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it's laced up let's go it's time for banter with
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the boys welcome back yo yo yo banter with the
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boys gridiron updates yeah just all rusty out
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here knocking it off you know what it is it's
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over it's what's over The Vikings season? Yeah,
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we know. No, it's not. Nine's back. Stop. He's
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back, baby. The whole nine thing? Come on, stop.
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He's back. Stop. Oh, my God. Anyway, anyway,
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I'm Smelty. I'm here with, of course, our co
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-host here, Rob. Roberto. Roberto. I'm sorry.
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That's right. That's your new personality. Yeah,
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it depends on the day. Oh, you got different
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personalities every day. Either way. Fair enough.
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Jake. Jake is also back with us. Thanks for...
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Literally all season long, just been filling
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in on a whim. The other purple. Short notice
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all the time. I'm just so lonely. No, that's
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not the case. Staring at what draft pick you're
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going to get. A really good one. I know, we all
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are. We're competing. Anyway. And then, oh yeah,
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Kev, behind the scenes, obviously, getting everything
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done as always. Without further ado, let's head
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right into our Week 13 Game Recaps. Yo, we're
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back here for our week 13 game recaps. We're
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starting with our Minnesota Vikings. Well, a
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couple of ours, Minnesota Vikings. Yes. And then
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playing the Seachickens. It didn't go well. It
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didn't go well. Seachickens won. Seahawks, sorry.
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26 -0. Force of habit. But first, before Roberto
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and I. Give our takes here as Vikings fans. Jake,
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did you catch any of this one? Yeah, I caught
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a lot of it. Enough to know? Yeah. What's your
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opinion? Yeah, we got to know. We learned that
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Brosman's not the answer. Brosman's just not
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ready. Oh, sure. How do you get through a fastball,
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though? He can. But to say that, oh, it's because
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he's reading it too fast. Stop. And J .J. McCarthy's
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reading it too slow. I don't know, bro. But,
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yeah, it was not good. But anyway, go on. He
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was just all over the place. Yeah, got to take
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that sack. Seattle's defense was playing pretty
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solid. Vikings' defense was really good, too,
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in that first half. You look at the score, you're
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like, how could anybody say the Vikings' defense
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played well? Well, then you just didn't watch
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the game, obviously. Yeah, the Vikings' defense,
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damn, just finally gave way. Yeah, I mean, you
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can't blame them. Vikings also, I think, held
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Sam Darnold to his lowest passer rating of the
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season. Yeah, and JSN had like 22 yards. And
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didn't have a catch until at least late third,
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I think it was. I mean, him and Jeddas didn't
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have anything in the first half, which just seems
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wild for a game like that. Yes, even with Brosmer
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at quarterback. But he did throw a touchdown.
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Just to the wrong color jersey. Yeah, that doesn't
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count. Yeah, right on. But he already got his
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first touchdown on the way, so it's fine. Anyway,
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Rob, what? I mean, other than the obvious that
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the offense is broken. Yeah, obviously. I'm excited
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to see nine back officially coming back this
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week. You kind of see what a rookie quarterback
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looks like in the NFL when everything's sped
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up. He was inaccurate as heck. Why did we go
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away from the running game so early? Well, we
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couldn't really establish, really, the running
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game. I mean, I think that's the pass -happy
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offense of the NFL. They won't try again. If
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they fail once, then it's like, all right, can
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that. And I hear you. And it is pass -happy NFL,
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obviously. We've got a pass -happy coach, obviously.
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He played quarterback in the NFL. What do you
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think we're going to do, right? But it's like,
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bleh. I feel like they set Brousmer up for failure
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a little bit by trying to go away from it too
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early. Yes, he missed some throws, too, for sure.
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And they're trying to get the dink and dunk game
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going. And there's that old saying that a backup
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quarterback's best friend is a strong running
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game or a good running game. For sure. So going
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away from it early, the game was well within
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reach through the entire first half. For a good
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chunk of the game. Two -thirds of the game. I
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just think the run wasn't there. It wasn't there,
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but even if it's not there, it doesn't mean it's
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not going to be there later. I agree. Mason still
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somehow squeaked out 47 yards, but most of that
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is one long run. Aaron Jones, though, the starter,
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had six carries for three yards, so that's telling
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you they're second and nine. But he was serviceable
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in the receiving game, at least, at that point,
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which is why I like Aaron Jones in the game.
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You're 100 % right. Our starter only went for
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three yards on six attempts. But I just feel
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like undrafted third -string quarterback. You're
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putting the game in his hands in a hostile environment.
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Yeah, that front forward that played Demarcus
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Lawrence on that pass out to Aaron Jones, chased
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him down, knocked it out. From the back, yeah.
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All hustle. That's an athletic play. Yeah. And
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let's talk about the Seahawks quick because we
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got about one minute here. Absolutely dominating,
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you know, as far as the defense goes. But the
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offense, they also have some offensive woes.
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Now, I really like, oh, what's his name? I should
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know his name. JSN? Michigan State. No, running
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back, Walker. Walker. Yeah, Kenneth. There we
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go. Kenneth. Or third. I just appreciate how
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patient of a running back he is. So I'd like
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to see him continue to improve here the rest
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of this season because I think he's going to
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be a real big factor if they can actually win
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the NFC West and make a run. I mean, I still
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think Charbonnet is the better back in that backfield
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overall. Oh, really? Oh, for sure. I mean, he's
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their goal linebacker. You know, he's smaller.
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Sure. I mean, that just shows you the skill set
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of him. For Seattle, I mean, I'm going to give
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credit to the Vikings' defense that made Sam
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Darnold. They knew all his first reads, and so
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they made him, like, you could see him going
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from read to read, and we got enough pressure
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on him, and he just made it. And then once we
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started hitting him a few times, he didn't want
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the ball for very long. So the Vikings got credit
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for that. I was just looking at it. Seattle's
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they got Falcons Colts Rams their next three
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games you know for them you know to try to win
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that division over there so they should be pretty
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good yeah all right fair enough fair enough we
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got to move on though we got next game up here
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is the Falcons traveling to the Jets with a game
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that I'm pretty sure we all thought the Falcons
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were going to get the win here. Oh, yeah. They
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did not do such things. Although, I will say
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that offensively, the Falcons really didn't look
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that bad. No. You know, it was really their specialty.
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They did everything I expected them to do, is,
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like, give Bijan the ball. He had, like, 200
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total yards. Yeah, I think you're right. They
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listened to us, finally. Yeah, I know. Finally.
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Geez. Every week. And Kirk Cousins did enough
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to win a game, really. I mean, didn't turn the
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ball over. Only took two sacks. Yeah. But the
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special teams killed them. Yeah, the special
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teams. Their play calls in the fourth quarter
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in that final two minutes, I think, was kind
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of questionable, too. They're, what, last possession,
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three consecutive passes, killing the clock.
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All incompletes. Yeah, there's a few drop passes.
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You're giving the Jets an opportunity there.
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And B. John had been killing it all day. Just
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keep giving it to him. And he just moved away
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from it again. Just keep feeding him. Keep feeding
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him. That's a happy NFL. Algier, whatever. Yeah,
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he got a touchdown, too. That's what I thought.
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Yeah. Yeah, that's a good one. Two pucks there.
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Yeah, and Tyrod Taylor playing a decent game
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for the old Jets. That guy's still doing a fantasy,
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especially in super flex. They brought up his
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name as a possibility as a guy you should pick
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up right now. So, I mean, it's bottom of the
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barrel point at fantasy football if you're super
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flex. But side note. Adani Mitchell, you know,
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going for 102 yards. Yeah, he's been a nice in
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that trade scenario. Yeah, good addition. Absolutely.
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So, do you still, is Brees Hall going to be in
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a Jets uniform next year? Probably not. Is he
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under contract for one more, isn't he? I thought
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he could be traded, or is he going to be? Or
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is this his fifth year? Was he your first rounder?
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He was at least his third or fourth. We were
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just guessing here. Sorry. Let me see here. His
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second round pick in 22. So he's maxed four years.
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So he'd be a free agent after. One more. Yeah.
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One more. Yeah. But he doesn't want to get a
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deal. No. Yeah. So you expect him to hold out.
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Does he have the power to really hold out? I
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mean, he's had a decent start to his career,
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but he can't stay healthy. Right. You know? So
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I don't know if you hold out or not. I mean,
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I think somebody will pick him up. He'd look
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real nice in a Vikings uniform. Listen. There
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was a bunch of talk about him getting traded
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to the Chiefs. Yeah. Before trade deadline. I
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would not like. Just. What, next year or the
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offseason? No, like before the trade deadline.
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Oh, I get what you're saying. Okay, okay. Well,
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Breeze might be available, you know. Plenty of
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rumors out there, plenty of rumors out there.
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Jets, though, getting the dub. 3 -9 they are
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now. Yeah, 3 -9. Only one win behind the Vikes.
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Yeah, they're being really competitive. Glenn
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Taylor's, we're seeing Glenn Taylor build that
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culture over time. Glenn? Glenn. Aaron Glenn.
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Why did I put Taylor? Anyway, you're good. I
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got one of them right. Yeah, you sure did. Tyrod
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Taylor. Tyrod Taylor, okay. Yeah, but trying
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to build that culture where they're the bottom
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of the league. What do they have to play for?
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Everyone's against us. Yeah. I mean, three wins
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in their last five. Yeah, they're being competitive.
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They went toe -to -toe against the Ravens. Somewhat
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competitive game. Yeah. You know, with the Ravens,
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somewhat competitive game against the Patriots.
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I was an L. But you beat the Browns, who we thought
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were going to be better. You beat the Bengals
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by one, but you beat them. You know what I mean?
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Win's a win, baby. Win's a win. Win's a win.
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With that here, let's move on to our next game.
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Another really competitive game here. The Texans
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traveling to Indianapolis. I'm starting to think
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who I even picked in this game. I feel like I
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picked Indy in this game. I think you picked
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all of the wrong ones. Yeah. I might have went
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all in five. I think I didn't update that this
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week. Not that I was keeping track, but I went
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four in one. I'm trying to let you guys catch
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up. Jake went four in one. Oh. I mean, not as
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good as 0 -5. Because I'm pretty sure you picked
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opposite of me for everything. So maybe you went
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1 -4. Okay. Oh, there you go. There's hope. There's
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hope yet. There's hope yet. Chip and a chair.
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Chip and a chair. Oh, there it is. Anyway, Houston
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getting the win, 20 -16 as they travel to Indianapolis.
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And this was a pretty hard -fought game all the
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way through. Was this C .J. Stroud's first game
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back from concussion? Yeah. Not horrible. Yeah,
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he's got the one pick. But all in all, I mean,
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after missing a number of weeks, I'll take it.
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You know what I mean? Ended up squeaking out
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the win. There was a win they needed to stay
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in contention of winning this division here.
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So, yeah, it was kind of a boring game, actually.
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That's another close division. Yeah. I mean,
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the Colts really – so, okay, sorry. Let's stay
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on the Texans real quick. I mean, Woody Marks
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coming out again, having an okay day. I like
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seeing Chubb get back in the end zone on a nice
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aggressive run, too, taking the guy to the corner.
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So, I don't know. It's trending in the right
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direction for the Texans. I mean, both teams
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really had big defensive stops late in that game,
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like huge defensive stops for both defenses.
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I know you say it's a boring game. I think it
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was just a real defensive game, you know, which
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can be boring. But, you know. When you have fancy
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football guys, you want scoring. Fair enough,
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fair enough. But on the other side of things,
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you know, the Colts holding JT underneath, you
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know, 100 yards on the ground at least and making
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them work for it at that four yards on average.
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That Texas defense, no joke. It just felt right.
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But it also felt like the Colts offense just
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couldn't execute. Kind of similar to the Vikings.
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Kind of similar to what we're about to talk about
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with the Steelers. It's just like... These offenses
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just couldn't execute. I mean, three out of ten
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on third downs. I think that was kind of the
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glaring thing that I looked at. But, I mean,
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both teams were under 50 % on third zone. So
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that's why I consider it kind of a boring game
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when your teams aren't kind of executing. Yeah,
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going three and out. And then there was a ton
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of penalties in this game, 14 total. So that's
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why I was kind of sloppy, boring is what I mean.
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Just a lot of mistakes that at this time of year
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you typically don't see. But big win for the
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Texans. Colts, you know, slowly coming back.
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to the pack a little bit as we, you know, they
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did have one of the easier schedules. And they
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do got a big game coming up this weekend as well.
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Another big test for them. We may be talking
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about that later. Yeah, you should probably tune
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in to the preview show as well. Geez, if you
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look at the rest of their schedule. No. It goes
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Jaguars, Seattle, 49ers, Jaguars again, and then
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Texans. And if the Jaguars are that real. There's
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no easy one in there. Yeah, it's going to be
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tough. But if they can come, okay, one, two,
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three, four, five. But I was saying last week,
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who have they beat? A bunch of below 500 teams.
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I mean, do we say eight, nine? Do they finish
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eight? I mean, they beat the Chargers. They have,
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like, two wins against teams. They beat the Broncos
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by one, and that was week two. Yeah. And then
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they beat the crap out of the Dolphins to start
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the season. But everything else, all the other
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wins are, like. combined five wins maybe. I mean,
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not a lot. Yeah. Not a lot. Yeah, I mean. So,
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yeah, I mean, the back half, the back last five,
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the last five here will be a big test for them.
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If they can at least win three of five, I think
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they win the division. I mean, obviously because
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there's three freaking division games right there,
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but I'm not saying they have to win all of those,
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but I think they could do it. So if they win
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half of them and they go. Are you in half of
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five games? Well, you know, two and a half. Three
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or two. You want them to win two or three. Yeah,
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or a tie. Oh, my. Shut up. Just ruin the whole
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thing. There should be no ties in the NFL. That
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is BS. And there should be no sliding either.
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That's stupid. So they go ten and seven. So they
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win two. Let's say they just win two more and
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they go ten and seven. Do we think they still
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make the playoffs? Playoffs? No. What? But as
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a wildcard team and not actually as a division
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leader? Probably. Oh, man. And do we talk about
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how maybe the AFC South has three teams represented
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in the playoffs? Which is not something I would
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have had on my bingo card to start the season.
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I'm just looking at the Jaguars' schedule real
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quick because I don't think the Texans can catch
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up. Yes, they're only one game back. I think
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the Texans could catch up. So do you think the
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Texans will win the division? Like right now,
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stating right now, with everything, the way it's
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set right now, you think the Texans win the division?
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Yes, I do. See, I'm sticking with the Jags on
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this one. I think the Jags will pull it off.
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I think the Colts will choke a little bit. I
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mean, two battles between those two teams coming
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up. That's right. Those are going to be great
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games. I know. Ooh, Jake's still got to play
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Denver at Denver. That's a L. Anyway, all right,
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let's move on. What do we got next? Oh, yeah,
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yeah. It's the Bills taking on the Steelers.
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The Bills getting the better of the Steelers
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here by far, 26 -7. Kind of like how we were
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just talking about with the Colts. It just kind
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of looked like the Steelers' offense could not
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execute worth anything. Aaron Rodgers came out
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and was saying receivers need to show up for
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film study and blah, blah, blah. Are the Steelers
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on a downward spiral right now as the season's
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coming to a close? You don't think so? No, I
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don't. Slight anomaly? Obviously, as the Ravens
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fan. Well, he's an AFC North person. He's going
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to back them up like we back up the Lions and
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Packers like idiots. Hold on. Don't groove me
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into that. The Steelers fan base was chanting
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fire Tomlin at the end of the game. I think that
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that's a mistake, but if they want to get rid
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of Tomlin and bring in a lesser coach and bring
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the team down, I'm all for that. There we go.
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There's a Ravens fan coming back. Go ahead and
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do it. Pittsburgh's dumb is what you're saying
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to all their fans. Don't get rid of them. You
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hear that, guys? I forget. Did they have their
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first 500 season last year? No, that's right.
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They ended up pulling it off. And they're 500
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right now, right? No. They just fell to 6 -6,
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right? Yeah, they're at 500. And who do they
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got? They got Ravens, obviously. They got Ravens
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twice. Check out the preview show. And then Dolphins.
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And at Detroit, man, that's a toughie. Football's
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getting good. Boys and girls. That defense is
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going to continue to travel and play well. I
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mean, the Bills ran all over them. But that's
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my problem. And historically, we're used to the
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Pittsburgh Steelers' defense just It's the steel
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wall, you know, stone wall and everybody. But
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James Cook went crazy. I know. But still, you
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get that vibe from the Steelers any time. At
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least in my lifetime. Maybe the defense is just
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like, all right, let's just throw away the tape.
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We sucked. We know it. You think you just don't
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even watch that game. Because we know we're better
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than this. And it's just a check of, hey, who
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are we as a team? They were bad on both sides
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of the wall. Yeah. Well, that Bosa sack in the...
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Huge, huge. That was the Momo shifter. You know
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what I mean? Yeah. Shifter, changer, changer.
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Scoop and score. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Momo. Changer.
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Momo. Strip sack. Really changed the whole outcome
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of the game. I hate that strip sack. I don't
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feel like Aaron played well after that. No. That
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wrist was... I imagine that wrist was just bugging
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him. I mean, playing like Sam Darnold did, he
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was just scared. The Bills held him to 160 -some
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-odd offensive yards. That's crazy low with some
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of the weapons you have on that offense, including
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Rodgers, you know what I mean? So, I don't know.
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The Bills came out after half and just... Did
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not look back. They were trailing 7 -3 at half,
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I believe, and came out and put up, what was
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it, 23 unanswered? 19. Unbelievable. A whole
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bunch of points. And we got Josh Allen now, the
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all -time leading touchdown runner for quarterbacks.
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Oh, yeah, passing Cam Newton. Yeah, that's right.
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That's right. So does that mean since Cam wants
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to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't want to talk
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about that right now. That's a different conversation.
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No, I mean I do, but not right now. And then
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does that mean that Josh Allen should be in the
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Hall of Fame if he doesn't win a Super Bowl?
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Yeah, there's tons of really good quarterbacks.
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How many MVPs does Josh Allen have? Two? Just
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the one. Just the one? Okay. Really? How many
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quarterbacks that have not won a Super Bowl are
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in the Super Bowl? Oh, we're going to go down
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a rabbit hole here. Well, I'll give you one right
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off the top of my head, Dan Marino. Well, yeah,
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true. He said Adolfo, right? Yeah, I guess. True,
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true. Okay. Yeah, okay. I could see Josh Allen.
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Okay. They got to a Super Bowl, didn't they?
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Who? Marino, yeah. In his rookie year. His rookie
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year, his second year, something like that. And,
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yeah, they lost. Lace is out, Dan. Yeah. I just
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watched that movie not that long ago. Anyway,
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all right. What are we doing here? Should we
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move on? We should move on. Yeah, anyway. Go
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Pittsburgh. Bills beat the crap out of the Steelers.
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It's fine. Thanks for the W. Jake says, Steelers
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fans, don't worry. You're going to regroup. Don't
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fire Tomlin. Shut up. Great summary. Yep, there
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it is. All right. Who do we got? Kansas City
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traveling to Dallas. Dallas getting the win,
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by the way, 31 -28. What a game. I did not see
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this coming. Oh, my goodness. This was probably
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one of the best games of the week. I can't believe
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these words are going to come out of my mouth.
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I'm kind of excited to see what Dallas does because
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they're on a minor tear right now. Three games,
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I think. Three games. including the last two
20:31
teams that are in the Super Bowl. So it's just
20:33
like, does Dallas go on a tear here? They play
20:36
at Detroit. They go play the Vikings. They're
20:39
going to smoke them. They're going to go play
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the Chargers. They could beat the Chargers, maybe.
20:44
I don't know. That's a toughie for me. Well,
20:46
Herbert, doesn't Herbert have your shirt on today?
20:50
And then at Washington with Jade and Daniel Liss.
20:54
Liss. And then at. the New York Giants. That
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doesn't even count. Jaden Daniels could be back
20:59
for that. They're already talking about it. Is
21:01
he going to be 100 % though? There's talks that
21:06
he could possibly play this weekend depending
21:07
on how practice goes for him. That's right. We're
21:10
talking about practice. He's not going to play
21:12
this weekend. But anyway, I'm... Again, I can't
21:16
believe I'm saying it, but I'm kind of excited
21:17
for the Dallas Cowboys right now. You've said
21:19
it twice now. I know. I know. The vibes feel
21:23
good, though. You know what I mean? I mean, that
21:24
was a good win. I mean, they're cooking right
21:25
now. Yes, the Chiefs are kind of down right now,
21:28
but the Chiefs were very much in that game. Patrick
21:30
Mahomes was doing Patrick Mahomes things. Yeah.
21:33
I mean, again, that whole offense looked great
21:35
for Kansas City. So even at 6 -6, do they even
21:38
have a shot at wild cards still? Probably. For
21:41
sure they do. I mean, there's five games left.
21:43
Yeah, they're in those. They've got a bunch of
21:46
division games. I mean, that's where they're
21:48
going to have to make the playoffs. Yeah, yikes.
21:50
They play the Texans, the Chargers, and then
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Titans, Broncos, and then Raiders. So there's
21:56
at least two wins there for them with the Titans
21:57
and Raiders. So say they go 2 -1 on the hard
21:59
games, that puts them at what? 10 -7. That's
22:04
in the playoffs, right? Yeah. As we just stated
22:07
for the Colts, who we're also thinking might
22:09
go 10 -7. The Colts have a tiebreaker over the
22:12
Chiefs, though. Ooh. Come back and bite you.
22:17
But anyway, that Dallas offense seems to really
22:21
be hitting its stride now. So it's, yeah. Mercedes
22:23
catching the ball now. Yeah, he left the dropsies
22:26
at home. Good for him. Yeah, he did. 100 yards
22:28
and a touch. Make a mental note for fantasy football
22:31
next year. If you're a Cowboys wide receiver
22:33
with the number 88, you should be playing them.
22:38
Yeah. I mean, hopefully he was drafted in the
22:41
first round. His performance on Thursday just
22:44
kind of reminded me of that streak of Thanksgiving
22:46
games that Des Bryant had. Oh, okay. Fair enough.
22:51
And Michael Irvin. I see what you're saying.
22:52
It's the 88. It's coming. Fair enough. That's
22:57
a Thanksgiving game. Set your reminder. There
22:58
you go. Dak Prescott looked good for me. That's
23:03
who I want to see succeed, Loki. That's why I
23:05
get excited about the Cowboys. I want to see
23:07
Dak Prescott actually make a playoff run, though,
23:09
not just make the playoffs and lose in the first
23:10
game. He was doing such a great job avoiding
23:12
that rush, breaking tackles. And he was standing
23:15
in there and taking the hits, too. I really like
23:18
the play of Dak Prescott this game, 100%. I mean,
23:22
he just looks like an AFL quarterback. I know,
23:24
and he gets too much hate from me. I know he's
23:27
a Winkler season quarterback, you know, blah,
23:29
blah, blah. Damn, am I a Cowboys fan? No, I'm
23:32
definitely not. But he just gets too much hate.
23:34
He's had MVP -level regular seasons, so I don't
23:37
know. We'll see. All right. We'll see. Yeah,
23:40
all right. All right, yep, Cowboys getting the
23:42
win. Oh, damn, did we do five? We did five last
23:45
week. And I'm out. I miss an episode. You guys
23:48
just. Skip half of it. Unbelievable. I'm out
23:51
of juice, so we need a cut to break and get a
23:54
new one. Oh, we got to cut. Rob says we got to
23:55
cut. So I guess that's it. That's the show. Thanks
23:58
for being here, Jake, of course. Thanks for having
24:00
me again. As always, Rob was also here. And then,
24:03
you know, and he's got it. I mean, thanks for
24:05
being here. And then Kev, of course, thanks for
24:07
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