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Get laced up! Let's go! It's time for Banter
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with the Boys! Welcome back to Banter with the
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Boys. Gridiron Updates, our week 9 preview and
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picks. We're back. Rob's back as our co -host
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again, as always. What is this? Oh, Facebook
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Live. What's good, Facebook? Let's go, baby.
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Boom, boom. Kev, behind the camera, as always,
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getting everything done for us. Shout out, Kev.
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Talking football. Talking football, as always.
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Before we get into it, of course, as promised,
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I didn't do the standings. So I'm in first place,
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for sure. So we don't know who's winning right
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now. We'll just say I am. But I do have picks
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from Ben, Dom, and Jake. And then us three are
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here, so that's everybody right now. So that's
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good. We got that cooking for us. Thanks, gents,
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for getting those in. Yeah, I only sent them
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like an hour before the show. No big deal. So
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they had no time to plan it, but, you know, whatever.
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And, Dan, do you even know? Did I even tell you
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the games we're picking? No, you did not. Perfect.
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Going off the cuff. I love it. Just wing it.
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It's a great football mind. We should go to him
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every time, too, to start. Should we? Yeah, why
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not? It's messed up. Should I at least give them
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their picks first? No. No? Just whatever Dan
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says. Let's do it. That is fine. So let's, without
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further ado, first game. Vikings traveling to
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Detroit. J .J. McCarthy is back. Is it enough
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for the Vikings to get it done in Detroit, Dan?
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I think we have something to prove at this point
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in the season. We're going to go in there, and
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we're going to play them tough. We will. Are
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we going to play to win and not play to just
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not lose? We will play to just not lose, unfortunately.
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And we will come up short. But like I said, we
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will play them tough because we're upset. We're
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on a two -game losing streak. KOC is obviously
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upset. He wants to see his team, his offense,
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to perform better. He wants to see his offense.
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line, his core, to perform better. I think he's
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dare saying that this is going to be a competitive
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L for the Vikings. Is that what it is? Oh my
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god. The realist in me? Yes. I'm sorry. But I
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think JJ will spark that boost and spark that
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belief that hey, we can come and compete with
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a Super Bowl or NFC conference champ -esque team.
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I want to ride that train. I want to ride that
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J .J. McCarthy train as well. So I'll at least
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do it for this week. Viking's going to get it
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done. J .J. McCarthy's going to come out, and
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it's going to be crazy. We're going to get more
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aggressive play calling. It's going to happen.
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I don't know. Do we know if CD or... Or Brian
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O 'Neal are playing at all. O 'Neal, I think,
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should be good to go. I did see Darryl South
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still with that knee. That's kind of where we're
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at. Is it the other knee now? No, it's the same
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knee. It just kind of keeps getting inflamed
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a little bit. It's kind of putting him on a pitch
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count. I think he can play, but they're a little
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tentative on it and trying to make him through
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it. Okay, fair enough. Fair enough. Well, I'm
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going Vikes. They're going to do just enough
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to get it done. Where I'm worried that the Vikings
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are going to get absolutely gashed is the cheat
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code of Jameer Gibbs. I mean, that dude is so
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hard to stop. I mean, unbelievable. I'm only
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picking the Vikings, honestly, because my heart
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says to right now. My brain is saying to go Lions
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all the way because they just got to get the
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ball in Gibbs' hands. Whether it's a quick pass,
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whatever, it doesn't matter. Just get it in his
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hands. He's going to make plays. When he gets
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stopped, get Amun -Ra involved. When he gets
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stopped, Laporte is open. You know, it's just,
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it goes on and on. Yeah, it's going to be a tough
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one. We've lost four against Amun -Ra. We, the
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Vikings, have lost four in a row. I say we like
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I'm on the team. Yeah, don't put your name on
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those four L's. Yeah. So, I mean, it's 2022 is
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the last time we've beaten the Lions, so that's
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kind of where we're sitting. Eight and a half
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is the current spread. This is the biggest spread
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the Vikings have had since Kirk Cousins got COVID.
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Really? Yeah, so this is not looking good for
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the Lions. I am actually going to take the Lions,
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sadly. You mean not looking good for the Vikings?
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And the Vikings, yeah. Like you said, Montgomery
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Gibbs combination to lead the charge. Just dangerous,
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man. I do like to see J .J. McCarthy coming back.
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I just want to see some progression out of him.
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That's what I want to see. If there's some mistakes,
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there's always going to be mistakes with younger
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players. But I just want to see that there's
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an uptrending scenario. that this guy looks possibly
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to be our franchise quarterback. Right now, the
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question marks are out. The average Vikings fan,
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if they go three and out, a couple drives in
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a row, you're going to hear Max coming through
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the TV screens. People constantly wanting to
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see him play. The Vikings are a little banged
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up with Darryl Saul on the outside. Van Kinkle
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had a concussion. I'd really like to see him
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come back. He needs to come back. Kirsten Smith,
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I think, had a little illness this week, too,
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so a little bit on question there. On the Lions
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side, Jack Campbell, Joseph, Decker are questionable,
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but should probably play. And they're coming
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off a bye, so they should have a little rest,
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which doesn't help for the Vikings in Dallas,
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or in Detroit. So it's going to be a tough individual
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coming off. Last time we met was in week 18 last
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year, 31 -9. the number one seed. And it's just
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going to be a tough battle. Hopefully they keep
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it close. Like you said, the chances of keeping
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Gibbs and them, let's say under 150, you know,
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totally hard. That's a tough ask. And maybe we
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need Goff to have a couple turnovers, a couple
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mistakes, you know, maybe a couple key plays
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to keep us in the game. And offensively, please
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hold on to the freaking ball. I mean, Chargers
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killed us in time of possession. So we've got
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to be able to actually possess the freaking ball.
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ball don't let the defense be on the field the
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whole game too i mean that is that is a problem
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i should go back and look at those other gashers
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on the ground how long was the defense on the
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on the field you know you know so uh anyway let's
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let's move on though gotta move on uh who do
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we have so jake vikings ben like i'm sorry jake
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lions ben lions dom Lions. I'm the only one taking
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the Vikes, and it's literally the most homer
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pick of all time. The Lions should absolutely
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win this game. We all know it. Here it is. Panthers
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at Green Bay is the next game. Oh, yeah, that's
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right. We're starting with Dan recently. We're
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just putting him on the spot. He's on top of
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it. There it is. Bryce Young is a maybe, right?
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Questionable. Oh, wow. So if he doesn't play,
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definitely the Packers. And if he does play,
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it'll be another competitive L, and it will be
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the Packers still. You know what the spread is
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on this game? No, I don't. It's got to be like
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12 1⁄2 or something. 11 1⁄2. Really? Wow. 11
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1⁄2. I mean, nah. Brian Callahan is... solid
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offensively. He'll be able to sustain some good
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drives. If they can be able to contain Parsons
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and Rashawn Gary and slow down that defensive
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pass rush, I think they'll be able to sustain
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drives and be able to get some points. I don't
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know. The Packers, they started off slow against
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the Steelers. I know the Steelers aren't the
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Panthers. The Panthers still got something to
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prove as well. It's hard to beat Green Bay and
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Lambeau. We all know that. So give me Green Bay.
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The weather should be nice this week, though,
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actually. So it's not typical Packer weather
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yet. Fall weather, cold. I kind of on the injury
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side for the Panthers is Derek Brown knee and
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where Wallace head. I don't know what that injury
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is. Jordan Love could honestly be contained.
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I mean, JC Horn is outstanding. I mean, him alone
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could shut down Matthew Golden and or Romeo Dobbs,
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whoever he's matched up on. So it might be hard
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for Love to get in a rhythm right away. But LeFleur's...
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Very orchestrated, a good offense over there.
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She really has. So you're going Packers, huh?
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I am, yep. Yeah, with that spread, 11 .5, I am
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also going to go Packers too, but I'm going to
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go with Panthers to cover the spread. I think
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they'll be a little more of a competitive L,
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as they do say. T -Mac on the outside having
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a nice rookie year for the Panthers. I think
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they kind of switched to Rico Dolls as actually
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going to be the full -time starter and not so
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much the one -two punch with him and Chubba Hubbard.
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And that's kind of what they said, try to establish
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more of him, get him in the game. Get them a
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little more rhythm. If they can do that, they
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can hang around a little bit. They definitely
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got to keep it close in the first half. Because
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I don't think the Red Rocket has them to put
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it all on their shoulders. You never know. Yeah.
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Well, I think I do know. No, you never know.
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I'm going go Pack go, sadly. Yeah, I mean, I'm
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going Packers too. Whether Bryce Young plays
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or not or whether it's Andy Dalton or the Red
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Rocket, whatever you want to call him, I mean,
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they just got to get that ball spread around
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a little more offensively. I mean, it's obvious
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they're targeting McMillan all the time. I mean,
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as you showed, the dude's a monster. Oh, yes.
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But you just got to get that ball spread around
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more. I don't know if it's scheme. I don't know.
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I haven't looked in the Panthers enough to know.
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Really, what's going on there? Are they getting
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separation? Does Bryce Young have the time to
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throw? I assume no, probably never. He's got
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that escapability. How fast does he get through
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his progressions, too? He does pretty well on
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that aspect, I think. We were talking about when
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he got benched last year, he's just been – He's
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definitely a different player. Different player,
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yeah. And this is the thing, right? The Packers
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still had 11 wins last year, and they finished
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third in the division. Now they're playing third
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place. games in this year's uh regular season
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so they got kind of an easier schedule i will
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argue that and how do you say the panthers running
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backs name is that Chula Hubbard or Rico Dowdle?
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Dowdle. That's his last name, Dowdle? Yeah. I
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was just curious how to say that. I mean, he's
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had a pretty solid season. Oh, yeah. He had two
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weeks where he went absolutely insane. One of
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them was against the Cowboys, his former team.
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So, shout out Rico Dowdle. I mean, my last point
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really here for, I think, the Packers, are they
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looking forward to next week's game against the
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Eagles? Is this kind of that trap game? You can't.
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I mean, absolutely. It's the perfect trap game.
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It's the perfect trap game. it's not the Panthers
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of last season either. They are playing better
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football. It is the perfect trap game. It's interesting.
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Two weeks ago they dominated the Falcons and
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the Falcons are considered a possible playoff.
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Kind of like where I got the Jaguars. Kind of
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like that bubble wild card. Alright, let's see.
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Let's see. Chiefs and Bills is going to be game
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three. No, no, no. Oh, man. Possible game of
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the week for us, whatever. It's a 325. I mean,
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Dan. It's going to be Dan. You're starting us
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off on all of them. Oh, man. In Buffalo. We call
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this the guest pressure. Man, the Chiefs have
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really figured it out. Yeah, they have. Well,
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the pieces came back, help. Yes, yes. I mean,
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some of their plays, like, I talk about the trenches
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a lot. I'm a fan of the trenches. You guys know
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this. Their offensive line is insane, in my opinion.
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They give Mahomes all the time to throw in the
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world. I feel like their offensive line has figured
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it out. I mean, they run plays where Kelsey literally
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blocks for two or three seconds and then leaks
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out in the middle of nowhere, and he finds them
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wide open. Those are the type of plays you can
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run when you have the greatest offensive line
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in the NFL maybe currently. So they figured it
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out. I think they go in and stun the Bills. They
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do. Because Buffalo still got a question mark
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after the hot start, losing to the Patriots and
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then losing to the Falcons. So it's like, are
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they legit? Or they'll definitely still be in
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the playoffs because you still have Josh Allen
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and James Cook. Tore it up last week. I mean,
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in their 40 -9 win against, who's that against?
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The Panthers. Panthers, yeah, 40 -9. They'll
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come in hot, but I just think the Chiefs got
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that championship DNA still. They have all these
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years, unfortunately. You want to go here, Mr.
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Coach Smeltz? Let's see. All right, let me put
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Dan's in. Dan's going with the Chiefs. I am.
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Yeah, no, this is a tough game. Gosh, I think
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I might have to go with the Chiefs too. I think
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it's just their offense for me. You know, the
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Chiefs offense is scary. Xavier Worthy is scary.
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You don't really know where he's going to be
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on the offense, but he's going to go out and
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make a play. Does Pacheco's injury bother you
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at all? No, not when you can get guys like Rasheed
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Rice and Xavier Worthy involved, too, in the
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run game as well. You've still got Kareem Hunt
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back there. He's probably going to get more of
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the load, I would reckon. He had two touchdowns
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last week. But if you can get those other guys
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involved a little bit, Jet, whatever, I don't
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see an issue with it. I think the Chiefs will
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be able to. It's going to be close. I mean, it's
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a playoff game. This is a playoff game. Literally
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a playoff game. It's always a playoff game. When
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it's Patrick Mahomes versus Josh Allen. I love
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it. It's always a battle. It is. It's just an
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afternoon game for us here in Minnesota. Yeah,
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2, yep, 325 or whatever. Midday game. Okay, sweet.
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Perfect. Oh, no, we're busy. What am I talking
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about? So, anyway. Perfect game. Banquet. It's
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going to be the Chiefs. Coaching banquet. This
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is a rematch of the 2024 AFC Championship game.
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Chiefs coming out victory 32 -29 in a really
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competitive game. Buffalo's coming into a rare
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home underdog just the sixth time since 2020.
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Chiefs are favored by one. Wow. Mahomes sitting
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at 1 ,800, 14 touchdowns. Kelsey. I know that
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play you were talking about. I don't even think
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that was actually a route. He was actually just
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blocking. No, it's straight backyard football.
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Yeah. And that's what they thrive on. And it
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was kind of funny. So I always try to watch the
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Manning cast on Monday nights because I really
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prefer. I'm all X's and O's. I don't need to
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hear Aikman or Chris Collins or just blab through
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the mic like I am currently right now. But it's
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just like sometimes less is more out of those
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guys. So I am actually going to go with the Bills
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at home this week. I like it. I just got a feeling
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it's going to be another close game. just the
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Bill Mafia is just going to be a little bit.
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They're going to throw the tables and chairs
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and get everything done, and they're going to
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come and get it done. So, yeah, I think the Bills
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and Josh Allen are going to get it done. I do
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think the loss of Pacheco and his explosive will
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be a bigger factor than anything. I do worry
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about also Oliver in the middle of that defensive
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line for the Bills being injured, too. So it
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should be interesting. Bills came and played
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really hot last week. Chiefs have been hot, too,
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ever since Rice has been. Worthy's been back.
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They're starting to kind of get that vibe back.
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And, I mean, they'll test the middle, for sure,
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with Oliver being gone. And they're proficient
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in the jet with Worthy and Rasheed Rice. They
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can do it very good. We'll see. Yeah, that's
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going to be it. Fireworks. So, yeah, Bills, baby.
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That's where I'm going. Bills, Bills, Bills.
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Circle the way. I didn't mention what they all
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picked for the Panthers and Packers, either,
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everybody else. So Jake, Dom, and Ben all picked
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Packers. Okay, moving on. Okay, so Jake went
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Chiefs. Dom went the Bills. Ben went the Bills.
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So Smeltsy, Jake, Dan with the Chiefs. Rob, Dom,
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Ben with the Bills. Straight split. Mr. Consistency
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going to the Bills. I'm taking them every time.
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Straight split. I got you, Dom. Oh, yeah? Dom's
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your boy, huh? Yep. You're just following the
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leader, huh? Yes, sir. So I start 0 -0, right,
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this week? Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure, for sure.
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I didn't send you games last week, right? No,
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I don't think so. So you're good. You're good.
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Let's go. Got some good picks in there, other
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than game one. Winning percentage, 100. Yeah,
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other than game one, buddy. Okay, 49ers at the
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New York Giants. I'll give you this one. I'll
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give you this one of what they picked. Jake,
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49ers. Dom, 49ers. Ben, Giants. Ooh, Ben going
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on the limb there. Two and a half is the spread
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only, so Vegas think it's going to be close.
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This is so tough, actually. It really is. How
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is Nick Bosa? I know Fred Werner's out for the
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season. Nick's hurting. Missing those two guys,
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that's so tough because Jackson Dart can play
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hot. Dable has set him up for success. The weapons
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are there. Tyrone Tracy has to step up in a big
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way. This is a tough one. This is a real tough
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one. We know McCaffrey can probably go off. Give
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me the 49ers. That a boy. Yeah, give me the 49ers.
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I mean, I think Mac Jones. Mac Jones will get
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it done, serviceable, will come in. Shanahan
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will get him into a rhythm early. Yeah. It'll
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be a low -scoring one. Ooh, you're going low
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-scoring. Yeah, it'll be like a 20 to 14. Give
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me a 20 to 14 type of stuff. 48 and a half. Yeah,
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it's actually almost 50, so that's almost higher
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than I would have typically thought. Like you
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said, it's going to be a low -scoring game. It
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will be, yeah. But you're going Niners. I'm going
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Niners. Yeah, I'm going 49ers too. Whether it's
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Mac Jones, Brock Purdy, it doesn't matter. CMC
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should have a day. You know, Thibodeau was nice
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on the defensive side for the Giants, and they
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just came out and said he is not, like, you can't
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trade for him. He's not touchable right now.
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So that was interesting. But I don't know. CMC
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will bounce back. He'll be up over 100 yards.
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It doesn't matter which way, all -purpose for
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sure. I mean, he could be over 150 all -purpose,
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you know, like we were talking with Jameer Gibbs.
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So I expect that wholeheartedly this week against
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the New York Giants. Right. I like McCaffrey
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over Buck 50 and three tutties. For this week?
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You read it on paper, like Kayvon Thibodeau,
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Brian Burns, Dexter Lawrence. How are these guys
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not eating right now? Because they're on the
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field all day. Yeah, that's true. But the G -men
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aren't the same G -men from the Tom Coughlin
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days, I feel like. They were different when Strahan
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was there, I guess. I don't know. Since the 1980s?
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Well, like 2010 or so. Come on. That's a good
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way to put 1900, isn't it? 15 years ago. Oh,
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well. I'll fire off here. Why don't you fire
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off? This is going to be really competitive.
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It's like Vegas says, two and a half. I totally
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missed what you two just said. We were just doing
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Matt's fire up. Shout out Matt Hamilton. I mean,
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you have, like, the worst red zone team in the
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NFL, the Giants, versus the second worst secondary
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in the NFL. So that's kind of our matchup here.
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Like, you're talking about Thibodeau, Burns,
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Dexter sitting on the inside. Is he going to
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be in enough pressure? And Mac Jones is really
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effective. So that's where I think it is, like,
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somewhere to get up big instantly, and then that's
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where they can kind of take advantage of it.
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McCaffrey going to be the difference maker there?
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Who's the guy that got hurt? Is Pearsall coming
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back this week? Ricky Pearsall, yeah, you said
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was hurt. But Scavato lost, I think, to the red
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zone. That's going to be the difference maker
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for me. He was their wagon. I'm going to give
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a three -point advantage to the 49ers just on
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that aspect right there. It should be a really
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competitive game. I did see an interesting sign
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that the 49ers have this $40 million, $80 million
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injury report of that's how much money is sitting
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on the. That sucks. On the injury report right
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now. That sucks so much. But we talked about
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they replaced eight starters out of that defense
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last year. Their top three draft picks between
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Williams, Collin, and Martin come in this year
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to replace some of those guys. Jackson Darts
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looked really good sometimes. Looked really scary
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some moments. Mack, I just don't want him to
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mess it up for the 49ers on this. I don't think
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he will. I hope that you are correct. Well, I'm
22:19
going 49ers by three. Yeah. And see if I can
22:23
get you three fun facts in this little game.
22:25
You got fun facts for this game? He's another
22:27
quarterback that's just got to drive the car.
22:29
Not really. Nothing good. Nothing I haven't already
22:32
spewed out into this microphone. All right. Well,
22:36
we got a doozy to wrap this preview game up,
22:39
fellas. Broncos taking on the Houston Texans.
22:43
Some wonder. Oh, man. Did the Texans find their
22:51
way this week? I mean, they're on a, what, two,
22:55
three -game winning streak? Are the Texans going
22:58
to have any run game against the Denver Broncos?
23:03
Can CJ Stroud? You know, there's a lot of questions
23:06
in this one. So, Dan. It'll come down to the
23:10
battle of Sean Payton's brilliant offense versus
23:13
D 'Amico Ryan's disciplined defense. Who can
23:16
be more brilliant? Who can be more disciplined?
23:21
It's going to be tough. I think the Broncos are
23:25
going to pinch it out. I do. Pinch it out. Pinch.
23:29
Yes. Well, I'm glad they're just pinching it
23:31
out. Yeah. I mean, you look at some of their
23:33
games, and they've pinched them out, literally.
23:35
Like, that Giants game, crazy. Some of their
23:39
games have been, like, three, four, five -point
23:42
wins. And they did pretty much lock in after
23:45
that Bo Nix pick. Yes. Different after that.
23:48
Like I said earlier, like, their offense is nothing
23:50
special, but Sean Payton's finding ways to get
23:54
him the ball. working with those kind of pieces.
23:58
And I think Bo Nix has really thoroughly been,
24:03
like, really good in his offense. And it'll be
24:08
a really good game. It'll be a very good game.
24:11
So give me the Broncos. You're going Broncos.
24:13
Oh, yeah. Vegas thinks this is going to be a
24:15
good game, too. One. One point. Favorite for
24:18
the Broncos of Dunbar. Wow. 39 and a half. Low
24:23
scoring. per Vegas? Yeah, I'm going Texans. I'm
24:30
going Texans to be able to beat the Denver Broncos.
24:33
I think the Texans, kind of like what you said,
24:35
C .J. Stroud, maybe. Does he have his swag back
24:38
in a way? We're about to find out. I believe
24:41
we have, you know, we should have a healthy Nick
24:45
Chubb still coming out of this week. So I'm looking
24:47
for Nick Chubb. You need to have a game, buddy.
24:50
In order for the Texans to win this game, Nick
24:53
Chubb needs to have a big game. I think C .J.
24:56
Stroud will be able to. I think everybody else
24:57
is fine. Everything else is fine. But for me,
25:01
the difference maker will be Nick Chubb. Can
25:03
he get to that second level? Because if you're
25:05
at least getting to the second level, we're talking
25:07
at least, what, three and a half, four yards
25:09
of rush? At least get that. Carry the wand, judge
25:13
is ruling. You know, so. I'm looking for the
25:19
Texans to get the win at home against the Broncos.
25:22
Yeah, I'm going to go down the same train as
25:23
you. I think one of the things that kind of concerns
25:26
me for the Broncos is Patrick Satane with that
25:28
shoulder. He came out of the game last week.
25:30
Oh, so he's hurt. Mims concussion, Atkins knee.
25:35
Those are big injuries for the Broncos. That
25:39
sucks. But I'm going with you. I think that Will
25:41
Anderson and Hunter will have enough pressure.
25:43
I like the linebacker as a secondary with Lance.
25:48
Linister? How am I going to say his name? I know
25:51
who you're talking about. Lassiter. Lassiter.
25:57
45 to Anderson, 5. Like you said, Nick Chubb.
26:01
If Collinson can come back, match up with Hutchinson,
26:04
and then Sertan out, I think that might be a
26:07
chance for the Texans to get it done. Denver
26:10
leading the league in sacks at 34. Benito definitely
26:15
effective. That dude's a beast. Houston, zero
26:18
rushing touchdowns so far on the goal line. Fewest
26:21
in the league. Wow. Broncos, three and two on
26:24
the road. They're coming off what, a five -game
26:27
winning streak right now? So I think it's going
26:29
to call them all a little crashing down for the
26:31
Broncos playing in Houston. I'm still trying
26:34
to figure out what is a Texan? Is it actually
26:36
the people or what's the mascot? That's a good
26:40
question. The people, I think. I'm not sure.
26:42
I'm not sure. Kev, do you know back there? Does
26:44
the internet tell you? And is the mascot a mask?
26:48
Isn't it like a ball or like a horse? Do we have
26:51
any Houston Texan listeners? Please message us.
26:54
We're live right now. You should be watching.
26:57
I actually like it. I mean, their colorway is
26:58
cool. I'm a little bit of a fan of their jerseys.
27:02
Yeah, so just like a Minnesotan would be like
27:06
the Minnesota Minnesotans. But they're the Houston
27:10
Texans, so it at least makes sense. No, yeah,
27:12
yeah. They're not the Texas Texans. No, yeah,
27:14
yeah. That's a little redundant there. Yeah.
27:17
So, yeah, I'm just going to go Houston. I think,
27:20
you know, Vegas says it's going to be a one -point
27:22
game, and I think it's going to be competitive.
27:24
But I just think, you know, we're going to get
27:25
a sack, strip sack by Hunter to finish the game.
27:28
By Willie Anderson. Oh, Daniel Hunter. Daniel
27:30
Hunter. Get it done. Do us right. The fellas.
27:35
Former scold you. The fellas that are not here.
27:37
Jake, Don, Ben. All went Broncos. Everyone's
27:43
just going with the trend. All went Broncos.
27:45
That's all right. Hey, the trend is, they are
27:47
trending. They're believing. I mean, they're
27:50
putting it together with Sean Payton. For sure.
27:53
Sucks to say. Sucks, yeah. But that first three
27:57
quarters two weeks ago, Sean Payton didn't do
27:59
anything. We don't say that name, Dan. You don't
28:01
say his name. I know, but like, true. It's one
28:06
of those cases where, like, if I can't win the
28:08
Saints because the NFL is against me, I'm going
28:11
to go to somewhere else. There we go. There we
28:13
go. I think that's what he was thinking. Must
28:16
be. With that, Dan, thanks for being here this
28:19
week for all three episodes, buddy. It was awesome.
28:22
Absolutely. You coming back next week? Yeah,
28:24
you coming back next week? Absolutely. I would
28:25
love to. Yeah, you got to recap these games that
28:27
we just talked about. I got to throw in the red
28:29
zone. All right, there we go. There we go. Dan's
28:32
back next week as our Vikings fan. And next week
28:35
we will have. Is it next week? Yes, because this
28:39
weekend's the first, right? You are correct.
28:41
So, yeah, next week we will have the return of
28:43
our Alliance fan. D 'Angelo will be back on the
28:47
show. Can't wait to talk to him after this game.
28:49
It's either going to be real sweet for us three
28:51
or real crappy. So we're about to find out next
28:54
week, so tune in for that. Come on, JJ. Rob?
28:58
Thanks, coach. Yeah, what do you think? Yeah,
29:00
thanks, buddy. I'm excited. It's just football
29:02
season. We're halfway through. It's starting
29:04
to get colder weather. We're starting to get
29:06
point. We're starting to get a generic playoff
29:08
picture. Yeah, you know, and these Ravens are
29:10
not a part of, but they could be. A win this
29:13
week could be a nice one. So I'm glad that you're.
29:17
Notre Dame's mind over there has got the correct
29:20
pick this week, and I am wrong. I don't know.
29:23
Do you want to finish in the middle of the road?
29:24
I don't. Jeez. Victory. All right. Of course,
29:30
as always, Kevin getting everything done behind
29:32
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29:35
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