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Quick Take: NFL Super Wild Card Weekend Preview · Height Differential

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  Will the Baltimore Ravens make a move?
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  I mean, I don't see why. I mean, that's, that's the
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  speculation going around right now is will Jim or John
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  Harbaugh, will John Harbaugh be back next year?
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  What that that team looks like? Well, if he's not, then I'm
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  going to go be in charge of the Bengals and fire Zach Taylor and
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  bring him to Cincinnati. I would.
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  Agree because that. That would make no sense to to
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  fire him. I mean, you're going to fire a
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  guy because your kicker missed a 44 yard field goal when in a
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  season, in a season where you started one in five, that all
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  you need. Was that might be why you fired
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  the guys because you started, you had no business starting one
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  in five and you missed the playoffs.
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  But they did. I mean they.
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  Ravens the Ravens had. But the roster the Ravens put
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  together? They have no business missing
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  the playoffs. Well, here's look, we can get to
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  that game last night. Both those teams suck.
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  Like neither one of those teams are good.
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  Like yeah, they both kept scoring because both defenses
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  are terrible. And we've talked about how bad
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  all the defenses are in the AFC North all year.
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  Yeah, like they those are not 2 good football teams.
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  Those are two bad football teams.
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  They can't figure out a way to stop the other team.
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  It's true. That is true.
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  And it just so happened that a rookie who had been great all
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  year just wasn't up to the moment.
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  And that's why Aaron Rodgers and Mike Tomlin are going to the
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  playoffs and John Harbaugh and Lamar aren't.
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  And is that going to be if if you're going to fire John
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  Harbaugh anyways, like, but I'm not because they lost that game
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  either way, can't be a reason why you fire somebody.
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  No, I just think maybe because you missed the playoffs with a
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  roster and talent that has no business missing the playoffs.
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  Kind of like Cincinnati's offense like we have.
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  Like what is their? Is their roster that great?
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  I think so, yeah. Is it like neither defense is
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  good like the they're getting older like these aren't the same
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  Pittsburgh Baltimore defenses that we've seen in the past like
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  and we're acting like it is I. Mean Baltimore.
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  And now they've had a lot of injuries too.
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  But last. But when you're Baltimore and
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  you're coming off an AFC title appearance and then last year
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  you would you lose in Buffalo with a chance to go to this
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  because Mark Andrews dropped that two point conversion.
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  Like you're a play away from getting back to the AFC
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  championship game 2 two years in a row and then all of a sudden
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  you start one in five and miss the playoffs.
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  What was that about? That's because their defense
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  wasn't good at the beginning of the year.
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  And also Lamar, even though he made plays yesterday, it's still
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  not the MAR that we're the Lamar we're used to seeing.
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  I think yesterday was the Lamar we no, it's.
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  Not it's broken plays like you could have, you could have made.
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  That throw that throw on 4th and 9 just put them into field goal
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  range before the missed field goal was great.
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  Yeah, fantastic catch by Isaiah likely on the other end.
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  Yeah, but like he completed what, 11 passes for 250 yards
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  because over 100 of them came on 2 busted plays.
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  And you can tell when he's rolling out that this is not the
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  same Lamar. He's not 100% healthy.
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  He hasn't been well. He's not as fast as he was when
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  he was a rookie. I mean, he's not going to outrun
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  dudes anymore. We're not talking about a
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  rookie. We're talking about last.
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  Year, I don't know he's I wouldn't say he's not as good,
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  he's just not as fast. He just, he's not 100%.
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  He's not 100%. I don't know that 100% Lamar is
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  even going to be the same Lamar that you expect.
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  Well, maybe not, but he's he's not at 100% capacity right now.
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  And I mean they took advantage of, I mean the same play twice.
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  It's like, look, it was a replay where they just gets completely
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  free, which I I don't understand how it happens.
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  But just my bottom line on that one is neither one of those
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  teams are very good. And I would be shocked if if the
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  Steelers even really give the Texans a run for them.
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  So Raheem Morris talked about him.
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  He's one of the coaches that got fired.
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  They were like 4 and one in prime time games.
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  They were eliminated from playoff contention on November
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  the 30th when they lost to The Jets 27 to 24.
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  And if you lose The Jets, you should be eliminated from
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  playoff contention. You should have like a
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  three-year break in Bain. Yeah, right.
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  Yeah. So they're eliminated from
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  playoff contention on November 30th, and then they lose the
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  Seahawks. They win their next four, and
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  they end up in a tie with the best record in the NFC South.
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  Even though they were eliminated, that's in November.
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  That's wild. The Jets, In their five games
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  after beating the Falcons, all losses are outscored 188 to 54.
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  And they also, and they also finished the season with goose
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  egg. And Glenn did not get fired.
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  Also how about The Jets go 17 games full season and don't have
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  an interception? 00.
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  Like not not even like a tip ball that just falls into a
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  defender's hands. 0 Like everyone, like every team gets a
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  lucky interception. Like, you know, like that ball
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  that's tipped in the air of deflected something here and
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  overthrow quarterback makes an overthrow in his lanes right in
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  the safeties lap. I mean, even Gino Stone had more
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  than one interception this year and he's the worst safety in the
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  league. And it's all because the ball
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  just somehow magically thrown. Right to him, not the only thing
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  he does well Neil is sometimes play center field he.
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  Just wait for the ball to hit him in the lap.
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  But how does that not happen to The Jets?
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  Not one time. Well.
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  Terrible football team. Terrible, terrible football team
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  that. There have been terrible
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  football teams before. The Cincinnati Bengals.
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  There have been, oh, and 17 football teams before.
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  The Browns, the Lions, and they all at least have an
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  interception. Yep, this team didn't get one.
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  That sounds like that. Blows my mind.
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  This team didn't get one, No. And there was another play.
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  This the Colts. Did you see the play in the
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  Colts game? No.
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  They were in a fake punt like on 4th and five, OK in the first
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  half against the Texans. Yeah, they get it.
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  They leave the fake punt unit out there.
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  It's the first down, no huddle. They left it out there, yeah.
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  There's like, what? No.
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  Or did they huddle up? They they just went no huddle.
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  They get a 12. They get a 12 man, 12 men on the
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  field penalty against the Texans.
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  Smart, OK. Didn't win on the game, but I
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  just, I was just, I'd never seen A-Team leave their punt unit out
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  there after running a fake punt and picking it up and leaving
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  them out there for first down. Thought that was something that
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  was. I mean, when you're eliminated
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  from the playoffs, you can get creative with doing stupid stuff
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  like that and make it fun, so. Good for that the the only other
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  game that's mattered this week was the Bucks in the Panthers
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  game. The Panthers lose lose 3 out of
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  their last four, but then thanks to the Falcons beating the
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  Saints. Yeah.
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  They still get in the playoffs. Do the Panthers bowl?
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  I mean, the Panthers have some big wins this year and then they
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  beat they. Have they?
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  Have they have less wins than they have?
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  I mean, no, they they're under 5.
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  They're hosting a playoff game at at with a record of 8:00 and
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  9:00. But in those eight wins, they've
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  beaten the Rams, they've beaten the Green Bay Packers, they've
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  beaten what's at the time I thought was a good Dallas
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  Cowboys team, you know, so they've beaten some some decent
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  teams along the way. So any one game can they win?
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  Sure. But more than likely, they're
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  going to lose. Well, they're 10 point on.
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  Who are they? They're playing the Rams again,
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  right? They're playing the Rams, they
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  just beat them. Beat them on Yeah, right after
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  Thanksgiving on the 30th. So it's not unheard of they can
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  do it. I don't think they will, but
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  it's possible. If you you get 10 points, you've
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  taken that against a team that they just.
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  No, wait, say that again. Like they're getting 10.
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  Points at home. I mean, if you would, would you,
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  would you take them? Probably not, but it I mean,
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  I'll probably get burned by it. But also like, can we stop with
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  this? If you have a losing record, you
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  don't get in the playoffs, you just go to the fourth wild card
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  team. Just get a fourth wild card team
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  in there, some team that at least is a couple games above
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  500 and, and, and let's go like you should not be a playoff team
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  with a losing record. Well, do you know who gets in
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  before you make up this, this, this point that you want to
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  bring up? Because it's it's JJ McCarthy in
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  the Minnesota Vikings. But they've got a winning
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  record. They do.
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  So yeah, I think the Vikings deserve you don't think the
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  Vikings have deserve a better have a better shot than the the
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  Panthers. I mean, they won one more game.
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  The Panthers won their division. I don't know, Like it's a.
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  Terrible division. Well, I think it's not like the,
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  the Vikings won one more game. I, I don't know, like if there
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  would have been a team that was 10 and I would.
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  Have liked to have seen I would have like maybe if if it's not
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  the Vikings then then the lions. The Lions are also not 8 either.
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  1 maybe? You should, maybe you should get
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  into the College Football Playoff where you can just pick
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  and you want to get in, because that ain't how the NFL works.
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  I just think that in the losing record, no matter if you win
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  your division, you should not be in the playoff.
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  Yeah, that's why I brought up the question like but.
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  Later she hosting a home game. Like, how ridiculous is that
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  that the Saint Louis or that the LA Rams have to go to the
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  Panthers in this playoff game? Yeah, I mean, it's not the first
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  time this has happened. Like you shouldn't just
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  automatically get home field advantage because you win your
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  division. Dude, this is a this is a annual
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  problem with the NFC South. This is not the first time the
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  the Bucks usually are the they take advantage of this.
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  And now the Panthers are taking a heck at the AFC SA ton of
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  times, too. 12:00 and 5:00 and have to go across the country
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  and play an 8 and 19. If four more wins and have to
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  play on the road makes no sense, then you change that.
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  You agree with that? What?
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  Do you do like if you win your division, maybe you get in the
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  playoffs, but you you see based on record.
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  So then put the put the the the the Panthers as the eighth seed.
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  And I don't think I I don't think I would have a problem
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  with. That and not the four seed.
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  But so is is your If they're nine and eight, they get to
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  host. No, only if you.
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  Only if you're a top four seed. OK, so you just have to have the
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  top 4 record regardless of the correct so your division winners
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  get in but then the top 4 records.
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  But you don't automatically. It's just like the College
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  Football Playoff, like you win your your conference, you're in,
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  but that doesn't guarantee you a buy or doesn't guarantee you a
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  home game. You seed.
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  You seed based on record. You can get in, but you might be
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  the eighth seed, as it should be.
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  I can get down with. That I.
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  Mean an 89 team hosting a team that it's 12 and 5 doesn't
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  doesn't make a ton of sense. And that game will be Saturday
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  at 4:30. Surprise, surprise.
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  Surprise, surprise. The Saturday night game Packers
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  at Bears. We just saw this one a couple
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  weeks ago. Do you think the Bears going to
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  do it again? Will they split in the regular
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  season? They just split the regular
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  season. I mean, I've kept doubting the
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  Bears all year and they keep winning, so no reason to doubt
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  them here. I think at home, I think the
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  Bears win it's club. What's the spreads?
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  Only 1 1/2, so almost a toss up there.
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  Jordan Love is supposed to play. I mean that that definitely
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  helps. Do I think the Packers are a
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  better team? Probably.
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  But like I said, I've doubted the Bears all year and they've
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  proven me wrong. And with it being at home, I
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  would go Chicago. Yeah, I mean, I I think I'll go
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  Packers just because they've got a little more experience, but
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  the Bears, this is probably going to be a close game.
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  And what has the Bears done all year?
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  They win close games. Until they lost to the Niners,
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  and I don't know. I'll.
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  I'll go Packers in that one. The final game in the NFC will
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  be Sunday at 4:30. 49ers at the Eagles should be, I think this
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  one I'm looking forward to, yeah.
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  I mean, did Purdy got hurt in the finale other day, didn't he?
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  He'll play. Is he supposed to play?
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  I mean, I'm probably going Eagles.
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  I'm going I'm going Niners in that one.
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  I I don't trust the Seagulls offense.
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  Their defense is is good and I mean that's their but I don't
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  see them slowing down this 49ers offense.
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  I I mean, the 49ers were, I mean the Seahawks are just their
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  defense is incredible, but they had an opportunity to win the
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  one, get the one seed. I I just think they've been
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  playing better as of late. I'm going the Niners in that
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  one, yeah. Yeah, I think playing a playoff
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  game in Philadelphia is going to be tough, but I wouldn't be
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  surprised if the Niners won it. I think it'll be a good winner
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  Bills at Jags, which I think is super enticing.
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  I think that's probably the if I had to pick, I'd say that's
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  probably the game in the first round, would you not?
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  Sunday at 1:00. Like, don't you think that's the
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  most intriguing match up out of all six?
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  Yeah, I mean, the Bills are a 1 1/2 point favorite on the road.
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  And I mean, I, I, I think if I was making a A line, I would
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  have something similar to that. Yeah.
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  I mean, Liam Cohen to me is the coach of the year like.
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  People are over variable. Yeah, I, I, I do because I, I
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  think people were almost counting Trevor Lawrence's
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  career is done and. I agree, I probably would would
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  say the same. I think he's probably coached
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  the only because he's a first time head coach.
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  Yeah, and, and, but also the fact that, I mean, a lot of
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  people were thinking Trevor Lawrence might be in the same
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  position that Tua is in right now.
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  Yeah, after this season. And instead, you, you're 13 and
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  4, you had a chance to be the number one seed in the AFC.
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  Yeah. I, I just think it's an
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  incredible job that he's done now when picking this game.
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  I, I think this is Josh Allen's chance to win the Super Bowl.
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  I think he's going to take advantage of.
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  It well, it's his best chance he's had.
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  I think he's going to at least get there.
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  I don't know if he's going to win it, but I'm I'm taking the
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  Bills. I mean, when you're in a
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  playoffs with no Mahomes, no Burrow, no Lamar, you know, this
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  is this is your chance. 100%. So I think he takes advantage of
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  it. I think they win that game and I
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  think they probably, if I had to pick a winner of the of the
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  AFCI, think I'm taking Josh Allen and the Bills overall.
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  Yeah, I I just said that, yeah, the same thing.
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  And look, and it's probably us both being hard headed because
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  the Bills have been there and the rest of these teams haven't,
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  and they've lost some games this year that they shouldn't have.
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  But he's the best quarterback in this tournament and so I'm
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  rolling with him. Chargers at Patriots Sunday
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  night, 8:00 I mean. I I think the Patriots win that
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  one. I would say that they win that
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  one pretty easily too. The two scores, 2 score, Patriot
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  win upset Justin Herbert. You're going with Justin
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  Herbert, The Chargers? Yeah.
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  My God. One always happens.
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  This is for Drake May's first time, just not Justin Herbert's
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  first time. Jim Harbaugh's prove that he can
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  win these games. I know their offensive lines
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  banged up a little bit, but they're New England's only a 3
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  1/2 point favorite at home, which tells me that Vegas thinks
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  this game's going to be a lot closer.
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  And some people think, too, there's going to be an upset.
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  This is the one I'm rolling with.
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  There was an upset. It's going to be it.
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  I know that. We just said how bad they are.
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  It's going to be the Steelers over the Texans at home.
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  Tell me why just. Dot, it's at, it's at
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  Pittsburgh. They have the home field
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  advantage which. So did the Panthers.
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  You didn't pick the Panthers well.
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  The Panthers suck. They're 8-9.
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  At least the Steelers have a winning record.
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  But Mike Tomlin, Mike Tomlin has, has, has been here.
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  I mean he does this year in and year out.
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  Don't doubt Aaron Rodgers, he doesn't win.
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  Playoff games year in and year out.
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  He has it, but most of the ones he's lost have been on the road.
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  The ones you. Lose were in IU the last time he
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  won a playoff game. I mean, the, the most ones you,
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  but they've all pretty much been on the road.
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  I don't know. I think I, I'm, I'm not sold on
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  the Texans. I know they've won how many when
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  they won in a row? Best defense in the league?
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  Yeah, I don't think. I think, I think if there's a
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  chance for an upset, it's going to be, it's going to be.
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  Pittsburgh So Texans are a three-point favorite on the
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  road. I think Texans, I mean, I think
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  the Texans win. Don't get me wrong.
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  I don't. I don't think there will be.
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  I at least had the stones to take an underdog, you're just
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  saying this is the most likely one.
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  Yeah, it is most likely. I don't think there will be an.
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  I don't think there's going to be an upset in in the first
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  round. There won't be.
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  There's always an upset in the first round.
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  When we get on this pod next Monday, I'll be like, Nick,
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  there was no upset, so you'd be like, you were right.
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  But yeah, there's no way. There is absolutely no way I'm
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  taking the Steelers in this one. They they will not score double
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  digits unless they get a defensive score.
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  Is it possible? I'm just telling you.