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All right, Kev, without further ado, let's go
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into our Week 10 game recaps. And welcome back
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for the first game of the game recaps. Rob is
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wearing a sweatshirt that says get horny. Yeah,
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for the bikes. But it's got the Viking horns
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on it. So don't don't get all excited. Spotify
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podcast. You know, calm down. But all right.
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First game. First game. Ravens at Vikings. You
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know, you know, Rob, we were we were feeling
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pretty good coming into this game, to be honest.
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Yes, sir. As Vikings fans. And if you listen
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last week, we're feeling good. And they let us
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down. Our boys let us down, Rob. Yeah, it was
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one of those games where I felt like the Ravens
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weren't better than us. They really weren't.
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We just kept tripping over our own feet, obviously,
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with all those false start penalties. 13 penalties
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total for 102 yards. Yeah, that's not winning
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football, I think they would call it. No, that's
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not a good way to get a competitive L label from
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bad boys. No, no, no. And you can kind of feel
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like that game is turning that direction, especially
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that late second quarter possession where it
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was under two minutes. We had the ball, kind
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of went three and out. McCarthy probably should
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have slid instead of throwing that ball, made
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him use another timeout, and then they come right
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down the field and kick that field goal to get
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it close. And it just felt like the Momo was
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kind of flipping. The Momo, bringing the Momo
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back. Yeah, so that was a tough L. Okay, so you
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mentioned how they ended the half. and then coming
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right out of half, you know, on third and one.
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So I'm 50 -50 on this, right? On third and one,
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we throw that deep ball to Jettis. You know,
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I get why people are frustrated, right? But on
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third and one, if you're calling that and you
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get what you want one -on -one with Jettas on
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the outside, you're going to throw that ball
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every time because you already have a play in
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the back of your mind for fourth down. You're
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already going to go for it. Yeah, KLC came out
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and said he was going for it. Oh, he did? I didn't
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even see that. Yeah, 100%. So he's like, hey,
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if you get considered top five receiver in the
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NFL one -on -one, you're taking that shot every
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time. And a guy who doesn't jump the highest,
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but his long arms will get up there and grab
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that thing. Yeah, yeah. I have no problems with
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that. You know, unfortunately, he got his feet
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tangled up, and it was a pretty easy pick going
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the direction. But the more the thing on that
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particular play, I know it was designed to go
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it. But if you look at the replay, both of those
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inside tackles are wide on the guards. And I'm
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like, that's easy. You know, a little quarterback
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sneak for three, five yards quickly. But again,
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that's the design of the play is to see if you
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can get that matchup. And you did. You did. They
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got the look they wanted. So you can't be mad
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at that asset. of it just the outcome was you
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know not exactly what we're looking for and real
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quick just a little bit more on the vikes and
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we'll talk about baltimore here but excuse me
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um jj mccarthy thrown for 42 times in the game
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uh i believe that's what the number was i don't
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even know that's wild that's probably the most
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passing attempts he's ever had in his entire
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life in a single game you know for sure I don't
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hate seeing it, but my thing is, is why did we
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abandon the run so early? It felt like we just,
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and don't get me wrong, our run game is not awesome,
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but it wasn't bad this game, so why did we abandon
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it when you weren't ever out of the game? The
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Ravens were never out of reach once they took
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the lead, so it's just like, I don't understand
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why they abandoned it so early. Yeah, I mean,
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they had 18 attempts for $1 .20, so if you did
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the math real quick, what is that, six yards
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a carry? So, yeah, I totally agree with that
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scenario. Yeah, we feel like we sometimes abandon,
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run and Vikings are not the only team you kind
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of see a pass happy NFL and teams get in those
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scenarios where they kind of lose that running
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game thought thought process and then then it's
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hard to bring it back to the end of the fourth
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quarter so yeah it was difficult defense looks
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struggles Smith just doesn't seem to be making
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Any play since, what, week one when he tipped
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that ball? Have we really seen much Harrison
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out of it? And also, Josh Metellus has really
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been exposed multiple times throughout this year.
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And both of our corners are, you know, I'd say
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subpar grades right now overall. The shining
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moment, our person, I think, would be the front
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four are doing okay. They're starting to get
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there. Redman's starting to look like, you know,
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like I can see now why we got rid of Phillips
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in the offseason. He needs a contract. But, yeah,
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defensively, it looked a little iffy. They did
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make a few stops, but not enough where you felt
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like, yeah, they were going to contend in this
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game. So, yeah, it just wasn't a great game overall,
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especially the Vikings' offense. And, you know,
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you mentioned the Vikings defense. And let's
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talk about the, you know, leads us into the Ravens
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a little bit. You know, their offense didn't
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do anything outstanding. You know what I mean?
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Like, the stats don't jump off the page at you.
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It's nothing that you're like, oh, man, they
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absolutely killed them. Yeah, you wouldn't say
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Lamar killed us or Henry really killed us on
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the running game aspect. Yeah, they did rush
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for $1 .52 overall. But that's what it is. That
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was probably the difference. That and the three
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turnovers committed by the Vikings. I mean, you
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can't win the game if you're going to commit
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turnovers and not take any back away yourself.
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You know what I mean? So losing the turnover
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differential 3 -0, that's huge. So good on the
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Ravens on that. You know, big fumble by Price,
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you know. But Baltimore with that. Yeah, their
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stats didn't jump off the page, but the main
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one is they put another one in the W column.
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So now that puts them in second place after Pittsburgh's
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loss. Yeah, they're looking like they're probably
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going to come back and still have control of
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that division right now. And we'll talk about
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in tent talk, there's somebody coming back for
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the Bengals soon, and you might be able to throw
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them into the ring too at this point. You mean
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the guy at the Batman car? Hey, man. I'm just
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saying. I'm just saying. Tune in to tent talk.
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Tune in to tent talk. So Ravens, you know, Lamar.
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getting the 100th regular season start of his
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career. Again, just doing enough to get the job
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done. You know, the Vikings did pressure him
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a little bit, and they were able to get back
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there, but that was about the only thing defensively
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they were able to do is just hurry some throws.
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They only got a single sack in there, so it just
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wasn't enough. It wasn't enough for the Vikes
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as they take the loss 27 -19. Yeah, that price
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turnover really kind of, that's where I feel
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like. That's what the Momo does. Yeah, that's
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where I'm like, ooh, this is going to be a tough
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one. The ball's not really going. our direction
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today. But they still had a chip in the chair
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towards the end. Hey, they still had a chip in
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the chair. Real quick, before we move on, do
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the Ravens play next week? I imagine they do
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because they already had their bye, right? They
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did. So they play the Browns in Cleveland next
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week. I think with the way the Ravens have been
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playing lately, they should be able to win that
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game with the Browns. just rifling through quarterbacks.
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So I would imagine, again, with that defense
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starting to get up to speed now, now that they've
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had a couple weeks of being healthy together,
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I'd imagine we're going to start seeing the Ravens
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go on a run as they play the Browns, Jets, Bengals.
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And that Bengals -Ravens game, though, that is
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the game where we could see a return of the one
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and only. So, again, we'll touch on that in a
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bit. Let's move on to the next game here. In
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our Week 10 game recaps, the Patriots. playing
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the Bucs in Tampa Bay, and coming away with a
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dub. Coming away with a dub, 28 -23, moving to
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8 -2. The Patriots moving to 8 -2 on a seven
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-game win streak. Yeah, I mean, that was kind
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of the game that I needed to see them go, all
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right. But I'm somewhat a believer now. I mean,
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I really like seeing what Drake made. I mean,
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he's been making some plays in and in the pocket,
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out of the pocket. He did have a really weird
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interception in the fourth quarter that I was
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like, oh, that's, you know, second year. Maybe
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I shouldn't make that throw. Try to force it
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in there more Josh Allen, you know, gunslinger
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style. Like, I can get it in there. And that
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actually gave the Bucs an opportunity to kind
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of get back into that game, too. But very impressive.
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Bucs still, you can see that they're missing
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another piece on that receiving core with Evans
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and Godwin still not really producing enough
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yet. And the rookie is still looking like a stud,
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you know. Although he got shut down. I did want
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to shout out Christian Gonzalez, this game specifically.
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The rookie? Yeah, yep. Or he's not rookie. Gonzalez
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is like second or third. Harrison is their, right?
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I can't remember. But he held Amika Buka to three
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catches on nine targets for only 56 yards. So,
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I mean, holding the potential rookie of the year
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to only 56 yards right now is pretty solid considering
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the season he's been having. And then seeing
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Trayvon Henderson come out and finally get loose
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for a couple big ones. He's looking legit. But,
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I mean, he's been there. He's been legit. It
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just was weird early in the season. Well, they
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had that committee with Stevenson running the
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ball here and there, too. So I'm just happy he's
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finally getting the shot. You know what I mean?
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Now Stevenson was out too. So for sure. And that's
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why it's going to happen. You know what I mean?
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But let's see if they continue to give him the
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shot. Now I would think, right. You know what
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I mean? But Oh, for sure. Feed the hot hand,
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see if he can replicate it or at least get close
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to it next week. But well, one of those, do you
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see that play though? At the end when he has
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had that long run to, he was looking at the bench
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and, you know, and seeing if the bench wanted
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him go down to slide to kill it. And for sure.
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And that's a vet move right there. And that's
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a dagger run right there. I mean, that really
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just put the dagger in it for New England. Good
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win by the Pats going down to Tampa Bay and getting
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the dub. So much love to that. Drake May just
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continues to keep that upward trend right now.
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So right now, would you say he's the best quarterback
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out of that class? I know Daniels is hurt right
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now, so it's really hard to judge that aspect
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of seeing Daniels on a full second year right
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now. Right, right. True. And I mean, it's. That's
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a good argument. But Caleb Williams is now too
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astern. As he should. I'm expecting a lot from
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Caleb Williams. Yeah, that draft class, you know,
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even after that conversation of not beating a
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lot of 500 teams we talked about last week, they
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keep trending upward. So a lot of those teams
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are playoff contending teams right now. For sure.
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And for the Bucs, you know, now falling to 6
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-3, you know, still very much alive, obviously,
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to win their division. But this is a game they
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definitely kind of had to win. I mean, yes, we
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were more interested to see how the Patriots
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played the Bucs because we know the Bucs are
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a playoff team. Yeah, especially in that division.
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But now the Bucs, you know, with how well the
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Patriots have played this year, everybody was,
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you know, kind of expecting this to be their
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big test and coming out to win that game. That's
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a big loss for the Bucs. You know what I mean?
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So some of the things they can look at. You know,
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Tez Johnson, that rookie, he got two tuds that
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game. So he's starting to come into his own as
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well. So really a game of the rookies this week
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for sure. Kyle Williams on the other side. When's
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Bucky coming back? I don't know. They need him.
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They need him. I was just looking at the stats
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of the running, and it's pretty meh. full stop
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no no full stop full stop um but yeah no i mean
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really tampa bay getting that opportunity late
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in the game and then stalling out at the 27 yard
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line or whatever it was you can't have it i mean
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you got the opportunity you got to seize it and
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we've seen them seize it this year multiple times
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just wasn't meant to be this time so patriots
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getting the win 28 23 and move to 8 and 2 um
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it's like game and a half up on the bills it
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looks like statistically the patriots yep Oh,
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and the Bills right now are not trending in the
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right direction. No. All right, all right. So
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we'll touch on the Bills more in Week 11 Preview
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and Picks. Right now, let's move on to our Game
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3 of our recaps. Rams at the 49ers, and truly,
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this game was over early. I mean, the Rams went
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up 21 -0 in the first half, and it felt like...
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the Niners really couldn't do anything. I mean,
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punt, and then you fumble, you go for it on fourth
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down, you don't get it. You at least were able
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to get a touchdown before halftime, but, I mean,
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after that, it really fell out of hand, and they
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just really couldn't get back into it. I mean,
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I felt like 49ers were laying on their ground
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and go, hey, did anyone get the license plate
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of the truck that just ran us over? It was quick
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and out, and they fought back a little bit, but,
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I mean, the Rams are on fire. Matt Stafford.
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What does he have? Leading the league in touchdowns
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right now. And turnover free. Three consecutive
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games over three touchdowns and, like, 300 yards.
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Some goofy stat like that. Or not 300 yards.
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He doesn't have four touchdowns. But, yeah, they're
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just playing well. That running game is good.
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The defense is consistent and young. I might
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have them as the NFC. Oh, becoming the NFC favorite
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for you? I mean, I still can see the Eagles competing
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with their skills, their talent, you know, then
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their defense being good enough, their offense
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being, you know, enough firepower to compete
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with them. But, geez, the Rams are just looking
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good, especially on the road right there, playing
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up in Levi like that. Devontae Adams still continuing
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to ball out. He did go down, though, unfortunately.
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He did, he did. And then Puka still being the
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beast he is, too. So, yeah, it was. I thought
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it was going to be a little more competitive
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a game, but like you said. I thought 100 % it
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was going to be more competitive, but just once
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you get out early like that, now if you're the
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Niners, you start pressing the issue, and that's
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when incompletions happen, and those downs stack
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up quick, and also on your putting. Yeah, when
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you can start just getting into straight pass
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mode, and then you get Jared Burris and that
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whole team just pinning theirs back, it's tough,
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because McCaffrey only had 12 carries, so that's
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not a... recipe for a win for the 49ers absolutely
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not let's talk about the 49ers a little more
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because we we will touch on the Rams in our week
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11 preview episode but next week the Niners so
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the next three for the Niners next four we'll
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do the next four and then they'll play the Colts
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um but the next four for the Niners at Arizona
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uh at home against the Panthers probably win
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at Cleveland At home against the Titans. So those
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are four potential wins that they could kind
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of get their stuff back together here. Now you
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do got to go play the division opponent in the
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Cardinals, who are kind of hit or miss right
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now. Depends when they want to play or not. Yeah,
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yeah. But the Panthers, I mean, Panthers aren't
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an easy win anymore. You know what I mean? Not
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an easy win. And Cleveland's defense still exists.
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Yeah. It's not an easy stretch, but it's easier
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than what it could be. Yeah. The 49ers have the
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easiest remaining schedule of the league. Other
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than the Colts. So after the Titans, then they
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got. in indianapolis which is gonna be tough
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uh then they got two home games in a row bears
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and then seahawks to end the season and that
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seahawks game could be some division yeah it's
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it's gonna be battle little three teams on top
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right now you know and seattle is another team
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like that if we were to tell what they're gonna
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actually do like they look really good some games
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they had a couple injuries this week that i was
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a little worried about moving forward but yeah
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Yeah, what a good division that West has turned
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out to be. No doubt. Not something I didn't see
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it being that close early on in the season. So
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anyway, Rams getting the division win, 42 -26
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over the 49ers in San Fran. Let's move on to
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our fourth game here, Rob. That's going to be
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the Steelers at the Chargers. Chargers getting
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the win, 25 -10. And, oh, boy. Oh, boy. Did the
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Steelers' offense look absolutely nonexistent?
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Pest. As a whole. As a whole. It just looked
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horrible. Yeah, that wasn't a Thursday night
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game. But, yeah, that was just, I mean, when
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I think I turned on the TV, it was 3 -2. No,
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it was a Sunday night game. It was 3 -2. And
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I was like, well, right sport here? No. Yeah,
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the Steelers. Lost three of their last four.
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I mean, their defense, you know, kept a minute
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for a minute, but that offense did not want to
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do anything. Offense two for 11 on third down.
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Yeah. I mean, it's just bad. The more you look
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at it, it's bad for the Steelers. Horrible game.
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Are you thinking that's Aaron Rodgers? What's
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your vibe on that right now? Yes and no, right?
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Yes and no. Yes, because he's the one with the
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ball in his hands. Fair. No, because he was under
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pressure almost all game. So the Chargers front
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was really starting to. caused some issues early
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on too i mean you got him for three sacks you
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got two picks on him what else you want you know
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what i mean so the chargers really played rogers
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well so it's i'm 50 50 like some of it is rogers
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for sure and maybe that's just his age starting
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to show um but he was also under duress almost
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the entire game yeah and 16 rushes by the steelers
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overall that's i mean that's not yinzer that's
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low for the steelers yeah yeah that's low for
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like tomlin Back again, he started getting into
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his past happy offenses, and he started losing
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that running game. And now, again, we're back
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at you've lost three of your last four. Now you're
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five and four. You could have been running away
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with this division if you're the Steelers when
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you think about it. Truly, when you think about
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the opportunity they had with Lamar Jackson down,
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with Cleveland, who knows what's going on. Joe
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Burrow going down. You know what I mean? What
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an opportunity for the Steelers just to, okay,
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well, we'll just get a gimme win here for the
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division. And they've made it way harder on themselves
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by losing a game like this. Yeah. I don't really
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understand this Steelers team because last week
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they beat Indy. That's what I'm saying. You're
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like, oh, my gosh, the Steelers look like they're
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taking this division. Then they come out flat
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against the Chargers. So you're just like, which
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team are you getting each week? Now, on the other
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side of it, the Chargers offense has been reeling
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the last few weeks. Yes, they have both their
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tackles out. It's good to see them with both
19:57
tackles out. Two good tackles. Two probably top
20:00
ten tackles. They're both on pro level. So the
20:04
Chargers now move to their third win in a row
20:06
with wins against the Vikings, Titans, and now
20:08
Steelers. Arguably not awesome teams, but still
20:12
wins in the NFL nonetheless. Yeah, wins a win
20:14
in the NFL. And with the Chargers, what do they
20:17
got next year? Chargers got... The Jaguars. That's
20:21
for you, Kev. The Jaguars in Jacksonville. That's
20:25
probably another win for the Chargers. Then they
20:28
got the Raiders. Win. And then there's the test
20:31
right there. There's a gauntlet after that. There's
20:34
a few tests right there. Eagles, Chiefs, Cowboys,
20:37
who knows? Dak Prescott's still going to whip
20:39
the ball. Texans, Broncos. You know what I mean?
20:41
That is a gauntlet, to say the least. If they
20:45
can win these next two. Then they get Denver
20:47
to finish the year, too. And that's going to
20:49
be a tough game. That could be for the division.
20:52
Who saw that coming, though? Chargers versus
20:54
Denver for the division? Do they win more than
20:57
two games out of the rest of the year? Well.
21:01
Me being Chargers fan. No, I'm talking the Steelers.
21:04
Oh, we're talking about the Steelers? Let me
21:06
go look at the Steelers. No, we're on the Chargers.
21:08
Sorry, the Chargers. But let's look at the Steelers.
21:11
We'll talk about the Chargers plenty, trust me.
21:13
But the Steelers next week, they got the Joe
21:15
Burrell as Bengals. Then they travel to Chicago.
21:18
I think they're going to freaking lose that game
21:20
in Chicago. Like, Chicago's defense right now
21:23
is starting to really wake up a little bit. Yes,
21:25
they've... It takes them most of the game, but
21:27
they get there. And then Bills, Ravens for the
21:32
Steelers. I mean, that's a tough stretch too.
21:35
Dolphins, Lions, Browns, Ravens. I mean, that's
21:37
not an easy stretch at all for the Steelers.
21:39
So for me, they've got to figure out how to reestablish
21:43
a run game and protect Aaron Rodgers. So both
21:47
of those things probably start on the whole line.
21:50
Yeah, and it's too late in the season to do any
21:54
upgrades anymore. No, you're in it. No, this
21:57
is the team you're going to battle with every
21:59
week. So it is what it is. You know what I mean?
22:03
Yeah, they got to get back. And then we look
22:05
at the Chargers here. You got Jacksonville and
22:07
Vegas. All right, let's say they just win those
22:10
two. Philly, KC, Dallas, Houston, you know, so
22:15
two and five, maybe three and four. What? No,
22:20
if they're for real, how many games are left?
22:24
What did you say? So they got Jacksonville at
22:27
Jacksonville. Yeah, win -win. Vegas. Four. Eagles,
22:31
Chiefs. They'll go four and three. Four and three?
22:34
Four and three, if not five and two. All right,
22:36
all right. Chargers are hot. So you're going
22:38
Jacksonville, Vegas. Jacksonville, Raiders for
22:40
sure. Dallas. I think in Kansas City. I think
22:44
in Dallas. I think Texans is a weird game. Eagles,
22:48
I don't know. I skipped that one. And then the
22:50
Broncos. The Broncos in Denver. Could be the
22:54
Broncos, dude. I think the Broncos probably win
22:55
that game. So that's the two losses right there.
22:57
So I'm saying five and two. They lose to the
22:59
Eagles on the Broncos, but they can beat the
23:01
Chiefs in Kansas City and then Dallas Texans.
23:04
Yeah. Yeah. Because they already beat the Chiefs,
23:07
right? That was the opening game. Was that down
23:09
in Mexico? Nope. Yeah, correct. Opening game.
23:12
Let's move on to our final game, Rob. Final,
23:15
final. Monday night football. To end the week
23:19
of the NFL, you're thinking this thing's going
23:21
to be a banger. Well, if you like defense, it
23:24
was. Because this was a 10 -7 win for the Eagles.
23:29
And boy, was this sloppy. I mean. Coming into
23:34
this week, I was like, I, as a Vikings fan, I
23:36
do not want to play the Packers right now at
23:38
all. Do not want to play them. But with how sloppy,
23:41
they were as sloppy as the Vikings were last
23:43
night. I mean, truly. It was unbelievable. Josh
23:47
Jacobs, obviously, you're going to keep feeding
23:49
him the rock, but that was the only... He just
23:51
kept chugging along. That was the only saving
23:54
grace. Otherwise, Jordan Love was just throwing
23:56
balls deep all game. And don't get me wrong.
23:58
I think Jordan Love's actually a pretty good
24:00
deep ball thrower. Do you see the play? But they
24:04
got a corner playing receiver right now. Where
24:05
they threw it to Watson, and Watson gave up on
24:09
the ball, and the ball ended up hitting him on
24:10
the top of the helmet. Yes. I was like, what's
24:14
going on here? Yes. And then you lose Dobbs early
24:17
in the game. That's not going to help. You're
24:19
already out craft. You know what I mean? You're
24:21
playing, I think, Bo Melton. I think that was
24:24
the receiver turned corner, now turned receiver
24:27
again. Yep. He's listed as corner even right
24:29
now. And as a Packard fan, you're like, where's
24:31
Matthew Golden at? This is your opportunity.
24:35
That's a great question. Is he out right now?
24:39
I thought I saw him on the field. I thought I
24:42
just heard he hasn't been doing well. If YouTube
24:44
TV and ESPN would figure it out, I could actually
24:46
watch the game in live. He was out. He was out.
24:48
Was he? Yeah, he was out. But this would have
24:52
been a game for him to see what he's got. But
24:57
it was weird. I want both teams to lose, but
25:00
I'm also cheering for the Eagles all at the same
25:01
time as a Vikings fan. But I was really curious
25:04
to see this game. arguably top teams in the NFC
25:08
right now. It was two first -place teams. Yeah,
25:11
so it was good to see, and that's the battle
25:13
you're going to get. It was a big defensive battle.
25:15
Again, the Eagles defense just really suffocating
25:19
the Packers almost the entire game. Almost the
25:22
entire game. I think it was like a deep pass
25:24
to Watson that got the Packers down into the
25:27
red zone. Excuse me. Then they just pounded Josh
25:30
Jacobs and got in finally for the only score.
25:33
But other than that, this had nothing going.
25:36
Yeah. I'm just kind of looking at the standings
25:38
right now. I mean. Almost forward thinking, we
25:41
started looking at the schedule and stuff, and
25:43
we started seeing Philly on the schedule for
25:46
the last two or three games. I mean, they're
25:48
up four games right now, so they might dial it
25:52
back the last. We're looking at Philly's schedule
25:54
right now? Or not even their schedule, just how
25:56
far they're up in their division. They could
25:59
clinch the division in a couple more weeks is
26:02
kind of what I'm getting at. So when you start
26:04
getting towards the end of the season, they might
26:05
start resting. When you go and play the Raiders,
26:08
the Commanders. You do rest some guys, you know.
26:11
But you still got a couple big games left against
26:13
the Lions, the Bears, Bills coming up yet for
26:16
the Eagles, you know. Yeah. So I think it'll
26:18
be depending whether they're looking at that.
26:19
It feels good to say the Bears in that statement,
26:21
too. Doesn't it? Hey, that's not an easy game
26:24
anymore to me. Agreed. It's not an easy game.
26:26
You know, it's not the Bears of the last few
26:28
years. That's a tougher game now. It's definitely
26:31
a tougher game, but they still don't really scare
26:33
me. No, the Eagles should still win, but I'm
26:36
just saying as far as looking at the Eagles schedule,
26:38
that game does still stick out to me compared
26:40
to the other ones. You know what I mean? And
26:42
the Eagles still got to go play the Chargers,
26:43
right? So that's another game. We'll see. But
26:46
that is one that I said that I do think the Chargers
26:48
will lose. But looking at the Packers schedule
26:51
real quick before we end this thing here. They
26:54
got the Giants next week before they play the
26:56
Vikings. So good chance to get yourself back
26:59
right. Probably Russell Wilson probably spinning.
27:01
Probably because darts and concussion protocol.
27:04
And I think Nabors is still out. I think he's
27:08
out for the year. Oh, you're right. Yeah. No,
27:10
you're right. He was out for the year. So it's
27:12
just nothing going on in New York right now.
27:13
And Dable just got fired. So get back right game.
27:19
And now you got to go play the Vikings at home
27:21
in Lambeau the day before Thanksgiving. I'm worried
27:25
about the Vikings that game, to be honest with
27:28
you. Oh, I mean, in general, consistently at
27:31
the quarterback play, you just don't know where
27:32
we're at. So we just need to squeak out some
27:35
Ws real quick. But again, looking at the NFC
27:38
North standings, it's up for grabs still. Yeah.
27:40
It's up for grabs still. Yeah, we're only two
27:42
games out from first. So, yeah, we're being the
27:45
Vikings, obviously, just in case you're new to
27:47
the show. And we're still 2 -0 in the division.
27:49
Exactly. Hey, and that's true. That's true. That's
27:52
going to come down to that tiebreaker. That's
27:54
what I'm hoping it's going to come down to in
27:55
one of my leagues in NCAA football. Actually,
27:58
in our league. In our league. I'm 0 -2 to start
28:01
the season, but none of those are conference,
28:02
so I'm hoping to still. I can't catch a cold.
28:05
Oh, God. I'm telling you. It's not good for me.
28:07
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Anyway, anyway. Was that it?
28:11
That was game five, right? Game five. Snap. That
28:13
was it. That was it. What do we have for time,
28:15
Kev? That was pretty good. Oh, right on the money.
28:18
Like we've done this before. Jeez, look at that.
28:21
We should get a podcast. Yeah, we should. Anyway,
28:24
all right, Rob, thanks for being here, man. No,
28:26
thank you for inviting me. But you're still going
28:27
to be here for Tent Talk and Week 11 Preview
28:29
and Picks. So obviously, if you're listening
28:30
to this episode, don't forget to check out those
28:32
two episodes, which are to follow. Kev, thanks
28:35
for getting everything done for us, as always.
28:39
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