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laced up let's go it's time for banter with the
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boys welcome back to banter with the boys gridiron
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updates week four where just about anybody can
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have a podcast welcome back Rob, my co -host
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here on Gridiron Updates. Another week. What's
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up? We're back, baby. Vikings stuck on a nice
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little win, so it's good vibes around here. To
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be expected. Yeah, to be expected. Jake, what's
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going on? Our Ravens fan back for another season.
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Thanks for having me back, guys. I appreciate
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it. The other purple. That's right. The better
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purple. Not last night. Well, not last night.
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We'll talk about that. Yes. Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
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Or do we want to? I actually reached out to Jake
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to let him know we were going to move on from
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him, but he convinced me. No, I'm just kidding.
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We're happy to have you back for another season.
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He's a great addition. Good info. And especially
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to have a fan of a different team other than
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the Vikings, you know, if that even exists out
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here, but whatever. That's fine. Kev behind the
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camera, of course, getting everything done. He
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waved. Of course, behind the scenes. Yeah, he's
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waving. Now he's flicking everybody off. Unbelievable.
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Let's see. I mean, I guess that's it. Yeah. Let's
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move. Oh, yeah. The Packers lost this week. Kev,
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let's move right into our week three game recaps.
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Recap. So, gentlemen, the first game we're going
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to talk about here is the Cardinals traveling
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to the San Francisco 49ers. Low scoring affair,
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very defensive early on. I mean, yeah, it was
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super defensive, but overall kind of a bland
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game. Real back and forth, though, as far as
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possession. Nobody seemed to want to keep the
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ball. Yeah, nobody wanted to win. My initial
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thoughts watching it was like, is this really
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a defensive battle? Or are we watching two offenses
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just struggle? I'm going with ladder. Because
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there were opportunities on both sides for both
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teams. Like, just put up points, and they literally
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dropped it. Yes. Marvin Harrison, Jr. Oh, my
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gosh. That giant drop. That was huge. That was
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in the second half, wasn't it? Yeah, that was
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a big one. Can't have that. And I am on fantasy.
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He came up with a catch later, I believe, later
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in the game. But still, like, that one. I mean.
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No excuse. And he knows it. He knows it. But
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it was nice to see Trey McBlide get a red zone
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touchdown. Holy crap. So good to see him. Yeah.
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Put one up finally. James Conner. Rip. That sucks.
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I mean. Out for the year. Yeah. Didn't look good.
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Didn't look good at all. Hopefully he can come
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back from that. I don't think you. I mean, this
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is kind of rude, but other than him being that
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big power red zone threat, I mean, Trey Benson
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came in and did a pretty solid job for him, and
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curious to see what he'll do in the future weeks.
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But how big of a loss is James Conner to the
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Cardinals? Really big loss. He has been the engine
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of that offense. I mean, Kyler Murray's been
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all right, but Kyler Murray's been inconsistent.
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And I don't think Kyler has been developing as
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a quarterback over the last couple of years,
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including with the injuries. Like he plateaued
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pretty much? Yeah. Like this is the best we're
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going to get? Yeah, I don't think we're going
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to see anything better out of Kyler Murray. He's
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looking at his first read maybe a second, and
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then he's off to the races. Is he one that could
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use a change of scenery? Like gigantic hypothetical
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that quite literally just popped into my head.
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Like a different sport? Dang. Baseball. He's
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a great baseball player. That's what I'm saying.
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No, but if Kyler Murray... Lawrence swapped.
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Would it be the same thing for both players on
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those same teams? I know I just pulled that out.
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Don't take too long. You already know the answer.
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Rob's like, this is stupid. Just move on. They're
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both fired. They're both fired. All right. Fair
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enough. Fair enough. On the other side, Mac Jones.
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Staying alive. I guess doing enough to win. He
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did a better version of Wentz. Yeah, for sure.
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I think that had more to do with Kyle Shanahan
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and the kind of QB whisperer that he is. Get
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the hell out of here. But that's always going
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to be the talk with Kyle Shanahan. KLC is on
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his way as a quarterback whisperer. But yeah,
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not an amazing day. All the way around for either
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offense. Christian McCaffrey. What was that?
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Who hit him? Wilson. Yeah. Just completely popped
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him. Yes. You don't see that very often. No,
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not at all. McCaffrey usually makes that guy
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miss. Yeah. Let's see. We're actually talking
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about the 49ers in our. next episode aren't we
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yep in two episodes sorry uh jaguars yeah okay
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so we won't spend any time on them because we'll
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talk about them later let's see who do the cardinals
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have next week they got the seahawks next week
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i think that's the thursday night game yeah who
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do you who do you got in that matchup we're not
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talking about it later so just so uh quick glance
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my pick list uh hawks over cardinals thursday
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night hawks over cardinals yeah Yeah. Unless
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Trey Benson becomes the new Connor, you know,
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like, I mean that, like you're saying earlier,
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Connor kind of is like, he almost carries that
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offense, you know, sets up that least gets Kyler
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some play action. You have to respect him. Yeah,
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exactly. You have to respect him. He's got the
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skill set, both running the ball and out of the
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backfield. So it'd be interesting to see a second
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year Trey Benson that they were really high on
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when they drafted him, seeing him, um, that receiving
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cord just has to help out a little bit too. I
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would say, um, Trey McBride is. obviously been
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a nice connection with murray but i mean he's
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only averaging about 200 ish passing yards you
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know you would think out of a elite arm talents
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like kyler coming out of college they'd be chucking
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the ball for you know 300 275 a week so um we
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just we just had a lot of drops we just had a
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lot of drops from that receiving core that's
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what i'm saying they need to help a guy out is
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it is it more is it a mix of the two of yeah
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they got to catch the ball slash kyler needs
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to put them in a To catch the ball. I think Marvin
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Harrison Jr. and Kyler Murray need to play some
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real -life Madden and stop playing couch Madden.
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Yes. Get back to what really works. We don't
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need a 35 -yard route every time. Let's do those
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quick little sands. I'd really like to see Harrison
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using his size and his ability. That's how he
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was in Ohio State, too, run that quick slant
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and just killing teams. Yeah, they just really
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need a help out on that side. 49ers, obviously,
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big injury to both sides without getting too
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deep into them because we'll get into them later.
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And we'll see. Brock, maybe he'll be back next
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week. But 49ers, 3 -0 still right now. So they
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did enough at home to get the dub on this game.
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But moving on. Yeah, we'll touch on them later
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when they play Jacksonville this week back at
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home in San Francisco. Let's move on to our next
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game here. Excuse me. The Pittsburgh Steelers
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traveling to the New England Patriots, getting
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the win 21 -14 over the Patriots. Man, Patriots
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had another team, kind of like the Cardinals
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and the 49ers both. Patriots, another team that
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had all the opportunities in the world it felt
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like to really take this game and just never
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could seize those opportunities. And then taking
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into consideration how well the Steelers' defense
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played and the Patriots still had a chance to
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win it. It was just crazy because, what, five
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sacks, an interception, four fumble recoveries.
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They were just all over them, and it still allowed
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them to stay in the game. Okay. Yeah, for sure.
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Stevenson's got to hold on to the ball, or otherwise
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he's not going to be in the NFL much longer.
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That's a crazy way to start the game. Yeah, if
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you don't have Travion Henderson, maybe think
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about picking him up. Yeah, there we go. Oh,
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Travion Benson, too, on that other side. That's
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true, because Gibson ended up fumbling, too,
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didn't he? Yeah. Who was it? Gibson, Stevenson,
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and May, right? May fumbled one as well? I think
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May had one, yeah. Just, yeah, unbelievable.
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I mean, true statement of... Turn over the ball,
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you're going to lose the game. And giving Aaron
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Rodgers an opportunity late in the game, just
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even have a shot at winning the game. You just
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can't have it. I don't care how old the guy is.
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You can't give him the opportunity. There was
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that one fourth down play. Douglas, I think,
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was a receiver who pretty much juked himself
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out of a first down. I don't know if you remember
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seeing that play. That was kind of a crucial
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play in that game, too. I kind of just caught
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the highlights of this game. Wait a minute. Is
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that the? Was that late in the game? Yeah. Go
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get the first down. Yeah, if it's the play I'm
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thinking of because he came back to get the ball
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and then took another step back before he came
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back. Yeah, so my issue with that is you just
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got to know where the first down might be. You
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got to run a deep enough route. That's just like
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the football IQ. Who am I to tell an NFL player?
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I'm just saying. You just got to run a deep enough
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route. You know it's fourth down. You know you
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have to get a first down. At least be there when
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you catch the ball. Sure, if you make a shake,
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whatever, and get more, no problem. At least
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get the first down. So run a deep enough route.
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Quarterback put the ball where you were. You
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got to run a deep enough route. I'd skip the
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shimmy and the shake and just get the first down
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there. That was my excuse for that. But even
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if he didn't, that was borderline at best. Like,
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you're right at the line going one yard deeper.
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I know it's all time. Yeah, yeah. But push it.
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Push it. You got to run a deep enough route.
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For me, I don't know. Epic failure there for
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the old Pats. But a learning game. A learning
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game. A game they could have won. They're kind
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of on the up and up. Vrabel went for it on that
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fourth down early in the game and got it. That
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was gutsy AF. More to come from New England.
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Their season is nowhere near over by any means
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who they got next week. And Drake played okay.
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I mean, they got the Panthers next week, you
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know what I mean, who put up a 30 -piece, didn't
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they, on Atlanta? They did, which is really weird,
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that game. Yeah, I don't know if that's real
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Carolina or if that's just, like, bad Atlanta.
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I don't know. Well, they ended up benching Panics
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at it and putting Corco in at one point. Where
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was that two weeks ago? I don't even want to
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talk about that game, dude. That was just tough.
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But Steelers is who we got next week. Yeah, we'll
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talk about that. I know, but just kind of looking
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into what their team was and how they played
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in this game. They look slow on offense. Warren
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is about the only one that I feel like I'm kind
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of scared of. He's just shifty and not afraid
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of literally anything. I mean, he'll stick his
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nose in there. As a Ravens fan perspective, seeing
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Warren twice a year, I think he's very similar
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to Pacheco, where he doesn't get a lot of yards,
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but they're quality yards. He's getting the hard
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ones, and he's got a good burst of energy. He's
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not a three -down back, or he's not your number
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one. Or he's not really a game -breaker either.
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He's not going to get out the outside and be
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gone, per Paul Allen. Right. You know, Pacheco's
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been kind of annoying this year. Yep, he has.
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He's way too side. Like, just put, at some point,
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put a foot in the ground and just get up field.
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Go back to running angry. Because as soon as
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he does that. You think that's an injury? Maybe
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in his head. Could be. He's fast enough, though,
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that if he can't put his foot in the ground,
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get downhill, I mean, he's fast enough to make
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guys miss after that point. But you've got to
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explode through the freaking. I agree. I mean,
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I was watching him again this weekend. It was
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just tough. Tough to watch him just dance around
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like, go, bro. You have it. Anyway, sorry. That
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was a little tangent. We like that when you do
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that. Anyway. We call that bantering. Bantering.
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Kev, where are we at for the Steelers in New
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England? All right, perfect. We're going to move
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on then. Broncos traveling to L .A. to take on
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the Chargers. This was a great game. This was
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a wild game. I'm so disappointed in my Broncos
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there. Should have won that game. What happened
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to that defense? They decided to just pack their
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bags after three quarters. Is that what happened?
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I mean, that's literally the story, right? You've
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got to play all four quarters, and the Broncos
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just didn't do that. And I was taught, some guy
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was commenting about, as a Broncos fan on, I
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don't know, X or whatever, back and forth on
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one of our videos, and he was like, as a Broncos
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fan, the defense has not lived up to what we
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expected out of them this year so far. So that
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was kind of an interesting take from a Broncos
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fan on that aspect of it. But they had their
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chances. It was a solid game. Harris out for
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the year. That's heartbreaking. That's going
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to be a tough one for them. Hampton's been playing
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nice, but having some depth always in that run
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in any position. And a little bit of power. Yeah,
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he looks pretty solid. He's got a decent start
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to the year, like he's had. It's never top of
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the tier, you know what I mean? He's just always
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consistently there. He had that fumble. Hopefully
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that's just like, hey, I'm a rookie. I'm still
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learning the ropes. Get that out of your system.
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Yeah. But I like it. We're talking about Hampton.
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Yeah. Yeah. I like his ability in the passing
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game as well. Very Christian McCaffrey -ish,
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you know. Ooh, going that level. No, that's crazy,
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right? That's just crazy. Drinking that secret
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sauce, I guess. Yeah, I know, I know. Whatever's
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in here, you know what I mean? But it's just
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good to see him have that ability. Early on,
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especially now that he's probably going to get
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that bigger role with Najee Harris out. Yeah,
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yeah. His snaps went up 10%, I think. And they're
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going to probably go up again next week. Well,
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they're still going to spell him somewhat, yeah.
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Yeah, but they're probably – I mean, he still
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ended up with 19 carries. Yeah, what do you want
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him, 35 carries? No, absolutely not. Absolutely
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not. That's probably right. Where he needs to
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be is 19 right there. But you know what? I'm
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going to give out some – some respect to whole
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keen allen just killing it still and he's killing
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mcconkley whoever drafted him in fantasy football
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i am sorry i did kind of see this coming stealing
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all his catches and all the red zone opportunities
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um i'm sure he is a red zone beast i'm sure herbert
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uh was glad to see oh for sure he was allen come
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back Yeah, speaking of Herbert, up over 300 yards.
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I mean, he took five sacks, but, I mean, he stood
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in the pocket all game. The play that you're
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talking about to Keenan Allen at the end, I mean,
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to be able to keep that play alive, to be able
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to get enough power on that throw while pretty
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much having no footing. Going to his left and
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through that 35 -yard roll. Dime. I know. Yes,
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it was behind him a little bit. Like, Keenan
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Allen had to adjust, but Keenan Allen's a pro,
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so, you know. Him getting out of the pocket to
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even have an opportunity. to make that throw,
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not many people on this earth could do that.
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No, so super exciting to see as the Chargers
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fan here on the pod, but who do they got next
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week? I don't even know. Good thing I'm a fan,
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right? Hardcore fans. At the Giants, that's a
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win. I'm not even worried about that. Jackson
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Dart's getting a start, by the way. Is it official?
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It is official. I think it's a mistake, but...
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I mean, against the Chargers, I wouldn't, but...
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who's coming in flying high right now and leading
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the division. Let's see. Broncos going to the
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Bengals. That's an interesting game that I would
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expect the Broncos to win at this point. And
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it's not even because of what the Bengals did
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this week. It's just more of... you're Joe Burrow
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-less, you know what I mean? And it's nothing
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against Jake Browning. I think he's fully capable
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of, like, winning football games. It's just you're
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not Joe Burrow. And that offense just thrives
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with a Joe Burrow with those two high -flying
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receivers, you know. Somebody who's going to
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take the chances to put it where it needs to
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be. I don't know. Whatever. Well, that was a
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big win for the Chargers, I guess, for the division.
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Division win. Division win. All division wins.
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Yep. 2 -0. 2 -0. I don't think anybody would
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have picked them to beat the Chiefs either to
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open the season. Yep. So, you know, that's a
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little bit of a surprise to the league. But,
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again, for week one, that's not going to make
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or break you come playoffs, right? No, just great
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to see. Yeah, really exciting, actually, that
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they're 3 -0. Denver will be just fine. Not too
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worried about them being able to bounce back
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yet. But that defense does need to come alive.
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Let's move on, though. What do we got? Oh, the
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whole reason why Jake's here. The entire reason
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why Jake's here. The Lions. It's not the whole
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reason. The whole reason. The only reason. Lions
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getting the win 38 -30 over the Ravens in Baltimore.
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Yes, we got to do this. I got notes on notes.
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Notes on notes. Let's hear it. Let's hear it.
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Let them go. First of all, I just want to say
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I appreciate Derek Henry apologizing for the
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fumble. Three fumbles in three games. Two of
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them lost. A lot of apologies. Yeah. You have
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two fumbles last night? No, just the one. It
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was costly. Six minutes left. Hats off to Hutchinson.
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That was a great play by him. Over -pursued,
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coming back and punching it out. The Ravens got
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away from their identity. They were struggling
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with running the ball. They were still being
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successful enough with it in the first quarter.
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As soon as they got stopped at the goal line,
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They had four downs to get a yard for that touchdown,
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and they just stalled out. I think they just
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were done running the ball, and they just got
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away from their identity. Then they felt like
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they had to play catch -up a little bit with
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the Lions and play their style of game. The offensive
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and defensive line for the Lions was stellar.
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The offensive line just pushing the Ravens back.
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That defensive line of theirs attacking Lamar.
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And really with Lamar or the Ravens playing from
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behind, essentially they were doing a shell.
18:34
They were rushing four. keeping seven back in
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a shell for it. And then they're like, if you
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run, we're going to come and get you or you're
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going to dance around. It takes, they'd have
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a spy on him too. And they made him, I always
18:47
felt like a lot of times they made him step up
18:49
in the pocket and rush. If he was going to go,
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he was going to go forward there versus get out
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and extend the play longer. And they just can,
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you know, slowly collapse that pocket and force
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him up and he'd get a yard or two, you know,
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but he didn't have any, you know, game breaking
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plays. So I give the Lions credit on there. I
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think a lot of teams are going to look at that
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tape. I don't know if a lot of teams have the
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skill set that the Lions have to play against
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Lamar like that, but a lot of people are going
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to look at that aspect of it. But it was a good
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game. You know, the Lions offense felt way more
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efficient than I expected it to be. You know
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what I mean? I had a little bit of concerns coming
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into this season, the new O .C., if they can
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continue to be who they are. Yeah, that brain
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drain. Yeah. Man, they really got the dudes to
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do it. I mean, obviously Montgomery had a day,
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but Jameer Gibbs, as we like to call him here
19:42
on the show, is just a freaking cheat code. Amon
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Ross St. Brown, obviously a big -time player.
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So, I mean, they got many more. Sam Laporte,
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Jameson Williams. I mean, keep going. You know
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what I mean? So, it's... They came out and played
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very efficient. I really thought the Ravens were
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going to be able to out -duel them this game.
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That's why I picked them. But that fourth quarter
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was just something else. It was just something
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else for Detroit and obviously the big fumble
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for Henry. I just can't have it. It was nice
20:06
to see Mark Andrews come back alive a little
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bit. That's what I've been kind of calling for.
20:11
I wanted to see that. I found a stat line where
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Mark Andrews' first two games for every season.
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Only twice has he eclipsed more than 100 yards
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in his first two. Slow starter. Yeah, in the
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first two games combined. So slow starts natural,
20:28
and then it just picks up. That's what he's banking
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on over there in the other purple. That's right.
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Good to know. Good to know, Rashad Bateman. Yeah,
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I think two weeks ago was really woke up the
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Lions. The one they played. The Bears. Two weeks
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ago. I think that woke up their offense. They've
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just been rolling since. Last week? Two weeks
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ago. It's all a blur. The Lions offense looked
20:55
like they were clicking. I feel like their offensive
20:58
line played a lot better versus week one against
21:01
the Packers. Ravens now 1 -2. Two losses against
21:08
probably two AFC -NFC champions. ship contenders
21:13
yep the you know the first six games the first
21:16
six games out of the gates for baltimore arguably
21:19
one of the one of the toughest to begin the schedule
21:22
the chiefs is really is up there too and the
21:24
two face off this week we'll talk about that
21:26
yeah uh and then texans rams yeah there are no
21:30
slashes yeah caleb williams just threw for four
21:33
tuds so or something whatever i'm i wouldn't
21:36
be surprised if they go one in three out of the
21:40
first four weeks or Or two and four, but we're
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not going to be freaking out or losing our minds
21:48
and thinking it's over that they're out of it
21:49
because it's the AFC North and it's always competitive.
21:55
Would that be a hot take? The Ravens don't make
21:57
the playoffs this year? That'd be a crazy hot
21:59
take. I don't think that's going to happen. I
22:01
don't think so either. I don't think so either,
22:03
but you go one and three, somebody gets hurt,
22:07
Lamar tweaks an ankle. Who's the backup in Baltimore?
22:17
Exactly. It's not Huntley. I can't remember off
22:22
the top of my head. It's not good. It's not looking
22:24
good. Stanley, I think the left tackle got worked
22:29
a little bit. I think the line didn't play that
22:32
great. The whole offensive line didn't play well
22:33
at all. And maybe they'll have a coming -to -Jesus
22:37
moment and be like, yeah, we got to do better.
22:40
But like you said, they got away from the run,
22:41
and that sets up the pass, and that RPO for Lamar
22:44
to succeed. And like you said, they got away
22:46
from it. So they need to stick with it, and I
22:49
think they'll be fine, even though they play
22:52
the Chiefs next week. We'll talk about that.
22:55
We'll talk about it. Don't worry. We'll tease
22:57
her. Let's head into our final game. The whole
23:00
reason why everybody's here. Vikings getting
23:02
the win at home against the Bengals. 48 -10.
23:06
48 -10. The Vikings kept pouring it on. But really,
23:10
I mean, the story of the game's got to be. It's
23:14
got to be. What does it got to be? It's got to
23:18
be Rodgers. It's got to be Rodgers. I mean, he's
23:20
going to be the perfect PFF grade. Absolutely
23:23
great. A couple of tutties, two different ways.
23:28
What else did he do? Oh, he even had a couple
23:30
of good pass defensives. I think it was on Higgins
23:33
in the corner of the end zone on one play. What
23:35
else did he do? Perfect examples of the peanut
23:37
punch. I mean, just unbelievable. Two forced
23:40
fumbles. That's what it was. He had another forced
23:42
fumble. Yeah, I mean, it was one of those things
23:45
where everything just went right for the Vikings.
23:47
They had the first nice drive, went down and
23:50
scored. Then you had the Rodgers. I think we
23:54
punted. And then the Rodgers picked six, got
23:58
us up 14 -0. And then after that, Bengals couldn't
24:04
hold on to the ball. After that, the route was
24:05
on. No, they both punted, and then the interception
24:09
came. But, yeah, that put us up. Punch, punch,
24:12
pick. And then we're up by 31 -and -a -half.
24:15
Yeah, they turned the ball over three out of
24:20
the... Three out of four plays. Next four plays.
24:23
Wow. Three out of the next four plays. Thanks,
24:25
buddy. You got it. Way to be there for me. Three
24:28
out of the next four plays. That's crazy. That's
24:30
rare. Plays, not drives. Plays. Which then made
24:34
it a lot easier for Carson Wentz to come out
24:36
there and just play easy. Got to be super efficient.
24:40
Didn't have to push the ball downfield at all.
24:43
And the Bengals defense, I was just rewatching
24:46
like call 22 a little bit last night. They play
24:49
a pretty. basic lame defense they bring a little
24:53
pressure but they just sit in the nickel two
24:56
two safeties high i don't know if it's just because
24:58
they're playing against the vikings and jefferson
25:00
but it was not very disguising not a lot of movement
25:04
not a thread um christian derisaw shut down oh
25:07
my gosh he did shut down yeah yeah maybe the
25:11
bangles get their money back To have Harrison
25:13
Smith back, too. Oh, yeah. You know, he didn't
25:16
get mentioned a ton because people weren't, you
25:19
know, not taking that chance at him. You know
25:21
what I mean? He had the one tip, I believe. For
25:23
the first pick. Oh, yeah, that's what it was.
25:26
Started off from Harrison Smith. I mean, just
25:28
be able to have that defensive quarterback, if
25:31
you will, back there. And somebody with just
25:33
loads of experience. Got to be huge to have him
25:36
back, of course. He's my boy. With the Harrison
25:39
jersey on today. And then, yeah, Jordan Mason
25:42
getting the job done. Excellent game. Really
25:45
good. Really nice. Yeah. Unfortunately, we knew
25:48
exactly who he was before he even came in the
25:51
door from last season. Did he go over 200 on
25:54
the Vikings last year? No. On the 49ers? No.
25:57
It was a lot. It was a lot. He shredded us, though.
25:59
I mean, it was like at least two plus touchdowns.
26:01
But it's weird. Now that he's on the Vikings,
26:03
he looks littler. Yeah, of course, right? Of
26:06
course, right. I felt like when he was like King
26:08
Henry size, and then I get him on the Vikings,
26:10
he's like, oh, yeah. He looks like Cam Akers'
26:12
size. And with Aaron Jones going to IR, Cam Akers
26:15
is back. Yes. And had five carries himself. So
26:18
welcome back for, like, the fourth time or third
26:21
time. Pretty much every year KOC's been here,
26:23
Cam Akers gets signed at some point in the season.
26:26
And Hawkinson had a nice little game, too. It
26:29
was like his. He had a tutty. I think that's
26:32
his first touchdown in a while. Oh, it's got
26:36
to be. Yeah, yeah, for sure. It's like 16 games,
26:38
I think they said, or something like that. Yeah,
26:39
so he had a bunch of catches, had a bunch of
26:42
key first downs, even though we didn't really
26:45
need them. But it just kept the game going, and
26:48
we just kept scoring off of it. I had a note.
26:50
Let's see if I can find it. But I'm pretty sure
26:52
this was the biggest deficit the Bengals franchise
26:56
has ever faced. Thank you. We're in the record
26:59
books, baby. I'm pretty sure. Let me see. Biggest
27:02
deficit in franchise history. Yeah. You're welcome.
27:05
Yeah. Yeah. Bengals have also never won in Minnesota.
27:09
Ravens can't even do that to the Bengals. Dang.
27:12
You guys are going to play them twice. Yeah.
27:15
Can't even do it. We just play them once every
27:17
four years. Bam. I played them two years ago.
27:20
Oh, did you? Yeah, you guys lost in overtime.
27:22
I don't want to do that. Oh, I know. 30 to 27,
27:25
if I remember. Yeah, they came back. Yeah. Jake
27:26
Browning let them. Whoops. All right. We're done.
27:28
Yep. Carry on. Let's just talk about his wife.
27:31
And that's when the comments came out that, oh,
27:33
yeah, I made him feel sorry for getting rid of
27:37
me or whatever the hell. You know what I mean?
27:38
Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Anyway, Jake. Thanks for
27:41
being here, man. Thanks for having me. I think
27:45
it went okay. It went well. It's fine. We'll
27:47
bring you back next week. I might be back. Think
27:50
about it. Think about it. Rob, of course, obviously,
27:53
thanks for being here, as always. Thank you.
27:55
You came straight from wherever you were and
27:57
literally went to the store. Cross -country,
27:59
baby. To make sure you had Vikings merch. Yeah,
28:02
yeah. And this vintage old school. Yeah, it's
28:04
nice. I like it. I like it. Obviously, Kev here
28:07
behind the cameras getting everything done for
28:08
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