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Mac & Bone Show - Lee Sterling Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Lee Sterling, Paramount Sports, ParamountSports.com, and the official handicapper of
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  Speaker 1: the Mac and Bone Show. He joins us every Friday
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  Speaker 1: at this time. Lee, what's going on, man? How are
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  Speaker 1: you doing this week?
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  Speaker 2: I am great, and I wish I was in Oxford.
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  Speaker 2: I've got to be honest with you guys. From what
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  Speaker 2: I'm hearing, absolute bedlam. They started having concerts, country-western concerts,
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  Speaker 2: Tuesday night. So by the time game time, it's these kids,
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  Speaker 2: I mean– They're going to be exhausted, but very creative.
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  Speaker 2: There's a fraternity, get this, that is selling ad signage.
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  Speaker 2: So companies are going to them. to put their advertisements
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  Speaker 2: and advertise their business. Damn. Love it.
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  Speaker 3: Damn. That's good money for the frat. I will say this.
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  Speaker 1: That's probably better, Bone, than some of the other signs
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  Speaker 1: that have been hanging on houses down there about Landry Kiffin.
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  Speaker 1: This is constructive, yeah. I feel like this might be
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  Speaker 1: a better use of your signage. Plus, you get beer money.
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  Speaker 1: The boys get beer money for it.
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  Speaker 2: That's it.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk through— I can use that for bills.
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  Speaker 3: Don't assume anything.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk through this slate of games here, and let's
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  Speaker 1: start with one that we were talking about earlier in
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  Speaker 1: the show.
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  Speaker 3: I like Jake Dickert.
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  Speaker 1: I loved the fun Wake win at Purdue last week,
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  Speaker 1: but this is about five levels up. They are hosting,
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  Speaker 1: Wake Forest hosting Miami. The Canes are 21-point favorites. I
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  Speaker 1: would be tempted to say the Canes rout them, but
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. Or is it a sleepy Friday night
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  Speaker 1: in Winston-Salem? What do you think about this game and
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  Speaker 1: the point spread?
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  Speaker 2: So I think it's going to be a sleepy night,
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  Speaker 2: and I think it's going to be a rainy night.
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  Speaker 2: And this could hurt Miami. So I think Wake Forest's
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  Speaker 2: offense is good enough to do some damage against this defense.
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  Speaker 2: I think the defense is good, but I have some doubts.
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  Speaker 2: They haven't been able to fully replace their first two-round
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  Speaker 2: draft picks at defensive end. This kid Wilson, who was
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  Speaker 2: brought over at 8.5 sacks, has been a bust so far.
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  Speaker 2: This might be his day of reckoning before he starts
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  Speaker 2: sitting the bench. Both linebackers, mediocre. They're down two defensive backs,
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  Speaker 2: and it's going to be raining. So we know Mets
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  Speaker 2: is a great quarterback, but how is he going to
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  Speaker 2: be able to operate defensively The rain chance, 80% during
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  Speaker 2: the game. And I think it's going to affect Miami.
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  Speaker 2: As great as Miami's offense is, they're going to score
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  Speaker 2: 40-plus against anyone except for Notre Dame. But like I said,
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  Speaker 2: weather could be a factor. I have Miami winning this
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  Speaker 2: game 38-24. I think Wake Forest covers it. Interesting.
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  Speaker 4: That would be huge for a way to be that
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  Speaker 4: competitive against the Canes. Lee, Duke-Stanford in Durham, Duke favored
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  Speaker 4: by 9.5. Manny Diaz fresh off being number one most
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  Speaker 4: handsome coach in college football. I'm not sure if that's
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  Speaker 4: a distraction or not. Your thoughts on what the right
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  Speaker 4: side is in this matchup.
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  Speaker 2: So you've got the West Coast to East Coast travel
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  Speaker 2: narrative playing into this game. But I think it's a
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  Speaker 2: little overplayed because Stanford's coming in off a bye. I
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  Speaker 2: think they're going to be ready. It's strength on strength. Duke,
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  Speaker 2: 38th rushing attack, averaging 5 yards a carry and 210
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  Speaker 2: yards per game, while the Cardinals rank 33rd against the rush.
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  Speaker 2: They are only allowing 3.1 yards per game carry here,
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  Speaker 2: and they pretty much stuffed Miami. I just think that
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  Speaker 2: Duke here has a questionable passing offense and defense, and
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  Speaker 2: the Cardinals can throw it a little bit, At first glance,
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, oh, this is a Duke play here. But
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  Speaker 2: when you look deeper into this game, I think this
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  Speaker 2: is a game that's a one-possession game. Duke 27-21. I'm
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  Speaker 2: taking the points.
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  Speaker 3: There you go, Lee Sterling. There you go. Lee Sterling
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  Speaker 3: joining us, giving you his picks this week.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to tell you how to get his game
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  Speaker 1: of the week, Ravens and Saints. He's also going to
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  Speaker 1: tell you how to get his full card of picks
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  Speaker 1: this week and try to help yourself. Maybe you can't
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  Speaker 1: make cash bone the way the LSU fraternities do. So
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  Speaker 1: you can do it maybe with Lee's picks. Clemson-UNC is
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  Speaker 1: such a fascinating game, Lee. And it does feel like
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  Speaker 1: as much as Clemson struggled, it feels like it's going
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  Speaker 1: to be a game. The Tigers are three and a
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  Speaker 1: half point favorites over UNC. What's the right side of this?
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  Speaker 2: So to think maybe a year ago that Bill Belichick's
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  Speaker 2: team is going to be able to have a chance
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  Speaker 2: to win a game at Clemson, you say you're crazy here.
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  Speaker 2: So Tigers... fallen 22 points against Georgia Southern here, and
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  Speaker 2: that's the bounce-back game after getting hammered by LSU. I
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  Speaker 2: think the switch for Clemson under center to Tate Reynolds,
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  Speaker 2: probably the right side here, but I just think that
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  Speaker 2: North Carolina pretty much matches up with them here. I
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  Speaker 2: think this game might be decided on a field goal,
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  Speaker 2: last play or something. I have Clemson winning 20-18, but
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to take the 3.5 points And North Carolina
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't shock me if they win the game outright.
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  Speaker 4: How about that?
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  Speaker 3: Vanderbilt, NC State tomorrow in Nashville.
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  Speaker 4: Five-star Jared Curtis making his first start for the Commodores.
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  Speaker 4: Three-and-a-half points side to Vanderbilt here. What's the right play here?
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  Speaker 2: Well, North Carolina State, at least, they took that first
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  Speaker 2: step in erasing that sour. I mean, start 73-0 thrashing
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  Speaker 2: of Richmond, which is not horrible. So the Wolfpack... We're
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  Speaker 2: coming off that early season bye. And, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: Virginia game still leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
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  Speaker 2: But I think C.J. Bailey will bounce back here. And, Jerick,
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  Speaker 2: I think going to Curtis is the right play here.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it took him long enough. But, you know,
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  Speaker 2: this is an NC State defense that I think is
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  Speaker 2: going to do fine against teams like this. And Curtis
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  Speaker 2: might fumble a couple times here. I don't think his
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  Speaker 2: offensive line is great here. I know they want to
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  Speaker 2: get ready for SEC play, but NC State's going to
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  Speaker 2: pose some problems here running and throwing the football. I
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  Speaker 2: think the running team is favored. Give me NC State here, 27-24.
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  Speaker 1: Ooh, that would be a big one for State, man. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so Tar Heel fans and Wolfpack fans are liking what
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  Speaker 1: Lee is saying. We've got to get to Lee Sterling's
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  Speaker 1: pick now on the Panther game. And, Lee, the Panthers'
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  Speaker 1: defense let us all down last week. Let us all
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  Speaker 1: down last week. My Lord, that was ugly. Feels like
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  Speaker 1: a much more winnable game, albeit on the road this week.
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  Speaker 1: And the point spread actually opened with the Falcons as
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  Speaker 1: a favorite. It now has the Panthers. as a two-and-a-half-point favorite.
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  Speaker 1: So with that point spread, what would you do?
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  Speaker 2: How about the Falcons head coach, Kevin Stefanski? If the
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  Speaker 2: guy goes from Cleveland, he figures, hey, I got two
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks that are at least serviceable, and now he's left
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  Speaker 2: with a quarterback playing with back spasms who's never really
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  Speaker 2: done anything, and Cooper Rush. I mean, at least they
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  Speaker 2: have a decent running attack, does Atlanta. But Rush, probably
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  Speaker 2: not even close still to 100%, but he's got to
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  Speaker 2: give it a go here. So the Steelers' offense was
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  Speaker 2: absolutely horrific. They scored only 13 points. I think Carolina
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  Speaker 2: knows their defense, the Falcons' personnel and schemes, and they
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  Speaker 2: haven't changed that much here, especially on defense. So Panthers
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  Speaker 2: beat them twice last season. They're going to beat them
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  Speaker 2: again here to start 2026. We're going to go with
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  Speaker 2: the Carolina Panthers, 27-21. Here we go, baby.
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  Speaker 3: Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee, Lee. Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby.
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  Speaker 3: We got Lee. We got Finney. We got everybody.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody's feeling the Panthers this week. All right, Lee, let's
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  Speaker 1: get down to business. Enough of this shenanigans because you
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  Speaker 1: give us these– it's a lot of local interest games
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  Speaker 1: that you give us on the show. These aren't the
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  Speaker 1: ones where, hey, man, like– You're necessarily giving them to
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  Speaker 1: your clients and, you know, you're paying me and I
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  Speaker 1: got to give you my best picks. Those are going
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  Speaker 1: to be available for your clients. ParamountSports.com. So how do
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  Speaker 1: they get those picks? How do they get your Raven
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  Speaker 1: Saints game of the week as well?
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  Speaker 2: I love this game. The Ravens and the Saints. The
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  Speaker 2: Ravens are 8.5-point favorites. Do they roll here? Or can
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  Speaker 2: the Saints make it tight like last week, almost pulled
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  Speaker 2: out a win? So a lot of debate in whether
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  Speaker 2: they should have gone for the tie. Would you have
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  Speaker 2: gone for the tie in overtime just to kick the
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  Speaker 2: extra point?
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  Speaker 1: I think just because they're in the NFC South, I
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  Speaker 1: think they might have. I feel like a tie in
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  Speaker 1: the NFC South. A tie is a win in the South.
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  Speaker 2: That's what I said. I'm watching the game with some
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  Speaker 2: friends of mine, and they agreed, too. So sometimes you've
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  Speaker 2: got to look at the situation. It's not like... The
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  Speaker 2: end of the year where you're playing for pride, you're
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  Speaker 2: trying to win a division.
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  Speaker 4: I know you can't have that outlook in week one
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  Speaker 4: that you play in a division that's not great.
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  Speaker 3: But you also got to be realistic. But at the
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  Speaker 3: same time, I don't know. It didn't make a lot
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  Speaker 3: of sense to me.
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  Speaker 2: You also got to go back to your players and say, hey,
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  Speaker 2: we're playing for ties. So that, too, plays into it. But, hey,
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  Speaker 3: All right, Lee, you are the man. We wish you
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  Speaker 3: best of luck. Have another winning week this week, man.
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  Speaker 3: We'll talk to you next week.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, guys. Take care. Be safe.