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Nick Bosa Limited in Practice, Cowboys vs. Eagles, & An Interview with Rhamondre Stevenson · NFL Now

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  Speaker 1: Network news room alongside Steve White Chamomice and this is
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  Speaker 1: NFL Now and rewarding our patients for watching that game
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  Speaker 1: last night. Steve, we get Chiefs, Bills, Dallas Philly. This
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  Speaker 1: Sunday blockbuster type of weeks. I mean, that's like, thank
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  Speaker 1: goodness we have those. I mean, look the Bills a Chiefs.
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  Speaker 1: If it's anything like that playoff game, even half of it,
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  Speaker 1: we're in for a treat. And I love the divisional
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  Speaker 1: matchup between the Eagles and Cowboys. I want to see
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  Speaker 1: Dallas's defense against this Eagles offense a prime one strength
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  Speaker 1: to get strength. Yeah, awesome matchups there. We're also gonna
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  Speaker 1: have Patriots running back Ramondre Stevenson joining us this hour.
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  Speaker 1: Get his thoughts on the Patriots matchup with the Cleveland
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  Speaker 1: brown Speaking of the Cleveland Browns, lot to get to
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  Speaker 1: on the injury front for more, we bring in our insiders,
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  Speaker 1: Ian rapp Report and Tom Pellicero now with our Friday
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  Speaker 1: injury round up. The Browns part of that crew. But
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  Speaker 1: first Ian, we're gonna start with news on the Dolphins
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  Speaker 1: quarterback situation. Yeah, we'll forget the fact that you kind
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  Speaker 1: of forgot my name a little bit there, and I
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  Speaker 1: was wondering what you're gonna go with the rappaport works
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  Speaker 1: will go with that. It's been my name I don't
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  Speaker 1: know most of my life. Yes, let's get to the
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  Speaker 1: Dolphins quarterbacks. And we already learned earlier earlier this week
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  Speaker 1: that Skyler Thompson, the seventh round rookie, expected to start
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  Speaker 1: for the Miami Dolphins, which, you know, something that Mike
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  Speaker 1: McDaniel could have kept the secret, could have kind of
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  Speaker 1: played the game, decided not to. So he is going
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  Speaker 1: to do the starter. It's really the question right now,
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  Speaker 1: who's going to be his backup? So to a talk
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  Speaker 1: about low the started for the Dolphins. Still in the
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  Speaker 1: NFL's concussion protocol even if the clears not expected to
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  Speaker 1: play this week. Chance and next week we'll see how
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  Speaker 1: that goes, but not gonna play this week. Petty Bridgewater,
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  Speaker 1: the backup quarterback, also in the concussion protocol. Despite passing
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  Speaker 1: concussion tests last week. He might clear before the game,
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  Speaker 1: but he has only practiced starting on Thursday, did not
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  Speaker 1: get many reps. If he's cleared, he would be the
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  Speaker 1: backup to Scotwan Thompson, not the starter. It's been one
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  Speaker 1: of these kind of mornings in a lot of caffeine
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  Speaker 1: there to get go and say you got the same thing,
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  Speaker 1: and you can appreciate that, Tom caffeine in there kind
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  Speaker 1: of acted like it might be something else. Oh, I
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  Speaker 1: assure you. It's a big, frontloaded thing of caffeine there
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  Speaker 1: straight to the veins. Meanwhile, in Cleveland, big question marks
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  Speaker 1: on their defense. What's the latest on their injury front? Well,
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  Speaker 1: for the Browns, they're gonna be missing two of their
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  Speaker 1: key pieces on that defense. One of them Mr Devian Clowney.
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  Speaker 1: He has been ruled out for this game, a mild
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  Speaker 1: surprise just because Clownie did play last week. He's been
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  Speaker 1: in and out the line of course, that's been part
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  Speaker 1: of the story of his career. He's currently dealing with ankle, knee,
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  Speaker 1: and elbow injury, so he is not gonna be available
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  Speaker 1: this week. Neither is cornerback Denzel Ward, who has been
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  Speaker 1: in concussion protocols. So two important pieces of that defense
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  Speaker 1: we're not gonna be out there this week. Yeah, one
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  Speaker 1: of the bigger questions injury questions RELI over the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of weeks, what about the status of Mac Jones.
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  Speaker 1: The Patriots started dealing with a pretty significant high ankle
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  Speaker 1: Spring was out of practice today on no doubt, practicing
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  Speaker 1: on a limited basis. And you know, coach Bill Belichick
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  Speaker 1: has been asked, you know, it seems like a hundred
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  Speaker 1: times or so, what's the status of Mac Jones. He
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  Speaker 1: said he's getting better, said he's progressing, did more this
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  Speaker 1: week than last week. But he's been asked about whether
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  Speaker 1: or not he is the starter. And one thing, Belichick,
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  Speaker 1: this is not going to process for everyone else. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: he's not gonna comment and talk about as the guy's starters.
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  Speaker 1: He's not a starter when he doesn't have the full
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  Speaker 1: injury information. The guy has him in clearance. Well, TBD
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  Speaker 1: on that one. I would expect Jones to be the
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  Speaker 1: starter when he's healthy, just not quite healthy yet, all right, Tom.
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  Speaker 1: The Colts coming off that Thursday night football overtime win
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  Speaker 1: last week without a couple of their marquee names, what's
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  Speaker 1: the latest on some of their superstars? Well, marsh Kill
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  Speaker 1: Leonard is going to be out again for this week's game,
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  Speaker 1: the second consecutive game he's missed and suffering a concussion
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  Speaker 1: and a broken nose, a coach Frank Ryk revealed required surgery.
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  Speaker 1: Quitty Pay who was also injured last week, he is
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  Speaker 1: not going to play this week, but it sounds like
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  Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor, as right put it, at least has a
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  Speaker 1: chance to be available this week. Taylor has been dealing
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  Speaker 1: with a lot over the past couple of weeks. First
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  Speaker 1: it was a minor turf toe deal, then he injured
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  Speaker 1: his ankle. The test of revealed he doesn't have a
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  Speaker 1: significant injury here, but he was not available last week
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  Speaker 1: obviously on the short week for the Thursday night game.
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  Speaker 1: The hope he was on the field today for practice.
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  Speaker 1: The hope is he's going to be ready, but remember
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  Speaker 1: this is a long season. That's the most important player
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  Speaker 1: on their team, arguably in Jonathan Taylor. They're certainly going
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  Speaker 1: to be cautious with his status going forward, and so
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  Speaker 1: we'll monitor that all the way up until Sunday. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they could use all the help they can get against
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  Speaker 1: the Jaguars team that beat them twenty four nothing week two. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: the forty beat down the Panthers pretty good last Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: but it was a costly win. All the injuries there,
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  Speaker 1: what's the latest on some of the forty niners big names?
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  Speaker 1: You know? Start with Nick Bosa, the biggest name who
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  Speaker 1: was injured and really the biggest name we are tracking
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  Speaker 1: because it does seem theoretically at least that he has
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  Speaker 1: a chance to play this week. He hadn't practice at
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  Speaker 1: all earlier in the week, but he was out there
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  Speaker 1: doing light individual drills today. He's officially listed as questionable,
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  Speaker 1: which we'll see what that means. The forty Niners listed
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  Speaker 1: George Kittle is questionable twice without him really having a
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  Speaker 1: chance to play, So we'll see if Bosa follows the
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  Speaker 1: same script or whether or not he actually has a
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  Speaker 1: chance to play. TBD on that one. A couple of
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  Speaker 1: defensive starters who are not going to play. Eric Armstead
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  Speaker 1: is dealing with planter fasciitis, also an ankle injury. He
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  Speaker 1: did not practice this week. He has been ruled out,
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  Speaker 1: and then Javon kin Law, their first round defensive tackle
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  Speaker 1: from a couple of years back, again dealing with a
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  Speaker 1: knee injury. No practice this week also ruled out forty
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  Speaker 1: Niners practicing in West Virginia this week at the Greenbrier
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  Speaker 1: staying there ahead of their game against the Falcons, and Ian,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't forget your name, and we are not going
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  Speaker 1: to forget the tenth anniversary, one of the great moments
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  Speaker 1: in your history of television, preparing for the Packers Tech
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  Speaker 1: Londay night game. Oh, head on a swivel. There. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it gets better every time I've seen I've probably seen it,
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  Speaker 1: I would say a hundred and fifty to two hundred
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  Speaker 1: times by now, maybe three. The most frustrating thing is
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  Speaker 1: how humongous my suit is your Your face still looks
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  Speaker 1: the same, even though you've had two kids since maybe
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  Speaker 1: you'd have gray hair like me and Steve, But no,
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  Speaker 1: you still look at I'm about to say, get him, Tom,
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  Speaker 1: it's up for you. Yeah, no, it's it's plastic surgery,
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  Speaker 1: which is fine. I'm just up frid about it. Plastic
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  Speaker 1: surgery and a lot of makeup, A lot of make up,
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  Speaker 1: no hair dyed though, hairs on that trip. Yeah, there
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  Speaker 1: you go. At least he's so so so. Here's the
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  Speaker 1: deal that so so? Tom. I want to know because
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  Speaker 1: you probably have the inside scoop on this. Is Ian
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  Speaker 1: at home all the time now because he requested because
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  Speaker 1: that was just like so bad for him, Like he's
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  Speaker 1: just like I, I can't go through that again. Or
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  Speaker 1: if he goes on the sideline, does he now have
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  Speaker 1: a hired hunt catcher to protect situations like this? I
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  Speaker 1: believe the issue is just that Ian's terrible speaking on
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  Speaker 1: the sideline and doing that job. Didn't your mom? Ian
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  Speaker 1: wants tell you that she didn't like how you sounded
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  Speaker 1: when you script out your hits and I remember that
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  Speaker 1: story correctly. Oh that is harsh. He's pull out my mom.
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  Speaker 1: The most important thing my mom has ever told me
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  Speaker 1: is one she didn't like always sound in the when
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  Speaker 1: I scripted and to my ears get read when I'm
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  Speaker 1: on TV, so I gotta put makeup on my ears.
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  Speaker 1: A classic for all time chiefs, And of course ended
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  Speaker 1: up pulling this one out in overtime. Thanks for that
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  Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey catch. And here is a look at the
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  Speaker 1: numbers by the quarterbacks. Seven touchdowns, zero interceptions by these
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  Speaker 1: two superstars Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes for much more
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  Speaker 1: in this matchup. Let's welcome back are Mark Ross and
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  Speaker 1: Mark Travis Kelsey coming off a game Monday night where
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  Speaker 1: he scored four touchdowns, How does he get even close
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  Speaker 1: to some sort of replication in this game on Sunday, well,
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  Speaker 1: he definitely won't get four, oh mart, He's still running
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  Speaker 1: free of that defense that they were playing against him.
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  Speaker 1: But who will step up if the Bills say, you
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  Speaker 1: know what, We're just going to completely take Travis Kelsey
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  Speaker 1: out of this game. And this is the big X
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  Speaker 1: factor where Tyreek Hill last year you had him making
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  Speaker 1: big plays in that comeback last year against the Bills.
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  Speaker 1: It was Tyreek Hill and the Kelsey show. So now
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  Speaker 1: Kelsey's out of there, who can step up or who
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  Speaker 1: is capable of stepping stepping up? Visit juju is an mvs.
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  Speaker 1: Will it be Clyde Edwards Hilaire coming out of the backfield,
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  Speaker 1: running and receiving out of the backfield? Will it be
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  Speaker 1: my guy sky Moore who got into the mix at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the game last week? If are they
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  Speaker 1: setting setting up this game for him to kind of
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  Speaker 1: have a surprise appearance there? So I think by I
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  Speaker 1: don't think there's one player there who can obviously replicate
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  Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill. But when the Chiefs constructed this team in
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  Speaker 1: the off season, it was we're going to do this
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  Speaker 1: by committee. So I would expect to see that against
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  Speaker 1: the Bills, to say one of these guys will have
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  Speaker 1: to make key plays, a lot of those key plays,
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  Speaker 1: not just one of them. Yeah, both of these offenses
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  Speaker 1: could put up major points. And it really is a
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  Speaker 1: contrast in styles. In the past game. Kansas City's tight
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  Speaker 1: ends and running backs lead the league in receiving yards
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  Speaker 1: and touchdowns, while the Bills receivers leave the receivers in
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  Speaker 1: receiving yards and touchdowns. As for Buffalo, this is one
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  Speaker 1: of those games that all the off season that they
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  Speaker 1: put in construction that roster is for. How do they respond,
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  Speaker 1: you think on Sunday. Yeah, to be the man, you
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  Speaker 1: have to beat the man omar and Kansas City has
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  Speaker 1: been the man in the a f C over the
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  Speaker 1: past three or four years with Patrick Mahomes and specifically
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  Speaker 1: against the Bills and Josh Allen. He's three and one.
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  Speaker 1: So look, the Bills have been looking at this and
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  Speaker 1: say how do we beat the Chiefs And they've gone
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  Speaker 1: out and gotten von Miller. That was the number one
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  Speaker 1: off season signing that they said, we need someone to
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  Speaker 1: get stops. We just need one play, a big play
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  Speaker 1: by von Miller to make a stop against Patrick Mahomes
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  Speaker 1: and that's how they were built. So really, this is
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  Speaker 1: the game to say are we the team now? Or
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  Speaker 1: is the Chiefs still the team? But even so, no
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  Speaker 1: matter who wins this game, Old Mark, I think we're
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  Speaker 1: going to see this team, uh see these two teams
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  Speaker 1: face each other in the playoffs, hopefully the AMC Championship game,
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  Speaker 1: but even for years to come, because this, to me
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  Speaker 1: is the modern Brady Manning. Mahomes Allen is the modern
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  Speaker 1: day Brady Manning. We're gonna have a lot of years
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  Speaker 1: of excitement with these two quarterbacks and these two teams.
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  Speaker 1: That one a warm up for Sunday night showdown in Philly.
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  Speaker 1: Cooper Rush, he slaid one NFC East Giant earlier this season?
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  Speaker 1: Does he have the right recipe that the Birds? Those
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  Speaker 1: answers coming up? Fin NFL? Now, y'all know what week
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  Speaker 1: it is. The Egos tweeting Fly Eagles Fly. They are
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  Speaker 1: ready to welcome in the Dallas Cowboys. No love lost
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  Speaker 1: between these two teams, we know that. And Tank Lawrence
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  Speaker 1: he's tired of hearing about the Eagles offense. It will
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  Speaker 1: be a good test for us, you know what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like you know, they do have a pretty
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  Speaker 1: good offense. Um. You know, they got got a good
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  Speaker 1: receiver corps um, good quarterback, you know, good offensive line,
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  Speaker 1: so you know they will around it. But also we
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  Speaker 1: don't boys, remember that y'all asking me questions like I
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  Speaker 1: should be worried about them. You know, never worried, never
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  Speaker 1: from any situation. But I just want you all to
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  Speaker 1: understand that. You know we're coming to play too, alright.
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  Speaker 1: For more on this matchup, Jane Slater and Jim Trotter.
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  Speaker 1: Can't wait for this one, Jane. We know about the
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  Speaker 1: high flying Eagles, the receivers that Jalen Hurts has been
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  Speaker 1: on point with, but it's the running game that still
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  Speaker 1: dominates games at times. What's the key for the Cowboys
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  Speaker 1: defense in slowing that run game down? Well? I think
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  Speaker 1: it starts. Obviously they've got aggressive front seven. But what
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  Speaker 1: are they gonna do with Micah Parsons. He's been dealing
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  Speaker 1: at the growing injury this week, But even with the
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  Speaker 1: growing injury and the game against the Rams, he had
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  Speaker 1: two sacks and that one what he had three QB
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  Speaker 1: hits and a forced fumble, so he was still playing
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  Speaker 1: lights out in that one. I'm gonna be curious see
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  Speaker 1: if they employ a spy, you know, another words, a
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  Speaker 1: defensive player that shadows Jalen Hurts this game. The problem
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  Speaker 1: is you do that, then that exposes you in the
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  Speaker 1: passing game. Of course, they've got threats like a J.
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  Speaker 1: Brown that he can get the ball too, But I
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  Speaker 1: think Jalen Hurts is gonna be their biggest challenge defensively
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  Speaker 1: for them this season. Still the Cowboys. When you look
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  Speaker 1: at last week, the Rams didn't necessarily have the sort
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  Speaker 1: of rushing threat that say the Giants did, but they
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  Speaker 1: did a great job there. And then the last five
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  Speaker 1: games they're only allowing teams to put up less than
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  Speaker 1: fifteen points this season. So, as DeMarcus Lawrence said to
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  Speaker 1: you right there, it's gonna be a really good test
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  Speaker 1: for this defense. Cooper Rush, as I said earlier, isn't
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  Speaker 1: putting up the gaudy stats, but that defense sure is. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the defense playing lights out under Dan Quinn. It was
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  Speaker 1: remarkable last week seeing Michael Parsons stretch wins with Payne
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  Speaker 1: and still be as explosive as he was. Meanwhile, Jim
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  Speaker 1: the Cowboys rushing attacks still looking explosive at times with
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  Speaker 1: both Zeke Elliott and Tony Pollard. What's the key for
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  Speaker 1: Philly to slow that rushing attack down? You know, Omar,
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  Speaker 1: I really believe it's no sguard. Jordan Davis the key
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  Speaker 1: for the Eagles now. Look, according to next Gen Status,
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  Speaker 1: when he has been on the field for the for
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  Speaker 1: fifty three rushes, they've allowed only three point eight yards
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  Speaker 1: per carry. When he has been off the field, they
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  Speaker 1: have allowed an average of six yards per rush on
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  Speaker 1: fifty three rushes. Now, that's two more than when he
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  Speaker 1: is on the field. So from that standpoint, that's important
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  Speaker 1: because Dallas clearly has been leaning on the rush while
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  Speaker 1: Dak Prescott has been out last four games, they have
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  Speaker 1: run the ball a hundred and twenty times. They have
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  Speaker 1: thrown the ball a hundred and five times. That's in
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  Speaker 1: stark contrast a week one when Prescott was on the
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  Speaker 1: field and they attempted forty two passes and only eighteen rushes. Rushes. Now,
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  Speaker 1: Davis has been getting better every week, and coach Nick
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  Speaker 1: Sirianni said he is coming off his best game of
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  Speaker 1: the year last week against the Cardinals at six six
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  Speaker 1: three thirty six. And I believe that's a conservative way.
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  Speaker 1: Um he has opened up things for other players by
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  Speaker 1: occupying blockers on the interior, and that's created more opportunities
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  Speaker 1: on the edge. And so from that stand when I
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  Speaker 1: believe he is going to be one of the keys
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  Speaker 1: in terms of stopping this Dallas run. Yeah, they're hoping
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  Speaker 1: Jordan Davis can get that dog in him. Speaking of
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  Speaker 1: who let the dogs out? Is that you, Jane? I
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  Speaker 1: know both of you had dogs. Oh dear here in
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  Speaker 1: mine when I've got these noise canceling uh earpieces and
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  Speaker 1: I can't hear anything, but yeah, I think we both
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  Speaker 1: have our dogs going off today. Yeah, I don't even
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  Speaker 1: hear it anymore. Go follow Jane Slater on Instagram. You
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  Speaker 1: could see her dogs. They're the cutest things. I know.
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  Speaker 1: My daughters love them, and we're hearing from them today.
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  Speaker 1: Jane Slater, Jim Trotter, thank you very much. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles the only undefeated team right now in the
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  Speaker 1: National Football League five and oh their first five and
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  Speaker 1: oh start since the two thousand four season, and of
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  Speaker 1: course that year they reached the Super Bowl. So of
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  Speaker 1: course whenever the last team in the league is undefeated,
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  Speaker 1: we get comparisons to the seventy two Dolphins. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: this is the fiftieth anniversary of the Miami Dolphins. And
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  Speaker 1: here's a look through five games at these two teams.
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  Speaker 1: You see very similar numbers with the rushing attack, the
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  Speaker 1: points per game, the turnover differential stands out as well
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  Speaker 1: as the point differential. And there are the Dolphins celebrating
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  Speaker 1: fifty years, the anniversary of the seventy two perfect season
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  Speaker 1: seventeen and ohs still the only undefeated season in NFL
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  Speaker 1: history still to come. Here on NFL Now, we're gonna
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  Speaker 1: welcome in Ramandre Stevenson, new England Patriots running back. He
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  Speaker 1: joins us next on NFL Now, coming off that huge
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  Speaker 1: game last week against the Lions. Patriots running back Ramondre
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  Speaker 1: Stevenson setting a career high last week against the Detroit
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  Speaker 1: Lions with a hundred sixty one yards carries in a
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  Speaker 1: twenty nine nothing win over Detroit. Now, the Patriots are
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  Speaker 1: getting ready to face the Cleveland Browns this week, and
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  Speaker 1: we are proud and welcome into mind Romandre Stevenson to
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  Speaker 1: NFL Now alongside Steve White. Romandre, congratulations on that game.
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  Speaker 1: What was clicking for you on Sunday there against Detroit? Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: nice to be here first of all. But last week
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  Speaker 1: it was just my old line working super hard and
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  Speaker 1: then the game plan we came in with. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like we just had to execute that and we did
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: a good job of that. Roding. You mentioned your offensive
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: line because I wanted to get to get you about that,
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: because look, they've they've done a good job in protection
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: this year for the quarterback, the run blocking. What has
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: worked with that unit with some of the changes that
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: you guys have had to make this offseason. I feel
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: like this the coaching staff, Matty p and Billy Age
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: just with the old line just making it as easy
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: as possible so they could they know who they blocked
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: and just could play fast and just get to the
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: second level as quick as possible. And they just work
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: car every day, so there's no surprise. Really, Romandre Damien
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: Harris is banged up, gonna miss a couple of weeks.
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: And it seems like for yous now and covering the Patriots,
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: there's about three or four different running backs every single
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: year that at one time or another are called to
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: pick up a big role in this offense. How do
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: you guys stay fresh and stay ready when your name
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: is called? Uh? Just just everybody on this team prepared
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  Speaker 1: like they're playing that week. So it's really no no
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: mix up or anything. Just easy. Got to be prepared.
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  Speaker 1: And I feel like, especially in our room, we're very prepared.
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: We're we're willing to learn, and we all just we
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: all bring something different to the table and we all
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: just feed off one another. So I feel like it's
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: a it's just a great situation. Not running background. Is
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: that a thing that's game planned specific, or is it
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: to keep you guys fresh, how you guys kind of
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: rotate throughout the year, just to keep us fresh. You know,
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: me and Damian I felt we have we do a
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: lot of things well, we do different we have different
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: skills set things like that. So it's just it's just
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: getting us out there and just doing what we what
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: we gotta do is is not a game plan thing,
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: just keeping us fresh and just whoever has the hot hand.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: I feel like it's going to get out there and
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: uh produce that day. Right. But with Damian now it
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: does seem like your opportunities will be there more going
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: up against the Cleveland defense. I just got tagged for
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: two D thirty eight yards on the ground. I mean,
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: do you see some opportunities to maybe get back to one. Yeah,
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: I'm always looking to improve, but every week in the
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: NFL is is different. So I just got to approach
• 18:22
  Speaker 1: it and prepare like any other game and just go
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: out there ready to run the ball hard and just
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: run behind my old line. Ramondre We hear it every
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: year that a rookie quarterback's best friend is a strong
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: running game. You provided that for Bailey Zappy last week
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: in his first start. Do you feel any added pressure
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: that you guys have to produce knowing you have a
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: rookie quarterback. There no no no added pressure, But I
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: just know just getting to this point of the season,
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: we have to run the ball hard regardless. So with
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: Bailey in there, with Mac and there whoever is in there,
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: you just gotta know how to run the ball and
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: just be physical. And Billy's he's doing a great job,
• 18:58
  Speaker 1: so I'm not really worried about any extra pressure, especially
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: just off of his and he's doing a great job
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: and just willing to learn. And I say he's doing
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: he's getting better and remind you, we know you guys
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: changing things offensively coming into the season. With Josh McDaniels
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: going to the Raiders and Matt Patricia, Joe Judge coming
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: in now with Bailey Zappy having to step in, did
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: you have to change things even more? Uh? No, I
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: wouldn't say we had to change anything, uh anymore things
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: like that. But it's it's a new quarterback, so I'm
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: sure that that staff and there they've been going through
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: a little bit of changing things like that, but they're
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: they're doing a great job as long as Bailey Zappy
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: and then Max Stell in his ear. We've got Brian Hoyer,
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: we got Garrett so they all just it's just a
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: helping hand over here and just everyone's helping out each
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: other and it's been a pretty smooth transition. If you
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: ask me, you're facing a team that has Nick Chubb
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: and Kareem Hunt. You know, they're one of the best
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: rushing attacks in the entire NFL. You see this as
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: a measuring stick type the game for you. First of all,
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: I got a ton of respect for both of those
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: guys that run the ball super hard, very talented. But yeah,
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: it's just gonna be one of those games I feel like,
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: just just staying on the field of time of possession,
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: getting first down just trying to move the ball. Just
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: moved the ball. That will all right, son. So the
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: units you wore last week, right, the red jerseys, the
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: Patriot pat on the helmet like a young guy like you,
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: they were throwbacks. I'm old. I remember when they wore
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: them full time. But said, gotta tell me, man, what
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: is the feeling about those red jerseys in that classic helmet.
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: The guys like him better than what you guys are
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: rocking normally. Uh, it's a great change, if I'll say that.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: Everybody loved putting them on last week. And I think
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: we got another weekend, so I think everybody's looking forward
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: to that. But our uniform, as I mean, we got
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: to play football at the end of the day. But yeah,
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: we love the red uniform. I'll come on, have some more.
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: We know you. You were a star at Oklahoma and
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: one of your former teammates, Jalen Hurts, has had a
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: tremendous year. What did you see from him when you
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: guys were in college that suggests he might become the
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: big star that that he's becoming. First and foremost, he
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: was just a very mature, mature person. He was a
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: guy that he did not want to be average. He
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: didn't want the team to be to be average, so
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: he just pushed everybody. And it's no surprise like I've
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: seen it in him from way back then. I only
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: had one season with him, but just the way he
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: carried us. So he's a he's a prose pro. We
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: want to have you close your eyes here if you will,
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: maybe metaphorically and listen to this Remandre. You know, it's
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: very very energetic, has a ton of good energy out
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: there on the field, really smart, really versatile. You can
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: do a lot of different things. He's a really good athlete. Um,
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: he's strong, he's big, he's athletic. So um, he's a
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: valuable piece to our tour football team across the board.
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: I love working once everything great kid. Well that was
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: Steve Belichick talking, but it sounds just like Bill Belichick
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: and his iconic voice. Do you guys ever get confused
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: when you're walking around the building and you hear Steve talking, Yeah,
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: kind of. They both have that kind of like monotone voice,
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: So yeah, it's kind of confused, but time respect for
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: by the other guy. I love about the though. Does
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: it ever change because we get the public stoic voice,
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: But I mean, do we ever get like anything different,
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: Do you guys ever see a different side of either
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: one of them? I might getting toble for this, but yeah,
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: Belicheir like to the eyest he's he's one of the
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: funniest people on our coach and stuff. And I know
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: a lot of people have vouched for that, but yeah,
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: he's he's more than what the media shows. I would say,
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: All right, well, remind you a Stevenson, thank you so
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: much for joining us. Congratulations on your career, high on Sunday,
• 22:37
  Speaker 1: and good luck against Cleveland this Sunday. Appreciate you guys,
• 22:40
  Speaker 1: Thank you. Right. Meanwhile, Kirk Cousins and the Vikings getting
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: ready to go against Mike McDaniel and the Dolphins, a
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: couple of teams with brinning records meeting in South Florida.
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: Here's Mike McDaniel on the matchup. We decided to start
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: Skylar because we knew the you know, it was best
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: for the team in terms of, um having the week
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: to prepare and you know, um all those things. So yeah,
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: there's that nothing's changed in the teams. Um, the team
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: has really believes in all three quarterbacks. So um, that's
• 23:20
  Speaker 1: one one thing We've been fortunate that we've talked about
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: since since preseason. Is a luxury to have three quarterbacks
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: that your disposal and this should be a fun one
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: there at hard Rock Stadium, Cam Wolf and Mark Ross
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: back with us Now. Cam. When you look at the
• 23:34
  Speaker 1: Dolphins defensively, how do they slow down Kirk Cousins and
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: that Vikings offense. Yeah, Omar has to start with this
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: pass rush we saw last week when Kirk Cousins went
• 23:44
  Speaker 1: seventeen of seventeen to start the game. He is a
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: quarterback that thrives in rhythm and so you look at
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: the Vikings numbers, They've only given up eight sacks this
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: year in five games. But if you dive deeper, like
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: I did with our great research team, you would notice
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: that Kirk Cousins has really struggled against the blitz. He's
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: in the bottom two and completion percentage and yards per
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: a tip against the blitz. And he's playing the Dolphins
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: defense that loves the blitz, one of the highest blitz
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: rates in the league. Not as much success with that
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: blitz this season. So there's been a lot of questions
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: here in Miami. Should they blitz more, should they blitz less?
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: Regardless of their plan, they have to get home on
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. One thing to note about their pass rush.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: Four rushers are fewer when they send four rushes or fewer.
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: They have just one sack this year. That's last in
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: the league. This Dolphins defense has to figure out a
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: way with Justin Jefferson, the NFL's leading receiver on the
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: other side, to be able to get home against the Vikings.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: And Mark, Look, this is a team that's playing their
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: third sting quarterback. This Dolphins defense had a lot of expectations.
• 24:43
  Speaker 1: They have to bow up and win this game for
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: their team. Yeah, Vikings. They are four and one and
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: probably the least talked about of all these teams that
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: are four and one or better. Mark, what's your take
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: through through the first five weeks of the season for Minnesota? Yeah, right, Ohmar,
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: because they've kind of been under the radar after the
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: public display of the prime time to baccle against the
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: Eagles where Kirk Cousins did Kirk Cousins thing, and as
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: Cam kind of mentioned, that's been Kurt's m O. When
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: he's comfortable, when he's in rhythm, when he doesn't get pressured,
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: he can pick you apart, but when there's a lot
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: of pressure in the game and on the big state
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: with prime time games, he kind of he does not deliver.
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: So I think this might be another game where Kirk
• 25:23
  Speaker 1: Cousins can get in rhythm. Uh since that Eagles game
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: that they've won three in a row, but it's against Chicago,
• 25:29
  Speaker 1: New Orleans, UH and and Detroit. So Minnesota has a
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: way of beating bad teams and really for the good
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: thing for that, when you look at their schedule the
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: rest of the way, they only have one prime time
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: game left, so one o'clock Kirk can really feast and
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: they play a lot of subpar teams. They don't really
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: have a lot of tough challenges on the horizon here
• 25:49
  Speaker 1: with their schedule, just looking at it right now. So
• 25:52
  Speaker 1: when I'm looking at Minnesota, yes, therefore one every win matters,
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: and I think they're gonna pile up some wins and
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: win that Central just when you look at their schedule
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: and not having him be under the big lights only
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: one more time on that's the season's schedule. Omar wow,
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: Which means that if Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: gonna get to the playoffs, are gonna have to do
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: a wild card out of the NFC North. According to
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: Mark Ross Mark Cam, thank you both very much. College
• 26:17
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• 26:21
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• 26:25
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• 26:30
  Speaker 1: That sets us up for one more thing, Mark Ross,
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: Jim Trotter, and Cam Wolf back with us. Mark will
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: start with you, what's your one more thing? Well? I
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: got the US heavyweight Deonte Wilder, who's from Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
• 26:44
  Speaker 1: the hotbed of football. They went and visited the Giants
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: practice this week in anticipation of his fight in the
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: Barkley Center this weekend. A little connection sat Quax Barkley.
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: His great uncle, Iron the Blade Barkley was a middleweight
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: chant back in the eighties. So little boxing connection there.
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: Trying to bring some good luck there to the giant.
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: There you go, Giants, trying to be chance. Jim, what's
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: your one more thing? Yeah? I want to give a
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: shout out to Raiders depends van Max Crosby and his
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: fiance Rachel Washburn, who yesterday welcome their first child, Elo
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: Rose Crosby. Now we know Max had that tough loss
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: on Thursday night against Kansas City, but there's nothing like
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: the birth of a child to provide perspective in these moments.
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: So congrats to him and Rachel m the birth of
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: their first child, and rats to the Crosby family. Has
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: been a great turnaround for Max Crosby. In great name,
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: my oldest is Isabella Rose cam Wolf. What's your one
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: more thing? Well, mar I wanted to talk about Dolphins
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: ping pong gate. The patent table was removed by Tyreek Hill.
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: There was different reasons why Tyreek said a Dolphins table
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: he's getting. Mikeel Danigos said, maybe it was distraction. Well,
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: Mike Danigos said, today there's fourteen reasons why. I don't care.
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: We just want to focus on that. I do care
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: that Ian rapp Reports stole by one more thing yesterday.
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: So this is a ten year anniversary of Ian's most
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: covenant moment, as we're porter one of the greatest moments
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: in Ian Rappaport history. I love it. Sunday Night Football
• 28:10
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• 28:13
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