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Ep.37: Fire $ale · Football Junkies podcast

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All right, all right, all right, all right, all right.
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We have football tonight, folks,
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but you know what?
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We have a pressing matter that needs to be talked about
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right now, okay?
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Devante Adams wants out.
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Now, I did talk briefly about it in the last episode,
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but we have to go deep now that there's more information
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that has come out about this entire conundrum, okay?
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We gotta talk about what caused this,
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best teams, best situations,
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all those different types of things and more,
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as well as tonight's game, which is the Bucks and Falcons,
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okay?
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Cowboys and the Steelers play Sunday night,
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Miami versus Cal, Georgia versus Auburn,
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and Colorado versus Kansas State, okay?
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We're gonna keep this episode as short, sweet,
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and to the point as best as we can,
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but if we go over, well, then guess what?
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Oh, well, okay?
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I am your host, okay?
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I am your chief, head of the table, chief,
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Bagrow Domus.
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I am your chief head of the table, two times,
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two times, folks, okay?
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Two times, chief meteorologist,
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Bag meteorologist, if I may say so myself, okay?
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I am a GM that still currently is not on the team right now,
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but best believe, guess what?
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I've already come first, second,
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and third round mock drafts for next year's draft
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in the year before that, okay?
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I'm all of these things and more, okay?
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But the most important title
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that you need to worry about is,
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I am your fellow football junkie,
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your host with the most Cal.
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Now you already know what I'm getting ready to say.
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You're probably thinking,
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you're probably getting ready to turn up the volume,
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you're probably getting ready to turn down the volume.
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I don't know, but guess what?
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One, three, one, two, three, let's lock in.
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All right folks, let's just get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going on
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because there is a lot that is going on right now in the league.
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So the biggest news that needs to be talked about is Oakland receiver Devonte Adams has
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officially requested a trade.
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He wants out of Las Vegas.
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I keep on saying Oakland.
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It shows you how old I am.
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Before we get into the crevices of this entire situation, we have to take a step back and
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we have to first identify what caused him to make this move.
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So originally there was an Instagram post talking about that this possibly could have
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been Devonte Adams last season with the Raiders and head coach Antonio Pierce liked it.
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He liked it.
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And so that caused a somewhat of a snowball effect to where now to where he does not want
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to be there.
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Okay, he wants out.
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Now when we look at this, you know, this is a very, this is the Raiders once again, being
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the Raiders doing Raiders things.
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Okay.
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And you know, this is somewhat of a conversation that I have with with with with MOOC yesterday.
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Basically, you know, if you had feelings about Devonte Adams and you felt like this towards
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him, like you, you just didn't want, you just didn't rock with him no more and you wanted
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to move on from him, then you should have just kept that behind closed doors.
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Right.
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That should have been something that you talk about, you know, at the dinner table or on
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your way home, you know, from, you know, from work or something like that.
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That's not something that you bring with you, you know, into social media because guess
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what, people are going to connect the dots.
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Okay.
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People are going to, they're going to connect the dots.
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They're going to figure out if this is true or not.
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And they're going to figure out if that's really you and that's really you.
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Then guess what?
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Boom.
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You're caught red handed.
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And, you know, but at the same time, this is a very picky situation because who is really
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going to be willing to go after Devonte Adams money wise, because when we look at this,
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this is the last year that of his deal that he has fully guaranteed money.
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And we all know that the next two years, okay, according to who spot rack shout out to the
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spot rack, no one's going to be willing to have to keep him on the team where next year's
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base salary is going to be both 35 million.
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No one's not going to want to do that.
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No one.
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And so when we look at this, it is somewhat of a bad contract.
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It's a bad contract to take on because the only way that you can justify it is you would
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have to give him an extension.
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That's the only way because he's going to want more guaranteed money.
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He's not going to keep on playing and there's no guaranteed money.
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So that's another that will I'm going to have myself as always.
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But you know, just that that's that's the first thing that you have to worry about.
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The next thing is you have to figure out, you know, how long does he want to play for
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because at some point he's there's going to be a decline.
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It's for any player.
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I don't care if you are an all pro first battle hall of fame or all those different types
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of things, all different types of credentials.
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Everyone hits the point where you start to decline and you don't want to put you, you
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don't want to put the cart before the horse and then you're basically, you know, you don't
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gave him a two year, $60 million extension and then he only plays for one year.
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And he retires, you don't want that, you don't.
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So again, it's a very nasty situation altogether.
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But you know, if we can be real here, the Raiders once again, and I will continue to say this
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and I've been saying it multiple times, they continue to shoot themselves in the foot.
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Continue here, you have a team who has allowed their best players to walk.
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Okay.
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From Josh Jacobs, they let him walk.
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They cut Hunter Renfro.
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Now Devonte Adams wants out.
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It's only a matter of time before Max Crosby wants out as well.
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Right.
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Because the team, it's not the end.
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This is this sort of sort of goes into what I said yesterday about quarterbacks and in
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organizational whatnot, but Raiders have been a dysfunctional organization for over 20 some
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years now.
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I'm 29 years old.
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And as far as I can remember, they have been a dysfunctional organization.
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The last time that they were, the last time they really weren't as dysfunctional as they
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are now was when out Davis guy rested.
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So we're still alive when he was like, you know, in his right mind and, you know, he
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had control over the team and stuff like that.
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That was the last time where they, you know, they were, they were doing their thing.
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They had some motion.
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They had some, uh, some, some juice with them, but now it's horrible.
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It's absolutely horrible.
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It's unstable.
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It's just a nasty situation.
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And you know, if I am a player, I'm looking at Antonio Pierce with a side eye because,
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you know, if this is how you feel about, you know, the best offensive player on the team,
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how do you feel about me behind closed doors?
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Like this, this is only going to get worse as the season progresses.
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It's going to, and you know, it puts everybody else in a bad situation because now this,
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Raiders offense is going to get squashed.
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It's going to get squashed.
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The only real hope that they have was the Bonte Adams.
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That's it.
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Brock Bowers is a rookie.
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So he's still, he's still getting, you know, still, still learning everything and whatnot.
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I don't even know who the running back is.
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No disrespect to you.
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Gardner Mentshu doesn't have a reliable weapon anymore.
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So what exactly is the identity of the Raiders now?
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What is it?
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I can't say, oh, it's smash, smash mouth, you know, football, you know, the old sayings
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that they used to say about the Raiders.
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You can't say that anymore because they haven't done anything.
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They are just, they, they're horrible.
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This is a horrible organization.
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If I'm Christian Wilkins, I'm probably regretting the decision I made of signing with the Raiders
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because you just, you went from a semi-good situation with the Dolphins to a just flat
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out toxic situation with, you know, the Raiders, but, you know, I digress.
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But moving forward, you know, there, there have been, you know, some, some rumblings
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of certain teams that, that he would go for.
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And some of the teams included, I think the 49ers, the Cowboys, the Jets, the Steelers,
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the Bills.
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I even think the Ravens were, were brought up, I think at, at one time, I can tell you
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now the Cowboys have already backed out.
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They've already backed out.
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They, they don't want to be interested in it.
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But all the other teams though, it is very lucrative for all of them though.
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And even teams that, that haven't been listed, but this is what I will say.
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This, this might turn, this might turn it into someone of a, of a rank.
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Devonte Adams put himself in this situation.
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Okay.
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I understand that you made a move out of emotion.
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Okay.
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You made a move out of emotion because of what Aaron Rogers did.
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I get that.
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But you left a stable organization to go into a dysfunctional organization.
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Although yes, you did get the money, but guess what?
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You're not winning.
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You haven't been winning and you're used to winning.
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And now that you're in this, this crazy situation and you have this big deal, guess what?
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Not a lot of teams have the cap space flexibility to be able to absorb your contract.
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They don't.
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So what in the world are people going to do at this point?
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There's no, and I know there, there was a report that was coming out that, you know,
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Devonte Adams only wants to play with quarterbacks that he's, that he's played with in the past.
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Bro, throw that out the window.
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Throw that out the window because neither one of the quarterbacks that you play for,
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whether it be Derek Carl or Aaron Rogers or any situation right now where they can compete
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and make a deep playoff, a deep playoff run and possibly win a Super Bowl, neither one.
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I'm going to carry anyone says from neither one of those fan bases, neither one of those
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teams are in a place right now where they can legitimately compete with the best of
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the best teams in not only in the AFC, but in the entire league and possibly win a Super
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Bowl.
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They're not.
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The jets are literally a loss away from just blowing everything up.
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Right?
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You're going to go from a toxic situation with the Raiders to another toxic situation
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with the jets and that, that whole debacle in itself, especially when you have people
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like Garrett Wilson that, you know, has come out publicly and sort of, you know, talked
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about how he's not being, how he feels like he's not being utilized the best way that
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he possibly can and how this offense could do more than have it.
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So you have that mix with, you know, the, the instability with the Saints because the
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Saints at this point have been trying to offer a rebuild, but at this point they're going
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to have to go through a rebuild.
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Okay.
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It's time.
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It's time.
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It's time to make that transition from Drew Brees.
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They still think that, you know, if they get Derek Carr, you know, that puts them back
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in the running and they can possibly do something.
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No.
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, it doesn't.
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It just doesn't.
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That team does not have enough on both sides of the ball where they can be competitive,
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where they can go, you know, toe to toe with some of the best teams, not only in their
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conference, but in the league.
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They don't.
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Okay.
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If the Saints right now were to go up against the Vikings, it would not end well.
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It won't.
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So either way, you know, where, where exactly could you go?
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You can go to the Chiefs because the Chiefs don't have the, the cap flexibility, you know,
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to get you, not to mention it's in your division and the Raiders aren't going to do that.
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They're just, they're not going to do that.
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I mean, you could go to the Bills that that would definitely, you know, probably be a
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great situation because, you know, you'll be playing with a, an elite quarterback in
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Josh Allen.
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You'll be the number one receiver.
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So you'll, you'll be getting a majority of the balls.
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You will.
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But, you know, do you really want to do that?
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Do you want to go to Pittsburgh?
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Even though, yes, you know, there's a whole bunch of conundrums and drama with the quarterback
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position, quote unquote, air quote, big air quotes, you know, with Justin Fields and Russell
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Wilson, they're winning.
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They're winning.
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They're winning right now.
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Yes.
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They lost to the Colts, which, you know, that's I'll talk about that, you know, later, later
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into the episode, but they're winning.
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They're winning.
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They have, they have motion.
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They're starting to do things.
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Things are starting to go in the right direction for the Steelers.
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So I ask you, Devonte, if I was to have a conversation with Devonte Adams, really think
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hard about this decision.
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You, you, you were, you were the most successful when you were in a stable organization in
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the Packers.
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You want to continue to do that.
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You don't want to continue to be in this situation where you are not, where you're going from
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a toxic organization to toxic organization to toxic organization.
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You don't want that.
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You don't.
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And you want to win.
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You got the bag.
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Okay.
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Now you should probably want to go to the best team possible that is going to, you know,
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possibly make a playoff run and maybe even a deep playoff run and possibly, you know,
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try to compete, at least compete for a title.
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They'll necessarily have to win it, but at least if you can experience that, you know,
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that atmosphere of, you know, possibly going to the Super Bowl and whatnot, that means
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the whole world compared to, you know, okay, yeah, I got the bag and you know, that's it.
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Because then you're going to be one of these, you're going to be one of these players, you
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know, once you're done, once you're done with football and whatnot, it's going to be
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saying, man, I wish I would have done X, Y and Z.
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I possibly could have won the title of this and the other blah, blah, blah, all the things
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that all those, you know, salty former players say, but you have an opportunity to do it
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because why you're still regarded as one of the best receivers in the league.
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Now when we get to the money side of everything, I don't think teams are going to be willing
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to commit to him long term.
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Now they may just give him just one extension and you know, it just gives them, it gives
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him a lot of guarantee money or it may do a two year that made that's actually a one
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year.
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I don't know, but there's a way that they can do it.
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Okay.
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You have options.
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You could go to Washington right now.
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Washington is hot.
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You have Terry McCoyne with the Vonte Adams on that offense and Jaden Daniels.
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That's a deadly combination right there.
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That is a very deadly combination.
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Looking to the Eagles possibly because you know, AJ Brown is down and Vonte Smith is
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down.
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You have options.
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The Vonte Smith, I mean, the Vonte Adams, you have options, but if you don't want to
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do it, but if you don't make the right decision, guess what?
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No one is going to feel bad for you.
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Know what?
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No one's going to feel bad for old Devonte Adams.
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You put yourself in the situation, get yourself out of this situation.
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You now have another chance, a second chance that we're being real here to rewrite the
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first wrong that you did, which was leave the Packers because now the Packers are in
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a great space.
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They are.
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And I don't even think the Packers would entertain trying to get you back at this point.
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I just don't.
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But who am I now on to tonight's game Thursday night's game now?
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It's a game that, you know, probably not everybody's going to watch, but you know, I'll probably
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watch it just because I like football and I'm a football junkie and all that stuff.
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Now Falcons and Buccaneers.
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Now this is a division rival game.
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If I'm not mistaken, should be a pretty good game.
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Should be a pretty intense game.
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Now, I will say this, you know, Buccaneers are coming off of a really good win from the
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Eagles.
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They clip their wings.
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The Falcons have are, you know, they're starting to get some motion.
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They're starting to, you know, get into the swing of things.
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So, you know, I just jot it down a few notes from NFL Pro that definitely caught my eye.
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And you know, just to go over, you know, into this, you know, into this preview.
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So, according to NFL Pro, shout out to them, Chris Godwin is tied second in reception
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at 17 receiving yards in 228 and tied for the most touchdowns, two of them in the slot.
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Now when we look at this, you know, Chris Godwin is definitely one of the best slot
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receivers in the league right now.
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He's definitely been doing his thing that Buccaneers often has definitely been balling
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out, you know, since they've re-signed Baker Mayfield.
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So, you know, I think it's going to be a really good matchup.
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I do.
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I do with the Falcons, you know, secondary.
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I do believe this is going to be good.
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I don't think it's going to be this, you know, high scoring game.
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I think it's going to be low scoring, probably within the, you know, the 20s, maybe like,
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you know, mid to high 20s.
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And I just don't think it's going to be this, you know, dynamic Thursday night game.
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Now, in the last three of the four games, Kirk Cousins has only has thrown for less
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than two touchdowns.
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Okay.
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So, you know, we all know Kirk Cousins is going to do Kirk Cousins things.
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Now, the question is, you know, is it going to be somewhat of a race of who can put up
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the most points on the board or who was going to, or basically, you know, who's going to
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have the ball last?
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I think that that's what it's really going to come down to because Kirk Cousins show
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in the Eagles game, you know, that he's, he's still that guy.
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So, you know, let's see what happens when his first, you know, divisional game against,
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you know, the Buccaneers, because the Buccaneers defense low key has been doing their thing.
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Okay.
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Anytime you can, you can, you know, do what they did to the Eagles.
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Hey, that, that puts you on the map.
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Okay.
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Now, on 25 pass rushes this season, right?
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Levante David has generated nine, which is the most for any off ball linebacker, whether
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we want to a mirror and not folks.
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Levante David has still is still at this point in his career is still one of the best linebackers
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in the league.
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Now, he may have fall off a little bit.
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You know, he may have gotten a little bit slower, but just know the mind is still there.
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Okay.
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He can still make plays.
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He can still do things.
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Okay.
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And, you know, nothing really bad to say about Levante David.
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I think, you know, this off season when, when he was a free agent, I, I definitely, you
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know, definitely believe that he wasn't going to leave the Buccaneers.
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You know, that, that is somebody who was going to be a Buccaneer for life, you know, and,
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you know, it shows he's, he's been balling out.
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He's been doing his thing.
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Now I'm not saying he's up there with Fred Warner and real clown Smith, but he is, you
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know, a tier or a tier or two below them, though he is still, you know, one of those
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dogs.
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Okay.
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The Falcons have used 11, 11 personnel, 85.1% of the time, which is the second most in the
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lead, which in my mind sort of symbolizes that they're probably going to be running
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the ball a little bit more in this game simply because I mean, you have, you know, Bison
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Robinson doing his thing.
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That offensive line is meant to be a road grading, you know, offensive line.
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They're meant to wear you down to impose their will on you and just, you know, book points
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on the board, march down the field.
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And what, what better way to do it than to do it against a divisional opponent, you know?
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Now I will say this, the, the Buccaneers defensive line, you know, they may try to put up a little
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bit of resistance at first, but I don't, but, you know, as, as the game goes on, I don't
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think they're going to, I don't think it's really going to be that much of a problem.
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Now me personally, I think my prediction for this game will probably be 20, 24.
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24, 24, 22 Falcons.
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Just because the vision, the vision games are always close.
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Always have, always will be the always be close.
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The always be low scoring.
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It's very rare.
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If you have a divisional game that's very high scoring and whatnot, very rare.
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Now on to the Steelers and Cowboys.
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Yes, we do have to talk about them because why not because I'm a Steelers fan, but because
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it's going to be one of the biggest games on Sunday night, I know everyone's going to
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be watching and especially Cowboys fans, unfortunately.
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Now with this, you know, this is a game where basically both teams have a lot to prove at
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this point because the Steelers are coming off of, you know, their first loss against
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the Colts.
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And, you know, there have been a lot of questions about that Steelers offense, you know, it has
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taken them a while for them to get the engine going and to be able to put points on the
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board, not to mention a lot of the decision making that Mike Tomlin has been doing lately.
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We have seen times in games where, you know, they're in field goal range and instead of
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just kicking the field goal and putting points on the board, you just try to go forward on
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fourth down.
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Now granted, I understand Justin Fields is athletic.
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He's fast and all those different types of things.
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But if you have three points just sitting there, just take the three points.
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Take the three points.
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Instead of trying to take the risk of trying to convert the fourth down, because if you
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don't convert the fourth down, that puts you at a disadvantage.
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It does.
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And, you know, I understand, you know, the vision for the team is, you know, this smash
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mouth, you know, punch you in the mouth type of, you know, offense that's just, you know,
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running, running it down your throat.
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I get all of that.
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But so far, it hasn't really worked the best.
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The Steelers have to, the Steelers offense has to put points on the board.
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That is where we still are at this point, you know, in this cycle of the NFL.
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You still have to put points on the board.
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You can't, you can't wait to do it until the second half.
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You have to start the, the cult came, came out guns blazing in the first half of the
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game.
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And then once Anthony Richardson went down Joe Flacco did Joe Flacco things and he showed
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that why he's still that guy.
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He's Joe Flacco and Mooc Mooc will will will agree with me with this is a Raven for life.
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No matter what other Jersey he puts on, if he goes up against the Steelers, guess what
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Joe Flacco is going to do Joe Flacco things.
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And that's exactly what he did.
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That's exactly what he did.
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The defense has to get better.
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Patrick Queen has to get better.
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Joe Porter, Jr. has to get better.
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Okay.
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As far as TJ Y, you know, being silent in the Colts game, I can't really, I already
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know he's going to rebound that that's just who TJ Y is.
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It's very rare where he has a very quiet game.
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He doesn't do anything.
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Okay.
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Now these are just, you know, some notes as well that I've, you know, I've sort of
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jot it down as well for this upcoming game.
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So the Cowboys have allowed the fourth most rushing yards in the league, which is 444
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rushing yards.
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This is what I will say with them not having both D law and Michael Parsons, the Steelers
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better run, run it, run it as run it as much as you want, run it till you can't run it
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no more because that defensive line is weak.
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You guys have the advantage.
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Just do it.
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Just do it.
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You have Najee here is who hopefully he's, he's healthy enough to play a quarter of a
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second, I don't think he probably will be playing, but they did move, I forgot his name.
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I just, I literally just thought of him.
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I just forgot it, but they moved up some players and whatnot.
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So I do expect the Steelers to definitely, you know, run the ball heavy, very heavy into
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this game simply because, you know, the Cowboys have been horrible when it comes to stopping
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the run and everyone knows that.
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And you know, what, what better way to impose your will than to just keep running the ball
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on the team that's giving up the, the fourth most rushing yards in the, in the league.
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Now, Cam Hayward has, has generated the ninth highest pressure rate for the tackles at 13.3
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percent.
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This is what I would say because I don't think I've had the chance to say it.
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I was wrong.
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I was wrong.
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Yes, you're your former GM who currently is not on the team right now was wrong.
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And the reason why I say that is because originally when, you know, Cameron Hayward was looking
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for a deal, I was thinking, you know, he's looking for one, you know, big, big payout
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or something like that.
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But, you know, when, when we got the details of the deal, it was manageable.
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It was manageable.
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It was very manageable.
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And, you know, he's been doing his thing.
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He's been balling out.
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He's been stuffing the run.
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He looks like the Cam Hayward of old.
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So maybe he just needed, you know, to get healthy and whatnot.
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And, you know, he's, he's playing with a purpose.
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He's playing with a purpose and it shows.
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So you know, I would be the first of many to say that I was wrong about Cam.
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I was, I was definitely wrong.
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Now, more junkie nuggets.
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When dropping back, DiPrescott has used play action at 18.6 percent.
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Okay.
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And another junkie nugget for this game is Justin Fields has thrown outside the numbers
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at 53.2 percent completing 42 out of 58 passes for 449 yards and one touchdown.
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Now, when we look at this, you know, Justin Fields, you know, continue, you know, is continuing
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on this journey of proving himself to be a starting caliber quarterback.
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Okay.
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Because, you know, it feels like, you know, they're trying to give Russell Wilson a chance
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to, you know, try to at least be the backup, but, you know, from, from the videos, from
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the practice footage that I've seen, he doesn't look like he can move.
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He doesn't look like he can do anything.
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And granted, I understand, you know, that this was a very preventable injury.
26:39
You know, I don't understand why they would have him to move a sled up a hill.
26:43
That was, you know, definitely a dumb thing to do because I know for dad on shore, they
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wouldn't have, you know, asked Ben to do it, but that's another story for another day.
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But you know, he just, he, Russell Wilson, just, he does not look good.
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He does not.
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He doesn't look like he's able to do play action, roll out.
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He's not, he doesn't look, he doesn't look like he can do anything.
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He looks like, if you put him on the field, if a defender tackles him one good time, he's
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done.
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That's how Russell Wilson looks like.
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So, you know, hopefully, hopefully the Steelers come, come out of this game, you know, guns
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blazing.
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And they're not saying they have to put up 30, 40, 50, 60 points or not saying that,
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but you have to put points on the board.
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Okay.
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You cannot give this Cowboys offense or defense a chance to, you know, to, to get a rhythm.
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You cannot stop the run, put pressure on that press.
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Scott, be physical, play ball.
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That's it.
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That's all you have to do.
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You do that and we win the game.
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Right.
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Now, moving on to college football, because we know we all love college football.
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Okay.
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Miami versus Cow.
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Yes.
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Miami versus Cow.
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So this is the first matchup since 08.
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08.
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I don't even know how that wasn't 08.
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8, 9, 10.
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I don't know.
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Don't even matter.
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Forget about it.
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Kim Ward is coming off of a 38, 34 victory over Virginia Tech.
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Okay.
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He was 24 for 38, 343 yards, 60, a 63.2 completion percentage and averaged nine yards per pass
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attempt, four touchdowns, two, two picks and a QBR of 89.4.
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Now I know this was another play.
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I know there was another player that I was forgetting.
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Cam Ward.
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Cam Ward has definitely been doing his thing.
28:29
Cam Ward has definitely caught my attention and I'm probably going to be starting to look
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at more, more footage of Cam Ward because, you know, he's a really good quarterback.
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He's a really, really, really, really good quarterback.
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I thought, you know, I was definitely, I did not know your talents, brother.
28:46
I did not.
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He's doing his thing.
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He's balling out.
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Miami is doing their thing.
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Like the Miami of old are being dominant, you know, on both sides of the ball.
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And you know, if they continue on this streak, I do think it's going to come down to, like
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I said again, Chador, Travis Hunter, Travis Hunter, Cam Ward and the running back from
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Boise State.
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I think it's going to come down to those four.
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I don't think it's going to be anybody else.
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And you heard it here first on the football junkies podcast.
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Now, when we look at the Cal quarterback, Fernando Mendoza, he's coming off of a 14-9
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loss from FSU where he was 22 for 36, 303 yards.
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A 61.1 completion percentage averaged 8.4 yards per pass attempt, one pick in a QBR 56.3.
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Now, this is what I would say about Cal.
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Cal is in a place where, you know, they're coming off the loss.
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You're going up against a team that's hot, hot, hot, hot.
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And they've been undefeated.
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So you already know that the margin of error is going to be very small.
29:48
You know that this is probably going to be a very emotional game for Miami.
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And you already know what you're walking into.
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Okay.
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So try to minimize the errors, try to, you know, be effective with the passing game as
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well as the running game.
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And you know, try to put points on the board.
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Do not try to turn this into a shootout because I'm telling you, you try to turn this into
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a shootout with Miami.
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You are going to lose.
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You're going to lose.
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Cam Ward can attack you, you know, in the air as well as with his legs.
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He can do both.
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And you know, that offense, they're, they're moving.
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They're moving and grooving.
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They're putting points on the board.
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They're knocking teams, you know, left and right.
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Okay.
30:32
Now, going on to the Georgia and Auburn game.
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Wow.
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It's only 30 minutes.
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Oh yeah.
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Cool.
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I told you guys, I was going to keep this very light.
30:41
This game is somewhat of redemption game for both teams, right?
30:45
And the reason why I say that is because both teams come off of somewhat of a major loss,
30:51
you know, recently, right?
30:53
Georgia lost to Alabama in that dynamic game last Saturday and then Auburn, you know, doing
30:59
Auburn things.
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Okay.
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So, you know, a lot of there, there's a lot is riding on this game as well.
31:07
Okay.
31:08
You know, both teams want to get back into the winning column.
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They want to try to, you know, rebound from their last loss.
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They want to, you know, just, you know, get that out of their mind or whatnot and just
31:18
try to get one, just try to get a W. So, you know, when we look at this, you know, Carson
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Beck was coming off a performance where he was 27 for 50, 439 yards, a 54 completion
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percentage, 8.8 yards per pass attempt, three touchdowns, three picks.
31:33
Okay.
31:34
Now, when we look at Peyton Thorn, okay, Peyton Thorn was coming off of a 20.
31:39
He was coming off of a game where he was 21 for 32, 338 yards, 65.6 completion percentage,
31:47
10.6 yards per pass attempt, three touchdowns, one interception.
31:52
Auburn is still, it's still the team that people have to worry about.
31:55
Okay.
31:56
They may, they may not have, you know, five star prospects on both sides of the ball and
32:01
you know, they may not have the most notable people, but just know Auburn can do some things.
32:06
Okay.
32:07
And still they can still go, go toe to toe with the best of them.
32:10
So I just want to see how both quarterbacks are going to respond coming off of, you know,
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their losses.
32:16
Are they going to come out here gun swinging?
32:18
Are they going to try to play very, you know, mild tempered or are they just going to leave
32:22
it all on the field?
32:23
Right.
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Because Carson Beck, you know, by a lot of people's standards, it's supposed to be one
32:29
of the people that's going to be in the, in the Heisman finalists.
32:32
I just don't see it personally, but you know, we all know crazy things can happen.
32:37
Now for Colorado versus Kansas state.
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Okay.
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Oh man.
32:42
Let's see what Dion can do.
32:45
Let's see what Dion can do.
32:47
Okay.
32:48
Chador Sanders is coming off of a 48 21 stomp out against UCF.
32:54
Okay.
32:55
Chador was 28 for 35, 290 yards at 80 completion percentage, three touchdowns, one pick in a
33:01
QBR of 89.1.
33:03
Avery Johnson was coming off of a 42 20 victory over Oklahoma state where he was 19 for 31,
33:10
259 yards, a 61.3 completion percentage, 8.4 yards per pass attempt, three touchdowns,
33:17
one pick in a 92.6 QBR.
33:20
Now when we look at this, you know, Kansas state has definitely been doing their thing.
33:26
Avery Johnson has definitely be, has definitely caught my attention.
33:29
You know, I've, I've, I've looked a little bit of at some Kansas state games and you
33:34
know, he, he's doing his thing.
33:36
Now I'm not saying he's, you know, a Heisman finalist or, you know, he's going to be a
33:40
first round pick or anything like that.
33:42
But you know, he's been doing his thing.
33:44
He's definitely been doing his thing.
33:46
Kansas state, you know, in the last few years have definitely started to, you know, cut,
33:51
you know, catch, catch my attention.
33:53
I don't know why, but it's just something about that offense is just like, it's not
33:57
the best, it's not the worst, but they get it done.
34:01
I don't know what it is, but they get it done.
34:05
Now the question is for Kansas state, you know, will that defense be able to stop, you
34:10
know, that red hot Colorado offense?
34:12
Because Shadori is still doing his thing.
34:15
You still have to worry about Travis Hunter on both sides of the ball, as well as those
34:19
other receivers who in my mind, a lot of those receivers are NFL caliber receivers.
34:25
Now I'm not saying all of them will be, you know, gone in the first round, but I do believe,
34:30
you know, people like Jimmy Horn will definitely be taken in the late first round, maybe early
34:34
second round, depending on how he does in the rest of the season and his combined numbers.
34:39
And even Travis Hunter, you know, I do believe that, you know, this offense is very capable
34:45
of continuing to put up some serious numbers.
34:48
I think people still doubt on Dion in his coaching style.
34:52
I still think people still sleep on Colorado as a whole.
34:57
And I think, you know, Colorado has to have to come into this game with that chip on their
35:02
shoulder.
35:03
You know, you can't come in here all relaxed and one not just because you guys have been
35:06
winning.
35:07
No, you got to keep on going.
35:08
You got to, you got to come into this game like you've been on the three game losing
35:12
streak.
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Okay.
35:14
That's what they have to do.
35:15
Now that defense for Colorado, I'll have a lot to say about it because why Travis Hunter
35:20
is going to do Travis Hunter things.
35:22
Anybody else just fall into place, do your thing, you know, make the make the right assignments
35:28
and just win.
35:29
Just win.
35:30
That's all they have to do.
35:31
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35:33
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36:00
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36:04
Do you want to see some of the games that I talked about or some of the games that I
36:06
haven't talked about?
36:07
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36:14
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36:15
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36:39
Now, as always, I hope I gave you guys the things that you guys need.
36:42
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36:43
I appreciate you guys so much.
36:44
We're going to have a lot to talk about with this whole Devante Adams debacle.
36:49
The question is, will he get traded before the trade deadline or after or, or, or, you
36:55
know, within the next few weeks?
36:56
Because remember, he is still out with the hamstring injury.
36:59
That is a legitimate injury and he's going to be out for another one to two weeks.
37:02
So who knows what's going to happen.
37:05
Hey, maybe, you know, as I'm editing this, because it's happened before it happened in
37:09
the summer, whenever I start editing news break.
37:12
So who knows, stay tuned.
37:14
I will once once some news break, I will let you know we will talk about it and more
37:19
and more.
37:20
Peace and love.
37:21
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37:24
Watch the football man.
37:25
Watch the football.
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Enjoy yourself.
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I'm out of here.