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get laced up let's go it's time for banter with
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the boys welcome back to baner with the boys
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gridiron updates uh week 10 Already in the NFL.
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That's crazy. I'm joined here. I'm smelty, by
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the way. I literally forget every week. And I'm
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like, oh, yeah, by the way. And it's not scripted.
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I seriously forget every week. I'm like a dog.
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Short term memory. Rob. What's up, buddy? Go
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host. Live and love him, baby. Live and love
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him. Good week. It's always a nice week after
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a W. Of course. Always. Skol. Skol, baby. Ironically,
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our Lions fan couldn't be here this week. I hope
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you're listening. We'll see you next week. We'll
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see you next week. You can't avoid us. You can't
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avoid us. Dan is back again this week for another
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episode. Dude, this is awesome. I can't. I'm
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excited to be back. This is awesome. Yes, sir.
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Yes, sir. And, of course, Kevin behind the camera
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getting everything done for us as always. What
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up, Kev? Let's not waste any time, gentlemen,
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and get right into our Week 9 Game Recaps. Welcome
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back here. This started off. Let's just get into
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it, Rob. Vikes, Lions, fellas. Wow. Squeaker.
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We squeaked it out. Yes. And we did. Got a couple
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calls. Got a couple calls. Okay, so first off,
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right away, right away, that roughing the passer
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call. How do you feel about that? Like, I think
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it was kind of weak, the one that we got, the
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one I'm talking about. Yes. I think that was
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weak. But by definition, landing your weight
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on there and by the view from the ref, I could
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see why it was thrown. I don't know. That seemed
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weak to me. I mean, at some point, you've got
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to be able to play. And I feel like we talk about
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this every year. No, it's that fine line of being
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like, was he actually malicious in his intent
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in laying his body weight on him? Or did he just
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plain and simply hit him hard because he was
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running full speed? And in that case, that's
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what happened. And I don't think there was any
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malicious intent, and I thought it was weak.
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And I'm not going to complain about it. Right
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on. Vikings fans should probably call it out
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if it was a little weak. Oh, and I did. What's
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another call? You said there was a couple calls.
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What was that? Didn't Hutchinson get a weird
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tripping or something call on that? No, that
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one I agree with because that was malicious in
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time. You can't do that. I'm trying to remember
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this call. I just didn't think he was intending
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to. He locked up with CD. Okay. Blitzing off
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the edge. Or not blitzing, excuse me. Rushing.
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Attacking. And he got into this hold with him,
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and then he got off to, like, an angle and tried
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tripping him with his foot. Yeah, and then ended
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up hitting him in the kneecap, so you can see
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it. So, yeah, that's definitely, like, you can't
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do that, you know? Like, whether it did little
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or not, you know, that's something that... you
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shouldn't do. That's kind of dirty. Can't do
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that. That's what Dan says. Right on. But they
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got us back on that push -off on Williamson's
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last touchdown, a little Drew Pearson push -off
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against Rodgers on that last touchdown. So it
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equaled out a little bit. But you're coming off
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a two -game losing streak. We'll take all the
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breaks we can. So thank you, Zebras. JJ, not
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the most amazing game. But made some plays when
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we needed them. There were a couple plays that
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were solid. I mean, that throw to Jettis for
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the touchdown. Very nice. Came in hot. And that's
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only where Jettis is going to catch it. You know
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what I mean? Yes, obviously he made a crazy one
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-handed catch, you know, whatever. Outside of
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that, it was placed in a perfect spot. Like,
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I just couldn't believe how perfect of a throw
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that was for that particular play. Big drop by
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TJ, so there's other things, too, that factored
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into that. But first game back, I can't complain.
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We'll see. No. He took full advantage. I mean,
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when he's on KOC's script, he does really well.
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When he's off script, it's kind of iffy, but
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he has full control of this team. You can see
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it. I like it, yeah. He is fully confident, and
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the team will ride with him. And what I mean
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ride is as long as he stays healthy. could be
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that wild card team by the end of the season
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because, you know, KOC's coaching, I think I'm
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going to give him credit. It's that good, you
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know. There's so much to clean up. So I just
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listened to Paul Allen's drive -bys, and he goes
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up to Jalen Naylor. He's like, Jalen Naylor with
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only one catch for 16 yards. And I'm thinking
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to myself, should have been two because if you
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remember that one on his hip. Yeah. Throws like
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that, JJ has to clean up indefinitely. That one
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on his hip, that's a tough one for me because,
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like, when is he down? by contact at that point.
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If we're talking about catches, not to bring
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up the most famous one, because this catch has
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no weight. This Naylor weight has no weight to
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it. You're talking about the interception by
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Tyree pinning the ball against his helmet and
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falling to the ground. It almost seemed like
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he had it pinned against his leg as he was hitting
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the ground and down by contact at that point.
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That was the only thing I was looking at. Now,
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as far as coming out of the scrum and after that
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point, oh yeah, the Lions had the ball. No question
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there. But I'm like, was he down though? That
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was my only thing on that book. One way to get
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your first interception, Terry on Arnold. I mean,
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no doubt. He was right there. Right place, right
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time type of thing. No doubt. Because of bad
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throw. Yeah, I was a little behind him, but he's
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an NFL receiver. I mean, he initially had the
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opportunity to kind of catch that. He did, but
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that's hard running a crossing route. I'm not
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saying it's not a hard catch, but he also needs
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to flatten that route a little easier to make
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a better throw because he can see in the replay
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that he fades that. He needs to help out his
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rookie quarterback. I agree with you. So on that
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aspect, it's first win in forward field since
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2017, so that's a nice, you know. So we'll take
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it as Vikings fans real quick. We didn't even
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talk about the Detroit Lions, so we need our
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Lions. Lions fan here next week. We got to move
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on. But real quick with the Lions. I mean, obviously,
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the Vikings defense actually showed up this week.
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Where has they been? The free agent signings
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really showed up this week. That run defense.
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The run defense played well. Able to limit Gibbs.
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Jameer Gibbs. Yeah, under 100 for Gibbs, too.
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I mean, that's an amazing number. No, no. I mean.
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Under 100 all -around yards, too. All the defensive
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linemen took it personally. I'm going to give
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Levi Drake Rodriguez his flowers. This dude,
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I mean, he runs at like a three technique, mostly
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on run stuffing packages, and he answers the
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bell every time. This guy is... He's got a gift.
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I mean, he's from D2 Texas A &M Commerce. Flores
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loves him. He made that momentum -changing block
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kick at the end. Yeah, buddy. And that is huge.
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I mean, seventh -round pick, I mean, what more
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can you ask for? I mean, these are diamonds in
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the rough. Absolutely. Real quick, before we
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move on, Lions at Commanders next week. We don't
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talk about them in our preview show. Just real
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quick. Wow. Don't go too deep into it. Jaden
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Daniels not playing. I'm going to say Lions because
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if I'm looking at. The commanders, I'm looking
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at the film. I'm saying commanders Frankie Louvu
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and Bobby Wagner, blitz the A -gaps, get pressure
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on Jared Goff. But Frankie Louvu's not playing.
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He's suspended. So, yeah, give me the Lions.
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Give me the Lions. 1 ,000%. Yeah, the Lions for
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sure, especially with how Daniel's in. 100%.
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That's where I'm going. They're pretty banged
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up. Their whole defensive line is banged up.
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They can't stop anybody. But I wanted to throw
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a quick point. Really a momentum changer for
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the Vikings game after the Lions went down. scored
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on that initial drive was the kick return. Getting
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it back into already field goal position. That
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really changed the momentum. I think it gave
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a real positive vibe for the Vikings often. It's
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like, hey, we don't need to do much. We still
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can put points on the board here to kind of flip
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that initial because if we go three and out,
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they go down and score. We're back in that Chargers
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game down 14 -0 quick. For sure. All right, let's
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move on. Nobody wants to talk about the Vikings
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anymore but us, obviously, and we can talk all
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day. Panthers at Green Bay. Stunner. Upset are
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the words being thrown around today. The Carolina
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Panthers are 5 -4 after getting a win against
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the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. No love,
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no. Is love not getting any love this week? No
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love, no. Gotta love it. Oh, wait. No, actually,
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I didn't even try to do that. No, never mind.
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Jordan Love and the Packers as a whole. are similar
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to the Vikings. They're so freaking wildly inconsistent.
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It's just like you don't really know. You know,
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the Packers have dominated games this year, similar
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to the Vikings dominating, who was it? Why am
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I blanking? The Bengals. The Bengals absolutely
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dominating them, you know what I mean? But then
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there's other games where it's just like it doesn't
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make any sense, like against the Falcons for
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the Vikings. Couldn't stop Bijan, you know what
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I mean? Packers could not take care of Rico.
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Dowdle. Yeah. That dude is playing outstanding
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right now. He stayed hot. He stayed hot in this
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game. 130 rushing yards. Two tods. Yeah. Yeah,
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it's just been consistent. Yeah, the Panthers,
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you know, just one of those games. They hung
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around, hung around. Green Bay, I mean, losing
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your boy Kraft is going to be a really tough
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one for. Is it ACL for the year? Yeah, he's done.
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That's so sad. And also the Packers still really
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haven't established a number one receiver as,
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you know, their go -to guy for love. And, I mean,
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Kraft was kind of that guy for him now, so it'll
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be really interesting. Golden really still hasn't
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really developed. No, not what I was thinking
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as a high draft pick like that. Christian Watson
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coming up with a big play. Yes, yes. And he's
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turned it around for them, which is a good thing
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for the Packers. Good thing for Christian Watson.
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Yeah, so. But, Rob, you were right. This was
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the trap game. If you guys were listening last
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week, I mean, not only do you lose a winnable
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game at home, now you have to take on the Eagles,
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who are looking to pull away in the NFC East.
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Yes, coming off a bye, too. So, for me, the biggest.
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The biggest issue I have with this Packer game.
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Now, hold on. Before I say this, did the Panthers
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miss a field goal early, too? Did they end up
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missing a field goal as well? I can't remember.
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Let me look here. Let me look here. No. No, it
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was McManus' field goal I'm thinking about. Yeah.
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So, I mean, that's a factor, right? Now it's
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16 -16, right? Hypothetically, if you were to
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make that. But also, what was the beginning thought
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I was going with here on the Packers? Son of
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a B. Five of their first six possessions were
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inside the Panthers' 35 -yard line, and they
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just got two field goals out of it. So only three
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turnovers on the entire season, and they had
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two this game, which is huge. Should have had
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three on that fourth down play when that Love
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threw that one up, too. Oh, yeah, right in the
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end zone. And that brings the Panthers to five
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and four. They're above 500. Yeah, they have
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a belief in their coach. I mean, their coach
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is good. You just mentioned Love throwing it
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up there on that fourth down play. That's the
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play I was talking about, but it was in the third
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quarter. The one I'm talking about is the third
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quarter one on first and ten. He did the exact
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same thing. Threw it up into actually triple
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coverage back there. Like, what are we doing
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on first down? I like taking a shot. Don't get
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me wrong. But with three Panthers back there?
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Are we kidding? Let's find a one -on -one somewhere.
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That one bugged the heck out of me. Third and
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ten, and you throw deep, and it's a pick, and
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he's downed right away. That's a punt. You know
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what I mean? So it's not the end of the world.
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It doesn't look good on the stat line, but it's
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not the end of the world. But that other one.
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Yeah, it'd be really. It's interesting to see
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what Packer fans, their true belief of what they
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feel like Love is right now. You know, the ups
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and downs with him. He has the ability to play
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the game, but it's his consistency, you know,
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to be a dominant quarterback in the NFL. Right
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now, he's just kind of lingering around that
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middle of the pack kind of quarterback. Now I
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feel like I don't know what I'm talking about.
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He's only got one pick on the stat line, Jordan
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Love. I thought he had two this game. You should
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get a podcast. What am I thinking about? I know
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I should. I know I should. Wasn't Vinny throw
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it in? Oh, man. Now I'm going to have to. The
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Packers. Packers are probably hurting. They probably
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could use a couple guys like Preston Smith and
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Kenny Clark right now, but they shipped them
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away. The middle of that Packers defense doesn't
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look as good as it. Mike Parsons is doing the
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best he can, but when it's not a known passing
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down, he's been a little less effective. He's
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still a stud player and playing well. No, he
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did have one in the third quarter, that deep
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one. And this is also an injury -riddled Panthers
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offensive line. And Dave Canales' run game tactics
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are brilliant. They're getting it done. They're
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awesome. The flips, the handoffs, that's all
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coordinated. That's all tactical. This guy's
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good. This guy's good. Dan says this guy's good.
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Panthers came to win, and they did it. Panthers
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came to win, got it done. Moving on here, gentlemen.
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We've got to keep going. Game of the week. Chiefs
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at Bills. No, no. It should have been a Sunday
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night game. Why did they do a 3 o 'clock game
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on this one? It's all good. It's all good. No,
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it's not. It's always a chess match when these
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teams play, honestly. And it's these two quarterbacks.
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I know these two quarterbacks kind of overlook.
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The great players on both teams that are also
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on the teams. But these two quarterbacks, man,
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can just make magic happen all the time. They're
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so hard to sack. They're slippery. Both of them
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are hard to bring down in the backfield. It's
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just unbelievable. Play's never over with those
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two. No, it's really not. Great game. For me,
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the turning point of this game was the big miss
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in the first half for the Chiefs. They got the
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field goal at the end of the half, but not getting
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that touchdown instead after that big Hollywood
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Brown catch. Yeah, because they had first and
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goal. with all the time left. They had like 37
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seconds. Time wasn't a factor. Not converting
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that touchdown definitely hurts, I feel like,
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a little bit. Just with momentum even coming
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back out in the second half. It's that interest.
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This is the fifth straight regular season game
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that the Bills have beat the Chiefs, but they're
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still winless in the playoffs against them. Just
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going to bring that up. That is just so weird.
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How do you come up undefeated 5 -0 in the regular
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season and then just come up shit? short every
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single time in the postseason. It's so weird.
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And Josh Allen is a magician. I mean, that little
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shovel pass, that 12 -yard shovel pass to Jackson
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Hawes, I don't think people understand in the
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speed of that game how impressive that is. He's
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just doing that because he can. Keeps his head
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on a swivel with the best of them. Out of the
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pocket. And, like, Bills sacked Mahomes three
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times, knocked him down 15. Mahomes threw for
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a season -low 44 % completion percentage. Never
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happened in his nine -year career. Yeah, yeah.
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He was under, like, 100. And what did he have,
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like, $1 .40 -something total passing or something
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like that? Or is that the... I saw some other
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Saturday. I remember it was like the first time
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in his career that he hasn't done either. But,
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yeah. Oh, it was under 50%. That's what you're
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talking about. Got after. Yeah. Completion percentage.
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This is a signature win. I mean, you're questioning
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their legitimateness after the Atlanta -New England
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loss. I mean, this is definitely a signature
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win. This is nice. I mean, the Buffalo defense
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really stepped up for me. You know what I mean?
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Because Kansas City's offense has kind of been
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coming alive the last few weeks. Really electric.
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Even without Taylor Rapp in that secondary. they're
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stepping it up for sure. No. And just, yeah,
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just able to shut them down. Maybe we'll shut
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them down. James cook on the other side of things.
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Look, continuing to look like a stud. Yeah. He
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carried it for 27 yards, but there's a couple
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bigger plays. You know, yeah, it's only the 4
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.2 average, which still, you know, I take that
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all day. But it's those bigger chunk plays that
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he's just a, you know, breakaway ability. He's
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got speed. He's game changer. James was cooking.
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James was cooking. Dalton Kincaid still continues
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to develop kind of as that safety blanket for
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Josh Allen. And also still has that big playability.
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Diggs with a second touchdown two weeks in a
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row. Maybe he'll get some bonuses for those four
16:17
kids he's got on the way. Wait, Diggs for the
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Pats? Oh, the Pats, yeah. I was like, wait a
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minute. I was looking at the bills at the time,
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but then I got it stuck in my head. I'm like,
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what game are we talking about? Throwing curveballs
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over here. No, no, let me see here. What about
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Rasheed Rice? I mean, he's like their Swiss Army
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knife. Chiefs offense, lining up at Wildcat,
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getting jet motion, lining up in the backfield.
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I mean, he's everywhere for them. That dude's
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nice. He's probably what Xavier Worthy would
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want to be in that offense eventually. So as
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we wrap up here, we're not talking about either
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team in our preview show. So real quick for week
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10, real quick, Chiefs at Broncos next week.
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Wow. Oh, my gosh. Wait, are we talking about
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them? I think. Probably not. I mean, I think
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Chiefs get it done. Okay. I'm on Chiefs, too.
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Yeah. I mean, I don't think they can lose two
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in a row. I just don't think so. Okay. Fair enough.
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I think the Broncos get that done in their house.
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Wow, yeah. Tough place to play. They definitely
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could. You know, all altitude and all. But Bills,
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here we go. Oh, yeah. Okay. I mean, Bills at
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Miami. I mean, Bills, right? Yeah. It's not looking
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good. Miami could make it interesting. No, damn.
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I mean, I think Bills still win. You know, phones
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are ringing at the trade deadline today for Jalen
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Waddell and Chubb. Oh, yeah. And they said no
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to everything and wanted high dollar, I guess.
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Why wouldn't you? They must think they're bouncing
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back immediately next year. Do we have any Dolphins
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fans out there? I really want to know. Yeah.
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I'm really sorry about it. We're looking for
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Dolphins fans, Jets fans. We need to hear from
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you guys. What do you think they need to do at
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this point? Give it up in the comments, baby.
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Absolutely. All right, let's move on. Let's see.
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Game four. Let me scroll back up here. Where
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is it? 49ers at the Giants. Niners getting the
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win, 34 -24. And really, it's just, you know,
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for me, unless somebody else wants to start.
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Well, I'm just going to say the score looks closer
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than it really was. 49ers pretty much came out.
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Christian McCaffrey piling 173 yards scrimmage.
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Just looking good. He's still, I think, in that
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top five of that MVP talk. He keeps continuing
18:28
like this. I mean, he's averaging over 100 scrimmage
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yards a week. And Mac Jones keeps getting it
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done. I still got to give up to Robert Salas,
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still getting that young defense flying all over
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the field, too. So 49ers still are competitive,
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even though their strength of schedule has been
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an easier one so far at the beginning of the
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season. And then the rest of the season is they
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got a few division games, but they kind of got
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an easier schedule. So I think, what, do they
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got six wins right now? Yeah, they're 6 -3. So
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getting that 9 -10 mark is not going to be too
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difficult, even though they're going to have
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to start playing those division games. pretty
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heavy in there so uh let's see I mean, the NFC
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West in general is tough. And when I saw that
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they got Brian Robinson Jr. in the offseason,
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I could only imagine what they could be. That
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one -two punch. First touchdown as a Niner. First
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touchdown as a Niner. Five rushes for 56 yards.
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I mean, you're averaging 10 yards a rush at that
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point. A Shanahan offense. Exactly. So that one
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-two punch. Talk about a spell back. Look out.
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If they're healthy, look out. On the other side
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of the ball, the New York Giants. We're going
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to talk about the Niners more in our preview
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show, so don't worry. You've got to find that
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Week 10 preview here on Gridiron Updates coming
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up. We'll have the Niners Rams in that show.
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But the Giants fall to 2 -7. Jackson Dart still
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showing us some good things. The only thing I
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would say is at times he seems to hold on the
20:02
ball a little bit too long still, especially
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on those late developing plays and waiting when
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nothing's there. He seems a little bit slower.
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to make that decision. Either I've got to get
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out of here or he really tries to hang in there
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as long as possible. He's athletic. For me, if
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it's boom, boom, boom, not there, get out of
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there. Just go. You can go make a play, grab
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a five -yard slide. I'm cool with that. That's
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a rookie. He's still got 56 yards. He's still
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really good with his feet. Get out and go. Go
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a little bit sooner rather than he hangs around.
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That's kind of how he only took two sacks, but
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that's how we got them. But as a Giants fan,
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you've got to feel pretty good. You know, you
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have a chip and a chair moving on to next year.
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Well, and speaking of feeling good for Giants
20:50
fans, it was cool seeing Brian Burns in the backfield
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creating chaos, you know, created that tip pick
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for Abdul Carter. So, again, just having those
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names thrown out there has just got to get you
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a little bit excited that these guys are finally
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starting to get something going for you other
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than half the defense. being able to tackle this
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week. And half of their offense on the IR. Yeah.
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The whole line, I think, right? Well, yeah. And
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then you have neighbors and the... Right, right.
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Shout out my boy, John Michael Schultz from University
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of Minnesota. Yeah. Roll the boat. Roll the boat.
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I don't even know if he's healthy or not. Shout
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out. Doesn't matter. Shout out. He's in the NFL.
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My dude. All right, let's go to our final game.
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The Broncos at the Texans. Another low -scoring
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affair, similar to the Panthers and Packers.
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Broncos getting the win, though. Ugly. With the
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last second field goal, 18 -15 over the Texans.
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Yes, yes, ugly. But they move 7 -2. Broncos moved
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to 7 -2. Did anybody see that coming at the beginning
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of the year, 7 -2? I mean, with the way they
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ended last season, a lot of people were very
22:01
high on the Broncos. But 7 -2? Yeah, I had them.
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I mean, I kind of had them there. This game was
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really ugly. I was kind of looking through the
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stats of it. Do you know how many teams, both
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teams punted? How many times? Eight times apiece.
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There was a point in the game in the second half,
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seven consecutive punts in a row. So that's where
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it is. C .J. Stroud going down in the second
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quarter with a concussion just absolutely stopped
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the Texans from moving the ball the rest of the
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game. Broncos, you know, 4 -0 and trailing in
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the fourth quarter now. Knicks, I mean, make
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some plays here and there. Not a great passing
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percentage. But I was also looking at their strength
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of schedule. They have not played anybody at
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all, really. Other than the Chiefs at the beginning
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of the year, yeah, I agree with you. Yeah, they
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beat the Chiefs, and then the Texans here with
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a half team with C .J. Stroud. I'm really seeing
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an interest in the second half of the season.
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The Broncos beat the Chiefs? Yeah, week three,
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I believe. like 38 or 33, 27, something like
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that. So it'll be really interesting to see the
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Broncos on their second half. No, I haven't played
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the Chiefs yet this year. They haven't? You guys
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are both tripping. They beat the Bengals 28 -3.
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Maybe I'm thinking of the Chargers. They lost
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to the Chargers 23 -20. They had two L's in a
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row. Colts and Chargers. They took two L's in
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a row and then went on a tear. But who have they
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beat since then? The Eagles. They beat the Eagles
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by four. They beat the crap out of the Bengals.
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Joe Burrell, those Bengals. Beat the Giants by
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one. Beat the Jets by two. beat the Brakes off
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the Cowboys, and now only beat the Texans by
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three. So, yeah, that was close games. But we
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kind of saw the Chiefs, you know, we saw the
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Chiefs do that. Was it last year or the year
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before? I think it was last year. Kind of just
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hanging in there in every game, kind of giving
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these teams chances, but made the playoffs and
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made it run. Yeah. Denver's defense. Like, shout
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out, like, Bo Nix and, like, his maturity, like,
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over the season, I think. Yeah, you want to say,
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eh, only 18 points. I get it. Like, I'm there
24:07
with you, Rob. But that very last drive. He was
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looking for the deep ball. I remember a very
24:14
specific play, and he just took it to the other
24:17
side of the field and scrambled for 25, 30 yards.
24:20
Oh, to finish that play, yeah. Yeah, 25 -yard
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run at the end of the game. And, like, that right
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there is, like, not forcing anything, like, finding,
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like, being the young quarterback that he is,
24:29
using his legs and finding open field and just
24:32
taking advantage. And got him in the field goal,
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right? Exactly. To win the game. Put him in the
24:35
position to win. That's all you have to do. That's
24:37
what we're asking the J .J. McCarthy, right?
24:39
Yes. The Vikings fans. Exactly that. Just get
24:41
us. Get us to win. Yeah, the stat line isn't
24:43
pretty, but did you win? And that's why the Broncos
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are 7 -2, because I think Bo Nix has taken that
24:49
next step. But we'll see come postseason. See,
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that's the thing. So I got an interesting little
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thing. I was looking at the 24 QB draft class.
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You got Nix, Daniels, Williams, May, Penix, McCaffrey.
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So Nix has started 27 games. How many games do
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you think he's beaten a winning team? Oh, wow.
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Three. Wow. Out of 27 games. And one was in week
25:12
18 against, I think it was against KC without
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the starting quarterback. Daniels, how many games?
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He started 26 games. How many games against a
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winning team has he beat? Five. Wow. Okay. That's
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where we're looking. And then you've got Williams
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with 24 starts. He's got two wins against above
25:31
500 teams. McCaffrey's tied with him at two.
25:34
McCarthy. McCarthy. May two only out of his 21
25:38
starts. And Pinnock. Good stuff. Yeah. He has
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10 starts and only one win against a 500 above
25:45
team. So when you start looking at it that way,
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you kind of look at that class a little different.
25:51
I mean, yeah, you're looking at maybe their future.
25:53
and then progressing and seeing the possibilities.
25:57
But the stats against winning teams are kind
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of balancing them out because they're kind of
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the bottom teams, drafting low, playing that
26:04
last -place schedule a bunch. Sure, which attracts.
26:06
Yeah, attracts. No, that's interesting. Thanks
26:08
for bringing that up. I like that. With that,
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gentlemen, that kind of wraps our Game 9 recap.
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It does. Just like that. Very interesting week.
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I mean, I got a lot of pictures. I mean, playoff
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pictures are starting to shape up a little bit.
26:22
It's getting tighter. Division races are starting
26:25
to heat up. Some are pulling away already. Summer's
26:29
gone. Summer's gone, Dan. NFC East. It's going
26:31
to snow this weekend in Minnesota. Why are the
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Cowboys the two seed with a 3 -5 -1 record? That's
26:39
funny. But they made some moves like they're
26:40
in it. Yeah. They did. They did make moves. Check
26:43
in our tent talk for some of those. But, Dan,
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thanks for being here, man. Man, absolutely.
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This is awesome. Love talking NFL. Skull Vikes.
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Skull Vikes. Brilliant win this week. Brilliant.
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Hope to be back soon. Hope to be back soon. Yes,
26:57
sir. You will be. Next episode, tent talk. Let's
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do it. Week 9 tent talk. Or, I'm sorry, week
27:02
10 tent talk. Rob. Thank you. You were here.
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Yes. Woo -hoo. Vikings win. That's all that matters.
27:09
Moving on. Kev was here as well. He's still here.
27:13
You can't see him, but just trust me. He's here.
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27:28
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