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Some of The Worst Takes We’ve Had (And We Have Receipts) · Fanatically Speaking with Kent

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What's up, everybody? This is another episode
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of fanatically speaking. I am log off the log
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off legend In this episode, we're going to do
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kind of a mixtape of sorts of a compilation of
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some of the worst takes that both myself and
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Kent have made. It's a variation of a lot of
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different things that we've just kind of said,
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you know, as we were recording our podcast over
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the last few months. Some of them are more ridiculous
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than others, but what we're going to do is we're
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just going to kind of fly through some of the
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funner ones that I was able to kind of pick apart.
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And the first thing we're going to go with is
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Kent and his love of Daniel Jones early in the
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season. And we can go ahead and get right into
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that. I'm going to spin the wheel, and I'm going
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to have it land on a team. And then I'm just
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going to dissect this particular team lands on
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the Colts. OK? So you're saying, oh, OK, yeah,
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the Colts, they only got one loss. They got one
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team. Hold on. OK, to a good team that only scored
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27. They lost 27 to 20. Yeah. Daniel Jones turned
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back into a pumpkin in that game. All right.
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24 for 33, not bad. 202 yards. Cool. Some of
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that was probably in garbage time, just racking
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up stats, but he had one touchdown, two picks.
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Yeah. He's absolutely capable of doing that again.
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For sure. So that's what I mean. Like, I just
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don't, like, I just don't trust him. The team
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is great around him, but that's who everybody's
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looking at. Mr. Indiana Jones. I may regret saying
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I believe in them, but there's just something
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about the team. I don't know. Okay, look, like
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I said, I mean, it's not, it's not a bad pick.
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Like they're, they're, they're not like, they're,
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they're formidable. They are, they are a formidable
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team, but, but they're just one. Go ahead. No,
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no, go ahead. You go ahead. I was just saying,
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they're just one of the teams that I got in the
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six that I picked to say, I believe in these
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six. Okay. All right, no, and that's fair. I
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mean, and maybe that's you kind of taking, I
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don't know, maybe taking, you know, a shot in
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the dark, right? You know, just taking the swing.
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The next one we're going to roll into is when
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Kent was making his picks, for who he thought
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could make a deep playoff run, he decided to
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go with some teams that are kind of questionable
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now in hindsight. At the time, he felt pretty
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confident about it. But yeah, let's listen to
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it. Let's see what he was talking about back
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then. Just off, just off the top of your head,
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you, you kind of went through, you know, both
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conferences. How many teams do you trust? How
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many, how many, how many years? No, and here's
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the thing, but, but I want to, but I'm holding
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your feet to the fire on this. I want a definite
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yes or no. The teams that I'm no caveats. So
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the teams that you name, I trust them to advance
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in the playoffs. Go. You mean named teams? I
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need teams Yeah, give me the names of teams that
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you trust moving forward for the rest of the
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season into the playoffs, okay? Okay, so I just
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want to put this out there in previous episode
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when we talked about the NFL I think I had less
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teams I believe in the NFC that I believed in
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I think I believe in more now and then the AFC
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I probably believe in less teams It's like a
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flip -flop. So, let's go. Okay. A team I believe
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in. Again, I think this hasn't changed. The Kansas
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City Chief. Okay. Who else? The other team I
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believe in are the Buffalo Bills. Who else? I
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just mentioned them. I am now a believer in the
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Indianapolis Colts. Okay. Call me crazy. Call
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me crazy. I'm not calling you anything. Those
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are the only... So, that's in the AFC. I really,
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I'm not finished though. Okay. Okay. That I believe
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can actually, are we saying like believe we can
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make it go to the Super Bowl? You are wording
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this up. My question was specific and direct.
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My question was, give me the teams that you trust.
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Okay. Hold on. Give me the teams that you trust.
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Going forward, the remaining of the season and
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into the playoffs. Okay, I'm going to say, I'm
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going to take that as these are teams that can
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go to the Super Bowl. So those are my three in
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the AFC. Okay. Colts, Chiefs, Buffalo Bills.
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Okay. Who do you have in the NFC? The good old
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Philadelphia Eagles. Okay. As mad as I get, as
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frustrated as I get, I do not give up and I don't
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stop believing. Say the Buccaneers, losing Mike
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Evans is going to affect them unless they make
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a deal. Tragic injury. I feel so bad for that
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dude. Yeah. Yeah. I believe in the Eagles. I
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believe in the Detroit Lions. I believe in the
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Los Angeles Rams. Okay. Is that where it stops
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for you? And I thought I had more, and I know
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the Packers are up there, but I just don't believe
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in them. Okay, cool. No. All right, so I'm going
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to do a quick recap. So you got the Rams. So
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that's three in each. So you got the Rams, the
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Eagles. The lions and the lions in the NFC and
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the AFC. You got the chiefs. You got the bills,
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the Indianapolis Colts and the Colts. Okay. So
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that's six teams. All right. All right. I'll
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go. I don't trust none of these muckas. Not any
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of these teams. All of these teams have had games
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where they have just showed us their ass where
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they made dumb mistakes. They've had bonehead
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turnovers, coaching gaffes, you know, calling
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time out, not calling time out. No special teams
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issue. Like just want all of the teams across
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the league. I don't trust anybody as far as I
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can throw them. This next clip is actually of
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Yours truly log off legend and I actually made
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a questionable pick here where I picked one quarterback
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or another To kind of advance deep through the
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season continue to play. Well, and boy was I
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wrong Well, yeah, let's flip -flop. Yeah, let's
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go with the AFC So we'll go to the Colts and
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the Colts are one of the top teams in the AFC
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They have two losses on the record right now
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currently One to the Rams and then another two
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Pittsburgh both close games competitive games
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and You know looking at their team you were talking
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about health, you know when it came to the Rams
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This is something that that I think a lot of
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people are tend to forget so obviously we know
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Daniel Jones came in and You know kind of Shattered
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what his reputation was when he was a New York
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giant but everyone seems to forget like Jonathan
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Taylor how great he's been as a as a running
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back and It wasn't too long ago where that dude
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was having to argue with you know, the the now,
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you know passed on Jim ursay to even get paid
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Do you remember that contract dispute where he
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was trying to just get a contract and they didn't
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want to bet and now he is I say the linchpin
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for that entire team's offense. You know, Daniel
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Jones is able to kind of come in and play his
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role, but I think they have a consistent stranglehold
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on what it is that you know you're going to get
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from them. But what are your thoughts on the,
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on the Colts? So I've changed a little bit. I
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know I was, I believed in them early in the season
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when they were playing well. So I have an interesting
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take on the Colts and a lot of it goes back to
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the Daniel Jones. and it goes back to them picking
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up Sauce Gardener at the trade deadline. So Daniel
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Jones, as you pointed out, turned back into a
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pumpkin a few weeks ago, right? Against the Steelers,
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we talked about that. So this trade with Sauce
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Gardener, everybody made a big deal, right? Like
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Sauce Gardener, one of the top corners in the
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league, this, that, and the other, what he's
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gonna do with the Colts. But I view it the same
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as I did in with the Jets the Jets suck every
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year they had sauce gardener and Why was that
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at the end of the day? They had other issues,
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but at the end of the day their biggest issue
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was what quarterback? So when you look at the
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Colts Their weakness at the end of the day when
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you go into the playoffs when you go into big
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games Their weakness is going to be their quarterback
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Jonathan Taylor great their running game is the
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that's their that's their game right but if games
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got to come down to quarterback play it's who
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are the colts matched up against well yeah and
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and and in a stacked afc where where you know
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depending on how the playoff seedings should
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face out you're going to have to face in josh
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allen you're going to have to face a lamar jackson
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you're going to have to face a patrick mahomes
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you're going to have to face a big name a seasoned
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quarterback going into the playoffs. So matchup
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wise, it's going to be, it's going to be, you
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know, tougher for them. I mean, I'd say the only,
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the only, I guess the only team that I would
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say, and it's actually going to be the team we're
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going to do here in a little bit would be the
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Broncos. You know, I guess I would trust Daniel
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Jones, you know, over not only like the entire
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Broncos, you know, offense, but you know, certainly
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over Bo Nicks, but But in my mind, I understand
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what you're saying. A lot of this is because
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we haven't seen Daniel Jones really do it and
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perform well in the playoffs. It's a, Hey, you
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got to show me something. You got to prove it
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to me before I believe in you type thing. But
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I would say quarterback wise going in, they're
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going to be, you know, they're going to be, they're
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going to have to take, uh, they're going to need
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extra ammunition. Yeah. And I'll give Daniel
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Jones credit against some of these quarterbacks
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and these teams we're going to talk about. Cause
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like the Rams. We know they got the advantage
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coaching. They got the advantage at quarterback.
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And then you mix in all the other weapons they
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have now with the Colts. Still Shane Stikens,
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a newer head coach, right? Not as not much experience,
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but all it takes is one good season. Daniel Jones
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is a veteran. He has played in the playoffs.
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He has won a playoff game, so I'll give him that.
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That's what he's got over a Bo Nicks over a later
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Drake May. But I would not trust Daniel Jones
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against that Broncos defense who have the most
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sacks in the NFL So if that matchup happens Look
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what look you got Bo Nicks, but he plays well.
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He's been playing really well. We'll talk about
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him, but they got Sean Payton Super Bowl winning
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coach a lot of experience obviously and then
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a really good defense who they get after the
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quarterback so Yeah, no and I can see that too
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yeah, and Daniel Jones does struggle against,
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you know, pressure. So, I mean, we would have
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to see. But, I mean, Bo Nix is still going to
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have to go out there and perform. The playoff
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environment is totally different. He's never
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experienced it. So, again, I'd still have to
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give the edge to Daniel Jones in terms of quarterback
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performance. I would have to bet my money on
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him. Just, you know, I've never seen Bo Nix do
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it. Maybe he shocks the world. But for right
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now, I'd have to go with Daniel Jones. This next
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one actually hurts the most, because not only
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did I keep my feet planted in this particular
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pick, but if you listen to the clip, Kent tries
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his hardest to try to talk me out of it, and
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he made some very, very solid arguments, and
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I just would not back down. I don't have a problem
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being wrong about anything, but this was a huge
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swing and a miss. What are your thoughts on the
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Denver Broncos as they, you know, sit atop, you
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know, up in the top of the AFC? So they've surprised
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me a little bit because last year they really
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didn't play anybody. They snuck in the playoffs
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and then they got waxed. Bo Nix has kind of been
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up and down this year. There was a few weeks
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it was like, oh, Bo Nix is holding the Broncos
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back and then he comes up big in clutch moments,
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right? And again, that defense is really, really
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good. and again, they're well coached, Sean Payton,
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he's been around, right? Not maybe the greatest
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guy off the field, but I don't really care for
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him again, kind of the stuff with Russell Wilson
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and all that, but dude wins and he's got this
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team rolling and they'll probably win the AFC
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West and defense will take you far, right? But
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that one playoff game for Bo Nix, I mean, It
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does give him a little experience. I like him,
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I like the way he plays. So, you know, I don't,
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like you said, you take Daniel Jones over Bo
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Nix. I would take Bo Nix over Daniel Jones, but
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that's just me. But again, he is still young.
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And again, it just depends on that matchup. But
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they keep winning games that I think they're
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going to lose. And as much as I'm not a fan,
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like I said, of Sean Payton, I definitely think.
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This could I mean they I could see them in the
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Super Bowl. I Cannot like I don't I don't see
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that at all. Like I think this may be Probably
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one of like the bigger. I'm way on the opposite
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end of the spectrum than you are because I I
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Think Bo Nix is going to be one of those quarterbacks
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That surprised a lot of defenses early in the
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year People start to figure him out and then
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that's when the mistakes start happening I don't
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know how he's gonna react to it when things like
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the the true measure of a good quarterback is
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when everything isn't going great How is that
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quarterback playing? How are they reacting? he
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hasn't been fantastic on the back half of this
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season and The matchups for them have been favorable
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to where they've been able to go and win games
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You know, they beat the Giants they beat the
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Cowboys they beat the Texans they beat the Raiders
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now They did go get the win in Kansas City, but
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Kansas City's been struggling all year. They're
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not really themselves either It doesn't really
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do a lot for me. So it's great on paper. They're
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getting the wins, which again is important in
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the NFL. That's fine, but When it comes down
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to it You can say that you would rather take
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Bonex over Daniel Jones. I think you could say
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that with confidence now. And then when they're
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head -to -head for a playoff game, I think you'll
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be a little nervous about that kind of pick.
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Like if you had anything, you know, any major
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amount of money on it. In Denver? I think you'd
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be a little more nervous once you get those two
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kind of side -by -side and get a chance to look
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at the matchup. So great defense, I get it. And
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if that's what you're banking on, to have Bo
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Nix get a win over the Colts, I think that's
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where it may be a little short -sighted. Because
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I would expect my quarterback to be able to go
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out there and get me a win. But in this case,
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you're saying you're expecting the defense to
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be able to hold it close enough to where he can
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squeak out a win. And I just don't see it. I
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could be horribly wrong, but I'm one of those
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guys, man. I got to see it first before I've
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got any type of confidence in you. And from what
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I've seen from Bo Nix the last couple of weeks,
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Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to say he turned
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into a pumpkin. He's good. He's decent. He's
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formidable. But I just don't see him advancing.
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I don't see them advancing deep into a playoff
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run. I think they'll squeak in and have one game,
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maybe two this year, and then they'll be out.
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I only say that they could get to the Super Bowl.
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I could see it. One, it's going to depend on
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home field advantage. And I know we keep matching
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up Daniel Jones and Bo Nix. We don't know who
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they're going to play, right? but it will depend
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on who's at home, if that would happen. But you
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see these, the teams at the top are what? The
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Broncos, the Patriots, and the Colts. I don't
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think, again, they weren't on our bingo card.
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It was the Chiefs, the Bills, the Ravens. Correct.
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So we're looking at three new teams that are
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considered. Outliers, yeah. Yeah, so that's where
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I say, like, in a season where the other three
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teams that we thought would be there, Two or
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all of who hell who knows at this point. They
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might not any of them make the playoffs So that's
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why I say I could see the Broncos making it.
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It's gonna depend on who's who's got the home
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-field advantage And with teams that are we expected
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to be good and up there at the top or not Now
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we still got a month or so left in the season,
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but if it stays the way it stays Those three
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teams are gonna have the home -field advantage
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And again, we don't know who else is going to
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be in. We don't know if, like I said, the Chiefs,
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the Ravens, Bills will even make the playoffs.
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Because they're all out. I understand that. They're
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all out. No, I understand that. Yeah. But what
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I'm saying is what I have in front of me, when
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I have the Broncos in front of me, and I'm telling
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you, hey, if you give me the Colts and the Broncos,
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I don't care about the situation. I don't care
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if it's on the road. I don't care who they're
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playing. If I had to pick between one of those
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two, I'm I mean, I'm going to take the Colts.
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Okay. And that's what I mean. If, if, if it's
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like, Hey, we need everything to break right
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for the Broncos to where they host a playoff
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game, they get a favorable matchup and the defense
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plays great in order for Bo Nicks to get a win.
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That's why I don't have any confidence in them.
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I think if you match them up, if you look at
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them, you may change your mind. If you, if you
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just look and say coach, quarterback, running
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back, defense, receiver, this, that, and the
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other match them up. You don't have to do that
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right now. Just saying. No, I'm with you. I'm
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with you. I'll still, for me, like again, I'll
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have to beg to differ. Just remember. And like
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I said, I just think it's one of the rare things
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where I'm way away from you on it. And one of
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us will be right. Yeah. Or maybe Daniel Jones
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and Bo Nicks both flame out. Who the hell knows?
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This could be a season like when the Bears went
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to the Super Bowl with Rex Grossman. It could
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be. But, you know, I gotta say, but Rex Grossman
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was, you know, ugh. I'm not gonna bash Rex Grossman.
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And last but not least, we're gonna close this
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out with Kent. And this was when Kent was furious
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after the Eagles lost their second matchup against
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the Cowboys. He was pretty steaming. He was actually
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texting me during the game. We were texting the
18:57
day after and he just wanted to get on the microphone
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and just let the Eagles have it. He declared
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their season was over saying that they're trash.
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And as you know, right now they sit atop their
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division and they're going to host the playoff
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game. But, but this was fun. It's interesting.
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And you know, I tried to talk some sense into
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him. I think he kind of came around at the end,
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but at the moment he was dead wrong. So yeah,
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so let's, let's hear Kent melt down a little
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bit. So the game for the Eagles versus Cowboys
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just ended, and Kent's pretty upset. He's very
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upset at the game, specifically the second half,
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for reasons that anybody who knows what happened
19:37
in that game understands why. And because he's
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upset, what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna give him
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five uninterrupted, unadulterated minutes to
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totally go in on the Eagles. I have my own opinions
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and thoughts on it, some of which I've shared
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with him, some of which I haven't. But I'm going
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to go ahead and just step aside, let Kit just
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get it all out of his system. And Kent, the floor
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is yours. All right. Thank you so much. I'm not
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as upset. I've calmed down, but I still got I
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still got takes. So obviously upset any time
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you lose to the Dallas Cowboys, as I explained
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in a previous episode, that that is the rivalry
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of all rivalries for me. So when the game is
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when it's those two that I really care more than
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any time, right? And I might have yelled yesterday.
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I might have said words. I might have scared
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the dogs, the neighbors, little children walking
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the sidewalk. So just to begin, we all know that
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the game happened. Eagles were up 21 -0. And
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then slowly, the Cowboys got back in it. And
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then, of course, eventually won. So. You mentioned
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earlier in the text yet that you know every half
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the league loss it happens things like that And
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I know you got other takes. I'm just sharing
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that All losses are not equal. This is what I
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this is what I was saying because they are the
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defending Super Bowl champions They have again
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this loaded offensive roster Right, they didn't
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lose. They lost a lot. Well, they lost one offensive
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lineman in free agency. So they got the same
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offense. They are the defending champs. They
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got a new offensive coordinator. He has not been
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good. So that's why I'm gonna start with Kevin.
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I'm gonna just start right there. I'm all over
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the place because of my mind. I got so many thoughts,
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so many words, so many takes, so many people.
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First off, I wanna say AJ Brown, that stuff has
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nothing to do with yesterday. People can say
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old locker room this locker room that no What
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yesterday came down to was? play calling execution
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in the same thing that's been going on all season
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Now they've been winning games. Thanks a lot
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of a lot to their defense some games or it was
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offensive explosions at the right time or block
22:09
field goals And you'll take the wins and I still
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think they're a contender. Obviously. They're
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just too good not to be But losses like yesterday
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come back and they worry me So I'm gonna get
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into Kevin. I'm gonna get in all this Say they
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are the defending champs, but they have an offense
22:29
that looks like a middle school. That's not okay
22:33
They're the defending champs now they have blown
22:36
two games this season one to the Broncos they
22:40
were up 17 to 3 and then they gave up 18 points
22:44
in the fourth quarter to lose that ball game
22:47
as the as the offense disappeared in that game.
22:52
Then yesterday 21 to nothing. And then they just
22:56
offense again disappeared. You can call it playing
23:02
safe, letting the foot off the gas, whatever
23:05
you want to call it, but that's what they did.
23:07
And as the defending champs, they cannot blow
23:09
two games like that in a season. By double digits
23:14
with a 14 and a 21 point lead. That's not okay
23:17
They are the defending champs and On third and
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two with a two -minute warning a free timeout
23:24
for them to come up with some play to come up
23:26
with two yards To keep the game winning drive
23:29
going They couldn't even get open they couldn't
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even drop a play to get two yards and hurts get
23:36
sacked Defending champs, that's not okay There's
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gotta be a creativity to this offense, right?
23:46
The defense is tired because the offense, even
23:48
after they scored, again, like yesterday, the
23:51
defense is tired because they stand on a field.
23:55
And how many games is this now, four or five?
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That in one half, they look amazing, and then
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the next half, they don't. Or the first half,
24:02
they do nothing, and then the second half, they
24:05
do. They're not putting together complete games.
24:09
And these are now two of those times that they've
24:12
lost those games. This was a division rival playing,
24:16
I mean, every game matters. Now they dropped
24:19
to the two seed overall. Now the Rams, who we
24:22
said are gonna be probably Super Bowl contenders.
24:25
I would say they're the favorite right now. They're
24:28
now the one seed. Now Eagles. I'd agree with
24:31
that. Eagles hold the tiebreaker because they
24:32
beat them off a block field goals, but they did
24:35
beat them. But yeah, this is not okay. I used
24:39
a gift today. You know, I wanted to describe
24:42
the offense and I put vanilla ice Because they
24:47
are vanilla the running game is vanilla By the
24:51
time Saquon Barkley gets the ball. There is a
24:53
defender in the backfield It is the slowest developing
24:57
run plays that I've ever seen in my life. That's
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what I say It's like middle school. It's vanilla
25:02
They're not even creative with it. Now. You can
25:05
say they got a block better do this Mean in the
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NFL There's been great running backs and running
25:14
games where you know who's getting the ball The
25:17
defense knows they they ready for it and you
25:20
still can run and gain more than two yards interesting
25:23
stat today Dan Orlovsky said the crazy stat about
25:28
the Eagles this year is Saquon Barkley who last
25:31
year 2 ,000 yards amazing season all that He
25:35
he tied this season with the most negative run
25:39
plays with Ashton Gentey of the Vegas Raiders.
25:46
Let that sink in. The Raiders who suck and their
25:52
rookie running back is tied with Saquon Barkley
25:55
and the Philadelphia Eagles for the most negative
25:58
rushing plays in the league. Saquon ended with
26:07
22 yards, correct? Both Dallas' running backs,
26:13
their longest run, one had 20, one had 21. So
26:19
both of their running backs, one dude I ain't
26:21
never heard of, had a 21 -yard run. In one run,
26:25
he rushed for more than Saquon Barkley did in
26:28
the entire football game. That's a problem, and
26:31
I'm not blaming Saquon, right? We can keep saying
26:34
they gotta execute, they gotta execute. I think,
26:35
I really, again, I also responded today too,
26:39
right? In the text chain, Chip Kelly fired. Why
26:43
can't the Eagles fire their offensive coordinator?
26:48
Okay, all right. That, hold on, hold on. I'll
26:51
let you go a minute over. Okay. This is where,
26:55
this is where it's like. Cause I'm done. Now
26:57
you were gonna get to the point where you start
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a fire so again, I'm gonna real quick We know
27:05
we know sick what we know say Kwanzaa stuff Yeah,
27:08
if you want to compare him to Gentie The stats
27:11
are the stats. He's not producing like he did
27:13
last year, but you're also comparing this year
27:17
to his best statistical year ever a little unfair
27:21
Although it's one season It's not even close
27:25
though. I don't even know, what's he got? 500,
27:28
almost 600 yards through 12 weeks? But it's not
27:34
even the yards. So what were you expecting him
27:36
to do? I mean, you can't just, like, he might
27:40
not even reach a thousand. It is embarrassing,
27:46
but I'm saying it's not even the run game. Like
27:47
I said, that's embarrassing. They can't even,
27:50
I mean, you watch the games, right? I mean, they
27:52
gain like two yards or they lose two yards. It's
27:57
one or the other. I think his longest run this
27:59
year is what, 18 yards maybe, maybe 20 some yards
28:02
that he busted, 100 yard game. And it's not just
28:06
about Saquon. Again, this is really about the
28:08
offense. They're not throwing the ball. And even
28:12
on that third and two, I could have come up with
28:15
a better play call because the Cowboys at that
28:17
point, they knew the Eagles have stopped running
28:18
the ball. Creativity to the call and I'm done
28:42
All right kid You unreasonable as hell. And all
28:46
I'm going to do, all I'm going to do is give
28:48
you some facts. You, if you want to fire the
28:52
OC, fine. I'm not, I'm not going to argue about
28:55
that. Your football team is the defending Superbowl
29:01
champions. Like you said several times, they're
29:03
eight and three. They're number one in the NFC
29:06
East. We could talk about their losses. Let's
29:10
talk about their wins. They beat the Cowboys.
29:13
They beat the Chiefs. They beat the Rams. They
29:15
beat the Bucks. They beat the Vikings. They beat
29:18
the Packers. They beat the Lions. Okay. They've
29:21
won games against good teams. We know that they're
29:23
capable of it. Okay. That's the first point.
29:27
The second thing is, is you made it clear that
29:29
the reason why you so fired up about this loss
29:31
is because it's the Cowboys and because you think
29:34
that it's the biggest, one of the biggest rivalries
29:36
in sports specifically for you. And Eagles Cowboys
29:39
is huge. But I got a question for you. Do you
29:43
know in the sense 20 since the year 2000? Do
29:47
you know how many times the Philadelphia Eagles
29:49
have beaten the Dallas Cowboys twice in a season?
29:53
You have any idea probably not many They've done
29:58
it four times 2000 2001 2011 and then last year,
30:05
okay Now the only reason why I picked that that
30:08
sounds like an obligatory kind of stat to pull
30:11
up The reason why I pulled that up is because
30:14
the Philadelphia Eagles have beaten the Dallas
30:16
Cowboys Both times in a season four times Which
30:23
is the same as the many Super Bowls they've been
30:25
to in that same time period Okay, so that's how
30:30
rare it is that they even beat the Cowboys twice
30:33
in a year. This isn't something that happens
30:35
You know quite often they often split which takes
30:39
me to my original point when I started everything
30:42
off This is what happens These are the types
30:47
of things that happen Division teams know you
30:52
better than anybody big games lots of pressure
30:55
all the eyeballs in the world Eagles Cowboys
30:58
is must -see TV things are gonna happen. It's
31:01
gonna be wonky I mean we saw what happened when
31:03
we played them earlier in the year competitive
31:06
game, Cowboys got it close, we ended up beating
31:09
them by four. These are the types of things that
31:12
are gonna happen. It's always close games. And
31:14
when you leave it up to chance, and we could
31:15
talk about play calling, we could talk about
31:17
bad calls by the refs, we could talk about the
31:19
fumbles. I mean, we've never seen Saquon fumble
31:22
like that in the open field. Those are things
31:24
that just don't happen. They happen in NFC East
31:27
matchups, even when one team isn't necessarily
31:30
great. So, that's why I'm not going to take any
31:34
of this to heart. It is what it is. The rest
31:36
of the Eagles schedule is more than manageable.
31:41
Okay? They got to play the Bears, like you said,
31:44
day after Thanksgiving, Chargers, Raiders, Commanders,
31:48
another Division game, the Bills, and then the
31:51
Commanders again to close out the year. These
31:53
are the types of things that are going to happen
31:54
in Division games. Luckily, we've gotten all
31:57
of our matchups with the Giants out of the way.
32:00
And... We won't have any more division games
32:03
on our schedule. So, you know, if, if they finish
32:07
above 500 for the rest of the year, they'll go
32:10
ahead and still get the one seed in the NFC East
32:12
and host a playoff game. So those are the types
32:15
of things that you've got to take into consideration.
32:17
These are the losses that are going to happen,
32:19
man. And it's only their third loss of the year.
32:24
Okay. We are, we're in the last week of November.
32:27
And your team only lost, they lost their third
32:30
game in a matter of hours. Let's talk about those
32:34
three losses really quick though. Again, two
32:37
of them, they blew huge leads. They underperformed
32:42
in their losses. I'm not arguing that. They blew
32:45
two huge leads and then they got blown out by
32:49
the New York Giants. Again, a division game.
32:53
It happens. See, it's okay. Now that's the unreasonable
32:59
that I can't stand because here's the thing.
33:01
No, no, cause here's the thing. And this is where
33:04
- Is the commanders. We're going to split with
33:06
the commanders. We are Wow, I'll take a bet on
33:10
that right now. You're saying no matter who their
33:12
quarterback is because these are the division
33:14
games man Listen, I just showed I just told you
33:17
to stand on the Cowboys which we which we can
33:19
agree They haven't been fantastic the last 24
33:22
years here and we split with them to 20 20 21
33:26
out of the 25 years we split with that's fine
33:28
But this is just how it goes that tied a record
33:31
for the Cowboys to come back from 21 points I
33:36
hear you. It's bad. I'm not saying that it was
33:39
a great thing to happen. I'm not saying that
33:41
I'm happy about it. And if you are being honest,
33:43
again, even though they got wins, and I know
33:45
you say a win is a win, and we do say that, but
33:48
they just haven't looked good all season. They
33:55
can't run the ball. They have to, I mean, like,
33:59
come playoff time, man. You gotta be able to
34:02
do something. And they just... We did our NFL
34:06
episode. We did our NFL episode. And then we
34:10
followed it up and did another NFL episode. And
34:13
I said the same quote in both episodes where
34:16
I said, I don't trust none of these motherfuckers.
34:19
And I include the Eagles in that. Every team
34:22
has done this. The Chiefs, up and down. Bills,
34:25
up and down. The Rams, as good as they've been,
34:28
they've had some bad losses too. And I'm gonna
34:30
say one thing, what you said about that game
34:33
with the Giants. They did get blitz by the Giants.
34:36
But you dismiss that they ended up beating them
34:39
two weeks later, 38 to 20. So it's like, you
34:43
gotta take the good with the bad. That doesn't
34:45
make me feel good. Cause the Eagles are better
34:47
than everyone in the division. And they should
34:51
not - You're not gonna win every game. They should
34:52
though. They should not you should not lose to
34:56
the New York football Giants Okay, listen if
35:00
but I'm just saying if you make very good points
35:03
I understand us. I understand that's how you
35:06
feel. I know that's how you feel I could take
35:08
it I have to be the realistic person man Steph
35:11
Steph Curry's missed wide open threes and my
35:14
mind's been blown like how the hell does Steph
35:16
Curry miss that Every good team this season has
35:23
lost games where you go, what the hell are they
35:25
thinking? How did they lose to that team? And
35:27
I'm going to go ahead and just close this out
35:29
by taking the best example. You said that they
35:32
slipped to number two in the NFC and they're
35:34
behind the Rams. You know who the other Rams
35:36
lost was to? It was to the San Francisco 49ers
35:39
and they lost that game knowing that they should
35:42
have won it. But guess what? That's another division
35:45
game. this is how it goes. This is standard NFL
35:50
football. And I know we can overanalyze it and
35:52
talk about calls, yards per carry and fumbles
35:54
and all that. These are the things that happen.
35:56
And just to make you feel better, just to make
35:59
you feel better. The Rams have the Cardinals
36:03
again as a division game, the Seahawks again
36:05
as a division game, and then the Cardinals again
36:08
as a division game. So they're They're going
36:10
to have to be, they're going to have to be as
36:12
consistent as they've been all year to beat those
36:14
teams. And I mean, they're on a one, two, they're
36:16
on a six game winning streak right now. Chances
36:19
are they're going to get up ended. And I mean,
36:21
these are the things that happen. Guys take nights
36:25
off. Guys have bad games. It's natural. I'm not
36:28
going to let you get fired up. Don't get high
36:30
blood pressure. It's going to happen, man. Just
36:33
let the things happen the way that they should.
36:34
I don't have high blood pressure. I have high
36:36
cholesterol. I don't have either, but you know,
36:42
I'm knocking on the door of diabetes. I'm older
36:44
than you. And there you have it. Thanks for listening
36:48
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