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laced up let's go it's time for better with the
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boys welcome back to better with the boys gridiron
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updates nfc north we're here with rob and jake
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and smeltzy and kev to talk nfc north football
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Preseason edition. At the Nordic Lodge. There
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it is. At the Nordic Lodge. Oh, you already know
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what it is. Let's start. Excuse me. Jeez, that's
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the second episode I'm starting while coughing.
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Okay. Let's start with the Chicago Bears. The
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Bears. Screw it. The Bears. Last place? Why not?
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When? Really? This season? You think so? In the
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North, huh? Explain. Do tell. No, I don't think
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that. I think they're probably going to be finishing
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second or third in this division. And the Vikings,
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naturally. I like everything that, you know,
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obviously the Chicago Bears are doing right now.
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We'll see another year. They had a lot of games
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last year where it was last second. It was one
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score. They could have won either way. They could
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have been just as easily 7 -10 as whatever they
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finished last year. 11 -12 wins? 11. 11 -6. So...
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What? I mean, I like it generally every direction
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they're going. Defensively, they're solid. Yeah,
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I think that's probably... You guys are goofballs.
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Sorry. About ten. Ten wins. Ten wins? About ten.
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Right on. Ten wins for the Bears. Or nine. The
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Bears. Where does that end up putting that? You
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said second or third. Second or third. It's going
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to be a close one. It's going to be a battle.
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Right on. Battle. As much as I... Oh, man. I
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don't know. They lost. I mean, losing D .J. Moore
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feels big for their offense specifically. Roma
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Dunzay has been kind of. It's his time to shine.
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I mean, this is the time now at this point. I
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do like Luther Bird a little bit. They do got
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a couple of good tight ends there. So, I mean.
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I mean, we know what their defense can do, which
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really wasn't that great last year, but I think
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they'll turn it around this year. Yeah, they
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lost Bird is really the only person they lost,
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really. And Moore. Brisker. And Brisker. So they
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lost their starting safeties. But again, they
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weren't great last year, so I think it'll be
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different. We'll see what they can come out with
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this year with a couple new faces there. I think
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they're going to be closer to that. You said
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10 wins? Yeah. And they did draft, what's his
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name on Oregon that we were looking at? Dylan
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Thienemann. Oh, yeah, at safety. Yeah. We did
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like him, didn't we, in Minnesota. I think the
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Bears are going to kind of do the same thing.
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I think 11 and 6, I think they could win the
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division again with that. But it will be a close
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battle again this year, like you're saying. Excuse
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me. What's your vibe with the Bears this year,
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Jake? Not from State Farm. I like where they're
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going. I like their direction. I have a concern
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about their wide receiver group, but they picked
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up Khalif Raymond. I think he's going to be more
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of a trick plays, special teams kind of player,
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but he's still going to be a very dynamic addition
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to that Ben Johnson. offense that he wants to
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run. Hell of a returner, too. They've got two
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really great tight ends. Ben Johnson loves running
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two tight end sets. You're going to see a whole
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bunch of that. I actually really like their O
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-line, too. Do you feel like the NFL in general
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is doing a lot of 12 tight ends? That's the current
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direction right now? Yeah. I think it's really
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more that because fullback is such a... such
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a niche position a lot of teams don't really
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carry a fullback so they carry an extra extra
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tight end to be a pseudo um what so what they
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picked uh so yeah as far as like retooling the
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safeties because they lost both their safeties
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they draft uh thenaman they signed kobe bryant
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from the seahawks I think they're sitting pretty
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well. I want to continue to see Caleb Williams
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grow and develop as a quarterback. I love his
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playmaking ability. Dunzey and Burden, they've
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got to show up. more and better than they are.
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I think that that's probably their weakest spot.
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I love that running back tandem. I loved it all
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last year. I know he's a little nicked up right
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now, but the two of them together, they're going
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to continue to wreak havoc. I love it. I just
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question whether or not the corners are going
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to be able to hold up for him. Really, what kept
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him in the games is they led the league in turnovers,
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and that's what kept him in the games. I don't
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know if they'll be able to repeat that this year.
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Same as Caleb Williams. Can he keep that up as
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well on his end of it? Yeah, that's a good question.
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I think he's more apt to do that. than their
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secondary i still think they're going to win
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the division with 11 wins i don't see them getting
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more wins i don't see him losing any more games
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and and that team as a whole i think is bought
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into ben johnson and his energy and his philosophy
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um he might have bitten off a little bit more
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than he can chew when he said he wants shutouts
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and blowouts but i mean e for effort yeah so
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i I think it's going to be the Bears. Okay. All
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right. Well. It's bull crap. Let's move on to
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the Lions. Has been restored, I guess. Apparently.
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Nine and eight last year. We're all kind of saying
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the Bears are going to be. Do you say 10 or 11?
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You said 10, I think. Yeah, 10, 11. So we're
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saying 10, 11 might win the division. Lions came
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in at 9 -8 last year. Do you see them challenging
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for that division win at all, or are they kind
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of going to stick to that 9 -8, 8 -9 situation?
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Because at least defensively, they seem like
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they're still trying to figure some things out,
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and they did not add a whole lot there. So I
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definitely have some concerns for them defensively,
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especially in the secondary. I have concerns
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for them offensively, too. I think that they've
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regressed. Okay. Well, losing Montgomery, I mean,
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I feel like it's actually going to be bigger
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than they think. Right. Because, like, Gibbs
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is a very dynamic running back. But I think what
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made him better was having Montgomery, having
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that change of pace, having that bruiser. And
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they're going to miss that. Pacheco is going
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to do okay in that role. And I've always felt
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like Pacheco is a very tough runner. Runs for
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hard yards. He'll be a very serviceable short
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yardage back for him. But he's not going to be
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like David Montgomery type where he's going to
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like... run and bowl over two people for five
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yards, like, over and over and over again. So
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I think that that's going to be the biggest thing
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that they're going to miss. On the defensive
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side, they've lost a lot of pieces. We talk about
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that one player that makes the defense or offense
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go burr. I think that's Alex Anzalone. As far
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as, like, the energy in his playmaking, they're
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going to really miss that. He was solid for them.
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You could tell when he got hurt last year that
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they definitely missed him. Yeah. So, I mean,
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I think they're lucky if they stay at nine and
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eight. Honestly, they might regress. They might
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go sub 500. And then you might start hearing
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conversations about Dan Campbell's job. You hear
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a fierce on gridiron updates. Campbell's on the
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hot seat. I wouldn't say hot, but it's warm.
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I think it'll be warming up a little bit. Probably
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stand up, turn around, check it out. Yeah. Right
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on. Defrost. See where that's coming from. That's
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right. Yeah. Right on. Right on. Right on. I'm
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going the other direction. I think this is the
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Lions division this year. I think a Hutchinson's
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going to be back. He's. He was out last year.
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That defense drastically went in. As Tony went
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down, the D -tackle, McLean, or I'm trying to
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think of it, McNeil. McNeil. And I think Pacheco
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actually adds another element to it. Now you
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have two really dynamic running backs in a different
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way. Yeah, you lose the ground and pound. But
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we'll see with also the dynamics of also having
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two really good receivers on that team. So it
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creates a lot of one -on -one matchups. And also
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they still have Sam Laporta, too, in the middle.
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Defensively is definitely where it's going to
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be their game share. I think that really was
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a drastically thorn in their side last year,
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why they end up 9 -8. But I still think they
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have a lot of it. I really do like their first
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-round draft pick that they got, that Blake Miller,
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because they were missing. Isn't the guy that
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retired at the beginning of preseason last year,
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out of the blue, one of their offensive linemen?
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Oh, I think so. So I think last year, this had
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a lot of real goofy things. And then when Touch
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went down in the second half of the season, it
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really fell off the map. But I think they'll
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get 11 wins this year. 11 wins? Yes. For the
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Detroit Lions. And Vegas actually has them winning
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the division. Do they? What do they have them
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at for? 11 wins? 11. Right on. Right on. Well.
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Before you guys went on, I think I said something
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about 8 -9, 9 -8, something like that, and I
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think they're going to be right there again.
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I think it's that defense for me, man. I just
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have so many issues with it. I think the front
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four are okay and serviceable, and I like Malcolm
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Rodriguez a bit too, but I feel like he might
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have took a step back slightly. But it'll be
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different with Aiden Hutchinson, like you're
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saying. We'll see kind of what they look like
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with a healthy Aiden Hutchinson to start the
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season. But he's got to stay healthy. I mean,
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he has to stay healthy. And so far, yeah, hasn't
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been able to. Something about Michigan players
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not being able to stay healthy. But, yeah, anyway.
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Is that a J .J. Wolf thing right there? No, I
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don't know. What are you talking about? Yeah,
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anyway. Let's talk about the Green Bay Packers.
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9 -7 -1 last year. Let us know. Yeah, you go
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first. Yeah, I should go first. Yeah, rip now.
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Write me out. Write me out. Well, their receiving
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room changed slightly with a couple guys departing,
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but you still have Jaden Reed there, which has
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been kind of the better out of all of them. including
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even Christian Watson at times, Matthew Golden.
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I'd like to see him get involved in the offense
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a little bit more, kind of unlock his potential.
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He kind of seems like he could maybe be that
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gadget type of player as well for them. I mean,
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rumor, big elephant in the room, Josh Jacobs.
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I mean, who knows? It's a big elephant. When
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is he going to actually play? Is he going to
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play this year? We don't know. So they got Marshawn
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Lloyd as their backup. who's serviceable, but
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he's not Josh Jacobs by any way, shape, or form.
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I'm not drafting him in fantasy. I love that.
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They traded him for somebody today, but again,
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nobody insane. Needle moving. If Tucker Craft
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can start the season, I think that's massive
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for them. Jordan loves Tucker Craft big time.
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But 9 -7 -1. And you're not going to have Micah
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Parsons for the first four games? That's massive.
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At least four. Do they play Dallas game five?
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Is that the big deal here? They don't play Dallas
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until week six, so he could miss that Chicago
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game too. But I think no matter what, he really
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wants to play the Dallas game, of course. That's
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a really tough player to not have on your team.
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we witnessed how dynamic that deep or how much
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more dynamic the defense was with him on the
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field versus off of the, like not on the field
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because of the injury or whatever, like, and
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losing Rashawn Gary. Yeah, absolutely. Like,
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cause Rashawn Gary was able to like play lights
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out when he had a partner in crime, like on the
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other side, taking some of the heat off of them.
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Uh, so your first four games without like, an
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elite pass rusher like i'm gonna be worried about
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that out of the gates and that's tough that's
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tough to probably recover from well ravens tried
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to and couldn't go on like one in five last year.
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We tried. I love the addition of Zaire Franklin.
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Not as a Vikings fan, but as a football fan,
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I love that addition. Dude just eats up tackles
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all the time. That's huge for them, too. When
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Micah does come back, I'd like to see that combo.
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They added Javon Hargrave as well. We know about
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him. Another little stint. It was okay. Big body.
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Yeah, when I was driving in this today, the east
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wind was coming in, and it was like some cheese
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was left out, not the type that you want, the
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stinky cheese. But I don't know what happened
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over the summer over in Green Bay, but I'm not
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liking anything coming out of there. Jacobs.
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losing him. For them, it's all about how they
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start. Jacobs is not playing. You don't have
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Micah starting. You don't have Gary starting.
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They retooled the secondary with a bunch of draft
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picks, so they're young. I'm just not vibing
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right now. I think this is the last place team
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in this division. Unless they can survive the
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beginning half and get Micah back and maybe serviceable
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Jacobs. I don't care what the receivers are.
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If they're not running the ball, depending on
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love, they'll throw the ball. Kraft, we'll see
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how he comes back from last year's injury. I
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don't know if he's going to be the same. I agree.
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He helps. We all know. We don't know until we
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know, right? That's right. And Jordan Love has
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to stay healthy, too. He's been nicked up. And
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you've had Malik Willis step in over the course
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of the past two years playing games in his stead.
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And now you've got Tyrod Taylor instead, who
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is a very knowledgeable veteran. But, I mean,
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is Tyrod going to be enough? I love Tyrod Taylor.
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I know. Yeah. He's a journeyman. Yeah. Been stabbed
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in the lung. You know, no big deal. Yeah. But
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then they lost. They lost. He lost Jenkins. He
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lost Walker off the offensive line. Like, there's
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just a, like, there's not a lot that, you know,
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if Jacobs is playing, like, nothing happens with
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Jacobs, then my view is a little bit maybe different.
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Sure. But you lose a bell call like that off
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your offense, it's hard to replace. Yeah. And
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make that offense effective. And then defensively
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without. Micah for the first four minimum. Maybe
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more. What are we really expecting out of that
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defense to hold them in the game if they can't
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run the ball on offense? Nixon's still one of
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your number one corners. I'm not big on him.
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Before all this happened, I was liking the Packers
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a lot more. But as the summer turned on and that
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cheese got left out. Do you think Josh Jacobs
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is worth four wins to you? Like if he was healthy?
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Well, as I'm saying, if he doesn't play and they
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start off, say, two and five or something like
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that. And then Mike, then they almost, you know,
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starting to almost not to win out. Yeah. To get
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into the playoffs, you know. And a tough division,
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too. You're going to have to play the Packers,
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the Lions and the Vikings. Bears, you know, so,
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like, it's a battle. It's going to be tough for
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them. So, yeah, it's not looking good right now
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for the Packers. No good. No good. What's your
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official record, baby? I mean, I'm going. I went
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six. You went what? I didn't say a number, but
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I would probably say seven. I'm going to go seven.
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I mean, if they start off hot, I can maybe see
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them going to nine. and survive through the injuries
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and the court battles. Yeah. Yeah. All right.
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Well, I don't see him getting better. Yeah. Fair
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enough. Let us end the episode with our Minnesota
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Vikings. Go to the ball. Vikings. Yeah. You know
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where they add on the list. Like it's all the
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way there on the second page, the regular purple
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team. We're back. We are back. Who's your quarterback?
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With quite possibly one of the worst passing
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attacks in the league. But that might have changed
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with Kyler Murray coming to town. So, obviously,
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that's probably the biggest news is what is he
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going to do? That is the biggest news. What is
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he going to do? Justin Jefferson, one of the
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top five receivers in the league, barely eclipsed
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1 ,000 yards last year. He missed a couple games.
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Barely making it over that threshold. That seems
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to be the biggest deal. Not from him, not from
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Jettas, because, you know, team player, team
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leader. But Kyler Murray coming in, like, you
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got to get Justin Jefferson the ball, no? As,
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like, an outside Vikings fan looking in, like,
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that's the guy you got to get the ball. You have
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to, but Kyler Murray also had to get Marvin Harrison
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Jr. the ball, and he didn't do that. See how
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many drops that cat's had during camp? Yeah.
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But you're always going to handpick. But none
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of those are from Kyler. That's right, exactly.
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But, I mean, Kyler's got to get the ball into
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the player's hands. I mean, there's only, I mean,
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Justin Jefferson's a great wide receiver. And
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there's so much that he can do as far as getting
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open and obviously catching the ball when it's
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thrown in his general area. Like, because there's
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wide receivers out there that make quarterbacks
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look good. Um, they exist. I think Justin Jefferson
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is, or can be one of them. Uh, but I, I questioned
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Kyler Murray's ability to get the ball there.
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Um, it just can't see or what? Yeah. Get him
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stilts maybe. Um, I think he just, it's all what
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I've seen. It's, it's a lot of five and seven
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step step runs backwards. It feels like his feet
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are moving so quick. because he's shorter and
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he just ends up having to take more steps. But
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then he's looking at one or two in his reads,
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and then I don't know if it's a pressures thing
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where he's running out of time or he feels where
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he's under pressure, and now all of a sudden
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he's rolling out, and then he's looking for something
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else downfield where he's not going through his
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full progressions. Maybe KFC can change that.
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Is KFC the quarterback whisperer? Is he? I don't
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know. I think there's starting to be some questions
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about that. Well, I don't question whether or
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not he's a quarterback whisperer. I question
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whether or not he may be the head coach of the
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Minnesota Vikings after this year. His seat's
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getting warmer. I think his seat is warm, bordering
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on hot. I think it really depends on how the
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season turns out, regardless of who the quarterback
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ends up being, whether it ends up being Kyler,
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and then he gets hurt, and then we're back to
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JJ. Nine? Nine. Or you're sticking with Kyler.
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Carson's here. Yeah. That's true. We're deep.
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They kept four quarterbacks, though. You know
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that? No, I did see that they had re -signed
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Carson Wentz, and I'm like, why would they do
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that? 100%. I would have re -signed Carson Wentz,
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too. Community guy. Yeah, yeah. He's a good guy.
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Good guy. I know him. I just like the quarterback
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carousel between those two. I don't know if I
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can buy into it just yet. And then you've got
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an aging Aaron Jones. A running game is a quarterback's
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best friend. I don't like anything you're saying
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right now. I don't see the Vikings over nine
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wins this year. I think that there's regression.
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I'd gladly eat my words for you, but it's not
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good. Maybe eight wins if they're lucky. We've
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got Roberto. Ceiling's eight. You're thinking
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about seven? I mean, the elephant in the room
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is obviously how Kyler plays. Like you said,
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down in Arizona, very inconsistent. Dependent
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on his feet, always wanted to be the play player.
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Arguably, probably Texas high school's best quarterback
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ever. He's got all the... Obviously, height is
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an issue with him. So whether we can get a little
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less Kyler, a little less Kyler, and let the
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playmakers do it, I think then we can succeed.
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Aaron Jones, yeah, he's aging. We'll get nine
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solid games. I really like we still have Mason
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behind him. The offense feels different when
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Aaron Jones is in the game. Agreed. He's just
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got a little spark to him. I love our offensive
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line. Of course. Can they stay healthy? What?
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Can they stay healthy? Great question. I mean,
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these are concerns about every team, you know.
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I mean, true. But arguably, we probably have
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a top ten offensive line. You know, center is
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our biggest issue. We'll see how Brando plays
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there. Defensively, are we going to get the same
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high -end defense last year? Because we have
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two rookies in the middle now with Banks and
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Big Orange. We lost Allen and Hargrave last year,
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two vets that really helped communicate that
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defense line and everything. So we're going to
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get a little... The Flores defense is, I think,
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my biggest thing that I want to see, whether
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we regress there. I still think we have enough
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skill set. I like still on offense. I think Kyler,
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if he gets it running, I think we can get our
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10 wins and finish second in the division. Right
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on. I think repeating defensively that well is
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tough with any team, being a top -five defense
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year after year after year. It's got to be tough
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to do, but I do think we have the pieces to do
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it. Yeah, of course it's going to be on Kyler
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Murray's arms or shoulders on the offensive side
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of the ball. I mean, arguably the most athletic
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quarterback the Vikings have probably ever had.
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So I'm curious, or at least for a while, at least
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since maybe rookie Dante or something, but just
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curious to see how well he can extend the play
24:18
when it does break down and how Jetta's in. Jordan
24:23
Addison, too, can adjust to that. I think Addison
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somehow slips through a lot of defenses when
24:30
the play gets extended and can be a big -time
24:34
downfield threat more so than Jetta's. I think
24:37
Jetta's just runs cleaner routes and can get
24:39
such nasty separation. If it's one -on -one,
24:44
I mean, that's your number one read every time.
24:47
But Addison's sneaky fast, and I think he will
24:51
earn a big contract probably not here due to
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it. And Jennings. I love the addition of Jawan
24:59
Jennings. I mean, get a screen out there behind
25:02
him, and he's going to be. It just adds a lot
25:04
of depth there, you know, just if one of our
25:07
other two go down. That was the best, I think,
25:11
signing for the Vikings this year. I mean, I
25:13
guess you could say Kyler because he's our starting
25:16
quarterback. But, yeah, it's up the middle that
25:19
scares me the most, you know, with the rookies,
25:21
you know, because the NFL is a tough up the middle
25:24
thing. But were you going to throw a number out
25:27
there? Yeah. Vikings fans. Listen up. Probably
25:35
8 and 9. Oh, ouch. I really want them. I was
25:40
thinking you were going to be like, oh, they're
25:42
going to be a 10 -win team. No, I really want
25:45
them to do well, but I just. So you're expecting
25:48
Kyler to fail is what you're saying at the 8
25:50
-9? I don't know. It's a safe bet. I don't know.
25:54
You're going safe. As a fan, I want to say, like,
25:57
oh, yeah, 12 win, Kyler Murray's the answer.
25:59
They're going to end up paying him because they're
26:01
salty about Sam Darnold. The Wilfs want to win
26:04
a Super Bowl bad because I think they want to
26:05
sell and be done. So I think they're. pushing
26:08
in all the chips they can to try to win a Super
26:10
Bowl now, and that's why I think KOC's seat could
26:14
get warmer through the season if Kyler Murray
26:16
is not turning out to be the guy, if KOC's not
26:19
turning out to be the quarterback whisperer.
26:22
I don't know. It could get interesting. We have
26:24
a nice scheduled start. That's kind of what I'm
26:28
leaning on. Because it's always nice if you can
26:30
start hot. You feel like it changes in the building.
26:35
And Kyler gets it going and the vibe gets going.
26:38
We get Packers to start with all their issues,
26:41
so we don't have to deal with that. Josh Jacobs
26:43
wasn't playing that game. I'm not as concerned
26:45
about that game. And the Bears, I mean, we've
26:48
always competed. It's tough. I'm not going to
26:50
say it's a W. And then the Buccaneers. It's tough.
26:53
It's tough, but they're not a team they feel
26:56
like they're going to blow the doors off. And
26:58
the Vikings better be able to beat Miami North.
27:01
Yeah. Then we got Saints. So our first five aren't
27:05
the worst. Towards the end, it starts getting
27:08
a little more hairy. Well, hopefully he comes
27:11
back. And we're developed by that. Yeah, right.
27:13
Yeah, that's the other thing, yeah. Come on,
27:15
Eric. Come back for us, baby. No Harrison Smith
27:18
news. Get a secret Harry. get a secret Harrison
27:22
re -signing? That would be sweet. I know Harry's
27:26
watching. We have a couple injuries. Poor Jamal
27:29
Adams. That was so brutal. I think Harry would
27:34
not have came back then because Jamal Adams perfectly
27:37
fits into what Harrison Smith did. They're almost
27:39
the same player. I was looking them up stat -wise.
27:45
Everything. You could have even played Jamal
27:47
Adams as a linebacker. though is to play Jamal
27:51
Adams as as that middle linebacker and like hitting
27:54
those A -gaps. He switched to a hybrid. He switched
27:59
to a safety number for the Vikings, though, specifically.
28:03
Was his speed the same after his injury? In Seattle,
28:06
he flew around the field. He was not the same.
28:08
By any means. Anyway, we should wrap it. That's
28:11
enough about the Vikings. We always go too long.
28:14
We had Jake talking about the Vikings, too, though.
28:17
He's low -key. That's his NFC team. He's already
28:22
got purple. Yeah. He said 12 wins. So it's fine.
28:27
There we go. That's it. Thanks for being here,
28:29
Jake. Thanks for having me. And now we know.
28:30
He's a Viking. I like it. Good. Let's go to the
28:33
bowl. Rob. Thanks. Yep. We're going to win it.
28:36
Lions. This is the year. Europe. That's it. Yep.
28:40
We're done. Oh, yeah. Outros. Don't forget to
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like, comment, subscribe. Yep. To Spotify. Nope.
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YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeartRadio.
28:50
There it is. I had to say it in my order. Otherwise,
28:52
it's going to mess up. That's it. Peace. See
28:56
you. Next time. Bye. Bye. Bye. Don't forget to
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