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Micah Parsons Reacts to Mike McCarthy Exit, Deion Sanders and Cowboys HC Search | The Edge, S2E21 · Bleacher Report

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Speaker 1: Hey, welcome back to the Edge. I am your host, Michaeh. Parsiers.
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Speaker 1: new episodes Thursday at nine pm on Max. Drop any
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Speaker 1: questions or comments in the chat. I know it's gonna
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Speaker 1: be hectic, honestly due to this coaching change. And it's
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Speaker 1: very very interesting. Man, obviously very sad because the relationships,
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Speaker 1: you know, we had with coach McCarthy and everything he's
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Speaker 1: done for a program, three straight twelve and five seasons,
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Speaker 1: playoff appearances, and obviously an unfortunate year due to injuries
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Speaker 1: and things like that. But it is devastating. You know.
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Speaker 1: Coach Mike's a great father coach, one of the most
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Speaker 1: winningest coaches, and you know, he's always been good to
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Speaker 1: us as a unit, us to the coaches players, So,
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Speaker 1: you know, losing a great coach like Mike hurtz. But
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be very interesting off seasons. You know, it's
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Speaker 1: gonna be very interesting, you know, due to the free agents,
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Speaker 1: the coaching. It's like, you know, it's going to be
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Speaker 1: a complete reset. So it's going to be a very
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Speaker 1: interesting and challenging all season. But listen, I already know
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Speaker 1: I trust my owner, I trust our GM, I trust
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Speaker 1: Will Maclay that we're gonna make the right decisions. We're
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Speaker 1: gonna make the right decision when it comes to coaching.
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Speaker 1: We don't know, we don't know who's getting what. It's
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Speaker 1: been a lot of speculations former players mentioned like Prime
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Speaker 1: Time with and but at the end of the day,
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Speaker 1: you know, speculation, speculation. We're gonna wait to see who
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Speaker 1: gets hired, who's going to be our d C or
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Speaker 1: OC because it's going to be a complete reset, so
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be very interesting. And then seeing how those
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Speaker 1: guys envision players and who they want to bring in,
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Speaker 1: who they want to keep, who they want to build around.
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Speaker 1: So it will be very interesting because you know, through
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Speaker 1: this time now you know, you know there's certain players
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Speaker 1: that you know, our staff like that they would have
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Speaker 1: want to bring back, and they might not bring back. So, uh,
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Speaker 1: it's going to be challenging. You know, these guys might
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Speaker 1: have a different idea how they want to build a
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Speaker 1: defense to the offense. So uh, you know, there's no
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Speaker 1: security in this league, you know, And and that's the
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Speaker 1: dangerous part of the NFL. Uh, there's there's always most
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Speaker 1: likely in most cases besides Tomlin Shanahan's, uh, the mcveigh's,
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Speaker 1: there's not really a lot of coaching changes. But when
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Speaker 1: you're in them programs and uh, those coaches draft you
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Speaker 1: and they have idea where they want you to fit
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Speaker 1: and how they want you to play in and when
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Speaker 1: they're all out, it's kind of like your so ol
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Speaker 1: you know what I mean. And I've seen that happen
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Speaker 1: to guys who I've been with. Uh, you know, you've
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Speaker 1: seen a bunch of guys Q guys travel with him.
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Speaker 1: So I can't imagine a bunch of guys is gonna
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Speaker 1: follow McCarthy and you know, you know when they come
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Speaker 1: to our defense, we don't know, but they might follow
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Speaker 1: and go at the places. So it will be very
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Speaker 1: very interesting and it's gonna be challenging. But listen, as
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Speaker 1: you know, one of the leaders of this team, I'm
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Speaker 1: gonna be looking forward to accept all challenges and embrace
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Speaker 1: whatever comes to help my team lead to a championship.
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Speaker 1: At the end of the day, you know, we got
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Speaker 1: to move on. We can and think in the past.
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Speaker 1: We got to move on, and you know, you know,
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Speaker 1: and it is gonna be sad understanding that you're gonna
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Speaker 1: miss some of your players, you know, and I'm definitely
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Speaker 1: gonna be sad because you got to pray and hope
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Speaker 1: to envision that they have the same ideas of who
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Speaker 1: you want to bear around, and you know, hopefully I'm
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Speaker 1: brought up into those conversations about you know, who I
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Speaker 1: would like to play with, bring around, you know, I
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Speaker 1: hope I get that, you know, level of treatment and
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Speaker 1: you know, obviously meet with this new DC and bring
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Speaker 1: into this conversation how they want to use me. Am
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Speaker 1: I gonna use this chess piece or just a you know,
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Speaker 1: left side defensive end. You know, we don't know. But
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Speaker 1: those are a lot of questions, a lot of things
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Speaker 1: be answered. It's a lot of things in the air.
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Speaker 1: And obviously, as players, it don't make us feel good
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Speaker 1: all the time because you know, you want to the
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Speaker 1: person's gonna best fit for your future and how they're
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Speaker 1: gonna see you in your future. And that's the challenging
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Speaker 1: part about being in entertainment is you know, you don't
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Speaker 1: get that all the time. You don't get all your
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Speaker 1: wish you know what I mean. So I just gotta
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Speaker 1: sit back and pray and work as hard as I
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Speaker 1: possibly can. And you know a lot of people say
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Speaker 1: about holding trophy, holding trophy up there, I honestly don't
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Speaker 1: think there's no setbacks. There's no setbacks. I think some
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Speaker 1: of the greatest players learned to its right, you learn
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Speaker 1: to a just to people around you, learning it just
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Speaker 1: to new coaching. But you know, at the end of day,
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Speaker 1: coach is comeing to do so much players. We gotta
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Speaker 1: build a winning culture. You know, we gotta build a
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Speaker 1: winner culture. So there there is no setback right there.
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Speaker 1: And you know, I say we're holding the trophy just
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Speaker 1: because I believe in our guys. You know, when you
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Speaker 1: got you know, Ceedee, Lamb, you got you know Dad,
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Speaker 1: you got myself, And you know there's a bunch of
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Speaker 1: other guys that I'm not mentioned. That second year guys
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Speaker 1: is gonna make huge jumps, uh dB Trayvon Uh you know,
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Speaker 1: demons gonna come back when you got a bunch of
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Speaker 1: guys that you know is going to come back and
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Speaker 1: put in full effort and help change the trajectory of
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Speaker 1: this team. Got a hundred polief in that, you know,
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Speaker 1: and hopefully we bring in guys it's gonna help build
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Speaker 1: the culture and things even more so, you know Charlie
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Speaker 1: Haters is whatever, But you know, we're going to keep
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Speaker 1: handling business and play good football. That's all I know
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Speaker 1: how to do. But it's gonna be interesting. Let's get
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Speaker 1: into the playoffs. The n's See show shows out. Both
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Speaker 1: Eagles and Commanders showed up in this weekend. And I
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Speaker 1: want to give y'all a big shout to Jayden Dames.
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Speaker 1: I know I've been hyping them up, but he's the
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Speaker 1: truth when it's time to win the game and close
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Speaker 1: out the game. Honestly, besides Patrick Mahomes, there's not a
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Speaker 1: better quarterback that comes to finishing games right now in
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Speaker 1: the league. When it comes to guy to have a
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Speaker 1: moment and the game drives, just flawless, no mishaps, makes
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Speaker 1: it happen, it has to be Jayden Dames right now.
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Speaker 1: It has to be, you know, and we're talking about
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Speaker 1: my homes because what he does in the playoffs and
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Speaker 1: what he does is the super Bowl. But when it
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Speaker 1: comes to them last three four minutes in the game,
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Speaker 1: he has to be He's won. They won at least
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Speaker 1: five six games by miraculous comebacks. They almost came back
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Speaker 1: on us with that nice pass. He had to Terry McClaren,
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Speaker 1: but then turp Ice the game. But he's been unbelievable.
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Speaker 1: I would I would never bet against someone like Jenden Dames.
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Speaker 1: I told y'all how good he is. I told y'all
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Speaker 1: what he was he's capable of. And to win a
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Speaker 1: game against a good Bucks team on the road and
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Speaker 1: and in that fashion, oh man, he's unbelievable. Uh. The
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Speaker 1: the Commanders found a gym and it is It's scary.
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Speaker 1: It's scary for the league. I understand that. You know,
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Speaker 1: the Lions have a lot of success blitzing, but with
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Speaker 1: someone who can move as good as he moved, it's
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Speaker 1: gonna be a very big chance for England. Any mobile
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Speaker 1: quarterback is a great challenge. The Lions had challenges with Lamar.
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Speaker 1: It's gonna be very interesting how they affect Jayden Daniels
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Speaker 1: and get him out of his rhythm with his blitzing
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Speaker 1: and a lot of things the Lions do defensively. It's
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Speaker 1: gonna be very interesting because the way he's able to
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Speaker 1: move and the pock can escape pressure, it's it's marvelous.
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Speaker 1: So it's gonna be very interesting, very interesting to see.
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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a very good game. Uh. And then
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Speaker 1: you know, with the Rams upsetting you know, Minnesota yesterday
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Speaker 1: and seeing the Eagles team and how they played, I'm
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Speaker 1: gonna say, if that Rams team can play like they
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Speaker 1: did again in Philly, they can beat They can beat Philly,
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Speaker 1: they can beat Philly. At this point, right now, you
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Speaker 1: can say any team can be beaten. Right now, I
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Speaker 1: think the NFC is the best division, or at least
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Speaker 1: the best side in football, at least complete teams. But
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Speaker 1: I think anyone can be beaten right now without a doubt.
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Speaker 1: It's gonna be, man, it's gonna be great games. But
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Speaker 1: congres gratulations the Eagles and the Commanders for winning their
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Speaker 1: wild card roun and it just shows you how good
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Speaker 1: the NFC East is. It really does so for years
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Speaker 1: to come, the NFC East is gonna have it's gonna
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Speaker 1: be battles. It's gonna be battles for the division. I
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Speaker 1: don't think there's anyone that's ever gonna have a clean suite.
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Speaker 1: No one's gonna have a clean sweep. You gotta be
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Speaker 1: on your a game in every division battle. It's gonna
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Speaker 1: be extreamly challenges. It's gonna be good to see. But
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Speaker 1: I started off with Saquon I mean, I mean he
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Speaker 1: did it again. I mean he didn't score, but man
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Speaker 1: twenty five carries one hundred and nineteen yards. You know,
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Speaker 1: it was tough for Jordan Love. You know, I just
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Speaker 1: feel like for how many turnovers they had, they still
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Speaker 1: had a chance to win the game. Their defense showed
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Speaker 1: out starting a game off of the turnover which led
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Speaker 1: to seven. It really changed the outcome of the game.
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Speaker 1: And then losing both of your starting receivers in that game,
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Speaker 1: and already losing Christian Watson a week before, it's just
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Speaker 1: been tough blow and then they lost their left guard.
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Speaker 1: Tough blow at the tough blow for the Packers. It's
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Speaker 1: very hard to evaluate. Jordan Love couldn't get any time.
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Speaker 1: Not Eagles rush took over with the lead, and all
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Speaker 1: the holding penalties, the setbacks they made extremely challenging for
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Speaker 1: Jordan Love, someone who's when he's at his best, he's
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Speaker 1: playing on rhythm second and short, third and short not
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Speaker 1: having the force. Throws can hit any throw in the field,
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Speaker 1: but when you're in these backed up positions and you're
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Speaker 1: trying to get the ball down the field, and you know,
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Speaker 1: not a lot of players open and you know, they
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Speaker 1: can just let their rush happen. That's not the position
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Speaker 1: the Packers want to be in. They rely on good run,
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Speaker 1: game play, action blocking it up, and they play better
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Speaker 1: when they're in the league, you know. So the position
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Speaker 1: Jordan Love was in from the very beginning of the
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Speaker 1: game kind of set them off for failure, you know.
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Speaker 1: And it'll be very interesting to see how the Packers
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Speaker 1: attack free agency. Understanding that the receivers are constantly hurt,
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Speaker 1: they need to bring in more weapons. Do they attack
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Speaker 1: free agency? Do they find a way to get t
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Speaker 1: Higgins and to Green Bay. It's gonna be very interesting.
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Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of receivers out there that's
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Speaker 1: gonna be eligible for centsions. And do they bring help
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Speaker 1: around Jordan Love because they needed you see it in
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Speaker 1: the playoff game. Christian Watson's out so you might not
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Speaker 1: be back until middle of next year with the ACL injury.
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Speaker 1: So what do the Packers do. They obviously they got
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Speaker 1: someone in Josh Jacobs who played terrific. I thought Josh
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Speaker 1: Jacobs really showed something, never gave up, was running hard
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Speaker 1: the whole time. But they need to find ways to
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Speaker 1: bet around Jordan Love. That's the only way. That's the
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Speaker 1: future of the program that paid them two hundred million dollars.
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Speaker 1: They have to find ways to keep healthy receivers and
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Speaker 1: elite receivers around Jordan Love. So it's gonna be very
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Speaker 1: interesting and good to see. And how do they revamp
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Speaker 1: the old line play with the injuries and things like that,
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Speaker 1: because they definitely need depth at that position. I think
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Speaker 1: our defense is playing well. Uh, they played really well actually,
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Speaker 1: and they probably need to add a rusher to they
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Speaker 1: keep disrupting that pocket. But you know, for overall, you know,
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Speaker 1: I thought that was a very very good game. For
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Speaker 1: all the turnovers and stuff, you would think a Philly
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Speaker 1: team would dominate the Packers. But you know, with a
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Speaker 1: bye week, there could be some Russ miss timings and
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Speaker 1: things like that. So it's gonna be very interesting to
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Speaker 1: see what happens and at rams An Eagle's game, because
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Speaker 1: you know, obviously Jalen didn't play bad, but that's not
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Speaker 1: explosive as their offense has been all year, and uh,
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Speaker 1: you don't want to play like that against an explosive
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Speaker 1: mcvagh team. Exposed to mcvagh team, you know, you know
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Speaker 1: I said it, you never really bet against McVay. I
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Speaker 1: told you last week Minnesota is good, but you don't
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Speaker 1: bet against McVay. He finds ways to win games. And
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Speaker 1: they found ways to win last week. And that was
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Speaker 1: a terrific win. And it was honestly unbelievable to see.
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Speaker 1: It was unbelievable to see. It was a masterful performance defensively.
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Speaker 1: I mean, what eight total sacks? You know, Matthew Stafford
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Speaker 1: started the game off what eight for eight, nine for nine,
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Speaker 1: and you know, it was a master class. And you know,
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Speaker 1: they have to find ways to get Aj Brown involved.
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Speaker 1: I mean, I know we all seen it. AJ Brown
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Speaker 1: was called, you know, reading a book or whatever it
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Speaker 1: may be. We don't know the circumstances. I won't dive
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Speaker 1: into it, but you have to find ways to get
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Speaker 1: your number one receiver, the guy you paid thirty two
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Speaker 1: thirty three million dollars involved in the game. And it's
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Speaker 1: unexcusable how he only had one catch for ten yards.
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Speaker 1: You know, it's just no way that should happen. You know,
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Speaker 1: they gotta find ways to get him involved in that
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Speaker 1: game and the Eagles probably will break out. This is
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Speaker 1: a team similar to before where they played early in
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Speaker 1: the season and the Eagles got the best of them.
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Speaker 1: Do they get the best of them again? Saquon dominated
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Speaker 1: that game. Can they find ways to neutralize Saquon and
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Speaker 1: have hers beat them? You know that that's what's gonna
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Speaker 1: come down to. They have to find a way to
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Speaker 1: neutralize Saquon Barkley, And I think the Rams can have
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Speaker 1: a lot of success, you know, I think, and you
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Speaker 1: know that other team, Jaden Daniels are going down the
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Speaker 1: Detroit I hit on it earlier. Can they find ways
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Speaker 1: to shop Jenden Dames. That's gonna be the most interesting
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Speaker 1: thing so far that it's gonna be happening because I
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Speaker 1: think if the game's on the line and you got
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Speaker 1: Jayden Daniels with two minutes left and in seventeen seventeen,
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Speaker 1: can they win that game? It's gonna come down to
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Speaker 1: Jared Goff. Obviously, Jared Golf got to lift the turnovers. Jared,
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Speaker 1: you can't keep giving Jayden Daniels the ball, you know,
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Speaker 1: I think the turnovers is gonna be a crucial factor.
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Speaker 1: And can that Washington's front affect Jared Goff in the
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Speaker 1: most dominant way. They need to find a way to
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Speaker 1: affect Jared Golf to create turnovers. It's gonna be a
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Speaker 1: battle between upfront totally because they got to, honestly so
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Speaker 1: down jamiyor Gibbs. And it's gonna be an interesting matchup
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Speaker 1: because it's gonna be Louvu versus Gibbs. I think that's
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Speaker 1: gonna be the matchup to look out for. I think
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Speaker 1: Lousvu has been one of the most dominant linebackers this
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Speaker 1: year and seeing them against Gibbs, who's been the most
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Speaker 1: dominant back, I think we're starting to see what Gibbs
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Speaker 1: can be when he carries the load. I understand he's
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Speaker 1: been splitting it with Montgomery and things like that, but
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Speaker 1: Gibbs has been tearing the league up since he's been
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Speaker 1: getting a start. I mean, he might be the most.
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Speaker 1: I think him and Saquaner A and B when it
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Speaker 1: comes to breakout speed, long speed explosion, Him and Saquaner,
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Speaker 1: you know, hand in hand when it comes to you know,
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Speaker 1: when they hit a lane, they're out of there. So
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be very interesting game, you know. You know,
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Speaker 1: he's the fourth QB to ever win a road playoff
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Speaker 1: game in his rookie year, so if he wins one,
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Speaker 1: he can win another. I'm never counting out the Commanders.
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Speaker 1: But you know, I said, the Detroit's defense, I don't
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Speaker 1: know if they can hold up, but the way they
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Speaker 1: dominated Donald, you know, last week or two weeks ago,
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Speaker 1: it was a shortenary, it was a Shortdinaary. So I'm
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Speaker 1: never counted out Aaron Glenn. He showed me something. He
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Speaker 1: showed me that he is an elite coach, elite competitor,
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Speaker 1: because they found ways to eliminate Jefferson, found as to
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Speaker 1: show down Medison, and you know, that was probably one
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Speaker 1: of the most explosive, you know, front ends of receiver
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Speaker 1: corps that we see, especially with Hockinson and things like that.
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Speaker 1: McVeigh and Aaron Glenn found ways to slow him down.
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Speaker 1: So it's gonna be very very interesting to see the
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Speaker 1: matchups against Terry McClaren and things like that, because it's
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Speaker 1: gonna be a very very interesting game and you know,
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Speaker 1: and we don't want to, you know, kind of Baker.
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Speaker 1: I thought Baker showed some fight throughout this game. Hit
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Speaker 1: a nasty run. Baker really showed up. I said, we
15:30
Speaker 1: all said, Baker's one of the hardest people to tackle.
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's so interesting. He's an elite competitor. You know,
15:37
Speaker 1: Baker is someone that should be in the league for
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Speaker 1: a long time. I thought his time in Cleveland people
15:41
Speaker 1: kind of counted them out. I thought Cleveland type tried
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Speaker 1: to bury him. But we kind of see the success
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Speaker 1: Baker has had since he's been in Temple with Bowles,
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Speaker 1: elite coaching, not always switching coordinators. You know, pretty good
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Speaker 1: O line play, and you know, Baker's been balling. So
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Speaker 1: it's very beautiful to see. So, you know, congratulations to
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Speaker 1: the Bucks on a great year. But uh, the Commanders
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Speaker 1: got the best of them. It's gonna be you know,
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a great game we're gonna see in Detroit,
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Speaker 1: you know, and then you know, a blowout weekend. I
16:17
Speaker 1: feel like a lot of teams took care of business
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Speaker 1: and we're gonna start with Lamar and that's gonna be
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Speaker 1: the game of the week to me. Of who really
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Speaker 1: is the m v P, right, I think Josh Allen
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Speaker 1: and Lamar both got like this hangar above them saying
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Speaker 1: you both have an argument to be MVP, but it's
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Speaker 1: like who can win in the biggest moment when it
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Speaker 1: really matters the most. I thought, you know, Baltimore got
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Speaker 1: the best of Bill's earlier in the season, but it's
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Speaker 1: gonna be a completely different game. Heading into this game,
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Speaker 1: It's gonna be very interesting to see. Obviously, you would think,
16:52
Speaker 1: and we've been seeing a lot of stuff with Tomlin. Uh,
16:55
Speaker 1: you know, people should trade for Troumlin. Other execs say
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Speaker 1: we should move on, But are you mad? Tomlin hasn't
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Speaker 1: had a losing season in his career. I think he's
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Speaker 1: one of the most beautifully gifted coaches in the NFL
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Speaker 1: when it comes to building people around him and making
17:14
Speaker 1: them elite, making them better. I was watching The Hard
17:17
Speaker 1: Knock Show and you know her big, you know, he
17:20
Speaker 1: believes in him all week, talking about he needs to
17:23
Speaker 1: go make a play, he needs to make a play.
17:24
Speaker 1: It's gonna be him versus jus, and you're gonna make
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Speaker 1: a play when the match the most and he made
17:28
Speaker 1: that play. He's spoken to reistance. So when you have
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Speaker 1: a coach that and Stills believe still in stills that
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Speaker 1: type of determination throughout the week and proclaims that for
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Speaker 1: your success and it happens, man, you you should never
17:42
Speaker 1: go against that. I think Tomlin, I think the Steelers
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Speaker 1: will be delusional to move on for Tomlin. I definitely
17:48
Speaker 1: think they need to revamp thing things. Address the old
17:50
Speaker 1: line play, address the receiver play, and then also they
17:55
Speaker 1: got to address the QB situation this all season. But
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of things need to be addressed
18:01
Speaker 1: when it comes to that. And you know, I just
18:04
Speaker 1: thought in total, Baltimore dominated them. You know, it's gonna
18:09
Speaker 1: be hard to stop Lamar and Henry. I mean, look
18:13
Speaker 1: at this long touchdown play. I mean, this is the
18:16
Speaker 1: effect of Lamar and Derrick Henry. I mean, if you
18:20
Speaker 1: show the other angle. I saw the other angle. Three
18:23
Speaker 1: people jumped out to Lamar on a zone read because
18:27
Speaker 1: of his impact on his legs. I believe a mic linebacker,
18:30
Speaker 1: the safety and someone else followed Lamar on that and
18:34
Speaker 1: created a wide gap for Derek Henry run through. Their
18:37
Speaker 1: combination has been one of the most deadliest in the NFL.
18:40
Speaker 1: It's been very beautiful to see, honestly, but people keep
18:44
Speaker 1: talking about MVP Lamar, MVP Derek Henry. I honestly think
18:48
Speaker 1: they won't be having a season without one another. You know,
18:52
Speaker 1: I think Derek Henry takes a lot off of Lamar,
18:55
Speaker 1: and Lamar takes a lot of Derek Henry. It's a
18:57
Speaker 1: very calm. I think it's a very compatible relationship between them,
19:03
Speaker 1: you know. I think they they help each other equally.
19:05
Speaker 1: I don't think it's one one or the other, you
19:08
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying. Because Derek Hemery was in Tennessee
19:10
Speaker 1: and Lamar was the leading rusher of his team last year,
19:13
Speaker 1: you know, so, I think people really don't think about that.
19:16
Speaker 1: They're talking about anyone can do the Lamar position, but
19:20
Speaker 1: Lamar was his leading rusher last year, you know. So
19:23
Speaker 1: having Dereck Henry extremely helped him out a lot. I mean, honestly,
19:27
Speaker 1: the most dangerous things now we're seeing Dereck Henry and
19:30
Speaker 1: zone read you know, formations like you're reading either Derek
19:35
Speaker 1: Hemery or Lamar and you really can go wrong on
19:38
Speaker 1: either one. So, and the way they scheme it, the
19:41
Speaker 1: way they create openings for it, is one of the
19:44
Speaker 1: most deadly we've ever seen. So, I mean, anytime you
19:47
Speaker 1: could rush for over two hundred yards, Lamar had eighty
19:50
Speaker 1: one yards, Derek Henry had twenty six rushes for one
19:52
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty six yards. If they can do that
19:55
Speaker 1: in Buffalo on the road, it's gonna be another blowout.
19:58
Speaker 1: They have to find a way to slow do two down.
20:02
Speaker 1: And you know it's gonna be hard to see anyone
20:05
Speaker 1: slow them down. You know, I think the AMC is
20:08
Speaker 1: a very tough division when it comes to those elite
20:12
Speaker 1: three teams Bills, Chiefs and Baltimore. But it you know,
20:18
Speaker 1: right now, I think the Baltimore raves. The energy, they've
20:22
Speaker 1: been having, the momentum, they haven't going to playoffs. They
20:26
Speaker 1: are the team to beat. I think they are truly
20:28
Speaker 1: the team to be the last four or five weeks.
20:31
Speaker 1: They've been dominating, dominating, clicking, defensively, offensively, just in everything.
20:37
Speaker 1: And I think Baltimore has the rush to contain Lamar.
20:43
Speaker 1: I mean, Baltimore has the rush to contain Josh Allen.
20:47
Speaker 1: They have it with Adafe, Olway, kylev and Noid Justin.
20:51
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean pretty much everyone. Man. They literally
20:55
Speaker 1: have elite rushers, elite dts, and they're gonna I think
21:00
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take Baltimore in this this matchup. You know,
21:03
Speaker 1: I think they they showed it earlier in the season,
21:06
Speaker 1: but I really think that Baltimore is the team to
21:09
Speaker 1: beat right now. They're the team to beat, and that
21:11
Speaker 1: leads us into the Steelers. George Pickens is you know,
21:15
Speaker 1: brutally honest about what he sees the offense next year man,
21:19
Speaker 1: and you know, is he optimistic and he's like nah nah.
21:23
Speaker 1: So obviously I think they do need to address this situation, uh,
21:27
Speaker 1: because they didn't find a way to future George Pickens.
21:30
Speaker 1: The more I see kind of how Dallas futures Ceedee
21:33
Speaker 1: Lamb Bengals with uh, Jamar, you gotta find a way
21:40
Speaker 1: to get your number one receiver the ball a little
21:42
Speaker 1: bit more. You know, I understand, uh Pickens is electric,
21:45
Speaker 1: but you have to find a way to get him
21:47
Speaker 1: the ball, get him involved in the offense scheme. Uh.
21:50
Speaker 1: Just a bunch of different things. But it's gonna be
21:52
Speaker 1: very interesting. We're gonna have hell of the games this
21:55
Speaker 1: week and then you know, we're gonna have the at
22:00
Speaker 1: the Bill game. You know, I thought the Broncos was
22:03
Speaker 1: gonna come out rolling. They started off with that big
22:06
Speaker 1: drive in the first Seers start off with seven. You know,
22:10
Speaker 1: defense was holding up, but then again the run game
22:13
Speaker 1: kind of just took over. I mean, I thought James
22:16
Speaker 1: Cook was on another one twenty three rushes for one
22:19
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty yards Josh Allen. You know he was
22:22
Speaker 1: Damnar perfect twenty for twenty six. They just got the
22:25
Speaker 1: best of them. I just feel like the Broncos didn't
22:28
Speaker 1: do a great job affecting Josh all in a manner
22:31
Speaker 1: where he wasn't gonna be comfortable, which I think the
22:34
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens can. But in all that just leads us
22:39
Speaker 1: to Texans versus Chiefs. We see the goat Patty Mahomes
22:43
Speaker 1: back in action is gonna beautiful to see. And it's
22:46
Speaker 1: like the question is can c J. Stroud changed the narrative.
22:50
Speaker 1: He's been in this situation before where he beat the
22:53
Speaker 1: Browns at home after winning the division, and now he's
22:58
Speaker 1: going back on last year he went on the roads Lamar,
23:00
Speaker 1: but now he's going against Patrick Mahomes. Can he have
23:03
Speaker 1: the upset of the century. This is more than just
23:05
Speaker 1: the game, This is the legacy game for him. Can
23:08
Speaker 1: he beat Patrick Mahomes in playoffs in his second year
23:12
Speaker 1: in the NFL? I understand his struggles earlier in the
23:15
Speaker 1: season middle season, but the way he played against the
23:18
Speaker 1: Chargers defense and made plays made things happen. Can he
23:22
Speaker 1: do that again against the Kansas City Chiefs. That is
23:24
Speaker 1: going to be the question because he played absolutely terrific
23:28
Speaker 1: last week, especially going into that second half. I mean,
23:32
Speaker 1: he was just lights out. So the question is can
23:35
Speaker 1: he slow down? Can we keep that momentum of CJ
23:39
Speaker 1: Stroud going? Knowing what he's capable of. He looks like
23:43
Speaker 1: he's back in Seeking, Nico console like he's back in Seek. Yes,
23:45
Speaker 1: they dealt with injuries, but can he have that same success.
23:48
Speaker 1: Can he go on the road and arrowhead and make
23:51
Speaker 1: the upset of least you know, half a decade, you
23:54
Speaker 1: know what I mean. I think a lot of people
23:57
Speaker 1: were at CJ y'all, But I ain't gonna write out
23:59
Speaker 1: CJ drought yet. I think he's an elite competitor. He's
24:02
Speaker 1: a dog and he can find a way to beat
24:05
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes. But then again, you say, I'm never going
24:08
Speaker 1: to bet against Patrick Mahomes because he is probably one
24:11
Speaker 1: of the greatest quarterbacks of this decade. You know, he's
24:14
Speaker 1: on a two time repeat and he's looking for his third.
24:16
Speaker 1: So I already know, off a boy, they're going to
24:18
Speaker 1: be prepared. They got one of the greatest coaches of
24:20
Speaker 1: our generation, Andy Reid. It's going to be a showdown
24:23
Speaker 1: in Kansas City. I wouldn't call that one a blowout.
24:26
Speaker 1: I think he's going to be a very competitive game,
24:28
Speaker 1: but who knows. We're going to leave that up in
24:31
Speaker 1: the air, you know. And then a lot of people
24:35
Speaker 1: are getting into Justin Herbert, trying to compare him to
24:38
Speaker 1: other quarterbacks, drag him in the dirt. But I would
24:42
Speaker 1: say this, Justin Herbert is a very good quarterback. I
24:49
Speaker 1: will never say I think he has ways to grow.
24:53
Speaker 1: But I think from the position where they were last
24:56
Speaker 1: year to how Harball came in and say, okay, the
25:01
Speaker 1: on line is okay now, which the line was troubles,
25:03
Speaker 1: but now they need weapons. They need to go into
25:05
Speaker 1: this draft, whatever it is, and get them elite receiver.
25:10
Speaker 1: I get they drafted Quentin Johnson, but he has inconsistencies
25:13
Speaker 1: throughout this year. Lad McConkie really showed up, but they
25:18
Speaker 1: need they need more. They need to build around Herbert.
25:21
Speaker 1: This defense has been great, but they need to build
25:24
Speaker 1: around Herbert. I don't think they built around Herbert, and
25:28
Speaker 1: every way possible you can see it. I mean throughout
25:31
Speaker 1: the whole year they just besides Lad, you know, there
25:36
Speaker 1: wasn't a whole lot of other options out there. Guys
25:39
Speaker 1: not get created, separation, guys just not getting open, So
25:44
Speaker 1: they need to find ways to get Lad will get
25:48
Speaker 1: help around Herbert and someone outside of Lad. They got
25:51
Speaker 1: rid of Keenan Allen last year. They took Joe Allton
25:54
Speaker 1: the draft. They had I think neighbors right there, you know,
26:00
Speaker 1: I think they had Yeah, they had the top five
26:03
Speaker 1: pick and they told Joe aud which I thought they
26:05
Speaker 1: would get neighbors, but they didn't. So it's gonna be
26:08
Speaker 1: very interesting. It's gonna be very interesting. But they were
26:11
Speaker 1: a top five pick last year to a playoff team
26:15
Speaker 1: and they did it through great QB play. I get
26:17
Speaker 1: the struggles, but he also had drop passes and things
26:20
Speaker 1: that led the turnovers. I mean, for a guy who
26:23
Speaker 1: had three turnovers all year to having three in one game,
26:27
Speaker 1: I'm not I get it. I get it, but you know,
26:29
Speaker 1: a couple of those weren't his faust, mistiming, misthrows, receivers
26:33
Speaker 1: not doing the right thing. Who knows. But I will
26:36
Speaker 1: not write off Justin Herbert yet. I think he has
26:39
Speaker 1: ways to go. I think the organization has ways to
26:41
Speaker 1: go because they got to keep building around him. But
26:43
Speaker 1: I think Justin Herbert can be a winning quarterback and
26:46
Speaker 1: a championship quarterback. I don't think that was a mistake,
26:49
Speaker 1: So I think for people to judge them is completely wrong.
26:54
Speaker 1: To go from five to twelve to eleven to six
26:57
Speaker 1: and one year is something beautiful to see in this thing,
27:01
Speaker 1: the thing about the weapons, he's had to go for
27:05
Speaker 1: almost four thousand yards and twenty five total TVs and
27:07
Speaker 1: three and exceptions an exception. I would take that from
27:09
Speaker 1: any quarterback in the year because you'll win a lot
27:11
Speaker 1: of game football games if you don't turn the ball over.
27:14
Speaker 1: So I would take that, Bro, I would not. I
27:17
Speaker 1: don't think we should say justin Herbert at all. I
27:19
Speaker 1: get playoff success makes legends, but Bro, there's a lot
27:24
Speaker 1: of people who you know, I mean, Matthew Stafford, he's
27:26
Speaker 1: a legend, but he didn't win Super Bowl until you know,
27:29
Speaker 1: later on his career. I don't know exactly what year,
27:32
Speaker 1: but not comparing, but you know, you can have a
27:34
Speaker 1: lot of success and still not have all the pieces.
27:37
Speaker 1: And then you know Matthew Stafford, you know he went
27:40
Speaker 1: down to LA They had Cooper cub they had Odell
27:43
Speaker 1: Beckham Junior. They had a lot of pieces. So It's
27:45
Speaker 1: gonna be very interesting to see how they build around,
27:49
Speaker 1: you know, how they build around Justin Herbert going forward,
27:52
Speaker 1: and that leads us to, you know, Minnesota, They're gonna
27:55
Speaker 1: have some tough decisions to make. It's kind of sad,
27:57
Speaker 1: and I feel bad for Sam Donold because he's he's
28:01
Speaker 1: expected to be a free agent this year. But I
28:03
Speaker 1: felt like he had a chance these last two weeks
28:06
Speaker 1: to make him a lot of money, because people don't
28:10
Speaker 1: care what you do in the regular season anymore, especially
28:13
Speaker 1: as the quarterback. You know, I hope, you know, he
28:16
Speaker 1: does get paid and he has a lot of success,
28:18
Speaker 1: But I hope people don't judge him for those last
28:21
Speaker 1: two games, but judge him out progression and how well
28:25
Speaker 1: he's played the whole entire year. I get he struggled
28:28
Speaker 1: the last two weeks with different type of pressures and blitzes,
28:31
Speaker 1: but I think another year in O'Connell's system he could
28:34
Speaker 1: take another jump. I don't know if he get a
28:36
Speaker 1: max deal, I don't know what that looks like, but
28:40
Speaker 1: I think they need to keep JJ and Donald in Minnesota.
28:44
Speaker 1: I think Donald's knowledge of being with Shanahan being in
28:48
Speaker 1: New York, you know, kind of just you know, being
28:50
Speaker 1: all over. He can give JJ a lot of knowledge.
28:53
Speaker 1: You know, I think I think JJ can learn from him.
28:56
Speaker 1: I think them having an offseason together, them playing together
28:59
Speaker 1: can really turn out good because we've seen the Rogers
29:02
Speaker 1: in Love, We've seen Rogers and Farv and you know,
29:06
Speaker 1: we've seen situations like that. We've just seen Pinnix and Cousins.
29:10
Speaker 1: So nowadays we're starting to see what it looks like
29:13
Speaker 1: when a person can just learn, learn, learn, learn, And
29:16
Speaker 1: yet we get exceptional quarterbacks like Jynon Daniels CJ. Stroud
29:18
Speaker 1: who dominate early on without that learning curve. But I
29:22
Speaker 1: think most players in the league need to be developed.
29:26
Speaker 1: I think most players need that learning curve to be
29:28
Speaker 1: developed and learn under other guys who are exceptionally well. So,
29:32
Speaker 1: you know, I think Sam Donald should stay in Minnesota.
29:36
Speaker 1: I think they should offer maybe a Baker Mayfield deal,
29:39
Speaker 1: maybe a little less, but at least a chance for
29:41
Speaker 1: him to build on what he's done this year and
29:44
Speaker 1: the relationships he built. I think people really like him
29:47
Speaker 1: in that building. You can see, you know, going back
29:49
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks, how much they celebrated Sam Donald
29:53
Speaker 1: on his assess and how well he's played this year.
29:55
Speaker 1: I get the struggle with everyone struggles. I just think
29:57
Speaker 1: he struggled at the wrong time of year, you know,
30:00
Speaker 1: And that's the truth, you know. But let's get into
30:03
Speaker 1: this segment, Defense wins Championship. Let's get to some worriors
30:07
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30:14
Speaker 1: It wouldn't be the Edge if we didn't give some
30:16
Speaker 1: love to the D line. I'm gonna rank my top
30:18
Speaker 1: five defensive lineman performances from this past weekend because it
30:23
Speaker 1: was really it was really beautiful to see. But you know,
30:27
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start off with my guy, Nolan Smith, you know,
30:30
Speaker 1: coming off with six and a half. I'm gonna put
30:33
Speaker 1: him at well, we can start from five, you know,
30:35
Speaker 1: but let's put him at number one for right now
30:37
Speaker 1: because I think that's my number one guy. He had
30:39
Speaker 1: six and a half sacks all year, but he found
30:41
Speaker 1: a way to dominate in that game against the Packers.
30:44
Speaker 1: I mean two sacks, eight tackles to TFLs. I thought
30:47
Speaker 1: Nolan really took really took a huge jump. And you know,
30:51
Speaker 1: let's go to number five. I'm gonna go with Will
30:56
Speaker 1: Anderson Jr. I mean, actually, let's go with Yeah, let's
31:00
Speaker 1: go with Will Anderson Jr. I wanted to have sacks,
31:03
Speaker 1: three tackles, two passes defended. I mean he was just,
31:06
Speaker 1: you know, dominating and every facet hands up. Get into
31:10
Speaker 1: the quarterback, and it's gonna be very interesting to see
31:14
Speaker 1: what happened with this guy, because you know how dominant
31:17
Speaker 1: he's been in his career. And that's Khalil Mack. Two sacks,
31:21
Speaker 1: six tackles. Uh. You know, I hope he says another year.
31:24
Speaker 1: He's been so dominant. It's gonna be very interesting to
31:26
Speaker 1: see what happens with him and his future. But Khalil
31:30
Speaker 1: Mack has just always been dominant. IM gonna put him
31:32
Speaker 1: at four. Number three, I'm going with Kobe Turner two sacks,
31:37
Speaker 1: four tackles. I just thought he started the game off
31:40
Speaker 1: so strong for the for the Rams. I think he
31:43
Speaker 1: set the tone early on and he didn't look bad.
31:46
Speaker 1: You know, I think Kobe Turner deserves that third spot
31:49
Speaker 1: and that number one. Uh, I'm gonna just go with
31:53
Speaker 1: I don't even notice how to say his name, right, Uh,
31:55
Speaker 1: Nemadi mightend Bouque, two sacks for tackles, one passes defended.
32:01
Speaker 1: I mean he's just outright dominant. I mean he's coming
32:03
Speaker 1: off a great year. I mean, but just have that
32:06
Speaker 1: type of game. Uh, you know, even with those outside pieces,
32:10
Speaker 1: I mean, he was just outright dominants. Watching him take
32:12
Speaker 1: over that game was really something beautiful to see. So
32:17
Speaker 1: we have some great games, uh going into divisional round.
32:22
Speaker 1: I went forward to last week. You know, I think
32:25
Speaker 1: a surprising result was Uh. I think that Vikings game.
32:30
Speaker 1: I thought it would be a little bit more closer.
32:32
Speaker 1: The Rams really dominated that game. They really really dominated
32:37
Speaker 1: that game, so that it's gonna be really something to see.
32:42
Speaker 1: Is there a team that gives you more confidence with
32:44
Speaker 1: them moving forward? I'm gonna say the Commanders. Uh. And
32:47
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna say the Commanders in the Rams. I
32:49
Speaker 1: think a lot of teams kind of them out early on,
32:51
Speaker 1: kind of those guys who slipped in, didn't have the
32:55
Speaker 1: greatest record, but played really good football in December, play
32:59
Speaker 1: really really good football in December. And I think those
33:03
Speaker 1: are two teams you should look out for. You know,
33:05
Speaker 1: division round games, it's really hard, it's really hard, man
33:13
Speaker 1: man man Commanders versus Lions. Man, just on the strength.
33:17
Speaker 1: I get it. You know, I just can't bet against
33:20
Speaker 1: Jayden Dames. I'm gonna go with Commanders. I'm gonna go
33:22
Speaker 1: with the Commanders, man, I get it. This is a
33:24
Speaker 1: big jump. I got Commanders winning. It is risky, but
33:29
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Commanders, Rams Eagles same again. I
33:34
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be a big upset week. Man. I'm
33:36
Speaker 1: gonna go with the Rams. I just think the way
33:38
Speaker 1: the Rams played last week, the way they've been playing
33:40
Speaker 1: in December, they've just been I think they've been on
33:44
Speaker 1: a tear. They're they're in rhythm. The Eagles dan't look
33:47
Speaker 1: like they were in rhythm. So I'm gonna go with
33:50
Speaker 1: the team that looks hot. I'm gonna go with the Rams. Uh, Texans, Chiefs,
33:53
Speaker 1: I'm never I can't go against Patty Mahomes. I'm going
33:56
Speaker 1: with Chiefs. And I'm gonna take Ravens over Bills. I'm
33:59
Speaker 1: gonna take Ravens over Bills. Man, Ravens over Bills. So
34:05
Speaker 1: that's my picks going into the Division around college football
34:08
Speaker 1: playoff time. Before we get out here, let's talk about
34:10
Speaker 1: my Nigga Lions going down to the Irish. Yeah, I
34:14
Speaker 1: was speechless. They left me speechless. I was extremely hurt,
34:18
Speaker 1: but I would say I was more proud because of
34:23
Speaker 1: how well we played. But I definitely think we are
34:26
Speaker 1: the better team. I just think we made the final mistake.
34:31
Speaker 1: I just think in that situation, we can't turn the
34:33
Speaker 1: ball over. We could have just played for overtime. I
34:37
Speaker 1: think we beat them in overtime. They couldn't stop our
34:39
Speaker 1: run game. Nick Singleton, k Tron was on one. But
34:45
Speaker 1: I thought we were the better team, I really did.
34:49
Speaker 1: I hate that for Coach Franklin. I hate that for
34:51
Speaker 1: staff and everyone that puts so much into it. But
34:53
Speaker 1: what leaves me happy is the culture that Coach Franklin's building,
34:58
Speaker 1: and so many of those guys come back, you know,
35:01
Speaker 1: getting all back, getting dds back, Nick and k Tron,
35:06
Speaker 1: getting most of those guys back shows you the culture
35:09
Speaker 1: that we're building, and it says that we're not restarting
35:12
Speaker 1: and we can really do it. So a bunch of
35:15
Speaker 1: these other teams are gonna lose a lot of good players.
35:17
Speaker 1: I like that a lot. You know, we are losing
35:19
Speaker 1: a duel, but you know, Dion Barnes is a great
35:21
Speaker 1: defensive line coach. I think he's gonna help change this
35:24
Speaker 1: program around and really put out some really, really good
35:28
Speaker 1: d linemen. So I'm excited to see what we do
35:31
Speaker 1: next year. I think it's gonna be a great year,
35:33
Speaker 1: and I think we're gonna get back to the dance.
35:35
Speaker 1: Let's take some final questions from the chat. Did you
35:38
Speaker 1: apologize to CJ for picking against the Texans last week? No?
35:42
Speaker 1: I did not. Uh he he hate defensively, the Texans
35:49
Speaker 1: showed up, CJ showed up. I just thought it'd be
35:52
Speaker 1: more of a fighter. I knew it would be a
35:53
Speaker 1: close game. I just didn't know it would be so
35:55
Speaker 1: lopsided in that fashion. Have you ever read a book
36:01
Speaker 1: on the sideline? And if not, what book would you
36:05
Speaker 1: read now? I've never read a book on the sideline,
36:09
Speaker 1: But if I was reading a book, I'd be reading
36:10
Speaker 1: the Art Award. I'll be thinking about war, mentality, how
36:13
Speaker 1: to get ready to go and play this game, Thoughts
36:16
Speaker 1: on Rams versus Bill, super Bowl not happening, not happening.
36:21
Speaker 1: Who is coach of the Year, I would say, honestly,
36:23
Speaker 1: coach of the year, Shapabi O'Connell. You telling me you
36:27
Speaker 1: start this year off with you know no quarterback Sam
36:32
Speaker 1: Donald don't have a lot of film, but you make
36:34
Speaker 1: an appearance at playoffs for one of the most one
36:38
Speaker 1: of the greater records in the NFL. I think O'Connell
36:42
Speaker 1: should definitely get the nudge. Can you see a Ravens
36:45
Speaker 1: Commander Super Bowl? I could, I could, I could, I
36:50
Speaker 1: won't lie. I could see a Ravens Commander's football and
36:53
Speaker 1: I think that would be a legacy game for both
36:55
Speaker 1: Lamar and Jennon Daniels. That would be a very interesting game.
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Speaker 1: know I will starting today. I appreciate you guys, I
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Speaker 1: thank you guys, and I will see you guys soon.
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Speaker 1: But that is a wrap.