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NFL Week 16 Pre: MAJOR Showdowns Of Bucs-Panthers Round 1, Packers-Bears Round 2 · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

• 0:09
  Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the Inside the Birds NFL preview show.
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: This is Week sixteen. I'm Jeff Mosher, and boy did
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: the week start off with an absolute bang as this
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks beat the Rams despite trailing by as much
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: as fifteen in the fourth quarter on Thursday night, and
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: now the balance of power in the NFC is Seattle
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: goes from a wildcard team to number one in the
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: NFC currently at twelve and three, and no matter what
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: happens the rest of the weekend, they will still leave
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: exit this week sixteen as the number one seed with
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: a huge, huge win over the Rams. It was a
• 0:57
  Speaker 1: very interesting game. You know, the Rams were play without
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: DeVante Adams. It didn't look like it hurt them that much.
• 1:05
  Speaker 1: Maybe maybe a little bit in the fourth quarter when
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: they were trying to you know, you're up fifteen, had
• 1:13
  Speaker 1: a couple of third downs, had a punt, you know,
• 1:15
  Speaker 1: obviously one of the punt's results in Rashichihi going back
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  Speaker 1: fifty eight yards to make it thirty twenty two. Then
• 1:23
  Speaker 1: they punt again, and then you know, the Sam Darnold,
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  Speaker 1: who had a bad game for about three quarters, marches
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  Speaker 1: the Seahawks down and hits the tight end wide open
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  Speaker 1: in the end zone, and then all of a sudden,
• 1:36
  Speaker 1: it's a tie game. We go to overtime. Nikua has
• 1:39
  Speaker 1: the huge pet. What a What a strange week for Puka.
• 1:44
  Speaker 1: Nakua gets involved in saying some controversial things about referees,
• 1:49
  Speaker 1: getting I guess roped into saying he was going to
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: do some kind of touchdown dance that would have been
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: anti semitic because of the people he was on. He
• 1:58
  Speaker 1: said he had no idea in his social media post.
• 2:02
  Speaker 1: But a strange week for him. And then he comes
• 2:04
  Speaker 1: out and gets twelve catches for two hundred and twenty
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  Speaker 1: five yards and two touchdowns. Just an amazing receiver. His
• 2:12
  Speaker 1: connection with Master Stafford is unbelievable. Stafford throw. Stafford did
• 2:16
  Speaker 1: everything he could. I mean, he completes four hundred and
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  Speaker 1: fifty seven I'm sorry. He throws for four hundred and
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  Speaker 1: fifty seven yards and three touchdowns without DeVante Adams. He
• 2:27
  Speaker 1: gives the team a lead right and then a couple
• 2:31
  Speaker 1: of times. He gave the team a lead at one
• 2:33
  Speaker 1: point up thirty to fourteen on a vintage Matthew Stafford pass.
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: He puts them up thirty to fourteen on a one
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  Speaker 1: yard touchdown pass to Nicoup. He never even looked at him.
• 2:44
  Speaker 1: He never looked at him. It's the trademark Matthew Stafford
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  Speaker 1: signature no look pass, and it was a beauty. Nkoop
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  Speaker 1: has got the strongest hands in the league. And I
• 2:55
  Speaker 1: think the Seahawks at that point needed a spark. Obviously,
• 3:01
  Speaker 1: nade a spark. Rashi Chi gave it to them with
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  Speaker 1: the fifty eight yard punt return. Now at that point,
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  Speaker 1: after the return, it's a thirty twenty two game. And
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  Speaker 1: if you're the Rams, you're thinking, I have walked the
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  Speaker 1: ball up and down the field against the Seahawks at will.
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  Speaker 1: I have scored as much as I want to score,
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  Speaker 1: all right, I have held at that point Jackson Smith
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  Speaker 1: and Jigbow who might be the offensive player of the year.
• 3:29
  Speaker 1: I think he had one catch at that point, maybe two.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, they were so frustrated with him not getting
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  Speaker 1: the ball. They started to line him up in the backfield,
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  Speaker 1: just like a running back catching passes out of the backfield,
• 3:41
  Speaker 1: just to get a different four, just to try to
• 3:42
  Speaker 1: get a body off of them. And it seemed to
• 3:45
  Speaker 1: work as the game went on, but the Rams just
• 3:48
  Speaker 1: outplayed the Seahawks as much as you could until that
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  Speaker 1: punt return, and you have to the day after if
• 3:55
  Speaker 1: you're the Rams, I don't think you're just I don't.
• 3:58
  Speaker 1: I don't think you have to like beat yourself off
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  Speaker 1: about this. The one thing that they did poorly was
• 4:03
  Speaker 1: just give up too many big plays, all right. I
• 4:08
  Speaker 1: mean the Kenneth Walker fifty five yard touchdown run that
• 4:12
  Speaker 1: put him up fourteen thirteen. You gotta make a tackle
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  Speaker 1: you can't allow. If you're the Rams defense, which has
• 4:18
  Speaker 1: been very good all year long, you really can't allow
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  Speaker 1: a fifty five yard touchdown run, especially when at that
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  Speaker 1: point you were doing fairly well defensively. That was killer,
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  Speaker 1: and that really would come to signify how the Seahawks
• 4:35
  Speaker 1: were going to score in that game, because they really
• 4:39
  Speaker 1: didn't have a sustainable offense for most of the game.
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  Speaker 1: Their play action wasn't very good. They couldn't get the
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  Speaker 1: ball to Smith in Jigba. They weren't getting the ball
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  Speaker 1: to any other you know, occasionally they threw it to
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  Speaker 1: the running back, but they just weren't really doing anything
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  Speaker 1: other than watching Sam Darnold get sacked, get pressured, and
• 5:00
  Speaker 1: throw picks. For most of the three quarters. But these
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  Speaker 1: big plays that they allowed really hurt them. And I'm
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  Speaker 1: a little surprised because it's not like the Rams. I
• 5:10
  Speaker 1: know they're without I think one or two starters on defense,
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  Speaker 1: including one of their best players, Quinton Lake in the
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  Speaker 1: backfield right Noel Tyler Higbee and tight end actually hurt
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  Speaker 1: him too. I'll get to that in a second. Surprisingly,
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  Speaker 1: tight end hurt them with all the thirteen personnel that
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  Speaker 1: they play. But the big plays, the fifty five yard touchdown,
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  Speaker 1: the fifty eight yarder, the Barner touchdown. That one was
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  Speaker 1: set up by a really nice catch by Cooper Cup
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  Speaker 1: on the right side where he was opened. That was
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  Speaker 1: a big play that came at a crucial time. But
• 5:45
  Speaker 1: you know, Darnold's sort of getting this credit for playing
• 5:48
  Speaker 1: this unbelievable third and fourth quarter. I didn't see it
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  Speaker 1: that way. I thought he played well and he snapped
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  Speaker 1: out of it after throwing a couple of bad interceptions
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  Speaker 1: early in the game. But honestly, again, the punt turn,
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  Speaker 1: they're down thirty fourteen. The putner turn makes it a
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  Speaker 1: one possession game. Then the touchdown he throws to Barner
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  Speaker 1: was off of a play action rolls to his right
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  Speaker 1: Barner's wide open. Anybody, if anybody listening to the show,
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  Speaker 1: has to be able to make that throw. All right,
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  Speaker 1: that was not the trickiest throw that he made in
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  Speaker 1: the game. Now, he did hit Smith and Jigba on
• 6:19
  Speaker 1: some really tough sideline routes on that drive, and then
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  Speaker 1: in overtime, and then he throws the touchdown to Smith
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  Speaker 1: and Jigban overtime, and the two point conversion was a
• 6:29
  Speaker 1: good play. It was one of those late leakouts by
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  Speaker 1: the tight end when everybody else is in coverage and
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  Speaker 1: you just throw it over the middle and you hit him.
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  Speaker 1: I honestly didn't think. And that's the way it goes
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  Speaker 1: with the TV broadcast. When you see a game change
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  Speaker 1: momentum like that, the guy who has struggle to begin
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  Speaker 1: with is gonna look amazing and everybody's gonna sing his praises.
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  Speaker 1: And now Sam Darnold has shaken off the big app
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  Speaker 1: That's all garbage to me. I thought he played an
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  Speaker 1: average game, if we're being fair. Now he was under dress,
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  Speaker 1: and I would think the first interception he threw was
• 7:03
  Speaker 1: not as ugly as the second one. The first interception
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  Speaker 1: looked bad because it throws it right to the defensive back.
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  Speaker 1: But he clearly see the rams are showing what looks
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  Speaker 1: like man and the guy who picked the ball off
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  Speaker 1: was really dropping into his own It looked like he
• 7:19
  Speaker 1: was gonna go with his man. He didn't, So Sam
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  Speaker 1: Darnold was three steps out. You know, we've talked about
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  Speaker 1: this before. On some throws, jail and hurts his maid
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  Speaker 1: and the guy just jumped it and it was a
• 7:28
  Speaker 1: bad pick. Now, the second one low red zone. That's
• 7:31
  Speaker 1: tough when you throw it to the lineman right there.
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  Speaker 1: You know. The bad to me, bad interceptions are when
• 7:36
  Speaker 1: you're holding onto the ball. You're holding on to the ball,
• 7:38
  Speaker 1: holding on to the ball, you try to go somewhere,
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  Speaker 1: you're late, you try to thread it to a window
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  Speaker 1: with three defenders, or you sail a ball and it
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  Speaker 1: hits the safety when you were trying to hit the
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  Speaker 1: tight end over the middle. Those are bad interceptions. One
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  Speaker 1: where a defense fools you and your three step bam
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  Speaker 1: out and they pick it off. That's you have to
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  Speaker 1: tip your cap sometimes to the defense. So I thought
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  Speaker 1: one of those two and interceptions that Darnald threw wasn't that bad.
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  Speaker 1: But really, for the first three quarters, I mean it
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  Speaker 1: was under dress, he didn't know where he wanted to
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  Speaker 1: go with the ball. He took jig bow away, and
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  Speaker 1: he didn't really have any other outlets. So I think
• 8:12
  Speaker 1: the Rams played a pretty good game, especially defensively, for
• 8:16
  Speaker 1: a team that allowed thirty eight points. What they really
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  Speaker 1: did was they allowed twenty three offensive points in regulation. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: not great, but not terrible to a good Seattle Seahawks team,
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  Speaker 1: by the way. So and then obviously in overtime, both
• 8:34
  Speaker 1: teams are exhausted, both defenses are tired, So I don't
• 8:37
  Speaker 1: really hold I don't really say the Seahawks and Rams
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  Speaker 1: played bad defense in overtime, and they've been on the
• 8:42
  Speaker 1: field a lot. It's an NFC game, NFC West game,
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  Speaker 1: there's a ton at stake, the number one seed. So
• 8:48
  Speaker 1: the fact that both quarterbacks were able to march there
• 8:51
  Speaker 1: their offensives down in overtime doesn't surprise me, and I
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  Speaker 1: don't looked at that as a knock on either defense.
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  Speaker 1: At that point, you're hanging on by a thread and
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: trying to summon all that you can. But you want
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  Speaker 1: to ask me where this game changed and where it
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  Speaker 1: was lost for the Rams was on the punt return
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  Speaker 1: because that gave the Rams, that gave the Seahawks life,
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  Speaker 1: and it just made the Rams defense have to then
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  Speaker 1: get back on the field after that, after I Live
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  Speaker 1: it was a three and out and defend again, and
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  Speaker 1: you know eventually you're gonna wear down in a game
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  Speaker 1: like that. So for the moment, the Seahawks are number
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  Speaker 1: one in the NFC, well deserved. They've had a great year.
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  Speaker 1: The Rams, you have not heard the last of them.
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  Speaker 1: The series is one and one, and by the way,
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  Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers are still very much alive in
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  Speaker 1: the NFC West. But the Rams have to go on
• 9:44
  Speaker 1: and play the Falcons and the Cardinals. Sounds like DeVonta
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  Speaker 1: Adams will not play again against the Falcons. Maybe we'll
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  Speaker 1: get him against the Cardinals. Should win both of those games,
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  Speaker 1: should finish thirteen and four. Meanwhile, the Seahawks have to
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  Speaker 1: play the Anthers at Carolina, so they got to travel
• 10:02
  Speaker 1: all the way across the country next week, and then
• 10:04
  Speaker 1: they got to finish up against a forty nine Ers
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  Speaker 1: team that has beaten both the Seahawks and the Rams
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  Speaker 1: this year, and they get the Colts this week. So
• 10:11
  Speaker 1: clearly the Rams schedule is way easier than the Seahawks schedule,
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  Speaker 1: not saying the Seahawks can't get it done. They could
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  Speaker 1: certainly go to a O. They control their own destiny,
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  Speaker 1: but either way, I don't feel like you've heard the last.
• 10:26
  Speaker 1: And then obviously the people who suffer the most or
• 10:28
  Speaker 1: whoever gets the fourth seed, either the Buccaneers or the Panthers,
• 10:32
  Speaker 1: whoever wins the NFC South will undoubtedly be the fourth
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  Speaker 1: seed because they're gonna have to play the fifth seed,
• 10:37
  Speaker 1: and that means they're gonna have to play most likely
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  Speaker 1: the Rams or the Seahawks, with an outside shot of
• 10:44
  Speaker 1: it being the forty nine ers. So a lot left there,
• 10:48
  Speaker 1: but it's kind of rough when you're the fourth seed.
• 10:51
  Speaker 1: You'll win your division by the skin of your teeth
• 10:53
  Speaker 1: and then you have to play in the first round
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  Speaker 1: a team that might win twelve or thirteen games in
• 10:59
  Speaker 1: the regular season. But that's the way the playoffs go,
• 11:02
  Speaker 1: and that's what makes it fun. The Saturday games today,
• 11:06
  Speaker 1: we know how important this is for the Eagles against Commanders,
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  Speaker 1: they have a chance to win the game and get
• 11:11
  Speaker 1: the NFC East title. No team has repeated as NFC
• 11:15
  Speaker 1: East champs in more than twenty years, since the three
• 11:18
  Speaker 1: to four Eagles. So this is now twenty twenty five seasons,
• 11:21
  Speaker 1: so we're talking about twenty one straight seasons right where
• 11:24
  Speaker 1: we haven't seen a repeat champion, So that would be
• 11:26
  Speaker 1: a heck of an accomplishment for the Eagles. And then you
• 11:29
  Speaker 1: got Bears Packers. Now, let's talk about this game Bears Packers.
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  Speaker 1: Right now, the Bears sit in the two seed at
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  Speaker 1: ten and four, even though they lost to Green Bay
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  Speaker 1: the week two weeks ago. This is a rematch from
• 11:41
  Speaker 1: the game two weeks ago the Packers won. The Packers
• 11:44
  Speaker 1: are nine to four and one. This game is in Chicago.
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  Speaker 1: It's actually going to be a decent day in Chicago
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  Speaker 1: for December. I think that the weather is going to
• 11:52
  Speaker 1: be in the thirties. No, I don't think it's supposed
• 11:54
  Speaker 1: to be snowing or sleading or crazy win. It's just
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: going to be a cold night in Chicago. But the
• 12:00
  Speaker 1: most Chicagoans, the cold night in Chicago is in the teens.
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  Speaker 1: This one might be in the thirties and maybe by
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  Speaker 1: the end of the game in the twenties, So not
• 12:08
  Speaker 1: too bad to me. The injuries are the real issue
• 12:13
  Speaker 1: in this game. The Bears are gonna be without two
• 12:18
  Speaker 1: really good wide receivers Roma Dunza, and of course they're
• 12:21
  Speaker 1: rookie Luther Burden, who has played well at times, especially
• 12:24
  Speaker 1: in the absence of a Dunesa. He doesn't always have
• 12:27
  Speaker 1: the most targets, but he comes up with really big catches.
• 12:31
  Speaker 1: Now they are down both of those guys. Now, the
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: Bears are not a huge passing team to begin with,
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: but in a game against a division rival with so
• 12:41
  Speaker 1: much at stake, you want to be at full strength
• 12:45
  Speaker 1: and have all the guys you think you're gonna need.
• 12:48
  Speaker 1: And unfortunately for the Bears, they are not going to
• 12:51
  Speaker 1: have two pretty significant weapons in the passing game. Now
• 12:58
  Speaker 1: the Packers are all so in a little bit of
• 13:01
  Speaker 1: trouble a lot. Let's face it, they lost Micah Parsons,
• 13:04
  Speaker 1: and Parsons wasn't just having a great year. He was
• 13:09
  Speaker 1: having an unbelievable closer type of year, meaning in the
• 13:14
  Speaker 1: fourth quarter in these tough games, Parsons was absolutely dominating
• 13:20
  Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and coming through with some really
• 13:24
  Speaker 1: really big sacks. I mean, there were some games this
• 13:27
  Speaker 1: year that the Packers held on to win because of
• 13:30
  Speaker 1: how he played in the fourth quarter. And now he's
• 13:33
  Speaker 1: out for the rest of the year. Acl Remember they
• 13:37
  Speaker 1: traded for him to put them over the top, and
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: now he's gonna be out, and I just don't know
• 13:44
  Speaker 1: what that's gonna do for this Packers defense on offense
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: that looks like they're okay. Golden will continue, We'll play.
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  Speaker 1: He's good. He has no injury injury designation. Josh Jacobs
• 13:55
  Speaker 1: has been questionable. What else is new. He's always been
• 13:57
  Speaker 1: dealing with the ankle for pretty much the second half
• 14:01
  Speaker 1: of the year. Jayden Reid's good to go. Now. Their
• 14:04
  Speaker 1: right tackle, Zach Tom very good right tackle, He's questionable
• 14:08
  Speaker 1: to play. He didn't practice all week. Same thing, well,
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  Speaker 1: not saying exactly, but Christian Watson who got hurt so
• 14:17
  Speaker 1: badly the wide receiver in the last game that they played,
• 14:20
  Speaker 1: I think it was against against the Broncos. He was
• 14:22
  Speaker 1: in the hospital. He had a chest shoulder injury. Now
• 14:25
  Speaker 1: it wound up not being as bad as they thought,
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  Speaker 1: but he didn't practice at all on the first day
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  Speaker 1: of practice Tuesday, and then he was limited Wednesday and Thursday.
• 14:36
  Speaker 1: Zach Tom didn't practice at all all week. So I
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: have some real concerns about how impactful their right tackle
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: will be and how impactful Christian Watson, who's really had
• 14:47
  Speaker 1: a good year since coming back from the ACL. It's
• 14:50
  Speaker 1: no surprise that ever since he came back and then
• 14:53
  Speaker 1: Jayden Reid came back, that Jordan Love has been on
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: a tear. The Packers have scored a lot more points.
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  Speaker 1: They've looked like a much mo functional team, and they
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: were winning fairly significantly against the Bears a couple of
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: weeks ago. A Bear scored scored some late points to
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: get back in it. But not having if not having
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: a fully strong offense, and if Watson can't three make
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: it through the game, or if Zach Tom can't make
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: it through the game, that's gonna hurt for sure. But
• 15:25
  Speaker 1: I still like the Packers. I think Chicago is going
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: to have to run the ball well, and the Packers,
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: even without Parsons, know how the Bears play. They know
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: that they're predicated on the run, and I think they'll
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: be able to put just enough pressure on Caleb Williams,
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: who's played better lately. I got to give Killer Williams credit.
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: He's played better. It'll be a real test without Michael
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  Speaker 1: Parsons to see if the Packers can really keep it
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: up defensively. The way they have been for most of
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: the year. They've been a really good defensive team. A
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: couple of blips here and there, but they've been brillian good.
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  Speaker 1: Now we'll have to see can they beat the Bears
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  Speaker 1: and then followed by the Ravens and Vikings. I mean,
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: those are all three winnable games for the Packers, but
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: it's got to start today against the Bears. I think
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  Speaker 1: they'll win. If they win, they get to ten four
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  Speaker 1: and one, and then the Bears, who just leap frog
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  Speaker 1: right back into the number two seed. When the Packers
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: lost the Lo Broncos last week and the Bears beat
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: the Browns, right, so there were two then they lost
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  Speaker 1: it and then got right back into it the two.
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  Speaker 1: And if they lose the Bears, they'll go to ten
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  Speaker 1: and five. The Packers will be ten four and one.
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  Speaker 1: The Packers will be in the two seed. Although yes,
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  Speaker 1: because even if the Eagles win at ten and five,
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  Speaker 1: ten to four and one is better than ten and
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  Speaker 1: five obviously, so the Packers will leap back into the
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  Speaker 1: two seed. And let let let's talk about one other
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: thing about this Packers Bears matchup. Matt Lafleur tends to
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: be a conservative coach, but he clearly took umbrage to
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: the Bears coach Ben Johnson in his introductory press conference
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  Speaker 1: all the way back in the offseason to saying that
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: he really enjoyed beating Matt Lafleur twice a year when
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: he was the offensive coordinator of the Lions. I mean,
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: he really rubbed that one in and that did not
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: sit well with Matt Lafleur. I don't know if he
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: saw the post game handshake between Laflour and Ben Johnson
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: after the Packers won two weeks ago against the Bears
• 17:28
  Speaker 1: in Green Bay, but that was a frosty handshake, and
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: it wasn't because they were at lambeau Field. That was
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: not the frozen tundra. That was Matt Lafleur saying gotcha.
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: And there's no question Matt Lafleur wants to say gotcha
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: again because that would make them too and zero against
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  Speaker 1: the Bears and also give them put them right back
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  Speaker 1: atop the NFC North and at the two seed. It's
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: gonna be a great game if the Bears win and
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  Speaker 1: they get to eleven and four and Green Bay to
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: nine and five. Pretty great story by Ben Johnson Caleb
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: Williams and the Chicago Bears, who have a very good defense.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: So really look forward to watching that and seeing how
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: that one goes. And those are your Saturday games. As
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: for your Sunday games, you know, the biggest ones obviously
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: are Tampa Bay Carolina that that is going to decide
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: the NFC South. The Bucks have played as bad as
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: you can play. I'm really curious to see how they
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: respond to Todd Bowles, who, after they lost last week
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: to the Falcons, really took his team to task. I
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: mean he in a way I mentioned this on the
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: show in a way that you don't ordinarily see coaches
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: do anymore. He basically said, the coaches have done everything
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: they can do. It's up to the players to hold
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: themselves accountable. Baker Mayfield came out and said, Hey, I
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: got to look at myself in the mirror. And then
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: Todd Bowles kind of walked back his harshness during the week,
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: but he said if everybody looked in the mirror the
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: way Baker is going to look in the mirror, then
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: this team will be fine. And when I hear that,
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: I just get the sense that because he's a defensive
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: minded head coach, and because the Bucks have not exactly
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: played great on defense lately, I get the sense he's
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: talking to his defense. I think Todd Bowles is frustrated
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: with how his defense played. You can't allow twenty nine
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: points to the Atlanta Falcons, who came back to win
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: that game despite being on their backup quarterback with Kirk Cousins,
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: who's a good backup quarterback. But the Falcons have been
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: having a terrible year. They were without Drake London. You know,
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: their real only weapon is Bijon Robinson, who had a
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: great game, but they were Kirk Cousins was hitting guys
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: like David Sills for big plays in that game. I mean,
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: if you're the Buccaneers, you look at that game and
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: by the way, you're coming off a loss to the
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: Saints the week before, you've lost five out of six.
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: Now in losing the Falcons, I get the sense that
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: Todd Bowles is very frustrated with his defense and is
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: basically calling them out. And we'll see how they respond
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: against a Panthers team that can be very good certain weeks,
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: can be very bad the other weeks. They are a
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: tough team to figure out. But no matter what They're
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: not a great offensive team. Yes, they scored thirty one
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: against the Rams a couple of weeks ago. That was
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: a big turnover game for the Rams. Yes they scored
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: thirty against the Falcons, but the Falcons have a terrible defense.
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: But you know, they're also a team that lost seventeen
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: to seven to the Saints. They're also a team that
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: lost twenty to nine to the forty nine ers in
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: Week twelve, and then last week they lost too to
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: the Saints. Again, they got swept by the Saints. They
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: lost twenty to seventeen. So this is not a great
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: offensive team. If the Panthers allow twenty some odd points
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: to uh, I'm sorry. If the Bucks allowed twenty some
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: odd points this game to the Panthers and lose, then
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: it's gonna legitimize what Todd Bowles said. And then you're
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: gonna look at the Panthers is now being in the
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: driver's seat for the NFC South. Now, remember these two
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: teams play each other twice in the next three weeks.
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: It's kind of like the way the Eagles go Commanders,
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: Bills Commanders. Well, for these two teams, they're playing Sunday,
• 21:14
  Speaker 1: and they're playing it again in two weeks, and obviously
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: all those times are to be determined now. The Panthers
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: in between have to play the Seahawks. The Bucks in
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: between have to play the Dolphins. So the Bucks could
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: afford to lose this game and still probably win. But
• 21:31
  Speaker 1: you lose this game, you get to seven and eight.
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: That means you've lost six of your last seven, with
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: only a win over the Cardinals, a three point win
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: over the Cardinals. I'm telling you, you lose this game.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: I don't have much faith. I'd have more faith than
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: the Panthers figuring it out than the Buccaneers if the
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: Bucks lose this game. I felt the Bucks were gonna
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: win this division all season long. I felt that when
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: they went through their November struggles, losing to the Patriots,
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: the Bills, and the Rams, that that was mainly because
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: of their injury issues. No Bucky Irving, no Chris Godwin,
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: no Mike Evans. But I can't get I mean, they've
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: got guys back now, although they're healthy. Baker Mayfield is
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: a little banged up, but there's really no excuse. I
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: think they're the better team. But that's because the Panthers
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: some days look like the worst team of football and
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: other days look like a really good team and I
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: can't figure them out. It'll be a great game. And again,
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: they play each other two times in the next three weeks.
• 22:27
  Speaker 1: But right now, right now, because a schedule, it's more
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: important for the Panthers to win the game because they'll
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: have to play the Seahawks next week. But just for
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: overall belief, if the Bucks lose this game, it's hard
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: to believe in them to be able to finish this
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: thing off and win the division. And even if they do,
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: you're gonna say you're gonna get bounced by the fifth seed.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: You might get whacked at home by about twenty points
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: in that game. The other big games obviously, you know,
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: the AFC East is up for grabs here, and by
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: the way, I forgot to mention that, just to look
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: at it from a sportsbooks stand of view or standpoint,
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: the Bucks are three point favorites in Carolina, so I
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: think that's pretty interesting. So getting back to AFC East,
• 23:14
  Speaker 1: we know Buffalo by beating the Patriots, that pulled within
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: a game of the Patriots. The Bills are in Cleveland.
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: They can't afford to slip up. I don't think they will.
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: They're ten and a half point favorites. They're on a
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: roll right now. They've been a little wonky all year.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: So I do have my eye on this game saying,
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: are the Bills gonna just completely let down like they've
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: done a couple of times this year. I don't think
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: they will. We'll see, But obviously that puts the pressure
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: on New England because New England's in Baltimore. Baltimore's coming
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: off their shutout win over the Bengals. They are still
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: reeling from their loss two weeks ago to the Steelers.
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: They're trying to win this AFC North that seemingly nobody
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: wants to win. Baltimore is seven and seven, Pittsburgh eight
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: and six, all right, Pittsburgh's got a tough game too.
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: They're playing the Lions in Detroit, all right, So this
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: is an opportunity for Baltimore to bridge that game. But
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: they've got to be a Patriots team that just had
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: a ten game win streak snapped last week by the
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: Patriots losing to the Bills. They're gonna be hungry. They're
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: still a very good team. Their strength of victory is
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: still very low, three forty four. It's the worst among
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: all of the teams both either NFC or AFC in
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: the playoffs. I'm sorry, no, San Francisco's three sixties. No. Yeah,
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: New England's three forty four strength of victory is the
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: lowest among any team right now that is in a
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: playoff seed. So that just lets you know that the
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: Patriots have kind of benefited from a cake schedule. So
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: this will be a huge game. Can they go to
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: Baltimore and win this game? I think they can. You know,
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: it's just been a very weird year for Lamar Jackson.
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: He's been hurt, he's been the flu, he's been this,
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: He's been that. They don't run the ball extraordinarily well.
• 25:01
  Speaker 1: Their defense has let down. I mean they run the ball,
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: okay for having Derrick Henry, but they don't run the
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: ball the way the Ravens typically run the ball, which
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: has been strange for them. Their defense was very good
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: against the Bengals and a twenty four to nothing shut out,
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: but that's because of some turnovers. It's not like the
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: Bengals couldn't move the ball at all. It wasn't like that.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: In fact, the Bengals had real issues on third down,
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: but they were three for five on fourth down, and
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: they did get two hundred and ninety eight yards, so
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: it wasn't that's not great, But the Ravens only had
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: three hundred and seventeen yards, so the yardage disparity wasn't
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: as big as the final score disparity at twenty four
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: to nothing. So very interesting game. I think it's going
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: to be fantastic because each team, the Patriots and the Ravens,
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: really need it. If the Patriots lose in the win,
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: then it's uh oh, then you got a very interesting
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: finish there in the AFC East. Right If the Ravens win,
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: and especially if the Steelers lose to the Lions, then
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: you got a really interesting AFC North finish. Either way,
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: it's gonna be really fantastic. The last two weeks for
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: the AFC North and the AFC East are gonna be
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: very vital. Now, however, if the Patriots win and they
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: go to twelve and three and the Bills, even if
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: the Bills win at eleven four, it's gonna put a
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: whole lot of pressure on the Bills to be able
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: to win the division. So I would say a Patriots
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: win here would probably make the drama in the AFC
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: East a lot a lot different. You know, Patriots win,
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: they're gonna be in in good hands there, but definitely
• 26:46
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  Speaker 1: you got Jacksonville at Denver. You know, Denver is playing
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: such great football. They are clearly right now the best
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: team in the AFC. I don't think there's any question
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: about it. They're twelve and two, that they've lot. They
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  Speaker 1: were one and two, now they're twelve and two. So
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  Speaker 1: they've won twelve straight games. You know what I like
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  Speaker 1: to say, the more games you win in a row,
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: the closer you get to your next loss. Which is true. However,
• 31:01
  Speaker 1: this Jaguars team. Let me first give my Mia Kolpa.
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: I have called the Jacksonville Jaguars frauds all year long.
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: I have said I don't believe in them. I said
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: their offense is a train wreck and that they are
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: saved week in and week out by their defense. And
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: when they traded for Jacoby Myers, sending two picks to
• 31:19
  Speaker 1: the Las Vegas Raiders, I said that they were nuts.
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: That they should have been sellers because they weren't gonna
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: win anything this year. They should have been sellers and
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: tried to rebuild this team and this offense, and ever
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: since they have basically they've won. Well, I think they won.
• 31:36
  Speaker 1: They lost to the after the trade deadline. They lost
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: to the Texans, okay, and that put them at five
• 31:42
  Speaker 1: and four, and then they have now won five straight
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: games to get the ten and four, including now they
• 31:48
  Speaker 1: beat the Chargers. They beat them badly, thirty five to six.
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: They beat the Colts thirty six nineteen. Although the Colts
• 31:54
  Speaker 1: have been in a free fall, we know that their
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: other wins have been okay. You know, you beat the Jets,
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: to beat the Tighter, to beat the Cardinals, those are
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: teams you should beat. But I have to give them
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: their respects. Now, if you're that good, go in and
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: beat Denver, because Denver has won all these games in
• 32:12
  Speaker 1: a row. They're bound for a letdown. Something's gonna happen.
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: And if you win, you get to eleven and four
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: and you have a chance if New England loses, to
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: get to the two seed. Plus you have a chance
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: at ten and four right now to get to eleven
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: and four and get the Texans off your back because
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: the Texans are only one game behind. The Texans are
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: nine and five, and guess what you've lost to the
• 32:36
  Speaker 1: Texans this year. You're one in one, so you don't
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: have any tiebreaker against them. And the Texans got it
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: easy this week they get the Raiders. So the Texans
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: are definitely getting a ten and five. So if the
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: Jaguars lose to the Broncos, then you got a tie
• 32:51
  Speaker 1: between the Texans and the Jags, And that makes the
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: AFC South very very interesting over the last two weeks.
• 32:58
  Speaker 1: And who would that favor. Well, all I know is
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: the Texans end the year against the Chargers and the Colts,
• 33:05
  Speaker 1: all right, the Jaguars end of the year against the
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: Colts and the Titans. Feels like those are both winnable
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: games for both. So this might come down to a
• 33:13
  Speaker 1: conference record for both these teams. But if the Jags
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: win this game. That makes it if the Jazz lose,
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: and that if the Jags lose and the Texans win,
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: then it's gonna come down to those two weeks. So
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: it's be very It's gonna be interesting. Regardless. Do I
• 33:32
  Speaker 1: like Jacksonville to beat the Broncos, I don't. I just
• 33:35
  Speaker 1: think that the Broncos have a very, very very good defense,
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: and Jacksonville's offense is coming along. I think baseieal Touton's
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: gonna be out. That's their rookie running back that they
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: try to use. Jacoby Myers has come through. Brian Thomas
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: Junior has played a lot better. Their offense has looked
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: better over the last few weeks. I have to give
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: them that credit. You know, they scored forty eight against
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: the Jets, they scored thirty six against the Colts, and
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: we're coming off a game in which Trevor Lawrence threw
• 34:03
  Speaker 1: five touchdowns in ran for a touchdown. Now, that's not
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: gonna happen every week, folks, obviously, I know that, right.
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: So that makes me kind of feel like maybe the
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: Jaguars are peaking offensively a little too really, as they're
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: going feeling their oats a little too really, going into
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: this Broncos game, but we will see Broncos win. They
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: get to thirteen and two, and it'll be a twelve
• 34:24
  Speaker 1: game win streak and they will clearly establish themselves as
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: the best team in the AFC. Doesn't mean they're gonna
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: win the AFC, but they've been the best team in
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: the AFC for most of the year and this would
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: be another really good statement win for them. They are
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: favored to win this game by three and a half.
• 34:45
  Speaker 1: And then the Monday night game is really interesting because
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: the Niners will be going to the Colts. You gotta
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: give Philip Rivers a lot of credit. He kept them
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: in that game last week, gave him a chance to win,
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: put them ahead, and then obviously the Colts lose on
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: the field goal by the Seahawks. Jason Myers, We've won
• 35:02
  Speaker 1: a great game. What a great job by Philip Rivers
• 35:05
  Speaker 1: to go in there, control the line of scrimmage. Can't
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: throw the ball very far, but he plays the game
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: like he did when he was, you know, in his prime.
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: I mean he's gonna he's gonna dump it off to
• 35:16
  Speaker 1: his tight end, he's gonna hit his running bag, he's
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: gonna thread some windows. I mean, he's not gonna put
• 35:20
  Speaker 1: the ball very far down the field. He's about forty
• 35:23
  Speaker 1: something years old, but he can give them a chance.
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: The Colts just have to be able to play good
• 35:27
  Speaker 1: defense and run the ball. Meanwhile, the forty nine Ers
• 35:32
  Speaker 1: continue to roll, They continue to win the games that
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: they are supposed to win. They are every bit alive
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: in the NFC West. They've had a cake schedule, that's okay,
• 35:43
  Speaker 1: They've had a ton of injuries that they've navigated. They've
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: won four in a row. And if they go win
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: this game against the Indianapolis Colts, they get to eleven
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: and four, and that's significant for them because that puts
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: them still alive in the NFC West. Remember, they've beaten
• 35:59
  Speaker 1: the Sea already once this year, they've beaten the Rams
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: already once this year, and they end the year against
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: the Seahawks. So if they can stay within a game
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: of the Seahawks and then get to that season finale
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: and somehow pull it off, then amazing the forty nine
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: Ers could wind up as a top seed in the NFC.
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: Hard to believe, right, hard to believe. But their schedule
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: goes Colts, Bears, Seahawks, so a very interesting three games
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: stretch in which the forty nine ers could eventually become
• 36:32
  Speaker 1: the number one seed. I don't see that happening. Or
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: the forty nine ers could be bounced out of the
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: playoff picture all together. That would take a monumental collapse,
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: and you know, then you'd have to see if Detroit
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: can win out and leap program. But just an interesting
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: scenario where the forty nine ers are right now. Unfortunately
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: for them, they can never stay healthy. I know Piercel's
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: banged up. They never got Brandon Ayuk back. With a
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: mess of a situation, that is, they're leaning heavily on Kittle,
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: on McCaffrey, who has had an unbelievable year. It's like
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: the most or the least discussed storyline. Remember how two guys, right,
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: two guys in the NFCUS going into the season opener,
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: people were biting their fingernails. Matthew Stafford had a back
• 37:19
  Speaker 1: injury that kept him out almost all the training camp,
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: and then right before the season opener, McCaffrey was questionable
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: because of a calf injury I believe it was, and
• 37:28
  Speaker 1: everybody said, oh no, not the calf again. That's what
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: kept him out pretty much all last year and all
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: McCaffrey has done, has had an unbelievable year. Stay healthy.
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: He's one of the leading receivers in the NFL and
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: leading rushers in the NFL. His yards from scrimmages through
• 37:45
  Speaker 1: the roof. He's that an unbelievable year. And you know
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: when Kittle plays, he's great, and the running game is great.
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: Black Purty has come back and played well. And you
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: have to just give Robert Sell all the credit in
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: the world. He has lost every good player he's had
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: on defense, from Nick Bosa to Fred Warner. Lost some
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: guys a free agency. Bryce Houff been banged up. They
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: really are making it work almost with like bubble gum
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: and popsicle sticks. And here they are at ten and four,
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: So good for them. A nice story. Hasn't been a
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: cack schedule, sure, but you know what, they're eight and
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: two in the NSCA. They have the best record against
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: NFC teams than any other team right now. That is
• 38:26
  Speaker 1: actually it's just any team in the NFC. They have
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: the best record in the NFC. Hard to believe that
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: it would be the forty nine ers I'm really interested in. Obviously,
• 38:38
  Speaker 1: the Chiefs at the Titans. Because the Titans are at
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: home and there are three point undrugs. The Chiefs have
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: everybody out. Obviously, this will be the first game without
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: Pastor Mahomes and the ACL injury. I think we're schid right.
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: Rice is banged up, the offensive line is still banged up,
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: and Tennessee comes to play. Tennessee doesn't have a lot
• 38:57
  Speaker 1: of wins, but they try to make it difficult. They're
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: not sitting there trying to lay over for anybody. You know,
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: they'll win a couple of weeks ago against the Browns,
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: and I think that there's an opportunity here for Tennessee
• 39:10
  Speaker 1: with a defense that's pretty good, to be very disruptive
• 39:13
  Speaker 1: against Gardner Minshew led Kansas City with a banged up
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: offensive line, banged up offense, banked up guys on defense.
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: I saw the last time I looked at the Kansas
• 39:23
  Speaker 1: City Chiefs injury report, I think they had like seven
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: guys out, including Mahomes. Obviously, so kind of interested in
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: that game just to see if the Chiefs just go
• 39:32
  Speaker 1: completely in the tank. Not to suggest their tanking, I
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: just mean if that they go in the tank, then
• 39:36
  Speaker 1: they lose their next few games because they're eliminated, and
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: because they have nobody left to play Chargers Cowboys, that's
• 39:45
  Speaker 1: an interesting game. You know, the Cowboys are technically still
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: in it. They have to win out. They're one and
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: a half point favorites the Chargers week in and week out. Continue.
• 39:54
  Speaker 1: That's another team I've been wrong about, rule right about,
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: but wrong about. I said that their offense would be
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: no good after they their offensive tackles, and that hasn't been.
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: You know, they did beat the Raiders thirty one to fourteen,
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: but that was after they lost thirty five to six
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: to the Jaguars. Then they played the Eagles and that
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: was not an offensive mastermind display. They won twenty two nineteen,
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: and then they beat the Chiefs last week sixteen to thirteen.
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: Their defense is that good. I just felt like it
• 40:20
  Speaker 1: was asking too much of this defense to win games
• 40:23
  Speaker 1: week in and week out, and maybe it will be.
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: Maybe they will not be able to hold up against
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: the Cowboys in Dallas. We'll see if they win the game.
• 40:31
  Speaker 1: You got, If they win the game, the Chargers will
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: have won four straight. They'll be eleven and four. They'll
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: end the season against the Texans and Broncos, and that'll
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: be very difficult. But you have to give Jim Harbaugh,
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: Jesse Minter, the defensive coordinator, he'll get a job a
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: lot of credit. They have fooled a lot of good quarterbacks.
• 40:50
  Speaker 1: They have played excellent defense, have gotten a good pass
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: rush there on the back end with Derwin James. They've
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: been able to take really good quarterbacks and make them
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: look gorder andy. And if they're going to win this thing,
• 41:02
  Speaker 1: and as far as they go, it's gonna be on
• 41:04
  Speaker 1: their defense because right now offensively they're just average. To me,
• 41:09
  Speaker 1: it's gonna hurt him. It's gonna catch up to them.
• 41:12
  Speaker 1: I mean, it looks like they'll be in the playoffs.
• 41:14
  Speaker 1: I don't know if they'll win a first round playoff
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: game if their defense has to basically win it, but
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: we'll see. I gotta give them their credit. They have
• 41:22
  Speaker 1: done very well. But it is telling that the Cowboys
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: are one and a half point favorites in this game
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: Miami four and a half point favorites over Bengals. That's
• 41:31
  Speaker 1: only interesting because to Tunga Tonguat Violoa is benched. Quinn
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: Ewers will get the start. I didn't love quinn Ewers
• 41:38
  Speaker 1: coming out of Texas. They kind of leap frog him
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: over Zach Wilson here to make a start. The Bengals
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: are four and a half point favorites in Miami. I
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: think it's gonna be kind of a rough go but
• 41:49
  Speaker 1: some for the Dolphins. But sometimes you see a quarterback
• 41:52
  Speaker 1: change spark an offense, So maybe something will happen with
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: the Dolphins there, you know. On the other side the Bengals,
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: and there's a lot of talk about Burrow and just
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: losing faith in the Bengals, maybe wanting to be out.
• 42:04
  Speaker 1: He's gonna finish out the string, he's gonna start. They
• 42:07
  Speaker 1: want to try to establish some momentum. We'll see if
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: they can against Dolphins. I got my eye on Saints
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: and Jets because Tyler Shuck has played well. I mean
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: he's played well for a rookie and the Saints. The
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: Saints are six and a half point favorites over the Jets.
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: The Saints have done an excellent job of not only
• 42:27
  Speaker 1: developing Tyler Shuck along the way here over the last
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: five to six weeks, but they've won two in a row.
• 42:33
  Speaker 1: They've upset two teams that are trying to win the division.
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: In the Buccaneers and Panthers back to back weeks. Now
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: they're four and ten and they get Jets, Titans, Falcons. Honestly,
• 42:44
  Speaker 1: they could finish seven and ten, and maybe that would
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: mean the Saints don't need to go and look for
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: a quarterback. Maybe Tyler Shuck will be that guy, and
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: I may not be Joe Montana and Tom Brady. But
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: if they can win and feel comfortable and then build
• 42:59
  Speaker 1: the rest of the team around it, maybe become a
• 43:01
  Speaker 1: run team, maybe become a defensive team like they used
• 43:05
  Speaker 1: to be. I just think it's really interesting that they're
• 43:07
  Speaker 1: six and a half point favorites over the Jets and
• 43:09
  Speaker 1: if they win the love one three in a row
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: with a chance to get to five in a row
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: by the end of the year. And good job by
• 43:16
  Speaker 1: Kellum Moore there, excellent job. The Vikings are at the Giants, man,
• 43:23
  Speaker 1: the Giants really need to win, you know. The Vikings
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: are two and a half point favorites. JJ McCarthy's playing better.
• 43:28
  Speaker 1: His touchdown celebrations are bothering his head coach, though, I
• 43:31
  Speaker 1: think that's kind of weird on the head coach's part.
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: But whatever. The Giants, though, they need to win. They
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: just they need some kind of went. If they lose
• 43:39
  Speaker 1: this game, they're getting closer and closer to wrapping up
• 43:42
  Speaker 1: that number one pick. I mean, they've lost eight games
• 43:47
  Speaker 1: in a row now, nine, No eight, I'm sorry eight.
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: Some of them were against difficult teams. But you know,
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? You gotta win again. They
• 43:57
  Speaker 1: lost the Commanders last week twenty nine, twenty one killed
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: by the Patriots. Yeah, they've played a tough schedule, and
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: it seems like week after week you go through these
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: losses Broncos, Eagles, Niners, Bears, Packers, Lions, Patriots. That's brutal.
• 44:11
  Speaker 1: They're always playing a team that's better than them. But
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: by the same token, they lost to the Saints in
• 44:15
  Speaker 1: Week five when the Saints were starting Spencer Rattler, and
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: here comes the Minnesota Vikings team. They're banged up on defense,
• 44:22
  Speaker 1: they're banged up a left tackle. It's a good chance
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: for the Giants to pull out a win as an
• 44:27
  Speaker 1: underdog at home, but I don't have a lot of
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: faith in them. I don't know how you could Falcons
• 44:34
  Speaker 1: at Cardinals. You know, the Falcons are coming off that
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: big win against the Bucks. Now they're playing a terrible
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: Cardinals team in Arizona, the three point favorites. The shame
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: of it, as Raheem Morris said last week, is that
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: we're not gonna be able to see Bejhon Robinson in
• 44:49
  Speaker 1: the playoffs because he is truly, in my mind, the
• 44:52
  Speaker 1: best running back in the NFL. Just watching him as
• 44:55
  Speaker 1: much as I have this year, he just checks off
• 44:58
  Speaker 1: every single bo do everything. He may not be the
• 45:01
  Speaker 1: best at a best running back at any one specific thing,
• 45:07
  Speaker 1: but he's good at every single thing. And he is
• 45:10
  Speaker 1: their offense. And you know, these are two teams, two
• 45:13
  Speaker 1: birds that will not be in the playoffs. I talked
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: about Pittsburgh Detroit. Pittsburgh has done a nice job. They've
• 45:20
  Speaker 1: proven me wrong. I thought they were frauds. But you
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: can't go into the you need to win, and you're
• 45:25
  Speaker 1: going into against a Lions team that is very hungry
• 45:28
  Speaker 1: trying to prove that they can win out. Pittsburgh got
• 45:30
  Speaker 1: some injuries. To me, the biggest thing about the Steelers
• 45:34
  Speaker 1: is that they're not gonna have her Big and they're
• 45:35
  Speaker 1: not gonna have a lot, so they're gonna have a
• 45:38
  Speaker 1: real tough time on indoor surface rushing the passer and
• 45:42
  Speaker 1: when you have tough time rushing the passer against the
• 45:44
  Speaker 1: Lions and Jared Goff, it's tough to win. So they
• 45:47
  Speaker 1: better be tight on defense. The Steelers, they better have
• 45:49
  Speaker 1: a plan because without those two pass rushers, it might
• 45:52
  Speaker 1: be a really long afternoon for them. Houston talked about them.
• 45:57
  Speaker 1: They're playing the Raiders. They're fourteen and a half point
• 45:59
  Speaker 1: five favorites. They've been on a roll. They're scoring, they're
• 46:02
  Speaker 1: moving the ball well, not explosive. It's weird. They get
• 46:06
  Speaker 1: explosive plays, but as an offense, they're not still not
• 46:08
  Speaker 1: great and consistent, but they probably won't have to be
• 46:11
  Speaker 1: to beat the Raiders. I don't know if I would
• 46:15
  Speaker 1: put money on them to cover the fourteen and a half,
• 46:18
  Speaker 1: just because the Texans don't score a ton of points.
• 46:20
  Speaker 1: But this if any team's gonna give up, you know,
• 46:24
  Speaker 1: enough to lose by more than two possessions to the Texans,
• 46:27
  Speaker 1: it would be the Raiders. And that's it. I've gone
• 46:30
  Speaker 1: through already the other games, and it'll be a fun
• 46:33
  Speaker 1: Saturday and Sunday of football watching. You guys know that
• 46:36
  Speaker 1: I've been awful with my picks. I'm even starting to
• 46:39
  Speaker 1: lose my ground when I was number one, and I
• 46:41
  Speaker 1: pick them where I pick every game. I've got a
• 46:44
  Speaker 1: sixth place, still better than I do on this show.
• 46:47
  Speaker 1: Last week I went one and two. That seems to
• 46:49
  Speaker 1: be what I do every week. I lost on the
• 46:51
  Speaker 1: Chiefs six and a half point favorites over the Chargers.
• 46:54
  Speaker 1: I lost on the Panthers. I took them two and
• 46:56
  Speaker 1: a half points favorite over the same points. Obviously, the
• 47:01
  Speaker 1: both those teams lost out right. I did win on
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: the Cardinals' not. SORRY i won on The texans with
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: the big number against The cards nine and a half
• 47:09
  Speaker 1: point favorites over The. Cardinals they won by, twenty SO
• 47:11
  Speaker 1: i won on that, too at a one and. Two
• 47:14
  Speaker 1: that brings my grand total to seventeen and twenty eight
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: for the. Year i've been. Terrible what CAN i. Say
• 47:20
  Speaker 1: i'm not gonna run from. It this. WEEK i like
• 47:23
  Speaker 1: The titans getting three at home against The. CHIEFS i
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: just think The chiefs are so banged up and The
• 47:28
  Speaker 1: titans are still playing. Hard you're giving The titans some
• 47:30
  Speaker 1: points at. Homes they're at, Home they're gonna be motivated
• 47:33
  Speaker 1: because The chiefs team with so many Out, Yeah i'll
• 47:35
  Speaker 1: take The titans with the POINTS i like The lions
• 47:37
  Speaker 1: at home against The. Steelers the numbers is a little
• 47:40
  Speaker 1: bit big, seven but again with The steelers missing what
• 47:44
  Speaker 1: they're missing on, defense in the pass rush and even
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: on the offensive, LINE i think this is a good
• 47:48
  Speaker 1: spot for The lions to get a win and probably
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: win by more than a. Touchdown AND i like The
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: patriots getting three points on the road against The. Ravens
• 47:58
  Speaker 1: DO i think The ravens can? Win, YEAH i could
• 48:00
  Speaker 1: see them winning by last second field will go by.
• 48:02
  Speaker 1: One BUT i could also see The patriots winning this,
• 48:05
  Speaker 1: game getting the big play back in their offense and
• 48:08
  Speaker 1: winning this game by a touchdown or more because The
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: ravens have been very. Inconsistent so give me The patriots
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: getting three points In. Baltimore that's gonna do. It for
• 48:17
  Speaker 1: The inside The Birds week sixteen, Preview it's gonna be
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: a great week of. Football saturday And sunday always. Is
• 48:24
  Speaker 1: have a great. One next TIME i see you guys
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: will be After, christmas so please have happy, Holidays Merry,
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: Christmas Happy. Honikah AND i was always enjoy your football
• 48:35
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