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NFL Week 10 Pre: Are The Indianapolis Colts Still Atop The NFL? · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hello, Welcome to the Inside the Birds NFL Week ten preview.
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Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Mosher, and if you are an Eagles fan,
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Speaker 1: it's another fun weekend for you as last weekend the
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Speaker 1: Eagles were by and you got to watch NFL action
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Speaker 1: and not have to worry about, you know, sweating it
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Speaker 1: out with an Eagles game. And then this weekend you
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Speaker 1: get to again enjoy action around the NFL as the
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Speaker 1: Eagles will not play until Monday night, So if you're
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Speaker 1: an Eagles fans, it's sort of like a double bonus.
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Speaker 1: You get to watch more football and then you get
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Speaker 1: to watch your own team on Monday night in a
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Speaker 1: big game for both teams, the Eagles and Packers, and
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Speaker 1: we've obviously have that covered on the Inside the Birds
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Speaker 1: pregame Show Myself, Adam Kaplan, Greg Cosel broke it all down.
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Speaker 1: Very interesting game. The injury situation for the Packers losing
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Speaker 1: Tucker Kraft is going to play a big part of that,
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Speaker 1: and obviously with the Eagles, and you know Cam Jurgens's
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Speaker 1: situation not great as well. So both teams have some
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Speaker 1: things to overcome and both have a lot online. Two
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Speaker 1: good teams should be a very good Monday night game.
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Speaker 1: If you are an Eagles fan, or if you are
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Speaker 1: an NFL fan who watched the Thursday night game with
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Speaker 1: the Broncos and the Raiders, I'm sorry you probably could
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Speaker 1: have spent that time weaving a basket filing taxes early.
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Speaker 1: I don't know something that would have been more productive
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Speaker 1: than that game, which was a terrible game. The Broncos won,
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Speaker 1: and amazingly they are eight and two, and it seems
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Speaker 1: like the more they compile wins, the less impressed I
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Speaker 1: become with who they are and their chances of being
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Speaker 1: the best team in the AF. I know that sounds ridiculous,
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Speaker 1: but they really really struggle to move the ball and
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Speaker 1: to score points against a Raiders team that is not
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Speaker 1: very good, does not have a very good defense, has
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Speaker 1: not been very competitive all either. Two and seven. Yes,
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Speaker 1: they lost by the to the Jaguars by one the
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Speaker 1: week before. I don't think the Jaguars are very good,
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Speaker 1: but you know, they lost the Chiefs thirty one nothing
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Speaker 1: going into the buye. Their only win since Week one,
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Speaker 1: well is the Titans, and they only beat the Titans
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Speaker 1: twenty to ten. So they give it forty points to
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Speaker 1: the Colts. They give it forty one to the Commanders.
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Speaker 1: This is not a great Raiders defense. It's not one
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Speaker 1: of those teams that if it was just offensively they
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Speaker 1: were a little better, then they would be a really
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Speaker 1: good team. So I don't know what's going on with
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Speaker 1: the Broncos Offensively. It seems like bo Nicks is having
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Speaker 1: trouble getting the ball down the field. I don't think
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Speaker 1: they have overall enough playmakers. And Courtland Sutton's a great
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Speaker 1: wide receiver. They have a good offensive line, but they're
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Speaker 1: They're running game has been fine, but they really don't
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Speaker 1: have anything at the tight end position, at the Z spot,
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Speaker 1: at the Y spot that nothing other than Courtland Sutton
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Speaker 1: that I think really threatens an opponent. And I just
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Speaker 1: don't think Nicks himself has in year two taken a
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Speaker 1: huge leap from year one. He's basically, to me, the
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Speaker 1: same kind of guy. He might make a couple of
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Speaker 1: better throws here and there, and again, I'm not trying
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Speaker 1: to take credit away for the Broncos. I know it
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Speaker 1: was an AFC West game, and those are always going
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Speaker 1: to be a little bit tighter and different. But they
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Speaker 1: have won eight in a row. But you look at
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Speaker 1: some of their offensive performances ten to seven Raiders eighteen
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Speaker 1: fifteen against the Texans the week before. Texas have a
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Speaker 1: good defense, I get it, thirteen points against the Jets
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Speaker 1: across the pond in a thirteen to eleven win. You know,
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Speaker 1: they did beat the Eagles and to score twenty one
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Speaker 1: in that twenty to twelve in this he's an opener
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Speaker 1: against the Titans, they're just a very they're an ordinary offense.
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Speaker 1: I don't think that they threaten defenses really well. And
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Speaker 1: we'll really find out more about the Broncos as they
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Speaker 1: you know, have to play the Kansas City Chiefs in
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Speaker 1: their next game, so they'll get a little bit of
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Speaker 1: a mini buy. So that'll be week eleven. Next week
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Speaker 1: they'll face the Chiefs. Then they'll have to score points
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Speaker 1: to keep up with the Chiefs or continue to play
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Speaker 1: amazing defense and hold the Chiefs to somewhere in that
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Speaker 1: twenty one to twenty four range. And then you know,
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Speaker 1: over the latter part of their schedule they have the Packers,
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Speaker 1: They've got the Chiefs again and the Chargers to end
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Speaker 1: the year with. So they're gonna finish fine. You know,
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Speaker 1: they got games left against the Commanders, another one against
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Speaker 1: the Raiders against the Jaguars. So they'll be fine. They're
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Speaker 1: gonna win at least twelve or thirteen games. But when
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Speaker 1: you look at their viability as a real threat to
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Speaker 1: whether it's the Chiefs, whether it's the Ravens, who are
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Speaker 1: probably going to be back, you know, to to probably
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Speaker 1: gonna win the AFC Central, whether it's you know, the
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Speaker 1: Patriots who can score points. I just don't know that
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Speaker 1: the Broncos can rely week after week after week on
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Speaker 1: their defense just shutting down the opponent. It's a great defense,
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Speaker 1: but at some point the offense has to take a
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Speaker 1: step up. So that was the Thursday night game. And
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Speaker 1: you know, I talked about this a couple of weeks ago.
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Speaker 1: I'm just not sure Chip Kelly as an NFL coach.
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Speaker 1: I mean, I think his offenses, you know, they struggled
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Speaker 1: after the first year with the Eagles, despite all the
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Speaker 1: changes that he made, despite getting quote unquote his guy
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Speaker 1: with Sam Bradford and his guy with DeMarco Murray. Then
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Speaker 1: they struggled in San Francisco. He didn't have a great team,
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Speaker 1: but it struggled. And now he's back, and look, the
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Speaker 1: Raiders don't have a great set of offensive weaponry. But
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Speaker 1: Gino Smith before he came to the Raiders was a
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Speaker 1: pretty good quarterback in Seattle. Ashton Genty is a top
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Speaker 1: five pick who ripped up college apart Brock Bauers had
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Speaker 1: an amazing rookie year. Their O line, I know it
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Speaker 1: got beat up and they lost their center. They haven't
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Speaker 1: had Colton Miller the left tackle. I know their O
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Speaker 1: line isn't great. And obviously they traded away their receiver
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Speaker 1: at the at the trade deadline to the Jags, and
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Speaker 1: that takes somebody away. But they shouldn't be this bad offensively.
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Speaker 1: And I think that Chip Kelly's fingerprints are all over
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Speaker 1: that Jacoby Myers, who who I was thinking of that
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Speaker 1: they traded away. They just haven't been a good offense.
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Speaker 1: And in Chip Kelly's NFL career, now with the Eagles,
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Speaker 1: with the Niners, and now his offensive coordinator of the Raiders,
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Speaker 1: the common bond is his offenses don't seem to adjust,
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Speaker 1: they don't capitalize, they don't maximize any mismatches, and you know,
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Speaker 1: I'm just not sure he's an NFL coach. As for
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Speaker 1: the rest of the week, there's bye weeks of course
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Speaker 1: for the Bengals needed the Dallas Cowboys, Tennessee Titans, the Chiefs,
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys really need to buy. I mean, obviously, it's
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Speaker 1: a terrible tragedy there for Dallas losing Marshaw Neeland to
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Speaker 1: an apparent suicide. You just feel for his girlfriend, Catalina,
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Speaker 1: who was her name in the reports, the family, the
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Speaker 1: team itself, anybody in Marshawn's inner circle. Just a terribly
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Speaker 1: tragic situation that I don't know that I can expand
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Speaker 1: or offer any wisdom or insight that's anything better than
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Speaker 1: you all have already heard or know. I just think
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Speaker 1: that there's a hopeless feeling for people in general who
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Speaker 1: don't know when somebody needs help. You know, there could
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Speaker 1: be somebody struggling with mental illness that I know right now,
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Speaker 1: and it may not be obvious, it may not be
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Speaker 1: a parent, and I have no no idea if it
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Speaker 1: was or not. For Marshaw on New and you scored
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Speaker 1: a touchdown the week before, is first career touchdown off
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Speaker 1: of a block. He fell on it. Every picture that
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Speaker 1: you see, which is the most misleading thing that we have,
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Speaker 1: is pictures. That's why Instagram can be toxic. It can
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Speaker 1: make you think that everybody's life is great, or any
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Speaker 1: other social media platform and then make you feel worse
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Speaker 1: about your own life. I mean, social media is just
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Speaker 1: terrible and toxic for that reason. But that's a helpless
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Speaker 1: feeling for someone who might want to be a mental
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Speaker 1: health advocate or help out or just be extremely sensitive
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Speaker 1: to the issue. But you want you're constantly told and
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Speaker 1: it's a great thing to be told to check in
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Speaker 1: on your friends, check in on your loved ones, ask
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Speaker 1: someone if they're not doing well, ask if they're okay.
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Speaker 1: But the signs aren't always there, and sometimes you just
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Speaker 1: don't know when or who to ask or why. And
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Speaker 1: that's the difficult helpless feeling that I I feel when
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Speaker 1: I think about people in my life, people I come
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Speaker 1: across who could be struggling and I might not know.
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Speaker 1: It's hard to just go up to every single person
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Speaker 1: every single day of the of the week, Hey you're
9:12
Speaker 1: doing all right? You feel okay, you're good, or even
9:14
Speaker 1: if someone looks down. You know, sometimes people look down
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Speaker 1: they're just having a bad moment and they don't want
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Speaker 1: to be pestered by Hey are you okay? You're right?
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Speaker 1: Can I help you? You know, sometimes since you're just
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Speaker 1: having a bad day and you don't want somebody in
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Speaker 1: your face, so it's just a helpless feeling. I would
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Speaker 1: just recommend that everybody check out Andrew Decheco's interview on
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Speaker 1: the Inside the Birds platform with former Eagles first round
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Speaker 1: pick Marcus Smith, who has become a mental health advocate,
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Speaker 1: who has struggled with mental health at times he did
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Speaker 1: in his career. He's very open about it. We've had
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Speaker 1: him on radio Row at the Super Bowl talking about it.
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Speaker 1: He did try at one point in his life to
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Speaker 1: commit suicide when he was with the Seahawks and things
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Speaker 1: weren't working out. He obviously had a difficult career up
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Speaker 1: to being a first round pick. And anyway, Andrew caught
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Speaker 1: up with him this week and for his Daily to
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Speaker 1: check o and did a really nice interview with Marcus Smith,
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Speaker 1: and Marcus had some really really good stuff to say,
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Speaker 1: and also talk about his foundation Circle of M that
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Speaker 1: is basically that is devoted to more awareness and advocacy
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Speaker 1: for mental health. So please check that out on the platform.
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Speaker 1: It's an important show, and it's an important topic that
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Speaker 1: we've talked about more as a society as it intersects
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Speaker 1: with sports. It used to be kind of not something
10:31
Speaker 1: you would talk about, but now it's okay, which is good.
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Speaker 1: You know, Lane Johnson and of course has has talked
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Speaker 1: about it, and you know, it was really the right
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Speaker 1: guard for the Eagles, Brooks, Brandon Brooks, who who was
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Speaker 1: the first you know, he encountered some real issues with
10:50
Speaker 1: mental health while he was an Eagle and talked about
10:54
Speaker 1: it and talked about the difficulties and coming out for
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Speaker 1: him about it really helped him through it. And he
11:03
Speaker 1: wanted to make awareness a better thing in sports than
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Speaker 1: he did, and so was Lane Johnson. And that's been good.
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Speaker 1: So I definitely would encourage you to check out the
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Speaker 1: interview that Andrew Decheco did with Marcus Smith, and of
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Speaker 1: course to keep you know, Marshaw Neeland's family and your thoughts,
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Speaker 1: his loved ones and your thoughts, because it really is
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Speaker 1: a tragedy and it's just it's it's tough to think about.
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Speaker 2: It.
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Speaker 1: Definitely was a tough week for NFL fans and people
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Speaker 1: who cover the sport who get to know these athletes
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Speaker 1: on a little bit of a different level. All right,
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Speaker 1: let's take a look at the games in the NFL
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Speaker 1: this week, and it's kind of got some pretty good man.
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Speaker 1: I thought the last few weeks we've gotten some matchups,
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Speaker 1: but we're starting to get to some pretty good ones now.
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Speaker 1: Of course, the NFL is overseas again, so you can
11:51
Speaker 1: wake up early and watch your early morning game between
11:56
Speaker 1: the Falcons of the and the Colts in Germany. Boys,
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Speaker 1: that game become interesting as the Colts have become a
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Speaker 1: very very interesting team. They are coming off a loss
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Speaker 1: to the Steelers. It was just their second loss of
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Speaker 1: the year, and they've kind of established themselves as a juggernaut.
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Speaker 1: And then they make a big trade. Now. I already
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Speaker 1: went through this on Philly Voice. I wrote Winners and
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Speaker 1: Losers of the Trade Deadline. I talked about this with
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Speaker 1: Kaplan throughout the week. My stances that I think the
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Speaker 1: two first round picks for a cornerback when you are
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Speaker 1: a team that has had quarterback instability for as long
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Speaker 1: as you've had is dangerous and risky. I get why
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Speaker 1: the Colts did it. I do think Sauce Gardner, despite
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Speaker 1: some regression a little bit, probably in a better environment,
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Speaker 1: will play really well for the Colts, and they really
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Speaker 1: needed a corner But I mean, they basically married themselves
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Speaker 1: to Daniel Jones not just for this year, but going forward,
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Speaker 1: because not having first round picks in each of the
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Speaker 1: next two years is a dangerous proposition unless you are
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Speaker 1: an elite team team, and the Colts think they are
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Speaker 1: and think that they've got their quarterback wrapped up, and
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Speaker 1: so we will see. You do have to give Shane
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Speaker 1: Stike and a whole lot of credit, and he's done
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Speaker 1: a tremendous job. He showed in a very unpopular move
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Speaker 1: that it really was about Anthony Richardson not being able
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Speaker 1: to execute the offense. Daniel Jones is and ever since
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Speaker 1: he's been executing it, the whole offense and the whole
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Speaker 1: team has functioned at an entirely new level. Now think
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Speaker 1: about this the Colts. It's easy to look at the Colts,
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Speaker 1: and I said this last week. I said, we will
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Speaker 1: know if the Colts are really for real over the
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Speaker 1: second half of it. We'll start to see. Because eventually,
13:37
Speaker 1: when you win all these all these games in a row,
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Speaker 1: the spotlight shines on you. Teams come hunting for you.
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Speaker 1: You become the you know, the hunted, not the hunter,
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Speaker 1: and then there's some regression that is naturally expected, especially
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Speaker 1: when you'll win a lot of games in a row.
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Speaker 1: So I said, we'll see if Indianapolis can handle being
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Speaker 1: that team on a four game win streak. Their only
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Speaker 1: loss of the year had been to the Rams, and
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Speaker 1: that was a tough game, close game as well. We'll
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Speaker 1: see how they handle that. And obviously they lose in Pittsburgh.
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Speaker 1: But I will say this about their loss. They turned
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Speaker 1: the ball over six times. Six times. They turned the
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Speaker 1: ball over. They lost twenty seven to twenty all right,
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Speaker 1: most teams turned the ball over six times, right, There
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Speaker 1: was three interceptions by Andrew Jones and obviously three fumbles. Wow,
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Speaker 1: two fumbles by Jones and then won by Josh Allen.
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Speaker 1: So Daniel Jones himself had five turnovers. Okay, when you
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Speaker 1: turn the ball over six times in a game, you
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Speaker 1: usually get your rear end kicked in. All right, you
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Speaker 1: are usually done. And yes, they were down by seventeen
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Speaker 1: points in the fourth quarter until a Downs touchdown made
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Speaker 1: it by ten, and then they got a field goal
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Speaker 1: to cut it three. So I'm not trying to act
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Speaker 1: like the Colts weren't handled a little bit here, but
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Speaker 1: for this to be even that close of a game
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Speaker 1: on six turnovers says a a lot about the Colts
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Speaker 1: and that this was probably fluky for them to lose
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Speaker 1: this game, and b kind of says a lot about
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Speaker 1: the Steelers, don't you think. I mean, you force six
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Speaker 1: turnovers and you only score twenty seven points, only win
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Speaker 1: by a touchdown. I mean Aaron Rodgers two hundred and
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Speaker 1: three yards in a touchdown. They really didn't have a
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Speaker 1: running game. Jalen Warren averaged one point nine yards per carry.
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Speaker 1: This has been the Steelers all year long. They're streaky,
15:36
Speaker 1: they're unpredictable, they don't run the ball very well. They've
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Speaker 1: gotten nothing from that rookie third round pick Caleb Johnson.
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Speaker 1: They other than DK Metcalf, we only had two catches.
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Speaker 1: You know, they don't have too many threats as weapons.
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Speaker 1: But these are the Steelers, and even their defense hasn't
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Speaker 1: been as great. Indianapolis still had three hundred and sixty
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Speaker 1: eight total yards despite turning the ball over six times.
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Speaker 1: The Steelers only had two hundred and twenty five yards
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Speaker 1: in that game. So that is about as fluky of
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Speaker 1: a game as you're ever going to see. So I
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Speaker 1: don't I won't knock the Colts too much for losing it,
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Speaker 1: and I won't, you know, I didn't drop them from
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Speaker 1: number one of my power rankings. You knew they were
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Speaker 1: going to lose a game. And they're playing a Falcons
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Speaker 1: team this week and they're at I want to stay
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Speaker 1: at home, they're the home team, but they're in Germany.
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Speaker 1: But the Falcons are not very good. The Falcons are
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Speaker 1: actually probably the most disappointing team in the NFL. He
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Speaker 1: kind of thought, I know that they that Pennox has
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Speaker 1: been hurt. They've had to go with Cousins for a game,
16:36
Speaker 1: and you know, they just lost to the Patriots, and
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Speaker 1: Pennix did come back and he did throw three touchdowns.
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Speaker 1: That was a closer game for them. They lost twenty
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Speaker 1: four to twenty three to a red hot Patriots team
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Speaker 1: that I believe was won seven in a row. But
16:48
Speaker 1: they're just disappointing. You look at them at three and
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Speaker 1: five and they're just not They're not getting enough contributions
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Speaker 1: from their defense. In the pass rush. They're getting more
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Speaker 1: out of Beijon Robins as a pass catcher then a
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Speaker 1: running back. Drake London catches all their passes and nobody else,
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Speaker 1: whether it's Mooney or Pits or anybody else, steps up.
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Speaker 1: It's just been a bad job by the coaching staff,
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Speaker 1: bad job by the team. Maybe they can start to
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Speaker 1: get things together here. If they can beat the Colts
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Speaker 1: and take advantage of the Colts losing last week, then
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Speaker 1: maybe I'll start to view them differently. But man, ever
17:23
Speaker 1: since they beat the Bills by ten, right, ever since
17:26
Speaker 1: they beat the Bills by ten, they've been nothing but
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Speaker 1: a disappointment, and I would not expect them to be
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Speaker 1: able to win this game as well. And of course
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Speaker 1: the Colts are six and a half point favorites. Move
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Speaker 1: on to the Giants. The Giants are all banged up.
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Speaker 1: They are four and a half point dogs in Chicago
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Speaker 1: to the Bears. The Giants have injuries on the offensive line.
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Speaker 1: They got injuries to Pulse and de Deebo, their corner,
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Speaker 1: their kicker, he's always hurt. They got injuries on the
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Speaker 1: d line, so it's not looking great for them. They
17:58
Speaker 1: need a spark obviously, losing Scataboo, it's been a disaster
18:03
Speaker 1: for them, three straight losses. They're going to play a
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Speaker 1: Bears team now that you know rebounded that just had
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Speaker 1: an unbelievable offensive effort like everybody does against the Bengals.
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Speaker 1: You know, even though the Bears had some injuries, they
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Speaker 1: were able to unlock some guys. Colson Lovelin, their first
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Speaker 1: round pick tight end, had a one hundred and eighteen
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Speaker 1: yards and two touchdowns. How about their running game. The
18:24
Speaker 1: Bears have the best and most explosive run game in
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Speaker 1: the NFL. Go figure that Kyle manongai rookie from Rutgers,
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Speaker 1: all right, I think he was either a Day three
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Speaker 1: like late Day three, or maybe a rookie free agent.
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Speaker 1: Twenty six carries for one hundred and seventy six yards
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Speaker 1: average six point eight yards per carry. Now I get it.
18:46
Speaker 1: It's again against the Bengals. I'm not making a huge
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Speaker 1: deal of it, but what I am telling you is,
18:52
Speaker 1: consistently this year, the Bears have run the ball very
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Speaker 1: well and the Giants are not very good at run defense.
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Speaker 1: So until that changes, I would expect the Bears to
19:02
Speaker 1: be able to work their run game. I don't think
19:04
Speaker 1: they're going to score forty seven points, but I would
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Speaker 1: expect them to be able to work that run game.
19:09
Speaker 1: I think DeAndre Swift will be back, but don't wouldn't
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Speaker 1: surprise me if this became a fifty to fifty backfield.
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Speaker 1: Now committee sort of between DeAndre Swift and Kyle Manong
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Speaker 1: guy who was impressive in training camp. I mean there
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Speaker 1: was word that he was going to see a lot
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Speaker 1: more carries coming out of camp. DeAndre Swift got off
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Speaker 1: to a really good start. He is. Swift has almost
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Speaker 1: five hundred yards, so he's doing great. He's on pace
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Speaker 1: for a thousand yards. And Mananguy looks like he can
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Speaker 1: play too, So I would expect a whole heavy dose
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Speaker 1: of Manangay and Swift against that giant's defense.
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Speaker 1: one and up bills at Dolphins. Interesting week it's been
21:15
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins, as they you know, are basically committed
21:19
Speaker 1: to their head coach. They did not trade Jillen Waddle.
21:22
Speaker 1: They did trade Jalen Phillips obviously to the Eagles. They
21:25
Speaker 1: had that tough loss. Well not tough loss. I mean
21:28
Speaker 1: it was they got destroyed by the Baltimore Ravens at home.
21:33
Speaker 1: I think that was the either the Sunday or the
21:34
Speaker 1: Monday night game, and it was not even competitive, and
21:38
Speaker 1: everybody thought that McDaniel will get fired, and instead they
21:41
Speaker 1: fired the GM They trade Jalen Phillips and away they go.
21:46
Speaker 1: It looks like, look, I don't I get the decision.
21:48
Speaker 1: I think that their issue the Dolphins is much more
21:51
Speaker 1: of a roster issue. Their offensive line is terrible. Okay,
21:55
Speaker 1: if you watch the Miami Dolphins, what they try to
21:58
Speaker 1: do is they try to come out with a lot
22:00
Speaker 1: of tight ends, full back. That's what the mcdan, you know,
22:03
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel, Sean McVay, Kyle Shanahan offenses do. He runs
22:07
Speaker 1: that kind of an offense. That's where he's from. And
22:09
Speaker 1: they put a lot of tight ends and fullbacks on
22:11
Speaker 1: the field. They're trying to get teams to respond in
22:14
Speaker 1: base defense and you know, put six men at the
22:17
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage, which is what teams typically do when
22:20
Speaker 1: an offense does that. But nobody has respect for Miami's
22:23
Speaker 1: running game, an offensive line and overall offense, so they
22:27
Speaker 1: don't They play nickel anyway, and it doesn't help with
22:31
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel, who wants to create mismatches. He wants you
22:34
Speaker 1: to have your base defense out. He wants to get
22:36
Speaker 1: your nickel off the field. He wants to be able
22:38
Speaker 1: to match up his running back, his tight end, his
22:41
Speaker 1: slot guy on your linebacker instead of your nickel, and
22:45
Speaker 1: nobody plays base defense against him. So it's been really
22:48
Speaker 1: tough for him to run his offense. And of course
22:50
Speaker 1: two has not played well, and he didn't play well
22:54
Speaker 1: in that game. And I still wonder if there is
22:57
Speaker 1: a quarterback switch coming, is it going to be Quinn,
22:59
Speaker 1: youwers is it going to be someone else? Who knows?
23:02
Speaker 1: But the Miami Dolphins right now are just not a
23:05
Speaker 1: competitive team. They have a lot of work to do,
23:08
Speaker 1: and unfortunately for them, they have the Bills on deck.
23:12
Speaker 1: And the Bills are coming off two very impressive wins.
23:15
Speaker 1: They came out of the Buy on It had lost
23:17
Speaker 1: two straight games going in. They come out against the
23:20
Speaker 1: Panthers boom forty to nine, come out against the Chiefs
23:24
Speaker 1: right at home, and they beat the Chiefs twenty eight
23:27
Speaker 1: twenty one. Their defense has been playing well. You got
23:29
Speaker 1: to give them their defense a lot of credit. Offensively,
23:32
Speaker 1: they do a lot of innovative things. They use an
23:34
Speaker 1: enormous tight end who can catch the ball a little
23:36
Speaker 1: bit hause, and they put them on the field and
23:38
Speaker 1: they run out of that package, they pass out of
23:41
Speaker 1: that package. It makes them very difficult to defend. They
23:44
Speaker 1: are a very balanced or spread around offense, so kind
23:48
Speaker 1: of like the Broncos. I do wonder deep into the
23:51
Speaker 1: playoffs if the Bills really have enough. I thought that,
23:55
Speaker 1: and I didn't write this in my winners and Loser story.
23:59
Speaker 1: I didn't make them a lose, but I kind of
24:01
Speaker 1: thought both the Chiefs and the Bills should have helped themselves.
24:04
Speaker 1: I thought the Chiefs should have made a call or
24:07
Speaker 1: an attempt, and maybe they did, but done something to
24:10
Speaker 1: get a running back. With Isaiah Pacheco hurt and still
24:14
Speaker 1: leaning on the age old Kareem Hunt call up for
24:18
Speaker 1: Tony Pollard of the Titans call for Remandre. Well, then
24:21
Speaker 1: the Patriots are going to trade Remandre. But you know,
24:24
Speaker 1: call somebody who's not called the Dolphins. They have a
24:27
Speaker 1: couple of running backs. Just I just thought that there
24:30
Speaker 1: was a call the Browns see if they'll trade Jerome Ford.
24:33
Speaker 1: There had to be somebody that was willing to give
24:35
Speaker 1: up a better running back to the Chiefs for them
24:37
Speaker 1: to really help out. I really thought Travis etn would
24:40
Speaker 1: have been perfect, and I thought that the jack should
24:42
Speaker 1: have been sellers. But they've convinced themselves of five and
24:45
Speaker 1: three their buyers. We'll get to that in a little bit,
24:48
Speaker 1: but anyway, the Bills, they spread it around, but they're
24:51
Speaker 1: really sort of Dalton kickaid centric, you know, and then
24:55
Speaker 1: everybody else gets like three, four or five passes. I
24:57
Speaker 1: just don't know if that's going to be enough. Josh
25:00
Speaker 1: been great as he usually is, and their offensive function
25:04
Speaker 1: is just fine. They balanced the run the pass very well.
25:08
Speaker 1: I just wonder if this team, which is trying to
25:11
Speaker 1: get over the hump, trying to win a Super Bowl,
25:14
Speaker 1: trying to finally beat Kansas City, and may have some
25:17
Speaker 1: new faces in the mix here with the Colts, right,
25:20
Speaker 1: I just wonder if they've got enough offensively when it
25:24
Speaker 1: comes down to a divisional round, a conference championship to
25:28
Speaker 1: really be able to light up the scoreboard if they
25:31
Speaker 1: need to, because they always seem to have injuries on defense.
25:34
Speaker 1: In fact, I think they've got a few with Epanessa
25:37
Speaker 1: and Shaq Thompson in this game, which shouldn't matter much.
25:40
Speaker 1: Eight and a half point favorites against the Dolphins, and
25:43
Speaker 1: actually I think that's generous. Another one o'clock came is
25:47
Speaker 1: the Ravens at the Vikings. Boys. This game is really interesting.
25:51
Speaker 1: I mean the Ravens, they look like they're back. I
25:54
Speaker 1: got Lamar back. You know, they had already won beat
25:57
Speaker 1: the Bears the week before, and they just stomped on
25:59
Speaker 1: the Dolphin. Now they got a chance to get to
26:02
Speaker 1: four and five if they can go on the road
26:05
Speaker 1: and beat the Vikings. And pretty much everybody's healthy for
26:08
Speaker 1: the Ravens with Lamar back. In fact, I saw a
26:10
Speaker 1: report on Wednesday, I think that the Ravens had no
26:13
Speaker 1: injuries through report. That's an amazing turnaround for a team
26:16
Speaker 1: that lost four straight games and five out of the
26:19
Speaker 1: first six because they couldn't keep anybody healthy. So they
26:24
Speaker 1: did make the trade for Draymont Jones. He will help
26:27
Speaker 1: them in the pass rush. He's a good pass rusher,
26:29
Speaker 1: not a great one, but a good one who should
26:31
Speaker 1: fit in to what they do well. Their defense has
26:33
Speaker 1: played better. They've only allowed twenty two points in their
26:36
Speaker 1: last two games. But now they play a Vikings team
26:39
Speaker 1: that is not yet ready to throw in the towel.
26:42
Speaker 1: All right, They look like they were after they lost
26:44
Speaker 1: to the Eagles and then lost to the Chargers back
26:46
Speaker 1: to back. But they come back. JJ McCarthy gets in
26:49
Speaker 1: there and it's not like McCarthy lit it up, but
26:52
Speaker 1: they completely foiled the Lions offense in Detroit. You gotta
26:59
Speaker 1: give Brian Flores of credit. I mean, he sent so
27:02
Speaker 1: many blitzes. I saw somewhere where Jamir Gibbs had to
27:06
Speaker 1: be kept in a lot because of how often, you know,
27:10
Speaker 1: he had to be kept in for protection. And when
27:12
Speaker 1: you can keep Jamir Gibbs, a weapon like that in
27:14
Speaker 1: to protect and not run as many routes and you
27:18
Speaker 1: can hold down that running game, you have a chance.
27:21
Speaker 1: Everybody talks about Jared Goff in their pass game, but
27:23
Speaker 1: their run game is what sets up everything. It has
27:26
Speaker 1: ever since. Ben Johnson was their offensive coordinator. But the Vikings,
27:30
Speaker 1: you gotta give him credit. They did an excellent job.
27:33
Speaker 1: They won the game twenty seven to twenty four, and look,
27:36
Speaker 1: can they beat the Ravens. It'll be a great game,
27:38
Speaker 1: It'll be a great test. If they do, they'll be
27:40
Speaker 1: five and four, and all of a sudden, that NFC
27:43
Speaker 1: North with the Bears, with the Vikings, the Lions with
27:46
Speaker 1: the Packers looks really super competitive. So great job by
27:51
Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell and Brian Flores. The Vikings are not out
27:54
Speaker 1: of it. I don't know if they'll beat the Ravens.
27:57
Speaker 1: The Ravens are four and a half point favorites in Minnesota,
28:00
Speaker 1: but it would be sure exciting if they won that game.
28:04
Speaker 1: And then as for the Ravens to get to four
28:07
Speaker 1: and five, I mean, you'll feel great if you're a
28:09
Speaker 1: raven fan or if you follow the Ravens, you're a
28:11
Speaker 1: part of the Ravens, you'll feel great about their opportunity
28:15
Speaker 1: to still win the AFC North at four and five.
28:18
Speaker 1: Because the only team that you're really worried about is
28:21
Speaker 1: the Steelers. You still gotta play them twice. The Bengals
28:24
Speaker 1: are falling all over themselves. The Browns aren't good, So
28:26
Speaker 1: the Ravens this is where they start their ascent, all right,
28:30
Speaker 1: I mentioned the Browns. They are playing the Jets. You
28:32
Speaker 1: a who cares game? I mean, if now I feel
28:36
Speaker 1: bad for people who live in the Northeast like myself,
28:39
Speaker 1: and because I assume I haven't checked, but with the
28:43
Speaker 1: Eagles playing Monday night, I assume one of the one
28:45
Speaker 1: o'clock games that people who live like in New Jersey,
28:48
Speaker 1: like South Jersey, like me, you're gonna have to be
28:50
Speaker 1: subjected to this Browns Jets game. I fear, and man,
28:56
Speaker 1: I love watching any football, but you're asking watch a
29:00
Speaker 1: Jets team that just won its first game. I mean, congratulations,
29:06
Speaker 1: good job, Aaron Glenn. Nobody thought. People thought you were
29:08
Speaker 1: gonna go and lose for the rest of the year.
29:11
Speaker 1: You beat the Bengals thirty nine thirty eight, because everybody
29:14
Speaker 1: right now is scoring thirty nine to forty five points
29:16
Speaker 1: on the Bengals. But good job, all right, good job
29:18
Speaker 1: you won the game.
29:21
Speaker 2: And you know.
29:24
Speaker 1: That's that's your feather in the cap, so to speak.
29:29
Speaker 1: And now you've got to play the Browns. And by
29:33
Speaker 1: the way, that game was two weeks ago against the Bengals.
29:35
Speaker 1: They were coming out of the bye and now so
29:38
Speaker 1: they get their gift against the Browns. But since then,
29:42
Speaker 1: they've traded away Quinn Williams, traded away Sauce Gardner, and
29:46
Speaker 1: they are obviously in a complete total teardown. Not total teardown,
29:50
Speaker 1: they didn't trade Priest Holloway, they didn't trade Garrett Wilson.
29:55
Speaker 1: I don't know if anybody else was attractive, but both.
29:59
Speaker 1: This is interesting because teams are coming off the buy,
30:01
Speaker 1: so we'll see. I mean the Browns, I know Kevin
30:05
Speaker 1: Stefanski has given up play calling. They just they have
30:08
Speaker 1: outside of Quinchawn Judkins, they don't have much offensively. The
30:12
Speaker 1: Browns are actually two and a half point favorites. I
30:15
Speaker 1: don't know who to tell you that is going to
30:16
Speaker 1: win this game. I kind of think the Jets have
30:20
Speaker 1: more playmakers between Breise Hall Garrett Wilson. You know, one
30:25
Speaker 1: thing that's interesting about Justin Fields is he's having a
30:27
Speaker 1: terrible year, but he's not thrown an interception all year long.
30:30
Speaker 1: I know he don't throw the ball a whole lot,
30:32
Speaker 1: but he doesn't throw one interception all year long. So
30:37
Speaker 1: for the Browns to be two and a half point
30:38
Speaker 1: favorites a little suspect to me. But obviously their defense
30:41
Speaker 1: is great and it would not surprise me if this
30:43
Speaker 1: was like a six to two type of game. One o'clock,
30:48
Speaker 1: we got the Patriots, the white hot, scorching New England
30:54
Speaker 1: Patriots at the Buccaneers Now, this is one of those
30:57
Speaker 1: games that I was talking about, where all right, that's
31:00
Speaker 1: a good game, and we got Ravens, Vikings, we got
31:04
Speaker 1: we got Patriots Buccaneers. That's a good game. So if
31:08
Speaker 1: you're you're hoping to get those a chance to watch
31:10
Speaker 1: those games if you can, if you got the NFL ticket.
31:13
Speaker 1: The Patriots are seven and two. Now, the interesting thing
31:17
Speaker 1: about the Patriots, all right, Drake May takes a ton
31:20
Speaker 1: of hits. He gets hit a lot, but he can
31:23
Speaker 1: really rip it. And they've won won two, three, four,
31:27
Speaker 1: six straight games, all right, just behind only the Denver
31:30
Speaker 1: Proncos for the longest win streak in the league. They
31:33
Speaker 1: are seven and two. They tend to play some close games,
31:38
Speaker 1: you know, the twenty five nineteen over the Saints, twenty
31:41
Speaker 1: four to twenty three over the Falcons. Still don't know
31:43
Speaker 1: how they lost their Raiders in Week one, but as
31:45
Speaker 1: I always say, week one is a con job. But
31:48
Speaker 1: you gotta really like the development of Drake May. Now
31:53
Speaker 1: I think they're down a wide receiver in this game,
31:55
Speaker 1: might be Kishan Boody, So that's that's a little bit
31:58
Speaker 1: tough for May. There's also gonna be down Ramandra Stevenson
32:03
Speaker 1: so it'll be more Travion Henderson, who started to look better.
32:06
Speaker 1: That is the big takeaway from the Patriots at Travion Henderson.
32:10
Speaker 1: He had fifty five rushers on fourteen carries against the Falcons.
32:14
Speaker 1: He caught a couple of about thirty two more yards,
32:16
Speaker 1: so he almost gave you about ninety yards of offense
32:20
Speaker 1: in that game. We'll see if Kyle Williams, who's their
32:23
Speaker 1: rookie third round pick, starts to play a bigger role
32:26
Speaker 1: for them with Booty out. But this will be a
32:29
Speaker 1: really fascinating game. They're playing a Tampa Bay Bucks team
32:33
Speaker 1: that is not only six and two and very good,
32:37
Speaker 1: and I believe they are the favorites. They are probably
32:40
Speaker 1: two and a half point favorites. But the problem with them,
32:43
Speaker 1: and I could have sworn coming out of the bye
32:45
Speaker 1: week they were gonna be healthier, but they really aren't.
32:49
Speaker 1: Sounds like they're still gonna be without Chris Godwin with
32:51
Speaker 1: the fibula, still gonna be without Bucky Irving with I
32:55
Speaker 1: think he's got a foot or ankle issue. And they've
32:59
Speaker 1: been out without those guys for a while, and of
33:00
Speaker 1: course they don't have Evans. Now I'm expecting that they're
33:06
Speaker 1: rookie a Mecha Agbuka, who's been fantastic all year long,
33:10
Speaker 1: will be better from the hamstring injury. I mean, he
33:13
Speaker 1: hasn't missed any time, but you know that when you're
33:15
Speaker 1: dealing with the hamstring, it doesn't make you who you are.
33:17
Speaker 1: But kids got five hundred and sixty two yards and
33:20
Speaker 1: five touchdowns on thirty four catches. He's been great and
33:24
Speaker 1: they are gonna need absolutely all of him, and Kate
33:27
Speaker 1: Totten and Rashad White, who is not a great running
33:31
Speaker 1: back but he can catch the ball, and this is
33:33
Speaker 1: a real challenge for the Buccaneers. I think the Patriots
33:36
Speaker 1: are really advanced and much better than they are last year.
33:41
Speaker 1: I don't know. I know they beat the Bills earlier
33:43
Speaker 1: in this year, but there's still a little bit of
33:45
Speaker 1: an up and down team. And I always say the
33:47
Speaker 1: more games you win in a row in the NFL,
33:50
Speaker 1: the closer you are to your first loss. So I
33:53
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if you put a gun to my head.
33:57
Speaker 1: Even with their injuries, I think the Buccaneers are are
34:00
Speaker 1: probably going to win this one. We'll see. They've played
34:03
Speaker 1: really well even with all the injuries that they've had
34:05
Speaker 1: all year. You got to give him credit. The Buccaneers
34:08
Speaker 1: may be a top three team in the NFC. That's
34:11
Speaker 1: how well they've played this year. So it's a great game.
34:14
Speaker 1: Should be fun. I like the Buccaneers, all right. Saints
34:19
Speaker 1: at Panthers. Tyler Schuck made his debut last week. He
34:23
Speaker 1: was their second round pick. Obviously, it didn't go great
34:27
Speaker 1: as you would expect a quarterback making his debut. They placed,
34:31
Speaker 1: They played the Rams, and the Rams just completely dominated
34:34
Speaker 1: that game. Matthew staffords on some kind of heater by
34:37
Speaker 1: the way. I mean, they weren't going to win that game.
34:39
Speaker 1: And now they have another road game, the Saints against
34:42
Speaker 1: the Panthers team that you have to again, you've got
34:45
Speaker 1: to give this coaching staff credit, just like the Vikings. Right,
34:50
Speaker 1: the Panthers looked like they were one of the worst
34:52
Speaker 1: teams in football after the first few weeks. I mean,
34:57
Speaker 1: they couldn't throw a forward pass. That's how bright bad
35:00
Speaker 1: Bryce Shong was. For the first four weeks. They were
35:02
Speaker 1: one and three, and then they beat the Dolphins, and
35:05
Speaker 1: then they beat the Cowboys. That was the big one
35:07
Speaker 1: where Rico Dawdle just went, you know, insane. Beat the Jets.
35:13
Speaker 1: All right, no one, No, you don't get too much
35:15
Speaker 1: credit for beating the Jets. But when you're the Panthers
35:16
Speaker 1: and you're just trying to scratch and claw your way back,
35:20
Speaker 1: and you win a game like that to get over
35:21
Speaker 1: five hundred, then you go lose to the Bills, which
35:24
Speaker 1: everybody says, all right, you're the Panthers again because you
35:26
Speaker 1: get crushed forty to nineteen. How about the resolve to
35:29
Speaker 1: go into Green Bay, in to Green Bay last week
35:34
Speaker 1: and win sixteen thirteen. Now, Dave Canalis, their coach, they
35:39
Speaker 1: learned a lesson. The lesson was, even with Chuba Hubbard
35:42
Speaker 1: back This is now the Rico Dawdle Show, and I
35:45
Speaker 1: heard him say during the week that they basically have
35:48
Speaker 1: to confront the fact that even though they gave Chuba Hubbard,
35:51
Speaker 1: who's a good running back, one of them, it's been
35:53
Speaker 1: fine for what I know is a good guy, good
35:55
Speaker 1: you know, well liked they gave him that contract extension.
36:00
Speaker 1: But Rico Dowdele, I mean twenty five carries for one
36:03
Speaker 1: hundred and thirty yards, two touchdowns five point two or
36:06
Speaker 1: carry two more catches, I mean, doesn't catching the ball?
36:09
Speaker 1: Isn't this thing. He's had some big catches this year.
36:11
Speaker 1: It's not his thing, but he and the Panthers running
36:14
Speaker 1: game is rock solid right now. It's one of the
36:17
Speaker 1: best in the league. They can run the rock. And
36:20
Speaker 1: they're going to go into New Orleans, which sometimes can
36:22
Speaker 1: be a tough place to play because of the crowd,
36:24
Speaker 1: but the Saints are no good. The crowd will be
36:26
Speaker 1: out of it, and because it's a nice indoor fast
36:29
Speaker 1: track that I would expect him to run all over
36:33
Speaker 1: the Saints and look for Rico Dawdle to continue. He
36:35
Speaker 1: was a little banged up miss some practice this week,
36:38
Speaker 1: but he's been one of those kind of fun storylines
36:41
Speaker 1: for the NFL season so far, and I would expect
36:44
Speaker 1: him to go right into New Orleans and keep that
36:46
Speaker 1: streak going of just piling up the rushing yards. And
36:50
Speaker 1: look the Panthers chance for them to get to six
36:52
Speaker 1: and four if they don't. If they don't get to
36:54
Speaker 1: six and four and they don't win this game, they
36:57
Speaker 1: are the same old Panthers. Because if there's gonna be
36:59
Speaker 1: a team that it's gonna threaten the Bucks here in
37:01
Speaker 1: the NSC South, it hasn't been the Falcons, though it'll
37:04
Speaker 1: be then certainly not gonna be the Saints. This is
37:07
Speaker 1: the Panthers opportunity. We'll see if they sees it. Five
37:11
Speaker 1: and a half point favorites in New Orleans, all right,
37:14
Speaker 1: A lot of road favorites, by the way, so far
37:17
Speaker 1: in this this week Jaguars at Texans. So I said
37:21
Speaker 1: this before, don't I don't like this Jaguars team, not
37:25
Speaker 1: one bit. I don't know if people realize this, but
37:28
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence has the worst passer rating among all starting
37:32
Speaker 1: quarterbacks and including some backup quarterbacks who've been forced into
37:35
Speaker 1: action this year. It's around like seventy four point one.
37:38
Speaker 1: I think it was. They're five and three, but man,
37:42
Speaker 1: they're lousy. Honestly, they're not fun to watch. They have
37:46
Speaker 1: no cohesion on offense. Brian Thomas Junior is gonna be
37:49
Speaker 1: out of this game, so they're already down there, down
37:52
Speaker 1: another receiver. They've already been banged up at receiver. It
37:54
Speaker 1: seems like every year the Jaguars have new receivers and
37:57
Speaker 1: none of them are good or work out. I mean,
38:00
Speaker 1: they needed they needed Parker Washington. By the way, I'm
38:05
Speaker 1: a Parker Washington fan because he went to Penn State
38:07
Speaker 1: where I went. I know Parker Washington is a good, reliable,
38:10
Speaker 1: dependable receiver, but even they didn't get sort of suckerated
38:14
Speaker 1: into thinking that he's a savior. They went out and
38:17
Speaker 1: traded for Jacobi Myers. I know they have a ton
38:20
Speaker 1: of draft picks. Jaguars have a ton of draft picks,
38:22
Speaker 1: have a very young GM so he wants he wants
38:26
Speaker 1: to in his first year, and Liam Cohen, the head coach,
38:29
Speaker 1: in their first year. They want to show you that
38:30
Speaker 1: they got something to believe in, all right, So they
38:33
Speaker 1: go and trade draft picks for a slot receiver in
38:37
Speaker 1: Myers who's going to be a free agent at the
38:39
Speaker 1: end of the year. That makes no sense to me.
38:41
Speaker 1: I know Travis Hunter is hurt. That was part of
38:43
Speaker 1: being banged up that I talked about. So they need
38:45
Speaker 1: a guy for the slot and they don't want to
38:47
Speaker 1: rely just on Parker Washington. Breton Strange has been hurt.
38:51
Speaker 1: They beat the Raiders last week thirty to twenty nine
38:54
Speaker 1: to go from four to three to five to three,
38:55
Speaker 1: and now they're acting like they're a team to be
38:57
Speaker 1: reckoned with. So they go out in trade for a
39:00
Speaker 1: slot receiver. I honestly think that it would have been
39:04
Speaker 1: better for them in the long haul to be sellers
39:07
Speaker 1: than buyers, or to just keep on hold on to
39:09
Speaker 1: their draft picks. And you know, if they had a
39:11
Speaker 1: chance to move etn for something, then maybe they should
39:14
Speaker 1: have thought about it. But they didn't. And now they're
39:17
Speaker 1: gonna go and play a Texans team that is gonna
39:20
Speaker 1: be on Davis Mills. And look, the Jacks could win
39:23
Speaker 1: this game and get to six and three, and again
39:26
Speaker 1: it's gonna look like they're going somewhere and they're a force.
39:29
Speaker 1: They won't be. This Texans team isn't good. They come
39:31
Speaker 1: off an eighteen fifteen loss to the Broncos. Stroud got hurt,
39:35
Speaker 1: Mills will be the quarterback. I don't think that actually
39:37
Speaker 1: matters that much. And I'm not trying to say that
39:39
Speaker 1: Mills is as good as CJ. Stroud, but he is
39:42
Speaker 1: an experienced backup. Stroud's good. But this offense just doesn't
39:47
Speaker 1: have anything right now to be excited about. The offensive
39:51
Speaker 1: line still a mess. Nico Collins is okay, but the
39:54
Speaker 1: two rookies that they drafted have not played very well.
39:57
Speaker 1: This is another classic seventeen to thirty type of game.
40:01
Speaker 1: And by the way, either team could win it. And
40:03
Speaker 1: by the way, again, Jaguars one and a half point
40:07
Speaker 1: favorites in Texans in Houston. By the way, the Texans
40:10
Speaker 1: were like home favorites against the Broncos last week. That's
40:14
Speaker 1: what's weird. The Texans were favored to be the Broncos
40:17
Speaker 1: at home, so maybe you figured, hey, they were at home,
40:19
Speaker 1: they're getting the benefit of out. Well they're home again
40:21
Speaker 1: and they're playing the Jaguars, who have a worse record
40:25
Speaker 1: than the Broncos, and yet they are underdogs. So I
40:29
Speaker 1: don't get it. I don't know how that's working. Something
40:32
Speaker 1: smarter than me has to be able to explain that.
40:35
Speaker 1: But that is the deal. And I expect this to
40:38
Speaker 1: be a very low scoring game, and I wouldn't be
40:41
Speaker 1: surprised if the Texans won in a really ugly game
40:44
Speaker 1: and the Jaguars true colors were revealed. By the way,
40:48
Speaker 1: I talked about Lawrence nine touchdowns, six interceptions this year,
40:51
Speaker 1: just a bad offensive team going up against a very
40:55
Speaker 1: good defensive team. But that is also a bad offensive team.
40:58
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Speaker 1: let's get to the four o'clock games. Cardinals at Seahawks. Now,
43:46
Speaker 1: this game's a little interesting, right, So Jonathan Gannon comes
43:49
Speaker 1: out and says, Kyler Murray still still not ready, still
43:52
Speaker 1: has got to get healthy. Jacoby Presset is going to
43:55
Speaker 1: continue to be the starter percent gets the Cardinals a
43:58
Speaker 1: win against the Cowboy is pretty convincing. One to twenty
44:02
Speaker 1: seven to seventeen, stops their five game losing streak and
44:06
Speaker 1: gets them to three and five. And it seemed like
44:08
Speaker 1: the Cardinals are just this terrible team, because they were,
44:11
Speaker 1: you know, at one point two and five. But as
44:13
Speaker 1: I've been saying week after week after week, every single
44:17
Speaker 1: one of those losses was by five or fewer points.
44:20
Speaker 1: All right, this is the the most on the Precipice
44:24
Speaker 1: team there is in the NFL, and they just needed
44:27
Speaker 1: a little bit more functionality on offense. And hey, look
44:31
Speaker 1: at what percent has done. You know, they scored twenty
44:34
Speaker 1: seven against the Cowboys, who have a bad defense. Fine,
44:37
Speaker 1: but they did score twenty three against the Packers, twenty
44:39
Speaker 1: seven against the Colts. They lost those games, but they
44:42
Speaker 1: were starting to score points.
44:44
Speaker 2: Now.
44:44
Speaker 1: The unfortunate thing for the Cardinals is they are down
44:47
Speaker 1: two cornerbacks and they're about to play a Seahawks team
44:51
Speaker 1: that I thought had an amazing tread trade deadline, adding
44:55
Speaker 1: Rashi Jaheed to an offense that is already maybe the
44:59
Speaker 1: mos I'm sure analytically it is. If you look at
45:01
Speaker 1: the their EPA and things like that EPA per drop
45:05
Speaker 1: back past, what Sam Donald is doing on play action,
45:09
Speaker 1: his yards per attempt, they're all number of This is
45:11
Speaker 1: the this is analytically the best pass offense in the
45:17
Speaker 1: National Football League. Donald's sixteen touchdowns, two thousand yards already,
45:22
Speaker 1: Jackson Smith and Jigba has nine hundred and forty eight
45:24
Speaker 1: receiving yards already. And the one thing I had said
45:27
Speaker 1: about the Seahawks was I just they're almost a little
45:30
Speaker 1: bit too reliant on Smith and jig But it's been working,
45:33
Speaker 1: but if you want to be a better team in
45:34
Speaker 1: the playoffs, you kind of need more. Like I said
45:37
Speaker 1: about the Broncos, you need more, and bam, they go
45:39
Speaker 1: get Rashid Shahid, who is not only one of the
45:42
Speaker 1: league's best deep threats, but he played for the Seahawks
45:45
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Clint Kubiak, who was the Saints offensive coordinator
45:50
Speaker 1: last year, so he should know the offense should fit
45:53
Speaker 1: in well. Now he doesn't get the benefit of playing
45:55
Speaker 1: in the dome, track speed, all that stuff. We'll see.
45:59
Speaker 1: I haven't looked Split's to see what kind of receiver
46:01
Speaker 1: shaheat has been outside, but the bottom line is he's
46:04
Speaker 1: He's just better than what they were throwing out there.
46:06
Speaker 1: I mean, Cooper Cup's been not the same guy and
46:09
Speaker 1: dealing with injuries. They have a nice rookie and Tory
46:12
Speaker 1: Horton who's probably gonna also see some more time. But man,
46:17
Speaker 1: I thought that was a great move for the Seahawks
46:20
Speaker 1: and the Cardinals are going in there. Seahawks are six
46:23
Speaker 1: and a half point five six and a half point favorites.
46:26
Speaker 1: I think it'll be pretty close because the Cardinals play
46:29
Speaker 1: good football, but being down two cornerbacks against This prolific
46:34
Speaker 1: pass offense to me, is gonna make the difference, and
46:36
Speaker 1: I think, I think this will be close. But I
46:38
Speaker 1: could see Seattle pulling away a little bit in the
46:42
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, just a couple of backbreaking plays through the
46:45
Speaker 1: air because Sam Darnold is on some heater right now.
46:49
Speaker 1: And speaking of we get to the Rams at the
46:53
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers. Another really exciting game and yet again
46:56
Speaker 1: another road favorite, another whole underdog. The forty nine Ers
47:01
Speaker 1: are four and a half point dogs at home. Sounds
47:04
Speaker 1: like Purty is getting better, but it's still gonna be
47:07
Speaker 1: the mac Jones show. It's I don't know if they're
47:11
Speaker 1: gonna have Pierce all back. Listen. They've been getting by
47:14
Speaker 1: the last few weeks. Finally with McCaffrey, who has been
47:17
Speaker 1: an unbelievable What a bounce back season for Christian McCaffrey.
47:21
Speaker 1: I mean, when he's healthy, he's great. That's just the
47:23
Speaker 1: reality of it. It just struggles with health. But obviously
47:26
Speaker 1: they beat the Giants last week thirty four, twenty four,
47:28
Speaker 1: and they had a big game ada McCaffrey, as a
47:31
Speaker 1: lot of teams do against the Giants, and you know,
47:33
Speaker 1: even Brian Robinson got in on there Mac Jones. Give
47:37
Speaker 1: him a lot of credit. It is amazing to me.
47:39
Speaker 1: I think I said this either last show or the
47:41
Speaker 1: show before. These guys who were drafted by bad offensive
47:46
Speaker 1: teams or bad offensive coaches putting bad environments. Do you
47:50
Speaker 1: all remember the game that Mac Jones played in New
47:52
Speaker 1: England as a rookie where it was so gusty that
47:55
Speaker 1: Bill Belichick only let him throw the ball I think
47:57
Speaker 1: two times the entire game. I mean, you could say, hey,
48:03
Speaker 1: it was great strategy, he wasn't ready, But I mean,
48:05
Speaker 1: I don't know what kind of message that sends to
48:07
Speaker 1: a young quarterback when you're only allowed to throw the
48:09
Speaker 1: ball two times? Why even start him if you're going
48:11
Speaker 1: and allow him to throw the ball that many times.
48:15
Speaker 1: But again, just like Baker Mayfield, just like Sam Darnold,
48:20
Speaker 1: just like other guys who have come through the McVeigh,
48:23
Speaker 1: the Kevin O'Connell, the Shanahan tree. Here you are seeing
48:29
Speaker 1: seeing what happens with Mac Jones. He has been a
48:31
Speaker 1: good functional quarterback for them, makes the throws that they
48:35
Speaker 1: need to make, and they have far exceeded everybody's expectations
48:41
Speaker 1: at six and three. Think about their injuries, they lost Bosa,
48:44
Speaker 1: they lost Fred Warner, they lost even last week. I
48:48
Speaker 1: think they lost another guy, Michael Williams. They had Bryce
48:50
Speaker 1: hoff out for a while. Michael Williams their impressive rookie
48:54
Speaker 1: from Georgia. They are just completely decimated on defense. But
49:00
Speaker 1: they are six and three playing well. But I think
49:02
Speaker 1: their luck runs out on Sunday because they're playing against
49:05
Speaker 1: a Rams team right now that is just absolutely on fire.
49:10
Speaker 1: Stafford has been playing lights out. Granted they just beat
49:15
Speaker 1: the Saints, but he had four touchdowns in that game.
49:17
Speaker 1: The week before he had five, So I think he
49:20
Speaker 1: leads the NFL in touchdown passes. They run the ball
49:24
Speaker 1: well with Kyun Williams and Blake corn Is now added
49:27
Speaker 1: to the mix. Pukakua is healthy, Nicoua and Adams give
49:31
Speaker 1: them all the receiving they need. Plus Higbee the tight end.
49:34
Speaker 1: He's a good player. He gets in there, does some things.
49:37
Speaker 1: I mean their and their defense. And by the way
49:40
Speaker 1: I think the Rams made I put them in my
49:42
Speaker 1: winners at the trade deadline category. A lot of people
49:45
Speaker 1: forgot they traded for Roger McCreery, a very good nickel corner,
49:50
Speaker 1: and what that's going to allow them to do is
49:52
Speaker 1: take Quinton Lake, who you might remember when he played
49:54
Speaker 1: against the Eagles earlier. He plays everywhere. He is like
49:57
Speaker 1: a chess piece in the back end. He will now
50:00
Speaker 1: be moving all around and finding the matchup that works
50:04
Speaker 1: best for Chris Shula, who has done an excellent job
50:07
Speaker 1: with this defense. And it just make their defensive back end,
50:11
Speaker 1: which is shaky at the outside corner, but they compensate
50:15
Speaker 1: because they have a great front four rush. They have
50:18
Speaker 1: really do a lot of stuff on the back end,
50:19
Speaker 1: confused quarterbacks. Defense has been very solid. They've allowed in
50:23
Speaker 1: their last three games, they've allowed twenty points. All right,
50:27
Speaker 1: They've only allowed more than twenty five points twice this year. Okay,
50:32
Speaker 1: so that just shows you how good that they've been.
50:35
Speaker 1: They're going to beat the forty nine ers this week.
50:37
Speaker 1: I like that what the Niners have been able to do.
50:39
Speaker 1: But the Rams are on a heck of a run
50:41
Speaker 1: right now. They might be the best team in the NFC.
50:44
Speaker 1: They might. If they win, they'll be seven to two
50:46
Speaker 1: and they'll have every right to say that they are
50:50
Speaker 1: Lions Commanders. Yes, again, we have home underdog, and for
50:55
Speaker 1: obvious reasons, the Commanders, you know, they got good news
50:58
Speaker 1: and that Jaydon Daniels is not going to go on.
51:00
Speaker 1: I are, but they're just full of injuries. They don't
51:04
Speaker 1: have enough. Now. The one thing I'll say is that
51:07
Speaker 1: the Lions clearly they had some offensive line injuries and
51:12
Speaker 1: they haven't played to their fullest all year long. They've
51:15
Speaker 1: played good and spurts. You know, for them to go
51:19
Speaker 1: and lose that game against Minnesota was sort of surprising.
51:22
Speaker 1: I know they had some offensive line injuries, and I
51:25
Speaker 1: talked about Gibbs. They're gonna beat the Commanders, but they're
51:29
Speaker 1: not the same team all the time on grass outdoors.
51:33
Speaker 1: So will I score thirty five forty points like we've
51:37
Speaker 1: become accustomed to doing. We'll say maybe, because the Commanders
51:40
Speaker 1: are just that bad right now. Latimore is out for
51:42
Speaker 1: the year. I mean, everybody, everybody the Commanders relied on
51:45
Speaker 1: this year is basically hurt. So you know, the Lions
51:49
Speaker 1: are seven and a half point favorites. It'll probably win
51:50
Speaker 1: by fifteen or twenty. I could see it the night
51:53
Speaker 1: game eight twenty Sunday night. You got your Steelers at Chargers.
52:00
Speaker 1: The Steelers are amazing. I mean they're I think they're
52:02
Speaker 1: gonna win this game and get to six and three,
52:04
Speaker 1: even though I don't like him one bit, and it's
52:07
Speaker 1: basically because the Chargers to me, even on their two
52:11
Speaker 1: game win streak, sometimes you see things that happen and
52:14
Speaker 1: you say, I don't like that. And they lost Joe
52:17
Speaker 1: Allt their left tackle. They had already lost for Shawn
52:19
Speaker 1: Slater their other left tackle in the preseason, so they're
52:23
Speaker 1: down to two of their offense. They are two offensive
52:26
Speaker 1: tackles who are both first round picks and very good.
52:29
Speaker 1: And we know that they don't have Omari and Hampton left.
52:32
Speaker 1: And what this team wants to do is run and
52:35
Speaker 1: play defense, and they want to they're more willing now
52:39
Speaker 1: to open up the pass offense. Justin Herbert has been great,
52:43
Speaker 1: you know, Lad McConkie's been good. They've got this rookie
52:45
Speaker 1: tight end, Ronde Gadson. He's catching five to ten passes
52:49
Speaker 1: a week. He's added to their their passing game. Of course,
52:53
Speaker 1: Quentin Johnson's having his best year. They've had to throw
52:56
Speaker 1: the ball quite a bit, and that's how they beat
52:58
Speaker 1: the Vikings, and that's how they beat the Titans, all right,
53:01
Speaker 1: But they only beat the Titans twenty seven to twenty
53:03
Speaker 1: and we know it's not a good Titans team, and
53:05
Speaker 1: I just think the loss of those two offensive linemen
53:08
Speaker 1: and not having a run game with Omarian Hampton. I
53:12
Speaker 1: think this is going to hurt them in the long run,
53:14
Speaker 1: and it wouldn't surprise me if it hurt them this
53:17
Speaker 1: Sunday night against the Steelers, and that was kind of
53:20
Speaker 1: the start of what you might see of the try.
53:23
Speaker 1: I don't want to call it a complete downfall of
53:25
Speaker 1: the Chargers, but I think offensively, I worry about them
53:30
Speaker 1: when they lose their identity. Their identity is run the ball,
53:33
Speaker 1: run the ball, workoff play action, and not drop back
53:38
Speaker 1: forty times with Justin Herbert. But they may have to
53:41
Speaker 1: drop back forty times with Justin Herbert, and although he's
53:44
Speaker 1: had a good year, I just think that that is
53:47
Speaker 1: not their recipe for success. The Chargers are two and
53:49
Speaker 1: a half point favorites. If there's an upset of the
53:52
Speaker 1: week that I'm gonna pick, then it would be the
53:54
Speaker 1: Steelers to go in there and win that game. Steelers
53:56
Speaker 1: are probably feeling pretty good about beating the Colts, and
53:59
Speaker 1: I just think that some injuries become debilitating, and even
54:03
Speaker 1: if the Chargers win by the way next week, I'm
54:05
Speaker 1: gonna tell you that I still am worried about this team,
54:10
Speaker 1: that team losing their identity and what it's going to
54:12
Speaker 1: mean for them going forward. All Right, Obviously, the Monday
54:18
Speaker 1: night game is Eagles Packers. As I mentioned, I had
54:20
Speaker 1: that we'll have that all covered on the inside the
54:22
Speaker 1: Birds pregame show with myself, Greg Cosell Adam Kaplan, and
54:27
Speaker 1: we'll go through everything the way it needs to. All Right,
54:31
Speaker 1: it is already time to get to the picks. Okay,
54:36
Speaker 1: I am going to start off my picks with a
54:39
Speaker 1: correction because it involves one of the games I just previewed.
54:44
Speaker 1: I believe I said that the Panthers were on the
54:46
Speaker 1: road and would be in New Orleans, but they're actually
54:50
Speaker 1: at home. Doesn't really change how I feel, and I'll
54:53
Speaker 1: get to that in a second. But I think I
54:56
Speaker 1: said that, you know, on a fast track in a dome,
54:58
Speaker 1: Rico Daddle could go a great game. But that game
55:01
Speaker 1: is in Carolina, So I just wanted to make that correction.
55:06
Speaker 1: So Carolina is five and a half point home favorites.
55:10
Speaker 1: That is not a road favorite situation. Last week, I
55:15
Speaker 1: did not have a good week. I went one and two.
55:17
Speaker 1: I broke my streak out a come about two or
55:19
Speaker 1: three weeks agoing where I was two and one. Still
55:23
Speaker 1: have yet got to get to three and now I
55:24
Speaker 1: haven't done that yet. But yeah, last week I went
55:28
Speaker 1: one and two. I won on the bro I took
55:30
Speaker 1: the Broncos getting the points in Houston. I thought that
55:33
Speaker 1: that was easy, and of course the Broncos won the
55:36
Speaker 1: game out right, and they were getting two and a half.
55:38
Speaker 1: I lost on the Patriots four and a half point
55:41
Speaker 1: favorites over the Falcons. That was a closer game. And
55:44
Speaker 1: I lost on the Colts three and a half point
55:46
Speaker 1: favorites over the Steelers. Lost as obviously the Steelers won
55:50
Speaker 1: that game all right. So this week here's what I like.
55:55
Speaker 1: I like the Lions, even with the seven and a
55:57
Speaker 1: half against Commanders. Commanders is just so be up. I
56:00
Speaker 1: think the Lions are gonna be pretty annoyed about losing
56:02
Speaker 1: that game against the Vikings and probably unleash some havoc
56:06
Speaker 1: on a very banged up Commanders team. I could see
56:09
Speaker 1: them winning by multiple touchdowns. I will take the Panthers
56:13
Speaker 1: five and a half at home against the Saints. I
56:16
Speaker 1: think that they're playing well and that they know coming
56:20
Speaker 1: off that win against Green Bay. Could they revert a
56:23
Speaker 1: little bit and be the Panthers that we all see. Maybe,
56:25
Speaker 1: but I just don't think the Saints are gonna have enough,
56:27
Speaker 1: So I like, I think the Panthers recognize they have
56:29
Speaker 1: an opportunity here to really improve, get two games over
56:32
Speaker 1: five hundred and make some noise in the NFC South.
56:35
Speaker 1: And They've got their rushing offense figured out. And I'm
56:38
Speaker 1: gonna take the Bears at home four and a half
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Speaker 1: point favorites over the Giants. The Giants have a lot
56:42
Speaker 1: of injuries, and they don't stop the run well and
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Speaker 1: the Bears run well. I mean, it's very dangerous and
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Speaker 1: risky to take the Bears ever, because they're just so
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Speaker 1: up and down, But I just like the I like
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Speaker 1: their ability to move the ball at home against the
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Speaker 1: Giants four and a half. You know, it wouldn't surprise
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Speaker 1: me if the Bear didn't cover and won. It didn't cover,
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Speaker 1: and I take an l on it, but I figure
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Speaker 1: that they can probably beat the Giants by seven to ten.
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Speaker 1: And those are my picks for the week. I hope
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Speaker 1: you guys do as well, if not better than I do.
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Speaker 1: And as I always say, enjoy your football watching,