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Micah Parsons: DON’T PANIC on Packers & Cowboys, Giants Are LEGIT & More Week 1 Takes · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Edge with your boy Micah Parsons
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  Speaker 1: and I'm with Q Avery.
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  Speaker 2: And this is how we're going to break down week one.
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  Speaker 2: What is up, my boy? What's up, Q? We had
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  Speaker 2: a tough week. We did. I think a lot of
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  Speaker 2: teams had a tough week. 50% of the teams in
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  Speaker 2: the NFL had a tough week. That's how we got
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  Speaker 2: to look at things. You know what I'm saying? It's
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  Speaker 2: all perspective.
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  Speaker 1: It's all perspective. Let's get into perspective. People are worried
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  Speaker 1: about my Packers. People are worried about things that I've
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  Speaker 1: seen on socials, right? People are worried about Packers, Rams, Cowboys.
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  Speaker 1: I see a lot of Cowboys after last night. And
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  Speaker 1: it's many more. It's many more.
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  Speaker 2: But there were some positives. I thought Jordan Love played fantastic.
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  Speaker 2: Last two games, he's thrown for 650, 7 TDs. The
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  Speaker 2: offense looked pretty good. It just got a little bit
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  Speaker 2: tough when they started getting heated up a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, at that point, you know, Where those penalties...
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  Speaker 1: And don't get me wrong. Some of those were self-inflicted.
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  Speaker 1: We had some offsides and things like that. We had
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  Speaker 1: our own self-inflicted where we put in the hands.
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  Speaker 2: Of the ref. But, you know, that's where Flores is Flores, bro.
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  Speaker 1: We put him in a position where we had to
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  Speaker 1: get in passing situations and he unleashed.
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  Speaker 2: I think he blitzed 80% of the time. But I
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  Speaker 2: would rather... I.
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  Speaker 1: Think it's like a blessing in disguise to see someone
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  Speaker 1: like that early on.
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  Speaker 2: Because.
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  Speaker 1: Outside of Zach Tom, and I was just talking to
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  Speaker 1: him earlier, and I was like, bro, give yourself grace.
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  Speaker 1: You're coming off a major knee injury. I'm coming off one, too.
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  Speaker 1: I know exactly what you're going through. You had on
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  Speaker 1: and off camp. You were battling that during camp. Give
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  Speaker 1: yourself some grace. But outside of Zach Tom, this is
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  Speaker 1: our first year of this lineup starting together. They have
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  Speaker 1: no true history. And throughout camp, a lot of them
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  Speaker 1: was fighting for positions, so they're alternating positions.
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  Speaker 2: With reps.
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  Speaker 1: So this is our first game with this lineup that's
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  Speaker 1: in the game. So I'm giving our offense grace. They
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  Speaker 1: all have to learn.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think people understand the value of offensive
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  Speaker 2: linemen getting to work with each other consistently, feel each
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  Speaker 2: other out, know how we're going to handle when we've
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  Speaker 2: got to pass stuff off, or some of those exotic
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  Speaker 2: looks the Vikings were giving you with the double A gap,
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  Speaker 2: safety down, and the safety roll. That's a lot for
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  Speaker 2: a group of guys. Yeah, like Donovan Jennings, first time
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  Speaker 2: starting at you know, left guard. Jordan Morgan, first time
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  Speaker 2: starting at left tackle next to Jonathan Jennings. Obviously, he
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  Speaker 2: started before at guard, things like that. He was, like, swinging,
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  Speaker 2: but this is our left tackle now. Sean Ryan starting
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  Speaker 2: this year. He started last year when Evan Jennings got here,
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  Speaker 2: but this is his first true year starting again. And Monk,
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  Speaker 2: now he's in that starting right guard position where Anthony
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  Speaker 2: Belton is. So this lineup is their first time ever
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  Speaker 2: Working together. I'm giving them all the grace in the world.
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  Speaker 2: And then you're going against a mastermind like Brian Flores.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to grow. They're going to learn the protection,
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  Speaker 1: the communication. Those type of things are going to pick
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  Speaker 1: up now that they know. So I'm excited this happened, bro.
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  Speaker 1: Sometimes some losses, you're like, thank you. This was a
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  Speaker 1: great lesson tool for us to learn. I'm excited to
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  Speaker 1: see where we go.
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  Speaker 2: It's so interesting that fans act like a week one
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  Speaker 2: loss ruined your season. It's just such a big overreaction.
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  Speaker 2: Last year, Seattle Seahawks, they lost the first game. Last year,
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  Speaker 2: New England Patriots, they lost the first game. It's not
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  Speaker 2: a real indictment to lose your first game. It's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of football left.
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  Speaker 1: A ton of football games. We got 16 more? 16 more.
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  Speaker 1: 16 more. So I'm not too worried about Packers. I
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  Speaker 1: think we're a great football team. And you look at
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  Speaker 1: defensively what we did, we held Minnesota to 229 total
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  Speaker 1: yards of offense. And that's how you can say scoreboards
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  Speaker 1: are so deceiving.
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  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: Deceiving like if you saw a score you're like oh
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  Speaker 1: my god the score was 38 to whatever you think
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  Speaker 1: the game was a whole they went crazy no we
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  Speaker 1: held them to 229 yards total offense so i'm very
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  Speaker 1: excited where the green bay packers are going.
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  Speaker 2: I love to hear it well that wasn't the only
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  Speaker 2: overreaction from this weekend we had a bunch throughout the
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  Speaker 2: nfl Fans love to jump to some conclusions. I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to give you a few games or a few things
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  Speaker 2: that happened this week, and you tell me if it's
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  Speaker 2: an overreaction or underreaction by the fans. Okay. The Rams
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  Speaker 2: are the third best defense in the NFC West. Who's first? Shoot,
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  Speaker 2: I guess we're going to have to go with Seattle. Seattle, okay.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe Arizona after that performance they just put on. Arizona's
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  Speaker 2: second over the Niners. Okay, so we said Niners. So
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  Speaker 2: where are you going with the Niners? So you're saying
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  Speaker 2: they're fourth? I think that they might really think that
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  Speaker 2: the Rams are the fourth best defense in the NFC West. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: that's drag.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, but this is what we said in the preseason.
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  Speaker 1: We said this was going to be a hard division. Now,
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  Speaker 1: where I think people disrespected the Niners, we didn't know
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  Speaker 1: what the Niners would look like coming back from all
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  Speaker 1: the injuries they had. So they got slept on a lot.
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  Speaker 1: I would say I probably messed up and I forgot
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  Speaker 1: the difference Fred Warner was going to make.
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  Speaker 2: To this defense. He's a man. He's a man.
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  Speaker 1: And then they added Raheem Morris. So, like, that team
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  Speaker 1: looked really, really good. I wouldn't say the Rams are
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  Speaker 1: the third best defense. I would just say they're going
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  Speaker 1: against legit teams. Like, it wasn't like they were just
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  Speaker 1: going against, like, You know what I mean? It's tough
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  Speaker 1: like that sometimes.
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  Speaker 2: So is it an overreaction or an underreaction? I think
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  Speaker 2: it's somewhere in between. Oh, that's so 50. Give me something. No,
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  Speaker 2: it has to.
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  Speaker 1: Be 50 because it's not like, you know, it's funny
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  Speaker 1: because it's like these are two teams, the Niners and
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  Speaker 1: the Seahawks were the final four teams in the league
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  Speaker 1: last year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. You know what I mean? So it's not like
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  Speaker 2: it's an underreaction. It's like, hmm.
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  Speaker 1: We have to see more before we say that it's qualified.
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  Speaker 1: But with Miles going down to surgery.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, four weeks.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to say it's about where it should be.
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  Speaker 1: They might be the third because Miles is out.
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  Speaker 2: So proper reaction. It's a proper reaction right now. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: It's proper right now. We have to see more, though. Okay. Well,
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  Speaker 2: the next thing I want to overreaction or overreaction. Derrick
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  Speaker 2: Henry went slap off last week. 144 yards, three TDs.
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  Speaker 2: Is he still the most elite back in the NFL? Ooh.
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  Speaker 2: Most elite? I'm going to say overreaction. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: I think Derrick Henry is probably, will be, he's going
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  Speaker 1: to be a Hall of Famer.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: He's probably going to be up there because it don't
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  Speaker 1: look like he's slowing down in the next two years.
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  Speaker 2: It's crazy.
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  Speaker 1: He's probably going to be up there with Barry when
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  Speaker 1: he talks about breaking the rushing record.
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  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's pushing towards that. But most elite, I'm
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  Speaker 1: still going with B. John because what B. John does. Now,
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  Speaker 1: I just think Derrick Henry is just one in a million, though. Like,
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  Speaker 1: it's hard to explain. Like, in a sense, like, when
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  Speaker 1: it comes to, like, people having to tackle Derrick Henry
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  Speaker 1: and how hard he runs and what he does to defenses.
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  Speaker 1: It's like no one does that in the league. If
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  Speaker 1: you don't get him before he gets going, you, my friend,
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  Speaker 1: will have.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you're in trouble. But it's a 50-50 again. You
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  Speaker 2: said it was an overreaction. We can't go back. No,
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  Speaker 2: it is an overreaction. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Most elite is like... What do you say when you
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  Speaker 1: say elite? I'm thinking elite is like running and catching.
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  Speaker 2: And catching. They can do everything. Yeah, yeah. That's what
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  Speaker 2: I'm saying. When it comes to most elite, I have
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  Speaker 2: to go with more B. John, C & C... Gibbs. Gibbs.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Like, I got to go with that.
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  Speaker 1: But when you're talking about best true, like, generation, don't
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  Speaker 1: matter what era he's in, I'm going with Derrick Henry.
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  Speaker 2: I can live with that. I think, yeah. Dre Swift
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  Speaker 2: went off this week, too, with three tees, 124 yards. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: Swift's cold. Congratulations on the contract, too. Oh, yeah. Well-deserved.
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  Speaker 2: David Mulgetta, great job getting that done. All right, let's
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  Speaker 2: move on to our next overreaction or underreaction. The Texans'
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  Speaker 2: defense is not a top-five defense in the NFL. They
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  Speaker 2: got gashed in the passing game. I think an overreaction. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: I think the Bills had really something to prove this year.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they fired Sharma Dermott. You know, I think,
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  Speaker 1: you know, new head coach. They were ready to show something.
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  Speaker 1: They showed it. You know, I just think it was
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  Speaker 1: one of those things like when you go against Josh Allen,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm not going to lie, no language aside, they
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  Speaker 1: effed him up last year. like they put them in
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  Speaker 1: a blender yeah they f the bills up last year
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  Speaker 1: i think it was one of them games like i
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  Speaker 1: know exactly how you're gonna hit me now watch this
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  Speaker 1: like and that's why he's one of the best in
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  Speaker 1: the league he.
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  Speaker 2: Had a plan all right the next one after last
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  Speaker 2: night a whole bunch of questions are the giants a
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  Speaker 2: playoff contender oh i'm not gonna lie.
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  Speaker 1: Sing hardball football um um That was really impressive to see.
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  Speaker 1: And watching football games, like old Giants games, they had
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  Speaker 1: no true identity. And it was like, hmm. But you
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  Speaker 1: saw that game last night. You're like, the Giants are
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  Speaker 1: going to be a really good team. Now, do we know?
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  Speaker 1: It's a long season. So we can say it's overreaction now.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean? But from what they showed
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  Speaker 1: last night, In the second half, they allowed the Cowboys
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  Speaker 1: to touch the football two times.
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  Speaker 2: That's it. Do you know how impressive that is? That's
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  Speaker 2: a lot of ball control. That's a lot from Jackson Dart.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think Jackson Dart has elevated his game,
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  Speaker 1: his control. He's showing people how smart he is, his
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  Speaker 1: intelligence at the line of scrimmage, commanding it.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to lie.
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  Speaker 1: When you come from year one, we're like, oh, he
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  Speaker 1: can be really good to seeing that on debut on
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  Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football. That was as damn good as I
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  Speaker 1: seen in.
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  Speaker 2: The NFL, bro. Yeah, he was working through progressions. He
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  Speaker 2: was getting to number two, getting to number three. Bro.
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  Speaker 2: He could do none of that last year. Bro. Bro.
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  Speaker 1: That was like one of the most, and then like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the Cowboys revamped defense, obviously, you know, all that.
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  Speaker 1: To come in and display that as a young quarterback
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  Speaker 1: in this league, that was so good, bro. I'm more
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  Speaker 1: excited about seeing what he does the rest of the
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  Speaker 1: year than about their team success, because they're going to.
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  Speaker 2: Go as he goes.
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  Speaker 1: And then obviously what I seen last night, they're going
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  Speaker 1: to go as Malik neighbors goes to like seeing Malik,
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  Speaker 1: like neighbors, like that's like my little brother, bro. Like
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  Speaker 1: obviously going through the ACLs together, we've been in communication through, um, socials.
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  Speaker 2: Texts, off seasons, whatever. And seeing him happy back on
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  Speaker 2: the field, bro.
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  Speaker 1: I couldn't, I couldn't like wait to text him after
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  Speaker 1: the game. Like, yo, I'm just so happy for you, bro. Like,
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  Speaker 1: I'm so happy just to see you going like that
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  Speaker 1: motivated me. Like, I can't wait for my moment to
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  Speaker 1: celebrate my team.
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  Speaker 2: It's coming. That was so beautiful to me, bro. I'm
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  Speaker 2: so happy for Malik.
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  Speaker 1: And I just thought it was the dopest thing in
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  Speaker 1: the world when Jackson Dart gave that game ball to Malik.
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  Speaker 2: Because he really didn't know that he was playing. Did
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  Speaker 2: you hear how he decided, like, yeah, all right, I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to do it? Yeah, like he said he had
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  Speaker 2: chills in his body. Like, that's so dope, bro. And
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  Speaker 2: not only that, bro, his family didn't even come to
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  Speaker 2: the game. Like, that's crazy. Harbaugh tackles him in the walkthrough.
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  Speaker 2: Is it the walkthrough or the team dinner he tackled
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  Speaker 2: that man? Like, you ready?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, like, that is one of the most extraordinary stories
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  Speaker 1: of all of football. I'm super happy for Malik. That
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  Speaker 1: was dope as hell. Dope for them and dope for
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  Speaker 1: the Giants. Ooh, and the next team, the Cowboys will
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  Speaker 1: miss the playoffs. Man, another overreaction. It's so much football left.
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  Speaker 1: New D.C., new players. And one football camp can't put
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  Speaker 1: it all together, bro. Especially when you don't play a
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  Speaker 1: lot of preseason.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean? Like.
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  Speaker 1: You can see GP, you know, wasn't really himself yet.
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  Speaker 1: It takes time, bro.
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  Speaker 2: It takes time. I think as the season go on,
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  Speaker 2: I think they all will progress. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 2: Because they have too much talent for not to progress.
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  Speaker 2: They got a lot of talent on offense, but they
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  Speaker 2: held George Pickens to three catches for 28 yards and
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  Speaker 2: CeeDee Lamb to five catches for 44. They didn't have
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  Speaker 2: the ball. The second half was one where they were
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  Speaker 2: not getting the ball. Yeah, they didn't have the ball.
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  Speaker 2: And GP had two drops that I know he wants back.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think he'll drop that ball on the right
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  Speaker 2: side of the game. No, no, no.
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  Speaker 1: He know he wants them back. Like, GP won't have
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  Speaker 1: a game like that again. But, like, they didn't have
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  Speaker 1: the ball. So, like, that's another one of them things
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  Speaker 1: where it's like stats are kind of over.
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  Speaker 2: They'll deceive you. Yeah, they'll deceive you. Next is the
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  Speaker 2: MVP race is between Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson. It's fair. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: It's fair as of right now. So this is not
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  Speaker 2: an overreaction.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's slight because I still think hella players are
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  Speaker 1: in it.
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  Speaker 2: Dart could still be in it. Caleb Williams. Caleb Williams.
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  Speaker 2: Jordan Love. Joe Burrow. Doug Prescott.
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  Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. There's still a lot of quarterbacks in it.
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  Speaker 1: So it's like they're always going to be in it
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  Speaker 1: because of the caliber of quarterbacks they are.
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  Speaker 2: But I think we let this season play out. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I think we in a rush. Folks are in a
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  Speaker 2: rush to make a decision. Yeah. But Josh Allen was
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  Speaker 2: doing some stuff yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: I think where people fail to realize is you can't
• 13:52
  Speaker 1: give Josh Allen two minutes in the game, bro. He's
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  Speaker 1: been in that situation so many times versus Patrick Mahomes.
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  Speaker 1: If you're not Patrick Mahomes, you're not beating Josh Allen
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  Speaker 1: if you're up six or five.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to come back and score a touchdown. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: with two minutes to go. He's been in that situation
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  Speaker 2: too many times. He's a hell of a quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't think when people do those MVP rankings-
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  Speaker 1: They think of situations like that when it's got to
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  Speaker 1: have it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, two minutes left. He plays his best football, bro.
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  Speaker 2: And it's crazy. Like, he had that throw down the side.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the throw he made to win the game.
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  Speaker 2: To DJ Moore? Yes. Oh, my God. It was one
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  Speaker 2: of them joints, like, when you're watching it. Like, I
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  Speaker 2: had my iPad. I just dropped. That's it. What is
• 14:40
  Speaker 2: he on, fam? Like, what type of dude is you? Nah,
• 14:43
  Speaker 2: he's an alien, bro. Yeah, he's special. He had the
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  Speaker 2: big run, the throw to the left side on, like,
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  Speaker 2: the post. It was– he bounces back. The thing that
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  Speaker 2: Josh Allen does to me so well is he bounces
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  Speaker 2: back from mistakes. Like, he made a silly throw at
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  Speaker 2: the end of the game. Should have been an interception.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't. The next play, touchdown, game over.
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  Speaker 1: You know what surprised me, though? It wasn't so much
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  Speaker 1: a Houston defense. I was surprised Houston's rush didn't make
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  Speaker 1: more of an impact in that game. Have they made in, like,
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  Speaker 1: previous games? Mm-hmm. Like, the corners, ah, like, yeah, they
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  Speaker 1: gave us some explosions. They actually had to pick to
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  Speaker 1: end the game.
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  Speaker 2: Exactly. That's what I'm talking about.
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  Speaker 1: He had to pick to end the game. But the
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  Speaker 1: rush didn't get home as much as it usually did
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  Speaker 1: that game. It didn't affect him as much this game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I wanted Will Anderson to do more. But that
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: left tackle for the Bills, he's tough. Dawkins? Yeah. He
• 15:32
  Speaker 2: be playing some football out there. Yeah. I got to
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  Speaker 2: tip my cap to him.
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  Speaker 1: I think all around the Bills O-line came to play. Like,
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  Speaker 1: they put on a mission, like, we're going to protect
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  Speaker 1: our quarterback this time. Mm-hmm. And y'all going to have
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  Speaker 1: to beat us square up. Now, where do we question this?
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  Speaker 1: Is it the Bills' defense? Can they hold up?
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  Speaker 2: They were shaky. They were shaky. Very shaky. Because C.J.
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  Speaker 2: was picking them apart. C.J. was picking them apart. So
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  Speaker 2: Josh Allen is going to have to have his A
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: game every single week if they want to win. That's
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: what I wonder.
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: Because now when they play the Patriots, who have an
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: elite defense … Do you let Drake May get off? Like,
• 16:10
  Speaker 1: when those games come, it's going to be so interesting. Ah,
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: we can't wait seven, ten more weeks. We're going to
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: see time with Taylor. And speaking of, you know, one
• 16:18
  Speaker 1: of our MVP candidates, Caleb Williams and the Bears scored
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: 59 points.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: Damn, they're 60.
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to lie.
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: It was one of them games where, like, I'm surprised
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: because how good the Panthers' defense played last year. And
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: then they added Pieces. They added Jalen Phillips. They added
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: Devin Lloyd. You know, they added pieces to that defense
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: to make it even better and to give up almost six.
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: That's so surprising. Surprising, but they were just able to
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: run the ball at such a high level. It was
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: crazy to see a team score like that running the ball,
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: like scheming things up, the duo inserts, the motions, the shifts.
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: Yeah, like looking at this, like 291 yards rushing.
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: That's crazy. That's wild work. Well, before the season, Ben
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: Johnson said he wanted to have the highest scoring offense
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: in the NFL. The last team to do this was
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: the Denver Broncos in 2013. Demarius Thomas, Peyton Manning, Decker.
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: They had 37.9 points a game. Do you think that
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: this record is in reach?
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: Not in today's age, bro. Defenders are way too good.
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: Way too good. It's tough out here. Not in today's football, bro.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: But do you think if they can run the ball
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: the way that they ran the ball yesterday, they'll be
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: able to continue to do this? You're not going to
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: be able to run like that on every defense. But
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: everybody's playing too high, and they're trying to stop the pass.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: They're trying to do this and that. No, bro.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: It's too many quality defensive linemen and linebackers today, bro.
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: And they've got to play the Green Bay Packers two times. Yeah,
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: that's not happening. Does this say more about the Carolina
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: Panthers' defense or the Bears' offense that they were able
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: to do this? You know, 291 yards rushing, eight TDs.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: I could say it's a mixture of both. I could
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: say the offense is really good, but at the same time,
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: the Panthers' defense didn't show up to the standard they
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: probably wanted to.
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you give up 269 throwing and 291 rushing. 269
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: throwing is not breaking the bank. Yeah, you're good with that.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you're good with that. You could win a game
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: like that. 291 rush yards, you'll never win in the NFL.
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: Never, ever. You won't win anywhere. Not high school, college, NFL. Yeah, never, ever.
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: Never ever. That is unacceptable.
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: And I don't even know how many carries they had,
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: but that's an outrageous yard per carry. Let's just say
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: they had 35 carries. It's still dang near eight yards
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: of rush. Yeah, that's crazy. That's unacceptable in today's league.
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: So where does the Bears offense rank between the league's best?
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's hard to.
• 18:55
  Speaker 1: Say because you got to say it got to be
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: a consistent thing, bro.
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: Greatness is consistency.
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: Being the best is consistent behavior. That's why a lot
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: of these overreactions, underreactions is like, ah, yeah, this team
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: played good, but can they play good again? You know
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: what I mean? Ah, they did this, but can they
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: do it again? Ah, a guy had 150 yards. Can
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: he go get another 150? Like, that's how we distribute greatness. Like,
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: that's why we have the Derrick Henry conversations. Like, he's
• 19:22
  Speaker 1: still the most elite. Ah, yeah, we wouldn't say most elite,
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: but he's probably one of the greatest running backs of
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: our era.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: Dang near all time.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: I think is the greatest running back of our era
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: because– of how long he's been doing it and who
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: he's done it against, bro. Like he's done it against everybody.
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: It's not like a, like we probably gotta look up
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: a stat. Like I think they said Derrick Henry is,
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: what is it? He got like 12,000 yards now. It's
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: something like, we might have to search it real quick.
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: Let me look it up for you. 14,982 yards from scrimmage, 13,000
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: rushing yards.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: He had 13,000 rushing yards.
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: That's a lot of yardage.
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: We almost got to look up a stat of how
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: many yards he has against each team. That's where he's
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: at right now. It's not even.
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: Funny, bro. And he's been able to do it with
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: good quarterbacks, average quarterbacks. It doesn't matter. He's just about
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: to be able to do it. That's like, what are
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: we talking about here? Well, I went and found how
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: many yards he's had against every team, and it is
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: a lot. but he has over 1,600 yards versus the
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: Houston Texans alone. Oh, my God. That man's been doing
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: his thing. Oh, my God. That's crazy. 1,600 on Houston. Sheesh.
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: That hurts our defense. But that was way back when
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: he was with the Titans, though. That was way back. Hey,
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: that's hilarious, though.
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: So we're talking about all this rushing. Who is the
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: team with the defense that can really challenge a Bears offense?
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: Grand Bay Packers. Detroit Lions, I mean. I mean, really,
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: our whole conference. They're going to make it tough on them. Oh, yeah,
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: for sure. We have to. Speaking of conferences, what is
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: the toughest division in the NFL after seeing the NFC
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: South go 0 for 4, not one win amongst them?
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to lie to you. The NFC North
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: is tough. Oh, it's a gauntlet. The NFC North is tough.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: You got... You got Green Bay, you got Detroit, you
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: got Chicago, and then you got Minnesota. So you're putting
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: them at one? No, I would say we're probably two. Okay,
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: you're two. And I'll give it to NFC West right now.
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: NFC West, yes. The way that 49ers came out last week. Yeah.
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: I don't know if it was the travel or what
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: was going on, but they put Belt to Los Angeles.
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: Their whole division, all their wins were impressive. What the
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: Arizona Cardinals did to beat the Chargers was very impressive. Yeah,
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: all their wins were impressive.
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: So I'm going to put the NFC West as number one.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: Okay, let's give me a two-three. You got NFC West
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: number one, NFC North number two. Give me the third division.
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: I'm going to go to NFC North. They earned it.
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: Bengals beat a tough Bucs team. Ravens beat Colts. And
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: the Steelers beat the Falcons. Yeah, rough game for the Browns.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: But that's kind of how you're the division finishing. You
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: added Ravens, Steelers, Bengals, Browns. So that makes sense there.
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah. So let me get your fifth division. Michael, who
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: do you think is the fifth toughest division in the NFL?
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: I'm going to go to AFC East, bro. AFC East. Yeah,
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: we saw some good football there. Yeah, AFC East. AFC East.
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: You know, we got the Bills, who I think is
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: the number one team, the Patriots. I would have a Sioux.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: The Jets looked dang good this past week, and then
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: we had the Dolphins who got behind the woodshed. Let
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: me hear your fourth division. This is tough. This is
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: real tough. I know who my fourth division is.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: It's really a toss-up between the South or the North
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: on the AFC.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: Okay. You got the North at three. AFC North? All right,
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: then I'm going to go AFC South. You got the
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: AFC South. Yeah. We got the Texans, we got the Jags,
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: the Colts, and then the Titans struggled that week. So
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: we had, you know, we predicted to go Texans, Jags, Titans, Colts.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: Jacksonville Jaguars, I think, are going to be a lot
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: tougher than people think. I think, I don't think we
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: slept on them. When we did the rings, did we
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: sleep on them? They went 13 and.
• 23:47
  Speaker 1: Like, when we did the rankings a while back, we
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: didn't sleep on them, bro. We knew the Jags was
• 23:51
  Speaker 1: going to be serious.
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: We had them two in the division, right behind the Texans. Okay.
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: That's fair. That's fair.
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you another quarterback, besides the Jags defense,
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: Trevor Morris looked like he's arrived.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Oh, my God. He was picking. He had a throw
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: on the right side of the end zone through four defenders,
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: hits a receiver. I'm like. His anticipation, his accuracy, he's
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: playing at another level right now. I think Trevor Lawrence
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: might have been the dark horse in the MVP. I
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: think we forgot about him, but I think he's showing
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: why he was the generational talent coming out of the draft.
• 24:28
  Speaker 1: Bro, so often, right, we see quarterbacks struggle and fail,
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: then they reach these coaches, and they just start prospering.
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: And I'm going to say that Jags made the right
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: call by bringing in Liam Cohen to the call because
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: since he's got under the development of Trevor Lawrence, Trevor
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: Lawrence has won 13 games in a season, and now
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: this year in year two under him, he looks phenomenal.
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: He looks amazing. And they got some receivers. You don't
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: know everybody's name, but they out there making plays. You
• 25:03
  Speaker 2: got Parker Washington who's out there killing. He's about to
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: get a bag. Jacoby, he was making plays. They were just,
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: it was a lot going on. Brian Thomas Jr. was
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: being special.
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: I think where people also didn't mention enough, C. Josh
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: Stroud played really, really good football.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: Played his ass off. The only other division that I
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: think we may have left out, I think right on
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: the edge, is that AFC West. I don't know. I
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: don't know.
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: Raiders beat Dolphins. That's like, ah, we know they're tanking.
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: Chargers losing to the Cardinals kind of really blew it.
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: To me, and we're talking about right now.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I'm not going to lie.
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: The Raiders, Miami really wasn't like a, oh, wow, that
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: was an impressive win to me. But the Chargers losing
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: to the Cardinals really kind of shocked me because I
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: thought the Chargers, this was the year they was going
• 25:56
  Speaker 1: to really.
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: Mike McDaniels. They got all new O-line revamped. Yeah.
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: So that kind of really- set me back on them.
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: So that's why I kind of stayed in the AFC
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: with it.
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: Justin Herbert always leaves me just wanting more. Like, great player,
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: but there's something that's missing. So what we got is
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: an AFC East at the 5th, AFC South at number 4,
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: AFC North at number 3, NFC North at number 2,
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: and then the NFC West at number 1.
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: Yep. This is special, bro. I'm very excited to see
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: how this year plays out. This is special.
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: I think... We're going to see some of the most
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: elite QB play this year. Yeah, even someone like Jacoby Brissett.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: The Arizona Cardinals were balking at giving him $ 18 million,
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: which is super low end for a starting NFL quarterback.
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: He went out there and he picked the Chargers defense apart.
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: Watching things like that, there's some high-level quarterback play taking
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: place in the NFL right now. Now on the football slate,
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: did you see the clip of Tyler Owens on the punt? Oh, yeah. Yeah. J.J.
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: Watt says it's one of the greatest places he's ever seen.
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to lie.
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: When you just talk about dog mentality, you can't F
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: with me. The best part to me was the suplex
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: right there. This is someone that's like, I'm hungry. I
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: don't know if I'm going to eat tonight.
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: I got to get this check.
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: If everyone played like that, it would be so hard
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: to win football games, bro.
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: Like, that is, like, what you coach. That is what
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: you pray for as a coach.
• 27:31
  Speaker 1: A player that I'm watching on the sideline, if I
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: seen that, bro, I'd probably get a penalty on for
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: the team because I'm running on the field, bro.
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: He deserves it. You got two guys out there trying
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: to block the gunner. Their whole objective is to not
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: let him make this happen. And he goes, one hand, uh,
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: let me get you to the ground, uh, one hand,
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: put you on the ground, suplex.
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: That is, like, That's one of the greatest plays ever
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: in football, bro. So impressive. The mentality, the heart, the dedication,
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: the whole nine, bro. He had a lot to him.
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: But let's look ahead. The Packers play the Jets in
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: New York for week two.
• 28:07
  Speaker 2: How are we feeling? The Jets 1-0. You guys are 0-1.
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on the Jets after, you know,
• 28:12
  Speaker 2: their week one victory? I was actually impressed with the Jets, bro.
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: They played really good together. Geno played really good.
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I like that they established a run game. The
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: defense played really good. Cam Moore didn't really have a
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: lot to go to. They limited explosives. Just off of that,
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: I really like the Jets. I think this is the
• 28:35
  Speaker 1: year that, you know, the Jets could go about 50-50
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: if not a positive record, bro.
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: I think so. Geno, to me, played at a really
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: high level. I'm fortunate enough to get to work with
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: him in the offseason. He's one of the most accurate
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: quarterbacks you'll see, 80% completion percentage. Really shows that. I
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: thought they did some really good stuff. Got Garrett Wilson
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: on the ball. I think you can see Garrett Wilson
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: kind of like revving up because this is the first
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: time he's really been able to get the ball like
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: that in that way.
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: No, Garrett Wilson has always been an elite receiver. He's
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: just always had the QB.
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: Yeah, QB Carousel. It's never been the same guy. Ain't
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: been able to find some consistency.
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: I'm happy for him, bro. I hope he has the
• 29:14
  Speaker 1: year that he deserves, bro. Yeah, and we need the
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: Packers to bounce back. I'm going to give you some stats.
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: The difference between 0-2 and 1-1 is tremendous. 0-2 teams
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: only have a 10% chance of making the playoffs. However,
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: it jumps up to 40.
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: If we can go 1-1. What are we going to
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: do to bounce back and get on track? Limit the
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: penalties and make... teams beat us the right way. You
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: know what I mean?
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: Let them outplay us, out-physical us. But I don't think
• 29:47
  Speaker 1: a lot of teams can do that to us this year.
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: We got a lot of good players, great quarterback, great
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: running backs, great receivers, great defense. I'm excited about our
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: mentality and how we bounce back this week.
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm excited to see it. Bro, damn, week one
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: football was so good, bro. I love to watch it.
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: We got to see so many elite plays, elite play
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: at the quarterback position. There were some defenses I just
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: thought looked really, really sturdy. I know that the Browns
• 30:13
  Speaker 2: played bad, but that defense that they played this week,
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: they looked really, really good. They were just sturdy, made
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: everything difficult. What?
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: As we know, it has to be consistent. We can't
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: wait to tune back in on the Edge to talk
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: about what's going on around the league, who's the best
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: in the business, and why they're the best in the business,
• 30:32
  Speaker 1: and who's going to get to that one dance on
• 30:35
  Speaker 1: Valentine's Day, the biggest dance of them all, the Super Bowl.
• 30:38
  Speaker 1: And it's going to learn and listen here on the
• 30:42
  Speaker 1: Edge with your boy Michael Parsons and Quincy Avery, and
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: we'll see you next time.