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NFL Week 6 Pre: It's The J.J. McCarthy Era For The Going Nowhere Giants · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hello, everybody. Welcome to the week seven NFL preview on
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: Inside the Birds. I'm Jeff Mosher. And look, there are
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  Speaker 1: not a ton of great matchups this weekend, but you
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  Speaker 1: got treated to a fantastic Thursday night game, which only
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  Speaker 1: happens about, I don't know, once a year. So cherish that.
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: You don't get it very often. It's a nice start
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  Speaker 1: to the week. Bears obviously positioned themselves well. They've won
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  Speaker 1: two in a row ever since getting blown out. by
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: the Packers, Caleb Williams came back, and he's looked good.
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  Speaker 1: He's looked very, very good. You watch that game against
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  Speaker 1: the Patriots, and both teams made some mistakes. They did.
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  Speaker 1: There was an end zone interception from May. Caleb Williams
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  Speaker 1: took a bad sack, wound up not hurting them because
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  Speaker 1: they still got the game-winning field goal. But the reality
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  Speaker 1: is when you watch that game, at least for me,
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  Speaker 1: I think you saw some really exciting quarterback play. May
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  Speaker 1: has really come on since the first few weeks of
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  Speaker 1: the season. And Williams obviously is coming back from the
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: hamstring injury. Williams reminds me of 2017 Carson Wentz, where
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  Speaker 1: he will make some mistakes. He'll be a little bit
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  Speaker 1: inaccurate at times, but there's going to be six or
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  Speaker 1: seven plays that Williams makes where you just stop and say,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how many people can make that play.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how many quarterbacks can do that. Whether
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  Speaker 1: it's a throw on the run, whether it's his own run,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's just a decision that only he can make,
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  Speaker 1: a throw into a tight window. He made an unbelievable
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  Speaker 1: throw in the fourth quarter in a tight window to
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  Speaker 1: Loveland that got dropped. I mean, Loveland should have had it.
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  Speaker 1: Loveland did have a good game, although he left– with
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  Speaker 1: a knee injury. We'll see how that impacts them going forward.
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  Speaker 1: But there were some times where I was watching Caleb
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  Speaker 1: Williams and he just missed some guys. He missed some
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  Speaker 1: guys on and out. He missed a few. He missed
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  Speaker 1: Loveland over the middle on a big third down in
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  Speaker 1: the third quarter after the Patriots had scored a touchdown
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  Speaker 1: and kind of got close. But he's an exciting player.
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  Speaker 1: He makes a ton of plays. And the thing about
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  Speaker 1: the Bears is they're not getting this home run hitting
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  Speaker 1: run game that they were getting last year. Swift was okay.
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  Speaker 1: It was good. You know, Menon guy has been hurt.
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  Speaker 1: They're not just steamrolling teams in the run game like
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  Speaker 1: they did last year, but they've gotten so much more
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  Speaker 1: out of Caleb Williams in his second year in Ben
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  Speaker 1: Johnson system. You saw Luther burden. I mean, let's be honest, Caleb,
• 2:59
  Speaker 1: Caleb hit Luther burden on three or four passes where
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  Speaker 1: burden was wide open. So you credit the scheme, more
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  Speaker 1: than the quarterback or the receiver on those plays, but
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  Speaker 1: burden and Loveland are catching passes. You know, Roma dunes,
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  Speaker 1: they came up with a huge, huge catch in the
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarter on a ball is a little behind and low. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's almost the forgotten man. And yet he, I think
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  Speaker 1: he was the highest of all the draft picks that
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  Speaker 1: they have there on offense there. When they move up
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  Speaker 1: and down the field, they are functioning at a really,
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  Speaker 1: really high level. Uh, They did not a couple weeks
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  Speaker 1: ago against the Packers. They've seemingly gotten themselves straightened out.
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  Speaker 1: They're 5-2. They're in a good position. They're exciting. And
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  Speaker 1: I think the Patriots will be fine. They lost the game,
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  Speaker 1: but they're 4-3. They still need to get that connection
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  Speaker 1: between May and A.J. Brown going. It has not been
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  Speaker 1: good when, obviously, A.J. missed a bunch of games, but
• 4:00
  Speaker 1: he's come back, had a lot of targets, but not
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  Speaker 1: had a lot of production per se. They did get
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  Speaker 1: kind of a gift touchdown there to Ramondre Stevenson at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the first half, but it is still
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  Speaker 1: a Patriots team that I think is going to be dangerous.
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  Speaker 1: I think May has been much improved since the first
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  Speaker 1: few weeks of the season. They just got to get
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  Speaker 1: him and A.J. Brown on the same page before Brown
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  Speaker 1: starts chirping and making this thing difficult for the locker room.
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  Speaker 1: But a good Thursday night game leads us into an
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  Speaker 1: interesting Sunday slate, we'll talk about the games. The first
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  Speaker 1: one's going to be in Paris at 9.30, so you
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  Speaker 1: get another morning game. But before I go through the games,
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  Speaker 1: I just want to say this will be a very
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  Speaker 1: interesting week for a lot of teams. You have the Colts,
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  Speaker 1: who are 2-4, who've already fired their GM. You have
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  Speaker 1: a Bucs team that is 1-5. You have a couple
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  Speaker 1: of teams that you look at and you say, man,
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  Speaker 1: what would that team be if it was able to
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  Speaker 1: make a trade for? What would the Seahawks be if
• 5:08
  Speaker 1: they got themselves a running back? What could a couple
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  Speaker 1: of teams, the Packers be if they got themselves an
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  Speaker 1: offensive lineman? What would the Lions be if they had
• 5:18
  Speaker 1: themselves another pass rusher or a better cornerback? And so
• 5:21
  Speaker 1: you start to look at the teams that are really
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  Speaker 1: falling out of it. Like I mentioned, the Bucs, of course,
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  Speaker 1: the Dolphins, the Colts, they lose again. They may already
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  Speaker 1: be in fire sale mode now that they fired their GM.
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  Speaker 1: We've seen a couple of trades already, Juergens, Marvin Harrison.
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  Speaker 1: So we'll see if teams continue to lose and spiral
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  Speaker 1: out as we get closer to the trade deadline. Eagles
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  Speaker 1: put the Eagles in there. They lose to the Cowboys.
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  Speaker 1: You'll have to start to wonder if teams will start
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  Speaker 1: picking up the phone and having those discussions, and we'll
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  Speaker 1: see some major movement before the deadline. All right. So
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  Speaker 1: the first game is the nine 30 game in Paris.
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  Speaker 1: As I mentioned, you have the Steelers who are playing
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  Speaker 1: very well against the saints who I know they almost
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  Speaker 1: blew it against the giants last weekend, but they were
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  Speaker 1: dominating the giants. And what happened was Kellen Moore pulled
• 6:17
  Speaker 1: the starters a little bit too early. And then obviously
• 6:20
  Speaker 1: the giants got a little bit of a spark when
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  Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy came in the game, led them to a
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  Speaker 1: few late touchdowns. I don't, I don't, To me, the
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  Speaker 1: Saints were dominating that game. The Saints haven't had it easy,
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  Speaker 1: but that one helps them get back on track. They
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  Speaker 1: are 2-4. Now, there are three-point underdogs in the Superdome.
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  Speaker 1: It's always a tough place to play, although Aaron Rodgers
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  Speaker 1: has played there plenty. So I don't think he'll be
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  Speaker 1: thrown off by the atmosphere. Again, Steelers are playing well.
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  Speaker 1: The one thing about them, though, is– even with a
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  Speaker 1: beat-up passing game. Remember, they didn't have Michael Pittman. I
• 7:02
  Speaker 1: believe Fryermuth has been banged up. And I said this
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  Speaker 1: last week that Roman Wilson is out, their second-year slot receiver.
• 7:09
  Speaker 1: I told you last week, watch out for this guy,
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  Speaker 1: Jeremy Bernard, Alabama slot receiver, good player, earned Rodgers' trust.
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  Speaker 1: They were talking highly of him. Well, he went out
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  Speaker 1: and had 11 catches, 87 yards, a touchdown, a big touchdown,
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  Speaker 1: including their last touchdown. That kind of sealed the game.
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  Speaker 1: So that was a big win for them against the Bucs.
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  Speaker 1: They were down 13 twice in that game, but had
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  Speaker 1: a big second half. They don't want to play the
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  Speaker 1: way they played with Aaron Rodgers dropping back 49 times.
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  Speaker 1: But the fact that they could win a game with
• 7:44
  Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers now dropping back 49 times shows you what
• 7:48
  Speaker 1: I said last week. Their offensive line is playing a
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  Speaker 1: lot better. Bernard's been helpful. You know, they got Rico
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  Speaker 1: Dowdle back. Jalen Warren has been nice. Metcalf had a
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  Speaker 1: good game. They've now won three of their last four games,
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  Speaker 1: so they've positioned themselves well. If they can go in
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  Speaker 1: and beat the Saints, they'll have the Browns up next week,
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  Speaker 1: and that'll be a tough game because the Browns are
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  Speaker 1: a good team with a good defense. But right now
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers have a good chance to go to 5-2,
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  Speaker 1: and if the Saints can win this game, you'll feel
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  Speaker 1: better about them. Now they're not getting Jordan Tyson back yet,
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  Speaker 1: their eighth overall pick. I think, yeah, eighth overall pick.
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  Speaker 1: Sounds like he's not practicing this week. I think they
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  Speaker 1: have the bye after that. So you might see Jordan
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  Speaker 1: Tyson not next week, but then the week after, week
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  Speaker 1: nine for the Saints. And they really need him. They
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  Speaker 1: need more offensive firepower. One o'clock game, 49ers at Atlanta,
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  Speaker 1: the Falcons. Okay, so here's where I start to talk
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  Speaker 1: about law of averages and the way things catch up
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  Speaker 1: to a team. Right now, You look at the 49ers
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  Speaker 1: at 6-0. They're 2-0 on the road. You look at
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  Speaker 1: the Falcons. They're 2-4. The Falcons have had trouble playing
• 9:01
  Speaker 1: defense at various times throughout the year. They've given up
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  Speaker 1: 30 points in each of the last two games. They're
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  Speaker 1: on a two-game losing streak. However, the 49ers at some point,
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  Speaker 1: all these injuries that they've got, and now Mike Evans
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  Speaker 1: got hurt in that game against Washington. that they just played.
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  Speaker 1: All right. Evans got hurt. He's been banged up a lot.
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  Speaker 1: They have no wide receivers. Brock Purdy has played fantastically.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, he'd probably be, it's either him or Josh Allen.
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  Speaker 1: If the season ended today for MVP, he's got 1,460
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  Speaker 1: passing yards, 14 touchdowns, two interceptions. He's been brilliant, but
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  Speaker 1: this is a game where my red flag is up.
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  Speaker 1: They got to travel to the East coast to play
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  Speaker 1: a one o'clock game against the Falcons and And they've
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  Speaker 1: got just a ton of injuries. Bosa still banged up.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see what the final verdict is on Mike Evans, Debo.
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  Speaker 1: is still hurt. It's going to catch up with them
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  Speaker 1: at some point. The Falcons are two-and-a-half-point underdogs at home
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  Speaker 1: against this 49ers team, and they should be, but I'm
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  Speaker 1: just telling you my radar is up for an upset because,
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  Speaker 1: as we know, the 49ers aren't going to go undefeated
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  Speaker 1: this year. They've had nice wins. I wouldn't even say
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  Speaker 1: that they've played a favorable schedule. They shouldn't. They've had
• 10:25
  Speaker 1: to beat the Rams. They've had to play the Broncos.
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  Speaker 1: They've played the Seahawks. This is one of their lesser
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  Speaker 1: teams in playing the Falcons. They'll have the Raiders and
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys and Vikings next three weeks. They'll be good. They're fine,
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  Speaker 1: but I would watch for a potential trip up this
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  Speaker 1: week in Atlanta. Another 1 o'clock game that it's not
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  Speaker 1: a very exciting game. But, man, the Browns and Titans,
• 10:53
  Speaker 1: the Browns have a chance to go to 5-2. Got
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  Speaker 1: to give them a lot of credit. They were down
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  Speaker 1: early against the Ravens last week. King Henry had 31
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  Speaker 1: rushing yards on his first three carries. And I'm thinking
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  Speaker 1: the same thing, that the Ravens are just going to
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  Speaker 1: cruise here in this win and the Browns are going
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  Speaker 1: to be the Browns. It's not how it worked out.
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  Speaker 1: Browns' defense has been very good. They put the clamps
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  Speaker 1: on the Ravens the rest of the way. Snoop Huntley
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  Speaker 1: did not do a great job. I thought he would
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  Speaker 1: be better, but he didn't. But you give the Browns credit.
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  Speaker 1: They played great defense, figured out a way to win
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  Speaker 1: the game. And slowly but surely, you look at the Browns,
• 11:32
  Speaker 1: and even though I still think you can't really have
• 11:37
  Speaker 1: serious conversations about their potential until they have a quarterback,
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  Speaker 1: because it's not like Deshaun Watson's playing great. But if
• 11:44
  Speaker 1: you look at their defense right now, OK, they've really
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  Speaker 1: got some horses. You know, they have some good players.
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  Speaker 1: They've got Schlesinger. They've got Denzel Ward. They have Jared Verse.
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  Speaker 1: Delpit at safety. They are a pretty good defense and
• 12:02
  Speaker 1: they have really made it tough on a lot of
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  Speaker 1: teams so far. So they're playing a Titans offense, a
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  Speaker 1: Titans team that I get it. Congratulations to Robert Sala.
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  Speaker 1: Won his first game. They beat the Colts. They basically
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  Speaker 1: made the Colts fire their GM after that game because
• 12:19
  Speaker 1: the owner was so disappointed in the direction of the Colts.
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  Speaker 1: But this whole year was supposed to be about getting
• 12:26
  Speaker 1: more from Cam Ward. You're seeing Cardinal Tate and Ward
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  Speaker 1: establish a rapport. Tate had a touchdown last game. He
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  Speaker 1: had 100 yards a couple weeks ago. So two out
• 12:37
  Speaker 1: of the last three weeks, Tate has shown that he's
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  Speaker 1: a first-round receiver and helping the offense. But It's still
• 12:43
  Speaker 1: not a good offense and still not enough from Cam Ward.
• 12:47
  Speaker 1: You can't really be thrilled if you're the Titans with
• 12:50
  Speaker 1: this Brian Dable experiment on how the offense is going.
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  Speaker 1: And now they're going to have to play a very
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  Speaker 1: good Browns defense. So it's only going to continue to
• 12:59
  Speaker 1: be difficult for the Titans until you start to see,
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  Speaker 1: if you ever do, signs of Cam Ward and that
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  Speaker 1: offense really being more functional. And how good will the
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  Speaker 1: Browns feel? if they come out of this game at
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  Speaker 1: five and two and really in the thick of it
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: in the AFC North one o'clock game Colts at Vikings,
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  Speaker 1: the Vikings are home. They're six and a half point
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  Speaker 1: favorites are coming off a buy. You know, I told you,
• 13:24
  Speaker 1: I told you going into the year that the Vikings,
• 13:27
  Speaker 1: you got to give them respect because they got some
• 13:29
  Speaker 1: of the most horrific quarterback play you've ever seen last year.
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  Speaker 1: And they still finished nine and eight. Now it wasn't
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  Speaker 1: good enough to do anything. They were I think they
• 13:38
  Speaker 1: were third or fourth in the NFC North, which is
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  Speaker 1: very competitive, but it also gave them a soft schedule
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  Speaker 1: this year. And they have been, you know, been able
• 13:47
  Speaker 1: to win the games they're supposed to win. They did
• 13:50
  Speaker 1: have a huge win over Green Bay in week one.
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  Speaker 1: So that was very solid for them. They're not getting
• 13:56
  Speaker 1: fantastic quarterback play, but they are getting Jason Jordan Mason
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  Speaker 1: likely back. They're running back who, you know, they want
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  Speaker 1: to get him involved and, take some pressure off Aaron Jones.
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  Speaker 1: And look, this is a Colts team they're playing that
• 14:12
  Speaker 1: is in complete disarray. No Tyler Warren, no Sauce Gardner.
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  Speaker 1: GM got fired, will probably be in sell mode. So
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  Speaker 1: it's very easy to see the Vikings going to 6-0,
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  Speaker 1: and then that'll be huge for them, especially in their
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  Speaker 1: division with the Packers playing well, the Lions playing well.
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  Speaker 1: That'll be huge. Oh, the Bears obviously playing well. Because
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  Speaker 1: after they get to 6-0 by beating the Colts, which
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  Speaker 1: I believe will happen, they will have the Lions, Bills, Packers,
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  Speaker 1: and 49ers. So getting to 6-0 for them has got
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  Speaker 1: to be the objective with the tough part of their
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  Speaker 1: schedule coming up. It will buy them a lot of
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  Speaker 1: currency if they come back to earth a little bit
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  Speaker 1: over the next four weeks after that. One o'clock game, Dolphins-Jets.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, this is a battle for two teams that
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  Speaker 1: will be picking teams In the top five, the Jets
• 15:04
  Speaker 1: have been representative. You know, if you look at their
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  Speaker 1: four losses, three of them so far have not been bad.
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  Speaker 1: They've been respectable in one. There was one against the
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  Speaker 1: Bears where, you know, they were out gained by like
• 15:15
  Speaker 1: 400 yards. That wasn't very good. And you're starting to
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  Speaker 1: see some glimpses of their future. They've had a couple
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  Speaker 1: of weeks where Kenyon Sadiq, one of their three first
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: round picks, has played well. Last week, they got a
• 15:28
  Speaker 1: 100-yard game from Omar Cook, the Indiana wide receiver that
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: they drafted. in the first round, it sounds like Brees
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: Hall is going to come back. And I will say
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: Braille and Allen has run the ball very well. So
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: it gives them two really good running backs. Do you know,
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: Smith has been fine. Just one interception this year, seven touchdowns.
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  Speaker 1: He's not, not making a lot of splashy plays, but
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  Speaker 1: they're not turning the ball over either. So they have
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: been a representative team at two and four, but if
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: you're Aaron Glenn and you're really trying to show that
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: you're a changed team in year two, you have to
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  Speaker 1: beat this. Oh, and five dolphins team. I know the
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: Dolphins are coming off a bye, but again, your four
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  Speaker 1: and a half point favorites, you can't let a lead
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  Speaker 1: slip away at home like you did against the Packers
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  Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. You got to win this
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  Speaker 1: game and get to three and four and continue to
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  Speaker 1: show that you are making strides with this very young nucleus.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you got your David Bailey first round pick,
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  Speaker 1: the top of the three of their first round picks
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  Speaker 1: playing well at the edge. So you really need to
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  Speaker 1: finish off and put away this dolphins team. And as
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: in terms of the dolphins, this will be, you know,
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: the dolphins really don't have a whole lot of teams
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  Speaker 1: on their schedule that they'll be able to beat this year.
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  Speaker 1: The jets might be one. They do have games against
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: the Colts and chargers later this year. I, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Colts and chargers are still better than them, even though
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: the chargers are, are winless as well. But maybe the
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: dolphins can pull something off here in New York, but
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: that would be bad for Aaron Glenn. He's got to
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: win this game. One o'clock game. Bucks-Panthers, a nice NFC
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  Speaker 1: South game between last year's NFC South champion, the Panthers,
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  Speaker 1: and then the team that won the NFC South two
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  Speaker 1: years before that in the Bucks. But this Bucks team
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: has just been a shell of itself. Now, it sounds
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: like Mayfield is going to be back at quarterback. The
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: Daniels kid did okay. I mean, for an undrafted rookie,
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  Speaker 1: he actually did pretty good. You know, got that win
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  Speaker 1: against Dallas, which was big for them. But Mayfield's back.
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  Speaker 1: The problem is they're down a right tackle. Egbuka might
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: not be able to play. He sustained a concussion in
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: their game last week. If he doesn't play, that's a big,
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: big weapon taken away in their past game. And you're
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: going to need everything you can in your offense against
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  Speaker 1: this Panthers team that continues to be very explosive offensively.
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  Speaker 1: You saw Bryce Young continue to hang in there on
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: the road against the Eagles and make a couple of
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  Speaker 1: really big plays in the past game to Coker, to McMillan.
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: I think Brad Hitzig is doing a fantastic job of
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: scheming up McMillan and Coker across the middle. These guys
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  Speaker 1: are more big, strong receivers who can make yards after
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  Speaker 1: the catch than they are. You know, guys are going
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: to beat you 20, 30 yards down the field, but
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: that offense is clicking. It's using RPOs. It's doing a
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: good job. And, Honestly, you know, they're three-point favorites over
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: the Bucs. I think they should win this game. And
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: that would be big for them. It would get them
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: to 4-2. I believe they would be undefeated still in
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: their division if they won that game, if they win
• 18:41
  Speaker 1: this game against Tampa Bay, which is what you want
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: if you're Carolina, you know, especially coming off last year. Yeah,
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: they would be 2-0 in their division if they win
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: this game. So Carolina has made a lot of strides
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: offensively this year. Bryce Young is playing very well. And
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: winning this game will continue to prove that they are
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: the top dogs in the NFC South. Another good one
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: o'clock AFC North battle. You have the Bengals at the Ravens.
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: The Ravens are one and a half point favorites. It
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: looked bleak at the start of the week, but apparently
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: on Friday, Lamar Jackson was spotted at practice. I don't
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: know if he was a full participant, but they really
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: need him back. Their offense is just different, obviously, when
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: they have the MVP back there. Um, it sounds like
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: they're still working through it. It may be a game
• 19:30
  Speaker 1: time decision. If he doesn't play, I don't like Baltimore's
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: chances that as much, especially with the Bengals coming off
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: a buy. Um, if he does play, I think that
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: they should win the game. Um, the Bengals have been good.
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: The problem with the Bengals right now is that their
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: running game has not been explosive. They've actually been splitting
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: time in carries with their two running backs, Chase Brown
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: and Samaji Pirine. Pirine's a nice running back. He kind
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: of gets you three when you need three. If you
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: need six, he's only going to get you three. Old adage, but...
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: It has surprised me, and I think a lot of
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: fantasy football owners, just how inefficient that Chase Brown has been.
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: He hasn't been as much of a receiver out of
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: the backfield as I thought he would be. So it's
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: kind of the missing piece of their offense at this point.
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: But the Bengals are coming off– the Bengals have lost
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: only two games this year to Jacksonville and Pittsburgh by
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: a combined eight points. So this game, although also– I
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: will say this about this game. Whenever these two teams
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: have played each other, when the quarterbacks have been healthy,
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: it has been a very wild matchup. It usually features
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: a lot of points, and it usually features a lot
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: of wacky turnovers, and it often comes down to the
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: fourth quarter. These teams know each other very well, but
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: they get out of character, especially the Ravens. The Ravens somehow,
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: they always have a good defense, but get out of
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: character sometimes. against the Bengals, and they wind up being
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: very high-scoring games. So if there's anything to watch, it's
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: how well these defenses will be able to play against
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: each other. Sometimes when you get two teams who play
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: each other, the defenses get neutralized. I think you saw
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: that last week in the morning game, the London game
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: between the Texans and the Jags. The Texans, we'll talk
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: about this in a second, were able to eke that
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: game out. They won late Against the Jaguars, it was
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: a 34-31 game. You know, they won in the late
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: field goal. Both of those defenses are very good. It's
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: just that the teams know each other so well. And
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: they were able to move the ball up and down
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: against each other. And it was an exciting game. I
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: didn't think it was a poor defensive game. I just
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: thought both Lawrence and C.J. Stroud did a really good
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: job of making plays against the defenses. So that's what
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: I expect you'll see if Lamar plays today. in this
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: Ravens-Bengal game is two teams, two really good quarterbacks that
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: know what the other defense is going to do, and
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: they'll move the ball. And it wouldn't surprise me if
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: whoever had the ball last in that game won. I
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: just mentioned the Texans. One o'clock game, they are hosting
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: the Giants now. The Texans, I told you, I did
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: not lose faith in them when they started off 0-4
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: because I just believe in their talent. I believe they
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: had to figure some things out offensively. You saw them
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: add Marvin Harrison Jr. in a trade. He didn't play
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: a whole lot against the Jaguars, but when he was
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: on the field, he got some targets and made some plays.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: I think he will be a benefit in their offense
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: as their number two to Nico Collins. Obviously, their run
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: game was hurt a little bit without Montgomery. It wasn't
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: doing that good to begin with. Woody Marks has taken over.
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: But this is a game against the Giants where they're 10.5-point favorites.
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: Even though they're 2-4, And the Giants are 3-2-1. But
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: I will say this about the Giants. I am going
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: to give credit to John Harbaugh and their coaching staff.
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: They are going forward with J.J. McCarthy. I don't expect
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: that to work out for them at all. But I
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: credit them for looking at their record, knowing they're in
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: first place in the NFC East, and not thinking that
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: that means anything. Being 3-2-1, yeah, sure, you're first place
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: in a really crap division right now. And that would
• 23:33
  Speaker 1: make a lot of other coaches, especially older coaches like
• 23:37
  Speaker 1: John Harbaugh, want to stay the course. But they're not.
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: They're not going to go with Winston. They're going to
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: go with J.J. McCarthy. They understand that they were getting
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: their doors blown off them against the Saints last week.
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: And even though McCarthy drove them down the field that really,
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: you know, twice in the end there. to make it
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: look like a close game. It really wasn't. They understand
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: that they botched that game in overtime almost as badly
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: as Washington did two weeks ago when Scadaboo fumbled, when
• 24:07
  Speaker 1: they had an easy field goal that could have won it.
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: So they understand that they are limited. They understand that
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: even at 3-2-1, they need more than what they're getting.
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: They're getting no run game. Scadaboo was essentially benched last week.
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: They tried to give Najee Harris some work. He didn't
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: do it. They gave Tyrone Tracy some work. He did better,
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: but they have no running backs. They have no explosion
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: in their offense outside of Malik Nabors and occasionally getting
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: something from Isaiah Likely, who's had a very nice year.
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: So why not go with J.J. McCarthy? Because at the
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: end of the day, they have to figure out next
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: year who their quarterback is going to be. Is it
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: going to be Jackson Dart, who has played very little
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: football now because he's out for the year after two years?
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: And when he has played, he's been erratic. Or is
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: it going to be J.J. McCarthy? They'll have a little bit, maybe,
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: I'm sure they're going to camp next year saying Dart's
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: their guy, McCarthy's a backup. They'll call it a little
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: bit of a competition though. And even if Dart does
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: become their starter, at least they've got something of a
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: backup in McCarthy who will have this year to build on.
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: All right, for a fifth round pick, it makes a
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: lot of sense. Now, again, I don't expect McCarthy will
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: do anything. I don't think the Giants will be very good.
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: And I think the Giants are going to start to
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: look like the Giants over the next few weeks. They
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: enjoyed this nice start. They enjoyed taking teams by surprise.
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: They beat the Cowboys in week one, and everybody thought, hey,
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: maybe the Giants have something, right? Then they shook off
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: a loss to the Rams by beating the Titans and
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: the Cardinals, and all of a sudden people were like, hey,
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: the Giants. No, no, no. They've come back to earth.
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: They'll probably lose to the Texans this week. Then they'll
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: go into a bye. Then they'll come out of the bye,
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: and they'll play the Eagles. the Commanders, the Jaguars, the Colts.
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: So there'll be some winnable games, but I don't think
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: they'll beat the Jags. Then they'll play the 49ers and
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: the Seahawks and then the Browns. Those will be three
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: tough games for them. So they know who they are.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: And that's very important for John Harbaugh in the first year.
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: Know who you are, but still try to make moves
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: that might help you in the current and the future.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: There is no future for the Giants with Jameis Winston
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: as the quarterback. So I applaud them for making the
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: move and not going that traditional route of thinking that
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: they're better than they are or thinking that just because
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: they can win the NFC East, they should stay the course.
• 26:29
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  Speaker 1: to the four o'clock games. You got the Broncos at
• 29:44
  Speaker 1: the Cardinals. We talked about the Broncos, you know, last
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: week and how abysmal their offense has been, how disappointing
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: Bo Nix has been as a quarterback and how much
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: they really need to get that offense going if they
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: want to be you know, really considered a Super Bowl
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: team again because right now I don't care that they're 4-2.
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  Speaker 1: Their offensive problems are so bad that they need a spark. Now,
• 30:10
  Speaker 1: the rookie running back that they love, Jonah Coleman, sounds
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: like he'll be off IR. He is off IR. Well,
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: it sounds like he'll be activated and play. Maybe he
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: gives them a jolt in their run game because they
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: really haven't gotten a whole lot out of Dobbins, out
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: of Harvey as a runner. I mean, Harvey can catch
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: a pass, but they need something. And really what needs
• 30:30
  Speaker 1: to happen is Waddle. Waddle has to be involved, but
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: he can't throw himself the ball. It's really on Bo
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Nix to start playing a whole lot better. The Cardinals
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: are 2-4. Now, you've got to give them credit. They
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: took advantage of a Rams team that really played an
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: embarrassing game against them, if we're being honest. There were
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: a lot of things the Rams did wrong that led
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: to them losing that game. And shame on me for
• 30:56
  Speaker 1: taking the Rams with the points. to cover the points
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: 12 and a half last week, but they really are.
• 31:02
  Speaker 1: They are better. But the Rams gave that game away
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: five different ways. It's not like the Cardinals played great offensively.
• 31:10
  Speaker 1: They were lackluster. There is a report that their quarterback Beck,
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: the backup will not be really, they will not get
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: consideration until November. And he's actually hurt right now. He's,
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: he's been, he's had a back injury. So right now
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: it's Brissette, and there's really not much to look forward to.
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: They have a lot of injuries going into this game
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: against the Broncos. Buda Baker is hurt. Jeremiah Love's banged up.
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: Walter Nolan, who's a very nice defensive tackle in his
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: second year, playing pretty good. He's hurt too, so we'll see.
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: So this looks like, to me, another game, even though
• 31:49
  Speaker 1: it's on the road, that the Broncos, who are four-and-a-half-point favorites,
• 31:52
  Speaker 1: will probably win. They'll probably win it ugly. You'll probably
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: have the same amount of questions. So if the Cardinals win, man,
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: you got to start considering the job that that Michael
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: Floor is doing as head coach to be able to
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: beat the Rams and Broncos in back to back weeks.
• 32:07
  Speaker 1: But I really don't see that happening. Best game of
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: the week. Right. 425 Packers Lions in the national spotlight,
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: as it should be one of the best games of
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: the week. I mean, I think Chief Seahawks is really good, too.
• 32:20
  Speaker 1: We'll get to that in a second. But credit the Packers, man.
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: They have really I mean, they looked terrible. for the
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: first three weeks of the season. And they navigated it.
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: And I said, the Packers are a team that you
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: cannot give up on because they do have good talent,
• 32:39
  Speaker 1: got a good quarterback. They're very well coached. I thought
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: Jonathan Gannon would be okay with that defense if he
• 32:46
  Speaker 1: was creative with it, which he has been. You know,
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: it's unfortunate. Not only have they not had Micah Parsons,
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: they lost Edgerin Cooper, who is one of their best
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: pass rushing linebackers. But man, I mean, they dismantled the
• 32:57
  Speaker 1: Cowboys last week. They were in the Packers though. If
• 33:01
  Speaker 1: you're going to, if you're going to look underneath the
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: data and their hot streak and say, is there other
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: cracks in the foundation? They had 11 third downs in
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: the first half against Dallas. That average third, they were
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: an average of third and six. And yet they were,
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: I think 10 of 11 on those third downs. Thank you.
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys defense. All right. They averaged 13 yards on third,
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: on an average of third and six against Dallas in
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: the first half. Did not have as much success in
• 33:31
  Speaker 1: the second half, but they did enough damage already in
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: their passing game. They also dropped a bunch of touchdowns
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: or else they could have had even more points than
• 33:41
  Speaker 1: they scored in that 24-14 win. But they really did
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: struggle on first and second down. Now they'll get Josh
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: Jacobs back. He's off the commissioner's exempt list. I guess
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: the legal troubles are now behind him unless something else
• 33:54
  Speaker 1: comes out. He will help. They're a run game. They
• 33:58
  Speaker 1: really want to be more balanced. The Packers have not
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: been able to be balanced. Matt LaFleur loves offensive balance,
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: but they've had no run game, so they haven't been balanced,
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: and that's forced them into a lot of long down
• 34:12
  Speaker 1: and distances, but you've got to give Jordan Love credit.
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: He has been fantastic this year. I just think that
• 34:19
  Speaker 1: when you play that way and you're the Packers, that's
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: not your identity, and it sets you up to struggle
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: more when you play some really good teams. And we'll see.
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: They're playing the Lions. It's a big NFC North game.
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: The Lions are at home. They're coming off a bye.
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: And the biggest thing for them is they're getting one
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: of their best players back on defense, which is their safety,
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: Brian Branch. He is so much of a difference maker
• 34:46
  Speaker 1: for what they do. He is not a conventional safety.
• 34:48
  Speaker 1: He plays everywhere on that defense. He is a traffic cop.
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: They're also getting back their center, Cade Mays, one of
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: their big free agent signings who had gotten hurt very early,
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: and that was a big part of some of the
• 34:59
  Speaker 1: issues they were having up front. But the Lions can score.
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: They've scored 26 points or more in every game. And
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: in their two losses, though, they've allowed 73 points. They
• 35:10
  Speaker 1: lost because they gave up a lot of points to Buffalo,
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: and they gave up a lot of points to Carolina.
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: When they face good offenses, they give up a lot
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: of points. But we'll see if having Brian Branch back
• 35:21
  Speaker 1: makes a difference. The Lions are one of those teams
• 35:24
  Speaker 1: I look at, and I say at the trade deadline,
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: they can get themselves a cornerback, if they can get
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: themselves a pass rusher, maybe both, they could be a very,
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: very dangerous team because their offense is a thing of beauty.
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: And this game will be a very interesting game because
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: the Packers are playing well. Again, Lions three-point favorites. I
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: think that's pretty fair. Could be anybody's game. Should be
• 35:47
  Speaker 1: a very, very exciting game. The other 425 game is
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: the Rams at the Raiders. I have a real issue
• 35:55
  Speaker 1: with how the Rams played against the Cardinals. You know,
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: obviously I said that there were a lot of factors
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: for why they lost that game. I mean, it starts
• 36:03
  Speaker 1: with the fact that their left tackle wasn't available because
• 36:07
  Speaker 1: he was a bonehead and threw a punch in the
• 36:09
  Speaker 1: post game two weeks ago and then got himself suspended. They,
• 36:17
  Speaker 1: I think that in general, Matthew Stafford has played a
• 36:21
  Speaker 1: very cavalier style of football. What I mean is he's
• 36:26
  Speaker 1: had more turnovers than you would expect. He fumbled. I mean,
• 36:29
  Speaker 1: he fumbled in that game trying to run around in
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: the pocket, and then the ball got loose. I mean,
• 36:35
  Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford can't do that. You can't do that. You
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: can't run around. You can't take your opponent lightly and
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: just carry the ball like a loaf of bread when
• 36:42
  Speaker 1: you're Matthew Stafford. All right? Then they lose Devontae Adams
• 36:46
  Speaker 1: for a long time. So not just a hamstring injury,
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: but a surgery. All right, Kyron Williams put himself in
• 36:54
  Speaker 1: the news after their loss to the Cardinals by saying
• 36:58
  Speaker 1: something along the lines of, I can't tell you what's
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: wrong with our offense because I'm not out there enough
• 37:02
  Speaker 1: because he's splitting time with Blake Corum. That is not
• 37:04
  Speaker 1: a problem. Blake Corum has played well. He had a
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: good game, and they should be splitting time. Kyron's a
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: good in-between tackles runner. Corum gives him a nice edge presence.
• 37:14
  Speaker 1: He's a little more explosive. They both catch the ball well.
• 37:17
  Speaker 1: There's nothing wrong. with their running back committee. So I
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: thought Kyron was a little bit out of line there.
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: And now the injuries just keep piling up for the Rams.
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: Puka gets hurt in practice, and he may not be
• 37:30
  Speaker 1: able to play. If you don't have Puka and you
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: know you don't have Devonta Adams, this team has no
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: depth at wide receiver. You're looking at Kanata Mumford. You're
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: looking at Jordan Whittington. You want to play more tight ends,
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: but you have Terrence Ferguson on IR. I mean, the
• 37:47
  Speaker 1: Rams– are in a really bad way here. And they've
• 37:51
  Speaker 1: bought themselves no currency by being 2-4. They could lose
• 37:56
  Speaker 1: this game against the Raiders. Now, if they can somehow
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: figure out a way to win it and get to 3-4,
• 38:01
  Speaker 1: they're supposed to get Myles Garrett back after this game.
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: That'll be big for them. If they can beat 3-4,
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: they've got the Chargers, the Commanders, a rematch against the
• 38:13
  Speaker 1: Cardinals in the next three weeks. So there'll be an
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: opportunity here. to get right. But I don't know at
• 38:18
  Speaker 1: this point if they can do that with all their
• 38:20
  Speaker 1: injuries on offense. I mean, if they lose this game
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: and fall to two and five, who will they be?
• 38:29
  Speaker 1: Very perilous times for the Rams. I still think the
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: Rams are going to make the playoffs. I do. I do.
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: I know it's going to be tough because it looks
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: like the Niners will win their division and maybe get
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: a top seed. And then you're going to have to
• 38:41
  Speaker 1: fight for a wild card berth and you're already fighting
• 38:44
  Speaker 1: with the Seahawks in your own division for a wild
• 38:46
  Speaker 1: card berth. And the NFC North looks like it could
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: send multiple teams. I'm not going to throw the towel
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: in on the Rams, even if they lose to the Raiders.
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: But if they do, they might be one or two
• 38:58
  Speaker 1: game losses away from me throwing the towel in on them.
• 39:01
  Speaker 1: And God, would that be an amazingly disappointing season for
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: a team that many people, myself included, had in the
• 39:08
  Speaker 1: Super Bowl. As for the Raiders, they lost three straight.
• 39:12
  Speaker 1: They are crashing back to earth. I thought maybe we'd
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: be getting closer to Fernando Mendoza. If they lose to
• 39:19
  Speaker 1: the Rams, maybe they will. But I know that there's
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: a report that they are not close to naming him
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: as a starter. You know, he got in a couple
• 39:26
  Speaker 1: weeks ago when they were getting blown out, but they
• 39:29
  Speaker 1: apparently don't look ready to go to Mendoza just yet.
• 39:34
  Speaker 1: We'll see. I am keeping tabs on their running back
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: situation because, you know, the kid they drafted on day three,
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: Mike Washington, he's a pretty good running back, and he's
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: doing well, whereas the kid that they took in the
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: top ten, Ashton Gentry, continues to struggle from an efficiency standpoint.
• 39:51
  Speaker 1: They give him the ball enough so he comes out
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: of the game and you see that he's got so-and-so
• 39:56
  Speaker 1: amount of yards. So maybe you think he played well,
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: but it's really not the case. He has not been
• 40:01
  Speaker 1: that efficient. And so we'll see if Mike Washington starts
• 40:07
  Speaker 1: to get more run in their offense and starts to
• 40:11
  Speaker 1: do more for them per se. I mean, they scored
• 40:15
  Speaker 1: 30 points. against the Bills. That was not an easy
• 40:19
  Speaker 1: win for the Bills like I thought it would be.
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: Jenty had 22 yards on 10 carries. Washington had 43
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: yards on 9 carries. So he basically had double the
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: yards that Jenty did on one fewer carry. Jenty had
• 40:34
  Speaker 1: a couple of catches. Washington only had one. I'm not
• 40:37
  Speaker 1: sure Washington catches the ball as well as Jenty, so
• 40:40
  Speaker 1: that might be one of the reasons they don't fully
• 40:42
  Speaker 1: turn it over to him. But I think the Raiders
• 40:46
  Speaker 1: might have really messed up in that draft to get
• 40:48
  Speaker 1: him that high. 8 o'clock Sunday night game. Really exciting game.
• 40:54
  Speaker 1: The Chiefs are going into Seattle. So this is the
• 40:57
  Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker return to Seattle. And Kenneth Walker is showing
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: that even though he won a Super Bowl and was
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: a Super Bowl MVP in Seattle, that Seattle's offensive line
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: was a true limiter to how good Kenneth Walker is
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: because Walker has been I mentioned that your MVP candidates
• 41:17
  Speaker 1: right now would be either Josh Allen or Bryce Purdy.
• 41:23
  Speaker 1: I think you would have to consider Kenneth Walker as
• 41:26
  Speaker 1: Offensive Player of the Year candidate because he has been
• 41:29
  Speaker 1: amazing for the Chiefs. Six rushing touchdowns. I think he
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: has a couple of receiving touchdowns. 665 rushing yards. I mean,
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: he's just been the engine of a Chiefs offense that
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: doesn't have much in terms of explosive playmakers. We talked
• 41:45
  Speaker 1: about the fact that they don't have Tyquan Thornton, who's injured,
• 41:48
  Speaker 1: and he was one of their only downfield threat. This
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: is another team, an undefeated team, that I think you
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: wonder when's that first loss coming, and here they go
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: into Seattle. I don't like this matchup for them. The
• 42:03
  Speaker 1: Chiefs have major injuries on their offensive line. They have
• 42:06
  Speaker 1: not been able to get Justin Simmons in at left tackle.
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: They've been playing and getting by on an undrafted rookie
• 42:12
  Speaker 1: left tackle. Got to give them a lot of credit.
• 42:14
  Speaker 1: But that will catch up to you when you face
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: some really good defensive fronts like Seattle's. And oh, by
• 42:19
  Speaker 1: the way, their right tackle, Jalen Moore, I believe is
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: out for the game. So they'll be on backups at
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: both offensive tackle spots. And when you already have backups
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: on your offensive line and you're missing your best downfield
• 42:32
  Speaker 1: threat wide receiver and you're really just trying to run
• 42:35
  Speaker 1: and Rasheed Rice has also been hurt and you're going
• 42:39
  Speaker 1: into Seattle who has been up and down but they
• 42:43
  Speaker 1: still have a very good defensive front. They're coming off
• 42:46
  Speaker 1: two losses. I told you guys last week, even though
• 42:48
  Speaker 1: they lost 17-14 to the Broncos, I think that was
• 42:51
  Speaker 1: that Thursday night game, I almost felt better about them
• 42:54
  Speaker 1: and their future than Denver's future. There's just too many
• 42:58
  Speaker 1: turnovers by Sam Darnold. Some of that is because the
• 43:02
  Speaker 1: offensive line isn't very good. Some of that is just
• 43:04
  Speaker 1: unluckiness that you get. I mean, Darnold was turnover prone
• 43:08
  Speaker 1: last year, and they won the Super Bowl. But things change.
• 43:12
  Speaker 1: But this is a good opportunity for the Seahawks to
• 43:14
  Speaker 1: face the Chiefs when the Chiefs are banged up and
• 43:18
  Speaker 1: to get back in the win column after two straight losses.
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: They're three-point favorites at home. And the one thing that
• 43:25
  Speaker 1: stands out about me is that Jackson Smith and Jigba
• 43:30
  Speaker 1: is just an unstoppable force. He's already got 700 yards
• 43:33
  Speaker 1: and seven touchdowns. I mean, it's basically him and Kenneth Walker,
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: the two leading candidates for Offensive Player of the Year,
• 43:41
  Speaker 1: along with Jameer Gibbs. Got to throw him in that
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: category as well. I mean, those three guys, if you're
• 43:46
  Speaker 1: not going to get MVP, you're talking about Offensive Player
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: of the Year. And Smith and Jigman is just unbelievable
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: because there's really not a whole lot of weaponry around them.
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: Darnold has had his struggles, and yet he continues to
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: just be phenomenal. This should be a good game, but
• 44:02
  Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if the Chiefs got tripped up here.
• 44:05
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to go into the Monday night game
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: too much. It's Cowboys-Eagles. We'll have that covered, of course,
• 44:09
  Speaker 1: on the Inside the Birds pregame show. I'll just leave
• 44:12
  Speaker 1: you with this. I talked about it at the top
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: of the show. When some of these teams start losing
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: and downward spiraling and we get closer to the trade
• 44:19
  Speaker 1: deadline and you have tradable pieces like the Eagles do,
• 44:24
  Speaker 1: it'll become a storyline. The Eagles lose this game, fall
• 44:28
  Speaker 1: to 2-5. You're going to hear names like Saquon Barkley,
• 44:32
  Speaker 1: Dallas Goddard, Morua Jomo. Rick Woolen, those names will start
• 44:38
  Speaker 1: to come up in trade discussions. If not from the teams,
• 44:42
  Speaker 1: I'm talking about at least the media, and I'm sure
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: there'll be some phone calls made about the availability. And
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: then it'll be very interesting for the Eagles to have
• 44:51
  Speaker 1: to make that decision that I talked about with the Giants, right?
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: Do you even at two and five say, hey, we
• 44:57
  Speaker 1: still have a chance to win the NFC East and
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  Speaker 1: that's all that's important? Or do you start to look
• 45:01
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• 45:06
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• 45:09
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• 45:13
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• 45:22
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• 45:24
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  Speaker 1: up uh and now it's time for my three picks
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: now you're gonna hear me complain like an old man
• 48:23
  Speaker 1: that's fine but I thought I was snapping back last week.
• 48:27
  Speaker 1: I was 1-1 because I won on the Steelers covering
• 48:31
  Speaker 1: their 2.5 against the Bucs. They won with an overtime touchdown.
• 48:35
  Speaker 1: I lost on the Rams covering 12.5 against the Cards.
• 48:40
  Speaker 1: Last time I probably ticked the Rams. But I was
• 48:42
  Speaker 1: 1-1 going into the Sunday night game, and the Niners
• 48:47
  Speaker 1: were 7.5-point favorites against Washington, and I took it. And
• 48:53
  Speaker 1: I felt really good. I'm sorry, Monday night game. I
• 48:56
  Speaker 1: felt really good about them covering when they were up
• 48:59
  Speaker 1: 23 to three going into the fourth. You're up 20
• 49:03
  Speaker 1: and you're laying, you're, you know, covering seven and a
• 49:05
  Speaker 1: half asked to cover seven and a half against Washington
• 49:08
  Speaker 1: as depleted as Washington is. I was, I was pretty
• 49:12
  Speaker 1: happy with that. Then Washington gets a touchdown. Okay. It's 23-10.
• 49:16
  Speaker 1: Then Washington gets another touchdown. Ah, it's 23-17. And the
• 49:20
  Speaker 1: next thing I know, I lose my cover, and I
• 49:23
  Speaker 1: go 1-2, and I fall to 5-10, which was very
• 49:26
  Speaker 1: discouraging because I thought I was going to have a
• 49:28
  Speaker 1: 2-1 week in the bag. So here we go again
• 49:31
  Speaker 1: this week. We'll see if I can do better. All right,
• 49:34
  Speaker 1: I am taking the Seahawks to cover 3 at home
• 49:38
  Speaker 1: against the Chiefs. I think you can tell by the
• 49:40
  Speaker 1: way I was talking about that game. I like Seattle
• 49:43
  Speaker 1: to bounce back. They've lost two in a row, haven't
• 49:45
  Speaker 1: played that badly, but they have lost two in a row,
• 49:48
  Speaker 1: and I think they're catching the Chiefs at a time
• 49:50
  Speaker 1: where the Chiefs will get tripped up with their offensive
• 49:53
  Speaker 1: line injuries. I'm going to take the Vikings, giving six
• 49:57
  Speaker 1: and a half at home to the Colts. I think
• 49:59
  Speaker 1: the Colts are in disarray. I don't love the Vikings offense,
• 50:03
  Speaker 1: but when they have played bad teams, they have generally
• 50:06
  Speaker 1: come through. They will get Jordan Mason back, so they
• 50:08
  Speaker 1: should add some firepower to their run game. And I
• 50:12
  Speaker 1: think the Colts are going to be without Swass Gardner,
• 50:14
  Speaker 1: without Tyler Warren. They played badly to begin with. I
• 50:17
  Speaker 1: don't think the firing of the GM gives a team
• 50:19
  Speaker 1: a spark like the firing of a head coach does.
• 50:22
  Speaker 1: So I don't think the Colts are going to come
• 50:24
  Speaker 1: out and, you know, play one to honor Chris Ballard.
• 50:26
  Speaker 1: I think they're going to lose and lose badly to
• 50:29
  Speaker 1: the Vikings coming off that bye. And I'm going to
• 50:31
  Speaker 1: take the Panthers. I think the Panthers are smelling blood
• 50:35
  Speaker 1: in the water here. They're three point favorites at home
• 50:37
  Speaker 1: against the Bucs. I mentioned the Bucs had some key injuries.
• 50:41
  Speaker 1: Mayfield will come back, so maybe it's a risk for
• 50:43
  Speaker 1: me doing this. But if the Bucs lose this game,
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: you can pretty much flush their season down the drain.
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: And I think the Panthers would love to be the
• 50:51
  Speaker 1: one to do that. So I'll take the Panthers as
• 50:53
  Speaker 1: three-point favorites over the Bucs. That's it. That's my analysis.
• 50:58
  Speaker 1: That is my picks. All that's left is for the
• 51:00
  Speaker 1: game to be played. So everybody, like I tell you
• 51:03
  Speaker 1: every weekend, please enjoy your Week 7 football watching. This
• 51:06
  Speaker 1: is Jeff Mosher. for the Inside the Birds Week 7 preview.