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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 four preview
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and picks. We picking them. Rob is back. Nothing
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but winners. Another week. How did I do last
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week? Dude, I don't know. I got to check out
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the standings. I have not had a chance to update
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the standings. Lucky me. I went 0 -1. It's all
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right. 0 -1. 0 -1. I pit the Vikings, so at least
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I know them. Wait, how did you go 0 -1? Did he
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put it on the Facebook Live? No, I put it on
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the YouTubes. I commented my pick. Well, it's
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out there, so we can't take it back. It's all
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a requirement. Owning that big L. Let me put
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that down. Jake is 0. Oh, wait. I was going to
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go Facebook Live here. Remember that one everyone
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was going to remind me of? Oh, yeah. Hey, Rob.
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Facebook Live this. I somehow spelled Jake is
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0 and 1. We'll go next week. Shmuck. Dang. All
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right. All right. See if I can get it going while
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we're sitting here. Well, let's start it while
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it's hot. Ravens versus Kansas City. Dude, another
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tough game. Rematch. They didn't play in the
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playoffs, though, last year. It was just week
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one last year, right? Just week one. The toes.
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The toe game. Yes. The toe game. Yes, that's
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right. The Isaiah Likely toe game. They're going
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to be wearing white shoes this time. Okay. Okay.
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Let me see. So let's start with Ravens need to
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go back to giving Derrick Henry the football.
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And that offensive line has to. run block better
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and try and let derrick henry go wild that's
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i think the biggest thing to do because my homes
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is still my homes regardless of that receiving
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core and i think they're trying they're starting
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to figure it out for sure receiving core backfield
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yeah No ASMR here. So you think Henry needs 20
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carries? I mean, how many carries did he have
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last? He was less than 20. 11. So he needs about
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20 carries is what you're saying for them to
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be back to what you think for them to be successful.
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Yeah. Well, Lamar needs to not get sacked seven
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times. That too. That would help. So interesting
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fact, the average number of throwaways that Lamar
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Jackson has per game is 0 .7, not even one, where
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he's throwing the ball away to avoid taking a
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sack. sack or a tackle for loss yep so where
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you where you see like aaron rogers he's like
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throwing the ball away like four or five six
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times a game like lamar doesn't do that so maybe
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that's what you're looking for maybe lamar needs
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to start doing that or getting outside of the
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pocket and i appreciate that lamar wants to pass
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the ball but uh i think he's getting away from
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using his legs and that's still a That's a longevity
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move. But that's still a gift. Needs to be a
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threat more, you know, where that defense, you
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know. Because like you're saying, they were sitting
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in shell a lot, the Lions, last week. And the
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Chiefs, I was thinking, have about the same quality
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style players on defense. Yeah, especially that
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front four being able to put Chris Jones still
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in there, you know, effectively against the run,
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you know. And then Lamar. If he throws more than
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40, you think it's a loss? Yeah. Okay. Yeah,
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we never want to see Lamar throwing that much
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because that's not their identity. That's not
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their style. Okay, fair enough. I can get behind
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that. But who are you picking? I'm still going
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to pick the Ravens because they're my team. But
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I also think that they're going to have a chip
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on their shoulder and try and prove everyone
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wrong that, hey, we're – We are actually for
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real, sorry. We're not, like, prove that they
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are that elite team that everybody thought they
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were coming into the season as, like, one of
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the top talented teams in the league. And they
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haven't been playing like it the last couple
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of games. No doubt. No doubt. That's true. I
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mean, I'll add in, I'll hop in here. I found
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it was interesting that the Ravens are favored
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by two and a half in KC. It is pretty crazy.
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You know, so interesting and fun fact. Henry's
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going to run angry this week. Like you said,
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I think Lamar needs to be a little more effective
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on it. The Ravens can slow down the Chiefs' running
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game, which they don't really have one enough.
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That's just it, right? And I think the problem,
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I think I'm going to pick the Ravens on this
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because I feel like the Chiefs have been really,
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I don't feel, they have been struggling in the
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red zone a ton, and they've been kicking a bunch
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of field goals. And they're missing that threat.
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Kelsey's quite not that red zone threat they
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used to be. They don't really have another tall,
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that Thorntonson, I believe, in number 80. Am
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I right with that name? Thornton. Thornton. He's
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had a couple nice plays. He's going to have to
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come up super big, I think, for KC to have a
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chance in this game. But like you said, I think
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the Ravens are going to be pissed off of last
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night's ugly game out of them. And Henry's in
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a rush for $1 .50. Yeah. So I'm going Ravens.
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Going Ravens, okay. I'm going to go ahead and
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round it out as well with the Ravens. My reasoning
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is until somebody else that's not Patrick Mahomes
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is leading the team in rushing, I don't think
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the Chiefs are going to be that much of a threat.
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They've got to figure that out. They need to
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establish some sort of rush game. We haven't
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seen it. You need more than... Thornton to get
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it done in the receiving core. Yeah, you got
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Travis Kelsey, but he can only do so much. You
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know what I mean? So until we start seeing some
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of those things, that Kansas City offense just
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doesn't scare me enough right now at this point
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in the season. And Baltimore, I agree with you
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guys. They're going to come out angry in general
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and try to have this get -back game for sure.
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We're going Ravens across the board here. Ravens
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across the board. Let's see. Our next game, Tampa
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Bay traveling to Philadelphia. Or is it the other
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way around? Or is it the other way around? It
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is the other way around. Tampa Bay. Philly favored
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by three and a half per Vegas. I wonder if that
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line is going to change with the Mike Evans news.
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I'm assuming this is probably current. I also
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see Philly by three and a half. Okay. I think
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that that should change. I think it should be
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more. With what news? Well, I just think it should
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be more, even with Mike Evans out and three in
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it. Oh, I think that's already played into that
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aspect of it. I think our picks are going to
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be boring on this game. So that's why you're
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saying Eagles? Yeah. So, yes, I'm going to pick
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Eagles. Thanks for spoilers. Walking them right
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into it. Yeah, no. I love how Tampa Bay is playing,
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but if Eagles are healthy, I think that they're
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going to be okay with the Lane Johnson injury,
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regardless of if he's playing or not, which is
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TBD. Very big TBD, too. Right. And you saw this
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last week. The Eagles' passing attack actually
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works. Everyone was questioning it. Yes, sir.
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They always do. Yeah. They always question the
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Eagles' passing attack, but they seem to get
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things done. They use it when they need to. If
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Tampa Bay can keep it close. Tampa can keep it
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within three. I think look out. Baker Mayfield's
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a pretty competitive guy. Yes, sir, he is. Three
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consecutive fourth quarter comebacks this year
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already. He's had a nice year. Yeah, looking
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really solid. 3 -0, baby. If you hear any loud
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banging. There's a thunderstorm. In the background
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here. It's crazy in Minnesota. It's called Duncan
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and Cooper. There's a very awesome dog upstairs
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dropping a gigantic bone on the ground. So that's
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all that is. No big deal there. But, yeah, sorry,
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you're going Eagles. Eagles, yes. Eagles, yes.
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I'm going Eagles as well. I just, I don't know.
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Like you said, the Mike Evans thing, it's kind
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of a no -brainer for me. Again, Jalen Hurts is
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just – I don't know. That dude feels like a true
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leader to me, and that dude just – he's a straight
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baller. He's a freaking dog and comes to play
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every week, doesn't care what anybody has to
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say about literally anything, and just gets the
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job done every week. Quietly does it. Goes along
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and does his business and moves on. Exactly.
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Comes in, gets his business done, and moves on
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to the next game. Dude, I love it. I love it.
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Until that changes, which it doesn't seem like
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it will, Eagles are looking like they could absolutely,
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who knows, make another deep run. Long season.
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Everybody's got to stay healthy. You need Saquon.
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But at the moment, looking very likely that the
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Eagles are going to be another, once again, one
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of the favorites out of the NFC. Yeah, I mean,
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I think the Mike Evans loss is a – Not a full
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game changer, but it's big. It's a tough loss,
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especially against man -to -man defense. And
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then in the red zone, Mike Evans has always been
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an amazing target for the Bucs for a long time
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down there. I think the only way for Tampa Bay
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to stay in this game is to run the ball effective
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against the Eagles. Bucky Irvin and who was the
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other guy? White. They both had great games last
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week. Tampa Bay's defense. has been playing pretty
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solid overall. I mean, I probably put them at
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the same level as the Rams, and the Rams did.
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They kind of stopped the Eagles in the first
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half last week a little bit, especially against
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the rush game. Barkley had a pretty quiet game,
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but that's where they attack the run and go over
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the top, and then receivers had a little better
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game. I think the Eagles are going to win this.
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It's going to be close. I think the Mike Evans
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is the difference maker in the red zone when
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the Bucs are going to need it. So I'm going to
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go Eagles on this, and they're going to go to
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4 -0. 4 -0. 4 -0 for the Eagles. The next game
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we're going to touch on here. We'll save the
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Vikings for last, of course. Vikings are always
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last. Colts versus the Rams this week. Let's
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see. Who's at where? It is in L .A. This could
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potentially be our game of the week, Loki. It
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could be. I mean, the Colts are coming out hot
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right now. The Rams are kind of touted the last
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two seasons as that blue -collar, just coming
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to work, always in every game. I mean, they could
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have beat the Eagles last week. They had a chance.
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They had a chip and a chair, as Rob would like
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to say. Chip and a chair, like to say. Yeah,
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yeah, for sure. You know, poker style. For sure.
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You know what? Screw it. I'm going to start this
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one off for us. Daniel Jones coming out hot.
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He's got to come back to earth at some point.
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I'm not saying he's not actually like that. He
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had flashes of it in New York. We saw it there.
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We're just going to go ahead and say KOC is a
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quarterback whisperer for sure. Screw it. He's
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revitalized Daniel Jones' career. Never played
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a snap for us, but it's fine. Did he not? I don't
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think he even played a snap for us. No, he didn't
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play a snap. And so, anyway. The Rams, they're
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just going to be able to get it done at home.
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Matthew Stafford, he's just hanging in there.
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He's hanging in there, still putting up numbers.
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Old gray beard. Old gray beard. Old gray beard.
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But I'm just going with the Rams. They just feel
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tough again. Another team for me, another favorite
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out of the NFC that is going to be kind of not
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necessarily a wild card team, but quote -unquote
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a wild card team. You know what I mean? You don't
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know. You don't know. Any given Sunday for the
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Rams, I think they can compete with anybody right
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now. So real good test for the Colts this week.
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Real good test. If the Colts can come out with
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a win, to me, I think the Colts are pretty for
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real. Then you're 4 -0. You haven't played. You
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know, anything too crazy, right? The Broncos,
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you only squeaked, won a squeaker. Should have
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lost that one. But you won. They did, true, at
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the end of the day. It's in the win column. So,
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real good test for the Colts, but I'm going Rams
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here. For me. hardcore rams i'll step in here
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jacob quick um i think this one's going to be
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actually a blowout i think the rams are uh really
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going to get after daniel jones and he's going
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to be very ineffective and they're going to get
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pressures will kind of Get back to the style
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I thought in the Giants. If you can get after
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Daniel Jones and make him want to throw the ball
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early, I think that's where. And I think Verst
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and that Rams defensive line front four will
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put enough pressure on Daniel Jones to confuse
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him. Now it's whether they stop JT enough, which
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I think they will. And then I don't know. Who's
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had a great start to this. Who's had a great
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start. And then Stafford with Puka and Adams
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are hot right now. Williams has been. kind of
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quiet but maybe this will be a little more breakout
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game for him if things start establishing that
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running game because if they do and then that
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puka and adams are really going to eat on the
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other side so i have a feeling rams at home are
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going to get up big that defense doesn't really
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get after them and i think daniel's gonna make
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a couple mistakes and it's you know i'm gonna
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be a double score two score victory two score
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victory interesting um i love that rams defense
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so great call out there 12 sacks already through
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three games. That's working it. Yeah, it is.
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And Daniel Jones is going to crumble under that
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pressure. So I agree. I'd take Rams. I think
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they have just a better group of skill players
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with Puka, with Devontae, Kyron. They're all
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good. And you've got that seasoned veteran in
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Stafford. Yeah. Fair enough. To me, a lot of
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Franklin. Franklin's one of their studs on defense.
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But they have too many weapons, I think. And
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Stafford's just so effective. Which way you go?
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We want Rams across the board. It's been boring
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picks. We're all exactly the same right now.
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We are all exactly the same right now. But this
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one, this next game could change things up a
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little bit. Maybe. Jacksonville. Playing the
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49ers. Let's see. Where are they? In San Fran.
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You know, I would think I'd have this pulled
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up. In San Fran. Good work. I got you. Good work.
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Good work. I'll go. Rob, why don't you go first?
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Well, San Francisco favored by two and a half
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on this one. Mack Jones, it's tough to know whether
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Purdy is going to play or not. Purdy plays, I'm
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definitely going 49ers. I'm going to pick the
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49ers overall. I just think that, I don't know
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if Trevor plays well enough on the road, and
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I think the 49ers team in general, he's not a
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big. What do you call them, sunshine fan? Yeah.
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I think McCaffrey's going to be an issue for
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that Jags defense. I just have a feeling on this
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one they're going to reestablish the run a little
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bit more. If Purdy comes back, that really changes
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up the whole thing a little bit more, too. Purcell's
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had a real nice second year so far. Jennings
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has been here and there. I know Kittle loss is
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a big one, so we'll see if that offense can find
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a couple other weapons to step in and play. one
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of those missing pieces. I know the Joey Bosa
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is a really tough loss for the defense, but I
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still think they have enough guys. I know they
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did lose like. Was it eight starters last year
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off that original team? So they're really young
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on that defensive side. So we'll see at it. We'll
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see. Brian Thomas Jr. has had a kind of quiet
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year so far for Jacksonville. We'll see if ETN
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can kind of continue his hot start. And we'll
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just see if Trevor Lawrence can play a full game
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without a ton of mistakes on the road, which
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I don't think they're going to do. So we're going
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49ers. 49ers, all right. I'm going to go the
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other way. I'm going Jacksonville. I think they
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will actually be able to stop. He's back on the
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way again with Trevor Lawrence. I think they
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will actually be able to limit McCaffrey. Now
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watch him go off like crazy. Limit McCaffrey
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in the rushing game specifically. Jacksonville
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hasn't given up 100 yards rushing since week
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one. Two weeks ago. You could argue they haven't
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played anybody else since then, but they were
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able to stop Chase Brown and the Bengals, and
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Chase is a pretty solid running back. You could
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argue the O -line is not as good there. But he's
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not really a 100 -yard rusher. No, no. So this
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is a true test for them. But I think Jacksonville's
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defense will be able to stand strong, hopefully,
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on McCaffrey. And my choice doesn't change whether
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Purdy plays or not. This is the game. I feel
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like I've said that three times for Trevor Lawrence
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this year already, but you've got to win this
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one. You needed to win in Cincinnati, too, and
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couldn't get it done, so this is another one.
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If they cannot win this game, if Trevor Lawrence
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cannot lead his freaking team to win this game,
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it is time, man. It's not working out there.
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Time to move on. He'll get another opportunity
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somewhere else because of his first -run pick.
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You know what I mean? Sure. Anyway, I'm going
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Jaguars to be different. I'm like both of you,
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regardless of Mac Jones or Brock Purdy playing.
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It's not going to change my pick. because it's
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going to be the 49ers. And the reason for that
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is it's the coaching staff. It's Shanahan, and
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it's Robert Sala. Big up compared to Jacksonville,
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for sure. Robert Sala being back as the defensive
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coordinator, doing a thing that he's probably
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better at than being a coach, and the energy
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that he puts into that defense. I think they're
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going to miss Nick Bosa, but Sala's energy with
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that young defense, they just drive. And Fred
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Warner. underrated as far as linebackers go yeah
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i mean i had him on my top i think you had a
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bobby wagner who was the guy in washington that
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you would say was your favorite linebacker good
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call on that jake 49ers other than Hey, somebody's
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got to do it, right? I like it. Somebody's got
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to do it. Well, you're probably going to pick
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against the Vikings next. Somebody's got to do
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it. No, I've already picked against the Vikings
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once this year. I was stupid. But I was looking
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pretty like a genius for a minute. Anyway, let's
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get into that game. Vikings playing the Steelers
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in Ireland. Doblin, first game. I think ever
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for the NFL in Dublin? I believe it is. I think
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it is. A couple Guinnesses will be thrown back,
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I bet. Ooh, that's a good idea. Yeah, I bet.
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I think Minnesota's traveling pretty good over
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there right now. They are. It seems like a lot
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of people are booking it up. Are you talking
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about the fans or the actual team? The fans.
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Okay, nice. I would hope the team travels well.
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Well, I mean, there's always that question. It's
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like, do you actually have the team travel early
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and adjust, or do you travel late? I would 100
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% travel early. For sure, I would. 100%. Don't
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they usually, Al? Are they staying or are they
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coming back? No, they're staying because they
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have London. That would have been the ultimate
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trip, hitting both up and just staying with the
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team, too. I think one of my bosses is doing
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that. He's at least going to Ireland 100%, but
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I don't know if he's going to the London game
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or not because he's already been there. He's
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already done that. Been there, done that. Not
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in Dublin, though. No, hats off to him. The Ireland
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thing is going to be super BA, so I can't even
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imagine. What's BA mean? Well, I'm trying to
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be PG. You know what I mean? So whatever. Broke
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again. So, nope. Oh, damn. Screw you. Vikings
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two and a half. Yeah, no, Jake. Who is it, buddy?
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I like serving the non -Viking fan. 100%. Kind
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of tough. I'm a little, well, I shouldn't say
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a little torn. But it's like his division. Because
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it's purple. He likes the purple. But he's playing
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against his division team. So my gut tells me
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it's going to be the Vikings are going to win.
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Okay. Don't let your head get in the way. It
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has more to do with the Steelers' offense not
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being that great. They're still figuring themselves
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out. You don't really know what you're going
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to get. Great catch by DK this week. The run
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game is still questionable at best. And you're
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going to ask. Aaron Rodgers to throw 40 times
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against Brian Flores' defense, he's going to
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be asking for it. He's going to get it. Both
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defenses are playing really well. It very well
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could be a low scoring game, but I have more
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trust and faith in the Vikings offense. Yes,
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you do. I'm going Vikes. I don't need to explain.
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You don't need to explain. Homer. Yep. Very Homer
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pick. 100%. I think Mason's going to have another
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big day. I think welcome back Jordan Addison.
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That's going to be sweet. So can't wait to see
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J .J. McCarthy with Addison because that's who
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his receiver was all camp was Jordan Addison
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compared to Jetta's. Hawkinson he had no timing
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with, no chemistry with. So I'm real curious
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to see when J .J. McCarthy gets to come back
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with Addison what we'll see out of that. I think
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Carson Wentz is serviceable enough. You know,
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to get wins. If we can win with Sam Darnold,
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we can win with Carson Wentz. That's fine. People
21:58
forget Carson Wentz took the Cowboys. The Eagles.
22:02
Wow. The Eagles on a great run. Great regular
22:06
season. He got injured. So, yeah. Vikings, no
22:11
problem. Two touchdowns. Two touchdowns. The
22:14
offense wakes up. I like it. I mean, they woke
22:16
up last week, right? That doesn't count, really.
22:19
Minus the homer in me. I am going to pick the
22:21
Vikings, but I think it's going to be a really
22:23
interesting matchup against the Steelers secondary.
22:25
They're probably one of the better secondaries
22:27
in the league, I would say. So seeing J .J. match
22:31
up with Porter, not Joey Porter Jr., is it? No.
22:37
You're thinking of Ramsey. Jalen Ramsey. Ramsey.
22:40
But who else do they have on the other side over
22:42
there? Joey Porter Jr. Tongue twister. Sorry,
22:46
I'm all over the board here. So I'm really interested
22:49
in that. I do like Addison back with that whole,
22:51
that's an early thing. Naylor, he's actually
22:55
played pretty well so far as second receivers.
22:59
You're going to see a few of his looks probably
23:01
disappear now that Addison's back. But maybe
23:03
not. I really like to see how the offensive line
23:07
showed up. Do we know in the center, is he going
23:10
to be back? TBD. TBD yet. I'd like to see that
23:14
finally all five starters back. Oh, actually,
23:16
we're missing our rookie now. He's out for two
23:18
weeks. Yeah, he just had surgery. Surgery. Probably
23:21
Brandel will probably slide over to his spot.
23:25
So I think they'll be all right in that aspect.
23:28
Jordan Mason's just going to continue being effective
23:31
on that run. But it'll be tough against the Steelers.
23:34
And Aaron Rodgers, his old vet, you know, he
23:37
kind of. Again, don't let him get the ball late
23:40
in the game. With an opportunity to win the game.
23:43
I hope that we don't get to that point. He's
23:45
just got that weird special magic. I don't understand.
23:49
Guys like Mahomes have, too. You know what I
23:51
mean? I just don't understand. Well, that's why
23:53
they stay in the league that long. They have
23:55
that skill set. It's like Matt Stafford. So I
23:58
got the Vikings. But more of an interesting take.
24:00
We win this week. Then next week, if McCarthy's
24:04
ready to play, are we playing him? Or if we don't?
24:09
We come back with a bye, but do you want him
24:11
his first game back to be against the Eagles?
24:13
Not really, but I kind of like the extra week
24:16
of not rushing him back in. So his first football
24:20
back is against that Eagles defense. Do you have
24:22
it or not? It's the NFL. You got to play or you're
24:25
not. Do you have it or not? So you're thinking
24:27
Carson Wentz no matter what this whole European
24:29
trip. If he gets hot. My wife probably got sick
24:31
of me saying it all the time. If he gets hot.
24:33
I was like, if he gets hot and he's really –
24:35
you just – you got to keep feeding the hot hand.
24:37
Don't take him out. You know what I mean? It
24:39
was my thing. After watching this week, it's
24:41
like, eh, he did enough, obviously. Yeah, he
24:45
didn't turn the ball over. Amen, right? But I
24:48
don't know. We'll see. We'll see. We got until
24:51
bye week, right? Steelers got good defense, you
24:53
know. Carson Wentz is a vet. He knows what he's
24:57
doing out there. Yeah, he started for six teams,
24:59
but it hasn't been all bad for him on those teams,
25:02
per se. It's not always been bad starts. I'm
25:05
predicting, you know, within a touchdown is going
25:08
to be the final of this. I hope it's 48 -10 again,
25:10
but I'm thinking less than a score. Okay, less
25:14
than a score. Yeah. Okay. Steelers are horrible.
25:17
So, all the likes up here. I did get some picks.
25:20
from Dom. Our guest from last week. School of
25:23
Likes fan, obviously. He's going Ravens over
25:27
Kansas City. He's going Eagles over Tampa Bay.
25:30
Vikings over the Steelers. Rams over the Colts.
25:34
And the 49ers over Jacksonville. So the exact...
25:38
Oh, wait a minute. Sounds like Rob and I. Exact
25:41
same picks as you and Rob. Great picks. He's
25:44
probably listening to us on live just writing
25:46
all our picks down at the end. No, no, no. Well
25:51
played. No, he sent that to me at, oh, dang,
25:54
he could have. He sent that to me at 8 .13. Oh,
25:57
we're on to you. No. Doesn't matter. Did he comment?
26:02
Is there any comments? No, nobody watches those.
26:05
Anyway, I'm just kidding. We got Kev watching
26:06
us. Oh, that's right. We got Kev. Kev's in studio.
26:09
What's up, Kev? Yeah, I mean, that's pretty much
26:12
it, fellas. So Wentz, though, if he goes 2 -0,
26:15
he's not going to start. You think of McCarthy
26:18
straight back no matter what. I mean, it's tough
26:19
to take a winning quarterback out, right? It's
26:22
a tough decision. But if we're in that decision,
26:23
which way are you going? Or let's get there first.
26:26
Let's get there first. J .J. McCarthy has also
26:29
not played with Christian Derrissaw yet and actually
26:31
had real leadership and real protection on that
26:34
left side of the line. So that's what I'm curious
26:36
about. But that's tough. I don't know. Outsider,
26:42
what are you thinking? Let's see Carson go 2
26:44
-0 first. It's not like the Steelers last year
26:47
with Wilson. Yeah, with Wilson and Fields where
26:52
Fields goes. I like Carson Wentz way better than
26:55
Russell Wilson. But Fields went four and two.
26:58
Yeah, he had a nice start. Yeah, and then they're
27:01
like, okay, Fields or Wilson, you're in. This
27:04
is like you knew JJ was the starting quarterback,
27:06
and you got Wentz as the backup. And I think
27:09
KOC is just going to be like – KOC is not going
27:12
to be afraid and is going to take the heat for
27:14
like, okay, Wentz, you're out. McCarthy, you're
27:17
back. All right. I'm that way. You bought the
27:19
Porsche, let's drive the Porsche. Let's figure
27:22
it out. I know it's a little rough and difficult
27:25
to hit the apexes in the corner, but we've got
27:27
to figure it out. Or we're just going to crash.
27:30
That's what I mean. Maybe the Eagles are who
27:32
you bring them back against. That defense is
27:35
probably going to be as hard as it may get this
27:38
season for the Vikings. So why not throw them
27:40
straight to the fire? To the Georgia Dogs, pretty
27:43
much. Just throw them in there and see what happens.
27:48
All right. With that, Jake, thanks for being
27:51
here this week. Thanks for having me, guys. I
27:53
appreciate it. Yeah. You're coming back next
27:55
week, you think, for sure? Heck yeah. For sure?
27:56
Okay, good. Relish my 5 -0 picks. And he picked
28:00
the Vikings, so he can come back next week. That's
28:01
true. That's fine. Toes in this time. That's
28:04
right. Toes in. Toes in. Toes in. Rob? Yes, Smeltzy?
28:10
Thanks, buddy. Thanks for being here. Thank you.
28:11
Thanks for leading us through this. Of course.
28:13
And Kevin back there. Getting everything done
28:16
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we dip, I did just get picks from a Packers fan
28:30
for our games. He's going. Did he send you tear
28:34
emojis? You can't pick the Packers for all five
28:37
games. Correct. He's going Ravens over Kansas
28:40
City, Tampa over. The Philadelphia Eagles. He's
28:44
picking the Vikings over the Steelers. Damn,
28:46
he's sick. Rams over the Colts and the Niners
28:50
over Jacksonville. So, so far, I'm the only one
28:52
to pick Jacksonville. He is the only one to pick
28:55
Tampa Bay over the Eagles. That's a gutsy pick.
28:57
So, I just sent him those a few minutes ago.
29:01
So, we'll see. That's probably off the whim.
29:05
But if they win, he's the only one getting it.
29:08
So, anyway, now that I already did the outro.
29:11
With that, let's just get out of here. Yeah,
29:14
Packers suck. They lost to the Browns. Up 10
29:18
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29:25
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29:28
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