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Ep.50: Pittonite · Football Junkies podcast

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No, oh, no, what is that? What is that? Oh, no, my powers are fading. They're fading. They're fading. What is it?
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What is it? It's Pittsburgh a night. It's pit night
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Yeah, pit night. That's right. That's right. You thought I wasn't gonna say anything
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You thought I wasn't gonna talk about what happened on Sunday against the six
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You know what I'm not even gonna do it not gonna do it because we still got a game on Thursday
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We still have to talk about okay, but just know we got some breaking news
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We're not really breaking news because it already broke yesterday
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Well, we still got to talk about because it is sort of breaking news in our mind
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Joe Douglas get fired. I know. Yeah, that might turn into a rant
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Daniel Jones get benched that might turn into a rant the 49ers nightmare continues that might turn into a rant the Steelers
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Continue to win the chiefs undefeated season is over
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Anthony Richardson gets a W against the Jets the Cowboys drama continues and
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The Bengals
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Continue took from ball. Okay, all of this and more on the 50 if that's right the 50th episode of the football junkies podcast
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That's right. We have made it to 50
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Episodes and what is the best way to celebrate this then with a whole lot of rants a
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Lot of truth bombs a whole lot of opinions that guess what some people have been saying behind closed doors and then barbershops
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But you know what I'm gonna say it for everybody to hear it
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So guess what all of this and more okay, but don't you worry about it because guess what I am your host with the most
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Okay, I'm your chief
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Bagrodon miss. I am your chief meteorologist head of the table GM who currently is not on a team right now
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But don't you worry about it? Don't you worry your little mind about it because guess what I'm all these things and more
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But most importantly, I am your host with the most kale
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You already know what I'm getting right say so guess what we're gonna celebrate this thing football junkie style one two three
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Let's lock in all
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Oh
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Oh, right folks, let's get into the meats and potatoes of everything that is going on in the league right now
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We have to start things off with the jets. Okay, we're gonna talk about the jets all whole lot
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But don't you worry about that? Okay, so Joe Douglas former GM for the jets was fired
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Okay, flat out fired now before we get into all the you know
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Intangibles of who he has he drafted as well as you know his record
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Let's just get into the statement that was put out by you know current owner Woody Johnson
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So this is what he said and I quote today. I informed Joe Douglas. He will no longer serve as the general manager of the New York jets
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I want to thank Joe for his commitment to the jets over the last six years and wish him and his family the best moving forward
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Phil Savage will be the intern general manager for the remainder of the season
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We will begin the process to identify a new general manager
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Immediately now before we get into any more of the rants, okay before we start though the whole rant process and whatnot
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Let's get into some of the notable players that he has drafted. Okay, so under Joe Douglas's regime. He has drafted sauce
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Garret Wilson Jermaine Johnson
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Breeze Hall will McDonald Braylon Allen Michael Carter and more okay
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Those are some of the notable ones that he's drafted that been successful now his record has been 30 and 64
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So yes, the record does not look that good
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But when we really look at it, you know, he has hit as well as miss just like any other general manager has
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But you know for
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For this to be somewhat of a curveball
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No, it really isn't because you could tell that at this point in the season, they're ready to clean house
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Right. The jets are ready to just you know hit the nuke button
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Reach off of the deck and see what they have and you know, if it's a good hand, they roll with it if it's not a good hand
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Then they're just gonna keep pushing but you know, if you're Joe Douglas
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This is a blessing in the skies because now the opportunity to give yourself a little bit of lee leeway for the next two or three years
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Work under a front office build your reputation up a little bit more
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And then you know when there is an opening that you feel like you could possibly get then you go after and you get it
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Not to mention he does have numerous connections with you know current GMs right now in the league Andy Wightle, of course
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The the Ravens because he did start, you know with the Ravens or whatnot in other places
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So oh no, it's not a somber moment for Joe Douglas
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It's actually a great moment because again the jet season is continuing to crumble
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But at the same time there is criticism that does have to go on Joe Doug
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Doug was his lap and the fact of the matter is you know, you guys went out of your way to get Aaron Rogers, right?
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You guys sent multiple planes to get Aaron Rogers
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And then you decided to get all of his buddies together and so far it has been nothing but a shit show
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And I mean exactly what I said and I am not cutting that out
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It has been an absolute shit show and the reason why I say that is because
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you cannot make the move that you did to go after Aaron Rogers and
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Not face any backlash from it, you know and granted, you know that this could probably be a topic where I could be raging and you know
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Freaking out yelling doing more cussing or whatnot, but it wouldn't solve anything the fact of the matter is the jets have underperformed and
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This was a big hype up and now it has basically fallen straight to the ground
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From the offseason where they had hard knocks and they were documenting the whole thing and the whole media hype and you know
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Aaron Rogers or sauce was you know going to games together and everything and you know
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Everybody was thinking oh the jets are gonna be a problem gonna be a problem
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I was telling people this when they when they made the trade that this was not going to end well
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Okay, because Aaron Rogers does not have that gene in him to compel the team to be better
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Right because when we look at things right when we look at all the famous
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Quarterbacks that have went to second teams and won championships Tom Brady paint many myth in Matthew Stafford
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They all won championships. They all won
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Aaron Rogers has it. Let's really be real here. Let's have a real honest conversation here
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if you really expected that an
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Aaron Rogers led jets team was actually going to do something you are just
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You're out of your mind
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Because you could see that the right was on the wall that at some point
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He is going to start pointing the fingers
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He is going to start throwing people under the bus and then sooner or later people are going to start getting fired
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And who was the first person to get fired?
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Robert solid and since Robert solid has been fired. They have not done well that defense has not been well
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Nor has that offense and some of that does fall on who Aaron Rogers his lap
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And that also falls on Joe Douglas's lap as well because guess what you should have the know-it-all to realize listen
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Why in the world should I mortgage myself with a 40 almost 40 year old quarterback?
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Who during the last two or three years of his tenure with the Packers? They were horrible
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It was toxic. Why in the world would I want to bring that into my into my young locker room?
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Why and polluted and
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Now you're in a situation where now guess what you just wasted another year. You basically wasted two years
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Because you were thinking that this guy was going to be the one that was going to take you to the promise lane
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No, the only place that he has taken you is to the junkyard and that is the truth because now you are in a situation
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Where you have tailor made this team?
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specifically for Aaron Rogers and now you have to reshuffle the deck all over again now you have to prioritize
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getting a quarterback and
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To make matters worse the quarterback draft class is not even really that strong
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Next year sure you have Shadour Sanders and sure you have cam ward and sure you have Carson Beck and Quinn Ewers and Jackson
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Dart and others
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But the fact of the matter is it's not that strong
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The only two quarterbacks that you can say right now are first-round picks as cam ward and Shadour Sanders
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Everybody else is up in the air now Quinn Ewers
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You could probably make a case that he probably could be a
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A first-round pick depending on how the season goes with Texas, but the fact of the matter is
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Carson Beck is not a first-round pick
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Jackson Dart is not a first-round pick Jalen Milrow is not a first-round pick
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So now you have to allocate more resources to the quarterback position because you thought that this guy this veteran guy
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Would solve all your answers and all that he has done is created more problems
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Created more rift in your locker room and now he is going to force a lot of your young players
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To leave the team because they don't want to deal with this toxicity no more. I would not be surprised
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If sauce next year does not want to be on the Jets anymore
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I would not be surprised because
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Here he is wasting his prime years some of his best years on a team
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That is not gone anywhere. It's the same old Jets doing the same old thing
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And what is that exactly failing failing to meet expectations failing to meet the standard failing to do the right thing
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They looked more competitive
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With Mike White and Zach Wilson than they ever have with Aaron Rodgers and granted
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I understand that that's the first year of Aaron Rodgers. He was hurt over the season. Okay, cool
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But the constant back fighting and finger pointing and blame game that Aaron Rodgers continued to do has gotten them nowhere
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Mike Williams looks more happy now with the Pittsburgh Steelers than what he ever has with the New York Giants
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That's what happens folks when you get out of a toxic situation and you get into a more
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Progressive situation now let's shift this thing over to the Vontae Adams because yes
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I do have a little bit of a bone to pick with him simply because once again you fall for the same
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Okie-dote play
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Thinking that your friend was going to put you in a better situation has done is put you on a sinking ship
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I really want you to think about that for a minute here folks because
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Here we have a great receiver in the Vontae Adams
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You had a choice
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To go between the Ravens
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The Bills and the Steelers
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Three teams right now who are most likely going to be in the playoffs
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Who have a much better winning record and a much more stable
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situation at quarterback than what the Jets do
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And here you are deciding that you wanted to go and play with your friend who by the way
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Left you in Green Bay
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He left you
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You see there's a difference if you know
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Things just didn't work out and this was you know, it was unexpected and whatnot and you know
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This was an overnight type of trade that nobody was expecting
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Okay, fine
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But you knew that Aaron Rodgers was going to be going from the Packers
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And you knew
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That you
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Wanted another chance to rewrite your wrongs when it came to going to the Raiders and here was your chance
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Here was your chance to be a number one receiver
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On any of those three teams
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I don't care what anyone says
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Vontae Adams would have been a one with the Bills
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He would have been a one with the Steelers and he would have been a one with the Ravens
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He would have been and it also doesn't help that you will post a picture
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Of edgar allen po the one person the one icon that everyone knows is connected to baltimore
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And instead of you going to a team that is on the path to winning that is on the path to potentially winning a championship
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You decided to go with your friend
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You decided to pick the person that decided to leave you and now look most likely he's going to leave you again
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Now should we feel bad for the Vontae Adams? No, not at all because you had a chance to
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Change your direction now granted. I understand you probably wouldn't have went to the chief simply because of you know
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Division rivals and whatnot and I get all of that, but still come on man
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Do you have better options?
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Way better options than this. Come on, man. Say all that to say this
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There's going to be more people that are going to be getting fired
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Moving forward and if I am a GM and if I am a head coach, I know I've been on this topic for a long time
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I know I have other things I have to talk about we are going to talk about those things as well
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But I do want to drive this point home because I have been saying this
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Since the rumors were starting to bubble that erin rogers was going what was going to the jets
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Because you knew you could see the writing on the wall that it was it was not going to end well
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Everybody knew wherever Tom Brady went. Guess what most likely they were going to be
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competing for championship
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Everybody knew where Pey Manning was going most likely
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There's a chance that they can be a really good team and they could possibly win a championship
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Even though he was coming off of a serious neck injury
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Everybody knew if Matt Stafford was to be paired up with the right team in the right situation
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That they would be a very dangerous team all of them won championships
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error office hasn't won one
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Just a food for thought moving forward to another New York team that continues to
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Gravel own mess, which is the Giants now for those of you who do not know
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The decision has been made that Daniel Jones will be getting benched and not, you know being the backup quarterback
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No, he is the third string quarterback on the team right now
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So let's just get into the ins and outs of everything and then we'll you know dive into
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opinions and takeaways and whatnot so
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At this point at this juncture
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If Daniel Jones does not play another down for the new york giants, this will be his stat line
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216 for 341
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2070 passing yards eight touchdowns seven interceptions
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6.1 yard per 10 in a 63.3 completion percentage. Okay now his career record according to stat news
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is 24
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45 and one
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Okay
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Now according to Tom Pellecero because he tweeted this out the moment that Daniel Jones was being benched
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Daniel Jones was due 30.5 million in 2025
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But if the Giants cut or trade him before march 16th
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They hope they owe him no money beyond the 2024 season
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Now here is the interesting part in all of this
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If cut or traded without a post-june 1st designation
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They carry 2.21 million dead cap in 2025 with savings of 19.39 million. Okay
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Now vice versa if cut or traded with a post june 1st designation
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They carry a 11.1 million dead cap hit in 2025 in 2026 and save
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30.5 million on the 2025 cap now
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I know you know things things happen and you know decisions are made and at the end of the day
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This is a business
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But we all know that this was driven about
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Preparing for the future as well as beginning to figure out exactly how much money do they have so that they can invest
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Into building up this offense even more
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Because the fact of the matter is folks
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Daniel Jones since getting this deal has not lived up to the expectations
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And this falls on joe shane's lap
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Doesn't really fall on brian dabel's lap because brian dabel inherited
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Daniel Jones and brian dabel wanted to draft
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Either jade and daniel's or one of those other quarterbacks
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But they decided that they wanted to go and to get malik neighbors, which again, it's still a great pig
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It really is
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But the fact of the matter is it's better if you get a rookie quarterback because that gives you five years
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To build that team in the direction that you want that you want it to be built
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Compared to paying for an average to possibly below average quarterback who at best will probably be
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a backup quarterback moving forward to mention it also
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reinforces what i've been saying this entire time
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Which was the giants needed seikwan
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It was seikwan's influence on the field that was making daniel jones
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Look good
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And now that you realize that guess what now they're making the tough decision
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Which granted there have been you know insiders that have said that a lot of the giants players are a little bit disgruntled about it because
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They all know that this is a financial move. This isn't based off of you know anything else, which is true
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But at the end of the day here, let's be real here outside of darryl slayton and malik neighbors and tyrone tracy and theo johnson
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This offense really hasn't been super productive daniel jones has not been super productive
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And let's be real here again brian dable wanted jaden daniels. He really wanted him
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And the fact that they did not go and get him is a disgrace because now you see jaden daniels
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thriving and potentially
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Going to win rookie of the year
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He has looked phenomenal this year. This will go down in history as one of the greatest
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Seasons for a rookie quarterback
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In the fact that you could have gotten him and you didn't is a disservice to you in the organization
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And now you're trying to play a game of catch-up
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Because now you realize that guess what we overpaid we reached for this quarterback
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We thought that this quarterback was going to be the future when in whole time he was not
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All he was was a mere thought and so now you've put in tommy de Vito and then have drew lot behind him
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Knowing that they are not going to be able to win a whole lot of games
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Knowing that you are preparing yourself to draft a quarterback high
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And if you're brian dable you have to have an honest conversation with both john mera and joe shane
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And you may have to throw joe shane under the bus just a little bit simply because listen
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You were the one that was trying to justify the contract that you gave daniel jones
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You're trying to justify let me draft the quarterback this time because I know what type of quarterback
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I need in order to be successful
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Now we need to talk about some of these games, okay?
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And I know I've been sort of you know on rants and rants and rants, but you know what it's just
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It's just it's just frustrating just to see that
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Organizations continue to do the most
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Damnest things in the world and it's like bro
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Why in the world where the giants literally fighting tooth and nail towards the end?
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To get daniel jones a contract
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I remember it because it was literally getting close to the deadlines of franchise tag players and whatnot
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And they were fighting tooth and nail they were going back and forth going back and forth like two boxers
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And guess what daniel jones got a deal and instantly when the news dropped of daniel jones got in the deal
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I was like, you know what? Yeah, there's not gonna end. Well, this is not gonna end. Well, but you know if I'm safe one
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I'm just kicking back and I'm just you know, maybe chuck a little bend just say hey
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I told you so but let's get into this 40 Niners in seahawks game because a lot has to be said about this as well
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So geno smith was 25 or 32
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221 passing yards one interception
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6.9 yards per attempt in a 78.1 completion percentage
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Kenneth walker 14 attempts for 54 rushing yards
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3.9 rushing yards per carry one touchdown and one rush of 10 plus yards or more
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Jackson smith and jigba 11 targets for 10 receptions
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110 receiving yards and 11 receiving yards per reception
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Brock purdy 21 for 28 159 passing yards one touchdown one pick
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5.7 yards per attempt in a 75 completion percentage
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Christian mccaffrey 19 attempts for 79 rushing yards 4.2 rushing yards per carry in two rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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Joanne Jennings 11 targets for 10 receptions 91 receiving yards one touchdown and 9.1 receiving yards per reception
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Now this is what I will say. I think it's time. We have an honest conversation
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about the 49ers this season
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And I think it's really over
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I think the experiment and I mean experiment
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That was the 49ers is officially over
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And the reason why I say that is because you can tell
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They're just not the same team anymore. I think last year was probably the last true year
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Where they had a real legitimate chance of actually winning a super bowl
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I think you know once once the season ended the way that it ended
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I think it was just over for them to mention you can tell now
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People have become accustomed to the Kyle Shanahan system and there is a roadblock in Kyle Shanahan's offense
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Where there is a lack of creativity in his play calling
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Because now everybody knows how to do it now because a majority of his coaches are now offensive coordinators or
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In some capacity on an offensive staff on another team
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That's just what it is folks
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And it also doesn't help that you know the 49ers have not done well when it comes to drafting may I remind you
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Some of the players that they have whiffed on
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Recently. Yeah, I got time today. Let's get into it. Okay, so
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Trey Lance in 2021, right?
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They traded three
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Not one
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Not two
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But three first round picks and he only started three games in two years now. Mind you
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He had a season ending ankle injury one year and then after that
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He only started a few more games and they shipped them off to to uh to Dallas
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Dante Pettis in 2018 they traded up to get him
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Solomon Thomas
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2017 drafted third overall and he failed to meet the expectations and granted I get it
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You know, you're going to whiff on picks. It happens. I understand that
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But the fact of the matter is that that one trade with trade lands
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Pushed them back so many years that now it's finally catching up to them
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Because you traded away three first round picks to get somebody and then you didn't even really give them a fair shake
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You didn't
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What sense does that really make?
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And granted there were a lot of former players and analysts and one that were saying oh
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Get trade lands out of san francisco. He's not doing his job. He's horrible blah blah blah
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But you traded three first round picks to get him. I'm sorry
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You are going to have to ride out these five years to see exactly what do you have in trade lands
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And they didn't and they shipped him off like it was nothing
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That's why you see the 49ers in the last few years be so active when it comes to free agency and the trades
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In order to patch things up and if we're being real here, it's hurt them especially this season
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Because remember they put a lot of money into gravedigger's pocket and granted gravedigger got hurt
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And what has that done for them?
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nothing
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because now the defense of line
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is
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Not really that good and granted they did trade for Khalil davis, but that's a death piece
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You need somebody that's going to be able to you know
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Change a game if need be and the only person that you know that's productive on that line is nick bolsa
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And and your turn gross gross motos. I forgot about him and limber for forgot about those two guys
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No disrespect to you guys
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But again, let's be real here. The 49ers experiment is over and it's okay
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And I understand they're going to try to do something crazy this offseason to you know, try to run it one more time
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But it's just no point
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It's no point and granted I get it
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They hit on friend Warner they hit on George kiddo and Brandon iu it can debo Samuel
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And Brock perty and whatnot. I get all of that. But the fact of the matter is the truth of the matter is
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This team is not a super bowl caliber team the cardinals and the seahawks
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This is their division to fight for now. The 49ers are just occupying it
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That's just it and granted remember a lot of those 49ers teams that went to the Super Bowl one night
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They were just as dangerous on the defense as they were in the offense and now the defense has become really lackluster and granted
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They have Brandon staley as their defensive coordinator now
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I remember when that announcement was made and I instantly thought to myself
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That was probably the most dumbest things they could have ever did because mind you
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Have we not seen what Brandon staley did when he was the head coach for the Chargers?
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Do we not see how those defenses used to crumble in the fourth quarter?
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They used to crumble like flour hitting water
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It was atrocious and now you have him with the 49ers
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It's not looking good brother. It is not looking good. But for the seahawks
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great win
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Very much needed win. This keeps their playoffs, you know dreams alive
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And now they're probably be fighting tooth and nail with the Cardinals to see who is going to you know win the division and
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If I can make a prediction right now
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I will probably say it it might be might just be the seahawks
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But I will have to you know, check the the the schedules for for both teams right now
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But let's get into this Steelers and Ravens game. Yeah
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Yeah, we got to get into the game that everybody was talking about that the game that everyone was saying
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Oh, the ravens are going to beat the Steelers
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Yeah, I'm talking about you mook. You were the person that was definitely thinking that the ravens were going to beat the Steelers
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No, no, no, no, no
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Mike Tonley once again shows that he has the ravens number and Lamar Jackson's number now
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Let's get into these stats. Okay, Russell Wilson dangerous
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was 23 for 36 205 passing yards one pick
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5.7 yards per 10 in a 63.9 completion percentage
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Najee Harris 18 attempts for 63 rushing yards
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3.5 rushing yards per carry in three rushes of 10 plus yards and more
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George Pickens 12 targets for eight receptions 89 receiving yards and 11.1 receiving yards per reception
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Lamar Jackson 16 for 33
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207 passing yards one touchdown one pick 6.3 yards per 10 in a 48.5 completion percentage
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Derek Henry 13 attempts for 65 rushing yards 5 rushing yards per carry one touchdown one rush of 10 plus yards and more
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Isaiah likely 5 targets for four receptions 75 receiving yards and 18.8 receiving yards per reception
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Now this is what I will say and I'm just going to be completely honest here
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I'm going to try to eliminate the fandom within me for the
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Steelers you thought it was going to do but I'm not going to do it
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Going to wait till thursday now. This is what I will say
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In all seriousness
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The Steelers continue to you know get wins and this is probably their toughest opponent they have faced thus far
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And they won and you know, this wasn't just you know one person being dominant. No, this was a collective effort
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Especially on the defense. Patrick Queen was doing his thing
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John Ubenson, Cam Hayward, TJ Watt, to Sean Elliott
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Everybody heard job and this was a great win. This was a great win a very much needed win because this exposed the Ravens
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Because again for the longest time this season teams have been trying to figure out how can they stop this Ravens offense
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And the Steelers were the one to do it
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They finally cracked the code and they did it and this continues to show how dominant
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My timeline is when it comes to the Ravens
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Because again, as I said before in the previous episode leading up to this game
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The Steelers have won seven of the eight last matchups between the Steelers and Ravens
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And mind you some of those Steelers teams did not have a whole lot of talent
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Whether that be because of injuries or you know people not playing well or whatever the case may be
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And they still found ways to win
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I don't know man
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I don't know this Steelers team is getting more and more dangerous
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As the season continues to dwindle down as we get closer and closer to playoffs and whatnot
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Now the only problem that I do have with the Steelers offense is the red zone
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They have been atrocious in the red zone and granted there were multiple times where you probably could have put just in fields in
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And you probably could have done a QB option or something but you got to change up the play column because again
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The red zone has been somewhat of the Achilles heel for the Steelers offense
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I would have thought that they would have tried to use
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You know
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Nausea a little bit more in the red zone
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Maybe a little bit more of jaylen warren or you know just try to shake things up just a little bit more because again
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There were points and points in times in the game where okay
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They were just using a whole bunch of shotgun or a lot of pistol and it's like no bro
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You got to you got to switch things up a little bit more
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Because again, this is our divisional rival
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So whatever that we show them in this game most likely they're going to study it
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And they're going to be better equipped and better prepared for when we face them again
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Which I do believe we probably will beat them and then swept them and then win the whole division
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But I'm not going to say it. You didn't hear it here first on the 50th episode of the football
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Junkies podcast
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really there were multiple opportunities where lamar had chances to run into
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Possibly get a first down or you know to do something miraculous, but he just didn't want to do it and for
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Whatever reason I do not know but you know if you are the Ravens
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You got to clean that up. You got to do a better job because again
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And this is a crazy stat. I didn't even realize it the Steelers are undefeated
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When not scoring a touchdown, they are two and oh
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Compared to the entire league who are two and 18 when they don't score a touchdown
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The Steelers continue to find ways to win games in the most craziest ways
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And a lot of that a lot of this has to be given to my time and granted
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I was definitely one of those people. I'll be honest. I'll be very transparent here
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Who definitely thought, you know, this is going to be a very trying year for my time
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And because there was a lot of turnover with the offense
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Can you pick it was gone?
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You know
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Mason Rudolph was gone via free agency and then you bring in Justin Fields and then you bring in Kyle Allen and Russell Wilson
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You bring in a new offensive coordinator. You trade away. Deontay Johnson and you lose james daniel's for the season you lose
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Uh, Nate herbig for the season then joy fatanu is out for the season like a lot of things have happened and for
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Mike Tomlin to remain on the course and to exceed
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expectations and continue to win games that a lot of people said that the Steelers were not going to be able to win games is
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You know kudos to him
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And he continues to show that listen no matter what the odds are against no matter who is playing
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Who's not playing guess what this team is going to be ready to play
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Now let's get into this chiefs in bills game. So Josh Allen was 27 for 40
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262 passing yards one touchdown one pick
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6.6 yards per attempt in a 67.5 completion percentage
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James cook nine attempts for 20 rushing yards 2.2 rushing yards per carry and two touchdowns
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Khalil Shakir 12 targets for eight receptions 70 receiving yards 8.8 receiving yards per reception
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patch of my homes 23 for 33
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196 passing yards three touchdowns two picks 5.9 yards per attempt in a 69.7 completion percentage
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Green hunt 14 attempts for 60 rushing yards 4.3 rushing yards per carry
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And one rush of 10 plus yards or more
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Xavier worthy five targets for four receptions 61 receiving yards one touchdown and 15.3 receiving yards per reception
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Now this is what I will say here folks
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The bills win toe-to-toe with the chiefs and granted they got the win. That's great and all kudos to them whatnot
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but you know
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No one really cares about going up against the chiefs in the regular season
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It's what you do in the playoffs right now
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The bills just showed that they can go toe-to-toe
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With the chiefs because let's be real here. The chiefs are still waiting for to come back. Isaiah Pacheco
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JuJu Smith Schuster and company so they're still waiting for people, you know to get healthy and you know be able to play and whatnot
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But again, you still cannot sleep on the chiefs. Okay, the chiefs are still dangerous as long as patch of my homes is on that field
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They still have a chance to win and for Josh Allen to you know continue to show that hey listen
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Y'all was doubting me y'all thought I was going to have a you know a bad season without Stefan Diggs
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And he's still able to hold his own with you know a marie cooper keon Coleman and company definitely says a lot
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Okay, Josh Allen is balling this year
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This is probably maybe the second best season that I would say of his career because that first year where they went up against the chiefs
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in the AFC championship and then lost over time
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I feel like that was the best year that Josh Allen has ever had but you know all in all
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Great team win the defense stepped up the defense were making plays
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They were trying their best to beat patch of my homes and they were able to get through when they were able to create pressure
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And in doing so sealed the game with an interception now
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Let's go to the Colts in Jets game. So
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Anthony Richardson 20 for 30
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272 passing yards one touchdown
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9.1 yards per attempt in a 66.7 completion percentage
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Jonathan Taylor 24 attempts for 57 rushing yards
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2.4 rushing yards per carry and one rush of 10 plus yards or more
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Josh Downs 5 targets with 5 receptions 84 receiving yards one touchdown in 16.8 receiving yards per reception
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Error Rodgers 22 for 29
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184 passing yards 2 touchdowns
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6.3 yards per attempt in a 75.9 completion percentage
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Breece Hall 16 rushes of 78 rushing yards 4.9 rushing yards per carry one touchdown and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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Devonte Adams 7 targets for 6 receptions 72 receiving yards and 12 receiving yards per reception
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Now this is what I will say because the Colts made a comeback
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Okay, because there was a point in time things were starting to look a little bit out of hand
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Okay, the Jets defense was you know, they were starting to do anything. They were starting to get some momentum
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They were starting to you know, create pressure and you know cause fumbles and whatnot, but
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I don't know how they did it
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But the Colts buckled down and they got the win and to put the cherry on top
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Anthony Richardson ran in and he ran over DJ Reed. I'm talking about straight up. Put your head down
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Run them over that is something that if you are a Colts fan
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If you are a Colts player that you can hang your hat on because guess what Anthony Richardson fought
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He fought his way back into being the starting quarterback again and he fought his way to get this W
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So all in all a great win for them
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It still puts them in a good position to
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Possibly make it to the playoffs because again the Texan still look a little bit, you know
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shaky in my mind, but I could be wrong here
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But you know for the Jets, I don't think there's really a whole lot that I have to really say because I already said it
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You know prior to this point. So, you know, the Jets will be the Jets
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You know, it definitely sucks for a lot of those players, you know, especially those veteran players who you know
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They have more time behind them than ahead of them
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Under the impression that this was going to be the year where they actually, you know
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Were a part of a team that was actually going to be able to
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You know win a playoff game and you know actually go on a run
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But clearly that was not the case and now their dream has now turned into a nightmare now
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Let's move forward before I go any more further
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So Joe Burrow was 28 for 50
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356 passing yards three touchdowns
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7.1 yards per attempt in a 56 completion percentage
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T Higgins 13 targets for nine receptions 148 receiving yards one touchdown and 16.4 receiving yards per reception
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Now chase Brown 22 attempts for 86 rushing yards
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3.9 rushing yards per carry in one rush of 10 plus yards or more
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Justin Herbert 17 for 36
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297 passing yards
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Two touchdowns 8.3 yards per attempt in a 47.2 completion percentage
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J.K. Dobbins 11 attempts for 56 rushing yards
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5.1 rushing yards per carry two touchdowns and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more lab mcconkey
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nine targets for six receptions
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123 receiving yards and 20.5 receiving yards per reception now. This is what I will say here folks
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The bangles defense continues to show why they are going to be the killies heel
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for this bangles team
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when it comes to making it to the playoffs because again
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They were getting dice up. I'm talking about you get the finest chef
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You can possibly think of that have the greatest knife skills in the world and they were just
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Chopping them up Burrow can only do so much here folks
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and for him to constantly, you know
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Throw two and three and four touchdowns a game just to be able to possibly get close of winning a game
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It definitely says a lot, but you know jamar chase, you know had some thoughts on the loss
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And let's just say they're a little bit scathing. Okay, so this is what he says and I quote ask zack
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Ask the coaches don't ask me. I play football in the field
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I don't call plays for us
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And this is just one instance to show how the frustration is starting to build
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especially for some of the offensive players because
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They have been carrying the majority of the workload for the team
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And you know for Jamar chase, it's a little bit more
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Frustrating for him because guess what?
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I was trying to get a contract this offseason and y'all didn't even want to pay me
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Now I've been balling out and you know, we're losing games
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Joe burrow and Jamar chase alone are doing their thing t-higgins sure he comes in, you know here and there everywhere
40:37
Mike is second has been balling out and whatnot, but it's been the Joe burrow and Jamar chase show
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But guess what? I'm gonna put you on some game right now
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Best believe the Bengals are going to lose both of their receivers
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Because that relationship is fractured and you can see that there probably is a little bit of a rift between
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Zack Taylor and Jamar chase and if you are the Bengals front office
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You have to begin to prepare yourself for a possible scenario where you're going to lose both t-higgins and Jamar chase because right now
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Jamar chase is on pace to win the triple crown and if he does win the triple crown
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He automatically has the right to demand more money than Justin Jefferson
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Automatically now t-higgins t-higgins is already going to be going anyway simply because
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They haven't had no communication with the front office about a potential contract extension since last march
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So that's already that that bridge is charred. Okay. It is gone
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It's never going to be built something that they can do in order to repair it
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but I'm a little bit anxious about this because again
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If I lose both of my main receivers, what do I have?
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There's nobody else on the team that I have more chemistry with than with Jamar chase and t-higgins
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So if you're the Bengals, you better have a plan in place to either
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draft a receiver or you're going to have to go and get a
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You know middle of the pack to maybe a big fish of a receiver, but let's get into this Cowboys in Texas game
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Yes, I wasn't going to talk about it. But you know, I had a conversation with some friends and we just got to get into it
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Okay, so let's just dive into it real quick. Nothing really, you know crazy to talk about
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But Cooper rush was 32 for 55 354 passing yards one touchdown
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100 reception 6.4 yards per attempt in a 58.2 completion percentage
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Rico Dow 10 attempts for 28 rushing yards 2.8 rushing yards per carry
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CD lamb 12 targets for eight receptions 93 receiving yards and 11.6 receiving yards per reception
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CJ Stroud 23 for 34 254 passing yards 100 reception 7.6 yards per attempt in a
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67.6 completion percentage Joe mixing 20 attempts for 109 rushing yards
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5.5 rushing yards per carry three touchdowns two rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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Nico Collins seven targets for four receptions 54 receiving yards and 13.5 receiving yards per carry
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Now, this is what I will say
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The Cowboys cannot stop Joe mixing Joe mixing was playing like his hair was on fire. Okay
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He was running up and down the field
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Unstoppable and you know if you are the Bengals you are regretting the move that you made
43:25
And shipping off Joe mixing because Joe mixing is showing why the Bengals needed him a whole lot
43:31
But if you are the Cowboys not surprised
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You know, I don't know really what to say anymore about the Cowboys
43:38
You know, I get it. They're the team that everybody wants to beat up on laugh on
43:41
Joke on all those different types of things. I get that but you know, this Cowboys team is just
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Blah
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That's the best way to describe it. Blah
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like
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I'm letting y'all know right now
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If you had a plan to you know, watch some uh, some football and Thanksgiving. Guess what? There's no need
44:04
There is no need you might as well
44:06
When they pull out some uno cars and play uno with your family because it is not worth it. Okay
44:12
And if there was a way that they could redo all the commercials for the Thanksgiving games
44:17
They might as well want to do it, but it's too late. But this is what I will say
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Jerry Jones has a lot of tough decisions that he is going to have to make
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And the reason why I say that is because right now you done paid
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Over a hundred plus million for a quarterback
44:31
And you done paid, you know, close to almost 40 million for a receiver
44:35
And now you have multiple holes on both sides of the ball that you're going to have to figure out as well as get a new head coach in here
44:43
and to actually create a real coach within the Dallas Cowboys locker room and
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That's going to take some time
44:50
And I understand, you know, there are probably people that are saying, you know, they should just go through a rebuild and just
44:55
Scrap everything and just get a whole bunch of picks. Yes, they could do that or they could just go through a soft rebuild
45:01
I guarantee you if the Cowboys
45:03
maintain course
45:05
Don't spend a whole lot of money and just stock up on a whole bunch of picks for two years. Oh, they'll be competitive
45:11
They'll be able to compete with the Eagles with the Chiefs and company. They'll be able to do it
45:17
They just have to figure out exactly what is the plan moving forward because I don't think they're going to pay Michael Parsons
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I just don't because Michael Parsons is going to demand a lot of money
45:29
And I don't think Jerry is going to want to pay Michael Parsons a whole lot of money
45:34
Especially defense has not been playing well. You need a running back. You need another receiver like there is multiple holes
45:42
On both sides of the ball in very key positions that are going to need to be addressed
45:47
Not only in the draft, but as well as in in free agency and you know
45:51
If you are the Cowboys, maybe dangle Michael Parsons out there
45:55
See exactly, you know what teams will be willing to give up for and if it's super lucrative then hey
46:01
You go in and you pull the trigger
46:03
But if not, you then you know, you know exactly what you have to do
46:07
Because at this point you guys are not competitive. You guys wouldn't be competitive even if you had
46:13
Dak on the field. You just wouldn't right now this team
46:17
They they're playing like they have mentally checked out and that they are just trying to get through the season
46:23
So that can you know, they can have vacation and you know playing what they want to do moving forward with their agents and
46:29
Whatever the you know, whatever the things that that most professional athletes have to do
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But we'll just have to wait and see
46:36
What exactly happens what the Cowboys moving forward because
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I think fans are a little bit sick and tired of you know, the build up of every single year that you know
46:45
This is going to be our year. This is going to be our year and then they fail to meet expectations
46:49
Especially when they've been dominant, you know, the previous three years two or three years if I'm not mistaken
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