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Get laced up! Let's go! It's time for Banter
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with the Boys! Welcome to Banter with the Boys
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Gridiron Update. So this is Smeltsy and next
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to my left here, what? It's Jake, yep. Wrong
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purple. And Roberto. And the right coach. Jake's
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in the wrong purple. Always. No, I'm in the right
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purple. I mean, it's pretty close. Again, we've
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mentioned it already tonight in other shows,
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but the Ravens have copied the Vikings rivalry
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jerseys. Excuse me. Hey, when they're good, they're
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good. You know they're solid when someone copies
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them. Right. That's right. That's right. All
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right. Note to self. Get the all black. Got it.
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There you go. Hey, that would actually look good,
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too. Yeah. Ravens do have sweet jerseys. NFC
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East. NFC East. Let's start with the Dallas Cowboys.
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The team everybody wants to know about. America's
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team? America's team, yeah, that's right. Are
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they officially still? I don't even know. According
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to Jerry Jones, I bet they are. The Chiefs have
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everybody's hearts, honestly. I agree. Probably.
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I think the Chiefs brought in a lot of football
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fans. And then Taylor Swift started watching,
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and then that brought in a whole bunch of new
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football fans. I think the Chiefs are the poster
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child of the NFL when they're, you know, trying
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to spread the game. The Swifties. Anyway, yeah,
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what are we talking about? Dallas Cowboys. 7
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-9 -1 last year. Womp womp. Excuse me, Jesus.
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4 -7 in their conference. Oof. Oof. I mean, they
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are. Which is not. I mean, their conference isn't
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that awesome, per se, because the Commanders
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had an off year as well. The Eagles are a weird
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team. This is actually a really weird conference
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this year. I feel like the East is a weird conference
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every year. It is. It is. You actually never
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know what's going to happen, and that's why I'm
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going to pick the Cowboys to win the division.
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Well, let's talk about who's on their team. What?
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They've got people on their team? It's the same
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people. No, it's not. I mean, they added Rashawn
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Gary and Roderick Jones, like, what, today, I
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think it was, from the Steelers. But he's a penalty
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monster. Do you like the Pickens franchise tag?
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I think they should have tried to sign the guy.
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I think he's shown. I think he is actually a
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solid 2A, if not, like. Okay, giving him a 1C
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is pretty much a 2A, isn't it? But I don't know.
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I think he's perfect for that offense right next
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to CeeDee Lamb. If you can hear the cricket,
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we are currently recording outside. At the Arctic
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Lodge. Arctic? I thought it was the Nordic. Inside
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is Nordic. Outside is the Arctic Lodge. That's
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right. I remember that. With the crickets in
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the Arctic Lodge. Yep. Anyway, I wish I would
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have signed him. I think he's perfect for that
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offense. I think he's a great addition, good
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target for Dak. I actually really like their
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offense and expect them to be just as good this
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year offensively, which is why I think they kind
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of end up getting to the 10 -win mark, if not
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over it, and compete for that division title
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with Philly probably. I think to hit that 10
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win mark, it's their defense has to get better.
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They did slightly. Slightly. That's where I'm
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going. Yeah, yeah. I don't know what I'm going
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to say. But anyway, so trading for Rashawn Gary,
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they signed Von Miller, like good pass rushers,
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something that they need to do. I mean, up there.
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And then drafting Caleb Downs. Like him. Yeah,
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with their first pick in the first round. And
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then following that up with their other first
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-round pick, Malachi Lawrence. Again, going really
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heavy on the defensive side. Which they needed.
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Yeah, desperately. So I think, yeah, you're going
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to see him swing over. I would probably say nine
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wins. Ten might be a stretch. CeeDee Lamb's got
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to stay healthy. prove that he can, like, catch
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the ball when it matters most. He did have some
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sun issues in the old Dallas stadium. But they
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won't be getting taken care of. No, no. He said
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no curtains. He said no. I know. So, I mean,
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that's of concerns. That feels weird to me. Wouldn't
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you want, like, if they're saying, hey. Like,
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it's affecting our ability to win you a frickin'
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football game. Like, don't you think you'd want
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to put some curtains on that? Yeah, you'd think
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so. I mean, in Major League Baseball, if a baseball
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team is saying, hey, this background is preventing
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our ability to see the ball and hit it, they'd
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change it right away. Do you think if it was
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an away team saying it, the NFL would step in?
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No. Oh, I'm just curious. Because it's their
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own building. They're like, well, if he doesn't
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want to do it, he doesn't want to do it. They
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built the stadium the wrong direction. Yeah,
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they did. I mean, Cowboys offense is... My boy,
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Javante Williams. Yeah, he had a great year last
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year. The last few years, we're worried about
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who's going to be running back. Once Elliot was
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kind of aged out, they had Pollard for a year.
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Enrico. They tried a couple different guys. Williams
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played really nice coming off multiple injury
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years up in Denver. Pick and signing, I think
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it really makes that one -two combo a huge threat.
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What do you think about the franchise tag thing?
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I don't know what their pocketbooks look like.
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I think they wanted to spend a lot more money
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on the defensive side. They want to solidify
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that first before coming to George Pickens. Or
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Pickens, or maybe Lamb is gone next year. There's
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different scenarios. You could look at that,
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too. He's been kind of not very healthy. I really
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love the Dallas draft pick. I watched a ton of
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tape on him. Dallas is going to compete for the
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East. It's staying healthy. Their biggest issue
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has just been staying healthy, whether it's one
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of the receivers or Dak getting hurt. The defense
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should be definitely better than they have in
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the last few years. I think they can compete
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for it, but I'm thinking 10, 11 wins is where
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they're sitting at. I could see a ceiling where
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they get up to 14. I'm vibing Dallas this year
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on their offense a little bit, and then they
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spend a ton on their defensive side, which they
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needed. You wanted to give me crap about that.
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About what? About Dallas. No, I'm just telling
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you what I think. But that was all pre -recorded.
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He was trying to throw me off the set. That's
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what it was. So we couldn't take his ideas. No.
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That's what it is. We get in fights off camera.
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Yeah, I mean, it's everything that we've just
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talked about. To me, it's them being healthy.
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And it's the defense because last year they were
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top 10 in pressures and pressures is good, but
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they were bottom 10 in sacks. So they were getting
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there, but they weren't finishing it. So, and
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that's hopefully defensive rankings in general.
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Yeah. So hopefully that's the signing of. Miller
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getting Gary and Malachi Lawrence, like, that
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puts them over the edge where it's like, all
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right, we're finally getting to the quarterback.
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We're getting those sacks. We're getting that
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important, like, a more important statistic.
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Pressures are good to some point, but. Got to
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finish the playoff. Yeah, and you got to have
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the secondary on the backside to have a little
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sticky coverage. But, you know, if you're getting
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to them, the guy's wide open, you know. So, like
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you say in Dow's, and then they picked up a couple
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other Thomas on the backside, too. So, and Clark.
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Is he aging out, or has he still got a little
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bit left in the tank there? He might have a little
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bit left in the tank. So? Right at 30 years old.
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So, you know, I got a little bit left in the
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tank. Okay. You know what I mean? Where you guys
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got him finishing, record -wise? I said the same
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as you. Okay. Before you said it, so actually
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you took my shit. Yeah. Nine, ten wins. Okay.
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So we're kind of right in the same thing. So
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maybe wild card? Maybe, but I think the NFC is
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going to be a lot more competitive in the wild
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card market. Like that NFC West? Yeah, the NFC
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West. And we'll get there. You probably have
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three teams coming out of that for the playoffs
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again. Not the NFC North? No. Okay. Screw the
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Vikings. All right, let's talk about the old
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New York Giants. How high are you on Jackson
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Dart? Crickets. Yeah, did you hear that right
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when I started? No, like realistically. I mean,
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like, excuse me, because funny enough, like,
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you know, Kev, me, and Justin, our Packer fan
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who's not here tonight. Like, we all do this
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card show stuff. Graham, our guy from, that was
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a Kansas City fan. And the dart stuff is, like,
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really high right now, really high, because they
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expect him to continue to develop. And if that
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happens, his card value, you know, continues
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to skyrocket as well. How healthy can he stay?
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Right. I'm not necessarily sold on him all the
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way yet. It's a if. If he can play smart and
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stay healthy, I think he could be a really great
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quarterback. Because he's got an interesting
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coach to teach him, you know, get him there.
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What were you going to say, Robert? His playing
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style is he's got to have the ability to run
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the ball, you know, and that makes him super
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effective. And his decisions, once he crosses
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the line, is going to determine his length of
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the thing. I'm really worried about. How healthy
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is neighbors on the outside, too? Scataboo got
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injured last year. Tracy, their other starting
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running back, neck injury right now. He's kind
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of in the home right now. He's got Najee Harris.
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You do have Najee Harris. And Devin Singletary.
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I mean, the running back room is pretty deep,
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though. Does that move the needle or anything
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for you, really? No, it's just a deep running
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back room. Well, John Harbaugh is going to, I
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mean, with John Harbaugh. showing up there. It's
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going to be a new offensive identity, very similar
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to what you saw in Baltimore. You're going to
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see most likely a lot of punts. Well, they've
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got the punter for it. Yeah, but they're from
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Baltimore. That's right. And Ricard and Likely.
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Yes, exactly. Ricard is crucial, actually. That's
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interesting. Yeah. I think they're setting themselves
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up to try and get Jackson Dart to play smarter
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and safer with what they have right now. Now,
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Scataboo is a different story because if the
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goal is, hey, we're running the football, Scataboo
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just runs crazy. I don't know how long you can
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do that. Yeah, how long you can protect him from
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himself. Like that video of him shaking off,
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what was it, three commanders? I love that. Like,
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of course, naturally. But when you think about
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it, you're like, can you do that for 10 years?
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Because what's the minimum to get all the retirement
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package from NFL? I know MLB, it's like 10 years,
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whatever. But you want to get to that point,
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so then you at least have something set up for
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yourself. But if you can't get there... If he's
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in the league by we're 30, good luck. That's
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what I mean, man. What's left of your... Who
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knows? Mike Allstott did it. I mean, there was
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a handful of people that chugged away through,
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but getting injured your first rookie season.
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Adrian Peterson was an aggressive runner. I don't
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know if they did enough to move the needle for
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me. I don't remember exactly where they finished
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last year. Four and 13. Yeah, so maybe I'm going
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six, seven. They put that crap and mad in this
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year. You know that? You can do that as a celly.
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You probably do all the time. I don't. No, but
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when they put the gritty in, I definitely did
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that one. Oh, why wouldn't you? Of course, naturally.
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Yeah, so you're saying what's 11 wins for the
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Giants? Are you insane? I'm thinking about seven.
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I can maybe get them to 500 ceiling. Do you think
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they improve, though, over the four? I mean,
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losing in the middle of Dexter is a big loss.
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Burns has really got to step up defensively.
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But they loaded up, too, on the defensive side
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because they signed Tremaine Edmonds, DJ Reader.
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They drafted Arvel Reese. They have an interesting
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story to their story. Defense is loaded with
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pass rushers, and maybe we'll finally actually
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see that payoff, though. They have to be in the
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lead for that to be effective, though, and that's
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what scares me. Because they've had those guys,
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and they've had a great defensive line for the
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last few years, but when they're playing from
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behind most of the time, they're not as effective.
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Like the Vikings ate them up last year, and McCarthy
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was in it. And I thought they were going to be
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a better defense, too. So, yeah, they've added
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some pieces to it, but I don't know if the offense
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is good enough to let that defense be as good
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as they can be. It's kind of how I look at it.
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They're just going to be on the field too much.
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For my liking, no matter who you have on the
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defense, if you're on the field more than 50
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% of the time, good luck. But they're a really
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interesting team. That's why I kind of am like,
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oh, could they get up to that 8 -9 team win?
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Because they got some talent. And I do love John
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Harbaugh coming in there and putting his fingerprint
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on them. And other than Holland, I mean, they
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got a younger secondary back there as well. to
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go along with some of those younger pieces as
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well defensively, other than your vets, Burns
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and Reeder, like you were mentioning. I mean,
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they've been drafting top 10 for like five years
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now. Yeah, they're really not that bad defensively.
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I know. But I feel like I've been seeing that
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for a couple years now, especially when they
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traded for Burns. I'm like, oh, my God. When
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they had Dexter, I'm like, how are they going
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to block those guys? Yeah, you're right. And
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then the Vikes did kind of like just they were
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kind of non -factors. Hmm. Yeah, I think I got
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to go like six wins at least. I'll at least get
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two more than they did last year. That's all
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I got to give them. What did you give them? Eleven.
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No, that's ridiculous. No, I agree. They're probably
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in the six to seven win range. They could easily
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be that three and 14 team that does make the
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playoffs, though, because there's always one.
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Three and 14 team? You know what I mean? The
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team that drafts in the top ten and makes the
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Jalen, Daniel -style run. Who was last year?
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That made the commander -type run? Yeah. I mean,
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it was crazy to see the Patriots get that. Yeah,
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the Patriots, yeah. They're the exact same one.
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All right. Let's talk about the commanders quick,
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and then we'll talk about Philly to wrap it up.
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Well. Can we even say the number five? Because
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that seems like a big distraction right now.
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Like where is all this coming from? He's his
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own agent or is it his mom? No, his mom. I think
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it was all on that side of it. Because you fell
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in love with Jaden Daniels big time in that quarterback
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show too, didn't you? He's a solid dude. Definitely
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a solid human being. Is this going to be a distraction,
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or is this gone by the time the season starts?
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This whole five thing and all this crap. I think
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the internet's moved past it. I could see the
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opposing fans visiting stadium that he goes in
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all year. He's probably going to deal with it.
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Or there's signs everywhere. Yeah, for sure.
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He's going to have to deal with it on that aspect,
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but I don't know if it's going to make the media
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anymore. How about adding Stephon Diggs to that
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offense, giving him another target behind Scary
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Terry? I mean, they needed another target. It's
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all about Daniel staying healthy. Because he's
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that same Jackson Dart style. He runs. It's protecting
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himself. They, last year, loaded up. I don't
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remember all their signings last year. Kind of
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like what the Patriots are doing this year. They
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loaded up and everyone, you know, but then they
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just injuries. Scary Terry was not the same.
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They were just bid in every direction. And then
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as soon as your starting quarterback goes down,
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you know, he fought through it. QB, you know,
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he played through some games he probably shouldn't
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have. That Vikings game he probably shouldn't
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have played. But when Daniels is playing good.
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I still got to put him at 10 wins just because
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of Jaden Daniels. I think he has that ability
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to move. Defense, I don't know. It'll be interesting.
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They retooled on the defensive side, though.
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A bunch of vets. I kind of like it, though. Okay.
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Because, I mean, yeah, they're vets. They're
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older players. But it's Dan Quinn. He runs and
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has a different style and defensive mentality.
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It's like Robert Sala. They're just going to
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be fired up, and you're going to want to run
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through a wall for those guys. Go get them. They
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had a retool, though. They were aging out. Yeah.
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I really, really like seeing them draft Sonny
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Stiles. He's a very gifted individual, and I
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think he's going to fit very well in that defense,
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pretty much doing whatever he wants. And then
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Leo Chanel is a great piece as far as pass rushing.
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We've seen him make countless plays for the Chiefs
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on the defensive side in Spagnola's defenses.
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So there's just great pieces there. I think losing
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Debo or cutting Debo is a big thing. Having that
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Swiss Army knife that... that tool, um, digs
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is different and unique, but I feel like he's
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more like Terry. And why do you need two Terry's
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when you could have had like Debo catching it,
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like out of the backfield, um, more slant stuff
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versus like outs and ins and things like that.
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So, um, like I like digs, but I think Debo was,
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was better and is more of a missing is going
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to be missed. And Diggs will open up Scary Terry
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at all a little bit? Not really. He's not that
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much of a threat to you anymore. I don't think
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he's that dynamic of a wide receiver as Debo
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is when you compare the two. I mean, Diggs is
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dynamic in his own way, but I think he's dynamic
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like Terry. So I would still move my coverage
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to Terry and let old Diggs beat me if I need
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to. Or want to. And I'm fine with that. They've
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got to figure out their run game. Yeah, I was
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just thinking, ever since they traded Brian Robinson
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Jr. last year, we were like, what are they doing
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at the run back? Yeah, it's like, you've got
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Bill Merritt. They signed Rashad White. Are they
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going to be able to piece a 1 ,100 -yard running
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game between the two of them? I don't know. Yeah,
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their running back's completely different from
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two years ago when Daniels had that year. Right.
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Because there was Eckler and Bryan Robinson Jr.
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And Eckler had gotten hurt. I don't know if I
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trust either of them. Any of these guys, honestly.
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I mean, I kind of trust Rashad White because
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he did pretty good in Tampa. Until he sprained
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his ankle on the ice bucket challenge. Right
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now he's dealing with a hamstring, too. So where
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you guys got him at? I think I was about 10.
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Nine. I think they're just over 500. The East
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is just going to be a lot more competitive this
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year than I think the years past. Yeah, injury
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bug too. We'll see. Daniel's his style of play.
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And whether he has enough weapons where he doesn't
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feel like he has to do it himself. Yeah, I think
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I got to go seven. That running back room is
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extremely concerning for me. And like what you
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were saying about Debo, at least, you know, like
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you said, behind the line of scrimmage plays
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were huge for him and have been his whole career.
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So losing that now, I don't know. I do still
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feel Diggs can open up enough for Scary Terry
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to go kind of be a little bit deeper threat compared
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to Diggs, kind of open up the deeper stuff so
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Diggs can take all underneath, sprinkle in a
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little Luke McCaffrey or something. I don't know,
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seven. Seven wins for me for the Commanders this
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year. Slightly better than last year, but yeah,
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tough division. Depends on what the Giants are
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going to do, but the Eagles and the Cowboys will
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be tough against Washington. If they don't make
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the playoffs, you said, so Daniel's three, only
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one of his three years he made the playoffs,
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because remember after his first year, it was,
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you know. Like, oh, my gosh, he's going to make
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the playoffs every year. Yeah. But that just
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shows you how the NFL turns quickly. Well, it's
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usually those dual -threat quarterbacks, too,
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as they come out of college so fast and so ridiculous.
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Yeah. And then not all the time they get injured,
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but usually something happens, and then they
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change their game up a little bit, and then everybody's
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figured them out. But that's what makes Lamar
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so special, the longevity and his ability to
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protect himself, you know, and still be a super
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threat on the ground. Yeah, so. The Eagles. Eagles.
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Fly, Eagles. Cry, Eagles, cry. My kids love singing
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that. But you know dang well they're going to
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somehow be competing for the division. New offensive
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coordinator there. Again. Again. My coworker
22:27
will love this conversation. Eagles fans, we
22:30
talk a lot about what's going on up in Philadelphia.
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He's super excited for the new OC. I think they
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should be. And then to bring in a nice new receiver
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with that, too, in Lemon. I kind of like him.
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He seemed to drop in the draft a little bit,
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too. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you get to work with
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a lot of targets here, a lot of weapons. Devontae
22:53
Smith, I mean, Barkley, obviously. Dontavian
22:56
Wicks, I don't know. He was serviceable in Green
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Bay. Yes, he was. And I think he was quiet about
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it also just because of, again, the depth of
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the Green Bay Packer wide receiver group. It's
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weird to think that that room's shredded now
23:14
from what it was. They're still deep. I mean,
23:20
Jalen Hurts is just... Every year, I feel like
23:24
we talk about, everybody always talks about Jalen
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Hurst. Like, is he still doing, you know, is
23:29
he a just enough guy? I mean, last year, it was
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kind of another weird thing. They start off hot.
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Some of them, they kind of teeter out towards
23:38
the end. I think they're falling prey to their
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fan base expecting more, like, flash and pizzazz
23:52
out of the out of the offense yeah like big plays
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kind of thing and they're not seeing that and
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they're not getting that and they're and the
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fan base is just not happy with it it's like
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yeah like they're they're they're they were winning
24:06
games obviously because they were 11 and 6 but
24:08
they're not like flashy wins they're ugly wins
24:11
with all that money on the outside of all these
24:14
skill players you're like oh we should easily
24:16
put up 35 exactly and like what do you mean we
24:19
only won by three points yeah well we won like
24:21
well no you should be winning by more kind of
24:24
thing so um i totally agree with that that's
24:27
a good analogy there yeah so um i do worry a
24:32
little bit about introducing a new offensive
24:34
coordinator again it's the fourth one in four
24:36
years there's some Pros or cons to that. Learning
24:40
a new offense, again, sucks. Retooling towards
24:44
that. But I believe in Jalen Hurts. I think he's
24:50
a smart enough guy. Being good to do enough is
24:56
good enough. It's one of them is Super Bowl.
24:59
Yep, that's right. And when you have the type
25:02
of talent you have around you, you don't have
25:04
to be the guy. Right. Unlike the Jaden Daniels
25:07
situation where he kind of has to be the guy
25:09
in that situation. And maybe that's where it
25:11
gets lost. Yeah. Jalen Hurts has never really
25:15
had to be the dude in Philly. He's had some weapons.
25:19
But it's also he's shown where if he needs to,
25:23
he can be the dude. If he doesn't have to be,
25:27
then why? Why force them into that? I think the
25:32
Eagles are still the best team in this division.
25:35
Probably still 11 wins. Hopefully it's a little
25:39
bit flashier and we're not going to hear Philly
25:41
fans complaining about how the offense sucks
25:44
even though they're still racking up wins. That's
25:46
football, man. It's not flashy. At least for
25:50
me, I get excited about a good defense and Philadelphia,
25:53
again, it can be fun to watch on defense. Who
25:57
was it? Which one of them did they re -sign?
25:59
Was it Jalen Carter or Jordan Davis? They re
26:01
-signed both of them. Carter to the big deal.
26:04
Yeah, they both got big deals. Just a ridiculous
26:06
deal. But, I mean, that's the defense, man. You
26:09
lost to Kobe Dean, but you still have a lot of
26:11
Georgia Bulldogs there. Just, oh, my God, still
26:14
killing it. Grenard, I think he's, isn't he supposed
26:17
to miss the first few weeks? Yeah, he's pretty
26:20
banged up. And their conversations, he might
26:23
not play at all. What? Like the whole season?
26:26
Well, not yet, but it's one of those injuries
26:28
that you don't quite know because I think he
26:30
was dealing a little bit with the same injury
26:32
last year. Okay. And now it's starting to, and
26:38
he's not the youngest player anymore, so it's
26:41
one of those kind of that lingering things. It's
26:44
going to be interesting, that defense, because
26:45
they did lose a few people. Blankenship, they
26:47
lost Dean, they lost Phillips. They lost some
26:51
guys. They still have all those big names on
26:54
the outside, but some of that interior, some
26:57
of that depth, I feel Feely's window is kind
27:01
of that getting near the closing because they're
27:05
going to have to assign all those guys on the
27:07
back end here in the next few years. And obviously
27:11
losing Brown's contract. helps, but he's still
27:15
got Barkley with a big contract. He's got Hurst.
27:17
I'm really interested to see how Smith becomes
27:22
the one there i i think he has the ability to
27:24
do it for sure he does um i do like the lemon
27:27
sign i think philly's gonna be still there they're
27:31
just gonna be fine um defense it'll be interesting
27:34
to see how good they are i think i think they're
27:37
still gonna be fine but are they gonna be to
27:39
the level we kind of experienced them in the
27:42
last few years um with also this nice offense
27:45
so yeah i still think they're gonna i think they're
27:48
11 12 wins Probably going to win this division.
27:51
Right on. Right on. I'm going, like, one less
27:55
than that. I think 10. And they're going to be
27:57
battling kind of like another neck -and -neck
27:59
race between, like, them and Dallas. And I think
28:02
Dallas edges them out this year. Okay. Where
28:05
did you put the Eagles? Did I miss it? Yeah.
28:08
I missed it. 10 wins. God, we just all agree.
28:13
What a fun show. All right. Well, but that's,
28:16
I think that's everybody, right? It wraps the
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NFC East. It does. We still have the North Southwest
28:22
to go. Three to go. That's it. Oh, yeah. There's
28:26
the thing. I could just look up there. You know
28:28
what I mean? Yeah. Well, thanks for being here,
28:31
fellas. We got a couple more to go. We got this.
28:34
Yeah. We got it. We're getting this all done.
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