am also going to talk about a Commander's player
• 21:57
  Speaker 4: who's acquired in a trade. It was Marshawn Lattimore and
• 22:01
  Speaker 4: the last thing you might remember about him was Mike
• 22:03
  Speaker 4: Evans really getting the better of him in the wildcardown.
• 22:05
  Speaker 4: Yet last week you didn't see a lot of them
• 22:08
  Speaker 4: on the screen, and you mentioned. Our friend Bram Weinstein,
• 22:12
  Speaker 4: who who covers the Washington Commanders, came out on the
• 22:15
  Speaker 4: NFL Daily podcast and he thought Latimore had his best
• 22:18
  Speaker 4: game as a Commander by far. I decided to go
• 22:20
  Speaker 4: back and looked at some of the numbers, watch some
• 22:22
  Speaker 4: of the tape, and he was moving well and seemed
• 22:25
  Speaker 4: to be back in the flow. He was coming off
• 22:27
  Speaker 4: of a hamstring injury. He seems to be fully healthy,
• 22:30
  Speaker 4: and this is the matchup that they got him.
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: For AJ Brown in a big spot.
• 22:35
  Speaker 4: AJ Brown has haunted this Commander's team over the last
• 22:38
  Speaker 4: few years. Latimore has the physicality to try to match
• 22:42
  Speaker 4: him in the call to keep an eye on Latimore.
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: That is the matchup to watch.
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah, regardless, it could be a tough matchup, but he
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: gives the defense so many more options to try how
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: to take that matchup one on one. I will also
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: take a former Saint who hates Dennis Allen and go
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: with CJ. Gardner Johnson because when they brought Gardner Johnson back,
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: they knew that they needed help. They had to make
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: changes in the secondary. Then they go and draft two
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: very good rookies and this defense has been spectacular, especially
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: late in the season. They lost to the Commanders, not
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: just happening because Jalen Hurts left the game, but.
• 23:14
  Speaker 5: Gardner Johnson got rant from that game late.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: I think it would be a lot tougher to score
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: that touchdown with less than ten seconds to go, if
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: CJGJ had remained in the game, So he would be
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: my defensive player to one.
• 23:24
  Speaker 4: I mean, poor DA might be a huge game deviut fan.
• 23:27
  Speaker 4: He's just turning on the program and just gets a
• 23:30
  Speaker 4: wild straight from Patrick.
• 23:31
  Speaker 5: I don't know.
• 23:32
  Speaker 6: I was gonna ask how many former Stains payers like DA,
• 23:34
  Speaker 6: but you are current stray.
• 23:37
  Speaker 5: We go from talking about Marshall Ladlewoord CJ. Gardner Johnson.
• 23:40
  Speaker 5: It felt like the obvious segue to make.
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: Let's go to over under as we get to the
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: point total for the Commanders and Eagles. Right now, it's
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: at forty seven and a half and a lot like
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: the AFC game.
• 23:51
  Speaker 5: I like the over here.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: I've got fifty two points, which next forty seven feel
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: like not at all a problem.
• 23:57
  Speaker 5: But we've seen this.
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: Washington Commander's team go up and down the field against everybody.
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: This Eagles defense is good. I don't think they're gonna
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: hold him to that much. And of course I believe
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: the Eagles can score as well. So I got the open.
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: This one was close for me.
• 24:08
  Speaker 4: I have it at forty nine, but that is over
• 24:11
  Speaker 4: so we're gonna stay consistent. I don't think the passing
• 24:14
  Speaker 4: games will go as crazy, so it's more of a
• 24:16
  Speaker 4: running game for both teams. But you think about the
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: Eagles secondary, you think about the struggles the Eagles passing
• 24:22
  Speaker 4: attack has had on offense, and I think it'll be close.
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: But right at the very.
• 24:26
  Speaker 4: End, you're sweating it out and it's a last minute
• 24:29
  Speaker 4: field goal to get you over.
• 24:30
  Speaker 6: Well, I have a fifty point game, so that too,
• 24:33
  Speaker 6: is over. We can we're a meme of overs, an
• 24:35
  Speaker 6: over meme. In fact, I'm looking at this one and
• 24:38
  Speaker 6: I think that what we have here is a Cliff
• 24:40
  Speaker 6: Kingsbury situation where he's done a good job of looking
• 24:43
  Speaker 6: at past teams that have had success against the teams
• 24:45
  Speaker 6: he plays and kind of just taking those ways and
• 24:48
  Speaker 6: making it happen for his team. And then we know
• 24:50
  Speaker 6: Saquan is at least going to have one touchdown, So
• 24:52
  Speaker 6: there we go on that side too.
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: James and Bills from the AFC Championship.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: Let's look back at when they played back in week eleven,
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: the quarterbacks greeting each other, acknowledging both of their prowesses prowlysses.
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: You can see the prowess of Patrick Mahomes here rolling
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: to his right, hitting Noah Gray in the back of
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: the end zone to cut into that lead with seven
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: minutes a round, seven minutes to go on the ball game.
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: Let's fast forward to two minutes and thirty seconds. Mahomes
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: waiting for a chance to get the ball back. Team
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: mc dumma says, hey, Josh pump fake to TDD Johnson
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: and then just go full nuclear destructive quarterback fabricated in
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: a lab mode twenty six yard touchdown run, and that
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: would do it. The Kansas City Chiefs had their first
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: loss of the season. The Buffalo Bills won their sixth straight.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: The Chiefs fell to nine to one. They would only
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: lose one more game, which was an asterisk because they
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: weren't trying. And now these two teams are back at it.
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: It's time for Seas the Season presented by the Caesar Sportsbook.
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: Looking at the first touchdown score, odds, yes, the guy
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: we just saw going into the end zone Josh Allen,
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: then James Cook, and then a host of Chiefs led
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: by Travis Kelcey. So, now, folks, some moment you've all
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: been waiting for. Time for us to make our picks
• 26:00
  Speaker 2: in the ANFC Championship game between the Bills and the Chiefs. Well,
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: Josh Allen, Alfalo finally get past the Bills that did
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: to the Super Bowl, get past the Chiefs, or will
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: Casey's quest for three peet continue?
• 26:11
  Speaker 5: Cynthia, what happens?
• 26:12
  Speaker 6: I have the Kansas City Chiefs twenty five to twenty four.
• 26:16
  Speaker 6: This is about as close as they come.
• 26:19
  Speaker 7: When I'm looking at this matchup.
• 26:20
  Speaker 6: I'm looking at the defense for the Bills, because both
• 26:22
  Speaker 6: quarterbacks have been playing really, really well. Both quarterbacks are
• 26:25
  Speaker 6: absolute first Pellett Hall of Famers. But they get to
• 26:28
  Speaker 6: play each other's defenses, right, They don't have to play
• 26:30
  Speaker 6: Actually that's true other hey, you know, hey, but I'm
• 26:33
  Speaker 6: looking at what Patrick Mahomes has been able to do
• 26:35
  Speaker 6: in the playoffs and the playoffs, specifically against the Bills.
• 26:38
  Speaker 6: He's undefeated against the Bills when he and Josh Allen
• 26:41
  Speaker 6: have matched up in the postseason, obviously not in the
• 26:44
  Speaker 6: regular season. When I'm looking at what could happen in
• 26:47
  Speaker 6: this one, though, I'm worried about those missing potential pieces.
• 26:50
  Speaker 6: I haven't seen Taylor Rap yet, I have not seen
• 26:53
  Speaker 6: Christian Benford.
• 26:54
  Speaker 7: That is a problemo when you.
• 26:55
  Speaker 6: Have eighty seven and fifteen and also Xavier Worthy and
• 26:59
  Speaker 6: also all the other people who could potentially have even
• 27:01
  Speaker 6: just one catch to make it a big difference in
• 27:04
  Speaker 6: the schemes. So by the slimmest of margins nam Patrick
• 27:07
  Speaker 6: Mahomes returning.
• 27:09
  Speaker 7: To try to win his third Super Bowl in a row.
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: Look at old Cynthia.
• 27:13
  Speaker 4: You know, all right, I'm just saying you're being sneaky
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: here one point win with a one and a half.
• 27:18
  Speaker 3: She's rid of that.
• 27:19
  Speaker 6: Caught me a coward earlier, So the models being a coward.
• 27:22
  Speaker 7: I'm not trying to be a coward. It's just what
• 27:24
  Speaker 7: the model does.
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: I'm going to be nice to the model. Eventually the
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: model will consume all of us. I also have a
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: Chiefs win. Mine is by significantly more points relatively to
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: Cynthia twenty nine to twenty three, because I saw something.
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: We look back and saw those Chiefs Bills postseason highlights.
• 27:41
  Speaker 5: He saw Tyreek Hill running into the end zone by himself.
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: I'm not making this comparison, but I saw something with
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: Xavier Worthy against the Houston Texans and the trust that
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes had for him.
• 27:52
  Speaker 5: Cynthia mentioned the injuries.
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: In the secondary for the Buffalo Bills, who do have
• 27:56
  Speaker 2: kind of a problem in dealing with speed. Xavier Worthy,
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: of course has it, and I've seen this maturation of
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: Xavier Worthy in the offense.
• 28:04
  Speaker 5: Also, Andy Reid's perception of how.
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: To utilize Xavier Worthy makes me believe that the Chiefs,
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: yes it's boring, are going right back to the super Bowl.
• 28:13
  Speaker 6: He used the word mature machurition better than old.
• 28:16
  Speaker 4: Okay saying, no one ever accused me of being mature,
• 28:21
  Speaker 4: but I am definitely old.
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: And I've been around long enough.
• 28:24
  Speaker 4: To see this Bills team knocking on the door just
• 28:27
  Speaker 4: over and over, and sometimes in sports, it's your time
• 28:31
  Speaker 4: to break through. This is the Buffalo Bills time. Thirty
• 28:34
  Speaker 4: two to thirty.
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: They get it done.
• 28:36
  Speaker 4: It's not just because I picked them before the season
• 28:39
  Speaker 4: to win the Super Bowl, but.
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: That doesn't hurt. Let's just scrag it up all the
• 28:42
  Speaker 3: way to New Orleans.
• 28:44
  Speaker 4: Let's go back through these games, especially this one in
• 28:47
  Speaker 4: the Divisional round, where Josh Allen and this offense was
• 28:50
  Speaker 4: playing at a level they were ready to go win
• 28:52
  Speaker 4: a super Bowl. And yet I say this, this is
• 28:55
  Speaker 4: the best offense the Bills have ever had. It's the
• 28:58
  Speaker 4: most points they've ever scored in this stretch. They have
• 29:01
  Speaker 4: made it to the Divisional round or further for five
• 29:05
  Speaker 4: straight years. They've been in the top five of point
• 29:07
  Speaker 4: differential for five straight years, averaging twelve wins a year
• 29:12
  Speaker 4: throughout this time. And yet this is the best team,
• 29:14
  Speaker 4: the best position team to beat the Chiefs because they're
• 29:17
  Speaker 4: like the Chiefs, they can win any type of game.
• 29:19
  Speaker 4: They're diverse, they can run, they can beat you any
• 29:21
  Speaker 4: sort of way, and they don't make mistakes on either
• 29:24
  Speaker 4: side of the ball. I think their coaches are better.
• 29:26
  Speaker 4: I think the quarterback's better. It's their time. Let's go Bills,
• 29:29
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• 30:01
  Speaker 2: more or less, as we will acquire some foam fingers
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: and get some player props for this game. Cynthia will
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: Josh Allen have more or less than two hundred and
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: seventy seven total yards.
• 30:12
  Speaker 7: Total yards total more?
• 30:14
  Speaker 6: We told all of us agreed that it's more, because
• 30:16
  Speaker 6: you know, we just wanted to come out these less people,
• 30:18
  Speaker 6: but that would follow that more yards equals more points
• 30:22
  Speaker 6: in this game.
• 30:23
  Speaker 7: I think you're.
• 30:24
  Speaker 6: Going to have to see Josh Allen use his.
• 30:26
  Speaker 7: Legs quite a bit. You actually do.
• 30:28
  Speaker 6: Typically see him do it against the Chiefs more often
• 30:30
  Speaker 6: and in the postseason. So two trends here align and
• 30:33
  Speaker 6: alongside some passing yards as well.
• 30:35
  Speaker 2: So more another quarterback also playing in this game, Greg
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: tends to kind of go on running journeys in the postseason,
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: even on gimpie legs. How many rushing yards, let's go
• 30:46
  Speaker 2: more or less? Twenty two and a half rushing yards?
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes twenty five and a half rushing yard.
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: I'm going to go less.
• 30:53
  Speaker 4: It's partly based on what I saw a week ago
• 30:55
  Speaker 4: against the Texans. They did such a good job not
• 30:58
  Speaker 4: going past Mahomes, some of the defensive tackles almost waiting
• 31:02
  Speaker 4: for him to scramble. This was his one success scramble
• 31:05
  Speaker 4: here in the regular season, but last week it was
• 31:07
  Speaker 4: one of his worst games.
• 31:08
  Speaker 3: As a scrambler.
• 31:09
  Speaker 4: And I just think the Bills have lost in the
• 31:10
  Speaker 4: same sort of wag him home so many times. Aren't
• 31:13
  Speaker 4: they sick of it? Won't they just have a good
• 31:15
  Speaker 4: defensive game plan to not let Mahomes scramble, because you
• 31:19
  Speaker 4: know when he scrambles, it's only when he absolutely needs
• 31:22
  Speaker 4: to rip your heart out and they're sick of it.
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: This is not the time.
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  Speaker 6: Do you know how many defenses would love to stop
• 31:27
  Speaker 6: Patrick Bults.
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: I know, but the technical of that did it. They
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: had the blueprint. Just follow what they did.
• 31:32
  Speaker 2: It reminds me that Lou Williams pres conference where they
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: couldn't stop Kevin Durant and it's like, hey, I promise
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: we tried.
• 31:38
  Speaker 5: That was the goal.
• 31:39
  Speaker 7: The problem is Patrick Mary. We're just gonna let him.
• 31:43
  Speaker 2: Going up against Travis Kelsey also something you want to try.
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: At sixty eight and a half receiving yards as number
• 31:48
  Speaker 2: Cynthia outlined, fourteen consecutive playoff games he has gone above
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: the number.
• 31:54
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm gonna go more, and I.
• 31:57
  Speaker 2: Feel like sixty eight feels easy. I'm thinking up up
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: into the seventies or eighties. More for Travis Kelce, which
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: will also mean some shots of his girlfriend as well
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: in THEFC champions.
• 32:09
  Speaker 7: More, more shots of them.
• 32:11
  Speaker 5: More, We'll get that number on.
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: No, just kidding, all right, when we come back, we're
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: making our picks any NFC commanders or Eagles, how worried.
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: Should Eagles fans be about Jalen hurts his knee and
• 32:22
  Speaker 2: as anyone bold enough to take Jaden's squad one soul is,
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: we'll tell you who. After this quick break, it's time
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: for home field advantage presented by Zillow Eagles and Commanders
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: at the Link. Philly has lost only one game at
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: home all season, but Jayden Daniels has proven to be special.
• 32:46
  Speaker 5: Who wins the football.
• 32:47
  Speaker 6: Games in Philadelphia, but only by four points?
• 32:50
  Speaker 7: That guy Saquon Barkley.
• 32:52
  Speaker 6: You're right, the mainstream media does want to say that
• 32:54
  Speaker 6: Saquan's just the.
• 32:55
  Speaker 7: King and there's no asterisk there.
• 32:57
  Speaker 6: However, it's all about those elusive and explosive runs and
• 33:01
  Speaker 6: this is where he really succeeds.
• 33:03
  Speaker 7: It only takes one to bust for a touchdown.
• 33:06
  Speaker 6: I hated it twice against the Rams last week, and
• 33:08
  Speaker 6: it was cold, cold, cold there. From looking at the
• 33:11
  Speaker 6: opportunity against Washington. Yes, they're good at not forcing missed
• 33:15
  Speaker 6: tackles or not missing tackles. The problem is is you
• 33:17
  Speaker 6: have to be close enough for that metric to even count.
• 33:20
  Speaker 7: I don't know if they're going.
• 33:22
  Speaker 6: To be close enough to get after this guy. Saquon
• 33:24
  Speaker 6: Barkley knows what's at stake. Saquon Barkley has been brought
• 33:27
  Speaker 6: to this team specifically to get them to the big game,
• 33:30
  Speaker 6: and I think that this is where he absolutely shines.
• 33:33
  Speaker 7: But again, just four points. I don't think it's a
• 33:35
  Speaker 7: runaway victory.
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: I am going to cheat and look at Cynthia's paper
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: and also get a four point Eagles win twenty eight
• 33:41
  Speaker 2: to twenty four in this one. Because also a very
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: good football player who hasn't forgotten how to play football
• 33:47
  Speaker 2: is Aj Brown. I still have faith in this Eagles
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: passing game. And Greg mentioned historically the success that he
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: has had against this team.
• 33:56
  Speaker 5: There is scoring a touchdown.
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: We've had pass interference calls against Marshawn Lattimore earlier on
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: in this season. He also had to drop last week
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: against the Rams that could have necessarily changed that game.
• 34:08
  Speaker 2: I don't think you can play defense against Aj Brown,
• 34:11
  Speaker 2: saying well, I hope maybe he drops the ball. I
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: think he makes the plays. I think Davante and Dallas
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: Goddard make plays. When those three are around. It's very
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: tough to beat this team with their starting quarterback. Greg,
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: I've got a birds fly into the Super Bowl.
• 34:25
  Speaker 5: In New York.
• 34:25
  Speaker 4: So we all agree on this one that the Commanders
• 34:29
  Speaker 4: will cover that six points and if we're gonna have
• 34:32
  Speaker 4: it be close. I went back and forth all week.
• 34:34
  Speaker 4: At first I thought Eagles are just more talented. Yeah,
• 34:37
  Speaker 4: if I don't know who's gonna win. But no, let's
• 34:39
  Speaker 4: trust scrag it up. Let's take the Commanders to win
• 34:42
  Speaker 4: this game.
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: Because if you look at.
• 34:44
  Speaker 4: These two coaching staffs, everyone agrees, you know that this
• 34:48
  Speaker 4: is going.
• 34:48
  Speaker 3: To be close.
• 34:49
  Speaker 4: Which coaching staff do you trust making smart decisions? Which
• 34:52
  Speaker 4: quarterback do you trust making smart decisions in a close
• 34:56
  Speaker 4: game in the fourth quarter? Is it Nick Sirianni just
• 34:59
  Speaker 4: letting the clock run out at the end of the
• 35:01
  Speaker 4: first half last week or making some crazy play are
• 35:04
  Speaker 4: becoming the main character? Is it Jalen Hurts making quick
• 35:07
  Speaker 4: decisions in the biggest of moments, Or is.
• 35:10
  Speaker 3: It Dan Quinn on fourth downs?
• 35:13
  Speaker 4: He's taking Doug Peterson's old lead with Howie Roseman back
• 35:17
  Speaker 4: in the day on the Eagles and they're always going
• 35:19
  Speaker 4: for fourth down and they're always getting it. Who's calmer
• 35:22
  Speaker 4: under pressure? It's Jayden Daniels At quarterbacks. Sometimes it's not
• 35:25
  Speaker 4: just about the depth charts. Obviously the Eagles are more talented,
• 35:29
  Speaker 4: but there is something really special about this Commander's team.
• 35:32
  Speaker 4: I think they're going to be playing loose. I think
• 35:33
  Speaker 4: they're gonna be ready to win, and I think they
• 35:35
  Speaker 4: win a tight one.
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: See there, It is a little insight. As our teams
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: were eliminated last week. Greg still believes in magic. Cynthia
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: and I are doubtful about the existence of magic right
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: about now. Let's look through the player props in the
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: conference championships. In total Jane Daniels going over two hundred
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: and seventy eight to total yards, Sakwon Barkley one hundred
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: and twenty eight and a half, Terry looking at a
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: slim number sixty four and a half receiving yards, Josh
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: Allen one and a half passing touchdowns of Patrick Mahomes
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: with two hundred and fifty two and a half passards.
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: Let's take a look at all of the games this weekend.
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: When it comes for who we think will pass for
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: the most yards, we're all going with different guys. Cynthia,
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: you think it's a certain quarterback.
• 36:16
  Speaker 5: In Kansas City.
• 36:17
  Speaker 6: Yeah, there's the magic there with Patrick Mahomes and third down,
• 36:21
  Speaker 6: But Also, they have this formula. You talk about Xavier Worthy,
• 36:24
  Speaker 6: what are they doing differently with him?
• 36:25
  Speaker 7: Well, they're throwing him shorter passes.
• 36:27
  Speaker 6: This average depth of target has been basically cut in half.
• 36:29
  Speaker 6: And you know what still counts, yack baby, that counts
• 36:33
  Speaker 6: for Patrick Mahomes. So between Worthy, between Hollywood, between eighty seven,
• 36:37
  Speaker 6: between all the different pieces. DeAndre Hopkins, I'm with you
• 36:40
  Speaker 6: on that as well. I just think that this is
• 36:42
  Speaker 6: more of a pass heavy offense, and that's why I
• 36:44
  Speaker 6: think he has the most.
• 36:46
  Speaker 7: Also, I like sitting like this now.
• 36:47
  Speaker 3: Who knew.
• 36:48
  Speaker 6: I've just been in this chair all season long, and
• 36:50
  Speaker 6: now I'm just like, Oh, this is more comfortable.
• 36:51
  Speaker 7: It's better.
• 36:52
  Speaker 3: I like me some Josh Allen this week.
• 36:53
  Speaker 4: I mean to me, he's been the most consistent just
• 36:55
  Speaker 4: passer of these three throughout the course of the season.
• 36:57
  Speaker 3: So I've taken out.
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah, mine is just pure game script. I think the
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: Commanders get behind and Jaden's gonna have to be thrown
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: a whole lot.
• 37:03
  Speaker 5: Let's move on to who we think will have the.
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: Most receiving yards this weekend.
• 37:07
  Speaker 5: Greg, You're going off the menu.
• 37:09
  Speaker 3: I am.
• 37:09
  Speaker 4: I'm going Dammy Brown, I put up the TAPO the
• 37:12
  Speaker 4: last couple of weeks, and you watch what Dammy Brown
• 37:15
  Speaker 4: has been doing where he's led the Washington Commanders in
• 37:18
  Speaker 4: receiving yards this season.
• 37:19
  Speaker 3: And it's not just like one game. He pops up.
• 37:21
  Speaker 4: Two games in a row where he's very steady, and
• 37:23
  Speaker 4: you see the type of routes that he's running.
• 37:26
  Speaker 7: Brian Branch caught him from behind, though.
• 37:29
  Speaker 4: Brian Branch is amazing. That catch was amazing, that throw
• 37:33
  Speaker 4: was amazing. You have him work in the outside, but
• 37:35
  Speaker 4: he can also do the crossers. He can also beat
• 37:37
  Speaker 4: you with some yak and I don't think it's fluky,
• 37:40
  Speaker 4: a lot of suddenness when you watch his routes coming
• 37:43
  Speaker 4: in and out of breaks. Maybe sometimes it's the guy
• 37:45
  Speaker 4: that you don't see coming Dammy Brown.
• 37:48
  Speaker 2: All right, some Dammy Brown love. Let's flip over to
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: the defense. Who's gonna have the most sacks this weekend?
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: We all picked different guys, but I'm going with the
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: guy who I'm trying to get retroactively give the Super
• 38:00
  Speaker 2: Bowl MVP too, and that is Chris Jones who most
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: it's gonna be easier to rush the passer from the edge.
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: We'll see how much Spags allows him to do that,
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: or if he's just gonna soak up attention on the interior.
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: But wherever he plays, he makes plays. I've got Chris
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: Jones the most sexes.
• 38:16
  Speaker 6: I picked George kr Loft is because he saw three
• 38:18
  Speaker 6: sacks last week because of all the attention that we're
• 38:20
  Speaker 6: given to Chris Jones.
• 38:22
  Speaker 7: So I kind of drafted off yours. But whatever, I'm
• 38:24
  Speaker 7: still taking it.
• 38:25
  Speaker 4: Yeah, and I Patrick said, I believe in magic.
• 38:28
  Speaker 3: I mean I believe in magic.
• 38:29
  Speaker 4: Johnson, He's gonna be very worried about this Jalen Carter match.
• 38:34
  Speaker 4: There it is because it's it might take magic to
• 38:37
  Speaker 4: stop this man, Jalen Carter against a backup without Sam
• 38:41
  Speaker 4: Cosmy out there. That is the matchup that worries me
• 38:43
  Speaker 4: the most as someone who had just picked the.
• 38:45
  Speaker 5: Commander's time for write this down.
• 38:47
  Speaker 2: As we get some predictions for Championship Sunday, why don't
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: we have the man who is on fire right now
• 38:51
  Speaker 2: and write this down, Greg Rosendal.
• 38:53
  Speaker 4: I'm straight right, this downs eight out of nine, and
• 38:56
  Speaker 4: so I'm doubling down and I'm making it even harder
• 38:58
  Speaker 4: on myself.
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: Jayden Daniels goes over.
• 39:00
  Speaker 4: Fifty five and a half rushing yards. I think he's
• 39:02
  Speaker 4: gonna need to run to win. And then he just
• 39:05
  Speaker 4: pair that with my commander's victory. So it's not even
• 39:09
  Speaker 4: covering the six points. It's just as flat out commanders win.
• 39:12
  Speaker 4: You smash them together. We're rolling the dice and we're
• 39:16
  Speaker 4: going in New Orleans with it.
• 39:17
  Speaker 3: Let's go.
• 39:18
  Speaker 7: What's the expression.
• 39:19
  Speaker 6: It's like pigs get fed and hogs get slaughtered. I
• 39:22
  Speaker 6: think you're going for the slaughter. I'm gonna stay with
• 39:25
  Speaker 6: the commanders, but I'm going with Austin Eckler and his receiving.
• 39:28
  Speaker 7: Yard number over twenty three and a half. That could
• 39:31
  Speaker 7: happen in the first quarter. I am fine taking this one.
• 39:34
  Speaker 7: I love this opportunity.
• 39:35
  Speaker 6: If you get that Jalen Carter pressure, if you get
• 39:37
  Speaker 6: pressure from Zach Bond, anywhere where is he going to look, Well,
• 39:41
  Speaker 6: it's going to be Austin Eckler and those receiving yards.
• 39:44
  Speaker 7: Austin Eckler is good for them, for sure.
• 39:46
  Speaker 4: That's one catch him just rolling down the sidelines and
• 39:49
  Speaker 4: bowling over people.
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: And we also have talked about Saquon Barkley's ability to
• 39:53
  Speaker 2: make long plays in the run game. He can also
• 39:56
  Speaker 2: do it in the past game, which is why I
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: look at Jalen Hurts's total being at one hundred and
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: eighty one and a half passing yards and.
• 40:02
  Speaker 5: I think he's gonna go north of.
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: That number because we saw Mikay Beckton get called for
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: that illegal man downfield and that could have been a
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: big game in the screen game. This team can really
• 40:11
  Speaker 2: make is in the pass the game. They just haven't
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: really needed to. I think they need to this week,
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: and I think he goes over one eighty one and
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: a half.
• 40:17
  Speaker 7: We all picked the NFC game. That's very funny, Okay,
• 40:21
  Speaker 7: so we need to do one an.
• 40:22
  Speaker 5: Give us a free one, free one.
• 40:24
  Speaker 6: We're going with a Josh Allen rushing touch I know
• 40:26
  Speaker 6: he didn't say so, but he also that that's hogwash.
• 40:29
  Speaker 6: We're gonna go with Josh Allen rushing touchdown.
• 40:32
  Speaker 3: I mean, disrespectful. I'm the king.
• 40:34
  Speaker 5: You called me old.
• 40:37
  Speaker 7: Patrick is the king of it. Patrick has the this year.
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: Enjoy the games, folks. We have fed pigs, we have
• 40:44
  Speaker 2: slaughtered them, we.
• 40:45
  Speaker 6: Have washed them, and now I'm old Joy.
• 40:48
  Speaker 7: Need an app, I need an app. I'm old.
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